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BY Di R. B?BISOE & CO. EDGEFIELD, S. Cf MBAHY 13, 1869. VOLUME XXXIV.-N?. 3. To the ?'itizeas or South Carolina SJfTE TWENTYF1VEPR CEiNT BY PURCHASING AT THE EZVC-F'XRB BOOT, SHOE AND TRUNK HOUSE. RoBERT CARROLL, formerly of Cobb's Legion, Hampton Command, takes this method of informing his old Comrades and Friends that ho bas oponed ono of tho LARGES'.? STOCKS or Coots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises and ?tts? Ever before offered in this Market, AT PRICES WHICH WILL SATISFY THE PURCHASER. All Goods Sold for what they are RcprP sented-if not the Money Returned. No Humbug. No Shoddy, or Paper Stuffed Shoes. ID short, Nothing but Straght-For ward Fair Dealing. The above is my Motto, and I am convinced, after an experience of Twenty-Five Years in the Boot and Shoe Trade, that I will merit the pat . ronngo of my old as well as my new customers. Among the Stock will bo found Gents' D. Sv WATERPROOF 300TS, Gents' P. S. DRESS BOOTS, Ladies' Button. Glovo and Calf Polish BOOTS, Ladies' Large Front Lace BALMORALS, Men's Congress BALMORALS, -iiTOTTISG BOOTS and BROGANS, PLANTERS' SHOES in every variety of stylo and price, And in fact, ALL KINDS OF BOOTS AND SHOES made by thoso celebrated Manufacturers, Miles, Benkert, Rodgers, Burt, Evans and Wood. A call will con vinco the purchaser that a Saving of Twenty-Five Per Cent, will bc mado by those purchasing from us. j2$rThis House keeps no Drummers. Oar customers will receive the benefit of tho Fifteen or Twenty per Cent, paid to such for bringing them into Stores to Jo. ?2f~Rcmember thc Name and Number. ROBERT CARROLL & ?0. Augusta, Doc 1 ZmiO WMTAND JEWELRY. ESTABLISHED 1850.' THE Subscriber would respectfully inform the Citizens of E Jgcf.cld and surrounding coun try that he has just returned from Europe, where he selected with great care an EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT of WATCHES, Of the best Manufacture, which ho will offer at lower rates than any House in the City. In addition, will bo found a large Stock of fine GOLD JEWELRY, Set with Diamonds, Rubios, Gamets, Coral. BRIDAL SETS OF PEARL, NUPTIAL RINGS", . WATCH CHAINS, CHARMS, ic. SILVER WARE. Also, SOLID SILVER WARE, consisting of FULL TEA SETS. WAITERS, Ice md Water PITCHERS, CASTORS, Berry and Butter DISHES, "?rd RECEIVERS, C:.rd and Cn kt BASKETS Cordial STANDS. GOBLETS, CUPS, FORKS and SPOONS, and everything in tho Silver Wara line. GUSS AND PISTOLS. Fine Single and Double Barrel G CNS, Colt, Smith A Wesson, Remington, Cooper, Sharp and Derringer PISTOLS, and many others of the latest invention. Fine CUTLERY, SPECTACLES, WALKING CANES, PORTEMONNAIES, and FANCY GOODS of every variety to bc found in a first class Jewelry Establishment We would biso remind the public that we keep a Special Establishment for the REPAIR of fine Watches and Jewelry. AU work entrusted to'our care will be executed promptly, neatly, ncaand warranted for ono year. A. PRONTAUT, IO?. Broad St., one door bel?w Augusta Hotel, AUGUSTA, GA. Dec 7 ly 50 7000 Southern Grown COMPRISING TWENTY OF THE BEST ..^LEADING VARIETIES OF APPLES. Root grafted, one year old, from four to six feet high. A few thousand PEACH TREES. All Budded. The best early market varieties. p?f Price List sent gratis to all applicants. pii-For reference apply to Mr. F. M. Ntcuo LAS, at SKTZK'S Store, Broad St, Augusta. Address WU. K. NELSON, AUGUSTA, GA. ' Nov 17 3m 47 GEO, C, ROBINSON, GROCER COMMISSION MERCH'NT, 267 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, Gr A. OF KY KUY DESCRIPTION, J\.? tin o Lowest I?rlcos, * STRICTLY FOR CASH. GEORG? ROBINSON will be found with bis Sou, at tho above Store, and will always be ready and delighted t> welcome and wait on bis old Edg'licld friends and customers. - ^ Augusta, Nov 2.'1 ly 48 E. S, MIMS, W ITH JAS. G. BAILIE et BRO., DEALERS IN GROCERIES, BOOTS AND SHOES, ' BAGGING, ROPJE AND TWINE, Wines and Liquors, Ac, dre, Ac, 2?O. 205 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. Oct 20 tf 43 WANTED.-I want a man to tako the AGENCY for Lloyd's creat Double Rt voir- j ing MAB? of Europe ard America, with th?4,000 .county colored in.ip of the United States <-n the back, issued to-day, snd needed hy every family, school and library in the land, with patent rever- ' *ers, by which either map c?n be thrown front | Euch map is 62*61 inche* Itrjre, *'?'h ribbon ! binding and double-faerd roller* ; cont $IA6,0('0 ?nd iii rec years' labor. Price $5. worth ? 50. A ?mall capita! will do to.sturt with. $10 a copy can be got for thoso ere at maps. Sf nd for circu lar, terms. Ac. Twenty now maps under way. J. T. LL0,rD, (P. 0. Box 122) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. j HJV, SI Im 4$ po Yon Hean to Propose T Tou catho very offon-'tis all very wei! ; You're a very fine man, and you cut a big swell You've a very good heart, and a very long nose, But now to the point-do you moan to propose The houso is besieged by rich.and by poor, Who knock all day long at grandmamma's door They tura up their eyes, and they tura out thoi toes, But what is all that, if they do not propose ? You say that you love me, but love al! alone To unmarried girls is a thing quito unknown ; You sigh and look down, and present me a roso But that is all stuff-do you mean to propose ? I am not so hardhearted as I may appear ; Why stop and look sheepish ? There's nothinj to fear. You men aro each gceso ? Only Beelzebub know The trouble you give us ooforo yon propose. 'Tis almost two seasons since I have buen out; You simper and smite, and you whirl mo about Bat this is not business-tho horrid time goes ; Another will havo mo if you don't proposo ! You tako ul! tho airs of a man I'vo proferrod ; You keep off the rest, and you don't say a word This is not fair play-sure a follow who shows Such uncommon devotion, should speak and pro poso. T want to be married-do you understand ? You'd givo mo a world-only give me your hand Ooo can't go on always with cons and with pros Never come herc again-or be frank and propose -? ? TUE WILL? ' AN ENGLISI? STORY. 4*io two persons were ever more un lila .each other, than were old Richard Syxnnions and his brother James. Rich ard was the pattern of what wc are ac customed to call a .' true English heart," and his looks bore out the character well. A ruddy countenance, open as day, yith locks almost entirely white, hangig around it like snow around a Chrisinas rose, and au erect, firmly knit frame, formed the material case in which;was enclosed as kind and gener ous a ipi rit as ever existed. Very dif ferent from the hale, hearty appearance of hu brother, was that of James Sym mons,'' and as different were his mind and character. James was a hnnx, a curmulgeon, a miser ; so, at least, said the whole village of Springwell, and the villtge had known liini long, and had forcked its judgment from deeds as wed as looks. Shrivelled, shrunken, squalid H aspect, James might be corn oared to ? bottle of thin beer that .time had soured into vinegar ; whereas Rich ard, like more generous liquor, had only been mellowed and improved by age. James's pinching parsimony, it was said, had broken his wifes heart, and ha'' driven his son, his only child, from th? door-io wander *yer the earth, it may be, a homeless outcast. But these latter matters v>??re partial ly foraotten_ at* thc" time'/^Mtvrritaa ot, having pa>.seTna -yoyo m?nyyears be fore. As time had run on, the pecu liarities of James Symmons had not be come softened, but on the contrary, in creased in strength as be grew older. Though he had amassed considerable property, he lived in thc meanest and most wretched way, keeping house, or rather hovel, alone, and denying him self even the necessaries of life. Most unlike this was Richard's'way of living, rle had been in business, had earned for himself a comfortable competency, and be enjoyed it in comfort. Richard had never been married, but he was not, therefore, without a family ; for he had taken to his home and heart a widowed sister, who had been sudden ly thrown destitute upon thc world by her husband's death. And this sister had a daughter, wno had became the apple of old Richard's eye. She had come to his care a child, and each suc ceeding year, as she shot up into come ly womanhood, had bound her more firmly to the good man's love. As she tripped up ano down his dwelling, his affectionate eye followed her light and graceful motions with delight, and it. was his chiefest pleasure to select for her with hi.s own hands till those little adornments which he thought would be come and gratify her! Then would he say, as her pretty rosy lips thanked him with a kiss on such occasions, " Ah, Luce ! I am just giving thee a staff to break my own head. Thou look1 st so handsome now with that bonnet and those ribbons, that till the -young sparks must fall in love with thee. And what would thy poor old uncle Dick do with out thee, girl !" At other times he would aver, in the fulness of his heart, to his special crony the schoolmaster, as they sat with, a mug of ale and the back gammon board' before them, that his " Luce was fit to be a duchess, and that she had repaid what he had done for her a thousand? times, over and -??*e*-r though he had done nothing bift his duty, by his poor sister and her child, neither." But the worthy old man fell in-be came^ sick almost unto death. Illness was a thing Richard had scarcely known in his lifetime, and this attack reminded him forcibly of what health too often make* men forgot, namely, thc necessity of arranging his affairs so that things might go as he wished after his donath. His property lay chiefly in houses, ?and fie wished to give his sister a life-tenure ot part of that property, and to consti tute his neice ultimate heir to all. With out a will, this disposition of the'prop erty could not be made, as Richard's brother, who was heir-at-law, would otherwise bc entitled to all. Richard had no enmity at h'm " poor miserable" brother, as he called the parsimonious Janies, but he knew that thc latter had much more wealth of his own, than he ever could, or would use. Accordingly, tb provide for his dear Lucy and lier mother, was Richard's object, and in order to accomplish this, the schoolmas ter's talents were put in requisition; for the schoolmaster, as is the case with his class in almost every parish in England, was a will-maker-at least he had acted in that capacity frequently, andi the honest man thought himself very per fect in the calling. To attain perfection in it. indeed, after his fashion of going to work, was no very difficult matter. He had one form for all cases : and, ac cordingly, when Richard Symmons com municated his wishes to him. the school master drew up a will agreeably to this form. According to his friend's wish, thc schoolmaster himself was nominated executor-a post which ho held in nine I out of ten of all the will-cases wi f which he had to do. When the schoolmaster came old Richard's bed-room with the wi to have it signed and witnessed, Lu< sat by her kind uncle's bed-side, an to use the beautiful language of Sha speare, -like the watchful m'e?tes to the hour, Still and anon cheered up the heavy timo, Saying, "What lack you!" and "Whore li your grief?" Or, " What good love may I perform for you ! Her mother also was in che room, ci gaged in knitting what she hoped In brother would yet live to wear, Neithi she nor Lucy knew of the commissic which Richard had given to the schoo master; and when it was communicate to them, they were moved to tears, pal ly of affectionate anxiety. " Oh ! der uncle,"" sobbed Lucy, " you will 1 spared to us yet," "A little whil perhaps, Luce darling," said the ol man calmly, " but not long-not lon now. The blow has been given, an the first high wind will bring down th tree. But come, let us have this matte settled, and I will bc easy in mind. The invalid signed the will, and, unde the directions of the school-master, Lu cy and her mother put their names t it, along with his own, as witnesses. After thc completion of this deec Richard lived several weeks in the en joyment of tolerable health. But second attack, of the same nature a the first, terminated his days. Th shoolmaster, as executor, spared Lue] and her mother the painful task of di renting the funeral ceremonies. Fo the first time for many years, Jame Symmons entered his brother's house on the occasion of the burial. He hat become more squalid than ever, ant though evidently verging rapidly to tin grave, still grasped at, wealth with ai keen a hand as ever. Some though; they observed on his countenance gleam! of wild eagerness breaking at times, ai if unconsciously, through thc show o: gravity which he? wore, as he followec his brother to the tomb. Certain it is that his disappointment was obvioui to every one present when the will o: the deceased was read, though all the village anticipated the destination of the property. The countenance of the miser fell when he heard the deed gone over, his knees shook, and he glared with his dark cunning eyes on the inno cent inheritors, as if they had robbed him of his treasure. He had so much self-restraint as not to break out into abuse, but he would partake of nothing with the other friends of the family, and left thc house with a drooping head, and with mutterings upon his lips. His oharoctci aim ppc^ii.u how wert'T&o Wt'H' Known io his widowed sister and his niece for them to feel surprise at his behaviour. About a week after thc funeral, the schoolmaster, in his capacity of execu tor, waited on Lucy's mother, and in formed her that it would be necessary to prove the will in thc Prerogative Court, and proposed that she and Lucy should go with him to a friend of his, fti attorney, in order to get the matter completed. Of course this proposal wa?: ;:~uiv'liately acceded to. On reach ing thc attorney's chambers, the special will of Richard Symmons, drawn up and signed as already mentioned, was shown to the legal practitioner. He had not looked at it a few minutes, when he discovered it to be totally use less and invalid ! By the established law of England, every devise, in such a will, to an attesting witness, is void, and of no avail. Lucy and her mother were placed in this "position through the consummate ignorance of the person who had undertaken to be their guide in the matter. When the attorney, with a grave face but kindly tone, intimated this sad error, the heart of the poor widow sank within her, as she looked at her daughter, and as the recollection of the heir-at-law's character came across her mind. And, for the school master, who was really a worthy, kind hearted man, his self-accusations Vere bitter exceedingly. But lie tried to reassure himself and his friends with the hope that thc flaw would never be known, and that, if it were known, Jas. Symmons could not beso cruel and unjust a? to take away what it undeniablywas his deceased brother's wish to give to those who now had it. The attorney shook his head at the latter observation of the schoolmaster, and said, that " secrecv, to say the least of it, was much the stronger hope of the two." To the preservatioh of silence ^on the jmLje^t-, h'? at once pledged himself, and trusted that the flaw mightrf?ot be heard of. The schoolmaster then departed with Lucy and her mother,-all three, it must be confessed, somewhat depress ed in spirits by the unexpected intelli gence which had been conveyed to them. Lucy's heart, already sad for the loss of her.?kind uncle, was now still more sad dened by the fear of her mother having to'encount.er hardships in her declining years. The mother, again was grieved at the thoughts of the effect which the discovery would have upon the pros perity of her daughter's whole life. And self-reproach was busy in the breast of the schoolmaster. Alas ! evil news spread fast. -Whether James Symmons had himself observed the circumstance of the signatures at the reading of the will, and had after wards discovered the legal consequence, or whether some other person had de tected tho error, and promulgated it, we are unable to say. But tho flaw did come to thc knowledge of James Sym mons, and the cold-hearted miser, re gardless of his brother's undeniable wishes, lost not a moment in taking ad vantage of it. Thc widow, within a few days after her .own discovery of ' the fact, received a letter from an agent : employed by her mean and cruel broth er, which informed her that Mr. Sym ! mons having learned that the will of j the late Richard Symmons was improp I orly executed, was resolved to claim j restitution of his just and legal rights ! as hcir-ut-law. The letter concluded 1 with a base hint that the will had been ' extorted from Richard by improper in 1 fluence. This was the only colour which *"hc miser could invent for his unnatural proceedings. On receipt of tin.? comtiunicatic the widow again visited the attorn alluded to, and consulted him respcc ing the probable issue of a legal attem to oppose the claims of James Symmor The attorney candidly told her that ] believed all men would allow the inte tions of the testator to be correctly re resented by the will, but that those i tentions most certainly had not be* made good in such a way as to Stand contest in a court. Lucy's mother n turned to her homo, with the intentic of giving all up to the greedy claiman as soon as the few movables whic were her own could be taken away, an some arrangement made for providin herself ?ndher child with another hom This resolution once taken, and notifie to James Symmons, her mind beean: more easy, and the cheerful Lucy soo lightened the mother's heart still mon .by detailing all her little plans for thei mutual sustenance and comfort in fi ture. .'. few days passed over, and th widow and lier daughter were seal ed in an humble dwelling in a retire^ corner of Springwell, and Lucy hai taken in needle-work. They hai removed in the morning from th late Richard's house. But let us leav them, cheerful and resigned, and tun to the miser. This day he has addei another half, at least, to his .wealth and still he is in his old wretched hovel Though the night is one of winter, hi ha.-? no fire, but he lies in bed with hi clothes on, and all the rags in his pos session heaped above him to keep hin warm. Yet this night all will not do for he shivers incessantly. Ever ant anon, however, the thought of his new ly acquired wealth sends something like a glow through him. Lying in bet saves candles ; this is also a part of hii creed. Ha? he no remorse for turning a sister and her child to the door? Ii is hard to say what are his tl oughts but of late days he has seemea excited though apparently more with joy thar with any other feeling. But, hark there is a tap at Ids door. It is unheed ed, and, in consequence, is repeated again and again. At last the niisei cries, " Who is there ?" " It is I-I am seeking shelter-do you not know me ?" " Yon can get no shelter here, whoevei you are!" returns James Symmons, " Father, do you not know me? It is I, Charles Symmons-your son !" Thcro was silence Tor a time within, until the same words were repeated, when thc miser growled, " Go away-I do not believe you !" " Father," cried the voice without, " the night is very cold, and J in want ol S1W?1?A*-Yu? mwalv KiiO'\ liiy 'Vo>c,?. " Ftp^n the door, ;nrnl you will see that I am Charles !". " Who ota ? you r, (jo away," cried thc in mate in still huskier tones ; " you can get nothing here." After a few more words, thc colloquy ended, and all was again silent. On the following morning, a young man. genteelly dressed, and with his handsome countenance dee?Oy browned by sun and air, called at the dwelling of the widow and her daughter. As soon as thc latter saw the stranger, a glow of surprise and pleasure rushed over her checks, and sheening forward a ste)) with extended arms-but checked herself. Thc stranger, however, made the rest of the advance, and caught her in his arms and kissed her. "Cousin Charles !" exclaimed Lucy. " Ay, hy, Luce," cried the youngman, as he gave the same salutation to her mother ; "you used to say you could know me a mile or two oil' when we were children, but I think you had some doubt just now." Warm was tho welcome which the youth received from his aunt and Lucy, for, when a boy, he had always beena great favorite with them, and was wont to fly from his own unhappy home to theirs for peace. He told them his story ; he had been irtet?ie Werft Indies, und had been prosperous. He himself was the the first to enter upon the disagreeable subject of his father's conduct, which had been detailed to him by the land lord of the inn, where he had slept. His visit at night to his father was also described to them ; " he had gone," he said, "to try if his father would permit him to bc a son o him, but had found his heart as jealous, as cold, and as hard as ever." though the circumstances under which tho appeal was made were purposely chosen as the likeliest to have moved his heart. " But fear not, cousin Luce," eaid lie : " thou shalt have all I have, though it j? not much after all but thy mother "and thou shall be com fortable. And who knows, but when he sees mc in thc light of day, the old man may relent after all ?" He did not relent. Things were so ordered that it could not be. When the old woman who had brought him a light every morning for more than ton years, entered his abode on''the morning after thc occurrence related, thc misera ble man was dead-cold as ice. An in quest, which sat upon his body, declared him to have died from cold, though it is probable thtjfc sickness of some Kind or other had a share in the production of the event. However this may be, it excited a mighty sensation among the villagers of Springwell, who, as usual, perferred to give a supernatural rather than a natural solution of the occur rence, and connected it with the legal ized outrage of feeling, which he had on the preceding day committed". His death turned the fortune of his kind Old brother once more into the right channel, for Charles Symmons was not a moment at ease till he had seen Lucy and her mother" reinstated in Richard's comfortable mansion. As to other points-Charles married his sweet cousin Lucy, and the junction of thc two properties put them, as the saying is, " above the world." We are happy to have it in our power also to record one other fact of importance. The wor thy schoolmaster suffered so much in mind from his share in the misfortune j that befell Richard Symmons' lasttesta I mont, that he resolutely declined will making In future, and advised all par ties who made application to him on the J subject to betake themselves to mon who had fitted themselves by their study 1 of the law to be advisers in such mair " frpwngly r?cbYntaerid'a similar forbeaVfinco to all his brethren who-wield parochial ferules,, and we also counsel ; all who wislbto leave wills behind them, ilrawnjnp in unimpeachable correctness, to remember this trae story. It is not always, that the mischiefs incident upon ??cn mistakes are thus happily,obviated. -? -i Thc Position of tbe South. j The Washington correspondent of the New York Express writes : * letters from the West state4hat the stringency in commercial circles there is ?eater than it has been since 1857 that'the country is over-st?cked with goonand that the farmers refuse to. ??el?^Ip?n grain to market* in conse quence1 of the decline in prices since A#Jfe? South the aspect is more cheer ful. ,'The high price.of cotton will put $25??C$0 OOO, for that product alone, intPSro pockets of the " reconstructed" of tht section, to say nothing of large amorots' for tobacco in Virginia, North Carolna, Maryland, Missouri and Ken tucky and for wheat and corn in the sajm/States and in Georgia and Tennes see! [.The whole value of the surplus cr/oofthe South this year cannot be lea than $300 000,000, of which prqba blj $100,000,000 are paid to the negroes ii/4he2shape of wages, and $50,000,000 ufureSif the shape of food. / Another year of equal prosperity ^?oiild put the South in a comp?ratively sound condition, although, of cours?, there .are and must be for many years ttamerous cases of individual suffering -As of persons in advanced life, total ly ruined by the war, thpir houses and furniture destroyed, and all their in vestments of money completely worth ier. When we consider that the accu mulated savings of two hundred years hiiv.e been destroyed at the South, we Cannot cease to wonder that her re cuperation should be as rapid as it is. Of the immense importation of for eign goods, cloths, silks, velvets, laces, prairy, wines and other costly mer chandise, the South now takes compar atively little. Her consumption is main lyr'confined to the necessaries of life, ?ni will be for some years. Hence her recovery from losses will be more rapid. TIID Southern people, with few excep tions, never were a luxurious people, in the sense that the New Yorkers and Parisians are. They cherished for the mo?t part the homely virtues of their ancestors, and lived well upon the pro duce of 'their fields, their forests and theirrivers-content with roomy houses, woodrfires and old-fashioned furniture. iffeactf?yn their present d?proRfjed cpn tlition, 1 hoy SH! m6TS uuiitcntockthr.n a stranger would suppose it possible for them to-be, We hear of few suicides there,-and thc number of insane per sons in Virginia is only half the num ber in Maine, regard being had to pop ulation. In'its best days there was very little money in circulation in the South. Now there is still less. In the commercial panic which seems to be approaching, the South will therefore sutterlcss than the North from any contraction of the currency that may precede thc restora tion to prosperity. In thc South there are no real estate speculations, even in rhe environs of the cities ; no artificial values given to town-lots or embryo Palmyras or Babylons. Festiva lente ? eminently the rule there, so far as leal estate is concerned. They aro not i gregarious people, but love elbow-room ?hove everything. Cities thev regard as necessary evil?, ard as such not to le encouraged unduly beyond mode rate dimensions. For the greater the city the greater the evil. lt is very evident that business at the North is overdone ; that there are t?o many non-producers lhere, too many merchants, too many traders, too many ttgeni*, -tw- many lawyers, too many persons, in short, who stand merely as intermediaries between thc producer and thc consumer. One of the New Yprk journals estimates that there are tvfo hundred thousand people out of | work within sight of the spire of Trini ty Church. Within an equal distance otjth? State House at Boston there arc doubtless fifty thousand more, and an other fifty thousand in the interior of | New England. Most of these unfortu mie persons are anxious for employ mint, but cannot obtain it. Even the hijth tariff, which so enriches the, great manufacturers, docs not put a morsel of bread or an ounce of meat into their mrfcths. That visible outlet to all this sur pluj labor is afforded, unless at thc South ? The West, for the present, is prejty well filled up witk laborers of all descriptions, and thousands of these are ptit of work. The South, then, is the only vacant field easily accessible on this continent for the unemployed masses of the North. CONFLICT OF RACES IN THE SOUTII. The news that comes to us almost drily from! the South about conflicts between the whites and negroes shows an un promising state of things. It indicates, indeed, a ^conflict in the future between the two rafes as irrepressible as that whieh existed between the North and South on the subject of slavery. And wltat is the cause ? Radicalism. North ern carpet-bag radicals, with a few rad ical Southern scalawags, make the de lude^ negroes their tools, and bring aboiit these conflicts. Tho mass of the Southern whites everywhere desire peace andWJ^VC in harmony with the ne groes under thc new order of things. They are aware that their own welfare defends upon this, as well as that of the ?oloi-ed folks, and Btrain every nerve to-ljiaintain friendly relations with the negroes ; but the radical fire-brands mn not permit that. If these conflicts continue they will assuredly inaugurate a general war of races, and in that case the negroes must go to the wall. Blood ' is tticker than, water, and the whites { will rally to M thcr against the blacks, i In gael a war the sympathy of thc white people tho North, too, must be with t/icir own race. The pretended radical friends bf thc negro are really his worst enemy and are preparing the way for tTie extinguishment oF His race * in this country.-Now York Herald. A Letter from Gem Longstreet. The Atlanta Nexo Em publishes the following letter from General James Longstreet : LYNCHBURG, VA.', Nov. 24. My Dear Sir-Many of our South ern men seem to have lost sight of the fundamental doctrine-trie interest of the people-in their zeal to maintain their ideas of consistency, which consists in ..adhering to old truths, whether they work for weal or for woo. I regret that I am not better prepared to meet your wishes for information in regard to .the future policy of our new President. Al though I have had the pleasure of sev eral interviews with him within the last few, years,. I have not sought to learn his appreciation of political ques tions of the present or of the future. I regard his past course and decided char acter as the surest gurantee of his fu ture course. The floating idea that has attached itself to the minds of the many that ho may yet prove to be a Democrat, is like many other specula tions that gain circulation and credence, but only serve to deceive those who are credulous enough to indulge them. If wo recall to mind the events of the laet two years, we shall remember that Gen eral Grant's position at one time was such as to insure his nomination for President by the party that he might choose as most in accord with his views of public policy ; and subsequent events indicate that his personal popularity is such as to have turned the balance in his favor. It seems to me unreasona ble, therefore, to expect to find him, at this late day, seeking alliance with the old party. His antecedents clearly mark him as a national man, and of such he gives assurance of his adhesion to the party whose basis is the Union, and that the influence of his adminis tration will bc applied to its complete and prosperous restoration. A fair minded people must know, however, that no individual, unaided, can accom plish this great purpose. He must needs have the assistance of the North, of the South, of the East, and of the West, Having assurances of co-operation from other parts of the country, ne only wants that of thu South to complete the com bination which will give to his admin istration a happy advent, and comforta ble anticipations of its salutary progress. That thc people of the South desire practical reconstruction, there cnn be no doubt ; but it seems to be difficult to dcvuhjpc- that sentiment so as to pro duce prac!kal results. Drifting mortg in the channel into which chance seems to have thrown me, I begin to find my self, like many others, ready with- my theory. As it may interest you, I give you a concise statement of it. If you find that you can make it useful, you aro at liberty to do so. Thc wealth of the South lies in its soil. If this proposition is trite, its sequents are equally" so. 1. Labor is essential to make that wealth available. 2. To command la bor, laws must encourage and protect it. Also their co-sequents. To encour age and invite labonj evidences of pro tection must bc made manifest through the operation of law upon thc la*Uor that we haye. Hence, it appears that the value of our lands depends upon our la bor, our labor upon thc law, and the law upon us. A failure upon our part, therefore, to enact and enforce proper laws, will be as fatal to the interests of the owners of real estate as confiscation. And yet all tliaf. Congress asks us to do is to avail ourselves of thc only means by which we may avoid serious depre ciation of our material interests. Thar* is, this will bc the practical result of re construction, under national legislation, I upon our interests. The moving cause ol' that legislation, probably, was " se curity for tho future." Here, we may discover the line that should mark our connection with reconstruction. It be gins and ends in our care for home in terests. It will be time enough to be gin to look into tho future when we have provided for the present. The politicians of tho old school seem anx ious to impress upon thc minds of our young men the importance of rejecting all propositions coming from the Re publican party, or else they dishonor their own blood, and the blood of their fallen comrades. But gentlemen should remember that they only dishonor their comrades when they dishonor them selves, and that there cannot bo dis honor in ready obedience to law and a proper care for our own welfare. On the contrary, to discard the law and expose ourselves to unnecessary diffi culties is near akin to dishonor. It is true that many worthy persons are dis franchised under tho law, but the read iest nieans of relief are through the law. I conclude, therefore, that inter est and duty and honor demand that we should place ourselves in a condi tion to support thc laws of Congress. When we have done so, we shall receive abundantly of help from the Executive, and from the other member of the gov ernment. I remain, very truly yours. JAMES LONGSTREET. Mr. JOHN H. DENT, Cave Spring, Georgia. A negro philosopher, discussing the relations of races, said: " You know de turkey he roost on de fence ; an' de goose he roost on de ground. You pull de turkey off dc fence and he get up again. You crap his wings, but somehow or nuddor, he gwinc to got back on dc fence. Now, you put de goose on de fence, an' he fall, oil"; he don't b'long dar. De turkey am dc white man. Hceze down now but is ewine up agin. De nigger is de goose. Ile botter stay whar he b'longs." A STREAM OF MUSIC.-A little boy, on coming home from church, where die had seen a person performing on an organ, said to his mother: "Oh, mammy, I wish you had been at church to-day, to see the fun ! A man was pumping music out of an old cupboard ! Fro?T7%'eNitrion. The .authorities ?a South Qk? seem' to have ni ugiilar notions as to to strengthen ihorfr.edit ol' their Si if we. may judge "by the following mge of tile Govt-mor "s Message : " P recoin men J to the Legisla that some carly action be taken to yent the Courts and officers of the B ol the State fro^L. wasting and mi plying ita assetsftd the payment of c jf Courts,, attorneys' fees, and the s ries of officers and agente. If thc '. lers of the Fire ...Loan Bonds are de mined to pursue thejpolicy of dispai ng the credit and resources of the St ivhen it must be apparent to them t io State of the Linom is more solv< )r has a fairer prospect of prom j. meeting all her liabilities, they sho i)e compelled h carry on this litiga! it their own expense..- I have rea :o believe"thai?^^?^a__t^1 sixtv.th land dollars in'golcTnas been sqff?ftTc ?d and made away with for salarie! )fficers and agents who are perform io necessary duties, fees of attorn vho are employed for the purpose winging the credit of the State into c .epute, and for other objects of equa questionable propriety. The holders ;he Fire Loan Bonds should be plac )n the same footing an other credit )f the State, and they should be h< iccountable %. all damages the St ia3 sustained, or may sustain, by tn lnwarrantable litigation." One is surprised, after reading tl ulmi nation, to learn from the statem? )f Mr. Kayne, the counsel of the pat ittacked, that the State is a debtor lefault with its debt past due ; that t Fire Loan Bondholders are creditors c itled to certain collaterals pledged ;he State when the contract was made L838 ; that in 18G5 the Legislature :he Bank being insolvent-confirm ;he pledges of 183S, and appropri?t ;he assets of the Bauk of the State ;he holders of the bonds, and, final] ;hat all the litigation that has ensu ?rew out of a suit instituted by t iii/holders of tho Bank, brought in 18C seeking to set aside the Act of thc Le islature in favor of tho bondholdci ind claiming for themselves these t jets which the bondholders of the Bai supply defend, and that it has cost litt Dver $30,000, instead of $60,000. . ] 1868 the Legislature passed aiv Act di regarding the Act of 1838, and repea ing that of 1865, and requiring the Go amor to 2 seize the whole assets of tl Bank, then a deposit in equity, and plaee thc funds in the State Treasur lu the same Act, satisfactory projyisi* was made for the billholders wno beg; the litigation, and none for the bon ho\c\t'n?-.wUo ar? d?fende?. It docs seem rather hard, on the facts, that people who advanced thc money thirty years ago to help rcbul the .city of Charleston, should be threa ened with being made accountable f ,; all damages the State has sus tai U( by their unwarrantable litigation." V do not pretend to go into the merits i the case, but suggest that these meri be left the courts, and that comme prudence would suggest that distal bondholders, waiting for their rnone long past due, at a time too when tl Governor tells them that " no State i the Union is more solvent," should I made to feel that every facility is a forded them by the State to defer rights which they at least believe to 1 Jh^dotrbtcd. South Carolina Cannot a ford, either as a matter of money or character, to.daraage its opening earci of prosperity by any other course, ll fact is, too, that the holders of the bani bills, for whose benefit this extraordin; ry interference with the action of tl courts is talked of, have bought thei up for about eight cents on the..dolla and, we fear, are adding another to ll. number of " rings" by which tho countr is now infected.. ? -?- ?? Going- Into Debt. In a recent lecture, Horace G reel oj with much'good sense said : " Half the young men in the country with many old enough to know bette: would " go into business," that is, int debt-to-morrow if they could. Mos poor men arc so ignorant as to envy th merchant and manufacturer whose lit is an incessant struggle u'ith pecuniar; difficulties, who is driven to constan " shining," and who, from month t month, barely . evades that insolvency which, sooner or later, overtakes mos men in business ; so that it has beei computed that but one in twenty c thom achieves a pecuniary success. Fo my own part-and I speak from sa< experience.-I would rather be a con viet in a State Prison, a slave in a ric swamp, than to pass through life unde the harrow of debt. Let no man mis judge himself unfortunate or truly poor so long as he has the use of his limb and faculties, and is substantially fre< from debt. ^Hunger, cold, raij^ han work, contempt, suspicion, unjust re proach are disagreeable ; but debt is in finitely worse than them all ; and if i had pleased God to spare either or al my sons to be the support oAiy dedin ing years, the lesson which I should most earnestly have sought to impress upon thom is, never run in debt ! 1 repeat, my young friends, avoid(pecu niary obligations as you would | pesti lence and'himino. If you have but fif ty cents, and get no more for a week, buy a peck of corn, parch and live on it, rather than owe any man a dollar ! Of course, I know that some men must do business that involves risks and must often give notes and other obligations, and I do not*' consider him really in debt who can lay his hand directly on the means of paying, at some little sac rifice, all he owes. I speak of real debt, that whieh involves risk or sacrifice on the ono side, obligation. and dependence on the other ; and I say, from,all such, let every youth" 'humbly pray God to preserve him ev?rmoro ?" -? -?- ? Virginia Rports are lively and ex citing. A hunting party in Augusta County, recently killed thirty-one deer in a five days' campaign, and the fol lowing incident is communicated to the Richmond Whig: " When" Mr. Kelly killed the big buck, tho animal fell as if (leid, and lie hurried, knife in-hand, to cut his throat. Nu sooner did ho catch hold .of the buck's horns than the animal, with a desperate -effort, rose and made a lunge at him. Dropping his knife, he seized the horn, arid was rolled-with him down the precipitous mountain side a distance of fifty yards. The deer died hi his grasp, and the bold huntsman sustained only a few trifling bruises." --: The Business Prospects of ?liarlcs . ton* Thc holiday season has closed. Wo have entered upon anew year and wc hope to' witness an increased activity ' in the' business marts generally. There is no better market than Char leston^in which the planter can dispose of his produce. Its prosperity is essen-'-, tial to that of the State. .Its^prosiLipu fromdoeation and eoisy shipment', pres ents reau^\idvaiitage^br^ rior and the adjoining States. . Chrrn* ton has now her lines of steamers ply ing regularly with'England, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other perls. She thus presents facilities both:for sale and shipment, which should be heartily encouraged and embraced. Neither is there any market in which the planter and merchant can purchase their supplies with more economy or on more favorable terms. The -stock of goods are of the best quality and of ev ery variety. Oar banks have .been somewhat re stricted in their operations of late on account of the scarcity of small bills. We learn, however, that this difficulty has been obviated in' a great degree, and that they will be able in the fu ture to render more enlarged accommo dation. The deposit balances in the two banks yesterday amounted to one million and* a half dollars, thus shewing that there is no scarcity of money for business pur-' poses. ._< In the middle and upper parts of tho Statecrops have been good, and every department of life is prosperous. The crops have not only proved sufficient to pay expenses, but left a surplus for in vestment. In the lower sections of the State the caterpillar has impaired the Srospects and seriously aff?cw)J}y*-? ucc of thc soil. But -?iewed as a whole the energies of our people have developed great re cuperative power and strength. They have accomplished great results con sidering the adverse circumstances'of an untoward fate. AV^ii-Jiave faith race and people. There happen to us politically or mat?k which has not already occurred. \Tc have nut succumbed to these, and we look forward to the future with in creased confidence and hope.-Charles ton Courier. Advice to (he Married. Zchokke, in one of his tales, gives thc following excellent advice : In the first solitary hour after tho ceremony, take the bjiJegroW and de mand a solemn VOW Of him VodjffiyP .'_j him a vow in return. Promise each other, sacredly, never not even in jest, to wrangle with each other-never to bandy words or to indulge in the least ill-humor. Never-I say, never ! Wrang ling in jest, and putting on an airof ill humor merely to tease, becomes earnest by practice. Mark that ! Next, promise <>aeh other sincerely and solemnly, nev er to keep a secret from each other, un der whatever pretext, and whatever ex cise it might be. You must continu ally, and every moment, see clearly in to each other's bosom. Even when ono of you has committed a fault, wait not " an instant, but confess it. And as you keep nothing from each other, so, on the contrary, preserve the privacies of your house, marriage state, and heart, from father, mother,- sister, brother, aunt, and all the world. You two, with God's help, build youruwn quiet world.v--v Every third or fourth one you draw in to it with you, will form a party and ^ stand between you two. That should never be. Promise this to each other. Remember the vow at each temptation. You will lind your account in it. Your souls will grow, as it were, to each ot li er, arid at last will become as one. Ah, 3 if many a pair had on their marriage day, known this secret, how many a marriage were happier than, alas, they* are?-aural New Yorker. STEPHEN ALLEN'S POCKET- PIECE. Among the victims of the Henry Clay disaster, was Stephen Allen, Esq., au aged man of the purest character, for merly a Mayor of New York, beloved and esteemed by all who knew him. In ' his pocket book was found a; printed slip, apparently cut from a newspaper, of which the fellowing is a copy : ? " Keep good company or none. Nev er be idle. If your hands cannot be use fully employed attend to the cultivation of y our mi nd. Always speak, tire trullw^t^^^ Make few promises. Live up to your engagements. Keep} your own secrets, if you have any. When you speak lo a per son, look him in the face. Good company . and good conversation are the very sin ews of vii tue. Good character is above all things else. Your character cannot be es sentially injured except by yourownacts. If any one speaks evil of you, lot your life be so no one will believe him. Driiik no kind of intoxicating liquors. Ever live (misfortunes excepted) within your income. When you retire to bed, think / over wliat you have been doing during the dary. Make no haste to be rich if you would prosper. . Small arid steady gains give competency with tranquility of mind. Never pLy at any 'game of chance. Avoid temptation, through fear you may not withstand it. Earn money before you spend it. Never jun into debt unless you see a way to get out again. Never borrow if you can possibly avoid it. . Do not marry until. you arc able to support a wife. Never speak evil of any one. Be just before .you are generous. Keep yourself inno cent, if you would be happy. Save when you are young, to spend . when you aro old. Bead over the ?hove ma-yms at least onco a wetk."