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I. ! A Family .Newspaper : For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests. -J Terms $2.50 at Year VOLUME XIX. : LANCASTER, S. 0., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 187!. NUMBER 52* - 1 I MM. ? ? v / ; ir a i) vk it ris K.?/ kx ts. Import.nit to House Keepers. Ill A VK now in store u largo supply ??f fine Mountain Hutter and Dried l-'ruit, which will he offered very low furnish. ("all an<l see it at the Lancaster < 'cmfirlloiien-. Now lluck Wheat Flour, Northern White Heaus and Onions, for sale at the Lancaster Confectionery. Dried (lerman Cherries, at the Lancaster < Ninfrctioncry. January ii'i, 1S7L NO IT 11 <\\H0L1N A ? A iinrirsftr. 1 ? V 1). A. WILLI \ MS, Judge of the .1 J Court of Pllil.;.I.. Whereas, Willis C?rej?ory lias applied to me for Letters of Administration on at 11 ? ??! wi n $jf i ) o i* t |i?< ?r*? -? !? mikI -1 **- % riuhtdhnd e.iv.lil- ?f William Harris, lale of the eoiinlv aforesaid, ilewits'd. T liege an*, tlicrefori!, to eite ami aditionisTi all ami singular, the kindred nlid creditors of the said Mei-eased to lie mi l abjiear before me at our next I'roI?at? tiourt for the said eonnty. to !?< holdea at Laneu-ter Court House, on the l'ihdav ot February next, to show cause,?1 f any, why the said administration sbou M not tie granted til VKN under my hand and seal, this lath day of January. in the year of ntir Lord 1N71, ami in the Stotli vettr of tlie independence of the I'nitcd Sfales of Ameriea. I>. A. WILLIAMS, J I'. L. C. Jan I'd?'Jt. \tiKN I S Wanted - *:2'>d a inoul h i ? hy tin- Ameriean Knitting Mileliilie t o., ito-toii, Mass., or Si. Louis. Mo. \\f A'l'CII FltHte, ami i-dn o ?/</?/srov. '? and no iiumhiie. Address LATT ,? I i \ l?:.. I ? <>., I lll>MUI'."!l. I >1. |NII>IW SA I.IOSM ION \vti111?.*<I --Business linnm:ili|ia. No competition. I.literal pay jriV -n. S. \V. Kennedy. N S. 4tli St., Ikl il:t<Ii*l|>11i 11. l'a. jau'i'ilw \ HUNTS -Mule and Female *KHI a a\ week -*kj per cent. and $"2V'i"0 in eii?.h prizes. I ntormat ion free. Address Ai(i<*rteaii Hook lij William street. New York. janJllw 0 ."-x to sjn |M>r itay ami no risk. D? O* t want a situation as salesman, at or near Inline, to introduce our new 7 strand U'hifr ItVre Ctntfir* I,in> ? hi fast fort > ) . I><m't iiiim* Uiechiino', Sntn|ile free. Address, /fmlmin, /i'ir? r H'/'/v llorh, 77 W in St. N. Y. or 1?1 Dearliarn St., ('liiea^o. 111. jairJ'ilw 'IMIIO M A<? It' COMII will chantre 1 any eolorecj hair or la'tird to a |K?rliiani nt hlaek or liinwti. It contains no poison. < >nc coiiih sent hy mail tor >1 Dealer* supplied at reduced rates. A I'Iivss, Wi.i. Button, Trias Sprimrllehl, Mass. JanJtUw 1 SSI 10 D. January l?t. 1N7I. "ltio I ('Imice ."Select ions No.cotitainiitir the lie-t new tlilnirs for Ihelnniatinn, Ueeitalion, ?Ve. Brilliant Oratory, Tliriliin>r Sentinirotal, ami Spark linir II umor, I' i paifes, Paiier, Hi) cents, elnt li 7o ets. Ask your hook seller for it, or end priee to 1'. t Snirctt ik Co.. Philadelphia, i'a. jati-'ilw UJ A N'l'IOD ? A cents, i 'id /nr tltiff, \ to sell the eelehrateil llomeShutl!e Sew li|o M.ieliitie, litis the ??</(/ Jttti, makes till* (alike on I ot h sides t ami is fuHtf ti'-rmo tl. The I < et ami ehen|K.*r?t family Sewing Machine in the market. Address, John r.' ll. ? lilllX It * <?., IVI'Ulll, .Mill!'., I'll I l.uiyh, I'u., Cliii'iixo, 111., or SI. Louis, Missouri. iairii'4\v THEA-NECTAR ( eat Atlantic aiol I'acitle Ten Co..* 4'hureh St., Now York, 1*. (). Ilox Vturt Solid for Thea-Xectnr Circular. jmi'Jilw \GKNTS wanted for tin* History of < Soil's t'huroli, I?v I'rof. F.uooh Fend, I>. I>. From Adam to the presold day, I,i>rht business. For mm and ladles ovorvwlicre. (iooil pay. Send for oiroular it toiler MeCurdy, I'hilailolpliia, I'ii. jau.iHw (i KN. iiKI1). Now ready?the jjroat * stmndnrd work of the day. The Life and Times ot (Son. U. F-. Lea-, with a full record of the eumpaiirn- and heroic deeds of his ('omtiniiioiis in Anns : l?y a distinguished Southern Journalist. . The Life of (Jen. Loo is here uivoii full of finds of interest never liefnrv puldished. 8-Vi |Kigos and 110 life-like Stool Fnicravines. Frloe $-1 7o. Slot) jst nioiilli made l>v Disabled Soldiers and aotivo men ami women selling this work. K. I). Thkat & ?'o., JMildi.-lier*. ii"d Hmadway, Now York. jauJo4w Kl-:i>rCTr'>N of prices to conform to - ltoduotio,. of Duties. Great Saving to ooiisnineie, I>> urt11iiu up ?lu!w Send for our New York Price List ami a elnh form w ill arooinpauy it.onntuinitic full direetionw?making a lartpe ?avinu to consumers and romuiionitivo to ?-iiii> orimiii-s**rM ? ... ... ... r< t?nr..? I t\ ?l 1.1(1" ? \x Tka <Vt? HI nml 3H Vt-wy Nlnvt, Ni'W York. I*. O. Ilox .VHH. 'jan'-fbtw LIKK AND CAMPAIGNS OF GEN.R.E.LEE Tliv ixiiy /no llvlltir Mil t I'lllrltll I5iography of tho Orcnt (Miii'flain. Ilit jm/tufnrlfi/ at)ft f/rrtif value art uth Ktril by lift- utile of fiver UU.OtlO mpit * a Ireful if. (1.WTION -Old ami Infi riur Mvm J of Oou. Iii* an- iK-inx circulated. jt?i:?? that the iMMikH you buy Hit endon*)il by all tlm lending OoTieril* mnl prnfuinent men of the South, nml thai ohcIi yopy |? wcotupnitictl by n foipeih lithographic portrait officii. b*, on n sheet 10 Mini J4 Inolu*, suitable for framing ; ;i ropy of which we hnyo instructed our H?i'iiti to prcaont to every HiilMcrilH-r for thin work. Agent* .Wanted - Send for circulars ami our ternu*. and a full <lc*criptIon of the Work. Addren*. Nntioniil l*ntili*hinjr o., Philadelphia, I'm., Atlanta, On.. t'iiiriniiuttl, Oltlo, or St. IiHIiIh, Missouri. jan'JUw fHiiim in no nrwnrii I Uy sending OtJeantn with aw, height, injorof eye* ami hair, you will receive, by return nmll, u eorTrrt picture of your Puturw wife or ipiabnmt, with nut no ami date of marriage. A1111re?* \V. FOX, 1*. O. Drawer, No. ill L'..D- il%- %* ' - r uu?nn iiki, jr. HocZZiw [For 1110 Lancaster I><lKcr.] i The Farm. 1 1 It NO. IV. r IIAUVUvn:?<i Willi AT A>I? O.VTA. \Vr Imvc now nrri . *?<! iWilrlv ?1 ' the last of May, ami our wheat ami '' oat* require our attention. We a!-, ways endeavor to rut a little on tlie j n i green onler. As much valunblo time J ! woulil lu lost 1>v hauling up, ami ^ ! housing our wheat at this busy sen- I j son, ami as then' are now threshers j ' which we can get to eomo into our j . Hi'IiIk mwl ikruiiti it fur us tfti'r ! crops arc laid by. all that is access*. : J rv is to stock it, that it will not he injured l?v rain. We here give our J i mode of styrking, ami it ha? thus ' I hitherto been kept almost jierfectly | 1 MM-ure. As fa<t as it is cut down j ! ami put into higncs, we gather them I j up and place them together, so that ! ther may be two dozen for every j j stock. M e then set up two*agaiu-t \ j j t\ri?. until we get twenty-six in each j row, ail leaning toward the centre, [ [ and against each other, leaving an i j opening bctweey them so that the i air innv freely pas* through. We j then stnn I up four more on each . J | side, just opposite the centre of the (fust row, leaving four good bigues lor caps. w e then take oim of rj > hiiriteH, I lnvc the hand nrflr the huts a* it will hear, ami open it wa ll | ' [ ami place it oil one. of tlm eiul* of ! the stork, tlio rcnsaininj* three are ! likewise placed upon the other three ! ends. We then keep the top ' part of them lightly together. draw! ititf up from the outside of the top \ of eaeh of these four caps, ei^ht or ; ten straws, making thetn meet over j the centre of the stock, tie thetn j' : with a tew straws, ami our stoek i* ! eomplctc?ami it w ill take more than i an ordinary wind to hlow them ofl". , . M . I.ast year we had four hundred do/.j en thus stocked, which remained in ; the Held until the last of August, ' ami withstood all the heavy ruins, | tieinjj very lilt te dunutfged. We stuck j I our oat crop in the same way, lint as i thev arc ueiicrallv for feed, it is prej t * 1 , |1 feralih' to haul thetn up, for they will | ^ | not turn* oil' the water as well as wheat. It iio\v beino a little over' three weeks since we first started in . to plough eur corn the first time, and this hcino as hmo as our crop j should stand without work, we pro ! COOll t? till' n i wokkixt. or orn corn rur se> '?ni? t tiwk. I We now find a port ion of our corn , ! from eight to t wcl\v inches high, and ^ ; not wit hstanding it is nmv making i roots rapidly. it lias not sent out many of them very far oil* yet, ami i we Imvo no f irs of injuring it much Iiv close plowing this tiinc. \\ c again lay aside our single plow ^ | stocks that we have liecu last using | ^ in new-grotuids. anv bring up our i <1otihle plows ami choose four large- j ? sire grabs, or half size side shovels, j also lonjf. Wo run these ilccp, and , a* clone as we can, laying the dirt j well up against the corn ; these i 1 shares being somewhat larger than s i the ones we here plowed tin- first j' time, we give them a little wider ?et 1 1 j which 'leaves the middles small J ' ! enough to be cleared out at one ' 1 more time. We continue running j ' around our corn unt il we Complete i ( the whole, then return, take off the ' iii rear shovel, place another in its place j of the same size,or just turn this one ' upside down, set it to order, the wing J will l?e to the left. The front plow , 1 throws the dirt to the right, filling 1 up the previous left open right hand 1 I furrow, the rear one to the left fill- j 1 ' mg uj> me it'll ftnml furrow ; this : give* six furrow* to the row, ami I 1 . v?ill completely Mlt it from corn to 1 corut Tlii'ttc kIiovc Is Ix-ing umall Hiid ' , th?- ground being previously well ' pulverized, we Again run them deep, ' for this is the hist thorough deep ' plowing wc give our corn. The hoc ' hands soon follow on, and if this ' plowing is done to order they will ' have little else to do hut thin out ' it.. n- > - tin* rurn. ?v * wave on our lull litnd ' only one Mock to every three feet, the same is done in our low-lands, 1 with this exception, lands that will 1 m^ko twenty-five bushel* and up- 1 ward*, WH |t closer, as the fertility ni^yeMas, l-or instance, |t|nd? 1 that will yiv|d twenty live bushels, ' we leave it three times as ihiek as above stated. Six or seven days ' Hud* Mijft) a^rea of corn | land again tlioroiiphly torn up, and | uow w e are ready for i M.OWIXO COTTON TIIF. SECOND TIME The front plow l>t*ing a little tor urge for our cotton, we exchange il or a smaller, ami also take off th< ear one ami place onothcr one 01 >f the same size, or just reverse thii me back again, set it to order, am ill is right. We send each of oni dows to the clay, twice in a row caving scarcely a vestige of grass tr >e seen. Our hoe hands may he now \ week or more behind, we prefei hat our lands he somewhat settler lown before the hoes enter them ? ve usually give three hoetngs, am* our plowing* to cotton. We an "cry particular at the second hooinja if cotton, and see to it that the hand) lo not cut out too much of the plant or & good crop dejumds very innel ipon a good stand. If the work i? ... 11 1 .- A I 1 - - 1 irn imiH' mr seconu nme wiiii iru iwc, we consider our crop safe, and here will he no further need of push ng. and u e may now occasionally a We a day for rest. lNISIItNO fl? I'lOlMN ; CORN AM (JOTIN).N. Having now finished working oui orn and eottou the second time, \vi ay aside onrdonhle plows,and agair ring up our single ones. On eaeli lie of these we place about a twen y inch Kagloqdow, and run thret inics to the row in our com, just lecp enough to sit'i up the surface roll, the right wing being a little aiscd that it may lay up dirt enough o .as to cover what grass may bi round the corn. We very frequent y sow down about a peck of peas tc he acre, at this third ulowiior? r n* Vherevcr peas are sou"it, grass will iot grow to any extent ; they seen: o <io \ cry lit t K-in jury if any to corn ml make :t large amount of food foi toek if pulled, just before Irost. W< iave frequently had them to coin* n maturity when thus sowed ; but o o? t tin-in to do this they must h? own early. Where we do not sou eas, our corn, especially that of oui iiwhtml, may have to be plowed gain, if so, we usually run hut twin n a row ? with hroad eagles. Witl his same twenty-inch eagle plow wi inish up plowing our cotton. W< et them that they may run \ ort loping, that the earth they sift uj nay all fall baek over the wings raxing the middles of the rows al uost perfectly level. If there is no , good season in the ground durinj he last plowing, we plow every al ornate row. leaving the others somi ive days or. a week be I ore we plov hem out. We generally give on ..1...o .1 ........ ..... ,.....-...14-. ...... .... mining twice in each row. On rop Ining all laid by, wo bring ill m*l lay up in some place of safety ill our plows and hoes, that thev ma; >e ready for seeding wheat when tli inn- arrives, or for any other pur IOSO. Tt'UMNO I XDF.R STI'nni.K l.tV'llS. As there in much stubble land t< >< found on almost every plautntioi t is certainly important, to know a vhat time it would be most belief ial to turn the surface of these land wider. We believe that a large inn ority ?>f fiirftiers acoeed to this faet hat lands which have beeu at res or some time should nut be upturn d until the heat of summer has snf i'lded. Considering this a* an ostal ished fact beyond doubt, and tlia 10 one will venture to run his plow 11 these lands when they might b njured niucb by heat, we w ill prr . m _ e?.l . .. i -! - v> j? null- iiirunT ami y 1 ?u ou fiews and exporionoo when is tli i?ropcr lime to turn them under. When we first commenced fain ug we were firmly impressed wit h? idea that these lands, c?peoi:iU those having a tine coat of graf i|miii them, should he turned undc just before frost. This being a ver busy time in crop gathering, w imuetimes failed in getting it don until too late. One fall, one of ou fields not being pastured, had a fin *rop of grass upon it, ami we wei tnzious to turn it under before fros bfit succeeded in getting only half i it done the balance remaining ui til near the neat Spring. We cx|>C4 ted to find a material difference i favor of tlint portion first ti?rr???*l in i|?-r in gathering the crop, but not ??< tlie difference wai marccly percept ble. We could lmt reflect wli.it ?loi thi* mean ?such a fino coat of grai 11|ri|rii under in a green ?t?te ami n benefit derived. Tb? ??i too liar I nut for a* to rrael Ilete we La F~ P(*rcL*s*J r . found a work for the mind t?> latlmiii. ) And lia?'c we yet found it V Found j t it or not, wo never pusl that our ? I stubble lands may he timed under i I before frost?we let tlieii lay at rase I * j until wc are ready for them, lloar I , a few reflections thrown!out, by the r j above observations. Niture is com- , , i jdete in all lier works. Now wheie > is it that she places hei manures in r the fall of the year? Ho not the r . whole vegetable kingd<tP, from the 1 : leaves of the forest dowilto the gra^s - . of the field, when bittei^witb frost, 1 ' tumble to the surface? Not only ! so, but we find her also drainitg the . ; ! earth beneath by deep penetiating < mnf? srniliitir uti tb.? furtiln nnilili?. , 1 coiituiuc'il therein, ami finally /teposi iting thorn upon the surface. With J i our observation* ami expcrieirc, na , ' tare licing guide, and seeinf how 1 i she covers the earth thicklj with ' - ; foliage in the forest, and win all jliinds of vegetation in the find, we j j doubt not hut ill at it would k- hot- j ? j ter not to turn over her ahn<V coat j which has been deposited tlnT as a I covering lrmn excessive cold. aid to ' i gather l?y its moistened bed lie fer tilizing ingredients which arc eon-j i stantly alloat in the atmnsplnre.? ! - | May it not be that this grass, dtad- | ' t ing and keeping inoist "under it, is j I J why it receives more of the frtih- ! ! ring ingredients ; and the each he' ' ing exceedingly teuaeious will all i that it receives, grasps hold of that ' which is attracted to it by the hstrn i mentality of shade, moi?tur?t and ? cold, and will only give it out t> Iced | vegetation ; and when ovcrp<tt*ered i I | by the scorching rays of tic *1111, j 1 and by her exaustivc jpwers. j ; j These sentiments may seem to con- j r | fliot with our former mode <f put- j ' ting our fertilizers deep in tin earth ' 1 in the spring, hut wc think tot. If ! t i we were going to manure out lands J ' 1 late in the fall, or in the winter, we I ' | would as soon place them n/?ui tin* I i" j surface, and we are not sure they j I Woti1?J ilo iMMtfr (hfin %o\*?"*!*? ?-< ?1 i??n? 1 ' up iii the cartli, at this season, for I ' i t lie v will he constantly kept moist, ami the heat of the sun heing mihl ; ' will not ex*tract as mtuh from them f as they will attract ami take in from > the atmosphere. Taking all things , ' into consideration on the subject, we - prefer letting our st abide latul lie at t i ease under its winter coat until tor ward spring. The reason so many - wish to turn under their stubble bep fore frost is, they are of the opinion r that gra?s, pea vines, clover, ?l*e., r ! when killed by frost, cast oft" the ', greater portion of tlieir fertilizing r properties; otherwise that the forti, lizing properties they contain is |.>st to the land; but is tlis so? We Y j think not ; because the earth being e a jmwerful at tract or, an 1 very tena'* cious, will most assuredly grasp a large portion of the fertilizing ingredients at this season of the year r> wliieb they contain, ami which is so II J near to its surface and tin? loss which t may be sustained by evaporation, i- ' ?bcM will be amply repaid by the s increase attraction that their shade i- and moisture add there o. r, GILLS CHKEK. ,. Josh Billings' Maxims. '* | ?The following are a few of Josh *' Hilling*' maxims: I ?Tn m fl 1c * (fiVirl aKifM a.ii'V !< ? ? I . - -- ? ' ?' ? whittle oph-both ends ov them to :i c" ]?int. ?Tew freshen a salt maekcral, tow | him one Hiiinnur behind ft fleam. [ l>ote. ! ?It iz human to err, but devilish I, to brag on it. y ?A gentleman iz a gentleman the ;h worbl over; it i/. only the loafers r that differ. 7 ?To learn a dog tern- follow well, c tie him tew the end of an express ? train. ir ) ?A dog in the only thing on this 10 earth that luve yu more than heluvs ? biiUHilf. * < ?Opinyuns are like turnips, worth ' that thev w ill feteh. I- * i t?Courage without discreshnn is like a ram with horns on both ends. ^ bo will hnv more tight* on hand than , , lie ken do just is* to. j. j ?Sekrots are knssrd poor property onny how: if yon oirkulatc them you lone the interest on the investment, o ?UtyiioM is a Rood deal like d money?the more s man hax or it 4 tfco mors ho aoemt tow want. ^ ^ v? ^ C , U f r" >. ) Threatened Disruption of the Re- ' <lr publican Farty -Its Causes ? ! j,r A Serious Condition of A(T>irs ! (1i A Band of Flundercn ? The ' . , Treasury is* Empty ! A Discovery. U* ? ov [(.'orreHjMnulciuv Charleston News.] . A'oi.i muia, January 22. , At no Jimc since its organisation j r<'j has tlie Vepuhlican party of the State . l?een swnear disruption as it is now. | .. I.e.adim; intelligent Republicans, ami j the tiprist prominent official*, view | with l^??th alarm and disgnst the evi leneWof dishonesty and demorali/.a- . nti tion whieh exist on every hand, be-1 *2 cause they see no means of relief.? I pu The brazen effrontery of power has j ap I penetrated all of the department*, 80 and the mere weight of combined w: impndenee is made to carry or eon-1 $J coal measure*, the only object of, mi which is the distribution of public i Ihj money nmong tin- organized linps. J ur Certain men, nsinp the intbu nee ob- J tr< tained over individual* during the fo la*t two years, have established a j th partnership of crime, and there i< i pa not a member of the firm who dare* pn withdraw or oppose the leuiler, he- ' v\ 1 cause of tin* threats of cX|K>*ttrc.? | sol This is the secret of their success in j an blottinjf out the footprints of the of land commission and in coneealir.p the whereabout* of seventy thousand Pout of one hundred and thirty-five j thousand dollars, appropriated to j? pay the expenses of the hopi*lnt nre. < They control whitewashing commit- j s tees, hide the testimony of facts and { ' lipures, and when ncec-sary to ctVeet | their purjvose, cover official reports j with the parb of palpable falsehood, j There is no help for it. The tlover- j nor is powerless, and his vein can be j overridden by either House, while public opinion, even from a Repub- :l' can standpoint, has no more inthi- ' eiiee upon the situation than a breath | *' ot air upon an Kpyptian pyramid.? ! These men stand there alone, nneontrollable and uumoveable by anv- 'K tiling but?cash. * TFie above are the sentiiiicns ex- > pressed by a leadinp member of the ''' Rrpuhliean party?a man whose 11 voice was heard in the late canvass j t'1 from the mountains to the seaboard : , 'u who came into the State in 1J*?> >, j and from that hour has zealously | *'1 labored with all his strength to cle? ''' vate the condition of the colored pcopie, secure a recognition of their civil it ml political rights, and made |>ra<*- ! ^ tical reconstruction a sneers*. Still . honest ami outspoken as a Kcpubli- I 0il ecu, he sees, as do many of his col- i leagues, t^ic handwriting of party I 1H snicnle on the wall, ami the utter j mill of the State, should these <1 is- , 01 graceful things continue. This gen- j tlemau sd<le<l at the close of his eon- j versaiion, that he hoped (toil would j cause his tongue toelenve to the roof j T: of his inouth, if he evef again rspous- I ' ed the election of suehaelasn of men 1" a? now-hold the reins of power. It is '' A SKRIOt'M l OMOiriOV oK AKF..%IRS. [ The battle line is drawn between ^ i t i T I honesty and corruption; between in- j ' , telligcnt rule and ignorant suprema- '' I ey, and with the latter hedged in by ! '' ! entrenchments which seem almost ; j impregnable, them is little prospect ' | of % change of affairs. True, the n Governor appears determined to weed i out sufficient officials and to appoint J better men in their places, and as far j1 ' as town and county localities are con- : 1 c -rued, to remove all causes of dis- * I cord between the races heretofore j I' provoked by inexperienced and in- ' | competent persons, white and color- , r j ed ; hut to touch .the heart of the 11 j evil, to adopt a wise public policy, '' I to enforce economy, to protect the ; treasury, to develop the resources of I the State, restore confidence, invite ' capital, ami to build up a foundation j r for future greatness, requires an ' amount of operation on the part of ( f the I^eirislature and other nflii'isl* ' which he certainly doe* not now ! T command, and which, in the preacnt ' temper of the men who make our ; ' laws, he cannot hope to obtain. To 1 ^ add to the difficulties of the aitua- ^ tion j ^ THE TREAMRT IK F.MCTT ? | I The State ha* overdrawn it* ac- j i count in the hank here, and T'resi- f dent Solomon, in the bitterncwe of 1 hi* heart and the cmptinc** of hi* I < coffer*, is fain to exclaim with the ( p*ulmi*t of old, "They gave me gall I j f?>r my meat, anil iu my thirst they- 1 I gave me vinegar to drink." II. II. j Kimpton, the financial agent, ha* 1 | likewise telegraphed that no < r" />*. . /- 7 x 1 afts must Ik* drawn on liiin f?>r tin* ! esent, hi* rvsouiecs hciug e\hau>t- j ; so that, however much the i ^ i aturc may vote spirit# from the ^ cal deepj they will not come. For j en their pay, members will have 1 dejK'nd on the private resources , outside friends, who are always ?dy to "shave" drafts on the trea- j ry for from ten or twenty per cent. I scount. I X iiisi'iiv kuy. It is said that a very considerahle ! lount of the missing funds, say , 7,000, was drawn on ivvcnnt of ttie j ihlic printing, and afterwards mis- | ipropriuted. Tlie printing hill it-. If was ji| 1,000. The differences v> divided in sums varying from ; r?0 to f.VtOO, hut not iudiscrjinately?only choice individuals ing permit tod to clutch the trease. 11 is said that Mr. Parker, the i usurer, claims to have vouchers j rail money thus paid out ; hut if | is He true, why should au in vest i- j iting committee have heeu ap- J anted to ohtaiti a report from him I jich was due to the (jovernor him- | If? The matter is all a muddle, I <1 the l'o?r crows ilwwr:>-i 111 tw.nr exposure approaches. MtSON CAIN'S ADVICK Td HIS HLACK UliKTHItKX. he Fnture Policy for the Color- I >d People The Beat Measnrcs and the Best ZVXca to Carry Them Dut. | From tlie Missionary Record,] Whoevcr"looks over tin- 'trophies tin* Republican party. a? presented rough tlit? men alio have heen the | laneinl philosophers of the State, I ul who have here tofore guided the j dm ol' State, may discover through j o telescope of augfheutcd t a vat ion t e falsitieation of the former pretenmis of skill in State-craft. Tliev j i\ e pi veil dirertion to all the tnea- I ires of taxation, and represented! iuw n?? ?*?ii11a .o .1.1 to meet ie wants of the State, ami to place j far ahove the necessity of raisiifg c assessments of taxation in the tnrc. When the last (leneral As-, mhlv adjourned, the hope was inilge?l that this year would witness e reduction from five to three mills, j teh was the conclusion of all who dieted in the snores* of (Inventor! ott's administration. With this j >pe, with this determination every J irncst Republican who had thcwol- j re to the State and the good of the ?ople at heart entered the contest ainst the "Reformers," w ho elainred against the party, and especially jrainst the administration and its it ravagances. We wore among iose who contested llui right of the arty to a new trial of power against ie opposition. We pledged the eople lower taxation; we promised v I* lit ||? IINIV III III III*. n till* lent. The inquiry now comes to us. ow have these promise* boon kept? 'In- first effort of tlnrso directing the winces of the State i? to augment le tax from five to nine.inills on the ollar. They tell *he members of lie Oeueral Assembly that they lust pass a bill securing this, or they annot have their '"per diem" to reurn to their homes. They go to hairmon of committees an.I bring to .ear the w eight of their official elwiroter on their action, ami force ro?orts favorable to their schemes. Man* and combinations have been ife since the adjournment, by which Pleasures of ju-rsonal aggrandizement i*vc been put forward ; nothing rhich looks toward benefiting the >oor of the Stale, no measure which nings to the poverty-stricken any ay of hope. Among all the great ilans of which the ruling men of this ?arty have brought forward, there b lot one which secures to the pooi nan one dollar of benefit ; nothing ehi>h cheers lus pathway; nothing hat says to him here is hope foi four children ; nothing which sayi ook forward to the future; nothing s-hich says to his children, you naaj low take courage. We ask, has i?n< nan outside of the "ring" been bene I ted by those great schemes, whirl Ijave resulted in putting thousand: af dollars in their pockets? Tht rommon people arc now beginning to impure in their own minds, wha have they gained by their persistency in contending for the leaders in th< Republican pasty above that ef any r?thW? 'I licy have tried one class of men, and have found them "wanting they have trusted to their guidance and have heen ltd to the slaughter; they have given up all for the sake of maintaining certain men in office, ami now they find themselves a* destitute to-dav as when they begat*^ life years ago. They see that to ndoTY here to the men whom they have elevated to office? of power and trust, is to cling to a broken reed; to trust wk them longer, is to destroy themselves, FJ and blight the ho|>es of their ehil- B drcn f??rcv?r. "Mow they propose to B adopt measures which will advance the interest of the wlmle people, ad- V vocating them through all the State, and then support only such men as will sustain and advance these me?- 1 sures, which look toward the welfare , of this State, and the happiimss of the masses. It matters not whether the men are Democrats, Republicans, or Reformers; whether tiny are K white or black, so that they will car- M rv out the measures of relief and se- M eurity to the people, and build up M the interest or t l?i* Mate. I leneelorlti, w lft the people look to this (pu-stion j let them select the best men. Let thi iii throw aside the clap-trap of party, ami chose honorable men, men of integrity ami standing in thetr communities who will represent ami do th?-m good; nicasures. ami men to carry them out. The Home of Walter Scott. The interior of Abbotsford is an interesting hut a mournful sight; and the most mournful of all. nays a contributor to AU the )'e<ir A'oi/jo/, is the study of Scott, where his teeming lirain, his gentle heart and his industrious hand produced his best novels; the laboratory of the literary alchemist, where he turned inferior metal into gold; the sanctum of a genius a* copious as it was beneficent. Here is the cosy arm-chair in which he sat, here are the hooks of refer nu-p stui'ti t?> consulted. the y?icf 11 res on tfie waft on which him ..... were accustomed to dwell, and more mournful than all, because to some extent painful (at least they were so .* r.% /. V I lw. /ilixtlinc 111.1 tlw? liof t liut iw in*-,; iim - ..... ...... ho usually wore, still as fresh a* in the time?fifty vonrs azotic, or nearly?when,his literary work dono for the day, he reeeited his friend* at luncheon, or roamed through the comparative wilderness, which it was i his dearest wish to convert into an ! earthly paradise. 1 desired to sit in the groat nov? ? elist**?chair; hut the attendant who ; showed the rooms, a buxom and ! well-behaved lass, politely hut very firmly refused permission, on the J ground that she had been expressly j forbidden to grant the privilege to j anybody. "The chair," she said, ''would soon be worn out, if every one who eame here was allowed to ; sit in i*." I res pee ted her orders, , hut I sat in the chair nevertheless, . not simply with the consent and approval, btifc at the request of tlu* J owner of Abliotsford, nud the present representative of Sir Walter. Our party enjoyed, moreover, the additional privilege of inspecting many , interesting and valuable relies of the ' departed, which are kept carefully ' under lock and key, and are not shown to the mass of tourists. J ^ ^ Til it Se< uk i Place.?Laborers on 1 an Kuglish railway lately found a J thrush's nest under a tail, with the | hen peaceably sitting on four eggs, . undisturbed by the thunder of pats, ing trains. The strongest man as well as the weakest child may learn a lesson from the little thrnsh. Hot* ; | nest was her strong tower. It was l shaken every hour, while shrill whisi ties sounded, and rumbling car* roll ' ed over it, but she bad no fears.? ; | They who dwell in the secret place ; ! of the Most High rest under the | shadow of Ilia.wing, and fear no evil, * even when the temp'St* roar and the * foundations of the earth an- shaken. , | ?A minister once prayed : ''Oh, . Lord ! we thAnk Thee for the goodly ( number here to-night, and that Thou, ? also, a it horo, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather !" I r : ?.Some people ignorant ly Imagine | ( that editors lire on air. They are I egregious?and Tory much mistaken. It is a no such thing. , ?The Virginia Henate, by an almost f j strict party vote, appropriate*! WOO to J a of f?Hnr<?rol Ir^