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Letter from Dr. H. ft. Cook.
.. . 4 BEECH ISLAND, Jone 17,181
MB. EDITOR :-As I jun no candidat
any office, I am afraid, that by those disc
tb be hypocritical, ray obtruding myself
public notice may be attributed to .pen
vanity; but I console myself in this rei
with the idea that I believe it to be the
of every good citizen, when a suitable (
sion ?fters,.in times of great public cal?t
especially when all leadership isdethrc
as it now is, to contribute their nrteptow
originating, or confirming a policy for
general welfare? and I deem this a pr?
occasion' for myself, particularly as 11
reason to Relieve that some of my frienq
least misapprehended my true, position
consequence of words spoken by me sale
in April last, at the lime of the ioroiatio
the Edgefield.Democratic Club, and the n
ioation of candidates for the Legislature
other offices. I deem it due -to them to
myself right on tke- record, and farthermi
as a citizen who has ever faithfully discbat*
his duties as such, and having at one t
been before the public, I claim the righi
place myself, as I really stand.
On the occasion alluded to, a Democri
Club was formed with a view to cc-oper
with the Democratic party of the. North,
we bad bees invited by the representations
that party to do. To this I gave my asse
But when the proposition came" up in a st
sequent meetiug, held immediately after I
idjuurntuont of the Democratic meeting,
nominate Candidates for the various Sti
iud. District offices, I couuselied against su
nomination on the grounds that, fir*t, we h
no time to organize, there beiDg bat sei
Jays before the election, and furthermo
is a te^t vote was to be taken at thc san
lime upon the adoption of the Radical Co
ititution, I did not consider, judgirg from t
experience of other States, thai it won
iiake any difference how the Democrats
Conservatives voted,-tue Constitution wou
be accepted by Congress at all bazar?^"Ei
we would have the mortification of havii
intered into a bootless contest, and our pc
?le become mire or less demoralized in co
.eq?euce. I therefore thought it more ad\
?able to reserve our fire until the Prcsidenti
election in November, wheu we would prob;
Ay be able, with the help of the Democra
S?rth, to strike down tfce great Head Cent
>f all our woes, and the whole machine]
?eated upon this base would tumble to tl
;round. But others thought differently, nc
.?ailing for immediate actiou, the caudidatt
vere accordingly nominated ; and I not bein
rilling-to see my friends enter a coutest, hen
vat>unpromising it-appeared to nie, -witbou
leii'g what 1 could tonsi>ist>tkem,6ubsequeni
f with fihcerfuloessr rendered what--aid
ould. I'say I did it with cheerfuluess, bu
t was th? kind of cheerfulness with whicl
proud aud concicntioiis man would do wba
ie deemed to be bin duty, for I confess thu
ny heart was more, deeply Maddened by tb
,et, Jori felt that the. proud aud puce glori
(US' South Carolina was compromising hcrsel
a the compliance. . For what is life wortl
lithout victory or death ? This languag*
nay seem harsh and recriminating," but '.
mow that the surviving sons of true Caroli
ia will forgive me when I tell them that.
vrite it with tears in my eyes and hear
jroken for the past.
South Carolina is not my native home, bu
ike ja the home of my affections, of all tba
bat is nearp.st and dearest to me on earth
he home of my choice, and the home upor
vhicb I ba*ed all my temporal and eterna
lopes ; and to see her sons and daughters in
he situation in which they are in now, paral
zed, trampled upon, by an inglorious foe. ii
nore than heart can bear without giving ut
terarce to my feelings.
It is true, ITiave never bad an opportunity
jf fighting her battles in the front rauk ic
ike field, although* in service during the wai ?
but it was not because I bad not tue desire
but because, on account of my profession, my
itiends assigned to me the more arduous, but
not less truly glorious task of a moral con
flict, and my pride not permitting me to see!.
tor position, as others did, fearing that my
influence was not great enough to obtain it, I
listened to their syren voice. But surely
"He who for bis mistreat' sake,
Lays down hts li'e and limbs at s luke,
Hoes not to much dej-ervc her favor,
As be who pa WT. s hid soul to have her.''
Beared in the political school of St\te
Sovereignly, and drawing my inspiration for
the last thirty-five years from that purest of
political touut&ius in America-the South
Carolina school of politics-led by such men
m Harper, Calhoun, McDuflje, Hayne, Rhett,
and a host of other worthies, together with
our own Pickens, who. though now lying in
retirement and disfranchised though he be, is
fO*. covered ail 0V8r with honorable scars ob
erne* 1? a faithful anti lifelong coL?ict for
Southern rights ; and last, though not least,
that brillidtjt and ever progre:sive genius
whose truthful history few can write, and
whose heart during the whole of bis career,
was as true to the interest of South Carolina
aud the South, as the Needle to the Pole,
James H. Hammond ;-it is not surprising
that I should h&ee baen a warm advocate of
Secession, nud a consistent, persevering aud
hopeful adherent to thc Cause, djuring the
war ; or regret to see the gallantry and hero
ism displayed in the field by such men as o.ur
Bpnhani, Butler, Gary, John Simkins, Hamp
den Brooke, Bland, Addison, and others of
doubtless equal worth, and whose names do
not now occur to me. Captained by that gal
lant soldier and Christian gentleman-Wade
Hampton-the admirable Cbrichteu of South
Carolina,-provjehtirely fruitless; and receiv
ing too additional inspiration from our noble
women, who, thoroughly imbued with tbs
cause of their country, and surpassing even,
if possible, in spirit their mare relatives ; and
believing, after the perfidiousness of the ene
my ia refusing, to comply, with the terms of
gurrender, that, to bo consistent with her
principes, jtbe South should have refused to
co operate in ?he least in fastening the bossu
and unjust terms imposed upon us; and act
ing upon this principle, I refused even to
register as a voter ; and thought then, aa I
do now, that this would have been the proper
course ihr her to pursue.
It is not- strange thea with such a schooling
and "with such convictions, thal I should hate
advised against entering into apolitical cou
test with such a foe, and wherein we were
made particeps criminis in carrying out
measures concocted in direct violation'of the
. Constitution, which wa fought to preserve in
its original integrity; and especially--with
such odds in the way of-party machinery
against us as in this conflict. But the whole
peop??-of the"South did not act with this im
pression, and, under the leadership'of wiser
heads, than mine, have become so much en
tangled, in the Radical Reconstruction policy
that our only chance of .restoring the Consti
tution to ita original supremacy, and to being
order out of chaos, seems to be, either to unite'
with the Democrats at the North in the cora-,|
ing Presidential Campaign, or. remain passive
loo' on in the great farcical drama now
' enacted in this country by a party ela-j
va _d suddenly and unexpectedly to power,
who, crazed by tho dizzy height to which'
they have attained, and urged on by hatred I
and revenge, must surely be destroyed 'by I
their own madness.
The former policy appears to have baen
adopted, and Delegates have been appointed
from the South to the Nominating Conven
tion to beheld in New York on the 4th of/J
Jule. I trust that they are men of. wisdom,
firmness and decidion, representing the ir tic
South, which "in my humbie opinion is une
quivocally opposed to Negro Suffrage ;'-and,
if her sentiments were outspoken, would be
let the laws for the. protection of life and
property be, made to bear equally upon all,
both black and white ; let the negro enjoy the
fruits of his-labor, not only unmolested, but
protected, under his own vine and-fig . tree ;
bat do not clothe him with that ' highest of |
all the privileges of citizenship, Suffrage.
The South should bo satisfied with compro
mises for all time to come. Let us reject
theru hence forward, and especially that mod
ern monstrocity-Scallawngism. If such a
platform is not adopted at that Conventior
as accords with thc judgment of our Dele
gat?s, let them withdraw, and leave the result
to God. ' Tho revolution in which wc are in
volved must do its work, and we must mould
it to our advantage as ranch as we can, IIow
to act, is only a-question of policy. Bid aboce
all iliinys, Itt m le united in whatever we do.
What our future is to be, Ile who rules the
Universe' only knows-; cot jecture, however,
ie not icidmiPsible. Il the Dimoerats should
succeed in th?.Coming'election, I fear that the
change f'roiri.the present policy of the Govern
ment will- jiot be 'as striking as many of us
suppose. The j&ct that such scenes have
been enacted b? tile country has witnessed of
late, by the party in power at thc seat of Gnv
brnment, without exciting mere decided and
?ffeclive opposition 'ihUl-hl? bccn^nffrJrrfctfr|
is of itself suliicicnt. proof cl the general de
moralization in the country. If, on theotber
uand, the Radicals succeed in the coming elec
Lion, and their policy is maintained, for
tncitber four years, the itsult will most prob
ably be either that the mond influenco of the
white man, when the Southern States are re
tored to the Union, and outside influences,
juch as the military and thc Freedman's Bu
reau removed, will be so great as lo overawe
mid keep within check ike negro party ; or
the present form of Government will be over
thrown, and a -consolidated- government in
name, as in fact, will be established instead.
I confess that I have myself no fears or a
war of races, so much talked of, if the white
man is true lo Iiis interests and nature. Our
negroes have bean too long domiciled with us,
and their rotation* with their old masters have
been too close and too - kindly, and. they are
too intelligent not to see that their true inter*
cst is to remain quiet, and to make the best
of their condition whatever it may be. All
that we have to do is to treat them with sim
ple justice, ia order to acquire our legitimate
control over them..
The on ly tiling, therefore, that appears at
all certain in the future is the realization of
the assertion, originating several years ago
at the North, th&t " this is a white man's Gov
ment, and a white man's ooaatry."
Respectfully, yours,
II. R. COOK.
JJ?? Ou a rainy winter evening a gentle
man traveling iu a hack found, on nearing his
destination, ttiat he had no money with him,
so, thinking he would try the honesty of tho
driver, he called out as he ran up the steps;
u Wait a minute-I have dropped a ten
dollar bill iu the couch, and will get a light
and search for it."
The words were hardly spoken when the
Jehu gave the horst s a furious lash and drove
off' at a violent rate.
J(J^g"The evening before a battle, a sol-1
dier asked his colonel for permission to go
and see his father, who was at the poiut of |
dcc.th.
" Go," said the officer, who saw. through
his pretext ; " honor thy father and thy moth
er, that thy days be long in the land."
-- . -
f?f One very cold night, a jolly old fel
low, who had been drinking too freely at a
tavern, started lor home in a gig, and on the
way was upset and left by the side pi the
road. Some persons, passing a short timo
after, discovered him holding his feet np to
the moon, and ejaculating to some invisible
person, " Pile on the wood : irs a miserably
cold fire."
The German papers publish the following I
anecdote, pitying thc affability and lovo of j
discipline of the King of Prussia : V? bile walk
ing in tho garden of Bablesberg tho King ad
dressed a young gardener, requesting infor
mation about some new walks. On the man
pointing them ont, he appeared very uneasy,
and took several glances at his watch', and
eventually asked his Majesty to excuse him.
as ho had ?a he on guard on Potsdam at such
an hour. The King observing that it was al
most an impossibility to reach thero in time,
ordered a carriage, and accompanied the young
man, requesting thc officer on duty to be
lenient should he have arrived too lalo."
"No one would take yon fdr what yon are,"
said an old-fashioned gentleman to a dandy,
who had more hair than brains.
" Why V was immediately asked.
"Because they cannot seo your ears."
Higg- Rumor hath it that a yopng lady HVr
.ing ?ear Powder Springs was fatally poisoned
by using a twig for a tooth brush wh?rt?in tho
?ocust? had deposited their eggs. Six boyB
have also died in Tennessee from eating mul
berries poisoned in the same manner. ,
For. the Advertiser.
Have We Done our Whole Duty t
Mo. EIHTOT. :-For a little more than thrt
years, the Negroes have been declared tree
either from desire on the part of a majorij;
of the "Whites', or any other canses, is'it'f?tf
morff?nt t? be believed that they .will e^'e
again be returned to chattel slavery ? The;
now. haye vested in them all the.franchises.c
a citizen, which wiil scarce ever be lessenei
beyond those salutary*restrictions which con
servatisrn may at Some future day establish
How then is there' status to be rendered sat
isfactory, a?d how are they : to be impressei
with the importance and necessity of con
ducting themselves, politically and otherwise
aright? Certainly -not by the same moth
pursued by the whites, that characterized thei
?system of management during the existent*
of slavery.' ' A coercive policy must and wil
.provoke the very opposite of what we wish U
attain. With but few exceptions, little or n<
effort has" been made to oojigten crimprovi
the moral and' intellectual condition of tb
negro, notwithstanding they have be?om<
and are a part, and a very considerable part
of the people of the Southern' States. How
ever so unpleasant this may bo regarded, it if
fact. ?te'4*H '*'" *?*riswi>
Destiny,'thc march of human progress, 01
whatever else you may call call it, as well as
the hopes and aspirations of men seeking po
litical preferment, and thc.41 advantages an
nexed".,of paying- pl acc.. will tend to expand,
if possible, rather than contract, the elective
exercise, the proper use^of which can'only
be made by those who are informed or di
rected aright. Recently, and unfortunately
too recently, Radical' emissaries have been
trivcllinr, over thc ex-slave States, publicly
and privately endeavoring to imbue the negro
mind with-the adoption of their views, and
to that end, provoking prejudice against the
Southern whites. How many of the former
slave owner* can say truthfully that they
have U?Ctl prof / mcaus to correct the evil
-""..cia r.r j teaching ? Observation forces
me ?.o tho conclusion that they are lamenta
bly few. Tho great difficulty in the way has
been, I think, the waut of a full and propel
acceptation of thc fixed- fact that thc negro is
now free and beyond coercive corttrol.
No later than ia April-last, many pjanters
whose .employees spoke of, going to vote
threatened them with discharge if they did
go.' Nevertheless,-in June* following, they
are urged and advised to go and v?f>e? pro
vided, they voted in opposition to Rauicafism.
To a large extent, thc negroes believe that,
the re-establishment of Democracy will pos
sibly return them to slavery ; ^while jon the
other band they believe Radical'rq?-will per-'
petually secure there freedom, a-ud/the educa
tion of their children free of cost?
fccli is at-rraU-krH>JWO%faaUl^ftt^
in nearly all portions of the South since the
close .of the war, intense prejudice would,
urise towards any person who proposed te&cjjt.
ing negroes, which they keep in livelyr?
membrance; and they .also believe that it is
purposely so, in order that they maybe thc"
more easily cheated when being settled with
by their employers, and that their offspring
may grow up similarly unfitted by dint of'ig
norance for the protection of their rights.
A dispassionate observation leads me to the
belief that the foro<roing is true ns regards
the condition of affairs since the spring of
I860.
Would it not be well,-aye,- is it not abso
lutely necessary,-to adopt adifferent policy ?
It certainly cannot make matters worse,
and therefore any change must bc for the
better.
Interested in slave property from my infan
cy until the institution ceased to exist, and
being now past the meridian of life, I profess
to know something of negro character and its
peculiarities. On such basis I make the fol
lowing suggestions, confidently believing that
if acted upon thc result will prove wholesome.
When contracting with a negro for hisser
vices, either at a stated rate per diem or per
month, clearly and distinctly set forth ra such
manuer a3 he can fully understand, what you
require of him. If he faithfully discharge
f.he duties fm posed, settle with him justly>
and give bim a written character to the ex
tent of your experience. If he prove dere
lict, point out bis error, and if he does not
tben meet your approval; pay off and dismiss
bim without any certificate ; and if there be
a proper and honorable understanding among
your neighbors, he will experience such diffi
culty in again getting employment as will
most probably lead him to come again to you.
and ebdeavor by another trial, to redeem
himself.. Rut do not quarrel with or abuse
bim, either by corporeal punishment or harsh
fauguagc. You have no moral O? legal rjgbt
to do so, and beyond the gratifying angered
feeling, no result other than an injurious one
js arrived at. -
If you contract wi th them for a share of
thp crop, haye it distinctly set forth in the ar
ticle of agreement that they are not to absent
themselves from the plantation, during the
Working season, save on Sunday, without
your consent ; and that if-they do go, and to
the detriment of the crop, they Bhall. then
forfeit all right to an interest in it, and leave
your place forthwith. '
In every case where it bc practicable, have
work done by the job br piece, to be paid for
when completed.
On making final settlements, have one or
morp relfable persona presort so that there
shall be no misunderstanding or chance for
subsequent trouble.
Aid and encourage them to the fullest ex
tent of their capacity to-oppreciate the im
portance of building houses suitable for re
ligious service, and attendance thereon, and
the great benefit that will accrue to their
children from education.
As regards voting, I think os soon as the
novelty of it passes off, they will care but lit
tle for it, unless urged to it by politicians,
who will exert little or no influence over them
when satisfied that a disposition is really
manifested by the landholders to deal justly
and liberally with them, respect their proper
rights, and advanpe tlie general condition of
themselves and their families.
The old couplet still holds good, that
" 'Tis education form the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined."
que;
bril
?jjUem Q{ public instruction is now-about
inaugurated, sad.^schools for tua-chil- !
f tbe.Jreedmrn .wjlksnortry .be.estab- ?
'throughout the State, and as a corse- j
?6;'Minny teafjhcirs will - bfrrtquired; all
fit ly all of whom will - bc while* - Now
theil will' 'public serVtiroVb't prrcludc all of j
Bon jhern birth^r?m "accepting V?qb position,
tho! ^lherqare_-.ciaiiy. cripples incapacitated
ft>rj> fkoj, yet dependent. on their. own. efforts
fdrt mrfrntenance^ or muet all the teachers
cOTrf?r'irbrrf Yanke?la'uby to add still nore to
the stock of Radicalism'--now cn hand, and'
be'hlfthc; minds'1 bf We ."risjpg' generation (if
pej^es^ "ja. accordance' with their peculiar
yie?8j.and.af, variance? with what is most in
aco]|cdc^,th.. thc future welfare of..Southern J,
whijjea?and-blacks ?. .
. If-" the" negroes' wish'to-leam anything
abo&t politie?. Endeavor to in forra them,
us'a]* t^c sirnplest,an?niost. practical figures
so as to have ihem. understand the respective
affects of Democratic, andRadical supremacy;
there let. time and your treatment of them
prove that you?rejreally their friends ;, and .
iP'th'e r.mployera- are ir ac. io tiiemselvcj, uni
form, Consistent, just,-yet'liberar in.their deal -'
in gs with, and' treatment'"of tBe-negrbes. I
cannot "believe other than (hey may yet prove
of service rather. thap Injury., .For rest as
sured,- the E.ecuring^white.labor, from, any
source, to grow-coiton will be a fearfully slow
bnSrness ; and until a judicious system of f'er
ii?fznig arid rotation of crops be determined
opon, we muncon ti nue, if labor Can be had. j
lo regat? cotton as the staple.
.OrganiwneigLboThQod.4ssociatiop8.through.
Dut the State,-appoint rdelegates.-from.,among
ronr* mest intelligent*Planters ' to meet in
Convention; s?'that b?fore the 'commence-'
rri?nt pf th? n?x't' year, some wisc and prac '
LicaB?e system shall.have been determined
apo? whereby we.may avoid the many an
auyaticco which have characterized the re?a-,
Liens of Planter and Laborer since thc negro,
waatfreedi Ja theirvdcliberations let them be
fi y To their faults *' 1 title blind,
j And to thcir^vijUies.vorj J?iud."
jj ,?_l _.J_ G*
lb tl Peaceable Condition of the South.
* with 'the undoubted^ causes, for-irritation
md extiteaieut which - exist in the unrecon
s--"J"A c.tate8at isa^uiarvel how thc South
. .njpeople keep.so .qajet.and peaceable. Born
iv it h a love of Ireedoni ot puce deep and in
^ :at>le, and inheriting a repugnance to
Tiil?Siry oppression which the war of the Rev
aluion developed and 'nurtured', wc ' have
Bybera sitting'qdjetly- down for the past
?? years and peaceably submitting to the
fi'of the conqueror.- Government changes,
r.mih'tary. dictators.: with all the facility
prestidigitateur, simply a ." Hi, presto !"
ail.that is required to displace .1 Shpri
jart-?a?V.iristall a ILmcoclc ; it smashes duwn
TB&nd up ,springs a Canby ; it upset? a
ivrid-ciut pops a Meade ; .a.nd the people,
save a fewjputterings in Rome* of the n?ws'
pn.pers, are scarcely heard to murmur. Tbefr
:ivil officers are' removed as easily as a Ber
een farmer would cut down his drumheads.in
the fall. The military regulators change at
pleasure all ?acal ollicers-the mayors, eherifls,
aldermen, judges, and even thc juries, pep
pering the boxes of the latter occasionally
with a sprinkling pf blacks,tbu3 savoring jus
tice with a spice, that must be extremely
agreeable to any dpcent white man's taste.
En short, the military nuthorjry in the South
is-absolute penetrating sociaUs well as public
life and every.branch of society. Yet there
is no trouble. The Southern people do not
som plain, loudly. They are the most obedi
ent people in the world, and there is no more
peaceable country on the face of the (?lobe
lhan the South. Still, these peop'e are called
rebels and ex rebel*, and thc Radicals bold
them up KS monsters unsuitable for political
consideration and <vcn unfit for Christian
burial. Tiley even dispute their right lo be
strew the graves of their fallen wnniors with
the garlands of remembrance and love. But
any one who visits the South at this time und
examines, for himself will find that those who
fought.the fiercest in their fight against each
other-from the North and from the South
are now thc warme-t friends, and all business
enterprises undertaken in an honest and trust
worthy spirit by Northern " boys in blue"
ure cordially welc med and encouraged by
Soulhern u boys in gray." I tis the misera
ble, whining, hypocritical carpet bagger,"
who creeps into thc South like a thief at mid
night into a dwelling, steals all ho can lay
his bands on, poisons the minds of a credulous
people, and then crawls away, leaving in the
trail of bia pestiferous presence to mark tho
path he has taken, who is now working the
preatest evil to the Southern country. It ls
time tbp incubus wai? rajspd from that fair
land and her people ajlowed again to enjoy
that liberty which their revolutionary fathers
fought to attain, and which has been chas
tened, and refined, and rendered more apprc
ciqblc.by the terrible ordeal they have recently
passed through.-N. Y. Herald.
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SALARIES - OK CLKBOX IN NEW YORK
" Those who serve at the altar shajl live" by
the altar," saj-s Saint Paul. But the good
saint had probably not the faintest idea how
well some of his successors would manage to
live in this way. It ls stated that the Rev.
J.?.Di kingfield, of Petersburg, Va, has
been called to the Church of tho Holy Sa
viour, on Twenty-fifth-street, at a salary of
$15,000. The call is loud enough, and the
reverend gentleman roust bo - unusually deaf
if he doe/uot bear it at that figure. Dr.
Potter, a nephew ot the Bishop of New York,
lately accepted the care of the souls of those
who attend Grace Chiffon' for the considera
tion of $8000 a year, and a small white raaf"
ble palaoo on Broadway. Dr: Hall, of the
Presbyterian Church, comer of Nineteenth
street and Fifth-' Avenue, has come all the
wayfrom Dublin tb' feed the flock that wor
ships there, which be consents to do for tho
modest pittance of #10,000 year in gold ai.d
a handsome parsonage. The doctor has the
old ctJuntry notions about currency ; he
does'n't understand greenbacks, but prefers
bis poy ih solid metal. Dr. r-lorgan Dix, of
Trinity, receives $12.000 and a house j whjb
the more popular preachers go up to a much
higher figure. Dr. Chap?n receiving not less
than from fifteen to twenty thousand in sala
ry, and the results of outside literary work,
while Henry Ward Beecher's income reaches
from twenty to thirty thousand from like
sources. Un the other hand, the Catholic
plergy are underpaid, and have to distribvup
a g??d part of 'what they receive among
the poor of their parishes.-Newark Ad
vertiser.
?ZST Au attempt is to be made to raise
$30,000 among tho colored people, for the ;
purpose of purchasing a homestead for the '
head of tho Freedmen's Bureau, Gen. O. O.
Howard.
v Money is so plenty in New York that
loans were triade on Monday at the - rite of j
one per cent, per annum, and it was pressed
on bankers at two or three per cent. This
is without precedent in our financial his-1
tory. I
Tubal Cain--Thc First Worker in Iron.
BY CIT A ni, ER MACKEY.
Old TubaPCain waa a mon of might,
In tho days when earth was young;
By thc fierce red light of his'furnaco bright,
The strokes of his hammer rung ;
^ Ami ho lifted high hi's brawny hand
^ On tho iron growing clear,
Till thc sparks rushed out in scarlet showers,
As he fashioned tho sword and spear ;
And he sang, " Hurrah for my handiwork,
ITurrah for too spear and sword !
Hurrah for" the h'ao'd that shall wield them well,
Fur he shall be King and Lord."
To Tubul Cain carno, many a ODO,
A* be v. rougkt Ly bis roaring li rc,
- Aud euch ono prayed tor n strong steal blade*
As tau crown ol' bis du ?ire ; .. .
And ho mud? them .weapons ?harp and strong,
Till they shouted loud for glee, .....
And gave him gifu .of .pearl and gold,
. And spoils of thc forest free,
^Acd thuy. sang, " Hurrah for Tubal Cain,"
. Who hath giveu us strength a now ! ,
: Hurrah for the smilh,hurrah for-thu fire,
And hurrah fur tau tuotal true !
Bui a sudden change came o'er his heart,
Ere thc'setting oftho'san ; -
And Tubal' Cain was?llie'd with piiin '
For the evil he-had dune ;
ile saw that'meu with rage ?ndhate,
Made war upon their'kini,'
That tho land-Tvas red with thc blood theyefied,
lu their lust for carnage blind; "
And ho said, alas that I ever made/
Or that skill Of mino should plan,"
The spear and the sword, for men whose'joy
Ta to slay their fellow men.
.'.And fur many a day old Tubal Cain,
Sat brouding o'er his woe ; .?
And his hand forcboro to finite thc ore,
fl And bis furnace smouldered low, ..
But he rose at last with a chetilui face,
.. *And a bright courageous oye,. , ,
- And bared his strong right arm for work
WhilcXho quick fiainca mouiited high,
And he sang, " Hurrah fur my handiwork!"
.-' .And the red sparks lit the.aii;;
"Not alone for the blade wai the bright steel
made,''
. .-And ha fashioned the first plough-share.
' And men taught wib>dom from the past,
In friendship joined their hands,
Hung thc sword in tho'hnil, the spear on tho
Vail/' Si?A? .??;:. .
Andplou^hcd the willing I_ni?e;'
sang. ' Hurrah for Tubal Cain !
; Onrslaunch good friend is he ;
And for the plough-share, and the plough,
To" him ourpraiso shall bo,
But whilo oppression lifts its head,
'Or a tyrant would bo loni
Though we may thank him for tho plough,
We'll not forget thc sword ! . ~
:-,
Generai Lee.
Thc following is the conclusion of an ad
dress on " Integrity of Character," delivered
at. the Commencement of the Kentucky Mili
tary Institute,. June 4th,.l8?S, by Kev. R. A
Holland.
find an embodiment bf this subli.ne integrity
of eifernder in a hero-not of the Past but
of the Present-not'of some distant realm,
but ofyotir own suffering Section-not of for
eign birth, but of blood brother to that v:hich
throbs thrills of enthusiasm through your
veins at tho n ciition of his name. I rejoice
that we possess a model of manhood worth
more to our noblest attributes than all the
fortunes spent in the terrible war that reveal
ed bis graudeur to our gaze.
,k Whatever may have been the errors of
the! South-errors for which, if they existed,
she has by dearest hecatombs sufliciently
atoned-the world is indebted to her for a
gilt that will enrich mankind lorever. That
gift is the example of aman who, in civil
conflict when that rages to flesh its blood-thirs
ty fangs in hostile hearts, wins the admira
tion ot his enemies, who charms envy into
love aiid awes inalioe into silence, who comes
forth from among the smoko and carnage of
battle revealing a brow unstained with dis
honor and bands unclotted with cruelty, who,
although victor in a hundred fights against
such odds of troops and treasures as skill nev
er vanquished before, suffers no word of boast
ing to soil bis pure lipsnnd notict? his success
only in modest ascriptions of gratitude to the
Lord of Hosts ; who, inarching forward in
the perilous path of duiy, refuges a moment's
pause for dalliance with the Fame which
others must tallow, but which like one en
tranced tracks his steps and courts the con
decensiou of his k ; ;.g 1 y glapee ; who, as he
kneels under triumphs, rises above reverses,
and when the last blow is struck and genius
can no ?oncer cope with force, surrenders his
sword with the same equanimity with wbioh
he had ever wielded it, and receives it back
from tho conqueror in mute testimonial that
none bnt himself is worthy to wear a weapon
whose blade blades with a lustre of purity
and prowess, bright as the sci meter? of Eden's
Sentinels.
Great in victory, greater still in defeat ;
great as described through the red haze of
war, greater still as contemplated through the
clear air of peace, great as a General but
?/reaicst as. a ?ta?-behold in him a character j
wbigb^ }f nfit p?i-fepr, ?oueea]* its faults with,
the retqlgence'.of its Y'r'tues, even as the Sun
conceals the spots on its dazzling disk. I
need not call his name ; nor need History
when she carves'for the highest niche in her
Panth?on a statue to represent manhood
apotheosized by its own glory, inscribe be
neath it a nairfe which the very design of the
statue aloud-the immortal name of LISE."
Years ago, iu 1817 Henry Cloy, in speak
ing ?f the possible election of Gen. Taylor to
the presidential chair, remarked :
M If Gen. Taylor, who is absolutely without
any experience whatever in civil administra
tion, shall be elected^ I thjuk we rpay bid
adieu to the election ever again of any man
to the oftko of Chief Magistrate who is not
taken from the army. Both parties will stand
committed to the choice of military mon.
Each in future will seek to bring him for
ward who will bo most. likely to secure the
public suffrage. Military chieftain will suc
ceod military chieftain, until at last ono will
overreach his predecessor, who will put an
end !o our liberties, and establish a throne
of military despotjam/1
That waa a most pungent application to
General U. S. Grant, as every one must read
ily see.
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MARRY OR PERISH.-The Louisville Jour
nal tells of a young gentleman of the west
end of that city taking unto himself a wife,
under rather peculiar circumstances. He had
cseu paying nh? court Coa young lady in that
quarter for some time past, but bad made no
matrimonial arrangements, either present or
prospectively. The paternal ancestor of thu
damsel, believing it was time for the young
gentleman to come to terms, went to him
whh a pistol, and pointing it in the direction
of theNyoung man's cranium, told bim that he
had no time for unnecessary foolishness, but
must either marry or die. The youth took i
no time to deliberate, butapgwered 'I marry," j
at once. Th? old g'ent,' therefore, marched
Him up to the county derk's office, made him
procure a license, took him down homo with
him, sent for a preacher and had the young
folks united in short order, and they are now
enjoying the blessings of married life.
Gei? Grant as a Batcher, i
Hon." H. C. DR AN delivered a telling ?polit ?
cal speech at Wheeling:, Wbst A'irg?nra, in
.May last,.and in the course of his remark*
-throughly .-dissected Grant as a General,
Grant as a Politician, and Grant as a Butch
er. His allusions to " Grant as a Butcher"
we herewith append :
The wholesale butchery of GranL'a armies
is the most startling commentary upon his
.contempt of strategy,, or rather bia ignorance
nf the science of successful., war, From the
5tb to the 10th pf. May, 1864, 'in tbe.len jbat
ties of* .the . Wilderness,, the killed, wounded
.and missing.jyere_ 27,310
Li Spottsyirauiu, froru the.12th to thc
..21st May.-.vS&tl
From thc ?latjt to 3lst May,on tbe^orcb .
Anna... _2>G0'?
Battle of Cold Harbor, from June Ut to
-.10...... 13,15:!
lu batties-of Petersburg.from June I0:k
to 20. 9.C6S
From June 20 .to.30..5,31 ti
Batik of Petersburg, July-30.....,... '. 4,008
lathe hattie, of the trenches, August 1 to
18... "...... v.....i.....,.'....862
Buttle of Weldon Railroad, August JO to
.21..?to
Battle of R*am's.Sia|,ioa, August 25.. 2,432
Battle.of FeebJe'SjF^rni, September 10 to
i Oct. 1....<...,.'..,.**aj$BP
In the-battle of the treuches, August JJ?
1O.30..-........V........2,417
Battle of.?oydton Plank Read, Oc? 27
and 28.,,.....^....^..r..-.v...' 1,902
;? Making a grand .to'tal of, 88.337, twice ar|
many as the whole number of Lee's active
men at any one ti.me.ofj this frijjkUui. loss of j
the, flower of American, manhood in the short ?
campaign pf sjx months, in this army alone,
young .men who weutoot..wltbj tbe blooming
of spring to fail before tho leaves of au tum n, j
.throughih,^ reckless butchery that burled
them befqre. breastworks left them neglected
upon the h?lcLof battle sifter loathsome ver
min were eating their.wou:ided bodies. This
does nut include vtbo thousands slaughtered
in the battles,up tq,.the surrender nor the un
/prtpnat? moncho.died..neglected in ?ospi
t?l%: where 'cpp?ac^ors'... were, 'growl og jich
upon food withheld xrom Btaryiug prisoners,
or exorbitant bills.for carting off the dead*
to Porter's Field. I. cballeuge the 'arirais of
military scieuco or history, for either ? prece
dent or parallel of those batclicriss substitu
ted ?urj^tra^vv*^^
Tue r eeling in Pennsylvania.
The Democracy of Butler County, Penn
sylvania, lately heid a County Convention, arid
passed the following excellent resolutiouB^j
which represent. the'feelings of .the people
Everywhere:
"WHEREAS The bonds of the Government
of the United States, representing about $j>2.
000,0.00,000 of the-pubiic debt, was purchased
and paid for in-greenbacks, or at greenback j
ratesjand
. " WHEREAS, There is nothing either in the j
letter or spirit of the.law authorizing the is
sue of those bonds' that binds the Govern
ment or people to pay in gold, justice to the']
great mass of the people, who are the tax
payers, demands, that this portion of thu Na
tional debt should be paid?n tho-curreney ht
the country,?tbat all, by thelaw, are coDipe?-^
ed ?o' take.' ? .V*
" Resolved, That we approve of' the plan
proposed by Hon. George H. Pendleton, of
Ohio. Besides being a saving of $200,000,000
annually in the payment of taxes, it will ena
ble the people of the United States to master
the enormous public debt heaped upon them
by the unfortunate ascendancy of the Radical
Republican Abolition party, within a reason
able time.
. " Resolved, That the refusal of the Radical
party, now in power, u make taxatiou uui
ibrm and on ali kinds of property in the Unit
ed States, and the refusal of the bondholder'
to pay taxes to sustain their own property,
is unjust in the judgment of thinking men,
and a dangerous element of repudiation."
ICED MUSLINS FOB SUMNER.-It has doubt
less oecurred to many a one, while admiring
the beautiful effects produced by frost on win
dows, to imagine bow delightful it would be
if a sensation of coolness could be .produced I
in the sultry days of summer by the anpect '
of those effects artificially produced. The
imagination has been realized. It is known
that, by tn&ans of almost auy ordinary salt,
reduced to a liquid, and applied with a brush
to window panes, those fairy-like forms of |
crystaline foliage may be successfully repro
duced, and that, with a little chemical ingen
uity, any tone of color may be given to them,
from suowy white to richest purple or coolest
green. Tliat process is well known ; but an
other step in advance has recently been taken
in the same direction, by means of which
muslins may be similarly iced for. summer
wear. The Hue which separates a pretty ex
periment from a commercial product is that
which may be drawn between results obtain
ed by au original manipulation, which can
only be reproduced by a repetition of the
same original means, and those results which,
once perfected, eau be reproduced ad infini
tum, by mere mechanical processes. Daguer
rootype wa3 only a pretty toy till M,. Talbot
discovered the means Qf ppduoing the same
effects qu paper, and a process for multiply
lng the image wbeu ouce produced.. An an
alogous method has been discovered by M.
Bartsch, and practically applied by M. Kuhl
nian, for multiplying, as from an engraved
plate, the exquisite effects of the crystaline,
from which any number of impressions can
be taken, in any tone of icy grave, or pale
silvery greens, or any other cool tint. In
order to secure continuity of design, tri thou,t
s'.op or interruption, thc flrst manipulation
takes place upon a polished cylinder, by means
of whf?h a continuous pattern, "never ending,
still beginning)" is imparted to as many thou
sand yards pf any textile fabric as may be re
quired. So that for the first time in the fan
ciful story of fashion, iced muslin for the
suunner season may be had in any quantity.
Oh, ye nymphs ot icy heart, let us see you
clothed io the appropriate livery of iced mus
lin.--Montreal Gazette..
A ?ECI8ION AS TO PROMISSORY NOTES."
The Supreme Court has decided upon a writ
of error that a promissory note is rendered
void by any change of da.to. after-its delivery.
In tbe oas; oq trial it appeared on the face
of tho note that "September" had been
stricken out and g October ll" substituted as
the date, after ono of the parties bod signed
the note, and without his knowledge or cou
sent. The court showed that it was a rule of
the common law, as far back as tho reign of
Edward III., that an erasure ia a deed voids
it ; and the samo rule had bees held as ap
ultana to oonimercial paper-it having been
established in both English" and American
jurisprudence that a material alteration in
any commercial paper without tho consent of
the party signing to the change extinguishes
his liability. The alteration of the date,
whether to hasten or delay the time of pay
ment, has been uniformly held to he material.
To prevent and punish such, tampering, the
law does not permit the plaintiff to fall back
upon, th,a contract as it was originally. In
pursuance of a stern but wise policy, it annuls
the instrument as to the party sought to be
wronged.-New York Times.
. ? ?
JC5g" In'New York city bots are being
made of four to one, live to one, and even, s ix
to one, that the D?mocratie candidate'* fdr
President will be elected.
! Cor. Scon's-Forthcoming Message.
ThYCharlistob.Itt rs. of the?Jtb; publi ai
^ a? abstract i?f th?- -?.es^igi: ( I (Jener al S.-<;'.\
GuY?rt??r ??k'cti io !>? prrseiiiMl ai th* mee'
I ?hg of ihe M. vv L-gidl.itiir.-. Gea. Scott urge
iiiiiiieJialc provision iur iii? fXiinguisb iVru'i
1 of ilse State debt, so that at a 'future time a
new loan muy be effected at lower rate*. Ho
advide-i rigid economy and equitable taxation
't?TaBure, the regular payment of accrued and
coming due interest. lie says no obligation
of thc Stale'should bo. evaded.. In regard tu
education, he recommends the establish rirent
of a thorough system of priblic scboob, ar.d
that' CurJgfe.ss.be memorialize for aid, KS tho
Stalt: is too poor top.-.y Ipr them by taxitie-n.
Aiivists tli:-wt crops bli diversified ; urge? tho
'pTsi?ge oT 1 iws encouraging immigration, lie
'adVise's th?: Legislature to reH?ve the citizens
"o? al) political disabilities. In regard to thc
militia, he advises a thorough re-organization ;
Stroi;gr}'"rccbmfiierids encouragement cf rail
road enterprise, and a i vises measures for se
curing the immediate completion of the Blue
Ridge Railroad. He advises modification of
the penitentiary, jail and judicial systems, and
says re! hopes the Freedmen's Burean ?ill be
terminated in the Sta^e by October. Ile re
grets the recent disturbar - cs in Camden and
Barnwell, and expresses i?> determination t-?
enforce the law against alt disturbers of the
peace of^be State, without respect ol person.
Aube same time,*bc expresses .his belief-1h.-.1
n? organization^ exist in South Carolina l -r
the purpose of re.-isting or obstructing fho
laws of the Stale. He states that every uw\
shall he fully protected in person trid prop
erty and in'lhe free ex?rcise-of all bis right.;
as a cifizeti.'sc- far as they depend upon ?hc
"fixecu'tive of the State. In conclusion, he ex
presses thc: hope that ar. era of good feeling
has been inaugurated, and that the mar i&l
valor of South Carolina,, so' justly reno woes,
will, hereafter be displayed in supporting the
flag of orir common country.
Speaking of the mc-sage, the?Jttsri? says:
H It appears to bo temperate in tone and ju
dicious in purpose, but its practical val ur* will?
of course, depend on the degree of attention
which is paid by the Legislature to its discreet
recommendations."
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The New Bil^Bcgul?ting the Whiskey,
. Tobacco, and Bank;Tax?s.
The bill reported by the Ways. and Means
.Committee is entitled ".Au act to change and
more, effectually secure the collection ol* the
internal taxes on distilled spirits, tobacco, and"
the tax on banks.'' Tho taxis reduced to
sixty cents per gallon on distilled spirits, and
the following are thc proposed, rates on to
bacco aud snuff, which shall bo manufactur
ed and sold, or removed for consumption or
ase: On sn ott manufactured, from .tobacco,
-or any snLstiiute for tobacco, 'ground,, dry.
dasi?,-pickled, scented, or otherwise, ol all
descriptioau, when prepared for use, a .tax of
thirty-two .cent;, pee pound ; and snuff flour,
when sold or removed for usa or . consump
tion, shall be taxed as snuff, .and sh.ill be put
op in packages and stamped in the same man
ner as sou if; on all chewing tobacco, flue cut.
plug,ortwisty on all-smoking tobacco, no:
ma?e exclusively of stems; pn.all tobacco
twisted by hand, or reduced from tho leaf in
to a condition LO be consumed, or otberwis .
prepared without the use cf any machine or
lusirum^ut, and without being pressed :or
sw.e^lefled, aud on ail. other kinds, of ma
.fact^d':tobBX?O:not#hei^n.9ther^iw prov, d
ed fort%u^i?y4^tts-twd-^g^A^ti' pourfd'
on all tine cut shorts, the refuse of tine cu'
chewing tobacco, which cac be passed though
a riddle of sixteen meshes to tito sqaurc incl,
and on all refuse scraps and sweepings .of t'>
hacco a tax of sixteen cents per pound. Tl.c
tax on segars is to continue the same as ;.!
present. The bill provides that -there abai!
bc a tax of one-twelfth of ono per cent, each
month upon tho average amount <>f the de
posits of money subject to payment by cheek
cr draft, or represented by certilicates of de
posit or otherwise, whether pavablu. un de
mand or some future day with anv, perron,
bank, association, company, or corpdra^on
engagod in the business of banking, ana a tax
of one-tweuty-lourth of one per cent, each
month upon the capital of any bani;, associa
tion, company or corporation, and on the cep
ital employed by any person in the bur/mess
of banking beyond the average amouut inves
ted in United States bonds, and a tax cf one
sixth of one per cent, each mom h upou tho
average amount of circulation issued by any
bani!, association, . corporation, company, or
person, inoluding as circulation all certified
checks and all not :s anti other obligations
circulated or intended to circulate or to be
used as money, but not including that in t o
vault of the bank, or redeemed and on de
posit for said bank, and also three per cent,
on Government deposits.
The bill contains substantially all tho mach
iucry contained in tho former bill for the.
collection of thc tax and to guard again.'.*
frauds.
i -'-^ * -*rr
Tho Test Oath of Legislators Dis
pensed With.
General Canby has issued General Onlr.-..,
No. 117, containing an official copy o! lb?
law, familiarly known as the ''Omnibus li''.,'1
to which thc following instructions are addi t).
''The provisions of the second and third
sections of the.foregoing law, antborjatng und
requiring the Legislatures of that-several
States embraced in its operation to 'convene
at the end of twenty days from the tiste ti.,
Act takes effect, unless the Governor eic .
shall sooner convene the same,' and dirt^U'tv;
that when any State shall, by its L gisluxiire,
duly ratify article fourteen of thc amond
ments to the Constitution of tro tUnUed
States, proposed by the Thirty ninth Con
gress, the officers of ouch State 'duiy eli ried
and qualified under the Coutitarionssbetjcof,
shall be inaugurated without delay,'art-re
garded as dispensing with the oath of utfice
prescribed by the law of Jaly 2, I8i>2. st' far
as it concerns the members-elect of the Leg
islature who are not qualified by the constitu
tional amendment known as article fourteen.
Accordingly, so much ot' the provisions ci.'
General Orders No. 79. of Ma, 2, 18G8, and
No. 83, of May 22; 186?, as requires the
members elect of the General Assembly of
the States of North Carolina aol South Ca?
rolina. respectively, to take the oath of offico
prescribed by the Act of July 2, 1802, before
ent?rina upon the discharge of the duties of
their offices^is hereby., revoked.''"
Jpy A clergyman lost bin horse Satur
day evening, and after huutirpr with a boy
until midnight, he gave np in despair. Tho
next day, somewhat dejected at Vis lo?, be
went into the pulpit, and-tookfor his text
the following passage from Job: u Oh, that I
knew where I might find him." The b y,
who had just come in, supposing the ho. -t>
was still the burden of thoughu cried out, . 1
icnow where be is. Be's in Deacon Smith's
barn."
A Montreal dispatch of the 27ih,
says: Hon. Mr. Davis, while coming down
the stairs of the Lenoxville Hotel with ui*
child, fell, injuring bis bajk somewhat. tte
was unable, trom bis injury, to attend- th.
Bishop's College convocation.
J?2?" Louisiana has a perfectly black oe
gro.for Lieutenant-Governor. The Ljegisi?
tur? was convened on the 26 :h. "*
S@* Grant will make no epeecfees tais pam?
p?ign. Prentice saya he wih smoke li? ?egar
j aud Colfax can take the stamp.
.t?T:. Daddy Burkett, a renowned' fi sh erm au
I of Forrests conn ty, Pa.; cctrgLt 783" no et ia
Salmon creek in one afternotu last week.