?y E. B. MURRAY & CO. ._ i. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1884. VOLUME XX.-NO. 5. i WOMEN IN Till! WAK, EIGHT MILES UNDER FIRE. OBY OF THE FIGHT AT RU1JAOA. rain WomVi in Clmrleston Weekly News. the 14th and 15th of May, 18G4, butilo ot Resaca took place. I waa og at tho tinto with Borne friends on farm, nearly two miles uorlh of the ge, but cn what afterwards proved to hotly coutested part of the held, had not the vaguest idea that a . was impending. That Qen. Johu would retreat toword Atlanta and c them "in the linea" they fully ex il, and bad made their arrangements rdinglyi scuding off what valuables could and packing up a;d storing thc balance. But that Le should at Resaca and make a desperate d lhere astonished them. And wheo found that their home would bc iu battlefield, that their very house ld be hotly contested for, as it was a e. strong building standing on a hill. rounding two fords, nut! it would fore bo impossible to remain iu it, nero filled with dismay. When ld they go 7 All their stock and cles of every sort bad been sent off, ey could not ride away. And it was ssiblb for an old man and a lot of ate women to march perhaps for H. Even if they could stand the eli, where should they go? ll day long wo bad been running out e fence to seo the troops pass by and eak to any friends who might chance o among them. By them" we were red that a fight on the morrow waa itnble, and their distress at our erous positiou did not tend to raise spirits. By night wo found ourselves the midst of a camp. Tho light of camp fires lit up the horizon far and e, and the bum of thousands of an tokes was like the roaring of a hty sea. By to-morrow night how y of these voices will be stilled, I gbt; and indeed how many of us be left? y musings wjre interrupted by the ul of my friend's Bon. Capt. Mitch nus in the engineer corps and bad busy all day laying pontoon bridges s the Ooatanaula River at Resaca, was tired and jaded ; but, full of cty, bo bad come to inquire what "ather expected to do, and was appall o learn that they all contemplated ining in the bouBe. IN A PERILOUS POSITION. 'ou will all bo killed 1" he said, in or. Vbero ?hall we go?" they tuted, 'uppose you go down to the river and uoder the bluff. That viii be a tal hiding-place." a river, like most mountain streams, very high banks. 'es, but if the Yankees try .md cross , as it is likely they will," .said one is sisters, "we might be caught by an ading fire and BO perish miscraoly rats in a hole. No, if we muBt die s die above ground." rea," rejoined another, in an aside to "I might fall into the river and get ned. I always was afraid of wa lten the distracted captain proposed ; we should all lie down on the side > neighboring hill.and so escape the 1 and shell. But some ono suggested 1 our troops, in charging, might run r us and trample us to death ; and so would All be slain by '"ie bands (or 1er feet) of our friends. With a deep in be acknowledged thia {hinger, and t last suggestion proposed that we sid lie down on the Hoar cleo to the I. As he seemed so distressed we all iniaed, though we knew none of ns e going to do it. Indeed, one of his .TS confided to me that abo intended ret up on the fence and stay there, see all that she could see ; that she long desired to witness a battle, and i waa her chanco. lien the unhappy captain bade his ?ly adieu, neither ever expecting to (he other again. His mother was 0 overwhelmed at the patting. She the moat timid creature I ever saw, bad sat all thia time in a state of apse ; but I believe now she was more ressed at the danger her son must run the morrow than of any she might ounter. At last, worn out and weary, feli asleep, and Blept. soundly till the ' of the human sea the next morning ised us. It must have been nearly 8 ock when, as I was talking to some iers, I spied Capt. Mitchell galloping followed by two army wagons that i. Johnston had kindly loaned him. A HURRIED FLIGHT. 'Pack up and come away at once," he I. "The fight will begin directly and will then'have to ride under fire." bad been offering my services to a ?eon as a field-hospital nurse, but at news I ignominiously forsook him to 1 up my tr-'ngs, and J never saw er him or h^ aospital afterwards. ven in the hurry of flight I could but ce that the instinctive love of prop is much greater in women than in . Capt. Mitchell wad frantic to be but hui sisters insisted that they must a moment to pick up "their things." ?binga 1" he cried. "Is this a time to of things? The fight may com es at any moment ; and can you all two or three miles under fire?" VU bo ready in a moment," said one Hu sisters, looking np from a large ?J* ?he was hurriedly packing with Hp and dresses. Bat then the sudden "boom" of a ?on was heard. Vood Lord !" cried the Captain, leap flu if shot. "There I the fight has penced I" and taking np an armful ?Uijng be threw it Into the trunk, Wdown the, lid, and turning to the if?, cried : "Here, pat it in the ie sister had no idea of giving np beloved things, but abe aaw it was ?? to contest tho point with him, so resorted to subterfuge. ton had better look after moiher," "heated. "I'll bet ahe is turning W and round and doing nothing." Si Captain fell into the snare and fad opt of the room. ?re, ' cried she to the men, "drop J*H<>k IU not send it off half !* meantime Capt. Mitchell had ?ts mother turning round and M frightened todo much, though found tjhna to peek her bania with valnables to be left,.and h JTC?* ?J? Wa work & ber Bible and a forge tntkoy ? "om which abe wa? sever known to be separated .-.mumer or winter, abo stood ready lo depart, praying and fanning herself ; and if her daughters had not looked after her clothing she would not have had a change to her back. Luckily the girls wero as brave and cool as their mother was faint-hearted and excited, and in au incrediblo short time had affairs in marching order. As very few trunks could be put into tho wagon, every sack and pillow-case was pressed into service, and garment after garment wa* rolled up into tight balls and crammed down into them, and these bogs wero then packed into the wagon. THE FOUR TABBY CA ITA I KS. The demand for hags, of course, was great, and as there was no time to look for them so amusing scene took place between one of the ladies and her niece old Mrs. Mitchell's pet grandchild, a girl of eight or ten, who, far from concerning herself to save anything of valu6, had appropriated one of tho valuable bags for the use of four gray kittens, named after four Conlederato captains of her acquaintance. With this great treasure she was marching off, when her ?unt spied her and capturing tho bag, indig nantly tilted tho four tabby captains out, who joyfully scampered away. "Aro not your grand-paren's clothes of more value than four cata?" abe scorn fully demanded, when the little girl made a tearful remonstrance. lu answer to Cap. Mitchell's cry to make haste, as the firing had commenced along tho line, and if they did not hurry they would be forced to ride for miles under Gro, tho household sallied forth, all the ladies with something IQ their bands, looking very much like people Hying from a Lousu ou fire-old Mm. Mitchell with her Bible and turkey-tail fan, and her granddaughter with another sack containing tho four cat captains, wh un she had run down and captured. They were mewing and scratching, and were a very disagreeable piece of baggage to sit near, as they clawed everything within reach. One of tho sisters, it should bo men tioned, was so thoughtless as to come forth empty-handed. "Aro you carrying off nothing?" the others demanded reproachfully. Abashed abo fled back into the desert ed bouse, and snatching up a large looking-glass, for which she had no man ner of use, clasped it in her arms after the manner of a breastplate, apd sallying forth in this dazzling armor, climbed to Uer placo on top of the baggage in the wagon. At last every one, servants and all, were packed in the wagons and we start ed off. JOGGING THROUGH THE LIKES. For about two miles the dirt road and railroad ran close together. Drawn up along tho railroad was a line of soldiers waiting for their time to take a hand in the ball, which was now being opened at Resaca, tao miles away, by a grand cannonading. They looked mournfully at us as we rode hy. Then something jostled the wagon, some one lost their balance-it may have been oue of the cat captains-and in the confusion an elbow was thrust into the looking glass breast plate and shivered it, so the fragments were cast out. The line of veterans broke, the men darted forward to Becure tho hits of glans, and eagerly scanned Buch little strips of their faces as they could see. The little village of Resaca is situated at the junction of two mountain rivers, which, here flow together and form the Oostanaula. This river was spanned by a fine railroad bridge, and for the>e reasons Resaco- had b^n conaidered as a strategic point of considerrMe impor tance, and bad been closely ,,uardedfor a long time. The line of bills which surrounded the village bristled^ with for tifications. At the foot of one of these chains stretched a little plateau, and on this ran both railroads and dirt road. As our heavily ladened wagons jogged slowly along a shell flew over the breastworks and sailed toward us. It was still some distance from us when a little stream of white' smoke issned from it. Old Mrs. Mitchell bad never seen one of the per nicious things, and it attracted her favor able notice. "What ia that op there with the white smoke?" ?he calmly demanded. AB has been said before the old lady was nervous and timid, and had she known the dangerous nature of the obied of her admiration she might have taken a fit. After jumping to the couclusior. that it waa too far off to hurt us some on? ' formed ber that it was only a shell. "Ah 1" aaid the old lady, "is that so Why, they ate very pretty things." Here the driver turned round in hi saddle and surveyed us, but I have ni idea whether he thought we were heroe or idiots. His contemplations were in terrupted by an officer leaping on th breastworks and shouting, "Double-quid that wagon I Double-quick it I" A Utile, farther on we met a squad c horsemen. They proved to be Gen. Pol and his Btaff, and Capt. Mitchell, wh was serving under him, rode up besid hi? father to speak to bim. TBE WARRIOR PRIEST. It was the first time I had ever see the warrior priest, and it was also th last, for he was killed during this can: pnign. He was a very fine looking mai and I will never forget the courteoi grace with which he bared his head aa bowed in token of sympathy as we pasi ed- . "Where are you to cross the rive Captain ?" he asked. ''At tbs lower pontoon, General, think it the safest.'' We had not gono very far before ot of his aides came flying after us. "The General says you had better ero at the upper bridge. The firing is not i hot there." s ... As we rode through Resaca the litt village seemed fairly to rock from t tremendous cannonading. Many or 1 houses had been struck. When we reached the pontoon brldi it was thought best that we should di mount and cross on foot, and it fell ton lot to escort Mrs. Mitchell over. I sooner had we started than a Fedet battery not far off opened fire opon t The soldiers on the opposite side of t river, protected by the high railro embankment, became quite frantic at o danger sBd kept screaming to us "Ran 1 run, ladies I for God's sake rs aud get over here." . All of this wes lost on old Mrs. Mitt ell. 8he could not hear what they si for tho roar of the cannonading to wh she hsd now,become accustomed. Neil er did she know that we were under fi thongh the balls were splashing in l .rater on each side of us. She did i see very well, so at??H not notice thi anu' no one felt callo? upon to draw I attention lo the fact. Sha objected rUnnlog. preferring to walk : so takl her by tie hand we ambled! along, fl way across we passed a soldier on gus whereupon she stopned to ask him than wa? any danger there. He wa Sp looking fellow, butha fairiy ?| at her : language failed J*'0" could ?odhis tongue I hurried her declaring that "lt waaJJ^nst orden Bpenk to thc guard/' For I knew thi she ever discovered thc dinger sho wa? in, her knees would gi?o way under uer, and I would have the pleasure of carry ing ber tho rest of the way. TUE GOS8IPISQ OLD LADY. At last we reached the other bank and were under cover of tho railroad em bankment. Then the officer in charge of the pontoon came up to speak to us. He waa an old friend Mrs. Mitchell had not Been for yes.ro, and she greeted him cor dially. "How do you do, Capt. Harria ? I am BO glad to seo you. How is your wife ?" ''She is very well," said the astonished Captain, looking first at the old lady and then involuntarily at a shell flying over head. She was so buey tattling to the Captain Lhat Bhe bad not noticed it. "And your sisters, how are they ?'' "Very well, I thank you," he Baid politely, not wishing to be outdone in coolness. "And our friends, the Turners-havo pou seen them lately ?" He gazed at her in astonishment. The forest trees around were being riddled by shot and shell, but she was so busy talk ing about ber neighbors she did not notice them, their whistling sound being irowucd in the louder noise of the can nonading. Men were lying around .Youiuled and dying, but she did not seo pery well, and she probably concluded that they had assumed thoso postures to ?capo being burt. I believe had she known tbe re. ' state of tho casa she would have died of fright. While she was prattling thus with her >ld friend i noticed a little group not far iff-a squad of soldiers with a wc-nan in their midst, and a horse with a side ?addle uu it, standing near. 1 judged :hat she bad just riddc . there, for she itood, with her face dropped in her mnds, by the side of a man who lay BtifT ind stark upon the ground ; while the rroup around, by their looks and ges tures, testified their sympathy. Did Bhe ;ome too-late? I wondered. While I thus mused the wagonB croB? ni and we were hurried inlo them and continued our flight till we reached Cal loun, some six miles distant, being kept tn the alert all the way by the shelle srashing among the tree-tops. On reaching Calhoun it seemed almoat ts if we had jumped from the frying-pan uto the Are. as tho town was being ihelled and tue citizens were flying foi heir lives in every direction. A fierce igbt was going on. The Federal cavalry vere trying to cross the river and the Confederates were trying- to prevent hem. We could Btand in tho street and vit ness tho fray, as the town was righi lown on the river. But hero wo had ta ;ive up our wagons, so we all dismount id, glad to be relieved from our cramped losition, and from the four cat captains 7uo bad escaped from their bag and bad >een disporting themselves on the backe ind shoulders of the company. We toot efuge in a little deserted bouse fron ivhich every one ?ad fled. Excitement is i\ very good tonic, bul t can't keep one up forever. We bad nt >reakfa8t and were all extremely hungry The cook, provident soul, bad come of 7!th a large basket of bread. Somi >ther thoughtful creature, just before ou light, baa turned all the milk into thi vater bucket, thinking th UH to save both This idea bad met with Capt. Mitchell'! varm approval as he chased up and dowi ho house, hurrying everybody. "A very good notion," said ho, 'Tl iee to that being taken care of, myself.' So tho milk was consigned to bi ?barge, and when every one clamorous!; lemanded these viands, the captain saii ic would -enjoy a drink of milk. "I take great credit lo myself for sav ng it," he added complacently. The cook produced the bread. Th nilk, ah I where was it? Nowhere to b bund ! The last known of it was whe t was seen on the hall table just befor ve left home, and I make no doubt som bi rs tv Confederate bad long since cot urned it. A battery of reproachful eye vere levelled on the captain, who lonke ixtremely foolish. "Yon would never have made a goo mtter-milk ranger. You are unfit ? he position," said Daisy severely as B! orrowfully devoured hot dry bread. STILL UNDEil FIDE. But the fury of the fight around i eon diverted our minds from our priva lorrows. Some officers climbed a very high hi a front of our little homo for the pu )0se of reconnoitering, and ?.he Federa ) pe ned fire ou them in flue H ty ie. Tl ihelh) came whistling over our heai linking the bouses and shivering tl xees across the way, causing the office 0 beat a hasty retreat. As for old Mi Mitchell, I thought she would have hi 1 spaam. It was the first time she rei zen she was in any danger. As eve theil burst, she leaned un crying, "Lo preserve me 1" and aa they burst eve minute or two, she came nearer obeyit the Bible injunction to "pray wicho leasing" than any one I have ever sec By night the dear old lady was very sic md we were all feeling quite anxio ?bout her. Early in the day Capt. Mitchell li is, after giving strict orders that1 .vere to remain closely indoor*, and r jxpose ourselves to the gaze of the si liery, who constantly passed to and : before the door. As he seemed vc mxious and worried, we thought it b to faithfully promise to obey bim ; t just as soon as we made sure he was o sf sight we sallied forth and station ourselves npon the fence, or any whi ilse that we could get a good sight of I Fighting going on. We could bo in more danger in one place than anotfa and preferred to be shot out of doon have the roof come crashing down ur Dur heads. As for Daisy, who had long desired to see a battle, Bhe hu upon the gate, and being anxious to h In the good cause, handed water to ev thirsty soldier who passed. It was rec itraoge to see how many of them w athirst. Commonness of interest did away w ceremony. We frequently asked 1 went the fight, and many a sold taking pity on ns after seeing our at ions faces, tried to cheer os with hope victory, Daisy, who was very young r.od mantle, waa thrown into ees tades iii miration over a handsome young cs lier, who, half reining in his gallop steed, with a graceful wave of his gat leted hand, cried. "Don't be alaru ladies, we will defend yon !" "Oh I is be not a brave defender I" cried, using a cant obrase of the timi Soon after there jogged by the rou est sort of a cavalryman, who, wish to throw in his meed of sympa drawl? ' mt in a harsh, nasal TC "8keer*-. raia?" "He ? riso a brave defender," aal M Dais} .urned away in disgust. HOMELESS BEFU?BB8. After two days anxious waiting Calhonn for the battle to be over tba miirbt return home, we learned with may that Gen. Johnston wat alowij treating, and found ourselves nnmb among the rast army of homelea? t gees. The home we expected to te to in tyro dayl we nover saw again two year?, and then it had been swept of everything and was in ruins. Journeying on the trains with the sick and wounded soldiers we at last reached M-, where kind friends welcomed us. Mrs. Mitchell, recovering from her fright and fatigue, discovered that she was a war'worn veteran. Sbe also learn ed with great surprise that her trip from home to Calhoun was a far more danger ous affair than ber disagreeable experi ences in that village, and as it was far pleasanter to think of, she was never weary of Baying to thc gaping old ladies who came to see ber, whilo sho geutly fanni d herself with tho turkey-tail fan, "And I actually, ma' un , rodo eight miles under fire !" "And never knew it," I wanted to add, but didn't. Mason's Cotton Harvester and tho Pros pects of its Success. The autumn of 1881 bids fair to bo a memorable epoch for the Southern States, not only because it ic likely to bring lo an ced the ion" reign of H?p?'blican misrule in our National a fla in', but be cause it promises to usher into successful uso an invention which will certainly give a wonderful impetus to our great agricultural iudustry, and may bring about a peaceful revolution in our sys tem of field labor. We refer to the now cotton picking machine, kuown as Ma son's Cotton Harvester. The multitude of inquiries about it that reach us from all parts of tho South shows how wide spread is the public interest in the suc cess of tho invention. The opening bolls will in a few weeks spread "tho snow of Southern summers" over our fields, and befor-j the close of the present month it ia hoped that there will be abundant opportunity for tho final test of tho now Harvester. Since the last crop was gathered no time has been lost and no endeavor has been spared by the Compauy which owns the patents to prepare for this crop a ma chine which would satisfactorily do the work of picking tho cotton from tho plant and take placo of tho expensive and tedious process of hand labor. Sev eral machines of slightly varying styles have now been completed and aro ready to straddle the cottou rowB. At the close of the last season Mr. Mason had succeeded iu perfecting a machino which would pick out the open cotton without injury to tho growing plants, or the un matured cotton bolls and blooms. This machine, which was tested in the pres ence of large numbers of planters, dem onstrated that the principle which was to solve the great problem had been discov ered. The mechanical application of the principle at that time was not per fectly satisfactory to Mr. Mason. It was too complicated and costly, and in other respects needed improvement. The conveyors which removo the cotton from tho boxes, srhere it ?B deposited by the picking ??terna, -.?ero not of sufficient ca pacity to remove tho cotton aa fast as it was picked. To remedy the defects ot construction and to Bimpiifv the machine has been the aim of Mr. Mason's work during the past ai:: months. The coming tests will best show how completely he has succeeded in this difficult task. The machine is now quin light, weighing only about 800 pounds, aud i* "hapely as well as bandy. Yet it is so strong that it cannot easily get out of order, and its manipulation requires no other skill than tho knowledge of how to drive a horse or mule. Uutil tho test shall have been made it is impossible to Bay what the capacity of the machino will bo. Its inventor is confident that it will harvest 4,000 pounds of seed cotton in a day of ten hours. After the first testa, which will be made near the company's shops at Sum ter, S. C., it is likely that tesis will be made in different parts of thia State and other cotton-growing sections. A letter from the Treasurer of the World's Ex position at New Orleans oays that, in compliance with a suggestion made by i,he Colton Harvester Company, the Director-General will appoint a commit tee of competent judges to witness a trial of the Cottou Harvesting Machine at 'juch time and place as shall be desig nated by tho Harvester Company. This arrangement has been made in order that the real morita of the machine may be conclusively demonstrated. In Decem ber, when the Exposition will open, and in January when it will probably bo only fairly organized and largely attended, the cotton in the fields will not be in favorable condition for picking. Such cotton as might be preserved on the plants for the purpose would be wind tossed, stained and full of trash. Wbat the Cotton Harvester Company desires to demonstrate is that their machine is specially adapted for gathering the cotton at precisely the same time that it is picked by hand. To demonstrate this it is likely that some time about the middle of October will be fixed for the test The committee v/ill then have every op portunity of examining the work per formed by the machine upon the cotton plants when filled with blooms, forms, untipe bolls and open bolls. Whatever award the judges may decide to make can be made during the Exposition, aud a machine will, of course, be on exhibi tion as part of tho South Carolina ex hibit. The deep interest which is felt through out the South in Mr. Mason's work is shown by the large number of prominent gentlemen who travel long distances to visit the shops in Sumter to see it They come, incredulous that the machine will ever succeed in the practical work of picking cotton ; but they go away con vinced that Its success is assured. The magnitude of the results af the solution of tho problem which has baffled the iu genuity of inventors for half a century ia hard to overestimate. Tbe complete practical success of the Cotton Harvester means that tbe Southern States can and will raise the cotton for the world, at a cost at least forty millions of dollars less than it now costa to produce it. No wonder that the outcome of Mr. Mason's modest machi no-sb op in Sumter is watch ed by the whole Booth with eager and impatient gaze I-News and Courier. - The young man who used to sing "I fear no foe" before he was. married, j now says, "I cannot sing the old songs." [ - A yoong girl began to sing : "Lis ten to the mocking bird," and everybody in the room rushed ont to find a mock ing bird to listen to. - "In wbat condition was tbe patri arch Job at the ?nd of his life t" asked a Sunday School teacher of a quiet look ing boy at the foot of the class. "Dead," calmly replied tho boy. ' Tbe following advertisement ap? pesred lo an Edin burg paper-"For cale, a handsome plano the property of a young lady wno is leaving Scotland in a walnut case with turned legs." - An Irish Judge had a habit of beg ging pardon on every occasion. ' One day cs ho wat about tb leave the bench, the officer of tho court, reminded him that he bad act passed sentence of death on one of the criminals aa be had intended. "Dear .ms |" eaid hU lordship. "I beg his pard?n^bribjp bha up." lN.FOttEIGN LANDS. Oorretpondence of the Intelligencer. Borne writer has paid that if we should speak of tho "Old Castle of Heidelberg" as the "old stone houso on huckleberry bill," mauy of tho pootio and romantic ] associations would bo lost, although the literal meaning would remain the same ; and whilo this nf ny ho true to a certain exton'., (tho word Heidelberg meaning nothing more than "huckleberry moun tain,") yet it is also truo that for one who has ever had tho pleasuro of seeing this graud old castlo-tho finest ruiu in Ger many-no change ol name can ever chango or obliterate thc memory. Tho city of Heidelberg ia most delight fully situated in tho narrow valley of tho Nectar, just at its junction with tho val ley of the Khiue ; and the castle, which for several centuries was the neat of tho Palaliue, and was regarded as one of the most impregnable fortresses of Europe, overhangs tho valley on the South side j of tho river, and about 300 foet above ( tho city. It consists of Humorous towera < and other defensivo works, toge.tlier with the remains of the palaces which wore J J built and occupied at different periods in I ( ita history, tho whole protected by alf moat not less than fifty feet in width and I i from thirty to forty feet in depth, the j * main cntranco being formerly over a I ' drawbridge aud through a narrow pas- J. sago iu a watch tower, closed by a maa* j ' sive poi. .JH?D, V.'L.^U thrs?ieiiing ?rou j ' points can still bo Beeu abovo our hoads I ! as wo enter. Ono of the most important 11 towers was blown up by tho French in j J 1089 and so great was the strength of the I [ masonry that a largo portion of tho wall, I ' nearly twenty feet in thickness, fell out-1 c ward without crumbling and still lies io 11 tho mont, a mnuumcnt to tho skill of the I I masons who erected this mighty fortress. J fl Nearly a hundred years later tho castle j c was struck by lightning and since that I c timo no attempt at restoration has been I ' made. In one of tho cellars is the cele? v bruted "tun" or wino cask, the largest ever constructed. It is as large as a I I small house, having a length of thirty-1 e two feet, a vertical diameter of twenty- 1 J six feet and a horizontal diameter of I 1 twenty-two feot and holding about 60,- R OOO gallons or nearly 1,000 barrels. It 1 was built more than ono hundred years 4 ago and has been filled several times, I ? but is at present unused. About 700 feet above the cant?o, on 1 the top of the mountain, is the K?nigs-1 0 Btubl, or King's Heat, with a tower which I [ commands the finest view we have as I J yot seen in Europe. It includes a large I portion of tba ferti'e plain of the Rhine I 0 and the valley of the Neckar, with the n ri vern winding away to the Northward I jj until they unite at Mannheim, and on d the F-.nt and South the dark unbroken 1 green of the Blade Forest, with the 0 idonwald, the Suabian and the Taunus I a mountains in the distance. Looking * Westward toward* the Rhine, tho scene I ' is not unlike that from the Catskill Ia Mountain House, hoking towards tho P. Hudson ; but vHh the added advantage I ? that hero the mountains, although much I ' lower, rise abrubtly from the plain, while I tho point of observation is the highest 1 for many miles, thus giving an extensive 1 view of the forests, mountains and valleys on tho North, the East aud the South. a The University of Heidelberg is one of n tho most famous in Europe, but its build ings are in no way commensurate with u its great reputation. The plain, dingy . structures which are pointed out as the ' University buildings are in striking con- 6 traBt to the massive and elegant balls 11 erected by many of tho colleges and 8 universities of America. A majority of ' the students are faithful, hard-working t Beekers after knowledge, but duelling r and dissipation constitute the amusement v of too large a portion. The duelling is a I * mere farce, slender swords being used, ? sharpened only at the point, wbiio the upper portion of the face and the chest aro protected with a wire Bereen. A fenc- I 2 ing master stands by the 6ide of each of tho contestants to ward off any blow that may eeom dangerous, and the sham fight goes on until one or the other hos received s a wound, usually in the lower part of the I c face, the scar from which will form an I ^ honorable (?) record of university life. I s We saw some dozens of these disfigured 11 faces about the city, while others whose j c. wounds had not yet healed were going j c about with their countenances plastered s up as though they had been enjoyiug an t interview with a belligerent cat. I < Baden Baden, about two hours' ride I 1 Southward from Heidelberg, is, we were Ic informed by the clerk of our hotel there, I " "the prettiest place in Germany :" and 1t after a few hours spent in looking over I I its attractions we were not inclined to 1j dispute his statement. It is situated in I1 a lovely valley, surrounded by wooded I f hills just at the edge of the Black Forest ; j 1 and shares with Wiesbaden tho honor of * being one of the two most popular I ' watering places of Europe. Its Cursaal I * ia much finer than that of its rival and j - waa built years ago by the lessee of the I ! gambling privilege ; but for twelve years ! * public gambling has been prohibited I ] throughout Germany and with it bas I 1 gone much of tho glory of Baden. The I ' food old times, when "things were I 1 ivcly," are remembered with longing by I( many of the old habitue* of the place, as I ' well as by the shop-keepers whose coilers I ' were enriched by the flood of gold so recklessly poured into the city. It still 11 has many attractions, however, in its parks, its concerts, etc., and is visited annually by thousands. The waters, Uko those of Wiesbaden, have been I famous ever since the old Roman days | and the chemical ingredients are about tho same as those of the latter place. They are used for almost every ailment, real or imaginary. Fat people drink that they may become lean and lean peo plo drink that they may become fat. Sick I people drink that they may become weil, I and if well people are fools enough to drink, we see no good and sufficient I reason why they should not become sick. I It is an amusing sight at about five or I six o'clock in the morning, to ROO hun dreds, both sick and well of both sexes making their way to the "Trickhalle" where the waters from all the springs are collected and struggling with one or more glasses of the sickening stuff*. Thinking that some of the readers of these letters might wish to sample some of these famous waters, we have secured "at great expense." the following recipe, which, by both analysis and synthesis, bas been proven correct to the thirtieth decimal: To fourteen gallons of rain water, two weeks old, add two quarts of soft soap and five pounds, sixteen ounces of common salt. Boil until dono and when it baa cooled to a temperature of about 150 degrees, try a glass of it and if you like lt you have our permission to come to Baden Baden and drink all you wish. Strasburg, the ancient capital of the province of Alsace and for nearly 200 years in the-posseaslon of France, but wrested from that country during th* Franco-Prussian war? ia located In the midst nf a fertile plain, which surrounds the city for many cniles on every side. It bas a population of about 90,000 and is strongly fortified. Tho Cathedral, with it wonderful astronomical clock, is the principal attraction of the city and ls well worth a visit. It was commenced in 1015 and tho structure ss it stands at tho present completed iu 1439. The original plan contemplated tho building, of twin spires almila* to tboso since erected on tho Cologne cathedral; but only one was built thus detracting much from the appearance of tho fncade. It is 310 feet in length (80 feet loss than the structure at Cologne) with a nave 100 feet in height and a tower which is often incorrectly stated to bo the loftiest in Europe, it being 4U5 feet high, or 46 feet lower than the great spiro of Cologue. Tho astronomical clock is built on tho floor in tho South transept, and is ono of the most complicated pieces of mechanism over constructed. It is the result of twcn'.y years of labor, fifteen of which nero devoted to tho plans and calcula tions ?nd five to the actual construction )f tin nischinery by tho inventor. It is )nly ?uo-.it fitty years old, having been built to replace otie chich was destroyed. Besides allowing tho hour of the day, the lay of the week, month, etc., it give a tho .hinch festivals, tbo position nf tho earth md much other valuable astronomical nformation, aud is calculsted to follow he calendar correctly for 999 years. Ita liaplay of puppets is one of its great ittraclions, and thoy certainly show great ngenuity on the part of the inventor. The principal display takes place at noon, vben figures representing the twelve ipostles pass before an image of Christ, >aob .>..,-, ?og in torn, a cock crows, a fig ire of Tinea turns an hour glass and ~a ious other puppets and imngea take part n the exhibition. Tbo view from the piro of the cathedral or from tho plat brm on which the missing tower was to lave becu built, is an admirable one, in ?hiding the city surrounded by a com ileto circle of fortifications, with the vast ditin!) beyond. A largo number of torks, being protected by tho IawBof tbe ?itv, build their nests on tho tops of the himneys of many of the houses, and rom tho cathedral dozons of these awk ward birds may be seen. The Falls of the Rhino was tho next >oint on our programme and wero roach d by us from Strasburg by passing over ho Black Forest Railway, a road which a regarded as one of the triumphs of nodern engineering. It runs for many niles over the densely wooded bills of bis romantic region, tue dark green of ho foreBts and not any foul deeds of dood, furnishing the rer-son for giving it ho uncanny nnmo which it bears. The ,1 leged falls, which are spoken of an "tho rioat imposing in Europe," aro located at Dahausen, three miles west of Schafl lauRen, and an American may be par loned should bo indulge in a quiet smile it the doubtful majesty of tho affair. It s a mere cascade, tbe river making a lescent of about sixty foot, flowing over be rocks on ono side at an angle of bout 45 degrees and on the other at ibout half that inclination. Of course he water is dashed into foam aa it is iuried downward, and in tbe absence of nytbing better, the "falls" might be re ;arded aa "very pretty." Nearly In the entre of the fall rises a steep, rocky io and which can be reached by a boat rom below, and from the top tbo best iew is obtained. If you csn imagine bat the rock isntbotit to be wasbed away ry the rush of tbe waters you may be bte to arouse nome enthusiasm over "tbe rioat imposing falls of Europe." From Neubauaen, a nhort ride brings ts to Lake Constance, one of tbo largest, tut not tbe most beautiful of tbe swiss akes. On the north and northeast its bores are low and flat, but farther south ho mountains vhc around it and give it ome fine bits of scenery. Wo cross rom Constance to Fr i ed rieh ahn fen, on ho northeastern nhore, and from thence ecross to Romanahoru, ai which place re again take the train for Zurich, .'hero, on the shore of tho beautiful lake f that name we spent a "day of rest." TRAVELER. t Train Runs Away Down the Hoon? tain. Last Monday afternoon, 4th inst., an .ccident of a very thrilling nature oc urred on tbo Ducktown branch of the Venteril North Carolina Railroad, re utting in the wreck of a construction rain, tho destruction of a trestle and the leath of Conductor Wyun, who was in hargo of the tre'a at the time of tho iccident, and wht- ri urned to jump from ho moving cars L when I was in Banks County and leard that the Banks County Guards vero to have a reunion. I wish I could ?avo stayed to see it and enjoy it. I re ?all the time when the Banks County Guards made such a seoBation in the Virginia army on account of the peculiar 3oliteness of their contain. Captain Gaudier was r. bern Chesterfield and ?eithor tho rules nor tho rigor of war :ould shako or modify hie. instinctive muteness. "Gentlemen of the Banks bounty Guards, you will plea?4 to right ace." . "Gentlemen of tho Banks County 3uards I thought that I ordered you tc? 00k to the right and dress but doubtless rou did not hear me, so I will repeat tho udor, gentlemen of the Banka County Guards you will pleaso look to the right md dress." "Gentlemen of tho Bauks Couutv Suarda. I havo just received a comm um ?ation from Colonel Somme? saying that ie will send Major Harris down at 2 >'ciock to exercise you in the drill and ither military tactics. I would like to iBk you gentlemen if it is your pleasure 0 bo drilled by Major Harrison ?" Bill Chaston says that about this 'Jme 1 great big bearded privato who wus a jell weather among the boys and was eaning up against a treo, locked his nrma iver his hoad and gaped and yawned as ie replied, "no capttng I dont believe I eel like drilling this ovening. We will et the colonel know when we feel liku it." Military terms and military tactics vere altogether unknown to tho men aineera and their officer.!, but they did he best they could and were always cady for a fight. When Captain Cand or wanted bis company to advance a few incoa to the front ho always said "Gen lemon of tho Banks County Guards I viii thank you to step this way." Bot n due time thar became familiar with ight obliqua and file left and counter narcb and charge and fix bayonets end ill tho other orders except fall back and etreat, and no company in Colonel Jeromes, command stood higher wrcour ige and patriotism tbau tho Banka Coun y Guards. Long may the remnant live o honor their country, and long may Captain Candler livo to command them n peace as faithfully as he did in war. I seo that many ot the regiments have resented their bauners, their tattered ind torn and faded banners, and it ie low lawful for the boys to plant the ola :olors in their midst and do homage to hem and there are none to molest 01 nako us afraid. That is a good sign, a sign of returning -eason in the minda of our masters. 1 emcmbcr well when it was not tolerated [ remember when the young folks o! [lome had some tableaux in the city hall 0 rais* money to put the pews back ir he churches, the pews that Sherman'c nen bad taken out to make pontoons ol ind kindle their camp fires. They bac 1 buttle scene on the stage and set up at )ld confederate flag in the corner. Do lo Mesa WOB there, the command tnt of the post. He was half Frencl ind half Spanish, half fool and half do; ind would have made a splendid pries n old Spanish inquisition. When h law the flag he loft the hall in a tower o ?ago. Next morning be put all th imminent persons connected with th ableaux under arrest and threatened t mt the girls in jail but he was afraid. I was lord mayor of the little town e .hat time and as in duty bound wrote t Seneral George H. Thomas at Louisville Kentucky, and told him frankly all abol it and asked for tho discbarge of th young men. The reply that I received in due tim reminds me of Logan's letter of accet tance. It is a splendid bloody shirt, ii ave it now bofo re me and will give 0 extract jost '.o show where we stood i Febuary, 1867. I bad written him t bumblo as a dead nigger. I told bli that our people in Rome had io ROC fr.!th accepted the situation, and ibo ho* intended no insult hy thc. display of ti ^f'he answer says, "If your people hai ordinary intelligence tbry miranderstan their present 'itLtus, which is that the r hellion is a hrge crime embodying a the crimes in the decalogue. It has bet conquered and disarmed and its rei namo and emblems ate hateful to tl people of the trusted States, and he ma be indeed obtuse who expects to 1 allowed to parado before the eyes of loy people that which they execrate ai abhor. "Your excuse that the young men d not know it was wrong ia too puerile answer. They know well enough wi ia right in such matters without waltl to be warned by orders from these bei quarters. "Tho soli cause of ibis offence ls tl the citizer a of Rome bare not accept the situa'iou which fa that the civil vi was a rroellionand those eugaged In are rebels, and rebellion ie treason, a tren-.-m is a crime, a hoi noua one? d?se; i^g <{ punishment, and that you reb have not been punished ls owing to I msgnanity of your conquerers, w maoy of you, the war ia called A reva Hon and rebela are called con fed ors and loyalists to the anion are cat d-d yankees and traitors) and o the whole great crime with ita accun record of slaughtered heroes and patrh yon are trying to throw the glean of epectability. "> ' "Aa however, it in pretended by you t the persona arrested were ao innocent not to know thai It waa- wrong for punished Uni tors to glory io their ehe and plant the symbol of their crime the face of the coen try they will bo leaeed from confinement with ?he out standing that no act of treason ?ill hereafter naas unnoticed, and may they and all others profit by the lesson they pave received. WM. D. WHIPPLE. Asst. Adjt. Gen. That is very nico and affectionate and well calculated to make good union men of those boys, wasent it t ' Thank the Lord we have survived such bitterness and tyranny, and if it was not for such mon as Logan, who continue to bate and abuse us, our whole country would be at peace. BILL ABP. FELL THROUGH A TRAP. The Ridiculous Position of Two Promt dent Mtv.. Judgo William Carter, of Sheboygan, aud Judge Caswell Marks, of 8eHna, ?> wcro both nativeaof Lexington, Ky. In boyhood they had jammed the same cat's head into the same milk pitcher, stolen peaches from the same tree, got trounced by the same farmers, were otherwise en viously intimate I friends, afterwards chums at college and then errand boys in the enmo office. Later in lifo they parted and roso to sublime honors in their sep arate places. Last January they met for tho first time Bince their parMng, in Lox logion, aud browed a convivial bowl in honor of the event. About midnight, full of affection and enthusiasm, they re tired ia the same bed. It was a huge affair, standing in the middle of tho room ind capable of being drawn up by ropes lo the ceiling while the room was being cleaned. It was a very cold night ana they placed their clothing nnon the foot >f the bed. Just after they foli asteen four friends entered BO?U-, drew the bed jy tho ropes nearly to the ceiling, and left them thus suspended about ten foot IVom the floor. They then locked tho ioor outside and retired. At 3 a. m. Judge Carter woko with that species of thirst which usually comes ifter Kentucky punck and technically known as "hot coppers." Leaping light ly out of bed to get tho ico pitcher, he went whirling down ten feet, alighting with a soul-stirring thump on all fours. There was a loug and painful pause. Then he peered up and through the tarkness and called: "Caswell?" ?No reply.) "Ob, Caswell 1" (Feeble cries.) "Caa 1" "Eh?-um ?-what ?" Tho Judge was awakening, "I've fallen through a trop I" yelled lie now frightened Judge, "get up and ight a candle I" "Where are you ?" a?ked Judgo Car er, sleepily, framing his opinion that his honorable brother waa drunk. . "Down here ; fell tltiough a trap ( Don't get out on my sido of the bed i" "All right 1" And Judge Marks, tpringing out on his own side, turned .tiree somersaults and landed on bis jacK. Both were now convinced that ;hoy were in a den of thirther at Sheboygan. Grant as a Hlstorbo. I found Gen. Grant in his library, .moog a mass of papers and books, bard it work on his History of the Siege of Vicksburg, one of a series of works on' he civil war, which, when finished; will loubtleas give to the world nn impartial ind thorough history of that great enoch in our nation's lifo. So buried was ne in ais work that when I began talking with . aim his answers were in military style ; sut ho-afterwards spoke as earnestly as ! if he were giving an order just , before - tome great battle. By and by be quieted. lown and related an incident of th? liege before entirely unknown to me. In i well modulated tone he said in his own maractertislio way : "The order was given to fire the mine ind immediately after the 'usa blazed irigbtly. The next instant a terrific ex plosion occurred and human beings worn ieon to shoot high into the air. Borne of .hem fell to the earth.fearfully mangled.: . while others, wonderful it is to relate, Tell back alive, but with terrible wounds. Among those who escaped death was a robust colored mon who had been en faged on the Confederate side asa miner. Ie was in the mine at the timo tho order . to fire was given, but had not reached ieop enough when the. explosion took place, and,In consequence, ho waa blown aigu, into the air. He fell on a pile of Barth unhurt. He was first taken into my headquarters, where he gave tho ofli cers present foll information about the construction and location of tho Confed erate shaft and his experience while in the air. When asked how far he thought he bad gone op ho said: "Oh, Lord o' massa, I went up 'bout three to five miles, bot I done th.ink the Lord He landed me within tho Yankee Unes." Here the great soldier laughed aa " heartily as if the incident had occurred only yesterday. I was very glad to find him in ouch a cheerful ciood, ca his late beness troubles must have worried him considerably. He is frrjjei?sg thc=i now, I think; He bas finished the Battle of Shiloh and he will soon write, from a strictly impartial standpoint, an account af Lee's surrender at Appomattox. From a Long Branch LetUr.' A l'ltIfni Catastrophe. AUGUSTA, August 4.-Last night about . 1 o'clock Mr. 'John B. Garter, a well known citizen of Augusto, was awakened ' hy mosquitoes under his cet. Ho got up, . lit a kerosene oil lamp, went back to the y bed and began to brush out tho mosqul-, t ? toes. While doing this he struck hi? foot .gainst something and etambled. The lamp was broken against, the bedpost nnd the hot oil, falling on Mr. Garter, took fire and burned fiercely; -to a. moment ho was completely enveloped taTB??.,,,. flames. ' His cries aroused his wife, who made every effort ?fo extinguish the flames, and in thia she was soon ! assisted . by othes members of the fatally and neighbors who ru?.hcd ia, Whon, how ev&theflr? waa-?nally nat out ie waa ' found that Mri Oairter waa horribly b'wn od< His entire body In faut was bumed to a crisp and ho sufi?rod terrible agony nntil he alad, about ? o'clock thia morn ing, retaining consciousness? to tba l??fc?& Mr. Carter wan 60 years of nge ?fcWJOB prominent cltlwm of Augusta. Hd waa for several years a member of tbadrug l firm, of Barrett &, Carter, and at tb&timo of his death waa bookkeeper for JV H. i\\**zn??tt : Arii^b was much liked and esteemed. - A New York Uea&? saya "he??o ara lower this season^ Reals' aro high aa: ever hore ; tho doctora obargo.two doll&ia