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RICHARD TATLOB. ? Sketch of tlte late Confederate Chief? tain. The funeral services of General Dick Taylor, who died at the residence of S. L. M. Barlow, E?q., in New York, of affec? tion of the spleen, on the 13th instant, were performed in "The little church, around the corner," by Dr. Hough ton. His pall bearers were Hous. Hamilton Fish, Chas. O'Conor, Secretary Wm. If. Evarts, D. D. Withers, Wm. Travers, Geo. Ticknor Curtis, August Belmont, Charles L. Pekina, Wm. Constable, Abrain S. Hewitt, Senator Bayard and Mayor Cooper. Gov. Tilden and other celebrities were present. General Taylor was born in Florida, but moved to Louisiana, and .represen? ted that State in the Charleston Conven? tion in 1S60, when he opposed a. split. On the election of Lincoln he Dio-ed in the Legislature for the State convention. He was made colonel of a Louisiana reg? iment, then a brigadier and was placed noder Stonewall Jackson. His first re? markable service was in the famous val? ley of Virginia campaign. At Port Re? public the Louisiana brigade carried the day and responded with cheers to Jack? son's command, "the batteby must be taken !" General Taylor was not a great admir? er of Jackson, whom be has described as a man. given over to lemon sucking and prayers. On this occasion, riding on the flank of his column between it and the hostile line, he saw Jackson beside bin. Taylor did not consider that this <vas the place for the Commander of the army, and ventured to.tell him so; but he paid no attention to the remark. "We reached a shallow depression where the enemy could depress bis gun s," says 'General Taylor, "and bis fire became close and fatal. Many men fell, and the whistling of shot and shell occasioned much ducking of beads in the column. This annoyed me no little, as it iras but child's play to the work immediately in hand. Always an admirer of the delight? ful Uncle Toby, I had contracted the most villainous habit of his. beloved ar? my in Flanders, and, forgetting Jack? son's presence, ripped out, 'What the hell are you dodging for ? If thera is any more of it you will be halted under this fire for an hour!'1 The sharp tones of a familiar voice produced the desired ef? fect, and the men looked as though they had swallowed ramrods; but I shall never forget.the reproachful surprise ex Eressed in Jackson's face. He placed a and on my shoulder, and said in a - gen? tle voice, 'I am afraid you. are a wicked fellow,' turned ~and rode back to the pike." transferred to louisiana. General Taylor was afterward trans? ferred to another and distant field of operations, and with the rank of major general, on the recommendation of Jack won for services iu the Valley, placed in command of the district of West Louisi? ana. He showed great skill in Iiis new sphere. Actuated by a dream of recap? turing New Orleans, he fiercely attacked Banks, cut off his supplies and was in a fair way to success when the fall of Virksburg destroyed his hopea. His second service in the trans-Mississippi was in the famous Red River campaign, iu the spring of 1864, in which be acted nnder the orders of General E. Elirby Smith. He encountered Banks' army moving from Alexandria; and gained two of the most important victories for the Southern side. After the battle of Pleasant Hill, General Taylor was for pursuing the enemy to the water's edge, and, contemplating the destruction of Banks and Porter, indulged the prospect of thus overthrowing the enemy's power and. opening. Jthe way to New Orleans. But the commanding general did not favor this view. Taylor almost defied General Smith and took the responsibili? ty of changing a reconnoisance into a battle, and on the commencement of the action he bad declared to General Polig nac, who commanded one of his divis? ions, "Little Frenchman, i'm going to fight banks here if he has a million of men " A despatch from General Smith cstine to him in the midst of the battle, ordering him to withdraw near Shreveport. "Too lute, sir," said Taylor to the carrier who brought it; "the battle is won. It is not the first I have fought with a halter around my neck." Fortunately for him be obtained a victory, but it was pretty clearly shown afterward that had he obeyed orders and waited for his support, it is improbable tiny portion of Banks' forces would have escaped. The conse? quence of the disagreement between Generals Taylor and Smith was that the former was made a lieutenant-general and transferred east of the Mississippi and fiven command of what was popularly oown as the Department of the South? west, comprising East Louisiana and Al? abama. This command General Taylor surrendered to General Canby on May 4, 1865. On being asked whether the trans Mississippi army ought to be surrendered, he quickly replied, "Tea; surrender as soon as possible. You are only sitting up with a corpse. I sat with it until it was blue, and if you delay much longer it will become too offensive for decent burial." the surrender is thus described: "A bountiful lunch? eon was spread, of which we partook, with joyous popping of champagne corks for accompaniment, the first agreeable ex? plosive sounds I had heard for years. The air of 'Hail Columbia,' which the band bad struck up, was instantly changed by Canby's order to 'Dixie;' but I insisted on the first, and expressed a hope that Columbia would be again a happy land, a sentiment honored by many libations." After an absence of four years he saw his home, New Or? leans. His estate had been confiscated and sold, and he was without a penny. His first care was to sell his horses, and a purchaser was found who agree I to take and pay for them the following morning. The best horse was badly foundered but sufficient "greenbacks" were obtained for the other to bring his wife and children from the Red River to New Orleans. feted by the prince of wales. The crowning triumphs of General Taylor's social career were won in Eng? land and on the Continent of Europe after the war. He first gained notoriety at the London clubs by bis admirable skill as a whist player. He was a disci? ple of Koyle and the older school of players ana cared little for the modem niceties of the game. His memory wan wonderful, and he never forgot a card. The English club men, who had learned their science from James Clay, Caven? dish and Pole, were astonished at this old-fashioned player, who beat them in spite of their rules and formulas. So General Taylor's fame came to the ears of the Prince of Wales, who loves a rub? ber next to a tiger hunt, and they met at the Marlborough Club one night and played together. Thus began an intima? cy which endured to the last. Wher?ver the Prince went, whether to Sand ring bam for a whiff of rustic air, or to Scot land to stalk the deer, or to the races at Ascot, or to the University boat race ou the Thames, thither be was certain to in? vite General Taylor. He introduced him at Windsor to the Queen, and the Quefin was so charmed with his company that she prayed him to stay for a week at the Castle. When the Prinee went to India he invited General Taylor to be one of the party.. But the General pre? ferred to stay in London, and many a quiet rubber was" played' at the Marlbor ough House by the Princess, the Duke of Cambridge and the American, while the Prince was riding in an elpehant how dah through the jungles of Nepaul. In the royal box at Ascot his figure was fa? miliar to every jockey on the course, though his means never allowed him to own-race- horses and rarely to bet. One wager he took, however, the issue of which troubled him' to the last. He was on the Prince's boat , following the Uni? versity erews; when the Earl of Dudley, spying some token of French imperial? ism on the lawn at Cbiswick, suddenly cried that he would bet ?5,000 to ?10 twice over, that the Napoleonic dynasty was never restored in France. The Prince of Wales took one of these bets, and Gen? eral Taylor took the other, and he has ever since regarded the metamorphoses of French politics with an uncommonly wistful eye. But despite this new-born ardor for imperialism he was received with much distinction in Paris by Mar? shal MacMahon, and even the rugged Bismarck greeted him with a warmth that savored of personal friendship. In? deed, his passage across the continent was one of unalloyed triumph, and the first gentlemen in Europe were proud to call him their friend. secret of his social succes8. At the root of this prodigious success lay his faculty for being all things to all men. Whatever the topic of conversa? tion might be, to that he would adapt himself. To men of a younger genera When the faster members of the Prince of Wales' set would meet at the Marl borough he would discuss coaches with Lord Carington,. cock pheasants with Lord Aylesford, and the latest horse race with Lord Charles Bercsford. In the Park, with the Princess and childreu his manner was redolent of antique chiv? alry. At the Turf Club he would ar? range handicaps wi?h Admiral Bous and help Lord Roseberry make .bis book for tho''Newmarket meeting'. At the Athenajum he would cross literary swords with Sir Charles D?ke, and at the Uni? ted Services would discuss military tac? tics with Sir Garnet Wolsely and Lord Napier of -Magdala. Nothing came amiss to him. George Otto Trerelyn, nephew of Lord Macaulay, read his arti? cles in the North American Jteview, and said there was in him the stuff of a great military writer. Statesmen listen? ed with delight to his dissertations on the American constitution. Von Moltke which he met Prince Bismarck. Every himself gave in his honor the dinner at where he spread about him the charm of his personality, and nothing distin? guished him from the crowd otraconieura more than this, that bis conversation was never forced or out of place, never la? bored or prepared beforehand, welling up naturally from the stores of a natural? ly rich mind. General Taylor had just before bis death published a book, "Destruction and Reconstruction," which is said to be pi? quant, elegant and even brilliant in style, and in which he handles med without gloves. His death will prevent recrimi? nation on this account. With a pride which was possibly un? wise he refused to take any measures looking to the restoration of his confisca? ted estate. He looked upon it as a stake lost in the great game of war, and to him lost forever. But as the confiscation was only of a life estate, the property, now of considerable value, will return to his children, of whom three daughters, resi? ding at Winchester, Va., survive him. General Taylor's wife, who died in 1875, was a Miss Myrth Bringier, of New Orleans, and belonged to a Creole family of distinction and influence. The Homestead Law. Mr. Editor : Perhaps the most odious of all the radical reconstruction laws em? braced in the constitution of South Caro? lina, is the one that heads this article. The close of the late civil war found nearly all men who bad owned slaves, badly in debt, and our New England ad? venturers and South Carolina deraa fogues, being aware of this fact, and nowing that "drowning men catch at straws," and having some doubts about the ratification of their new fangled, re? construction ideas, thought to insert this swindling homestead clause in the consti? tution to catch their votes. This being a tender subject at the time, the people and the press generally kept silent. But the thing would not work. The Supreme Court held that it could not hold good for debts contracted before its passage, and hence the debtor's last chauce was lost; but the reconstructionists had won. Now, what next ? The Supreme Court decides that the products of lands, other than the previously assigned homestead, are not exempt from levy and sate?in other words, the crops of tenants and non-land holders can not be claimed as a homestead. Why not? Because the aforesaid reconstructionists, in their hurry to get full control of the govern? ment, teem to have forgotten there was such a being as a poor man in the fram? ing of the constitution. Now what is the sequel ? We have a discriminating homestead law. The man who owus his $1,000 worth of real estate and his $500 worth of personal property, can make debt9, and swindle his creditor out of his money; the man with little or no prop? erty, who is dependent on his muscle for a living, may work hard all the year, and then have all his produce sold from him, while his more fortunate land-holding neighbor can bold his as a homestead. Should such a state of affairs exist? I answer, no. We should call a consti? tutional convention, and if it is the judg? ment of the convention we must have a homestead law, let it be a reasonable one, and one that makes no discrimination between classes. I think the people are getting tired of homestead laws, and I am anxious to see a change. Much more might be said, but I will let this suffice for the present. Keep the ball in mo? tion, ana let us hope for a change for the better.?Spartanburg Spartan. ? When the Confederate army was on the shortest rations, General Lee remon? strated with a straggler for eating green persimmons, and asked him if he did not know they were unfit for food. "I am not eating them for food, General," re? plied the man, "but for the sake of draw? ing my stomach up to fit my rations." A College Professor once said that "he who expects to rate high in his class, must not expectorate on the floor." Much of the hanking and spitting was, no doubt, caused by catarrh, which the professor knew could be readily cured by the use of a few bottles of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Rem? edy. tion he was A PEACEFUL PROJECT. The Old Arsenal at Charleston, S. C, De? sired for an Academy. The United States troops which have been stationed at the Citadel and Arsenal in Charleston, S. C, are to be removed to Atlanta, Ga., and those buildings left tenantless. The former is the property of the State, and the latter is owned by the United States. The Rev. A. Toomer Porter is endeavoring to secure the arse? nal and grounds for the Holy Commun? ion Academy for a nominal rental, and Senators Butler and Blaine, Mr. Corcor? an, the philanthropist, and Gen. Sherman are said to favor the project. Action of Congress is necessary to the bargain, i The Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier ' describes the buildings and grounds, and i gives their history, as follows: The arsenal grounds, as is well known, occupy the square in the extreme north? western section of the city, bounded by Ashley and President streets on the east and west, and by Bee and Doughty streets on the north and south. The entire square contains about eleven acres of ground, upon which there are from eigh? teen to twenty buildings, including the I arsenal proper. The situation is one of I the healthiest in the city, and since its occupation by the troops the buildings have been repaired and the entire place kept in splendid condition. The grounds are inclosed with a substantial fence of open woodwork, and are cool and shady, with a fine grove and a large vegetable garden, which has always furnished the mess tables of the boys in blue with an abundance of early vegetables. During the past year very many improvements have been made, the most noticeable be? ing the erection of a handsome two story frame building on the south side of the campus. This was intended to be used as a hospital. It is about 100 feet long and about thirty feet wide, and has wide double piazzas extending entirely around the building. It will make a fine dor? mitory, and can be easily converted into a school room. The arsenal proper is a quadrangular brick inclosure, situate near the western end of tho grounds. The main entrance faces east, and is un? der a two story brick building, which is now used as a storeroom for arms, ammu? nition, and other ordnance stores. The four angles of the quadilateral are guard? ed by four enfilading towers. On the north and south sides are two brick dwellings, now used as officers' quarters. On the west a low wall separates the court from the street. The inner court of the inclosure is laid off as a flower garden, in the center of which stands an octagonal summer house. The work? shops at the northwestern angle of the grounds have been converted into comfort? able barracks and will probably be used for dormitories. The ground in the southern half of the campus is somewhat lower than that in the northern half, but it has been graded and is thoroughly drained. Leading up from the Ashley street en? trance is a broad shell road shaded by a grove of luxuriant water oaks. All in all it is as pretty and as delightful asituation as could be desired for academic pur? poses. The ground on which the arsenal stands was purchased by the government in 1835, when it was a part of what was known as Potter's Field. In 1836 a number of wooden barracks were put up, and it was here that the volunteers for the Seminole war were mustered in be? fore leaving for the evorglades of Florida. The arsenal building was not erected un? til some six years later, when a depot for war material was established there. The other buildings were erected at various times as they were required. When the news reached Charleston on the morning of the 28th of December, 1860, ?hr.t Major Anderson had evacuated Fort Moultrie and fortified himself within the historic walls of Fort Sumter, there was quite a commotion in the city. The calling out of the old 17th Regimentand the 1st Regiment of Rifles will not soon be forgotten by the people of Charleston. The four artillery companies were sent at once to Fort Moultrie, and on the same day a detail of two companies, the Cadet Riflemen and the Palmetto Guard, were sent to take possession of the arsenal. The capture was effected without blood? shed. Col. John Cunningham had com? mand of the battalion. He proceeded to the arsenal, marched the men in and took possession, nobody being on the premises but the keeper. The Palmetto Guard were placed in charge of the buildings and ground. They were under the command of Capt. Thos. Middleton, and on that occasion turned out 100 men, rank and file. On Monday, the 31st of December, they had procured a blue silk palmetto flag, and its folds were thrown to the breeze on that day for the first time from the flagstaff near the main en? trance to the arsenal. The battalion was subsequently relieved by the Union Light Infantry, Commanded by Capt. David Ramsay. After the organization of the Confederacy the arsenal was turned over to the General Government, and was fitted up for the manufacture of cartridges and other war material. During the four long years of bloody strife that followed, the workshops were kept runuing, afford? ing employment to a large number of women and children in the manufacture of cartridges. During the year 1863 a fire occurred in a long wooden building near the south wall of the grounds, used as a workshop for the loading of car? tridges, and several persons were injured and the building destroyed. This was the only mishap that occurred in the arsenal during the entire war. At the surrender the arsenal fell into the hands of the Fedcal government. It has been used as a depot for Quartermaster and ordnance stores, and as a barracks lor the troops. From time to time improve? ments have been made, new buildings added, and the grounds leveled. Should Mr. Porter succeed in securing a lease of the premises, and there seems to be no reasonable doubt of his doing so, he will convert the arsenal into one of tbe finest and most extensive academies in the country, and will add to the many ad? vantages which Charleston now offers for the education of the youth of th*; South. Warts on Animals.?Inquiries are made for a "cure for warts" of different kinds on horses, mules and cattle. Many remedies are prescribed?many barba? rous and cruel to the animal. Here is a remedy often tried and never known to fail: Anoint the wart three times with clean fresh hog's lard, about two days between times. I have had warts on my horses?bleeding warts of large size, rat? tling warts and seed warts, to the num? ber of more than one hundred on one horse's head. I have never been able to find the warts for the third application of the lard. All disappear after the second application. Is It Any Wonder.?In view of the immense amount of adulterated baking powders used by the masses of people in food, is it any wonder that there are dis? eased gums, decayed teeth and disordered digestion? To escape these evils, use Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder, the only kind made by a Physician, with great care. THE NEGRO STAMPEDE. Tlio Refugees Dying from Disease St. Louis, April 18,1879. The negro exodus still continues. Nearly every day a new lot of colored [>eople from Louisiana or Mississippi is anded here. Most of them are sent on to Kansas, but some are obliged to sub? sist on charity for days before they can resume their journey. Most every night the darkies can be seen camping out on the levee. Here and there a fire is start? ed, which is immediately surrounded with men, women and children, all stretching out their hands to the heat. If any of them happen to have anything to eat a frying-pan is produced and the grateful odor makes the emigrants smack their lips in anticipation of a meal. The arriving negroes do not seem to have made any better preparations for their journey than those who have gone be? fore them. They are all ignorant of what is in store for them. They only know that they want to go to Kansas. It has got abroad among some of the refugees that the government wishes them to go there, and when they step off the boat here they do so with the expec? tation that government money is waiting to send them on. They say that most of the negroes in the cotton districts wish to emigrate, and as soon as they can obtain enough money will do so. A few days ago the negroes of Greenville, Missis? sippi, held a meeting to discuss emigra? tion. Several hundred of them wished to join the increasing army of refugees. It was proposed that two or three men be sent on to investigate and to return with a report. This was voted down, the ne? groes preferring to take the highly-col? ored reports which come to them of the Land of Promise. An intelligent colored man, however, started off on his own ac? count, and has spent several days among the destitute blacks who are here await? ing transportation. He will go to Wy andotte and Kansas City and then return. He will undoubtedly advise his people to stay where they are, but it is exceedingly doubtful it they give any heed to the ad? vice. The negroes seem to be perfectly wild with enthusiasm, and listen to no one not in sympathy with the movement. overrun with the destitute. Meanwhile the condition of the col? ored people in Kansas is by no means assuring. Relief committees have been organized at Wyandotte. The place is overrun with the destitute, and as quick? ly as possible they are sent on to some other point. The place cannot possibly take care of all who arrive. One in every thirty have died, and most of the refugees are sick. Climatic changes are working on their health. Medicine is scarce, and the outlook for the poor blacks is anything but cheering. Com? mittees have been appointed to prevent,, if possible, the landing of any more col? ored people in Wyandotte until the present ones are provided for. An agent has also been sent to Fort Leavenworth to see if the negroes cannot be given work there. Some of the colored men have been sent on to Kansas City, but evidently Kansas City doesn't care for them. The mayor, a day or two ago, telegraphed to the Secretary of War at Washington, Baying that two thousand refugees were encamped about the city. They were ignorant, helpless and dying. The city, he said, could take care of its own poor, but the country could not ex? pect it to care for the poor of several States. He asked that a part of the reservations at Fort Leavenworth be set aside, and that rations be issued, at least for the present. To this Secretary Mc Crary replied that he ''could not take the responsibility of issuing government rations to emigrants without authority, and while Congress is in session that body has full power, and may be applied to." Evidently there is n disposition to allow Kansas to "bleed" as much as she wants to, and, from all appearances, she has quite enough of the "bleeding" pro? cess already. At Wyandotte the people are becom? ing alarmed over the influx of the South? ern negroes. Witness the following proclamation just issued by the mayor: To Any and All Steamboat Lines and Transportation Companies: "Gentlemen?Allow me to state to you, most respectfully, but most emphat? ically, that the City of Wyandotte will hold all boats, officers, agents or any other persons who may be concerned in importing destitute persons to our shores to the strictest legal consequences and penalties of the law attaching to such offences." how the negroes were duped. Meanwhile the exodus continues. That the negroes have been duped no one now doubts. Circulars have been sent to them broadcast, with instructions to keep them strictly private. The Lycurgus P. Jones circular, sent out from Topeka, is but one of them. Who Lycurgus P. Jones is no one knows, but the circular signed by him has worked great mischief. It tells the negroes that the Democrats will seek to re-enslave them if they re? main in the South, and continues: "The Colonization Society has been organized by the government to provide land for each head of a family, which will be given in bodies of one hundred and sixty acres gratuitously. This land is located in the best portion of Kansas, in close proximity to Topeka, and is very produc? tive. Here there is no distinction of so? ciety ; all are on an equality. Leave the land of oppression and come to free Kansns." "Show this circular to none but colored men, and keep its contents a secret," says the circular in conclusion. Such are the means which are being employed to drag the negroes from their homes, and the more the subject is in? vestigated the more apparent it becomes that the emigration was started for the purpose of enriching unprincipled schemers by working upon the ignorance of the blacks. The steamboat agents still declare that they are entirely blame? less in the matter, and to show their good faith have telegraphed to Wyandotte, offering to take back free any negroes who wish to return. But the colored men seem determined to stick it out. They thoroughly believe the circulars sent them, and declare they had rather die in Kansas than go back to be mas? sacred. No one can look upon these ignorant people on the levee without pity. Many of them are destitute to the last extremity. One of the curiosities of the exodus is the number of dogs which follow their masters. Every boat that lands a new band of emigrants lands a small army of dogs. They are as hun? gry looking as their masters. Where this hegira will end no one can tell. It seems almost certain that many of the emigrants must die from starvation, if not from disease. Already sickness has carried off many of them.? Cor. Phila? delphia Tunes. Well Known.?As it is known that Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts are not made up from chemical poisons, but natural flavors, delicate and grateful to the most cultivated palate, they are growing rapidly in popular favor. It is only necessary to try tues.e flavors to be convinced that they arc fine and pure. THE EAST RITER ABLAZE. Slnjrnkvr Result of the BorstliiR of a plpo of OH Beneath the "Water. A considerable portion of the East River was literally on fire for several hours yesterday. The startling phenom? enon was witnessed by thousands of people in this city and Brooklyn. At first attention was attracted to a dense volume of smoke over Blackwell's Island. This led to the supposition that either the Charity Hospital or the Lunatic Asy? lum was on fire. Information to that effect was telegraphed to Firemau's Hall and thence to Police Headquarters. The news caused almost a panic of excite? ment among the officials, and measures were at once taken to render assistance. The Commissioners of Charities and Cor? rection were apprised of the conflagra? tion and made haste to the scene. The loot of East Seventy-sixth street was packed with sightseers. There Commis? sioner Brennan was joined by Warden Allaire, and the two officials, while wait? ing for a boat to cross to the Island, be? came convinced that their alarm for the safety of the institutions was groundless. By this time the compact clouds of smokey vapor had partially cleared away and left a wider range of visiou. It then appeared that the flames came from the Long Island shore or some point between the Island and Ravenswood. At last a launch was procured, in which the Warden and Commissioner were transported to the supposed scene of the conflagration. In the meantime the fireboat Havcmeyer steamed up the river and, after reconnoitering the southern ex? tremity of the Island, put for shore and was moored to the Seventy-sixth street dock. It was then definitely settled that the flames were outside the boundary of the Island. a magnificent display. During these hours of suspense the scene from the Long Island shore was truly a gorgeous spectacle. From a point in the channel between Ravenswood and Blackwell's Island, extending southerly for about a mile, the surface of the water was a livid sheet of flame. It was a scene that held thousands of people spellbound. It appeared as if subterra? nean fires had burst through the mass of water and conquered the opposing ele? ment. The glowing flames jumped and roared along the liquid surface: some? times the centre of the flames would be extinguished, leaving a darkened space surrounded by an aureole of fire. Then, like a flash of lightning, the entire area would be again lighted up, leaving an unbroken sheet of flame resting on the surface or the water. The Harlem and Morrisania boats and other river craft witnessed from a safe distance this singular display. The pas? sengers crowded on deck to get a better view of the distant flames. The officials on the Ravenswood shore were not, however, particularly intimidated. They knew that so long as the docks and ship? ping were not endangered, the ample volume of water would finally bar the progress of the flames. Still, strenuous efforts were made for their immediate ex? tinction, and to this end three engines were brought into requisition. The fire, however, seemed to be fed from an inex? haustible source. Occasionally it would die away, the smoke blew off, and it was thought that the threatened danger was averted. But this hope was illusive, and again the broad expanse of water was metamorphosed into a sheet of flame. As these conditions continued for over threo hours, with little signs of abatement, sev? eral propellers were launched to fight the fire by distributing the water on the outskirts of the conflagration, and grad? ually narrowing the circle, until in this way the flames were extinguished. This action was not taken a moment too soon. The old Harlem Railroad dock at Ra? venswood and the piers and fences on the river front were considerably damaged. The trees in the vicinity were also scorched. the cause. All this commotion was due to the bursting of a pipe which conveyed crude oil from the Hunter's Point refinery be? neath the water to the Hudson River Railroad, at the foot of West Thirtieth street. The escaped oil found its way in large quantities to the surface of the riv? er. The leakage began at about eleven a. m., when one of the keepers on the Is? land noticed a sudden displacement of the water in the middle of the channel. This was followed by a volume of spray being projected to a considerable height. The escaping oil was carried a consider? able; distance with the tide. Sub? sequently boys were seen on the Ravenswood shore at the place where the fire originated. It is supposed that,' seeing the black scum of oil covering the face of the water, they ignited it with a match. Others maintain that the oil was set ablaze by sparks from a passing canalboat.?N. Y. Herald. Women's Work.?Rev. Thos. Beech er, writing to the Christian Union of his camp life in the woods, gives the follow? ing advice: "All men ought to go to the woods and religiously do their own wash? ing and general work?such as sewing, cooking, nouse keeping and dish-washing. The work of women is not spoken of sensibly by men until they have done it themselves. Gentlemen readers, it's easy to talk ! But just try it on a very mod? est scale once, and you will honor work? ing-women more than ever. Do as I have done?do a wash of six pieces, and then remember that a woman turns off two hundred pieces in a day. Look at your watch and see how long it takes you! Look at your soap, and see how much you have used! Look at your white clothes (handkerchief or towel) and sec what you have done, or not doii'j, and never again speak harshly of or to a woman on wash-day, nor of laun? dry work as if it were unskilled labor. Try it. Don't talk. Don't sneer. Try it. A sympathetic gentleman having washed two dozen pieces will never change his shirt again without a glow of reverence and gratitude. She did this ! A similar and salutary conscious? ness will come to him who darns his own socks, patches his trousers, splices his sus? penders, and washes dishes. Look not every man upon his own things, but every man also upon the work of woman. Such an experience in the woods will go far towards settling the woman question, by teaching us that we are all members one of another, and there must be no schism." A Luxury.?The Unique Perfumes made by Dr. Price are indeed a luxury : their fragrance as sweet and exhilarating as a walk in a garden of flowers at even? ing close. Dr. Price's odors arc truly as sweet and natural as flowers freshly gathered. Try his Floral Riches: it is a cologne water of delightful fragrance. ? Augusta has received l.r)0,791 bales of cotton, against 155,434 last year; stock, 9.97G. ? Saturday the barn of W. H. Par? sons, near Sandcrsville, Ga., was burned, with seven horses and mules, four cows and calves, provender and tools. Incen? diary. Loss $4,000. No insurance. HAMPTON AND BUTLER. Honors In Chnrlotto, N. C, to Our Distin? guished Senators. The unusual and accidental circum? stances of the presence of the two Senators of South Carolina in the city on the same day offered an op fiortunity yesterday afternoon, for a pub? ic demonstration in honor of the distin? guished visitors, which the citizens of Charlotte were glad to avail themselves of. Charlotteans have always delighted to honor Governor Hampton as the redeemer of his State from misrule, poverty and corruption, and yesterday when the first opportunity was offered showed them? selves equally pleased to extend special courtesies to a statesman who, if less prominent in the work of reformation, was scarcely less effective, and is a true representative of the intelligence, patriot? ism and independence of spirit of his na? tive State. Gen. Butler arrived in the city day be? fore yesterday afternoon, and remained over one day to see his sons, expecting also to be joiuod by Gen. Hampton yes? terday afternoon. The Hornets' Nest Riflemen, as soon as they heard that the two Senators were to be in Charlotte, made arrangements to escort Gen. Buthr to the depot and to pay their respects to Gen. Hampton. Accordingly they assem? bled in the afternoon in front of theCen tral Hotel, where a crowd had already gathered in anticipation of a speech from thejformer. He was loudly called for and stepping forward to the curbstone excused himself by thanking tho company for the honor shown him, and asked them to reserve their calls till Governor Hampton should arrive. The line of escort was then formed, and he moved off to the depot in a car? riage with Col. Frank Coxe, whose guest he had been since his arrival in the city, and was followed by quite a large crowd. The demonstration was suggestive of the days of 1876. At the depot the crowd was augmen? ted by the ar ri va I of the cadets of the Caro lina Military Institute. When the train pulled up to the station the Hornets' Nest Riflemen forried to receive Gov. Hamp? ton. After se me de.ay he appeared with Mayor Smith ou the platform, leaning on his crutches, and was received with cheers, intermingled with loud calls for a speech. Being intnduced by the Mayor, he said that he had been in the habit of putting Gen. Butler forward to do the fighting during the war, and that he had shown that he was no less successful as a talker than a fighter, and it was his in? tention to put the Senator in for the talk? ing on the occasion, but he could not repress a desire to thank the citizens of Charlotte for their kind expressions to? wards himself. He remembered with gratitude that the handsome company which stood on his right was the same which had escorted bim to the capital of his State when he went there to take his seat as Governor, and he was no less mindful of the sympathy and regard which the people of North Carolina had shown him during the past year, and formerly in the difficult and troublesome times in his State. His experience du? ring the war was that wher? ever placed, the Tar-heels could al? ways be rel.ied on. He hoped to see the Hornets' Nest Riflemen again in Colum? bia on the 10th of May. "I am going to Washington," said he, "to represent my people in the National Council. I trust that while I shall never forget that I am a Southern man, I shall always recollect that I am an American Senator ; that I shall be able to subordi? nate a partisan spirit to the bringing about of that reconciliation which we all so ardently desire and need. Since I first aid aside my sword I have striven for peace between the lately contending sec? tions of the Union, and I believed then as I believe now that such a state of feel? ing will bring prosperity and happiness to our land." The speech was interrupted by ap? plause, and at its close Gen. Butler was again called on, and responded briefly by saying that he had succeeded on this occasion in putting Gen. Hampton for? ward, and he had said all that could have been appropriately said on the oc? casion. Govenor Hampton is looking remark? ably well considering the suffering he has undergone, but moves with consider? able difficulty.?Charlotte Observer, April 10. Revolutionary Proceeding in Charles? ton. The people of the South, and especial? ly of South Carolina, continue to mani? fest their hatred of United States sol? diers whenever an occasion presents it? self, and there can be no doubt that the revolution is "booming" in that State. For some years pasta regiment of artil? lery has been stationed in Charleston. A few weeks ago the Secretary of War directed that the post should be broken up, and that the troops should be re? moved to Atlanta. When this order was promulgated, General Siegling, an unhung rebel who was appoiuted by the traitor Hampton to the command of a brigade of volunteers, addressed a note to Ueneral Hunt, the Union commander, thanking bim for his uniform coiurtesy to the people of that, city, and for the as? sistance he had often rendered in the preservation of order. He added that General Hunt had endeared himself to all the people, causing the uniform he wore to be regarded as the badge of the "officer and the gentleman," and making the "old flag" welcome as of old in the sight of the citizens. He concluded by requesting General Hunt to name a time when it would be convenient for him and his officers to accept a more formal ex? pression of sincere appreciation and high regard. General Hunt was too busy to accept the invitation, but in his letter of declination he says : Coming among you as strangers, you received us in the kindest manner, and with soldierly frankness gave us your kindness in advance. It is a great satis? faction to know that the consequent feel? ings of mutual regard and esteem have continued uninterrupted, and grown so that we part now rather as comrades than as persons who have been casually thrown together. Please to receive for yourself and to communicate to the offi? cers of the brigade our hearty thanks? and especiallay mine?for the good words you have given us, and the kindly feelings which dictated them. We will remember them, and mark "with a white stone" the period of our service in Charleston. It is to be hoped that Hampton's rebel militia will not be allowed to insult Union soldiers or to hull-doze Union Gen? erals into writing such letters as the above with impunity. The allusion to the old flag in General Siegling's com? munication is palpably revolutionary. Wo call the attention ol Messrs. Conger and Frye to this matter in order that j they may have it thoroughly sifted.?Au \ guild Chronicle and Constitutionalist. ? Hon. Jefferson Davis has pro I nounced his Boston interview a simon I pure fabrication. GRAST ON THE CHESS BOARD. The Manner In Which His Backers Are Moving Him all Over the World. Washington April 21.?The methods by which the backers of Grant have con the Government of the United States in order to put foreign nations and foreign municipalities in a position in which it would be next to impossible for them without incivility to the United States to refuse to extend unusual and elaborate hospitality to General Grant, are likely soon to come to the front in the form of official correspondence. It will be re? membered that President Hayes, out of a complaisance towards his prede? cessor in office, for which no one can blame him, directed Secretary Evarts to issue a circular letter on the subject of the attention proper to be paid to Gener? al Grant, to our ministers, consuls, con? sular agents and naval officers all over the world. The cue for the interpreta? tion of the circular letter was given by Mr. Pierrepont and Consul General Ba deau in London, and out of the doings in England it came to pass that there was established in London, under Consul General Badeau, a sort of Grant "nin? compoop bureau," from which instruc? tions were issued to the American lega? tion or consulate in every place through which it might be arranged that the ex President should go. If the place was a political capital, the American legation was to say at the Foreign office that "the government" of the United States would consider itself to be under much obliga? tion to the French or Italian or Turkish government, as the case might be, if es? pecially official and pupular considera? tion could be bestowed upon the coming ex-Preident, when he arnved. If it was only a commercial centre which was to be visited, the, American consul there was directed to say the same sort of things to the municipal authorities and to the leading manufacturers and mer? chants, whose invoices might require consular certificates and indorsement. eignere for civilties and expenditures to be lavished on General Grant were as a mere matter of fact so many drafts drawn by the government at Washington upon foreign countries, or their officials or cit? izens and subjects, and similar drafts must of course in time be honored at Washington when they are drawn in fa? vor of any personage in Europe or Asia against us. With European or civilized Asiatic governments such direct applica? tions made by a nation of the rank of the United State are of course equivalent to those several letters of introduction which are sometimes disrespectfully de? scribed as "soup tickets." If the power and credit of the United States are to be exerted in a similar manner in his favor there is not a prominent military officer or civilian in the United States who might not be put before foreigners all over the world in a way to elicit the most distinguished attentions. The upshot of the whole matter is that General Grant has been kept wandering about Europe and Asia since 1877 as "the government" candidate for re-election. How the pri? vate expenses of his wanderings may have been defrayed concerns no one but himself and his friends. Whether it is to the honor and advantage of the coun? try, however, that sll these obligations to foreign powers should have been incurred by the people of the United States through their public servants in order to promote the candidacy of a particular citizen for the Presidency is, however, a matter both proper and importaut to be considered by the public. It may be added, by the way, that in one instance, at St. Petersburg, the bill of the expenses of a grand pic-nic and reception tendered General Grant by the Russian authori? ties, at the request and solicitation of the American minister, is believed on good authority to have been sent in by them to the American legation and there paid. -Special to N. Y. World. The Census in 1880. The new census law providing for the taking of the census in 1880, establishes a census office at Washington, with a chief officer called Superintendent of Census, who has a salary of $5,000, is appointed by the President, and is to bs affirmed by the Senate. The Secretary of the Interior appoints a Chief Clerk of the census office and many subordinate clerks, copyists and computators at salaries ranging from $700 to $1,000. The Secretary of the Interior also des? ignates one or more Supervisors for each State or Territory, to be appointed by the' President and confirmed by the Senate, at a salary of $500 for all services except an allowance for clerk hire, at the discre? tion of the Superintendent. Each Supervisor shall designate and employ, with the consent of the Super? intendent, enumerators within his dis? trict, one for each subdivision, and resi? dent therein, with reference solely to bis fitness and without reference to his political affiliations. The compensation of enumerators shall be, in subdivisions where the Super? intendent shall deem such an allowance sufficient, not exceeding two cents for every living inhabitant, two cent for each death reported, ten cents for each farm and fifteen cents for each establishment of productive industry enumerated and returned, may be given in full compensa? tion for all services, and no claims for mileage or travelling expenses shall be allowed in such subdivisions. Provided, That the subdivisions to which the above rate of compensation shall apply must be designated by the Superintendent of Census at least one month in advance of the enumeration. For all other subdi? visions rates shall be fixed in advance of the enumeration by the Superintendent with approval of the Secretary of the In? terior, according to the difficulty of the enumeration, but the compensation al? lowed to any enumerator in any district east of the 100th meridian shall not ex? ceed an average of four dollars per day of ten hours of actual field work each, and the compensation allowed to any district west of the 100th meridian shall not exceed six dollars per day of equal working length. The subdivision as? signed to an enumerator shall not exceed 4,000 inhabitants according to the Cen? sus of 1870. ? Three burglars are to be hung at Hillsborough, N. C, May 2. ? It takes twenty yards of dry goods to make a fashionable young lady's dress now-a-days?six to wear on her person, and fourteen to carry in her right hand or up under her elbow. To suffer and be pleasant is almost im Eossiblo for an adult, and quite so for a aby. When it is afflicted with Colic, Diarrhoea or other troublesome disorders use Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. Price 25 cts. ? The Atlanta Constitution has reports from nearly all parts of Georgia, and the inference therefrom is that the fruit crop has not been materially damaged. This inference may be specially applied to peaches. Undoubtedly in some portions of the State this fruit has been injured, but not to that extent that was at first t upposcd. trived to use the power All these official LEGAL ADVERTISING.?V!t are compelled *> require cash payments for advertising ordered by Executors, Administrators and other fiduciaries and herewith append the rates for the ordinary notices, which will only be inserted when the money comes with the order: Citations, two insertions, ... - $3.00 Estate Notices, three insertions, ? - 2.00 Final Settlements, five Insertions - ? 3.00 TO CORRESPONDENTS.?In order to receive attention, communications must be accompanied by the true name and address of the writer. Re? jected manusc.ipta will not be returned, unless the necessary stamps are furnished to repay the postag? thereon. ?2- We are not responsible for the views a ad opinions of our correspondents. All communications should be addressed to "Ed? itors Intelligencer," and all check*, drafts, money orders, Ac., should be made payable to the order of E. B. MURRAY A CO., Anderson, S.C. THE BOY I LOVE. BY J. T, TROWBBIDGE. My boy, do you know the boy I love? I fancy 1 see him now ; His forehead bare in the sweet spring air, With the wind of hope in his waving hair, The sunrise on his brow. He is something neor your height, may be, And just about your years; Timid as you; but his will is strong, And his love of right and his hate of wrong, Are mightier than his fears. Ho has the courage of simple truth, The trials tha* he must bear. The peril, the ghost that frights him moat Lie faces boldly, and like a ghost It vanishes in air. As wildfowl take, by river and lake, The sunshine and the rain, With cheerful, constant hardihood He meets the bad luck and the good, The pleasure and the pain. Come friends in need? With heart and deed He gives himself to them. He has the grace which reverence lends,? Reverence the crowning flower that bends The upright lily-stem. Though deep and strong his sense of wrong, Fiery his blood and young, His spirit is gentle, his heart is great, He is swift to pardon and slow to hate; And master of his tongue. Fond of his sports? No merrier lad's Sweet laughter ever rang! But lie is so generous and so frank, His wildest wit or his maddest prank Can never cause a pang. His own sweet ease, all things that please, He loves, like any boy; But fosters a prudent fortitude; Nor will he squander a future good To buy a fleeting/joy. Face brown or fairl I little care Whatever the hue may be, Or whether his eyes are dark or light; If his tongue be true and his honor bright He is still the boy for me. Where docs he dwell ? I cannot tell; Nor do I know his name, [f poor or rich ? I don't mind which; Or learning Latin, or digging ditch; I love him all the same. With high brave heart perform your part, Be noble and kind as he; rhen, some fair morning, when you pass, Fresh from glad dreams before your glass. His likeness you may see. You are puzzled? What! you think there is not A boy like him?surmise rhat he is only a bright ideal? But you have power to make him real, And clothe him to our eyes. You have rightly guessed; in each pure breast Is his abiding place, rhen let your own true life portray His beauty, and b'ossom day by day With something of his grace. ?Youth's Companion. Mosby Raising a Breeze in China. A private letter just received from a distinguished ' merican merchant at Hong Kong conveys some interesting particulars, in a semi-official way, of the performances of the new consul of the United States to that port?the ex-guer? rilla Colonel, John S. Mosby, of Virginia. Hong Kong, as is known, is the seat of British power in the waters of China and Japan, and ruled by an officer of the Crown, entitled Governor General. All the pomp and pageantry of a miniature court is maintained. Under these cir? cumstances the proprieties of etiquette are closely observed, and the rigimen of manners is dictated by the Governor Gen? eral's official household. It appears, on the occasion of Colonel Mos by's ap? pearance at his post, he disregarded the usual formalities toward the authorities, and subsequently on the occasion of an entertainment of ceremony at the guber? natorial residence, he was requested to appear in the proper costume of polite society. He replied that he would be d?d before he would wear anything except what another American citizen would wear; that he represented the United States, and he proposed to intro? duce American manners and American customs. His conduct at Hong Kong since his arrival there has not only not been satis? factory to the American residents, but has been exceedingly objectionable to the English and the residents of the other nationalities. This information has caused much comment here, and a prominent official observed to-day that it was a remarkable fact to bim that a person of his character and political re? lations bad been able to so successfully deceive President Graut, and continue with the same success his operations with the present administration; that his manipulation of patronage has not been confined to the appointment of a brother in the Treasury Department, but extends to "his sisters, and cousins and aunts." His success is mainly attributable to his assumption that he controls the Republi? can party of the Old Dominion, and in this way has practiced upon the credulity of two Presidents without ever showing the slightest evidences of practical results. It is not improbable that the govern? ment will inquire into this matter, and if Colonel Mosby has been guilty of what is alleged, action will be taken in the premises.?Baltimore Press. Buy Small Trees.?Nursery men usually describe trees in their catalogue as "second class," "medium," "first class" and "extra." The difference in these classes is principally, if not wholly, in the sizes and height of the trees; and as most farmers desire the best they suppose that the large "extra" trees merit that description, and hence order them. The fact is, however, that a small tree will grow faster and (if a fruit tree) come into bearing condition* sooner than a large one; and, as the Nexo England Homestead states, in half dozen years the tree that wf.s small when planted will be larger and finer than any other. The larger the tree, the larger the roots, and the fewer there will be upon them. A tree that has plenty of fibrous roots will grow readily if proper care is used in transpor? tation ; but no amount of skill can coax a tree to live and flourish which is desti? tute of these little fibres. The roots of large trees are always more or less mutil-. ated in the process of taking up, while small trees sustain little injury from this source. Dealers in trees assert that ex? perienced men buy small, thrifty trees, while those who are just starting are anx? ious for the largest to be had. Those who are to set trees the coming season will do well to learn lrom the experience of those who, at considerable loss to themselves, have demonstrated that small trees are the ones to buy. ? A Tilden club has been formed at Ocean Springs, Miss. ? Georgia convicts are now working under a twenty-year lease. To Parents.?How often does a slight Cough or Cold lead to the most serious consequences. Keep Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup at home. Physicians prescribe it. Thousands take it. Price 25 cents. ? Ex-Governor Tilden is invited to deliver the annual address before the literary societies of the University of Georgia.