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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE ?, 1882. VOLUME XVII.-NO. 47. A CAVALRY CHRONICLE. j of a hill and snreadinrr rm? -' BU. ficiitlntc Cavalry From Houth Caro fm -The Most Brilliant Exploits of tho B1,1"" Wade Hamilton*?? Devotion to Duty. EH ?y. Zimmerman Davit, in Weekly h'ewt. VB . ner tbe lapse of eighteen years it ?a ?81 'easy matter, in the absence of notes H&ken at tbo time, to give minuto details ?ff ,,,mu and incidents, howevei vivid Hind real Uiev may have appeared at tho CB, 0f their occurrence. Tho war wmme? I how far o?" they now Beem ! The ^Jtcrrening years have been so full of HSittlcsof other kinds-struggles to mas HT,r adversity, to win bread ns well as Krtune to rehabilitate our homes, to HBonnuer defeat, tc lift up our fallon and Kr?strate State, and to make our very ad Kersilies tho basis of a greater prosperity SK_tbat the memory of those dayB may Stell seem indistinct and unreal, l?ut if Keir hi^ory ia ever to be written, it nKueht to be done by those who lived Kronen those four terrible years. Our Htute Legislature has made a beginning Hiv endeavoring to have placed on record la'list of the names of her Bons who re f?po?dcd then to her call, though it is to K feard that even now it is too late to Siirocure anything more than very iraper Kect and incomplete rolls. Who, then, HL'll write tho history? Tho Southern Blliitorical Society has been endeavoring Ito collect and publish, during the past Heil or seven years, evey thing which would ?appear to be of general interest to all to Sffbom tho "Lost CauBe" is a hallowed I memory, and hv done much to coirect S folie impressions, and to put into dura H ble form truthful and valuable material B for the historian. But there are many 9 incidents, full of interest to particulai H States and communities, which will prob I ably nevor find their way into the pa 8 per? ol this Society, and tho publishers S of the Weekly JScws have done well tc n invite contributions from those who wert 9 eye-witnesses of and participants in thc B (scenes they describe. "The Story of thc 1 Surrender," "The Bloody Bend," "Thc ? Fight of the Rear Guard," "Tho Lasl m Flag of Truce," "Tho Battle of thc ? Crater" and "In the Pen at l'oint Look 8 out," have all been told with graphic m pen, and the hearts of the old veteran! ? have throbbed with a quicker glow, while 9 their eyes have lighted up willi a brigh H ter gleam, or mayhap have bren dimmei 1 A'ith a sudden moisture, as they read OJ 9 discussed again with each other the atorj 9 of the past. No article has yetappearec B describing the deeds of our SOUTH CAROLINA CAVALRY, 9 and while what I write will give but at 5 imperfect idea of its gallant service du K ring many months in Virginia, I trus S tht.'.it will show that the cavalry was ii Sj very truth the "right arm" of Lee's ar S In the spring of 18G4 the Fourth S Fifth and Sixth Regiment? of Soutl 9 Carolina Cavalry were ordered fron I South Carolina to Virginia, and consti I tuted what was thereafter known as BUTLEB'8 BRIGADE. ? Being armed with Enfield rifles, its chic g fighting was done on foot, and it BOO j non for itself throughout tho Army c Northern Virginia the name of "Tba Fighting Cava.ry from South Carolina. All through that spring and summer an fall its activity anti arduous service wa ceaseless, as the list of the battles i which it was engaged will show. Begin ning with "Dray's Bluff," "Cheater Ste tion" and "Atkinson's Farm," fought b the Fflh Regiment, which served as ir fantry while waiting the arrivnl of th horses from South Carolina, followed h the battles of "Charles City Courthouse, "Hawes's Shop" and "Cold Harber," i May; "Trevillian Station," "Whit House," "White Oak Swamp" an "Kiddie's Shop," in Juno ; "Nance Shop" and 'Tappony Church," in July "Gravelly Run" in August, "Reams Station" and the "Vaughan Road" j September, and "Mrs. Cummin's Farm and "Burgess's Mill" in October, besidi innumerable skirmishes, which, thoug sometimes unpleasantly hot, did not a tain to the dignity of being mentionc I ? battles. These served to fill up tl measure of a very vigorous carnpaig and made fearful havoc in tho ranks i both men and horses. I do not remen ber tho losses of the other regimeni hut my own regiment (tho Fifth) lc over FOUR HUNDRED OFFICERS AND MI in killed and wounded, besides abo nifty captured, during the six monti abovo mentioned. Aa I have stated, tho chief fightit was done with the rifle, but there we not wanting the brilliant dash and tl headlong charge with sabre or pistol, tl shock of which the enemy seldom wahi to meet. During this campaign Gen. M. U. Bu 1er had been promoted to ho major-ge: cral, and Col. Dunovaut to tho temp rary rank of brigadier, but the brigac was always knowu os "Butler's," bell "filling to part with a name whit had become historic even in that arn of gallant brigades. The limits of th paper will not admit of many details tho performances of the cavalry dum the campaign of 1864, and I will coi nno myself to ono or two incidents whit I have not seen described Ly any ot e-&e heretofore. September found Wac uamptonj then lioutennnt-general, ar commanding all the cavalry of tho A roy of Northern Virginia, occupying tl extreme right of Lee's army, cxlendii [rom Hstcbenj's Run, ten miles south tetersburg. indefinitely ou that flank, i M to protect the Southside Railroa and '. >op open the country from whit wo. Lee drew a largo part of his su plies. Ever devising schemes to emba nus and punish tho enemy, Hamptt uctermined to make Grant contribute tue supply of Lee's commissary depai "lent, and accordingly on Tuesday, tl 77 of September, with a picked bot 01 four hundred men, selected from ll various commands of his corps, Ham jon msdo an incursion into tho enomj "nea. While the whole front ol Le< Rr<ny opened a brisk firo to divert at ?Jgago the attentio:. of tho enem ilumptoa ?iado a long, hut rapid dctot nm! sweeping rouud, completely surpris ?od captured an encampment only jew miles in rear of Grant's lines, ni ttiough pursued and attacked by a lar ?orce sent to intercept him, he kept thc Rt bay and successfully brought off 1 entire command, together with tbr nuridred prisoners, threo hundred bon "Od mules ten wagons laden with val ?ole plunder, and 2,500 HEAD OF REEVE?. 1 think this may safely bc cited ns t most brilliant singlo exploit of tho wi A? honor to "Jeb?' Stuart for his co: Pleto circuit of Grunt's army, but remo ocr that he was in light marching tri "uh no encumbrances. Of courso t re*t of tho cavalry who we.ro not on tl T'd with Htmpton had their hands f ^Raging and intercepting tho enci ?hilo bo waa safely bringing out hisci turc*. It Was a lovely and picturoscj ?'Rnt never lo bo forgotten as those 2/ ?tile came in sight of tho brigatlo cat gi UurgpM'a Mill on Saturdav mornii ^ptcmber 17th. Tho sun was just risi as they appeared coining over Ibo cr eu rn, fieid ou . . ?x ?6 in splendid condition, from Texas ?? o?0, yu-trai,,ed wwittd driven?n" b'ue cracking their long whinsnnd pouting as no one but a corboy' knows bow each impressed driver bim*If "cori ?n grey. Tho rejoicing ia Len'* can'we 1 h.' rea-118, ?f tbi8 ?PedU on S ? nlm^lned? m ifc was enabled to enjoy full rations of good fresh beef for several weeks thereafter, a luxury to r?rnger"P0OrCOUfcdahad ???? ^ THE SOUTH Ht DE RAILROAD waa one of the main arteries by which SM rifyiof Norti,ern Vlr*lnl? w???p lied, and repeated effort? had been made by the enemy to reach and destroy it Ibo first attend 0f any strength WM made by the cavalry ot Gens WiS annd Kautz, which, however, was inter cepted and literally cut to pieces by Hampton at Sappony Church. After this rcconuoissances in force were fre quently made by the enemy's infantry lor the purpose of dislodging our cav alry on tho Vaughan Hoad, and thus getting possession of the White Oak Road upon which they proposed to ad vance towards thc railroad. One of the?c demonstrations was made on tho morn ing of October 1st, but it was repulsed and the enemy was driven back .idough B?veral successive lines of works to "Mis Lummiu's Farm," across Hatcher's Run! Ihe brave. GEN'. JOHN DUNOVANT was instantly killed hy a bullet through the brain while leading his brigade in a brilliant charge. The lastseriouB att .npt to break our lines at this point occurred on the 27th of October. The enemy's force consis ted of parts of three army corps, num bering (aa we learned from prisoners) upwards of ten thousand men. They advanced by several roads, and as fast as our brigade was dismounted to fight, we would hud ourselves in danger of being flanked, and thus were forced to remount and fall hack successively across the Squirrel level, the Quaker and the Boydton Blank Roads, and through our camp on tho Quaker Road, from which, however, everything had been sent to tho rear early m the day. The enemy's plans and strength having been fully developed, Gen. Hampton placed YOUNG'S AND UUTLER'S BRIGADES of cavalry in their front at Burgess's mill, while orders were dispatched to Gen. NV. H. F. Lee, stationed ten miles south of us, to move up aa rapidly as possible with his division, and attack the enemy's left flank, while it was un derstood that Mallorie's division of in fantry and Dearing's cavalry were to cross Hatcher's Run below Burgess's mill and strike them on the right flank. THE REAL FIGHT OF THE DAY began about 3 o'clock, when Butler's brigade charged across an open field on the right of the White Oak Road, and drove the enemy to the cover of i dense pine thicket. Major Theo. G. Barker, A. A. General of Buttler's Division, was seriously wounded while galautly leading the brigade in this charge, he alone be ing mounted, and therefore a conspicu ous targer, for the fire of the enemy. After the brigade had reached a little knoll it was halted, anc ordered to lie down, and protected partly by the gent ly undulating ground and partly Dy a rail fence, it kept up a heavy and contin uous fire until night closed in upon the scene. The enemy being massed in the pine thicket airea *y referred to, poured a very heavy fire upon us, but fortunate ly generally overshot tho men lying down. During the afternoon Gen. But ler 6cnt me (though placed in command of my regiment the uext day, I was on this day, aud had been for several months, serving on the brigade 3taff as acting adjutant and inspector-general,) to the line of battle to direct Lieut-Col. Jeffords to charge the enemy as soon as he heard firing from Gen. W. H. F. Lee on tho enemy's left flank, und upon rid ing forward I met thc lifeless body of Col. Jeffords being borne to the rear, he having been shot through the head and instantly killed. After delivering the order to Maj. Ferguson, the next in com mand on that part of tho linp, I was making all the haste I could to get out of a fire which waa uncomfortably hot to a man on horseback, several bullets having already passed through my cloth ing, when I saw A STAFF OFFK.EH, who appeared to bo riding towards me, fall from his horse. I galloped up to see who it was, and Gen. Hampton and his staff rode up at the same moment. We all at once dismounted, and the General, stooping over tho prostrate form, gently raised his head and kissed him, saying "My son, my son." It was his son, Lieut. Preston Hampton, his aide-de camp. Tho little group being in full view of tho enemy a volley was fired at us, wounding four, one of whom was Capt. Wade Hampton, Jr., another son of our noble chief, who having been upon tho staff of Gen. Joseph E. John ston had reported for duty with his father upon tho temporary removal of Gen. Johnston from command at Atlanta. Assisting him to mount his horse, I con ducted him to Gen. Butler, who had ta ken position a little to tho rear, overlook ing the field, and gal lopped a hundred yards or so farther to the rear for a sur geon. Returning at full speed, with Dr. Hurkbaltcr, we met the General and his staff. A spring wagon had been found in a yard near by, which somo of the couriers or staff were dragging out of the line of fire, while Dr. B. Av. Taylor was eittiug in tho wagon supporting thc hoad of poor Press. Hampton upon his shoul der Alas, he was dead. Gen. Hamp ton simply said. "Too late, Doctor," and turned dis horse's head and rode over to where two guns of HART'S BATTERY, under Wet. F. M. Bamberg, were en gaged in an artillery duel with apparent ly several batteries of tho enemy sta tioned on a hill on thc other side of a pino thicket. And there, with compress ed lits and flashing eye, tho great hero directed tho fire of those two guns until dark. The accuracy of tho firo was evi dent tho next morning when wc saw on that hill several exploded caissons and over twenty dead horses. I triut I have not violated the sanctity of private grief by relating the details of Piesston Hampton'H death, but there wael . omething so grand and noble in tho .uro patriot soul of Wade Hampton wt." could, at such a time as that, with one son killed and another severely wounded, subordinate parental affection to duty, as to excito admiration and re spect, that I cannot resist tho i m polee to speak of it. u T), The distances which Gen. W. lt. *. Leo had to march on tho one side and Gen. Mahonc on tho other wore so great that no combined attack could be mudo that evening, but arragemonts wcro made for it to take place at dawn the next morning. The enemy however SAW THE TRAF which ivas laid for them, and quietly but hastily retreated during tho night, leav I ing their pickets on post to bo captured, and all their killed and wounded on the field. Citizens informed us that Grant himself was present in our front a part of the afternoon previous, aud boasted that ho would sup that night in Peters burg. Heavy demonstrations had been made hy him all along Gen. Lee's lines between vs and Peteisburg that day, and he doubtless thought that ho could walk over the cavalry on his left and turn Lee's right flank aud force him to chango bis base. Is it too much to claim that Butler's Division of Cavalry, being in the enemy's immediate frout, and bear ing the frunt of tho battle, by checking their advance, saved Petersburg from capture on that day ? Thia was tho last pitched battlo of any consequence fought by Butler's Brigade in Virginia, as tho roads soon became well-nigh impassable, and both armies went into winter quarters. Don't he Discouraged. It will not do, in the outset o? life, to become discouraged and give up tho struggle because things do not go on aa smoothly as we had anticipated. Soruo of the grandest achievements the world has ever known have been accomplished in the face of the most untoward circum stances and surroundings. There aro very many of tho difliculties and rough places in life that patience and perse verance will overcome. It seldom hap pens that the hopes wo cherish of tho future are fully realized. Tho path of life, from a you,''ful standpoint and through young spectacles, appears smooth enough, but, when we come to travel it, we find it an up-hill business, and often rough, rugged and Bteep. lue journey of life, to most of uo, is laborious and discouraging enough under tho most favorable circumstances, and whether poor or wealthy, high or low, wo will not find things as highly colored as our youthful history painted them. It is not \.ell to be too sanguine, and theu whoo disappointment comes il will not be with such crushing force and demolish ing power. To accept tho situation and endure cheerfully what must he, and el bow our way aa easily as wo can, hoping for little, yet striving for much, is per haps the ?egal philosophy of life. But don't bo discouraged if occasionally you aro tripped up by the way and your fellows aro likely to outstrip you in tho race ; in other words, be supremo over your accidents and don't let a failure or two dishearten you. Misfortunes come to all aliko ; miscalculations will sometimes I be made ; things will often turn out diff erently to what wo had a right to expect, and we may be the Bufferers in tho end. It would bo well to remember that fickle fortune is like April Hkies, some times cloudy and sometimes clear, with alternate storm and calm, sunshine, and rain. Under these circumstances, it would bo folly to despair of again seeing the sun because to-day is dark and lower ing ; so it is equally unwise to yield to despondency when fortuno frown3, since, in the common course of things, she may be surely expected to smile ag.iin. The people of the world aro sometimes as deceptive as its promises and pros pects, and we find ourselves deceived in this respect we must not despair ol' find ing friends who will be as true in adver sity as in prosperity. It is peculiarly painful to nave a friend desert or be tray us, but ii is pleasing to realize tho fact that there are those that will not. Men are not always what they seem to be. Some may apppear to bo your friends from interested motives, or as a matter or policy, and when their ends are answered they will change or desert you, and, perhaps, even become your ene mies. It sometimes happens that men, for a purpose, wear borrowed characters and faces, and represent a part in the drama of life that is not strictly their own, and those that have stood fairest before the world are often the least worthy to be trusted. All is not gold that glitters, and Hen's characters are sometimes as differ ent as their faceB. With this condition of things and with these facts before us, we may expect to meet with deceit and hypocrisy, and it might be well for us to prepare ourselves for it in advance. Experience and intercourse with the world will teach a person many useful lcssoiiB, mid sometimes at tho expense of faith in the reliability and trustworthi ness of humau nature. If wo oncohave our confidence shaken by some overt act of deception, it can scarcely ever be re stored. We will always be suspicious and looking fora repetition of the ungenerous and cruel act. From sources such as these you may be most unexpectedly deceived, and most people would naturally winco and feel sore under the infliction, but they must get used to it and not take it too serious ly to heart. With tho path of duty open be fore yon, all you have todo is to go steadily forward, consulting your own conscience and interest rather than the opinions of men, though thc last is not to be disre garded. Be industrious, frugal and hon est, and deal kindly and fairly with all, exercising a kindly and forgiving spirit in all your intercourse, and if you do not prosper as rapidly as your neighbors, you may rest assured that you will be as hap py with what you may have. Tho American Dollar Mark. Origin of There arc a number of theories for the origin of the sign of the Ainericau dollar. Ono ie that it is com bination of U. S., tho initials for the United States ; another, that it is a modi fication of the figuro 8, thc dollar being formerly called a "piece of eight," and designated by tho character 3-8. Thc third theory is that it is a combination of H. S., the mark of the Roman unit, while a forth is thatjt isa combination of P. and S., from the Spanish peso duro, which signifies "hard dollar." In Span ish accounts veso ?B contracted by writ mg inc o. ovor nie i. auu placing u the sum. But the best origin of the sign is offered by tho editor of tho Lon don Whitehall Review, who onco pro pounded the question at a dinner party, at which the American Consul was pres ent. As no one could tell, tho editor gave thc fallowing explanation : "It is taken from the Spanish dollar, and tho sign is to be found, of course, in tho asso ciation of the Spanish dollar. On the reverse of tho coin is a representation of tho pillr.rs of Hercules, and round each pillar is a scroll, with inscription 'Plus Ultra.' This device io course of time has degenerated into the sign which stands at present for thc American as well as Spanish Dollars-$. Thc scroll around the pillar:, represents the two ser pents sent by Juno to destroy Hercules" in Iii? cradle." - The New York board of health have been listening to complaints made bv residents in tho vicinity of the Protes tant Episcopal Church of St. John tho Baptist against tho ringing of a two thousand pound bell, which is styled a nuisance. The petitioners declare that the hideous noise is detrimental to the public health, and peculiar* annoying to sick persons. No action has yet been taken, and another meeting is to ba hold to consider tho matter. AN EXCITING DAY IN CONGRESS. i MACKEY SWORN INTO TII1? IIOVSK IN 1)111 II LE'S FLACK. j Kml of tLe Dead-Lock-Exciting Scenes ou tho Floor- Upbraiding Heifer and Ar rnlgulug tho l':u lj - How Un;; Down n Protest. WASHINGTON, May 31. Immediately after the readil y of tho Journal tho House resumed the consid eration of the Mackey-Dibblo election , case, and Atherton, of Ohio, member of , tho Committee ou Elections, presented i the views of the minority on the case, premising his remarks with a denial of j thc statement that tho Democratic sido j was afraid to enter into it? discussion. He spoke for nearly two hours, con I fining himself principally to an earnest discussion of the allegations of fraud and forgery in the testimony presented before the committee. Ho was frequent ly interrupted by the Republican mem bers of the committeo aim a good deal of confusion ensued, but tho debate was throughout conducted in perfect good temper, and the manner in which Ather ton presented tho points upon which tho minority relied elicited several rounds of applause for his aide. Kanncy, of Massachusetts, a member of the committee, spoke in support of tho majority report, characterizing ns a sub terfuge the allegation of forgery in tho testimony. If bo believed in "that alle gation he would not sacrifico his honor and manhood by attempting to Btnothcr ita investigation. He reviewed tho cir cumstances of tho case, stating that in thc election lhere had been fraud refined and cheating reduced to a science, aud then proceeded amid much laughter and applause to detail the labors of the com mitteo in consideration of the wholo sub ject. Moulton, of Illinois, followed with au argument in support of tho claims of Dibble to bo retained in his sent. Jones, of Texas, spoko in advocacy of tho claim of Mackoy, and then nt 5 o'clock Calkins demanded tho previous questiou, pending which Randall moved to recommit the report of tho Committee on Elections with instructions to that committeo to inquire into the authentici ty of all depositions, returns and evi dence, of whatever character, produced in the caso of Mackey va. O'Connor. The motion waa lost-yens 97, nays 137, The previous question was then ordered -yeas 151, nays 1. After a brief Bpeech by Evius, of South Carolina, in opposition to tho majority report, tho contest?e (Dibble) was ac corded tho floor to close the debate ii bis own behalf. Ho reviewed iii d?lai tho history of the case, criticised Revere ly the action of the Committee on Elec tions in declining to investigate the aile gatious of forgery made by him, ant quoted extensively from the testimony it order to sustain the truth of thoso alie g?tions. Ho was frequently applauder by tho Democratic side. Calkins, of Indiana, in a brief speed closed the discussion. He had been sur prised ul the manner in which the Com millee on Elections hud been abused am maligned. With the fear of God befor his pyes and the fear of no man in hi he..rt, he declared that if there had eve been au election case fairly and honora bly tried by any committee it was th caso being now considered. [Applaus on tho P^publican side.] In conclusio Calkins delivered a peroration on tb necessity of preserving the purity of th ballot box, which was greeted with round of applause from the Rep?blica side. In tho midst of this applause Springe of Illinois, rose and called attention I the maimer in which the Rep?blica party had preserved the purity of tl ballot box iu 187C, when it had inaugi rated as President a man who never ht been elected. He was called to order I several members on the Republican sid but he continued to speak [though fa remarks were inaudible on account of tl confusionj until called to order by tl Speaker. The point was mudo thal the remar made by Springer should not go into t Record. Tho Speaker sustained the point, b Spriuger stated that if they did not in the Record they would at least go the country. Hardly had ho taken his seat wh Mills, of Texas, appeared in the mi aisle gesticulating excitedly and charg the Republican party with having ( frauded tho people in 1876. Again cries for "order 1" went un fin the Republicans, which, mingled w shouts of "Sec how they sjquirm !'' a derisive laughter, rendered tho scene noisy and confusing one. Mills continued with his remarks i til the Speaker stated that ho woi direct the Sergeant-at-Arms to prese order. "Yes," replied Mills ; "the Spea! can preserve order and suppress tho . cord, but he can never blot from tho 1 tory of this country that treason ngai the government." The resolution seating Mackey > adopted-yeas 150, nays 3-and Mac! appeared at the bar and was sworn in McLane, of Maryland, ro9o to a qt tion of privilege and sent to tho Clei desk a resolution reciting the fact t tho House in tho exercise of tho poi expressly conferred on it by tho Con tution baa ordained and cstabli.dicc codo of rules for the government of proceedings and tho guidance of its i siding officer ; also reciting the fact! connection with the Speaker's rcfun to entcrtaiu the motions and appe.ili Springer on Monday, declaring ho not allowed his rights as a representa of thc people to submit motions afiecl tho merits of a measure pending, that thus the right of thc Houso to < utruo its own rules was not accord also dcclariug that it is the duty of House to maintain the integrity nnd ularity of its proceedings and to presi tho rights and privileges of ita meint and therefore resolving that, in the jt ment of the House, said motions appeals were in order at thc time I were made and 'nken, under the exis rules, and ought f? huve been cntcrta and submitted by the Speaker to Houso for ita action thereon ; also rcs ing that Haid decision and ruling of Chair and his refusing to allow apf therefrom wero arbitrary and arc demoed and censured by the House. While tho preamble and r?solu! were being read, more than half members on each ?ido wo'.e on their and showing great excitement, an soon as tho reading concluded, Rec Maine, moved lo lay the rcsolutioi the table. HiBCOck, of New York, simultane* inquired of tho Speaker whether resolutions were offered ns a qucsli privilege. Tho Speaker stated that the genth from Maryland had advised the < that ho had certain resolutions v related to the parliamentary nelie tho majority. The Chair had disti askcel him whether Ibey were per to the Spenkcr, and had been tobi were not. I McLane : "They arc not person I tho Speaker." Several Republicans : "What are they then ? They ceusuro him." McLaue: "I stated distinctly to the Chair that the resolutions arraigned the action of the Chair aud of the majority of tho House." Tho Speuker : "Tho Chair distinctly understood that they had no personal application to thc Speaker, otherwise the present occupant of the chair would have taken occasion to havo left tho chair. In this situation, aud having made ihat statement, the Chair would very much prcfor not to rule ou tho point of order ' presented by the gentleman from New ' York, (Mr. Hiscock,) but to allow tho motion of '.ho geutlemau ?rom Maine (Reed) to be put." Chorus of Republicans: "That is right." rho Speakt! : "Tho present occupant of the chair, however, is clearly of opin ion that tho resolutions aro entirely out side of a privileged question." O'Neal!,of Pennsylvania: "ThcChair is quite right." Tho Speaker: "It is not in order as n ?uestion of privilege for ono side of tho louse to arraign tho other side." A Democratic member: "ThoSpeaker has the right to leavo tho chair now." Tho Speaker: "Tho present occupant of the chair docs not desert his post of duty. I Applause from tho Republicans and great uproar.] Tho Chair prefers to put the question. House, of Tennessee, insisted that tho geutlemau from Maine (Recd) had not tho right to take tho floor from thc gen tleman from Maryland (McLane), who had preseutcd a privileged question. O'Neall, of Pennsylvania, declared in a highly excited manner that the House ought to disposo of tho resolutions by laying them on tho table at a moment's notice. The Speaker in reply to House said a motion to lay on tho labio was always iu order. Hiscock expressed his willingness to withdraw his point of order if the Sneak er desired to have Reed's motion submit ted, but he desired to put on record his protest against entertainiug such a pro amblo and resolutions as u question of privilege. Tho Speaker in tho midst of much confusion and disorder announced that ho entertained thc resolutions and also thc motion to lay thom on tho table. Shouts from tho Republican side : "Let us have tho vote 1" Cox, of Now York, insisted that thc first thing in order when a question wat raised concerning tho Chair was for thc Speaker to leave the chair. Tho Speaker informed him that then was no rule to that effect. Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, took ur tho point made by House, of TenncBse aud insisted that the gentleman fron Maryland (McLane) having presented t ?ueBtion cf privilege WBB entitled to th< oor to nrguo it, and that tho floor coul< not bo taken from him by n motion t< lny on the table. The excerpts from tin Record which had beei? just read in tb? preamble showed that the Chair declare) on Monday that motions to lay on th table were not always in order. [Ap plauso from tho Democrats.) McCook, of New York, put the pari in mentary inquiry whether tho action o the majority was not the action of th House, and whether such action could b arraigned. Tho Speaker attempted to nako som further explanation and defense of hi ruling, but there was so much clame and uproar and so many membersspeal ing on both sides that no intelligible r< port of what he said could be made. One of tho most persistent claiman of tho floor was Cox, of New York, v\. continued to asseverate in loud lom that the gentleman from Maryland coul not be deprived of ?ho floor by a motic to lay on the table. He was rapped order by the Speaker and informed th the Chair had a right to recognize motion to lay on the table. He was al advised by Miller, of Pennsylvania, sit down, to which ho responded by mo ing aero?! the area to where Miller w standing nnd gesticulating with his ! in the neighborhood of Mr. Miller's fa -a movement which was greeted wi shouts of laughter and clapping of hutu In the midst of tho disorder t Speaker was hoard to repeat that he h a right to refuse on Monday to enterte the motion to lay on the table (as f rules were not then applicable) 9' 1 tl thc House had adi mu d his rulijg, 1 that the motion as now made was une the. rules and was in order and v [bringiug down tho gt'.cl with an c phatic knock] not debatable. [Applai on tho Republican side, with the sto on the Democratic side still raging.] Notwithstanding the Speaker's ruli Cox, of New York, persisted in the tempt to present his point of order, wi: Hazelton, of Wisconsin, and Miller o O'Neall, of Pennsylvania, shouted him to take bin seat, and tho Speal told him that his interruptions wero : in order, and that ho must respect House and the Chair. 1 o which C retorted that if the Chair would resp itself he would respect th?; Chair. The uproar and disorder did not wc but still McLane managed to mako h Belf heard in all thc poise protest against tho treatment he had been B jecltd to in being deprived of tho fl when ho was entitled to it. An angry colloquy took placo betw McLane and Hazelton, of Wiscon which the Speaker cut short by dec ing the question to bo on tho motion lay the preamblo and resolutions on table. Cox made some further fight aga having the question put so pcremptc -without McLane having had a cl? to bo heard. And McLano himself dared that under Ihe rules the Spci was bound when a question of pnvi was presented to submit it to tho Ho Chorus of Republicans: "Thatis v he doing." The Speaker : "That is what tho C is trying to do now." | Applause on Republican side.) McLane: "Tho Chair should go tc oxtcnt of submitting thc question to House as to whether or not it presen question of privilege." The Speaker: "Tho Chair has ei fained it aa a question of privilege." Randall : "Then the gentleman Maryland is entitled to ho heard." The Speaker (ending his sonter "And thu geutlemau from Maine moved to lay it on tho table, which position is now belore the IIOUBO." Blackburn, of Kcutucky. conte that. McLane had a right to be hear which the Speaker replied that ho v have had that right but for tho mot i lay on the table. Finally tho Democrats had to ] McLane declaring that the Chair violating thc rules of tho House. Tho yeas and nays wero demande ordered and thc storm subsided. A vote was taken and the resol i were laid on the table-yeas 143, na - Charlotte is to havo a mill butter store, where nothing but thc tides are kept for sale. They wil ! refrigerators, and everything will I I and nice. Thc Dead Cities. In tho year of our Lord 79 Vesuvius had an uncommon eruption, which sud denly and very completely buried out of sight the cities of Pompeii nud Hercu laneum ; and they remained so buried for sixteen hundred years-until early in tho last century, when their sites were accidcntallv discovered. After n ich patient labor nnd nt an enormous ex pense, about one-third pr.r?- of these dead and buried cities has been dug up ; and the excavations aro still going ou. Vast treasures of gold and silver, rare statuary, painting*, and household utensils were recovered in good condition, and many of the80 nu now preserved, UH I have said, in the National Museum nt Naples. The paved streets havo been cleared of rubbuh, and comparo favorably with those of the cities of to-day. The hous es nro open to inspection, nnd one cnn easily gather from them a good idea of tho manner of life among thc people who wero buried into eternity wi?li such frightful celerity eighteen hundred years ago. There is a large museum just within the main gato of Pompeii, in which aro stored vost numbers of articles recovered from the uncovered houses. These aro bottles, vases, plates, cups, lamps, money boxes, jar*, door locks, bolts, bells, eggs, nuts, pieces of bread, dried fruit, glasses, towels, candlesticks, ladles, Beales, nee dles, baskets, funnels, cto. Hut, among all these familiar things, I was most impress ed with an iron safo-an actual iron safe -identical in pattern with thoso knobbed articles that only a few years ago wo?O considered thc best safes in the world for bauking-housea and counting-rooms. And yet dozens of persons have within fifty years taken out patents for newly invented Hates. I saw also a lot of fish-hooks of tho identical pattern now so eagerly prized by anglers-tho veritable Limerick hook. Is tho world progresssing ? And then there are prostrato figures of mon and women-ono of the latter evidently on the point of becoming a mother-skele ton:; of horses, cats, dogs, and rats. And there are many skulls-one of them still retaining BOUIO of its hair. All theso dreadful trophies snatched from the ji WB of death serve to illustrate tho terrors of tho dreadful night when firo and brim stone rained upon tho devoted cities and wrapped them in tho darkness of death and desolation. If I may judgo from paintings nud pculptures on the walls of many rooms, and from translations of numerous in scriptions on door-posts, tho people of Pompeii wero not islrictly virtuous in every respect, for there is everywhere evidence that they hf.d reached a re markably high or low degree of licen tiousness, as well as of luxury, Almost every house had ite bot and cold bath, its BpaciouB yard or garden, its statuary and pictures, and excellent culinary ar rangement?. Hut now it is a silent city. Its nouses aro tcnautless, and ila streets aro trodden only by tho feet of curious tourists. All is desolation-still beauti ful aud wondrously attractive, but dead. Despite its paintings und its statues, und its glorious sunshine, it was to mo but a Satbetic suggestion of woe and despair, would not care to livo in a dead eily, and if I did, I could find one nearer home.-Liff rr in the Baltimore American. Tho Uronnd*Knt. Tho following letter, copied from tho Monthly He-port of tho State Agricultu ral Department, and written by Dr. South wood Smith, of Brighton, Hampton coun ty, will bo of interest to mnny of our readers : '.The ground-nut, small variety, har vested before frost, tho vine cured and housed, bas proved such excellent and cheap forage for horses nnd mules, not to say cnttlo-for heretofore wo havo never had to feed thom-that I feel constrained to mateo known its merita through you to those who havo stock to feed. There cnn be raiHed upon ordinary land-still bet ter upon first new year land mnnurod and cultivated as for cotton-two to three tons of cured vines per acre, with from thirty to fifty bushels of thc pen or nuts, making the gross vnluo per acre from sixty to eighty dollars' worth-tho cured vine being worth as much, and by many preferred lo tho best hay, pound for pound. Again, so far na tho vines go, it IB a certain crop, yielding abundantly, both in wet and dry seasons, nor is thc plant ever blasted by disenso or rust. Tho vines, being matured when harvested, aro easily cured. I pick off the most solid of the nuts, which seil readily hero at a dollar per bushel, and feed ls left on thc vines to my horses and mules. They cat them in preference to anything elso, and keep fat and healthy upou half ra ?0. J of corn, working hard all tho time, several of my neighbors aro planting largely of them, and I hope every farm er who reads this will plant a patch and report results. There ia nothing that paya so well." A Plea for tho Birds. Hobbing of bird'? nesta is getting to be a perfect mania nmong tho boys. 1 bey rob them to get their eggs to preserve that is, some do-but a majority only from cussed cruelty. Cur sweet warbler, the mocking bird, is fast disappearing, all of which is attributable to tho wanton cruelty of boys, whose parent* acein ut terly nidifi?rent to such atrocious acts. We say atrocious, and wo mean it. Wo had rather tolerate ono of our boys in violating tho holy Sabbath day than to see him guilty of robbing birds' nests. Boyfl aro getting BO impertinent in this bau practice that they actually, armed with lnddera, intrude upon their neigh bors' yards in their absence and rob birds' nesta, complaints of which havo been mado to us, coupled with the request to write en article condoi ir .ng tho ?ame. One of the first lessons taught us by our saiuted father and mothor was ugninst robbing birds' nests, and from that day to this, we have felt like spanking every naughty boy that wo catch in thc act. Tho truth is, parents these days care very little about such things, and in thia, ax a great many other things, suffer their lit tle children to do just na they please. Well, all wo have to say is, that when too late they will reap a* rich harvest of regret for auch indifference. Boys, if you will persist in robbing these nests, for God's sake, nparo thc mocking birds. - Georgia MadUonian. - "I Ain't got cnoug sense ter volo at a ward election," remarked old Isom yes terday. "Why !" asked a bystander. "Yor seo a nigger what keeps a bacon store at do udder end ob town give fifty cents premium on a silver dollar made la?t year. I tuk a dollar wid do corrcck date, an'goin' to do store handed it tfr him. on' tolo him ter gin mo do premium. He looked at de dollar, handed me fifty cents, an' drapped it in de draw'r. I tuk do fifty cents an' como on up town. 1 hav jist diokivvered that I'so out fifty cents. I repeats dat I ain't got sense enough ter vote, an' do Newnited States can bab my freedom back st any time dc Secretary ob War will notify mo ob dal fact."-Little Rock Gazette. CURRENT TOPICS. Confederate Grave? at Camp Douglas. CHICAGO, May 31.--The five thouaaud graves of Confederate soldiers (prisoners) who died at Canip Douglas were deco rated At Oakwood Cemetery hy the Qrand Army posts. Pata! Railvray Collision In Germany, RERUN, May 80.-A railway train from Mannheim carno in collision with a train from Ileidelbcry near the latter place. Several carriages were smashed. Fight porsous were killed and twenty seriously injur*d. A Texas Jail Delivery. GALVESTON, May 31.-A Newt Frank lin special Bays: "Sunday morning Fred. Waite, in jail for theft, struck the jailer over the head with an iron bar, crushing Ins skull. Tho prisoners all escaped, but wero recaptured." Homicide Near Hamburg. AUGUSTA, June 1.-This afternoon two negroes named Al Davis and Abo Thom as, employed at Wood & llahn's brick yard, near Hamburg, got into a difficulty about a wagon. Davis finally drew a knife and cut Thomas in several places. The wounded mau died in half nu hour. Davis attempted to escape, but was caught nod lodged in jail nt Hamburg. Money for tho Freedmen. WASHINGTON, Juno 1.-Tho treasury to-day paid to Comptroller Knox as Commissioner of tho Freedmen's Rank $250,000, tho prico of the Freedmen's Rank building, and the Comptroller at once began tho payment of a fifteen per cont, dividend to tho creditors of tho bank located in Washington. Payment to creditors outside of thc city will bo made very soon, and due notice will bo given through thc press. Tre. cot's Fruitless Hission? NEV.' YORK, Juno 1.-A letter dated Panama, May 21, says: "Messrs. Trcs cot and Blaine have returned from their fruitless and ungrateful task of endeav oring to restore peace among the bellig erent Republics of tho South. They have received from Peruvian organs and also from Bolivian officiai sources noth ing but abuso. With the departure of tho American commissioners tho indefi nito occupation of Peru begins, and it is safe to say it will not cud while tho pres ent generation of Peruvians survives." Au Illinois Editor Assassinated, QUINCY, III., May 30.-Dr. Hoffman, editor of Germania, was Bhot last night by (ius and Cooper Hillhake and Dr. T. R. Spear. Ho is still nlivo but in a pre carious condition. The three men were taken to tho Police Court and a contin uance granted for ten days, bail being fixed at $100,000 each for tho Hillhnkes and $20,000 for Spear. The assault, so fur as can be learned, was unprovoked. An article in Germania is supposed to have led to the shooting. There is a very general feeling of indignation against tho perpetrators of tho crime, although they have heretofore stood well in tue community. A Torriblo Tempor?neo Story. BOSTON, Juno 1.-A special to tho Herald from Asheville, N. C., says: I. j Eslemen, a well-to do fumier who lives fourteen miles from "hore, went off on a spree yesterday accompanied by hu? j daughter Ruth, 8 years old. While the j father was sleeping off tho effects of his i labation, tho child secured a bottle of whiskey, swallowed thc contents aud i mado her way homo, whero her father found her drunk. Ho told her it was his intention to kill her. Sho begged for her lifo, saying, "l'a, don c kill mo now. I am drunk. Wait till I get sober." Tho infuriated man dragged tho child out of bed and beat her to death. Federal Interference with Registration: CHARLESTON, S. C., May 30.-Tho Stute Supervisor of Registration was ar rested twice to-day for refusing to allow tho United States Deputy Marshals to remain so uoar him as in his judgmcut to impede the free registration of voters. In each case tho Supervisor waived an examination aud gave bond for his ap pearance at the November Term of the Court. The Supervisor bases his action on thu decision of United States Judge Hughes, of Virginia, defining the powers of Deputy Marshals. Two city police wero also arrested to-day on tho charge of obstruction. No complaint of unfair ness in thc management of tho registra tion hus been mado on either side. A Mau Under tho Red, NEW ALUANY, IND., May 28.-After looking uuder the bed every night for a scoro of years. Mrs. Theodoro Yutzlor was last evening rewarded by finding a man. Mrs. Yutzlcr is a wealthy young widow, and went to her bed chamber at 10 o'clock. She had sat dowu on tho floor to remove her stockings, and while so doing observed tho piercing eyes of a man crouched under the bod. 'The par ties eyed each other a few seconds, when, without a word being spoken, tbe man moved to come out from under the bed. Seizing tho lamp at her side, the plucky womnn struck tho intruder n blow which rendered him insensible. Then Mrs. Yutaler screamed until her servants came to her assistance and secured the man. When revived he was turned over to tho I police. Right of Way Circumvented by Sunday Work. j NEW YORK, May 30.-A Shreveport, La., special to the Herald says : "Con siderablo excitement was caused hero yesterday by tho rapid construction of tho New Orleans Pacific Railway tiack through this city. Tho City Council At a recent meeting gave the company the right to construct their road down Com merce street to Travis street provided tho property owners ngreed. All of the I properly owners signed the agreement bul turee, one of them being tho Mayor of tho city. On Saturday Charles A. Lcflingwell, in charge of tho construction of tho road, learned that certain norlin were attempting to get out au injunction to stop work at a certain point. Karly on Sunday morning ho commenced work on thc line with a largo force and by 7 o'clock in the evening had it completed to tho point designated. The Mayor at tempted to intcrfero, but Lcflingwell in formed him that his authority was not high enough. Tho Mayor then orderen his arrest, but this was not carried out, and the work wan continued to comple ter " - Tho old styles aro now thc newest : in fashionable dress circles, and this leads the old girls to hopo their timo too will come around again. i i "I bolicvo St. Jacobs Oil tobo the vory ) best remedy known to mankind," says I Mr. Roberts, business manager of this J paper.-Milmuiee ( Wie.) Scrdineh Nows and Gossip. - Over ono thousand children in Charleston are whooping-with"* tho whooping cough. - Tho Piedrxiout Mill, Greenville County, has just :nado another shipment of 100 bales cf its goods to China. - The State of Kansas boasts of bav ing a million and a half of acres covered with growing wheat, and a week ago the grain was tour feet high. - The Prince of Wales has been elec ted unanimously and by acclamation commodore of the Royal Yacht squad ron in placo of the lato Earl of Wilton. The position, tho most distinguished in the yachting world, is ono long coveted hy his Royal Highness. - A telegram from Decatur, Ala., 25th instant, published in Southern papers, says : "A man, with his wife and child, wcro camped near Buena Vista, Monroe county. The child was heard crying in tho night, and citizens found the man and woman both dead, supposed to havo boon cauBod from a spider cooked in the supper." - Pay up or look for some other em ployment, is about the meaning of tho circular which the Ropublican Congres sional Committee has. addressed to tho Senate and House employ?es, demanding contributions for campaign purposes. The inte.ino humor of tho document ia contained in thc paragraph wherein tho forced assessments aro styled "voluntary contributions :" and it is further remarked that "they will not bo objected to in any official quarters." - Tho friends of Mr. Conkling, not to bo behind the friends of Mr. Blaine, aro trying to prevail upon bim to becomo a candidato fer Congress in his old Dis trict. He has been assured that ho would bo elected without opposition. While tho ex-Senator has not indicated whether he will accept nomination, tho chances aro that ho will no't, nnlcss in the ovctit of tho resignation of Secretary FrelinghuyBon ho fails to secure tho port folio of tho Department of Slate. - Theatrical profits the past season have been very largo in some individual cases. George Adams cl ai mr, $20,000 out of "Humpty Dumpty" in forty weeks. Buffalo Bill received about $100,000, of which half was clear profit. Maggie Mitchell and John T. Raymond made about ?40,000, whilo "Samuel of Posen'? drow over $60,000 in New York alone last season. Mr. Edwin Booth is said to havo made $85,000, and his manager, Mr. Abbey, $15,000, out of his last season. - A Salado correspondent of the Bol ton (Texas) Journal writes : "I venturo to assert that ono of the most novel wed dings that ever took place in Texas was Ibo marriage, Mny 4, of Mr. S. Gentry ? of Burleaon county, and Miss Rachel Watson, near Salado. The groom was six feet high nnd weighed oue hundred and elxty pounds, while tbo bride was only two feet eleven inches and weighed only Bixty-flvo pounds. Miss Watson wau twenty-six years old and well known as ino 'dwarf of Boll county.' " - Lato Saturday evening, twolvo miles from Little Rock, Ark., Jim Juunders, a colored boy 18 years old, attempted an 1 assault on a white girl named Nannie Carr. Her screams frightened him away and ho came tn tho city on Sunday after noon. Ho was arrested and sent to tho country under a constable^ posse and lodged in a small house in the neighbor hood for safo keeping. About 10 o'clock at night a largo body of masked men broke into the building, overpowered tho guards and riddled Jauuders's body with bullets. - Tho old log cabin which Washing ton mado his headquarters when a sur veyor in tho Valley of Virginia still staudB iutact over the spring at Soldier's Rest Clarke county. Soldier's Rest was bull?, jy Gen. Daniel Morgan, of R?vo lu.ionary fame. When bruised and bloody from tho numerous fights with which ho was wont to celebrate court day in the neighboring town of Uerryville, ho would retire to tho old spring-house, where his wife would bathe, bis hea? and bind up his wounds. The old cabin is now used as a dairy. - Answers to one hundred letters ad dressed to prominent men of tho South ern States by the New York Timei satisfy it that thc Democratic party of the South is a unit on national questions; that tho indep-ndont movements fostered hy Ar thur aro failures, and that generally throughout the South is founu indiffer ence to or denunciation of tho adminis tration. All of which indicates that Mnhonc atock, whether the original Vir ginia preferred or the Mississippi or Georgia common, is an unprofitable po litical investment.-New York Presa. - Thc Grant bronzo medals have been completed, and are in course of distribu I' on to the 306 members of tho Chicago Jonvention, in commemoration of the ballots cast for him for President. On ono Bide is a profile of Gen. Grant, and around it on a rniscd circle appeared the thirty-six ballots, tbe record beginning at the bottom and emending around till the circle meets again. On tho obverse side appears the following inscription : "Commemorative of the thsrty-sixballots of tho Old Guard for Ulysses S. Grant for President. Republican National Convention, Chicago, June, 1880." Un derneath is a blank on which is engraved tho name of the delegate receiving it. - The tunnel under the British Chan nel bas been voted defensible by a mili tary committee of Englishmen, who re commend, bowover, that the opening of the tunnel be placed farther inland in order to givo room for defensivo workB. The idea eeemB to bc that a train from Franco mtiBt atop in an English pit sur rounded by Armstrongs, huge fortifica tions and bravo policemen. AH this is curious and rather ridiculous. Tho French, confessedly a mili&ry people, do not think of fortifying their end of tho tunnel. On the contrary, they treat it as they do other lines of communica tion between their country and its neigh bors. The English discussion of tho MM ol rounds very much liko tho foolish 1 jS said by some wise men about rail , i? An 1825 and ocean cables in 1860. - Mr. Edison has put his electric light to sleep for a little while, and turned nia genius to the manufacture of shirts. He baa invented a laundry de?er. He has hoisted the black flag against tho wash erwomen. The shirt is made in imita tion of very rino linen, though it is com pounded of a material of which Mr. Edison alono has the secret. There aro 865 layer? of tho material, which permits of a clean shirt every day in tho year, tho wearer only being put to tho troublo of ripping off the outer layer when ho wishes to effect a change of linen. Tho collars and cuffs aro detachable, aud aro renewed with the same economical sim plicity. These shirts can be had at tho exceedingly reasonable price of $6 per hail' dozen. Tho only troublo with the invention io that it is yet in the mind of Xho iuventor, not having got upon his back.