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_ . _ I, - - - v ^ BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1866. VOLUME XIV. NO. 15. p i ??? i From the London Timet, July 4. MILITARY EXPERIENCES. DRBKCn-LOADING RIFLES IN ACTION, AND VAST SUPERIORITY OP THE PRUSSIAN SMALL ARM. The great lesson to be learned by military men from the present war in Germany is the irresistible superiority of breecli-loading rifles in action. The Austrian army in Bohemia wan supposed to be numerically stronger than the Prussian ; it contained a far larger proportion of veteran soldiers and probably of scientific officers, it was commanded by a man second in reputation to 110 general in Europe, it was fighting on the defensive for a cause which, as against the invaders, is a good one, and in a country of which the populn 4lAn 10 IawbI li\ XT UarkuKiiUfli ?ivu ta iwjoi vu iiilD A1UUOO Wl lAopoinn u, and yet it Aa? gradually been driven back, loith a lots estimated by the Prussians at thirty to forty thousand men, and is uoio said to be greatly dispirited by the series of reverses which it has sustained. It was for some time supposed that "strategical reasons" of an unexplained and mysterious nature might have induced Marshal Benedfck to fait back, point by point, towards a position selected by himself for a general engagement. This supposition is no longer tenable. It is altogether incredible tbat Auoh a resistance as was offered by the Austrians at Skallez, Trautenau, and Munchengralz was a feint, after all, or tbat 4'iUcbin wa? allowed to be stormed, and Prince Frederick Charles to effect a junction with the Crown Prinoe, in the hope of|Jdrawiog the enemy to the battle-ground between Koniggratz and Joseptbstadt, where nothing but a decisive victory could avail Austria, and where a crushing defeat might open to the Prussians a way to Vienna. Jn J-hese sanguinary conflicts the Austrian troops fought obstinately and . well, but they w^re fairly beaten?and f thfy were beaten, accoi'ditfff ,0 a" ^,e ac~ , counts that have reached more - J J- - _y ai n . t mjjxa. tfife <y uve Prussian i/ ;***"" jFrom first to last it is tbe needle gun that , has apparently carried tbe day, ana l^e , needle gun ja^slipnply a breech-loading ribV I , of ,v$ry indifferent quality. In principle, . as wejli na in construction, it is not to be , comp?rgd. with several breech-loading rif^ea .pis^uffictyred by English makers; but, ,.imperfept $s, it } ?it-has proved quite good , pnflugh, to. apc;uj-ev victory for tbe .Prussians ..in ^Imoa^.every,epROupter. If we refer to .the|,letter ..of.,our correspondent at the (headquarters of t,h8 (First ^Prussian army, wo ftnd ample p.r.oof .oftits .extraordinary effect. ;It was, this.wbigh mainly .enabled .fJie.Piussiaua.fco force tbe ,passage of the .bridge Qver Jhe Iser at tPodoll,- . between iTurnau and Munchengratz. ;The Austrian* .had OCCUnied the ihrnnorli wrVii^K .. . ? - ^ o- ;rirr"~ the .road passes towards the bridge, and commanded ail.ttie.a^pro^ohes from win,dq^s and barricades thrown up acros* the .street. JBut the Prussian riflemen 'fired about three times .before the ^.ustrians, armed odIj with muzzle loading riflea.were able.tp,reply." This more than compensated for any.djsadvantage in numbers or jpositiob, aDd the Auslxians seem to have been completely overmatched. *'In the .Street, the Austrian soldiers, huddled to geujer.and encumbered with clumsy ramrodt, wero Unable to load with ease, and ,00uld return no adequate fire to that of the iPrmsiaps, pfcle these, from the advantage of a better arm, poured tbeir thick volleys, .into an almost defenceless crowd." It tbe sprne at the railway bridge, about ,two hundred yards distant, .where a like struggle wps going on simultaneously.? ?&ere too/' Bay* our. correspondent, "the nefldlpjgun showed its Advantage over tbe old JfruwoBed. .weapons of the Austrians, /or tbe latter fell in the proportion of six to X>no Prussian.".; Jkl last the for trie r retreatpil,-leaving most, if pot all, of their killed |&d vrqpnded on the field; and -it was found JLbf&.VOt only waa the number of Austrian de?4 ttmoh greater, but that \a the ho?piprfipprtion of wounded Au* trimmto paQund#} JPrusaians zoo* ni five uontr ^ - These are startling jesulte, -and yet they anjbo more than ahy oneunfettered by military prejudices would have ndtlcipated. Tharf rmay be- still wore lingering doubt* among old hands a? to whether n breeohjoWw'^kioUHia "bard^ii^ other words, 4^lii0?-..4tiita |^'^QiiO '-)>fU^r - opinion is that '# bald 10 m myai i? \kfo tpBQ9Cii Wliile no oh6 ever ven\?m& W gJoub? t^?t it,dCfee d^ph ^4?U)p psm flaa *e}f-potteasion *re far -rarer sod of ** -r V f P i: ^ 1? ->"'< - v? * ;' ,;. . "l ' ' ' ?v _ *r?- ^ * ' , r- \ a ** ' > V^i *: vr- i< . . j- .* '- , . ? * .. ?.. ' ; :* m ? - f ;.a v,."',. ^ fast enough whilo birds ar? celling up on nil si-Iee, liow can young soldiers be expected to keep their bends cIoht and their hand? 6teady in tbe process of ramming down wh'.le they are thomselves under fire? From this point of view, another remnrk made by our correspondent with the Prussian army deserves serious consideration. It is not only in rapidity of discharge and in safety of loading that breech loading rifles surpass muzzle loaders, but also in the average direction of qitn. "A man mm n muMtfi uu IMO Hippie OI WIIU'H lie has to place a cap naturally rai.?es llie ! muzzle in the air, and in t he hurry an J ex- j citeraent of action often forgets to lower it, and on'v pends his bullet ov*r the heads of the opposite ranks, while the soldier armed j with a breech loading mu.<-ket keeps Ihsi muzzle down, and if in haste lie fires it ofT' without raising the but.t to his (-boulder his , shot still takes effect, though often low; and a proof of this is that very many of the 1 Austrian prisoners are wounded in the legs.*' The only objection, indeed, which is urged against the breech-loading system for weapons to be used in war id one that answers itself. It is said that regiments would fire away their ammunition so fust that it would be impossible to keep tbem supplied. This U as much as to say that soldiors must bo exnosed to t.h? onrtnimv ? -J ! of being mown down liy enemies firing three shots to their one because ammunition might otherwise be wasted, and the mean? of transport must be increased. It might be sufficient to reply that in the Prussian army these obstacles are not found insuperable, but where common sense is decisive of a question it seems m-edless to invoke experience. Without experience, however, no reform involving considerable expense is likely to find favor with heads of depaitments in this country. Tt is on this ground that we have invited attention to the experiments ^ which have lately beeu tried on the largest scale in real warfare, and we now most earnestly represent the urgent necessity ol profiting by them. It was hut last month t?at Marshal Benedck cncouragcd his troOfl* to despise the alleged superiority of\ ? * jC.. ? ---? --- > ' frussi:*" unu iu rtiy on i/ic oay- \ onct, and ice already see the consequcnces. Every ona kno>ya l"at bayonets are seldom actually crosse I; w'hOQ they are crossed it by do means follows lh?t lli<Jse who carry ibo worst rifles will givo tilt' tflOBt vigorous Ilirust, and before tbey are c?'Ps^0(^ '3 certain that rapidity of fire will tcl? fatally. With these-facts before us not a day thou'1* be lost in arming our own infantry with 1 breech-loaders of the beat available pattern. ( There is do official in the War Department ' who would himself think of ming a tnuz- ( zle loader in cover shooting if he hai the ' option of a breech-loader, or who would JiEe to confront with the former an enemy 1 provided with the latter. Then why delay * to nlacc tha better wo.nnon in tli? ItarlHa /if * our array ? The sranller the force we 1 maintain as compared with our neighbors, 1 and thejjreater the difficulty we experience 1 ip reoruiting is, the more essential it is that 1 we 6hpu1d forthwith appropriate an ira- ' provemcDl which multiplies its effective ' strength, and makes one man, under cer?- ' taio circumstances, a match for two or ' three. Whether the single t breech-loader, or some repeating riflp, like that of Speo- 1 cer, adopted in the United States, would on |be whole be more serviceable, ;ia a matter < to be discussed by professional connois- . seurs. Spencer's rifl? is a "seven shooter," and all seven charges are put in at once into a chamber in the stock, bpt as tbe bieaeb must be opened after each shot to'get rid of tbe empty cartridge it is possible that very little time is gained and tome risk of derangement incurred by this additional complication. Such points may aafely be left .to tbe judgment of scieptiSc officers, but the expediency, of substituting brgech-loaders for musale loaders isanoth er affair. 8cientifio,officers will never succeed, by themselves,-in forcing lift change opon the authorities, and (be only power capable of doing, bo is the power of public opinion. <?dob? qr Dibsass.?'The odor of small pox has been compared tt> tbe sto'ell of a be? goat; that of measles to a fresh plucked goose;.Marlatiaa (o^mra. plague ha* been compared'with the"'odor of May- fl o wers, >nd ^th^t'of typhua ? Co&saok. That thb lyphua * ammonia ha* often been observed, and the be?t and moat recobt inve?tlg'a|ofs agrpethat iti?a x?ra: pound of ammonia; (Probably tb* nere intense the *p*? |1$S mo^.dperatke poison; tience tfie neeewity oo,t^ jp?rt>f SSmE > ' '?Sss?* f . . ' 'J ' ,:f . * ' -; , V " ft k ,-C < , * . ? T ?. * : y * VrVH" ~.v: v' " *; * i>i w * ' V ' * " - * :-v. HORRORS OF POINT LOOKOUT AND ELM IRA. We linvo been anxious, says (lie Charlot tbvillo. (Vh.) Chronicle, lo see from some competent hand an account of the manner in which our Confederate soldiers fared as prisoners of war, and we are, therefore, hnppy to announco that Mr M. A. Ivelley, of the Petersburg Index, has published in a small and very readable volume, his experience of a protracted confinement at Point Lookout and Elmira. There is no much paid about Andersonville ?nd Suulisbury, that it is well to know how iheFfc tbings wore managed by the parties whose virtuous indignation lun been so much aroused against Captain Wiiz and M;?j ?r Get'. It is proper, however, to bear in mind that the opportunities for providing 6ome tolerable degree of comfort to those held as prisoners of war were very different at he North from what they were at the South. For tho last two years of the war the population of the Southern Confederacy were not only deprived of the luxuries of life, but it was really a struggle to procure food of the plainest kind, Most persons consumed no te*, coffee or sugar; many lived without meat. Ciothinsr was of the rudest material, and tl>e wardrobes of the wealthiest, exceeding scantj. By rigid block ?de th? FeJeral ships* and troops rendered it d IGcult to procure medicines, which, if obtained, were sold at fabulous prices. It is well known also that our armies (subsisted on tbe scantiest rations and that frequently they were almost in a starving condition. At the North there was everything in abundance?corn, wheat, pork, beef, vegetable, woolen and cotton fabrics, medicines, wines, fruits, tea, coflf e, <Scc* Notwithstanding tins, at the piisons of Point Lookout and Elmira, where thou sands of prisoners were confined, our men were always hungry, and in he winter were never protected from the cold. Mr. Kelly gives the following as the bill of fare at Point Lookout: For breakfast, lour or five ounces of meat, (pork or bee!) and h uliue of oread and "rather over half a pint of watery *lop by courtesy called f>onp." This was all a mail got to eat iu twenty-four hours. At Elinira the ration of bread was a pound per day. The meat rations on the other hand wai invariably 'scanty. "It Bometime9 ha ppened (hat the same man got bones ordy for several successive days." Jiats were eaten in numbers. 'I had seen,' ijj. vs our author,'a mob of hungry 'Robs' 3est*i>-'0 "10 t>one can, nnd bt-g from the Iriver fni?ni4'Dta on which an August sun !iad been burti.'"? for several days.* At Point Lookout t.'je water was 'so impregnated with some as ,0 offe.id ivery nose, and induce diar'htlM in almost 3very case. It colors everything hlack in which it is allowed to rest, and a sf-um rises on the top of a vessel if it is ??ft standing during the Dight, which reflects -he prismatic colors as distinctly as the surface of a stagnant pool.' There are 'wells* outside tbe^prison pen from which the Federals supplied themselves with good wat?r; Speaking of this same prison, the writer 9&VS ! 'Diirinn^ thfl Rs\nrf*htfiry onmtnur ? ? ;r? "B ~ ' whose severity during the day. is as great an that BHtid barren as anywhere in the Union north of the G.ilf, and through the hard winter, which is more severe at that point than anywhere i n the country . south of Boston, these poor fellows were conflneu ht-ra in open tents on the naked ground, without plank, or a handful of straw between thegi and tbe heat or tha frost of the earth. And when, in th$ winter, a high tide or an easterly gale would flood the pen, and freeze as it flooded, the sufferings of the half clad wretches may ba easily imagined. Many died outright, etc. ; Even the well-clad sentinels, although relieved every thirty minutes) instead of every tw?.hours,as ts the army rule), perished, in some in stance*,-and others ioflt the feet nod handsJ through the tejriblo cold of the season/ ' 'During all this aeaaoa . the ration of wood allowed to eaob man was an armful for five days.andthu had tooook for himJ a/) well aa well a* warm Biro,' . ' .! This was opt ail.. Only one blauket was allowed to each'man.: Tberewera regular JnspectiQas, and every, extra' blanket*. was seized. w . , Yon coald receive nothing in. the way of clQtbing wIthoat giving, op the corre*pocd rng article which yos might ehauoo to poceew.;v AH money wits eteo taken away. Every third day there ?r*fe negro md~ tineU <m doty, -whoee iMole&ce *sd brtp-V r? ' >, * X <*..- - ' r'j~i--i . ' >' ; t $. *' . 5 , ' ? *&. * - ' ~ ,, . ' " . ; ' * *' * ' . . ; -< ' V*., J // - g ' . . ? . . . - r. tality were intolerable.' If a prisoner crossed the dead line, their warning was tho click of the lock, sometimes the discharge of the musket. The shelter at Point Lookout was at the rato one 'A tout,?covering about aix ftet square?to each squad of Ave; or one Sibley tent?diameter fifteen feet?to etcery eighteen men. The author was transferred from Point Lookout to Elmira, where a number of the otlicers in command were civil and kind, and a number of them were bru'ea and villain?. One Captain Bowden, at this prison, bad before him, on ono ocoosion, a prisoner named Hale (of the old Stonewall brigade) for drunkenness, and he sought to know where he got his liquor. Halo re refused Lo lell, as it would compromise others. lie was accordingly tied up by the thumbs, suffering exquisite torture, hut he refused to peach, and* called on his fellow prisoners lo remember thitwhoo they got home.?Bowden grew exasperated, and attempted to gag him by fastening a heavy oak tent-pin in Ii'ib mouth sufficiently?a difficult operation. He struck him in tho face with tbe oaken billet, a blow which broke soveral of bis teeth aud cov-; ered his mouth wilb blood I At Elrnira the roost scandalous reelect exisied in the hospitals in the matter of providing me patients wi.b proper food. 4I do not doubt tbat many of them perished from actual btnrvaron*' There was also 'an inexcusable deficiencienoy in medicine.' Several weeks, in which dysentery and inflammation of the bowels prevailed, there was not a gram of any preparation of opium in the dispensary, and many a poor fellow died for the want of this medicine- The doctors were also exfretnely ignorant. The mortality which took place exceeded even the reported mortality at Andersouville. At Andersonville, out. of a population of 30,000, 0,000, or one?sixlh of all, died, from February 1, 1804, to August 1, 1864. At Elmira, the quota was not ruado ud till j the last of August, eu that Sn|>tembor was ' the first month duiing which any fair esti! male of tho morality could be made, i Now, out of If'Krt than 9 500 persons on the first, of September, 366 died that month. At Andersonville, it was one thirty sixth of tho whole per month ; at Eluiirn, it, was one twenty-fifth. At fir>t it waB lew than three per rent, per month ; at the latter it was four per cent, per month. Our article is already extended. Wo commend Mr. Kelley's book?it is called "In Vmculi; or, tlio Piisoner of War"? to our readers as the production of an intelligent, well informed and truthful writer. Danger to the Pabty.?Tne National Republican, of Tuesday, has tho following remarks upon the Phiadelphia Convention, which we commend to the auention of those who are fearful that the Dein' ocratic party will be swallowed up by the Republicans: . "The tenderness with which some of our radical friends express their fears that the members of the Uttiou party will go into the Philadelphia Convention 'will be swal lowed up by the copperheads and Southern rebels, is at t-rnes quito overcoming 'o UHWe uhudder .at the idea, and ourmii'd reverts to Mie-sad fate of Jonah. Then wo turn to tbe Democratic papers, and we find consolation in the lact that some of them express the same fear about their brethren namely that they will be swallowed up by the National Union parly, members of which initiated and called the Philadelphia Convention. With fear and trembling, we have looked about to ascertain who will be tbe whale and who will be Jonah. We don't think a cathartic would damage either the Union or Democratic party just at this time. It matters very little* which party at Philadelphia is., tbe whale _ or which is Jonah. Aftet tbe secession of Jonah, we have no jourpalistio accounts of of the movements of tbe whale. Wnetber it died, or swallowed aootbor man or a ft)KaIa ' /tnnV/tntiAn a* ~' " tviv wu * 0UIIUU| W. WU? ia not stated." The Republican then Feb cartes the his?, tory of various coalitions which succeeded in defeating the old parties, and ooqcludda thu "Theri are aa. good fish in the sea as were ever.Oaught. We are now willing to make another coalition for these high, national purpoeea, if necfesary^ And -to that end ' we welcome men to the Philadelphia Convention from 0Tdry St Rt9 In'the Utrton who cau endorse the p rinci pies of {he oal 1. A* there i* a juat the vrijffft if!U jriV flmph.at Pfc&uU*phi?:> \ \r, ' '..2$-?irrT-ii. t~ '.v V *.*' r/: 'J*. ' ' : * .* * 'V ' \ ?- : > 'x *? ' _ ' *-" - y " " **:v " ,' ?*' '-Sttpr-- ' $' . '' '" ' ' '' ' _ THE GERMAN'S FATHERLAND, Where ia the German's Fatherland ? Iu't Prussia? Swubiu? Ia't (he strand Where grown the vino, where flows the Ilhint! Is't where the gull skiuis Baltic's brine ? No ??yet more great and far more grand Must be the German's Fatherland I How call they then the German's land? Bavaria? Biunswick) Ilast thou ecaonod It where the Zuyder Zee extends? Where Styrian toil the iron benJt? No, brother, not?thou hast uot spanned The German's genuine Futl.erlaudl Ia then tho German's Fatherland Westphalia? Pomerania! Stand Where Zurich's wavtlesa water sleeps: Where Weser wind*, where Dnuube sweeps: Hast found it now ??Not yell Demand j-^inewuuro ine v*crmairs r'atlierlnnd I Then cay, Wlnro lies tho German's laud? How call they that unconquered land? la't whore Tyrol's green mountains riee? The Switzer's land I dearly prize, By Freedom's purest breezest fanned? But no 1 'Lis not the German's landl Where, therefore, lies the German's land? Baptize that gri-at, that ancient landl 'Tisl surely Austria, proud and bold, In wealth unmatched, 111 glory old! OI none shall write her name on sand; But she in not the German's landl Say then, Where lies the German's landl Baptize that great, that ancient landl Ib't Alsnct? Or Lorraine?that gem Wrenched from the Imperial Diadem By wiles which princely treachery planned! No! these are not the German's landl Where, therefore, lies the Germau's land! Name thou at last that mighty land! Where'er resounds the German tongue? Whore German hymns to God are suug? There, gallant brother, take thy standi That is the German's Fdtherlandl That is liia land, tbe land of lands, Wliero vows bind less than claspnd hande, Where Valor lights the flashing eye, Where Lovo and Truth in deep hearts lie, And Zeal eokiDdles Fret>d<m/a brand? That is tbe German's Fatherland I That is the German'* Fatherland Where Hate pursues each foreien band? Where German is the name for friend, Where Frenchman is the name for fiend. And France's joke is spurned and banned? That is Ihe German's Fatherland! That is the German's Fatherlnndl Great Godl look down and bleas thatlandl And give her noble children soula To cherish while Hxiotence rolls, And luve with heart, and aid with hand, Their Universal futhpvlandl ^ FOBRE ra OWN ACCOUNT OF THE PUBSUIT CAPrT7B5 OF 8TBEIGHT. Lnto one afternoon, long alter this, at the moment when the emire Confederacy was ringing with his pursuit and capture ot Col. Straight, F<>rre*l came into the edilonal room of the Rebel at Chattanooga, where three or fonr of his old friends wenS E collected, and gave m a minute narrative of the recunt eamn?!i*n TT;_. ? ~ i a?. mis uuauii|Jl|VtJ fiowera are naturally very good and on this uccasiuu he was full of tbis story, and spoke with the enthusiasm and simplicity of a child. lie had pursued Straight's column, fighting every day, for nearly a fortnight, over an almost barren country for over sevbundred miles and with an inferior force, capturing him at last by stratagem. "I wasn't certain when I demanded bis surrender, which would bave to give in, him or mo. But it was like a game of poker, I called him on a single 'pair' to his 'full,' trusting to luck. He seemed, at first, to have very little cot.fidcuce in my hand; out I said: 'I give you five minutes. I've fo'Jowed you and fought you for two weeks, and now I've got you ju.it where I want you. I'm tired of sacrificing lives, nod offer you a cbauce to stop it. If you don't I warn you I won't be answerable for the consequences.'.' Streight was'tiirly bluffed.' He was in a strange oountry. His adversary wab known to bo a desperate roan. His com* mand was jaded. What could he do? If be stood out aoy longer and waa mistaken, be might be sacrificed. He surrendered, and in a few mit.ules himself and bia men were disarmed prisoners under the escort of ODo-fourtb of their number. "Where is the rest of your command General ?" ask- ! ed Col. Straight. Forrest smiled grimly, and made no reply. Presently when tbey frrived in the village of Rome, tho mystery was removed,^and tho gallant but outwitted Indiauian saw bis blunder: Itwasduringtbe put suit of Streight, that an incident occured whioh Forrest re ported with great satisfaction. The ohasa was becoming excited and the Confederates were beginning to be eager for its conclusion when they renohed a stream over which ihd eoemJ had crossed in safety, but whioh had risen so rapidly as to be impMtibta. Forreat rode aloDg the baDka baffled and *ogry. ?hfto ; hoi&fc- *Jb# 1 ? o t- ;.. - 'f-u ? - - . ... ??; f " / r '}*.*: .S; ' . p *'.r. '*y- v-. - ' v- v .v - * "V . . <*? vA - *.. -.v. *' v1 r -? ?..* ' ~ 1 r'? '* * about bis ears. After vainly seeking for half an hour, be came to a cabin which stood alone in the wilderness near the water's edge. Here, as a last resort he inquired for a ford. A young girl ran out and said, "1 can show you one if yon take rae up behind you." The mother waa very much shocked, bnt the girl continued, I'm not afraid. You're General Forrest, and will take care of me." *Hop up, then,' said Forrest, riding close to the fence. ?The girl bounded upon the horse, clung tightly to the General's sabre saab, and onon ?i? ?i- J *' ?uoj iuuv, uuwu ids stream and sharp shooting and the whizzing of nolonies, * What's that?1 said the girl innocent* ly, as one of these came very near. Thai,' said Forrest is a skeered bird/ They reached the ford in safety, the command passed over, and the General turned to hit gallant little guide and asked what he could j do For her! She replied that her brother had^been captured by Colonel Streight and was a prisoner in his hands; all she desired was his release. 'Very well,' said Forrest, taking a note of the name, 'you shall have him by twelve o'clock to morrow.' It was turned of eleven the next day when Streight surrendered. Immediately General Forest called for John Sanson), wild nrnmnllo L '* ? g t --j .fjwuou^iiiu ouuugu W UB relieved, and wondering what oould be wanted with him by his own General. *1 promised your sister Emma,' eaid Forrest, when the young man appeared, 'to send yuu to her at twelve o'clock to?day. Time's nearly up. Tako tbe best horse you can find aud put out. Double-quick now? march 1' As related by Forrest himself, with the earnest delight of his nature and in that quiet little editorial room at the close of a summer day, with all its freeness about it, the story was thrilling, and we at once resolved to make a heroine oat of the little rustic, Em ma Sansom. Subsequently alie received a grant of land and a vote of thauks from the General Assem? LI ? _ * a t uiy 01 AiHDamA; but the remembrance of tbat ride behind the most daring cavalry lender of the Amerioan continent Bhould be worth more to her than all the grants and resolutions which Legislatures have power to give. I know tbat Forrest looks back upon it with pride thatoxceeds the sense of the victory which it secured, and over alludes to it without a touch of the old nre und a quick returning of the old fWh.? Correspondence of the Wathville Banner. Recently in a town nnf j mvv mm iuVUMIUU railea from Columbus, a young man who loved wisely and well, proposed, waa accept* ed, am! proceeded to procure the marriage license from the proper official in the conn* try town. He was a little sensitive on the point of publicity, and left home for A horseback ride to said county seat, dreeaed apparently in his old every-day clothes* Under these, however, he wore hia "Son* day-go-to meetins," and on neariog the point of destination, bitched hia horse, laid off bis old clothes, and tripped lightly ovar the bridge into town, a very dandy In unruffled smooth neas. It so happened that |,? .1.u: oucu uis uioiaes ana tied bis horse near a stream of considerable depth. Men discovered botb, ?nd Boon conoluded tbat eome reckless young mao had been drowned.? Tbe subject was thoroughly canvassed, and preparations made to drag the steeam for tbe body. A large crowd had collected, by this time, And the excitement was intense. The proceedings were stopped bj an excited individual plunging across the bridge, springing on the boree, and galloping away. The inference st once was that the young men had stolen the horse and leveral farmers started immediately in pursuit. Youog man saw them and whipped up to full speod. The race wasaoloee one for several miles, when he dodged them bj. taking a bypath through ; the woods. ' fie was again discovered, howevr, and again the chase by many Jiew comers with fresh horses, Pell-mell, rough and tumble, the pursued and pursers went through the oounty for man^miiai creating everywhere exoitem^nt.1*1 th e youog man netted thereitdetfeeoO>ie intended bride. Be.rode at once to the gate, dismounted, and plunged into the Louse, af the pursuing psrty dafthed up,he declaring-that they "couldn't have Ms j lioenae without riding hard for them," and | that he wouldn't give thedrbp without a faw. SUplMntioD wcoeode4 ?xpfa|n^bfu)a there .wu a.hearty laugh *t the expe&saof the nntopbUticated yoothwfcp: had been pur?ued m a horftd thief,- but who ofcly .IM?nd ??a?- tte otoppfdMWhm tb? hit: pavpoert wanted to rob lrim *r fek tnfcrrage lictafe.** Ohio Staff Journal* . '4m * *\ ?v - , ' . 4 ; : . . % ^ V V' '. * , "" C' a- . . . v r \ ~ * . ' * fr': " * ..