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" the Lancaster CcDgn\ VOLIMR XVI. LANCASTER C. H., S. C., SEPT., 4, 1867. NUMBER SO.. 0RIC1N.IL STORY.. JWBIVTKM roR Til K LUCllTrR LtDOKB] "AN ADVENTURE." [concluded from i.abt wekk 'J Mv incomprnlimmiMe fellow WMtf^rer *h tli? firnt object tlml eiiu 'Jfl'i Rtt*n? tion on the Advent of the much * tubed j fof morn ; nnd <1 nr render. I could often I h?ve UuslirH M inv hidicroti* end Inrb Ipw plight on 11?m* tn*innrwhl? night, I mi it not |i??n ftMncin'mt with it *<*pn? of Inn tn*n m??rv iliitt liarro*?<"i tnv until.? Thpr* lav it long, gtunt, gltH*?lv, prptna turpi? wr?*trheri frmrip rnvprpil in nti't,?i'S long ?hagpt?d Ward and 11? ir, I'In* I mi t'lipfkt unci l?to<?finlinl ctm; it tnnrp wm |il|>l<>pi(luritof *rftrl>Hinf*it And wo^,p\p? j tipvpr mi?m. 8- rt?ce'v observing hip, in* | crawled lip and *n' on a lnjj |?v f 1 in aid#* ; i will tn itir of utter diapnrdenev and in diflVrnnc* that ?e?m?id to *uv, lloro T unil ?i)rrn? ?it. ntu iving* conn- ami tiow to me." In *n?w?r to mv inq iirv. he entnpln'n i ed of tio rnrent et'aok of illne** Tli?? j thought then occurred to inn to a*k liitn j *%hnl priaoti he I*:t?1 l**t escaped 'roin. or | what v:ctim li?? hftd la*t rrhhed ; 1nit f>?-i titer <?f the*e idea* wa* cuntialihle ?* ?! Iiit m liner an el li m I it. UaUing In* heart mnl itiotirtifuUv looking mound If raid : , "All tiling* are h'ithe an-! guv, 1 alone am jovlfM and " I now caught a fairer and fitll??r v>p? 1 ?f lit* haggard countenance, anipli, al though atinc nj a mo*'. <1.????'ht?? heart in illicit the aerpeiil tooth of remnr*e might j have dug deep wound*, vet Ivire trac?* j of true noliilitv 11linenviieuie rot only heapohe m>t who had hei I ler dava, hut n|an nii<< with intellect and j Ifnijnii* to tread 11 *? path* of arienoe ! and n?efu'ne?a ami lie a guide ami a light to others. At thi* moment the whoop of a driver waa fnii.tlv heard, and never did j the strains of dialaut melodv o ore i>re'e ! fully salute rnv ear*. Ila?ti!v taking from ' my pocket a In noli ??liioh my appetite, ' iiwiny to the situation of affairs, had no' demanded, I laid it hv the aide of the atranger, whore rnrdiiinn and demeanor | I deeply en I mi *? 1 inr o v it) pai hv and | intercut, tilling Mm ! waa to leave 1 I.nt wnuM noon return. I momped mv itKfiiI Bleed, which had Blond h11 i?<j;' i . in happv uncnnaeinuaneaa ?>f tli termra i that had aaaailed Ida rider. and ?ei Mil in { ij'ieat of the cow.driver Anhnnr'aram Ide carried ina to him ? prevailed on him ' to follow :ne t - the place i.f inv niohl'a lodging. A mv aoliciiaiion and offer* of ; aoia'ance on the war, the Mranger, .till penaiva and aad, agreed to accmnpanv u* lo aoine human habitation. The guide ] conducted u? along * narrow lilind path ! ahout ten inilea to a litde l>nt on the ahirt ' of the hammock-". There we hotli reated and received auch refreahnienta aa the p'ace cou'd alT?rd, I. conchid-ng not to return* nit j<??>rn??y ti'1 the next H*r, beg I yed the oonUjuri, weerr pl^rim for the j tory nf hi* lite. II* replied in ub*tenr* a*'follow* ;? ; ''The reeitel, niv friend. np*n? to me 1 efrrrh the fountein* of pein end M(t*r ! ne**, hut the tele met h* briefly t??1d ; KouM In heeven it could he nwrpt in'o eternel oblivion. 'Look not to mournful j Iy et ire eitli thy event te*ifu| rye?, O thy ?pirit of the p*?l J' The V l'eg* of C in the northern pnr< of Tex**. i* ; the piece of mv netiriiy, end the home j of my youth?the on'* i?re*n ?p?v in the wild weote of the p**t. Titer* over hill nd dele, emid petrimooiel nek* 1 gem ' bo'ed in innocence end g'ee. There et the Iso'y hour* nf ere. e pio.ie mother of | ever hlecaed memory imported to in* l*>* rone of piety end truth, which, though | here etreted fer from the pethe of recti lade, etid toiinded the ln?e*t d*p'h? of , Iniquity, have rot l?enn effaced from re. tnemhranre, and bare not ceaaed. in mi calmer moment* to awaken reeolittiona of amendment. Affluent circumstances enabled my fa?her lo fire m? tlte benefit of tbe be*t aehoole of the ! ?"') ; but- ala?! "How empty Wniinp. bow vain la art But m it wend* the life, but as it guide* the j Wit* I did not du'y appreciate the true end of duration, which it the formation of char Ctor ; and character ia dentin?. Feeling not the aharp apur of neeeaoiv ursine ma to notion, 1 yielded lo the eedneemenfe of pl^eaur* and frivolit?, loitered and frolicked with gay, boon companion*, parlook with them of fthat waa regarded ao iedex of boepitality ?tbe fata' cup. enlen I od the grog-hop, acrnae whose thre*?.ho d inoet of all that pa?a leave hope behind, end hid adieu io all that,ia ear red in in ocoeee, to all that ie pricel-ea in charae Ut, boooote laauiuu it> the f awtblmg ( room Mini other dena of ftollntiou. In j orde* to escape the rebuking looks of f'it?iitU who had rherished for ma high ll 'JUS <d hot O' Hod UMifll'tli'M , IO H-CHpe the 'earful dmrentie* of a mother, and the Yearning ei|M>etii1ations of a father, I aha' doned home and sought refuge, wuhi ou? their knowledge, in (hi* distant State, where 1 have heen roving five long drea? r\ tenia, from village to village, an oh j jert of gihes and j"*'s, coittempt and (?uf? fets, tq iandering nearly evert thing that j f coiihl gain or heg for wltiakev ; trhi.iL'f'/ that has Wrapped One ill the ll one- ol hell, and begotten in me a lh r>t more itt> a vtiahle. more >iiriii?iiiitig than that which , tli* ("*mi?li*.| traveler mi t'lp |)?rclt ' inwr *an?l? of Kir\ p?, to |>i*rc* lii* witit ) ntni ?uck tin r pfroni Iti* I if*'* I ?lo- -?i .** "M\ *v- f*'l on ? pir??j?ripli in a tie*# f.appr h f* >v 11?v* nii-c* Hinting tfmt my . iiiiitln-r, af it h long lingering i!lne?* litmig' t nn I v gtipf f-?r Inr loat, iiitnin. | pm a e noli, liail (niitl'l r?-fngp ill ill* grav*; ! i'i ill* aam* paragraph wa* an nrgfiit | r-fj'i?*?t t>? hiiv nn* wlio might Impugn in j know of mv w hvrpahotit * In imphirp nip j I v tit* gray l..?ir?. hv tin* forrnwpil hrow, liv ill* toppling frantp ntnl hv the an gtti*l.pi| lo-ait of a father to return to th* Iomiip of to v vontll Tlii* la*t a |ip*a I tmit'liM'1 tli* rlarprst *pring* of illv natm*, an-l I ip?o v?o| one* n?or* that if it l>p j po??i|?|p, to atjtir* tli* cup. I am now ! t't ii-ff t<? inmv to tli* Gulf, ? I.pip ! I wn? t to take ahip for Oa'vpHton. wIipucp. j I li-pa noon to I-* nlil* to reach mv father | a'ol titer* aperd ?? at f*w remaining ilay* j mov li? allottp<| In tliia waiter] foim, in ' I I'-rrni ii anil repent * no*," Thou li ani|c<l?i ).n<Ih ili?? returning t>r adirn invoking th* find of inrr cv totttrarg lii? r?**n'v*. Diiconrae on a Ball. ur rmrir *iki \V?? want ?n tl.f iliinrr ? I)?-l>l'ia and I. I "ant forth tick at* wt?rafr?-? and ??fri-ahm*-n* grat'* ; aha want forth with an iron will to dance or di*. Ro'in onr liHHfla wara mad* to Wat in qimk har nioiiv ?ith tit* awcMing ttraiiii of tl a Ivinjo. \V* wart np??ii tla floor and I | | cannot t?M whaihar mv haa.l rntV.I, mv hawrt mclad, or mv ff?*t roe'ad; p-rh?p* I m?*!ad m 11 ovf, 1 )fli|iip i?low I I like ilia reflection of a niiiiincr moon in a ImirnniiM mod pmld'a. O, thai I ha>l the month of t pnin'er, the p?n of an i fator, ilia i*,k of a *o!die?r. and tl a powder of a port, that I inx'it ilrtftilif her Haven ringlet* fl ??*? ! in nmat ! W aV?> Ullhll 1i?r killian .t.n.il.l.... . I... 1 I r - "" "" | Ir.,i.H orha l.?*me.l heMiitifnlli forth from ] it fire of I illy white ; front her m??nf li I glittered pearMke ivory? precious as that to-i'le front tu*k of elephant or liurn of rhiuneernii* ; her cheek was pure and fair H* an unsunned snoa ; and Iter nni# ? oil. pollt ! Time flew and we danced | Hilt o'd So', wrothy that no ntnrli plea* ! tJre *11011111 he granted to mortal*. knock I ed impiii'ht^ at 11> gate* of the E*?t. I lie threw tit* luminous light ?thw?rt the I earth, *tnl 1 escorted I>r>l*l>i?> liitnir, 'II * Ilt?* Pawn's early light' ! looked upon her f irv form. Our night's dissipation had done its work, Jfer raven ringlets" re minted in* of a lot of Hologn* sausages 1 hanging in a grocery; her "lustrous nrh?" | were dill) as lead and many lime* heav i *r ; her "flittering ivory" had lost it* pesr'y wniiene?st and had taken the gor genu* |.||?t of the rlandeiion; every drop | -- .-m i. i j ? - ?- pi? |...?.n.n, ni> > tin k'r>i no?n >imi cheek, haoamn the ploughshare of d*?- j 'ruction and p'avrnl mi havoc aith rk'n* a'arch and rompVx'oii powiljf J l>iit her ! ehe h*d r-xiglit h deepera'* bad j colli. I have nothing more to mf. T | pent the day io a'aep and meditation ? And thtia I meditated. Beauty it a frail doner. IIami'? tenderly, or it ?itl ?ilt inm*"ter. K?en while you, adtnirinc, ga*e ufv>n ii, it fadea atar, The Kioht Wat to JmavE Thrm.? The fcelma Timet eay? "A certain voting g ntleman emiaaarr, 'mm Yankeedom, pa?a?d through the Count v of Atmon, a elmrt time ainre, i vending tickets or certificate* to lit* ne j grot*, ?Inch ho told them would entitle | each holder to fortv aerea of lanrl. II I aol<| a large nnmUr to the negroea along hi* route at fifty cenu each. The eegroea, i however, heenmieg nMured that thev had been awindled, purem-d the acoondre', overtook Mm. made him reftrnd the mon ef, with an additional flftv rente in each e?ae, and then drew hie al.irt, when thev proceeded to admh.Mter a aevere flogging ' upon hia hack. This done, thev allowed him to go on hia wa? rejn:eifg." Why ie a chicken firai hatched like the foreona*! of a vr?ael f Tlecaoae be ta for wgrfl ike (Main batch. j I :iNo Monuments." Sheridan's War Upin the Nible Dead "So monument* in'i'X'I'ii tnfMnmi,mor*(e the rebellion will be pi'rmiiiwl to lie erected." Itc. ? By oreUr of Slajor Otn. I*. II Shmdan. Brxve oli! Iiel -nd 1 bow it *lr ke? loona to tlie heart* t>f tho*e wlio regard lliee witli filial luVo hi llit ir mother coiintrvto find iiHin*** illu? rio'i9 in t|?v Htiinila ever n??oriMt?d wiiJi unwortliy deed*. 'No monument* per.tinted." 0 cavalry Shtridan ! Why d'd v?m not remember the lend o! tour filler* ore vnu profaned lie name yon bear by H'tfttini; that oider making war upon the noble (lend f ? Before entering on your on* q til a'roff^le with th* "opirit that net-kit l" glmitv the iebel|iiiii,M wliv d -I tint not through soiriM good Yankee mniium call op dm unquiet ghost* of ti l the ilfxpulii, die riant-.genet*, the L ncantem, the Y'-rk*. il ? Tudor*, the Stuart*. the lirun* wick*. and. morn I>rutmI Mian nil, lii** republican I'rnntwell ? who f"f seven cetiturea have huen trv it>g In deal widi the ?a'iie "spirit" llint, thank find I *till live* in desolated, imi poveridied Kr ii ! Ilavo \iiii no family iraditiorut of rebt/s in whom voii glnrt ? or do V"H, perch*nri?, liiiml llinl yur k'tt-lred *fre loyal Irinli, of that ch?** which Tutu Miii?fn d e i u itnred n? "that meanest 1 )iit:?hii ami Iiiah li'thtnan f' | I > ] vmi n*-?er hear frnin h fadier'* lip* the ntnrv f thn?e chiiht!?* none of Erin whom ,4no inniiuinfiil" cmtime-norate*, li|(( lo whose memory altar* are ere.-ted in million* n( hear'* that glorv iri-otfering toil ill* re?cential lioinagu conqueror* nfivrr rei e'?? ? the worshipping love due to thus* who to '.lie lil'n of hern w trl the morn *acred one of martyr. lla*e ton nnvi-r lingered tir?ii|r h dear mother, hour bv hour, livening with hre*thle?* interest to f.hl legend*, heard in her childhood hen with ?n e*L'er little hand ?he t?*t hv km ln?h fire-iiln *nd hmtiyhi in l.er it*?? ( it inemorv t?? tl>*< N-w World In delight Ki<d in^trnet her children in (urn, end in apire thein with flowing love for the dear o'il land, tnortidetr for it* end iitTrriiii;*, for llinl ihe rovnl ?limH*??i? that ?nce circled il? hrow m re placed hf the rro?n of thorn* i l>id too never hend with pli'tening e\e hixI tli rnhhing hrow over Emmet'it 'n?i nt'eerh, and feel, ?*hi'e every nerve whi quifer<nc, that no monument could "commemorate" li> * rebellion 'ike Ilia proud reqneat to the world for "ill* chnrtt? of it* ailenrn I" the lohjr pint wlioae firv and h-p? not k!I the tvnuit'e power cou'd qt-nch, liiimin; forth in 'he imD**?mrted nppenl : "Let mv tomh remain unin*ct h-d tmiil other time* and other ineo can d i?i*fice to my character When ntv coun'rv l*ke? her place among the nations of the earth, then. wnii nnl till then, let my ep:,At<h l>? ?rit'en." And It a l>ui><]r?-<l inonumcnU li<>re aloft t!> nam* and im? age <*f the young inarlxr hero, how tmiiH the hs'iifea 'hey cou.d inspire compar el wiih those sronaed when fine "sad esi'e of Krin." with the Ircinuloui Iurm An<l earnest palho* of a full heart, chants the simple lament for the uncnmniemo ra'ed : "O breathe not hi* n?m?! let it sleep in the shade. Where cold and tinhonorcd hie relic* are laid ; Sad. silent, and <la k he the tear* thut we shed. Ah the night dew that f.lla on the grass o'er his head. But the night dew that fall, though in silence It weeps, Will brighten with eerdure the graee where he sleeps. And the tear that we shed, though in secret It roM', Will long keep his memory green in our souls." "No monuments 'o commetnora'e the late r*i-elltofi l* Ah! it need* none.? nr.-. - ?* imi m nnment. though lof-y a* Si i P?-?cr'i? Home at?H imtwirhah'e aa the Pvrami la, ronM worthily eommtmnr^t* that tehellion f N<>r, although Heapotiam ill hold mmmanHera "atrictlv re?pnn?U hie for the f?Hhfi|l rx?ruti<>n of thia orHer, ill ihe rebellion cea?e 'o he t<?nw?nii orateH Yon mav crn?h the frail g?rma of wh?t ton eall "returning Inanity;" it in hot a little plant, lmr.lv hv nature, feeh'e from eonlinUMl ill naage. rtrving patiently to root baelf in n narrow rlefl ol the waya-He rock; the ann pntirahia corrhiotf raye full upon it. co'H i?He chill enH fierce tempera prneirate it ; meekly it beare the D'tileee aiorm. bravely lift* Ite heaH when a lull enanea; it la alerting apain into more y-g >roua growth. Wtitn, I * r*r?t?M foot I op hrnahM it r?tl*l? mM?. Aptio th# atur rfr li t'# tKint mm** to root ii*?lfmor* flrmtr in it* doubtful pUe* of rofttf*, * poor *h*it?r *t h#a?, offering littl* pro twtioo ?hm4 mo 4Ut*ring c?ra. T*t ti tkrivM, kt*i brfiM to th ok of eewtiog oat lit ti* rootU** i?a hoWUr voMtorofor lA-wliW lei e herd of c?Ut* frW*f t 4* '.d ? .4t\ , by mult nee It go out of their way to tor"?>cnt it; ?om? snatch rudely *1 it# frfest leave*, others crush it against the herd rock wi'lt their cru*l ho./*. Sorei j lv it cannot surviie this at'ack ; itss'a'k i? l.prsed and bent, it* leaves wilt ; it j lies the'" * helple**, pro*tra<e, perishing tiling But no! lite root is yet sound; ! a frtendlv shower revives it; again the i brave lil'le plant puts forth i's energies; | the *'em, that had been gri wing Si> t all j and vigorous, !? broken linpeles?'v. but [ side shno:s peep out, and soon budding tell of it* perseverance snd stir? ) ces*. It is living still! Hedged >n from I IIih handle** or hostile, nurtured w'th i the least nhn>? of loving care, it mitfl-t ! jin* 10 h t.idile tree, riirmlin; it* ?r|- ' j com** ehe'rvr far arui wde; hul, evpn?e?l i hn<I uiifHr^H for, ev?-rv moment ihhv **? ? I it tramp'eil upon and crushed hevoud all j | possibility of resloralion. Hut "the spirit v?11ioll seek* to ttlorify" a righteous rHlur, j | pli< ging to the living who ennoble and I j ilia dead who sanctify i'?'hat spirit j immortal a* the soul itself, horn of the : | free, unoinq larshie will that acknowl- j ' edge* but ooe M <ate?? how vain tho I power of innti to tame it. "Seek to bind The chaiuleea and unhidden wind , Oppose the torren t'a headlong courae. And turn aaide the whitlwind'a foice; Hut derm not that the mighty mind ill cower before the blasts of h tte. Or quail at dark and c-attsales* ill ; For thoug'iall etir l>e desolate, n iuon|i4 1101 Ire-n it* high mute ? A Maiiu* 'mill the iuiiia itill." Slmr-ee, indeed, would it be if ili* SoU'li. after giving to ttie p?ge of himorv j a story unmirpsiocd, if equalled, in the world'* annal*?a racoril where lbs purest oairiolein, the noblest courage anri ilia ino-t heroic endurance, ihe proudest mtri? butea of insn mid woman's in.tut winning excellence? nil blend like tlie hue* of the | rainbow to form an *reli of /lorv I list will span the Southern ?kv while time endure* ? if ?he were the firm to Inscribe there the terrible story of m people'* tie ^fHiln'mn ; to tell tlmt *he alone union/ he many conquered nations no un*or thy of the nohie blood free-y poired out in her defence, *ince at '.lie bidding of | authority now could meekly Inuh her U j inennumni and mi'ogle*. mid rmurnt thru | I her /rave*?the dearest possession* re j | insuring to her?should he neglected. and | i1 e memories that cluster around ihem forgotten. No! the South can never . cease to honor her glorious dead Thnogh j poverty-? hardest of mm er* ? inay join ! witli Government officials to forbid the i | erection of t'?e mttiunriitU she vearns to see p er?:e Iter gunnv telling to the ' world her hero*' gh-ry and Iter gratitude, v*t the grandest, most enduring mono| " V tnon* is their*. IIunit?'e in %j l>? the re?t? ; | ing place of the Confer) em I a soldier, urn \ marked his lowly mound ; hut mround it ] I twine the tendereat, proudest feelings of j ; millions of true hearts. Thither oomea Ins gallant comrsde, no longer wearing | the grog, hut treasuring in his uncot-quer | ed so il the loftr pride ami love of country . tlie> kept hint faithful through cold and ! hunger and hardship, the heart that | thru).hed fearless and free lieneatlt the rigged emv jacket; tha nnb'e matron j who with Spartan firmness and Christian gent leness, has gl**U Iter first horn Slid liter youngest darling to their country; ! the gentle m-iden who has forced smiles n\the tre-uS ing lips that hade a.lieu to a-t hoeore I father, an idn'ijed brother g >>ng forth to the tented fie d ; the losing hnde whose holiest earthly affections were la d unshritikirgly, a wr.rthv sacrifice, on L .. t . . - ' n-r rowiTV * H"*r ; (it mil# child, proud i lit retn^mheriiu; ua soldier f?th?r, and i inciivi-lV 11(tailing it* nierrv r?raiiU at ; I aii?ht of the ureen hillock, In aek in eofical tones i' tlii? Is a poMier*' erme. Oh ! , while such m?urnnri hrinu li e bean's J , own tribute*, what need ha* ha of other j memorial 1 A I'd *hat monument, though , glie'enm/ with marhle and d'rj'ing with j gold, ?n beautiful and touching aa the floral decoration* a who's peop'e unita 10 otter to their departed heroe* | Beanti i fnl custom, honoratds alike to the living and ilia dead. Bright flowers, the fittest offering At the lomh of tho hreve and true, The purest thing* fron. aaith that spring, Impeerled with heaven's dew. Fair flowers, ye hold wPhln vowr cup, The l?vl*h gffte of R?uW?> rn akleeHere yield year gathered eweetaees np. Here eprwad yosr rainbow dyes. Wlnd f>nd*y round the ketlowed epot Where ehildhood'e esnnv treesne were, And manhood *e?nt ?od ?>.> At the Confederal#'# gr* . Oh t ihoae grave*? thoee grave*! ? Well ma* tvrann?, thovgh *ne**ae?l m at eel, triumphing irao'ently ?.f#r the U* f?g4 *?o?>o?4 |i? wtinlw y*w,lnnMi j i nt thought of their nilrRt, motion!e?? ten* j nn'S. Well it know* that "Freedom hath arisen. Oft from statesmen's strife, Oft from battle flashes, Oft from hero's life, Ofteue-U from Uia sabes I" "No monument* 1" 1'erltap* it is a* ? e'l, and the Confederate people e?e;njj I on the oncommeuinrated grave* of their I martyrs, iiihv fe"l with the prophet bard J of younij Ireland at the grave of Wolfe I Tone; "In Bodenatown churchyard thare in a green I KrA*?'. And fr.-ely around it let winter's wind rave ; | Far better th< j tuit him?the rain auu the ! gloomTill Ireland, a nation, can build him a tomb." M. L M. j [From the Atlantic (O.) Monitor.] A Dream Real'Zjd?An Ingenious Sw'ndle. Soma lime during last summer n ' rHnfi-r stopped st m firm house in 1'ars [ township, in this county, and asked per, ! m-ssion to n'ny over night, which was I re-?cl ly granted hv the hospitable furmer, | A couple of hours H^inr retiring for t*>? n-ght, the stranger was taken suddenly and violently ill. and for several days whs apparently deranged. On his recovery he inform?d hie host that during hie ill n-s* he had dreamed lltree nights in sue c?eeion that he had discovered in ? certain ravine near 'he house, under a rock, an earthen crock containing a large amount of silver. At this the old gentleman expressed surprise, and spoke of it as being a very mysterious dream. Afterwards, however, they were tva'king together in that section, and the dream wa? aga:n adverted to bv lh?? elranger. An exami nation *h at once propped by tbe farm er. to aathftf their curiosity. The root *m aoon found, end afer brushing the leave* carefully **?V, it mti removed, end, to their utter atnaxemenl, there sat a crock full of silver. Thev fonk it nut, end ennvered it eecre'elt* to the houee, end on examination it w*?, found to Con tnin $400. which they agreed to divide equally between them. The d*v af-er thu d'aroverv, as the stranger wur ahont to lake his leave, he complained to liis benefactor of the inconvenience of carry ing en much silver. when en exchange w-?* proposed, the stranger receiving $2f>0 in greenbacks for hie ahere of the coin, a'lver then being Ht a premium of aliont fifty per cent. It wh* not long after ti e > departure of hi* guest, however, till none host made another duenvery?his $400 in silver dm counterfoil; and lie had thus been ingeniously swindled out of $250. The nory ?m kept quint for eev eral months. but It fi ihIIv leaked out, and we now gitre it to our reader* precisely a* we beard it. A Sensible Negro. T W. V. Pennington writes a letter to Mr. Gree'ey, which would do credit to a white man, and shows that he has a more thoughtful mind than many of his white associates. lie has been for nearly thine years a student of American politics and theology, as thev hear upon the righ'sof h's race, and has been reeogniz ed aa en "advanced thinker." AuJ here it one of his opinions; "American theology, together with our edura"onal and industrial systems, have undergone changes ol i?r???%t magnitude But our politic* te vet a problem. We re serni'tnW-.'ary Government since the late war, end. like anci-nt R >me, we ere till drtf.ing empirwward. Nothing but the li>tn>l of God nt the be' 111 of Government can save u? frotn the breakers of anarchv or military despotism. The ne*t Presidential term of iliie Government will he the most important since it began to be ? Government. Shell we yet see an armed i?*u* between the Executive end Congress I Shall we vo the Executive asserting hie constitutional right to Coin maud the artoy and navy, At. f We may." Such beiog hit opinion at to the con dition of the country, we tire noteurprised that he gives hie colored brethren the fob lowing good .advice; o ww.i. >k. .? umv ??v viimv* r*m rrcunnncun ?. i let wn re unit*, reorganise, and viiicmo our f?miliee, and prepare will for the din charge of political do tie# wbeo ueoeieit y require#/' My dear boy," aaid * young !?Jw to* precoci >u? youth ofais'eeo, "Joe# tour father deugn you should tread the intricate *od th-wney path# of the minittry.or rrvH amid the flowery find# of litcrateref? ''No, niarm, dad eat a he'agote' 10 eet ore ?o % oyi * tbo Uflpt $*W" AGRICULTURAL, How to Utilize Cotton Seed. Editors Roctiibrs Ccltivaxor :?The aggregate quantity of cotton seed annually raised in the South is a property of no inconsiderable value; and the question, how to use this property to thb best ad* vantage, should be understood by every planter. In the fust place he should know that the hull which surrounds the nteel or kernel is woody tissue hardened, and of little more value as food for stock than sawdust. As it pays a farmer to have a machine for separating corn fro:n cobs, the latter being of small value, so it YTiH |)m? me planter ?im raises a thousand bushels of cotton seed. to have a hulling machine for decorticating bis *eed,whetb* pr it is exported, or consumed by stock on tbe plantation. I do not know the preaent price of this machine; it is manufaci lured tri Cincinnatti. There is a large per centage of oil in the meat cf cotton need; and it is profits' ble to express a good share of it by a bvdraulic or screw press before feeding the ree l to bogs, cattle or sheep. In the sb'srco of these advantages for turning j co'ton seed to tbe best account, care ! should be taken that its oil equals oil in com, pound for pound by proper use in imHiiiK in oNcnn, near or million. 'I'his I is the morn important, an oil being only carbon, ami the element* of water has no value as a fertilizer. Cation seed like corn and oilier seed yields most nourish [ ment when cooked. When boiled, pqd boiling hot, add a little corn meal to a | pot or two of cotton need, and the heat | pcaUk the meal, while tlie meat greatly improves the taste and value of the seed lor making pork or other meat. Ooa woud produce meat and rich manure rapidly, by feeding hogs boiled cotton ! seed and peas mixed in equal parts, witht | nut any corn or meal. All such food j should be duly seasoned with salt. I There is a cotton g;n driven by water j power on a farm that joins mine; and winter before last mv sheep and hoga ' were kept on tliia seed during the winter ! months. The sheep did better than the | lings. By anltir.g cotlon aped, stock quick | learn to eat it raw or boiled. It yield* ! while butter, but imparts, when moderate* t ly fed to cows, no unpleasant taste. In feeding cows in the winter, cotton seed harmon-zea well with corn, fodder, hay and eood straw. With cut feed, cotton seed cake, (the need imported maiqly from Egypt) ia largely fed to fattening | bullock* in England. Such oake made i from hulled need ia perhaps the richest known cattle food, and the roost concen* i tra'ed vegetable manure. The loss in I ... | fertilizing properties on passing cake or ; whole seed through the bodies of fartr. stock in a mere trifle. Ererv thing grown, not needed for better paying purposes, should, if possible,form meat, butter and cheese, wool or the flesh of horsea and mules. By carefuMv pursuing this farm I eronomv. one will incidentally nrnd?i/?w I ' ' " I large amount of excellent manure. At ! the annually irrigated bottom* of the NUe : send* abroad vast quantities of grain end J aftfda without detriment, no there art j Urge bottoms and swamps >n the South equally capable of Rupplving corn, peat and co'ton seed to upland planters, from j which, like English farmers, they can ! make their land the most productive in i the world, and such quantities oI provi* ( sions, such heap* of cotton and wool, M will rejoice every philanthropic heart. It is neither a fib nor a fable to say that ou# oily cotton seed is the natural type of that I fatness and plenty which naturally belong ; to Southern agriculture ; which invitee at j once our practice as the noblest of all arta, ; and our study as the highest of all human ' B*ieoc?*. j It, like "truth crn?hed to earth, will rise again? Tin- eternal years of (iod are bar's." j Gap Creek, Tenn. D. LEE. Tiunriko Fruit CRors?Wo one* heard a succeatful raiter and marketer of poachea aay, that by thinning tbe crop to about one iltiid or one fourth its ordinary number* on loaded tree*, ha ?n still able to obtain a* maay baahele a* before, on account of the increased nite, and to obtain triple price During an abundant eaeon. hi* neighbor who neglected thinning, found it difficult to got fifty ceaia per buthel, while he aold bit readily at % dollar and a half. All tree* that overbear, and all treaa that barn defect!v# fruit, eitbar frona the etteekn of fneecta or otberwiae, w?W l-a oiucb improved in thf quality uf their crops by timely thinning ? remembering always to pick off the ao<> reel >p?cimene and leave the beet.? R?en the apple crop, which (e cheaper end more abundant than fnnat other*, thonld not he nag leeted.?iMhauy (\J> Hwftr. , 'o.t ot i t? J J ?B"i I) f d ilier