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VG Vol. VI. WED INESDAY MORNI.NG, A"UGU"ST 3, 187i0.No31 THE HERALD 16 PUBLIURD EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry V. H., By Thos, F. & R. H. Gronekor, Editors and Proprietors. TIal' ,s $8 OPEC dawr4y Invariably in Advance. Dm, TN paper is stopped at the expiration o I me for which I i s pait.. Y The 1 mark donotes expiration of sub The Letter of Gen. Kershaw. The burning words of General Kershaw, in the letter addressed to the editor of tho Banner of the -outh, will touch to the quick the gallant soldiers who, on many a hard-contested field, fought and bled by his side. The veterans of his regiment, of his brigade, of his di vision, who followed him through the long campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia, those have not suApected him of deserting principle for the greed of office. And the people of his own State know full well that Gonoral Kor shaw is now, as when he wore the Confederate gray, as true a soldier as ever drew the sword, and as hoiorable a gentleman as ever raised a voice in the canso of a suffering people. Here in South Carolina, the most extreme of oxtremo men have never dreamed of impugning the motives which led General .Kershaw, with characteristic fear lossnoss, to avow his conviction that the changes wrought in the 1National and State Constitutions, :as a result of the war, are accon plished flcts, having the force and -obligation of law. Than General Kershaw no South Carolinian is more honored and trusted, and his preople will not cherish him the .less because a rhetorical journalist has utterly misunderstood t i o generous motives of a Christian gentleman, who, as the only hope -o f saving South Carolina from .degradation and ruin, has aided in upraising the spotless banner of Union and Reform. And we doubt not that thero are in Goor gia, as in every other Southern State, men enough to vindicate the name of Kershaw from aspersion, whether they to, or do not,, agree with him in those political views which have our own most hearty concurrence, and will receive, we lirmly believe, the binding sanc ,tion of the people of the State. The letter of General Kcrshaw .is lofty in tone and irr'3proachablo iin manner. As a clear and logical statemient of plain and obvious fat,itivorthy of the occasion. Aan(nignant plro test agai nst uinmerited reproach, it is wvorthy of thi~e mnani.--Charleston News. :To the Ed itor of the Ban ncr of thec South: Sin--You have seen fit, in the exercise of the responsible position >fa public journalist, to brand me wvith the imputation of doesert ing my principlIes for the greedl of of flce. Your papier finds circulation chiefly among those whose good opinmon I value next to the aippro val of mny own conscience. IHasty .and uncharitable as has been your -attemnpt to degrade mc in the es timation of your readers, you can niot, as a Christian, doeline to give mue the poor privilege, wholly in adequate though it be, to repair the wrong you havo dIono) me, of' recording in your paper a simple statemecnt of the fac',s, that my friends may draw their own de-. ductions. There never has been an emo tion of my heart, or a thought of my mind, not entirely int accord with the principles and opinions which caused me to advocate the esecssion of -South Carolina in 1850, to vote for it in 1860, and to offer my littlo all for its sup)port, from April, 1861, to April, 1865. That it pleased God that I should survive the wvar, indlicated to mnc that I had still dluties to perform, and to them, as responsible to Him, andl not unto man, I have been, am niow, and shall hencefor wvard address myself. I could see but one object before me, and that was to alleviate, in any and every honorable way, the sufferings of my countrymen. It was this sen. timent which induced me, in July, 1865, to accept the parole of Presi (dent Johnson as a prisoner of waur, and to take, with my brother of ficers, at Fort Warren, what is known as the "amnesty oath." This oath, wvhich wvas takcon by overy voter and every officer nn. der the pr1ovisional governments established in the States by Presi (dent Johnson, pledged the affiant, thenceforth, "faithful ly to suplpor't and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder," arnd, in likoe "manner, to "abide by and faihfulysuipport all laws andl proclamnatioup wvhich have been made (luring the existing rebel lion, with rolerence to the cmnan ci pation of slaves." When I h ad takoen that oath, I regarded that as a citizen duty requiredl me to deal wvith emlancip)ation and the surrendecr of the right of secessionu "as accompjlished facts, having the force and obligation of law." When the Reconstruction acts imposed negro suff'rago upon the peolo of the South, I believed that it would be fastened upon os as a p)ermnanent feature of the A merican constitution, wvhich re quired that to bring them in har' mony with the Republicanism of other lands. Believing that, I then advocated the policy of ac quioscing in the inevi tablo, and -kng t. (iUrnet tae no wn. ,.eamd power into just and proper chan nels, to bring it in harmony with the social and material interests of society as then existing, rather than to stand idly by and seu it perverted to the most malignant antagonism, and the vilest pu' poses of corruption, by foreign adventurers. ilow far 1 was right or wrong, let the annals of the Scott dynasty in South Carolina, resting alone upon the votes of the African, declare. The peoplo of South Carolina made no effort to avert or to con trol the progress of the Recon struction acts. They contented themselves with denouncing their iniquity and the unconstitutional ity. Alas I alas I this has not ar rosted their progress. An appeal was mado against them to the peoplo of the?United States in the late Presidential election. In com mon with other Democrats, I ap pealed to the colored peoplo to vote for their own disfranchise mont, but, sad to tell, they wouldn't do it. They had not yet reached that point of sublimated magnan inity. The majority of the white people of the country, too, deaf to the appeals to their pride or pre judico of race, affirmed the policy and principles of the Reconstruc tion acts. The Supreme Court re cognized them as law, and all the South "accepted the situation." The Fifteenth amendment to the constitution, however, adopted, has acquired the form of law-has been accepted as law in the prac Lice of all the States, and can nov er be reversed, but by revolution or repeal. To which of these mca sures do you, sir, invite us, as means of maintaining the "Prin ciples of Right, of Justice, of Truth, which we practiced and upheld in the past ?" What were those principles ? The right of secession ? Undoubt edly it was a right, but we lost it by the war, and surrendered it when we accepted life, property and civil law, conditioned with t,he amended oath of allegiance. The justice of self-government under the constitution and laws of our fathers, as construei by Cal houn ? When the perfection of human reason is attained, in the age of millenial glory, I believe we may hope for a restoration of that justice. The truth that human slavery is consistent with Christian mo rality ? By the constitutional enactments of the people of South Carolina, in convention assembled, in 1S65, that has been rendered a mere abstraction, which I care not to discuss. 1. know of no party in the South whose bannor is inscribed with the watchwords "Repeal or Revo Iution," and because I see no hope for South Carolina to escape from groveling ruin, poverty and do spair, in any other way, I. have aided in elevating the bloodless banner of "'Union and Reform," and have at my side, thanc God, the best and bravest of those who upbloroe the Conquered Ban ner, util God and reason badle them fu,rl it. That my friends abroad may judge of the justice of your criticism, I h a v e traced m y thoughts in connection with tho events of the pmast few years, that they may coinprehendl my cou rse n the late convention. My fiencds beo-e know that I went into that convention to takoe no leading p)art, but to aid in preserving the ancient landmarks, while promo ting the pro~posedl reform. In order to do so tbe mor-o ad visedly,7I have end(eavorecd to p)ut in writing what I believo to be the principles upon which those who approached the subject from our standl-point could invite the co-operation of the colored( poople1, without whoso assistance t h e whole movement was an impr-ac ticable absur-dity. [Theni follows the resolutions which General Kershaw intro duceed in the convenmtioni, on the evening of its organization, and( which have already been pub lished.] If I know. what tr-uth is, these dleclartations embody truth, and, thus believing, neither the tongue of slander, misconstruction, the falling awvay of friend(s, the vitu per-ation of enomins, the gibbet, nor the stake can make me unsay them. Vou, sit-, can find in these resolu tions that which justifiesyou,inforo conlscientim, in imputinug to me a conscious desor-tioni of priincip,les, impelled by the "greedl of' of1ice." Will you have the goodness to ex plain to your readlers how that greced of offico was to he satiated by a resolution, wvhich, by its toms, looked only to the exlum 81ion from ofrice, not only of miy self; butt of all who held simnilar opinions? When you have done that to your- own satisfaction, I beg you to consider, with what complacetncy you may, that your pen has p)tled the most mnalig nant shaft that ever rankled in the bosom of as tr-ui, as consistent, as faithful, as dlisinterecsted, as de votedra nson of the South as.n who has ondured the agony of her subjugittion. T J. B. KEusHAw . Camdon, S. C., Juno 28, 1870. -- A The Reform Movement and its Platform. Thus far our exchanges very generally in the State, endorse the action of the late Reform Cion. vention. The movement is op- fc posed by the two extremes in the Stiato. The radical partisan and 01 office-holder, of course, opposes it, becauso it seeks to tako from the di hands that have abused and mis used it, the power of the State. b Tho extreme Southern man is in disposed to accept the movement, 8 because ho deems it inconsistent with his sentimeints and his prin- o ciples. For this class, we havo g no harsh criticism, nor do we g question their motives. There is th much to admire in the man who adheres bravely and tenaciouslyi to a line of thought and of actionI1 that he believes to be right. Still are wo of the opinion t:hat this class of' men have missed the mark h of political action. Questions in lif and in polities not unfreqient ly change. So long as t he recon struction measures were upon their l passage-pending, as it were, in the high Court of thlo land, we opposed them. So long as the e' question of negro suffrago was be- w fore the country, we held that it ti ought to be qualified and subject tI to State action. But these Acts and this unqualified negro suffrage t have become "accomplished facts," St and now the question chan ges. Is The point is now, "What shall 'we' to do with it ?" We think the an swer plain. Our obvious duty is to to make the most of' the situation II in which we find ourselves-that ec is the most, consistent with our T honor and Ou' self-r'espect. No tc other course would be wise. This is the duty of our people, as we 1)' conceive it. This journal is Dem- 9 ocratic, but yet it alpproves, ill ti good faith, of the Relorm move- m ment. p The fact of the matter is, as ro- t1 speets negro suffrage, we delibo- a rately favor accepting it, as the wisest solution of tile question. to Our Democracy rises higher and spreads fur wider than to be con- p fined to epposition to tho negro 4t man and his political status. In t this respect we agro with the a Augusta Constitutionalist, w1hen it i says : "It is true that the Federal fc Government was made by white bi men for white men ; but nothing w was done in its form-Ition looking i specially to the exclusion of' tie groes, if' any one of the States, for. itsclf' saw fit to admit them to n cit.izenship or o t Ih e r political is rights. The Democratic organi- i zation, therefore, should be planted lit upon principles m u c It higher, 1 grander and nobler than bare op- ci position to the .Negro Party so-called. Co By such a course they wouhld do gi groat injustice to themselves and m an injury to their cause. rThey to wou01ld sink the sublimity of the et'ral tr'uths of' theira time-lion- !" orecd faith into the miserable in. m~ stincts of a brutish anit agoniism of' ". raco. Tlhoe Iemocratic parity is i the party of' the Constitut,ion. That name wvill suifice.'' If', therefore, any D)emocr'at is as disposed to question the platform fa in its feature of eliminating the K issue of' negro suff'rage f'rom the g ('an1vass, ho is beh id the times. 'st WeT believe that by the next Pruesi- 11 dten tial canva'iss, (lie Nationatl .Dem- mn oet'acy will he disposed to do what TP woe observe Ohio did-viz: let this tlh issue go. For' us to0 resist this <p w~ave of' universal suffr'age is use- F less, we belioeve. Better at onco~ in accept it, atnd puriif'y amid dIir'ect ei the waters as best we may. et We take it that we tare not tin- F likIe the Mississippi planter' whoi ey finds his Ilow~lands overwhelmed o, b)y the wa'tersi- of' the gr'eat river. ot The question with htimi is not wy w~hietheor he0 shall haive the 10ood or' m not, but the que(stiotn is w hat ''shall at he do w~ith it ?" How best shall di he r'estrtin this deluge, and what t11 fertilizing principio)1 cani lie extract am from the waters. This, at least, by is the qulestioni that woe deem it ac our duty to consider- ei [Columbia Ph<cn ix. l Tn E '' "A Fitt" A-r Fonnaan.- t h The following details of the affair at Forbhachi, which has been v'a r'iously reported as a battle and a c skirmish between customs patr'ol, iih are p)ublished: T1wo regi menitsofr Frech huzarsanda body of' su Uhllans (Gei'main troops coin ionily 1)1 ar'med withi lances,) met on the w fronitier. The French iminmed ite- M -ly mado(1 preparat'ztions to r'eceive he an attack. A t length one of' the Sr Uhlhans caamo forward. T.fhe French w allowed him I to appriouh, regard- ed ing him as a decser'ter or' expecting a par'ley. On comiiing near', the ap UJhlan fired at the comimaiider' of' tii the French, mnissed hi is mar'k,tiurned cc and fled aitd a sho wet' of' bullets. th Out West, aL man wh'lo keeps ai gentlemen's furihinlig stoic is cnlled a ''Ahirti'et.' I li. (From the St. Louts Democrat.) he Sabre Duel on Bloody Is land. PLUCKY CONTEST-THE CAUSE OF I1T--ow A FORMER CITIZEN OF MEM1PIS LOST ONE OF HIS PEE' EatS. BLOODY ISLAND, historic ground in this locality, r there many an "affair of hon " has been satisfactorily adjus d. Men distingui%hcd in their ty and generation have repaired ither to settle their grievances r the code duella, and oven the 'eat Benton designed to leave s loot-prints on Bloody Island's lnds. Of latter years the march improvement has been slowly >iterating the quiet spots whoro mitlemon were wont to adjust cii' little grievances; and indeed 0 spaces where such settlements ight have been made have been sgustingly used for baser pur >ses. The bunlmmors, the bruisers, e plugs and the prizo, fighters Ite assembled there-not to de lid their "sacrod honors" accord. g to "'.ho code, "but to batter ch other's "mugs" for filthy lu e, according to "the rules of the on1don P. l." OLD TIMES 1me again yesterday, and not ithstanding many of our people ought (more of them hoped) y03 would come algain no moro. A real, genuine duel took place ross the river, but we do not as rt that it transpired on Bloody land proper. It (lid, however, ke place there or thereabouts. THE PARTIES the "affair" were first, Major enry Keith, at present on the litorial staff of the St. Louis imes-a genial kind-hearted, ip ilig3,;;, gentleman ; highstrtung, rhrus, but bravo, as his record, sat a.:d present, will show. The ajor served with distinction in e Union army on the Potomac, d was for sometime on Gen. ratt's staff. lie is, perhaps, thir -five years of age, single, and is man of fine presence. Second, Capt ainVanstein,known some as "Capt. Van," who en lecred the Jarcksonl Place Riin olUrnament, two years ago this h1 of July. Capt. Van was also oflicer in the Union service, d, so far as we know, his record uninpeachablo.. Since the war, o understand, ho has taught neing. lie is a foreigner by rth, of good apponru'alel, and ill probably never sco forty ;amn. OUR INFORMATIoN. regard to the "onplcasantness" perhaps, not so full as desirable, the parties to it conducted their tie matter with great privacy. ajor Keith, with a reticence editable than otherwise, refused, urteously yet peremptorily, to 'o our reporter any particulars; d yet such as follow wo believe be quite Or really authenti. 'Io Major also refused to give the tooe of' h,is antagonist, buit., fron: formation at hlandl, we believe 0 haIvo commIlitted no error ia xing' his idlentity'. TILE CAUSE OF TILE DUET. From what could be yesterday ce rta11ined(l,it appears that the af roriginated as follows: Major e'ith, accompanliedl by seve'ral :ntlemena well known inl thocit.y, apped( in.1to tile saloon Of George lyer, 0o1n1 Tird-street, y'ester'day ormIrng, to get a glass of wine. rere they mect several other gent. 'men with whom they were ac ainted. Some of them were of' 'enich descenit, anld were speak. g of thle ., arP at present threat ed1 in Europe. Fr'omI this the ulversationl turned( ulponl the 'einch war and1( finally to sword( cre(isc. Major Keith, who is an~ :per't sw~ord(smlan, andl one of the her gentlemen who, by theoway, is formerly a Colonel in tIle a y, steppeod out inl the open floor 4 commrienced to pract,ice sotno fmeult passes with canos. They en conIcludled t.o procure masks d have a bout. Accompanied several of their friends they cordingly adjouIrned to a fenl rig hall whero they hadit a lriend( passage at arms. While there 03y met the other p)rncipal in e affair of yesterday. TIHE INsULT. In som11 mancer an altercation cu rr'ed betweenl thle Maijor and1( e fencing master, and tile latter rally applied to tile Major an in. lin g pli thetL, to wvhich lhe re. iod wvith a blow. Satisfaction is at onceo(demandled, and thle 11jor iniformetd him that it w~ould( granted0( immediately if desired. bres wvere (designated as the japonI, and1( each mani was allow the selectionl of his own. A place of meeting was at once reecd upon, anid a very shor't no0 after the prinlcip)als, each ac mrpaniied by a secondl, met on e Illinois side of the r'iver, and epred themsllelves for' TIlE cOMBAT. It was f'ouind upon examtrinationi at ir hsworl of' the nrofe.si,-l was nearly four inchesl' onger t that of his antagonist, althou, the weapon of' the Major nv much the heaviest. Everything being in readin the men took their positions at crossed swords. In strength a agility they appeared to be prot evenly matched. Tho positio assumed by them, however, are informed by one of the w nesseg, woro strikingly dissimih The Major stood in an casy titudo, with the point of I sword well raised, while the pt fessional swordsman, withI rit s body and stiffoned arms, hold I weapon with a lower point at with a grasp of iron. HKILLFUL SWORDsMEN. Both were evidently skilli swordsmen, and cautiously wlat< cd for an opening. The Capttt was the first to attack, but t blow aimed at the Major's he was coolly and easily 'lparrield. Several rappid passes were mm hni arig tbo,te1 "'lhen in p)arrying a blow, the 1I Jor was painfully reminded of defective sword hilt by rec-ivil a 'ut across the right h1(1, whi laid the knucklo of his forefing open. T.1he recipient, however, showl no sign of pain, and witho changing a muscle of his -ec, c tinued on guard. An1 i' ,tnt ter, in attempting to parry i d per'ato blow aimed Iat his hell his. wrist, weakened by the form cut, partially failed him, allowi his sword to par'tiailly fall umi weight of the blow. IHis agilit however, save(l his life, for sprr.ng back just in titmo to pi tial;y avoid it, although the poi of his adversary's weapon toiom ing his for'ehead, left a gash abei an inch and ia half' in length, . the Professor's sword passed dow ,;!tst grinz'g the shoulder of t ,jonenalist, the latter, by a mo meat Iic lightning, made athru at 1is antagonist's fice. Tho poi of the weapon entored the core of the eye, and tlo wounded i wvtas forced to his knees upon t grotnd. Whilo in this positi we t,ro told he made soveral bi.o at the body and logs of the Maj witi: his sword, which ho still tainod in his hand. The Major finding hisadvorsa completely at his morcy, and si holding him with a steady hiar in this horrilo position (the poi of' the sword being still in the fib cing master's eyo) told the seco to take his sword from him a: he would grant him his life. The second at onco did so, a the swordsman,almostcraze( wi a1gony, was removed and the i tontion of' a surgeon at onceu cured for him. 1'bo eye was fore from the socket and no doubt str'oyedI. The Major at onco returned the city, and shocked his frien by his appearanco. 11it shirt, fit and outer garmonts were satl ted with blood from the wound his forehead. His1 friends, getting wind of t dluol, "initer'viewed"' him i per'si ontly, but gained from him noi f'ormiaion in re(garid to the aff'a as lie told1 them that it was l5 over, and( lie hoped it would kept as secret as possible. T news, however, spreadi( like w ii fire through the city, anid wo gi Ourl i'I(red's the bene(it of' suchi f'ormation as we could gather. The Radical Convention. Pending (lhe report of the Coi mittoe on latform and C~redec tials, the time of' thle conveniji WVednesdauy w'as spent iri listcnii to addresses fr'om vai'onis disti guished colored and whli tooratoi The girand themo of' the occasic was the right of tho black peol to a greater share oif the pill) ofliCOs, an4i white andl black vi each othert in doing jus(ico to Li sublime suibject. M i'. Morr'is, the carp)etabaig organ, thlo .R01epn bean), was called upon01 andi ma111 to too the mar'k by DehLargo ai Delaney, w~ om hoe had attack< seome time inco for their anti-e pot-bag doctrinofls. lie apologizi very mockly by saying thatI had misur lerstoodI and conis qluently mi represented the go tiemon. N,ihrof' the gen tl men, howev'er, secod satistil with this servile apology, and1( 1 large was g~ ing for' him, sayii that he oi wanted about a f teen mninutes' shake at him show him upin his genuine c< reported at this time, as chairmi of' the Comnraiittoo on Credon tia and saved Ithe editor' from il broadsidoe wh ich would hav'e bei p)oure'd in to aim. '[hle Gftin i f'a tion fr'om' A bovillo wor'o dleclar<4 the properh l cted representOi (ives of' thoeit colunty. TIho Y'. P. Owens t ckct from Laure; wei'o seated and the dologat chosen by3 tht first conventioni OJrangeburig. Next caumo the nominations f G over'nor aind ieuitenant Giovor' or'. Ever'ything, it- seems, lxi been ciut andl dried ini cauens, al Scot t and A. E. Ransim, a olrm an man, wero elected without any hLI opposition. ats A. J. Ransier was elected Chair man of the Stato Central Execu 's tivo Conmmittee, and Chaimian of rid tlho Execu tiv'o Committees of each lid Congressional District and of' ev ty cry county in the Stato were elue 11s ted. vo { The platform is a neroconglom it- oration of stalu plititudes, and tr. dubs Scott's administration as t.- wiso, economical and honest. tis $8,000,000 is quito an econonical '0- year's expenditnro for tlieso id wealthy citizens, and the thefts of is the Land Commission and the d opon and acknowledged vonality of' the Legislitturo, pur o morality, in tho sight of these colleagues of Whittenoro. The :lRight Rover end has beon quito conspicuous in tho convention, and has evidently managed to retain or regain his formor influence. Ad [('olunibia Guardian. le> Tho Medication of Nature. a If'one is sick unto death, what 'i: more elfectual rliediceittioi can Ie found than the sill, and the south e1 wind, antd the all-cinbracing eart I? Thle children of' the poor are ud heal thy, because they sproutout of ut the very dirt. The sun dispels n humors, enriches the blood; and nf- the winds excentei a sanitary Comn. ''- mission for theso neglected o ne. Ld T'hey live, becanse t hey are of' the er darti, earthly. 'l'he expei'intit 'g of training i i'ao of at tenmated er' cherubu) in the shade, and making 3, thorn martvs to clean aprons and hoe ell n dickeys, is a tililire. ''iero Li- is a cast amounit, of post-mort eta dittloggerel that never would have been written if tho chernh s hid itoily made dirt-pies, and had, itten A freely of them. Observe tlw n> strong tendeiny 0f' mnen, even of ho (uturo, t coirt thea w-ildoIls '0' and rudo energy of sa''age life. st Lot oine sleep on t lhe ground, in a it mild climate, for t i;mco nonthls, or and even the imn ii who reads 110 la mer' is cuntont, oftlen, to aleep bto there the rest of his lib.-timo. Al It is better to tamo the savage v ruther cautiously, and with somnt or roser"vo, for if lio be eliminated wholly, the best relations with Nature are broken off. Evernoro wo ar'o seeking for something d Iamong books and pictures, and in A the baibblings of polite society, nt that wo do not find. When the - blood is thin, and the body has be 'I como spirit.ualized, then it is ea4v ld to ascend to the clouds, as balloons go ip, and hold high discourse, 'c1 while the world, under our feet, ti teeming with its myriad lives, Spilsating even to the smallest - (thist, and all glorified, if we be d hold it, is not taken into fellow. t- Ship, its speech iiiterproted, tor its remcdial forces tnarshaled as to friends, to baclk our hilting and da troubled humani uity. It las taken co ainost six thousainI years to find . out that a handfull of' dry oarth " will heal thu most cruel wound. II thu day of our" mo'al hurt we te (do but go backc to the cearth, be ;t- lieving that, ini thu aiges to coine n-, wo sldiI go forthI again, cternally rrewed.--Overland Moutly j. be 'W ar. d.'"Prancc has declared war againswt go Prus.ta." .11low mucho I is con tainted n-' in this businesas likeo aninounce metit I I Merely a dIeclarationm of wvar. Who enn tell what humn su Weings, minti alI anigutishi and( nai tional woo, it inv~olves ?I The brii. n- dal1 wrei'ath, mu lsti make platce for n. the widow's caup ; the songs ofjy a foith mour ner's HighI ; Lihe v'oic of' rejoi('inrg for thle cries of' woe. STheo vie of' the gal lant y'eomaun .s. will not unito with thoso of' the ,a f'air m aiidons, this year, in Hilngilng Ic "har-vest htomo."' Deat/h will sing ic the reaper's song, andt( tho sighs of '(d the broken hearted will contposo e lisa chorus. of' F-inalnially, fthis w at'r mst b. l)iovo dlisastriotus to us. Cotton lo~ its alrieady decclned, gold, and id with it, b'rad-stuffus, havimo gone adl up. Our people1 woro warneod, and r. theoy were urged to platit loss cot d( ton and make moro food. But o the wvarning was in vain. If the e- wmar conitiinnes Six months, cottoni n. will bo withouit buyers, anrd our o. people without broad. The grain di oop, tunder the most fav'orable o. ci rcum st.aucees, wonuld fhll far' shor't of' ouri actual1 i neceirHties, an d thet Sin. nprecedented ly lar'go area plaitt to 0(d in cotton, after (ex pense are ,d. pauid, will leave us without funds 'e to supp)lly the dbeficiec(y. i,loor's, good peop1le, or' prieparo a lo 'OOmf for "Star&l7. on."12 it "lie (ChesterfielDemocrat. The yact IRed lIhot, of' Newi I'd ford wa ttac'ked byv an eirraged swourdi-h1 a- Thu iirsday'i moiE'iing, aboiit twenty ileihs s.tiouth of' NO Main's Land1(. 'The fish rni is its sword thronghi the bhow of' thnt vesse'l, as causing her to heak badly. lfir crew awas takeni off' and she wmas towed into G; utyhnik. r JKoopinanscha'p n ill sulyhl1 ar.y' amouln L n'- of Chinaeso at $14 per ~i''moithi. (I T[he Biarnwaell i6tro wil be coul Tho Groat Earl of Dosmond, It is well known that the greal Iart'l of' .1)esnold, though history pretends to dispose of him ditfo runtly, lives to this hour enchanted in his ("astle, with all his hotuse hold, at the bottom of Lough Guir, in Munster. There was not, in his day, in all the world,so accomplished a magi cin as he. .1[is fiirest castle stood upon an island in the lako and to this ho brought his young and beautiful bride, whom lhe loved but too well ; for' she prevailed up on his folly to risk all to gratify hor imperious caprico. They hat not been long in this beautifu castle when she one day, presente) herself in the chain ber in which her husband studied his forbidden art, and there implored him to ex. hibit before her somie of the won ders of his evil science. 1le ro sisted long ; but her ontreaties, teai, and wheedlintigs, were al length too much For him, and he counSnted. .lit before bceginnintg .tho.' astonishing I r'ainferniat ions with which he was about to amluaze her, ie expiined to her. the awiul condiit ions al danters of the ex. lll'ti"t r ''ttiti Aloin' in this vast apartment, tle walls of whi'lh were lapped Fir below, by the lake whose dark watev hIry waitintg to swallow theriu, she tinst witness a certail s'ries of ft'ightI'ul I plhononlena, which, oncu olinenc"etd, h could ncilber abridgel't n'or tl itigate ; and if, tiroughout thcir ghastly sue c":+icn, she spoke 0n0 word, or tittered ono exelanation, the ctas tie, and all that it co"i,tained would in one iistart, sub. iti to th hot. toml of the lake, thoru ti ieen undei thu serviltdo of a strunc 14p, ll; I.:. ageos. Th('lte dlauntlces Cnr'iosity of tho lady having prevailed, and the oaken door of the study being lolked ande barred, the fittal ex pe'rin L coimenericed. Alut tcring a tpell, as h st ood before her, feat herssprotcd thickly over him, his faco becamo contraeted and hook ed, a cadavorous amluoll tilted the alir, and, with heavy, winnowing wings, a gigantic vulturo roso in his stead, and swept round and round, the room as if ou the point of ponncing upon her. 'I'ho lady comtandod herself through this trial, and instautly alnothler' began. 'i.ho bird alighted near the door, and in less than a minuto changed, sho saw tnot how, into a hor"jbly deformed and dwarsu'fith hag, who, with yellow skin hanging about her fice, and110onormouseyes,nwung herself' on crutches toward the ladty, her niouth fiaming with fury, ai her graiaccS and contortion( becoming more adtlmoro hideous evory nionent, till she rollod with a yell onl tle floor, in a horrible convulSion, at the lady's feet, and then chatnged into a hngo serpolt, whieb cnitn w Veeling aid arebing tou -drcl lr", With crosl oreut, and quiver'inig tongue. Suddnlylii, as it .seemed't oni the hpoint of' darLtinig at iheri, Hhe saw het rishaiid in it[y steaid, staniding palIe before her Muil, withI hi.s iliger' on his lip, cin forin tg t hi ('(on tiinued i necess'tity of sileiice. 11o then'r place'(d htimselcf at his Lngth on thle floor, and( hie. ganl to stiretchI himiself out a111( 1)ut, Ion1geri and lonrgor, uni l his, hea(ld ne(aly nreac hed to one end( 31 ol tho vast room arid his feet to the (at her'~. T his hlor'ror' otver(amo her. The Hcreami3, where't'upioni tho eat lo atnd mforiient toIi tihe bottomu ofthet lakeC, P,ut onrce in ever.'iy nevenl voars*', by iiighlt., thie Ea ri of'.1)esmrid1( and3 hisi re'tinuno emr;u'.e, arid cr'oss the inke ini a shadowy cavailcatde. Ilis wv lit cihorsei is shod( wit, Lii lvor. Oni that, one nighiiL the Earl maiy ride t (ildy brealk , and11 it bohtooves himi to imake good tuse of' his timo ; for, un itil tho shoes of hisi siteed( be wo''rni thr'oughi, Lthe spoil that Lolds him andn is benoath tihe lakco, will re(tain itsl pwerICi.--Appleton's *Jousr Roimar'kable Predictions. Their followinrg extrpact, whichi a writor for the Cin1c13 inti Enquiqr r gntoton fi'rm pago 3 1( of Mir. Calb htotu's workcs. and3( whiich wvas wr'it teni in 1819, reads like history r'ather'than111 pred'(i't ion: " 'if it (emrianci pat ion) should( cyer be effected, iLt will be) thr ioulgh the atgenc y of' the l"eeral governi miientL, coinrolled1 by thie d1omiinant11 poworei of' the( Nor'thern States of t,b(o conifederney againrst the re.dist anice and(1strutggle of' the Southehrin. it ('anl then only be effectedl by the priostraitionl of' the whlito raco ; and1( t hat, wld'rl nieesssar'ily engenidor the hiitteirest feelings of' host il.y b)twlieen themt and the Noirth. But tho reversl'o would be the case betwen hlac'ks of' thoi Sou th anid the pe)ol)O of' the NorLh. Ow-. i ng t hiri. Iimancipationl to themi, they' would reugard them as8 frnionds, guarianitis iand pa1tr'ons, andto cen (ro a1ccorinigly all thir H.'mp)athy3 in I bemr. FTe peopIlo of t 10 North wvoui nst fi il to recinroente and to Adve'tiseonnts inseted"attho rate of $1 l 9 per squttre-ono liah--foiftret.lsrflnia aid $1 for Cash subsequent insftions Dou" 0 column advortisomenteten plt'celtoin avie. Notices of meetings, ohltttnlles and 1itt ' or respect, suo ratos per.s.qgR as' ori,auy adverttsemnents. Specatl notfc* In local cglhtgn, 20 conts Per, fine. Advertisements no.mricd.with.the nun her of Insertions will be kept' In till forbid and charged accordingly. Speelil contracts nmado with largo adver tisers, wlti liberal deductious on above "ntes Done with Neatness and lspittetl, Terms Cash. favor them instead of the whites; undor the intolenco of such feel ings, and impelled by fanaticism and love of power, they would tlot atop at omanicipttlon, Another step would be takon-to raise thorn to political and-social equal ity with their formor owners by giving them the right of voting and holding public offloes under the Federal governnent. We seon the first step towards it'in the bill already alluded to-to vest the fret blacks and slavos with the right to vote on the question of enancipa tion in the District of Columbia. But when once raised to an equal ity they would become the fast; political association of the North, acting and voting with them an all questions ; and by this political union betwoon thom holding the white race at the South in com plete subjection. The blaclks, and tile profligate whites that tnight unto Wiith them, would become Jho priuripal recipientsof'the Fed oral offices and patronage, and would, in eonsequen(eo, bo rtiiset abovo the whites of the South in the political and social scale, We Would, in at word, (haugo cortdi. tionus With them--a degradation greater than has yet fallen to th) lot ofi a free cand onlighteneId peo ple, and on from which we CoulId not escapo should emancipation Ike placo (whieh it certainly will if not provented) but by fleoing the hsonsos of ourselves and ourv fani ('0tors, and by abandoting 'otir enuntry to our former slaves, to become the per-manont abodo of dixordor, anarey, poverty, misery and wretchedsess." How to Keep Cool. The hlerald ofllealth fbr July, gives some directions upon th portine it problem of how to keep cool. Wo qttote 1. The ieot should ho composod largely or ontirely of fruits, fresh vegetables, and wheat meal bread, and other preparations of wheat, tlltl oat meal. Corn meal bread and1( cakes( should bo aeldomi (entOn, it ait al1, dur linhg hot wea3therP. Avoid all stimulat111ing or heating articles of' food, as meats, ospecialky fat or salted metat,s, butter, gr'avics, and1( greay foodl of all kinds, su-. gar, mustar'd, spicos &c. Do- iot eat hot food, and especially'avoidi eating mforeO thana the systeoi e 2. l)rink nothing but water, tttd that only a sman11 qulantity at if time. Of couirso tis precludes the use' of' ten, coff'ee and all alcohiolio drinks. li.h Th1e lthinig should bo- 1igh-t; ligh colrod,loo.se fitting,an chlanIged of'ton. 4. 'lhe entire body should ha bathed every day, either' in theo miornting, or01 at niight.-- lrmerPs and others wh Io perJsplirlo lreelir and1( arJo e'xposed to du lst, shouldt bathe ait nigh t.-Thuey will rest and s leep better for' doi:ng so. Tho whole body cani bo eff'ectual ly cooled ini a shor't time by hioldinug pices of' ice in tihe hands(1, ort lt ting a stream of' cold water Viun. upon01 the wrist or ankles. 5. Av'oid all utndue mental ori physi cal excitemenOIt. StrsonA nIra A J)v re'1.--The~ hea' t espleClally out of the shade is in. tense. .1low to avoid prostr'ation-' by' suchd weather is trite, but if' thet I inJg of' an1 old story slaves it:h 1b10or miitigates thcesunfl'~in gsofon11 individual, it is worth wivle tIco toll' it. Therefore we say that whd.i thms very warm weather' p)'feils, (do nOt be iln a hur'ry abhout any3 thing, but walkc, eat, drIinkl an<1( wor'k slowly. Keep in the hm)11d a1s mineh as possible. Patronizo ico-water sparingly, likewise ani-. mal11 food. Subist upon tire rich, ripe, soundt f'ruits otf the suason. leath " withi moderation ; (d6 not re mla in the wvater longer than len mnlutes. Wear light, c4othuing; wo mueant light ini weight,- but main. tain worsted-or Ilaninei sindler-gar mentLs. .Lo not got tlngr'y; anger is nla d.angierous passion' when tho mnorCury haIs risen) above 80*. Do., not fret. Avoid worry and anx.. icty. Sleep at least, Lgight houra out of every twentyfdtre, arnd' reot the honrss for sleep bo selected fromi the early p art of the night. A bove all, avoid ittoxicatinlg bov-. erages. They are no0 use at, t'his season, eveni whenm swallowed- tinm perately ; thoy are dam:aging it, the extroe, it takent in oxta'cmelyv warm'1h weaItheri immod10(eratty.- A (?ouplo of' drinlks of' ar'dent spirits will p)rediispoiie any body, the hard wiorkinig ma'n especially, to suni strokco, apole)Ixy or' syncopo. .Do temp)erait il in all thinig, good-na ttured and chaste, and( f'eaar not. W'ith such men as Rruiov, Bonhan', Kecrshaaw and lliamp(on in accord( with the new political mnovemenit iin our State, there can be no0 dottbt of its meirits. 'Theay are not tho tuten to compromise1 th.i people's right s and1( dignities. Ilut they d) comnpreheond the spit it of the age am,t would sanvo their gallant little Smato fron~. the hand of (ho despoiler. uJosepah Wanrd, of Orwell, Verinonae' saved his wife f'rom elopinog by keepir guarlld over her' silk dr'ess. She wouldn elopo ini enlico. W'hat is din32~ rriie.r's ink,