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mm VOL. xx WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1S70. NO 46. Tlaneo Danaoa B< Doa? Perentie*.-Vir?. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE. MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE* With irembjiog^ baod^a^abontM Morell from ?bo public gase. V?T^-M doing, lah*11 deter youn* aud part ol a coquette^ affections o? A tra? and mabtv heart. \ shall not regret the pain if wm;t?*i ai* Being of a peculiarly nert ona tam perameut, and having i nheNted a de li cato constitution^ ?hieb rh?. Wo? ??frdel ?od devoted oat* bad f*\M$h afrearth ?o, from my earliest years all excitement had been atriotly^VtMtWU^ i?haaei I rarely lift ?a^erV. |let>a|! country sea'at Aspen Ledge, and i ev thk winter never mingle'd .in the gey^?i.?a qi the great city, where for a few montbi we made om homo., But during mj sixteenth year my constitution'- under went a gradual but. decided change. The glow of health beg?n to mantle mi pale cheeks, and , the warm blood coursing with renewed aotivity in th? sluggish veins, sent a thrill like th? dawn of a new life through my in vigorated frame. My fat her balled, th? itnprovoment withdelight. After toj mother's death, hts 'strong' affectiom seemed to centre upon ma, his youoges child. Though grieved at the sat necessity, he. had yielded implioi obedience to the , adviee of bur joh family physician, and had kept me a far aa possible in qVet and eeoluaiou and now, with corresponding joy, hi heard the interdict removed'.. 1 do no wish to bo understood, however, a having been hitherto debarred frqm al intercourse with the outside world. Ny father betag A gentlemani of ampi moana and thevery ?oui of hospitality ou house waa seldom withoutguests. My el? der eist er, who was the acknowledger hostess nf ou r establishment, porra it te i me as aa eipcojal,fayor to ocoupy an ob ucure corner of the drawing-room, and t utter au occasional asido as my humbl share in the ^conversation. It waa o one of th ese occasions that I first sat John W>" ? -4 tie was about six year my senior, tall, and well proportioned and without being' what in oom mo par?anos ii called handsome, had noble presence and a manly,, expressiv countenaooe- oharaotoristtcs, whioh i my eyes far outweighed any mere so called beauty in the maje sex;'. Yo have all seen such faoes-full of io tel lee and manly strength, yet breathing woman's tend ero ess. There was a worl of intolUgcnoo iu his dark oyes,. ..au when lighted up with the fires c thought or beaming with the, impassion ed earnestness of youth, I would hat challenged a contioout to produce thei equal."- - U Dear John' ? many years havo passe since the violets first blossomed over hi gravo, but every lineament of bis face i as distinctly photographed upon m memory, as though/it were fresh I stamped with all the skill of the limnei art. ( I cannot tell clearly how it was, bo hy degrees he sought me out in m quiet corner, and ..our 'first formt acquaintauc?-when, with thodiffidenc of one who had been all her life moi or loss secluded, I answered him i monosyllables-ripened into a wari friendship, and then into a deeper feel ing, though still nameless between ui until st length it grew to be a' tacit Ci gagement, and I was never happy uolei by his side. It wu aa evening in the early part t June. Tho drawing-room was tull < company. My sister was seated at th piano, and around her were gathered gay group listening to snatches of a Italian air, ? style of musio then great ly in vogue-which she sang wth tesl and feeling, . My father was engage in an animated political discussion wit a friend whose ideas were tho very au tipodes of his own, and from diderot parts of the room arose the hum < earnest conversation- John'and myee had soughi the deep embrasure of a ba window, and were looking out upon th moonlit sward, drinking the lovelioei ot the scene. John raised the sash ant motioning me to.follow, we stole fort unperceived. -It was a night of marve loas beauty. - The moon was at ita fal and the lawn was bathed in a flood < silvery light. . The soft murmur of tfi wind among the leaves, and the musio plash ofibe fountain, like" fairy bel! tinkling out upon the night air, wei the only sounds that broke thc sti lines A fragrance born of a June night, nlot filled tho atmosphere and steeped tl souses in a delicious languor. We fo lowed ik irindlng path through the shn bery, to a spot where a marble statt of(P^che gleamed iq\ its nndrapi lovefinoBS amid the surrounding foliag John was .tho first to break tho apo "How aweotihd moonlight al?epa neon it bank I . ' Hore aili wa ?*6 a?d Jot tb? ioundu of nolle Cr?e? tn oar bat?; ?oft atlltnM* and* tho ni? Become lb? touohoa purest harmony. * * . \\ ?ioob how th* floor ol' h ea v< II thiek inlaid with patine? of bright (old i Thero'i not tb* .mallo?! otb which thou t bold'?, .uL. * ' x. ? Bay IS lattBuffVHUfoAh ?ngei ?low, . fiUU|Ato|i? to'th* rp?fcg.ayed eharublmt j Such t?raony tn in Immortol ionia : ' Bat whilst thj? andd/.rMtqro ot dooay Doth gro??>y tfbaott io, J* c.on?t W it" Those .?inmortal lines, so familiar' every lover of poetry and true aentimci so appositely quoted In that deep ai manly voioe, whose lightest whisp was musio to my ear-how they thrill me, how their memory thrills me stll Suddenly be started; ?This night ai he spoke he drew say shawl more doss round me. ?An invalid trw longer; John I i *rtectly ?di Abd ?irZ^ Bqd M though I could enduro anything. Wi his sttoag ?rm to shield mo,'and ibo loving eyes-bent Upon me, now could think otherwise ? He smiled a peouli prescience j and yet, now- that I look ? My Csual gay and 1 i gb t-hearted moe d deserted me; aad^thnrr^wttU^o^est of the omening I noticed at iuteiffale JohV anxious gan? bent upon met with air undeflnable sir olapprehensfcna which I could not account for. .Wo were olrriYiog,. though' ?ll nnoouscious 1 y. In the deep shadow of a coming woe. . The next day-waa th? eighteenth an? niveraary of my birthday, and my father bad resolved to give?a splendid fete 1n honor ?T the occasion. ' I was' thea - to maka my.entree in the fashionable world. In vain 1 protested that X'was not in a lu?yd io enjoy a festive gat tiering j that I bad all the society I wish ed for, and did not caro to extend the circle of my acquaintance. My father insisted. And when he drew me ten do re ly to his side and kissed me fondly, calli og me his youngest darling, I was no lancet proof against h is lavish caresses, ?pd deter? mined to contest the matter no farther. Cards of invitation were, therefore, is? sued to about twenty families in the neighborhood. While a number of guests were invited from town-friends of my fa th er, who had : long held an honora? ble position "under government, and'was in daily habit of association with some of the most prominent minds in the country. The. fiat.having gone fortb^ I entered heart and soul into all the minutie? of preparation, to the surprise of my friends, who wondered greatly . at the oootfaat with my former apathj. I vi? brated all day from parlor to kitchen, from dining-room to boudoir, taking a thousand unnecessary Steps, and having a voice in every arrangement, however trivial. It waa late ia the afternoon wheo, wearied and exhauste4 with my voluntarily assumed labors, I threw my self upon a couch and was soon buried in profound alambor. Oo awaking, it seemed as though I had only for a mo? ment loet my consciousness, but the mantel olook, then on the point of etri king six, informed ano, to my dismay, that I had slept nearly two hours. After refreshing myself with a hasty bath I repaired to the dresssing room, where I found my sister, Who was about starting in search of me. Having a dressing maid well skilled in all the mysteries of her art, I placed myself under her oareful manipulations, and at eight o'olook precisely emerged from hor hands, my toilette being pronoun? ced faultless aud complote. I was at? tired io a gossamer robe of soft, diaph? anous texture, my only ornament con? sisting of a singlo white jap?nica, whose pure and lustrous petals shone in vivid contrast with the massive braids of my dark hair. Having put the last finish? ing touches to her work, Lisette folded her arms and lookod upon me admiring? ly. " Quelle jolie demoiselle!" she ex? claimed. "I have done my possible, aud Monsieur John will be so proud.'' I blushed consciously at her extrava? gant praises. At the foot of the broad staircase I met my father, who over?* whelmed me with compliments. I fancy they were not wholly undeserved, for I remember the involuntary glance of ad? miration with whioh I oaught in parsing the reflection of my figure in a. full length mirror. Beyond this, I never gave r>y appearance an nfter-thought The rooms were all thrown open and brilliantly lighted. Vases of the choi? cest and most fragrant flowers from the conservatory filled the air with a deli oate perfume that, to.my excited fancy, seemed wafted from the fabled gardens of Eastern story. It was like fairy land to my enchanted vision ; and when John came and stood beside me, my happi? ness was complete. It is impossible to oonvey io words any idea ot the expres? sion with whioh he regarded me, the ming Iud pride and .tenderness, while tho thought shone uppermost that I was bis-bis alone. ?ove, to me, hos always been a sacred thing. Like the hidden violet that breathes its perfume in some lowly vale, or deep, sequestered nook, charming the senses of the solitary passer-by, and not to be flaunted ia the broad light of day. I shall pass over those few blissf ul momenta of heart communion-that come but boee io A lifetime, and al? most make, heaven upon' earth. Io the seer er chambers of my soul they' ar? treasured still, the only solace of my lone and . weary life. Alas I " that I could so soon aud so ruthlessly trample upon suoh lov? I I stood with lily si.Her nt the door1 of the reception room, to greet tho eater ?o^gweaMM . A, Mr were ^atraug^ menta w?re'Vo,?jad I was about to 'rc ii nquish my position, which wis,becom? ing wearisome, whep I ?Ds?irr?a ; nu? merous bright glances directed, toward the vestibule, and immodie.tely Colonel Ruthven was announoed. We had nev? er met, but I liad heard him described as a gentlemen of fine physique. sod * most fascinating manners* '-MSMM?AAA < cultivated tsate sod high' r??\M???\ endowments. i... ? . - Had not my heart already enthroned its hero, I must hate been inevitably forced to the conclusion that lie was tho visible embodiment ol every manly grace sod virtue. The intrbdneMou over, I t took hjs gra??fu?ly f?ctfefcd, and I we promenaded the long salte of snort- 1 meats, my foolish girl heart throbbing ? went had bcej?, with^many jio??er, fq' terdicted by> ?y ^?{?iro, , bat that. owing to the greatly improV?d . state of bl^n^i^ the prohi honor bim fov.v the/next waliay he would gUdla^uakeie-jteserratioo io my fuvoi^wit\mu?hmore to -this ea mo efle?fe! ' . ' v. ? X hesitated a. fcoment, and ?,1V a I could pot resist it. Oh, John I Joan ! -?Ten now, ieee the look of sorrowful reproach i? those elealr eyes, as The eF*3Te m^rev<octo^ parlor from the. ante roora. I cannot tell what evil spirit tempted ma.,. I knew that John did not object ito dancing in itself. The mere sot. of moving ' in graceful measures to the sound of mrtnin he considered perfectly harmlos? ; but he ttl id object to it, on aooount of ita pernicious cons?quences,' late boars, and the tendency to excessive indul? gence. The rouod dances he condemned tn toto, and could never look upon them with the slightest toleration. His opin? ion was BO decided on this point -that years before, he had beeb heard to say that if he were betrothed to a lady, and she Were, in open defianoepf his known wishes,, to indulge in; that ; very . repre? hensible species of amusement, ho should thereafter consider the engago ment at an end, as effectually as though there existed some- insuperable barrier to the union. I knew that his senti? ments in this respect had not been modified in the least, and. yet I deliber? ately chose to brave his deep and last? ing displeasure. Even now, looking calmly and. dispassionately down the tide of years, I Cannot say aught in ex? tenuation of my conduct. Ic was sim? ply mad ne ss. I was oonsoious,all the while, that I was inflicting the keenest pang on a heart that deeply, truly loved me ; and yet-such contrarieties there are in human nature-I experienced a sort of delicious joy, a shame? ful triumph, ia thus asserting my own independence; 1, who bad hitherto de? ferred to him, the chosen sharer of life's joys and sorrows, almost every aot of my daily life. On, on, we swept lu the oircling danoo, until giddy and exhausted, I sank almost fainting ,00 ? small eouoh at the futher end of the apartment. ? glass of water and fresh eu.from an open win? dow speedily revived me ; I aroused myself from a state of- scro^conscious? ness, and after answering Colonel Ruth? von's look of alarm by quietly reassuring him that I Was fully restored, I hurri edly excused myself, and threading my way through the crowded apartment with a rapidity that deterred pursuit, went io search of John. Ho had left his station by the pillar, and waa no? where to be found. I afterwards learn . ed thar, 00 the plea of a slight indispo? sition, he had taken leave at an early hour, lie had gone, theo, without one word Of explanation or forgiveness 1 My short lived pleasure was at an end; I Will not say happiness, for when was happiness ever tottnd in the indulgence of a known sin. Under shelter of au intense headache, which was by no means fictitious, I left the gay throng a?d retired to my own room tb spead a sleepless night in bitter self upbraiding My father followed me te claim the cus? tomary good night kiss. He supposed tho heat aod excitement had been too muoh for me, and almost regretted hav? ing submitted my delicate nerves to such a se vere test. I could not undeceive him-t had not the heart to tell him : the truth. Tho morning came at last, but it brought no relief to my throbbing brain and aching heart. I felt half inclined not to leave my bed, When I was startled j by a hasty knock at the door, and : Lisette's well known voice exclaimed : 1 "A letter (br Mademoiselle 1" My heart 1 instantly divined the worst. I sprang < out of bed, seieed the ill omened missive; 1 looked the door , and in a moment do- .' Voured the contents. "All is now' over between us, as your i heart must have foretold. Henceforth, j our paths through life lie in different ; direotioos. I will not blame you-you < are so y?nog and inexperienced, and 1 h?ve seen so little of the world. I had 1 no right to exact a promise from you, < but now,.you are free. Forgot that* BO ? dark a shadow bas ever crossed your 1 path. Farewell I The wide world ls < now my home. i JOHN." I Kind and forgiving to the last I O < vain and foolish bearii. O wild and < reckless natdre, that even' for ono ] thoughtless moment, could trifle with j such truth and raro nobility of oharao* 1 ter and mani/tenderness I . For ^hreo Iopg weeks I lay tossing in ] the fever, of delirium. Now with pitiful, moans! wotald oallupon John, imploring 1 In m to bay? cqmpaseion on tue, telling < him in all tue world t loved but'"him | alone. Tb ob I Would bitterly upbraid j myself for my folly, fer having wrought \ my own . .undoing, planting, sharpest *i thorns in his pillow for whonV I would j g>ldly die, do?ld I but save bim from ] on? needless pang. Those froquent par- . Mist* loft aaa BO exhausted that in say ] Itreid Intervals I lay almost without j thought or,|>eraa#ion, the taper of. life t barely flickering, or* so feebly barning . that H *e*m>d th? very eoonterpart of 1 death. .Thf'or isis came'at last. Thanks 1 to the skill of physicians, and the on- \ tiring dovotion of true and loving friends, 1 the disease Was baffled, the grim enemy t relaxed his bola. I was soon pronounced t ?ut of daeger. How shall I describe j -itt? long and -s^rfday? of con vaieacenoe1? o?*t#m?. <>t myswintlow, tho rich.hue- of ?bo luwieftt foli age, the ?woe t crol ling of birds tbtrV flUed with music lb? edged hop* that John wotjl 1 comebick, would retract tho cruel word? of separa? tion, forgive? ?od fold me to bia heart 00eo wore. A year pt**:ed thus, io altor, nate hop? and despair, during which I had occasional tidings of him, thqugh *\mm loterrala; JB^e was aeeking it a distant oliihe that ministry to a paind diseased, that solace for.a wounded apirit whjoh Nature, even io her loveliest as? pe?te, is powerless to give. ' /." ... I wandered ?boatthe house, tho ver? iest shadow of .my former ?elf, ?nd tho* my father, grieved to the heart for my HDbappicoss, kindly ?nd persistently eought to win me from myself, planning every divoreioo that ? loving heart and inventive -genius contd devise, it was without any visible effect. .It waa one evening in June, just two years from that eventful night, when, rushing SJ ad! j upon ruy fate, I opened those fountains pf bitterness that for me were never, no ver more to be seal ed. ., . In sad and thoughtful mood I hover? ed about the old trysting places, until at length, with faltering steps I sought my favorite spot by the statue of Pey oho. The same blue sky beul over me as in years gone by; its - full orbed moon flooding the earth with a sea of glory ; the same fair star looked calmly down from the serene heights ; all but myself unchanged. Sickness and sorrow had done the work of a score of years; and counting time "by beart throbs," not "by hours upon the dial." I bad lived a quartet of a century since then. I leaned against the marble pedestal that stood in pure relief in the .soft moon? light, lost in painful reverie. Hearing a rustling sound among tho foliage, I turned, and lo, the wanderer ?tood before me I I hasten to the finale of my story. The proud spirit nod been bowed and broken, and grief, acting upon a consti? tution already delicate by her? editary tendency, had boroo down the strong and. apparently robust fra mo; but the gifted mind, the true and intthful heart, was unchanged still 1 In a fow days we were married. If weeks of devotion oould have atoa od for the wrong I had done his noble na? ture, my reparation would havo been ample and complete. But alas! love's ceas less vigils, her most tender ministrations oould only prolong for a few brief mouths the precious lifo,with which my own seemed so closely bound. It was one bright October day, when the earth was brilliant with autumnal dyes, whilo the fragrance of departed summer still lingored on the air, that the "silver chord was loosed and the golden bowl broken." . John died, invoking Heaven's choic ebt blessings upon me, and I-I was left to linger ont my sad and joyless existence in deep aud unavailing sor? row. [From the Chicago Tribune.] OUT IN THE COLD. a) Thc Chicago Tribune Formally Bo? neancea The Republican l'arty. The Reorganization of Parties. The general result of the rcocnt elec? tions indicates that the issues growing out of slavery, and the groat pro slavery rebellion are settled ; that the mere platform of "economy and reform," with? out specifying by what measures these glittering generalities ore to be put to practice, is as available to one party as another, aud consequently, is not available as the special platform of any party ; and that, on the present living issues, as to the proper mode of laying taxes and tariffs for the support of. the government, the two old party organi? sations oan no longer be relied upon for their full party vote. Both parties ?re, to some extent, disintegrated and disorganised by this change of issues, as might naturally be expeoted. But tho Demooratio party enters into the fight everywhere with the advantage of hav? ing an issue in Which it believes, and Tor whioh it is prepared to vote, via : Free Trade. The Republican party, as luch, for years past, has hud no issue on this question, except within its own ranks. A large number of its leading itatesmon and organs, as woll as ot its roten, are as heartily committed to free trade or a revenue tariff SB any portion )f the Demooratio party. Upon this question there must bo, and, indeed, to % great extent, has been, a union of the homogeneous clements such as will suable those who think ?like in the two past political parties to work together in futuro political organisations. The same heoossity. which, io 1858, induced Wm. 0. Bryant and his journal, the Now York Evening Pott, to abandon the Democrat io party, with whioh they ?greed on all other questions, to co-op srate with the,Free Soil (afterward Ko publican) party, on tho main question, iow induces such leaders in the lato revolution in favor of human liberty as the samo Bryant, Wondell Phillips-,* Wm Lloyd Garrison, Henry Ward Beecher, Lyman Trumbull, Carl Schurr, David A.. Wolla, Charles, Sumner, B. Gratz Brown, John A. Logan, Governor PaU mer, Frederle Douglas?, etc., eot., and luch journals aa the New YorV Evening Post, Cincinnati Commercial and Gazette tad St. Louis Demotrat, to effect suoh i reconstruction and reoganisatton of politioal parties as will enable them to rote squarely for such a revenuo policy ind civil service system as they can jonsciontiously Bupport, without becom? ing responsible for, or identifying them DeWc^tic party on tho slavery question The .U^tib> ie M?aeourir ia tho result ?1 Buch a rcorgaoitatKro ot political partial and-iS a tritirnpt of th? dhjiiiiotivolj fr?.? trade party o TOT th? pr?tac t io.n is t, though th* free eutWo qae^io? ahjUjj io effect i n g the result. In Ii 1 iltf?la Wc two parties adopted, in ?onveb?onfItf?" staatiftlly the sam? platform, the Repub? lican platform opposing protection, aod tho Deinocratio demanding freo trade. Yet, in going before t ? people Ott these platforms, tho Republican candidate^ Were met by tho point, that in Congre*! they world bo compelled,, by party affilj i?tiona on "bther qucation^, to come hui dei? th? lead of prot^cti<i^ti>^'?M<#l?; to Vote for a protection ist Speaker, te aaa their business referred to protec? tionist committees, and a general pro? tectionist inolination given to - their votos, whatever might bo their personal predilections. Thia might have been met by assurance that the candidates would vote and aot with free traders' in all mattera involving this question, ir? respectivo of their previous associations. In the absenoe of this assurance, many Republicana who desired'to sustain thc Ai.n tV?f?n v>nli>>? :. v,. .?:,j ?.i *>Krii fis .. . ^? W ., \JJ j M?Vt 'lui i WU. j Ul believed their votes could be east most effectively for tho Democratic candidate This fact has had its potency in chang? ing the Congressional delegation in Illi? nois from eleven Republicans and three Democrats to ?even Republicana and seven Democrats. The same influences bayo hud an effect in Indianna, Missouri Miohigan and Wisconsin. Had it been elearly understood beforehand, that thc next Congress would organise, elect ito speaker, appoint its ootnmiltees, and hold its oauouses upon a division of par? ties based on new and living issues, thc people would have voted in accordance with that understanding. Bul so long as that is doubtful the party whose position is uncertain must continue to give plaoe to the candidates whtso posi? tion is declared. In Sohenok's district, D. J. Alorrell'f and McCarthy's of Syracuse, the issue was made up mainly on the question ol protection and free trade, the friends o free trade voting in somo degreo without regard to past political affilia tiens, and carrying McCarthy's district for a Republican free trader* in the eon vention, and the other two districts foi a free trader at the polls. The time has now come when the tw< real parties of tho country, tho freo trad ers and protectionists, must oast theil votes where they will tell most effective ly for their principles, both in Congres; and out of it. It is impossible that w shall continue voting on doad issues and dodging the living and vital one; As our New York dispatch intimate yesterday, the Revenue Reform part will enter tho next Congress propared t claim the Speaker, the organization o tho House, and tho appointment o? com mittecs, so that thc business before Con gross may be presented in a manner t carry out the views of the minority c tho people, as indicated in tho recen elections. If tho protectionists of th country desire to curry this issue to general election, or to form a nutiona party on their own basis, we shall, a all times, stand ready to meet them. If not, it is pretty olear that, so long a the Dcraocratio party elects nono bu free traders, and the free trade Repub Heans voto for nono but freo tracion while the protectionists roly on th prestige of the Republican orauizatio and shirk the issuo, the complexion c Congress will rapidly chango into on for revenue reform; aud, possibly, Dem ooratio. On thc whole, in the rocen elections, tho Democracy have mad gains. Rut their gains huvo boon vor; slight compared with tho heavy gail I over thc high tariff party in tho prestige of success in organization, confidence and powor. All these will make them selves felt.at the outeot in tho nicotin of the next Congress. [From tho Southern Form and Home ] IS GUANO A CK. F.Alt AND KN TIR i LOSS TO THU COTTON PLANTED MESSRS. EDITORS :-Without cirourc locution, I proposo to prove that gu?to has been a olear joss to cottou plantoii Tho dealers in cotton ostimato tin there will bc uiado this year 4,000,00 bales. And why do they think so They have come to that oCoolu-don froi the fact that the farmers have pureba! ed and applied to their cotton suo enormous quantities of guano ; ond th amount of guano purchased forms th principal data from which they rcckoi The amount of money paid by Snutli orn plauters for guano amounis to mau millions of dollars-all a clear loss. ] we had raised our provisions, and nt used any guano, we could not h av raised more than 2,000,000 of bales, an ootton would fb day, (in spite of tho wi now raging in Franco and i 'russia,} bar been worth-thirty cents per pound. . Two millions of bales at thirty cern would be worth a great deal moro mt ney to tho plantors than 4,000,000 bah at fifteen cent?. ' If so, wo get noihio{ absolutely nothing, for 2,000,000 bah that we raise this your, and hesidos w havo roilliona of money to pay ont ? these 4,000,000 bales, for guano. W could have raised 100,000,000 bnshe of corn an-oasy os we bare 2,000,00 bales of cotton, that we get nothing.fo Again, if we had not used any guan' wo would hate made but 2,000,000 hale which would have sold in the market f< more money the 4,000,000. Wo_coul have pocketed the money that the 2,Q( 000 bales sold for, and no guano bills settle. If the above be true, and wi can doubt it, guano must he a clear lo to the eotton planter. Sinoe the w we have purchased millions of tons guano, and by so doing, wo have worl cd ootton down from 40 to 1ft} cents - Think of tho Southern farmers hu vii In the place of 2,000,000 bales ' eotton, 100,000,000 bushels of coi the 2,000,000 bales et cotton WOT: oWiourlnuids todepre^*^?. This d?ponent {ta^fU^o* itt im. Ono tr?.i V?tisftedm?. ? bad figured tho matter np, and Agare* told . ino that I could make more mou ey rai?*x 'tog ootten * at 20 cents, and pnfohase j ?my provisions,, tbdh U could to- ?aska ? 'small ?fops of cotton and raise my pjor ! tfsbjns. W hen'? rcd BCed th? theory io> ?msde^^ yet 1 Beted so. mopey; r\ ??mc WM$ In 13Q8 I planted two aeres, ol corn to ono or cotton- I-purchased but ; 1;000 pounds of guano. At the end of the year I found t had made some money > r , \.-'t:: tf^R^'Vivs s,'". '.! Io 1869 I should have, made oom enough to do mo bul.fbi the drought. I fattened ment enough io do hay family Tho freedmen had to purchase western bacon. I utnuagod soI did:not purehwe . ?uuoiivviu. vniug iviuo m^u pituo.ui cotton, my crop paid mo very welt? V' IQ -1870 I purchased twenty ?hfee ; tons of guano", which ooat me ol,950. I shall make perhaps 100 batea ofeottou, and by tho time ail expans?e are footed up, there will be (at present '"prioes of cotton) but little monoy left in the bands of your humble servant. I have made com in abondance and have bogs enough to make my meat. If I had no. corn or meat. -1 could sot pos 8?bly make tongue and buckle moot. I should, without doubt, be forced "up the spout." N.; , It would hare boen much better for me to have made but 60 bales bf cotton without guano, than 100 with it-If every farmer had done the same thing -for 50 bales would have brought moro monoy than. 100 bales, and the guano out of the 100 bales to pay for. It is plain to eoe that' the guano is A olear losa. When colton dropped down to 16J cents, 1 began to look for tho cause, and after ruminating over the matter for several ?lays, trying to find tho cause that had produced such in effect, all at once up loomed guano. I once thought guano was my friend, but -experience has taught me that commercial fertil? izers hav J been our worst enemy. Com? mercial fertilizers have caused us to Elant cotton, and cultivate cotton, nul cotton and ship cotton, until many of us haye nothing, but cot? ton, and that is not worth anything hardly, and heavy debts hanging over us for guano, and oom, and bacon. That is exactly, my friends, what guano bas done for us. Let UB get eui of this mis enable condition. All agree that there is but one way to get out, and that is by raising pro? visions. Not Only raise for our con? sumption, but enough to spare to support the towns and eities. l ean oan remember when tho citizens of Ma? con purchased their supplies from the farmers, and it was delivered to them out of the farmers' wagons. They did uot go to a grocery -store to. put chase suoh articles os they needed to eat. Planters, let ua "au?ut face;" plant one half of our land in corn, the other in cotton,and stop using guano, nod all will he well in a short time. Pay particular attention to your hogs, and stup saying that the freedmen steal thom. 1 hat is so only in a few instances. I have twenty he?d that are. fat, some of them so fat that they can't strike 'a trot to got ont of a freedman's way if he was to try and oatoh them,, and those hogs lie round tho quarter now, day and night, and tho freedmen nover trouble them. I nm aware .of what becomes of your hogs when they suddenly disap? pear. They stray off in the woods and perish, and then you . ory out, "the freedmen have stolen them." Stop saying tho freedmen stoal your hog.?, for your hogs are generally so poor the freedmen hare no use for theta. Don't, my friends, shelter your? selves behind such ah excuse any longer Haine corn and feed your hogs : at tond to thom closely, and you viii have plenty of meat. Let us all go to work and get the country out of its present, embarrassed condition. We owe it to our children. Let us not turn the country over to them in its present situation. In the name of humanity, let us not bequeath Stioh a legacy to our offspring. Very respectfully. B. M. .BATKMAN. Near Byron, Houston eonnty, Qa. The ?Tnrtford, Connecticut, Times? comment* on the election farce In this State, as follows : Gov. Scott and his friends of South Carolina ?nt on the ballot boxea of that State all of the last week. It was not precisely like a coroner's inquest, nor lik" anything known to Civilised govern? ment. It-was mer? like a band of banditti sitting on,?nd dividing the ef? fects of tho traveler whose proporty they bad taken* by force. Scott and oompnnjf have been charged with manifold cor? ruptions, and with having passed laws for their own benefit, and injurions to others. After keeping the ballot boxes with .the votes in them one week in secret they are now about prepared to .announce the reaults. At tho close of last werk, they foreshadowed about what they intended to proclaim, vi? : the re ?lection of Scott for ?ovorn?r, by ? reduced .majority ; a Legislature. ' Used for plunder, fwo thirds Bad I ca I j vt*? negro Congressmen,.and probably three ; one white man;-' IsVt. fMe "lovely!" KOK ALT, K?VDS OF Books and Stationary. Oo to KDWAKU PKRIIY. 119 Mooting.rrraet, oppoMto Chitrleiloo Ifotol. Aol fiin -- ^wwe&wi Sis, - ??MtEB, ?. c. -v; . Calla the ?Heft tlon of th* publia to hld>?aort ns ont ot . v . %??? v, Welches, Ci?oke, \ .-. ,v, Jewolr/, , Spec ta otc?, .nd a. Ftflo Article of 81LVER PLATED WARE, ? B.ldil Pr?sente. *e. \ f ?J Pereoni purchasing of him ea.o ro?t anrarod of t? Ktttnt; ortlclea a? represented. 'All wgrk in my I ie nently rt paired ?nd guaran te?d. .? ?' Barrett's Building; South We*i ) Corner Main arid jnbcrtU'Slreets. Pot? ? -? ' ??. ? ? .U C. T. M A S O N . WATCH MAI?EK1,1 AND . SUMTER, S. Ca, H aa J a?t rooolrod and heaps al weja oa hand J Now end Beautiful Stales of JEWELRY, ?i?B GLASSKSj &o: WATCHES, CLOCKS And JEWELRY HE- {* PAIRED WITH DISPATCH. Marchi! ' . . CHARLESTON HOTEL, g . CHARLESTON, s: cu ? This well known end popeter FIRST CLASH J? HOTEL.'situatedln the centro of tho oliy, and also In tho coutro of (ho AVhaloaalo Buainesa \t Houses, affords facilities, oom for ta and'attentlon ,n to Travellers for Pleasure and Merchante on n| Bu MOCKS, seoond to none la the Unitod Stator Oct 26 * ' _ :._. Bm ci THE MILLS HOUSE, ? PAttKER & POM), Proprietors, Charleston, S. 0; ' ^ HA VI~0 boee recently ?nd thoroughly ren . orated and repaired,'i< .now'tho Wo?i . confortante ead luserluua establishment. South of Ne? York. No? 9 (tm D ; A. S M I TH , ' . WHOLESALE AN D RETAIL DE ALF R hV 7 J Parlor, Chamber, Dimiig-Kooin, h - Office arid Library . . , 3J* xx ar ix x t; xx ir o , Mattresses, . Wlttdow Shade*. . . I - ??sk, i ' . _ Blind? and Doors. Granite i ront Uuildinss, , ? Sept U-froJ ^YILMlKtitTON, N. C. WILMINGTON - ? Iron and' Cooper Works c SHOP, ' PRON* STREET, Bf LOW MARKET, W?LMINOTON, N.C. rj Pr ?Nr? ?nd MnnufrtPiurrr? iif Steam Engines, Sea Nut Maohtn*r,<Snfnr and other Mills, Oio ear. Calton-Jferea* and . Pro**??, Turpentine * Still?, ard i.'.t a Inda of tailing, /ind Machiner? L mada a/ renal,?*d. AJso, Pe?ltaa; and Belling, W?.o4 Moulding. Brsoiot*; Hawaii Posts, Stair, a RaUnf, /eWy^ike '.?oMp&Kfe* . =1 .11? RT & HAILEY. 0 Sept 14. .-' ; v /.em*." . ' P. HE?I?SBERGEE, i nOOK: .SMLtW, STATl?tim -aap- V. ; ?Iii* i?,k Mmr**t*r?. riftiibs, Organs, &otodcbnsV. ? ~Giiitnm, Violins, Y t /ti . Chromos, , Ae. At Kew York ond liuliiaioio Prices 8. pl \VrT,JiTN'nT*?N. N. C. i^'-m ^^^^^ Grocery rtlia Ltqh?Y^t? ; -, a .. -**>.; 'g?i ?...? *r -:1 jp lt? U K D S R^.i^VBJTr^j^V? g li en?l tho attention' nf . bia' frieda jf^daW'V. ) .>'."".. ?' '8TJPP.K.; Ol-}Vi*.V;:''V.- ".' ?eairy ?it?^^ *1RB> AU *r??\? roport m^trttt^ SAFET3T liA?VtP. .?WPI, ?nd uses per o?nr. toM.Oil. .UUeVtflr-- f?ft? .o .odor, and laste ? IJfeUuieiV' -.^?~r&v.>SB Vol iji/rii,;?rft?-J5?&;J0|l hroqii m Strict, .Oha?letton^ j$ J? jw - ? -?i M Agoni for State of3ou,lh OaroH&fU 'X-i DHE PLANTATION-Ol? whtOl?r*tvRB-. J&M SIDE, containing ?bout '. ? '?. . ?'. ' "Viii Three Thoifeait?^ ?<;f?|f ly Plant?t iori in Clorpndon County, contain- fm jg about -1..- ' . . ; -.:S i*wo thousand A two hitndr?il acres. 1 '. ... k. ? ? . '. Js* -.-v 'ii- i .. :. .o'? Eithor of (ho nbovo will bo ti?l& . ad a wholo, or ividod to nuit purchasers. " /* . 'j4 I ? Iso o flor for i o lo tho re* iden co pl . Mrs. Julia ? J rlertgp, with, . < . . ?gfi ?.; '-c*' :> 7 '<v? TUREE n?NPRKO.A?A^^.^Jr^t^.^ K J taking ri. compue t and' uplift Wo ..Parn) .-, w| * - - JNO." N-. Pttt?if3o;N;' Jg| AoglO-^ro) y . ' Stotoburg,; SjC, fr; BY CONSENT OP TUB PART>Bg 'J?W^*. jfl . KST1-U in tho heal Enjuta iSt 4U. M A lt? .jgH AltBT McLB?D, docen?Oirj, ?icco<?dlng TrWJWV^ ?rms ofber w'll.T wllf'i s<iir'.?c 8u'mtcr. :.Cottf?i7 A2 [onso.ort 8filcs-diy lu 'N?tcmKoKtl*c?|i/<?. tPW,; V^? r lnnd bolongiiig'to.siiid Ksc?t?, I? tfrf - Oonn??.^jjj rSumtoV; I? tho Sloio ofSoutb" Corullaa^. cQO^ 'v^S lining TH KEB II UN ItHEO ANA 'TWP/?MPi H % VE AQKES; moro ?r let's, bi?^adoW.' WnrtH'igr- *3| md of John M?rrtgoinery noa'h^amuoi . N.t 9 ?coste. Bust by land o?J?lL Wilson. . Si>i>0? by ; Jd ind of Benj iVl??ob, anJ Woat; bylaod bf Usf?lo . .^j T Mosca M< I.tt-id. , .. TEEMS: i?po.li?lfofisli.opd tl,o hnlnnro nu ii ! ' 1 .edit of .twelve montli*. \tftli. int<?r6s*t,. tKe*--fiiv> '^? tont, to"^o awcured by? lloii.d' ot'^(ho..piirol*aj.ssc"'vi Ith t?i?rtgago of tho-prvuii?c>. ' .r Zuffi ' fla Purehasers t? pay 0>r pii^CrantiiVf^nuips. . "I ' U. M.: Mcl.BJUlh KXoittft<.iri?> - OctWtd . [ '. : 'r.?:- g J-\ *3 v SUMTEu,. s: c. ;; ri '. . *. *y?.. . ; ' :- ... . - yjfjii ^ 'HE following ComfRiil' s liavi'iig ^..mpllV itb tho'Law.-And d<1pvhiud#2iVv').'> "iiclf.-willi' ie CouiptroHot Goucrel, ' o(ltfr. ^ruti'iilnii ; ia oufoliolda agiinet los- or dumn^o l.y ffH?.: I*lt?oiiix ?'ift1 liisni?i?ict! Cou?pUnv. "f ? ' . :? ; /r,i.TOI,0,00:. | f?OTHlrvfn'.T'^fu Iiifi,tr.iii'ci>> (.'(iitiiiitiiy,^!/ T^i iilKlttj>;. tin7 <i?n. /KwHr/^iAl^jji^ * 'rnhfdv.?l/-M' <3; M?ttiijjlj ?oe'iv. : Krountv l'iVc lu-nllnsc l'uinji ihy uf ?ctv York, AsV.?'11?, .'S2l'u|T.;Htftr'ht.'/ . ' CScrman Kiro iti/uinn.ce ?o^p'rfny or low/Vork, ?Bttett?*; i;?$^.0?i Q\h \ Georgia ??onifi Insuinnco. O?thpnn,y,-' !ol?n?b?8,AlB.; ?sjwtu,^^468.731; ??^r . Biohnf?ljd'BAnklng ths^lrhhc?'CQ,,'o/ MrgifliA, A?86ttTj !i79.6'4? 21: * . ' A. WHITE, June,3? . - _ ^ P-WO Dwelling Houses in Town, and a ?Parni ?i$AR,suMTEii FOR SALE. ". -. ./ ' . HOUSE with flvojlncnns aod OntUUdlnKS, . Oli Washington Street, . 7 H " ' 5 C ..HOUSE wlib four Rooms trad Ombuildlnga. en Sttntar Street. ' . Us6ta Small Farm Fifty Acrc^ i within twe milea>f Suiutcr: . Teryeaay, Apply to r"^ ." ; ?OBEET ^K?I?S, krehitect, Conaty Surveypis Mechanical Engineer, fiLt ATCBND TO ANY BUSlNlisft ??? ru.ited to.hlm with ace II r4 rv eiiddiaJJalvb. - Refera to FOBS OR FRIE^' DS. ' r, . Arl J ree*, H?**ht**??; *. 1?. Oft T?