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[From the Lipploeotl'e Magasine.] MURDER MOST FOUL. forth frum the smoke and carnage ADI! thunder ol' the tremendous third day of ijettysburg there staggered a be? wildered fugitive, wounded, fevered, bud half blinded by pain ?od blood His laded, torn, and tattered, clothing (once perhaps a uniform) was blood ataioed here aod there, aud hisheatless forehead Tras marked hy a bleeding cut. His lett haud, wrapped io bloody bandages, rested ic a sling, and he limped as he went with a labored gait. Ho bore no ai ms oor knapsack ; these had already been flung aside; and DOW, ls he pursued his way, he divested him tell hurriedly of all bis accoutrements one alter another, and cast them impa? tiently to the ground. He took no path. He pushed on with unsteady yet rapid strides through bushes, over rooks and feu ces, straight ahead, with lips com? pressed io silent agony. His apparently wild and aimless flight had carried him some miles (rom the aotual conflict (which wan not yet decided), when his fast diminishing strength was shown in bis feebly tottering steps and in the difficulty with which he kept from plunging headlong to the earth. At this moment be came in view of a farm house, and the sight stimulated him to renewed effort. Forward he toiled, full of fresh hope, when, half way be? tween him and the goal of his exertions there aroBe a high, broad stone wall. It seemed to him insurmountable, aud he groaned in anguish. Nevertheless he essayed to olamber over the obstaole. More than once he fell back from the attempt, but at length, as if with his last expiring energies, he m?laged to drag himself to the top of the wall* Dizzily he looked about him, as he thougnt to rest himself a moment ; but suddenly all grow blank and he became unconscious. He fell fainting and insensible to thc ground on the inner side of the wall, with despairing cry for ?'Water 1" He had luckily fallen near a spring house, and a startled girl, pail in hand, heard his exclamation and saw him fall. She at once approached him. put water to his lips, und washed the blood from his face. She continued her ministrations uutil animation began to return to thc seemingly lifeless form. He opened his eyes aud gazed at her. broiling faintly, he fondly murmured. "Indiana 1" His fevered brain evidently mistook her for another. Closing bis eyes he lapsed suddenly into a doep sleep Taking advantage of this, she hastily proceeded to the farmhouse, whence she soon returned with the old farmer aud hts wife. Spreading a blanket, they placed the wounded soldier upon it, aud with difficulty bore him to abed. "He is a rebel," said the old man. "lim is a fellow human," remarked his wile ..And he is wounded-dying, perhaps, far from home aod friends," added the girl, who was obviously tho daughter'of the aged couple. On the fourth day of July it was known to all the army that Lee was re? treating. That General had fallen back into Virginia when the wounded soldier whose fortunes we aro following became aware that ho hud been left bebit.d in tho enemy's country. He found himself tenderly cared for in the house of Mr. Ordolf, a plain but sub? stantial farmer, whose wile and daugh? ter were assiduous io their humane at? tentions to the oisablcd Confederate. They were mother und sister to him in his forlorn condition, and his grateful affection for them grew day by day as ho experienced their unselfish kindness. Toward Mary Ordolf, the daughter, his feelings rapidly grew to bc of a holier and more tender character. What she was in form and feature would have been sufficient excuse for this ; and then her simple daily life, exhibited in nil its gentle purity beforo him and in his behalf, was enough to subdue the mo t obdurate of masculine hearts. It did not take him long to learn that his love was returned, and beforo he became strong enough to leave his room he and his, fuir nurse were "engaged." Was it a baleful con junction, this of tho "loyal" maiden and the "rebel" lover ? We shall see. As soon as John Rnndall (such wns tho young Confederate's name) was strong enough to march, he felt he could no longer remain where ho was : ho had to choose between a Federal prison and an attempt to escape to thc Confederacy. He promptly made choice ol' the latter alternative. Giving his "parole" to the elder Ordolfs, and ft kiss of eternal fidelity to the weeping Mary, he bade them all farewell and made the venture. He was successful, reaching Richmond safely, and, being shortly declared duly exchanged, took bis part in the remain der of the war till the surrender of Lee In the meantime, however, the Ordolfs heard nothing of him. We leave it to the immugination of ber sex to conceive tho emotions, ever varying from hope to despair, experienced by Mary Ordolf under these circumstances. On tho third of July, 1865, she was sitting on the root of a huge oak whioh shaded the ?pring house, thinking mournfully of that day, two years before, when the fainting Confederate fell at her feet ap. pealing for succor. Io the midst oftheso reminiscences she thought she hoard a noiee or. ?hoatono wall near hor Turn? ing to look, she saw a man in the act of leaping to ibo ground. She recognized him io an instant. "Maryl" "John I" And the long separated were once moro uoited. Within a fortnight they Wore married. Randall did bot long remain with his young wifo-bia business, be said, oalL ?g him to Virginia-and he left her with her parents upon the pretext that his home was not quite prepared for her. He waa absent two months, correspond? ing regularly with her, however. At the end of this period he carno again, staying some weeks, and again leaving her on the same plea. These dominga and departures were repeated several times, until Mary anti her parents began to suspect that Randall, for some reason waa either ashamed or afraid to intro-1 duoehis wife to his own family. Mary had boen shocked to hear the gossip? ing whisper that her husband had an otb er wife in Virginia, and she had to ac? knowledge that bia oonduot was not above suspicion, notwithstanding his plausible assurances. On his last visit the old farmer iosisted that Randall should at once decide either to settle down there with his wife or to take her with him. Irritated by the apparent laok of confidence in him, he at once avowed his determinaton to carry her to Virginia, and making hurried prepa? rations for the journey, they soon went South together. It was during the trip that Mary first found resolution enough to show her husband a letter whioh she had received some months before from his home in Virginia, lt ran as follows : "MART : I have chanced to see a let? ter addressed to Mr. John Randall, Beeville, Virginia, by you, io whioh you olaim that gentleman as your hus? band. As laman intimate acquaintance and near relative of his, I am surprised at your pretensions (whether well or ill founded), for he is still considered a single man here, where he was born and reared, and passes himself as such. If he is married to you or anybody else, I assure you that he keeps the matter a seoret here, and I am certain that neith? er his father or mother knows anything of it. Tell me all about it, and you will oblige. INDIANA." "That girl is my evil genius 1" ex olaimed John Randall, excitedly, when he had read the note. "She is my first cousin, and has always loved me from childhood with a sort of fierce passion. When I first saw you, Mary, I wus en? gaged to her,and I have never had the courage to announce, our marriage to her or to my own family I have weak ly kept the seoret, putting off the evil day as long us 1 could, or until my cir? cumstances wou d justify mo in braving the wrath of my parents and all concern ed. But matters have cune to a crisis A duy or two will decide whether wc are to be repudiated or kindly welcom? ed." "John," entreated Mary, let us return to my father's." "And thus confirm the gossips in their slanders ? Never ! Thc die is cast lu dianna and her friends will rave; let them. Great G<?d ! what a creature she must be. Did you answer her letter ?" "I did, giviug her, in self defence, all thc information she asked." "And yet, with her full knowledge of my marriage with you, she has con stantly been eager for mo to consum? mate my engagement with her, indirect ly urging it by every menus ut her com? mand." It was Saturday evening when they arrived nt the depot nearest to Beeville and stopping at the hotel there that night, next day Randall hired a convey? ance (driving himself) und started hum?aVaid with his bride. Monday he returned the horses and vehicle. Tuesday night ho escorted a young1 lady ol Beeville, to a party, and there bore himself as gay ly, apparently, as the other young men. His wile had mysteriously disappeared! Tho public of Beeville and vicinity knew not of her coming, and therefore she wau not missed. Where was she ? ii Ten days after the body of an unknown woman was found in the woods a few miles from Beeville. A pistol ball was found buried in her neck ; on her throat were the marks of a murderous clutch ; and from head to foot she had been beaten and bruised in the most cruel manner. Thc jury of inquest was not able to identify her, nor was there found any likely clue to lead to thc detection of her murderer. Descrip? tions of the murdered woman and her dress were published, and rewards were offered for the apprehension of her murderer, but all in vain. The body was bnried, but within a few weeks the excitement occasioned by thc dreadful horror had completely subsided. It seemed a hopeless mystery, forever im? penetrable. Meanwhile thc Ordolfs heard regular? ly from Randall His first letter ex? plained why Mary did not write : "You will understand, why Mary employs me as her amanuensis when I inform you that she was so unfortnnate ns to have her right hand severely bruised by a slamming ear door on our way here. She can not use it at all at present, but we are io hopes that it will soon be woll. With this exception we are en? joying ourselves here, and have ?very prospeoi of doing well. Mary is delight? ed with her reception by my rotations and friends, and desires roc to assure you of her content." The next letter from Randall still harped upon tho injured hand : Mary has caught cold in the hand that 1 told you had been hurt,?nnd it is much in? flamed, causing her great pain. A doc tor has been called in, who expresses fears as to the result unless grout care is taken. But ho is noted for mak? ing a caso appear worse tuan it really is, and we are not alarmed." There was some delay in the next letter, causing the simple and oonfiding Ordolfs much uneasiness. At (ength it came, fulfiling their wildest fears: "May Heaven help you and all of us to bear it I Our darling Mary is gone: she ia dead I Five days ago -/ho wa? aieied with lockjaw, and expired next day, in spite of every offort to relieve her. She was sensible to the last, but speechless. She was buried yesterday. You may faintly imagine my grief and desolatioo. You have lout a daugh? ter, but I have lost io ber all that was dear to me. God help us all I I ara too unnerved to write now_ But ? must beg, os a last favor, that you allow my darling's remains to rest here undisturbed I will eare for them, and water the flowers on her dear grave with my frequent tear** A* soon as I have tho heart to undertake the task, I will send you all her clothing, eto , reserving to myself ooly a few memen? toes. May Heaven bles? you und sustain you ! The aged couple were heart broken at tho loss of their only child, and mourned with a grief that refused to be comforted. Ah ! it was not long before they would have thank? ed God that their daughter's fate had beeo no worse than they at first be lieved The reward offered fur the discovery and apprehension of the murderer of the woman had stimulated one maa to a pat icm t and ceaseless investigation. He was a sort of amateur detective, named Tinsley, who had nv special fitness lor his self assumed office, except an in? tense curiosity and a persistent brood? ing that would sometimes bring form and purpose out of chaos. He haunted the spot where the corps was lound, aod meditated upon all the circumstan? ces of the case with thc dogged pet tit.a city of stupidity. A brighter person would have yielded thc tusk io despair, but his very dullness kept him at it, and at length Liave him a due that he slow? ly but steadily followed up. Near the scene of the murder he oue day found a chignon of coal black hair. The dead woman's hair was auburn, and when fouod she wore a chignon of the same color. Close to the chignon lay a piece of muddy paper, lt proved to be an old letter, dated "Noar Gettysburg, Pa." It was sin,ply addressed to ".My dear husband." and was signed "your affec tionate wife, ?Mary." Nobody but Thu sloy would have attached any importance to these discoveries, but it being his habit of min .! to refer everything to the case then in hand, he at once believed that he had found the key to the awful mystery. Yet lio.w easy it was to ac count for thc presence of those things there! Hundreds of bo'h sexes, from far and Rear, had visited the noted scene, and it was very probable thai sonic of these had lost the chignon and the letter. Tinsley, however was not nt all impressed witli this view of the matter and he thought it worth his while to g i to Gettysburg and inquire for "Mary." Ile did so lt was a weary hunt, and would have seemed a fool's errand to most people ; hut ut length Tiusley got on the tract ot "Mary." and he per sited it till he was welcomed by the Or dolfs asa friend and neighbor of-John Randall! Ile already knew enough to convince him that John Randall's wife was the murdered woman found near Beevillc, and thut John Randall was her murderer He had ulrcady seen t>e minister who married them, and now he read Randall's letters written since thc hellish deed, and he thrilled with horror nt their cold blooded du plicity and atrociousness. The evidence was appallingly overwhelming. We cast a veil over the scene that occurred , M !icn Tinsley told that (dd, bereft couple w'tat he believed to bc thc true story of their daughter's end. All Beevillc and the country around was amazed when it. was announced that John Randall had been arrested for the murder. It was incredible. Ilia char? acter was excellent, both as a citizen, aud soldier, and he was noted for his abstinence, not only from the vices but from the follies into which young men commonly fall. Yet when all thc damn ing developments appeared, it seemed impossible to doubt his guilt. As he had once been high in public estimation, so now he fell, like. Lucifer. The pop? ular indignation rose against him iu a tempest, and he was threatened with the summary vengeance of an excited mob. On thc trial it was positively estab lished, by thc identification of clothing and ornaments, that the dead woman was Mary Randall, once Mary Ordolf ; that the prisoner married her in I860, and had since strangely kept thut iac? a secret, not only from hi>i acquaintance?? at Beevillc, but from his own family j that, iu short, he brought ber to Vir? ginia, and was lust seen with her iu a carriage driving through Beevillc on the Sunday wc have already noted; that at thc hotel on the Saturday night bc^ fore, he told his wife that he intended next day to take her to his undo, whose house she never reached ; thut he was engaged to be married to Indiana Ran? dall, his cousin; and that he had cruel? ly duped thc Ordolfs into believing that his wife had come to a natural death. There was a cloud of other tes'iraouy to the like effect, and though ho was elo? quently defended, the ju.y did not hesi? tate in returning a verdi?" of "Quilty of murder in thoa?rst degree." I When asked if he had anything to say j why scutence ot death should not bo I passed upon him, Rand-JI simply an? swered : "Nothing !" His counsel appealed, but in vain besought executive clemency, but with? out avail. The day beloro that set tb the execution of tho condemned man, thc following communication appeared ?io tho Beevillc Gazette: \ EDITOR GAZETTE :-I do not claim to 1 be toe only person in town who im? partially and critically heard and exam? ined the evidence submitted in the case I of Randall, who is soon to bo hangod; but such seems to be the faot. Whilo II must admit that the mass of that tes i timony appears to bc fatally against the ; condemned, thoro are certain odds and ' ?adi of it that point away from him to V ** r JU,'.. . ?.V a,af JU another or others. The man who first foaod tho body said that he MW DO traeka of a man near it, only the traoks of a wo? man or of women Not distant froto the spot was an old well into which the body would have been thrown by the condemned had he killed her ; the pre? sumption is thar, he did not kill her, but that she wa? killed by some one an? able to convey her eorpse to that plaoe of concealment. A freedman testified to seeing two females pass that way on the Sunday in question. Mr. Tinsley found a coal black chignon near the soene, whioh was not ofaimed as Mrs. Randall's. A certain young lady wit? ness, with raven tresses, posessed of a motive quite equal to that alleged against Randall, admitted that she knew Randall was married, had seen a letter from his wire to him, had written to her etc. Is it not barely possible that her information of the marriage may have been derived from the very letter found by Tinsley, dropped there by some one -not Randall? "These things that I have briefly mentioned, are, of course, inconclusive, but they are terribly suggestive, and I could not let John Randall die before bringing them to publie notice. "J U8TI0B." On the day of execution Randall's counsel published a card, in whioh they said : "The communication in yesterday's Gazette, signed 'Justice,' indirectly im? putes to us a gross negligence io the de? fence of our olient. W ean only say, in self-justification, that the Hue of ar? gument iodieated and the course of in? vestigation suggested by the facts al? luded to, were peremptorily objected to by Mr. Randall himself, and were ac? cordingly abandoned by us." Randall was hanged in accordance with his sentence-dying without ooo? Cession or denial. III. After tho execution tho sheriff for? warded to Mr. Oidolf a scaled letter from Randall, written on the eve of his death. We give ao extract : "I did not do it, nor consent to it, nor !:now of it until the awful deed was doue beyond remedy. I would willingly have sacrificed a thousand lives for her, as I uow sarifice life and reputation to screen the one who is really guilty. VVith Mary perished every desire in me for H'e. I lung for death-even tho death of the gallows. Rut I would not die leaving you forever under the horrible belief that I am the murderer of our darling Oh ! 1 adjure you to credit me when I swear here, in the presence of God and eternity, that I am innocent. Mary, who knows me guiltless, will meet me joyfully beyond the tomb." Indiana Randall was said to be a raving maniac. From the first arrest of John Randall she had exhibited symp? toms of a mind unsettled by the weight of sudden and overwhelming grief. Uer family gave out that tho loss of her lover under such fearful circumstances had temporarily affected her physical and mental health, and friends and ac? quaintances were requested to forbear their visits until her recovery was an? nounced. She was seen rarely, and theo under the closest surveillance. As thc day of Randall's execution ap? proached, it was rumored that she grew worse, aud on that day it was whispered that, she wus so violent as to require strong restraint and coostant watching. And it was so. She was mad, but there was a tembl? method in her madness. She sought to break from her confine? ment and rush to thc place of execution. She shrieked aloud avowals of her own guilt and declarations cf the innocence of John Randall She prayed to be permitted to die in his stead. Alas, poor wretch ! she was already beyond thc vengeance of law. Could her guilt havo been established beyond a doubt, she was now insane, and it was too late to save the condemned. ?.I knew," she cried, "that ho had gone to see bis wife, perhaps to return with her, and I watched daily for his coming back. Constantly alone in these watches, I managed to get one of John's pistols from his room, and this I carried with me, but only for self-defence. I met them that Sunday afternoon, and my soul was in a tumult of emotions as John accosted me and introduced mc to his wife. His wife ! Yes, I knew it was she before he told mc. I had known for months of his secret marriage. Sup? pressing my feelings as much as I was able, I endeavored to be calm. We had met just beyond tho path which leaves the main carriage road, and cuts off about a milo of tfic distance to thc house. As wo all could not ride, I sug? gested that she and I should walk through by the path, while John drove around by the road. John strongly ob? jcotcd to this, but sho seemed anxious to accompany roe, and he at lust re? luctantly consented. "I had no idea of hurting her. The wish was strong iu my hoart that God would strike her dead, but I had no in? tention of raising my own hand against her. As we proceeded, talking as well as my state of mind would allow, we came to the spot whero her body was found. There tho path became so nar? row that wo had to go singly, and it so chanced that she went before. It flashed upon rae like lightning from hell ! Tho place wnp desolate and lonely. Thoro she was, - few feet in front of me, all unconscious and at my mercy. It was a mad impulse, but in a moment I drew tho pistol and fired ! She foll, but at? tempted to riso. I sprang upon her in a frenzy of excitement, and kicked, beat, bit, and choked her until she lay quito still-dead !" "My ohild," said her palo and trom bling father, "theso aro but the dis? tempered fanoies of fever. You have brooded over this unhappy matter until it has quito unset you. Doubtless you wish to save John-so ^o we all-but it is folly for yon or any of os to seek to become a substitute for him. My ob ?Id, Uko our assurances that all this circum? stantial account of your killing that unfortunate woman ia the mad work of a disordered mind. Calm yourself, in a few days yon will be better, and will have forgotten all that yon now insist on so vehemently/' "Ah, father," she exclaimed, "it may .nit your purposes to argue that I am mad. Perhaps I am. Bot t know my guilt, and 1 will no longer cooeeal it. Yon all know it, too. Who, that fatal evening, kneeled to the furious and dis* traoted John and besought him to ai? lenee ? Whose entreaties prevailed on him to adopt the very course which has brought him to the scaffold ? To save me yon will allow him to be sacrificed 1 I have been deceived long, bat it is not yee too late. I will proolaim my guilt to the world ; I will take his place on the gallows 1 .Loose me 1" But her cries and struggles were in vain. Thus she raved of her real or ima? ginary part in the horrid tragedy, giving now a ooherent version, as plausible as it was astonishing and anon a confused and silly jumble of imposibilitiea that aroused naught but pity and incredu? lity. The scaffold from whioh John Randall had been launched into eternity was still standing in tfie jail yard, when, one night, close on the stroke of twelve, the guard beheld with terror the noiseless approach of a form arrayed in white. Awed to silence by the apparition, the guard watohed its motions with breath? less attention. Entering the yard, it proceeded at once to the scaffold and mounted it. In a few moments thc staring guard beheld the figure suddenly sink through the platform to the shoul? ders, where, after some convulsivo motions, it remained stationary. To that guard it was the ghost of Randall, and he fofl fainting with alarm. In his fall his musket was discharged, and this bringing the jailor and others on tho .ceno, it was speedily discovered that the ghost was a woman ! Eluding her guardians, and providing herself with a cord, Indiana Randall followed the tuan sho loved through the same exit be had taken ! Wasjhe alono guilty ? Or was she alone guilty? Or were both guilty ? W. C. ELAM. STONEWALL JACKSON IN ROfflB INTERIiSTINO INCIDENT. Miss Sallie A. Brock of Virginia, who is now on a visit to Rome, is furnishing a series of interesting totters from tho Etcrnul City to tho New York Mclropo* Utan Record. From her lust letter, dated February 15th, we make tho fol? lowing interesting cxtraot, which will be read with pleasure by every admirer of that great and good man Stonewall Jackson. After describing her visit to thc church of St. Maria di Ava Coeli, Miss Brock writes as follows : From the Church I continued my walk towards the palace of Cosar, and as I stood attempting to read an in? scription on the arch of Septimus Seve? rus an incident occurred whioh I think well worth relating-at least that sent me onward with a feeling of pride in my heart which must havo been akin to that which many a Roman woman has experienced nt mention of certain names that gave a brighter glory to Romo. Wishing some information, I venture 1 a question to a friendly priest whe passed mc. At that moment a French soldier, in tho uniform of the Pontifical Zouaves, approached, and politely lifted his hat. When the priest had given me an answer, he said : "Are you not an American lady V "I am," I replied. "Arc you not from tho Stales of the South ?" I proudly confessed roy nativity in Virginia, and a gratified smilo lighted up his sunburnt visage. "I thought so !" "I thought so !" he ex claimed "I cannot mistako tho accent. J was a soldier in the Confederate army ! 1 fought for the South under Stonewal Jackson." You may rest assured I was noi slow in extending to him my hand, one expressing gratitudo in all thc language I could at tho momcut command. Tho priest stood by in astonishment not understanding tho remarkable de monstration. "A great man !-a great man Stone? wall Jackson was!" continued tlx nuldier, while a shade of tho deepen sadness settled ovor his countenance, am he touched his hat and passed on. As I looked forward to thc Arch o Septimus Severus, and further on t that of Titus, and still further on to tba of Constantine, I eould not help thitikiu that io generations yet to como som ono might stand, as I did then, an ponder over an un inscription engrave upon some monument somewhere oi the soil of my own dear mother Stat recording tho naiuo and deed of Stonewall .Jackson - not less groa and far more good, than those whic won for Rome's mighty men crown und arches, aud immortality for a future ages. This episodo of tho morning olmo.? unfitted me for research. I foun myself, asl walked on, scum : and ye sonrcoly seeing. In imagination I wc back again in tho cupital of tho Soutl om Confederacy, und from every lip listened to the praises of him who.? praises so gladly leaped from tho bea of tho French soldier, aud anon behold a long military and civ procession, n nublo hearse with noddin plumes; I heard the dull dead notes . thc muffled druin, and tho low wail martial music as it pierced tho agonize air, and I saw the star whioh hud give us promised of a nation begin to fat ana darkor and darker grew, until went out, aud it was night with us midnight to every hopo that had e? i kindled tho, flames on the eriiuso dripping altar of patriotism, ~" .. '..''>.' ' >.; ' .' .vk'/f ' -A ringing machine-th? income tax. -Why is it easy to break into an old man'a boase 7 Give it ap ? Beca ase his gait is feeble and his locks are few. - The greatest luxury of wealth is one the rion bat little avail themselves ot,-the pleasure of making the poor happy. -"Tom, said a girl to her sweet? heart," yon have beeo paying your dis? tresses to me long enough. It Is time you make known yonr contentions, so, as not to keep me in expense any long? er." A dandy swell io New York is in a bad fix. Bis pants were made so tight for him that he can't get bis boots on, and if he puta his boots on first, be can't get the pant? on. - Whitemore, like ono of his illas ti ons predecessors of Congress, knows no North no South-in fact, no point io the compass, exoept one, on whioh he is particularly strong-West Point. -Over three thousand invitations were issued fer a marriage ceremony at St. Paul's M. E. Ghuroh, in New York, the other evening. It took a bishop and three miuisters to "tie the koot." -Habit is like the dropping of water upon a rook,-it wears into the lifo, and the marks it makes can never bo effaced without tho chisel and hammer of self denial and self discipline. -We aro constantly hearing new names for the villainous compound at present sold for whiskey. The last comes from Iuka, Mississippi, and bita tho nail on the head. "Rrpgixiard" is tho word. - Advertising is the financial railway to success. It is an art possessed by a few ; but these few are the merchant princes of to-day. - Sidney Smith once said : "Philan? thropy is a universal sentiment of the human heart. Whenever A sees B in trouble he always wants G to help bim." - The executioner of Paris hos been by turns a navy surgeon, a bill broker, a commission merchant and a gaillotioist. First he lanoed, then he shaved, then he scalped, then he beheaded. -A ocrtain amount of opposition is a great help to man. Kites rise against the wind and not with the wind; even a bad wind is better than none No mau ever worked his passage anywhere in a dead calm. Let no man wax pale therefore, because of opposition ; oppo? sition is what he wants, and must have, to be good for any thing. Hardship is the native soil of manhood and self reliance. - The annual report of the New York commissioners of immigration is in course of preparation. There have landed during 1869, two hundred and fifty eight thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine aliens, a greater number than has been registered in any one year since 1854. Of these the majority settled in New York, while the remainder were almost entirely absorbed by Illinois, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The Sun states t'?at the class of immigrants now coming in seeks employment rather than land. -The very pretty optical illusion by which gold fishes and canary birds are made to appear to be joint occupants of a huge vase of water is getting to be popular. It is very simple. The bot? tom of tho vase is concavo-convex, the apex rising about fifteen inches above the base of the circumference. This dome forms tho superstructure of the bird cage, aud the bottom supplied with drawers and properly ventilated, servos as a pedestal for thc vase. Until recently this pretty arrangement has not been seen outside of museums. It is now getting to bc a part of household orna? mentation. -A lotter from New York, says : ''There is a marked pressure, just now, to sell real estate. Houses of almost every description in thc upper part of the city, as well as in Brooklyn, can be had on very easy terms. In many cases sales have been effected by the purchaser paying dowji only a year's rent. This would seem to indicate thut holders have no confidence in maintain? ing existing trices. In Jersey city there is a great dcul of property adver? tised, without finding a solitary bidder thus fur. Thc effect of this state of things on rents, ns May day draws near, is anxiously looked for." - How incalculably would thu tono of a conversation be improved if it of? fered no exceptions to tho example of Bishop Beveridge : '. Resolve never to speak ol'a man's virtues to his face, nor his iuults behind his back :" a golden rule, the observance of which would banish battery sud defamation from the earth. Conversation stock being a joint and common property, every one should take a share in il, and yet there may be societies in which silenco will be our best contribution. When Isoorales, dining with thu King of Cyprus, was asked why he did not mix with the discourse of the company, ho replied: "What is seasonable Ido not know, and and what I know u not seasonable." A Cmr.n's TRAINING, - Inone word, lhere is nothing but competent instruc? tion in early life whioh will give ?very oh i 11 tho opportunity of making the most of himself. Therefore, let the inquisitive mind of n child bo properly . inst meted and established in physieul, f intellectual and moral truth; let him thus understand him-elf, what ho is, why ho is hore, where bo is goi"g. and , it is not in human nature to deny that ; thut youth will be botter ablo to begin '. life's duties, to meet its trials, to enjoy . its sweets, and to .bear ita ills, than children who are-dentod these natural ' and friendly helps.' 181?. 18TO. MATES VILLE, S- C. j. A. MAY?S & CO.. WILL CONTINUE D?RING TOB YBAB TO KEEP ON HAND A PULL 8UPPLY OV GOODS IN TUBIB LIMB, CONSISTING OF DHTJGS, MEDICINES, GROG ERIES. &HB - FR??IS?0 HS. ?nd hop? to merit . contiouaace of th? liberal patronage they hare boen remiting. We desire to call particulsr attention to our trad* in FLOUR? It ls oar ?Im to keep for sale only good qaali ties of FLOUB, and families may rely upon our ?took ai affording tho bestgr?desof Extra and Family Flour, to bo bad tn the markets. Oar groceries generally are ?ll FIRST-CLASS GOODS? and our DRUGS and MEDICINES ar? war? ranted to be pur? and genuin?. Besides the usual stoek ot DBUOS ?nd MED ICINBS, w? keep always on hand, W6 offer two Invaluable preparation? of oar own manufaoture. Anti-Malarial Specific, FOR TUB PERMANENT CUBE OF Chills and Fevers. %. TONIC BITTERS, an admirable combination of TONICS adapted to Ml oases needing Tonio Medicines. COUNTRY PRODUCE of all kinds taken in BARTUR for goods ot fair pricer. J. A. MATES A CO. Jan 1, 1870_ly_ New Hardware Store, Main-st under Sumter Hotel. L. P. LORIN G, -AOBMT ron Messrs. King & Hnppman, BALTinOBB, m. D. Would respectfully announce to his friends and the pablie, that he has received ?nd opened, at the above establishment a Stock of Hardware and Family Utensils, embracing every article in this line of business,-] which he intends to sell at the LOWEST PUK ES, FOR CASH. n<a will keep always in store, a complete assort? ment of Collin's Axes, Ames' Shovels and Spades, Trace Chains, Hoes, Rakes, Pitch Forks, O rain Cradles, Soy the Blades, Ouano Selves, Pocket and Tablo Cutlery, Brass Preserving Kettles, Tio Ware, Window O lars-all sises. Persons in want of the most convenient and I oeonomioal Stoves, can be supplied with the latest improved patterns at prices which cannot, full to give entire satisfaction. May 20_ JAMES CALDWELL. I WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL DEALER IN Boots, Shoes, Hats, Trunlts dbo. Opposite J. T. SOLOMONS, Sumter, So. Ca. Feb I?_tloct. TO THIS Planters of Maysviile anti Surrounding Country.. OKNTLRMKN;- ? We most respectfully offer you the following j manures: PERUVIAN OUANO. direct from the agent, FARMERS PLASTER OR GYPSUM, up to] standard, SOLUBLE PACIFIC OUANO, COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE, for composi ting with cotton seed, DISSOLVED BONE A SUPERIOR ARTICLE FLOUR OF BONE, BAUOH'S RAW BONE PHOSPHATE, CAROLINA FERTILIZER, THE NAVASSA AMMONIATED SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE of Wilmington, teO" cash orders solicited. MAYES A COOPER Agonts. Jan 5 - 3m n H. NASrf. P. St. DUI.IN NASH & DULIN, WHOM3KAL.M 1)15 A Milts IN Manufactured Tobacco, SMOKING AND CHEWING, OF DI FF EH EXT ORA DES, SUMTER. SO. CA. ALSO Resp a pood supply nf NORTH CAROLINA RYE and CORN WHISKEY, SKUA US, und LIQUORS of variunx kinds. TOBACCO nt Wholesale furnished at Manu? facturer*' Prices. Country Merchants will do well to cull and oxntnine our stuck. All orders promptly eieouted when accompa? nied with the eash. The custom of my old friends whom I have ; furnished by wagoo for several yours is re? spectfully solieltod. v ' B. R. NASH. Oct. 8 -Ctn._i For Sale. flin AT VAMTABliK I'ROPKUTV, called Brookland, Situated in Sumter County, about one mile from Stntrshtirg, and willoh was the family residence of the Inte .lohn Brndloy. It consist? of a i irge and fine Dwellitig House, with IO roonuT (3 unusually l.irgo,) Brick Kitch? en, Stablo, H u o, Carrlago lloureand other nec? essary out buildings, all in thorough repel', ?nd about 140 acres of and. Plsoe entirely healthy. Pri?e $6000 00 and terms acvotrmda'lng, P r other partinulars, apply to the undersigned, at Marietta, tia., or to J. 8. O. Rlobardsoo, Brq. ?t .Sumter 8, C. Feb ?-tf. KLLBN BRADLEY. PROMPTLY ?XICUTRD* OFFICB OP J The Sumter Wi -IR TBS--- ',' Highest Style of tltfc - I >' '?-Ul rHB undersigned would unit T??p.'^t(h\C? ? ?nnounc? to tho people of Sumter ?u<! t?r.'<? .unding country hal ho bare just roeolvt^m,? SPLENDID LOT O?. '-v^ TSmTarblei ^ nd Ia now prepared tn rocelv? and oxenuterftV'. era of all kinda in his lino, with ueamva? in* tapatoh. ; F|2 RON RAILING FURNISHED TO ORDliR,^ W. P. SMITH,- % SUMTER, S. 0. " *^ Nro- 17 #$ Manufacturodf.by . larbecfc, Conklin & Wiljis, /| Manufacturera of Stoves, Tin and Japaned W?reV^ And Agents (br ^ Kaoline aud Bn&nielou Ware? . ^ for sale by ?' JJ. P. LORING, Ageut, WA June V-_' Sumter B. C. " ;S#j COLT'S . MILITARY AND COMMERCIAIT?|| Academy, |? MA YE S VILLE, S. C. \M [N THIS INSTITUTION ROYS and YOUNG' MEN will be thoroughly fitted Tor COLLEGE KV rBUS?NE8S. ' In addition to Ancientnnd Modern Languages*? A3| he Sciences nnd ordiniiry English Hrwohos,: ? $e leseinl instruction will bo given io PENMAN* IHIP, BOOK KEEPING, Business Forma and^$H leeounta, and in Vocal Music. .?tys The Prlnolpnl refers with pride and gratifica! ion to bia former pupils, who hove taken high . ~ tositions in College or Business. V'Ti CHU FIRST SESSION begins October W", '?. and eloaes February 16th. ' ' '.".?< CHE SECOND SESSION begins February lGtb, / --. and oloses.Tuno 30th. TERMS : $100 por Session for Board abd Puiliun, invarinhly in ndvnnco. Fronch, German nnd Drawing extra. * -, For Circular? address CAPT. WILLIAM II. COIT.. -Vfj Moyesvllle, S. C.- ?JM REFEREES: ROT. J. Loighten Wilson, D. D., Dr.. J. A. Hayes, Mayesv?le, So. Cit.; Gen. W. L. T. ?rlncu, Chernw, 8. C.; Rov J. U. Mack, Challes,? on, S. C. ; .Rev. O, W. Petrie, I). 1)., Motitgom "i iry, Ala. ; Messrs. Blai.d?ng A Richardson,-.;. $ sumter, S. C. Jun 26 t7ju|jr, ?&g 3t. Joseph's Academy? M CON 1)0 CTR D BT TUB j *]ft Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, !?S SUMTKR, S. C. rv?T? TUB Collegiate Exorcisea of, t^?fv??jl First Class Institute, will bo resijrrnjrj^ *-CTl4?i^oii thc 1st of September. A pmfupt,'. .Tfl ^W^jP attendance is rcquostod in fr'4rf' trmlnH ?jfcgF facilitate tho progress and nrrmiga-.'^Jg neut of the classics. The new building; 4*<V*^8 .pacious omi elegantly finished, furnishing a?,* .ointnorlutlons for one huodrcd honrdert. Tbo'V*& jXtcit?ive grounds mid piazzas ure muple for open. , 3 tir exercise and yoting ladies nro thoroughly instructed in English M al hem pt ie?, Fi ench, Ita-'. lian, Music, Drawing. Painting, Ac. Ac. Locaii?if.^jj lionlihy, mr pcre, wa er good, nnd tcrrfia renson- SS ihle. For pnrticulnra n|>ply to tho Suporlertsa'of. J* St. Joseph's Acadoiiiy, Suinte^ or to the SupjN ?^j rinress of Iho Sifters of .Mercy, Charleston, who' will endeavor to uicet tho prossure of tb* ?linos, K.vv-10 .... ... . : -?I MUSIC LfcSSONS. ? Vocal and Instrumental, : - Tho undersigned h.r-iiejj t ri t: r>n h;?> re? ide ff eq ?tcr 'i Sumter, will elvo leesons In Striding and ?ni -tb0^40 PIANO anil VIOLIN'. Ho ?ill likewise fi?* Irr.* .. "3 ?trueiiinsin FRENCH,GERAI AN aud ARfTH&jiiS MIMIC. TUNING OF P?ANOS ATTENDED TO'. .*V>J, For further panionl ir-, :..jij iy lo him nt his M r?sidence in ll.irv in Street. * & H. CM. KO'.'FF. / M Feb 2-If . >J W0FF0RD COLLEGE; ?PA UTAN RU It? SO. CA. C. M., F A C V IJ T V : REV. A. M. SHUT, I). I).. President, ?n " '; Professor Mental ami Moral fi ii noe.' "" i VjL DAVID DUNCAN, A. M.. l'ivies^t? Aneioi,!?^ LnngtiHpea and Llierfilnio. '-;/( ?y? REV W HIT E FOO RD ?A! i Jil, 1). D.,- Pfof?y?it;k Kngltfh I ii.raiiire. P WARREN' DURRE, A. M., Piofessor .Xatrlrn); Sciei^e. * i t JAS. ll. CARLISLE, A. M , P i.r.ssnr M-tb??.'.^ mailes. . 9 REV A. II. LIFTER, A. M., Profesor III<H..iy ' ;\ nnd ?lblieal Liternturii, Tho Preparatory S.ih-??I, under tito lm,m>rt)>,t<i ?;J SUporvM >i> of tho Faculty, Jno. W. fi 1 i li*P. Jr'>?. A. R., Principal. I'fftffl Divinity Sehool-Rev. A. M. Fliipp',' Rev. Whitefoord tsmiili, D. J>. j ROT. A J-'-ttr>*?? LoKtor, A.M. . SH The first Sess'-.n of tho Si Moonlit Collegial*' > <? Year he?iliN ou the H ret M-n.l.iy in (Jflnbor,. I SOO. thc >erond Session lirpins nt? the Drat Mi ?lay In January. 1ST?. 'Fha course ol' studio* ?r.A, (he smndsrd t seholurship remain iiiiehnng.- l, h. I lite >'ueii!t now admit irregular students or ih'?/6 ?ho wL> to pnrsue partieulnr SIIUIIKS ot?y. Tilo S.-ho..IK ul.-., ,,|i(.n --,1 1),, ^ .ine tbnV Tuition per veor. it. l'..;iv"> fl.^?e*,. #i.clndJ?'o.** coniiiigent fe?, S'i-t in Speeie, 01 if, etiuivalrut fts,? Currency. ?i-*' Tuition per ye ir. ir. Pisp'irnt..ri 'Rohan); Inct?w?J log oonting?i!t fee, $41 tn ?HT ney." .? ' 7f'^MHB Hills pay.ii.li? me hilf in .vi...0. RfwrfT. Jftttfci Month. l>oiu fl''1 'o il'i lu f.n -..ey. ' For lurfb? f purlRnl ?ss ?id jirs/. : ?." - A M. ?HUI P, l>re?lrfriU*.--\". May 10 V