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oth« rs, from Washington, he succeeded in being elected to the Senate as a Re publican April 1,1870. He is a handsome young fellow. Joseph C. Abbott, of Concord, New Hampshire, settled in North Carolina in 1865, .after serving in the war as Colonel and brevet Brigadier-General. In 1807 he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate. Frederick A. Sawyer, of Bolton, Mas sachusetts, removed to Charleston in 1859 to take charge of a normal school there, occupied the position till 1864, when he left the place and returned as collector of Internal Revenue for the District in 1865. In 1868 he was elected to the Senate as a Republican. He is a useful member of that body. The above are all the Southern carpet baggers in the Senate. The remainder of the Southern Senators are natives or have been long residents of their States. It will be noticed that every 7 senatorial carpet-bagger is a Republican. CARPET BAGGERS IX THE HOUSE. Uogan H. Roots, of Perry county, Illinois, settled in Arkansas as a cotton broker in 1865. Was elected to Con grev 1 - from that State, as a Republican, in 1868. Alfred E., Ruck, of Foxcroft, Maine, was Colonel of the Fifty-first colored regiment till 1860. Settled in Alabama in 1867. Elected to Congress in 1868, as a Republican, from Alabama. Charles W. Buckley, of Otsego, New York, went to Alabama in 1866, and in 1868 was elected to Congress as a Re publican from that State. I have no hesita tion in saying that Mr. Buckley is the ablest, most practical, and altogether the most valuable of the carpet-baggers in either branch of Congress. His efforts, last winter in particular, against the schemes to raise the tariff, though not noisy, were productive of very good re sults when it came to the test of vot ing. Robert 11. Heflin, of Georgia, was ap pointed judge of probate in Alabama in 1865, and in 1868 was elected from that State to Congress as a Republican. Charles M. Hamilton, of Clinton c mn ty, Pa., was appointed Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau for Florida iu 1866, and in 1868 was elected to Con gress from that State as a Republican. Lionel A Sheldon, of Otsego county, New York, settled in New Orleans in 1866, and in 1868 was elected to Con gress from there as a Republican. J. P. Newsbam of Monroe county, Illi nois, in Louisiana in 1864, and in 1866 was elected to Congress, as a member of the Michael Hahn Republican “ring.” He contested a seat in the Forty-first Congress, and by some chicanery he was voted in, when it was well known that his opponent, Michael Ryan, was fairly elected by an overwhelming majority. He is considered a “light-weight” carpet bagger. Several other northern gentle men tried the same sort of contest, prin cipal among whom was the severely-dis appointed J. A. Sypher. They have not been admitted yet. The political affairs of this State, as they appear represented here, are in a bad condition. Joseph L. Morphis, of McNairy coun ty 7 , Tennessee, served in the Confederate army frum 1861 till the surrender; then went to Mississippi, and was elected to Congress, as a Republican, in 18Q8. Henry W. Barry, of New York went to Mississippi in 1866. In 1868 was elect ed to Congress as a Republican. George C. McKee, of Joliet, Illinois, settled in Mississippi at the close of the war, and was soon afterwards appointed Register in Bankruptcy. In 1868 was elected to Congress as a Republican. Lcgrand W. Pearce, of Buffalo, New York settled in Mississippi in 1866, and was elected from there to Congress, as a Republican, in 1868. John T. Deweese, J. S. Golladay and B. F. Wbittemore have resigned, for rea sons well known. C. C. Bowen, of Rhode Island, settled in Charleston in 1862, was elected from South Carolina to Congress in 1806 as a Republican. He has distinguished him self in connection with a charge of selling cadetships that was not clearly proven. William F. Prosser, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, served in the army dur ing the war. After its close he settled near Nashville, Tennesse, and in 1868 was elected to Congress from there as a Republican. Richard S. Ayer, of Waldo county, Maine, removed to Virginia in 1865, iu 1868 he was elected to Congress from that State as a Republican. James 11. Platt, of Burlington, Ver mont, settled in Virginia in 1865. In 1868 he was elected to Congress from there as a Republican. Mr. Platt is an exception, a man of ability and integrity and a good representative. Charles H. Porter, of Cairo, New York, settled at Norfolk, Virginia, in 18G3; was appointed commonwealth at torney, and held that post till 1867. In 1868 he was elected to Congress as a Republican. Early in 1870 be was struck in the face by one Pat Woods, who is now confined in jail for the of fense. But for this circumstance Mr. Porter would have remained in obscurity as a Congressman, but he is now well known. William Milnes, Jr. of Pottsville, Pa., removed to the Shenandoah valley, Vir ginia, in 1865, and in 1868 was elect ed trom there to Congress as a conserve tive. John C. Connor, of Nobbesville, In diana, was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Indiana legislature in 1866. Was then appointed captain in the 41st infantry and sent to Texas, from which place he was elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1868. He is 28 years of age, but looks to be about twenty-one, lie is tall, lias white hair, is beardless, thin, wiry, and always on the lookout for a chanci to say something in Con gress. William T. Clark, of Norwalk, Con necticut, settled in Galveston, Texas, in 1866. In 1868 was elected from there to Congress as a Republican. It will be seen that all the carpet-bag gers in (he House except Connor Milnes are Republicans. Golladay is a Demo crat, but he is a native of his district. The balance of Southern representatives are Sourthern men, not of a high order of ability, but are probably the best material that can be found able to take the iron-clad oath. It has often been said that if all the Southern senators and representatives were put together in a body they would not compare in point of intelligence and general ability with the legislature of any Northern State. Nearly all the carpet-baggers were army officers or contractors during the war. C. EXTRAORDINARY ACCOUNT OF A SUB MARINE BOAT FATE OF LIEUT. DIXON 7 OF THE 21st ALABAMA REGIMENT AND 1113 COM RADES. In 1864, the fleet of Admiral Far ragut was blockading Mobile, while a heavy land and naval attack wa3 direct ed against Charleston. During our long defensive war a great deal of ingenuity had been expended by the Confederates upon Torpedoes and Torpedo Boats. The most remarkable of the boats was constructed in Mobile, by Messrs Hund ley & McClintock, and launched in* 1864; and nothing which has gone down in the sea was more wonderfully and more fearfully contrived to wreak destruction and vengeance upon friend and foe. She was built of boiler, iron, and im pervious to water or air. Her extreme length was about thirty feet, with five or six feet beam, and about six feet depth of hold. In general contour she resem bled a cigar, sharp at both ends. She was propelled by a screw, tiie shaft of which ran horizontally along her hold, almost from stem to stern, and was turn ed by the manual force of eight men, seated along it on either side. The only hatchway was circular, about two feet in diameter, with a low combing around it, which was plac ed well forward, and when desir ed could be closed by an iron cap working on binges and made airtight. In the forward part of this cap was in serted a clear glass bull's eye, through which the pilot could see. She was provided with water-tight compartments by filling or emptying, which she would sink or rise, and to enable her to rise in stantly, her ballasting of railroad bars, was placed on her bottom, outside of her hull and by means of keyes, accessible to her crew, could be detached in a moment, so that she would rise quickly to the surface. Besides her rudder, which was of the usual form, this vessel wa3 equipped with side paddles or fins, which like those of a fish, served to guide it up or down with reference to the surface of the water. To prepare for action, a floating tor pedo was secured to her stern by a line more than one hundred feet long and her crew having embarked, the water tanks were filled until the boat was in equili brion, and almost submerged .The hatch way was closed, the men revolved the shaft, the captain, or pilot standing under the hatch, steered the boat, regulating at the same time, by the action of her lateral fins, the depth at which|she would move. Her greatest speed did not exceed four knots. She could remain submerged ior half an hour, or an hour, without any great inconvenience to her crew—and on one occasion has been known to re main under water two hours, without sc- ME818... ©I %SB flMffigg. tual injury to them; although no means were provided for procuring fresh air, and from the moment the hatch was clos ed the men thus fastened in their living tomb, inhaled and exhaled continuously the atmosphere which was inclosed with them. Ti le plan of attack proposed by the in- i ventors, was to dive beneath the keel of an enemjAs ship, hauling the torpedo af ter her; its triggers or sensitive primers would thus press against the ship’s bot tom, explode the torpedo and invcvitably sink the ship. Not anticipating an early opportunity of using this dangerous vessel against the fleet of Farragut, General Maury sent her by rail to Beauregard at Charleston. Believing the waters of that harbor better suited to her peculiar construction, while in the Ironsides, or some other gigantic warship then attack ing Charleston, might be found an object worth the great risk to which her own crew was exposed in any enterprise they might undertake in her. General Beauregard changed the ar rangement of the torpedo, by fastening it to the bow. Its front was terminated by a sharp and barbed lance-head, so that when the boat was driven end on, against a ship’s sides, the lance-head would be forced deep into the timbers below the water line, and would fasten the torpedo firmly against the ship. Then the tor pedo boat would back off' and explode it by a lanyard. Geoeral Beauregard’s call upon the Cofederate fleet for volunteers toman this dangerous craft, was promptly answered by Lieutenant Payne, a Virginian, and eight sailors. They were soon ready for action; and on the evening set for their expedition, the last preparation had been made. The torpedo boat was lying along side the steamer from which the crew had embarked; she was submerged till the combing of her hatch aloue was visi ble above the water. Her Commander Payne, was standing in the hatchway, in the act of ordering her to be east off, when the swell of a passing steamer roll ed over her and sunk her instantly, with her eight men, in several fathoms of water. Lieutenant Payne sprang out of the hatchway as the boat sunk from under him, and be alone was left alive. In the course of a few days she was raised and again made ready for service, again Payne voluteered and eight men with him. The embarkation for their second at tempt was made from Fort Sumpter, and as before, all having been made ready. Payne standing at his post in the hatchway, ordered the hawser to bo east off’. When the boat careened and sunk instantly. Payne sprang out, two of the men followed him, the other six went down in th« boat and perished. Again the boat was raised and made ready for action, and her owner, Captain Hundley, took her for an experimental trip into the Stouo River, where after go ing through her usual evolutions, she dived in deep water, and for hours and for days, the return of poor Hundley and his crew was watched for and looked for in vain. After near a week’s search, she was found inclining at an angle of forty degrees; her nozzle was driven deep into the *oft mud of the bottom. Her crew of nine dead men were stand ing. sitting, lying, about in her hold asphixiated, Hundley was standing dead at his post, a candle in one hand, while the other hand grown stiff with death in his vain efforts to unclamp the hatch. Others had been working at the keyes of the ballast, but the inclination at which the boat had gone down, had jammed the keys so that the men could not cast off the heavy weight which held them down. Their deaths had been hard and lingering. Again this fearful vessel was made ready for action, and volunteers being called for, Lieutenaut Dixon, 21st Alabama Volunteers, a native or Mo bile, and eight men volunteered to take her against the enemy. Tiie new and powerful war ship, Ilousatonic was elected for attack; and on a quiet night the bravest crew sat out from Charleston, iu this terrible, name less torpedo boat, that ever manned craft before. We all know the fate of the Ilousa tonie. Bravo Dixon guided the torpedo fairly against her, the explosion tore up the great war ship’s sides, so that she went down with nearly all her crew with in ten minutes, v The torpedo vessel also disappeared forever from mortal view. Whether she went down with her enemy, or whether she drifted out to sea to bury her gallant dead, was never known, and their fate was left till the great day when the sea shall give up its dead. But within a few weeks past, Divers in sub marine armor have visited the wreck of the Ilousatonic, and they have found the little torpedo vessel lying by her huge victim, and within her are the bones of the most devoted and daring men who ever went to war. No for lorn hope nor other desperate enterprize of war can furnish the parallel to the courage of Dixon and his comrades. Their names we have not at hand. But they are known and recorded, and we hope to see the honor which is due paid to the great virtue they, illustrated. D. H. M. Houston Telegraph Sept. 7. - ——BP* ■ ■ Translated from the French for the Ave MarL. THE VALUE OF A STRAW'S WEIGHT We should read the lives of the Saints in the spirit in which they were written. ♦Jules Janiu. The intellect is the heart’s worst ene my. A. do Leverone Tn days of yore there was a certain rich and powerful man who lived at his ease in his castle, never leaving it save for the purpose of levying war, ravaging the lands of his neighbors, sacking vil lages, or pillaging unfortunate travellers. He was so perverse and ciuel that the only trace of humanity, wc might say, lingering about his heart, was his love for his wife, a lovely and mild creature, who passed her days and nights in weeping over her husbands evil actions, and pray ing to God to pardon him. In vain did her husband surround her with every luxury wealth could procure, the poor lady did not enjoy anything. Her sole wish, her sole desire, was his conversion. One winter night, when a tempest was raging furiously, as if heaven had let loose the elements for earth’s destruc tion, the lady of the castle was sitting near her vast hearth on which a cheerful fire was blazing. The wind roared among the towers as if irritated at their resist ance. The clouds poured down their tor rents madly and the lightning flashed through the darkness as if the spirits of evil were abroad. Everybody sought shelter from the horrors of such a night, but the Lord of the castle had not re turned from some adventurous foray or other, and his wife, alarmed at his ab sence, was engaged in prayer. A knock was heard at the castle gate, and shortly afterwards a domestic enter ed the apartment and informed his mis tress that two poor monks, harassed with fatigue and half dead with cold and hun ger, who had lost their way in that wild country, requested to be allowed to pass the night at the castle; even if they should be obliged to sleep in the stable. The good lady was nuzzled, for she knew that monks were h< r husband’s positive aversion, and h *r submission to his will was carried to such an extent, that she was afraid even to do good with out his full consent. Bit how could she , reject the humble request of tnese ven erable men ? “My lord will know nothing about it,” interposed the good domestic, who, on observing his mistress indecision, guessed what was passing in her mind; “they will be off by daybreak.” The lady of the castle gave her con sent, and, at the same time, desired the domestic to conceal the monks can. iu Ily in the stable. He had scarcely quitted the apartment when the blast of a horn and the tramp ol horses announced the arrival of his master. Almost immediately afterwards ho entered, and having exchanged his armor, which was stained with blood, for a rich robe of silk lined with costly fur, he sat down with his wife to a table groaning under the choicest viands, on which countless white tapers, pure and delicate as snow, shed their mild and melancholy 7 light. The lady of the castle richly attired in a robe oi green velvet, embroidered with gold and adorned with precious stones, did not taste a morsel. The lus tre of the tapers was reflected in the dia monds which formed a diadem on her brow, and in the tears which* trickled down her cheeks and added to her loveli ness, for they were such as came from the heart and serve to enhance the beauty of the countenance. “What is the matter with you ?” asked her husband affectionately. She made no reply. “Were you alarmed on my account, owing to the fearful tempest of to-night ? Well, dispel your tears, as here I am safe and sound in spite of Satan!” The beautiful lady of the castle made no reply and continued weeping, lor tears are like sisters bound together by the , closest ties; they follow one another and the first is succeeded by a thousand. But he, who was indebted to hi3 guar dian Angel for having always retained his love for his wife as an anchor of sal vation, was afflicted at seeing her weep, and said to her: “Tell me, madam, the cause of your grief, and I swear by my sword to dry up your tears, should that be in my power.” “My lord,” said she; “I weep at the thought that, while we are here enjoying all the luxuries of life, there are persons who want for the commonest necessaries; that, while this flame burns clearly and joyously, as if to caress us with its warmth, others are shivering with cold; that while these viands excite otir appe tites by their savory steam, many are suffering Iroru hunger. This is why a lump rises in my throat and I cannot eat.” “But madam,” replied her husband, who is there, as far as you know, dying of cold and hunger ?” “Two poor Religious, my lord, who re quested from me an asylum, and who are at this moment in the stable,” The ftusbaml knit his eyebrows. “Monks!” said he, lazy vagabonds, gluttons, scoundrels who would gladly regale themselves at my expense.” “They only asked fur shelter and a little straw.” The lord shouted for his attendants. “Oh, rny lord, my lord,” sobbed the lady, “do not hunt them out; remember your promise.” “Let your mind be at rest,” replied her husband. “They shall eat and be warmed and amuse themselves into the bargain. You will see this.” On this he commanded his domestics to bring the two monks before him. However, no sooner did the two Reli gious make their appearance, than the ironical |and gibing humor of the lord faded away, as the cold thick fog, which exhales at night from a marsh, melts away under the first rays of the sun. By an involuntary movement he arose from his chair and the impious pleasantry which was on the point of issuing from his lips was arrested on them, like a ser pent coiling itself and re-entering its lair. It was because on the countenance of the most aged of the two monks, in his white locks, which served as a crown to his old age, in the serenity of his glance and the grave expression of his mouth, there was a dignity which im posed, a sweetness which attracted a beholder; a grandeur which could not fail of moving and influencing even a cold and corrupted soul. The lord of the castle made them sit down to table and remained for a mo ment silent; but tho Religious, faithful ful to his mission, began to proclaim the word of God in the very place from which it had been banished and obliged to take refuge in the heart of the lady of the castle, as in a sanctuary. The husband was silent, and, while listening to what wai said, gazed on his wife, who, wdth clasped hands, and eyes full of anxiety, gazed on the missionary of Christ, as the sailor, on a stormy night, gazes on the beacon which show’s him the harbor, while her lips murmured “May God help him who is now listening.” Supper being over, the lord of the cas tle took a lighted taper, and himself con ducted his guests to the best chamber, where finely gilded beds furnished with silken mattresses were provided for their accommodation. These, however, the two Religious declined, alleging that they never slept except on straw. The lord of the castle then went down himself to the stable and brought back with him a bundle of straw wnich he spread on the floor of the chamber. “Father,” said ho, with a generous ef fort breaking through the ice which weighed on his heart, “I would most willingly return to God, but it is impos sible that the Load should pardon me my many crimes.” “If your sins” replied tho missionary, “exceeded in number the grains of the sands of the sea, the drops of water which fall from the clouds, or the stars of heaven, they would all be effaced by re pentance and pardoned by the mercy of God. For this reason the hardened sin ner is without excuse, and this thought will cause his eternal despair.” On this the lord of the castle knelt down, and made his confession, and floods of tears falling from his eyes moistened the straw upon which he was kneeling. When the missionary, after having thanked God for all mercy, fell asleep, he felt himself transported before the divine tribunal. Eternal justice was holding in its hand the scales which weigh good and evil; a soul was going to be judged ; it was that of the lord of the castle. Satan, in all the insolence of triumph, placed in one of the scales of the balance the vast mass of its iniquities; the guardian angels covered their faces in horror and compassion; the soul ut tered a groan of despair. Then its guardian angel approached, that angel so mild, so patient, so lovely, that angel who places repentance in our hearts, tears iu our eyes, and prayers on our lips. He brought a few straws moist ened with tears, and placed them in the opposite scale. The soul was saved. Next morning when the Riligious left his chamber, he found the castle in a state of consternation. He inquired the reason. The lord of the castle had died during the night. 5