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A Thrilling In0denL A conltribitior to d.hAnt!aa Inte:li. gecer conclides his I erRiniscot 4f the War., No. 2," withtKI fellow,4i4 cident of the lit.a orGettysburg: When Gen. Liongstreet advanced upon the P4ederal lefr, its first line was carried. But the enemy being heavily reitgforced, rallied. aid, in turn, drove our portion of the line (Andersoni,s brig. sidej from the position, -as well as other br gades on our right and left. Again we charged, and again were driven back. This was a critical moni-t for us ; near ly all of our general officers were killed or wounded Our heavy linc had crum bled to a mere handfull,' and the flower of Longstret's corps lay weltering in blood: We were slowly retreatinlg. leaviig many of mar dead and wounded inl the liands of the. exulting foe. The ho.ists of tlhe enemy came on liko the m1igh"ty tides of the ocelia, and the lond pomds of victory were already rising from .hwir haughty lips Tihe blue 'hills in their rear were bristling with bayonet., and pouring torrents of reinforceme4ts dowu theit winding slope. Now, wlhenl we should have been reinforced with 30, 000 troops, Gen. lieu had not a mII to send us. O1icers broke their vswords iipon the rocks, and many of thle men wept. Our dead and wounded comrades lay around u by thougan.ds, and it seem. ed as-if klee was no hand to Rave the shai tiered remnant from destiictiont: ilut aid did come-a man-a solitary man, threw himself before the jugger. natl of Federal power, and alone and itnaided, soight tostay iog. onward pro. gresm I remember. as if it -were but. yesteiday, the .onave cAp and iron grey heard of the stranger. None kinew him, but. all idolized him for his bravery. lie moved through tho awful storm with a steady step, and his uplifted sword seem. ed to say to the advancing foe. "thus far shalt th8u come and no further." He said nothing. bit his god-like ex ample made a hero of every man who saw him. Soldiers looked in the face of their comrades, and the question came simnialaneously to their blanched lips, "Who is he ?" echood right and left, far nip and ldown the Ine. The eneniv eam on like a tornado, nud the proud hero stood enveloped in the smoke of their muskets, like a lion at bay. Men forgot. to reload their pieces or conceal them. selves behind the rocks. hut stood stu peried with wonder. \Viho is he?" men groaned-1who is' he 1" offlicers re. peated, antil the cry became striagelv wild iad fearf(al,-"Gcnerhl l(.," some. one shoned. nnd the word rang aloii the line like an electric flash. 'Gneral Lee forever I" rang loud above tihe bat.: tie's roar, and as one man our gallam soldiers rushed like a thnderhlv. upon t to astonished foe, "follow Gendral lce I" cried our wounded comrads, 4s they lay upon thte trampled eaith and tossed ily their bloody caps. No body of ien oil the broad green earth could have with stood the terrible inipettosity of this on set. The Federal troop:, though they fought desperately, were compelled to Five back, and at last to retreat in coij. Insion to the heights, leaving their dead and wounded in our' hand. But where was.the stranger ? Alas I 'the path of elory leads but to the grave." The war. is over now, and the brave men whom 'we met that day as deadly enrmies, we now"iiev, as friends. We would not detract one ry'from the crown of miitary glory that adorns each of their heroes, but would do justice to our lamented dead ; and if, by this im perfect sketch, I can add one flower to the chaplet of a :falfensb,ero's lame, 'Ilshall feel myself amply rewarded. And that hiero.-"who is lie ?" TL'e answer comes up from the graves of Gettysburg-Gen. Paul J. Semmes. T'lie' f Witeof a ulta threw a stone at a poor beggar who had requested a.lms. The injured man dared not to cornyain, buat carefully searched for and preserve'd the pebble, promimg himself he should find an op brtunity, sooner or later, to throw it ip his tmarni at this imperious atnd pitile$s-.wretch. Some time'after, he was tld the favorite was disgraced, and by rder of the Sulkan, led throngh the strrets oat a camel. exposed to the insults' of the poptulace. On hearing this, ghe beggar ran to fetch his pebble, but, kfter a moments ereflection, cast it into a well. "I new .perceive," said he, "that we ought never to seek revenge when our enemy is powe'.ful, for.then it is imprudent.; nor when he is involved in calamity, for then it is mean and e Angitish of mind has driven Lhou. *aeds to.suicide; angnihb of bod. none. ii0tfaz grEater-aefl~nce than the health~ of' the body, although both arp *dqbrghg ofueh (more attentitn than etthe of%e receive. The death rMe of womel ' is. greater than that of men' s ScotIa 1. aorcht Ju .1866.v sol sigent for this paper in Clarleston, S. C. I have a supply of ftevenue Stamps of various denom inations, whilit can b'e had by applying either at this office or at the office ot' the Clerk of the Court. II. A. GAILLARD. Rotation Cr no R.tlen. Strolling around day aor two ago, we incidernlly heard a short discussion tipon some agricultural points, the chiel of which wasswhether rotation is, or s not, the best method of. planting. It occurred to us that -the subject is one which may well engage the attention of the ptblie. That there is great diversi. ty of opinion upon this very subject, every one know.. Some contend for a rotation (if crops, oiher, hold that there ii no advantage in such a sy*stem.n The point at issue cannot be deci:led by- any o IP Individual, nor even by several. Tie proper way is to get the aggregite Opinion upon both .ides. and th)( seo u'lon which plan the majority agree. No better inedium for snch an ex pression of opinion could be fouind than. the ewes, and we therefore tender the use,ot it-i columns to all who are dispos ed to give thie beneit of th'eirexperionce to theipublic. There canl be no doubt that economy in every department of agrictiltural in terests must now be practiced, and no on1e of these departments needs so much as that which i'nvolves the making and saving of manure. Wit'lhont 1ay experimentid knowledge of the art of agricitulire, we presume that the object of a rotation of crops is two-fol.l. :A. To realize the greatest profit from the land. 2. To compen sate for'ile 'want of mannre. In the discuision ot this siliject the first point. to decido. would be, why is rotatin ne cessary ? In au;%ver to- this, perhaps a state1et illuetrating. tie .point. .would be hest.. 1ere is a ten acre field just cleared. The soil possessps all tho. pro. porties of om-best, hinds. The first crop planted-is corn.- The corn is gat hered. Now wihat is the condition of that soil ? D-)s it hold the Same dindunt -of nutri tive element that it. did before ? If so, it 'ould make, all other thingA equal. the same amount, of corn the second yoar that it did the first. And so it would do for an indefinite number of years in. succession. But facts prove that the.same soil deteriorates by a suc cession of several -rops of the srme kind. Well, what does this proie ? -Why that the same colistittent o!ements are taken out of the ground (very year, and, just as a bucket of water will hes ex. hatusted if slowly dipped out cup-full af ter cup-fulh, so will the soil of a particu lar field be deprived of all its peculiar elements that go to make corn, if corn be produced upon it several years in succession. -Of course in tins supposed case there is no annual application of manu re. And lust here wye might aay a great deal on the importance of what we once heard an educated gentleman call "in telligent farming." But our space will not permit it. To continue the etatement. Upon this ten-acre field, after the corn has to all appearances 26xhausted so much of what it feeds upon that it.is no longeri profitable to continue planting that co- . real, cotton is planted, and makesi a profitable crop of that article. . No~, what is the inference from this fiot~? It is that the cotton plant and the"esr.t plant do not boOh feed upon the ga3Wer arnostof the esome elements. -^ starnce, in- the analyeis of.r snmall a proportiott f - L..arry uahstancui tha e-ver think of erc n - - iIiof corn.. On the other hand, cot ton'seed contains so much that It hia. become one of the sources of ol.; It wvould appear however that even if the opste anAttie korn plants were both ,mae ppinsam comtitiept ele. me,d;thiA~there would still be ~an 4# laintage inl alternating tlie6 two crops I the s13, fa-lt tbit iyhilo,one corn.is perfiljfeed4r ,he oth costoX ad e otto t asa ey lon p oot %ereas ht of the corn has no tap root at all. All tho roots. of'4 latter are lateral, ihooting out, roots- and rootlets, for ser -ral feet, and even fysnW, in all dirLc. ions. Tho'isp root of th* other plant 1trikes down far below the depth'of cut ivation. It will thus be gathered that rotation A crops is necessaty fron 'the very .na !rc of vegetable growth. Other inquiries of interest suggest Ahemselves in this connectiod, but we must defer their consideration for a future issue. We hope some interest may be aroised upon these practical points, -and Lhat our columns be made the medium D an - interchange of views between those of more ability and larger expe. rienice. Free Sokool, The notice below has been handed us for publication. It, would seem that such an enterprise wol- so fully meet the wants of our community, that the mere aimouncement would be sufficient. Bit we desire especially to call the at tention of the public to this niatter. Some persons may demur on accorwnt of the purely denoeratic caste usually ar-. signed to a Free School But we beg to call attention to the fact that every one dan readily avail himself or hersIf of such an opportunity without any compunction on that score. Our chang. ed circumstapces urge upon ns the ne cessity of even eduicating our childrenl at as little cost as possible, especially wheni we know tint they will be under the charge of a lhdy every way quali fled to train then mentally and morally. Maty little childen are idling away their time on our streets,. who ought to be at school. --Ad many parents oruld afford to send thdr children there, when they know t'hey ire not' able to meet the expenses of oschool of fixe4-rates. Let not False prido then prevent any one from edneati&g the children. It may be well to state that while the opportunity is ifforded for free inst.rc. Lion, that if my who patronize the school are ablh and disposed, they of coturse would nt decline contributing ac cording fo themeasure of their ability. A F[EE SCHOOL, Under the carge of an experienced teacher, will h6 opened on Tuesday, 3rd of April. Fol further information ap. piy to Rev. WNm. P. DuBosv., or to Miss MAcKAYaL the residence of Miss March 26td 1866. Who is Resposible for the Present 81113. lion. Tho Alban1 Args, after quoting some remarks from the Springlield (Ohio) Re~publi an, also copies the fol lowing resoluti ns passed by the Ger tuan's (Black ad Red Republicans) of Chicago. Resolved, 'T it theo iTouse of Repre sentativea is at :ed to take' meahures at once to cause le impeachient of the President, for s t.any unconstituitional acts. esolved,i bat. Congress continue in sesionuntl[arsh, 1861, in order to prevent any coup ~'etat,hbuld such be attenpted by the vonld-be Napoleon, and to prevb.nt tbeasue of the immense pasronage in behf o the new Confede rate party. SWe cannot rca Nith quIet emotion iuch abominable stu ali these resol u ~ions acontain. It is,, hay the leact of t, over odicious lireduiption., The deca of arraigning A4ndr~ JhnSoh for.. "Mty.unconstitutioinal a& I" A matt w$ ba.a equalled ever Vasjington ie)fIitkqfforts, t- P rye the 1 dU 1i( t pOn fosM lsoe A roan isio fal and triason,'come from!wh*tever sourpe t na. Anmy effort to oMrry onst the traous, dtial thre imnplied in the4' esolutjib6 woold Iaugurate a s~e Pandeatoms m intesacpe sini uaccepted- y edO taes.eSuch It lse oliepone he~ hfbrid on ,to this countryP6' n ,I The,feltdur wl4f Vo tIt-or Poidount of b4diesi which wov p York correspondence Ie ' Cde. lian : The Fourth CQlIection Distriqt of this city embra6ois *so streets whre Ilie largest busins- honses aro located. The revenne returns rom this district.for the last ten months reach the enormous ag. gregate of $7,000,000 received by the government during that period. Tihe amount of businems transacted in the Fourth bistrict is indicated by the re turns of one hinndred houses. - The sales of that number -of establishin'ints for the year 1865 animontod to abont $340,0bo, 000. H1. 13. Claflin nnd Co. lead the list with $42,506,715. A. T. Stewart and Co. como next, their sales having amounted to $39,391,688. Other hous. es make returns of two to ten million, the largest being as follows:. A ntlioiy and Hall, *10,636,711; G. A. Wicks and Co.. *10,000,000* Geo. Blis and Co.,$10,273,000; Lathrop, Luddington and Co, $8,269,000; Garner and Co., $8,171,153; E. .nJaffiay and Co., $7, 000,000; Hoyt, Sprngue and Co., $6, 872,939 ; 'W ood witrd, Lawrence and Co., $6.546.000; Hunt, Tillinghast and Co., 6,255,000 ; 'S. B. Crittenden and Co, $6,262,000; Low, Harriman and Durfee, $6,000,000. Thes housea re present only one branch of trado--the dry goods-and these salvs only serve to indicate the magnitude of that interest in this city. frresponde'ce of the nix. WASILNOTOM, March 1M, 1808. The civil rignts bill having passed both lHonses, if is now before the President for hiis signature. This isa very important bill. It provides, in substance, that the freed people shall have tho same rights before the law that any person else has, except. that it excludes the right of suffrage, which is left with each State. Any person infrlging lny of their legal rights, is liable tofive ,nd two years imprisonment - A finnd d"' peal in all cases arising under this tIll lINA to the Supreme Court at Wahington: Opinions differ as to what the PrWaident will do with this bill. Somo say lie will yeto it on the ground that he will sign no bill atrecting liho Soyth until the Southern members are adinitted to jheir seats. Oth Ora say he will sign thehill, because he has Ill along wished their rights to bo. secured 10 the Ireed people-the only point he has made being in the rightof a4fraga.. The th(st: -ii(jurions tales t;re constantly wrtten from the. South nmnd published in Northern pnpers, in order to convince the North that tho Futhern people cannot be lrusteld with political powers. . To give you I sample of the Intiers written frota the South, take the following, in ono of the morning papers of ibis city. of to-ijay: "RCesSraUC-ro.-OffiCial advices were yesterday received frhin'South Carolina, to lie effect that- a band of outlaws; led by in ex-rebel major, hap been committing Jepredations, and murdering Union men -nd negroes, on aicount of the:r d4ygted loyalty. The guerilla leader exhibits as trophies of his prowess eight ears, 'eut from :olored persons." The scene of the above is laid in Edge Beld District. It is surely impossible. that his can be true. Yet it is by tihiae horrid ales the public opinion of the North Is be ig forme:l. The questIc is frequently asked. whether he people of the States now having repro. ientation in Congress will support the Pres. dent,. On this poict, I heard a public man >f great experience say be could always ell. in advance, what the people were going o do, by simply asking himself.what it wr g wise and proper that they shonld do, and hen, by taking It for granted that they would do the opposite, and judglig from his rule, lhe said lie felt satisfied the North. ern people would "go it blind for ti.. raidi ials against the President." It was determitned, at the opening of the ession, by the Ihouse of lRepresentatives, hat they would support the Secretary of he Treasury in the policy Ite had annonne d of a gradual reduction of the amount or he paper currency, with the view of redno. ng slowly to the specie basis. But recent. y, tis policy has been changed by the adical leaders. .They are now utnwilling fotr any essential redlu@tion of the voiue ~f p'a >er money. It is thought the mah ~eason s this : They fbar t):e chief as'guntentt against them will oem. fotn their policy elng tunfriendly to the material interest of he country, by keeping up the agitation ; mence, to weaken this argument as much as >ossible, they desire to have as much paper noney In, ciroulatomi a possible, so as to usap business mat te moving along easily. 8everal of the 8outthern Senators are here at om Thy,gha a sort. of Indefinite notion hatsomthag god as oig to turn up 'or them by thersdath' of Marsh. But miareh has come, and their prospects arde' oetter than in Decemhtr- Ind e, the tot. t he slIKhtest peqe oflt Ouy o gallowd to takea a [either rout takipg th ig 1$ a4 -l~ ifenelasts. ItIskna" rtoed tMt the ifee of Vaisyd anti maiwj nany uitlenu a I Mrveu lystem. One e r tht South. a thme politIcal oa IV A;the ate eaping th niernal taxe*, aBno-t ~grotted, if ibh" at cnsent to It ,)~ "4ssmavsa, .'4bab7 at a e I,ata' '41M egr 'Iag I A VoarA, GA., M%rol 23.-ie n6. gro FA MFalk .h de to'day for tile murder of Dr. .yrne,of Burke County. The oie of Treasury NoteMs Iwp0tanl! Decision. A very iniportant.dbiin 6n the $en ject of the value of United Sittes Trens. ory notes, making theni equal in every tespect, in legal contempintion to simi. lar denominitiona in gold, has just been rendered by the general terni of the St perior Court of New York.' The dect. sion, [ays tho Herald, Igoes further than any other yet made in tis State, former adjudications inerely gong tho lengt.h of establishing. -.hat contracts made before the passage of tho act of 1862, and providing for paymentt in tile then legal cirrency or the country, could be satisfied by. psyment inl Uni. ted States Trensury notes. The agree ment in this case, was to pay freight. money in gold or'silver dollars on deliv. ory of cargo in Now York. The plain tii, John W ilson & Co..+owners of tIhe' Britiih ship Atlanta, in Januar,- 1864,.. chartered the vessel to GillanTtes, Ar bttht1,111t & Co., of Calcntta and the car-' go was consigned to Edwin D. MorgAn' and others of this city. Tle vesse) ate. rived here in J1ne, antid the freight mo ney, a. oniting to 32 630 was tenderedi in Treasury notes. ' The ofrW6% refiis. e.1, antIayment in specie-was datindl ed. This was -reflnsed, and the control. versy. cArriqd to the Superior Uourt-L After the usuil preliminaries the-qaso. was Viright - before the Goner4l-M-Pri; and lt1 decision, written by Judgo. Monell, lays down the lFw to- be tOa all debtA can be satisfied by a tender oF payment in United States Treasur.y notes. 'Mr. N. P. Banks, (late MAnjor General;)i whoe, dliatinguished and brilliant campaigns, in the VaYlej of Viitinlai and subsequent ca. rear at Shreveport. La Louisiana, nre well re membered by our re'aders.' (and 'for whose forethotirht Was' collector of commis4ary stores the tate-Stonewall Jackson always exbreswed the warnest admiration,) is now now a member of Congrosa froja Massaochu sets. In this last capacity hP delivered a speech a few d,%ys ago, aJvocating an ap, propriation to defray . the expenses of thee American exhlbtorp at (te'great Paris In. dustrial Exhibition of 1807, In tho.eppre qf.his.ramarks he lnsisled! that the civilized world was profoundly i. .terested in the lar g and :miscellnneous as. sortment or old Oloes. b vots, haversnoks and other trumpbry.whleh the'war ha sAt.. tered in such profusion. through the land.. Among other tiitgs ie said: "A pair of worn ont-shoe and the dress of an Ameloan soldier, the sielter tent. under which he slept, hl bayonet, his mus ket, his -knapsack, hiao cap-whatever he, has-,will attract more attention. draw a. greattr crowd or people, and., hold them longer and faster in study and 'observation,. than tho crown 'jewels of England and -FrAnce and all thd European States combin ed." The Idea of such an assortment of rub bish as the above attracling.more attention than the crown jewels .or all-the European States combined is very funy.. .. If Congress shall deelde Io d it. pr tIon of the space which has been all'olted in the United States in th "great exhibition" to old clothes, we trust that Banks shall be put in obargp of them! Banks most iim self have wprn out a great many --boots" and '.shoes" in his f'amouts Valley campsaigni as well as during -his excuraion Into the in terior of Louisiana. -Richmond Te. A. field of'- wheat .buripd .,under art avalanche in Swit'erland lor 'twenty five ye'ars, proceeded on its growth as Eoon as,the snow had melted., Richmond papers take encouraging views of the ntext crop, and prophesy' better times fof prodlucers of' tobacco and ereals. ' When' may a ship, be sard to be fool. ishly in love ? When~ she isattachied to a buoy. Why dolv 'sd i e they part in the twilght ? ~ecause they can't separate wi t adieu (a dew.) A gent1e;1am 'Qg married, told Foote that he ltId that morning laid out three thouepihotndo in jewerry for his dear >Se is.truly your erwf, e d thder wfei r. Ata recent sale in Berlin an auto. graph letter of gfarie 'Antonette wag sold fo the esttraordinary'aum of 295, -- - a.. ... Tite Astronoinical BoceLey of' Eng.. lAnd has jnst, issued eight'vie's of the. planet Mars. LILpersons having demantds ap initt the esftatertgl. hUGH K. A I EN, deoeaeed, Wir 1dev,thtb* i54ry ati Ltesed without delas i ~1 eral AmuineI Attsrt.ey forethe Aati4 trix.