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ItbI~ I!(Vl loe7~ ~ 00.. -It pv Yja Ril Of P H FOR THE. DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. t--7 SWEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 1869 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _N O . 39 . T H E HERA L D EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, * '~At Noe*berry 0. i., OB , . i . H. GRENEX1 IiAltori8 and Proprietors. - TICR18, 68 PEnANNUM, IN CURRENCY S.a ''R'PROVISIONS. ymaitrequired Invariably in advance. M atein oti , tlt neral invitations, ObitN te qu Coninignictis onuboodrving pri#tte Inte 4rO.q!inj(edas nvAsmns " LA' .ve Story. kle steoggledto kiss her-sho struggled the same, To prvent lim, so bold and undaunted )But as sinietp with lightning. lie beard her exclaim 11A:va'un air," and of' he avaunted. nt *hen he returned with a itidislh 11augh, ,howing clearly that lie was affronted, And thr&atined by inait Nmo to carry her 01, Bhe crled "bont," and the poor fellow Idont'ed. Tlifn ao in'eekly apDroached and got down A-lher feet., VrayInq lond, as before ie had ranted; Th lio would forgive, and try to be 'sweet, Aiid'esat '"Can't you,"-the dear girl re canted. Then softly he whispered: "1ow can you doso, jra jiyly Lito'tght I was jilted ;" U mq, th'on witli me-to the parson "?iy, wilt thou my dear," And she wilt ed. Then gaily he took her to see her new 110o1t1e, A'shauity by no meAns enchanted; "See, here we can live with no longing to lie said ''sin't we my dear," so they shaniled., , MY" FIRST IVORCE CASE, (JO*t T1r "cI1,1NEY CORNER." T wav;s not over-sutpplied with eoliptq during my first yoar'si prac Cco as counselor at law, and not W.ing one of those fortunate indi viduals, those lusi naturw who are unid to make their first appearanco withA Silver spoon in thoi r Inonth, 1'vas not a little pleased when one idle day my wealthy friend Stillingfleot called at my ollice, and'anniounced that he nooded my immediate prolessionail services. However, ovinoing no sign of my inward satisfiaction, I bid him boseated, assumed a professional air, and said: "What can I do for you ?" "Hawthorno," ho answored, w3j2eInotod his troubled, oven wd lod,c "I wish yot to obtain my divorce from Mrs. Stillingflect without pno moment's unnecessary delay." ''JHad the President of the United Sthtes entered my oflco and ten dere4 gno the Treasuryship, I couldhot; have boon more astound Od. , "Opening his pocket-book, he handed me a letter, saying calmly, although. With the utmost exor tion to appear comp)osed: "You, of' course, noodt evidence; read thik letter, accidentally intor cepted by:mo. Unhappily, I have but too much reason to believe that itflmore than wvarrants any legal steps you may take at prs ent. I will see you again to..moer rowv;. for the present, good by." B3utshis. pride gave way as I, his 0o(1 friend, took his offer'ed hand, lie sat (down on a chair, irnd lay his head on'- the desk, eg>eds and cried like a child. As Abbfras 'he -was suflloion tly comn -poped(l lasked.bhim where he was go bhome, you may be suroe; I )havq.no homo inow." After some persuasion, I made hIlg;romiso to go to my bachelor homen, wh Ithe i I would follow him soas business hours would permit. - ,Loft alone with this strong link in'the chain of evidence-this let tot which had brokcon one of' the best hearts in the norld, I asked mnynolf,- "Can it be possible that so young,/do beautiful and t)aaenlt Itso devotod a wvife, could have t ltaf.irrevocably disgraced her I1 looked at the letter with an unii1t lbeating at the heart; I ,veUId have given much that it had not fallen to my lot to open it; but it was to be done. It was a beaiitifbily scented and tiny spIst,o, apd ran as followvs: ' ARLING GERITRUDE--YOu1r let 1 du1i,tld have been more accep. Sad It contained better news iof:myo,Ohario. Do you really think ho Mourns for me ? I would hao hiia heore, but, alas I he migh t be discovered, and Frederick who s pass5iont,trhigh shoot him. The last tin.d,w4s 1lhoro; I al most feaved, a;dipcry. Yet I long to have, him With mno agall) and as So011 as I jcIow. that red will be away for a fow ddys, hbo call .com up. .But remember, you 11111st keop this secret, or you may gposs the consequonos to me." Thou followed other abd unim portant matters. So it was true I This Charlie Fearon, this Judas, who had pro tended the closest friendship for poor Fred, had wrought his wifo's rain. "Devil I" I exclaimed, as I paced. my office inl a fOver, "a bullet would be t66 good for ybu." Ypt,:damning as this evidence appe*ared) it was not legally con elusive. I cou.ld not believe that this fair and gentle wife could havo. bben guilty of more than indiscretion. She had marriod, it is true, more to please her parents than for any strong love she bore her husband, yet I had every rca son to beliove that she had learned to love Stillingflet-an excellent, tholuh impetuous man-oxceed ingy, if not passionately. Yet again, woman is onigmati cal, and I was sorely puzzled ; but, giving Mrs. Stillingfloot the bene fit of the doubt, I detormined, however unprofessional it might appear, to visit the lady to whom this letter had bten addressed, and to discover if she could, indeed, be party to so disgraceful an in trigue. Being intimately aequaint od with the lady, I sholid find the task less difficult than if' she had been unknown to me. On my way to S--, an hour by rail From the city, I thought over and matured my plans. I was received with cvident pleasure, and we' chatted fbr, a short time on fatmily matters. Presently she inquired: "How are the Stillingfleets ?" 41i;1, I believe. Mr. Stilling. fict is away from home, and will be absent for some days," I an swercd. "Indood," said G Ortmude. "Poor Grace she will be lonely. I must take this opportunity to visit her. Will you stay and take dinner with us?"' I thalked her, but stated that I must go oif by the next trall). "Then you will, at least, take a glass of wine." And suiting the action to the word, she entered the next room, leaving the door partially open. I was looking over an album during hor absence, when I heard, to my surprise, Charlie Fearon's voice not distinctly, but I could have sworn it was his. I listened. Si lence ensued for a few seconds, when I heard Gertrude, say, in a merry voice: "At last, Charlie, you shall make a stolen visit to your Grace." And then followed most unmis takably the sound of a kiss. "Infmous young woman I" I muttered, "Not only lost to a sense of' shame horself, but she endleav ers to entrap) another'l" When she returned, it was with difliculty that I swallowed down the wilne ; then bidding heri a ha sty adieu 1 hurried off to meet the train. 'Ihis Charlie Fearon, a wealthy, handsome, but indolent young man, was the pet of the ladies, but I had never, until now, believed him to be one of those scoundrels, whio make business for the divorce colt. My next move wvas to .3al1 on Mrs. Stillingfleet, anid inform her that bor husband would be away for a few (lays. She appeared grieved at the in telligence, but sho answored that she suppose05d it wvas necessary, and that sitch abseonco was tihe com1 mon lot of wives. She looked very beautiful and very innocent in her ologaint mnorn ing attire; but I was too much a man of' thle world to be deceived by a womnan's manner, and as I returned home, I almost dreaded to meet Stillingfloet, lest lie should read ini miy 1f. ' the almost oin. vietion that had f'or'ed itself on my mind1(, that thero was some thling wrong. Poor Stilling float I I had envie(d him once, but nIow pity took the p)lace Ofeonvy. It was a cruel blow. Hlower, I told him that I was investigating theo niatter, and in spite of my doubts, encouraged him at last to Ihopoe. At twelve o'clock the following day I die. patched a messenger with a letter to Gertrude, bidding him walt an answvor. As I had expeted; he brought me a word that she hftd left by an oarh * train for' thle nity. 6ow." said( 1 ta Stillingint, "you must rotirn unexpectodly. I will accompany you. If your wito be rohIly guilty, thei'e will be visible signe of agitation, and an attempt will be mado to conceal this follow Farop. You bove al: ready promised me that you will in any case forego a divorce, and 1rrange a separation; thereifre, the stop we are about to tako is, I am convincod, the wisest. Ie had promised to con trol him solf, and I knew that he would do so. Using his latch-key, wo on tored the house, but not boforo we had boon porcoived . by Gertrude. Without appearing in undue hastc, we opened the parlor-door. and as we did so, wo saw that of an ad joining close, and I heard Mrs. Stillingflectsy: "Ch arli, we tre discovered at last I" Poor Stillingfloot heard hor also, and as his wife approached him, ho seized her by the arm with one hand, and, pointing to the oppo. site door with the other, exclaimed, while his face was whito with emotion: "You are too late, madame l Whom are you concealing in that rooml?" I shall never forgot the momen. tary look of horror on that sweet face, nor the delicious littlo laugh that followed it, as she exclaimed: "You daring old goose I" At thd same moment Gortrudo opened the awful door, and, say ing, "Behold the culprit I Charlio, come forth I" exhibited to our as tonished gazo, a beautiful littlo dog-a voritable "King Charles." "Thanik God I" exclaimed Stil lingfiet, as he pressed his dear little wife to his heart; "I was a bruto to doubt you I" It was nov necessary to explain all to the ladies. How thankful were all parties concerned that I had not been precipitate I I was now informed that Stil lingfleot, having been bitten by a (log when a boy, had always evinced a mortal aversion to the canino raco. Grace had, there fore, during hor ongagement, on trusted her little pot, the gift of an absent brother, to the tender mercies of Gertrudo, and was only awaitiig tho tiic when she could overcomo her husband's prejudico to have him wvith her. 1e1ce the1 conre temps. If I had not commenced to pros per from that time, I believo Stil lingflect wouhl have gone to law with his tailor or grocer rather than to allow me to be without a client, so rejoiced was lo at my friendly handling of my first di vorce caso. A Sad Tale. The World publishes the follow ing from a lady. and seems to vouch the truth of its statement:C That Mrs. Sickles was lovely in person, simple and childlike in character, all admit. Such char actors are not easily dograded. Were she the degraded creature 1 hIe has 1l(1 the world to believe, I her sensibilities wvould not have remained so acute that site died in less tihan two years of a broken heart.t She was weak and cowardly, I ad mit. Alas I these defects -would have made her sacred in the eyes 1 of a manly man, and he would have (lone his utmost to shield herC from evil.' Lot me depict the few last hora in the life of this injuredJ woman. Stung, it may be, by an irro-3 sponsible feeling of remorse, he3 proet,euds in the eyes of the wvorld I to have restored her to favor. IC will not dliscuss the p>ropriety, of this kind of elop-stock sentiment. I speak of the fact. She was placed in a handsome house, with the ordinary appliances of wealth. Of the secret history I of the two at this t,ime nothing need be said. She was ruined in I character, broken in health, ut terly lost to the world as only a woman can be lost--left without I 1h01e, without society and wvithout I symp)athy, except from the few I whovwro related to hinor, and who loved and pitiedl her. She had long intervals of nervous prostration, when she would lio for hours likeC a (lying person. She sat (lay after day, head leaning up~on her wasted I hand, and even listless, seeing and caring for little in a world whose r sunshine f,o her had been so dlarkly eclipsed. She sig hed faintly, but said little or nothing. She was a e sad wreck. She knew she was a dying, and expressed no thou ght i or interest in anything but her1y absent daughter. One day she turned suddenly to v a young friend and asked: "D)o you think mn a uiliy woman ?" I and without waiting for an an swer, she went on, "I wish to Bspek now whilo I can. I was so s hooked and terriflod at that hor rible time that I did not know w1kat I said. But I am not guilty ofany sin. Mr. Sickloe was violent -I was afraid ofhimn-ho brought mne aI papor, which ho said I must sign-ho said ho should bo huiing if I did not sign it. I novor road ono word of that papor; I did not know ono word written in it. I put my namo whore lie told me, and to savo his life." She was sinking rapidly, and was carried to her bed from a long fiinting turn. As sho opened hor eyes, roviving slowly, they fell up on the face of Daniol B. Sickles, ] painted and framod, hanging be ore her. Lifting her pale hand, sh said : "Take it away." Those about hor remonstrated: I but the second and third timo sh0 murmured, "Take it away." Tho picturo was romoved. . "Now place my daughter's face there," she said, with a sad smilo. This wvas doo, and sho gazed with a longing, wistful look upon the young face, and sighed heavily. rho poor weary eyes closed, an(d ihe was gono to Him unto whom is opOn the socrots of tho heart. ONE WHO KNOws. Our Great Men are Rapidly Passing Away. Wo will remember going into .he Senato*Chamber in the summer )f 1850, an'd there socing tho dis linguished mon of the I a n d. Thero was Seward on the extremo Whig right, to his left sat Clay, Uwo seats further on Berrien; )vor there was tho Senator from Iissouri, Benton. Cass was there, Imd Jeff. Davis, Sam. 1Iouston, Rusk, Pearce, Dayton, Badger, 3ou1lo, Butler, Ewinit, Clemens, Bell, 11angui, W. R. King, Ph1el8ps, md Hunter. Webstor had just ]jiitted the Senato to take the post >f Secretary of' State, and Crit endIen was in retirement. Sew~ard< s now advanced in years, iunter I nay survivo for sone timo to ome, Jeff. Davis is abroad, where le will Iobably (lie, Soulo is a I unatic, su1pposed to have hneCome io because of the effects plo)dlced I >y the war, whilo Badger's pOWer-< 'ul intellect has -been for years ,louded. Ewing still livOs, though I ds influcuco is gono. The others itive left us to render anl account )f their st.ewardshipl beforo the I Isternal. Among this bright gal. i kxy, there wero few greater in- i ,ellects thanl Bell. Ire was a man 1 )f conservativo tenlencies, of clear I Inderstanding anl p r o fo u n d I ,hought. Besides, his charater vas spotless. 11.i )eOrs werefow, nded. And while on this point, I t may be safely said that there is lot a man in the Senate house to lay of ability equal to either of I ,0 distinguished names we havo i non tioned. Fessendon was the >rightest light of' the present I ~enato, and2( ho is gone. T1heo fiagnsus Apollo is Sumner, who is ~s unlike the great Senators ofr wontby years ago, as a peacock isr mlike an eagle, lie makesa show f1 words, a seemingly fine p)arado; mut there is nothing lofty, grand, >r comprehensive in his minid or ( haractcr.--New York News. AOR AND) Wi N.--Whatever t 'ou try to (10 in life, try with all ,7our heart to do well ; wvhatever' you (devote yourself to, devote ~ 'ourself to completely ; in groat y Limns and small be tho)roughly in e menzest,. Never believe itpossible 'j hat any natur ial or imp lroved( Ibility can claim immunity from be companionship of the steadyI >lain hard working qualit,ies andl mope to gain its end(. There is mo such thing as such fulfillment ~ mf this earth. Somoe happy talent md( somec fortunante opplortumnity, , nay form the twvo sides of the p addor01 0on which somne men mount, c )It the r'ounds of' that ladder must >o made(1 of' stuff' to standI wear Lnd tear' ; andl there is 1no .such uibstituto for thorough going, ar lent and sincoroe earnestnoss.~ 'over put one hand to anything mn wich you can throw your vholo self, nover' afict dopr'ocia ion of youri wvork, whatever it is. Lhoe you will find to be golden ulos. A few months ago, an engineer fan express train on the Penn.. o ylvania Central railroad, going " rest dliscoverod an engine ap- fI roaching him at such a rate of d p0o(d that he was at onee eon.. t inced that it was without an en. fi inoor, Hb instantly whistled his raken. at. the namn time send.n I. 1Ils flroman back to uncouplo his "tondor" from the train, while ho it the sanme timilo uncoupled Is boso and englino, and opouin; Ils throttle w Ade, wi lia rod lag umlped on his. toldor. 110 just lookod back aid saw his train 1carly stopped, a1nd on dlished tho two engines toward each other ik very demoni. Ho bioko up yontly o his tender, and finally 3toppod it, and ill broathlolss si. clnco watched for the collision. 'ho onglines caie toget.her, throw mach other clear off tho track, anild minashed all to piccos. Ho left his Lender, and with his flag ran on to noet the express going Cast. It Aoing two miuites behind time, :1o hadjust time to "1flag it anld t Wits brought to a Stop within a ow feot of t110 Wrecked 01)gilleg, md a terrible accidonlt was avoid. .d. For this heroic act the com any presonted him with a check or $1,000. Cannot, ellgincorn on iomio of our other trunk lites tako L lesson from this ? The Earthquakes in Peru. FowrY SuOCKS IN ONE DAy. South American advicOs report ho recutrrence of' earthquakes in oru and clsowher,. in Aica here WCro 11o loss I han fCorty oarth lkos oil tho 19th of .August, nl nor or less strong, and tile people, lireading another sea inundation, Vore desOrtinlg tho place, taking 'fugo in Taena and elsewm-hor. Iln i lquiquo a stiong shoek vas lolt. marly in the morning of' the 15ut, au111sing the inlhabit ants to forsake lheiri bed'i and 1ly towards tile stir *ounding pallpas. ISimili repots >f moreilents of' the carth aro re .cived from Tacna and Arequipa. [ni tho litto' )IIIC at great religioUs nrOcSioln waXs held on the 13th listailt, inl commom1011rationl ot the( lisaster of last yoar. A letter lated at 1qique, August 20, says: Jt is now 10.55 P. M as I write r'ou, an1d I aml inteorrupted by ani 'art hquake of log (li ation, and >' such forc that all the people Iavo considered it prildeit to >ico themll-Selves ill realdilness in he streets, and a very large pot' ionl, particilarly of' tho tonder. lex, ate fleeing to the hillsides for )etter security of' their liveR, eX haiming als they hur1ry along, 'M isoricordia, Miscricoldia, Be The first, and I believo the trongest hock, histOd for abouit wo minutes, and five mnilnutes Ia mr was followed by another, near y equal in f)reo and duration f0r tils there were several repe itions it intervals of' ahoutt half' In hour till 3 A. M., at, wvhich holtr '0111' COrrspondont botook him elf to bed. This oarthquake otibl, I believe, beari. a closer re emblance to thaLt of' tho 13th of' Sugust, 1868, than any other that Ills taken placo since. I assuro'e oil the sitiation, Ihowever novel and ,xcitingC it may13 aippear' to somo0, 11s at' fr'omiCI ovible ; imtaginli a pop lation of' some1 three thiousaml( to voL thioiuandI souls with the expe ioce of last yeari freshi in their isordIerly th rough the strooets L'aring momentarily(i to!) bC o horne f to etecrnity by ai sudden01 ingress5 C the seat. Hiero (as at pr'esent hi the houtses arie of wood,) the hief (langer to bo atppr'oho 01 d 11is hat fr'om the sea. While Furguson's Mississippi ns, (anid ai rauro lot they wero) 'ore passin g t ihrogh Uniioniville, onth CJarolinta, enronto for tho 'ar River coun11try, they passed, it windCing through the str'oots of' ho village, the dIwohing of' that 08spitablo) gen tlomiian, thast pure atriot, thatt learn'jed lawyer~i, and istinguishedl J udge is said, with I, to tihe finest looking man11 iln he State. Butt hlospit ality, nor1 )arnin)g, patriiotism1 nor1 wi lty' of' crs of' to "boys in grey" The idge stood1 in the porch of' his loganhit maniHon) surround111(ed by a r'owd of' lady fiend~s. A cadav~e 011s swIampore1 fr:om the junglos I' the Yazoo swamhips cried out. "Ain't you ashamed old1 man rith y'ouri white hair31, to be spark ig young gals inl public ?" A billions specimen of chills and tvor shouted "that gal with tho od head is mfineC." Another yeOlledh, "that blue-eyed no is the gal foi' me."9 A four thI curle.y head belongs to me." A fLt stopped and staring at the ignifiedJ Judge, said, "Bill, an't at old follow got a round, pooty ioo lke a diorg." The Judge reiren, 801 idth Why do Bees Swarm? At. the recent Michigan Boo Kooper's Convention, this subject was discussed. Mr. Otis is repor ed as saying: Tho strongest in stinct God has given to tho honoy beo is tho love f1or storing honey. This itistinct is so strong that sio will rolmovo the young larve fIrom its cells ainl destroy it, that she may mako room for the gathered honey. But she does not thus do. stroy the brood iloss crowded f1o rom by il linsuspected rich harvOst for honey. ,It is to guard against the destruction of' the brood, tihe queen-cmlis are suinted preparatory to swarming which takes place as soon as one or more is Soiule(I over. The Creator has implanted in the queen-beo such unparalleled hatried toward a rival that but one normal quieln is periitted to livo in a family of' bees. This hatred is o strongly developed that she will mako (livers attempts to (o stroy a rival whilo yet in the coll. But the worker bees keep the cells guarded, which so exasper ates the oli. queen by the ime one or more is scaled, that she rulshes from the hive to find a new home, being acompanied by the mijority of' the colony. These are, tieroI1or, the rosolns why bees swarm: 1At. The want of combs to hold lhoney. 2d. To save the (lestruction of' tihe brood. i3ti. Tihe hatred betwen rival queens. Dr. conikling said his hoes did not always wait until they had sealed queencells. T wo years ago h.o had openied a hIivo of' boos as sooin as the swarm had left, nm lie not, only foun(1 no queen, but not even tihe signs of any being st-arted. Mr. Baldriidge said ho uin(lor Stoo( Mr. Otis to 11ssuim0 that bees (1o not swarm11 till the hive is Full of' conb, and the comb is fiuill of' brood and stores'; and not then, even, un]loss there is ono or more cells seanle(. His (B.'s) bees swamI sometimes when Lhe cavity is not more ihani two-thirds 1'u1ll. lie thinlks it is nalural at ti le proper seaSOn, For bees to ,iwarm. As a riulk tho cavity will be full, the coinbs wvell tuppliil wil brool an 0 stores, mne or more queen cells sealed, and tile flowers So. croflng honey rapidIly wheni the swarm issues. Mr. Al.ooll also assorted tit his L'ees swarm when the cavity is only part full. They also 8Warm1111 whe ii hey havo no (Iueoen-valIls st ia1'tel; ( lie cause is excessive hont. Boes will swarim at. crtsain sea sons ofI lie year, when ther1.' is no ppairent vanuso : il tle hoeiy s - sonl it. is 1Intuil for' bees to swarm as for tI.o sun to rise, Or the tiL to flo w.-Iary/an d /'armer*. -low to Oil a Harness. First, subject, the harness to one1 01' t.wo( (coats (as thle leathier may nooed) of Inampblack and ens. toi' oil, warmed sullicien tly to makIle it. ponictr'ato thle sitoak rendi ly. Then make about two quarts of wai'm soap sud(a, nnd wit h a spungei~ wash thie hiariiss. When d iry, ruib it over' w'ith a mixtiure of' oil and1( tiallow (equal parts) with sillceont lamplblack to( give it solor' 01' whlat is bett er, Prussian bliie-w hichi gives it a now and Pro'sh hook. This cornpoiund shiould be0 ap)pliod Hpainigly, and1( bo0 well 'ubbedl in, whiech cnn lbe quiickly lone, anud will leave a smiooth and dalcan sou'fhco. Thlio ad vantages of Linsi proceJss are. 1. JBy saturuatinig t ho stock in Lhe first place withI oil, the soap1 md wa'*ter ar'o pr'ovenited from )onoetrating it in the proeess of' vnshing. Wh len leather is por n ittod to absorb wmal er or sony, it ias ain ultimate tenidoey to liar len it. 2. Wheon tho hai'ness is washed rii't, (as is gonerally the ease,) ho wvateri repols the oil ; conso vuontIly ini the one case you have the oil in t ih insidlo of the stock, md( i the ot her you have the ioap) and water-. 3. Biy oiling first it softens f.ho lirmt, so thiat it, can bo wasl h off' ii at least, on1 half of' the f.imno re 'Juiirdl when washing beforo oil nig, anld also saves the scr'aping priocess, which defaces thie grain >f the leather. 4. It will i'emain soft muclh lon oer fr'om the feet of i-ts being pen >trafted( with oil. 5. Tlhie whole process can be ac. 30mp)ilihed without tho dolay of waiting for' It to driy. Clonseoquently the harness can so oiled and cleaned in a much ess t.ime-will remain sof t longer, wear longer, ando look better. i Eehanae. TuE COTroN Cio.-Fleom ovory portion nearly of South Alabama, our exchanges bring us the noWi of tho great falling off in the yield of this staplo. We are constrained to coneludo "from the lights bo fore Is," that the cotton crop Of Alabama will be much shorto than it was last year. The san guino expectations entertained by the planter last Spring arb noW cortainly doomod to disappoint. mont, of this thoro can be no doubt. The fhio wet weather of the Spring which so stimulated the hopes of' thne llaltOr, together with the drought of August, hav0 been his ultimate ruin, and pro (uICed his present state of despond eny.- Tho green succulent cotton plant of the spring could not with stand tho dry season of the sum. mer. The bolls (rIod up on tho stalk and the young ones shed off. Planters are surprised to see that the flst picking picks all the cotton, and th ero will be nothing left in the fiuture. Thoreforo, wo say the cotton crop in South Ald bama cannot be as large as it was last year.-E'vergreen Obscrver. The Rev. Lyman Abbott do Clares as follOwS inl the New Ydrk Independent, concerning watinati's function il tihe clittrul : "It is safe to say that at least two-thirds of the mmbership of' our Evanlgoli cal chureies is cornposod of wo men. Any experienced pastor will bear witness thiat the spiritu al strength of' his church-and not un frineq[n tly tire filnancial strength, too-(lepellds upon the women. They, aro, generally, the most oarnicsL, the most devo ted, the most roady and willing to work. Whetier they have noro leisure might bo a mooted qos tion ; but they certainly securo m1oro 6im fFor their chrillch than Uhoii- husbandli and) brothers. They%? possess, t.o. if not the doop ('st and richost exporianes, somno th t ar peculiarly Valuable, and o.hat wouild onricih immoastirably ti. woalth of' tire church if they <ot'( be )n trib!td t, it. When the pastor 'eels himsolf Lire need of quickening, ho gonorally ob tais it by a call on some mother in Israel." WHAT A MssissiPPi Ghinr. DYij oN A FAR.M.--he follo%wing infor mauttionl is tCOnveyel t,, um by it 1ruih1ful anI reliable genitlieman, and should (caulse young men 1 who complain of' not being able to sup. Port tleiselves to blush1 all ovell t heir fhces : 1iss obl-occia Cox, of Amit' County, who graduated in JLunO 1867, rettirned hoimo in Janunry, 1868, hirIed a negro man 70 years old, two of, his dauigh ter-s. and on hoy not o(l 0111nougli to plougi. 'li not results of' fiarmring opera. Lions lasl. year, payiig oxpensos of place and hands, wvero: 8 banko of potatoe, 600 btul-I1as of corn1 and $909 in cash fom sale of cot .Nowv wili anyi younig man say lie can't make a living after this.? [(Sum mit TJimes. A GasAT AMAN's EBsTIJMAT1E Of! A onmiuvruns .-No man is so high ats to bo) ind(ependent of' thoe suc' coss of' this gr'eat inrter'ost,; no man is so low as n >L Lo boofl'ected by its prosper'ity or' (declino. The cultivation of' tire earth is thd most important labor of' man, Man may be civilized in some do. gree, without [progross in mann. acturio, and~ 'with littl()001 c foeco wiLih his (distant neighbors ; but, wi thouit cultivation of' the earth he is, ini all countries, a savag. UJntill he gives up tire chase, and fixes himself to somie place, and Reeks a iiving froim the earnth, he is a r'oanming barbarian. When t illago begins other ar'ts follow. Th Ie farnmers, thre'fbro, aroe foun ders (if hutmanr civilization. (D)aniel WVebster'. respondent of' the Atlanta Consti. st/ion, writing from Groonsbor'o, N. (I., says: "A t this point, I learned fr'om soveral reliable and pious citizens of one of the strangest occuri'on. ces that has ever hapipenoed in thrat or any othrer State. A cow, belonging to a Methodist mainister, living six miies from Grooensboro, gave birth to a nogro baby. Tho head and face, and all the upper p art of the animal, aroe unmnistaka bly those of a negro child, anid the lower part that of a calf. The gen tlemain who informed me of it is a highly responsiblo citizen.'' Owing to the extraordinary low state ef tho water, the river, trade between *Augiut and Savannah has been discen. ilued.