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II \ * % MIME XV. LANCASTER C. II S. C, MAY 16, 1863. NUMBER 11. I /TOSYSY* I AM THE FAMILY CAT. 1 cut fold up n<y claws lit toy wifl velvet paws And purr in the sun ^Till the short day is done? Fof I am the family cat. * cfin d t.d hy the hour In the vine covered bower, Winking mid btii.lchg ti .-u ?-i.t ? ' IAiuvugM ruiioumr mi miowpr? For I am the family cat. tYnm (he gapschiiry bush, t'r whor? bright cp unlit* blush, i mnv suddenly sprint; For n bird on tlic wing. Or On it u;? a tr?.e, II n biown nest I ?eo, Ami select a clioicd shines. Fb" dinner or tea, And no one to blame rr.c, Ilciate me or slinine me ? ' For I 1.1n the family cut. ' In (he coll winter night, litn the giomid is nil dliire, And the icicles sines In a long sllter line, I stay not to shiver, in tlie inoonbt mis' p.ilo ilivcr. Hut enrl tip in tlie tmurc As snug as a mouse And play Jncky lionicr In tlie cosiest corner, Breaking nob "It's liter* Asleep with one ne ami iiwiik* with tl??* other, ' For pain (rom the cliililiei), kind WoiiN hum I the mother,? For I sin the family cm*. Confession and Death of an Army Clidplu n. M. M. Potnetoy, th- itl'l* efli or of ti e Ijh Crania (Wisconsin) J) moc.tut, gives the folio *inpr dea-h bed scere, which h wus celled to visit in h recent tiip to Ch ? cngo : The He*. Ilenrv C annard, ho ex army C.h:tplain, who left oil' expounding 1'ihle 1 find recruiting for the Saviour, sihd hv in doraing the nigger and Abolitionism he: ! c line 01 army chaplain in one of the Wi?Cofis n regiments, passed from life to a home beyond a blessed iimnorialifv, the other ilar. and linn aln.fT1?.t "<V l.h J , __ ...... wMwotvU VII HIS lllllf I t it coil. A phralcleh l.o l oallt-d on 1?iin two or I thr?-o time* h day for ? inonlli, tloc'orino ' liiin for mi agon brought on wlji'e *t*-ii! tug c-.I'om iji Atkannie, white will. Oene i r-il Curti*. On l?aruiitthat the * minister hihI ex chaplain w ouM hunllv live* the night out, we calleil wuh the pti)*i ilan. Inn lill'a woo<len looking room r-> t over twelve Teet square, in hii nlocure b >? <l'"g home it) Chicago we fourtl tl e invalid, The room *ns hereof furniture tcpt a poo' bed, h little ?iirtv \va*h*ian<l two woo-l-h-ll-m chniie, art o'ni irunk, a pine tahle, on ?hi<h waa spread a new* I.: ?. .1.0. r.|n>., vi> ?u?u ! ? hii oiu uiuie, h p iir cf o'd snuffers, tome pill bom and such ' ttutf. The dying nun ?w propped up in bed, while h faithful neoro woman sat on the foot of the bed. A? we entered h rallied a little and ashed the doctor who he had brought with him. On ! ? lag told that it ?ri "BricU" I'otntroy. he sank back, closed hit eyes, rail e i a i t'e, and said, "P.i-thapt it, it at well. He tDight as Well know it jps any one." And he proceeded to make hit dying statement, which wae in these words, as w# took thein down io our ftieirorandnrh book, et the physician requested : \ij name it Usury Clannard. I am forty one years ohi. I am a Methodist) minister?at IfastJ was one. 1 whs once happy and cnotented, and loved Christ, j My Master, with jdl (be Jteal a Christian : eer bad. At U?i I grew cold in relig- i Ion, selfish and ra*'0u? of the go.nl f?>i j tuneeof others, el wanted to mekemoO j y and to hare tome fun I hail no par ticulur ?ducation,onX thought I would he Republican prtHtiiiUn. I b#i?*n I y preaching | ollliea fW>m the pulpit, end praying for the negro, tl paid me in money, hot I l(Mf influence at iha throfce 'of Oracn. not care f?r that if I could only he?* Influence with the Re. publican party. I forgot Christ and he came interested iu the negro. I had i'" fluet.ee with a fe* tnytnl?er? of my rhumb, gad tailed politic* to them. I wee pa d by office seeker* tq influence Christian*. Bomttimes t hart made aa high as (if. teen dollars at an election for mJ influence with Christians.' / "At last I fottrl'l politic* paid better thati religion, and I worked for the chap 1 laincy of a reyimen*. and g<>t it. 'flien I j let religion gW, eh'-T went to war. There Ij*rote letters home derouncinsr Demo era's as copperheads. And I stole cot ton, and silver ware, and pictures, and pooka, and dresses for inv wife and sisters find horses a fid mules for my brothers, j ?f d a piaoo for the Governor who cave ' ma inv commission, and a c?'d watch for j tny Captain, and a lot of household fur t ui nre to send to mv Cnlhiml * I I rol bed ili*? soldiers of jelly and ftueh stud s*nt down lo them to use while in ho*pi tel. end I had mv share of good* stolen f nut Snailnry fairs. end made Ims of money, Plea** pive nte a little piece of j thaUp>pnded ice." The phviician gave ! it to h in, when he continued j "But I was not happy. T drank whi*j kev with the hoy* w lien mwmv from home, ami 111dulged in some excesses not worth ! mentioning, and laid up <j iit? a pile of I money. And I w ;i* taken su k while out j *W?a'ing cotton from a plantation where a widow lady lived. I had coaxed her nippers to run awav, and ihev are all dead now. When the war w.i* ended I came home to \Viecon?*t?, hut coilld not etav there. So i came to Chicago. And I g-ewr eiok. And I have got to d e. I have called on Christ ? I hare prated lo (J hut somehow I cannot get relief for , mv soul. The door of tnercv seem* shut | A'ainst me. I f.ir?ook religion for poli i i o?. and now (iod has forsaken ins. I j |rijr to my S n iuur,, hut he don't hear J me I talk M this fiithful negro woman ?she savs, 'Yen tnmi!' and that is alt 7 ^iii get not of he?. I know I cant live long. ,1 tecl that I am dying. I le?d Certain that t Hill going to hell. I* eas? J vh tne n little more ol that ice before 1 go I want these things written down, ! a - a warning to o'lierk who forget Christ | h.r politics. 1 fee! (hat the negro Can1! j eave ? that Ohrst won't save me. I was unfaithful to itiv religion and am forgot1 ! tan. I was faithful to the negro, hut alas, j the negro can't help me where I wai.t help?lie can't ea?e my gujlty floul. I am going to hell, and I know it. t ? pect t<i int-el ihanv p?*r*on* there who Ion 1 got religion for politic*. ] do not expect to *ee 70U He*m" in thi* *orld or the next, ' hot I want this conf***ion prm'ed. I'!e??e ( ?give ?inn?*?mii*11 ? sin all ? piece? j 4;f?,,f?,f?i?.e J" Ami lituH del the R.-r. Ilvnrj Clan* 1 n?rd ! The CliHrlotleeville (Va.) Chronicle ! thn* wood liiiinore'^i epexks of the mrnitH j to which the Southern States are driven b j the Radical di*uni<?ni*t? : I' *t-.iils to IM to l>e h< hurt! *0 get in 1 l.o tt : ? ?n" .... ^....... .1 i-? i?> j;ei uiil. I lie null III rOf|??c ful v ask? to move one way of (lie oilier. We ere like the fellow lliet whi forrej to go to die rhow, mi') then not allowed lo go hiiv further th<n where he , llA<l pel l for hie ticket. i\e have lorn dragged into the doorway oflhe Federal t til, ?* >?! ere tiol ullnwvd to see any of ll.e perlwriunii.Te except lo letlle with lex C ?ll*clor?. We ceo heai the aniinele i growling inside, ai.'l (he cracking of the 1 ring master's a hip, hut we can't sea the show u 11 lea* we piy for two, nod take io a eo'orad ledtr. And the ?oi?l of it is, they keep a great eagle perched over the cntnhce, which, if you attempt to go hack, ??ui'|h dow n upon you and pick* a hole 111 your head. We justly thi 1 <(k this i? unreasonable , they ought either to let us pass <n or refund our money arid lie up the eagle Thk $APn\nt is '.lie ure^n oasis, the little gr*?*y meadow in ilia wildarne**, | when nfier tlio week day'* Journey, the ; pilgrim h-til* fur refre-limant and repoae ( where lie rem* 'eneath the alinda ot ibe lof y pjiini lr?r?, artd <lip? hi* v??vl in ] the water* of the calm, clear atream, and . receive* bin atrengtli lo go forth ng*it? | upon h-.a pi?crintm?? in t!> deaert with re* ' netted vigor end ch?erfulneea. v N . long *iin*e, a youth, o\1*r in wit , t'mn Ttnra, nlt?V Jieing c*terhi?ed oort 0 oiling the pbwer of nature, replied:-? Ma, I ihinV there'* one tiling Katma can't do. ^Wbat Is it I" 'eagerly intuit j ed thy mot bar. "She can't make Bill Joaaa' mouth any logger without aat'.ing bis aars back." 0 Far in Work for May. M'?y ic on* of the busiest montlre on i ! the farm hikI plantatio n, anil in nut he 6a j pecially ?o this year, aa the wet wea'her ) has hindered greatly, and the spring is o very late. II* is a thrifty and "fore i handed" farmer, indeed, who doea not j ' now find himself greatly behind with iiis | work. But ?igor and energy, immedi ately brought to hear, will do much to retrieve our backwardness. In another month, or even in a few weeks,the scorch j big heats of summer will have Come, and | it ..II it.-.. >? " 1 .. ....... ... i?u IKIQ. ou, UU nul luSe | one moment now, hut let master hiicJ all | U amis n<i to work with a will. | Corn that is just well up,must lie work* j ed at once, running around it close and j deep vtiih a Ion/ sharp, narrow "bull1 | long he" or rooter plow ; after which the J middles may be broken out, and the > i spaces between the hills 01 plants kept t c'ean with the h? e. Thai which is more ! advanced, is readv f'>r second working, or soon will be. The surface should he kepi mellow, frequently stirred, entirely free fr.un weeds, and as neatly level as possi| ble. No liiling up is necessary?no turji I in/ plow shoulsl he used in the late en!1 | t ire of corn. It is never necessary, ex| c-pt in cases where the weeds have ob I tallied such a foothold that they most he j buried or turned under?but we hope J none of the readers of ihe Southern CuV ' tivator ever allow their crops to yet in j ' that condition. In breaking up for Core, ' i we cannot plow too deep?hut in cuitiva. I I ling the arop, the harrow and the sweep ! | are the proper tools ; for, as far as can !< j avoided, no r*?o h of sliorf lived ui nual crop* should ever be broken. The corn j i needs all its roots, and requires rich me! I low ground to ekteud them in ; and so | ! we Mgarn repeat?do not break the roots I by plowing deep; but keep the surface j | open, freely pulverized and frequently stirred. This system will give you a good j crop almost any season. Corn may be ' j planted on "nVw grounds" and favorable ! ! spots, and should ha put in every spare rood of land. It is one of our ^reat ; j staples, and no possible effort should I e spared to produce an abundance. Cotton must be brought to a good ' 'stand." and scraped and moulded im j mediately. It is, of course, backward in growth this j?i?r ; and ?? will have abundant time to attend to the corn crop ' lint, i^fter scrapint? your cotton, mould as *non as possible. so that tile young foot* , let* may not be exposed to the scorching rtFecld uf I lie tun. ; lie careful at tlii* working not to broire j or injure the young piuuta, for roucb ' u*ti!? tt this limn often cause* the plan's l<> die out week* hence, from it juried need i let sly re eived. Where, from bud reed, there is a f >!! ' ure in procuring a ftlnnri, the planter tftie t u?e lite j ulgment, in regard to what shall he nl?n*?il intlaul I""" r - ?~ "ft"' Co* 1 Va?, and Sweet Pot a toe slip* are ttiofse which are m<>st Itkts!\ to succeed. Ground as thoroughly prepared hr is nee e*sarv for cotton, should be nude to yield h return of some kin J, iu case of n bad tend. Oala, Rye, Wheat, end other smell grain*, m?jr, in soma place* ha cut the I iftt of this month, or early in June, end the ground afterwards mattUred, deeply broken Up, end planted in Corn, Cow Pens, or Sweet Potato "drawn." Early in tlie month, in the bent of your corn, plant between the hilU the Cornfield Bean, which will afford enapa all , summer, and the white aorta when dry, are a good winter vegetable. Pumpkins and Winter Squashes may I he planted on any unoccoped ground. ? | It inuet l>e of good quality, or bills pre. > pared for thein by di.gma deeply and - - providing a rich compoat. 1 A grtrtt manj aeeiu deposed to give up Sorghum culture tliia seaaon, but it i* a mUlakeh polity. The price* of can* 1 Sugar and ino'ttaae* are *o hijh at pre* nt, and bkely to continue ao, that it will be 'found lound economy to continue to I manufacture enough ?yrup for hom* u?e. Cook'* Kvaporator, and the new mode* I of defection How employed at the W?t, i produce a ayrup auperior in quelkr to *liat we euppoaed poaaihle. \Vf have eeen nice coffee sugar itoadeftam the juice ' of one of the varieties of Imphee. D<?nt1 give op the crop.? Southern Ctltivaior. j guieh Daniel from the lion, ?? the former wore a awallow tail coal, and Lad a cot. ton umbrella under liis arm. Q?What did ahe ?hv ? A.?After looking into the cage, ?he Washington Correspondence of the Commercial. Dan. Rice Before tiie Reconstruction Committee. The Committee on Reconstruction still persists in suppressing the most important testimony elicited before it. ban. Rice IihS recently been on n rircn? tr.n? I / " vww %wM" I through tli? iately rebellious States. and i baa bad opportunities such as are afford j ?d to few tor observing tlie condition of ille Southern people as to loyalty. IIis I testimony will Its found to show the true j tooling that exists in the South when the> thin crust of pretended loyalty is melted j away and troo character is revealed under I the exhilarating intidence of a menagerie, 1 when man stands in the presence of the j untamed forces of nature.separated there J from only by the thin partition of an iron j cage. Mr. Kice being duly sworn, lesli i lied thus : Q.?You have an unrulv animal, known i as a pel mule, with your circus, have you "not ? A.?I have. Q.?What nre the idiosyncracies of til at beast ? I A.? IId?is inuch given to kicking. Q?It is alinesl impossible to ride him, ; is it not ? I A .? I is I generally c.flVr $25 to any ' man who will nde him round the ring. I Q. ? On your late visit to the South, j d <1 Vou r?ceiv? #nr n (!*..? > - -..i j wu?io iv iiuo IUJU ; in ii !* ? . A ?I did. Q ?Siate abnt occurred on tb^se oc caaiona. A ?In Richmond, a diccharged Con federate soldier attempted to tide liim.il but was immediately thrown Hat on bis back. . iI (J?What did the Confederate solditr I say to this ? I A.? lie snid the ttfule Was a d?d Yankee cuss. i Q. ? D.d any others make the at- I tempt ! A.?Another of I ea'a veterans tried to ' ride him, and succeeded. j.i Q ?What did he ear ? A.? lie said, after he had dismounted, j I that if he'd had n regiment o' them 'ere li Cavalry he'd have whipped K'lpalrick all ' I to smash ; and that in the ntvt war against the Yankees he intended to raise i a brigade of 'em. | Cross-examined by Mr. Stevens : < <7 ?1* 11.>11 h he inula or a blie mala ! 1 1 A.? It's h lie tnule. t Q?V ou liav? monkeys in your show, 11 tiava you not ) I I A.?I have. 11 Q.?Have you ev^r beard any disloyal J tair.ark* in relation to those monkeys) t A. ? I can't sty that I have. I Q.? Have you aver heard anything j aid in tli*-ir presence! jc A.? A couple of young ladies were i one day standing in front of the catfej ' f ui<) i neurit out) of thriii any it looked t liken Freedman'* Unread. (? Q.? Mow w?a this remark receivod ! , < A?It created much laughter. j' Q ?Were tliere any personal allusions < inane on llint occasion ? t A.?Some one in (lie crowd said, pointi < illU lo the ourang ouung, ''That's Sum ; ? ?? * IW. Q?Dd 'b it please th# bystauders I , A ?Very much. j <d?Did you ever beer any observe liout about the bears ! I 1 A.?'I heard it a?id once about a one. j eyed bear that lie looked like Hen. Hu'i t ler, am! about a (frizzly that it ought to f be called Hen. Wade. Q.?Were the point* of resetublaoc* | ?late<l ! I f A ?They were not. The observation : . w?* made on tit* tout entrmblt, with ! j upecial reference, per h ape, to lit* occular ' , deformity in lb* case of lite on* eyed ani ' , a ) mat. II Q?Have you aide abowa with your ' t circoa t 11 A.?I have. ! f Q ?Stat* if you have ever beard diai ' ( loyal remark* in relation to them! y A.?I believe I beard aomething of I ibo kind one* about Daniel in lb* ItOn'a da*. Q?Slate what it waa. c A ?A young lady aaked me which i c waa Daniel and wbicb waa the lion. I Q.?Wbat waa your reply t t A.?I told her it wu easy to diatio o*iu, ??ry spiieiuny, that U.tntfl looked like a mean Yankee, an 1 she wished the lion would chaw bitu up. mack. The Labor Question. Landholders in this section of Georgia, may lowk out for white labor, or no labor at all. ?fl?r a fa ? ??? '-J ?J ? , ? j . iiiune], we ; doubt whether one-half Hhe negroes now | here will remain beyond the present year, i From Christmas down to the present j writing, they have been almost daily leav j int; for the fertile fields of the Sou'hw-est. ; To is will r.o doubt continue until this section is completely drained of farm la* j borers. The reason is obvious. The j planter of the productive lands of the Southwest can afford to pay higher wages j than the farmer of Middle or Upper Geor.ia. The negro, regardless of all considerations of health or comfort, will J l>o where he gets jhe most pay ; nnd in j doing so, will fulfil his destiny, under the ' benign operations of freedom, which is, j like th? Indian and all other inferior races. to pass away hetore the superior civihza* tion of the whiles. The miasma of the 1 swamps ami fefers of the Southwest will J greatly facilitate this process. In view of these facts, the labor qiies* j tion becomes one of vital importance to | the peop'e of Middlo and Upper Georgia, j Who is to take the place of Sambo in the i He'd f Will white men w< rlc for lower wapes than freedmen ? Some persons , lit in k thev will, in consideration of the r?ct that this is a healthy region of coun try. We doubt this, however. There is one thing we may safely cab ; culate upon. When the negroes have I left the country, white men from abroad i will seek to buy the unoccupied lands If I ncouraged to emigrate to this section, 1 our population will increase rapidly, the whole country will he divided into small j farms, and manufacturing villages will | spring up wherever the water power can j be found. Cotton can he nrodueo<5 K?. ?!.: ? t~v-? I r - IX VTMHC ml?ur n litis section of iIte State. There is ! irohablv no place on the habitable globe where while Agricultural laborers er.jov teller health limn here. The f.tftner t?f nnall mesne, who wishes io embark in he production of cotion. will seek cheap t and? and a salubrious climate. What if he soil is not so productive as that of the I 1 tttih west f Hi-r? he can enjov healtlt? * here, disease and death would soon cut | iim off, if i\ laborer in th? fields. Tlie salubrity of our climate, the abun ' I ince of water power, the extent of its I nineral resources, and sll the necessary acihtie* will, we think, fill line faction of he State with a dense population of in j lustrious, enterprising white men. The lesolate p'acrs will he made to rejoice, [ ind the desert l>!os?om as the rose. It Tlay require some year* to bring about his state of thiiijs ; hut the change 'will ? | some, sooner or I iter. It is now manifestly our inteient to en- ' jourage white emigration, as nothing can re more certain that ih *' the negtoes will ; :<?ntinoe moving until all of that race are ?one.?Athens Watchman. By the Ag? nt of the Freed man's Bit' , eau. we are informed that 7u0 have at ! eady left ibis country.?Fd. Cult. One of the Western pipers gives the ollowing notice: "A I notices of msr >?!( ?, wnwro no Driers cake is sent, will >e ret up in small type, sn<i poked in an j lutlandish corner of the paper. Where j i handsome piece of cake is sent it will | >e pnt conspicuously in Urge Utters ; alien gloves or other brief favors are ad \ led, a piece of il.ustrated poetry will be fiven in addition. When, however, the idiior attends the ceremony in person, ind kisses the bride, it will have especial ictice?very large type, end the most ippropriate poetry that can be begged, >orio?ed or stolen from the brain edito, i ial." An eccentric individial went to a news I lepot, a few days ago, and called for j copies of the World, the Fiesh and tbe >evil. On being asked by theoewe dealer o be more eiplicit, be said he wanted the Wot Id, Herald and Forney's Chronicle. The Losses of the South by tho War. Commodore Maury, who is now in Paris, has written a letter to the London Morning Ilerald, in which he estimates the losses of the South, caused by tbr war, as follows : "I estimate the amount of the pecuniary losses of the Southern Confederacy, in their late attan pt at independence, to bo no less than 7,000,000,000 (s?vun thousand millions of dollars)?v;z : Ity emancipation, $3,"000,000,000 ; I expenses of ihp War, $'2,000,000,000 Destruction of Private Property, $1,000, 000 000 ; additional imposed by the victor for payment of Federal war debt, say $10,000,000 per annum, equal to six per cent, interest on $1,000,000,000. Total, $7,000,OOO.OuO. "Tins loss falls upon less tban eight millions of whites, w ho have, moreover, in addition, to contribute largely towards the support of the four millions of blacks who have been suddenly turned loose among them, and who, for the present at least, are incapable of caring for themselves. "This $7,000,000,000 of money was the accumulated wealth of cer.'.uries ; it constituted nearly the whole industrial plant and capital ol the South." A CouriT Answer.? Some years ago^ an old sign painter, who was very cross, veiy gruff and a little deaf, was engaged to paint the Ten Commandmeuts on some tablets in a church not five miles from llutfalo. IIo worked two days at it, and at the end of the second day the pastor of the church come to see how the work progressed. The old man stood by smor king a short pipe, as the reverend-gentleman ran bis eyes over the tablets. "On said the pastor, as bis familiar eye delected something wrong in the wording o5 the precepts ; 4 why, you careless old person, you liave left a part of one of the eummandinenls entirely out ; don't you see !" "No such thing," said the old man, putting on his spectacles ; "no, nothing left out?where ?" "Why there 1" persisted the pnsforJ look at them in the Ii<ble ; you have left eotne of the commandments out." 41 Well, what if I have f saiJ the old Obstinacy. as lie ran his eye complacent* ly o\er his work; "what if I have! Tl ere is more ibare now" than you'll keep !" Another and more correct arti?t was employed the next day. A Dutchman had two pigs, a large one and a small one. The smaller on* being the elder, ho was trying to explain to a customer, and he did it in thise wise:? 'The little j?ig is the piggest." Upon which his wife assuming to correct him, said : You will excuse him, he no speak a* good English as me; he no mean that the little pig is the piggest, but that tho youngest pig is the pldest." "I say, landlord, that's a dirty towel for a man to wipe on !" Landlord, with a look of amazement, replied : "Sixty or seventy of my boarder* have wiped on that towel this morning, and you are the first one 10 find fault." A lawyer io Maine recently moved for n#vf*lrinl on (lie ground "that the ver* diet was against the law and the evidence and that the jury were unduly influenced by the great beauty of the female j?lriiu tiff.'1 The Paris physicians are making ex* perimenta in grafting the tail* of rata upon other rata. They aay the new tails live end flourish. The Paris doctors must he easily amused, if the flourish of a rat's tail pleases them. An Irishman recently stopped at a hotel out West where pretty high bills were charged. In the morning the landlord msde out the amount of "damage,'" and presented it to PaL After ho had glanced over it, the latter looked the landlord in the face and exclaimed, "Ye put me in mind uv a snipe." "Why," asked the landloid. "Bekaee ye're very nigh all bill".