The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, September 04, 1867, Image 1
" the Lancaster CcDgn\
VOLIMR XVI. LANCASTER C. H., S. C., SEPT., 4, 1867. NUMBER SO..
0RIC1N.IL STORY..
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"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.
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