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7.''^IWWi Ti)^r >| .^> ,j .,-, . f,' -.' .T5kr?Jg > *?^t-.,* .?.*t i..- ',~v <.?> , '.. ' etfce-tael* ?' t,? ,. ??.? a* .. x -w ,., . . . - S a - \ w. / : W*. i I'll'"1' .. 1 11111 VOLUMIS XIV. _ ' ?^dL*at? "?GK* Jfi. gi\o\v NE8. KI)I TOR* T a. t J. C BATIiET, Fro'r. and Associate Editor. 'fewonQRirrio* Two Pollers per nnnnm. -AhVuhTianuellTe inserted at the rule* of one dollar per equsro of twelve Minion lines (thl? eisod type) or 1cm for the first insertion, fifty eenla eeoh for the second end third Insertions, and twenty-fire cents for suhssqueut insertions. Yeerly oontraots willhe uinde. All advoYtisemenl* must have the numhor e *f insertions marked on them, or they will be inserted till ordered out, snd charged for. Unices ordered otherwise. Advertisements witl invariably be " displayed." Obituary notices, and all matters Inuring to te the benefit of any one, are regarded as Advertisements. ORIGINAL. | IV ?"M . ... -.r. I von tub loniiwi Tnnrnitn. Friendship Broua Altar." Tm, We Were friends In happier days, Wh?n life wa? nil one scene of joy; An J little did t dream that Time ' Ceutd e'er rfaeh trust <u onr? destroy t Hut jeers haVo panod since you end t Firsf 'wnt?he<l the sunshine fade in night, ' Her tbcngiit we then?how soon, alas t ws>Vi bttisrHorH our lore would blight. The flowers / Then most dearly prised, Jiow soon has* crumbled to docay 5 Ami " FrfwiidsfiTp's ^haplet" worm rtsw, )'?u trample in the dost to day: No lender is lho garland fair, Xb lunger kept with loving hand: The sweetost buds have withered grown * ? And broken is ths silkeu band. Perhaps, when Time's relentless hand tins blighted all'yoHr /afreet /toteert ; ^fhen all your dreams, like (nine decay, Anil lonely aro the summer'hours; Twitl think of deys/bneeer y???e, g Of true nffeetion siigliteil now ; u And mourn tho lore" you coldly scorn, ?r - Before a heartless world to bow. Remember, then, wheso hands have crashed, Those flowors, and coldly torn apart; y The tendrils of that vino, so long, Most fondly twined around uty heart: Farewell! nor tkiuk that I regret, , That thus thou oasts aside to-dar. The heart that teould hat e hired thee ?till, Though all the irorfd had turned utcay. Ah no 1 for It were better far, To let the tic be severed now ; Tbatt watch tbo heart grow cold and strange, And shadows gather on the brow : I'd rattfef keo my fairest floWer, Torn from its slam and east away Than know that alowiy, hour by hour, 'Twas falling sadly to decay. jv/iiflyLA Bet thou wilt find, as aTl must find, . Youndcarost idols?only,clay, Ana proye (be friendship of (ho ?c?pM. More bitter still ami false than thoy : A Mil l^hU vilt (row, at / Aire yrnu ?, If u palest, and fhll of bitter pride; Ond pity thee, for thin wilt wish, That thou a happy child had died. KUtlfcKfA CARItOLt. ".Vanity Slop*," S. 0., Marrh 12th, 18(13. JFor the Southern Enterprise. JVessrt. EJRior : On the 7ih instant t dug, up out of toy pardon a Beet which weighed elevtn pom'tdi and a half of thespeel?s known tia the Karly Turnip Beet? Mow, let tue say to your very good readers ^not ta throw up their hands and distend their eyea and say, " What (riot a hig heel, hut) a lit,' for Messrs Kindred, Story, liar v*J. Fowler and others saw the aforesaid Beet and can vouch for what I any; an I beside* I have no seeds of that specie* of Beet to eell at this lime. Shall 1 tell you the way to de lit Trench?yes?Irtneh?and fill up with Manure. But some one any* trcnekii g (s tiresome to the hack, and nig g-rs won't work since being sot free. Well. ensne white people never would work, end ere less <lopore 1 to do to since being en" slaved than ever. Let us make a csluula' tlon. Two anoh B?Gta can be made to grow n a yard square? 4.840 square yards to ' tha acre?and four fcf them will make a Lnsliel?f.4'20 bushels on an acre, or a little over W buthela on a square rod, "What , ' another?whopper," somebody cries out.? .A itJfinl T say ft can be done; and sqch row feed. But Messrs. Editors and rradeia. f ask all your pardons, for on looking at the l*f?trs t see that cotton it *" ' "stiff*1 - In rtMrlestoa, and to in OrecnviHe, ,eo we ft* a - -4 tA" I A?.-J wmi rai?e oounn ana import our green* s*rt<l *?nta frotu Buncombe acd the * Gr>ai Kor rid.'' tiont?i?ody 'a n"1^ <" l,# ?i**k tefnA" V *e*t CJJirUimat. Welt, wh^ net Im'potl onr Tegrlulii**, flour, iu**l. n>a?t, JL-- and let Ig 0q4 ffiffnr,rtiix<d S?p?f? phgaphate of Time ?lun?r EieuMina again for ?*lug that W* name, a* only a c< rtnln ?1??* of nit i! arawtlowed to use such wonlo, ' jOnljf lltleo: XifrbffiUirrd fVMlr?f<-4 *? yerphoaphate of Lime(ual of breath again ) Who wouldn't boy tha article J not for the ^ paroe, like the nigger in Chailceton hie* euintner, who wanted fo fiuy peaehri. 1|.e torekaep*r told liim they Vtru rut tan. II a did not want them, thru, h? *iid. ' Tee," aj a a bystander, "they are raiieoUg ro?ten." ."Well," aaya the " cull ml parton/*' " f-taVee 'em then, for I llkre de na?i?* Kvery man who ha* an aere of woo<Mand ha* phoapbata in abundance; the other in-gradient* can 6* applied ley any woiking men. . I allowed a neighbor of mine lt?t .. eprjng, who, hy the way, ie a very ehevar man,' land* of chip and other manure 'I hat had teen accumulating near hie door for' year*, and remarked its great value. Ife , ?ald it ^?g;do( Worth hauling out?he Wa. ^REFLE , . -.kv *< !? >*> > ?. not going to bt'lher with any aoah Muff. I believe l>? even got angry at me for even presuming It wae any account Said neigh, tor ctlitlvoted about 40 aerea in corn and about 4 in Coitou?made nearly 40t>bu#heN ot corn, tli* beat araeoo in the memory of the old<et inhabit not, and a bale of cottonAnother neighbor hae % ditch running through hi# at able yard, to carry the manure on hit Lottotn-? it agree hauling. The idea now is to pen jour roars In the big road as J buy Nit rogenircd Manipulated Superphosphate. It come* front the North and st?iuida t.|g?th?*y like the uanu ? About twelve years ago Dr. Parker, the physician to th- Lunatic A?)1rim, in Oi.lumbla, had two,hundred liuthrli of corn raised t on an ai*re of that j>ot?r sandy soil peculiar to Columhl i. 1 heard C I. Adam Summer road out the yield, an 1 the premium to Dr. Parker, at the State Pair, remarking at the time that It was the gravtest yield of eorn ever known to be made on ati acrr. I have lo'hl this fact to seyerat tn*n who think , in hiwtiels to the acre a Idg ' crap," not one ! .d wlio'rn believed a word of it. They did . not tell roe to my face I li?prsvaiicnted but as soon a? I iurned my baek'they ?n\d " /! ?< he srone." We have had a rivolu iron in politics, now let us have it in agri' euTture. M. Tm<i? uuts on Chmistia* Pi;tt.?A cvlebrated diriiiu has declared that nil religion consisted iu right thinking, right feeling, and | right aeting in rotation to tJod. Thin is cer tainly a comprehensive and correct definition. What then are sumo of tlio duties wo owe to (Jod as respects our actious? I would bvro state that if our thoughts and feelings ho correct in reference to Qod and ourselves, then our actions tuuet bo correspondingly so. Our first duty then, will be to o^n and honor tiod by a public profession of faith in hiin. " Out i of the abutiuanco of tho heart tho mouth ! kpnakctb," and having bclitvcd with tko hoarl unto righteousness," is it hut right "that wo repeat confession with the mouth T Tho command is, " Deny thyself, tako up tliy cross an?f follow Christ." " Whosoever therefore shall confess-mo before men, him will I ennf.Sf. etc." And he thut takcth not his cross and followoth after me Is not worthy tif inc." In the days of pure Christianity there wcro no christians but made open ntid public profusion of their faith in Christ. But in these latter days, when tho world' and the 'chur-h six flooded with so uiunli spurious religion, and the church has become so corrupt, to a great extent by its confirmation to the firms end fashions of the world, many who profuse faith in Christ, refute fir rears, nnd some unto death, to publicljr own God, autl connect themselves witU ifie church, rhouhl that church happen, to lie rigid !n discipline, or is not euctigh confirmed to' to the world, to farhion and ceremony to' ?nit tlieir t iste.- And yet such profess loro and loyalty to God, while supposing tholr fins to have t>?oii tur&?ven at all, to the very Grst duty repaired they rc'use to yield ohcdienco ! .1 do assert that such a declaration is a fair teat of man's chrirturlly, and If hi* relig'on will not stand tbif, It will I think, he exceed Ingly diUcult t<i conceive on what grounds it? genuineness can ho established. Christ snys, " If yo lore roe yo will keep ray commandments," "ye aro my friends if yo do whatsoever I command." Or la It fur any j one to lio a lover of the hlcsscd Josus, who lives in the continued neglect of Ills dying | instructions and thus declaring practically that the world may remain ignorant as far n? I am concerned, of gospel truth?tho blessed truth that Jesus gave himself a ransom tor j nil fisijTtalifil i ? ? . - . Scotrn MimiSteus.?Many amusing storio.i are tolA of Mr. Robert Shirra, minister of the Recession church of Kirkcaldy, Here are n few that arc vouched for as authentic: One Pundnv the heat or some other agency ( worldly-mlndodness, or possibly had ventila- , tion, caused a largo numhur of the congregation to become drowsy. Mr Rhina suddenly Stopped short, mid said : 'Hold np your beads, my frieuds, and mind that neither saints nor (inner* are sleeping in tlia other world 1" Nearly every drowsy number heenmo attentive; hut oromru foil aslerp again, and snored. The minister stopped at ouce, and addressed liitn ; "John Stewart, Ibi* la the second time that I've itoppit to awi^kcn j"?; hut t give you fuir warnln' that if 1 nocd to atop again, I'll xpose^-ou by naind to Ae congregation." Ooec whop ho was reading tbo Tlth Psalm, "I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shall enlarge tny heart," he snid : " Well, David wba' ia your flrwt resolution. ' / Hill ruft.' Run away, David, what hinders you? What l? your next? 'I will run the tppy of thy rcw??iifiwfNh.' Better rnn yet* David. What ia your next ? 'T will run the way of thy commandments trhm thmi thnft entnrtj* htaM.' No thnnfcn to you, Pattd; I we eould all of ua rnn, as woll aa y->u, with such help." * A parmm iu Iowa line invented, a method uhetaby lie keep* In* neighbor*' cow* from tenting lil* h*y. He-dwrltia it tl?n?: " A certain q'la-lrttped ImJ a *wret tooth for our li?yt>a>-k, and lid jiiqcli damage, throwing ilawi tin* ?tv n mil (ui.ee and rooMlng In nnr liny. Wo bointbt * box of Cayenne pepper, took a ifle? locjt of Jiayy placed Itoutnid*,' baplia-d' it ariLh pepper and watched. Tli* aaiiual came along and pitched into Ilia hay, when anddeuly alia took til* hint and, with mtt at . forty fir* degnd**. and tail at ninety degree*, lieraoul w nt marching on at the rata of lp. That ?o\v litu not bauo btck ?ineg." f y . 1 x %u 1 ? I * sx of i3c OKEKNV1I.LE. sSOUTI Proposed Bute Conititution. [uu.tTINUED PROM Pol'RTIl fAOR.] Sao. 0. The General Asscm hly .ahull provide for the maintenance of the State University, and ne anon ?? practicable, provide for the establishment of an Agricultural CwlUge, and shall appropriate the land given to this State, for the support of suob a college, hy the Aet of Congress, passed July j, 13(12, or thq tnoney or scrip, ns the case may he, arising from the sale of said lands, op any lands which may hereafter bo givon or appropriated for such purpnao for tho support and ; maintenance of such college, nnd may make the sarao a brnneh of the State University, for Inetruollon in Agriculture, the Mechnnic Arts, ' and the Natural Sciences connected there- i with. occ. iu. The proceeds or all lands tliat Iikto been or hereaftar may l>? Riven by the ' Uuitcil States to this State, for educational purpose end not otherwise appropriated by the State or tho United States, and of ail lan Is or othor proper Riven by individual, or I nppr> prainted by tho State for like purposes, nud of all estates of deceased persons 'who have died without lasviuR a wHI or heir, shall bo securely Invested end saercdly preserved as a State School Fund, and the annual Interest end Income of said fund, i together with each other tnenns as the General Assembly may provide,"' thai) be faithfully appropriated for the purpose of estahli<h)UR and maintaining free public schools and for no other purposes or rsoe whatever. Artido 8th on the right, of suffrage was read a third time passed and declared an iutcgrul portion of tho Constitution as follows : Aim ci. k ?. AMr.XhMRXT A*t> BfcYtftlON OF TBS CONSTtTliTMK. Rat*. 3A; Any amen Intent or amendmenu to this Constitution may lie proposed in tlie Senate or House of Representatives. If ?h- sntne be agreed to by two thirds of tlie members elected to each House, such amendment or amendments shall lie enter* ed on th? journals respectively, with lite yeas and nays taken thereon ; and tlie snn.C be submitted to the qualified elector* of the State, at lit* next general election thereafter b?r Uepreseiit?tives. and if a ma jojliy of the electors, qua tided to vote for members of tlie ffcnetnl Assembly, voting lliereon, shall vote in favor of siu-h amendmeat or sincndtn nts. and two thirds of each of thai next Legislature, shall, after Hob nil election, and I-afore anotbet, ratify the same amendment or amendments. I?y yeas an-! nay*. Ilia name shall become part of tlie Constitution ; /'rovi.lcJ, That such amendment or amendments shall have been icsd three littles, oil tlir?o several days, in each House, See. Srt. If two or more amendments shall tie submitted at 'he same time, they shall lis sir toiKcd in t-uch imtuiier that ilia el-e ors shall vote lor or against each uf such amendments separately. Hec. 37. W lienever two-thirds' of lite membeis elected to each branch of the General Assembly shall think it. necessary to call m Convention to revise, amend, or Changs till* Constitution, they shall ttjcom lileuil to tlie electors to vote at the next | election for Representatives, lor or against a-Convention ; and if n majority of all the | electors Voting at said election shall have | voted for A Convention, the Qetieiul As senl'dy shall, Ml their next session, provide I b_v Inw f?r culling lli? same ; and such 0??* veutiou shall consist <>f ? number of mem* b? is milles* thai lluit of the most nuuieroue branch of the Uetteial Assembly. ? ? - ? Trni liisi.r..?Tl?o Ucv. Pn>femf Leonard Woods said: *' When 1 commenced tny duties of Professor of Theology, I fearyd that tho frequuuer with which I should have to pass over the same portions of Scripture would shale the iulcrcst of my own mind in reading them; but after more than fifty years of study, it is my exporictieo that with every class my interest increase*." Daniel Webster said : ' From the tiiae that, at my mother's feet, or on my father's knee, I I first learned to lisp verses from lha acred Writings, tbey have hocn my daily study and vigilant contemplation. If there he anything in my style or thoughts to he commended, tho credit is due to toy kind parents in instilling into uiy iniud an early love of tho Scriilures." Fisher Autcf said : " I will hazard tho assertion that no man nrnr .mi t.* coiuo truly eloquent without belli# a constant reader of tba lliole, and nn admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language. The great Milton said: "There are no songs comparable to the songs of Zion, no orations equal to thoeo of the prophets, and no politics like those which the rienptaree tcaeta.,r Kven the brilliant infidel RouMcnw said: "I ninst confess to you that tlic majesty of tlto Scripture? astonishes ine ; the holiness of the evangelists speaks to tny heart, nnJ bus such strong and striking characters of tmtb, and is, moreover, so perfectly inimitable, that if it had been the JuVcWthin of men, the inventors would be greater than the greatest heroes." ]>katii or j/upuk (loi;n?ci.ouK-? Another worthy nnd highly respected cltissu of Union District, hna departed this life. Judge Davie Goudelock died, on THureday Inet in Uaiouville, S. C., at tho advanced age of about sixly five. Ills dehth la a great loss to his District and to the Stale. Ifo was a most excellent gentleman in every tenso of the word. Ho Was oho of the'oldest mutator* uf the Bar in tho up country, and at the fame time ono of Ihe most fuitbftol, eorrect and attentive cmnsclors. Hip strong moral sense of duty 1c t him alikn to ctibmit to (ho laws of hi* country and to tho divine law, those uolde victuc* being tho standards by which his eharaetor was determined. Thus, has I'nh.n District within a fow days of each othur, lost two o| her most .valued vitixeaa. Tho years through which J udga (luudelock and tbs venerable Wallace Thomson havo passed, hare perhaps l.scn as ovopilul as any in the world's history. They lived as good men in the sphere of life to which they had been allotted therein, and a praiseworthy emulation of all honorable and useful I duties, crowned their virtues with success.? t The affectionate remembrance of the people, in expressions of regret for the loss sustained, | give assurance that, through long and useful lives, they havo gone to thslr graves, bearing i With them the Wiuvl?*i and most gratuf.il rocollectiouf.?Spartanburg Spartan. u Hi )IyUI,AH I CAROLINA. MARCH !?. HOW HK HAD UlM A ID till IIHIIied Wutfo kept a tavern in one of oar Wn?rttn villages, but though hi* house bad n very good n*me, it wns rntue then lie hud himself, for it was sur mired by hi* neighbors that ho used a great deal of fodder, corn, etc.. which lie had never paid f?>r, although it had never been clearly proved upon him.? Early oue morning he whs met by an scquaintar.ce, named Wilkes, as he was timing before liiin a heifer, which lie had most probably borrowed from toin^fai mer. V Ilnlloa, Well#, where did you gel the V.etfer !" cried Wilkes. ( " Bought Iter of Col. Steven*was the unhesitating reply. " What did vouvay for her!" ' Twenty dollar.,' said Wells, m he hurried on. About an hour afterwards, as Wilkes was sitting in Well's bar room. Col. Stevens entered. After a few minutes' conversation, Wilkes said : * A tine animal that you sold Wells." ' I don't understand you ; I never sold Wvlls any animal." " Didn't you f Why, T mot him this mottling with a heifer, which he said he l??>iighl of you for twenty dollar*.*" ''lie did, eh I Well, since he said so, he has to pay tue for her, said Steven*." Wells entered soon after, and Stevens, stepping up to him, said: "Come, Wells, I'll trouble you for the money for that heifer, it was a cash bargain you know 1" " I never bought any heifer from voti." " Don't yAu remcmher you 1,ought one of me for twentv dollars I Lkrti's Wilkv* call prove it." ' No'he can't," said Weils. A curious exprefhion passing Aver Well's lace ; he felt hi'hsrlf cornetcd ; he had either to tell whete he got the animal, or lose twenty dollar*; and, thinking it not safe for him to do the flr?t. he pulled out his wallet, counting out the money, and handed it to Ste- . vena, saving: "So I did?so I did. I had forgotten all about it : you must excuse tue." r?Ytxo av Incite*.?Grurgs D. Clark, age.l <12 years, died at I.ynn, Mm-?., nn the 2&lh nit, after nn illness of seventeen month*.? An account of the case say*: " The first attack l?e hod was paralysis of the left atin, widen in a few days com nn-ttord dry ing at I tie end of the tin gen.? This cnullnt.a-l to extend up the arm until it. nearly reached the ethow, when it was ill.night, best to amputate, which Was successfully done, and lor a few months hope* were I ad of the recovery of the patient ? ilia appetite was good, and there was every nppeareuce <>f cutivahscenco except grent weakness. Home three months ago, how over, liia right leg began (trying at lite fout_ *ixl bad nearly readied lite knee, when, n f?wr days ago, purple stripes appeared nomas the limb above. The breath grew ahorter and h? paaaod eaaily away." Count Kot'CMKi.Kr, the incredibly rich Russian who mu le I'm is aluri! live or six years ago, hat refused to pay a manln* maker's bill of 54'H)f. liia wife incurred in Paris recomLy. Ilia defence was that there was n marriage contiact iietwecn liia wife and liiinsell by wliieli each agreed to pay their respective del ta; that lie had already pn:d ftO'i/HjO for hagatell* bought by his wife within tha three last years; that he hud sent iter twsy from Paris to keep her nut of temptation, giving her a beautiful home in the south of-France, and allowing her $24,not) a year pin-money ; but tbat jewel era nisnmn-muktr* and milliners send their tout-is to her Southern home to tempt Iter into all sorts of extravagauce which exceed Ids ability to pay, although he 1 as (GOO, 000 u year income. The Court decid?J he w as not liable for the bill. Comwutaiiox or Sbxtencb.?Governor Orr has commuted the sentence of the colored man Benjamin ll.-igan, who was convicted of arson at the recent session of the Court of Common Picas, and sentenced to he hung on live third Friday tn April next, to fire years eonflnenicnt in the Penitentiary. This exoreite of Executive clemency wat induced by tho rcemntnea rial ten of the prisoner la weny by the Jury mid .Tmlgo who triad him, atxl by the A'toiney-Geuerah? Ckmr. Courier, 1.1(4. Jtimed I!. Leverich, the 2Dw York bank taller, who recently absconded with a for* tune of $400,000 bolonging to hi* employer* h?* hven arrested in Detroit, where lie wns living in elegant style under the name of J ante* 11. Durand. ur The hill making a ntsjrrily of lit* I vidre east ratify conntltution*, and allowing registered persona lo vote anywhere in the State after ten daya' residence, on certificate, affidavit or other evidence, is a law, jy Advertising is vnlushte in Pari* ? An agent there has just paid $100,000 for ho privilege of hanging framed advertise menta in the Grand TTotel and the Hotel du Louvre, for five yerr*. Tiib late rt hymn of extraordinary pop a. larity in England la entitled Paradise.'* ? It has quit# equalled in general acceptation the well known 'Jerusalem the Golden,'* aud will sooo be Introduce in this country jgll EYE]STT? 1 1868. WH. 11 ALL gives this advice to ladles. Hare a rocking ohair in ?orae Urge room, at the toy of . tbe bouse, all ooijr, quiet and clean, tnd in tome of the old familiar tune* of tbe village etiuroh of your childhood,- aing by the liour, with an opon month and a loud Toice, not on a penny whistle pitch, the psafma and byians and spiritual songs of Watt* and Weeley, of liacid and Uuki, and " liruleronomy tnd all of thetn aing away and rock away, and don'l be afraid if year neighbora do iliink you yre a Methodist; for if yon are a lira one, the angcla Won't be aahemed ef you j l?ut while you are tinging think what the Worda mean and let your heart go out In that meaning ; think, too, of the many who uaed to ring these same aonga with you, aide by tide in the aaine pew, but who can aing them no more now, for their lipa are still in death and their tweet voices are huahed In th? church yard grave, to be heard no more ant! you join together In ainglng the hallelujahi o the ski,a. Thk Rtatb Capita!,.?The negro conren lion line Incorporated In its conatitutlon a pro vision that the Capital of the Stnte ahull here after be at Atlanta, inatead of MitUdgeville The City of Atlanta bid high for the honor having pledged herself to prorlde, free of ex penre, for ten yeere, all neceaaary buildings including the Gorernor'a Mansion, Library room, and offices for all the Dcpertinenta, be shlea donating ten acres ol land to the Stat fur the erection of Statu House, etc. This is another hid on the patt of the Con rentiwn to get votes for their cqqal rights con stitution. This, with the relief oicaauro, it ii calculated, will buy a large number of rotor who would otherwise he againat ratification. [ M'u.A.'ngto* (tfa.) 6'iiicIIi. S>kak or Christ.?All! the tnan that hai iiel Christ in bis soul ai d want* to tell no body, lias a soul that ia a sepulchre, and h la dead. If there he nne thing in thi world that is worth telling, it ? rot tha honor, that wealth, that any good f< r-oi. 1u rmilar things has owne to you ; hut tha Chtist has bceo made known to you. It i .1.- .1 -II ?--J -1 - mi- iiu-irm ?i nrnn, un in? niutl pr? clou* of nil disclosure! no<l if there is i man that he* walked in sorrow and sndnesss ami had liia Saviour com* to meet hint, ?n< interpret the Scriptures to him, snd st Ins discloss Himself to him in (lis owu liuusi in the break 1n-? of brand, snd lie is no moved to tell h's friends and neighbors then the dead ought to sp-aV, and the vsr s'oius ought to cry out 1 ??Jamrs Oi.trrAVT, minister of Dunhsrtei had a curious habit of making running con incuts, in a low tune of voire, ns be rand tli Scriptures, llcnrt?as he never cured bin self of tbs practice?those seats nearest tl pulpit were the must highly prised, lisrs at two samples of his " pulpit notes." Hoaxing of the swine rushing into tbo f'l ho muttered, u 0 that ll.e devil lied bee choked too!" Heading Peter's remark, " have left u'.l utid followed Thee," he sail ipiietly, " Ayo bnastio," Peter, syo braggii ?what had yc to bars but an old crnay boa and tuuy be two or tliras ratten nets t" Do Qoon.? VVhocver sincerely endeavor tn do all lh? good lie can, will probably d much inure than he imagines, or will eve know till the day of Judgment, whoa tIs ,.?,..i, .,r .tl 1....1. .K.ti t.. ? - i tr TIox. Eiitvakii J. Artiii!a.?The Colurobi Pbajnix nnnoum-os the death ?( tbi* distil guishud citizen, at bis horns in Columbia, o ibo UGtlt ultimo. Jlis loss will be rcgrstte lirougbout the State.?Lnurentuille IforaU IV In Orvat Rtiiain, there are no1 published 1,824 newspapers, distributed n follows: London two bun-lied and lift) litres; elsewhere in Ei-gland seven hut drcd niul fifty-one?a total of 1004. Wal< forty-nine. Scotlaud one hundred an thirty two. Ireland on* buudred and t\rer ty four. Ilriiuh Isles fifteen. Of thai there are fifty-eight dsily papers publish* in K-tgland, ore in Wales, twelve in Sco land. th\ite?n In Ireland, and ouo in tl Itiilish I sle*. tv One of the colored delegates to 111 " tale Reconstruction Convention, in Chnrle t?*u, was arrested Monday night, for rol tting two fellow-ntsmbvr*; hut, as bo dii gorged, was released soon pfter. VZT Mlehael Osrr, a Untied States sol Jier, onmniitted snleide at Darlington 0. II on Sunday night last, by taking strychnin IV Juan Valle. a noted Mexican Landi a its caught ami shot ilia other day. 11 met death willingly, ?>4> ini? <lint the but nw? wan so crowd* J ha could no longr make a ielectable living. nr A curious statement ia made tin 'h? wlmlc amount of graiD laiead in N? Kngland osrh year would not *U|>ply it* ii habitant* with food for six weeks. w The froat appears to have penetrate into the ground this Winter to a great) depth than for many years. 8ueh is tl general testimony fr. m all quarter*. tw Oovari.er Vunce, in declining tl Conservative nomination. for Governor i North Cai olina, say* : " I feci compelled, both by public aa private considerations, rah oUntly to d< cline the nomination." but h* doe* not ai plain whet those considerations are. |^T Leon Chares, a robber, with a baa of between three and four hundred follow ers ia committing terrible oulragsa i Mexico. u! v.-?n > J. *-?v -'i..* : , l-LX ilf UJ L-.J'JUtf *' NO. 44. ? - i Florida CoKv?ntto* *8orip.**? Our F1 rid* eichtntfe* ttll torn* funny -l .L -. - p- ?wvu? iiiuiiBj runners ia inai section ; ml some idea of tb? value of the 1 scrip issued by tbe Mule Team Convention may be gleaned from the feet that one of tbe members is said to have giv< en one bunded d liars for a bottle of whi?kv, and several ethers took drinke | to the tuae of twenty dollars a piece.? The Floridian eays it has been offered , on the streets at anything?from twen* ty cents on the dollar down to nothing, with no purchasers. A Ma. Miller was united in tbe l??v ly bonds of matrimony to Misa Kate | G ; whereupon a friend of tbe t bridegroom spoke the following piece : t " Miller I I like your frit ; may yoor f maniage, like good wheat, turn out well ; but may you be ground o mealt if it is ever to Id that you bava hotted from her; and may your bran-new rela* lions produce a heaping up mcaror* of happiness, and your pathway bestrewn . with Jlvurs /" Patrick Ross, who, some ei ght J rears ago, murdered a lady of rank in \ Ireland for ber property, and for whom . the UiitUb Government offered ?<20, , was arrssled iu Cincinnati, several daya ago. 11* attempted suicide by cutting bis throat, and is in a critical condition. Tiik love of a cioss woman, H is said, t is stronger than the love of any other , female in lividual. Like vinegar, the kffnciions of a high-strung woman never spoil. * W tt i o.M?The two epithets? 1 ** V\"liijg " and ** Tory " used in England' originated in a similar manner. Tbe 8 Royalist party being displeased at some* thing done by the Republican party, ap-* 1 plied the term u Whig " to them?a 8 Scottish word, meaning a beverage of t sour milk ; whilst the Republicans call8 theia " Tories," after a band of > IrUh robbers infesting lower Ireland. * Tub month of March, 1868, will, It ts expected, exibil two wonderful events?the trial of Jefferson Da?ia for 1 insis'ing th-t the Southern 8lwlea were 0 out of the Uuion, and the trial of An? drew Johnson for insisting that the ' States are in the Union. T Tub countrv nsners are coDving nn lit count of a terrible death, by fire, of i Petie Oleum, of Milwaukee, Wis.,with i- out seeing tbftt it is one of those weak 10 and worn out jffta for which the weet* ' ern journals are notorious. i? re In Orangeburg, on sales-day last, three hundred and fifty acres of land i, were sold nt fifteen cents an acre.? n Several thousand acres were told, and ? the highest price obtained was a little I; over three dollars per acre. t A Woman with a child in her arras was a few days since solciting charity from door to door in Bridgeport Conn, "a She wanted, if possible, to raise money ? enough to get her child's photograph '? taker.. * 44 Ax official of Natchei, Miss., made a proposition to the City Council to reduce his salary from $40 to $25 per month." He was sent to the ivtia tic a-ylutn, of cour>e. ^ Tnit Legi.liiture of Maryland, in a joint ' convention, on Friday, elected Hon. (leorge Vickers, of Kant county, United ^ Clolnu Qonufivtr in 11? a rvlo oa r\f II<vn P. F. Thomas, recently refuted a sent by the Senate. ^ A plan it on f<ot in Edgsfield to (j arrange a compromise for all debt* due i in that District. Ouu meeting ban been i# held on the subject, and another baa j been called to consider the object. t- CoNSKAVATiva associations have been ia organized and oflicera elected in Greenwood, Abbeviile District, in Spartanburg and Andereou villages and in ie 8nmmerville. I, Julia I>kan IIatn*, (lie actress, died suddenly in N?w York last Friday morning, at the residence of her fatherin-law. She was in the 37ih year of ber age. e. A youno lady so.i.nambuliat in St. t Louis, recently, attempted to enact in ' her sleep the tragedy of a novel she had l*ii* l i i_ l. l: l - i t i t . reao in n?r waning nun , vy aiaoDirg ' her sister with a table knife, rr 1 Chinese think telegraph wires are the railroad tracks of little demon*, and as w they do no! choose to facilitate the pasn sage of such spirits, they tear the lines down. d A process ha* been invented by fr which scraps of leather are worked ie over into large sheets, so that the new article is a* good as the piece from which the scraps came. Thr hotels at Little Rock keep a slippery etone with each wash basin.? Mj It parses for soap, and the only expense is first cost. r 14 Prrvrwtion is better than core," as the |ig said when be ran away with , sit his might to aecape the killing attentions of t butcher. n BmrATnv,?The way to be sensible ot another's misery, I* to fetl it ourselves, A