The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 15, 1888, Image 1

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tHK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, ATJG-?ST 15, 1888. 1 ? tu-: ; ? . i '-if*. - i |j THE TKUE SO?TBR?S, Eatabllsiied Ju?e, 1M?' New Series-Vol. VIII. No. 8. 1 _ < ^Published ovory edaesday, BT N. O. OSTEENi SUMTElt, S. C. TERMS : $Nro Dollars per annum-in advance. -AMB&-TI8iaiKTS. One Striate, -?rst tnsertio*r~.^...;...~..~$l Od fivery sabsecruent insertion. 50 Contracts tor three montos, or longer will be- made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tribute's of respect will be charged for. Absolutely Pure. ?his. powder never rarie?. A marvel of . parity, strength ?nd wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can? not be sold in competition with the multitude of low t?st, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. 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Our trade in Doors, Sash and Blinds is larger than ever be? fore^ because we sell them cheaper than they can be or? dered. H. H?RBY & CO. Jone 5 ?The largest and most complete estallishment South SEO. S. HACKER & SON, Manufacturer? of Dui M, Wit M? JL2J2 B??2L2D?Cr MATERIAL. OFFICE xx:) ?'AREEOOJ?S, King, opposite Cannon Street., CHARLESTON, S. C. Aug 10 * 55 c o. wm t SRO., COLUMBIA, S. C. I>003R.S , SASH & BLINDS. LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. fnafik anfl Amdcan ?MBT Glass, PAINTS, OILS AND TARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Jtfest in tue Market. . . Special Attention Given to Orders by Mail. C. O. BROWN & BRO., Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. j Oct 5-0 r I THE BLUE VASE. ! Bj & BABIES GOULD. CHAPTER L HE year 1744 found Frederick the Great of Prussia in Bohemia, and Fra? guo capitulated to him. In Novena- ? ber ho fought a battle against the J Saxons at Her- , mansdorf, beat j them, and marched ? to Dresden, and on i Christmas day, in ! the year 1745. Aus- , tria and Saxony made peace with bim, and | Silesia was*given up to Frederick. Now we have nothing to do with fha polit?- ? cal history bf tho time, ont we-, have been ] obliged to] mention the above facts to explain 1 how it was that Frederick the Great came to Dresden, and how tho chain of circumstances ensued connected with the Blue Vase that gives its title to our tale. "When the Prussian king was at Dresden ho went to Meissen to see the porcelain factory. This factory belonged, to the king of Saxon}-, and the secret of the art was hedged about with the most severe* even Draconian) laws, and the most cruel punishments were threat enend against such as divulged the secret. The secret tad only been discovered in 1710 how to make paro white transparent porce? lain, and the royal factory was established in 1711. The prices paid for the articles that J issn^i from it were high. In 1720, the court of "Vienna, by bribery, induced one cf the | workmen to escape from Meissen, and cawy the precious secret to the capital By the Danube And now, in. I745^.Frederick, as conqueror, entered the factory and watched the workmen engaged in modeling, burning, pak ting, gilding. Frederick was not a man to neglect his op? portunity, and ho at once made a demand , that some of the master workmen and of the j best artists should be delivered over to him, ? J that he might establish a royal porcelain j factory of his own at Berlin. Among tho 1 former was Wegeli, who became the actual i master and founder of the Berlin porcelain, 1 and among the i*ter was a young girl named ' Sophie Mansfeld. While Frederick was j "going over the factory at Meissen, he was j j shown some beautiful vases painted with \ landscapes and pastoral subjects, so frosh, j i channing and quaint that he asked the namo I ] of the artist, and when told it, stipulated that . she-for thc painter was Sophie Mansfeld should accompany the detachment which he ! engaged to come to Berlin, and make and paint porcelain for the replenishing of his < private purse. ; At this very time, 1745, tho Chelsea pottery works were established, and one of the '' makers, yr foremen, of the Chelsea works, 1 a man called Aldbury, was then in Berlin. I He had been sent over, perhaps, to endeavor to secure some of the workmen for the Eng- ( iish establishment. In this he failed. Fred- j erick knew he was in Berlin, and had his < movements watched. He went further; he endeavored to bribe Aldbury to divulge so:no of the secrets of tho Chelsea factory. Whe? ther he succeeded in this cannot be said, but ? Aldbury remained in Berlin longer than ho j needed, and on verv~good terms with the ; \ king, and was allowed to visit the royal fae- j 1 tory. Ono day the king determined to in- i spect the establishment^ and he invited Ald? bury and others to accompany him. Among j these others was a young Polish nobleman, Augustus Lazinka, who had been educated t in tho Prussian military schcol at Potsdam and had entered the service of the king; an? other was the Cour.t des Lou rabais, who was * interested in tho Sevres manufacture. Any ' one v.-ho knows much of china, and has seen some of thc ear liest productifs of t&> Berlin factory, will know that the}* wer? not the j best of ther kind, not by any means equal to ! i those turned out at Meissen." The king saw j i this. wiie,-. he looked at what had re- ? ( neatly been burned, and he was angry. He ! t rated Wegeli, scolded the work-hen, the i i painters, the burners; nothing pleased him; I ( be was vexed tc? have such poor results to ! i show to the Count des Louragais and Aid- : I bury: - J When he cams to the table where Sophie Mansfeld was painting, "Heinf said ho ] roughly, "what is the meaning of this? Do you sapjppse I will put up with daubs? Has -j his majesty ot Saxony paid you to supply mo i with bad work?" " h "Perhaps, your majesty,* suggested Lour- i i igais, "the girl has left a sweetheart heh md \ I fer, and so is working hero without her j \ heart." . "What, what, sweetheart F exclaimed j i Frederick; "a workwoman has no business ; lo lose her heart. What ?lo you mean? That i i good artiste is to abandon her profession in j ; which she excels, to run after a man, and be- j ; ?me his wife, and slice sausages, and stir | ! ?auerkraut, and iiave balfes, and wash and I . Hind the babies, for a husband? I wont hear I ; >f it. It. is nonsense. Go on with 3-our paint ! nig, and do it better, or 1 will dock your talary, and-if I find your lover-have* him ihot, or shut up in Spandau." The king was talking with Lo?ragais, and I roung 7 AZT aka waa behind.' The girl was j prettv, sho was in distress, and he had a heart ? Jo admire beauly and pity affliction; so ho j Featured to take her hand and say a word of tocouragement. "His majesty did not want to bo unkind, j 1 Bis majesty is peremptory. Was madetnoi- 1 Jello very unhappyP ; She was away from home, her relation*, I i 1er friends. Her voice faltered as she i ? ?poke. j ] "Butpsaid Lazinkn, "you can return, if , rou are unhappy in Berlin." ft"Pardon," sho answered, raising her 1 beautiful eyes; "? cannot return. The j ' gracious sir does not remember that I am a ! porcelain worker." j [ "How cnn 1 forget it, when I seo you en- I ; jaged cn painting a vasef "But the gracions sir forgets that porec- i iain artists are not free. They cannot go ? K'hcre they like, they cannot call themselves ! iheir own. They are like the old serfs-abso- j .utely under theeontrol of their master, the I 1 irown." j "Do you mean, mademoiselle, to say you j ? ?annot seek your home and see your rela- j ?ves'f 1 "oo, sir, I am bound to remain here. If I ! ifc^omoted to leave I should be imprisoned." j '...Out, why?" *'3. >e secret has to be preserved. I might ?arrv i?l elsewhere." j "Then ferlin is y om" Siberia !" "We are u r)der j/eq ?etual jx ?iioo supervision. ! If the least suspicion be aroused that we aro j B?diSafmg escat-e; if we meet with persons j tuspexied of s?^kh. g to draw the secret from ! is, we. are arrived ?md severely punished." "G<?od heavens! And you can never I eave*" "We know the secret, tpd cs long as lifo j nsts are dangerous. We might betray it. No. we can only leave for ou/ gravest" j "This is slavery, rank slaver/'" exclaimed : foe young Pole. "Did the king bring you j leref "His most gracious majesty? Yes.'*' t ! "But this tyranny. To act thus is-is to j let the tyrant." He spoke incautiously, he was carried a waJ j >y his feelings; but he was startled by tliu ring's harsh voice: "What, what? "W ho is i iyrant. Eh, ohP j "Lazinka stood silent, covered with con? fusion. ".Sire," said the Count des Louragai3, with | I >romptitude, "Love is a tyrant who lays ! I jold of a young and inflammable cavalier : 1 ind draws ?iin from his duty to your sacred Jiajesty to east him in chains nt the feet of nademoiselle; who-se*?, your majesty--with ier inimitable pencil, has put a touch of fire , nto his eyes, mid a brushful ot carnation '? nto his cheek." "Humph!*"'said Frederick, and went on. Lazinkn followed, thankful to tho French? man for his timely intervention. CHAPTER IT. Young Lazinka could not forget tho pale, Kid face of Sophie Mansfeld; and when, a few days later, he met the Englishman, Ald fary, he asked him about the girl. Aldbury . ? iad some acquaintance with tho circum? stances, as he had made friends with Wegeli; ind a good deal of talk had been roused in She factory by the king's visit, and his r.^pri- ! na nd of the maiden. Sophie was a girl of 1 ?reproachable character, tho daughter of a Castor in the Erz Gebirge, the eldest of a are*' family, and as the parents were not >reil off, she had been constrained io earn her ywa livelihood. "It is too cruel that Mlie. Mansfeld should j ie retained here in enforced exile." said La rlnka, who thought more of the girl's sor? rows than of tiie diffusion of porcelain works md the profits that flowed into princely lockets. .'There are lots of cruelties that can't be idped," said Aldbury. "I think," said tho young officer, "if she vere to draw up a humble petition to his najesty, stating tho hardness of her case, he night listen to it. He is good at heart, and pst." ? "Who would present it?" XiI would." A few days later tho inconsiderate, hot leaded, warm hearted young man actually lid present to Frederick the Great a memorial frTtai Sophie Mansfeld, entreating emission to be allowed to return to her lome in the Saxon mountains. Tho km?; look it from his hand, grunted, cast a glance lown the page, turned an angry, eye at the fouth and put the paper in bis pocket. That evening there was a reception at the louse of the Countess Lazinka, who was in berlin, and the king graciously attended Thc countess possessed some fine china and ?onie specimens of the Russian manufacture. Rio king was curious about these latter, and ?ok them up and looked at their marks. A ^. jp ^^^^^^^^^^^^ nSire, ydtt do me too much honor*31 "Humph !" ho said, "unless my men work tetter I shall not allow any figure on t heir ->rodueticns-not the Brandenburg eagle io, nor a B crowned, nothing but Wegeli's initial; perhaps, if our porcelain becomes "amous, I ma}* allow the orb and sceptro to stamp it, not "otherwise, I dont know," he laid, roughly,-/'but that Wegeli's W may pass for badly drawn crossed swords, as on sertain Dresden pots." Ho looked sulkily at ?ome fine Heissen china. "When my factory is in working order," he said, "I shall put a prohibitive duty on all Dresden and other shina, and every one who is a good citizen ?md a patriot and loves his king will buy Berlin porcelain." As the king spoke no one else uttered a. sound, all remained in respectful silence and attention. Frederick looked round, and saw the young man, the son of his hostess, and said, with a significant glance, "I cannot understand bow any one with respect for the country and his sovereign can wish to deprive them of the:: services of.the best artists and work nen." Then with his elbow, accidentally, ho blocked over a magnificent and enormously costly vase, which fell on the floor, and was lashed to a thousand pieces. The king was inmself a little disconcerted; not so tho countess, who, with perfect readiness, said* ?Sire, you do me too much honor." "Honor, how sor "The vase was precious before; it is incal m?ably more precious to mc now!" Frederick grunted^ and went away. The guests looked at the countess, then at le young man. A moment before they mcught him lost: now, by his mother's read? iness, the}* trusted he was saved 2* ext morning, the young Count Lazinka j tvas again in attendance on Frederick. The j dug came to him from his cabinet, holding j i piece of paper in his hand ; he had a frown ? Dn his face, and spoke gruffly. "There," said he, '.take ii" Tho paper was Sophie Mansfe?d*s petition. Du the back was written in the king's own aand: "Whoever of the artists in the porcelain factory at Berlin de dato in one month shall -jaint a vase as beautiful cs that we broke I yesterday evening at th? Countess Lazinka's i palace, shall have our gracious permission to ; narr}* or not to marry, to go back to Saxony i >r to stay ac Berlin, as shall best please him i )r her; and we further promise that wo will j graciously give that person an annual salary i if ?500 should it content him or her to re nain in our service, in our royal manufac? tory. Given at Sanssouci, this March 28, L74G. FREDERICK." The ofler of such a salary was liberal for Frederick the Great. Ko scomx did Sophie Mansfeld receive tho ffiswer to her petition than she was fired with hopo, and her enthusiasm for her art rekindled. She asked permission, and rc- i :cived it, to see the fragments of the vase ;he king had broken. When shown them, i light smile played over her hps. "It was sapero," said the countess. "Xever tvas the equal seen, in delicacy of execution, >r beauty of invention." "Gracious lady," answered Sophie with a j ?mile, "it was of my own painting, and I can ixcei it. Buoyed with hope of revisiting my i lome, and with desire to acknowledge my obligation to your son, I shall certainly sur? pass it." CHAPTER HI. Tho appointed day arrived on which the rases were to be exhibited. The king's promise and offer were not limited to Sophie, md some rivalry existed among the artists n the royal factory. During tho month Lazinka had visited tho workshop repeatedly to inspect progress, and ie was confident in the success of his fair protege. The vase stood eighteen inches high tvithout its cover; it was gracefully shaped. Sophie had herself sketched its outline. It ?vas painted a deep purple blue, of the mos* superb richness, over which rococco orna? ments in gold, park dull, part burnished, ?vere etched with extraordinary ease and ielicacy. On each side was a space where the white porcelain show ed, and 'on the one side which was to be the back was a beauti? fully painted view of Potsdam, and on tho i )thcr, tho front, was Frederick thc Great teated on his charger, waving his sword, wearing his cocked hat and coat of darle blue with cuffs and lining of scarlet. His waist? coat was ye! low. He wore high boots, and Dn his breast a star. In the rear were tho Prussian soldiers charging, and tho smoke of battle. Beneath the picture was a scroll on which was inscribed: "A l'?ternelle gloire dc Frederic lo grand." Tho vases had been brought to thc palace it Potsdam, and were unpacked and placed Dn shelves for exhibition by the sub-directort Hirsch. Kirsch was not n pleasant man; bowns a Jew-, nnd ho had caused Sophie much un doyanceby his attent ions. Ho scowled at the young count whenever he entered the fae- I rory, ard Lazinka had once remarked on his i iii humor, to Sophie, without in the least ! guessing tho occasion for it. When the king and the company he had { invited to attend him carne into the gallery where the porcelain was on show. Hirsch ind Wegeli w< re present, as were a?so thc ex- { bibitors, standing at a respectful distance. Fae king looked critically at the pieces J shown hi:n, but was specially struck with ' that painted by Sophie. - Here!'' said he, "Hirsch, fetch mo that j iown, give rue that vase. It is as goM as ? any..turned ottt of theSaxon factory. Hero - Vt me io*>k at it." ?>5aiesty-r said Hirsch, "I fiy to obey." But instead of immediately doing what tho kins; commanded. Hirsch proceeded to draw isiik uandkercijef from his pocket, amt to wipe the vase. "Pardon your majesty." he said, "heforo I i >ffer it into your aug-ast ?;ands. Some dust j Etas settled on it. i>o many persons ure m tho ; gallery." , . "Gym*-, come, never mind tho <L"ist; I like | [fr-in battle." j Jin: Kirsch triped and rewiped tho vr.se, Mid then, with a profound bow, handed it to . .hoking. ' j Frederick was pleas*-"! attheshapc of tho : ?ieee, and tl . gi ac ful sweep of the handles. . ;'it is good, classical," he said. "There I { sun,"'he laughed. "That, 1 suppose, is in- i tended for m.- ai Mollmtz. I think I recog- ! ttize the fortifications. But-I never went j into battle so snug and smart asiihat; and 1 trhoever jointed this luis forgotten the I ;nj >ars of snuff ih.-t} adorn my gracious nose. | [ask any of my ot? Jeers if lever wore cloth i with the gloss on it given nit* by the glaze on 1 this porcelain? f have not so dapper a coat ? tn my wardrol?e; and my boots-Hein! at ? Moili?itz-were splashed. Ir. was a muddy lay! What is this inscription? Totheeter aal glory-Ah, there is dust, or smudge, <?r : something there. Take the vase. Hirsch, I rv i pe it again, and hand it to me once more." \ Then the sub-director airain received I Sophie's beautifully printed piece, and now, kneeling at the king's feet, he proceeded to i rub. and rub bard, at one portion of the sur face. ?s he did so he cast a malignant glance at the count. Sophie was surprised, and looted at Count Lazinka, who stood behind his majesty. "That is all right; that will do," said the king. "Now give me the vase once moro." Ele held it up before his eyes, and studied tho scroll *elow the picture of himself. Then, suddenly, his face changed ; his cheeks flyed themselves crimson, and his eye flashed Ero. "Who painted this rase?' he shouted in a Voice of thunder. "Sire," said Lazinka, "it was designed and ?rawn entirely by the Demoiselle Mansfeld." "And she painted tho inscription to the eternal memory of Frederick the Great, eh?' "Your majesty," said Lazinka, again bow? ing and coloring, I must admit an indiscre? tion. It was I wno wrote that inscription in characters of gold. I -was ono day visiting the demoiselle to inquire after tho progress of the vase, when she had her gold paint mixed, and, sire, I was unable to conceive that the red paint she used could burn to gold. Then she invited me to write the words, and, sire, I with ber quill inscribed the legend on th9 vase." "Ha, ho! The tyrant; yes, I heard you Bayas much." The young count looked at the king ia sur? prise. "Ho!" shouted the king. "Where is the guard? Arrest them both-both Lazinka and the giri They aro both guilty of trea? son." "Treason, sire?" "Treason-yes," sbotited the angry king. "You know what you wrote. You know; but you thought to conceal it from me-, with a dab of paint, and when the vase reached your mother you would show it and laugh, *A l'?ternelle gloire de Frederic le grand tyran!'" Count Augustus Lazinka looked with per plexity at the vase and ?Carted, and the color died out of his cheek Thereon stood the words thc king had ut? tered. The inscription was to the eternal glory of Frederick the great tyrant. One reproachful glance be cast at Sophie, but saw that equal amazement *,<*s pictured in her expressive face. Certainly, he had written there the legend, "To the eternal glory of Frederick the Great." Hirsch, in wiping the vase, had wiped away a little blue paint at the end of the scroti, and, in so doing, had disclosed the last word, a new conclusion, which altered tho whole character of the le ^^^^^ '' Treason-yes," shouted the angry king. fcend. That word was "Tyrant," the word be had let drop in the hearing of the king, when speaking of tho treatment of the pot? ters to Sophie Mansfeld. He was hardly able to -understand the situ? ation. He was unable to account for tho amplification, when the guards took him and the youhg girl into cus tody, and they were marched off to separate prisons. CHAPTER IV. A good deal of jealousy had been roused in Berlin by a trial which had occurred not long bef orc.'in which a poor student who gavo lessons for his livelihood had been con? demned to death, on his own confession, for the murder of a widow in whose house ho lodged. Ono morning the old woman was discovered dead in her bed, strangled? with a cord round her throat Suspicion rested on the young man, Zimmer-, because there was no ono else on whom suspicion could rest; and he was taken into custody. Ac? cording to the Prussian* and, indeed, the general German system, tho accused was subjected to secret examination, and even to torture, to wring from him a confession. In his agony on the rack, he promised, if taken off, to admit his guilt. He did so, and, on his confession, was condemned The chan? celier, Cocceji, heard of the circumstances, and ordered a fresh inquiry, especially a ro inspection of the corpse. The Berlin hang? man was shown it, when he at once declared that the knot tied in the cord could only have been so tied by a hangman or his apprentice, as it was a special knot only used in the profession. This led to a further investigation, and to discovery of the real murderers, two hangman's appren? tices at Spandau, the brothers of the deceased. Whereupon the student Zimmer was dis? charged. When asked why he had admitted his guilt when he was innocent, he frankly said that the torturo to which he was sub? jected w s so unendurable that any innocent man would rather confess a murder than en? dure it. Frederick the Great theraupon abolished the use of torture in criminal cases. Kc was not, however, satisfied that this was the only abuse of the courts and the only means whereby justice miscarried. He was some? what bitten with the idea of trial by jury as carried on in England, but did not under? stand exactly the English method. He now sent for Alabury ana questioned him on the subject. "See hore," he said, "these two-this La? zinka and tho Demoiselle Mansfeld-are both under accusation of treason. I would have them tried by jury. How could it be done?" "Your majesty," answered Aldbury, "nothing is easier. Twelve men must be sworn in, impaneled, and after an open trial" "A public trial!" exclaimed the king. "Certainly, your majesty." "But we nt-vcr have our trials in public." "No, your majesty; and, sire, excuse tho freedom if I say that this shocks and astounds an Englishman. With you, the accused is secretly .questioned, and worried, and tor? mented" "He is no longer tortured,"' interrupted the king. ."Your majesty is right, and yet-if he will excuse the liberty-is wrong. Thc body of t he accused is no longer put on the rack only his mind. He ia not even told what ho is accused ot. Everything is wrapped in mystery, and healthy public opinion" "Healthy public opinion-fiddlesticks," in? terrupted the king. "Enough. We will have this trial conducted in tho English fashion. Twelve men sworn in, one judge and the whole in public. That would De comical." "May it please your majesty to allow mo to visit thc accused in prisonV' "Ch, yes, certainly. You shall have our order." Furnished with thc royal pass, lie xent to Spandau, where tho young count v,:ss in prison, and consulted him. From him ho could learn nothing. Then he visited Sonhio in the prison at Berlin. From her, also, he con'.-i gather nothing. His conviction that neither had written the word " Tyran'' was in? tensified by these visits, lt was clear to him that, th.? trial must turn upon certain t?*elmi caliti?'s connected with the manufaefeiirej and he aplin visited the young count to ask him ? if'be-would consent to his-Aldbury's-act* isg, as bis advocate. He was nota lawyer, he knew nothing of law; but if there was something to I?- unraveled in this mysteri? ous case, he, who was acquainted with all tho processes of porcelain manufacture, he who was in and oat of th<? royal fart orv, had special means of observation and inquiry, I and would be far more likely to come to thc j bottom of thc matter than another. It was j triifi that he sp >ke broken German j but nev- ! ertheluss he had a sound English head, and ! was posseseed of sufileient English self coull- ,' dence to assure himself he could convince a j jury if only he found how the mysterious in- j scription had come ou ihn vaso. Lazinka cheerfully consented to tho oi?cr. CHAPTER V. Ti:'1 dav of the trial arrived. It created , gr^r.t/ inter? 1 ?th l?i*caus . of tho ti;!.4 and j position if the principal j ?orson accused, but also because of tho novelty of tlHvproceedihg. ! The court-ai*-extemporize! one. with placo ot tho sid;*-for ttu> jury, was ero wiled. Tho ; king wax present : hv v>as interested with this : experiment, and d jsirou* of seeing how trial j by jury worked. The Countess Lazinka was also there, inn gallery for ladies Thecourt j was formally opened ; the jury took the re- ! quip d oath, and Lazinka appeared under ? conduct of two officers; and Sophie Mans- : feld brought from Berlin by lije jailer. ? Count rV.ignsrus Lazinka and Sophie Mans- ; feld Loth pleaded not guilty. The English j system was not followed exactly, because j ?ldbury was not clear about the mode of j proa- \. 'e. so that it was, in fact, somewhat of a jumble. For instance the judge op? proceedings by an address to the jury the announcement that if found guilty count would be sentenced to six years1 prisonment in Spandau, and Sophie M feld to three years' solitary confinemem the prison for female criminals in Bei He also informed the jury 1 their decision must bo unanim The charge was then read over the clerk of the court. Then tho counsel the crown rose to state tho case for tho pr cution. He said that the young count been received with favor by the king, had been about his person for two or tl years, and from tis majesty had recei nothing but kindness. In return, he ha< that wherewith he was accused proved t behaved not merely with gross frivolity, with unpardonable ingratitude. Ile hac suited his benefactor, as well as acted tr onably toward his king. On the table was the vase, covered wi kerchief Tho counsel unveiled this, i pointed out the inscription to tho eter memory of Frederick the Great Tyrant.. The director, Wegeli, was first called, appeared reluctautly and reluctantly adn ted that, on the occasion of his most ser and gracious majesty's visit to the facto tho count had remained behind, talk1 with the Demoiselle Mansfeld, c on the return or the part}- thro? the- chamber, he had heard accused uso the word "Tyrant" but in w] connection he was unable to say. "Yes, yes!" shouted Frederick from seat, "I heard him-he said that we, at lex I think he said we, acted thc tyrant." This interference was a little disconcerth His majesty was not in the Witness box, i upon oath. The counsel hurried on to tho second pt Of his case. Solomon Hirsch, thc sub rector, was put in the witness box. Counsel-Do you know thia vase? Hirsch-Certainly. C. Where have you soon it? Tell tho ju all vo? know about it. It. I saw it first in the picture gallery the Royal Palace of Sanssouci, on the 1st stout, between 10 ai Al 11 in the morning, cannot fix the hour moro precisely. I h to arrange the pieces of porcelain for the < bibition. C. Tell the jury under what circurnstan( you saw it, and what happened when it w exhibited. H. I unpacked the vase with the rest, a: placed them on shelves. When his majes came in, his majesty seemed specially sim with tin's ono vase, and, as I saw that the was some dust on it-that is, as I saw that ono portion it lacked its proper glaze, I to out my handkerchief and wiped it. His mc serene and gracious majesty himself notic that there was a smear where was the inscri tion, ?nd handed me the vase, which I rubb again^ whereupon I read the inscription on "A l'?ternelle gloire de Frederic le gra" tyran." I was so shocked that I hardly Jene what to do. I nearly let the vase f?il fro my hands. But his majesty took it gracious from me, and himself read the legend. ."Yes, yes," shouted Frederick from t seat ;1 'that is all true enough. Ec speaks ti tith." C. That will do. Stand back. Then Aidbury rose and said: "I shou wish to ask Herr Solomon Hirsch a fe questions but not now, Jater, when tho otb witnesses have been heard. Will the judj order him to remain ready to bo called, n in the ball." The next witness called was Wageli. Q. Have j'ou read the inscription on tl vase? A. I have. Q. How docs it mn? A. Al .?ternelle gloii de Frederic le grand tyran. Q. Do you know by whom it was writtei A. I ljelievo by Count Augustus Lnzink; Q. What makes you supposo this? i Because I was present when Sophie Man Seid was engaged on the vase, and tl count asked some question:: about thc re powder she was using for tho gold. SI rjaints better than she writes, and complains that she dreaded the inscription more tha all the rest of the painting. * Then the cour volunteered to write it for her. He said I wrote a good hand, and that he desired t ?atisfy himself that the mixture he 6aw o her palette really turned to gold whe burned. Soon after, the workman who a' tends to these matters was called to remov the vase and "^ace it in the oven. He too it, and conveyed it to the proper place; c least I presume so, for he took it out of th painting room. Q. Did you read tho inscription on hi vase? Did you observe the word "tyran" o: it? A. I did not look at the vase after th legend had been added. I did not see it til it was removed from the factory. Then th word "tyran" was not on it. At least, I di lot observe it. If you will look, you wi] $ee that the scroll on which the inscriptio: is extends some little way to the left, beior tho words A l'?ternelle, and properly the in scription should have a blank space to corre jpond at the end. But it has not. It tm evenly fiils the scroll. There is blank beior the words, it crowds to the end. Q. Would it be likely that a person rinac customed to writing on porcelain would no properly consider the length of aa inscription and so make it approach the border nearer a the end than the beginning? A. I siiouli say that was most likely. This witness also was not allowed to with draw till Aidbury had requested to be al lowed to cross-examine him, but he asked t< be allowed ts defer his catechism tili tho res: of thc witnesses for the prosecution had beer called. Thc next to be summoned was tho work man who had tal'*n the vaso from the paint ing room to thc kiln. After him that work man gave his evidence who had put tho vas< In to bc baked. He said that he had re mained by the oven all the time the biscuil china was being baked, so as to set tho paint Ina on itL_ With this witness tho case for tho prosecu? tion was closed, and every ono in the courl felt that it went hard with tho accused, oi at least with one of them. The young count throughout the hearing maintained a dignified pesitiou and expros sion. Ho was pale, indeed, but he lojked toward his mother now and then and smiled, to let her seo that he was confident that nh innocence would be established. Sophie Mansfeld was also palo; she wore a dark dress; standing with her modest eye? lowered, and with the dew of sorrow sparkling on the lashes, she looked remarkably pretty: and when Aidbury asked if any evidence had been given to justify her imprisonment, and the charge of treason brought against her, "No, no!" shouted the king. 4-Let her get out of tho box. I discharge her." This was not exactly the way in which trial by jury was conducted in England; thought Aidbury, but it mattered not, so long as justice was done. He requentcd, ns Sophie was discharged, that sha might remain, He would require her evidence. Aidbury was too imperfect ir- thc Germein language "to make much of a speeeh for the defense; he very shortly informed the jury that lio would show them that the evidence incriminating the voung count was not com? plete enough to justify a sentence against him. Then he called Sophie Munsfcid into the witness box. g. Did you paint the legend on the scroll? A. 1 did not, Q. Who did that ? A. Tho Count Augus? tus Lazinka; Q. What did he Write? A. "A 1 '?ternelle glorie do Frederic lo grand." g. That was all? A. ThatwasalL g. Was there spare utter Ie grand left vacant? A. The same ns at liv begirming. At thc beginning I norieea little iloreation ingold, niling Hie s]>;ie.\ There'-is none at tlii> end. LTow do you account for that if ho did n?t add the word tyran? A. Thc count .wrote tho inscription, and ? did not think of the little gold flower i iii too late, Arward 1 remembered that it hud been omitted, ard then " mn to'tbc kiln master and asked for my vase that I might odd thc little ornament filling in thc empty space after le grand: but ho told nie it was too kit". The vase was already in the oven. g. You are sure the count did not odd tho word tyran? A. Quite sure- I should have se<-n it had lie done so. IV-sidcSj he was quit? incapable -with bis noblesoul - AMI.uvy. That will do. We do -y.f. want your opinion of tho soul of the o -unt? Sophie crimsoned pud looked dowm "\(ui may leave the I*>x," said Aldhnryi Then he called thc workman who had taken thc vase"to.the kiln andasked him when lie hud pur tri?? vase. A. On a square bonrd wlnV?i .. --od ort a tah'.e; there were otb r vases and various articles to l>r> humed with it. g. Vbu are qui ie sure yon set i? with tho res?i? A. Quite surp. g. What reas, M have y."i for this ci r tainly? A. ?5?.*canse I nearly knocked over some'small pi eoe s i:i setting the vase, there Indeed-yes, I did knock, over ono a coffee e!i?>. arid in set tm.; it ru ht pul my finger i i the new paint and smeared i*. g. ls this thc eolftw cup.' A. ic?, ami there is the mark where my finger went. The vase was large, und ? had to make room for ii on the I>? ?ar?I. g. Did yon mention what you had don?te f??iy one?* V Ves: ? reported it t> Herr Hirsch, as was ?ny ditty, g. Did he say anything in reply? A. Ka said he would set it to righl? before it was burned. The next witness called was the burner. Q. Were you at the kiln when thc vase was brought there ? A. I was not there, but I saw it with other articles i*>ady for burning when I returned. Q. Why wcro you absent? A. It was rey dinner hour. Q. When rou took the biscuit porcelain to put it in the'oven, where did you find it? A. On the table. Q. Not on the board? A. No. It was not on the board, but on the table. The board was full, there was a coffee service there? Q. You are certain it was not on the board? A. Quite certain. I do not think there wes j room for it on the board, i Q. Was any one by the oven, in tho bake? house, while you were at dinner. Is the bake* house left open to air.- one to go into at that time? A. Oh, no. it is under tho chargo of Herr Solomon Hirsch, Q. Did you see Herr Hirsch? A. Yes. He had a palette and brush in his hands, and said that George St?ckmayer, the-last wit? ness, bad smeared one of the coffee cups, and he had been putting the painting to rights Q. But the cup has not boen touched and . repaired. This is it? A. I dare say. That is one of the set I then baked. I cannot swear to tue particular cup. I do not trouble my? self to examine tho painting. I leave that to others-to Hirsch. That is outside my prov= Ince, I see that the baking is sufficient. Q. Did you read the inscription on th? vase? A. How could I? I cannot read. Q. - Did no one else have access to tho bake? house during dinner time but Hirsch? A. I do not know. Hirsca was responsible. Ask him. Q. Did Sophie Mansfeld como to you and ask to remove tho vase? A.? Yes. About half an hour after it was in tho oven. Q. Did she give her reason? A Yes. She said she had forgotten some little curls at the end of the inscription. Q. Did you refuse to remove the vase? A. Of course, I did. I could not open tho oven then-it would not have done. I was respon sible for tho ai-ticles in it. Q. And when they were done what hap? pened? A. Then Herr Solomon Hirsch, had them under his charge. The next to be called was Hirsch himself. At Aldbury's request-, he had not been afc lowed to be present during the interrogation of the witnesses. He appeared in the box with great confidence, and answered readily enougn to the first queries, but soon became confused and alarmed. Aldbury asked, "Are vou in charge of tho bakehouser A. Yes. t do not myself bake, I supervise the baking. Q. And at dinner time On the day in ques? tion, were you responsible for the oven, and the articles that wero to be put in it? A. I was. Q. Wnen the dinner hour came, the ovea was not sufficiently heated for them to be committed to it at once? A. I do no'i re? member. I think they were put in at once? Q. Do you recall the witness Stockmayer telling you cn the occasion in question that he had smeared a coffee cup? A. (With hes? itation) I cannot say. Such things happen sometimes. Q. But on this day, and at tho hour of dinner, you were left alone in the oven house with the porcelain that had to bo baked, and you had with you palette and paint to repair :he damago dono to the coffee cu^T by Stock maver. A. That was on another day. Q\ The day book says whether tho coffee service was baked on "that dav or another. Will you look at the book? Is that the entry for the day in question? Is that your signa? ture at tho end? A It is my signature. I lid not recall the fact. Q. How comes it that the smeared cup was nob put to rights? A. I suppose it was made right. Q. Will you look at the cup, and say if it has. been rectified? A (After some delay). That cup is smeared. I did not know that .moro than one was rubbed. Stockmayer ?nly told me of one, and that I put in order before baking. . Q. Indeed. You remember the circum? stance now. You can also tell mo who rc moved the vase painted by Demoiselle Mans? feld from the board on tb the table? A. I cannot tell you that. Q. We are assured that the vase was left by Stockmayer rafely on the board, and the baker declares that he found it on the table, md not on the board-. Consequently it must have been removed and handled by somo one while you were in the bakehouse and respon? sible for it. A I may have moved it. when I got the smeared cup from the board, and did not replace it; I cannot say? I do not re? member triiies like that. Q. What color was required for the cup? A Gold. Q. Tho samo that is used for thc inscrip-. i;ion on the vase? A. Id.-re say. (Spoken re? luctantly.) Aldbury said, "You may stand eside. I will now call Herr Gerber, color?nas." When this new witness appeared in th? box, Hirsch looked much disconcerted; Q. Is your name Lorenz Gerber? A; It is* Q. What is your trade? A. I am a color man. Q. Do you remember Solomon Hirsch com? ing to your shop on tho 20th of last month? A Ido. Q. Please inform the jury of tho particu? lars. A. He rr Sub-director Hirsch came to me on the 20th of April and asked me if I had somo deep blue color that would match with the blue on a piece cf crockery he had -of porcelain, I mean. He said that a valu? able specimen had been snicked, and it was desired to rab some color over the marks and to disguise them. Then I produced ultra marine, but that- was hardly deeo enough; We contrived by mixing sonic bfues to dly tain tho depth of tone he required. I ex? plained to him that my colo? would not do for burning on porcelain, and he laughed and said that ho did not need thom for that Eurpose, bat for covering temporarily blerrj ?bes on porcelain already burned. Q. Hava you any of that blue? A. Yes, I rubbed some on paper, here it is. "That will do," said Aldbury. Then he called an old woman named Frosch-bammer. Q. What is your name? A. Margaretta Frosch-hammer, widow. Q. Your trade? A. I am a washerwoman. Q. Did you, three days ago, receive from Herr Hirsch any clothes to wash? A. Yes, I do ali bis washing; Q. Among the clothes did you receive a handkerchief? A Yes? I dicL Q. is this it? . Ono was produced, stained with blue. A. Y?>si I know it again, both by tho stains; and also by his initials in tho corner. The color dealer was n?ain called and a*ked if he could swear that the Moe on thc hand? kerchief was the sumens that he had sold to Hirsch. He swore to their identity. That- concluded tho case for the defense?. In a few words Aldbury pointed out tho salient features: the fact that Hirsch had been in charge of the vase; that he had in bi* bands atrthe time the gold paint wherewith tiv* inscription was written; that immedi? ate! v after tho burning, the vase had been nader?as custody;-that during tia's period blue paint had been used to conceal fart of the inscription; and that ho had himself wiped away the paint so as disclose it to tho r vi s of the monarch. "Thc jury retired for two minutes, and re? lumed with a verdict cf "Not guilty;" Laziuka was acquitted, but now the Jew Hirsch was ordered to bc arrested; "Halloo F shouted the king: "Como tere, Couut Augustus, and the girl, let her come also. A great wronghas been done to both of you. and I must undo it somehow? make s?. r?c amends. I 'ountess, y< >u c< une here also. I broke your vase, I alii? ?st broke his sword over your son's back. You-La::inkn. what do you say, what sbail I dof" "Your majesty j 1 request-, will at once order mademoiselle into cusiodv " "I n.kr custody! how'so? What do you meaur *Yonr majesty mus? ron?emlvr that she is possessed of seen is which must not be di? vulged to the world." "Quite so - but I cannot help that T have discharge her -that is. tho jurv bas acquitted uer-no. the judge. That is -L lu fact, there is nothiug against her." "Except? your majesty* the frict ot her pos}' pessinK the precious secret, and it-? your own interest, sire?; she sb.o?id be kept nader sur? veillance." "True-but -but*'-. "Sire?" said th" count, "would you commit ncr to ?ii. ? I wi!! a nsw? r far her silence.1 "You?** then the king burst into ,! re-ni*i?f laughter, and hcid iii:: sides, lie WKid at the CMimtess mother,"who ?*.a* ev id lilly dis couceri-odi i r .;) x I m Bm m$* km, "Would you commit her to vir/ 1 "Hold!" sai<] the kia;:, "li shall he'so- and what is more, I wi?l cimoble the Mansfcld. I will create her a baroness in ber own right -Let me see! She shall be the Baronne Grand-Tyran, and bear on her shield, and as the Grand-Tyran crest-the Elue Vase/' Our State Contemporaries. It Is Well Over. Columbia Register. It is well over, and a more despicable and abominable disenssion, if it may be so termed, never disgraced the annals of the State. If the people of South Carolina are worth a grot \ if they are worth the^ service of decent, upright men. they must all now see the upshot of Tillmanism, which is but another name -for unscrupulous faulting. If they want the services cf such men they can get them fast enough. The whole thing fizzled out at Blackville into a moss between Tillman and a newspaper reporter, who Tillman said bad the power of making the next Governor. After due consideration the reporter ought-to forgive the Captain the issue raised between them on the score of making the 'little reporter,' as tbt Captain called him, the Warwick of South Carolina politics. It isn't every man who can make a Governor, as Capt. Ben. himself h as found out. He is always going to do it next time, but he never gets there. Smoothing Down Bo^h Bides. Greenville Enteprise. PolUicai matters have been lively in this State during the past week. The presence of Mr. B R. Tillman at the meetings appointed by the State Demo? cratic Executive Committee, at which Gov. Richardson and Lieut Gov. Maeldin, candidates for re-election, ap? peared and made speeches, have added much interest to the discussions. Good, we think, will follow. After what has been said by both sides, it is for the people to say. whether or not thc party now in power is extravagant in its ex? penditures, or is as economical as it could be. We repeat, these discussions will do no harm. We have no sympathy with any one who falsely charges any man with cor? rupt practices * but it is best for the people to look closely into the manner in which their public matters are ad? ministered, and to let every public cSi cial know that he is not above criticism, no matter how high his character may be. Sometimes mistakes are made, but a just public sentiment will ever vindi? cate and sustain an honest man. Tillman's Campaign and tbe Polit cal Situation in South Carolina. Greenville News. Some good people in Charleston have just learned what the Greenville News knew and urged five years ago ; that the State was on the brink of a volcano, that unrest and anger were widespread among the people at large, and that only a bold leader who would give voice and shape to publio feeling was needed to bring on us an explosion. The danger is past. The leader has come, but in? stead of leading a revolt against the Democratic party, he bas led a fight in? side the party lines. |$ea Tillman could have been a Mahon? The con? ditions were here as they were m Vir? ginia. We had the same disregard of public feelings and rights by the ruling clement, the same tendency to recall the evils that infested our political systems before the war. But we are going to fight and destroy those conditions with their evils and dangers with the party machinery and inside the party lines. It may not be this year, or next year, but we are going to do it. The man ' for the work has been forced to thc front J he has roused the people and they are with him from one end of the State to the other. His leadership ha? ! been awkward, his political manage- ! ment a failure: he has been fooled and ; blinded and tricked as thoroughly as 1 a countryman was ever tricked by a 1 thimble-rigging fakir. But he knows 1 and tells what thc people feel and need. Even in Charleston, tho home of con- ! sorvatisra, where little is known of the ! feeling outside* the people who had 1 heard of Ben Tillman only as a bad, j dangerous, selfish and ignorant boor. ; who had known of bim only as an ob? ject of abuse and ridicule, understood what be meant and represented and were 1 with him. It is so ali over thc State. The signs 1 are everywhere. County after County ( is speaking out its opposition to the ! present leaders and management. Even Governor R:chardson, strong 3od pop? ular as he is, could have been swept out of his o!?ee Jike a straw if a dozen men had started a movement for Chat pur- ' pose a month ago. The same lack of statesmanship and ! foresight that has carried follies arid i dangerous blunders in thc past among 1 the ruling powers and influences causes ; the folly and blindness that sees norh 1 ing in this matter now but Tillman. It i! is hard to understand how such besottcc j ] ignorauce and idiocy cen be in high f1 places, but it seems to be the fact that a gr at many geutlernea think Tillman ; is doing all this by himself Their ( thought seems to be to crush Tillman ; : to heap ridicule and abuse on bim : to ? load down what he says with newspaper headlines and spoken insults. The truth is Tillman might bo killed to-morrow and sunk forty fathoms deep oil Charles? ton bar and the movement lie represents would not be checked any more than \ ' the feeling he tells would bs killed.'M He is thc bugler for thc great army of [ ' white Democrats of this Slate. They < are roused, ready and moving for battle. J To meet such n host with an effort to ? silence one trumpet seems to be the j 1 plan of battle. j{ Jhrnicell TV; lc. ! 1 . i . According to our understanding Capt. 1 ' Tillman has mistaken ?thc terms and ;.\ i o of his commission from thc hx ceufive Committee cf the Farmers* As? sociation, and from that error have come ' all thc brad blows that, he has delivered j and re cc iv cu. it was, as wc believe, thc purpose of those under whose instructions he lias j ! bern acting that he should accompany j i the candidates upon their canvass and j ; emphasize thc popular desire for a sep- i ; arate and distinct Agricultural College, M and tho inauguration of ail advisable | reforms iu thc methods of administra- ? tion. ! Instead of confining himself to that 1 linc of campaign Capt. Tillman Las ap- ! neared to regard himself aa commacder n-chief of the Farmers* movement tr?t?* .ull power to direct its operations as bis >wn judgment and taste advised and )as raised Donnybrook generally. He ias, therefore, aroused an tagon isms" rvithoct necessity, frittered ?way bis ? tren g th on non essential issues, and ecured only half-hearted support iron* nany in sympathy with the reform and ?ducational ideas of the Farmers'* move*' nent. ' * If he had set his face straight towards ;bese directions and marched on to these nain purposes, neither sed?ced to ttr? .ight band nor provoked to the (eft,' biogs would bave been in b?tter snape md the seeds of future trouble thai' 3?ve been scattered from one end of the State to the other would not have fceest* sown in any section. ' - " The People has no desire what?v?rto* 'misrepresent' Capt. Tillman, but ita" malysis of his speech, intending toe nt-" nost fairness, can but reach two eon dusions as established by his argument," 1st, That the Columbia club Has been' to bl?m? for all sins of Omission and ;o m mission, by its demoralization of legislators. 2d. That -the incipient corruption* of )ur judiciary is represented io the ex? parte presentment of an Edgefield Grand*' Jury. . "Chester Bulletin. The attendance at the Michigan4 Agricultural College is greater than* aver before and it ts thought that four' hundred students will be enrolled next* rear. Fifty-one graduates of the insti? tution arc presidents or professors in Dtber colleges. We see DO reason why in time we" should not have an Agricultural Col? lege on the Fort Hill plantation given1 by 3?r. Clemson for that purpose. Nothing will prevent it but Mr. Til!-, mai: ; his abuse of everything and everybody will array such an opposition against him that it will extend to th-? college scheme. Indeed there are a large class of people who believe that the* best thing to be done for that institution is to induce Mr. Tillman to resign his place as trustee, it will not be six* months before be will be abusing Mr. ""Torris and otheTS his co-trustees, for sneaks, imbeciles and rascals. Wish-' dut bim there is no doubt the mather san be harmoniously arranged between the State and the trustees of Mr. Clea*-" son's will for the establish meut of the coll?ge. Mr. Tillman in his address at. Ch^s** ter and everywhere else, has taken 00* casion to insult all the fanners wno' have, been sent to the Legislature since 1877. Saying that as soon as" the/get* to Colombia some one gives them a nev1 suit of clothes from Kinard's, tb ey .get' their bair cut, shave up and shampooed1 and try to associate with aristocracy; etc. This is ? most impt?&enl lt?-#?f san call it nothing else. Anderson Intelligencer. The preliminary Democratic State* canvass ended at Blackville, last Mon iay. The canvass throughout has been characteristic of one thing, viz : the laelt rf enthusiasm aod interest com mens?? rate with its importance. The meetings have not been largely attended.. With jne exception, Mr. Tillman bas at-*" :ended all of the meetings, and on every jeeasion reiterated his charges against Me State government. Several of the' meetings htfve been a disgrace to tho Democratic party of the State, and no* ioubUreminded many voters of the ral? lies of the Republicans prior to the days sf 1876. The meeting at Charleston last Friday night was the largest of the campaign, and while Mr. Tillman was speaking some one kicked a bass drome some oue else cried out 'Earthquake,* and the crowd stampeded. Several per? sons were trampled upon and seriously hurt, and many of the audience bau* their hats and coats torn off This lit? tle scare about broke up the meeting; At Blackville on Monday, the New? and Courier reporter gave Mr. Tillman the lie, and for a time there was con? siderable excitement. There is no de^ nying the fact that there is some truth5 ic some of the cb?rjes that Mr. Till? man makes. There is room for-reform in various departments of our govern? ment, but Mr. Tillman has offered us no remedy. We are in sympathy with the farmers" movement, as it iff called, but we believe if it ever succeeds some other man than Mr. Tillman wilt have to lead it. Sparictibuzs Herald. Gov. Richardson is meeting with un? expected opposition. No candidate is" announced against bim ; and yet dele sat ions are being clcc'ed professedly op? posed to him. While no one is a can-" Jidr.tc against kim. it is certain that' some other man will bc nominated in* thc convention. In case of a contest' >-aiost Gov. Richardson bv others it is' probable that Gov. Sheppard will enter the race. . . It is understood, however, that Gov." Sheppard docs not care to contest with* Gov. Richardson, but he will not see ..nv ene else take the o??ee without a* 5-*h: for it. A Heal Live Candidate. ricrcr.ee Tirtrs. The Times was taken to task last ?eek hy a friend <>f Senator Edwards' for publishing his speech as it appeared LO thc Columbia neater. From this' -.i reu instance, an 1 oilier things devel ? ped, it appears that Senator Edwards* will be a candidate for Goveruor, and that, too, io (he free of his declining ibo en doric men t of his recent county convention for that position. There-' fore, vre have no hesitation in saying1 ?hat Senator Edwards is a real, live, ictive, working candidate for Governor. -?m An amendment will be voted for," it the coming election in November," ibolishing thc school commissionerV dVice as an elective ono, and giving the' Governor thc right to appoint. Greer.ville iswtirring under the leader-' drip of "Sir. 0. P. Mills to establish a fertilizer factory with a capital stock of 5*100.000; already $65.000 of tho amount has been subscribed, ??30,000 in Greenville, and 05,000 in Charleston." A woman fell into a millpond the* other day and when she was rescued' a six pound fish w^s entangled in'lier' wire bustle. Her husband wanted t?>et" lier again, bi^ gjie wouhLnjtf-' soasen*?