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u To thin* own ?elf lt true, and it must folio*, at the night the day, thou can'tt not then le fahe to any tuan." Q BY ROBERT YOUNG & CO. WALHALLA, S. C, FRIDAY, MABCII 5,18G9. VOL, IV..NO. 21. POESTRY. VOR TUR K KOW BK Coen1 KR. Childhoods'8 Death* The esgloTime has plucked it from our fond Embrace, and borne lt far beyond our rcnoh. Unto bis oyry 'mid the towering cliffs of Eternity. What, dytug so young ? Hush, whisper lt lowly, Already dead is that beauteous form, Light fall your steps ns you pass, it is holy. Often will liaunt you the taco that is gono: Sob If you will, what matters your tears, Better to pray for yourself while ou weep ; Bark with caro seems tho journey of year? Now wo must troad ; Silent and still 'neath tho cold winding sheet, Childhood is dead. Lay dn Us bosom your first lisping prayer, Gather tao songs which those mute lips did love Often to warblo of Heaven aboro ; Make them a wreath for that forehead so fair, Scatter around it the kisses so soft, Fond lips have tenderly press'd on that brow ; AU the blessings which floated aloft Over that head. Which heedless of ev'ry thing lieth now Silent and doa 1. Put not your ponce on those eyelids so fair, Already dosed in their innocent rest; Visions of sin cannot cometo them there, Pur? was its soul as Unit shro d on its breast ; Weary of earth they closed with a smile, Gohvwe.ght nee l not upon them be press'd, Closed with a smile. V. A. W. VARIETY The Coming Administration The day when Genend Grant will assumo the helm of power is very near, and wo hope' that " shadows, clouds ?nd darkness" wil| not rest ns evil omens upon it. Gen Grant is called ou to administer the vast affairs of the Government and of thc Union, hut alas ! ?ot the Government and the Union which our fathers created. Ile must swear to carry out the provisions of the Constitution, but ho will find the Constitution, tis presented hy Iiis par ty for his action, a very different thing from that which so long spread its healing wings over tho republic. Ile will soon learn, if he does not know tho fact already, that he ts ex pected by Iiis party to execute not the Con stitution and thc laws, hut violations of thc Constitution and thc laws. Ile will discover that some of the States tiro controlled by civil despotisms, and others by military despotisms, whilst still others have us yet a shadow of freedom. Ile will ascertain that thc supremo law and till law? in some section.-; aro no laws at all in other sections. He will sen that in large and populous portions of tho country no rights whatever uro maintained or enforced except'by thc will of thu vilest und mont de graded parts of thc population. Ho will be hold anarchy, tyranny, confusion, tumult, ra ging and roaring in the hind mid defying nil oootrol. In suoh a crisis, in thc midst ol .uoh a deplorable and frightful condition of things, General Grant, nil inexperienced us H civilian, is to take his place nt the bend nf our national affairs. Not only he. but his judi cious friends und the whole co un try may well, in view of tho future, pause with feelings (?I anxiety, and even of ?we, and give themselves up to solemn and anxious thought nod reflec tion, und ?ven to fervent prayer. Grout ?nd eritioal ns the juncture is, we do not. even iii the midst of our most grave und solemn ?nd fearful jdoubts, assume that General Grant, with alt hts inexperience of state*iniinship, will fo,Vto realizo tho oxpeotations of those who expect the most and tho best from him. The desi inics of tho couutiy for centuries tc como, wilt ali of it? hundreds of millions o present old futuro inhabitant?, muy and uti doubtcdlyuo dopend, to ti very greut extent upon bim nd upon thoso whom ho shall cal! ?round h i ns his advisers nud counsellors, and, what cr gi ive reasons wo may havo foi doubts an misgivings and fears, we will not abandon ? JC, unless it iduill bo nhivcred like glass by t yielding pf the in coming Prcsi tjeut to tl violence, the friititioisuj, and tlu rude, fien passions of the worst portion c1 tho party biol) edeotcd him, ?nd which, lu trill t?Het ?rps#ont of tho Uulted States. ?li? p< r, aa tho' " Louisville ?ouriet Journal" oibty remarks, is n power to worl unbounde cjd or infinite evil. If he is o: g??dmntt , if God. moulded him from tl? right Lint stuff, he cnn nhd will nooom pl|sh moral good than was ever nocomplLh ed by ony krtimn of our gor.eration, or o th? gOtioriil wiich preceded it, or tho gen ?ration whlprceeded that. At Oblongo in invoiced ' rn for the country, and ho cai give it peel He liss declared in favor o Jaw and ol ?nd ho eon establish; tyw ?n< order. Ifl?ljooscs to innintnln ?nd4oxer his Jtts? ari?nwltuflnttsl p^oga?l tA,4 ? toting thal tho restoration of ?ll the old t'.mo blossiigo our long afflicted ?nd deso?a ted land, nS'ty or faction, however power fat it irifiyj think. Itself, ONO, wither., bin), or wlilo tp Bttempt to withstand hiir ?uo hearts le raewes of his party sro wit bim, nnd the dimest co operation of tito Dem ocratic party will bo with him, if he shull show himsolf eutitlcd to it. Panoplied in the I strength which his position gives him, beean stund up and let a dozen factions beat against him us if they woro billows and ho a rock. General Grant's military nervo is firm. Ile has given some signs that his moral nervo is good. His political norvo untried. The tri al is to come. Either ho will cower before the spirit of faction, or the spirit of faction, after a brief ?how of opposition und rebellion, will cower before him. He can make himself one of tho noblest figures of our time to thc eyei of the present agc nod of posterity. If ho possesses the great qualities which his nd. mirers ascribo to him, he has only to rcnoh forth his strong hand toward success, nnd ho will secure it in a grusp from which it can not bo wrenched. Ile cun stay the usurpa tions of Congress as a strong man would quell the struggles of infancy. If he has thc head, the heart, tho strength for tho work, he can set his nanto upon the tallest mountain pinna cle of thc age's history. Ho can make his fume as a successful warrior, however bright, grow dim in the effulgence of his character as a patriot, a statesman, and a sago. Let hint address himself, with his whole will and might, to the grand duty of making tho Gu im, the Constitution aud thc laws what they were boforc tho evil days cuiuc upon us, und he will Gud himself bucked by a moral, a po litical, and, if necessary, a physical force, that no other human force upon our continent can countervail. ; The Fifteenth Amendment Beginning to see lt! Effects. Thc constitutional inncndinont adopted by i the United States Senate is denounced by i some of tho prominent radical journals, whu I see that it is time to resist thc encroachments uf Congress upon tho rights of the States. The j tendency towards centralia ttion is beginning j to bo rebuked by republican party organs. I They sue tho danger that must result fron I stripping thc States of all power, and confer ring tho same upon Congress. The Provi deuce (lt. I ) Joucnal says : 11 Should this amendment be confirmed bj thc Stutts, and go into effect, it cannot fail tt work a very important ohange in tho govern mont and institutions of tho special qualifie? tiona for holding office in any of tho States j and will inevitably require very important ul i tera t ions in sever tl of thc State constitutions i , ns well as in tho relations of till tho Status t I the gea* ral government, lt Will provo b fur the longest step that has thus fur been ta j ken toward tho consolidation of our politic -, I powor und the virtual overthrow of tho Stat institutions. *. A change like this which is proposed b ' thc Senate is fundamout.il and far reaching I As was earnestly contended by'seveml Ic-idin members of that body, it is essentially rcv< ' lutionary in its tendencies nr.d results On political system will be very greatly modifie by its operation, and with thc facility whin . will thus bo introduced of making still fu titer changes, it is impassible fully to estimai or even to anticipate the ulterior consequoi ces that uro likely to dow from it. Out of 1 necessity whioh tho rebellion forced upon tl States of the South, and which really pe ' tuined only to them, tho champions of a pa ' ticular theory of sooiul rights hive carri* 1 through the Satiate a ohange in the fund ' mental law whioh strikes down everythii Uko local independence in Stato affairs, ai . abolishes all power in a Statu to protect lfetc against any ftuoial or political evils to whit ' it muy bc especially exposed. Tho ooustil tion of thc United States, as thus amende ' will clearly no longer bo the constitute . whioh was adopted by our fathers. Wi such a provision, even as a possible unttcjr. ' tion, it couM never have passed the con vc 1 tion of 1787; still less could it hu ve buen t ecptcd by tho popular eonvcution of any j. tho States, If it id bOW confirmed, it will only an overthrow pf $tatc constitutions, u ' dor tho spurious guiso of a co ns ti tu tim amendment M favor of fro -dom " r The " Chicago Tribune/' also has a bt I art "..do on thu subject. It says ; 4* Stute oflioer? are not,.Uko voters, coro ' tuen ts of the national go vc ruinent. Th . qualifications may bo Safely loft to tho pen: F of the Stato. The constitutions of the s f o al States pr?vido various q u n 1 i fi c a tit for their officers. The Governors of BO 3 States aro required to bo native born oitizo ? Under each State we have a variety of ofll f to bo filled by persons ' having a knowla 1 Of pm ticular sciences; wo h itv judges i t attorney genorals, we have prosecuting i*' torneyB, Stato geologists and surveyors, > lui vc hospitals for tho insane and for the tn ty meut.of other forms of dlsoaso. Why abo . not tne Stato of Illinois require that pers 3 elected or appointed to these places *h?d! I. a'do to read or write ? tliht hor juduoa ant] b .toirfoyi ehal! be ?4v??r^ in tW T?tf 7 I . f .' ' ' h?r public physicians Mid ?uperint endcnta of lids pit its shitll huvti " medical ?ducation ?- ' ! Yet tho amendment proposed by the Scinto j prohibiis tho State from establishing any such ! qualifications, ?nd makes eligibility to office coextensive with thc right to vote. All citi- ? zona, of all colors and races, whether they read or write, or speak the language, or hold property, ore ma lc eligible to ul! offices in tho I State. Can any person give uny good reason for this proposition ? H Wo do not think such an amendment cm he ratified at the present time. We do ! not believe that it will secure the requisite U'lmborof votes in Illinois, Indialla or Ohio; j W'S do not think Connecticut, or Rhode Is I ... l?nd or New II a tn pah i ru will ratify it, and it may fail in New York and Pennsylvania - Tho Pacific States will undoubtedly reject it Thc universal sulfrugc eiuuso cannot carry it self und tho office-holding clause." [From the Commercial ? Financial Chronicle] The South, and the Next Cotton Crop Thc approach of thc planting season io tho South, and tho policy toi b-j pur.su ul with re j gard to tho next crop, aro matters of moro than local interest. In faot to thc whole oom nuuity, N irth and South, everything o?>.mooted with the c ittoti crop of I S j ) is a subject of the huh wt i np ?rt moo. Nur is this interest c i ia 1s1 t i os?r ow>i c sn nry. The cotton mau a.MCI urers ant OO.HU n.irs of Europe, and thc cutt m pro lucers in In Iii, Egypt un 1 'other pl iocs will li 11 th ?io iii 1 is try seriously aff.'iit-sl f.'ir ?j ) ) I ill by tho pr isp icts ?til 1 remits of t m o > n i i .* S ? non. - u Kui;* 0 itt-su," f?i* ? 1 itu,'?ti I m 11 ireh, still uxorois.is i d ioi.lj-1 and p ni tl ye in.lu euee in th i world ; an 1 this in I i m se soo ns to bc incr.i isui^ r itlnr th tn di ni?iii!iinjf - At no f ir ncr pudo. I h ?va thu prospects of this sta plo elicited a doopor or m ire g mor.il concern. T'ii aotiou. therefore, of tho South in ref ereuce to tho new crop is of tho lint impur ta me. No back ward step should be taken, but tho Hume intelligent course which has produced such remarkable resulta thc past year should bo continuo 1 thc bo ning simson, lt has abund intly demonstrated thc vitality o tho South an I tb s p usability of rilling eotfcor moro successfully by free 1 I tb ?r th in by slav? labor. AH that h ncc lo l n-swis timi tho les sons of the put thr?a y-urs' bj hot lost, in or der th'tt the Suth my rottin the van tu gc ground it lin glin id, and outer upsn a nev o*reer nf sooi il uni in lu it ri il djvolop neat and prosperity. At tho oloso of the civil wir, th* si igle eic aunt of l ib sr w i) ab sut tim only timm ro n lining in th ? S suth of re s ivory fr sm thc in-lui tri'il pr utritiou in which th it sectioi was left. I? it even this ros mroa w is sud! dm-dont Tho fr<n I n ni wird belly dun.sr alize.d. insub ir lin ito UM I pr?tentions ; and at thc ail um tims tits wlitte popul ittuii wa exlriustc l, angry ?ml joilon. AU cluse were utterly broken d ?v i in spirit, while thor wis nu m may or credit anyw'mro. lu thi extremity tho pl s ute rs turned to oottm II ! their only hors). Prie H hud boen hi *h, an it wu th sunlit th it th ny wsiH cuitiuuo sr aal on tho bssisof th) th ni rullii!* ntes.coi trict* wore entered into aol pbms mido fn tho yow. lt is soirouly no tessury to repc tho disasters of tint and the succeeding sci ams. Tue result of tho'pilioy pursu'd wi that during the wintor of IS 31, a cry of fan ino arose fro n tho most fertile dist riots of il i w ?rid, and tho little remo, int the w ir hi loft appaled to h ive boon lost. Relief w nant, and tho dingor pissed away, leiving nevero experience, which has resulted, hov ever, io the irroitest g s ? i to th it section. ? our c su itt y, ontblin ? thom, in fiot, to raise orup of ootton at about ton cents per poun and to soil it at month tn twenty oonts. Ov two hundred and fi 'ty millions of dollars w . p-iss into the S-suth fro n cotton alono tl , season, pl icing tho rsl an tors ia a position 60'npirativo iiidopondenoe. In tracing tho cuises of the suoooss of 180 as contrasted with tho disastora of tho pr Oeding yoir.s, wo il id tim oloirost indio itio of what should bo tho policy of the 3<>uih , tho i n nodiate futur). Fiiluroat first w i n st tho result of d sfi dont crops, but r ithor i the nets of tho freud trna and the plante themselves. C ipit.il, ti bo sure, w. is shy a i distrustful, aol oo il I inly bo obt tined wi i difficulty and high rttoi of interest or on t tremely unfworablo to rms. Lib tr, also, v i demoralized In vorV nvniy oaso-i tho frei i raen, having mwly tasted tho sweets of lib I ty. refused to work, or, if. they w irkod, was with a gre it I lok of energy ami elli >i< r oy. They could not soo the nooossity \ work, omi it foquirod tho bitter h trdships j tho winters of IS.ld -07 td bring the n to th i , souses. Tho planton, too needoo ..oort ) kfnd of experienoe. They hid soon ont at a hlfth price for a long time, and conclu* t it wee to romain eo. Consequently thoy if :M high fur labor and put into tho ground noth ing but cotton. When, however, they began to market tho staple, as prices had fallon to a .decidedly low level, it was found that it did not return moro than thc cost of raising it. Corn and wheat they had neglected, and it was the bitter experience they then p issod through as a consequence of tho neglect whioh showed them its folly and led thom to a wiaor course the past season. Thus suffering and an iden tity nf interests brought all dusses togethor as they never before h id boon, showing tho friedman if ho would est ho must work, and th 5 pl inter that he could not now depend up on exorbitant figures, but must hire his lubor so that he could raise his orup at a reasonable figure, und must give up a portion of bis time an 1 lund to food products. If this orop of cotton had cost as much as tho previous ones, or if thc South hid raised no food, thoy would have boen compelled to force tho staple upon tho market to get themselves out of debt or to provide thc necessities of lifo, und very lit tle benefit would have resulted to thom from tho improved rates. On tho contrary, thc planter is now clearing over ten cents per pound, and tho South i? making millions ol dollars, placing them, ns wc have before sta ted, in a position of great strength for thc new year. Wc have, then, in tho experience of the p.ftjt, an un ni stakable indication of the eourso that should 0 .. p irsu id liy tho S ?utli in order thur tho advantages ube now possesses may lu tn lint i'm *d. First, then, it is of the highes! i nport inco th it thu planter should not bo led by present prices tu o i'itr.mt with'tho freed men at exorbitant rites. The crop must bc nisei c'oui nie illy ml oho ipi/, for there i> ni w's lon in supnsing tint it cm bo mar ! hoted except at a ?;uro very . much below present qu ?tatio is. [t must bo roiueinhoroc that thc prices now obtained act as a premian: for thc o titivation of otton throughout tlu whole w ?rid. Lirguly increased supplies an lik dy, u'li'ir this stimulus, tobe raised it tn li i, I'jiypt, Hr Mil, and other pl.ioos, nm i although tito c mui option U steadily iticrqaj i og i d.!o:do 1 ru lue tion in tho rites mnaJ ; tho result of this unger competition in jj dilation. Wc notice tint there issn no inora ' pisition among tho freedmen to contract fe last ye ir's wigos This is right where bc i wot th more; but. for tho pl tutor to agree no* to piy an ex ir bi tint rate, just because oottoi at the 'iimont is high, would bc only to ir sure for both parties disappointment and los i -in fact, to chook tho prosperity which th j past year lt is begun to develop throughou I tho South. Thou, ngain, it is of (he groa ost importance that as much whait and cor anil provisions bc planted us wis planted tl p ist ye ir. It ts desirable that cotton shoul b-? tho lea lilli, but n it the only, productioi A disregard of this iden was tho error of tl first yo ir after tho war, and short brcadstul crops in HSiiropo put up tho priocs of cot and whait to figures which resulted in tl foarfui distress of tho winter of 1867-68. We think a little caution now on the points would bo of inestimable valuo to tl South for years to como. Not that wo desi a small crop of cotton to bo raised-for * bcliovo tho true interests of tho cotton Stat d un uni a large crop and low prices, whit will diivo out oo iipctition -but simply th the gre it est economy in production bo usc no eon tr i ct for labor based on present rut for cotton bo mado, and u sufficient supply f m l products be put in to moko that scott independent of others for their doily broc Tho obsorvunco of these precautions will i suro a prosperous year for the South, and muon toward imparting activity to tho dustrics of the whole ootiutry. Conor At. UB3BPTION OV SoUT?f ERKERS . THE NORTH.-Tho " Agust* Sentinel" confident that tho present cotton erop Georgia will yield from $30.006,000 to $4 000,000 in gold. Tho " Philadelphia Le er" very frankly and truly 8ay?>: "It ts knowledge of this faot that prompt? thee dial welcome at tho hands of our merohai that Southorn buyers aro now receiving Thoy aro ablo to bo oath buyers, and that what tho t< ide in the soaboml cities ni want." As Baltimore, however, just ns c dially roooivod tho Southerners before tl had made this vuluablo cotton orup as sin it cannot bo doubted that thu aforesaid Sou eruor.s will cordi illy reciproca to tho same the day of their rooovored prosperity. Tl will nardy find there A market well suppl with muoh that they may need, and tho I of facilities for its transportvtion in any sired direction. i * ? ? MENARD, the odored Congressman ft Louisiana, the House Committee on Electi have decided o innot " como ?rt." Of ootf In Mouth Carolina n majority of tho Legi tur? may be oom posed of negroes j but C grose ta too good for ever, one bf them. JV Ji Newspaper Privileges. A suit is in progress in Cincinnati wherein a journalist is sued by a public officer for al leged libel, because, in discussing a matter of 1 publio en ii cern, the officer waa charged with j abuses and corruption. The case is not yet decided, but from the tenor of the argument it is likely to turn upon tho point whether malice was intended on the. part of the jour nalist, tho burden of proof falling on the plain ti ft". This trial is an important one to newspaper men as well as ibo people general ly outside the city in which it is being tried. Tuke away the right nf thc press to discuss public matters and it would he difficult to de fine into what a hopeless condition the admin istration of public affairs would relapse - With nil '.he exposures of fraud nnd corrup tion that now daily fill thc columns of news papers wc find but little reform in tho opera, tiona of government officials-high and I -?nd yet there is no doubt that thc feitf^ euch exposures has a wholesome effect ni those predisposed robe als who have not the nf ral courage to face the odium that uttaehest newspaper ventilation of official derelictions. To usscrt that the owner of a newspaper has not tho right of any other taxpaying citizen to show up the abuses and corruptions of any servant of tho public is to assert an absurdity! no matter what legal twist the lu wyara muy give to the point. Deprived of such a senti* j ncl to sound an alarm, of such a safeguard to protect tho interest of the community, all tho public sewers in the world would scarcely bo sufficient to carry off tho volonte* nf rank official corruption that Would sarg? up around almost every department cf nu timm! and lo cal governments. No, the vigilance of tho press must nut he relaxed, especially in these days, when tho national Treasury is besieged hy grasping jobbers nnd thc Stuto and city coffers a1 1 but little less than ? resort from which rogues may fiil their pockets with the people's money. The Jj nati case will JV. Y. al nmcndmt dod refu? 1 of Senate's amendiU?itf^HKfV< thoUP*Tribune' "fnr-lesj ment built.' with a broc gone into full of T00^^n^8t^mp^^^n^(l^is awfully knooked and jarred from side to side. There is no telling what moment an axle tree may break or there may be a general biuash. THE CHARLESTON MERCURY'S FAREWELL. --Wo hnve received the farewell address of the proprietor of the "Mcury" to itu subscri bers. After announcing thc final suspension of tho "Mercury." Colonel Rhett, bi to propri etor and editor, sketches the political condition of tho United Stutoa, and the resources of the North and South, and considers the future policy of the peoplo of tho South. The "Mercury" has long been an able, earnest and high toned champion of the South. If. in our opinion, its Democracy was not sufficiently conservativo and progressive, we have always given it credit for its tone, independence and ability. It wis true to itb own con victim s und intensely Southern in its principles, and for its devotion to the State of South Carolina it will not sonn bo forgotton. A gallant Kni h h 'S boon compelled to leave the field. Those of us who romain to fiirht may well imitate at least his tone, his gallantry, his devotion and his fidelity. THE DEATH OF WHISKEY RINGS.-With tho departure of Andy Johnson from tho White House the whiskey rings will recoitf? their death blow ; for, though he may be per sonally honest, and may not have participated himself in the enormous frauds opon the got* er ii m ont, tho rings have flourished ttndor his udinin'ijf .'Btion. He has been the tool Of those around him who had bis oar ami confidence, and This Secretary of tho Treasury has been tho ccutro around wbioh these ri?as revolved The Sonators ?nd members of tho House, mid particularly tho Senators, have made hostility to him a pretext for sustaining the rnsoals who have defrWdod tho government. With the 4th of March all this will bo ended; for whether the Tentfro of Office ?ot bo repealed or not, General Grant will seo that tho revenu" bo faithfully oollcoted and the government purged of criminal and incomp?tent officials. PR?SIDENT Johnson intend -, shortly nftor ho goes out of. OBYCO? to- mako a visit to Kn rope' The offer of M p iS*m?o was lately m?id? hint bf mo nf tho German lino nf steamer?, nnd the offer was accepted by Mr. Juhnsni . Ct is his put pose, immediately after the 4th of Mureil, to ma.ka s brief visit to Tenues*-o with the tlow.ojf arranging his nffiirn. and he will ?ail for Kuropo about th? first of April, i KINO C-jrrov - Tiie ,4\V%*hintr>in Et? press" says : ''Three million bile? of cotton Miis yeur if the sea<ou bo fuvir*ble, yielding ?t present pnne*. over $1)3,0JO )0), ?rill bu the contribution of tho ootton States to tho material wodth a' tho U ii m. II ?re ts a prize worth co itcn lin ; f ir by tho gr? it coin merci?! cities, and Now York, fro-n present indications, will ceouro so Ur ?o a shire as to make up for the dullno** of tho I nt season. Freight* to H'lropo will rule high, as M nutter of c>ur-?e. ari I wore it n tt fir th S i mo s poli cy of 'Jon jrrcss. ship b'l?diu j <v ni I i o ii ' li a toi y revive O?r grett UHr-jintil.? to tri no before tb? war WH III linly b'lilt up Joy the cotton trade, Ic om ho rebuilt ind oniirg.- l now by ju ?oinu* legi ?I itt un?. m * j? ton tj?ir.i licio," of li it A i' ni -t of Slit) II i elli OH J Dienet i;j io o i ?did i te, e nt un i h M lodgo II ?ge y the Bind of ivor nor tint lie re log il votes cast. Ho expJ^f^tf'Ihn?oertifio ito, to get his seat.-. If bo d ios not, h-j ii prep ired, wo under stand, to sh >w b ?th outr ig ions frauds and violent and I '.. intimidation. His Dis trict will give, a, fair election, full 5,000 Republican majority." Tho nvivonnnt intu .runted down Eut to extend the right of snffrig? to nil young mon over eighteen' y ci rs of age. scums to bo rapidly g lining tr round. There ar? many rca 1 sous why tho project is entitled to favorable I consider itioti, At eighteen, boys ?ire old I enough not only to take oare of thouiHolveH in i th? walks of budneas. but. also to shoulder a ' musket in defence of their country. In fart, m ?st Americio youug men ?re, by the very ni to re of our institutions, called upon toa su no ull th? linties und re po isibilitiesof man hood oven boforo tHTt age. On ttio icoro of oooscientioush'?ss and morility, the New Or. leans ? rimes" think* the youth of eighteen has tho advantage, genordly speaking, uv< r the m in of twenty ono; an i on that of inte'? ligencn, w? Inrdly think any sensible ootog.m* arian will be found with tho li ir lib ind to as sert th it il boy of obgMuon U i?x? a* o > opulent ? vote as one of the requ'rod ugo. Fro u the ?avor with wu.ioh tho prop ni ti m s?e us gun. eriJBt receive I, tho new enfranchisement oTOWes a successful issue. MURDER OF A CHILD IN CHARGE OF A HOUSE.-The pi a ct iee, so common in tho country, of leaving a house for u few hourn in charge of children has been of late taken nd. vantage of in numerous casea by thieves, who have found it easy to curry out their burg.?, rious designs when only chi'dien were oj posed to them. The Intest case of this kind is ree. orded as follows : On Friday last a man and his wife, who live near St. Louis, went to tho city on l uci, ness, leaving their little boy, eight years of ugo, nt home. On their return they fi und their house had been lobbed ; and a hi.ort sciirch revealed the dead body of the I o\, Ci V? ?red up under a pile of corn and II t-oflple of sacks of wheat. Ile hud been smothered t0 death. His hands and feet bud l een tod, and the wheat then thrown'over bili'. The hired man. ?ho wis ni-nt tie pren i*es. is missing nod is supposed to f?e the thief ?nd murderer. A-ft? GENERAL LOMHSTI B O THE FL"OU OF OONORKRS.-The '.Washin.'tini Expr?s*," or Wednesday, siys General L?ng triiet wis up on the floor of tho House Tu-'sduy after .ooo, nt first seated'writing ut a d sk vu* td for him by ? Repabl/oun ra 'inlier, lu a short time ho was discover d and s ?on surrounded by both Republicans and Democrat*, and cordially sh'ikon by the baud. One Repub lican monibvf iu'fcf (o' L-mgstroot : General, we have admired your omirage and bravery on tho field ; but we estee n your re cent course in witters of politipjd interest to t'm South as of a highor order of courago than that which vrtu' displayed in battle General Lmcstreet bowed iii acknowledge ment of this And other compliments bestowed upon him. EL?QI EVT EXTRACT.-Tl ? following elo quent extract is taken from HO editorial in Father Ryan's Banner of tho South : .'There are men who desert tho altars of a lost cause, mund which they once stood with Wood in their fceirfts fiinllric for liberation, und who knee) to offer homsee at the altar of ?ucees ful wrens. Theronre men who tram olo under f<v?t the vory standuid? thut once united proudly over them. There are men base enough tn Hf? their h -nd* against thc v*ry visrhrs for which thevonee uplifted sword?. We nro Rot suoh. For u*. principie, right is ristht-'Vesterd ?y-to day- to morrow^-forer, cr fluhniisslon to might ii? notVurreftder of I right. ' We'yteTito the one, but shall nov**/ j yield to tho other."