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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.
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