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ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 27. 1882. VOTJTMT? YVTT Of T?E SUBREXDER. | both Taylor'? nnrf ii.. - ^SBBLu ConiH ctt?! ? Ith Capitula ?ftB?..m vears UKO ibis month, after ?M,HW rrificc'of n)il?ioH8 of money mid i^BInf? houiuuds of the bestand bravest '?I,,., cause of the South was finally HHH.t Appomattox Courthouse, The l.t.HW*V; of the Army o? Northern ?Ll Ki ?as the end of tLe war Battle* ^?Kfntieht towns mid villages destroyed, .'arrhes taken and surrentiers S HBF but w?in tho capitulation of Lee IJHfhis men, the Southern Confederacy V^RMISS0happened many yea ago. ? routeniling armies have loi,t since 5 WW LA The battlefields aro ovcr gMBLvJih fruitful harvest. The forts *WWi.a.n dismantled, the rifle piLs have P BKl ui> the ships of-war have rotted to ??? .'J .i.^ir docks, a marble monu Bt here and there throughout the ?th bears testimony to th* deathless BVm of those who ralli*- . to their ? BH?ntrv's call, the old muskets have been SHrn?d to their racks in the National &WEoriej the battered swords hnug help oJBHr oa'tbe wall, Lee and many of his Ri trusted Generals have passed away R their eternal rest-the country is at Sflviie historv of tho war lins been writ ai^HB mauy times, but few of tho personal ~HHideiits in the career of the gallant Beers and soldiers from South Carolina "HSBL erer been preserved. Tho risiug Beralion know very little of the war Bepting what they have read in parti B books or heard from the lips of those Ko participated in the "Battles of tho BBbellion." TIICHO lips will all aoou bc il, and thc richest treasures of the war Bite complete and perfect vindication kHBguuth Carolina and her heroes-will ? lost forever. Uow important, there Be i??t t,iat something should be Bpeed B dooe to preserve the recollections of BR soldiers from oblivion. The Story of tho Surrender HHAppomattoX an(* ?' ",e i:oufc? . aCc? iBHtich preceded that fateful event have HLn been described. Errors have been (Kirn?tted and have been incorporated BEL history. Col. John C. Haskell, of HSlumbia, S. C., who commanded a Bla,'on ?t artillery, and fought with B",,gu'snei' bravery throughout the B? bas related to the Newt and Courier ^circumstances immediately preceding BB surrender. TLe facts, as detailed by EBK have never before been published. Hfflfcl. Haskell says : B'Oo the eveniug of April 8th, 1805, I pS||??civcd oiders from Gon. Longstreet to 9Eitaod let tho men nicke themselves HWmfortable. For several days they had BnrD pushing on day and night, halting B'y for a short time during the twenty HHSir hours to rest and feed men and bur BBSfe when anything could bj got to feed ?WM"On getting the orders, horses were MBiharnessed and fed and foraging parties B?tout t() collect supplies, while other? jWfcre making fires "and arranging thc BmPs f?r Ibe night's rest. Just before HflHInset Gen. Lee rode up, apparently in BBHPgb spirits, and stopping, said to thc Bp0 standing near something to thc B^ct 'bat they could have a good night's Mst, as wo hud got well ahead of the B?cmy. About an hour later cannon HHmiraenced firing, apparently Home mile; Bjead of U8? and very soon couriers came Sn'tb orders to break camp and marcb ^Snrnrd. From that time till daylight Be moved slowly forward, being con Br0"? halted by troops marching inti Be roa(^ h?m each side, and nt daylight ige were a short distance from Appomat B|x Courthouse. Here we halted anc ??D beard the cavalry and the Secout |?orPs engaging the enemy in the direc MBon of Appomattox Courthouse. |B "About sunrise I was ordered by Gen B^op'reet to move two batteries to th; B?Dt> where we soon became engag?e Writh the enemy's artillery, being Bup HBorted by portions of Benning'a nm Woderson's Brigades of Field's Division BPur'DS the engagement a battery o Worse artillery was charged and capture! Bf .our men and brought in, full; ?quipped, and the guns turned on th ?fcemy from whom they had been taken H "Soon after thia I received orders t agcase firing, from Gen. Gordon, and heart Hf rumor that Gen. Lee had gone back t gpeel Grant. I rode back to where Gen Bongatreet was, and found him about ?IMO back from Appomattox Courthouse ?landing on the roadside with his sta nod other officers around him. I askei Bln? 'f lbe orders to atop fighting wer ?roperly given ; ho answered they wert HM then said that Gen. Leo had gou ?ack to meet Grant. Thia latter wa Maia in a low tone, aside, g "I immediately went to where my com Ppand was, and had a fresh horse saddlei ?aotending to go out with several othei ?nd make for Johnston's army. Befor Hurting. I went to Gen. Longstreet t *ayi good-bye to him. jg "He urged me not to go, saying thc ?Mnlesa Grant gave us such terms ns Ger g^e proposed to demaud that he woul Wut through with -such troops as woul ?How him. While talking with hir fi?'lr ,?Iason? of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Hhaff, dashed up and made some report t ?"ti. Longstreet, who caliea rae to hit ?toa asked me, as I wa* well mounted, t jrertako Gen. Lt ), if possible, and te Mm that Gen. Fitzhugh Leo reporte pat he had broken through the enemy Joes and the road waa open. I rode off at once at speed, and afte 1 fide of some two miles, at a sharp tur ,n lne [oad, came suddenly upon Gei He was standing near bis horst ?inch was held by an orderly, and a Iii ?is io advance of him waa Col. Taylo ?? his staff, apparently walking forwar 0 meet a party of United States officei ?od their escort. "I was riding at full speed, and befoi 1 could draw up my horse I had passe wen. Lee and ridden into the euemy Pa"y. All parlias stopped, and J turne ?na rode back. Gen. Lee, approachin rapidly as I dismounted, caught a PJ the arm, and drawing me quickl P?one ?ide, asked, with much exciti pneot. 'What is the matter? what hi [Happened ?' As soon ns I could speal i,iS mt of ?reatb with my rapid rid 1 told him that Gen. Longstreet had sei foe to inform him that Gen. Fitzhuf; j^e reported tho enemy's line broke ?nd the way clear, and to ask for order "Gen. Lee, atilt speaking with mue excitement, nsked if Longstreet hi i ?j , ? aDf*? on my answering that ?ad left immediately after , ho had r petted the report, but thought he hi ?ot, ho made uso of some expressions uiaappointment; but, recovering binni almost inata?itaneounly, asked sever ".uutious, among others what artille 'ue enemy waa firing with ; and, on n answering that they were firing some 8 pound Parrofts, he said : Ah I yes. Ge *'se (Fitzhugh) has deceived himscl lhero is infantry behind bis broken linc ?r other words to thateffect. And, wal nR up to whero my h orso was standin J,0 put his hand on ht.- and said : 'A colonel, I am afraid you have ruin F??r pretty maro for nothing.' Ho th ^'led to Col. Taylor and began to gi s,m a message to Gen. Longstreet; b borst; fast, er.dc?^M?S ??hM th2 nothing could bc doue? f think hi SSS learnc? by this time tba Gen Grant vas ," front-the party meetu e bim be,n?fionm ?taff o?iccrs ?nd esc?rfon ly. When I got back to Gen. Longstreet I learned from him that Gen. Fitzhuuh Lee's mistake had been discovered Jif? minuteH after I had lett him. While Gen. Longstreet was tnlkine a eo'idSu3 a"d7,lker' r7zatin? a? gold Piu and long red hair, came ridiuc UP with Major Gibbes, who had r??2 him from some of the Confederates who, not recognizing bis right to come' in were despoiling him of his bieastnin and otherwise handling him roughly As ho came near Longstreet he dismoun ted and, talking very Feud, demanded an instant surrender, at the Rame time an nouncing that he was Gen. Custer Longstreet very sternly asked him bv what right he entered our lines, intima' ting nt tho same time that Gen. Gn-nt -vas the only one with whom any negoti ation would be had. Custer answered . oncrioau ana 1 aro independent of Grant W o have our men in position, and, if you don t surrender, wc will destroy you.' "I do not remember what words Long street used, but the elTect was, 'Come on I' and a very sharp order to Caster to leave tb Confederate lines instantly aud not to venture in again. Whatever ho said had a most decided effect on Custer, who in a very subdued maimer, walked over to Col. Latrobe, A. A. General, and asked an escort to protect him back through our lines. ".Soon after this Gen. Lee rode through the army, stoppiug at each command and urging the men to keep order and await like men tho result. Ile went on towards Appomattox Courthouse, where he met Gen. Grant at a house, (and not under the historic apple trees, which were some distance from the village,) and where Gen. Longstreet aud others await ed his return, and arranged the surren der. When he came book be ?topped and spoke to different commands, telling tb em that ho trusted to their houor to abide by what had been done in good faith ; be then weut to his tent gomo dis tance in the rear and I do not think rode out again till all was over." This account of the surrender is cor roborated by the following statement, which has been made to the Neve? and Courier by Major Wade Hampton Gibbes, of Columbia. Major Gibln says : "Between nine and ten o'clock on the morning of tho 9th of April, 1865, I found myself in charge of a battery of artillery-I think the Rockbridge Artil lery-on tho brow of a hill immediately east, but within the village of Appomat tox Courthouse. I nm not positively certain as to tho battery of which I was in commun, because I had only been at tached to the bn.t?liou of Col. Haula way during the retreat from Richmond and had hardly mid time tn becomo fa miliar with the different batteries of tho battalion. "We had been shelling the almost in terminable column of Yankee cavalry which seemed to be following a parallel road to me, passing through the village which was occupied by the Confederate forces. The Federal cavalry were almost ?ne mile to the east of us across an in iervening valley. We had received an jrder from Gen. Gordon to cease firing, ind were idly watching the blue-coated cavalry who were evidently niming to Ult our line of retreat, when an officer ,vaa seen lo leave the enemy's line. Ho .vas followed by another, and together hey galloped toward us, waving a white handkerchief. Col. McKissick's regiment )f South Carolina Volunteers were em ployed as skirmishers in front of us. ?Vhen his lino was reached by the Fed :ral officers their horses were seized by lis men and the riders treated quite .oughly. I rode out to meet them, and in approaching the party was greeted by lame willi an appeal for protection from ;he superior officer, whom I recognized at mee ns Gen. Custer. His aide had been lismounted nnd disarmed, nnd he also vould have been treated in the same way jut for my nppronch. I immediately old the soldiers thnt thc officer was Gen. buster and that I would take charge of md be responsible for him. Afler leav ng Custer'l sought an explanation nod hen beard that the surrender had taken dace. Joining the column, Gen. Lee ode for some distance with me and asked liter the condition of the command. I eplied that bodily they were well, but erribly depressed in spirits in conse mence of the surrender. He said, after onie moments ot silence: 'Yes, it is cry hard, but we can't help it.' Custer lid not explain to me the object of his iait, but on inquiry I found thnt he had lemanded the surrender of the army lo Meridan and himself, thus endeavoring o get ahead of Grant. In answer to hisdemaud Longstreet replied that he irould fight to tho Inst. Custer argued hat the fight woulri be useless, that wo fere surrounded by an overwhelming arco, aud that our troops would be necd essly slaughtered. Longstreet insisted hat he meant to give bim tho beat fight 0 could, and our position being a very ne one, that thousands of the enemy rould bo sacrificed in the attack. "My battery claims to have fired the ist gun at Appomattox Courthouso. I ?link, however, that Col. Haskell claims io same honor for one of the batteries nder his command. My belief is that ur army hnd already surrendered when received the order from Gen. Gordon ) ceaso firing." A STRANGE OCCURRENCE.-It is sta >d that on Tuesday last an old man amed Mr. Jerry Glenn, who lives about ve miles from Greer's Station, disap cared rather suddenly, and that a party t once began searching for him ES soon 1 his absence was observed. Blood was iscovered at a wood pile near the house, ad this alarming evidence was traced ir about a milo away from tho dwelling f Mr. Glenn, where ho was found lyiug i a helpless condition, entirely uncon :ious and bleeding profusely f-am a deep jtin the left wrist. He waa taken omeand Dr. Westmoreland, of Greers, os sent for, but on his arrival expressed ie opinion that lhere was little hope of ie injured man's recovery. Ono of the anea iii Mr. Glenn's wrist is said to be ?tire' severed and several important lood vessels are cut. At last accounts e was very weak from loss of blood, id wai not expected to live. There is a explanation as to how bc received ich an injurv, nnd it can only bo ac luntcd for upon the theory that Slr. leon's mind having been feeble for imo time, ho might have accidentally it himself with an axe, hatchet or other larp instrument and then wandered off. Ir. Glenn is a large land owner, and a ell known farmer in this section. 'reencille Netcs. - We paps our lives in regretting the Hst, complaining of the present and in ilging in false hopes of thc future. The Carson City (Nev.) Appeal says : t. Jacobs Oil is good for rheumatism, suralgia and a thousand different ills. j District Attorney Melton as a Slave of linty. The higUly dramatic and exceedingly efiertive speech delivered by District At torney Melton in the United States Court, on Friday, was something more than a presentation of the evidence against the I Section officers then on trial. Mr. Mel j ton s evident desire was to pose before the public as a political esthete whom stress of circumstances had mad? a Blave of duty. The people of South Carolina . erne nbcr him in a differ :nt guise, and must be pardoned if they fail to appre ciate the moral beauty of the tole he Heeks to play. Mr. Melton announced in thc opening of his address that his "duty" was "to restore the supremacy of law in South Carolina and to vindicnte the purity of the ballot-box." He said: "Surely the vindication of the law shoutd call ?or the highest endeavor. But the call is su preme when nt once the law is to be vin dicated and the ballot is to be protected." This is incontestably true; and it was true. 1873 as it is in 1882. In 1882, as an < cer of the United States Govern* mern, Mr. Melton proclaims himself the champion of the law and the defender of the freedom of elections ; but in 1873, when Attorney .Geuerul of South Caro lina, ho was the champion ol' political fraud and the defender of such a combi nation of crimes, at au election, as was never known before in this State, and has never been known since. Moses was Governor in 1873, aud Mr. Melton wo3 his Attorney-General. lu Octojer of that year thc Charleston mu nicipal election was held, and when the polls closed the announcement was made that the Ilepublicau candidates for May or and Aldermen had been elec.ted. It rested with five Commissioners, appoint ed by Governor Moses, to make thc offi cud declaration of the result. Tho val idity of tho election was at once ques tioned and an investigation had. In tin course of that investigation il was provee that negroes had been imported from tb? t?ca Islands outside of the city, by hun drcds, to vote al tho election, aud thu from thc oath prescribed by law to b( taken b}' voters the words covering tlx declaration that thc person offering t< vote was a resident of Charleston hat been expunged, so that any one from anj part of the Slate might vote wi thou straining his conscience. In this muti lated shape was the oath administered It was proved, too, that the Commission ere of Election, although appointee thirty days before the election, did no appoiut the election officers or manager for the several precincts, or designrto th polling places, until the day beiore th .?It eli un. After dark on the <~:ay pre ceding the election the Commissioner letermined to have five additional pol! ing places, and of these polling place no notice whatever was given to the put lie until thc day of election, and foti hours after the polls were opened. Ou sf the polling places was shifted twic JU the day of election. Tho work wi deftly done. At the new polling plact .he ballot-boxes were stuffed, before tb Democrats knew of their whereabout .sith ballots which had been careful! folded thc night before. More vob vere counted ut the five clandestine pol bau the entire majority claimed for tl Republican candidates. None was lom ir in his denunciation of tho rascality he conduct of the managers than E. V M. ;Mackey, the standing candidate f Congress from this District, whose ele ion HS Alderman was jeopardized by tl nachinalions of Bowen, his inexorub be "within tho party." Where was M delton then ? Where was the Attorne .ie ne ral of South Carolina?, Was ! ?ngnged in the endeavor "to restore t upremncy of law iu South Carolina, ai o vindicate the purity of the built lox ?" Far from it ! He was the cou el for those who profiled by the fra iud for whom thc fraud wits plannt lefeudiug the conduct of the electi villi ns much zeal and as much cloquer is he displayed in the United Sta 3ourt last Friday. Thero were tue sai ebukes of so-called "Bourbonisn There was the same success iu tickli he ears of thc negroes in thc audien The doughty defender of law and f dectiotis did not find it inconsistent w lis sense of duty to himself aud I Hate to be the apologist of a mutila ?alli and the panegyrist of clandest lolling-placen. But Mr. Melton, on Friday, did online his remarks to truisms such as lave quoted. The State be professei ovo ho d?--p1-*-' as a street-walker, iebattcbed and bedraggled creature." hi3 were true, it ill became Mr. Mel a say it. His every instinct, he B; ?aa "to resent it." And he decln hat he fougbt "a government of cor: ion," wheu it existed, with "all trength" he hud. It will seem to ublic that he doth protest overmuch South Carolina reached the lo\ epths of degradation while Moses lovernor. Writing in 1873, Mr. Pik "he Prostrate State says : "Thc rul outh Carolina should not be digni ritli the namo ol government. It is islallatiou of a huge Bys tem of brigi ge. The men who have had it in i roi, and who now have it in control, ?je picked villians of the commui "hey are thc highwaymen of the S 'hey are professional legislative rob! 'hey are men who have studied racticed tho art of legalized theft. 1 re in no sense different from, or In hau, the men who fill thc penitentii f the world. * * * Tho pre overnmcnt of South Carolina 19 nly corrupt aud oppressive, it is in ug. It denies the exercise of the ri f white communities, because they rhite. Thc city of Charleston i* ac mple, as wo hnve before Bu lach government of the S?; c deni tie right to superintend UH own vc r to cou ut its own votes." Where Ir. Melton then, and what was he dc Ir. Melton was elected Attorney-Ge t the same timo that Moses was el lovernor, and served ns Attorney ral until April, 1876, when he resij Vas he blind and deaf? He cert ras dumb. Mr. Melton's official re s Attorney-General show thnt in 0 prosecuted two defaulting cc reasurers, and that the next y er rosecutcd two more. He was instr 1 prosecute State Treasurer Parker ?tl not do it until there was a chan lie Executive office. In 1874 h lined lawyers, in New York, to co . vii proceedings against tho State' ancittl Agent, H. H. Kimpton (.thing came of it. Nowhere is ny evidence that Attorney-Gi lelton attempted or desired to stn he roots of the fraud and corri rhich were at his very feet. A si ctivity was made. Minor rascab lursued ; tue big and strong bad n< o fear. And so it was when Mose ut, and Chamberlain came in. ley-General Melton was voe! nough io his promises, but his asst n his own parly who were on the I rack had no "confidence in him. his opinion appear to bo colored ont events, we givo hero wino c rom a leading article in the Ari laurier on October ll, 1876 : "We cannot understand why M ton hos failed, to this day, to take pro ceedings for the recovery of the proceeds of the. State property sold by the Sink ing Fund Com mission. This be was directed to do by a Joint Resolution of the General Assembly, approved March 19, 1874, moro than a year and a half ago. Commissioner W. J. Whipper, thc black candidate for Judgo of tue Charleston Circuit, is opeuly charged with stealing a sum of money belonging to thc Sinking Fund Commission, and he insolently de fies tho Attorney General to put him on hi? trial. Surely the fact that Whipper is an active and Influential Radical, while Parker long before his trial was politically dead, cannot have prompted Ltufornier Melton to pursue ihc one and to make no effort to catch the other. "Nor caa we understand tho studied inactivity of Reformer Melton in tho case of Congressman Smalls and Repre sentative James A. Bowley, who are men of mark in the Radical party. Bowley ia charged with demanding and receiving bribes while a member of tho Legisla ture. Three times the trial has been postponed, and Reformer Melton, tho Slate prosecuting oilicer. has not raised a finger in nid of the Circuit Solicitor, who luis neither the skill nor tho expe rience required for the management ol an important case. Smalls was charged with corruptly procuring the possnge ol a fraudulent claim against the State. The Solicitor buogled the whole case, failed to summon important witnesses, and made no good uso of the witnesses ho did call. 1 he prosecution broke down and Smalls is whitewashed. The aumit ted ability of Reformer Melton warrauU tho belief that il lie, as a true Reformci should have done, liad conducted thc prosecution the result would have beeu very different. What makes his abseuci moro conspicuous is the circonstance that, at tho previous term of Court, Re former Mellon appenred against the tw< ex-Commissioners of Richland county iou of no power or influence, whose fate like that of Parker, involved no pol?tica consequences. Reformer Mellon did no1 say a word for thc people against eithe Bowiey orSmalls, uud absolutely nuthiiq has been accomplished. "There is another point in which Rc former Melton has been curiously remiss Woodruffnnd Jones, tho 'bosses' of tin Printing Ring, are a rauk offence to tin public. The sworn evidence of fraud in their cases, was placed in the hands a Reformer Melton several months agc nnd he has not moved an inch agains them. Like Whipper and Bowley am Smalls they uro Radical big-wigs, an [me of Ibo pair is said to have a Mitti memorandum book' as rich in evidenc of corrupt dealings U3 that which Oakc Ames made infamous. Tho dead do was mercilessly kicked. What of th live lions? "The principal facts of the Solomo Hunk failure aro before the public. R< former Dunn's own statement she s thf moro thnn one hundred and fifty thou sand dollars of thc funds of thc ban bave been stolen und fraudulently mit ipplied. What has been done to recovi '.he money, or to punish the culprit ? 1 is idle to say that Reformer Dunn haB ri power or duties in this matter. Whe Parker was the quarry, Reformer Dun made the necessary affidavits and urge m the prosecution with a persistent which cannot be too highly commender \s the State h lost over two lui nd rt .housand dolla? by thc Solomon Bau it is clearly his duty, us Receiver of tl junk, to institute civil suits for the r sovcry of tho money, and to lay inform; .iou tor criminal prosecutions. This ?vile*, he did. and was applauded for, i Lhe case of Parker. Why does he 1 lupine now ? There is no doubt-for tl oank statements show it-that ov ?ighty thousand dollars were spent I Hardy Solomon in bribing tho Legist .ure, and that over ueventy thousand dt lars were fraudulently applied torclirii ;he anpital stock of the bank. Yet ll former Dunn makes no sign, and B former Melton elegantly does nothing Such was thc criticism to which AtU [iey-Geueral Melton exposed himself 1875. With bis record, it ia suprci lolly to asseverate thnt he fought I 'government of corruption in South Ci dina" with "all the strci gth" he hi From February, 1870, until he waa eic ;d Attorney-General in 1872, lie v Circuit Judge, under the "government corruption." From 1872 until A pi 187G, he was Attorney-General in t 'government of corruption." Thc clot ?vere gathering thick and fast, and lie sign" before the storm broke. Slave party, o. slave of place he was, perha] jut, in those days, not even iu buriesrj ?vas ho tho slave of duty. But Mr. Mellon will have it that th s no statesmanship in South Caroli Lhere is none, it is to bc hoped, iu ?disc iii which he has exemplified stal nausliip. Mr. Melton's slalcsmans permitted bim lo retain office for ?.ears under "the government of corr ion," unmindful of the stain, the ?liai vbicli his official associates, at that v i me, fastened upon the people wh hey plundered and insulted. It peru lim to do the bidding of his pr?sent? iloycrs, unmindful of the misery that ie succeeds, bc will bring to a seor peaceful, happy,homos. For him, iresent is interpreted and expounded ho past. No hand did he stretch fi o save, when the black tide of ignora iud vice swept over the State. No \v bat he can say, no act thr.t bc can viii atone for the neglected opportun south Carolina's faults, bu they nianj cw, come down from the days when Helton was the official associate of Mc Jardozo, Whipper and Elliott, and.w h oso faults slip from lier like a gurn bat is unloosed, ho will be remeunbi is the one son of the State who mai pectacle of her infirmities and. in tallowed namo of duty, exhausted tor md pen in the effort to bring shame eproach upon this people.- ('harli Yeir? and (varier. - According to official statistics otal population of the German eui is given by the last census, was 45.234, >f whom 44,058,205 were natives J7?.85G, foreigners. How the hearLs of a crowd swell hroh with pitiless hatred against nan who coughs during thc perform it a theatre, when they know he i itingy lo invest twenty-five cents jottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. - A consignment of ninety-four ! )f raw silk arrived in New Yorl Monday from Hong Kong, but i ripened were found to contain not jut sen-weed and grass. The shi| ?vere the notorious Vogel Bros., who jcen paid $47,000, the value of the ?ilk. - A South Carolina farmer ?poko to thc Augusta Chronicle thc lay: "I have just purchased eomi proved implements and am cultiv nay land better than ever. Cotton ri me. Last year I raised 4,000 buslu Born and did this with scarcely any I am making money on small grain forage. Last year I raised ten ba cotton. This year I have not a planted. I find no difficulty In s my corn and hay in Augusta." A CHINESE MAZEPPA. A Chinama?'? Wild Ride mi a Tejua Steer. On Wednesday of last week there oc curred a thrilling tragedy at llrookville, in Arizona. On that day within about four miles of tho above named town, there were three cow-boys. Their jing ling spurs, their long-horucd and brightly mounted saddles, on which were coiled, like long, lithe, limber snakes, rawhide riatas, tue predomionnco of bright color displayed in saddle blanket and clothing, the gleam of the highly-polished pistol and knife, aud the rude, active health and vivacity of horses and rider*, mado them a picture pleasant to look upon, when such an inspection could be made with safety. They were known to their associates as Jake McCray, Billy Folans 1 bee, and Tom Dilworlh ; but whether i these names were conferred on thom at ? the baptismal font was a matter of con ! sideran'e doubt and conjecture. They j had been carousing in town, and were then on their way back to their rendez vous. Suddenly a Chinaman appeared, laden with baskets, aud with a dog trot slor.-ly approached them, and his little , pig-like eyes showed that bc had au in stinctive fear of the horsemen. This was an opportunity for cruel sport which the ? cow boyo cou?d not let pass, and Jake McCray said to his companions : "Boys, | let's have a China Mazeppa. I'll lasso ( the Chinaman, an' yous ketch a steer, an' we'll tie John on nu* run him through , the streets of the town." To this cool j proposition Billy and Tommy joyfully ns- j settled. Ina few seconds McCray's nata , was describing circles in the air, Ah Sin, ( dropping bis burden, fled for dear lifo ; i but after a few bounds the unerring riatu , eucircled ihelimbs of the Mongol, and ho | was jerked and thrown ten feet in tho air < by the bounding horse of the cow-boy. , lu tho menti mo Billy Folausbco and Tom ,, Dilworlh had pursued a hugo Texan f steer, and Bill had thrown his riatu over ? the animal's horns, while Tom, hy a deft , underhand throw of the rawhide, had , cncoiled the animal's hind legs and ?. thrown him prostrate on the ground. , There ho lay panting aud bellowing out ^ defiance- at his captors, although in their ? expert hands ho was ns powerless as an t infant. Billy and his companion about cd to Jake McCray to bring over tho Erisoner,and added parenthetically: "Bo erfui and don't kill thc darn critter, as t there won't be any sport in giving a dead t Chinamen a ride." t Jnke McCray was careful, but not as i considerate as he might have been, for, i when he arrived where the Hteer was j btruggliug thc Chinaman had lost tho ti best part of his blouse and about half i the cuticle from one Ride of his body. < They fac-teiied the riata to the horns, and t the trained animals held the steer fully ? as well as though tho riders were in the I saddle. The trembling Chinaman made < piteuos appealB to his captors, and even ( fished out four twenty dollar pieces from j some recesses in his clothing and offered c them us a bribe for liberty. Thc money i was appropriated, but the longed-for free- 'J dom was denied him. They luid the f prisoner, breast down, upon the steer and ? pulled his bands well down on thc shoul- I ders and tied them together. Then his e legs were pulled apart and secured firmly t on either side of the animal's loins, and c the Chinaman was lied so firmly on the back of the animal that ho looked, ns 'J McCray expressed it, as "though ho i growed there." The fastecings were then r removed from the steer. With blood in f his eye, and shuking his great breadth of ' horn defiantly at bis tormentors, he o charged successively first ut one horsemuu t then al another, while Ah Sin was yell- t ing alternately "Police !" and "Murder 1" v in broken English nnd Chinese, al the top 1. of b?3 voice, His captors made the air s fairly ring with devilish merriment. Fi- c nally the "fiery, untamed" steer was ( headed for town, and then began n race 1 which beggars description. Over gully r and ditch ho went, making stupendous r bout is each time these obstruction? wero encountered, and each bound being ac- 1 curntely recorded by tho Mongolian, for t he fairly rent the air with his screams, 'J and the length of the cry wa? regulated c by tho distance covered by the steer in a v jump. t The cow-boys were more than delighted j with the success of their scheme. The i steer would endeavor to turn, but his re moniL'le.- a tormentors headed him at every 1 point ; when endeavors to make these 1 turns would develop abnormal bursts of t speed, long-drawn-out wails would issue I from the unhappy Motigolian, and whoo c the animal settled dowu to an ordinary run the cry would sink down low, and ^ thus, like the music of an ?Eolian harp, ' would thc moans rise and fall. Tho c wild, frenzied bovine approached a gully 1 fully eighteen feet in width and, willi a f fierce snort and bound, the steer gathered * himself in one supreme effort and cleared <. it by a scratch. Jake McCray's horse, following a little to the right, and at n narrow pince, also successfully jumped across the dry chasm. But Bill Folans beenndTom Dilworlh, following imme diately behind tho Chinese Mazeppa, both came to grief and were landed, horse and i foot, in the bottom of ibo ditch. Tom recovered first and hurried II?H horse along the bottom for a quarter of a mile, and finally clambered out ; but Folansbee lay stuuncd in the bottom while his compati ious continued the mad chase. The steer was turned at midday into the main street of tho town. All the dogs in the place chastd the frenzied animal and barked in chorus ; horses broke from their fasten ings and behind came McCray and Dil worlh, shouting like wild Apaches. Thc frenzied animal, with his human burden, followed everywhere by shouts, barks and indescribable din, shot through, street and alley, was headed into square and plaza, and finally succeeded in going through the Orion saloon, breaking np two flourishing poker games, making his entrance through the frontdoor and his exit at the buck. His Nemeses, McCray aud Dilworth, as though playing "follow my leader," spurred their foaming and reluctant steeds through thc same pas sage ; and, although tho proprietor pro tested with a six-shooter, they too made their exit with safety. Up the street, with renewed vigor, Sew the unwiling Mazeppa and tho wild beast, the latter running amuck now and endeavoring to pierce every living thing ho encountered with hit: long, sharp horns. Suddenly, ! when in front of the court house, tho steer stumbled and fell. Deputy Sheriff Charlea Smith took advantage of this, and with a few quick cuts of his bowie knife released the Mongolian Mazeppa from his perilous perch. Thc released Chinaman threw himself under the pro tection of the officer of the law. The harried steer, seeing his mounted perse cutors approaching, struggled to his feet and darted away. Tom Dil worth, when he discovered his prisoner free, loosened his riata and shouted tn McCray to catch the steer and he would capture the Chinaman. Swinging his lasso around, he charged un and loudly called on the iJ.t.uty Sheriff to stand aside. Tho offi cer of tho law drew his pistol, while thc Mongolian crouched and trembled behind him, and the Sheriff's deputy shouted defiantly : "Touch him at your peril." Without a second's hesitation the riata waa thrown and encircled the officer and Chinaman, but before the line was tight ened by the quick-turning horse the crack ot Smith's pistol was heard, and Dil worth foll dead from his saddle. Tho horse, frightened by the falling body, bounded away, and the two or three turns taken round tho horn held the r?ala firmly, ?nd tho bravo oilicer and abused Chinaman ...ere dragged, bumped and jolted through tho main Btreet. Tho dogs made matters worse by their barking, and thc citizens endeavored to intercept the mnd career of thc riderless horse. Finally, after dragging them a mile, the riata broke. They were picked up, but so badly were they bruised and torn that it was hard to loll which was Caucasian or which Mungolinn. McCrav, seeing from the outcome of affairs that there would bc trouble, hunted up Folunsbeo, informed him of thc fatal termination, and both (lcd in fear of their lives. Officers are in pursuit, but as yet they have not been arrested.-Kwi Francisco F.rain:tter, Thc Curse of Cnllforntn. During n late election in California tliero were bul 800 votes in favor of this obstinate invasion of pig-tails out of a populal iou of 800,000 ! NV ho were thoso who favored the Chinee? They were almost exclusively the helpers mid in mates of brothels and houses of assigna tion, who find the degraded Asiatics very useful in plying their infamous business. Do the people of the Kastern States who LTj aloud (or tho suppression of tho polygamy forget that tue rich Chin- .,c in California not only have numerous ?vives, but sell and trude llicm oiTfor money publicly every day ? Tho Eastern papers which favor the Chinese (no Pa cific coast naper dnro do so) seem lo bink thnt John Chinaman is nu inno cent, pacific animal, sober, industrious iud saving. Hut they seem to forget the lavings of $20,000,000 annually aro 'hiped back to Cliina-not a penny ol' it s spent in A merion. They say that few tr none of them are in the .Sliito prison, vhcreas there arc two to one of them nt ?t. Quinton und Folsom penitentiaries, iompared with those of any other na iouality, considering their numbers, ?leudes, when they commit capital .rimes, as when they murdered Mr. severance, ut Sun Rafucl, they commit tuictde when detected. When they murder one another, ns hey do almost daily, they bury their lead in their cellars or fling them into ho bay. They aie all gamblers and nurdcr one another over their dico and milting is over heard officially of their milt. They practico and propagate inning young while people crimes thal tro almost unmentionable, such as sod imy, etc. Even Gen. Grant, whom now he Chinese regard as thc emperor of Vmerica, before he visited China, where Tis trunks were filled with Chinese gold, iiatnonds and other loot, said that "the Chinese were the ruin of the American routh whom they enticed into their 25 :ent brothels" and opium dens, spread ng incurable venereal, according to Dr. ['ulan's testimony, among children from ive to ten years of age. They aro, bo ides, counterfeiters am debaser* of tho National coin and def - miers of the rev mue, paying large sums to officers foi he impunity Ihoy enjoy in thoir nefari ms trallic. NVe aro told "they don't get drunk.' Chut is fabe. They do get drunk, anil f they don't drink much whisky UH eiiBon is that they are too miserly lo pay br the drinks. Hut if they can steal thc .fire-water" they will readily get drunk ;s they do on opium. What nico citizen hey would make is proved by the fuel hat Parson Gibson, an Englishman vhen he mnkes a Chinese convert, lind ie is ready to chango his creed from om ect to another for an advance of om :ent n day more than he gets from hi Christian employer. They have beci ?nown to soy, "Give me oue dollar i nonth more and 1 will lovce Jesu nucheo more." In a word, they have introduced vice lithcrto unknown and unheard of anion, he white youth nf thc Pacific slopi L'hese forsooth aro the people, "God' iwn people," as Beecher calls them vhich tho gold of the "six companies, bc contractors for Chinese coolies, ar ntroducing in our midst in spite nf leg slatiou. I spent twelve years on the coast c he Pacific, and my impression is that I his inroad is not stopped, in five yeai ho whites must move off from thos >arts which the Chinese will exclusivcl iccupy. Already the "curse is upon her," au san Francisco, which, three years ugi md 310,000 inhabitants, is to-day ri luced to 205,000 people ! They say gol rules thc earth, and if ibis is true, Cal bruin and adjacent States and Territorh viii groan for ages ti ride*- thc curse i chinese immigration.- (.brretpondencc 1 V. Standard. Thc Missouri Outlaw., ST. JOSEPH, MO., April 18. Charles and Robert Ford were nrraig d yesterday in thc Circuit Court upi m indictment charging them with ll vilful murder of Jesse James. Tl Jourt room was thronged to suflbcatio Vs Judge Sherman finished reading tl lill and asked of Robert Ford wheth ie waa guilty or not guilty, he cxclaimc is if ho had been waiting for the Jud o finish reading: "Guilty," nnd th urned to H. II. Craig, the Poli Commissioner of KnnBOs City, with tool, scornful smile. Charles Ford al deaded guilty in tho most unconcern nairn' Judge Sherman then brie passed sentence on them ns follows, om ing uti formalities : "You, each of ye ihnll, on May 19th, 1882, bo taken mme convenient place, and be bang jy tho neck until you aro dead." T mys smiled as tho Judge finished t entonce and without further formalit hey were taken back to jail. Their p; lon waa granted by the Governor to d md is expected to arrive to night. Sheriff Timberlake and a squad of t kansas City police-, all heavily arm irrivcd in the city uu the midnight tn Sunday and attended tho trial. Fe ire entertained by Sheriff Timberic hat their stay in St. Joseph will be ntl led with extremo danger. The jail I jeen closely guarded ever since their c inement and no suspicious applies lave been admitted. Mrs. Jesse James yertcrdoy, by or >f the Probate Court, received ber h jami's arms from ex-Mundial Craig) 'eturncd with them to Kansas City light. rite Marders to be llcltl on Anol Charge. ST. LOUIH, April 18.-Tho Fast-, match's special from St. Joseph sa 'The messenger with the governor's ] lon for the bord brothers has not yet rived and they arc still in jail. To the Sheriff ot Ray County served i rants on Robert and Charles Ford complicity in the murder of Joe Hit the James gang in Ray Comity. Ford boys are disconcerted at the tut affairs. - A negro woman in Onslow cou North Carolina, is said to be seven two inches high. CURRENT TOPICS. A Desperate Tramp Killed, Sr. Loris. April 19.-A crazy tramp in the vicinity of Maryville, Mo., haa been annoying the citizen? for Rome time. In endeavoring to arrest him ono of the constable's posse was shot and killed by tho tramp. Tho Sheriff and posse then, in endeavoring to nrrcst the tramp, killed him. ' North Carolina Poll!les, ltAl.Elon, April 18.-The Stale Re publican Executive Committee, all the members present except tvo, to-day met and decided to call the State Convention on Wediic-day, June 11th. They moved to favor an alliance with the* liberal movement in this State. Thc State Anti-Prohibition Conven tion is called to meet on Tuesday, May 2. Social Equality on the Rall. CINCINNATI, April ll?.-Mrs. S. J. Cray, colored, wife of Rev. S. J.Gray, of Lexington, Ky., who, through her luis band, sued the Cincinnati Southern Rail road Company for refusing her admit tance to tho ladies1 car on a first class ticket last August, and placed the dam ages at $00,000, was aworded a verdict of one thousand dollars in the United States Court this morning. Riddled. ; GALVESTON, April 18.--A special to tho Newt, hom Dccutur, says JooUrown, nlias Rig Jim, ono tt tho men who bru tally murdered tho 'mn boys, a year ago, ' in Hill county, horribly mutilating thc bodies and then cremating them, was shot and killed, to day, by Deputy Sher- J i ir Meridith and a posse, in an effort to ( arrest him. Brown drew n pistol and defied them, whereupon be was riddled with bullets. 1 Homicide in Kershaw. 1 COLUMBIA, April 19.-Thc Lancaster Ledger reporta that a difficulty occuired at T. J. Cautheu'a mill, in the tipper part { i)f Kcrslmw county, on last Saturday "ne- 1 tween Clark, the miller, and Daniel Peach, in which Pench was killed. , Peach wi'.s drinking, and attacked Clark , with a knife, and Clark seized u mallet j und struck Peach in the breast and killed . him instantly. Clark surrendered him self to a Trlul Justice. Poach was forty years old, and left a family. ? President Lincoln's Remains. ' SPKINUFIEI.I), III., April 17.-Last f Saturday memorial services were held ot the National Lincoln Monument in Oak | i idgo Cemetery. Governor Cullom and < Major Connelly delivered addresses, f Ever since thc attempt to stenl tho re- > mains, about three years ago, everybody 1 save a half dozen persons intimately con nected with theZmonument association t supposed that Mr. Lincoln's rcmnins j were enclosed in the marble sarcophagus | which stands in thc vest?bulo lending to j the crypts, where the other members of ^ the family are entombed. This is njtso. Thu remains of Mr. Lincoln have been buried tn tho pr'-und under a portion of I tho immense granite pile forming his ? monument, and are now in a complete <? <tate of petrifaction, tho form and even \ the features of tue dead President being 1 preserved. Platform of the Workingmen. NEW YOIIK, April 10. 1 The central organization of Trades t Unions met this afternoon and adopted a t platform nf principles which demands Bight hours for a dny's work, prohibiting ( the employment of children under four- t teen yeurs of age in workshops, mines j and factories, tho ubolition of all con- ( tract labor on government works and the , prohibiting of all convict contract labor ; ibo enactment of lnws giving workmen a mechanic's lien for full wages for their < work ; eqiinl pay for equal work of both < sexes ; establishment of a labor Biat?Bti- < cal bureau by the States as well as by tho 1 General Government, tho officers of these 1 bureaus to bc chosen from labor organi- I izatinns; sanitary inspection of mines, factories, and all conditions of lnbor ; . ubolition of the conspiracy und trnmp , laws, and all luws not bearing equally on { rich and poor, and the establishment of ( ii national circulating medium, which ( .hali bc issued to tho people without the j intervention of bunks. t A Hit of Society UOKHIU. * WASHINGTON, April 1?'?.-Tho ap pointment of Mr. Chandler to the Navy . portfolio lins developed un interesting , phase of Washington social lifo which sets gossips agog with speculation. It ' will be remembered thnt when J. vVilkes J Booth was shot the picture of a beautiful young lady, a reigning society belle, was found on his person. Tho original of the portrait was recognized in tho person of S?ss Hale, tho daughter of a leading j politician and statesman, and a lady of j whom Booth had become deeply and j seriously enamored. What encourage- , ment he had received was not precisely j known, but there was enough between ' them to form tho basis of a good many ( romances which afterwards appeared in j tho public press. Miss Hale afterward became Mrs. Chandler, and is now the wife of tho Secretary of thc Navy. The same whirligig of time which has brought this about hus also made the then young son of tho martyred Lincoln Secretary of War. It now appears that, according to official etiquette, it is the duty of the Secretary of War to escort the wife of his next iu rank to dinner on State occa sions. He must take the wife of the Secretary of the Navy. Secretary Lin coln, in short, must escort tho one time sweetheart of thc assassin of his dis tinguished father. Therefore society is shocked. Melton aud Woodruff. COLUMBIA, April 19.-Tho following letter which has been fished up out of Joe Woodruff's voluminous correspon dence, will be rend with interest: MELTON & CIIAMOERLAIN, LAW OFFICE, COLUMBIA, S. C., 6 Octooer, 1876. Dear Jo: I am busted, broke,strapped, insolvent-haven't a cent. Sena me your check for one hundred dollars, if only for 10 days. If you haven't it, go and get it somewhere. Yours, faithfully, SAM'L W. MELTON. It will be observed that tho letter is dated October 6,1876, just a littlo while before the final collapso of the Chamber lain government. I here was nothing wrong in asking "Dear Jo" for tho loan of a hundred dollars if "Dear Jo" had been in a position to make tho advance honestly. The story of his stealing was well known at the date of the Melton epistle. Ho had nothing that belonged to him honestly. But a still wor.v. fea ture of the transaction is that, after ask ing for such a favor, the immaculate Melton sdiould almost instantly have turned around and smitten the hand which helped him. The public have not yet forgolteo how "Dear Jo" waa handled by Mr. Meltou in tho Cardozo case. It is, perhaps, one of Mr. Melton's -*--aJ -i?. 1 Hi-Xl W. 'iX . greatest misfortunes that he will not be true to his friends. I saw a prominent Republican politician from Charleston this morning who used the exact lan guage which I now quote: "He (Melton) lins dono some d-d mean tricks, and I hope they (the Democrats) will scorch him Uko h-ll. He wouldn't stand by bis own party, and be is getting just what he deserves/'-./; ?, Ii., in \eirs and Cauri ft. Mews and Gossip. - By word of tho mind one secures repose of the heart. - Tho man who could not express his feelings sent them by mail. - Ex-President Hayes contributed $250 to tho Garfield monument fund. - Tho Intest definition of an old maid -A woman that has been "made" a long time. - lt is more honorable to acknowl edge our fault? than In boast of our merits. - "There's n woman nt tho bottom of it," ns the man said when his wife fell in thc well. -- A Georgia girl lately hod occasion to inform a young gentleman thnt her hand wns not a lemon. - Why should doxology berthe nnme nf the last boy in every family? Because it is the Inst of the hims. - Why is a wife like a newspaper? Because every man should have one without borrowing his neighbor's. - On Monday 1,306,000 bushels of crain were sold ot thc New York Pro luco Exchango-the largest quantity ever sold in ono day. - Dr. Strother, a Kentucky lecturer, holds that the Garden of Eden was the Mississippi Valley, and that Noah's Ark darted from Manhattan Island. - A letter carrier in Meriden, Conn., . ?hose wife lins inherited $60,000, still ;i)cs his rounds, although the Postmaster ia? seVernS upp?iciuiis tor bis piacu. - Those men who destroy a healthful constitution of body by intemperance iud irregular life, do as manifestly kill :hem8elves an those who hang or drown .hemsclves. - Chicago has tho Inrgesl pro rata lowish population of any city in the .vorld. There are fifteen syntig/igucs, ?villi about 20,000 in the aggregate, con gregations. - President Garfield's grave on every dcasnnt Sunday in visiteo Ly thousands if quiet people. The senlinols still paco ibout the vault, tho bronze doors of vhich are thrown back, revealing the :oflln. - The Washington Critic is the au hority for the statement that Secretary Lincoln will remain but n short time onger in the Cabinet, and that bo will io superseded by a more vehement par ?san. - A pretty girl in Sweden turned up 1er nose at her poor but deserving lover, md it froze iu that position. Now she iuesn't know whether to retire from the vorld or hire out to stand in somebody's loll as n hot-rack. - The Queen of England has now eigncd about 44 years. The salaries and lorquisites paid to her and her foul ly will average fully $5,000,000 a year, ir during the period of her reign the mormons sum of $220,000,000. - That the Grungers are alive in ho West ?B shown by their ownership of linety public bolls in Michigan, ranging n cost from $200 to $3,000. These are is cd for the meetings of the Granges ind rented out for other purposes. - There is s man in Washington, D. J., BO forgetful of faces, that his wife is compelled to keep a wafer stuck on the sud of ber nose that he may distinguish 1er from other ladies ; but even this does tot prevent him making occasional mis akes. - The wife of Senator Mahoue bas von in Washington the distinction of wearing handsomer jewels than does any ither woman in official society. Her liamonds used long ago to be a matter >f comment, and when she returned from ?uropo lately ber husband presented ber idditions to her jewelry case valued at (40,000. - The New York Tribune of Tuesday ays : Ex-Governor Daniel H. Chamber ain lins been very aick for several weeks rom a nervous trouble brought on by iverwork. At one time it was feared hat ono side of his body would be en ?rely paralyzed. He is much better now, ind be will sail for Europe, where lie viii spend tho summer, about May 1. - Ex-United States Senator A. Mc Donald, Hugh J. Jewett, of the Erie ?load, A. 8. Sullivan,nt New York, and Milton Taylor, of Cincinnati, have or ganized tho Florida mill, land nnd lum jor company, with a capital of $500,000. They have purchased 625,000 acres in hrco of the gulf counties of Florida, "rom which they propose to take yellow line for shipment lo New York. - A synopsis of tho April report of ho Department of Agriculture upon the * irea and condition of Winter grain shows in increase of nearly one-half million Icrcs, or 2 per cent. ; tho estimated area if the previous crop was 24,346,000 acres. The condition of Winter wheat is high hroughout the West, (Ohio alone re torting below 100) in the cotton Stales, ind in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. - One of the latest freaks of fashion s a mania for wearing jewelled garters. \ New York jeweller claims to have nade a pair worth $1,200. In this the ace and pearl-colored silk band was joined by an elaboiate clasp. On one tide was the lady's monogram in pearls ; m the other the coat-of-arms, with frost ;d storks' heads, a crest of delicately carved gold and a motto set in chip dia monds. ' - Mrs. Ida Greeley Smith, the oldest laughter of Horace Greeley, died Wednesday morning of last week, of diphtheria at Cbappaqun, New York State. She leaves threo children, the youngest an infant four weeks old. She married Col. Nicholas Smith, of Ken Lucky, on May 1, 1875, and after making & European tour settled at her fathers celebrated farm at Chappaqua, where they have since lived. - The Philadelphia Times says: "Gen. George E. Pickett, whose division of Virginians made the wonderful assault upon Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg, left a widow with no means of support. Gen. Grant, who was Pickett's classmate^ at West Point, secured the widow's appoint ment to a clerkship in the Quartermaster General's office. It ?B now reported that Secretary Liucoln has directed her re moval, on the ground that her late hus band served in the Confederate army. If the report be true, then the ungener ous sou of a generous father shoots with a pop-gun of microscopic calibre."