BY iUíRISOE, REESE &, CO. EDGEFIELD, S. C;*APEIL 17, 1867. VOLUME [XXIL-No. 16«

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Administrator's Notice. Administrator's Notice.A LL person? having demanda against tl c Ee- » u, pcr?0ní hnvin-r demands npninst tho Es-±X t ito of JAMES Ai. LANHAM, deceased, »rc /3L t:if(. 0f JAMES H. WHITE, deceased, aro

requested to ..resent thew, duly mtoited. io ll»»earnestly requested to present them tit an cnrlv

undersigned, or to W. W. Adan*, Esqr . ot -.ncc; j jHV t" ti,c undersigned : and thn.-o indebted to

and those in anywise indebted 'io K&fcFi'ínto i:r<: y:i¡,¡ E-U'e arc requeued to make immédiate pny-oirne.^ly rcf.uest'MÎ to nwlce pnyjECEt withcut «lc- "j^nt. . E. W.-II(ÎRNE,lay lo tho uudurMgccij

JAS. A. DEVORE, Ad'or.Jan. ts, ¿ra4

Adin'or., in ri^ht of biß wife, on thoEstate of J. H. Whit«, dee'd.

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»'« Who Took thc Brtby?"Onco in a happy homo, a sweet, brigl

diod. At evening, after tho funeral, wifamily wero titting sadly together, littllsaid, "Mamma who took the baby on thside?" " Or. the other sido of what, my" Of death, mamma. You always took car

herc, and she was too little to go alonetook her on tho other side ?"

Wh.r: will tho baby do without you, moth«You used to watch and tend her all thc

You never gave her up to any other,Until God carno aud took her life away

You 'icld hor in your arms until sho died,-Who took the baby cn thu other side ?

Who was there when sho woke to bendher,

Watching hor waking as you used to do-To hold her in your arms, to soothe and lovWHI she not mourn, mamma, and look fo

Herc, if you did not como she grieved and c

Who took tho baby on tho other sido ?

Mor* tender eyes, dear child, beheld that Y

Than ever mother bent on her or theo ;And though my heart wi:h loneliness is broMy angel babe will never mourn for me;

For her those blessed arms were open wide" The Savior tooit her ou the ethe- side."

-Jwieríca» J/cf«fii

Bluck Eyes.Oh çive rae the dark b!ack eye,Tuc eyo that sparkles and flashes

For a thousand witcheries that HoI i the shade of its raven lashes.

The languishing eye of bluoI: all loo slow in its wooing,

For an angel it moy do,Bat nit for a ruau's undoing.

The glance of a dark, black eye.Like a sunbeam, w.irtn and glowing,

From your head to jour heart will fly,Aad you're gone eroyou think you are g

Then hurrah for the dark, black cj'e!T lat carrie." thc heart by storming,

The hlue ono may waken a sigh.Bat the he'rt gets tired whilo it's wan

He h and Women at Salt Lak

Mr. ElEPWORTH DIXON*, editor of thcdon AUicna-uni, tvho has but recentlya visit to thc United States, has publishbuck *allcd '. New America." His pictof we item life aro most admirably drawr.

large portion of the bx*k is devoted to Iand tho Mormons. Tho social effect of p

gamy receives a practical illustration amthe Mormons, which Mr. DIXON did not

to notice. His remarks on this subjectvery i iteresting and instructive :

WOMAN AT SALT LACE.

And what, as regards the woman henis tho visible issue of this strange cxperiuiin social and family life?

During our fifteen days' residence ann

thc Saints, we have had as many opportttics aCorded us for forming a judgmentchis question as has ever been gwen to Gtile-travelers. We have seen the Presidand SOU1C ot' the apostles daily ; wu have htreceived into many Mormon bosses, andtrodeced to nearly all thc leading Saints ;have dined at their tables: wc have chat!

with their children. The feelings whichhave gained as to tho t fleet of Mormon 1on the character and position of woman, Í

the growth of catv, of study, and cxpericr:<and our friends at Salt Lake, we hope, whthey will differ from our views' will not. reluLo credit us with candor and good faith.

If you listen to the ciders only, you won

fancy hat the idea of a plurality of wivxcites in tuc female breast the wildest lanaism. Thi-y tell you that ti Monuan preach*¡wcllii g on the examples of Sarai andRachel linds bis most willing listeners on lifemale benches. They say that a ladies' citwas formed at Nauvoo to foster polygamand lu njsko it the fashion : that muthepreach it to their dal***liters ; that poetessprai.se if. They ask y. u to believe that tlfirst wife, being head of the harem, (akup m herself io seek out and court ibo pretieal ¡il "ls : 01.ly too proud and happy wht-he can bring a jjvw Hagar, a new Billahher husband's arin«.

This male version of tho facts is certainsuppoited by fcucb female writers as BeliucPratt.

In my opinion, Mormonism is nota rcligiufor woman. I will not say that it degradther, for the term degradation is o-icn to abustbu', it certainly lowers her, according to ot

Gentile ideas, in th.1; social scale. lu fae«roman is not in society herc at all. Thlong blank walls, the embowered cottagethe empty windows, doorways ar.d veranda;all suggest to an English eye some!hing (

thc jea otity, the seclusion, the subordinatioof a Moslem harcir., rather than the gravitand freedom of a Christian hoi,)*, ifeij rar«

Iv see each other at home, still more rare!in thc company of tbbir wives. SecliiMooeetns to be a fashion wherever polygamy ithc law. Now, by itself, and apart from aldoctrinos and moralities, the baoit of seclu«ling women from society must tend to dintheir sight and dull their hearing; for if con

versation quickens igen, it still more quickenwomen; and weean round!:- sn--, aft-.-r expoHence in many households at Salt Lake, t!;athese Mormou ladies have lost the practiciand thc- power of laking part even in sucllight Ulk e; animates a dinner table and i

drawing room. We hare met with only on<

exception to this rule, that of a lady whtbad b?cn up< n the stage. In some housesthe wives sf our ho?ts, with babies in theilarms, ran about the rooms, fetching in chumpugne, drawing corks, carrying cake arifruit, lighting matches, iceing water, »hihthe men were lolling in chairs, putting theilfeet out of windows, smoking cigars, and tos

sing off beaker" of vi ¡ne.

(N\ B.-Abstinence from wilie an:] tobaccois recommended by Young and taught in theMormon schools; but'we found cigars in ma¬

ny houses, and wine in ¡ill except in hotels!)flic ladies, as a rule, arc plainly, not to saypoorly, dressed; with no bright colors, no

gay Ûounaea and furbelows. They are verv

quiet and Subdued u) incliner, with what ap¬peared tous an unnatural caira, aa ff alldash, all sportiveness, all life, had been preach¬ed out cf them. They seldom str¡led, exceptwith a wan and wearied look ; and thoughthey Kt-.-: all of English race, we have never

heard them ia:j¿d) n ith the bright merrimentof our English giris.

They know very little, and feel uh ii.lerp3tin very f.<w things. I assume that they are

all great at nursing, and I know ihat manyof them arc clever ut drying and preservingfruit. Hut they arc habitually shy and re¬

served, as tkyfigh they were afraid lest theirbold opinion on a iuiïaet, on a watercourse,or a mountain-range, should Oe fiOi'tjd.erpdby their lords as a dangerous intrusion on

thc sanctities of domestic life. While youare in tho h mso, they are brought into thepublic room as children aro with us; theyconic in for a moment, courtesy and shakehands ; then (hop oiiL again, as though theyfelt themselves in company rather out ofplace. I have never seen this sort of «hjne-«among grown women, except in a Syrian tent.

Anything like the ease and bearing of an

English lady is not to-be found in Salt Lake,even among thc households of the rich. Herono woman reigns. Here, no woman hints byher manner that she is mistress of her own

huiise. She docs not always sit at the table ;ajid] when sho occupies a place beside her

Ilord; ii ia not at Ihb head, bul on one of thclower seats. In fact, bar Hie does not seem

to be in tho fikydor and tüp 4&¿Dg toora so I

! much as in thc nursery, the kitche:laundry, and the fruit-shed..The grace, the play, the freedom of a

English lady are quite unknown to hermon sister. Only when the subjectplurality of wives has been under cons

tiou between host and guest, haveseen a Mormon lady's face grow brightthen it was to look a sentiment, to hiopinion, the reverse of those maintainBelinda Pratt.

I am convinced that the practice ofrying a plurality of wives is not populaithe female Saints. Besides what I have-and heard from Mormou wives, thermliving in polygamous families, I have tialone and freely, with eight or nine difigirls, all of whom have lived at Salt Laltwo or threo years. They are undoiMormons, who have made many sacrifiatheir religion ; but after seeing thc filife of their fellow Saints, they have on«

all become hostile to polygamy. Twthree of these girls are pretty, and n

have been married in a month. Theybeen courted very much, and one ofhas received no less than seven offers. íof her lovers are old and rich, some yand poor, with their fortunes still toThe old fellows have already got their h<full of wives, and sho will not fall iat<train as either a fifty or a fifteenth spothe young men being true Saint«, willpromise to confine themselves forever toearliest vows, and so she refuses to wedof them. All these girls prefer to rer

single-to live a life of labor and depend-as servants, chambermaids, milliners, c

women-to a life of comparative ease

leisure in the harem of a Mormon BishofIt is a common belief, gatherednn a g

measure from thc famous letter on pluraby Belinda Pratt, that the Mormon Sanwilling to seek out, and cager to bestow,number of Hagars on her lord. More tone Saint has told me that this is true,rule, though he admits there may be exitiona in .so far as thc Mormon Saraishort of her high calling. My expericlies among the exceptions solely. ' S<wives may be good enough to undertakeoffice. I have never fouucLone who wc

own it, even in the presence of her busbsand wheu the occasion might have been 1to warrant a little feminine fibbing. E\lady to whom I have put this question flusinto denial, though with that cagedbroken courage which seems to characterevery Mormon wife. " Court a new wifehi«) !" said one lady ; ,: no woman couldthat ; and no woman would submit tbcourted by a woman."The process of laking either a second o

sixteent h wile is the same in al! cases.

will tell you" said a mormon elder, <; howdo these things in our order. For exam]I have two wives living, and one wife deI am thinking of taking another, as I c

well afford the expense, and a man is r

much respected iu the church who has Ithan three wives. Well I fix my mind 01

young lady, and consider within myselfwheer it is the will i-f God that I should se

her. If I feel, in my own heart, that it wot

bc right to try, I speak to my bishop, w

advises and approves, as he shall tee ll: ;which I go to the President, who wiil con¿:"r ..i.ci.'úr T «ma good mau ana a wnri

husband, capable of ruling my little homhold, keeping peace Among my wive , brining up my children in the fear of God j and1 am lound worthy, in his sight, of the bbsing, I shall obtain permisión to go on withe chase. Then I lay tho whole matter

my desire, my permission and my choice, hfore my first wife, as head of my house, ai

lake her counsel as to the young lady's haits, character, and accomplishments. Pihaps 1 may speak with my second wife ; pehaps not ; since it is not so much her batne.-s as it is that of my first wife; besifwhich, my first wife is older in yeirs, luseen more cf life, and is much more offrie id to me than tho second. An objelion on the first wife's part would ha)great weight with mc ; I should not care mucior what tho second either said or thoughSupposing all togo well, 1 should next ha\a talk with the young lady's father : and If liconsented lb my suit, I should then addie-the young lady herself*"

(i Um before you take all these pains t

get her,'* 1 asked, " would vou not have trieto be .»ure ol' your ground with the lady hoiself? Would you not have courted her an

won her good will before taking all these peisons into your trust."No," answered the elder; "I sboul

think that wrong. In our society we arstrict. 1 should have seen the girl, in th

theatre, in the tabernacle, in the social hallI should haved talked with her, danced wither, walked about willi her, and in thise wayascertained her merits and guessed her ¡Delinations: but I should not have made love t

her, in your sense ol the word, got up an un

derí'atidinir with her, and entered into private and personal engagement of the alfec-lions. These allai rs are not of earth, but o

heaven, and with"us they must follow the or

der ol' God's kingdom and church."This elder's two wives live in separate houser

and seldom see each other. While we havtbeen at Salt Luke, a child of thc second wifihas fallen sick ; there has been much troubhin the bcuse; and wo have heard the firswife, ai who^e cottage we were dining, sa;she would go aud pay the second wife a visitThe elder would not hear of such a thingand he was certainly right, as the sicknesiwas supposed to bo dyptheria, and she had £

brood of little folks nlayiug about her kneesStill tho manner of her proposal told 149 thalshe was uot in thc habit of daily intercoursewith her sister wife. .

lt is an open question in Utah whether ilia better for a plural household to be gather¬ed under one roof or not. Young sets the ex

ample of unity, so far at least as his actualwives and children are concerned. A few oldladies who have been scaled to him for heav¬en, whether in his owunaineor jn that olJoseph, dwelt in cottages apart j hut the do*,en women, who share his own couch, who arithe mothers of his children, live in one blockclose to another, dine at one table and juinin the family prayers. Taylor, the apostle,keeps hie families in separate cottages andorc'j&rds ; two of his wives only live in hisprincipal house ¡ the rest have ieuemeuta oftheir own. Every man is ffeo to arrange hishousehold as he likes; so long as ho avoidsContention, and promotes the public peace.

,: How will you arrange your visits wheny OJ have won and scaled your new wife?"1 asked my friendly and communicative el¬der j P shall you adopt the Oriental custom

of equal justice and attention to tho Indios laiddown by Moses and by Mohammed V1

" By heaven sir," he answered, with a-flus'-:of scorn, "no mau shall tell me what to

do except-" giving the initials ol bia name.

"You mean y¿m will do as you like ?"ff Thad's just it."And such. I believe, ja l^hp universal habit

of thought in thjs city and this church. Alanii king, and woman has no rigb't.7. She lías,in faut, qo recognized place in creation, ot lierthan that of a surmuit and companion of hot-lord. Man is master, woman is slave. J can¬

not wonder that girls who remember th'irEnglish homes should shrink from mart iagoin this strange community, ovon though thovhave accepted tho doctrino ol Young, thatplurality is the law of heaven aud of God.'. I believe it's right," s dd to me a rosy E >g-liah damsel, who has been threo years inUlah, " and I think it is good for those wholike it: but it is not good for me. an. I willnot have it." *

" But if Young should command yu ?" I" üe.won'tJ" ¿aid ibo ¿'ari with th- tpssu^ ?'

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her rolden curls ; " and if be were to do so,I wouljinot. A girl can please herself wheth¬er she t.irri< s or not ; audi, lor one, willn¿ver go iuto a house where there is anotherwife." j

" Da .the wives dislike it?"" Some don't', most do. They take it for

theirteligion.; I can't say any wonjan likesit. Some women live very comfortably to¬gether f not many ; most have their tuft's andquarreh, though their husbands may neverknow of them- No woman likes to seo anew wife come into the house."A Saint would tell you that such a damsel

a3 my rosy friend-is only half a Mormon yet ;he would probably ask you to reject such ev¬idence aslrumpery and temporr. y ; and pleadthat you can have no fair means of judgingsuch an institution as polygamy, until you areableioTstudy its effects in the fourth and üftbgeneral ion..Meanwhile, tho judgment which we have

formed about it-from what we have seen andheardmay be expressed in a few words. Itfinds â new place for woman, which is not theplace she occupies in the society of Çnglandand the United States. It transfers her fromthe flrawing-room to the kitchen, and whenit finds her in the nursery it locks her in it.We may call Buch a chango a degradation ;the "lormons call it a reformation. . We donot say that any of these Mormon ladies havebeen worse in their moralities and their spir¬itualities by the change ; probably they havenot j but in everything that concerns theirgrace,':order, rank and representation in sc-cieij, they are unquestionably lowered, ac¬cording to our standards. Malo Saints dc-clar| that in this city women have becomemore domestic, wifely, motherly, than t'-ieyare krrong the'Gentiles ; aud that what t'-eyLa*'<j lost in show, in brilliancy, in accomplish¬ment, they have gained in virtue and in ser¬vice! To me, the very best wo.nen appearto be little more than domestic drudges, nev¬er rjeing iuto the rank of real friends andcompanions of their lords. Taylor's daughterswaifed on us at table ; two pretty, elegant,Engjish-lookiug girls. Wc should have pre¬ferred standing behind their chairs and helpingthem to dainties of fowl and cake ; buttheralormon, like the Moslem, keeps a heavyhand on his female folks. Women at SaltLallé are made to keep their place. A girlmujt address her father as " Slr," and shewoild hardly presume to sit down in. hispresence until she had received his orders.

fsWomerj," said Young to tuc, " will bemore easily saved than men. They have nottbi sense to go far wrong. Men have more

knowledge and more power ; therefore theycan'go more quickly and more certainly tohell.Wit Mormon creed appears to be that wo-

mau is not worth damnation.¡Jh the Mormon heaven, men, on account of

thar sins, may slop BUort in the stage of an¬

geló; but women, whatever their offences,are jail to become the wives of Gods.

^Wlat Newspapers Do l'or Nothing.The fc.Howing truthful and sensible article

.ia;,*rjrthy of being seriously pondered byevwj newspaper reader. To a person not

faitiiiar with itic internal workings of a news-

-r^pçr establishment, there is a great deal of Jmystery connected with " the art preservative Iof irts," but to the familiar worker in thesanctum, there is nothing so mysterious as

the morbid demand for editorial sorviciS as a

ma.ter of course, or in the way of friendship.As "man cannot live by bread alone," so a

iicvípaper cannot sustain itself solely on

goid wishes. It must have substantial pabu¬lum '' Mend, mark, learn and inwardly di-gtst;' the following :.

My observation enable nie to state, as a

fart, that publishers of newspapers are more

porty rewarded than any oilier class of menimho United States, who invest an equaluiount of labor, capital and thought, 'limyan expected to do more service for less pay,Unland more sp juging and ''dead heading:"tor»)ff and defend more people without leeútíiopc nf reward than any oilier class.They credit, wider and .longer, get oftener

cbatod, suiter more pecuniary loss, arc oftenertb victims of misplaced confidence than anyo-icr calling in the community. People payrtprintcr's bili with much more reluctancelim any other, lt goes burder with them toepeud a dollar on a valuable newspaper thantoona needless gewgaw; yet everybodyanils himself of the use of the editor's penad the printer's ink.How many professional mid political rcpu-

ttions and fortunes have been mude and sus-lined by tho friendly, though unrequited penf the editor? How many embryo townsnd cities have been brought into notice andulf d into pto perity by the press? IIowlauy rajlroatis now in successful operationsould have foundered but for the " lever"jal movps the world? Tu short, what branch? industry and activity has not been promo-d, stimulated : ni defended by the press?And who has tendered it more than a mis-.ab!e pittance for ils services? The bazaars:' fashion and the haunts of dissipation and.ipetite are thronged with an eager crowd,earing goid in their palms, and ihe conimodi-e3 there vended are cold at enormous profits,lough intrinsically worthless, and paid fori th ECrupul.us punctuality ; while the count-ig room of the newspaper is the seat of¡wing, cheapening trade, orders and pennies.I is made a point of honor to liquidate a

rog bid, but not of dishonor to repudiate arinter's bill.Ayo, and more; the editors of a daily

lurnal are expected to give their morning.aders the Intent items of intelligence. Too this they must do without the naturalecp of ordinär}' mortals. The Email boura? the morning lind them away from theirmies and families, reading proof sheets,ipping items from exchanges, preparinglegrapbic dispatches for compositors to set,id endeavoring to coin a small pittancedcb many a narrow minded pub'ic begrudgeem; and when, wo.-u out by incessant toil,ey " shake off this mortal coil,'' if theyve enough of this world's poods to paysir funeral expens s, their brother editors\y well exe'aim, ff well done good andthful servant"-of an ungrateful publicIt ig generally bplieved that editors andinters can live on air, or that they haveinexhaustible mino of wealth always at

îir command.They tiped no money, and hence they can

put off until a convenient season, while; milliner's bill must be promptly liqudatcd.Ntwbtm Journal.

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. Meanest Place in the World.It has been stated lhat the Chicago BoardTrade rescinded the resolution to subscribe,000 to the suffering poor of the South,ie amount raised-§225-was so smallit jt was resolved to return it to thoit rs..Ibis reminds the Hichmond Dispatch oí.. Baldwin's story about the stranger who,inp in Chicago nnd going to the gatesarded by St. lVtcr, was refused admit tance, caiPeter saying there was no such place on Mr

.th ns Chicago. A map was produced, the to ]ce p dnted outland the stranger admitted ; ! gerut," said St. Peter, I'll be hanged if you timn jt the first man that ever came here h^m Chicago." -1

-_ theJÎ5*f* "John," asked a physician, "did Mrs. jjeon got tho medicino I ordered?" " I guess so','» \^¡¡¡¿Hod John, for I saw crapo op the door next did*

Terrible Colliery Explosion at CloverHill Hines.

The following paragraphs in relation to theterrible explosion which took place at theClover Hill Mines, near Richmond, on

Wednesday the 3d, are taken from me de¬tailed reports, published in the RichmondDifpatch :

Bright Hope Mine was opened in 1857 bythe Clover Hill Railroad Company. It hastwo shafts, about SOO feet in depth, and icextends north and south about 3 500 feet.In 1859 an explosion took place in this mine,which iesu.ted io the ceath of nine men. Ithas always been considered very safe, havingas Line avenues and apparatus for ventilationas it was possible to have, and, therefore,accidents can only be attributable to neg¬ligence.When we reached tho mouth of the pit we

found the northern or downcast shaft entirelyclosed with sand, while the southern shaftwas filled with a blue sulphurous smoke upto within Un feet of the top. Nothing couldbe seen beyond this : not a sound came fromthe dep:hs below ; and the thought that sixty-nine human beings lie dead at the bottomwas sickening. We turned away and left thescene, finding it necessary to collect ourselvesbefore proceeding to gat her the facts connec¬ted with the calamity. Wo were enabledthrough the courtesy of Captain J. P. Cox,assistant superintendent of the mines, to

gather the substance of what we give below :

At about half-past 2 o'clock on Wednesdayafternoon a tremendous explosion was heard,proceeding from the mouth of the northernshaft of Bright Hope mine, which-was follow--ed by a rush of dust and smoko from bothshafts. The explosion was supposed to havetaken place on the upper or mining level. Ina mioute or two afterward a secoad explosiontook place, which was nearly as loud as thefirst, and in about ten minutes this was fol-lowed by a third explosion, which couldscarcely be heard. Superintendent Owensand Captain Cox immediately went to workwith what force could be gathered. They 1

fi:st commenced to fix the ropes, which werefound to havebeen broken by tho force oftho explosion ; and without these it was im- 1

possible to descend. Thc rope was takenfrom the s mthern shaft and attached to thatof the northern shaft. The telegraph wire 1

communication between the pits and the en- '

gi nc house was also found to be broken. This 1

had to be remedied, and it wa; fully 5 o'clockbefore everything was ia readiness for thedescent. At this time, Thomas Marshall,Sr., chief gasman, John Strong and JamesDuggon, miners, descenc-cd the pit slowly ina .«mall rock bucket, to within about 100 feetof the bottom, or 750 feel from the top, whenthey could go no further, and were forced to jascend inconsequence cit the'giving out of Jthe telegraph wire. They hallowed down in- 1

to the pit, but could hear no reply. !After they had reached the top, more wire

was obtained and attached, and in about anhour the same party again went down, andreached the bottom bftbe shaft. They foundthe water-sink there filled up with timbers, jblown into it by the explosion. Marshall '

went out into thc air passage about twenty jfeet, and found the door or the regulation ol' 1

vaniiUtion so impeded that he could gono 1

further. Strong went out'ïutô the upper level 1

of thc miue about eighty fec-t, and »aw a fire 1

near o>io of the magoziiifcs. Ile also discov-crcd a dead mule about t.venty feet oft'. They J

hallo ed repeatedly, but could not hear the 8

slightest sound iu reply. Fearing to go fur- 1

ltor on account of thc fire, the men returned flo the top of thc pit. *This examination not proving satisfactory, *

mother was made the next morning by Thom- ?

u Marshall, Jr., Richard Berry and Lewis J*Jox, colored, with the same result. The tire 11

vas still found burning, and an attempt to a

ret to the south shaft through the " stoppings" s

or air proved futile on account of their being Pdocked up with the wreck of the explosion. 11

L'he party ascended, and upon making their Sl

epoic, thc dreadful and only alternative of Jlos ug thc shafts was determined upon, so *?

s to exclude the air, and thus smother thc 0

'he northern shaft was closed, but the south- Prn shaft was left open, for fear that the ex- a

an.-ion of heated air would cause an air l'xplosion. This shnft wai stopped yest*r- 0

ay-a. slight aperture hoing left to prevent a

xplosion. 'cThc scene at the pit a'ter the explosion c'

ras one terror and confusion. The report.as so loud as to bc heard for miles ; and such *(s to h ave no doubt as to its cause. In a c'loment the miners in the vicinity, the wivesnd children of those who were within, hur¬led toward the pit. Farmen who were plough«lg in thc fields unhitched their horses andallopcd thither, and in the course of an hourjveral hundred persons were gathered lhere, A:[en mn here and there in the wildest confu- hion ; women and children gathered around jnicm, shrieking and imploring them to save b]vir husbands, their fathers, their brothers, (j; their sjons, and it wai impossible to get aicm from tho sp it. Quiet could not be re- taottd until the first party descended. Then titicy awaited in dreadful anxiety to bear what stijrht be the result. AThe fruitlessness ot the first attempt made tico suspense during the second but the morevful ; an 1 when the worst was made kuown, atwail of despair arose that made the stern- ant and stoutest hearts quail. Who can tell bee deep, bitter anguish of those women ? «riut a few hours ago their husband', sons and phothers bad left them in thu full bloom of¡altbj and now they lie duad, hundreds of wist bolow them, io the very bowels ol the Ccrth, torn to piecer by the dreadful cxplo- nurn, some of them perhaps stilt lingering in 0ff0 agonies of suffocation. Night fell upon ge¡e scone, but they moved not, and who dar-disturb them in their desolation? The exxt sun rose upon it, and ;her.: were wives resd sisters still there, their countenances fill- Bywith dismay, aud their bands clenched in uoiito despair, CD)Among the whites were several young uu;n who had fought gallantly during the arie war, and who were furced to work in the; mines for want of employment. They fra]rvived the perils and hardships of war to (¡ct with a death far more terrible than any thion the battle field. Thirty whites and tbaTty niue colored men have perished. grel'ho eaiise qf the explosion can, of course, woonly a matter of conjecture. ]Ibero are employed in the pit three gas- l'iasn ; Thomas Marshall. Sr., is the chief gas- t ien, and Thomas Marshall, Jr., and John eir

.-.ale, assistants. The duties of the assis- u nits arc to go down in thc pits befüre the "leplpnen, e^an^lne car-efullj', and see that Pn)n-yihing is all right. The first one goes,yn in thc morning, and hi relieved at 12 ¡

lock by tho sacoud. Beth of them ar« ,i "

luired to m»ke continual rounds, and iff gas iff found in any one of the " upset«," "u,warns tho hands not to go there, and if ,b_re is any great danger, ho has them taken (jan

« robiome time since cue of the dnors for tho theulatlon of air in " Upset'1 No. 8. north aooi:e level, had to be taken down for some chaiiso or otbor. This fact was repotted to ptr'. Marshall. Sr., who ordered his assistants giviput it up, for whilst it might not be dan- treIOUR whilst the fan was running in the day hurc, gas might accumulate ai night. It seems, h<irvevcr, that the door had nol. been replaced. *enrhoraas Marshall, Jr., went on duty on wftVmorning bf the explosion, and neglectedvisit this ."Upset" in his rounds. .When nierevetí by G.'orgo Weale, he reporled to jP91 "all right.'; It is surmised that Vpeftle I va Ílnot visit the Upset, ana that it had be-1 toeise choked np «n% ¿a*, tomo c( shich .bi*

was driven ¡uto the main level, and was setfire to hy a mule driver in passing.The reader may judge of the terrific force

of the explosion hythe following incident:The bucket, Bhoe and lantern of HL'am Mc-Gruder, a " hanger on" at the bottom of oneof the shafts, were blown to the top of themine, a distance of seven hundred and ninety*feet.

Important Circular from Gen. Wagener.So. CA. BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, 1

Charleston, 5th April, 1867. JTo the Land-otcners in South Carolina:GENTLEMEN :--I take the liberty tc- appeal

to your patriotism in behalf of the loceiitly cn-acted measure of immigration, at least to thepatriotism of those among you who entertainthe opinion that an increase of population,industry and capital, will be beneficial to theState.

It is well known that European immigra¬tion is now mostly flowing into thc West,where cheap lands and 'many facilities andother inducements are offered. In the newStates public lands are yet to be had at anominal outlay, and a stranger going thereneed not for a moment be at a loss waere tolocate, thousands of places being alw.jys forsale and registered for his selection. Withu ; it is different. Although there may perhaps be thousands of places for sale in SouthCarolina, no ono can know where to findthem unless they are advertised and regis¬tered in Rome well known and accessible local i ty. For this the Bureau of Immigrationhas partly been established. Without anycharge whatever to tho land-owner, hin landsthat he can spare for sale, will be registeredand advertised io the best markets of theworld. But how can this be done, unlessyou forward thc information ? Have you nolands to spare ? If you have, put rrj a fairand reasonable price, make the nditionsof payment as liberal as you cac 'escribetheir location, capacities andadvant .¿es, andcommunicate with this Bureau- It may besaid, we will sell a portion of our landsr.-aaonabiy aad on fair enough terms, if a

pu: c'aaser come But it must be remembered.hat no one c tn koow this, and besides, that fiet ng r w ll be ut a great expense, whilst inineercdaty lookiog for lands, of which noone can inform him. Will be not rather gotos¡ection of country where no suc'a delays andiifficulties need be encountered ? And thenigain, the European immigrants thi.t arcooking for employment, laborers, servants,?nechanics, etc., of every kind,. where arc

hey to fiod it? In your villages, on yourplantations, do you want a blacksmith,wheelwright, millwright, carpenter, cabinetnaker, saddler, shoemaker, tailor, etc., thisBureau will endeavor to supply you. Butrou should say so, how else am I to know ?it would never do to send such people tramp,ng about the country without an object. Dorou have any good positions for factories,ivbich you are unwilling or unab.e to develop^ourselves, why should you not inform thisFiureau thereof, slate their facilities and admillages, their probable prospect of success,md your terms of lease or sale? Di youlave valuable mineral lands that you cannot.ealize for the want of capital, why nor. ena-jle mo to endeavor to do h for you ? If! wi I:ost you nothing. I may not succeed, but itivlHTiotrfeciop-tbttrwant of trying. .1 -rouldespcctfolly but earnestly urge that this matcr receive a prompt consideration. If thereire a few men in every district willing topeud a few hours for the general gool, lethem meet nt a convenient place, let ¿hemrather such information as they can, andhon inform this Bureau what is wanted forheir neighborhood and what can be doneherc to further the intentions of the '.aw ; Iet them say what laborers, servants, meehan- tta, etc., are wanted or could find employment, 1od let them fix upon a current rate of rca- tonable wages for their district; let them on-- teavor also to obtain informai ion. of such 1racts of lands, as might be had for leawo or i

ile, describe their quality and value, and r

whatever eise they may deem of importancemost respectfully, therefore, solicit the copcration of all public spirited men, mon) es-

ecially of the members of the Legislaturend tho editors of public journals. Underic firm conviction that immigration ia one j1f the most vital necessities of tho S^ate, and |csure means by which a portion of ourirroer prosperity may be soonest restored, Iren take the liberty respectfully to sc-licit J 5e honorable the Judges, to bring this mat- . ?

ir to the attention of the public in theirlarges to the Grand * ¡ries of their eire ails. | J

Respectfully,JOHN A. WAGENER,

Cominisssioner. 'tF

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THE CONFERENCE BETWEEN TUE MILITARY ¡ra CIVIL AUTHORITIES.-In compliance with \¡s request, Major General Sickles, comm! nd- j.g this Military District, was met yesterday ^r Governors Worth, of North Carolina, mdrr, of this Slate, for the purpose of havingfree conference upon the preliminary de- ¡jila of reorganization under the Reconstruc- j <j>n Bills. The interview was, we unc-erand, mutually agreeable and satisfactory. anaongst thc results attained we may men- b>n the following : wThe details of registration will be immedi- wely prepared by direction of Gen. Sickies,d put Into operation as soon as persons canfound act in tho capacity of register! who j j|

3 qualified under the provisions of the Supjmental Bill to do so.No elections for Municipal or State office*ll be held In either of the Sales until ihninventions which are to bc called t-hall hr.vo¡t and adopted now Constitution*. No civil M

leer will bo removed who faithfully disclur- P.1i his duties. ctWhenever vacancies occur by reason of tho w

piration of tho tenure of office, by death. J?sgnation or otherwise, they will be filledappointments to be made by the Gover- ?rs of these States, if the officers are of t*ae

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iracter elected by the General Assemblies,less special reasons to the contrary shouldse, or by the Commanding General, ify are of the class elected by popular suf-çe.jovcrnors Worth and Orr leave the eilys morning for their respective capitals, ardy will devote themselves assiduously to theat and difficult responsibilities of the I ,

rk of reconstruction.t is a matter of profound congratulation ,

t such cordial relations subsist betweenmilitary and civil authorities ; and we ,

neatly hope that nothing may occur to uwrarmony whioh will contribute so much to.progress and prosperity of these States.-irleston Courier, 9th.

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I MOT»1 OF THE BASICS.-Some time a«*ore was a dancing party given up North jit of the Ldies present had little babies,iso noisy perversity required too much at-\\on to p¿¡'mit. the mothers to enjoy tb)oe. A number of gallant young meninteered to watch the young ones while;parents indulged in a " break down." Nouer had the women left the babies inrgo of the mischievous devils, thun theyoped the infants, changed their Clothes,ng tho apparel ofone to another. The dancer, it was lime to go home, and the mothersriedly took each a baby; in the dress or'own, aud sur ted, some to their home:,or fifteen miles off, and were far on theirbefore daylight. But the day following

.e was a tremendous row in tho. nettie-it; mother's discovered th»\t a single nightchanged tab se* of their bab'ea--obsar-bn disclosed the physical phenomèns, and waii commenced some of tts tallest pedes* UMnismj living milt* apart, itrepaired fcwc ¿g

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days to unmix the.babiw, apd asmnymonUwto restore tho women to -heir naturel sweetdispositions. Td this day.it is unsafe foi* the.baby mixers to venture into the territory.

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Miss AUGUSTA J. EVANJI-This celebratedSouthern novelist, whoso bestand latest wort," St. Elmo," has been the -ubject of so rauchwarm appréciation and carping criticism, leftour city last week for her home in Mcbile.During her stay among us» ßlus Evans wasthe recipient of courteous attention from thcfamilies of anny of our higbejt and mostcmiaeat citizens, who were (dad to have an

opportunity of showing their admiration forono whose nobility of character throws herintellect into the shade, and whose chcrm ofmanner secures not only forgiveness for hereradition, but forgetfulness of itv This weconsider the greatest triunpb the talentedauthor has yet achieved.

If nb one can read Miss Evans' writingsWithout wondering at her research, no onecan enjoy her conversation without admiringthe total absence tf pedantry, the lack of lite¬rary assumption of any kind that marks itthroughout, the complete subo-dination of the *

authoress to the woman. The South- maywell be proud of ita gifted daughter, of hertalent, her learning, her principle^ her patri¬otism, the purity of ber literary ambition, andthe ever present sense of responsibility thatguides and controls her pea. She will leave" no line that dying she would wish to blot/'May she soon see her own loved South free

and happy, aud live to contribute to ita litera-tnre many a noble lesson hidden under thopleasing guise of fiction. The respect andadmiration of thc friends she mado in NewYork follow her to Alabama.-MetropolitanRecord.MORALS or WALL STREET.-The recent

quarrel among a coterie of Wall street specu¬lators, has led to Tome strange disclosures ofthe method of doing business in the myste-1rious realms of gold and stocks. It is veryplain, in tho first place, that the system ofspeculating is in no wise different, except inmagnitude, from ordinary gambling. Agame inErie stock is precisely the same, in a moralp j'iLt of view, as a game at keno or any operation in a faro bank. Theonty real differer c > isin theamount ofmonoy involved. Itisveiyorious nod contradictory that thc culpability ofa moral evil should be deemed les» becausehat evil is committed on a grand scale ¡yet EG itis. Ordinary gambling is subject to nocturnal ..

visitations of police, if it bc carried on in sidestreets, and the stakes aro small, but let asimilar game be pin red in a brown stone man¬sion, with thousands of dollars instead of tens,.and DO church could bc more safe from mo¬lestation. Make the stakes larger still, andhazard hundreds of thousands,'or. millions,and the game becamcs highly respectable, andmay be played in broad daylight, with doorsand windows open,. and the players will bereceived into the best society. Yet all-thiaspeculation in stock, is neither more nor lessthan au exaggeration of the same offensewhich, on a .-mall scale, is so odious lo all :.honest, conscientious metnbeirs pf the commu* - :nity. It is worse than useless-it is unjustand cowardly-to single out the insignificantoffender:, for punishment and let the great.ones go free and unnoticed. The laws on thissubject are Badly defective. This wild andscheming class of rueu are really useless mem¬bers of society; tboy do nothing to advancetho goneral good ; they produce pt thing, sup¬ply nothing. On the contrary, they do soci-sty incalculable misc'jief; they kmp financiali ti ai rs in a constant state of agitation and un¬certainty; and every now and thou throw.hu entire country into panic and confusion,[f the late development? are a fair sample of.ho dealings of speculators among, themselves,.,he state of their morals must indeed be low,br they seem to have utterly disregarded even;bat honor which is popularly supposed to re-;ain a dwelling pince in thc bosoms ofthieves.X is this infidelity to one another that hasnade the public acquainted with their dis¬graceful doings_N. Y. Sun.

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A HOG IN Ilóors.-Tho Vergennes Ter-nontcr tells thc .ollowing ludi'rous story :

A fe VT days since a lady residing in thelästern part of tho State, having just return-id from an evening's entertainment, hearingi noise on the baca stoop-a long and verylarrow ono-she stepped out to ascertain thelause. At the further end she discovered theut ruder io the shape of a gold sized hog.¡he at once assumed a belligerent attitude,tad commence 1 screaming " Whee I wjfce i"['he hog touk the alarm, and made for thcloor, and, discovering the largest space to»c between the lady's two feet, pitched forhat, and she instantly assumed 9 horizontallositioa and movement for the door. But toircveut a premature elopeuiei. t she caughtold of a post and ber hoops caught thc hog.Iis swincship found himself at onco incarccr-ted in hoops. Then came th¿ struggle-aroman's determination agaiust; a hog's will-a contest uot unequal, but as persistent aswas ludicrous. The noise b rought tho la¬

y's good mother to thu scene, jut what couldie do? although thc squealing of thc pigad the positive assertion that she shoulde killed," was hard for a fond mother to hearithout lending assistance. A compromiseas unavoidable, and, to effect hi-, the hoopäere unfastened, and away went h s pig-ship,?rayed iu his new attire, lacking only oneting to make him respectably dressed, viz :waterfall,

A Good Joke.Many year« ago, whan chut ult organs firstuno in usc, a worthy old clorgymtn . waswtor of a church where they had just pur«tascd an organ. Not far from the churchas a large town pasture, where * great many.tt e grazed and among them a large bulbne hot Sabbath in tbe summer, Mr. bull.mc up near the church grazing, and just ase Rev. Mr. B- was in the midst of his ser*on- 'boo-woo-woo' went the bull.The parson paused, looked np at the sing'g scats, and with 3 grave farce said :'I would thank the musicians not to tame*cir instruments during service ; it annoys3 very much.'The people stared, and the minister went

'Boo-woo woo,' went the bull again as heew a little nearer the church.The parson paused again and addressed0 choir :'I really wish the singers would not tuneeil instruments while I am preaching.'The congregation tittered, for they knewint the real cause of the disturbance was.The old parson went on again md he hadt about got started good when, 'Boo-woo-?o' came from Mr. bul)The minister paused unce more and ex¬ime d :1 have twice requested the musicians ingallery not to tune their instrumenta dur-> the sermon. I now particularly request. L-that he will not tune hi- double basa?an while I am preaching.'This was too much. L- got up, too muchtated at the idea ofspeaking our, in church,1 stammered out :It is-isn't me, parson B-, it-it is that-d town bull.

J®* Tbs C&¡tteae*wome») who wül wait eaChinese restaurant in tho Exhi Kins* werotàf&hS1'*T'* l% oost apiecepick of Chinóse women cost only $120eco.

©» In PinjQsylvania thoy have a new li-ise law^o-aeHiuc. giwngawayyorin anyr supplying liquor,, lo persona under twea-tofcyiaSsof age.nor to dranlouäs/nor toi one oa Sunday.