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He Lq&iIb Us On.
lie Ior.Is lis on,
By pa'lis wo <1 J noCknow,
Upward'lit) leads ua though our slops V slow,Though
oil wo Mot and falter by the way,
'Though storms and darkiicstf oft obscure the
d?y. '
Yet when I ho clouds ore gon?
We know Ilo leads us on.
lib lead* us on
Through all the unquiet yenvg;
Fast all jour dreamland hopes aad doubts and
fears,
lie guides our steps through all tile tangled
inn/.a .
We knoV His will is done ;
And still leads us uu.
aiiu ne, at las',
Aftc the woorv strife,
After the restlcw Cover wi> cull life?
Aftfr thed eariuess, tl>e aeliing pain?
I'ue wayward struggle* which Lave proved ia
vain?
After our tuilp are p?>t?
Will give us rest at la^t.
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THE PRESTONS AND HAMPTONS
Interesting Family Reminiscences.
[Correspondence of Cincinnati Commit'- j
c/a/.J |
Columbia, R. C., April 24. j
"What* iino largo house is that
standing over thoro, surrounded on f
three sides by a high brick wall, and !
in front by an ornamental iron fence |
with marble pillars at corner?" I
enquired of a cilizcii.
' Oil, that's old General Prestou's,
and is said to bo the finest laid off
grounds in the South. There's a 1
"whole SOUarc -or four norna of* it nnH
:i!l inside is ?very kind of shrubbery 1
tliat you could thiulc of with gravel
and shell walks running all among
it" '
"Docs Preston live there himself?" 1
"Yes cousidorably but I believo he i
spends most of his time in Europe '
J! as got a considerable money iuvest- '
cd there in one way and another, lie |'
prophesied that the war would come 1
up a long time before it did, and so to
he on the safe side, ho sold moist of
his niggers, and invested his money
in Europe."
' What relation is lie to the Hamptons
?"
"\\i\y, yon see, he married a daughter
of old Colonel Wade Hampton,
who was the father of tho present
AVado Hampton, and his father-in-law
being very rich, gave him this fine
property that we've been speaking
of."
'Tbo old original Preston of all of
thein came here years and years ago.
Ho was from Virginia, and was on
his way to .Florida to get cured of the
consumption. Ho was a young man
then about twenty years old, and traveling
along towards Florida, he passed
through here and concluded to
stop, as he liked tho climate. He
went to school here a while, married
and settled down. About that time
oid General Wade Hampton, who
I II - ? ?
iiuu uuun a v^oionei in tne revolution- *
ary War, settled heVc, raised a large *
family, and got rich. Preston also' 3
got rich, and tho families afterwards 1
became connccted by marriage.
They owned a great many plantations '
and kept getting richer and richer un?
til the war camo. Of course they all ^
went with the South, and many, of '
them lost nearly all of their property. 1
General Wado Hampton, owhed a ve- l
ry costly residence just out of the '
town, Which tho Yankees burned up. 1
Ornatnonting the grounds around his 1
house alone cost him sixty thousand 1
dollars. Now all bis fine shr'ubbcrv 5
are turned out and the' ruins look bad '
enough. On top of tho war t amo a ^
lot of security aebtB and the General 1
had to take tho benefit of bankrupt t
law. They say he is ,now getting 1
started again in Miasissppi, and will 1
come out right side up. 1
"The Hamptons and Prcstons are 1
great workers. You may make them i
f>oor but thoy wont stay so. Wado j
?as ono brother'in .Mississippi, I be- *
lieve, who is very rich. Besides be- (
ing rich, .they, are all popular men, |
and if it had not boon for the war no j
tellfrig what .the. two families would 1
have oome to. Thoy would have own- *
cd the State after awhile. But they 1
were very much set back during the
war, and some-of them were killed. 1
Thomas Hampton, son of present
Wade, was "killed in Virginia when.lie
was only twenty-oneyears old. His
remains were brought home, and passed
right along the street, followed by
<ovor a hundred of his negroes, most
of them crying, for tbey loved their
young master, This was in ?tbe fali
of 1864. The following February
here came Sherman with fire and
aword, and destroyed a great deal of
property belonging to the two famiye?,
so that they, were 'crushed by all
kinds pi misfortunes. It was*all that
conld>lKi done te. keep the army from
burning -that fine noose we were
?pes&ingo?> Jtat'they left' it, and 1
that Is ftboafc all thsy -did leavo." \
There, is severalgrave ytod* in and
about Columbia, belonging to differ- <
' . ent cbirtfcb'es, and in oatf of them aro !
the graven of. the Hampton and Preston
families, all in one corner,'and
partially., to , theoaeelves. Fihely
wrought marble slabs are- over them
All, upon which, are engraved tho
aameaand date of deaths. The ijwa.
tiate reaper baa been at work among
these great families, .for 'aide by aide
y?epo?Jth* aahee ^jf aome, t*cty-flve j
' They ttf e dghUogetook, fe* one ef
Che oldest tomW/tnM kM<? uiu
<Jmiend io the War of 1812, die J in
Cfamhtjie?6, aged
^ ^ I.' ]
? l__- ggy
cut do\Vn in tlio snring-timo of life
just as they woro blooming into fYagranco
and br nitty. Young Hampton
toll when ho lacked but a low day* of
reaching mail's estate, which makes
his death all tho moro sad. Death is
a cruel monster, any timo; but whon
ho cuts down tho young, buoyant and
[hopeful, ho seems doubly so.
The Hamptons and Prcstons all espoused
tho causo of tho South when
the struggle began, and considering
their location and interests, it is but
justice to say that such a courso was
natural. That they were in earnest,
and not aeuated by selfish motives,
let their deeds testify; when tho die
was cast and the battlo came, they
were not found shirking.
The families aro both very popular
with tho negroes; their old servants
will not leuve them, but remain as
faithful to their interests as before the
war. Wade Hampton is ns strong a
friend to the negro as lie can be, and
remains in tho Dcmoeratrc party; he
always befriends them both in public
and private when occasion demnds.
Tho negroes appreciate his noble
stand in their behalf, and I am uot
Ki.ro l>..f 1... ?..??!.! I-- ?? .u_n
-ivuiu iiuiivv iiiuiiiiiuiiuiiy
iiiroad* into the ranks 01' tlio Loyal
League if he should run for-an oflice.
There is no danger of that, however,
as ho is too busily engaged in trying
to build up his shattered fortunes, to
go into politics. Nevertheless, as
ioudly as wo may shriek "Rebel," and
lash ourselves into fury over the misdecls
of the great families of the
South, on sober second thought, it ia
evident it would be better for tbc col
ored people, better for the State and
better for tho nation, to liavo Wado
Hampton iu Congress rather than Cadet
Whittcmore; at all events it would
save tho Republican party some disgrace,
which is . desirable. When it
jomes to such men as Whittemoro,
Jio party might cry out, with one of
)!d. "Oh, deliver mo from my
riends."
AVERY.
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Food for the Aged.
That State of feebleness and decrepitude
known as "old ago" is indueed
bv :i f'VJldn.'tl ^nnsnlwlntmn r>f
/ ? O "
the structures. "In infancy, tho proportion
of the fluids of tho body to
Lho solids is tnach greater, than in
adult age; but this relation is constantly
changing. The fluidity, flexibility
and elasticity of youth, as the
Jtructurea harden and condense, arc
mcccoded "by the firmness, stiffness
ind immobility of age." In other
words (according to an able
writer in that admirablo magazine.
the Nrw Orleans JotirtiaI of Madcine}
"Mineralization of cell coutcnts
ind carbonizing of cell walls seems to
je only constitutional causes of de:ay
and old age*" Some may die of
>iu ago ten. twenty or more years
'ooner than others. Some have been
tnowu to live a hundred nnd fifly
rears, in modern times, and then not
lie of old ago.
The article referred to in the iWio
Orltans Journul of Medicine is entitled
'Physiology and Chemistry of .Old
\ge," and is written b}r Dr. S. P. Cuter,
of llolly Springs, MisS , and conains
some most interesting, practical
lirections with regard, to tho food
lest sflitcd to retard this "mineralizing
process." Dr. Cutler suggests : First
.0 use food and water which is known
,0 bo most free from phosphates; and
lecondly to make use of food containng
a large percent of vegetable acids,
figgs ana milk are to be especially < s
uieweu, as iney arc Known to con-1
!ain all tho minerals in excess of alnost
all other kinds of food. Butter
ind all fats may be used freely as they
>nly supply beat. Sugar, lemons, oringes,
apples, cherries, plums, peach!8,
currants and many other fruits and
jerries are good. The rinds and peeing
of fruit should always be discarded
in advanced age, as they contain
,be chief minerats. In young subccts,
this order should be reversed,
is the}' need an excess of minerals up
:o the time of full developement and
growth.
All acids containing hydrogen, (as
most vegetable acids do) decompose
phosphates and carbonates, forming
joluble salts, which could not be deposited
in tho cells cither of bones or
Hhcr tissues.
And free lime salts floating in the
jystcm or even in the cells, paay be
decomposed, and mOre saline formed
md washed ont of the Organism.
Not only this, but even the bones
themselves, may be made, to give np
uny surplus porlion of lime in this
way, in old age as to fencer them
less dense and friable and more susceptible
of -nutrition, and old age
3ven put farther off indefinitely.
Dc- Cofler does not. propose medi*
cation asjk preventive of'old age, but
suggests proper dietetic regulations
in order to prevent" premature
old age.. This much he believe* to be
possible. . 1
MiNonrrr Bte^swTATiow.?This
{>1811, 'which "has beeh-tnirch discussed
otejy in England arid in thif country,
wae pracuotujy. applied )g JHQQmsDtirg
FensylVtaU, Oir a sfflatl seate. An
set was passed by the Legislators Cf
that State amending -the charter Of
tWiown.bf J31pom$borg, ?hic|t. provides
that when ett officers qtf to be
chosen each to(er may giv# oas vote
to each of fix: persona, or doe rote
and> half to each fynr, two-votou %o
each ot th*ee, three TroUm toejich pf
two, ttt sfx"*otee to One. # At ths ifrst
eieetioh held nodes* the'tieW r^nlatjoa'
toft seven, member* ot the
Cooncll three Democrat* were ctaoeen
Jbnr. ojT
hjfibht mote
Sftee -rkf j*twdlpanie#
aw of tWO#'ti^TOSk
*cr*" ^I2IH *3tffcr
H; .' ' *
A Letter from D. Wyutt Aikoa,
CuKKbDt'UY, May 14.
To iht Editor of the Charlatan Aeiet:
It appears that tho remarks 1 made
bcforo tho rccout convention in your
city liavo oxcitud the iro, disgust and
contempt of both friend and foe, und
curacH hot and heavy liavo been heaped
upon me from overy hole and cornor
of tho city of Charleston. What
uro tho fucts in tho case ?
On the morning of tho Inst da}' of
tho convention, alter a freo discussion
upon subjects generally porlinent to i
the object of tho convention, I veu-1
tured to obtrude upon that body my j
opinions, and, in reply to a member j
who had argued that in importing |
immigrants to ibis country wj must i
receive thSm as our equals socially, 1 i
entered my protest against any such
inducement being presented. A promiscuous
recognition of social equality
with strangers from any quarter I
would not subscribo to. Neither
would you, Mr. .Editor, nor would ic
bo asked for or expected by ?ny intelligent
immigrant.
This was tho idea* I intended advancing.
If I was unfortunate in ex- '
pressing a different idea, I can but
regret it. 1 feel that no man in the
State, according to his means, has
don**, can do, or will do more than I
to encourage immigration, elevate la- ;
bor, and rejuvenate our old worn-out '
lands. If t.ti pfYW't. tkia 1
VWV.
forbids tho truth should bo told, then
my consolation is T am. too honest to
bo even politic.
A word, if you please, to tho Char- ]
Icston press. Your German paper 1
says I have learned but littlejduring tho
past six 3*ears. I plead guilty to tho '
charge, and I confess the Correspond- !
cut has by no means increased my
learning. It calls me "a slaveocrat."
Wherefore ? Because, forsooth, I did '
not extol tho fair-haired German, and 1
waste volum.es of gas in declaring tho
geuerous welcome that awaited the 1
immigrant.- ' '
I narratod simply what I had seen |
of tho Chinese, and expressed myself 6
pleased with their.labor; that where
working with negroes they had al- j
lowed spectators to pass unobserved,
wKilr. t lia 4 !.?!- I - f
*? MMW K11V iivga wvc DLVjJ tllULl WUili LU
tako a survey of the visitor; thatthej' *
are frugal and economical, while their I
eolored co-laborers wero extravagant,
and oftoner than otherwise would *
spend on Saturday tho next earnings
of tho week; that tho Chinese would 1
answer for our tide-water lands, Jbut *
not for the upper country, and that I j
did not advocate their introduction 1
into the latter section. For this and ^
this alone the Sucdlicher Correspondent
accuses me of seeking for South- *
ern redemption through Chinese la- .
bor, and usos other truthless' and 1
inconsistent remarks that have fallen
harmlessly at my feet. For its cdifi- ?
OfltlAn T tr?o*r env T k?t?A ? -*? '
<*~J CI?J , X UU > O 111 Lll V tJILl"
ploymcnt Germans and uative whites, e
and colored laborers, who are perfect- 1
ly content and satisfied with the fi
treatment they receive, and .would v
not exchange homes with nny of my fi
traducers. Only to-day I havo -rt- *
eeived from Charleston a family of
English immigrants, who seem nei- I
ther to fear the "Slave Pascha," nor
to anticipate his extending- to them
ought elso than kind treatment, and
fjiuiiijjb lutyiuuiib jor i&oor periormed, .
both of which, they will surely get. J"
Bat enough of this ireful German. ^
A friend has handed mo two copies
of a Itadieal sheet published in Char- 2
leston, one.of whien contains an ex- q
tract from an article in the News that
1 had not seen. This article enumer- 0
ates a host of great men who in the ?
past havo risen from humble origin.
Sha?*speare was a wool-comber, ho T
says. Shall I, therefore, anticipate- f
poetio ideas from the Englishman *
who is this day ehearing my sheep? ,
Because the father of Grogory VII
was ft carpentcr, does it follow that r
ftVPTV ("ornnnlnf'u cnn - n?- ? ^
J vv? U uwu Ml uov UC U A upu r
Ridiculous nonsense. Such inatancos ?
prove that genius cannot be hid under (
u bushel, and nothing more. Merit
should bo -rewarded, and conscience 8
tells mo I have never rejected its v
claims. f
This 6ame sheet has dotted all ovtr ,
its columns gurbled extracts from J
what I said, and a paragraph or two
of what I have written. To this I
have no objection. As a target I 8
have been shot at so oftoD by Radical c
marksmen that their assaults are re- j
ceived rather as healthful - tonics. I
take them as a dyspeptic would "Sol* I
>i . 4 *
utiiuu V UliWlDi ^
Mr. Editor, I cherish individual re- *
spect, but have never stooped to court 1
lit. I have not "crooked the pregnant J
hinges of the knee that thrilt might ,
j follow fawnicrg." I esteem the regard
of acommunity, ftnd have never will* i
fully given offence. If I have done J
bo ip tbis instance, it is because I have ?
been misunderstood, and thorefore I '
feel do mortification for what I have '
said. '
Wk.t 1? ? ' 1
it uuv nfjuuner ueiore mo convention
claimed that "all the sense and (
alt tho cultivation of the universe was
confined to South' Carolina?"'.Who 1
said we' coald not ? learn tnneh from !
the Geribao, the Irishman or . the En- !
giishman ? Certainly I did not; for
among the adopted citizens of this ]
State1 have the honor to. number 1
many warm personal friends. And '
one of ths stannehsst ftiends I have if
a Northern man who > ih>w ray J
neighbor. \& ?JS[ ? [
. ' Your oh&Jlsnt servant, . . '
. - D. WTATT AIKEH- {
' " v'.y- ' V - . I
. The jfdfc M^n of iTe^ lTorJc- are \]
paia to rjrnK as follow? In ibo matter ,
of .OTnaial fc. .AbIot, '
160,600-,(M-r A* ft Mwift* $40,<rt<? '
OOOv COT-noIida -Vindehbilt; tSO/OOO,
; knd two
hnndred thousand dolhirfl apiece/ '
' ' t :*:> ' u..;"-! ?tf "' ': rr.i
The French Constitution.
Tho Constitution, on tlio ratification
of which tho French people were *
receutly permitted to vote, mid \Vhich >'!
they coiiiirmod by so overwhelming a ^
majority, was promulgated January 0
22(1, 1852. It has boen subsequently l<
modified by an Imperial Decree, Do- i?;
ceinbor2d, 1852: by tho . "Grannie"
l\ I\ -- + *.% 0 . . I
j^vc-cuo, jL/uuciuuur 10111, 16J2, Ui.U l)y "
several Sewttus Conaulte. It vests w
power in tho Emperor, in Ministers P
appointed by him, in a Council of J*
State, a Corps Legislatif, and a Sen- '>
ate, which is the "moderating power" "
or pouvuir ]>onderateur. All changes
in tho fundamental law of the fctate e:
are proposed by tho Senate. If Bane- 1"
tioned by tho Emperor, they become M
Henatus Consultc. Tho Senate, as it at 'r
present exists, cmvnot be termed part 11
of the General Assembly. It moves P
in a different sphere from tho Corps c;
Legislatif. The former has charge of' J
the Constitution, the latter of the or- j
dinary laws. Ono is a constitutional j v.'
ana mo oilier a legislative body.
Tho amended Constitution is very 11
concise. It is divided into six chap- 11
tera.
Chapter first recognizes the grand 11
principles of 1789. n.
Chapter second confirms all the
powers heretofore granted Louis Napoleori
by the people, regulates tbe ni
succession, by allowing tho Emperor
lo choose his own successor among P!
bis descendants, excluding always females
and their heirs. It regulates 11
royal marriages aud provides for a J1
regency.
Chapter third gives tho governing P1
power to tho Emperor, with tho aid l'
A' the Ministers, Senate, Corps Legis- iu
latif and Council of State. It propides,
however, that the Constitution 4
:*an be modified bv tho noonln of ?K?. ai
v 1 T'" "" VMW .
suggestion of tho Emperor.. In other 11
ivords, if-he does not like tho experi- s*
nent, he can set aside the whole mil- sl
jhincry of government, and, through u
he nnny, control votes enough to get n'
luch powers us ho may dictate. l'
Chapter fourth makes tho Emperor e'
esponsiblo to the people, to whom lie 01
ins a right of appeal, llo is respon- 1,1
'ible to no one else, and is given by ?J
his chapter pretty much autocratic V,
jowers. J,
Chapters fifth and sixth relate to 1
,he Senate and Corps I/egislatif. Tho 01
Senate, composed of life members, is '
railed and prorogued at tho will of \
ue .Fiiviperor. so with tho Corps "
jegialuiif. Its racmbei*H are electcd a.
or at leant six yenrs. The sittings of ?*
hese bodies are public, but at tho re[oest
of any fivo members in either jy
louse the proceedings become secret. *
Tho other two chapters are general ?
their character. . *s
The practical effect of tho Plcbisito
on the 8th instant, by which this J1
Jonetitution was i-atified, is undoubtdly
to strengthen Louis Napoleon in J1?
he eycB of France and tho world, by "
living once more, to the powers
rhieli he has virtually usurpod, the
anction of a formal popular vote.? P1
Charleston News'. .
it<
^ m ^
olitlcal Capital at the Expense of Industrial
Capital.
The Charleston Republican is seektig
to make all the capital it cnn out
f some remarks attributed to Col. D.
Vyatt Aiken, in the Charleston Agri- Ei
ultural and Immigration Convention, ai
]*he effort is now making to improve ht
louth Carolina by the introduction in at
ur midst of a good and intelligent Tl
las^of settlers from tho North and wl
Surope. So far as Col. Aiken-'s re- nc
aarks are concerned,* ho speaks for m
limself. But if tho Republican desires ni
I understood that a cordial welcome a?
Iocs not' await tho immigrant here, re
hen does it misrepresent the senti- ra
aents of our'people. The immigrant
rho comes here will stand upon his ir<
acrits, and those merits will secure Be
or. him the same recognition.in South gl
Carolina as elsewhero This was tho on
entiment of tho convention. But wl
vhy parade tho remarks of a dele wi
;ate, and make political capital out of pc
hem? What good to South Carolina II
loes this effect? The Republican af- fr<
ects to desire immigrants to Bottle in at
his State. ' But does its course not fu
how that this is a mere pretense and dr
i sham? Does ils course not show wi
hat it is ready to sacrifice the indus- in
rial interests of.the State to aceom- w
?lish small party purposes? The Re- TJ
uiblicin, we presume, does riot roally ro
lesirc the introduction of white retilers in
n tho State Jt prefers, the political eh
..wl lU. C ?-? '
iiiv> tuu uiiiiiiciai passenger, it pre- ce
era that the soil of South Carolina be ta
cept open to the inroads and ravages to
>f the robbers and pilferers, who irn- w
properly manipulate tho bondff and ag
itocka of the State, and pat their lo
lands deep down into tho treasury, to
It would have South Carolina to.oon- at
,inue one vast preservo for the wonid- in
>e lordly masters of the State's finan w
508.
A? tO this Convention I m
pliicb the Republican rolls like a sweet et
norsel tinder its brisy tongao, its el
jourse has beeri most nnfai?. It' lo
brings oat most prominently one 6d- m
irerse feature of Col. AIkcn's remarks;
it has^tnlo to tatr about ibe gen- srtma,
Jbearty,liberal and bfoad views
tbat^he^Oonv#nti6nx apptrored an$ M
ipplaudedr Jiet tha State1 perish,ln*t m
Mr'&*'' p$rty ir^ih}n atoms *?* .?
creed pC "ifce OTgan." To ma, it lav *
jnrs, that * batter sentiment to let -?
part??fl perisfi add ofih? eeekerii: And ?
5^boTdMr?>StUJi -with tluiffl, ?
rid&T tTbio. shull TJbns, rti 2
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Tho Revision of tho Bible.
It will be remembered that tho
IV/rf noticed at length last Fcbruny
llie resolution offered in the upper
louse of Convocation of tho Province
l* Canterbury uppointirg a commit;o
to "report upon the desirableness
f u revision of tho authorized vcron
of the Uld nnd Kcw Testaments,
'hether by marginal notes or otheriso,
in all thoso passages whore
lain and clear errors, whether in
10 Hebrew or Greek texts, origiunlf
adopted by the translators or in
ic translation made from tho wmn,
tall be found on duo invepfigation to
sist." This commillco has now re
iiruiu 111:11 11 its <:c*>irai>ie-io attempt
ich a revision of the Uihle, but that
1 attempting such u revision no new
anslalion of tlio Hiblo is cotilcinlatot),
and no alterations of language
xccpt where competent authority
uenis it necessary, and that where
lianges aro necessary the existing
L-rsion is to be followed as far as posble*
Jt has further been suggested
lat the convocation should appoint
coniinittee to undertake the work
f revision, with "liberty to invite
le co-operation of any persons einiiMit
for scholarship, to whatever tiaoh
or religious body they may being."
Tins suggestion was unani~
?1.. * 1. ii.? *.
IxJUCIV llll IUU I VjU'l l.
In tiupportiug the committees reart,
Dr. Wilberforee, of Winchester,
ischiimed any intention to "recast"
us authorised version. Followiug
ini, the Bishop of Gloucester and
ristol deelare'd his belief that the
roposed changes would "Frenchify"
ic Bible?whatever that may mean
id he confessed that he saw no obction
in that clause which, allowing
ie revising committee to call iu the
d of persons belonging to any na011
or religious creed, would cause
>ro trouble to many pious souls.- "I
iall feci," saya tho Bishop?and it is
truly liberal sentiment coining from
:i Anglican prelate ?"I shall feel
int. scholarship is the bond which in
."erjT such case will bo found snperi
to separating influences whieh
ight arise out of either conformity
non-conformity.'' After this it is
' less wonder to hear tho Bishop of
nth and Wells declare- that the
.vhole truth should be dcelarod at
ico," and that '"it is ustlens to protend
at the authorized vrrxion irus an inspirpiodaction
when they knew that it was.
it. Some of the bishops advocated
tentative version ; and the Bishop.
London, who presided, thought
lat the revision should be confined
. present to the New Testamcfht,
vhich was now.ripe for it."
That the bishops of the Church of
ngland are undertaking a noble and
i honest task in seeking to purge
leir version of error is undeniable;
it is it not strange, in this nineenth
century, to tell peoplo who
mn Irtn/v r\ ??a/1 4 a f kik
i? U iVlig V4VIVI < iU IUV ttUkiUUI 1 tj
' the English Bible as tho supreme
lide of faith that "it is useless to
etend that it is inspired," and to
jar the bishops to whom tho deposa
o; faith has been committed dcure
that "they kno\V that it is not"?
rorld.
The Air We Breathe.
Dr. Angus Smith, of Manchester, ,
rcgland, who has been analysing the
r we breathe, for twenty-five years, i
is studied in detail tho forms of the
oms which we seo in sunbeams, i
iie air is charged with tho scraps of I
hatever is knocking about in the <
iighborhood we live in, -coal in tho
ining districts, cotton in the spinng
districts, hay and Btraw in the
[riculturnl districts,'stono and horso <
fuse in the busy streets, iron in the ,
ilway carriages. In these, ho says,
vo breatho rolled plates of mctalic
>n, which aro large enough, to be '
en an the naked eye." And mined
with all those dormant, myeteriis
germs of plant and animal life, i
hich, after a few days' steeping in ;
ater, throw off their torpor, and apar
as living plants and animalcules,
e has t-hown us what wo cast ont
)m qui* lungs?tho Bowngo of the
mosphcrc?aud told of tho wonder- i
1 scone of life which is developed in .;
op.of condensed breath from?the :
all of a crowded room. The taking
the "sewage of the atmosphere" is
hat most people seem to enjoy,
tiey go to churches, church lecture 1
oma, nonoof them ventilated at all,
none of them any circulation to
lange the air, to theaters and conrt
rooraa, where they pack in .and
sto each other's sewage for hoars '
gether. Delicate, fastidious women
ho would not brush their garments
jainst the clothes of the thcatroafer,
nor soil their bands by the
uch of- bis, will sit a whole evening
idexohange breaths with..biro, the
most for the inmost, as the Germans
ould Bay, in a room scarcely ventit?d
at iuI } but where the used air
L < I I 1 ? / '.t _J_
igm ue vuDn{r?u iur iremj mr .vyuantly.
And architects will so biild.
lurches nod theatres, and halls bo
ng as the people submit to it as
eekiy&s-they now do,
;-<v ' :j:?v? '
. 11 ^ ' , '#v N# .
liwtfss for yrvwl-^wben per?
ar# feverish nod thirst/ beyond
1 b$t is; natural, indicated in eotne
wesbya meUillic taste inthemoutb,
tfifler drinking wster/dr hy
trhUUh appe&lrAnce of the greaWr
ajt of. the Burikoo of ch? toogae, one
FU>? bwV-ic^>le^/ tn<<*ru*l.,<>r W*
jpmL 1? to ta^o aJemon, cutoff & .
ny a comfortnblo tdght'& sleep, ami on t
awaUontng after rust, no inviuorution, u
with an appetite Ibr breukfhst to ?
which they are strangers who will t
have their cup of tea for auppor, or t
"relish" and cajto and berries, or ?
poaches and cream.?Dr. Hull. X
^
"Pat Cleburno.
Memphis, Tennessee, with her vn- ^
rious civic departments, her Irish societies,
hor ex-soldiers, her distinguished
citizens, has dono honor to
the remains of tho brave Irish Con- r
federate general, l'at Cleburne, lie i
fell in the front of tho '-lost cause," |
doing what he believed to bo his du- r
ty, defending with liis life tha* side of ^
tho final appeal to Heaven, which no 8
tribunal on earth was left to decide. ?i
It matters not to a brr.ve man, upon t
which lino .of battlo he leveled his 0
bayonet; be knows how to honor tho c
gallant dead when the victory has t
been won. The crimson fields of this v
war are sacred places in the mcraorv t
of every true, 'honest soldier; and e
however sharp the agony, however
natural the . preference and emotion,
ho can stand by the side of the common
graves of the struggle and minglo
the tear of pride or regret with
the dews of Heaven that fall on all
alike. In the heart of every true
man, and particularly in the bosom of
those who fought the desperate field,
the horoic dead on both sides sleep
quietly and well?
1 Under Ihe laurel t1i? blu?\
Under die willow the gray."
Native arid adopted, right or wrong,
lost or saved, Americans all. There
let them rest. Let no voice of detrac-.
tion insult their reputation, nor rude
hand d-isturb the repose of their ashes.
They tried for us beforo the last
High Court the desperate issues of a
unirtmon pnnntrr Thpv r?lof>n^ nnn
- - J J J
fidingly at the mercy of the Supreme ,
Judge their lives and fortunes, and J
they do not murmur because He hps ^
chosen them, and washed in their [
best blood, from the royal robes of ]
our Republic, the errors and troubles f
of the past. Why should we, who \
were not called upon either side, for i
the sacrifice? Let the flowers of i
peace decorate the gravosof all-alike. 1
for the rose of eternity has opened t
alike a golden crown over the tomb of t
the oast. In that Riiri'rmhncriia thprn
r " * **> *"v*v
eleepfl no nobler spirit, no braver man
or better Irishman than Put Cleburne.
With Corcoran and Meagher, and I
hundreds of Ireland'a sons who fell 1
lighting on both Bides of the civil i
war, ho haa gom to tho silent shore, t
With a most Christian imagination, J
we can see them walkin ; hand in i
hand tho Elysian fields, and wonder- t
ing perhaps, if there should be any- s
thing in their memories to keep alive i
the banes of the past. We think not. I
We hope not.?Southern Cell, <3
t
_ _ fi
important Decision.?A very imEortant
decision was made yesterday fi
y his Honor, Judgo Bryan, in the v
District Court, sitting in bankruptcy. r
The question was whutner discharges r
in bankruptcy could be granted un- v
less the assets of the bankrupt should g
pay fifty per ccnt. of the debts. p
The 33d section of the bankrupt ?
act of 1867 provided, that in cases j,
commenced after ono year from the jj
time the act went into operation, no p
discharge should be granted, uuless t]
the assets of tho debtor should pay n
fifty pep centum of the claims against a
his GHtato^ unless the assets in writing ei
of a majority in number and value of ^
the creditors who had proved should v
be had. f,
Ilia Honor, Judge Bryan,, has de- e
eidcd that the act of Congress of 27lh t
July, 18G8, has modified tho act of
1867, bo that it is not ndcessary that
tho assets should pay fifty per centflm,
but that they should be equal to fifty ri
per centnm of tho claims proved. b
It will thus hb soon that many debt- Li
ors who hayo boon restrained from I
applying for tho bebefit of tho bank- S
rnpt act since 31st Deecm.ber, 1868, c<
upon the generally received opinion h
that a discharge could not bo had tin- tj
less their assets shoulil pay fifty per I
centum of their debtt*,*can enjoy its o
advantages if their assots ho equal to t!
fifty per cent, of their debts. Ji
- ? r - J
Boy Smokers.?Here, .and there
about the street-corners and around ^
the doors of places of arrtnsemeht you
will boo a lot of urchins, some of them ?
rieccutly clad and presenting-a res. 1
poctable appearance, who are engsg-' v
ed i" assorting their manhood by ?
puffing away at execrable cigars. It ?
is fair to presume that their: anxious .
mammas are not awaro of ths ibul Jf
habits their darling boys pick op and J
practice ontside of theparental roof^
but for their benefit they should know .
that it Is stated that a French pHy?l- ?
cian has investigated th* effect of?,
pmoking on thirty-eight -befys, be
tweon the. agos of nine and fifteen, >.
\yho wore addictcd to tl\e' habit.
"Twenty-seven presented distinct g
symptoms of,, nicotine poison; In
twenty-two thertf wer^er! on3. disor- 8
derp of the oircnlation, indigestion* t
dullness of intellect, and a matkedt,
appet'te fpjr etr?|>g drink#, j 1st throe r
the^Sj^ hean a^ti>nj.tonightde? t
cid^d deterioration of the blood: iq ?
twelve'tfi'era Was-' frrfqaefit cptfoje js;
ten bad'disturbed steep v*ndfWbWj n
ulceration of th^mnensniatabrari# of i
the^onth," illjf ^JTr tftW:;%
or nft'edy *betM"h td'foiny foy? 1
In trs$ni?& fk/irtum trtptofo anUUll 1
Xhip homw of <fiwip*tion. .* fr iffinite,
1
?.' 1 /<'- *' . #<!$
ho top of which will be fiflv fort
ihove high watermark, and the pisi's
will bo 146 to 174 In height IVoro
heia foundation up. Tho span of nr
he principal arch will bo 615 feet, '0
aid the arches will be constructed of .
uhUsU'oI. Tho bfiilgo will bo a high- 1
vay for eight railroads. It will be tv,
jomplcted by tho lost of next year.' 00
? ? cit
rhirty Millions of Dollars Finding an
Owner. at
_ in/
Eight lucky people in New Jersey
ind Now York aro rejoicing over
heir good fortune, having just "fallen
icira" to on ostate in Scotland, va- 1,8
iously estimated at from twenty to oc
llirl.v millioDN nf il'ilhii'n Tlin HOI
J ? . . I'"*
on who gave the information to tho
heirs" was a man named Smith, who
nakes it his .business to look after v*.
iiid*collcet claims of this kind. Sonio
if tho heirs are in good cirounistanes,
but most of them are poor, and |,c
vhen tho news of their vast inheri- usance
in the old country reached their
ars they could not believe It was
rue. aud for a time nothing was done g*,
ind.the matter was dropped. One of m(
he party, however, wrote a lot tor to
ir i roniincnt member of tho Houbj of
jordu, England, making inquiries as. la
o whether any nuch citato had been E$
eft. In the course of two or three
nonthu he received an answer, stating
hat fuich an eet:.te had been left to fa
iVilliam Innis, and that it* the heirs tin
:ou!d prove .their claims there would ou
>c but litt'o difficulty in getting their
noncy. Since then one of the heir.s
las visited England, and found th'it ,n
)otii tlio statement of Smith and K'
hat contained io the letter were true.
VUlo counsel were consulted, who bo
state that if the claimants could proluce
the old family 3iblc, with the
ccords it would he the',best evidences . 1
is to the title. The gentleman enme J''1
hjiiiu uiju i-uiuuiciK'ca sea rolling for
h? key to tho vast estate.?the old un
3iblc. A few days ago tho sacred 00
rolumo, in a double sense to tho
leirs, was found in tho hands of au
'nriis living in Ponsylvania, with the u<s
amily record complete. Tho Niblo
vas printed in Edinburg, in 1722. jand c
a in a good state of preservation.
. number of persons named Innis , .
mvo heretofore laid claim to the 1
istato, which is of course not asido by ur
he discovery of this old relic.
? M:
Lahqe Heads.?A general Idea *1'
lolds ground that large heads mertn
ar-'e intellects, that weight of brain Pr
ndicates mental strength. But this
lotion ia lalrie one; one fact will disjrove
it. Man it inferior to aomo apes
n tho proportiaon which his brain
tears to his body. When wa come to gj
inimalstho differences aro verj' slrikhg.
A continental physiologist has R
teen gauging the skuiIs of different :
[uadrupeda, and weighing their con- ,l
ent?. There aro beasts, whose intinct
approachca to reason, and we
tyle such intelligent; their high intinct
is not however. commensura'blQ wj
vitb their cerebral development. To ot;
ange a tew. ot tbo. commonest ani- tjc
aals in tho order of brain weights, wt
re have tho following declining tjj
cales: Cat, dog, rabbit, sheep, ass, wj
?ig, horse, and ox Ihe twd last tj0
ave tho same weight of nerve centre re,
n proportion to the capacity of their ^
oaieS, but they have only a Sixth *
art of that of the first on on the list;
hat is to say, the cat has si* times qb mb
mch brain it? proportion, to her siee Yo
a the horse has in proportion to hia Be
ize. The pig has more than tho ,j0i
Orse, the Bheop more than the pig. fit\
Vho would have thought it? The tbi
icts almost set us wondering wheth f,-fl
r tho brain has anything to do with
he intellect at all.
?_? th(
T> ,
Oue . Noveust. ? An exchange .
ays: William Grlmore Sim ma, has
tely been visited in Charleston by 0,1
iarry Gray, vrho is writing to the
lome Journal ' an aecount of his
outhern travels. Dr. Simons, in ^
ourse of conversation, Bpnka most m!
ighly of Mr. Bryant's translation of H>l
lie Iliad. Barry Gray adds: "The
>octor thought that-the-literary men tln
f ibis country were too much nudor
lie control and in the power 'of-pub- ?
sherS, They should cast aside all
ettv jealousies of each other, be said C8t
nd do banded together in a guild a .
o-operathro. union?nucfi ?a many i<3n
icuhanicB possess, and demand and re
oivo* of publisher* a 'ftiir rertiansrft- ^
ion iorjneir Drain wor^. u.a -spgice v~
ery eadly of himself?his library 8,8
nd possiuns all gone, his.constitution P?'
rokejvand.h&.youtb and rigor gone teI
jreVcy. ."Oh l' liu exclaimed, spring- . '
ig suddenly from the lounge, and
fting himself up to his full height thi
is blue eyes Hashing, and bis -long ce'
rbifcs hair and beatd streaming about
fshsad, if. this poof old * body* wero ( de
nly as strong as is iby kill "'I'd -show
bear whatliterary'man could do."'
- rae|
sbwpflkiif- Mats.?Mefca strong th
osp-lnds, using hot-Water, pot in the re
^ f _ a al . * * * %/. j . <n?* V. # a
uuu &uu ivt -mem sxa'.a 1111 wia; ,w
hen Vaeb then&in cold water till 'nit '
heeoap iaout. ftextdwolv.e. balf * &
lotind each of salt nail alttm lb a little ^
tot water/and putiotoataboftsoW e<!
rat$* ?a!ffp^tvto' eov*r vfet ?kla?,
nd let tliemeoak titers boiirtV tfetif .
lank brtjih; t^hcn !3
BCRAPP.
Hov. W. H. Milbnin, the blind
oaohgr, is lecturing in Bon Frftneis*
The population of Berlin Has inaased
from 25?,000 in 1832, to 800,
0 in 1870, and it is now tho third
y of Europe. ' j
i
Ex-Confcdcrate General "Wigfall i8
Central City, Colorado, represont1
an English mining company.
Mr. Fane, ono of the secretaries of
e British legation at Washington,
is made a match to walk 32 miles
i the road in 8 hours.
Governor Warmouth has appointed
sneral James Longfctreet Adjutantmerit
I of the Louisiana State militia,
co SheridaD. resigned.
Jenny Lind is. so embarrafiscd in
r pecuniary affairs that she thinks
opening a Binging school in Paris*
IIor8o racing is dying out in Yirniu,
and the Richmond papers
jurn the degeneracy of the times.
The American officers who bavo
ken service nnder the Viceroy of
jypt are twenty in number.
Josh Billings says be will never
tronizo u lottery ho long as he ean
il any om< elae to rob bim At readable
wages.
Tho entire amount so far collected
Baltimore lor tho relief of tho
i-hmond sufferers amounts to
0, icluding $3,000 derived fYora the
uctit at the Holiday-street Theatre.
It is reported that fivo of tho large
etich muil steamers passing through
c Suez canal have each broktji from,
o to three blades of their serenrs,
I that other steamers have beea
mpelled to return to Suee fbt rolirs.
;
North Carolina Iras another jtair of
iiumese Twins." Theso are colored
t Ai#nf
J "J ? ?a ?? ?!r
of Eng and Chang. They wore
irn in Columbus Cohnty* ate in good
ulth, and are intelligent. They
e about eighteen years oldButler
says: "Now, we know that
lftxaehusotts ideas, Massachusetts
itistics, the education of JfassachnLts
people, quite "conBidehfcbly imeas
tho legislation of the whole
untty." -Yes, and <hB i&tasBachalt?
men put the pftbllQ money ill
eirpoekyU considerably, .
Tho Calcutta Englishman, of Harcli
, reports that cottoh in the central
ovinees of India haAeafifered during
e past year from,damp weather,
in, red fly and boll worm, and in
uiy parte the lo.sa la estimated at
Ly per cent. f V
- Wj. .
Certain.timbers of great durability
mn framed together,, act upon each
her so as to produce mutual destrucm
Experiments wjth cypress and
xlnuts, and cypress and- cedar, prove
at they will .rot each other
die jointed together, but on sepato*
>ti they will cease, end the timbers
nain perfectly soi^qid fbr a long pe?
At the nnnnal meeting of thf? 'Wonn's
Suffrage Association, in New
>rk, last Wednesday/Henry Ward
echer,( in the speech of.the day,
blared : "He had douht that in
een years it wOafd seem strange
it tho rights of women to the aof*
,ge had ever been dofeted."
Tim Fisk, the prince of\Btie, took
a Democratic Delegate^. to the
ichestcr Convention from that place
a special train to New York-runig
part of the time at a - speed of
?enty?flve miieaan hour, Yandert
rfcn a tram from Bocheeter to
POAtiuA loot. flu'n/li'ir o{^k4vnAna
? v ?
lea, in one hoar and thirty-one
nates Fast meo. FisJc'#" traia
ined five hours oo lightning tigress
It is stated that there ar&^q# BixTour
cabled fn active use,^ bfishort,
of which isythroe mites and
) longest- ' is .3014, aud tMir..lotal
gth is 22,00t miles. .Bwk^.tlli?
lr and the next 20,82$ ttiifes jafir*
cable are contracted far, in lengths
vary from' 116 to 2976 milerfT^ened
to comieot various important
intsin both the Eastern anar Wet?
'n hemispheres. ' - ' 4^'- J* :
, : . .i . j-j .-i ? nr
The colored people of LonfftfRe, fa
sir recent Fifteenth ' amendment
ieftration, hfcd a transparency tri
vfch the 'Train of Frojfteili* WW
pioted a? * K>90rnotlV<i?jbellod
'he Fifteenth A tttendriMj^" With ft
liq of twenty?nine cars ftttaibhed,
presenting the ratifying titaUfl^ and
number of jaekaw^.lrttt'Bftfaed to
e rear ear, am I# mat|**t- th*8tate*
fasintfto;. ratify* ?od *?inlf tryia*
The Ne<sr York %?ddstri?] j&MWU it
to? to Bb^Mdt? fS? i-thaflrppo?i
nifiliir ? 3|e*
) rk UHj| w nty, oro? .
iroo^d gl^a, two
^ -w, "? - ? ? ? *#