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ittly 4 -I...l ell.*iI. ~ A ? i~i 1 :j~wj.-- -. lviiie1~~~1~IF'IrlV4. DIE WO LT- S"T OUTHlERN. RIGH-TS, II)EMOCRAO Y-; NEWSTT ILIA*I 1.~~4~2~~e II'4 - r,.IZIANCIS, Proprivtoft. .-o. aa va/''*'( XI 0( ~ I1 mitt.?~ Q l V 9 I~ . V I. . . . ~ S~ C~ 1 A 1~ If A~ t~ V 7 w S i.'t i .a ju i I - - 'thai 3lada of Rep]resen~3t tir ins '4.i't , 1 1 T1oa~ C AoLn .fIt.wnsprovided in the first consti iio'-of Souath Carolina. diawn by %V- L-ck)K ,ut never actually adopt y/ -,icopeple, ahhough it wasby AhoLords. PropriLUrA, tLhat.the State 18110d41+ dividled init. counties, bar. O, seigitoles and preciuets. Each empt-was to have one1 representa .VV, chosen- by the people. This 041niaV seemi-to indicate Some equality in the basis of representation. It. is, wiAl knuown that the settle en61lt -of the State of South Carolina chlidly confited to the lowcr .sountry, during the first century of its history. The upper couitry was a wilderness and iiihabited a great ,rtion. of that period It the Ildians. _he city of Charlestoni and the par ishes-were the ;tate. In the Colo 'nial Legislatures they al..io were pprese-nted and pretty faiirl repre ,se'ntedL . 'fr 1770, the people of South Car onlinaadopted their first Constitution. .hilch was before, the declaration of American indi-lendence. 1y this Vimsititutionl, the representation of the SaliteO was fairly diitributed over sit4ini proportion to he popilation and jroperty. The city of Charleston eturne1l thirty members, the parish 9 meli ihers elh. ald the Ij )elPl .44. rieta.fur, six aid ten elreseilta tives, in - proportilm to their ppuila tron, proper ty adi territor. ,The -tepslature consisted of two hitindreil .kjjd two.,membenrs, ntider the Contsti tution .of 17d. :The-e was only one -)UO, no'SCitte provdled for. This I i i i n Itas, weverl, templo. ,ryand establishil only uintil the difi ferences with the mothier cotitry co' af b adjiz sedl. f ~ h .t chanI ge, the constittitioi 41f Soiuth'i Waroli: a and crea'e two lIluws hit. Steal ij tone, ai a L iislative body-. in this coistittition it was proviled ,tiat each j.arishi and District shoull have'one Senator and six ReIpI-escn-I titics. The city of Charlest-n still nIavmta thirty members an1 two Sen ators, anid the district of Ninety-six, -and sne Other iarge districts, hav ng teni Repiresentatives awl one Sen. itqr each. There being thirty-fiVe Senators, and two hundiols and two 'Nipresentatives. Eighty of these Representati ves were from the upper country, and ten or fifteen of the ISofators. This was, at that time, a fir and ji;strepres :ntation of the .poople aid property of South Caroli .There was no disposition shown on the part of the lower country, at iat tiiC, to 'm mopolize the political power of the State. It was in their fl pds.but they partiti .ned it out d1.1y and justly. fter -the termination of the Revo 'Mbonary war, and the adoption of deral Constitution, the situa i and circumstances of South Car oing had so changed that it became e7 .d'hessary to form a new State Con *titution, adapted to the thent existiing te of the country. In 1790O this on. he basis of representa 4~as changed. The Ihouse of prgsentatives was reduced in numr 'berg from two hund red and two, to onie hmundi-ed and twentv-four, the e oen uuiber. The ~Senate was Anoreased to thirty-nine. The upper muntry had fifty-four memberts anmd %%Teeon Senators, and the lower sountry, designated as th'e lower di 'Vjio*, had'soeventy nmmbers of the etkoarpesentation at that time. nintle conmrse of fourteen years we ig Npecagn thcir Con iimin three iimn South Caro 4ina1-and each time liberially extend siig the basis of representation in the .uppeacountry, -as it, gr-ew in weal th -Rht ppulation;. We heard no talk $j( wf cr~oingrmises between the Jwr an4. upper colratry, which wcre to be like the' laws of the Modes and #Mtsidins, unchanged and unchanigea %W On. the dentrary the constitu - $onof, PI0 provides for7its own 4chanke-.and alteration in any ani .evrv particular, the basis of repro tititon inelded1. No member of tiat9.oventonwhoassisted in ramingthatistrume tipposed Jota-momente that- his work wvas to brway(. Ho knewv it would rcj uJJ iterationi as the wealth and 4ippulation. t oftl State changed. ,jfhe upper eotintry was rapidly set - in -tlic course ,ot eighteen years, from the adloption of tle Constitution of South Carolina, hi 1700, to its first amendent~ in 3808, there had been a great change in th relative wealth ani. population- of tfle State. The upper country hai increased so rnuch in population and taxation, that tihe hbsis of'representatin settled by the Constitution of 17 90, was n1o lon ger- fair and just. Nor were the people of the upper part of South Carolina disposed to submit any long er to such gross inequality in their bais of represeutatio.n. With that si irit of liberality and mnignanimity which has always characterized the lower c<.umtry, they consented to an alteration of the Constitution which fixed, as the boasis of representation in the House- of Represemitatives, taxa tion and popuIlaion. The H ouse w11as to colltiliue to conisist (if one hundred and,] twenty-four memht rs. sixty-two of whomi were to be elected in proportion to taxation, and an equal number in proportion to popu. lation. The Senate was increased to forty-six members, by giving to the upper country seven additional Sena tor.i. Thii, again, was a fair adjustment of tihe iisis of repre,;eltationii for the turth time in South Carolina. As the country then was, forty-three years ago. the ipper country had no ri ght to comphi 'lain of this adj ustment. BIy it they gainel tweIty (meml'cris of the House, andil the lower country lost twenty members. At that time the taxes of tihe upper division were only $23,000. whilst the lower divis ion paid $64.000 inito the freasury. But now, the upper division ays eight or ten thousand d"llars more taxes than the lower div.irimn, and Ary thou-sand moto onl saveS q 'Ie p t- r *F-the- State has aeti:,Oly cutstripi ed the lower- in populationhilave property and taxa tion. Thee are 223,108 white in itaiInts inl tle Ippel. division, an11d only 58,781 ni the hwer divisiol. The upsper comitry has actually 114, 427 more whieC inhaIbitans tian the lower country Th'is is not all. The Ilper country has 89,000 ino e slaves thain the lower country, alm seven millions of acres of land more than tihe, have. And yet, lnotuith staninm g this great disparity between the two sections. inl everything that coustitutes a nation, the lower coun try have the uscendancy in the Sel ate. In white popllatiol, we have buar to otie. 1h! slaves, alulost two to one. In territorV, three acres to "le. Anl in taxatiJn, notwithstanld ing the great com:norc of Charles. tonl, we are ahead of them ! Charles ton, too, im feeling and interest, is with the upper counry. Is it right and jutst that this great inequality. this anti-republican amd aristocratic leatture of our2 giverIiineit shoull cItinlue and1-1 be plerpetrated ? Our ancestors dIii not thintk So. They cagel the conlstitution of South Carolina whenlever they found tile condition of the CoIIIIrV required it. In thirty-two years they altered oaie basis of representation four times, in order to do justice to the upper counitr-y. Shall it never be altered again ? IHave we of the uipper coun try lost the hold repuhlicani spirit of our ancestors ? Have the genttle men Elf the lower country failed in that liberality amid spirit ofjustice and mnagnanimnity whicb always, and~ at all times, characterized their ances tors. We are one people in South Caro lina, having but one interest, anid should all have equal rights under the Constitution, as' our fathers had whent it was first adloptedl. But we have not. A citizen of the State, living in St. Thomas anid St. Dennis, has as much politicual power in the Senate as one hundred and twenty four men living in Pendleton Dist riet. One slave in a little par'ish counts as much, in political influence, as eight or ten in some of the uipper districts. Several of these parishes have not population and taxation enough to give them one R -preseuntative in the Ihouse, and yet they have ani equal influence in the Senate with Edge field, P'enleton, or Spartanb~urg, whiose wealth and population entitle .hem to five, six,.a'ud seven R~epre sentatives. *Is sueh a government worthy of the nanbi of republie ? Ig there such a r'eaturo in the omititution of many other State of tis Union ? Could a feature so odious to every republican honrt standriv enlon rthlin thes Logislature. has.ho.ca dMh the llu1 1t eC;nCwent a fey ytars since; andti, notqoreen utly, . ashe case wiih our secession doctrine. , The populaton and .property -;pf a country. have. to defend tl- .gov erinent aidt support it. 'Fur, their protection, governrmcits are. organ. ize., they bear the .burdens' of g.v erinneut,- iand .shoulil contro- the govertment.': They should both be equa!ly represented in all goQd :gor. ernments. Every .act, before it becomes a law, should have ap proval of both these powers.. If tie people alone wero represented, the propertv iterest of the State might be iinjared. If the -property alone was represented, it might- be to the injilry of tle l.cople. Blit when buth are equally represented, lit) injury can aciu ue to either inter est. Aad whenever the Icol-le and the interest. And ulienever the people anl the interest of the proper tv of a State require the passage of a law, it. slotild be enacted, and not defeated by a rvtten borough sys. ten. The sane rotten borough system of represtntatioii was continued in Eng'r l:indl for many yeals, until the people rose ip iln the malhtjesty of their strength aiv demanded its reform atian. The aristocracy of England resisted this refeAtinmatiton' as long as they dared to do so. They con. tenadcd, as is now contended inl Souith. Carolina, in regard to the parish tc p Ceentation,. that no evil. had resulted front it! But. the People knew better. When the representa tion of the boroughs it. England was first adopted, itd. sIjust and fair. So, too was the:pris _Opresentation l-:taghmd~l werehat..Ju)(timet(, ihe inest % oushing tow ns in llilCiit They afterwards became deserted villages, and new towns sprung up, havin g thousands ald tenls of ltoIsanids of inhabitatnts, without a representative in Par'iament. The sameu thing has ha ppened 0 tl.e parishes. 'They have lost their relative wealth and population, and great districts have sprung ipl, like Anderson and Pickens. with two ad three thousandal voters, without a Sen ator! Shall this svstei be continued? Are we behind the peol le of England in our republican principles, and notions ( f political justice and equity? The sooner this evil is reaedied, the better for the lower country. All ligtory shone that the postpone metnt of a remedy makes it more terrible lien it does come. So it was in France, Iprevious to their revolution. Tihe nobility and feudal lords owniel all the lands, and paid i.) taxes. The burdens of the gov. ernmiaent fell on the poor and indus triouis, whilst all of its protection and advanta-ges were claimed by the rich, idle anl high born. The waters were danmied ilp li long its they could be, and when they burst asunder their barriers, they swe .t over the counttry wiith tdeathi and desolati.. The r-eformi bill in England was resisted till the kingdotm saw it nmst either ptass, r a revohutional would be the contsequience, in whiebl church and lortds wonhl go overbaoatrd as they did ini the days of Ulivet Crmw i'*elI. Thea people of tihe lower country shotubl give up freely and checerfullyv ant undue ptolitical infhitence, whaich timet andl cir~cun~as~taces have ace-i dentally given thema. They can suf fer no dletrimetnt ft om thus placinag thiemiselves on an equial footinag with the rest of their fellow-citizens. Theay htave n> distinact inaterest to protect. They ntre slaveihlers andl planters, antd so) are the people in the u~ppet country. The upper coiuntry, too, has a deepier initerest in this praoperty than the lower coutatry, as we have alrea ly shown. Wh'ien the ,State Constitutioan was first for-med, there tmighat haave beeni sonme reason in giving thec lowor country a cheek on the legislationi of the country. At thaat time there was comparatively few slaves in the upaper counatry. It was not kitown that the tupper coun try ever woumhl own much of that species of propmerty. This doubt has been solved, ad there are now almost two slaves int the upper count try to one in the lower counitry. No pteople can live together in harmony, and with perfect good reeling, unless thiey are uponl an equality. If one possesss powers privileges niud advantages to which constitution of any other State. . it could not stand twelve months in South Carolina with giblic attention directed to it. For.the last thajrty years we h:ave been inl. a squabble with the Federal .Government, and have lust sight of-fall the inperfee tions of our own State government. In every other-State in the Uiiion, the peope Iave banged aInd altered their constitution, and adptel it to the present condition of the country. Massachusetts had a convention of the people in 1821, and altered their constitution. Ithode Island adopted a new constitution in 18-12, under the Vaprehensin Of a1 revolution, if the lidi not irake their form of govern ment more just and lepublican. Conneeticit fornied a new constitu tion in 1818. New York has changeti her constitution several times since the American revolition. In 18d1; the convention at Albany adio ted an cntire new one, suited to the conli. tion of the people ani that great State. The people of New Jersy made and adopted a new constitution in 1844. In 1868 the State of Peniis.:Ivania made a new censtin tion. The State of Delaware i1 the same in 18i1. Marylawl amend. ed her constitution, in regard to tle election anl judicial districts, inl 1812. Viiginia has antered her constitution twice or three times in couvention of the people of that State. 'It is well known that one half of Virginia is almost without slavery, and yet ,the white basis has been adopted substantially fur their representation. In 1831; the people of North Carolina held a convention, adopted atnewldmei.ts to tlhir consti tution, and made a new apportion mvntt of their reiresentation. Iut we --w4 jctiig fu-ther. Enough has heie stated to sMhow that in all the other Slates they are di::posed to make their enistitution and basis of repre sentation conform to the situation of the State and the condition of the pe--ple. In South Carolina, ah, ine where we boast so much of epualit y and equal rights, we are unmnindful of themin in practice. If the poliii. 'ians of South Carolina are 011.os, d to republican principles, and lunwil. ing far one sectiom of the State to have equial comistitutiontal righ ts with another, let them Say so aid pro claim it abroad. If the Northern States had the same undue political inflience in the Federal Govermmnment, over the Southern people, which the lower part of South Carolina pos sesses under our constitution over the e11111cr part of the State. ten thousanid swords would leap from their seab. bards to redress the foul wrong. The Constitution of South Caroli na provides for its own amenInent. and I rovides for calling a convention of the people to make a new C.nsti. tution. Ii the early history of the State we have shown that the con stittition was altered and chanugedl, and new ones Imlale to suit the elhan ged condition of the people, and thme ditlerentl sections of. the State,. A greater change has naw taken pilaIi nm the relative condition of the tipper and lower coutryii~ than ever didl before. We m ust change our Constitution to meet it. Justice re qjuires it anid the people will demand 'it. But we are told that no evil has resulted from this intequtality in our reinresemntation,. We denvy this as. soe-tion, and appeal to our legislative records to sustain us in our denial. '1 he electiont <f Electors of Presidlent andl Vice Presidenut by the people o'f South Carolina has been defeatedl over arid over again by this iniequaml ity in cur reprsentationr. T1hme divie. ion of Pendlleton into t wo election districts hans been dlefeatedl tin e aftet time by the Parish Rlepresentationt. T1hiey are unwilling for Anaderson and Pickents D)istrictsi to have Sen ators, althmen;h they vote five thousand strong, whilst St. Tfhomnas and St. Dennis, with thirty or forty votes, is ontitled to a Senmator! 'The election of Governor should be made by tho people, and is mnade by the people in every other State in the Union; but in South Carolina this is impossible, whilst the present basis of rep~resentation continues. All of our political wrangling with the federal government for the last thirty years which has -paralyzedl the energios and prosperity of' the State, originated with the parishes. TIhis was the caso with nullification in 1828, when Governor Tavlor was enlled on by a he..is-ut entitledl, it 'diustrevsr ate bad feelin, and interrupt their st'ial Aoiver,co4" try. .l~o 4,1 V-&ag~t tle:fupper-Country, and aimfge : out COnslitution to idt the cliandied ton ditonif jli ilito d'ial f ie. upper,i..coutry,..-then" 0e1;nt see if. wo canitt force -then ,to. -do justice. ' ~ - ' - Tho' :iper countr q an ddtitrol all the e6,ctin'. nin the Stiie ut i.hy joint .2ailut of both! ,ousos of, the Legislature. Let us then-detormine that we will vote fur no mn Afor Gover'nor United 'States Senalo Ir, Juulge.or Chancellor' who. opposes a -fair and equal distribution -of power it, the State. No mali hns a'riglit to fisk'a favor of' t.- upper country who, at-the same time with holds a right from tiemL inestitnable to freetnen, and formidAble only to tyrants." .leretofore the upper country has acted with beconing-liberality in this respdt. The' menibers'bf the~Lg isla tut e from the niler diijdte lia've orien voted for geitleman frou the' lower country for Judge :and Chua cellor, over their owi' friLrnds and neighbo'rs because they thought the lower country was entitled. L6 thse offices. But;they vwill.not bedAisposud to act so generonsly -again unles they dan . have jeistico, done them selves., In -conclusion we would say, that a refusal, on the part of the parishes, to after the basis of representation, is not in character with, ie cotiduct of their iancestors during and after: the revolu-ionarv war-is not in nccord ance with 'that free jItiliberd Ie publican ?1iind feeliivch has been manifestod in every other. Sate JUS ~ ~ ~ ~ I I rgtaawill rnot lull e submitted to , on the part. of the upper country.-Sunthern Putiot. SIelLt.-Thisl is the largest and most reanrkable isluml in tihe Med. iterrainei, anild mensure-s 7515 milt.s in circiutieraince. Th.e ancients de. iominted it the "Island of the Sun," and the lutnd of Cyclops. The Gre-k posts. onl sconti.- (if its extraordinary beat y and fertility, styled it the "IGardetn of 'lesperides." Tho numbrili of' houlses upon 1.h Isia sid is estimias, 1 lit 20t4,12t0, aid thae floptllation lit 1,7137,7 71. The miass of the people are poor and n iihout educeation. It is subject to the Kmg of Nuples, who governs it by a Viceroy. The gov enmnht is very exactinsg un oppres sive, ad nflI ris scicely nov en. cou rigumnut to agricuoltiare, anuc Cus it', or comiesarCe. Sicilv hais always been distiguishAe 1ir the remarkable l.xurinice of its soil, and even inl its present imperf'ect stiate of eultivautioni one good crop, says Bry. dlie, vouild be sullicient to mintntain the island seven vears. li the spring tie flowers of tie isltid are fragrant beyond description, fanl I tile lair is so louded with their pea ioe that dogs lose their cent in utintinag over its lit-uthas. 'I he wos of' -ol'oimer, Virgil, Cicero, und Alilton, autind witi itinny beautif'ul ullusions in rfere'nce to Sicily. The shanpe of Sicily is lthat fa trni gle,' anid on1 this aicconuit hasl be'ena enlbIs Tr'ina oct ini; it is fusll Iof ail'unltais and valley x iand fertilizinsg st'grm. Ini the entaly ages, the Sicibanoos asisidosly cul, ti vated poet ry, scu p ture~nand painting. F'ablrtiis gives ii list of' seven'rty Sicilians " lao have lbeen celebrate-d int untiiulity for lea rninig uad geiuits; here iia'e still tle and1( gi fteds amena xcasteredl over theo t isl, but th1ey are silenat andc ini atas sthude. Tila aboolute character of the gov'er~snnt andc the anht rary cens sonshaip of- the peress preven'st themr fmmac beini seen or knaown--thesir w'orkes sare seldoam, if ever, pulishesd and thecir voiccs are un.i No Ppper is issued in Sicily except a price cuirr'ent, ansd thie oanly authorized .10ournial in ci rcubii ion, is :that enititledf "-Jouarnal of ah ta wo Sicilies,"' pubbl slaed at Naples, under the rflicial sanctiona of thae King. In it of wvars, earthaimunkes, ty ralnnyV anti suiperstitioin, -lits' snturial bealutty of' thae islandt is stiill 'this si-an '; butt the people' are anot haappy, bmenude thaey a wvithaout fr'eedom, wvithout wvhich, the richest blessingas oftiaturei are little valute. Hie who betarays aniotheor's secrets, because ho has quaarrelld with himn, was never worthy of the sacred nae of friend, a breach of. kinadness on one side will not justify a brcach of trust on the other. -: - A loafer happened in at one -of the privating' oflices in'4 Lynan, A e days since, and asked thioquestion "' What'sthe news?" 2Two dollars a yoe in-avanee&He--I subscribed. <! jI a ibaae* eti rn rstadar.iN ' enL~ learnr:'from 'the tnis IS'dte Abseq es.q9~er .A34sopy who died at Austin, on thO.:2th,De cenber, were' inosing- and solemn; eVincin in tiikiattiainer;. the stajnttaehtietrit enitertriziied'fohte anid:.colutrvtmeti 'ihe --procession, 'com o d bf the Masonie Fraternity,. Siht officers, memtier odtheI:I bs litmfe, "ll cidizens~ otend "n length over ralt'if aOile, and. the en tire concourse- around the grave must have numbered over - two" thouand polile. Wilson and Dacy d dre'ssed the Senate osthe character, serviceId, and-virtuUs Qf thfe deceased, and Mes.rs."Hlamilton, Tarher and rya' ad rieiiisl tijotiouse.' 'They state.that 'Gen. ]3u'tleson was hei-n in Buncombe county, North Carolina; h6Wa'ntarried at - the" early, age of sixee'idmuitnted froin Tiptogouin ty, Tennesee, in May, 1831, to Tex as. * al died,. .on 26th December, aged fifty-three years. " ruitl late of his arival in Texas to' this the hour of his .dath,. the history of Edward Burleson is the -history of Texas. There is no page W he" annals which does tiot regt.er 'lis, name. ' Tlhere is nio event, in her Sprogress. in which. he. is not either a lcader .ok an active participant. Ie'icted a prominent' part in -all the banttks of Texas. . At thel stjm ing of.San Antonia de, Bexar, where Cosanid his - force were captured,' 1reson wha in command, and eftler the capturelischarged Cos, endia soldiers on their parule, and ,furnish ed them with the means of returning StoN exico. At the battle San Jaicinto, 1e emi m 1 det th fIrsIreg inen', and after the battle, was de spatched with a I.art of his regiment *to watch the i-etreat. of the enemy out of the country. '11rom this time until he was elect ed Vico President, lie was constant ly in the field. He was in command of tlhe regular army in the Cherokee war where his usual good. -sciise, CX perie..ce and valor, made him con 8siicuous among the chosen men of Tekas. When Vasques and Wall inva'ded the country, he was anong the first to hasteu to the frontier. When the Comanches, like an ava lanche rushed down from their moun taiin homnes, sweeping every thing before them, General Burleson was the first to raise the alarm, and rush to the rescue. lie met and defeated the Indians in a pitched batdoe- at Pluin Creek. 'During the Mexican war, when General Taylor called upon Texas for volunteers. Jiurleson was among the first to- respond. And the IRio Grande aid the heights of Monteroy attest his patriodti and valor. 'HIe not only served his country in a military capacity, but for the last fifteaen yoars helhas been almost con tinuously in the councils of -the Re publit and State of Tex. ie was a member of' the Texan Senate for years, anid like a~ faithf'ul sentideol up-. on' the watchtower of' his country, 'no died' at his post.' A Fn~Rc OF FOR-rUN.--The New Orleans1 Cresicent sa ys: TIhrousands re turnued' CX'lifornuirans wvil probably re. collet thue iim of' Priest; Lee & Co., at S aramo. They esttblished one oft fi irst tradling housea att that place, befibre lhe iounii was laid out, aThey conrunenced with a small- capital,, and ini iiiahteeni niothls were the pIvssessurs of imn'enire wvealth. Twioyarag the& firm bccameo enmarrassedl in conso. juence .of hieavy,,sss. Al that timo lJarton..Lee,, esq,, oneo..of.he..nior patnuers in thie.house, wvas the.weadthui. est man.in Sarramento,.hris property Le ing estimated; anid prohamirnot' muth over estimtedr,Iht ai nullion and a-half' af'deollaro, b'ut heo'lest' ~ih. Jn the rover. ies whicli .lvolu Jilmsilf. B'nd poj't. nora. IWle informed by'a late on. her .of: the SacrantQ Tlranscript,:that M r. Lee- in -now. at, the Sandlwich ls Iands, engaged in his former occupation as a hiouisS carpenter. "Mother, send me for the D)oe r?" "Why, may son ?' Case that man in the parlor is-go ing to die-ho-'said hewulifss ter Jane w ould notuld ifyhin-'n Jane said she-wohinl't. -'. Why is Gillot, the mnannfadturer of steel "pin, a dishonest . -iA?1 causo~ho makes the people qteel pens. and'iavsihey dotvrite- a ~ 9f~5J 4,' 9 se little 4tm~owis Vp of t~ie t'r , ~ A *In refurming th.,cm ;;~~ cept every, f1413i 4 1W consist, of!866 ;dA$ M dytO bo--Veb 604Iefb namfe, from., the .laRti R", (I d fArst days ofij iad'backwrs Aohe-, a~bVlt first day of Margh *58 9f' I d; -the 8f*O ai 27t; heuhitra?bd4cUw1.y1"e l year by 11 "minutes, Whbc~kiWAX)j years,- nrnutit' to - cbt,'q4AJ was the" Pfrr"4 One OGregory,in -15821 vwho uc1 11 days from the 46cljTieO hbdew atylej. fTsoGoot ,met In7to., 0,4a one hundred 7.eav4g.t of Sepierabetf (0.," tt~~~ though' theiae B'~ t-ejOUn l4 ed ith its .oW ooi ,' fourth year. .fr lesp yeqg',, still greater accuracy, makion ,* 'a leap year out of'everyftti ir years, that isi-Ifhe 'yea'.0t 1800 were inot let~p .yqa ' 'wIt A. D. 1900 be-reckoned.*9'.ne v.bnt the year 2000''will 'bo *Biso~~W. rreserve this ,rnm nd~ ture reforQ~cuce . A nealpfif1a v We find In'f the HomWe' Bd-1ofoj Picturesquoi the -follhw*htil Ma~iti "And here let m-osiay a-~ La yof or thos6 viviftijudei otqu -, W whlich, are too ofirnn- deM rj~p uxcitisive repiniflig.14t4~,,, 9 cold, from wet to drythey glve-,i~one of tle -moatq bet~utllt alh~i64iivlhe w orld.- They 'us-' 14-liH11iia"~h idiined of the s~~iith Ul** t rre#uh verdujeb Iath nort It our bummer sk-y wizi~4 geous tits o Ot lqeoy vhiertsi Ptnd mnd down cooling ?howere' i.msrefresh thE! Panting earthmv :n~ejfi Out seatini ale d- "-.-tidarh Oil eng ofrtiO'h,ten* aei4-l-~ ~ ii ing and; m maigh the t)r ~m $hhj. nr or t ,4 11;6n ~b ~ ' --np w 1%J .e .~b , CD~~