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VOLUME XXV. : - ^ 16,:186T^ . ^-X-^IJMI^ III ummnmmiK PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY:. THOMAS' W. PEGUES. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Three Dollars a year Cash?Four Dollars if payment is delayed three months. rates op advertising per square. For the first insertionv$1.50: for the scoontl, $1.00; for. the third, 75 cents; for each subsequent insertion. 50 cents. i v Semi-monthly, Monthly amd Quarterly advertisements, $1.50; insertion. . The space occupied by ten Hues (Solid, of this size type) constitutes a square. Payment is required in advance from transient advertisers, and as soon as the work is done, from regular customers' . Contracts made for yearly and half-yearly advertising (payable quarterly), made on moderate terms. AGRICULTURAL^ From the Southern Cultivator CRAB GRASS HAY. Editors Southern Cultivator:? In the wide field of, Southern Agriculture, I know of no branch.of it s<? little understood, and yet so important to our material interests, as the making of Hay. Our ships, railroad mra and stpn.mho.ats. are burtheucd with dry grass, grown 3000 miles distant, by transportation from t'uo valleys and meadows.of New England, and sold here at ?3,00 to ?4,00-'for 100 lb3. to farmers and'planters who live in the finest hay section in the world, where two crops can be gathered the same year from the same land. Now, I simply propose to'call the at-; tention -of my Southern brother planters to the immense provender resources which they have and to give general directions, and to-make-some remarks on the mode and manner of growing and cutting and sowing or curing Crab-Grass Hay. . ' Avoiding, purposely, all technical terms about the grass, *as well as all theoretic propositions, or extraneous -discussion, I desire to present these facts known to be true*, with a view to arouse and excite our planters to the dutyy as also to^ho self-interest, of raising a plentiful supply of proiyehder. Our southern planters arc, notoriously, of all educated men of position, the most; ignorant Class on the face of the earth of their profession. Like absentees^ they have entrusted their estates to the management of others?td" overseers and negroes, who only looked to .corn.And cotton. But a new. order of .things is upon us. " Exiting cotton ?s ihe vassal of a central-.Government, and we must obey' the .laws, .live . at home ami weather the storm.Briefly, arid to-'the subject matter. Crop grass,-or crab grass and crowfoot grass ahon'ndrih 'ouV cultivated fields, and are Cultivated , grasses. Land or soil, in certain conditions, will produce definite and particular crops or growth, whether .the seed is there 01 not; this is God's law impressed upon the earth. Fields cultivated last year and not plowed afterwards, will produce hog weeds, but not grass. Some fields, owing to the particular texture ot the soil, and its poverty, or fertility, will yield the crow-foot' and others the crab grass. Either are excellent for Ilay. To Biako hay from these grasses, therefore;? 1st. Turn over }*our fields, in the winter, with turnplows, and in Jfpril cross-plow them. This is the general and best direction for the cultivation. But only one good plowing one time before the 1st of July, will make one crop of hay. Winter plowing alone will not make hay,as a rule, but grass and weeds and briers, in many cases. If you break up your fields in winter, bear in mind that a spring plowing is absolutely necessary to put the land in' that conditon which will not allow the .growth of weeds but only the grasses. 2d. After the spring plowing, im. ~ mediately harrow the field, or brush it over, after the Southern mode of covering turnip seed, to level the laud. Do this, if convenient, if not, let it alone. ^ 3d. For plantation purposes, two acres to each mule or horse, should he put in hay, which will yield a h bountiful supply for all the mules and eows, &c. 4th. When the grass gets in full j bloom, it is time to cut it, if the weather is fair and dry, and you use proper care to sun it and cure it. At this stage of its growth it abounds in untricious properties. But you may gut and cure it. in the bloom, the milk the rough and the seed state. All r ~ the grasses, before maturing* seed, contain sugar, starch and mucilage? the formation of hard sccdsabsorbs, r mi II M ! illMI ! ! ! Wlin in a great degree, these nutideious elements. This is a gerieral^hot universal rule. Therefore, cut and cure it in the bloom, to -th^ma'tufityof seeds?at any. and all times. 5th. How to cut and-save hay.^? The direction I now,-give, is pijlyTor saving hay for plantation use, on a limited scale, and. not.as a business or crop culture for nyirlcet.. Qpet'Uay, moving; or grass knives ar Made*:? "all the same in th'e'"Hardware"Stores; put handles to them; also get='iron rakes and hayfovhs, and you-acre, ready' foi' thc work: On a fair-.. and sunshiny day, put -your .cut&r^tpiwork.If the grass is in the bloohl, it is the best condition to make'the>1)est<hay. In this state the mncirag&ibtfi" fluid, made-up of sugar and starcl;, abouuds throughout tlie stems-arid leaves, and therefore if cut in the blooru^it must he raked up in windrows, sunned and turned over, for^fie bottoirrto take a sunning . in the" evening,'^and then be put in hay-coek9, ;or round- stacks the size of a bacon hogshead" beforenight. After- the-dew is offnext morn-' ing, about' 9 or.10 o'clock, spread out- the stack or hay-cockj-. BUn.it,-. turn it over in the evening; and haycock it at night.?Keep this up for five days, and your best hay*. cut in the bloom, -will be sweet and fine. . The older it gets the less care is required-^?the less manipulation?the less attention. Grass cut in a cloudy, day, or late in the evening, and not i wilted, may be left on the ground as j cut, until the npxt d;iv. If wilted, I it must be hay-cocked before nightfall to protect it against (he nightdews or rains. Then follows the process giving for curing. 6th. After the fifth day,haul it up and stack or house it. One gallon of salt to the wagon load, sprinkled over it, will, assist its preservation, and make it more palatable to stock. If the land is turned.over in winter, and cross-plowed by the first of April, two crops can be made on good land, with favorable* seasons; but in any ereat, I assert knowingly that if-pro^ per plowing is done, on or before the first of July, large and remunerating crops of lia v can Tm made. Last year: ' ? - 'vV . i - p i 1 p 1 i?n I 1 saved JLUU StaCK3 01 nay .liuni-juv acres in corn?making,20- bushels of. corn to the acre?swamp land which' was.plowed in June. Also, off a cucumber patch, less than one half acre/ the cucumbers .gathered until the first of August, I saved 4 stacks of hay, weighirig.2800 lbs. This proves that.hay.can be saved, from land up to July, or even later. It is proper to observe, thai, in hay| making, common sense, industry and j attention, arc necessary to success. ! The physician combats symptoms, I and meets the necessities of the case, j 'The day of .specifies has passed. In i other words, be industrious, in.telli, go.it, and do your v'urk as nature a law.-} retpiire. Take the Southern Cultivator, and stmlv it for years, ' * i ? i ami von aviiI ue at no loss ro uuuej' stand the I'/tiloxopl-y of Agriculture. I Some fields, prepared by the first of April, may, and often do, produce a growth of Morning (i lories, or weed growths of dilVeVcnt kinds; if so, piow up the field in May, and crab-grass, or crow-foot will follow, i Other fields, so cultivated, say by ! the 1st of April, will produce only i the grasses. If you go in for only I one big crop, be save and plow up i tliorougiily, about iho 15th to the 25th of May. Again, if the weather, during the , process of curing the hay, should 1 portend rain, you may stack it, and afterwards take it down and sun and cure it, as you would fodder. Our lands will make two to three tons to the acre?at -i cents per lb., worth $40 to $100 per acre. This article, hay, is not taxed, hut cotton is, about $20 per bale, directly and indirectly. AVc raise taxed cotton to Iniv nnf-jLYcd huv. As a matter of pecuniary calculation, tlic policy is suicidal. But. the old tradition haunts the Bourbons, avIio "never learn anything, and never forget anything," and all such declare "Cotton King." This is a great mistake. Cotton is king dethroned, but under the ban, robbed, plundered, warred upon, enormously taxed as a rebel contraband; an outlaw, oppressed, impoverished and like a high toned cotton op orator in Columbus, Ga., in other days, is "An aristocrat in rags." Even in the corn-fields, after the fodder is gathered, an immense amount of hay ean ho saved, by work, attention, and industry, and also along the ' ditches in the cotton .fields; but ci'flb- < grass in the bloom cannot be well i rsaved where so. shaded,'but should be l.cut and cured in such localities, when. i "more matured, .and running into the ) seed state'. * ... " -i Any .' farmer or planter who will followYhc ideas here presented, will never, after this coming crop, buy a bale of Northern hay, but will raise . ;an immense amount of provender, r and save millionsYo our section. Respectfully, . : 4 '? ' W, TOSEY, Eufaula, Alny March 25th, 1867. Y "z f'r ? ' "* ^ ^ ' ' REGISTRATION. ? , BIP0^T4^tV011I)ER FROM: 1 5 GENERAL SICKLES. , | 2nd Military District, \ . GiTAEfcESTONy May 8, .. 1867. J Gmerai::Orders No, 18:r . . 1. On-the thir d Monday of July next, in obedience to the require-. meats of the' Act of" Congress, passed Mawjr*20d, 1867, the' Commanding Gcneral lvinTprpceed'-hnd caus e to he made' ailegistratioh of the -male citi.zensof the United States, twenty-one years of age and upwards, residents, of North and South Carolina, not ' disfranchised for participation-'in the rebellion, or "for felony1 at common law. 2. One or more Boards of Registration, consisting of three discreet and qualified persons,.to be appointed by the Commanding General, will be organized in each country or city, to make and complete the Registration, superintend the election to be held thereafter for Delegates. to a Convention to frame a Constitution, and make returns to him ofthe votes; and of the persons elected as Delegates by a plurality of the votes cast at such election. v ' ' 3. The counties in.North Carolina, and' the geographical Districts in South Carolina, will; for-thq.purposes of registration, be divided into-convenient Registration PrficinQWi In ^aeh ;< i d ' of Ke ni'-ir?I gisters wju, 11 pi auucuvic, uc izcd. Scwal places wilfrb<K design ivif-pH ny wJiere.thc Board will meet and'citr-^ zeiis eligible* to,* registration,*^ay go,' ttiid .'"^B'^regisler^l;"'^ l(l|e:'!j3oi*ird''of, Registration will remain'- in session 4^o.'days,_ from';8titirJS{i,|p-r sunset, at! each^place of meefiitg.- On journincnt of the Bpardvn.-copy of the list of. pe.r?ofls-. ^'^stcred?will be deposited in a s?uitabm-vpl ace^itliili 111 q precinct seven"days, for public information. Arid tbereafter tbfe"f5oard will again visit every precinct, and rcI vise the list of voters, hear objections j from citizens as to any adjudication made, ahd register any-"person tvho may have been unable, by reason of ! illness or other good and sufficient cause to attend the first acssion of the I Board. 4. All persons appointed to male? the said registration of voters, and to conduct said election will be required, before entering upon their duties, to take and subscribe the oatli prescribed by the act approved July 2nd, 1802, entitled "An net to prescribe an oath of office:" And if any person shall falsely take and subscribe such oath or affirmation, such person so offending and being convicted thereof, shall be subject to the.pains, penalties and disabilities which, by law, arc.provided for the punishment of the crime, of wilful and corrupt ; perjury. The form of the.oath is ! herewith published as follows : - . ' c ( * * I "I, A.- -B.>, dp -solSmnly swear (or | affirm) that I havo 'never voluntarily j born' arms against tire United States ! since I have been a'citizen thereof; ! that I have voluntarily given no aid, : countenance, counsel or encourage- ; ! nient to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that Jt have neither sought nor accepted, nor attempted ; to exercise the functions of any office j whatever under any authority or pre| tended authority in hostility to the I United States ; that I have not yield| ed a voluntary support to any prc! tended government, authority, power, or constitution within the United | States, hostile or inimical thereto.? ! : And! do furthermore swear (or affirm) that to the best of my knowledge and 1 ability, I will support and defend the i Constitution of the United States,' I against all enemies, foreign or domes-1 ! tic; that I will bear true faith and ' j allegiance to the .same; that I take : this obligation freely, without any' mental reservation or purpose of eva-1 sion; and that I will well and faith- < i fully discharge the duties of the office j I ;ama^butrto?. enter. So' help* me Gbtlv/'"" * ." V : , v^5^ Members of the Boards-"of Reg-. istration willtpe allqiYed as. com pens afour dolla^^afd&^/fprreach-.day actually an ^n&efsal: ily . em ploy e di n tlfe perform&ace, of their'duties, and. fc^cents a iml^fbr eacb-mile travel- \ etfequ duty^ /bfficers of-the army defiled for^sttg^fduty, -will '^be'pa'id.' tracer diem 'dfa^mileage allowed .for ; attendance br^ypuris 'Martial. ' 'V'. t, Any .citraen^-deairir.g to L. serve' ? memb^^a^dftTdik)t Registrar tic|i;. may. forward 'llS;;ap^lic?feipii to thege,"' -Headquarters^: "Addressed to Obtain ALEXANDER aiObBE, A.*D. C. No applicationwill be considered unless accompanied by a written-recommendation signed-by either . th&^rovisionarGover^or of the State," a Jjidgc of-. tbe'LCircuit^o'f .-.District "Gourt of th'p-Uh^ted States, a Collec^ toripr 'other. rptihciparofficer of Customs or of-Internal Reychiie,: the Assistant. Conditioner of-the Efeed-. mpnjs Bureau,vbjyith'e Commanding* Officer- of -the;. Militar s 4V&i$h the applicant resid'esj certifying the;v:appliqaijftiM.e|a fitiand- proper pers&ii to re<?iyi?iKp^^ppojptiaeht. , i&7?:. It iaS-i-cssettiai;:Jhsi' vBvcrj:Board of jRegistratioii sBould^e'cbiirposed of persons pf recognized "cohri sidcration and worth, fairly represent-, ing tjje population, and in whose impartiality and. capacity the..body of voter# jn the. yicina^cpsayiiayC;just relia'tfce. *. /+r J: " . . *8; 'The boundaries f^f ^redractS' for registration., -Hie sever al .places within each preempt ^eVd;.the,jBpard of;RegistratiBi^winviSep|^lifOsday of day&bn whicl^tlie-'T^arcVtv^llmeet.,in: ea^h 3>r coin i* egul atieiis~ as mayv'he-iifece^ary for the gbveyiiment of "Registers and of Inspectors of Election iiTthe discharge ofihoir duties and to insure the accuracy and completene^ of the regis-, tration, will be duly, published for gettgr^information.i .- -n. ii'_,.4.. ri-^:??Mi x-^usu. vviituntii^icia . .win" .J vjjui I ^viclrouVdc&y^tfp&n1th <1 most expedient division of the territory Ayithin' thVu;^ comimndd'\-into "iJ^ifetra^tiott 1^CTi.fiC^-_^viT^.;:-xvfex - rr&e^t: py.acncaJ)Tfi7fo^istfng'iaits and customk^establishing'. the r'usxidi. .voting, places ami keeping in view the .importaApfr off affording ample facilities for; 'jegisU-ation wkU tlie.-Jcast^intorr.uptiott off the ordinary aVoeKtip&s of the J. W7GljGGS,\\ ClgtrtV BStli In. A; D. C. ?SL- A. A. Gl' Official: Alex. Moore, Aid-de-Camp'.* * V '' " r Truths* for Wives:?in domestic happiness the wife's influence is miicii greater than tho,husband's; for the one, the first cause?mutual love arid. confidence?being granted, the whole comfort of the household depends upon trifles, more immediately under' her jurisdiction. By her management of small suinsj her husband's respectability pr credit is created or destroyed.. No fortune can stand tlje constant leakages of extravagance or mismanagement, and more is spent.in trifles than women believe. The one great expense no matter what it may be, is turned over and carefully reflected on; the income is prepared to meet it; but it is pennies imp.ef ce^tif. My sliding away tlra't do" the mischief. And the wife alpne can stop ft, for it does not come within a man's province. There is often -an unsuspected trifle tcf.be saved in every household. - It is not in economy alone that the wife's attention isso-nccessary^ut-.ib tjiose niceties which make a well regulated liome. An unfurnished cruetstand, a missing key, a buttonless i sliirt, a soiled table-cloth, a mustard jiot with its old contents shaking hard ;and down about it, arc really.noth-J iings?but each can raise an *angrv word and cause discomfort. Depend upon it, there is a great ?deal of domestic happiness about a well dressed mutton chop, or a tidy breakfast table. Men grow sated of beauty, tired of music, are often wearied of conversation, howevcr.intellcctual, but they can always appreciate.a well swept hearth and smiling comfort. A woman may-,* love her husband devotedly?may sacrifice' fortune, family, friends, country, for him? she may have the genius of a Sappho, the enchanted beauties of an Avmida; ' but melancholy, fact?if with these she fails to make his home comfortable, his heart will inevitably escape her. And women live so entirely in the affections, that without love their cx- j istence is void. Dotter submit, then, j to household tasks, however repugnant. they may be to your tastes, than to doom yourself io Women of a Wgher'ofder ofimnd;willnot rim tfejs- risk ;c-they" know, .'thai: their feminize, their domestic aro their: i first dutiesT.V" _ . -_ _? . / " ' ' '* '? .t. ; -t * * From Vic Sumter Wftfclmanf . Vr .' ' TO THfe EDITORS OF SUMTER, iCLAR-. ENDON, W^LIAMSSURG, MARION, - MARLBORO^ OHESTERFIED,- ^DARt, . IIRGTOE AJfD.KERSHAW M ; ' This large dbjiDjaa^4^^irdk-b^.. So.uth;'Garolinft^^s^a^t' plantings Districts, 'are one people'- infoiigmjr socittl^intcrbpur^Va^i6Rl^r^*:;^p??; mental dependence^*cotom^iihr.? tereSfc is so *! .neglect, as the thbrohglr edRieatiom^ ,all'the people, and at.-moderate expense. But ." teachers , im/famfljesj sc^ols nnd academies, unskilled in the art andscience of teaching, squander money, .waiste;time,?iriakh yhutha blank and. life-'a' -failitf^;^ ^;' 11 CUl J UXIUV/JL' UA \* .V*>_< ji^wvyyp* elec;te,d; bv .these -districts. Jjet'tbem ilio ..subscription, ;-pbri8uffc the Ho^r-Win. ^iken as to a 'sharp "from k.the:jPcabtfcly'fund's, securc^the/State charter. ajrtoo poct'to.'joukthlbm^.iSemv inary,/- .Wisd^.^^success'Tnll^^ sure a thousand benefactorS'apd blessings. ' vp. "EXPERIENCE/ ' ;N'';. ' - ' &jb TEURilOtllAL "Cr^OWTn^.'OP ?THJi ;*^lTEp ; :St4TEs.", The:; territorial "growth; pfdhe-United States.hasJbeen no. lpss\.surprising-" than .their growth of .1783 witK-onlv;:h2D,'686. square miles, Ihoy- addect 889,579^ by,the purchase. of Louisiana, 66,900 by .the' acquisition of Florida,.; 218,000 by the annexation , of .. Texas, 308,52 .by the. Oregon treaty, ami:50,45iffiyr the Mexican: treaties^' .The/Com mis-' sioner of tlie (General Land-OfSce. in 1860 "estimated thejand-area of tbe States and Territories 258- square, inilcs,; or, - including the .Tudjaxi,;. miles^The. ajrea of the Ru6SKSi;pos-;, ~rn-rrtTTii r ' riii^ipn:' is computed at: 581,27.6 square miles;". The"annexation 'of Russian America "will swell "the. grand' t'otal^sqtiaxe^mil^,:em-J . braced } ^vitlviii' /tXos'U^it.ed'S^es'to3{501v55^ /:in:^l| dittle more than* neighty y ears'the original; dimensions -pf^herep^ublic. ffilL; tljius; haH'efcxpaii:' defd -to an^m'(j^^o>a^ol$^^g^Q.' Kqr^ioji ha? 'c\cer Enlarged its hound"-; .wde*^mj)rp.'rapj'iHy-to::;8o-great an ex-' tent;' or''- muda;-;#;. less, ex pen se; more valuable jtcqtfisitions.^Eaclroi'.these successive acquisitions "has; encountered opposition, and liasbeen attend deil with inconveniences, b.ut the latter have alllmeu counterbalanced by precious compensations. ? This will doubtless prove to'be tlie;pase with our last accession of territory'p-ancl; our Fourth'of-.July- orators ;can bo as t with better reason th'an ^erthato&s 1 is surely a "great country, V -'Terrible ' SUiITER.^MA^^^LL5P>^YQ^J^ day afternoon^^aboutv^o^clbck,.Mr,' James Jio urlcey; 1 knp\ya ifilthis' cityv &S, an, industrious bricklayer, lost his life at Fort Siimter, under the following cieumstanccs.;. It appears that tliq contract for re-' moving the old iron, etc., from* Fort Sumter expired last week, and Mr. ijiourke, Mr., Adams, andMr. Jas/ Reynolds, who were engaged in. the i removal of'these .reliefs of the late war ' considered that a suflicient quantity, | was left behind,to pay for a trip ou ! their qwn account, and accordingly I on Monday-last the , parties/'aliovcd named, took a boat-and'fo Fort Sum'-' J ter. A hundred-shell was' discover-, ed by.the unfortunate Rourke, who trying to extract the powder, explp?. ded, blowing his right leg from the / o o o liip, some fifty yards into the water, which caused his death in about ten minutes. Ilis body was-brought to | the city last night, and Coroner Whii ting notified of the 6ad event for judicial inquiry. Mr. Rourke^leaves a wife and four children to mourn his untimely end. Charleston Mercury; Trie Last of the Mexican Empire Following the late news -from' Mexico ?that the imperial army uuder Miramon had been utterly defeated,. ! and the cityof -Qucretaro taken by jjhe Liberals?we. hhve now advices from Vera Cruz to the 15th, stating that Gem Benavedes, on the part of Liberals, was about to assault that ': - -/ \ - ' s '* . ceive.^taigry for^^pinmo8?y iraidra report aJso. that .-the? Masidfilto-jhad^eeaj- capfureoj this.' d?es]fe(>t ' appe^ ^tPibe;reliabl?; The previous. when was 'found^ha|^&^^#fiad ieriously diBappea^ed, and,3lierev%^> ;' " npjy no wilh widpavor to i^'dkVlus^wav .tor -tlia^^^^ country, and.he may ajrail".feais^falEiffijK iiasm^Sb^S'listktaud.-i^i'3'nows^^^^^ bean/President,- is, ,io !'and' respebt him as a pri^ner of w'ar^y^^ Iny?wM mm& Jther cbieftaing?^b^v. iB|^ff^Th?XpndQri^ ^^leiff^^^^ .'sented ^helastvrcports ;itegistjiir's .office as "fix rate, among bachelors at\doublO;tha^^^^^p among inamed'sben, b&weee of-twemty-five and'rtKirtyifiye^-wMo$^^^ On.-tiiex';wfi?le, taking- m^fiedsingle m^^iump, rgentlemcn.-; The ; RaViei^TO^M^^^^ that: it'. d&; b'ettef to.'. be...iMTi6d'-.fe-|ic^^^ vi-setf'thanlto be shuffled off. before our time,'"Atrd; says vthat men.', must-f marry to -liv^e. v .Ifc-ifr literally; ;debth.;6r ;An'astasia." The. Bevieir^V^ [ wittily suggests that'X>r. Starke,'(&eV;J..V; Register"! General);-. should, have rh'ad^jjv^^ his carte taken before-Valentine's. :".v -'." Day,<with;Azrael >standingbyhiftv arid' demanding :of a^ach'do^ /'Vdur ; ;; ' - - . marriage .certificate or your . ' In its' perplexity as to -the cause 'oj-f/V''" M the 'difference.-in longevity betwbjen V ' u married and-singlc men, the Beyie^V':^E' cjgaiftpfeHaatana he the. cause of: the IvSam^ief?-' Wouidja .-lonelyvmoments io chambers and lodg-.;-^^^ jhgSfand.then expirenfjirotcnhearts? ' ""v7? Br:?jtarke should-ha^e-informed us V^T of who. ' - ??g live an d die umvon.'' Ti^Jteviewis amazed that v'so mafry^me^. - - should .-.L~,' preferr^sud'dett-j^ea.th: r-td ^ BngeringJ ^ ; - *' -"-jV-i 'JTV: V? .!* ' ** ^ -TV .%" * rsr^ v-*?-matrimony, . _ "The *. Boy sf "Res.olw?-r?I;'- wo tilth:;'t{;:l-' like tohave^ruddy cheeks, and -brigHXf^^? ?eyes,. and strong'.' -limb?.: f saydhat' stroflg' drink dims theand whitens the cheek, and ^eebhe?^|%J the frame---therefore, I will not drinlf v^^y at ail, ; . ' " ?' 'A- -i JL- would iiKa-io nave a cieur jjjuiu, .. so .tliat I'm dy be i able to think on mla great things; and serve God, and do : good, to . and prcpar#to die,^ V~ But.the,y^^^Ba|^fror}g drink, clbuda^,^-'.^ fore,. at al 1. ^ ; : . I. would' li&fdo Jhaye a ^eaceM/.^ . V g Heart, and a.quietcdnscienee, I; inay . bc-Happy-.wfiile :I atn.iiere. . ; Butr.tlrey; say,-that strong.drink fills'- ' " many"Vileart7 -with"misery,and im- , : j.. plants in nlany a conscience a sting ^ : ?therefore,* I will'- not drink at all.." Iwould likoto have a quiet, home,'and happy, fireside, where' I could- re joice 'with" loving brothers, and sistevs, and parents. Bai^'they that strong. drinJt:nlakes;tea!i thousand ??0i homes-ftretched and -miserable,- iherei 4 : fore^ -Ifwlll hofr drink-. I1 would like to goto, heaven when' I die, that I-may- dwell with Jesus in glory 'forever.'. 'Bat 'they say' that;'" ) strongdriii.k .'keeps many from- enter-'. - ;...... ihg,'and casts them down to hell?~ therefore, Lwill not drink at all. , ' i-. r. ? : The Negroes' New Masters.? The Mobile Register fSakes a centre .shot in the following paragraph: " : f. ' Tictit be explained to.the negroes v that out of every 400 pound&lof^cot^ ton that they raise they.pay.$25-.'t'o a New England masterj r^f h^new.lnaster gets tnore, clear profit from-- the" 1 >' "v? > :* - ' " 'L _ negro iaoor man rusv iormer musita; -.? > ever got} aijd lie lives way off yonder in New England,-never earing a con- .'. tinen'tal'how his negroes fare, so long.v v . .as he puts into his pockets.one-third. of all his nigger earn?. The n egroes have changed masters and been terribly swindled in the bargain.; And ' . they, have not got for masters the men v. i by whose fighting they became .free,' , butimen who sat down at home and ' had black substitutes killed for their benefit. " * - l. - . J " : A > a ;,> ; ; v .. ;... ' V- . ' : -iG-'-fe? ^ - - . w p v ' v.