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BY E. B. MURRAY & GO._ _ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1879. VOL. X1Y-NO. 48. ijai-uiti Aiic*. ur 1U Ii Jit; ?ST Ll) Y. ?An Address Delivered Before tho Batuda ltaptl.it Sunday Behool Institute, at An derson, 8. C., July 10, 1870, by J. Scott Murray, Jr. {Published by l?ei/ttrsi vf ihr JIM? M MIC.) It is difficult for ; H rightly to estimate and appreciate Sunday School work, and the influence exerted by it. Tho Sunday School is occupying a field that cannot bo filled by any other instrumentality, with results equally beneficial. Sometime since, a gentleman with whom I was conversing told me thal about thirty years ago, a member of a church, of which he was a member in Laurens County, disconnected himself with it for six or seven yean? because a Sunday School was held in the bouse o? worship. There were many then who looked upon ilio Sunday School as an tagonistic to the iuterests of the Church. But not so now. It is recognized as a most important instrumentality, in the hands of tho Church, for educating and preparing the minds and hearts of those who attend it for the reception of Chris- \ tinnily. Hero youthful minds behold i the dawning of that sacred light which, flashing through heaven's gates, like tho : ?star that shone on Bethlehem's plains, , leads to Him, on whom the hopes of a sinful world are fixed, to Him who in His tender humanity is God, aud in His awful justice is merciful. And tho ma turer minds, stored with those precious i gems of truth found in thc Scriptures, ? relied tho glory of the Author of light, and are the caskets of His sacred treas- , ure8. And those whose care it is to im part information are stimulated to study | in proportion to the advancement of ! their classes, and by trying to in.pr.is3 J others with the truths of the lesson have | them impressed o:i tieir oiwi hearts, in I all their richness and fullness that study 1 "imparts. It seems to us rt sad and lam .eatable fact, that the greater part of ' mankind must receive tho viewB of their f .chosen leaders as the truth, however er- - roncous they may be, and that they do j not investigate for themselves the sub- ? ject which so much concerns them. Yet, t to study the Bible is a privilege and a ' A..?_Li-t. _>?-*". -i--.il .. i f uutjr niu?;u an ui us auuuiu ?rs ie eui aim embrace, and for neglecting it we must j give account to God, who has given us t the Scriptures, which testify of Him. I ( suppose that the conversion of so many j of the Berean8 under thc- labors of Paul j and Silas, after their work at Thessalo- 1 nica, waa the result, in large measure, of 1 the study of the Scriptures ; for we are , told, in the 17th chapter of Acts that j "they receivod the word with all readi uiess of mind, and searched the Scrip- t tures daily, whether those things were j so. Therefore many of them believed." x How many strange and erroneous doc- i trines, professedly taken from tho Scrip- 1 lures, could be preached from Sunday to N .Sunday without our ever searching them j to seo "whether those things wcro so 1" j Wo should encourage, in every way, i to the fullest extent, the study of God's 1 word. The word "search" does not mean * to learn the answers to a fe\v questions j found in the uniform lessons or tho quos- t lion books, but it means tn inquire d?i- 1 gently, to seek earnestly, to study thor- | uughly ; and 6uch study cannot be, os a ( rule, more successfully initialed and en- i couraged than in Sunday Schoois. It { ought to bc dono at home, but here nono j the less. It is not encouraged at homo " sometimes from neglect, and somotimes t on account of incapacity to instruct; t and it is in fill ?og these deficiencies that 1 the Sunday School is efficient. t "Whatever is worth doiug, is worth i dning well," and if tho Bible is worth v studying nt all, it is worth understand- 1 ing. It is impossible to understand it x without the study which tho advanced 'j classes in Sunday Schools try to initiato. t "Errors Uko straws upon tho surfte? How, ' Ho who would search foi pearls mus', dive below." t Tho knowledge of which Solomon ( speaks is tho pearl of great price, the j reward of netudiouB, ferment sad const;- i crated spirit; "tho knowledge above all 1 knowiedgo," without which, in this world, even a Byron is but mystery guz iug upon mystery; genius confounded with grandeur; the inquirer searching tho inscrutable ; "Vanity of vauities !" That belief which comes from a heart, full of tho love and knowledge of the word of God, is the most sincere and intelligent of all beliefs, and will enable tho Christian to say : "I know whom I have believed." The Bible classes in Sunday Schools ought to supplement our Theological Seminaries As far as possible. Whilst these seminaries aro attended by a few, comparatively, tho Suuday School is attended by *5r.i:~; thc old as well u tho young, ladies as well as gentlemen ; and under tho teachings there that char acter should bo formed which can fiud companionship alone with purity and holiness. I onco heard Dr. Tucker, of Georgia, ?ay, in a sermon, "Religion is an affair of the head, of tho heart and of the hands." Tho majority of those who uro members of our churches wero once Sunday School scholars, and if they studied well in tho school they have an intelligent bolief, and their religion ia no fur "an affair of the head." Wo need educated believers in the Christian war fare! Wo need tho exercise of intellect ami the power of study ! Tho s?vord of Mahommet is rusting in its scabbard ; tho rod of the heathen is broken ; and the Roman Janus of Catholicism is closed perhaps for ever. Yet, fancy's visionary speculations on morals will vanish before the bold and wiory logic of tho infidel, and Christians must go upon tho arena of intellectual strife and conquer in tho fight. "Not bv might, nor by- power, but by my Sj. saith tho Lord of hoets." And if .-is spirit leads, the sword of tho word must ac company. "Lifo is real," and tho best-actors in it i drama are those who have studied their parts well. But perhaps some one pill say, Well, I will act ia a tableau scene, and tliat doesn't require study. Think about it. Very few have thc requisite qualities for a tableau picture, nud you may come to tho conclusion that you would appear to moro advantage in some other scene. In fact, them is no tableau herc ! Wc Cannot be ?IIO?? pic tures ! We are under the awful respon sibility of moral action ! And since we must act, let us learn to love that study in tlie Bunday School which we may continue' through all eternity ; and let all commune through tho word of God with holinesi, and let the voices of earth nud of heaven accord, with sweet har mony, in the gram! Jubilate Deo of the people of God. REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENTS. The Moody Scout* and Their MuxHacre? lu rijiiirtanburg. Hon. li. P. Perry in thc Spartanburg Spartan. Tho 10th of May, 1781, will ever bo memorable in thc traditionary history ol thc Spartan District, ns it was first nam ed for its horrors and assassinations. Perhaps there is not another iuslanco in tho whole of our struggle where so many cold-blooded assassinations were commit ted on the same day, without the sem blance of excuse or justification. It was a savage butchery, not in a buttle or manly contest, but in the homes of victims, and in the presence of their families. Tho murderers, too, had to resort to acoward ly and treacherous stratagem, in order tc accomplish their fiendish purposes. For .tonio time previous to this memo rable day, tho Whigs of Spartanburg had been enjoying tl?e smiles and bless ings of peaco and security. Put all at once, and without the least warning or suspicion of danger, like tho massacre of 3t. Bartholomew, they were visited by a noted bund of tories, under the command of Capt. Bill Young. This tory captain and his bloody scouts were from the District of Laurens, then kuown as a part of Craven County. They first mnde their appearance at James Miller's, a i>rcminent Whiij iu the upper part of Spartanburg. They had thrown aside Lue tory badge, which was a sprig of pine top, and most treacherously fastened to their hats a piece of paper, on which ivas written tue Whig motto-"Liberty sr Death," in large capital letters. They were everywhere taken on first light for a company of "Liberty men." \n old man and a staunch Whig, by the mino of James Knox, w ho happened to )o nt Miller's when the tory assassins nade their appearance, eagerly went out o meet them with the extended hand of 'Headship and good faith. Ho was in itantly cut down by the sabre of a horse uau,'and horribly mangled even after bo fell. Miller, who saw this fatal adven uro at a distance, quickly made his es :apo unperceived by the bloody scouts. Knox lived until the next day, although lis head was said to have been literally ?ewn to pieces. He was carried into, the louse by the wife and daughters of Mr. Miller, who endeavored to dress hia vounds as well as they could, and ad nini8tcr to him all tho comfort in their lower. Ibo next houso vieiied by Capt. Young ind his scouts was that of John Barry's, vho hud long borne tho commission of a Captain in tue service of his country, and vho had been a most active and zealous iVhig from the commencement of the .{evolution. Fortunately Cant. Barry vas not at home, and he thus escaped he fate which had just befallen poor vnox. Whilst the tories were in front of 3arry's house and oa the eve of leaving t, William Caldwell rode up, supposing he company to be what their badges mrported, on the side of liberty and heir country. He was instantly fired at >y one of the scouts, and tho ball passed brough his horse's jaws. "Notwithstand nrr. however, this spvere wound which lis horse received, he wa3 able to make lis escapa in spite of all pursuit. Mr. Caldwell was still living at the t \ie of ny visit to the battle-field of ?lie Cow pens, in tho enjoyment of good health md much respected by all who knew lira for his moral worth and Revolution ary services. Tho report of the gun fired it Caldwell was heard by James Alexan ler, to whom I nm indobted for nil the particulars of this memorable day. Mr. Mexandor was going to find out the :aase of the gun being fired, when he not a young lady flying from the house, vho informed him that the tories were hero. He changed tho direction of his !ourse pretty quickly, but not before bo vas perceived by tho bloody ? baud. They immediately gave him a pursuit, md would unquestionably have overta cen him if bo had not jumped from his ?orso and ran across a foot-log over the ?reek. "Tho bloody scout then went to John Nicols', who was an old man and. kept a nill, but a true Whig, and over ready to lo all ho could to serve his country. All he respect shown his gray hairs was an ittempt to despatch him by the sword usteadof the pistol. His hand' and simul iere were terribly cut and . mgled, but ie recovered from bis wounus and lived nany years afterwards. Tho old man ised to say, however, that his miud was lot the samo that it had bob. From Nicols this murderous band went JO Mr. Howell's where they found John Caldwell and Thomas Dunlap, two very ictivo and prominent Whigs. Those gen demen wero both despatched by pistols Seforothey were aware of the true char ?cter of the scout. From thcoco they proceeded to John Woods', a bold, activo vVhig, and particularly obnoxious to the tories. Ho was also shot dead, without knowing the truo chnracter of thescouts. ?.hence im j procreo en lo james vYoou ?, \ gentleman who it seems was still more )booxiou~ to their vengeance. Ho was taken ison, ^'s houso and put to death .uidcr circuim.atices of peculiar atroci ty. The next bloody deed was the murder if John Snoddy, whom they met at Ber wick's Iron Works. Mr. Snoddy was crossing ibo bridge when bo saw the bloody scout, and was induced to suspect hem notwithstanding the false colors inder which they were marching. He jndeavored tu make his escape through he woods, but waa overtaken and shot lead. From Berwick's Iron Works ??tov went e Fair Forest, and there rn* ard [lampton, a great-nnclo of si -\ Vado Hampton's, lie waa a bold, activo and listingui-dicd Whig, and said to have jecn tue beat horseman of bia age. He vas shot through the body and killed ind tho waistcoat which be bad on and .brough which tho bullet passed was pro icrvoa by bia family fora great number if years, and may still bo in tho possess on of somo of his descendant*. After killing Hampton, the day being pretty woll spent, and tho tories appro tensive of tho hue and cry of thc coun try, returned to Laurens. John Barry raised a company of Whigs and went in (lurauit of them. They reached old Mn or Franks' houso, who was a tory, and .ook all of his horses. David Anderson ictcd as a commissary, and the first case .ailed after tho establishment of the Uourt at Ninety-Six waa Major Franks igainst David Anderson for trespass, Sec. Tho Judgo ordered the cojo strick en from the docket. TUE CHIME OF TUE CENTURY. A Vivid ricture'of the Huming ur Colum bia. Mr. August Conrad (Fe'.ix Clacius) liaving in bis "Light* and Shadows oj Ahutietin Lije duriny thc tVur OJ* Seda tion" described the occupation and ttio sack of Columbia, by tho United States troops, gives an account of tho horriblo acts that followed: Night with her sable pall covered Co lumbia usually so quiet and peaceable, but, to-night full of tumult aud disorder. Night carno on for tho evil foe, who was laboring with many thousand busy hands at her destruction Night was unwel come to the unfortunate people who looked to tho near future in anxiety and distress. Thero was rest and recupera tion for no ouo this night. As it was getting dark tho soldiers camped in the street aud made firo to cook their supper. I spoke to the cap tain quartered iu our house, representing the danger of this course-so much cot ton lying near, and many other easily in flammable substances. I had for my trouble my pains. The captain sneer ingly asked me what I had to do with the soldiers? whether I had a ki' dien where they could preparo their meal? I said no more. I could not afford to offend thia man, who still had a spark of decency and authority. I invited him and two lieutenants t> partake of our frugal sup per. Hut before it was ready a new event attracted our attention. A mighty pillar of fire and smoke arose at some distauce. One of the railroad depots situated at the lower eud of the city was burning, and the cotton stored there furnished ample food for the flames. But in the excite ment of the hour it made littlo or no im pression till Humes were seen in the op posite direction also . and when a few minutes afterwards a house standing next to ours was burning, the conviction be gan to dawn on us that the firing of tho city was premeditated, its extent incalcu lable ; aud this thought filled us with dis may. When we noticed that the enemy made not the slightest effort to extinguish tho flames, but rather seemed to enjoy tho sight, wo were confirmed in our suspi cions that thc fire had been set. But I do uot to this day know whether the fire set by this rabble had been ordered or only suilered by the military authori ties. Under these circumstances the lardier spreading of the fire was unavoidable, and wo were forced to leave our house. The poor widow who saw no possibility of Having her lit tie property w.ts in des pair. Upon her kuees she begged tho cemmauding officer quartered with her to take her and her children to a place of safety, and to let his men at least take a part of her property to the house of a family iv?ar tue end of the city, where she proposed to seek refuge. This prayer, which might havo softened a heart of stono, was answered after a fashion by the officer, lie accompanied j tho unfortunate woman and har children "j to their place of destination, with a few , valuables, especially articles of silver, 1 which the children could carry, but fur ther help, ho said, be could not. afford them. We hastily gathered up what we could in bundles, trunks and boxes, took them down stairs to carry them off our selves if we could, or depending upon the assistance of the captain and his men. But no sponer did any article reach the street than the band of robbers greedily fell upon it, dragged it off, or shared its contents before our very eyes, and every further attempt to save anything ended in the same result. The commanding officer declared that he could do nothing to prevent this; we had to submit to the inevitable, and were glad that the officer promised porr.oual protection to tho lady now frightened al most to death. I nov; took my tin box and various little bundles that I had ta ken out of my trunks and travelling bags and brought hero for safety, and left the house, already burning, with the poor family, whom I now was obliged to leave to their fute. I had to think of my own safety, if indeed it was possible. Thus loaded, carrying in ?.y hands and under my arms my own property, aud that of others that had been entrusted to my care, I resolved to look for an asylum in the house of Mr. McCul|y, a family I had long known. I avoided the direct road-Main street-where a dense mass of noisy soldiers were setting firo to cot ton bales for their fun. I hoped to reach the house unmolested through more quiet streets. Tho city offered an indescriba bly terrible [grauenvollen] sight. A largo numbor of houses were now burn ing in every direction, and tho wind fa vored tho rapid spreading of the destruc tive element. Tho satanic horde plund ered and destroyed withiu tb 3 houses and upon the Btreeta. Pandemonium let loose is but a faint imago of what was transpiring herc before my eyes. Heartrending cries of distress were heard amid this tumult from persons robbed or otherwise molested, or from ' people threatened by tho fire. Here and there you would seo unfortunates, with little children upon their anns, or with some few valuables or necessaries, run ning from these human devils and from the fire, hoking for safety, but only to find fresh misery and destruction in the place they had thought safe. It was terrible I and tho consciousness of the unfortunate that there was no pos sible chanco of escape made their condi tion one of hopeless despair. * * * I had almos* reached Mrs. Mc Cully's (still freo from fire,) with only an occasional loss of a small package, sna'ra ed iii passing oy imo ui Ino noiuicia, when suddenly a company of soldiers crossed my path, in marching order, uti der command of a captain. Thia troop doubtless was acting as a patrol, and I was simple enough to think tnem no thieves, but tho protectors of tho distress ed. I moderated my course, ^iuiost ex hausted as I was from my long and cir cuitous walk. I met up with tho detach ment at the corner of thc street, and hoped to make thc rest of tho way-same as theirs-uudcr their protection. But I wits hu!icu, ?iid ??kc? ??y tho captain wba* I was carrying. I told Tiim I wns Hanoverian consul, and that my baggage consisted partly of my own property and partly of tho consular papers, rescued with much labor from the flames. But tho captain, who was curious, proposed to convinco himself of the truth of my as sertion, and took my baggage from mo. I had to unlock the DOX ; the whole par ty handled tho scattered contents. One took this, another that, and they left mc nothing but tho empty box, tho consular Beal and a few letters and valueless pa pers. Protests and prayers availed noth ing; and my cries of despair at tho great loss, the extent of which, in tho excite ment of thc moment. I did not even re alise, was met with thu threat that I should bo instantly killed if I did not stay quiet. Not satiufied with tho result of this robbery, tho captain now demand ed my watch and my portcmonn.iic ; and humbled as I was, in prcwcnco of this bruto force, and also to avoid having my person searched, I voluntarily gavo him what ho asked. This, dzar reidor, was tho work of a patrol of Shermau's celebrated army, which had tho sympathies of Germany (not of England or France) in their work of annihilation against the South, incom parably nobler in thought and action than were thcso supposed champions of human liberty. Tuts was a sample of tho thieving crews, and of tho officers, who wcro lcd into tho field against au earnest but noble foe ; olficors and men who showed their bravery in tho baso and cowardly plundering, abusing and insulting of unarmed men, but especially of women and children. I refrain studi ously in this descriptif n from all exag geration, and I leave 'bc reader to form bis own judgment. I cheerfully acknowledge, moreover, that all tho Northern troops wero no', composed of tho outcasts of human soci ety such as these were ; perhaps they on ly formed thc minor part of the army. I had opportunity later myself to become acquainted with well conducted and well disciplined soldiers of the United States. I gathered up my empty box, and thc few papers that were left, and gradually now began to realize thc extent of my loss. I specially lamented the loss of tho valuable.) my brother had entrusted to my keeping. Ho lost nearly every thing he had saved during yenn> of labor; and being far away from borne, ignorant of his great loss, it must como upon him as a terrible blow. A largo part of my loss consisted in drafts on England, which I had made, representing the dividends of tho share holders of our company, and payment of which to the wrongful holders was at present impossible to estop. The loss of | tho consular archives and of my own pa- ? pera troubled mo les*. But I was borne j down by tho great loss, and by tito im- j possibility to do aught for thc recovery of what had been forcibly taken from mc. I lenrncd in that night, and later once again, how much a man can bear, and also that the fear of any apprehended calamity is always worse than thc evil it self, once you have tho assuranco tbnt you can do nothing to remedy it. When 1 became alive to this consciousness, res ignation took thc place of despair. There was a comfort in the reflection that at this hour many had been visited much more severely by cruel fate than I had. I could consider myself fortunate that my life had been spared, and that the values I was carrying around my person had been saved. True I had reaiou to fear for their further safety. With the little I had lett I reached tho McCully house exhausted and almost crushed in spirit. The poor family were in great fear and trepidation at what was passing around them, although as yet they had escaped all danger. My arrival was greeted with great joy. Mr. McCully, who had long been a paralytic, sat there without taking notice of any thing. Tho old grandmother lay sick in bcd, and the terribly events that wero transpiring were carefully kept from ber. Mrs. McCully and her daughters were quito confused with fear and auxiety, only increased by the brief recital ofwbatlhau just passed through. It was with much trouble I could prevail upon them to gather together and have ready for re moval whatever they prized most in case fire or foe should render a hasty flight necessary. These good people had been fortunato to have among the soldiers who were quartered upon them a nice, gentleman ly young man, who not only was very amiable and considerate to tho people of the house, but defended them and their property against tho shameless thieves. Hero he stood all alone among his com rndes, and strenuously foiled officers and soldiers, again and again, in their efforts to plunder, or to set tho bouse on fire, till at last his strength proved inadequate to cope with brute loree. He denounced thc conduct of his comrades disgraceful ; lamented that there wero so many scoun drels in lite army, mostly Europeans, ("Irish and Dutchmen,"} but maintained that cruelties wero prepetrated coutrary to the orders of the commanding gen eral. Now nt last the flamea reached this tipper part of Main street. Tho rush at our house became stronger, and soon our bravo protector could no longer wnrd off the robbers, who wero breaking in doors and windows. The wild horde came, everything was broken open or knocked in. What they thought they could uso they carried oif; all else was destroyed. I took the poor family away almost emp ty banded ; the houso was already burn ing. We had the greatest difficulty to save the old grandmother, who barely escaped a fiery death. As she was being carried out by two faithful negroes I col lared one of the soldiers of tho noblo ar my of liberation who was in tho act of setting fire to tho bcd in which tho old lady lay. I was summoned thither by their cries of distress, and in the nick of time prevented this cruel murder. In tho dispute that ensued I learned to my horror that this brute was a Germau. who could barely talk English. Th::; was ono of tho specimens of tho bravo sol diers my Fatherland sent ostensibly to fight slavery, bat in reality to rob and to murder. Nor, 1 am sorry to say, was ho too only ono of his race nmon? those who penetrated Buch deeds of shame. It waa tbe usual custom of these vile rascals, after having plundered a house, to set the beds on fire, their object, to make tho destruction thorough und fa tal, bciug best accomplished in this way. Burned out again nnd roofless once more, I left tho houso with tho McCnllys, who now witnessed the sad sight of their house in a mass of flame, illuming to its late denizens their sud homeless wuy. But whither should we go? There was bul tittle choice now; but comparatively few houses were left, and these most likely would fall n prey to cruel fate. I thought I would go to my friends, the Groninga, on Arsenal Hill. Looking in that direction I found everything dark ; tho fire had not rearhed that part of the city. Part of my refugeeing companions, tho old grandmother, the invalid father, (both of whom soon afterward1; died,) with two daughters, found shelter with relatives near where I was going. Mrs. McCully and her other two daughters accompanied mc to Mr. Grouing's, where wc a:rived safely, not however, without having been robbed on thc way of the greater part of the articles of value we started out with. By this time I had becomo callous to the repeated attacks and blows of fortune which during thc last few hours-that appeared to me a whola eternity-had come upon mc so thick and fast. I be came indifferent even at tho torribly magnificent spectacle of tho sea of flame, which, viewed from Arsenal Hill, whero I now was, was spread out biforc mo and below mc, from tho midst of which resounded a tumultuous confusion of voices. I now thought only of my self and tho unfortunate peoplo under my care, to whom I could afford but very little help or protection. I arrived carly in tho morning In my now asylum, perfectly exhausted, but was welcomed with my unfortubate trav eling companions. Gradually tho uninvited visitors ceased to call and to molest us, and with tho break of day they were gone altogether. The vile wretches seemed satisfied at last with tbe result of their devilish deeds, or were fa v tigued from tho work of tho night, or elso shuddered nt thc sight of tho devas tation, now laid boro before their eyes by tho light of day-or, more likely than all, they were called to some other ser vice. At all events we wero not again molested, the ?trenls became empty, and wo breathed freely once moro. 1 now wont out to seo what had be come of Mrs. Volger and family, and other friends, and wheu satisfied of their personal safety, I walked over the scene of last night's destruction. Hero wo close our extracts. Wc feel greatly tempted to follow Mr. darius in bis striking, we may say, thrilling narra tion of tho results of tho destruction of Columbia; and in his numerous advent ures afterwards, his journey to Rich mond, and description of that city ; bis "running tho blockade" across the Poto mac, and tho ill-success of that enter prise; how he was first robbed by neu trals, then captured by tho enemy, im prisoned nt Point Lookout, and almost shot for a spy ; hov* he in his misfortunes met good people everywhere, whom he kindly remembers in those memoirs years afterwards. All this, and much moro of great interest, is to bo found in this lit tle volume; but our scanty spaco will not permit indulgence in further ex- j tracts. We hope, however, that tho book ! will ho imported and ottered fomalc hero, j as wo feel sure many of our fellow cid- I zens would like to havo it. Wehavo not, j in many years, read anything of as much ! interest, local and personal. A WAIL OP DESPAIR. How tho LcaUlnR MoiiipliU Paper I'IICOH tho Inevitable Woo. From (he Memphis Appeal, Ju!;/ li). Let us look the situation of affairs to day in Memphis straight ir. thc face. Let us look, if possible, beyond and in quire of the futuro what moro of wreck and ruin it has in store for us. The pres ent looks as '''".ck, ugly and forbidding, made so not so much by facts ns by croak ers. Thc future seems lo ho surrounded by a lurid hue that dominates the fright fid yellow tint, tho sign of horror, woo and sorrow. The yellow fever, thc first j caBO of which was announced on the '.Uh, now counts its sixteenth victim. It : counts the present destruction of tho trade and industries of thc community, and threatens tho properly which repre sents the accumulations of the l?bor of tho present and preceding generations. Tho yellow fever is in front of us, but beyond it may easily bo discerned tho torch of the incendiary, revealing the starving thousands who to day have no resources. Never was a city in so deplor able a condition. Most of her lending men are absent. Of all who under other circunibtances would bc foremost as lead ers and advisers, but a few are now here ' tho dangers and counsel tho bewildered people wbat to do. Every man lins mado provision for himself, and those depend ent upon bim, but there has not been ono word licard in behalf of the poor, no pro vision has been made for tho Bufety of property, not one cent lins been subscrib ed to maintain an integrity that once as sailed by hunger will be found vory weak indeed. The city government is power less and helpless. It cannot use ono dol lar of tho money in its treasury for the purpose of contending with the fever or succoring the poor and needy, and it can not levy a tax for that purpose, and if it could, could not collect it. As for tho county government, it will take no thought concerning us, for, if it did, it would result in nothing. The State can contribute nothing for our benefit ; what the Federal Government can do remains to bo seen. Our condition is seemingly without any relief. Thc doctors arc read}' for work, and many of them are sanguine that they aro to have plenty cf it. Wc are in os bad a condition as if the sporadic cases had joined their forces to make an epidemic. Trade un til October, perhaps November, has been as effectually killed as if, instead of six teen, wo had sixteen hundred cases. I Those who have left us went under the ! spur of panic, most of those who remain have parted with that sense of security without which pcaco of mind or health aro impossible. All along our lines of railroad tho people are prepared to eu force quarantine, after their own fashion, regardless of thc rules and regulation? of j tho sanitary council of tho Mississippi I Valley. They will cut offal) intercourse, and save thc Stato board of health tho expense and tho people tho trouble of medical examinations and chemical fu migation. Already boats huvc refused to land at our wharf. lu a few days, when tho crazed become crazier aud tho idiots moro idiotic, wc shall, perhaps, find our selves hemmed in a living hell, whore to maintain order and respect for lifo and property will bo found impossible save at the point of tho bayonet. We have been warned that some towns will not wait for tho declaration of epi demic by thc board o? health ; that thoy have set their own limit of casca, and will act upon privato advices. They aro victims ot yellow fever quarantine insan ity, aud there is no knowing what they will do next. The railroau people ar? our friends, but they cannot do anything to help us that the quarantinists will not permit. Rut this 'a not all. Our stocks of groceries aro \.TV low. Tho demand for them tho past few weeks has been without precedent. Tho Howard Asso ciation has hut a few thousand dollars to begin operations with, and thc fund that remained over from last year in the hands of thc trustees baa almost reached zero. Tho situation it will thus be seen is full of gloom, not merely on account of the presence of thc yellow fever, hut brennan bf the long train of evils it may bring with it. Memphis is once more silting in the ashes of woo and despair. Out of this condition there is but one avenue Hight. The people must get away from tho yellow fever and tho doctors before an epidemic is declared. No one who has not had tho yellow fever should be permitted to remain bete, lilacks as well as whites, whether they will or not, should bo forced into camps. It is better to livo bearing tho temporary inconve niences of camps or neighboring cities than to drag out a miserable existence hero in daily dread, perhaps ultimately to die like a dog ; ano it will be cheaper to sustain such camps than to pay the ex pense of thousands of sick and it may be tho funeral expenses of thousands of dead. To accomplish so desirable ami benefi cent n plan of operations not a moment shoujd lie lost. Tho railroads will bave to do better. They will have to takoour poor away free. Wo say this, remember ing their unnumbered kindnesses and charities last year. We are poorer now thau then, and can pay nothing. Resides, we cannot expect that tho world will again help us as generously and lavishly as it did in 1878. Wo cannot expect that tho world will help a peoplo who do not help themselves, a pcop'o who scorn to havo no ties, who have icgard for none of tho obligations that bind communities, who sing loudly in chorus in tho days of ?irospority, but sing solo when yellow ever comes to test thoir courage, pluck and endurance. Our trade is killed for threo months. Wo aro without money, provisions or organization. Wo are threatened by a rigid quarantine and thc dijordors that aro suro to follow, unless the poor are driven frctn thc city and aro | provided for. This is the work to be done now. Another Appeal to tho Tonnie to Floe. From Ihr Memphis Appeal, July 'M. We entreat tliat every mau, woman . and child who nsw not iiad the yellow fe vcr leave tho city at once without a dava delay. There is nothing to be gained by remaining here. Business is as efTcctu ! ally killed for the next turee months as if we had toil hundred cases instead of seven. Hereafter, until the health board announces that it is safe for tho people to como back, there will not bc employ ment "for any hut doctors and nurses. All mechanical business has or will be stopp ed this week. No stores or ollices will be kept open save where men nre employed who have hat! tho fever. There will bo nothing to do. It will, therefore, bo a prudent thing for all to remove from the j city, and get as speedily as possiblo to a place of safety. Wc may KOI have an I epidemic-tbe fever may stop ns sudden ! ly ns it begun, but it will be most sensible to uct as if it wero positivo that it was going to bo an epidemic, nnd take tinto by tho forelock. A live man is is of rrioro value than a million dead men. The past teaches that there is but one and only ono sure avenue of escape from yellow lover-Hight. Last year ninety eight percent, of all thc white peo ple who remained here were taken with the fever, seventy percent, died. In other words, only two of every hundred escaped, and the doctors and, nurses, after the ex penditure of fabulous sumsol money, great skill and a sleepless vigilance, could utily savo eighteen out of every hundred. .Surely we do not want these appalling ligures repeated. There is no known specific for this terrible disease Tho doctora canuot grapple with it with the assurance that characterizes them in tho treatment of any other of our local fevers. They have not yet been ablo to find a medicino that will arrest thc specdy killing poison which disintegrates tho blood, and delivers ita first blow nt the very scat of lifo. Thc best of them stand appalled at its suddenness of nttnek, its overwhelming savage and relentless sub jection of tho will, as well as the phy sique, to its purposes, and tho wholesale destruction of life that follows upon its appearance. Two in ten is but a slim enanco for life. Tho theory of sanitary statisticians ir; that tho death rate in a whole year should not bo moro than eighteen in u thousand. These figures, and thc facts we have laid before our readers, should be sufficient without another word from us to induce tho re moval at once of every ono who has not had the fever. When quarantine is de clared, ns it may be, it will bo too lah-. All who are here thou will bo forced io remain, whether they will or not. Wo repeat, then, our urgent entreaty that without waiting for further developments, every man, woman and child leave the city to-day, or ut farthest by to-morrow night, who lins not hud tho yellow fever. We advise this as a measure o? precau tion justified by thc dearly bought ex perience of thc awful epidemic of 1S78. Tho Flight From MempUlH. MCKENZIE, TENN., July 21. Train nfter train load of Memphiuns now almost hourly pass through hero, leaving a crowd of anxious people at tho plague-stricken city waiting at thc depot there for tho first chance to get away. Mcmphinns say that so determined are tho people to get out of that city thal they clamor with ono another as a mob and those passengers with tho mosi strength and dcterminath.ri arc those who run over the multitude of mon timid people and escape. People hav< crowded about the depot for tWenty-foui hours before being able to get on tin train. Overcome with heat and fatigut men, women and children sleep, closelj liiulillpd together, until aroused sud tel', that the hour of their liberation is nea at hand. A fresh train has been nindi up, and they pass out to tho transfe station, which is also ulwayB crowded Instead of wniting for trains to carr; them hither, they go out by every cr.n ceivablc conveyance, and by that mean often take tho places of those who hay been forced to como out on the train only to find that they have been deprive of a possibility of their early escape to more healthy climate. Restive and cou bativc under these circumstances nie ?row desperate and fight Uko tiger tevolvcra arc drawn in tho most savne determination, and bloodshed is oui prevented by the interference of a 6tron guard, l'coplo arc so closely sandwichc in ti:;", trains that tho heat becomes it tolerable, passengers get restive, nnd a most any ono who makes it known c:i bo easily accommodated with a knot down. A general scramble for ?c:t continues all along the various lin until the conductor gets rid of tho ja by dropping them here, thero and ever wdierc._ _ A NiAt.AitA FA 1X90)? PKUBI'IKATIO -Robert G. Pillow, a son of tho lato c Confederate General Pillow, lives on 1 Arkansas plantation, ncrqss tho riv from Memphis. A few days ago, n companied by Aleck, one of the colon men on the place, he v.v.<? out hunting wild hog that had been seen in the vici itj. Pillow had a gun and Aleck h armed himself with a pint bottle fill willi whisky. Tho hog was found a shot, and just its Pillow went up to t writhing unimnl an immenso "cutt mouth" snake, wi ose bite is ns fatal as tl of a rattlesnake, fastened ils faugs on t calf of his leg. IV low is not eas frightened. Ile took in the situation a moment, and instead of cxhibiti alarm lin turned tn hiu companion 2 quietly remarked : "Aleck, ? think J try a little of that whisky now," whis being considered an infallible rcme< He poured every drop down his thre without stopping to venture any rema as to its quality. Then shouldering gun ho rapid'/ walked to tho houso, half-mile distant, whero he drank tho ci tents- of thrco ordinary glass tumbi filled with whisky. Ho was soon what ho calls a "Niagara Falls perspiration," which rapidly expelled i poison ami saved his lifo. For a day two after ho say? he was tito sickest ir in all Arkansas.-Memphis Avahviche. Fat People. Corpulent propio can bo reduced fr two to five pounds per week without 6t vation, by using Allan's Anti-Fat purely vegetable and perfectly hamil remedy, lt nets on the food in tho ate ach. neutralizing all saccharine and caginous matter. 283 WASHINGTON STREET, DOST MASS., MAY 21ST, 1878-Botanic AL cine Co., Buffalo, N. 11-GKNTLEMI Without special chango of diet, two 1 tics of Allan's Anti-Fat reduced mo t and one-half pounds. Yours Respect ly. M. A. BUS* Hundreds of letters similar to abovo have been received by tho Bot? Medicine Co. Anti-Fat sold by drugg - The smallest_motion ia of Im] tanco in naturo. .i bo whoio substa of tho sea moves when wo throw i pebble. So lu tho lifo of grace, the r trifling action has bearing in its co ?nonces upon thu whole. Evorytl lien is important. A THRILLING SUICIDE. An Vnhnows Man rut? Illa Head Under the Wheel* of a Movlug Train, and lt U Mashed tu a Jelly-A Sickening Spec tacle. Yesterday morning at 11.66 o'clock tho inward passenger train of tho Western and Atlantic Railroad was nearing thc city, and was coming, on time, nt tho rnte of twenty-eight miles nn hour. Mr. W. D. Thrash, tho engineer, driving his good engine the "J. W. Lewis," hau just entered the rock cut three ono a half miles from the city, when he saw a scene which he says he hopes ho will never seo repeated. A man standing nenr tho bank of thc cut about twenty yards in front of thc Hying eugine, began walking toward tho track, but seeing tbnt he would not get t hove in time for his purpose, sudden ly rushed forward, threw himself down, and in an instant lind placed his neck on tho rail, grasped it with both hands in a desperate clutch, turned his eyes toward tho engine and then-tho terrible weight rushed over him. Mr. Charles Brown, BOH of ex-Governor Brown, was looking nt tho whole scene with Mr. Thrash, nnd they both describe it as being the work of a moment. Beforo the terrible speed nf tho engine could be checked, it had dom; thc work tho suicido desired, and tho bloody corpse lay on one side of the track, a sickening sight. Tho train was bocked and a commotion ensued amung thc passengers. LadicB and children cried aud shrieked as they saw the terri ble spectacle that lay, in all its forbid line horror, juBt under their eyes. Ibo train came into the city, and Cap tain D. G. Wylie Bent a switch engine mt after tho body. It was brought in md placed on the depot platform of tho WcBicrn and Atlantic Railroad. Thc news of tho fearful Btiicidc Hpread >ver the city, and hundreds of people, ?rgcd by that strungu desire to Bee any lung terrible, walked down and looked it tho unfortunate. Evidently ho had i utendeil that tho wheel should cut \m , icad oil Tho pilot, however, was tho in- ( itrument of death. When it firet struck 1 lim it moved his head around a little, < ind then instantly the low bar, which al- 1 nost touches tho '.rack, mashed over his j icad and crushed out Iiis brui us. Both i lis arms were broken. A moro certain i ir moro horrible form of suicide cannot j io coucoived. ? Dr. Drako, tho Coroner, summoned a i ury and hold an inquest over tho re- i nama. Mr. Thrash and Mr. Brown tes- i ified to tho facts as above stated. Tho 1 beman, Mr. Bart Goodwin, did not Beo i he man nt all until alter he waa killed, i V verdict of voluntary auicido waa re- | urned. Thc remains were placed in ibo muda of tho county authorities, and will i io buried by them to-day. " t Crushed aud mangled as was che head t if tho suicide, it was almost impossible i o tell how tho features looked before t leatli. THO man was dressed in a now c ?lue llnmiel suit, n new bat, new shoes j ind even new socks. He weighed about 20 pounds, had brown hair and very bin chin-whiskers. There was a hsnd rcrchicf in his pocket with the inital 'F" marked on it. In his pocket wero ( io le tera or documents except two ?tain- c d pieces of paper. On one of these e vere thc words : "Take one of the ( . uv; de rs marked with an X at night. :.. Take three of the others daily-morn- t ng, noon and evening.'* The other paper , vas marked : "Food, uo codee ; no pork, { io spice; no pepper ; uo ti 1 ch oh i c. v; inca ; ?. io hot drinks at night. Bath with a . pongo in thu morning. You cun have . leer nt dinner." These papers would in- f licato that ho was in baa health, and it ( a possible that physical Buffering may ( lave caused his suicide. ] It is supposed by some tbnt the un- , brtunate man was James V. Nethors. I vho used to tend a bar at Union, 8. G. j Day beforo yesterday he waa in tho city. , md called at tho Btore of Mr. Paul . loues, on Alabama street, and asked for j dr. Worner Jones, whom ho knew in ] karolina. Ho ?eil bia card and said he . vould return, but did not do so. Mr. S. , ?. Jones saw Ncthers. and Bays ho had on { in old suit of dollies. Mr. Warner j Tones saw tho corpse and t'. td it resent- - tied Nether* some, but not enough for , mn to say positively that it was he. Mr. A. T. Shepherd says ho met a man ate the afternoon beforo thc suicide, who ?sked him tho way lo the Cherokee road. Mr. Shepherd tola him that Marietta was .he nearest point to which the road came, iud directed tho man to Min ?etta. He taked him how ho was going, and tho itranger replied that ho was going to walk. Mr. Shophcu saw the corpse and lays it looks borne thing like the man ho talked to. But after all, these, are mero , guesses. There havo been few coses so completely wrapped in niystcrv, and per haps no one will ever know who was the poor fellow who rushed to bis death, and perhaps clasped tho cold iron as tho only friend ho had in a world which ho had Jeterniined to leave. We cannot toll bot that tho secret of bia identity nnd the sor row of his lifo perished together in that !iwful suicide. LATER.-Late yesterday afternoon tho remains of tho unfortunate man wor^ buried. Lost night some light was thrown on tho identity of tho Buicido. About ll o'clock ibo reporter learned that Mr. H. Franklin, tho well known stovo mer chant, feared that tho unfortunate was his nephew. A gentleman who Baw tho corpse described every articlo of ita ?ul Jress, and Mr. Franklin said it mw.t bo his nephew. Ho nnd tho other relatives are in great distress. Young Franklin left his homo about half-past 9 o'clock yesterday and has not since been seen, rie bad been unwell inteiy, winch iact accords with the directions of diet found on his hotly. Tho corpse had a handker chief with tho initiaL ftF" on it. Even the shoes wero described such aa young Franklin wore. All ?bo circumstances point plainly to tho conclusion that ho, was tho suicide. Max Franklin waa a man of about 25 and small of stature. He was connected with several business house? om time to time, but for some weeks post had been ont of business. Tho romains will probably bo disinterred to-day for identification,- Atiahkl OOH itilut'ion July 19. FINEST MADE.-The Superior quality ii tho materials used, and the perfection jf tboir manufacture, rendors Dr. Price's Flavoring Extracts tho finest made. They impart such a delicious tasto to pastry, .tc, ned aro so whole-onie and economical that wo cannot but recommend them. - Stern but True-"Young mau," laid a stern old professor to a student who had been charged with kissing ono sf his daughters, "young man, don't get into that habit. You'll find that kissing is Hbo enting soup with a fork." "How io, sir?" asked tho student. "Because," answered the Btorn old professor, "you ?an't get enough of it."-Exchange. ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION. Dr. Prico'a Unique Perfumes are attract-' ing much attention. His Floral Richea ls indeed a toilet luxury. In tho sick room, a disinfectant gratefully refreshing to tho invali 1. For tho handkerchief, a persistent, delightful perfumo. Dentists, clergymen, orators and professional mon will bo pleased with it. Now I Lay He Donn to Sleep. Who wrote thal child's prayer? His work has done moro for humanity than all the creeds of councils, or all the sys tems of divinity put together. I fancy soine?<fted and loving mother copiposed it f ' her own darlings, not dreaming that for centuries it would be taught by innumerable mothers to millions of chit dren ; that indeed it woul.l be transmit ted from generation to generation, through all revolutions, all political ana pocial changes to the end of time. How many men and women bravo, brave boys and gentle girls to-day dato their first impressions, the first awakening of con science, the first thought of Gou thc Gm- . cious Guardian of Hip. children on earth, to that precious prayer? How many aged men and matrons, sitting serenely in ?ho golden glow of life's cloudless evening, trace with gratitudo to God, the promise and the potency of their charac ters and destinies to tho twilight wor ship of tho bcd side when kneeling at their mother's knee they said that pray er? Happy child who3e mother solemnly and tenderly teaches her little ones tho simplo, the Immortal words I In tho very imprcssivo and touching address of Judge Thomas Thomson, to five young meu convicted of murder, he remarked that be pitied them ; and had thought perhaps no tender mother shield ed their infant innocence, and laugh them kneeling at her knee that prayer : 'Now I lay mo down to sleep.' I know not, said tho Judge, who wroto that prayer but I would rather bo tho -.ntbor of it than the finest poem in the world, for it has shaped tho destiny of millions of the human race. Courts and codea of law may pass away but that prayer will en dure to tho end of time to bless man kind. Then listening to Judgo Thomson's words, I was reminded of a touchingly beautiful incident in the last hours of tao useful life of that noblo nnd just mac, Judge D. L. Wnrdlaw, of Abbeville, ii. D. Tho grand old Judge lay on his death bed. The family did not suppose that his jud waa BO near. In perfect peace he bade them good night, Baying that he lYould aleep well, He seemed to sleep sweetly and only a little grand daughter mt in his chamber. Tho nilenco of tho ajgbt in tho old patriarch's room was softly broken by bia voice, repeating tho prayer of his infancy. As a little -hila, tho learned and anio jurist and statesman, with his bands folded ou his breast Baid, "Now I lay mo down to deep, I pray tho Lord ray toni to keep ; if I should dio before I wake, I pray me Lord my soul to take." The prayer concluded, he fell asleep ind died before ho woke, and the Lord eok his soul 1 "And Jesus called a lit io child unto him and set him in tho nidst of them and said, Verily I soy un o you, except yo be converted ana be iome as little children, ye Bhall not ewter nto tho kingdom of heaven."-Ex. McGowan nnd Rutledge. Not to derogate from tho Hon. .7. B. . Campbell, who is our ' personal f'.ieud, iud who will doubtless re?oive the fu ionist nomination for Governor in the ?oxt campaign, and whom we should lupport regardless of party allegiance Inder any other circumstances than that vhile in Iiis official position of State sen-. itor he was also tho attorney of exclu livo rights against tho interest of tho pcoplo, we should like to see the nacsc? vhich bend this article nominated and lupportcd for tho position of Governor ind Lieutenant-Governor of South Car nina, respectively. Of Gen. Samuel McGowan, of Abbeville, who is of the people, from the people, and has over seen their inexorable friend, it is need less to speak. Every man knows him, ind his mmo is a synonym of all that is gallant, pure and admirable. His record is without blemish upon the roll of Caro lina's veterans in war. ?? foremost- in the ut of peace, and most of aU ho is abovo ;uspicion. To Gen. Rutledgo onr enco miums can add nothing to his well meri ted popularity, to his notive courage or to his well recognized devotion to the cause of the people. Bearing an illus trious name, and one .lear to Che heart of every Carolinian, his has been tho posi tion of a great Commoner upon all ques tions effecting popular rights. Bold, self reliant, prompt, courteous, modest and eminently virtuous and meritorious, he could*onfy add lustre to our administra tion which would bo truly responsive to tho behest of the people. His position on tho phosphate question alone, contra ry to every selfish inducement, to every seduction of powerful moneyed influence and to every incentive of social affinity to array him wilu the people's masters, is enough to insure his pledged fealty iu fu ture to the causa of tuc people. Of hypocrisy-,and seemipg^ Christian Btatesma?Bulp u??uuied in ibo ba3o metal which counterfeits gold wo aro superflu ous in supply. Of the veneer of plausi bility upon falsehood of character, we are in glut of quantity. Of dexterity of manouvre for political promotion, wo are full to loathing. Having exhausted all efforts at purification in tho political stream, let us in these waters of Marah cast from thu branches of the tree at its source such as will make tho outlet sweet. Gen. Samuel McGowan, of Abbovillo, and Gen. Benj. H. Rutledge, of Charles ton. There is a magic in their names. PECULIAR CABE OP TRANCE.-The case of a girl lying in trance at the Lon don Hospital is exciting tho greatest Ben Ration among medical men. Evory med ical authority in England has been called In to decide upon the case of the strange phenomenon. The patient lies Btill and motionless upon the bcd. Her eyes are closed, but when tho lids are raised be neath tho doctor's fingere, tho gaze is bright and intelligent, aa though tho mind were perfectly conscious of all that is pasaing around ber, whilo the pnlso beata strong and regular aa that of a per son in full health. The girl has been ly ing in this state of trance for moro than , threo weeks without food. The account of her seizure is singular enough. She had already been a patient fora few days at the hospital, when the nurse was called in the middle of the night to her bedside by the most terrible shrieks and meanings. Tho girl was found writhing in agony, exclaiming thnt death was coming on, and that ehe had but a fow moments io live Before the nurse could summon the doctor tho patient had stretched herself out etiff and senseless, and hos never recovered motion or consciousness 8?oce that moment-r-London News. - In a legal investigation of a liquor seiaure tho judge asked an unwilling wit ness : "What was in tho barrel that you had?" The reply wiu: "Well, your honor, it waa marked 'whisky* on ono end of tho barrel and 'Pat Duffey' on tho other end, so that I can't say whether lt was whisky or Pat Duffey was in tho barrel, being as I am on my oath." Baby 8howa are tho rage everywhere, and we understand that tho universal, remedy u*ed to keep tho Ultie ono quiet ls Dr. Bull'a Baby Syrup. It contains no opiate. Trice 25 cents.