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Sons of thc Old Folks. Ah, don't be sorrowful, de rling, And don't be sorrowful pray; ? Taking tho year tegethcr. my dear, There Isn't more night than day ! 'Tis rainy weather, my darling, Time's waves, they heavily run ; But taking tho year togother, my deal Tbcie isn't more cloud than sun ! Wo ard old folks now, my darling, Our beads arc growing gray ; But tating thc year all round, my dca You rr ill always find the May 1 We ha^e bad cur May, my darling, And our roses long ago ; And the time of the year is coming, in j For the iilent night and the snow ! And God is God., my darling, Of night as well as of day ; We feel and kuow that we caa .o Wherever He leads thc way. Ah, Ged of tho night, my darling^ Of the night of death so grim; Tho gate that leads out of life, good wit Is tb? gate that leads to Tim. -? -?- ? ? - The Brigand's Child. I was journeying among rome of the ged and romantic scenery of Italy, whet guide suddenly stopped, and h:s am; looks plainly indicated danger. It was mid day, and-we were impatient to rj our destination ere nightfall. I had 6car asked the postillions what had occosionet stoppage, when a bullet whizzed past us, looking in the direction whence it can saw ha'.f-a-dozcn or more fierce looking lows, with presented rifles,taking aim al Perceiving death to be so near, and desii of averting i . I signified to tLe brigands perfect rea to give upall thatl posses and only required tho preservation of lives. My words had tho effect of arres; tho brigands' purpose, and they came do from th'rir position, informing us, howe that we must accompany them to their ci mander,who had solemnly sworn, to kill < ry Englisbman that fell into his power, order to revenge the death of his broil who Lad fallon in an actiou with a part; Englishmen some days before. This was'not pleasant intelligence; my seemed only spared for a moment, for; brigands assured me that their chief was placable, and my guide had previously tertaincd me with some narratives of the rocity of Michael Barossini, the recoiled of which served to corroborate the testimc of the robbers. I afterwards learned tl this savage chief had ordered his men to bri every Englishman they found on the rc before him, that he might have the luxury patting them to death himself, und that t davs before he had sacrificed a fellow-cot tryman of lome to his revenge. I was blindfolded, and conducted thron glades a:.d ravines for some consid?rai time, and when the han^herchief was tak from my eyes i lound myself- in presence the dreaded brigand, Michael Barossini. 1 was a mau of beiculean propor'.ious, wi large dar!: eyes, and matted locks, thick falling over his sunburnt cheeks. Ile cy< me with savage ferocity, but there was st something noble in his appearance which lt me to expect that my appeal to his tuen would not be ineffectual. Hut thc death his brother was too young in his memory, ar all my words were of no avail. "The Englishman's blood must boshed he cried, "to satisfy my murdered brother. Entreaties were of no avail; he was fart and resolute, and having given me a i":w m< ment8 for preparation, lie turned away t fondle his child, a boy of about three year old, who carno running towards bim. thought it strange that after deciding upoi such an atrocious act, and with the oxpecta tion of slaughtering a fellow-creature in bi mind, he could caress his child, and displa so much of human emotion. At length, putting the little boy from him he turned savagely towards me, and orderci his men to conduct me to the place of execu Ijon. This was the brink of a precipice whicl it was fearful to look down from. " Gracious heaven !" 1 cried,i: you are no going io dush me do s n this precipice.' " ?ot alive," growled one of the banditti "you will fall down wiien thc captain ha nicked you, and spare us the trouble." Thc few momenta" that ensued were solemi . und awful. I stood upon the brink bf eterni ty : the savage, herculean brigand was prc parmg Lis ride lor the death shot, and tin brigands were gathering'around hitnanxiou for the horrid tight thut was to ensue. A length everything was ready. Micha?!] Bar ossiui took up ins position, and ordered ni. men to stand away norn him; the rifle wa uplifted, andr-the savage eyes bf thc briganc were taking aim at ray heart. At that mo rant the brigand's chiid, who had no know! ei_0c of the dreadful proceedings that wer? going, came dancir.g up towards me. A thought struck me that this child might be made thc instrument of my preservation. J darted forv/ard, snatched the boy in my arms, and then cried ont to the brigand to tire ! The rifle fell from Barossini's hand, and he was conting towards mc as if for the pur ?ose of tearing the child from my breast, lut T. drew towards the precipice, and hold ing the boy stretched over it, 1 demanded my iife as tho condition of the safety of tiie boy. Barossini, stung to the quick, seize! upon bis rifle, and was presenting it again, when his wife rushed upon him, keld bis arm, and besought him to save her child. Thc seeno was soletan and striking. The natura! feelings of thc tuan were combatting with the savage ferocity of the brigand. Bar ossini remained with*h?3 eyes fixed upon me, and his <thi!d, who still remained suspended over the.precipice, and crying aloud for his father to save him. Tho mother hung upon the brigaud's crrn,?and endeavored to move him from his purpose. Nature triumphed, and he cried, " Give rce my child, and go." " And what security shall I have for my safety ?" 7 inquired. "The brigand's honor," was Barossini's re ply. r "lou do not know me. You have not heard of Michael Barossini, or you would have known that, brigand though "he be, his word has never yet been broken. But here, stranger," he continued, throwing a dagger towards me, " take (.hat and the boy with you till my mea shall have placed yon tn safety." The nobleness of tl Ls action was in striking contrast with his previous conduct. I took the dpgger, and gave my nonor that the boy should be returned iu safety. M I expect ii," B?roasihi replied, " so long as thc boy is safe,.you arc safe also." Ile looked at the boy as if wishing to em brace him, but evidently thinking that the action might make me suspicious, he mtister . ed tis feelings. But the mother could not assume such heroism. % She saw the b >y in my own hand, while tho other held the brig and's and .'he came towards me, beseeching me that I would permit her to kiss her child. Thc look, the tone, the acti-m of tho wo man were all so touching, that whatsoever little heroism i may have possessed forsook me; and placing the trombliug boy in his mother's arms, I cried: I j u B?rossini, T will not take away your child !" The brigand's features relaxed not; but aftor regarding me'for some seconds, he re marked : " You shall not lose anything, Englishman, by your humanity and your respect for the feelings of the mother of my child ;'' and then j turning towards bis men, he gave them some I directions, and as they departed, he entreat- j ed me to rema:n with him a few moments. <l I am glad to sec you have so much confi dence io an enemy," he said. ** You have v i my admiration." . * The brigands now returned, and Barossini informed me that they were ready to con duct me to the road, and that they s'iould at tend mc so far as there night be the least danger of faliiug in with the brigands of his. party. ? thanked him, and asked one favor, that bb would return some miniatures which were among the property the. brigands had | captured. . - " They will return them to you," was Ba rossini'8 reply. .'Farewell." . I kissed toe little urchin that had been the instrument of my preservation, and departed. On my arrival in the road, I found thc chaise exactly on the spot where it had been stop ped, with the guide and postillions in waiting. But what surprised me most of all, was to find that not an article of my property was missing. The brigand had restored the whole. From tho N. Y. Herald. What Shall be Done with the Negroes? At the commencement of the war there were in the Southern States, in round num hers, four millions of slaves. Various esti mates have been made of the number destroy ed by the war. It is quite safe to put the reduction by death at half a million. Per haps the natural increase will balance tic number that lias made its way out of the country: and wc'thus have left in the South ern States three and a half millions of pe-r- , sons born and'brought-up in lavery that have i suddenly become free. Unquestionably it is , true of the mass of these that they have no ( appreciation of the finer ideas of freedom that ; would render the state of slavery intolerable | to men of more intellect. Slavery is to them . only compulsory labor : freedom is rest from , that labor, and the right to do " as you like ;" t that is, to labor or not. That'is their simple, , single, obvious idea. Labor is at the same time the prime neces- s sity of the country that these men are in. It i is an itumensp domain, that under a proper . system will produce richer crops than the; |? world over saw produced from any given7.* j country. It is able to support all the labour t necessary for ?Is development, and to give in r additon a crop that will belittle the riches of t oriental story. Under the worst system o? ' labor e'rer known, the same country suppor- .* ted a population of twelve millions, and had. t an accumulated wealth that euabled 'it t?. j ?arry on four years one ot t!:e most gigan-' ^ tic wars in history, There is no country :in c Kurope so rich. Germany, Italy, France. Great Britain are poor to it in.natural pos sibility. What, then, may not be thc.result 3 of the development of this district under a r. proper system of ' labor'? But can that sys- t; icm be so arranged as to solve thc difficult g( question ; what.is to become of the negro? Uertainly it ought to be. v There is the land in weed of labor, and " the owners of it propose'even to import la e bor, considering that otherwise theylose the ^ land; but there on the spot is the labor, and a t is a groat problem what wc shall, do with s t. Hov; can we arrange ia that these two " >hull be complementary-to each other? It T teems easy enough to answer that the land 9 oust support the labor, and that thc negro v nust earn his own bread. It-is true, too, md is the obvious view taken by all. Henry a Highland Garnett, who wrote us a letter on v he subject the other day, says the negro ap- j ireciated this. President Johnson tried to ? rnprcas his colored visitors, some days ago. * nth the fact thal work was tho real solution j, ii the. uegro question. And Genend How- t? ird, as this letter shows, takes the same j 'iow : a FREEDMEN'S BCP.EAU, ) ti Washington, D. C., May 16, 18?5. j t In accordance with General Orders of the t iVar D?pannent No. 91,1 enter immediately t ipon the duties of Commissioner of Refit- 11 "ees. Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. The . bureau couttmplated in the order will be lo- ? sated at the corner of I and Nineteenth u streets.- Ai! commissi-ners, howeverappoint- s id, who have charge ol freedmen, are rcques- 0 .ed to make a report as soon as possible of the t character and extent of their work. The 1 iomnrssioners or superintendents in Virgi- J v nia, So. Carolina and Louisiauaarc requested to report direct to-me tho amount of land they may nave under supervision for the* o use. The dt*p.ii? ment commanders in the t iksurreclionary States will do me tho favor \ af transmitting ? copyof the different orders e U.Hued by themselves or by their district r commanders relating to tho government aiid c employment of freedmen. While it BU^II be r my objtvt to secure as much uniformity as a possible in the matter of employment and iu- ? struction of freedmen, I earnestly solicit co- t operation from all officers and agents whose ] position or duty readers it possible for them * to aid me. The negro should understand ( hut he i? really free, but on r.o account, if ; able to work, should be harbor the thought < that the government will support him in idle- j ness. 0.0. HOWARD, Maj. Gen., . Commissioner of Freedmen's Bureau. \ General Howard, as chief of this impor- > tant bureau, is the head of. three and a half 1 millions of men. He holds a most important 1 position, and we believe that it was a very 1 wisc selectiou that put him there, lie isa < lunn of ability, eminently practical and thoroughly conscientious- Ile stands in the position io influenc?e an immense amount of human happiuess or misery. It is wise to impress upon the negro very distinctly that he cannot live in idleness, and it is geod' lor all to agree that he must de peud upon his labor. But it is not enough to do this. We do not believe that the negro appreciates the necesity that be should labor, or that he can be induced very easily to go on with thc same life that he bas hitherto lcd, seeing practically but little diff?rence be tween the slavery he hated and the liberty he longed for. It will not do to tell him that he must. It will need the calmest judgment and the nicest discretion to devise a system ol' labor or apprenticeship that sha*il encourage the ne?ro ii> labor and the white man to employ him. Upon-the wisderu with such*& system' is a lapt?d to the wants of the cases it will entirely depend whether or no the South shall become a desolate wilderness and the negro raec a groat national difficulty. The abso lute natural extermination of the race, too, depends upon this; and this, thero'ore. is the ?val field of labor for all those philaiithrop- j bits who have cried out for justice to thc negro. MK. DAVIS IS moxs.-A dispatch from Washington, under 'late of May 20th says : J.-ff Davis has been manacled on both ankles with a chain connecting, about three feet long. He stou-ly resisted the process of manacling, and threatened vengeance on those doing it. ; Itath?T than submit, he wanted the guard to glio?t hiui' ft became ueeessary to throw ; bini onida bark and hold him there nut ii the ; iron wus clinched by a son of Vulcan. No knives or forks are allowed in kir. cell, aud I nothing more destructive than a soup spoon. Two guards arc in bis casement continually. Tns GREAT EXPLOSION IN MOBILE.-WV find in the Mobilo Daily News, of tho 2Gth ult., a particular report of thc terrible explo sion in that city on the 25th. lt was thought to be well ascertained that the explosion was caused by the dropping of a percussion. shell by a soldier, the shell exploding and instant ly igniting the immense quantity of powder near by. It was-the most awful and destruc tive explosion that has occurred during the war. Four or five blocks of buildings were made one conglomerated mass of ruins, two thirds ot which were on fire, while every two or three seconds shell exploded, and frag ments and bullets were whizzing through the air. Tho streets on which the most damage was done were Commerced Water, Fron!? and Itnyal. The steamers Col. Cowlegs aud Kate Dale were entirely destroyed ; also a schooner loading for New York. Some e'ght thousnud or ten thousand bales of cotton were burned. The loss of life was very great, the estimate being that fully three hundred per sons were instant ly killed. Many more were wounded, some of them horribly. The lists so far published show that citizens and sol diers suffered alike. The building in which the explosion occur red was Marshall's warehouse, located al the corner of Lipscomb and Commerce streets, and contained fully thirty tons ol powder, ia the form of cartridges, barrels of cannon powder, loaded shells, etc. It was all brought from Gainesville, Ala., and constituted about one third of the ammunition surrendered by Gen. Taylor. -? -? PROPOSED WITHDRAWAL OK BELLIGERENT RIGHTS FROM THE REBELS.-In tbetheHouse of Commons, on the 1 Ith inst, the' question as to whether the governments had resolved to withdrawhclligenent rights from the South, of whieh notice had been given by Mr. White was not pnU Thc London Star assumes* from Mr. White having been requested to postpone his ques tion tuat the question is un?3 clhe considera Lion of the Cabinet,-and observes :-" Though the withdrawal of belligerent rights is .no mere sentimental action, it would have the -ffeci of shutting the Australian ports to thc Shenandoah, and those of the "West Indies to the Stonewall, the only two privateers DOW tfloat. It would tend to expedite tbe period ?heu the government of the Union will raise be blockade and pet mit free intercourse rith the Southern States." The London Post, in an editorial on the ame subject, says :-"Mr White postponed lis question in the absence of Lord Palmer ?ton; but it is unquestionably one to which m answer must be specdly given." The Post rdso says :-" It is impossible to avoid he conclusion that theOonfederate govern nent has ceased to exist. The South ceases o be a belligerent when it no longer (Ossseses the means of prosecuting the war; nd as it has already made admission lo hat effect in the original convention between ohnson and Sherman, no cause for complaint dil bo given if neutral Powers eudorse the onfession." SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS.-To those who re fond of the Okra, Tomato, and Lima ?eau, we would commend thc following direc-' ions for their preservation. If Carclully ob erved. these vegetable luxuries' may be cn ayed in almost as much perfection at mid winter as . if the)' were fresh from the anden : OKRA RIK WINTER.-Take the pods when inder, cut them into slices or cross cuts half n inch thick, spread them out ou a board, or tring them, and hang them up in an airy lace tc dry, and ina few days they will be cady to put away in clean paper bags for dulci- use. For soups they are as good as chen fresh in summer. TOMATOKS FOR WINTER.-Gather- the Tom tos when they are quite ripe, least full., of cater, and most lull of the Tomato principle, hat is toftay ia sunny weather in July pr Lugust. It is better that they, should be mall, or only of moderate 6ize. Scald them a boiling water. Peel them, and squeeze hem slightly. Spread them on earthen isbes and place the dishes in a brick oven, fier taking the bread out. Let them remain here- until the next morning. Then put hem in bags, and hang them iu a dry place, 'or.ioup, they may be used without, prep?ra lo:; for s:cws, SJak them iii warm water a aw hours beforehand. LIMA BSANS FOR WINTER.-Take the reen B?an.s, a little younger than they aro isiu?y pulled for boiling in sumiher, and prend them thinly on the floor of the garret, T an airy loft. They will dry without further rouble than turning them over once or wico. When wanted for ns?j soik them in rarUQ water for twelve hoiftf before cooking. tl je I ti a? ci o' ti I SI tc ff d P 0 o< w li d< w ti it cs al w si tl at lc P. k M fe hi di STABLE MANAGEMENT OF A HORSE_It is mc thing to own a horse, but it is another kin? to know how to tak-.' aire of him. The Voodstock N. B. Journal sired a few pricti .tl bin's on this subject which it- worth re- : ? uembering. A stable horse needs special j 8 ?ara hod attention. His feeding must be as ? jj ?gular as measurement of the horse. When ; * i change of feed is made it must be done with : r 'reit cure-giving a small allowance at first | ( intil thc stomach becomes used to change, j 1 Ie must bc cleaned every day ; and when wc.i c ;av cleaned, we mean all that can be convey- j id by that word. A good curry comb, brus?i, j * ind "an oiled woolen cloth, are the utensils ne- j ? ;essary. First take-the curry comb aud be-?j iin at the top. of the ueck, back of the ears, j working the hand both ways. Proceed in this j ? way till you have gone over the entire body j ? ind legs. Tbeti take both comb and brush, ! 1 ind every other stroke, draw the brush across \1 the teeth of thc comb to clean it. An expe-.j1 rienced groom will do this instantly. This j lone, take your cloth and lay the coat and re- ! move the du3t which adheres to the outside, j | The face and cars must also feel the brush. ! Few men kuow how to clean a horse prop- j ] erly. Ii thc above directions are followed - > daily, j'our horse will enjoy good health gen erally. Stabled horses must be exercised dai ly. This is absolutely indispensable to good health. If the feet of your horses arc brittle . and liable to break and crack, they must bc : well oiled once a week. A horse thus trea- 1 ted will always be ready to go when wanted, and you will not be ashamed either to ride or drive him. Another thing q-iite as important is a clean and well ventilated stable. We eannot ex cuse any farmer or horse owner, who does not cleau hi? stable twice a day. A stable should be so constructed as to have a wide passage way or floor in front to feed from. Above thc manger a space should be left a foot or two , in widthdear, a::d the passage way sheuld ! be the avenue for thc supply of fresh air lo the nostrils of the horse. A horse enjoys a good bed, and it should rever be refused him. At night take your ork and make it up light, and yon will feel ampi)'rewarded fo: the humane treatment you have given your beast. A PUZZLED IRISHMAN.- Mr. O'Flaherly undertook to tell how many were at the parly. " The two C rogan s were one, mcsclf W?3 two, Mike Finn was three, and-and who thc da vi I was four ? Let me see, (count . ing his fingers)-the two Grogans was one, Mike rinn was two, nieself was three-and -bedad, there wai four of us, but Saint Pa trick coldVt tell the name of the other. Now its mcsclf that has it : Mike Finn was one. the two Grogans was (wo, mps?df was three, nod-and-by me ?owl, I think there was but'three of UR, arther all!1' -?. J^TTho trial of Mr. Davis on indictment for. treason, lins commenced. " Little Graves. " There's many an empty cradle, There's many a vacant bcd, Thore's many a lonely bosom. Whose'joy and light have fled. For thick in every grave-yard Tho little hillocks lie; . And every hillock represents An angel in thc sky." The Value of a Husband's Soul. A liquor dealer's wife, whose conscience was iii at easo in relation to the traffic in in toxicating liquors, availing herself of an au spicious moment, said to her husband : " I do not like your selling liquor ; it seems to me a bad business. You do not, I suppose, make more than one or two hundred dollars K year by it, and I should be very much re joiced if you would give if np." " I know," answerecPihe husband, "as well as you do, that it is a bad business ; I should j be as glad to give it up as you would be to have me, and if I did not make more than one or two or even .five hundred dollars a year hy it, I would give it up." " How much, then," enquired the wife, "do j you make ?" . . " Why,u replied the husband, " I make from two to three thousand dollars a year, . and that is too much to be relinquished." , . " What you say," she rejoined, " brings to J mv mind the remarks of a lecturer I once heard, who, having repeated what Walpole J said in relation to every man having bis price j in politics, added that it was much the same , in reli?ion. Satan, continued he, is a broker , -not a wheat, or cotton, or money broker, J but a soul broker. Some can be yrocured to labor* in his service for a bundr?d, some for a * thousand, and some for ten thousand dollars . i year. My husband, look well to it; to me t seems even three thousand dollars a year * s*a paltry price for what is truly priceless." On the mind of that husband sudden con- | ic?o? flashed, and liberal as was his portion u those rewords of wretchedness which Sa an proffered, he resolved aud avowed the . esolutiou to receive it no longer. . Are*Wo not all morally chargeable with 1 fbalever evil wc have the power, but have elused er neglected to prevent ? This wife id her whole dury on this great and impor-1, int question now before the public. If all ' be women tn the State would do their whole uty, Satan's brokerage in this department f his trade would be destroyed. FOR WHAT DO WE LIVE ?-Do we, like he lower animals, live for mere physical en ?yment? Then let us kneel at the shrine of laramun, aud say to gold, " thou art our rust !" Do we live to flutter in the sunbeams nd vie with the tiny insect in the.display of audy colors?-Then let us give our all for nael and adore the fickle goddess Fashion*. ?o we live for earthly honor? Then let us pi xrrifice possessions, health and conscience bi > Fame. She is a stem, But not inexorable je oddess. She will to some extent, give us the T esire of our hearts, if we will but par the la rice. Do we, can we. live for such objects? fo f what avail will it bc to us, to the world, tl r to tho universe, if you win ? Will it be th ell if all who pass our grave shall say, w here ii es an epicure, a miser, a self-immolated mau ic evoted to fatr.e ? " For what, then, ouirht e to live? With Paul let us answer: None of us liveth" to himself." The Chris auVsolf is not his Cod. His eternal feltc y is his highest personal goori. To this he b innot be indifferent. For this he " counts n' ll things but dung and dross'' that he may p, in Christ. But he finds that felicity is lo- qi ng in God. Ile feels that he is. not his own ; gi ut ho is bought with a price ; that he isdead, |t id his life is hid with Christ in God. The tl ive of Christ constrained him. Ile is hap- tl y in diffusing happiness. .ti When hts fellow disciple is hungry or na- ti cd, or iu-prison, he ministers to his wants, ct ay, more I if bis very enemy bc hungry, he ju ?cds bim, and prays for those who persecute rc int. He is like Stephen praying for his mur- bi crcrs ; like Jesus praying for his crucifiers. vi How beautiful, sublime, (Jod like, is such a s( fe. How vast the good accomplished. How ? oi eaceful the end. How bright the eternal fu :re. Reader! Ts yours such a life? Such it must e, or it were better that you had not lived. -Virginia Baptist. Somebody, and we don't who, and it. makes o difference, thus warms young men to be rare of the women : Young men keep your eye peeled when you rc alter women ! Is the pretty dress or jrm attractive ? Or a pretty lace, even? j 01 'Jounces, boy, are of no consequence. A j *? iretry face will grow old. Paiut will wash If. Thc sweet smile ol' the first will give t-ay to tili scowl of the termagant. The teat form will be pitched into calico. Au ithcr and a far dill'crent. being will toko thu /lace of the lovely goddess who smiles so weet and outs your candy. Keep your eye >ecled, boy, when you are after the wo.nen. ! f the little dear is cross and scolds at her!1' noller iu the back room, you may bc sure i l' bat you will get particular lits all around ' bc house. If she apologizes for washing the lishes, you will aced a. girl io fan her. If she Mushes when found nt the wash-tub. he sure the is of the codfish aristocracy, little breed ng and little sense. If you marry a girl that u mows nothing but to commit woman ?laugh- 1 cr on tile piano, you h uve the poorest piece ! * if music ever got up. Find one whose mind | ^ s lijiit and then pitch in. Don't bc bang- ! ti ng mound like a sheep, as though you were j 0 isbamed to be seen in thc dough, but ask for ' '! he article like a mau. | n u 1 tl .MISCBCEXATIOS-The New York Tribune thus states the iniscegenaliou question : 1. Will the admixtureof while and black blood necessarily produce a physically weak progeny ? This is a question lor the phy - slolgist. 2. Will such admixture necessitate a race to be of naturally inferior position in the family of mun ? This isa question for the ethnologist. 3. Have such admixtures heretofore been followed by the ovil cons?quences which a modern recurrence to them would threaten ? This is a question for the historian. 4. Are such admixtures forbidden by the law of God ? This is a question for the. theologian. 5. Will such admixtures lessen the produc tivo resources of the country ? This is a ques tion for the economist. To these queries the Chicago Times re plies as follows : 1. The admixture of white and black blood will produce un Abolitionist. The claims for exemption from the draft in tho Abolition j of Massachusetts the yast year prove that Ab- ? olitionists .ire" physically weak." 2. The answer to the first intorrogatorr ! compels an affirmative aud answer to thc ! second, as there is a singular harmotsy be-j tween the physical and mental weakness of Abolitionists, 3. The answer to tho tfiird question can perhaps be more intelligently made by wait- j ing for the development of tho progeny of tbe sixty-one schoolmarms at Port Royal. 4. Such admixtures, we infer, are not for- j bidden by tho law of God, because those j '' engaged in the interest of God and human-1 ity!! are their practical and zealous advocates. 5. Such admixtures will lessen thc produc- i ti ie resources of the country, unless the pro ! geny arc .superior to their black progenitors: for "did not Mr. Lincoln aver' to j'atten and Dempsey concerning the negroes in onr ar ray, " Then ealand that is aHP Correspondence of thc X. Y. Herald. The Depreciated Value of Souther Farms. . WiuiikcxoH, N. C., May l?, 18C; Persons here seem to take a gloomy v of the future- They .regard the losses tailed by this war as too - great to admit the possibility of revival from tho inter resources of tho South within thc next thi years. They argue in this way : V'he agg gate value of tho whole property of the Soi was about six billions. Of- this, the negri of tbe South represented one-fourth intrii cally. Tbe "destruction of that amount labor, depreciates, it is estimated, the va of Southern property to a still greater ext? both combined producing a depreciation its value of four fifths. It is stated, morcov that the efficiency of white labor in tho Sot has beeu materially impaired by the- w? thus diminishing still further the actual i sources cf the South, and its availability i producing region. I have beard instances cited .by way of ? tournent to sustain these views. Lands he, been mentioned to me which before the w would have brought, one hundred and fii iollars per acre, that now w ould nofc'brii two dollars and fifty cents. I ara informi ;hat a magnificent farm, owned by James < Bruce, of Halifax county, Virginia, brothe n-law of James A. Seddon, late Secretary rV?r in the rebel government, estimated to 1 vorth over one hundred dollars au acre fh 'ears ago, is now held to be worth not mei han five dollars per acre. The celebrate 21k Island farm, on the James river, value lefore the war at two hundred and sixt housaud dollars, is now estimated to be wort iOt much over ten thousand. The deprecii ton, it will be remembered, is attributed t be destruction of slave labor, which, in th stimation of Southern planters, imparted it bief value to Southern land. - In the South rn Statesj especially in the cotton growinj tates, nine tenths of the labor jtjas. perform d by slaves, and, measuring even approx! lately, "the depreciation of Southern proper j by the destruction of this large amount f productive labor, the standard of deprecia on reached, according to this Southern yiew not unreasonable. In short, the estimate would seem to b( used upon the idea that there can be nc tbstitute found for" slave labor, and thal Hite pr free labor cannot he made available, hieb is perfectly fallacious. The Souther! lanters-those espc cially in the.cotton States -believe slave labor to be the only system ol bor applicable to Southern lands, inasmuch i Southern products require an unremitting ire arid attention in their culture that is nol meist eui with, free lnbnr. They c alculate pon the contingencies of laborors leaving at ie moat important crisis in the sowing ol ?eir crops, sickness.from climatic influences^ id many other causes not incident tothc ?culiar class of labor to which they have ;en heretofore accustomed. All these ob ctions, however, will be found erroneous, hey proceed more from a prejudice to white bor than any real disadvantage likely to be und in the system itself. Northern capital ta tcould ?nd it to their internst to avail .cmselves-of these ideas, and tn invest largely i rich Southern plantations, from tchich they ill de certain to der icc valuable, returns. Trvm the Macon Telegraph. Recognized Status ol thc Nogro. Because thc slaves of the South have been, y thc fortunes ol war, declared free, it does jt follow that hereafter their career will be emitted to be one of idleness, and consc nently of crime. Of this they may rent as ired. At present they have a great deal to aro of the responsibilities that rest upon tem. They must at least clothe and feed ietuiielve.1, honestly, or suffer the depriva ons that will follow idleness, or the peual es that will attach lo thc commission of :inie. Hitherto they have had masters who, apelled by interest, if actuated by no other lottves, filled their mouths and covered their acks-cared for them wken sick and pro ?dud for the helpless. But this unfailing ipport is gone, and rvw and hereafter their illy dependence is upon themselves. Tho former masters are now fully advised f the status cf their slaves, and although a eneral regret was at first felt when the set ed policy of the victorious party was an ounced, we have already witnessed many la?ifestations of relief, on the part of those bo could scarcely realize the stern fact tbat ?eir negroes were free. They have not found ie hardships involved to bc half aogrievious > was anticipated. In making estimates f thc question of dollars and cents involved, iany lind they have been paying dearly for hat was really an encumbrance. There-suit f un investigation ot their profit and loss ^counts, has startled many, and convinced, icm that what they have been regarding a lessing was a burden, aud that by giving "numeration for such labor as they ure aclu Hy compelled to have done, they will make saving. Many have demonstrated this, and re satisfied. Others ?un easily demonstrate ie same thing, if they will only scrutinize ?eir operations in the past. And soou we mil find thc white race co?tent with what is navoidablo, and really, prospering under cir amstances they have been taught would be linous, . . The policy of the general governmeut is nifersul. Every where from Manoa and lixon's line to the Gulf-in all the States as roll a3 Ocorgia-the same rule is enforced. Ye observe that in a recent letter of inst mc ions to an officer in Mississippi, Gen. "VYash ume 6ays-" The negroes are free, and there ! no power short of Omnipotence that can lake them otherwise. All parties should nderstand this, and the sooner the better." )he same rule is in loree in Georgia, and he people are acting accordingly. But, Gen. W. adds : M If he [the negro] re uses to work, be must starve; if he commits rime be must be puuished like other peo ile." The negro s every where must be aught this. If they are, the knowledge will oon put an end to the aimless lite so many i( them are now living. That the rule Will ie enforced-that they will not be" permitted o vagabondize throughout the land, by the Jnited States authorities," o?cular d?monstra ion was furnished yesterday, when the va ;nints were driven - forth from Macon. .Jt, vas a Bad sight, but the proceeding was tte ?essary, and all who attempt to follow a Bind ar line of conduct may expect to have the ?ame course pursued towards themselves. We would suggest, also, io the civil &u liorities throughout the State, the exercise )f all their legal police powers that will not aring them in contact with the new order of things. They can cosily discriminate so as to avoid such conflict, aiid at the same limo, contribute much to suppress vagrancy and' lawlessness. In this they will be supported by the military. The preservation of law iud order, is thc object of the presence of the army nmoug UH now, and we are assured they will aid in thc direction we have indi cated as cheerfully as in any other. This is no time to fail in discharging plain duties, or deny stubborn facts, and our own safety at prcscnthand'prosperity in the future demands we should do neither. J2=0~ Tho Nashville Union states that towards thc close of lost month, General nood turned .up at Mngnolia, Texas, where," it is said, he publioly declared to his friends that in his opiuiou further effort for " the cause" was treeless. He doclaredim determination never to surrender, and Elated that be should proceed at once "to Mexico. 'Helias not since been heard' of ; it is supposed Hint hois carrying out h?g intentions' to the bust of his ability. ' -' -: . A Conversation witli-Alex H. Stephens. ?A friend, who saw an;dy?o,h]^k'd with Al exander H.'Stephenp7 ?ri boar3 the steamer at Port Royal, writes as follows Kiays the Charleston ?Zuticf,) in a priva?el?ucr : Ile looks much_oJder than whan I saw him in'thoTlouse in" '577 fie conversed freely and does not appeal- at all like a prisoner of war. Ile says ire never saw4 so marked a change in four years, in any. ?j^o"raen, as in Abraham Lincoln aud Jefferson. Ravi*. He expressed great regret at thVFresjj-?nt's as sa8sinatiouradmitted the Confedei:cv was played out, ancL.8eemed anxious to have peace declared, and the mutter settled, as speedily as possible. "His idea is to have-tbedifferent rebel States repel thc ordinances of secession and accept tho Constitution of- the United States, and?vote ou the Constitutional amend ment, i. . He expresses the opiniorijthat tho seceding States will not pass it. He acknowledged that his MUledgeville speech was almost propheic, and that he went with the popular current to .prevent any clash between him self and Toomba. He apppears to have no concern for himself; says he only anxious to secure as honorable terms. ?3'possible for "his State and people, the-majority pf whom he says never Were secessionists. He is bent over very much, his hair is nearly white, his voice is lower and not so-shrill as .'formerly, and his hand trembles when he uses it, but he talks as smoothly aa ever, and his eyes flash as in days gone by. DRIVING OUT DABKIES..--Col. White, our Provost Marshal, had a detail o? sixty men yesterday patraling' the city, arresting and sending oft'.all negroes who have come here since the Union soldiers .occupied the town. We understand that the order will be enforced to the very letter, and that every negro found who dicf riot live here before the 20tb of April! and who do not belong to Macon, will be sent back to their former homes. Thia is a very ?enaible, timely ?ndjudicioua. order-one that will meet with universal approbation by our citizens and soldiers. Since the capture of Macon, they have beeb swarming around the . streets, alleys and kitchens like flies around i sugar barrel, without anything to eat ex? :ept what they could beg pr. steal, and with out any "work to do. But this.order will send them back to the plantations where the crops ire in the grass, and where they, can make contracts with their former masters, by which pltuty^of provisions will be raised for all hands sj^nra^In all caseB where they cannot be Jem'to'CB e country, they had better be put to work on the railroads-.-Maeon Telegraph. ? ?.-? -?--? - ? WE have the authority of a- very respecta ble journal for tho .following incident in the life of a coted revivalist preacher. He was holding forth in Rochester, and in walking ilong the canal one day, he came by a boat man who was swearing furiously. The preach er stopped, and abruptly demanded of him, " Sir, do you know where, you.are;going?" The boatman very innocently answered that he was going on board the Johnny Sand.*. " No, Sir, yon are not.'' 6ald the preacher, "you are going to hell faster than the Johnny Sands can carry you/' The confounded boatman looked, at bim, and then recovering himself, returned the question, u And do you'kuow where yodare gi ?ng?' " I trust I ani going to the. kingdom of heavf-n." " No, you ?int a bit of it : you are gohsg right into tho canal/' and, suiting the action lo the word, he shoved him in, aud left bim to flounder ashore. ' . A CHARACTERISTIC INCIDENT-A gentle nan who was in the train from this city to Petersburg, a very cold morning not long igo, tells us' his attention was attracted by the efforts of a young soldier, with his arm io a ding, to get his overcoat on. His teeth as ?veil as his sound band were brought into iso to effect; but, in the midst of his efforts, in officer rose from his seat, advanced to him, ind very carefully and tenderly assisted him, irawing the coat gently over his wounded ir m and buttoning it up comfortably, then .T?th a few kind and plessant words returning A) his'sent. Now, the-officer in question was not clad in gorgeous uniform, with a billiant wreath upon tho ooll?r and a multitude of' gilt lines ?pon the sleeves, resembling the famous la byrinth of Cre.e, but he was clad in 11 a sim ple suit of grey," distinguished from the garb af a civilian only by the three stars which ?very Confederate Colonel in .the service by the regulations is entitled to wear. And yet he was no'other than the brave General Rob ert E. Lee, who is not braver arid greater than he is good aud modest.-Richmond Whig. ?5^" General Sherman's ''bummers" wero death in digging forbidrlen treasures. Difiereut eqauda )f them dug up a newly buried ni ute tlx times in itieccsaion ; aud tho poor critter waa not allowed to reit until hi? head and car? were 'eft above the ground as a sample of the kind, of treasure be low. . ~r?1 -??-. *"i _".'*.* :,' Professional Notice. MESSRS. BACON &, BUTLER wilt practice in the Cuurts of Law and Equity' iu this 5 tato. Old Office of AI. C. Butler and Carroll & Bacon. . J.OHE E. BACON, M. C. BUTLJSR. May 23, 3m 22 Barter ! Barter ! THE tiranit'cville Manufacturing Company will continue'to Barter Cloth for COTTON, FLOUR, CORN, PEAS, BACON/AND LARD, giving Augusta prisca for produce, aud- furnish ing Cloth at wholesale rates. " ?ranitcv?le,'Aprima ...>. - tf 15 ?S?T Vi'e bare been authorixed by thc Friends of Capt. li. BOULWARU to annoance bin? a Candidate for Sheriff: of Edge?cld District at the next election.' 'Apr 12 ' te*- 10 For Tnx Collector. . The Many Friends of D. A. J. BELL, Eiq., respectfully nominate bim ai a Candidate f?r Tax Collector at the nest election. Oct IS- - ' ' te ._43_ For Tax Collector. TBS many Friends .ol Capt. JAMES MITCH ELL rospeotfully nominate bim as a 'Candidate for TAX C?LLECTOR-at the next'election. - SALUDA, pee fi ' te* 60 Notice: ALL persons Indebted io ti??-Estate of Rnhert J.Delpb, lato of Edgefield District decca ?ed, aro requested to come torward and muli o pey iiieitt; and thojo having demands* against ?aid Estate will'prosent them in due time; and'proi-er ly autbjntic&ted. - ? .A. J..-PELLETIER, A49i*.-. _Oct 13^ '.. . Ay ,_12_ N?tice. , A LL persons having any claims, or demands iV against the^ Estate of Walker .0. Samuel, dee'd., ?re Required to press?t them,"properly .'proven; and ill persona" baying any tote's, Pa pers or Properly of any kibd beluiging tb said Estato are-rcquested ?o band'them?rn'-"?to ?the nn deriigned,vwho is tt?e lawful Administrator ; and al.?o those iVtebtctbwlll :plea?c pay, as -irume. di rely, rn lawful mouey of the Stato^or its equiva len' iu currency. "A, word to the wise is eufieiaDt. W. IT S AMUEL, ^daVor. Mar?' " '"..ta*-- ' - ; 16