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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. C?AI'TUKINU DKSKUTKHS. Bl ETI! ODS Ol' ItKOAPTUHl'' OUHINO TH J: U AK. A Conscript In Pootilla i\ttlr?? Willoh lit|i i? House r,,i- Several Oayn-Tlte Clotting Iinji of tho lt? lu lli..li--A Dcttpt'llltfl ifrrugirle. In tho sumtnor of LBOJ Wirt Adams's cavalry, nitor au arduous camp rested to recruit mon and horses in Shepherd's old liol tis in Copinlt comity, Mississippi. Food tvud forage n alum to MI ; the hornes grow fat, and Hie lazy life POOH wearied the nu n, whose home was in tho buddie. Timo dragged, but Sergeant tleath'sold Crt eper or< nted a diversion, ouo niorniug, o}- btatnpod ing tho brigado horariH, which wore all loose at grass. Creeper knew a thing or i two, and counted eu fun whou lie laid his pinn*. Working ?rouml tho two thousand grazing horses, until all were between li buuel I and the camp ii. tho woods, tho old horse, whoso wisdom wan known sud acknowledged throughout tho brigade, took his uland and surveyed tho ground. With a wild biiori at?l a ringing neigh in Rpraug into tho bord. What he intended to convey to the un* dorstaudiug of Iii? f< Hows f cannot say, hut n panie scorned to seize each separate iiQast, ttnd with tbiiudortitg hoof? tliej boro down upon tho camp, Thou was thoro ''mounting in hot halte" tho friendly trocs bein nth whose stu itt r wi bivouacked. Mud, blind with an un uamdd ?error, and turning not : ide, like nu avalnuciio the Hy ing si piad ron swop! through tho camp, With Hie iniing mano and tail, head on high, and hashing eyes, Minti ld demon Creep er led bia frightened bouts, it wa? plain to BI e that ho gloried io the niisohit i ho ! had wrought. ATTACKtXO Tilt: OAVAldlY, Thc camp monotony was broki u ni last when tho Outlying ?oouts r i - rtod tho advance of ti b'cdoritl itteurHion I ?rn Brtiinsburg, on iii. Mi sihsippi river. This force Of white .ml ucgro troops, composed m infantry, cavalry, ni d '.>.?] '? j artillery, aud iii lOttutii ? nt nil t.. a) oui j 1,000 tuen, had been lauded ft? m ; tu porta on tho river, presumably for tho .urpot e ol Biirprii tug aud capturing our >re0 at .Shepherd':, o?d Heids. I'tti ly MU liing euanlod Gen 'ltd Adit m i to in et. Hiern moro than Indi way. bi levi n ti ile? south of L'ont tl lisoii is t id matt's I to, in the cono ty ol ifeirerson, . tl hore tho adv neo parties O? thu hostile hue? incl . Hoi skirmishing and nit exchange oj uh elia from tho llold batteries on ei' tiei sin? opened ihe engug mont, lloro ti curious, nn<t perhaps unique, catsuit ly ooourrod. Oitr naval rj waa dismount iug, preparatory lo an itdvanco on foot. An ollioor wa? sent? ?! . u ii.'- lop i til of a fpneo bordering tho toad. A shell from tho enemy strttok Hm t::ii al ono i nd without exploding, I'hc rough rail ? ra. driveu with IreincitdottH roicu Hom tin der thd otll?erVleaving :.. grenl HJ tiler tinco or four feel long, tu . ot tho thick noss of two lingers, traiu-llxing Hm un happy man's thighs und projecting .i foot or more beyond oneil hi|>. i lu man swore with rago and pain, rcpt liing all approaches ou the part of fri? -, until Dr. Martin coining up forcibly broke oil' ono projection of tho tough oak mid drew out tho remainder from the other Hide, 'I i o wolli da boah u and tho captain soon i Mimed his dutton, but he heard not the i.l t jibe oil 11.:t? ". >n SH buttock" thrust until ho mci a soldier'* doath in tho closing days of thostrugglo, nmvi.No rilK i i:t>i:i;u a ?AI K, Tho enemy had posted bimei If it. und about Coleman's dwelling, hun..; and outbuilding.':. ITcro wo assaulted him and drove bun out and back after n n i ; resistance. Ti e Federal toteo greatly outnumbered om.-, but would assuredly have boon captured hud tho while eon tingeiit been as cm ily d? moralized ns were tho negro soldiers. Time after tinto those mon, composing tho rear guard an thc Federal commander drew off his forcea, wore broken nud hut ?ed helter-skelter upon thu main body, and only tho stubborn lighting of the white troops enabled nuj portion 1 f tl t mana to escape, Darkness foll ? bi wo still pit pitied thom, and the ol?ase H IS not given over until near midnight, wh? o exhaustion com pi lied a halt. Day break lound the i-neiuv oil I e.nd bis transiioits, and the tkit steamed away foi . Nute ho*. I have of ten thought that had tho Federal fore.- be? ii BK?lfiiliy commanded ea thin occasion Oeil ral Adams Would have found that this nt tack waft a rash venture. Und his force been lt lbir?l huger not a bim- coat would have esoaped? To tho beal ol my knowledge the Oonfcdorato force ?lal not ox owl lour ban tired men, wolli- 1 um ?nro I Haw Utrea limes that number oi tho enemy. They hud also tho advautngo ol* a . Irong position of their own :;? be th o, taken ?-s soon IM mudo aware of otu approach. Our lind nish, howl Vt r, drove thom from it, aud their officers found it impossible fully to rully tho uegio ttoopH. They would stand when we paused, but each ftiicceodiog onset ;>p? i e.... bioko Hteir run kp. Their bro ?AS very high. 1 ui ubov? our heads tho minio ballorS'S?ng tn fUlgry ehoru-', and our loss was trilling. At hitor vals, winn orossiug un sminouce, n man would fall lol darkin?'.. Andrew battle, a rugged Irishman, went bach f ? horse to carry oil' thu \nn\y of lal Site.in..?we, a n.e.-H mate. "Whom have you thore?'1 he ?a-? rskexl from a bank on tho road- ide. "I'oor Ed Sneduakie, us dead as h answered. "That's a lie, Battle!" ohed bia questioner, who was noni ber tliatt Sueduskio himself. Down /'ont tho unknown dead upon thc groun l, and Battle, with an oath Strong? ly suggestive of disgust, resume? 1 Inn pin..- among thc pursuers, A joting cavu'rymau, intent upon glory, wont, contrary to orders, mounted into tito action. Hoon he was seen on foot rush? lug to tho tear. "Hello, ?Tones, where now?" "M., horse WSS shot from under mo and I am going I nek for another." Again bo HUM to the rear und nguiu re porta bis horse killed. Five separate times that day and night hi." hone w,e "Shot through mid thntigh." Next daj ad live of Hu a-unfortunate animals wow found unscratched, peacefully grazing among tho ?hun. Well, a ell, their rider was soareely more than a boy and IP?, PP ij lauiijmMU-ir.n.,' Jit aft j. IKUIAVKIMaWI doubtless Uo sent bouiu bis thrilling bul* Iciiii, and mother nuil Bistora gloried iii his lia;.liing courage ?iud DUirvolod ut bis wondrous escupes. Poor follow! be hud les weaknesses, l>tit lie bud bis virtues ami his friends. I1UKTINO TUM bl ...i-'uriu;.*. Among tko Southern soldiers.' ?huies, ono of tho lend iniportuut toward tho ?.lose of tho war, was that of I ringing in \ troth tho hills and forests und habita* Hoon in tho wilderness deserters from the ii rm iou and slippery conscripts who sought to evade the service. The caval ry man's ^>>ui il ?lighted it? this work for awhile. A detail for MI oh an expedition mount relaxation from tho di&oiplino of 1 tho camp, oxomptiou from tho hardships ! of tho mureil, aud variety in pl.ice of lrl< tome routine. There wos also ii spice of udvi uttire, for dosortors wi ul?l somo times fight, though skulking wus their j mn'!) point. The writer was ono of twenty mon, undor tho command :.f a !i iitenant, sent during the early part <>f I8?J into Scott and Luke coontie*-, in Mississippi, ?ni H man-hunting orrand. Game was abuudiuit and our officer was provided with ft formiduhlo list <>f those tu bu mn down. Wo tiM.h a guille from a neighboring county, whost name wus l?iguo. I!- knew tn-> country and ho know the pi opio, and ho weill ?li. gui d. His di guiso was ciVeetittil, but bis name must bu chtinged <uit. of cousidoratiou for thc future, From pig t?> shout wus jiu easy traiitiitiun, though somothiug safer might have been found. Never theless, tn us In MUS alway. Shu;'.;. ?le served ai faithfully ns ho had served his ??tate in the field before being wounded and disabled. Ho was a good guide, and I ho| i. his neighbi rs will not call him to iiccount when they read thia. roi .-.ii I N nm rill', UKI?. Thc tlrst house wo visited was wah bcd in vaiu for several days. Aiitheutio iu forniatiou said 'lune should bo two <?e sorters thereabouts, Two ot ?un1 | otv lay all night undor tho house li ; tung to tho conversation of tho inmates, bul aol u word wus dropped of advtu tugo to oui ?pi? si. Openly in daylight tho house was visited and diploini'oy used in Vinn. TIlO WOtaou would iu>! be 1 ?<! ii to betraying their lord?, but received with keen suspicion und reserve ail itv nd* Vftlices. Su: rounding mid sea: cl "j he house in the small houri after mi luighf only ga voile cir labor for our p.. s. toi the tuen wore known > l?e ut -least in corni niuieiition wi:ii tlx :t Inn s, and our or lori tO take Hu in w re imp) raf ?ve. Tho visible members of tho honsch?.<ld consisted of 111 etI 1 idden ?d?l won; ai, < YO miihlle-nged womeu, ?iud 11 purni army of whit? hui il scions. A ticootid lim? ppii s wi re . ' ". (1 andi r tho hon .', mid about midnight ono of them cum to the rendezvous md period thai ?1* . nd hin companion hud heard whispoviuj over head, nod bel itv I they hid detected ?1 mab's voie !, Al 01.ee the hom 0 was surrounded and ndmiltanco domanded, Tim door was opened, und tiio woiuou sullenly dem undi ?I why wo continued t< persecute thom, i'ln.y assorted ii) du strongest terms lind tho whereabouts ol their husbands ?\ ns ubi olnb ly iitikm . 1 to theie, mid declared that they hud aol Man m nea rd of them for mouths. Din regprdh g n'l their protestations, wo pro .'e.. hal io turn tho cabin lopsy*tuvvy Tho scant f 11 ruituro wus moved aud iii? loft ransacked in tain. Nothing re muined bid tim bcd on whicu he help less old wdnuui lay. When called upoi to rise that it might be overhauled, sin wept and her daughters remonstrate! violently. They vowed that she cold? not got up. nod t?> move her woutl hil her. Tin licutciiitnt approached to hf her, win 1. she sprang at him and attack eu him willi the ferocity und colority o a tigress. Leaving him to defend him self against lier long talons, wo- tor away t iie hod clothing, and under ii" Inunda was revealed a box-like strim1.ir Wherein \ay tbt ? bicots of our sewell I ie v wore wretched, oiuvon-lookin creatures and shivered and whined ssw dragged till lr limp careases out. IN PUMA Mi ATTI UK. Wo w itched another house for day and passed a sm.iii he'd whore two wi men cultivated a orop of oom. The nm wo wanted was net to he soon, I'll womi 11 gave m? indications timi the knew the nut'iro of our errand, bi would talk nt any time with apparel frankness. The wife of tho deserter sui that te r husband bail abandoned In and that she and his sister, who live with her, biol a haul st niggle to keep iii wolf from tho door. Wo were all hi I convinced of this fact, and should hat been w holly so but for tin direct SH authentic manner in which WC bad bu informed to th?; contrary. Finally v 1 were compelled to abandon this ce from sin er luck of nay clew to w.u upon, us, in spite of constant an 1 rh; , espionage, WO inadc Ito headway ul 1 ?aw uo suggestive aoliou on tho part tho two women, Tho detective instill must have boen utterly lacking in ovo i mora bor of the squad, r Wo leann I sometime after that, lim alleged sister i Ink with whom WC bud frequently co VOrsod, amt whom WO had many tun I noell at work in tile Held, was simply t ! deserter himself, clotho?! in one of I wife's homespun gowns, \ TKHIUIU.K HIOIIT. Another case was that of a man w hud no family. Ho wus a nhagg boarded giant ami owned two old 1 groes, who guarded him ami the soei of his haunts with a sagacity and (Idell almost superhuman. His habit was he out in tho woods, seldom approat nig tho house, and the negro seivai contrived to provide for bis daily si tonanoe in spite of all our efforts to p vent. it. ?t would have boon eu y prevent tho negroes from going to li hy placing them in duress, or by moving thom altogether from the SCO] Hut this might have defeated our cir for we know not now close tho Int might bc lying and had tv assurai thal wu ourselves were not undor his < nervation, for the denso woods 0 thickets encroached directly upon I -miall clearing in willoh the bouse stoi In default ofn better plan we at loni took measures to keep tho old sorva under close hiirveihuiice for twontv-f( hours uninterruptedly. At break of t tho cabin was enterca by two men 1 iHny wi ro given certain instructions 1 informell that Ibo slightest, violation itteinptod infraction would result in 111111K iludo death of twilit. Hut ono permit tod to pass tito door at a til and tho dead dine, which lay near baud, must not bo crossed. They .< cautioned ..gainst any signaling assured timi such au attempt would bc promptly punished. Men wore lying iu ambush all around, and at dark our linc W08 drawn in to closely encircle tho building. Shortly boforo midnight u stealthy t'ortu crept past inc in thc gloom and the game was in tho toils. Swiftly pulsing around thc cordon 1 untitled thu men thai, Stoworo had entered tho house, and we at onoo took positions at every door and window. Aa SOOQ as thc Ic u tenant's step sounded upon the porch. lin: fugitive lt aped from li back WJUilow j into the ?rou grip of Sor gean I Howard. Tho mall fought and hit and swore and j yelled li ko a demon, but Btrong urmul boro him dowe aud strong colds bound I bin writhing limbs. Ilia hair und beard ltd down his hack uud breast in malt, d i musics, his hands and face were bluek I with tlie accumulated grime of months, ao l Hm mels ol' his lingera resembled Ihu ! mg ottrved talons of rome great bird of prey, ll is oyes glared liko a rand* luau's, and every struggling motion re minded us of those of a bullied, raging wild boast, Tho Bight HUS terrible, anti one who witnessed it i an never forgot it. Tin- lott mi Movement, Tho New York financial Chronicle, in its levi iv of thc moveinent of the cotton crop for thc week ending on tl c night of Augui.t 20, says Hint Hu- total roe< i phi have reached Pd,270 halos, against 0,0 lil bales Inst week, 7,270 hales the pre* violin week, and 1,1111) bales three Weck? since. 'Lim exports for the week reach a total of 22,815 hales, of which 17,585 wer - lo . ?reit britain, 2,5 IS to France, and 2,182 lo the n sf of tho continent. Thu total Miles for forward delivery for thu week uro 887,000 bales. For ?rn mudiate doliYury tho tolul sides fool up 11,270 bales, inolu nog 5,-170 tor exp? rt, ?,801 for homo consumption, 'iii'; imports into coutiuoutal ports for tho week have been 15,000 bahs. There ia an inoroaso in the cotton in sight of 83,321 bulen os compared willi tue sarao ?late ot 1880, un inert-use <-i 5K,570 hulea as coin] ired with tho cor ruspouding date of I ibo, und u decrease ot 313,008 huleu uti com pu ri d with 188-1. 'Im- old interior Bb .. havu increased during tho week 281 bales, and wiro, Friday night, 21,381 balcB los than : i thc h arno period hut year, lin receipt* ni thortamo towns huvo boen 727 bales less (hun tho sante week laid year, Ut hough tho receipts at tho < utpor s the punt week wen 10,270 bulos, tia actual m o vc me h I from plauhilioiiM wm only 10,510 bales, thu buiuUL'O gol I te iiici\uii.o thc s nok at the interior towns. Lust ye o- tho receipts from thu planta lions for thu hame week were 12,?07 halon, und lor 1885 tiny weio i 5,02-1 bales, The llgurcB from llombay tdiow a de crease compared with lust yunr inila week's receipts ol 2,000 hale, and u? chungo in nliipmelits, and the Bhipm .it siiico Junuury I show an iuoroase of hi. '?lo bahs. Since JuUllury ' the total ex porta of colton t< Kuropo I rom nil In.ii: b ive been 1,032,000 bah s. l in Chronicle MIVS that cotton for ?u lure delivery ni Now Vork for the wool nadi r review has been sluggish, an I rc utricted almost wholly to ?be broker and reguor operators on the lloor ol tin Cotton Exchange, attracting \i.ry iit?? itttontion from outside parties. Til font uro of th'- week was t he .-harp ad vance on Saturday last, on n di mund t cover contracta, arising from Hu- boho Hint "bear'' iutltieuOCH hail been cxliilll I . il for the present. Monday an.I Tut s day saw tho loss of part of lin-, ad VU HO uiider alis to real i/.c. Foreign udvici ami eroj) accounts had little ullect, ht cause not very decid? d in their chtiliictei hui the increased receipts ut tim port m rc a dei i*C8hing ii thu nee on Mundi j tin Thursday notices were freely issue for duliverics on August contracts, wit a very di pressing elVoot ui>oii options ft tins UK.nih uud weakening thc wliol market, t<> whieli the tall ol Hooded rain in Texas ami liberal receipts nt (iain: ton in somo degree contributed. Frida there was u f u rt Uer decline and u vcr unsettled feeling. Cotton on the sj., has met with n good di mund for expo ami homo consumption, mid tpiotutioi wcro udvuuccd on Saturday, Tuesday nu \vodncsdny I-Kio. each day. l< ridii pines receded I-ldc, middling ll phi Ul closing al '-J ldc. Thc Ohroniclo'H wcatlior reports inti cato that heir licial ni i ns have fallen portions ot Texas during the wei k, b tu it at some points the drouth COIltinili I'llO correspondent Ot Columbia, 'l exi; reports that in consequence ot HIIOWC WCOthi r, Ctttl rpiilni.i li.ive become li merolia ami are doing luuob damage, . other points in the South the conditio iiavu been fairly favorable. Picking progroBsiog ti nely. i llriniir-l.nl.il- Cum*. John ll. itohb, a Camden, Pa., pop hunger, 351 yeal s old. who hus had II new lluvi ling around in his body for thirty li years, was relieved of thc pointed pa ce steel Tuesday, hy tho surgeons ul tho Coi i r Hospital, in Phiiudolniiiu Ile won! ibo hospital Monthly suttorlnu from a si <dtive tumor on lils thigh. The nu - suspected Hie presoncoot o foreigu lui mid decided on a surgical ??per..non. incision wa? mud? ht lue tumor and wi thc knife r--?n lied almost down lo thc lld boin il Struck a haul substance, wir proved to IKI ?CI ordinary Sized need purdy Incysied. tin recovering consol? ness after tho opcrallou Itobb recollect Hint while sliding ni- Hg Un- lloor when was bul eight Vi .il - old bc hud (hive needle so deeply hi Ids b>ot thal it coi not bo recovered, lb experienced bm ile dist olin M from it." occident ; I I noli rely forgotten ii until ibo surgci found tho in e ile lu operating on lin uri which ii caused in coming in con Un > w the thigh '"'he. Plano* mu? Organs, All of the bent makes. $25 cash r balance .\o,ember 1, at spot cash pri on a I'niuo, :> 10 cash and hiduueo i vembor I, at spot cash prices on Organ. Delivered, freight froe, ut y< nearest depot. l-'ilteen daya test t ami freight ladli ways if uotsatisi >. h Writ? for circulars. N. W. THUMP, * Cohunbin, S. ( Thc Secretary of War bus approved roi pi ci t of lin-ex Cenf. derale AsaOOlstlfl ntosgo to ereot a memorial to tho Con -rate ?lead hulled in Hie Government h Oakland ?binotory near timi city, in -eich regulations aa muy bo prescribes la- (?uarterniuster Genend. DOWN IN Ali: ?MO. How Ornerai Or\antes WttB laitoinltril \ii\.- In Sigh I ol ills Uointt. i Mox lean Letter ) A font yearn ago a good deal of kid- 1 napp ag was carried 011 in Mexico, money having berni generally tho oh cot. Anybody ol wealth nod iniluouco waa ? bailie te !... s. i'/.ed in an unguarded mo meut aud spirited away, and seldom, In deed, wore tho victims 0VC1' heard of again, unless Ha ir friends "came down" 1 most handsomely. The modus operandi, afler u man hi d been snailed and hid den, mis to post notices here and tl.ero within sighl (d' Iiis family - sometimos they were pinned up, ku-khix fashion, ; with a dagger, 01 decorated with Bkulls and oross-bouos -stating wind MIDI of mouey was required tu bo left within a given time at a certain spot t<? ransom ? ili.i,- rel.Jive, ami plainly intimating 1 that ll OU .compliance with this demand 1 wotdd seal leis death-warrant. When tho money w is promptly 1 " i, 'he kidnapped persons woro usually released, according . to premiso; Iud in many m sta net s u fresh iteinaed was made, followed by another, ami a.either as long as there vero tht slightest prospects of further gail:. \ ni.oon-ei mn.INO TAU:. One of the most celebrated eases of ? this kind wi i e.; (ioueral Corvanlos, ( which oecurTcd, 1 behove, in 1874. Ile , was a prominent poliuoiau, in the prune of life, belonging to a family ol' great j vi .I,i: and mihtouce, anil tie miscreants . who captor**! hon well know that his j people won I.? I move Heaven und earth I. for ??in ri le . ?. Welt, days aud weeks!, wenl by, and though tho country was', seoul ed f.?r the mi H ng man no trace of L Ihm vas discovered, or was likely to bo 1 so lo iij'as a peony could bo gat tied by . in-, o i utioit, Hi bi in i ly spent thou-1. sand . ot dolUn in tl .. vniii search, and ', in repeal .'U depositing largo sums oil, mom y for bis IIIUS'MU, ?o- iudicntuil by j. mysterious placar , until they were j completely impoverished; and then, j, m oid i / tho oar of llifl ih'tiae'el. young wife tu d Ike nrayers of his need ! t mother, tho goverUiu ut ol?ured u con siderable aoioniil ' 'or his resterai ion. 1 j Hut itUi uo (lervuiite'-s appeared. At last |i by tho imprest necident bo was discover- . cd -in thu luarl ol the populous city 11 raid ivithiti 11 stone's 1'oo.v .if Ins own dwelling-nuder tht lloor of a descried ?1 boase, ly i 1 * Hat upon his back in u place barely wide enough t<> bold him, . ;?..?,"Vd, hotrod hand and foot, with j j .'IN.IIU well-sharpened diiggcrs thrust , within a huir'a bri ..itii Cf li is hedy, soL that ?1 he dmukl have stirred they would 1 have pierced lum. Having remained so L long in Hus t' trd>'e cooiiitmu he was j barelj 1 \'t\ . .vkeu found, aud it was only ufitir weeks of can.lui nursing, vl uiug,, which time lie lay specoiiless and hi.-, j life l ull.; by a thread, that he was able L to tell his tulvoi ture.*.; and meantime, <d 1 ( course, tho miscreants bad ample oppor tunity to t BClllM). 1 , lt seems thal late ono evening lie was!, standing ni his own door, when sudden ly a /.crape was thrown ovor his head by lome unknown perseus and drawn so tightly ns to pre vent any outcry; then ' howie placed ina cur ringo and driven rapid I) a vcr long distance, ns he sup- ' po.?-, d. !>. u id less thc rapid d ri vo, they' having rot urned to nearly the sumo point j ^ wheoco lin y started, was intended for a 1 "blind," and ho never believed himself ; so lu ar I me. Tin- faces of llifl captors ' -, ho liol.aw. for tiley were closely , masked, and tin y visited him only at 1 night b\ .ec dim light ot lantern . ilav- ( i ng gagged and hound him, they first U talked ot taking down 11 portion of tho ti vail ami bricking lum tum up, leaving a . oosi placo where a brick or two could lie removed when it was necessary to. feed him; hut, fortunately for him, they decided upon the door as less trouble- t somv Ui then.si Ul s. Tearing ap a plank j and pi n ing bim under it, bu was found 1 to be loo corpulent, deSpito all their 1 crowding, lo allow lb . board to lit 111 tho | placo again, BO a little earth was dug out to accommodate bim with a living st pulchro. A few Btnall holes, bored above lits face, admitted Bllllioieut air to ki op him m 1 xi Ateneo, and there ho re-. mainod foi Wieks, helpless, voiceless, entombed alive within sight ami sound of his homo, while his friends were ran-H stick i I ig tile world for him. livery night his captor? cunte, roinoved thc plunk and . hunted lum ni and with thc point of a' dagger ni his throat took out the peg and rce him food, aud th? a walked him up and down tho room awhile for oxer OliO. fly and hy lie grow SO Wi nk us to ', bo incapable of on lory or resistance, ami then his keeper forced stimulants down his throat, and dragged him about fur needed exercise, desiring to keep tho breath ol lift in lum as lung us money might bc felike ?ming. Finally, bo- i licvii.g him id>.mt th ad aud that all re sources ol profit had been exhausted, they addoil mental torture to his misery hy assuring him that his frionds lead re fused to pay anything for bis ransom, ' ?md, crowding him under tho plank again, they left htm to dioat leisure, lt happened that very nigh! that a heavy storm como np, and a beggar entered (ho deserted dwelling for sholter, by ohiiuct Keating him el( upon thc board under which Cervantes lay. Heating faiut mo oiing, apparently proceeding j from thu lower regions, tito follow was frightened neu I.? to death, behoving] that it cntiic fruin SO1U0 ghost, and ho ' ran straightway to tho nearest priest. I Strangely enough, in this la/.y country, whore superstitions fancies aro of cum mon occurrence, search was Instituted, and what remained ol poor Cervantes j was rescued not an hour (00 toon. "I I ri I H., Well." "fwnnl to thank you for tolling mo of Dr, Pierce' 'favoritoPre ciiplion,' 'writes . lady to her friend. "For a long limo I wus unlit to attend lo Ike work of my household. I kept about, hut I feit thoroughly miserable. 1 had terrible hack Aches, und bearing down sensations across me mid wi.s quito weak and discouraged I .sent unit got some of the medicine alter receiving your letter, and it has cured ri e. I hardly know myself. I bel se woll." The prompt action of .Mayor Jarrett ruesdsy night In calling upon the military io Ive ia readiness in case Of emergency, louhtlesa had lbs offect of quieting tko bol llgpront |Hi?tlon of Petersburg. Vn., as vorythlng Inti booh perfectly quiet ann no a mom I talion of any KO. I has been made Che military who ivimiiticd in tbolr anno rles Bli night were dismissed yesterday I afternoon. sri-:Kn IN STKNOUMAPHV. I wo ll u nd roil Words Vet Minuto .I ni teen So innis tn Spnro. "All this talk about speed," said II short-hand writer, "reminds ino <>f a lit tle experience that I bad away hack in 18150. I WHS then locate! bj New Voil;, mid was n mere kui and comparatively | new in the business. I bad uovcr b i n in u court room and know ali ohlloly nothing about the form of trials could write short hand, bout ver. There was a big murder trial going on t" North Carolina, ami they sent to New York it hoi. haste for a stenographer. I hap pened to be the only one al th'- time available und < indium sent mc down. "I shall novel forget that expcrii t.e About tho first man I carno iu contact with was thu judge advocad . Ile \, i grutTand sarcastic as a crosi cut saw half it mile from au oil can. lie looked mo over iu a sneering way thtd I shall liovor forget, and scorned to . ?. sadly disap pointed over the fact that lhere w is not more of mc. "'The man whose shoes you have been sent to lill could write two hundred words a minnie,' he saul grutlly. lt. v. Uiauy eau you write?" "'? don't know exactly, sir,' l stam mered. ...Well, I'll drop into your room inti i morning boforo court opens aud pitty? tl brough your paces,1 in- said BartMstio illy. "Wkou l got to ru;) ronni I was ubi ;t the worst frightened boy y< u ever uaw, I'liis was a nice -.ort of mau to!- oh?: win knew uothing whutevi t ubi tl! couti . !; 'licountor. About tho Iii ' thing I . ?'. when I entend my room was au . ! /olumo of Wobsh r's sp' ? chi .-. A ii id "i it once struck me. 1 picked uni c- oi hose and practiced on il mont all rd Tho consequence w is tb u 1 ml c un nilled i?, to memory anti lim! h. righi ny linger cuds, \ll thal remained ,vos ;o deviso some soliente to g't th-' ju-'?. tdvoe.de to soled tied partit ular pi . [or tho text. Bright uud ri. Iii ol'.' norning ho carno into my io m. " *liovo yoii anythijiij h re tli.it I cac .cad to you frota'"' ho tl ?ed. "'I don't know,' I replied, ti <. y as possible. 'Lot's see. Ah, ic ?.' a! took which M' ilia to bolong lo ;' oom. lt's Webster's Sp? ?chi M Iii H ,his might do.' "i opone I it'earel?sslj ut tin partim ar speech which i had practiced md bunded it to hua. He oxatnii ed ;a re'.idly, and ull th? tinto m\ h url wi rt my month. I was afraid ho wei urn the pftges a id pick out s< nu oil . 'peech, lint ho id i'l . 'I shout.I think this would do,' I mid, and proceeded to count oil i nun lt ni words. "Well, at it wo wont, nt i win rt tl wo '-u.nhed words were writti n 1 sti I ia' ht'.c-u second; ol the minuto tn -pate Ile timed mc with one of thosO nd stop-watohes, and 1 eau see it vet. .iluml' lu* said, 'I guess you'd do/ md : ' i that ho seemed to think 1 was nor. a n sui than I lookt d." Kvi.it i:iT; na K I i i I I I. t ni sn. Sui Lost iii I lui ilorttey Sw uni ps l|il|i|>lne.'i> in \\ ut orford (Kroni tho I'litladclpliia Tillies.) r.voretto Burttullc, the H-year-okl boy vbo disapi and from Iiis home mar A'aterford, N. J., Friday and whose dis* ippearance oatised thc people of tlmt ncinity to desert their eli ure h on Sun lay and scour the country for miles iround, was found nt vs, Kric streut, 'aniden, ami taken homo. Sunday the icarchiug parties tramped many miles ind failid to timi any traeo of the boy. \botit J o'clock one of the party m the iwamp called: " There's tho bell ! thu boy is found.'' All stopped und listened. Sine enough ho big boll mi thc Kpiscopal C liurch, I mir mil' s away, could be lu ard sprouti ng tin- news that brought joy to nother's heart. "Thank (lodi l hopo ho's alive." cx daiincd tho bi? hearted constable. A 'orvont "amen" wi nt nj? from a scon of Jiroats. Tho dogs were caih vt in und ho searchers started for home, hoping or UlO best, but fearing that only tho Haly had boeu found. Wi.en the party ?ouched Waterford they were mel by mot her crowd, and tho cheers of the nen when it was known thc boy was iiife made the pine nop,. Baggage Alaster Dill, of tho Cm.?di n ind Atlantic Railroad, found the Iud toinfortably housed nt 88J la ic street, . 'aulden. ?vt rette had gulle Miel e Sat? irduy night ami asked for something to .nt. Ho said ko had m db r t..tic r ni I mother and had hoon workiiig ou a farm ind tho people kadi irneil him away. Tin- Camden ami Atlantic Railroad iflloials allowed tho Constable und tin ittio fellow to travel h. a.ic on ono Ot th freight trains and tin y arri" cd al Vt it. i 'ordshortly liofore two o'clock, When bo Constable-ind Kvorotl stood on lin dopa of tho Hart!. Ho ll ?ino the fntbei .idled out : "bi he .?cady" "No, ho's ulive and all right," answer- . ?d tho ollicor? Qlliokor than it can bo told tho moth r j nad thrown op?n tho door and olnspt '. uer boy in her nrnis. She Wold for joy 19 she showered ki-'-e:. oil him, ll id, ucking lum up, ran inti tl t i oil e. Ino fut lu r gras peel thu Coutvtabio'i md nilli a gnp that made him wine.- and al most shook Iiis arm out o' the sookt I When tho boy was soon by a Times reporter ho twill: "1 wanted to Boo-. nie itln r places besides Watt t ford All thc rest of tho boy s go away and i tirant 1 to go to Atlantic < 'ii j and sci tho cannon. I winded to MC everything. 1 went through the wood and found a now rail road. I Wont 'do.ig lins and i got hungry. The pi opie at fl house gave mo something to eat and 1 su pt in tho barn, riioy gavo me raj breakfast und I walked dong tHo road thal runs by the railroad. I got ray dinner at a farm herve and a man took mo to Camden. I saw boys playing ball, but they wouldn't let nu [day. I watched tiicm until night, when I WODI lo the house Mr. Bates lourd me at. I waiitod to frtny there, but Mr. Hatos made mo como homo with him, 1 promised my mother I wouldn't runaway any no rc, and 1 guess I am glad to bo homo. Tl. . big lortolsc-skell comb is coming back Into favor, and hnppj the malden whose gm dmother preserved for lier ike frail contris ance that helped llCT to capture grandpa. Don't disgust everybody hy hawking, blowing and 'pilling, but usc Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and he cured. aram r.w.uiwirwarviuiii^uci imu^'unTnnriis.vrAu I'll}'! PUN NS Y I. VA NIA Ol.ATI <>K. L'lcvuluiitl .imi lin- Viii.i. I Pint lorin of I tiri I I tilly I inloi'Miil. Tho following ?-.tho platform ad op I . ! hy tlii- Democratic Ktato Convention ol' I'ohOKYlvnnia: J' iu.vr. i'h**i wo ronow our nllegiuncu to tho principles and c"i< cl irai ionn of tho platform adopter! nt Chicago in ISSI, which Mr. Cluvoltiud, tit?' uomiuco of th< party, heur! ily indorsed, declaring , in Iii- lotter "I iicoi'ptaiico: "I have caro ftdlj c i' ?demi the platform adopted Icy conven! - n mat cordially approve tl i- sutuc. Ko j'hiiii ?; statement <>? Dom .?. failli i"!!1 ?ii?' principles iipoii ?which tb i parly tppoula to tho ?suflYiigcs "i Mm people needs ?o supplement Ol' I explanation." To theae principios Im Ina faithfully udlmrcd ii. all Ilia pul dio ; iilteiv.oci s. Wc further ulllrni tia- pint- ! form adopted by dur Slate Convention of i ?yo, um) m vhnv <-i tho ' ?dbtiiig; coi . dit ion i.i the ? nidio tren ury wc denim d with umpluisi.s I ml tho largo surplus ill ready in tito Treasury ahull lie usod t.. pay tho public i! hi loxd u.r.t tho current I md MI. . i'.'"*.vi y o.cr. INO going on lu;., youd Hu h?cdi? uf g?v?rnuuid sholl ho u.". i. ?i''. ? \ prevented by a wiso mid I pru h id reduction oi internal tiixiilfou ?in ! - i ;..u- ii importa iu accordance .. . . Ki;?o> n. i d iii-o ii>l I j indorse the od- ( "Ul..-ll: ', i ' . : !:i:. I, ni ?. lOVclitiid. , Wo-, . -, .. . ... patriotic, lie lina i : i., t?re.'tft di tlc ? . ' .yiu 'hi: Douv?Oratio ! p irt-yj luci du * i 1 iiifaiiH of tho gevor fin"? by gi .ii . ? .'oi* i lure pine'll 1 ii leo o within .. corri spend ing p.'ttl ii. while ut ?'.o ttihu l um; pr'ii t- ct mg ii.- I .. illy bom fiauduluiit 0 nts .o. i roo: Ups hte.t. 1'ii iii. V\e poinl willi pul ' U tin;' fuel lui.. : .nf" o l.hUiii ...:.<; pally lifts I Fi .1- rai ti ?\. n ii Vi ut iii I one nero of thc public lamb lia') e. n granted to cor: pondions, nor has on) land ...'.ant UM II ros i-, i di't xiv!id d. Si\.;.. Th hiiiurc of I lu iihde roy cu iii ln.i. Iii! r it Pad h. vu e.iiei-n'? p?li? t- . aud nearly unauinujusly pilled 1?) I t 'oral iel i... id ti- Leg isl lui?', wa.- n o ri ni agaiii.-t iii majority ol tlio CoiumolP wealth whereby the people munt pay a million dollars nun uni ly tn luxation ibid >.ln m'. : dud would lin vc lie? II pal I by t '.io , coVjiorutions, and llio failure of th? Stub administra! ion to ttlt?mpt niiy cof reetiou o? Hu; wrongdoing or . xpoiilire of tlio fi.md or fi.?I neg lee I, condoned fl crime ngniiiHt both authority nud pooiih und eollff. .-i d tho biipreuiMoy ff l'ljjlfX . uh- in Pen nay Wahja, St;...-.!1!, 'tba! .vf n'.;'ini uurdcclii ration ju favor bf the passage >l stiel i legislation ail will properly unforeo t... provi ions of H'M 1.", of lite Stal.i Coiisti tiitibii, relative to corporations t po vfut hhpropei discriminations ami to c<pmli/.o lax ii iou. jyuiiri . l i;it wc dououhoo tho action of tho last l.iopiiblic ni legislature in the. tlof. 'it of Ibo liill for tho relief ot tlio 1 producers and reti?era of od in lin. oil I u?ir iel o. 'ii ?Min.', known as tho Bill?! ingaloy bill, lia h ?og in tin intercHl of monopoly an?! u^uim t the intotosl of tho pcoplt) ?o that i . . g.- r"i lio;; of tin; h?late. NINTH Tho Democratic put;- ftyrupn tliiVcH with ; iii-oppressed;of at! iiiitions mid in. all nioveme ls having for their object tho attainment of tho blessing i i local oelf-gdvefiiittbut such isitteciij y. I l.y tie- peoph of thu. Cuion us t'.e r suit bl iii ti old -xv ; lil li?' bibi m ?o poli cy. Tho gn bi of hi .. ruin io Ire land ia duo rm tho u kn- ?wit ! g moni ol snored Inhcvibu . .. I ila ?idlnnl sirup do for t ti . '. : . deiav.ni ti d' p. acid loaders dp ?.'.'. -.. I tamed weat h i r i roguom ieatlOi ri for Soph ni lien ; inti ':?i tr 1. (?ur nnd ? aol a ii d: tf, cloudy and r ol: ;(, fi ir ai.ti ('Old; !. c?o' nnd rain; .?, : . .lt Cloudy und mild: 0 rdld ;, good rains* thunder sod sumo Windi 8, cloudy and Wann? 0, fair sud warm; lt), partly cloudy .'. I nil I. li. rain, 10 cloudy (ind mild: IB, rainy, thunder Mid cool, 11 little rain and cooler-, r?, cloudy mal lillie rain; 10, good rain HIM! thuodcr; 17, nun and thunder; Is. and 10, lil?ruin, thunder and windy: 80, partly cloudy mu? thunder; 21 ami ?I, fair and wami; M:l. good ruin ami t.nit.der; 24 und 'J.">, parih cloudy and thunder; ^u, good rain and thunder; "A, min in tlio morning; ?48, rainy md thunder; 80, little ruin, Ot), very rainy sud thunder, "Just fancy I" is tho new expression. Ii takes the place of "tho idea!" or "do tell!' A OA Mlil.riCs Dltfc'AM. Tim Nutiio of Hie Winning HOMO lloveahsd i<> illin lu si?.?.|> Itefoi-oliaud. (Kroin Ibo St. I'aul Qloiio.) A down town pool-room furni?hon a story, while not romantic., prove? that dreams, while not inf nibble, can bo buruod to good account at times. A prominent ot. Anthon) hill youth who had been playing tie' horses thure for threo weeks with intermittent fortune, WOH going home a few nights wince well under the influence of oooktnils which he lind absorbed purely for theil mudioinuJ virtues. He was ..' that happy tUOod win n everything out of tho ordi nary nm ol things nttrnots the eye and mal is a strong bid for the curiosity ol' the beholder. Tho young man had felt hi- way can tully along the sidewalk to rle bill bonrd hiding Alderman Dowlan'a wood yard., on Wabushn Htrcet, when through the dim glnro of tho street lamp tho highly colored lithograph ndvortis teg the piny "My Geraldine,"caught hi? eye. There wasaomothiugnbout tho blazing I nil ling, the tall mun with a twenty* inch dagger in hi*-, baud, the lomon colored looks of tho girl Moating on tho hight un m.O tho ? lab?rate lettering that tiekli ! 'ii curiosity, and leaning up v 'ainsi a i '.? prapli |K>le, he gazed at thc gaudy lull and read ami reread, "My ; roraJdino, my doraldiuo," and whoo ho reached home nud Lad rolled into bed ii Hai li to .shep whispering "My Gera! dine, ni) Geraldine," In lu? dream that night he met a I? uttifld girl With divine lonn and wav !lg hair th :l hail oapttired the Hottest mini! ! i midday sun and married l ev. With Lei personal charms she > ."?.I (lim gruel tvcultll in valuable , ri ; ft; mu? bank ttook, end her . waa fhraldine. Thc following i ? t . young mau awoke and . i i !. ?i ct uded mind ie-j wator and w 'nt dow ..v'...st, but ho . . i I 'ot diivo I . reata from his hood I! (1 ill) ll" v.. lit ll v town tO his lillico dpi mechanically muttered "Goral ' nc, Geraldine.'! ftc dropped into tin" pool-room, aa u'Oj his eu . ,ui. n.'d in looking over tho i lu ra? o timi were to contest in the ... raci . hu was st u Hod when half i .1 the list bia eye fell 111*011 tho . Geraldine, A queer superstition ito Ina i i . i taut he oonoludod to ' ! uro 01 ii \ituner. Tho horte o' II favorito -i tho race and thc >.. ; eagerly grabbed at tho young , lier mid gave him li n ; !.. . ii-1, withal! his avail md [i i * lontlie moe, ho rested .on iden t that lui ^^ ? -'iii vin. Finally in it d> op voieu thc pool seller announced i h u tho horses were oli, and tho young mau cultnly waited for tho n i ?.t tho winuor to bi given, ile had >i long to wail MU! n< showed uo signs 0/ htirpri .. when the caller Bang out! "Gcmldino wins the mee." Tho young mun walked calmly np and ....-iu . . his ein eus, pui'.ing S'iOO dcop inti i iiio 11 oils* ra pocket us t he result o? a few cocktails and a drop or two of superstitii m. WAH f?o VI i;voi. tv ISK. I'.H i ItniMlull'Hstor> Vhoul Him anil Two Capitol statues. (Prom Hu- Annlsloil Uni Dlast.) lt seem a facl that history repeat? Itself. 'LllO phrase, "bet her go, (hil higher,' that hus buen going the loliudfl latch m the Southern papers, reminds UH ol an incition! that occurred in Wash ington a good many years ago when ll,.H. Henry A, Wiso wa 11 mombor of Congress. Wiiile engaged iu conversu tion near tho .statue of Washington, on the casi front of the Capitol building, a strong! looking genius approached us und asked: "li we could tell him tho meaning of the stat 110 opposite-tlio loan wit!, thu ( xtoildi 1! ana and a ball iu ins halal, looking directly in the face of l'i" statue by which we wore standing?" now abo naked, "Who the statue repre sented near us?" Mr. Wise looked it ?ills at lum for a few moments sud, being sa ti tied that ho WHS really seeking information, explain ed to linn who the statues represented. I :.e mau with extended arin iu d hall in los band represented Christopher Co lumbus, Ile- discoverer ol' America, and UK hall in his baud Illustrated his theory lim; tlie earth was round und by Hulling dm w. st he Could ei reiunnavigute tho globe, or rather he would timi a new continent to bidauco tho ouo they knew .ill about. The stat ito by which wo woro standing represent .' George Washing ton, kn wu iii the "Father of his Conn try." Mr. Wiso called Ins attention to ti.' superscription: "Inst in Peace, first m War a iu I First in tho Hearts of ins Countrymen"-which had evidently . i ipili t!>.- Btraugor's attention, but lucro is uo i J tune or inscription ou tlio ntiitue of Columbus, nud ho or any ono . could oe rcasouiibl) excused for inking to whom tlio tuttiu was erected . o l thc menning ot tho hail in the. hand. ! ! Mr. Wiso conti lilied bj culling tho .itieiition ol' tia Btmngor to the right ?u n ol'the Washington '.tatu?, extended willi th? baud open ind ooking directly m tuc Inoo of Columbus, about 120 yards -'10' Colnnibos looking' us iu tho . a throwing the Pall al him. Mr. . mid it reminded bim ol boys play* I (bani ball woe not known at that ? '. . ho ul mool fanoied booouldhear ' s ?, "Lot bor go Christopher, 1 ?will outeh hoi I" .1 (.'ow .\iir??? n Pig, \ nth mnn o! ibis city lias a linc milch cow. ihm suddenly failed in giving thc <pi mlil> of liicteul tluld she had usually vin. whereupon om friend concluded :i.ii nv' cow v. m MI U. i ?>on examination .ie tliii.hu lllIU her flllmutlt WOS what (S . ilk .i the "boll \* ? i,. Hi- pursued thc . ?is- n n .lly aloptcd by cow doctors In ucl) (?:s, ? nod sphi thc lad, inserted a quantity cf .salt, turpentine, etc., and '?' ind it up nicely. On goingOUl the next o.e. lo s e uoW "Bossy" was getting along, ? i" cntl du a hull grown pig, winch ho kept in lue sumo lot, busily engaged hi sucking the cow; anil this accounted for the fulling . .IV of milk for table USC. b is needless to -ay ti" t thpre was a very much disgusted individual there er thereabouts.--Haines ride (0<t.) Magie. - ... -- . ? Thc Kifsmn mission which recently went to K.ehirnr hui Itoon compelled to rc turn to Khoksnd. Members of the mis sion so ont mui d public opinion ut Kasbgur hy Insulting Mohammedans that a riot again! Russians wau niovoked. In this sevcrnl Ruseliris were killed.