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lilli as the nxght the day, tTiov cau'st ?not then be Jahe to any man." BY ROB* A, THOMPSON & CO. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C., SATURDM, OCTOBER 19,1867. VOL. III.....NO, POETRY. Paraphrase of the Loril's Prayer. The follow.pg paraphr?so of tho Lord's Prayer Las boon act to music in England lt is the boat ?we huv? ever seen in nny language-there is noth |nM -o..???rr und ll0tm..o -.1..n,|an> . Our Heavenly Puttier, lienr our prayer ; Thy uinne be hallowed everywhere; Thy kingdom come, Thy perfect will, In earth, as heaven, let all fulfill; (live this day's bread that wo may live ; Forgive our sins as we forgive ; Help us temptation to withstand ; From evil shield us hy Thy hand ; Now and forever unto Thee The kingdom, power and glory bo. ~ IP o i-i i rr i O A LT HY IlKQUKST. ?Prcin thc Wiusboi'O News, 1st instant.] WINSUOUO, S. C., Sept. 27th, 1807. To His Excellency Governor J~ames Jj. Orr: SIR :-You have nddrosed an official letter to General Sickles in which you thank him for his administration while ruler of this State. This you do on behalf of those you " repre sent." My astonishment at your course is on ly exceeded by my mortification in finding my State bo misrepresented by you in your official capacity. I would call your attention to the following public acts of General Sickles, and ask wheth er you Consider thc. author of them Worthy of commendation. Rcfore thc Act of duly erected General Sickles military despot of the Carolinas, lie on his own authority, enacted. 1st. That negroes should sit on juries. 2d. That negroes should ride in lirst class ears, and steamboat state rooms. 8d. That negroes should vote at all elec tions. 4th. That negroes should be eligible to all offices in tho State, including that which you now hold. 6th. That no elections should be held ex cept with his imperial permission. Ile also committed tho following acts : 1st. Ile degraded both the United States flag and the Charleston bremen, by forcing the latter, against their uniform practice be fore the war, to display and salute the former ut a purely civic procession. 2d. He refused to obey the Ifaheas Corpus writ of the United States Court, a process so .sacred to all Englishmen and Americans. 3d. He caused Capt. Al cN el ty to be tried by a Military Com mission (although the Uni- j ted States Supreme Court had solemnly de dared Military Coin missions illegal in time of peace,) and lined him heavily for not allow ing a negress to crowd herself with the ladies on his boat. 4th. He tried two youths of Columbia for assaulting two mischief makers from thc North, by Military Commission, ami senten ced them to confinement ut hard labor in a fort, in another State where, I understand, they arc now doing police duty and cooking for negro troops. 5th. Ho removed an honest magistrate in Columbia for not overdoing his duty in the 1 .boveense; and replaced him and degraded thc office by appointing an ignorant negro. 6th. Ho interfered with our laws general- I ly j and concerning rent, licenses, and the ad ministration of justice; thereby almost de stroying all credit. 7th. Ile disfranchised naturalized citizens without ??ny aui len ity from Acts of Congress. 8th. He disfranchised military officers against thc literal provision of thc July Act as interpreted by itself. 9th. He slandered one of the purest Equity Judges of the State, and seven. I of our most respectable and honorable lawyers. Much eulogy has boon lavished by you on General Sicilies h r Order No. IO. Whatever limy have been the temporary relief afforded to debtors by this extraordinary order, all lovers of constitutional liberty have it forced upon their reflection, that laws similar have uniform ly been pronounced by thc Supreme Court ol thc ll oiled States tobe unconstitutional j and that a law passed by our Legislature, which by no means intcrferred with the obligation of contrnota to thc extent of Order No. 10, was deolarcd by thc highest Court in thc Stato, by ten judges against oi.e, to be viola tivc of tho Const'ti t on id' thc Unit? d Stutts. AIKO, that tho Attorney-General of the Uni ted States in an argument that has not been, lind cannot be answered, has deolarcd the is suing of this order to bc a despotic stretch of Unauthorized power. Finally, while temporary relief has been afforded to d< btors, we have the fa ot forced upon us that a large class of cred itors, among whom are numbered many now destituto widoww and orphans, have been great sufferers thereby. In this connection, I would ask if you do not know that tho application of Order No 10, tot.he Federal Courts, was an afterthought on tho part of Gen. Sickies; and that he did allow tho prooessof this Court to bo freely cx ?. outed in this Slate, until it occurred to him that this court might, on proper caso made, declare thc July Aot unconstitutional and thus destroy his super Czar ic powor ? I am constrained to chamotorize your letter a? your Bocond bid for Radical favor. Your speech in Charleston, wlton you ungratefully aspersed tho Democratic, party which ?ave you prominonoe, was your first bid. Your letter ho? famished tho Radical party with a pretext fon tho prosecution of its nefarious de signs for the oppression of the South;, thal hos boen sowed upon with avidity by Its pnrfcizan journals. While thus, opening tho way for your admission into this fold of tho Black Re publican party, you might Htloast havo spur cd us thc uuwarruutcd calumny of stating that but lor thc wisdom, moderation, aud forbearance" of Gen. Sickles " a considerable number of troops would have been ocock ?ry to preservo public records, and ensuro tho fafcty of sheriffs, &o " You well know how law abiding aro tho citizens of thc State thus maligned by you, and that tho only riotous acmoustruttuiin iiiuuo since itio "nv ]xayc been by negroes nt piucos where thc United States troops were in force. In conclusion, I must say that your lotter represents the sentiments of only a sinai lclass, or debtors who prefer their individual well be ing to tho preservation of tho liberty of their country; and t lint nil true South Carolinians feel that Cen. Sickles while with us, whatev er may have been his personal relations to you, not only crushed out the substance of lib erty but likewise destroyed its forms. Yours respectfully. T. NV. WOODWARD. The President and Reconstruction. Dui .ing the frequent interviews between the President and his Southern friends, be hus stated his views regarding reconstruction mutters at great lenghth, and him udvised them to appeal to tho courts for satisfaction if they feel that thc military authorities have de prived them of any of their rights. He has been particularly poiutcd in giving this advice to parties pardoned under his recent amnesty proclamation, und they have obtained permis sion from bim to report bis statements. In several instances bis friends assumed tho au thority from thc permission to repeat, to put them in writing, and one of them has been seen by your correspondent, headed, "To whom it may concern," which embraces opin ions about us follows : Thc President stated to the writer that bc could not re open regis tration without incurring certain risk of im peachment, although he hud been advised to do so by some of the most earnest supporters of his policy, who argued that if he assumed thc power to do so under his authority as Com mander-in-Chief, giving orders to military subordinates, be would bc supported by thc Constitution loving and law-abiding portion of thc people. Ou the other hand, other equally warm supporters of his policy had ad vised bim, that if bc attempted to assert his military power in directing thc manner of the execution of civil duties imposed ou military authorities by a direct Act of Congress, ho would be assuming authority not vested in e)f lice, cither by tho Constitution, tho Articles of War, or by any law now in existence. Ile also sluted that the promulgation of thc am nesty proclamation would result, if properly niuuitgcd, in disrupting tho Republican party, because if the courts decided, as bc thought they should, that thc classes pardoned by it were restored to thoir full rights as citizens, mid thc leaders of that party would persist in supporting thc military authorities in their re fusal to allow them to rogistcr, tho natural consequence would bc that tho people would flock to tho support of the Judiciary. The letter or circular concludes by a personal ap peal from the writer to give ita contents wide circulation, and a postscript is added, stating that Mr. Johtuou, in his desires to pcaccAilly settle thc differences now existing in the coun try, sincerely hopes that his friends will seek uvory opportunity to allay nil bitterness of feeling engendered by the political situation, ind clieerlully submit to tho decisions of thc proper tribunals, whatever they may be. \_Cor. New York Times. Military Order. IIKADQ'RS. 2D MILITARY DISTRICT, ) Charleston, S. C., Oct. 2, 1867. . j Special Orders No. 168. VIII. Thc Treasurer of the State of South Carolina is hereby directed to pay all amounts iipproved ut these Headquarters, for salaries und expenditures incurred in maintaining the quarantine on the coast of South Carolina, es tablished by General Orders No. 8, Head quarters Second Military District, current se ries, out of any funds remaining unexpended in tho treasury at tho time of the presentation thereof ; und if there be not sufliuieut funds ut that time for that purpose, thc payment shall bc made out of tho first funds that shall be received in the treasury thereafter, The amounts so expended will be charged against the appropriation mado by tho Legis lature of South Carolina in December. 1865, for thc Military Academy ut Charleston, and tue appropriation mado by thc Legislature aforesaid in December, 1866, for testing thc constitutionality and validity of thc Acts of Congress, by which tho hinds in Saint Helena and part of Saint Luke's Parish have been sold, UH directed in Special Orders No. 186, paragraph l i, current sci ?cs, from these Head quarters. Hy command of Brevet Major-General Ed. lt. S. Canny. LOUIS V. CA 551 ARC, Aido-dc-Crimp, A. A. A. G. <. TIIK CRY IS STILL THEY COME."-Wo mean only bales of cotton, whioh crowd our railroad depots, block up tho wharves, and fi ut. shipping clerks and other pcoplo in that ino to notivo efforts. Last year tho South Carolina Railrond rarely readied otglit hun drod bales por day j now, ovon at this early period of tho cotton year, this Company re ports ono thousand and over, tho Northeastern Railroad two hundred and over, and theso figures will grow daily until, aa wo confidently believe, two thousand tates' and over will bea common roport overy -morr?n? Charleston must loo'; to her soa facilities, for toe markets of tho world must have our great stable promptly. At nooh yesterday, so wo arc in formed, thone wore over fifty oat loads of cot top ?wrtotf?. ?o Gfltttflesfofr on the South Gar* olin* Railroad,- CHarle'tton iv***, Correspondence- of the Charleston Courier WASHINGTON, October 3.-Tho manifesto of Speaker Colfax is thc most important of all the indications yet afforded to us of thc intention of tho Radical Congress, at thc coming session. Mr Colfax is making au electioneering tour in tho West, where he rep resents thc power and explains the views and purposes of Congress. Ile has, in fact, can vassed all tho Northern and Western States, sod he knows better than any other man the feeling und spirit of the Radical party. Ile is also better acquainted than any one else with tho policy of tho Radical leaders of Congress, and with tho political position of members of thu House. The substance of his recent speeches, as re ported, though correctly reported, was not sulliciently explicit for his object, and he has, in a letter under his own signature, reiterated thc declarations of which had been made oil thc stump, lie declares that thc Senate will, upon tho meeting of Congress, send the sus pended Secretary of war, Mr. Stanton, back to thc War Department and to the President's Cabinet. This annunciation is official. Here tofore thc action of the Senate was a matter of aunnise. Mr. Colfax has had personal communication with nearly all thc Radical Senators since the suspension of Stanton, and he spcaki* with authority of their intentionTd this matter. What eau the President do upon this sub ject ? Must he cousoto bc President'/ Must betake the Herald's advice and resign? Ho might us well resign ?is to bc thus badgered and paralyzed by Congress. Ile had declared when warned of the consequences of the re moval of Stanton, that bc would remove bini, eve? if he should be shot for it thc next day. Rut to be hampered and thwarted in thc ex ecution of his constitutional powers is almost as bad ns impeachment. Rut Senator Colfax states without reserve pr qualification, that the President will bo im peached. ' Of that wo arc assured from all quarters. There can no longer bc any doubt of it. Further, the Speaker warns us (.nat if the President, or any of bis Cabinet, or any citi zen or other person that may undertake to re sist the despotio power of Congress, will be forthwith hanged, by order of Congress. These arc all powerful and timely wnrnirigs of thc danger of any further opposition to thc sovereign will of Congress, whether from one quarter of thc country or anothor. Up on Maryland the vengeance of Congress will first tall vf ?th peculiar force. The Radical or ators dwell with keon relish upon thc chance that, will bc afforded to punish " my Mary land" for offences, o?d and ?ow. To-day we hc?r, not from the Speaker of thc House, bu? from sources apparently au thentic, that tho Radical Executive Commit tee have determined to propose to Congress thc immediate call for twenty-live thousand vol unteers, black and white, to bc taken from th.ii District nod Maryland alone, to assist ns A llidical guard for the protection of Congress from any assault or insult they may incur from thc President or the Maryland " rebels." This will bc thc beginning of the revolution forecast by Senator Howard, of Michigan, and what he thinks is necessary for the final triumph of thc Radical power. Congressman Shanks, of Indiana, a col league and friend, personal and political,df Mr. Colfax, has also enlightened thc blacks in Richmond upon the subject of thc Radical policy. Mr. Shanks as yo? Will see, speaks by authority. Ile stirs up tho blacks to thc high duty of suppressing thc pretended rebol insurrection in Maryland. Some pretext will be found, perhaps, for the organization of a great army of freedmen to maintain thc Con gress usurpation. Will tho Radicals, after thc fall elections, como to their senses ? LKO. NEW ORLKANS, October 7.-Thc evening papers here contain an account of a tremen dous gale at Calveston ou Thursday, tho 3d instant. Tho damage to wharves, thc ship ping, goods and buildings is estimated at a million of dollars. The overflow was greater than it linn ever been since October, 1837. Tho following are sonic of tho losses : Mes srs, Wallace, Land k Co., 85,000 ; Droege & Co., $50,000 to 870,000 ; Stubbs k Co., 85,000; Scssomo k Co., 810,000 to 815,000; Westcott k Co., 84,000; Dar?an ?fe Tolyn, 83,000 to 81,000. Hopkins' lumber yard is heavily damaged. Thc water at. midday bad so inundated the gas works that it was impos sible to build fires. The city was covered with water a foot deep. The third story of a new brick hotel was blown down upon tho Odd Fellow's Hall, crushing it. The water is spreading in some places across tho Island. Thorn hnvo been no trains. Tt is reported that tho Ray R ridge is washed away. Tho telegraph lines aro completely wrecked. Sr. Lours, October 10.-The United States Circuit Court has granted a writ of hohen* corpus for Wm. Murphy, sentenced to ten years imprisonment, for burning Mississippi River boats during tho war, by a military commission. ll icu MOND, Octobor 9.---Gen. Sohoficld left to-day for Washington, where ho and otb v District Commanders, it is stated, hnvo beor oallcd by the President. RICHMOND, Ootober 10.-Outsido of thc Republican party, the election nows has boer rooolved here with gonoral pleasuro, and th< bullotin hoards have boon crowded all dav. The colored pooplo seem to be pnrtloularb dismayed at the fate of tho amendment ii Ohio. Tho Government is making arrangement lo have tho Davis trial evidence and ar^u ment? reported by stenographers for pros?rvs tlvttV , m ? ''? Wabsington News. DISLOYAL MARYLAND MILITIA. WABINGTON, October 8.-An account of the organization of tbo Maryland Militia reaobcSjVjiere from Baltimote, in answer to chargcsjlunt tbat body is officered by ex-rebels, which sets forth that the whob militia ?8 com* mandud'W Maje -General R. N. lloworman, hue of wa.IT.mon army, who commanded a brigade af?. Sp?ltsylvanta, was twice badly wounded,-and served during the entire war, from tltfl. first battle of Hull Run up to tho surrender of General Lee. He brat entered tho service in tho Seventh New York regi ment. It is;also stated that there arc eight regi ments lintformed, three in gray and the bal ance ill blue.. Ono of the regiments in gray ia commanded by a straight Union man, no toriouilV^'supportor of thc federal govern ment curring tho war, and all of the regiments are coiuposcd of now loyal men ; that they dc- ' sired jo parado on the 15th inst., and bought ! a battery of six Napoleon guns for that pur pose, ?tor learning thc impossibility of get ting guns from the general govern ni ont. And furl herr ft is alleged that there is not a cart ridge ap the State for the use of the militia. Vs [Baltimore Sun. M_ RADICAL REttELLION. Thorp is u serious apprehension that the Rudi&dsjntond to seize thc government by force In anns upon the assembling of Con gress! The letter of Speaker Colfax and an ?dit?nll in tho " Chronicle," of this morning, liavo cfeated some alarm. Under the frivo ous pretext that your State has an organized niliitia: force, a scheme has been devised to isscmblc at Washington "tho Grand Army if the Republic," a secret military organiza ion, and forcibly eject tho President and [dace Wade at the bead of affairs. In such in event, of course, it would become nonsensi cal to think about elections !-Baltimore Ga :ette. . REMOVAL OF M'CULLOOII. The rumors which may reach you through Hspntbhjft from this point, as, to thc iden ti ?al individuals who are to succeed thc present nctujdients of thc Executive Departments, nay, as yet bu wholly disregarded. I have, loweycr, reason to bc convinced that Mr. ^IcCu'.^?r cannot retain his position much ougee ?nd th??t his successor will hail from Cow York. 1 lay out of thc way all that s said of the looso management of thc Trcas Iry Department, lt is understood that tho 'resident is at last satislied that thc treasury michino is being run to his detrimeut, and oder the influence of Radical leaders-at his moment favoring Chase, who wields the ower of tho national banks-but at any mo icnt ready to transfer the colossal power of Ir. McCullooh to General Grant. Mr. John ui is also, 1 understand, quite satisfied that otlling short of timely change of some of is ni i listers will save his neck, to say noth lg of his position. TUK PLANTER8, TIiK FREEDMEN AND THE luil?A?.-Thc following order, issued from lie headquarters of the Commissioner of thc Ycedmcn's Bureau, in Charleston, will doubt iss be of interest to those for whose guidance , is intended : CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. 21, 1867. leurrai Orders /Wo, 10. To regulate the division of crops, where reed people aro working for a share thereof, ml to protect both the employer ?md employ es from the injurious results arising from the raotiee of some persons in buying thc crops i small quant i tics from thc freedmen, paying lierefor a mere pittunoc of their market val e, whereby many of thc freed people aro left npoverished, it is ordered : That where freed people arc working plan ifions for a share of the erop, tho owner of lie land will furnish ibo necessary buildings ? which to store the cotton-making a scpa ?to apartment fur each person employed-? 'hore his or her cotton can bc securely stored ntil nil thc erop is gathered, when it will be ivided, cither before or after it is ginned, na lie parties may agree. Thc outer door of the uilding will bo fastened by lock, and tho key laced Jn charge of sonic person in whoso lion sty all have confidence Tho cotton can bc rcighed as it is stored, that all may know thc mount of cotton picked each day. No person will sell or in any way dispose ol ny part of thc crops, where thc owner of tin md has a share, until after a division ia fair y made, but the parties may divide at an; info they may mutually agree upon, and whei hey cannot agrco, and no oIlTcero. agent oat e present, they may choose a person in wbon hey have confidence to make n division am cttlcmcut. In all oases, officers and agents will rende very assistance in their power to prevent un nirneas or dishonesty, and will sec that ac cunts between employers nud employees fe ibor or advances of provisions or money b UStly arranged before cither of tho partie !?8poso of their respective shares of tho croj A strict obedionco to these instructions* wi ie required. By order of Brevet Major-Gencral R. K. SCOTT. TUE PORT ROYAL RAILROAD.--Tho"AI ;usta Constitutionalist," of Tuesday, says ? his enterprise : " The meeting of the btookhoidors of th oad took plaoo nt tho Plantors' Hotel, yestc erday, In this oily. Wo are pleased to lea hot there is every prospect of au early ooi detiofc of this road. Northern CapttalU iavo invested, and it it advisnblo that atoe miders in the South, who aire ablo, should i sin th?ir shares." $0$-. A .* Bxi'EOTKD COUP D'ifAf AT WASHING TON.-Wc ?elect extracts- fro? two Very re liable Washington correspondents, which in dicate somo serious movements in Washing ton : It is currently talked of among intelligent men here, and l>elieved, that the advent of Congress will bo preceded by tho collection hero of 2&,000 "volunteers," black and white, ?part of the "Grand Army of thc Republic") 'he purpose is to enforce the usurpations of | tbnt body of lawless mon at the point of the bayonet. The ridictilous charge of nh intend ed erneute on the part of thc President, was intended to cover this infamous design. [ Washington Letter Baltimore Gazette. The radical leaders now here are boasting confidentially among their friend., of the com pleteness of their plans for the future. They say Gen. Butler has already prepared a joiut resolution, declaring that any oiliccrs against whom articles of impeachment shall bc pre ferred, shall ho suspended from office during trial upon thc charges preferred. Immediate ly following tho passing of this resolufioD, ar ticles of impeachment will be rushed through the House under a call for the previous quos tion, and Mr. Wade will bc sworn into office as neting President of the United States. Your correspondent inquired of one of these gentlemen how they proposed securing to Mr. Wade the Presidential chair after he had been 9worn in at the capitol ? On tlvat pom? bo said there was some doubt, as General Grant had given them no ass?franees as to which of the two Presidents he would recognize ; but in thc eveut of a refusal on his part to espouse their cause, they had the militia of the North ern States to fall back upon, m well as their own powerful organization, thc Grand Army of the Republic, a large portion of which Will bo found in Washington. I suggested that the success of tho conservatives in the fall elections would probably cause a change in their programme. Ile replied: "No; it will jnly necessitate the greater firmness and quick ?r action." Ile also remarked that it' was be lieved Mr. Johnson would resist ; bnt that the little power of resistance which had been left bim by Congress would not bc difficult to >vercome. Such is the desperate programme )f thc revolutionists, and I have a positive as mrance from those who know, that it will be itrictly carried out - Washington Cor.- Dos ton Posl, Oct. 2. THE work accomplished by tho Pacific Railroad in crossing the Sierras is one of the marr?is of the world in engineering skill. Th*1 road makes* a steady ascent for ninety miles from Sacramento' to Cisco, Hs present terminus, where it reaches ?tt'altitude of f),9tl feet; when it crosses the summit'it wi li bc T,042 feet above the level of the sea. During :his ascent i t crosses enormous ravines or tres ile-work, winding in sharp curves around the nountain side, where you lookdown info-etan - ms thousands of feet below, Or through long uountaiu valleys filled with pine forests, and gradually climb, by many n grade and curve, ?rand peaks fo high that the snow still lies on bc summits. Sometimes tho track is cut in ,he solid rock, sometimes supported by huge dies of masonry ; ngain penetrating in dark .unnels the rocky mountain side. Frequent y for miles it is covered with snow-roofs mado if heavy timber ; indeed, forty miles of these oofs must bo made before the road will bo afe from avalanches and snow-drifts. On hese Alpine summits fhe snow piles and drifts brty feet deep. Rut when the road is fairly inished over thc Sierras, it will give thegrand st journey which can bc taken on this conti icnt. And fur beyond thc region ?Vhich the ye oan reaoh lies a country even yet more liffioult and inhospitable, where the real dif cufties of the Pacific road arc to cointiVencc ho fearful wilderness and desert between the Sierras and Salt Lake, where for fivo hun Ircd, perhaps seven hundred miles, not a tree f timber or piece of fire wood cati bc obtained, iberc every stick of fuel, every railroad tie nd beam for trestle work, must be carried on lonstruction-trains from these mountains. THE Rockingham (Va.) "Register" says migrants from tho moro desirable class of I forthorn society aro flocking all through the * alloy. All express themselves ns delighted, nd many of them have determined to locate mong us'. Wo welcome all who come to ontribute tttotr itfa?ua ?nd oWorgv to thc ex ?ansion and development of our natural re ourccs. Ono family of Switzer's bas arrived and lo fted near Asheville, N. C., and thirty others nerdy ayhiit (hp report of the forerunners to io likewise. They aro thrifty, highly respect ibic fannora, with capital. ?/eb tJhclrf CCtne m. ARTIFICIAL LKUS.-DV. ?bugTus' lily, the sontraotor with tho Stnto to' supply artificial imbs to citizens dispossessed of their locomo ivo apparatus,- is turning tb-strV (Mt nt the rate >f throo or four a day. Th?' .present cool ?veather is peculiarly adapted to thc fitting of ,he wooden leg to the stump, as tire wenrer is not obliged to contend with the beat and oth ?r drawbacks incident to stfmmoi. About 220 vr? estimated to bc necessary.-- Chronicle. A GREAT NATUKA? CURIOSITY-A MA NATEE, OR SEA C?*W.-Tho "Suvannah Nows ind Herald " of yesterday says : "Tho steam sr Dictator, from Florida, bas left in this oity, for exhibition for" ft time, ft manatoo, or ee* BOW, which vfatf lately oaptured at the ptouth of the Si. tuoie River, Florida, for the. Zo ological Gardens at London. Without going foo minutoly into particulars, let it aufltoo'to sa*y that tho sea cow i? neither oow nor "fish-, but partakes of the, ohnraoter of both. It ia an inhabitant of the mouths, of a few Southern I rivers, ?nd ? fouttt* ip th& Aomon, ?rin?oo ?nd Oya-?oo Kivero, tho manatee now hew is the only one on exMbHmn in th* -wdcVL*' Education of Youth. A London writer protests against thc desire) commonly prevailing among parents and teach ers to push children forward in their studies without any regard to their health. Flvo or six years he asserts arc not too much to toaeh a child to read, spell and write well. Ho adds i There is, indeed, among all classes a dispo sition to cram, and one attending tho exami nation of a village school caunot hut feel thu absurdity of the question put. Subjects av learned by rotc, to be forgotten as soon as tb ! examinations are over; and tho manner i t which the children read BIIOWS how utterly ineflicieut thc teaching has been. According to the System at present followed, it is impos sible for any ordinary child to rend decently ; they have no time to learn. There is a class, and each child bas to read a sentence; thi.i is repeated in a nasal sing-song tone, without-, atty inflection of voice or proper emphasis ; when thc book is passed to thc last child, it comes back to thc first, until the lesson is aver. How can there bc any interest or em ulation ? even thc sense must bc lost. Chil dren attend school from nine in thc morning ?.?1 twelve, and they return agaiu at two, tiil "our. Those a're too many hours for any child lo be sitting still, pouring over lessons; Ihn i boura a day is ns much as a child cnn appl?, dlowing for intervals; for it cannot be sup posed that threo hours continuous study can ae good for any child under ten years old. ff a different system were established, there jannot be a doubt that more real learning night be imparted, and a great deal of praoti ;al information acquired besides. Suppos? .eading, writing, and arithmetic wore only ;aught to children up to ton years old, all the fay need not bc spent in these; and if nt 'angemenfs were made to occupy the children n succession in some activo employment by fhich their intellects might be sharpened and ccpt alive, there can be no doubt that a vast. mproTement would bo apparent. Romanoe. From the Decatur (Illinois) Magnet, Sept. 21. Most, if not nearly all, of our citizens bavo toticcd a dissipated vehicle, somewhat rescin ding a circus; wagon, located on a vacant lot ?n North Maine street, in which resided an old md poverty stricken man. Some time in the Spring tho wagon, propelled by a couple ofat enuated horses, arrived in thia city, nod thc dd mau pitched his tent in tho place mention ed, where, through tho charity of thc owners, li* btw si wee been permitted to dwell. lloro ric httS" lived ever since, eking out an existenoo i>y blre donations of our boncvolcnt citizens, ho laving disposed of the horses for a small sum. Yesterday, F. S. Murphy, Esq., one of ou;* irominent lawyers, received a call from a Scotch gentleman named McGregor, who, af er a long and \Voary search, had found tim ndividual named wc have thus described ami rhom', he identifies as thc youngest son of tho ite Earl of Clanricarde, enc of the wealthiest, nd most influential noblemen in Scotland. -- 'he story related by Mr. McGregor is almost lartalous in ifs deta"?2, and would furnish the lafcrials for a first-class three volume novel, omo forty years since, the poor old man who as attracted the compassion of our citizens rasa'dashiug and stylish officer in thc Lifo riiards ; becoming enamored of a beautiful irl of humble origin, he married her in op osition to thc commands of his proud father nd remonstrances of bis equally proud elder rothcr. Being disinherited and thrown up n the world, bc sold his corn mission, and 'ith his wife carno to this country. After vc years of vicissitudes upon a rugged farm \ the western wilds his wife died, and, bro on iff spirit and sore in heart, bc rcliuquish i his claim and roamed without aim or pirr ?se ovor tho country. During the Mexican ar ho enlisted ns a private aoldicr, and served ntil tho close of hostilities. Since then ho as been the companion of roving Indians ; deck hand ori steamboats ; a poddler, &o., ntil his arrival in this city. Ry thc doatb f his older brother, which occurred about mr months since, ho has become the posses Mr of estates to the value of thrco thousand ounds per annum. His good fortune, alas ! as come too late ; prostrate in mind and en ?.eblcd in body, he cannot realize, nor can ho mg enjoy, tho princely fortune to which ho as fallen' beif. Yesterday evening, in caro f Mr. McGregor, ho embarked on the eastern orncW, Scotland. Fortune s?n?lcri Voo^n?d1; ie oarly ?ovo sloops by La Utile Riviere, and e lives a poor wrook of bis former self-too nbeoile to heed tho frowns or smiles of for ano. -Reader, is not truth far stranger than Olion ? Events occur overy day that out ri al tho wildest dreams of thc poet or roman ist. >i ? ^ JOHN R. GOUGH was fifty yoarsold in Au? ust. Ho signed tho plcdgo Ootobor 80, 842, in Worcostcr, Mass. January 3,1813, 0 delivered his first temperance lecture His riginal terms for a lecture were $5 j now ho barges 8200. Ho has already accopted 1G8 alls for thc season of 18G7-8, whioh will pro lucc $33,000. Mr. Gough has accumulated 1 handsome fortuno. THE DROUOHT in Ohio ?till prevails to tho ;rcat injury of tho corn and potato? orops. farmers are selling their stock ; water is verj icarcc, and, in many casos, tho cattle hnvo tt )0 driven a groat distance for water. Farmen ire not feeding hogs for the winter markoU o any ox te tit, and no cou tracta aro being mach ?ut those for early delivery. M ACCORDING to Milton; F.vo kopt idlent it Kdcn to bear ber husband talk," said a gen doman to ft Italy friend, arid then added, ia r melancholy touo : u Alas f there have been no Btw Bihce. " Rceauso there have boen no husband worth )ietcnln$$oyv was th? quick retort. .J