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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1884. VOLUME XX.--NO. 10 IN FOREIGN LANDS. I prisons ore still uap<l ?nd r?..~. -.u?- ! -<~-.~ WILHITE' EYE WATER IB A FOR BOEE Or auy common form of inflamed eye*. WE SELL IT With the understanding that if it does not prove bene ficial or effect a Cure, after directions have been carefully fol lowed, the snm paid for it WILL BE REFUNDED. It baa been aold on these conditions for the past FOUR YEARS, and es yet a o have .* ?aCoilitoflt, ?r heard of a CESS IT DID NOT CURE ! IT IS NOT 1 NEW PREPARATION. AiNi? ?IA? z>ijui* wiuis |F0R TB3RTYTEARS But has been only four Or five years on the market u n 'ROPBIET?RY MEDICINE If you have never used it, or know noth ing of ita effects cn Aile your neighbor, or acme one who. has ! seen it tried, lt ha? cured SEVERE casca i ft from six to twonty fou? houri ? lilli IWltHjTE ? WitHIJE. ppopRiEf eas . ->> 152J n ly AM.ruuciun LANDS?. Oorrespondinoe of the Intelligencer. The observing tourist will Bod much to admire in the Freno*, people. Io spite of their faulte and lollies, in spite of their fickleness and frivolity, they are indus* trious and frugal, clean and neat in their personal habits, courteous and obliging to one another and to strangers, as well as patriotic to the last degree, and possess ing unbounded faith io "la belle France." We left Geneva in the evening, and going by way of Lausanne and Pontar lier, wc passed over the mountains of the Jura range and before daylight were far on our way to Paris, which we reached at about 8:00 o'clock io the morning. The region through which we pass before reaching tho city is evidently one of the most fertile and best cultivated sections of country which eau be found in any land. The neat farm houses, the well trimmed hedges, the floe growing crops, the thriving villages, all give evidence of a thrifty, prosperous and happy people. "Paris is France," Bays the proverb, but although this may be true to a cer tain extent, it is also true that the French man of the provinces possesses the nation al virtues in a far greater degree than does the Parisian, while tho national vices crop out more prominently in thc drellera ia iho m?iuu&l metr?poli*. Th; contrast between the citlrgof London ant Paris are very great, and in not ont point, not even on the score of visibh wickedness, is the comparison unfavora ble to the continental city. The French Metropolis is located 01 both Bides of the river Seine, and on thi islands of the City and St. Louis, by fa ' the larger portion beiDg upon tho North ern bank. Its population is about tw< and a quarter millions, and ita wallu ar twenty-two miles in extent, and have 6i gates. The annual receipts of the munt cipal government are about ?25.000.00C The central point, of the city is the Plac Boyal, elong whioh passes the gres thoroughfare of the city, from Southeas to Northwest. This grand avenue, fror the Place de la Nation, on the Southeas margin of the city, to the Place de 1 Bastile, is known as the Bue de Faubour St. Antoine; from the Place do la Basti! to tho Hotel de Ville, it is rolled Bue S Antoine ; from the Hole . Ville psi the Louvre to Place de la -Joncorde it ! the Bue de Rivoli; from the Place de 1 Concorde to the Arc de Triumphe, tl Avenue des Champa Elysees, and bey o ti the .arch, the Avenue de la Grane Armee ; all North of the Seino. To tl North as well as on the South bevon the river, the original boulevards, bro: avenues constructed on the old fortifia lions, approximate to a semi circle i form. Among the numerous points of inte est in the city, it is somewhat difficult decide what should be seen first ; but tl Place de la Concorde, on the North bat of the Seino, ia not surpassed in inteit by anything either within or beyond tl walls. It is_one of the most historic 1 I -cali lies in r rance and is the most ma , ? nificent "Place," or r. jblic square in I world. In the centre stands the obeli of Luxor, one of the most perfect ai beautiful monoliths ever designed, was presented to Louis Philippe by al homet Ali, and wea brCQghc from Eg? in 1836. lia inscriptions refer to t time of Seaoatris, nearly 3,400 years ai On either side of the obelisk is a fi bronze fountain and surrounding I Place are statues representing eight the principal cities of France. To f East are the gardens and palace of t Tuileries, with the Louvre beyond ; the West the Champs Elysees with 1 Arc de Triomphe in the distance ; on I South is the Seine, with the Pont de Concorde connecting with the buildii of the Corps L?gislatif on the other ba and on the North are tho offices of Marine Department, and at the end Buo Boyal, the Mamalaine. This squ Ihas had a bloody history. Here at marriage of Louis XVI and Marie ? toinette in 1770 a panic resulted in death of more than one thousand pern Here in 1793 the guillotine was set and numbered among ii? thousandt "?stims, tho Kiog Ionia A.VI, Charl? I Cordey, Marie Antoinette,_ Dani I Robespierre and others. Mere i j occurred ?ne of the most desperate sti gles of the Commune in 1871. Tl times have foreign armies encam here. The Bussi?ns in 1814, the Eog ? in 1815 and the Prussians in 1871 ; I yet lo see the Place de la Concorde ol day, filled with tho lifo, the beauty, fashion of this gay capitol, one wt never dream of the aanguinary seem has witnessed in tho past. East nf tho Place de la Concorde, yond the gardens, ia the palace of Tuileries, which waa destroyed by Communiste of 1871. The place is occupied by temporary structures use the Post Office department until thai pletion of their new building. Be I this is the palace of the Louvre, also tinily destroyed by the Commune, since rebuilt. It is an imnfenee pi! buildings, with a footage of nearly a mile on the Bue de Bivoli, and 1 between that avenuo and the river. Eastern portion/of tho palace?was < pied in 1572 by Catherine de Medici Eer son, Charles IX, and here that ' and bigoted monarch conseuted U horrible massacre of St^Bartholome* great bell of the church of St,. Gera !/Auxerrola, just opposite,tolling i the dread oigo?, throughout thaVi night, Thelxmvre ia a vast atore-! orboth ancient and modern art. Ito leries of sculpture contain, an imo collection of the beat wo?k of the Gr masters, Including ?he Venus de, k Ibo Borgbese Gladiator, the . A > SauroktenosMti? ffir*W?$S53 I a lar? number Of the beat work? of . modlmartUtsj whiletheeeweofo mXpiauretrsl^ Immaculate Conception. -porchaw iSStor ?28,000. tani Vragrt ?iagor? Cana, with many ofter? nieces ahj3 an innumerable and in t eloff?ion of tho work, of tbj artists of all nations and all jchool FAloot a half *??*J&?toi ftt? I? tba now Hotel de Ville, or^Oity . ?nllt. oo the site of My ?jd g which was destroyed in 1871. I ina to a height of 104 feet In the d?la Bartl? ^?J^^?? I that aoeient?PrifOt?; destroyed ta t HreYo^?tho^ lavement of the sobare. The * S7SeeMd- io I8f Jo memos "JnlV hert?sVT *od hear? th* ?? 615 v^SmT^bo feU during the ) ^ Qo the South side of the riv nearly South of th*-?f^-,**" of tho toombouik.wUh ^.e? ?ardeos and Be fino^ Section of i painting* and statuary. Farther Weat, the great gilded dome of the Hotel des Invalides attracts our attention. This cathedral-looking t 'ructuro waa built in 1G80, but was prepared aa a tomb for the first of the Bonapartes by Louis Philippe in 1840, the remains being brought from St. Helena and deposited here in Decem ber of that yean* The tomb is an open, circular crypt, 36 feet in diameter, directly beneath tue dome. The sarcophagus is of red Finland granite, is 14 feet high, 13 feet in length and weighs 67 tons. AU around aro hattie flags and statues of vic tory and in tho floor ia a laurel wreath wrought in costly mosaic. Above tho door of tbe crypt is the following inscrip tion, taken from the will of Napoleon : "I desire tbat my ashes may repose upon tho banks of the Beine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have ever loved." Within tbe same building are also buried Duroc and Bertrand, and Joseph and Jerome Bonaparte. Standing by the side of this solemn crypt, with tbe gorgeous light from the stained glass windows shedding an almost supernatural glory over the scene, and guting down upon the massive sarcophagus which con tains all the mortal remains of this mighty conqueror, his wondrous history comes back to us, and while the folly of human ambition ia made more evident, our admiration for the geniua and ability of this remarkable man increases. We see him, a subaltern from Corsica, rising by his own ability, until, crowned by im own. hand, he is seated on the throne of Frauce. We see him in Egypt, electri fying his army with these words : "Sol diers ! fro ?ai tac itummlt o:. tii? py^s?i?sf forty centuries are looking down nnnn you." We see him at tho bridge of Lodi, leading at tho head of his troops the des perate charge. All over Europe his eagles were borne and the echoes of his cannon were beard ; until, crushed by the strength of a conti nene1, this inter loper, this man ot the people-, fell. His rino and fall, and the subsequent history of France contains lessons for the na tions. A short distanco from tho Hotel des Invalides, whicb, by the way, was founded by Louie XIV, as a home for old soldiers and contains accommodations for about 5,000 pensioners, is the Military School, facing on the Northwest the Champs de Mars, a broad open field now used as e parade ground, but where the Exposition of 1878 was held. Just across the Seine is the Palace of the Trocadero, tbe only permanent building erected for the exhi bition. It is? in the form of a semi-circle, facing tbe river, and is occupied by vari ous art museums, ethnological collec tions, etc. Nearly North of the Trocaderc 's the Arode Triomphe,at the Northwest end of the Champs Elysees. This maa nive arch, 160 feet high, the fiuest of itt kind in the world, was dedicated bj Napoleon 1st to the glory of the Frc neb army; but was comple^d io 1836 by Louis Philippe. Ita locution is one o; the most commanding in Paris, and fron its summit a fine view is obtained. Fron: ita base radiate twelve great avenues oi boulevards, broad nod roomy, with rowi of trees on either side. A half mile tc the West, beyond the fortifications, in tin famous Bois de Boulogne, a forest of 2,50t acres, which has several times been cu down, the ia/.t time in 1871 ; but thi kind baud of Nature is rapidly rctorinf the wood to its former beauty. Tbe Avenue des Champs Elyuecc is i little more than a mile in length from th great arch to the Place de ?a Concorde and with ila surroundings is unequallei as a pleasure resort. On either side ar promenades, shaded walks, flower gat dc-* !, fountains, merry-go-round? fer th children, cafes chantants or open air con certs, and every imaginable form o amusement, which, with the crowd o gay equipages, riders and pedestrian make it on summer afternoons and even inge the pleasure resort of the world, au gives to the tourist au opportunity c studying to good advantage the peouiia features of Parisian out door life. Of the churches of Paris the Cathedra of Notre Dame, located on an island i the river, ia entitled to the first mentiot It was founded in 1163 on the site of temple to Jupiter and is a little over 40 feet in length with a nave 110 feet bigl The exterior is especially pleasing, tb three stories of the facade, with richi sculptured p?rtala below, the statues c the French kings above, surmounted b a gallery of pointed arches and the twi towers rising over all, producing a vet fine effect; but the interior hardly an lairs expectation. The stained gleas wii dows are of great richness, however, an thn oraat rose window, 42 feet ic diam1, ter, ls one of the finest in the world. Tl massive columns of the nave present tl peculiar feature of Gothic alternath with the circular. In 1792 the chute was converted into a Temple of K?aso Near Notre Dame, and also on the islan is the Palais de Justice, and In one of tl courts is Salute Chapelle, a email Goth building of wondrous beauty regarded i the finest specimen of the Gothic..: France. Beyond the Seine, and near the Lu: embourg palace, is the Pantheon, church of St. Genevieve, the protectre of the city. It occupier a command!) position and is one of the finest architec ural structures in Paris. Its groups ! statuary are especially fine. Nearly Et of the Pantheon, on the South bank the Seine, ia the Jardin des Plantes, co tainiog a fine collection of flowers ai plantabas well as a menagerie and val able museums of anatomy, zoology, bol ny, geology, etc North of tbe Seine, and near the Pis de la Concorde, ia the church of t Madeleino, a classical structure, mode) after the Parthenon at Athens. Its o on nodes and porticoes are very etriki in appearenee. Near by ia the PU Vendome, with the Vendome Colun erected by Napoleon the '1st, in >oi Of victories over tho Austrians and K stans. More than 1,200 captured oana were used in ito construction to furn tbe brouxe plates with which the core masonry ia covered- Io general app* ance, it is not nblike Trajan's column Borne. It waa thrown down by the Oe maniste in 1871, but has since been erected, and the shattered auto? of I great emperor restored. ?Aa it fa to be expected. Petjfc has lack of theatres and other place ? jf ams mont; buttha Grand Opera Ia the o ona which claims especial attcntwnV 1 is the largest and meet magnificent t ?tro building in the world;,atr|Mj 000,000. The citerior ls adorned va numerous allegorical groups of atatoi and the decorations of the interior, ? the grand staircase, surpass any ot modern straetare. . _ : Of tb* numerous points of interest the vicinity of Paris, tb* palaco and j deas of Versailles, with their vast lections of historio paintings^ and ti wonderful ' foriitalns, and the - Ab church of 8V,?MII& for centnriea. S burial place of French royalty, were only ones. vjWtatl ty oa>r ?- ; j ?, r, ; , ' Months i rstead of days sbtrotd be gi ' to Paris Y not" as our timo waa < f?ml wV wera obliged; to pass hastily ?? - many polola of interest nod iSav? sJj nntoac&d many things which u. , asore- favorable.alrcamstaneca .sh. , receive greater attention. 1 FroxnParfa our trip was an uoevct ??. one. We went by train to Dieppe, thence across the channel to Newhaven, and on to London, and thence to Liverpool ; where we again took the good ship City of Chicago, of the Inman Line, ana after a pleasant but somewhat rough voyage, reached our native land and borne in safety, with 'it 1B to be hoped) broader views of the world and humanity, and a better appreciation of the blessings we here enjov. In closing this series of letters we feel like thanking those friends who have fol lowed us so patiently week after week in alt our wanderings. Wo have felt pain fully at time?, tue disadvantage under which we labored in attempting to give in correspondence, written amid the bustle find changing scones of travel, auy satis factory idea of the lands beyond the sea ; but if the broken, disjointed and fragmen tary descriptions we have been able to ??resent, shall be'the means of arousing n the hearts of those who have read them a better appreciation of this beautiful world in which we are permitted to live, and of stimulating in the miuds of the young a desire to know more by study and travel of its wondrous history and present condition, then these letters have not been written in vain. TBAVELER. A Bich and Respected Texas Man Ar rested for an old Murder. AUSTIN TEXAS, September 21.-lu tho 8pring of 1871 there appeared in Johnson County a new-comer named Berry Williams. He was joined soon afterward oj fcn wifo and two children, the laftsr Infants. The ma.? ee< ??PU to avoid references to his post life, and there appeared to be some mystery as to the fusee of his previous residence. Wil lama, however, lived each an upright life that the mystery of bia first appear ance was soon forgotten, and bo came to be ranked as one of the best men in tho County. A year later his wife was seized with a fever and died, leaving Williams alone with his orphans. He modo suit to ono of the most cultivated young ladies of the County, who. notwithstanding some objections from ber family, subse quently became bis wife. His new re lations spurred Williams to greater ex ertions than ever. He added to bis acres, bis stock multiplied, be erected a fine bouue, and, in fact, bis worldly affairs were thoroughly prosperous. With his increase of means he proved bimoelf to bo public spirited. In charity circles he was a conspicuous member as well ix A liberal giver. He waa made Chairman of the County School Gcnuiisaioners, and was noted for his progressive ten dencies. His family circle/increased by the addition of six rosy-checked children, was one of the most pleasant in the County. Io short, Berry Williams bad fairly won his place at the head of the County-socially, morally and financial ly Two months ago, however, a marked change came over him, which change was caused in some way by the advent of a ?tranger from Georgia. Later a visit was paid to tito executive office by Sher iff Foster of Upar n County, Ga. He proceeded thence t ? tho re fluence of Mr. Williams, in Johnson County. Mrs. Williams welcomed the stranger, net knowing his sad errand, and she was dumbfounded when ber husband came in and, teeing tho stranger, struck bis hand to bis forehead and exclaimed: "Is there no mercy in this world 7" The wife and children clung around the knees of the husband and father, and begged to know what waa the matter. With Blreming eyes Williams turned to bis wife and told her the story ?f bia ?l?e. He bad served faithfully in the Confed ?ralo army duriug the whole term of the ?afi He came out of it with dissipated habits. Ona night in the Winter of 1871, at a mill in Upson County, Ga., he bad a fight with a relative named Calvin. They were both severely wound . ed. Calvin died and Williams was lodged io jail to answer the. charge of murder. Aided by friends ht, escaped, and for 13 years in the home of bis adoption he had endeavored to live down the memory of his crime. In an evil hour an adventurer from Georgia I who knew tho story of bis life made his appearance, and thus his whereabouts became known. Tbe story of the srreBt created unbounded excitement in the County. There were those Who favored a forcible r?sistance to the act of the Georgia Sheriff. The parting scene be two rn Williams ?nd bis family was very affecting. The citizens have held a meeting, at ?U?CU a petition was gotten up to Governor McDaniel, of Georgia, asking bim to pardon Williams. The petition will be carried to Georgia by a prominent attorney.-Afcto York'lime*. She Swallowed Bat Poison. Miss Annie Jacobs, twenty-two years old, a charming yoong lady of unexcep tional character, who. resided with her mother in South Hingham, Mass., com mitted suicido Saturday evening at her home by taking a dose of "Rough on Bate." She bad been keeping company with Everett Hatch, bookkeeper in a large manufactory at Rockland, whose nc* ?aaintanoe she formed at a party in lingham about two years ago. They filially became engaged. The young man has of late been waiting upon a Bockbind lady. This fact bas apparent ly worked upon Miss Jacobs' mind until, unable to bear the suspense longer, she on Saturday procured a team and visited Bookland. She called nt tho factory and remained several h eura with ber prospective hus band. Dnring the conversation he told j her that be bod felt for a long time that they could not live happily together, and that In tho futuro ho could bo no more than a friend to her. Sho gave vent to her feelings io tears, b?t gave no Intima tion of taking her life. Upon her return homo that evening she appeared to be laboring under great mental excitement,, hat nothing was thought of it at tbe time. She retired to ber room and short ly afterwards her mother was attracted by nwwns proceeding from her daughter's room. When Mrs. Jacobs catered the room Annie was writhing in tho agonies of death. Although a physician made every effort to rave ber she died in terri ble agony. .-??Muni i'''" i Wanted-A Friend. One who wtil recognize me" when lam compelled to wear patched breeches ; who will tato mo by tfco hand when-1 nm sliding down hill, instead of giving me a kick to hasten my descent ; who' will loan me 85 without requiring $20 worth Of security ; who -.viii come to'sec me irtibh^Inm sick; who will pulfetfihisj coat and fight for me when the odds ari two to ono; who will talk of tao behind my back aa ho Ulks,to my face.' Such a friend it. wanted by ten thousand Urne? j lon thousand human beings throughout jijee broad, earth.-San Jvaaoisto Woo* * The Kerwee Courter, i ? i o f o mi ed [feat on Tuesday morning !s-,t there was * killing, frost at illgblarjJa, N. C., and , that oom and ill diker vegetation In that section were killed, O?R WOMEN IN THE WAK. STARVATION IN TUE VALLEY. Sad Scenes Under the Shadawa of 81MM nuitea Mountain. Shenandoah, of Warren Co., Va., in Charle* ton Weekly News. During tbe late war there waa perhaps no section of the country subject to such coutinued and varied trials aH tho north* western portion of the Virginia Valley. It was "debatable land," lying near the dividing line of tho armies, and knew not to-day whether to-morrow would find it under the dominion of tho Blue or tho Grey. Scattered through tbo country were farm-houses, inhabited at this time solely by women and children and old men too decrepid to handle weapons in the field or implements of husbandry at home. These were dependent upon their own exertions for the necessaries of life. Too far from the Potomac to run the blockade and obtain supplies by trading across the border, and levied upon for the . sustenance of each army in turn, their condition was most unenviable. All that could bo prudently spared, in tho firet place, had been patriotically donated to the support of the Southern army. Then came that inhuman order of Sheridan's : "The Shenandoah Valley must be de vastated till the crows passing over it will have to carry their rations with ih?m." I This edict was carried oui with a r.-ssi I worthy a better eau?'.:. Midnight skies were livid with the flames from burning mills, where waa being consumed the breadstuff* gathered for winter stores by each little neighborhood. Helpless wo- ( men and children looked on while grana- ( rles, meat-houses, hog pens sod hen- , houses wore rifled of too meagre stores , thal bad beeu collected with much labor ( and privation. Cows were driven off, ( sheep there were none, and every horse j that could drag a plough or draw a cart waa impressed for the use of the Federal j army or shot to render them useless to ] the Confederates. Then came the vital question to these \ sorely tried people : What aro we to do ? , Without horses to till the ground or haul ? fuel for winter fires, how can we keep ( our children from fleecing and starving?'' Up to this time the ladies, many of whom f in ante-bellum days had never learned to use the broom-frail, delicate women bad, with the help of grand-fathers and children, or the desultory aid of freed- , men, managed to cultivate enough of the pasture lot and garden to supply the j family needs for food ; but even this | without horse power would becomn im- , possible. Equally impossible without | Borne mode of conveyance was it for , these unhappy people to seek food and . protection within tho Southern lines. There seems nothing left for them to do t but to subsist as long as they could on the herbs and roots from their little gar dens, and after that death hy starvation, . or deliverance by the Southern army. , The latter hope seemed a forlorn one. , and the approaching winter was looked forward to with feelings that will long be . remembered in the Valley. , A WIDOW'S WOES. It WM at this period and in this local!- i ty that the Incident which I am about to I re'r.tu occurred. Mrs. B., a widow iady and relative of the writer, lived on a snug farm, washed on ono side by the < Suet Shenandoah, and overshadowed on t e other by the blue Masssnutten moan- ' taine. Ger only two grown sous were- in I the army around Richmond, and she was I left in ber lonely, isolated home with a i house full of children to support and protect. Up to this time they had strug- i gled along bravely enough, even after i their old servants had .deserted them, t The boys, though young, managed - lo cultivate the garden and Borne small I patches of grain. The girls milked the J cows, fed the pijs and poultry and helped } with the housework generally. The < cooking-stove and wash-tub took the ? place of seeing machine and pisno in t the onco cozy sitting-room, yet despite i their privations they kept brave hearts and always had a wholesome meal and ( cheerful words tor soy Confederate that I mlvht pause at the hospitable door. 1 But at last came a woeful day when ( tb';se meas? cf livelihood, at one fell 1 snoop were taken from them. A band i o?' blue coated cavalrymen came to "clean i 'cia out," anti the meaning of this phrase i <-?n o??!y bc understood by those who bavo suffered the process. Everything i salable, ?lead or alive, was confiscated, i On? of tho little girls, nearing the piero- < lng sq?eais of the butchered hogs, ran 1 out, and r/ith streaming eyes begged for i ti small porker that waa about to bo nae- ? t ri?c?d. Tbe rough, soldier had a soft j spot, (aa who baa not?) and touched by her entreaties gave piggy into her keep- ' lng. The rescued innocent was thence forth domiciled in an outer room and j christened "Job" because of the afflictions i it had seen in the wasting of its house- i hum. They were fortunate! enough to have concealed in the kitchen "Ioft." a < few bags of grain, intending to send ? them to tbe mill a little later. By parching and pounding this they mao- 1 aged to make cakes that contd bo eaten, and upon this, with a little sorghum molasses and dried fruit that bad been bidden away, they subsisted for.a time. "JOB," THE PET no. In all these days of death "Joh" never failed in his portion; his little mistress faithfully divided her rations .with him, and he grew and fattened as only such an admired animial could. Indeed, Le be came quite an, important member of tbe .family, following his owner from room to room like a dog, and seeming to realize bis dignity aa one of the only two four* footed beasts remaining on the place? , Tbe other quadruped wes a superannuat ed horse, blind in one eye, abu so clearly unfit for the commonest duties that the Yankees had not thought "Old Bet" worth killing. They little finessed the abilities buried in tb nt old sk tleton. On one occasion some Fed mri officers stopped at the house, and set'ng the pl' ano in the unused parlor, requested ooo of the young ladies to play. She com plied, cordy against ber will, but afraid to refusa. Her little sister, attracted by the unwonted sound of music, stole into the room to listen. "Everywhere bis mistress went," Job, like the much paro died lamb, "was euro to go," So io he walked, grunting bis appreciation of the ' performance * and gating with placid curiosity at the-officers. Those latter, surprised and shocked at such an addi tloa to their< audience? expressed their unreserved opinions of the same. Tba I i ttl o girl, indignant et this reflection upon her protege, stepped tb the. front with flashing eyes, exclaiming: .> "If ft & a pig, Td rather have bim in my parlor thane Yankee soldier. He always behave? himself and YOU don't." Discharging thia Parthian arrow'abe retired in good order, followed by he* : uncouth attendant aud amid rears ot laughter from the astonished cffleeraW<,; \ ; wid.ow's^ittle boreel? gra?if^gffhavft been miraculously mu?tipliod anti tho keg of sorghum increases, but in thal1 degenerated timo no such thing occurred. Day by day the supply diminished and the cakes grew thinner, till at length one morning tue mother announced with tearful eyes that the last of them appear ed ou the table before them. An omi nous silence ensued, broken by the en trence of Job, who walked around to where his mistress sat and waited for bis accustomed food. A sudden look of intelligence flashed Into the faces of the older members of tho family, and the mother reading their thoughts, said : "Nellie, I'm afraid it lins become a Jincition of Job's life or ours : he is very at and would last us a good while, or else we could exchange the meat with Bob Crow for some corn, and bold out till the Southern army comes and loaves us something. It can't be long before they como to help us now." "Kill Job I" eried the child, "I'd just as soon eat a piece of Emma as to eat bim. Ob I mother, just wait, anyhow, until to-morrow. I heard Uncle Jake tell Bob Crow this morning that the Yankee General had brought a whole lot of things ovor to Middletown and that tho Rebels could get a plenty to eat if they would only go for lt there. Only just wait and let us see if it is so." ANYTHING TO BAYE JOB. The child's pleadings prevailed, and during the day there waa. a confirmation of the morning report. An old, gray haired neighbor stopped at the wall for a drink. Ho had a meal sack on bis arm, and told them he was on his way to M., B?Z miles distant, to draw rations for his family ot orpha.. grand-children, and adviswi thsro low no thus i?i following his example. The Federal authorities, smitten with late regrtt for the vigorous measures that had reduced the Valley to its present con dition, bad really sent a store of army supplies to the neighboring village, from whence eacb family could draw rations enough to at least sustain life. But this clemency was accompanied by such con ditions as to render it a great trial to any Bouthornor who availed herself of it. Besides, it wss a difficult matter for wo men and children to walk so far and car? ry away a sufficient Supply for even a very small family, and there were no other menin of transportation. The matter was discussed pro and con in tba widow'a household, and the motion "laid upon the table" over night. Next morning, wbilo breakfasting on a Tew small potatoes, minus salt, there ap peared at the door Mrs. S., the wife of a aeigb'.vnlng farmer. She waa mounted in a queer specimen of a steed, the re mains of what had once been a stout plough horse, but now a sad wreck of ita former self. Having been for weebo sidden in tho swamp it was gaunt and ly bitten, and ono of its feet, which had seen stung by a snake, was swollen to ;bo sise of a man's head. Still even such & "mount" as this was considered rather i "swell" affair in those days, and they ill flocked to tho porch to welcome their visitor. She, too, was full of the tidings that 'there WOB corn in Egypt," was on her way now to M., and wanted Mrs. B. to iccompany her. "Bat, bow cnn I go ?" quoth the latter. 'I can't walk so far with auch a load, and pour horse can only carry you." "Saddle Old Bet there and try ber. 3bo ougat io last you there, and, ?nay bo, live to bring you back. Anyhow, it's worn-, the trial." All eyes turned upon Old Bet, who iras at that moment calmly munching bo contents of a straw bea which bad been emptied upon the ground tba even iug before for har benefit. And ail sus bat though tho spirit was there, the flesh ivas ominously weak. . "Beaidea," added Mrs. H., "I've never isked a favor of the Yankees, or placed nyself io a position to be humiliated by hem. I don't believe I could do it." "Yes'you can," waa the reply. "Any .biog rather than see the children sutler. And aa for favors, I don't consider that ve're asking any favor of them. It's inly getting back a little of all they've stolen from us, and I believe in doing bat whenever we can.. Come, get ready, ind let us be efl." "Yes, mother, anything to save Job,". lummed up Nellie. And before ana knew what sbe was about, Mrs. B. fouud loraelf perched upon a dilapidated saddle >n old Bet's back, hobbling down the lane in the wake of her enterprising leigbbor, bearing on her arm the empty sacs that was to bring back food to ibo Loiting household. , They might almost as weil have beeb nounted on snails for the (progress thoy sade, and when they came td the river, vliicb bad to be forded, it proved a very Rubicon to them. . It was crossed though, ts all Rublcouu are, in tba coursa of time, ind noon found them at their destination, ivbero 1 BTBANOB cCT.NE MST TB BIB BIOHT. From ail quarter* were coming the wretched inhabitants. Intent, like them wives, upon securing food for the hungry mouths at home. H?re a tired woman, with a babe on one arm and a. little tod dler clinging to ber skirts, appeared with a home-made basket to carry away, her treasures cf flour and. meal. There a twelve year old boy, dragging a little wooden cart of his o wu construct; un, and very proud cf overcoming the difficulties of transportation. Old men, bent and gray, leaning on their stout canes, and having slang over their shoulders tho cast otf haversack picked up from the deserted battlefield. Aged women/, hob* bungalong, accompanied by tow-headed grandchildren, and bringing neatly fold ad in band their calico "bundlo"-hand kerchiefs. Shy youbg girls, 'with basket ano bay;, blushing under tho imputiont leen* and coarse jests of the loafing soldi ery. AH were there, but never a man appeared among them capable'of'bearing arms. These were all with Lee-aha Rosser at their posts of duty. Two ot three norry wrecks of horseflesh, simllat to those we've described, were fastened near tho commissary quarters, with these exceptons/the applicants were ail afoot. Aa cor two friends' rode into view' they wera greeted with laughter and jeers by tb J yoong orderlies and privates IouQgiof pround, i ?...;.'*?.. " Halloo, sia !" cried one, as) thc stroller] foot of Mrs. S.'B "boro>caught his eye "Halloo, sis I you've been living so high ai your house that your horse has got thc gout^you can't want any rations." * "No Ino I" cried hi? comrade, " they'v? been running a race, thia ono Ima loi his ihoi and they've shod him with i camp kittie V A little further On another group seem ed struck with tho corrugated appearance of the poor fly-bitten animare back1, api one exclaimed : *'! sayi boys; alligator hides ia' tin fashion for bornes to wear this fall." Thea they were besieged with ofter for their steeds.: One wanted Bet fer ? work-bench, another thought she'd" eui hiv for a hat-rack, Thero were wsgei laid upon tho comparativa speed of th two poor beasts, and amid this .clame and raillery they made,their;>wey,fe& *b atora. ' Here the Weary wailing foMbei |^ii?r^lne1^ subjected, need not be chronicled by mi Enough, that th?y finally obtained Cb supplies, and straggling back to their waiting horses wilhtheTr burdens, they remounted sud set out for home, when the sun had already commenced its de cline. If the morning's journey had been slow and painful, much more so was the return, for the poor tired animals had the increased weight of the full sacks to carry. Sometimes Old Bet's strength seemed utterly to desert her at tho foot of a hill, and she would stop in tho full belief that she could not budge one inch further. Then Mrs. 8. would call out: "Mrs. B., it is nearly dusk. These woods are full of Yankee raiders, and we mutt cross that river before dark." Then Mrs. B. would pluck up courage, wipe a furtive tear from ber eye and Smtly urge Bet a little further ou. But is process, often repeated, consumed much valuable time, and when they at length reached the river bank night was upon them. Arrived there, they found to their dismay that the stream bed risen some inches since morning, it having rained in the mountain the night before. If the fording had been difficult when their horses were comparatively fresh and the river at its usual height, it would bo sheer madness for.Bet to attempt it in her present exhausted condition. Hold' ing a council of war, Mrs. 6. said : "Now, you know, Mrs. B,, I've ,^ot to go back to my sick baby to nigh* at all risks. My horse is stronger than yours, and both he and I can swim if necessary. You couldn't swim a stroke if your life depended upon it, and mustn't try t<? cross. But, I'M tell yoi what.yob csu do. Go to Mrs. Harris's just through tim woods, iberia % near cut through tho fields, and stay thero all night. I will call by and tell the chil dren not to be uneasy about you." "But," cried Mrs. B., "bow can I find my way to Mrs. Harris's. It's too dark to see the. road." "There's no road to eeo. Just cross tho corner of this field and skirt the edge of the woods for a little way. and you can see the lights from tho huuBO just below the hill." A LONELY KIO HT IN THE WOODS. With these directions she waa com pelled to content herself, and walting on the bank she saw her companion plunge into the stream. Then she' heard tue up!aili and Btrugglo through the rushing waters, and, after what seemed an eter nity, beard tho faint sound of the horse's hoofs as he struck the further shore. Then a feeling of forlornness came over ber such as she bad never felt before, no she turned to seek tho house of the neighbor with whom she purposed spend ing tho night. She followed the direc tion:-, given as well aa abe could, but, after stumbling along through tho dark ness awhile, and finding no signs of un man habitation near, felt miro she muet have lost her way. Once'she heard the baying of dogs, and tried to guide her self by the sound, but it grew fainter. Bud she knew she was going away from instead of approaching them. The.read-, er mutt recollect there were no enclosed fickbi then ; the fences had been long Bgo devoured by a hundred campfires. The country was like open prairie, road* ways were abandoned lu favor of "short cuts" and were overgrown with brambles and grass, old landmarks bad disappeared, and one rnipot wander without i?t or hindrances for miles through tho desola ted country Ith bu'i little to guide his way. Hence it was impossible for Mrs. B. to guess whero sha was or what course lo pursue. By the faint glimmer, of the itara she coula see that she was in on old Hump field-fen impassable rivsr OD ooe sids ans n dismal -rood on tao eifeo?, to -ber despair sh? thoeghi of shouting aloud for help. Then she remembered that the camp of the enemy could nob be very far distant, and her dread at ho ing discovered by some of the roving parties of soldiery was grater then ber fear of apondiug the chil'y, lonely night in this terrible solitude. She continued to etrugglo blindly on, till at length old Bet, wno bad been giving unmistakable ilgnB of failing, stopped short with a groan, trembling in every limb. . Accepting the inevitable with the calmness of daspa!'.-, Mrs, B. dismount ed, took off the sark and saddle and pre pared to camp for the night. She first took some meal from the bag and held it to the horse's month. It was eagerly devoured, and as much rom as she felt the could ??pare. Than the night being a cool one even for autumn, she wrapped the I-'MU'.:<J blanket about b??\ sr ?v s?-r re alining on the ?arifU* ??i|h h?? ;rest ing on her precious stores, she waited with what patience she might for day light and release. The wind sighed mournfully through the' dry rustling broom-sedge where she lay, and the afr seemed full of moans and whispers. Sometime? there carno from the, woods tho hoot of au owl, thon the cracking of ad ty branch, sharp And sadden as tho report of a pistol, wonld startle the over wrought nerves. Many times she fan cied abe could hear the muffled tread of horses or stealthy steps of soldiers ap proaching, and her blood curdled in her veins, end she waited with bated breath and closed eyes,'fearing the fate that might befall her. The half-charred, half-bleached stumps around assumed uncanny shapes in tho die. weird Habt. Sometimes they seemed like crouching beast? of prey, ready to spring upon her ; sometimes they seemed misshapen human figures rising from the ground. Theu again she seemed in the midst of an old neglected burial ground and these were the grotesque stones that marked the forgotten graves. Their carno to her remembrance all tho horrible taloa she bad heard when a child, stories of ghosts tnd demons, of sorcery, and crime, told y the negro nurses aa they sat' by the blazing kitchen fire in the old home. AU tho vogtio superstitions buried.with ber childhood returned to haunt har now with redoubled horrors as she cowered alone in the gloom and:silence there. Thee, too, there were the real, tangible troubles? the ever.^recurring thought ol ilia children at home, their unprotected condition, their grief and despair if she should never live to gat back tb them. The only , comfort abo bad through thc cold, weary houri of that dreadful night was the proximity of old . Bet.. 'Twas something >.tn,have near .her a living breathing: creature of whom she,waa not afraid. And the.horse, either attracted by the food or : with a vague sonso o companionship,,: remained close bes idi her. .occasionally. jabbing ber gontlj > erith her nose, A? though to ?asare hei that she, too, waa keeping vig>i. ; MOItNINO AT ?iA?T. Finally, when the ohlll and; loneUoea and fatigue bad. becoms al most, i heap portable, aha heard a cock crow ?juif! nea*, .then another* .ajid^ehknew the mbrulng was at hand. Sho.datva at las m?'jt?y , streaked tho eastern ely, am ' soothed and ; relieved,' by the ? eight .th j tired woman nsuk into a-profound siam ber. .The sun shining, fall In her fae svakoued ber, and rising stifily abe rub bed bet eyes, looked around ?nd se mom bored where, ?ho ?.waa. The horse *Wt? still near, and 'twas tho ?erk of but fr w!tgs?|nj^^ saddle and couJ? h&j iv rfc*? j our nay. - A column of amufce ea?esd lng above a hill io the left suggest* tte* ? 3 welling was net tor oft. Turnip ?a ?bat direction and proceeding a few hundred yards, she came io sight of the very boase she had sought so vainly tho night bcf-" 'v. It waa too provoking to think 1' .mving been within such easy reach shelter and safety and to bave mis?, j it as she did. Tue cause, too, was apparent enough now when she looked back to ber starting point. In? stead of moving lu tho direction indica? ted, sbe bad been all that time traveling in a circle and going over the same ground. She was soon made welcome to ber neighbor's honte, and had sympathetic listeners to her story of "hairbreadth 'scapes." AH possible aid and comfort was afforded ber. One of the boys car ried ber across the river io a email boat?' and conveyed ber bag of provisions from thence to the bouse for ber. There how she waa welcomed and . made much of and pitied : how that precious sack was opened ana part of its contents con verted into a savory dinner, such as bad not cheered them for weeks; how Job was released from duranco by his little mistress, who had previously hidden him in the cellar for safety, it is not my. part tc tel!. But I must relate the fact that old Bet survived that journey,. and as soon os she felt strong enough for the undertaking left Mrs. Harm's protec tion and struck out forborne. There sbe appeared one morning standing expeci antly before the door, and -was received, with joyful acclamations by the-whole* family, and another straw.bed waa empt ied for lier delectation. Little Nellie'? devotion to her swinish protege brought ito ono reward. Eventa proved that there had been a miatake in the christening of tho animal. Instead' of "Job" it should have-been "Tabitha," or "Elisabeth," or "Debornb," This fact received confirmation when, as time passed, she presented her mistress witb a number of infantile copies of herself. These grew and flourished wonderfully to a pig, rnd furnished tho maali family not only with bacon, lard and spare ribs the next season, but enough was sold nf their flesh to supply many a deficiency in other necessaries of life. "Mrs. Job" herself, as wa must now call her, was not sacrificed to cb ese needs, but Iliad to a green old age? ; the f'progenltresa". pr many a family of. curly .tailed descen dants. Even when peace was - declared and tba sons of the house returned to their "own vine and figtree,1.': tba broken fortunes of the family rendered sucu addition to their means of subsistence very neo teary. The. M -Her rcmembora attending ari entertair .anent lo honor pf tho returned soldiers after the close of the war . and meeting with Miss Nellie clad in a very becoming "store-bought" dress with ac companying ribbons, and a pair of fine cloth - boots upon her feet. Remarking opon the unwanted.resplendence of this attire, she usted tho young lady if abo had received, as was very common thou, a box from some friends residing in the North. "Oh noe" she replied. "Job got these for .me. At least, the last lot of pigs I sold brought the money'for them. And, more than this, only think, I sent on and bought mother some real 'store tea' and coffee too." - An Outrage ou Decency. DlipaU'. tv His Snr. ila ?j 2,'c ? : ?. NBW YOBK, September 20.--A wild attempt was made to day to explode a new scandal against Cleveland, in answer, fierhaps, to the second batch of Mulligan otters. AU tho papers bave received slips giving the result pf tho Bo v. M?.'. B/ul'a latest >nvs-?tlg?tlonSi ?c-?ei"di?3? to these new tales ii aeems thai whenever - Mr. Cleveland visits Buffalo a mysterious veiled woman appears and takes up ber quarters near bim. This is th? sum and substance of ibo accusation. Wherever tho story has been told to-day it hos been met with contemptuous ridicule The Rev. Mr. Ball munt try again. . Our eminent citizens aro still !conspic uously, absent from the ' Blaine camp here. . . - -.u-:, H. H. H. The story referred to by tho Sunday , , Newt correspondent is ovidontly thai which was contained iu u Cleveland. Ohio, dispatch to the Chicago News, and fiublisbea on the 18th inst. Io substance t is as follows i ' Tba Bev. George H. Ball, pastor of tho '? Hudson airest Baptist Church, of Buffa lo; wr?t?r>? to tb? Bev. ?). H. Maller, B/ ?>., pastor of tbs scQvii?a feveuoe Mateo-, o. dist Episcopal Church of this city, dis cusses the alleged' licentiousness and Immorality of Grovor ? Cleveland. Dr.' Muller was for several years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Conference ia Western New York, was for cloven years a pastor in Buffalo, ia an honorary mem ber e. tho Ministers' Association of that .: city, and is personally: acquainted with Dr. Ball. Dr. Moller says be waa desir ous, aa a Christian ' mihlctor, to obtain a ; I concise atatemert of the case thai con?? ' be depended upon, and in that spirit wrote to Df. Bau, and yesterday received:;, an answer in which, the doctor Boya; "Grove* Cleveland was littlo known in Buffalo till bo was nominated for mayor. r Ho averaged fairly as a lawyer ; many years ago be served aa sheriff ; be lived .??' secluded from general society ; .he was v brought before tho publie by accident; bli private rtorala were presumed to be correct. Before his .nomination for the' Presidency his deeds of darkness began to comb to light. . Tho Rochester, L}iion: Boston Globe ond other, newspapers. i."> vertls?d his unchastity. ... Prominent Democrats in Buffalo e?nfir ned ibo had . reports, and physicians, ilice officers, x detectives and other citizen? 'who?e ;jp$0it? fes?lohal duties or business relations mada them cogui/tsat bf the,fact? related'tbeen ' privately to.'eomo of our jp&etors. ;|Pl.e shocking disclosures were discussed ?&tVg;? ministers', meeting, luttera were written by ; several .of tho' pastora to. editors of;. Christian j our nala to put theos OR their guard. ' lo vc? tl ga tiona'. disclosed still moro proof of debaucheries tooborible to. relate and too vile to be readjfojEj^ lie ved. For many y?arB days devoted Ito "melness have been followedby nights of \\o??:. He bad,lived a bachelor, Bad' no. , .mme. and avoided tho* restraints. ffcm&.i b?tclorboardirig?hooseiife,'.'. TfceHalpin case was not solitary. Women-now . married and anxious to cover .tbe,ii^si?L; their.youth have been hi? .victims,land . aro now alarnjedf lest their relations bim shall bo exposed. Soma di?g??c?d and broken b6art<>d viet, na of bis; lust now .6ldmber .in. the grave. Abundant rumora implicate: him nt Albany. Well au then tictttcd facts cou viet him m Doffs,-, ^I?B? repeated visits tb this city nave, heen preceded'.wi:H one or two exceptions by the apfcenranco. of a veiled female at tho foot ertha slaiwleadfog io his rooms, She has entered, bis r?e?oa,; set tbios-, order, remained' wi.tb^V.fm ?hilo joe re mained, nn'd< lepar ted wheo bo returned to thc coital. . /. . . . '. (<-f: ''l'A i . - Tisrca negrera were bitte? by.a:tt?*i j dog noat Rid^eSpr?t^vI?dgefiiild Caan j ty; lost wiickr li odog'.wu) fclHcd sft'-r wsrda. !' ;r-.?bcro i* ft aaap-i'actory in ?b?? lotte ?bet Ulina oat tfto-toss- .oap a ;?vy. \ A doscn different brauM yf toilet soaya