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, Pl ? ? I vr^rr^""'li":,:".i" to pata | / i. /I wi ./v / i i * .> ?.o\ ? P > ? i ?. Tb ta?ae ?wu .?(/* be trw, mnd 4t *%%t folle*t ' j" noT??T? fry i J*?: i :. , * I 9 ti?*! #6 IJM ?W ?ky, <(U? a*?'* ?O? fR**c ?? /alw an "IT ROBERT YOUNG & CO. " > v .,.,!i,,?", ?,, .j...... WALUAtU, S,J?KIMAOCTOBER tt^fM' TOL. V.-NO. 2 \ t ff V ARIETY. The Aotlon of Virginia Th? now legislature of Virginia, we aro told, have adopted tho fifteenth amendment -adopted it not boonuao they liku it, but be cause thu faith of the miodossful pn'ty Was \horoto pledged Till? is Well, slid no rca .enable man will find cause to criticise oo thia toooaot tho conduct of tho "Old Dominion." tb thia respcot, Virginia wisely yielded to thc forooof Clrou.ristinoos; and tn ?do an hon orable ?Urronder to potfer and for?a, As a Writer in De time's Review has well said : "Virgiui* canina) be charged With any dereliction of honor. Har battle fields and her cemeteries attest her fidelity to principles. Her couria of justice the prey of adventurers, her halla of legislation d?fit, d by ignorance and rapacity, her social aud industrial inter nets paralyzed by radical rule, would render lt shameful in any one who had suffered tass lo censure tho proprioty of her conduct.1' But BOW that Virginia has fulfilled har pledge, and ratified tho fifteenth amendment, whioh radical illiberality made a condition preOeaaat to her admission into tim Union, let na trust that, after her admission, Virginia Will bo longer Submit to the dictation of the infamous leaders of wn infamous party. The Utohmond "Enquirer and Examiner" has yielded much ; but that journal feels that it lian yield no more, consistently with tho hon j or ftnd dignity and interests of Virginia} .' i it well nays, in ita issn; of the 7th instant; j "Ttbere ia a wide distinction between oom plying with tho A 3ts of Omi^re.44 ouatlic sub Jeot of reconstruction and vol? itarily*p jrfor wing other acts in addition to tho require tncata of tho R vier ?I (i ivernmorit in th it rc gard. There is a diffcrcnoe betwoen sub mit ting to what wc hu i no power to re-list and voluntarily searching for fresh displays of complaisance. Our view ia that we have ac ?opted the Un i trw-.tod e.institution and the fifteenth a neo imont rj icaut ) wa h i l o ? op tion in tho matter ; we h ive remodeled our tatema'p >!?..? in obedience to a mandile from a stronger and conquering power. Now, to go beyond thia, and .titnifn*t Mip;rHti ni telaority ia appeasing an 1 ni ?Iiifyi 1-4 t h . vi ? torioua party, ia not oily i^ih.st 0 itur 1 . 1 la dlrepatable ntsdmnn ?iv They 'i i've 1 dcffft their tarim, and it is n lt d rn' . 1 ? . they wereaevere and harsh in tho oxr>> u ind we shall have parfim-i-l our DH .vii? we shall have complied with thuin. "Wo do not desire to ontor tho IJ ion .vit-. .ny hypocritical faed lt is ib-olnto'. i na s. aiblo for us at tho South to enjoy at h??? *t 1 ..? proooss of reconstruction, or to revoluti > > e our social order (n any gushing fra no tyV say, 'We do it ; und W>4 do 'it in ?111 fd 1 abandon our th?orie* and mir projeta and return to the Union. xVe reM* 1 the idea that it ia the govern mt af Wa mik . ourselves happy by miking it-fir ??? we ?an-a good govern neut. Wo wi*h to u k. . t> substantial poaoe- and to leave it > > n u? i. ? obliterate abd to erase thu tr ices of 1 bllfW Oonteat/ "We do sot go back into the Union ia t'?< Bffirit of alav?s. We do not pr ip ne . 1 pu chase favor? abd benefits by ob* ri .-|. ftttfite domoastrationa. Thank O > 1 ! ? y hi . ?root, aa those who have not h id t a .(? ? . Unit/to learn how to 'bend the prenti it hinget of the kn .<. "The preservation thia, * t\r> w . < very arel! ia MOI railroad* n w n a : i ..* . ia the pr?servation of on**, tvuih ?ul . (. without which life ia confeojptil?! ?ii -, oomfortaof fife void of satisfaction t*r. s ?. the, brave, fearlo**, manly trtlnp'r >y r-> Southern.peupla, ?ni you ai vu Tro o tin- aro :? of .?ur forfuffea the uo?t pr. e'on- .. -sparkled io th ....*.? hi our hy * ?f i. . - . ity. For jp'Mid?; and turnpike bridgea, and aqueduct*, did not ? ,, \\ ,r whoo tho immortal spirits had hmm >r.t. k>. | litrei'a worm in' the hud.' And tlmrchV iV -cry for m a tor ?ul development per fi* nut ne fm~-%% ?ny aaorifiie of fooling, honor or pribolptt* Mk* the day? of chivalry, ?ri end ed, I? ft deceptive *T, and a mo?r flnrran?. #dla^t>r We want all these thin?}?-JU aerial development-but We do not want, thain.by any diKhonest courses-wovdo'not want any wfaoy tall ?ia, ?Coooillato the (Jo var ninon t ! ' 'Do tb|a->-dft theV~*4be?d tho knee h oro- - now thew 1' 'jLo ! thc Kin / oooieti ! fall dowa an4 worship !* Ao To ich oar people t?ls phltcstopjftv, tbd wo aro a ruined p^p'e then in dood and in truth a ruined poop's. " "Is thoro no dan?e.r hore? Ot* ia a Win.? lng 14 l^vv^^Mff ?ii ory-and the raillar? that .Toa are loo ?low ?' ?them aro awraoba who bro ti?rvou-|y etatmed ivew now that the State will a<* be lit^*noe-~they like to see i& danoo-oV do let us danoo 1" "Well, we aro tired danetnir. We do i Wo fully oonour io the spirit of these re [narks. The "Enquirer nod Examiner" may I new well nay to our Virginia friends : j i " Thu? far should you go, but no farther /" | [Phoenix. i Intemperance The great problem before philanthropists, io this country sud iU Groat Dritain, is tho oheek or removal of the ruinous habit of in temperance in the use of intoxicating drinks, the tiing has gone by wheu <V publicist ' of no less reputation than Edmund Burke ; should argue itgainst thc disuxe of . spir. it nulls and malt liquors, because a failing off' in their consumption would dimin ish the public revenue ; for a fairer view of ; tho sUhjcef shows that a vary Urge proportion ! of the criminal business of our Courts conies, , directly or indirectly, from tho uso and abuse pf stimulating beverages. Ono year's nation < abstinence wou!d pay tho nation-1 de?'|.< j ft is nothing to argue thai the th r t for . ! stimulons is universal, and that savages and ?the isrnonnt people are as fond of strong drink ns the civilized. So the thirst for blood is a Ravage propensity. And tho devouring Of Coarse ??nd bloody food is another. Liws and government have b*ien sufficient to keep violent and murderous nature under control. Tho customs of eivilived life h .,.?. refined our diet in the matter of fond. Hut neither lat* nor oustmu ha? hm-n snrTluiont to ouro the suv asco propensity for strong drink. We hove only ma le such "0 orugas m ire p d* tibie, and substituted f o- occasionally orgies habitual Use The roc-.mt rep tri of ah .ai o mt phi no im whose ?pooidtyis th * i eat il mit. of ino j bri*to4? maint dns that they ?'c the victima ? of di e igc. It is a gr.'iit misfortune, grurttin'.' I thia theory to bc the true, one, that civiliza tioo ml re lino no it luve mad i that disease ohroiiio io tho educated and ?hrist?inUe 1, which in the mviae is iirtly occasi on!. Whether jute upm'tooe bc a phy.-dciil dis eise, the iiii.*fortit'i>i of tho stu melt or thu n?rvea, or whether it bc a mord or inc nt ?1 j w? iknes* ; nv thrig is oet'tiih, th it the ap pe ile "ifi'o vM hy whj.t it fiv-.'ls an," .md. (hat, H (yo ii i lire I. lt is tl?tft to lid ios ti bio io Si ike >'V 'bi' " is io' i I te i n)i ss'h' .. NTeith ?v '" th ? > . rio ' '?'. loiso'i ;?o a< great a< i?, i i .. i ?* ?i . v': i 0 in .. by i dote ?< ' . ' . ih- 'I. c> ij l *r hi usell tl* t ni io Jnlg i Th.' - ;s n m * i i i wilt is ' ex1 .'?.o-?. ? 'O' to " o?-e h-' iii ind eon f .<.. ?ho stint 'llil i nf I inj ?in ii iridis; ? ?snlile i) i orisons tm fu. O?' pera i H who*" ?near .o i.? ? -li io odul?cno.) in lr. k j nod ye ?.. pris nun*!* live within' ii a.id aro in bet i?r phy.ded h'-v,ih'? iv?iile in ? sst . w. . th ?h th?- re w'< "i ?t !';b,jriv Mu'l.-r t'i t .'oVt ...y, di"*h < tv :' - letw.1 p.?v .-'v a ni i..?'?' if :. . Mud e. Tai ump* 'II'tit''. . i ' i .<i i ..: : i. i ihn/' wh i .>. . II I J-MiWt. aro i i? o? ; .o >Vn*M . ? . ..,. ., ,.. l?v ii;v i fiiT i ! ii \;t I sf: .1'. V ., s i|0>t I' ?'.l" i.. . ! o,..?-ni . - . . < , |itof'd'rt !' i .l{ t.'.ad lui' nor ? ... i,. he blunt--1 ind '.bc aimil ,\ facilities i np'a?re-l hy what is considered only th" .. d rate uso o .-lui nf luxuries, tho only ,,(f ? n1' v ich ' is t.i I srroy tho ittte'l ctUal and . ?. I hat tho ? an i .? o whoever indulges I,?? ,an tlvin he .v . old 'ie without them T < 'hoal m-uj i Wngbind ..nd in th.i y. who h>.v ' n tf.triv 1 ; rn tho..??..?. . Iption ot i ala? . ' tima i ?- it? . "re? * . mm th<? 'i nr1 G1 t' ni lr us-? ,w : .<,.,.,| i dh ?>? .. oom . . \. Tho ?do col lin- -t. i'm habit of b'h linig^ni/v i ho .'. t filed ?'.' ,!i . liitieot .*?. .li-"> .-o worse i th III ?uc >?<?;t vi-ie H iv cf*'.* I'll.*- regular j *' c.t'ty 'vtviii'- '.II . ?..it, '.i; ni? . ibm lon d ! t f ny otj '-O..V'! i i '*....'?. pr -vt?.-. i:Tegu'>r 11-- '.. . . -i? ?o i >. ri dilihviH id not ' . o . . . ,M h,,r.i^f'?,yd j lop! ? I 'I'oi'd I j V? ht|t unt fo ?II h . a drtg' '. iS to ii"k< r m Josh 'iMmrroii ibbt j 'i'h- ? i 'rons" .H fi' dj to ?iow?r" of ener vati . '. '. ?r minim d . by the reduction of liirir hndl-'M ind miiuii? io such a oondition of we i ko ess that the false Mtrougth of the cup \* ueo<"<s>ry to hrimr thom up even to ordina ry working order. And whoever has entered so far upon the custom that daily potations seem to ?rn a necesstiy, should discontinue them forthwith There may bo a day or wok *f ia UK ?or i but if thia seem insupporta able, any honest medical friend can prescribe a harmless tonio. Hut in niuoty nino eases n a hun Md ?io tonio ia required but the ho Mwt pride of * i o?f conquest m>\ th? *!edy i of seit respect : . J^et a mun keep hie own . conn el(i /stolutely abide by bia e^tn deter mination ; rest, If he oannot work, lor a day or (wo ; _ nm use himself, if be cannot epply to j .t*r??ns bOMrno>;'.?ind;k?o|a before Filrn th? ros torathm nf I??B hfcalth end happiness, and ?rn I vio,(l7,,l',<?firN.?0' 'Wo'h a ve seen many auoh j cases;(|f, reformaron, and oonld point today to men who wcro ?HUGO despaired of, bot now I ate respected abd prosperous ; who ht,vo ' i qnietlf at-sudoned wool their oerUlo tipo* rience tdd them was ruining them. To the jroung, we say, touch oct, taate' bot. ' And' to those who have commenced, we argo the relinquishment ni once sad forever of ft grut illoati a wnioh brings no punitive good, and may won? infinite evil.- Philadelphia LedtJ ' eft 1 li 11 ' /ddiii) I. '.>(!'/?' -?*..?- : i i Hoar to Manage Oidor. Two reoipsa thu bivo boort thoroughly tried : ? 1st. After the cider has fermented Huffi otently to gi v.*. it an agreeable tasto, pu- it into a suitable boiler--a tar^o witsb bdlb-r oh a cooking stove will answer-and U tnoder?t? fir/5 bring tho liquor to the boiling point! Put out the fire, und wWbn sufft'ddritly cool; put it into bottles, cork ir np well, and ?hy time therunfror you will havo a beautiful amber 0 dorod liquid fit for go ls or mon to drink. I have, never tried tn stoic it in ? Cask,' but aec no i*ond reason why it wrtuld nut kdrjp equal ly as Well in wool ns in gi ass. Tho heating kills thc fermenting materials, and if careful ly managed md not oarried too far, gives np i eitipyreuinntio or other flavor. 1 2. Take first quality of older SK it comes fr??m the press, put it into good, denn oak barrels, ?nd to every gallon of juioe ndd from two to turee pound* of good brown sugar. -? Tho sugirslmUlil be dissolved ih smile' af thc juice hcfoie being put int* thecn.sk, after which it should he thoroughly mufleed up With a stiok or broom handle, fd that ?ll Way bc properly mixed and hlodd-d. 0 ?ro should be r .k'"n to have tho ca ska fttll. Pl?cn the i casks, with bunira out, ina shudder house ! Whore it is not too W inn, and 'et thom stand . until pretty wll fermented, tikingc.no to i ndd from tim?lo time ao oe fresh cider to keep thc casks full. In a few heirs feruicu fttMon will begin, and be flnisl ed in n greater or loss time according to the temperatnre nf the weather. This ono bi readily told by the sinking of the pomnco ?ind by the cessa tion of thc hissing sound. Tho fermentation should not he. earriod too far. After this Jibe onsk should bc lightly bunged and placed in a mod criticly warm cellar, and left undistiirln i cd for ten or twelve monti's, nt lite md V which time, if tim proofs h. s bo m o.irofu"v ; nvi,n???>d, and tho oilier wa? nf good qn i'<V. j m ole fro;ti ripe frti't y u w i1 have an ?rtiolf hf apple wi" ' ir "uperior in ho ly, r'phnps? nod iiieHo'.ruess io any CV'?r ma le fi.."i Mn ! grapes of (.hi* country Tho s'l-oo *t.b ol' |.h< j wine will depend upon thc r(noniiiy nf aug n j inlded io the juice. Two p. ill pdf) to the gul : lon will give a light, ngreoddc F'ne? ifoatl) rolishofl hy tho ladies. T ne pou ?ds wi. give n gool, atrong winn, fit for any ma'M.'i ...? le. ' . 1 am inti lied if any ono will try c:t -r n wo- move pro-ess. a fbey will never fail < rn, j ,,' t t oe ?iperitioii nt eayh rmurn of tho sea soo. y "J Ii i j IL is irivisable to put ?j pl I ;r r j o i- t .. .-nd \t{ th-, kc-, ' '. ..' ... f i 1I? ||:if : . : ... u l io A. <: i ni u? ?cl thal '.. !>.. fi 'in r/ii t? ? / f'ti.'.'-f/r j i ! ii it K l's"t VVilioPisn f^it/riij - physiei. w ri tel . 4f) -mo resl'i JMonthl ; M*g..x;n?" 'in intoreatl. ' ooiu-ij?nicatioii ot he nature sn 1 treatment o ?? OOpiu,; cough I .nd M*'. I ; ? remedy for the care of thin en u ; di* .? is simple It ia ffUhi? road tn I ? ur a1 da 'vail. Perhaps i tl very y A Wid OXUS ; it tv ba ?tjdMto4....tU,$iW^iJW adtnini^riii the deaoottoo cr intusi . .\U . .. nu non raiteneei vcwa, ohaanut I .vi?'? ; oi if hotter UQ'loritool, cht-anut Ituves t ... ?\i infusion is prep i re. t in tho ordimtrv ooo 'thartiei'Ms daily proir.tvd for d.Vi.i...Hti p-i< . ose-, to wit: Pour one qu ? of b ? . i : w. c ipi mc oti'ieo of thc otlOAGUt lo IV H .1 :<oepi ovorcd. When cold, an or li iv o eup bil m ?y 6o r'>f:n *.iro?' or four fm* ddl.v; tin IM a I i^stt?^Ls^hiiuX*' fjrin : lo reft,fdr iha^alg^t j ^a^rai; nod oil hay ? e l ied if necessary, . o omtolve tho pt ???k * ' ' ? wnv .y?M L..* . ? , . ilm-.tM.s ix CBK, S?N ---Svnentifio investi gtti'ni into tho mysteries of thc ann's surfait has b'Vun irroat ?bia ?oar. A itrd it in iguAfl storm is prodiotod. An cxaminat'ton of ti ?un through new and wonderful irtatrlliuoOl haa i?fTf*M 9CW ^ndorf^l . ?p'jioiirmim on ita aurfaoe. Immense spots. UI?I?OOM < milos in.extent, arc said to. hayo apo?^rp One of timm recontly moved a bundi, d t' -u sand milos In second. Wo ?ro toM. too. flu .loloftt phyaioal oHaogas axroV.^.W^a.j' 41 tho magnetic atorm* aro rcgoUtow hy ?k< laws andooour ^?4t^SmKi ont) ie to bo io 1.870. . lia ?ffeofc upon mantea tare?* hy tho ?rat ttciantifto mon of the tia almoaphero, vogatntion ?nd .Ihn light ot it a?n, will ?JM fitfjffMfr ?poBMi??M aad thought. (?t*i? -?Hreofr* Story,, ///?? .;<,. " un i ?Jj The Mfr*ntoV(N. J.) 8entW has the following : ? It ia now for {y years ugo or moro that the dond body of ? stranger was found io the'woods near Stonebrook bridge, about ona mile to thc o.Vst of Pennington, a vithge of this coun ty. The face ?aa distorted; the eyes proti s dincr as thouarh ?he dead .mao had died ita ninny. His kat lay a few feet from him. There was no money upon the corpse. The body, without special einmin ation, Was bu ried-wo forgot where. There was no wounds upon it, and no evidence of violence. And now comes the Strange elucidation of the case. '., A few days since an accident placed rh our hands a ,CWpy ,of the, ' Manchester (England) Ouird}ai?.,r 'in ?hat number we found the dying confession of m man damed ila h I el lt disc man, adkriowledglrig to a mur der perpetrated forty ye?.rs ago in the State of New Jersey,' United 8tatcs of America The murderer was acquainted With his Viet i m in the old country and came out shout one year before him. Itulsetnan was a tanner, and Worked tn New York. When Rherh?rt carno over he sought out hil old acquaint laCo. Ile had about J?200 Hi money. On preterite of <**amtn<? the eoUn . try and purehasin? land. H?ls? man started with rSbcrhart oh a tour through Now Jer sey. tie had with bini a flask of poisoned bran dy1, fla he had resolved to murder his frietid for his thoncy.' They first stopped at Prince* ton, and then concluded to walk across the intervening nine ?niles to Pennington, the weather lutin ir pleasant, ami public trav? 1 being ?featly circumscribed, 1 When within a mile of tho hitter place they : stepped, oveij into woods, under a tree, to p ?r I take oi H<?M<j viot?ds they ha?! procured be. ' fore starting. jr?ulsem in then passed hil , flask to his companion j who drink liberally j and died within an nVpr (hereafter iii fearful a/oiiy, itulsenian looking Uti tho whil? Iii tli i ?*? il ?SW?! hi :.. of his money and set titra up ?i?r?ins| the tree as before desoribed. There are still old men about Ptincctoi who will remember this event. It seem al uns! m ii'v-l ov- th .t after n lapse of fortt y <. ,;: it i > tf:i'ir s . min h ?veooiho to I i uh b'v tea; h h J e mulsion. S.OOO miles fron t'j i.,l i<(iHi iii . , '>> . . thc ol fia .? '-i ?i m ?II And yet it ts evet . . ' -. i nun Sj or SnOt j i sui il so " , . , ' : V ' ^ Ij^ ll) L' ck j iv? fJnred by Tobaeoo A ?Vrit in the '-Scientino American' gives ni inst moe jfthe cure of tetanus o lock-juw by an application of tobacco on th< pit nf i'la ^f'H'?.t'dhi A Hollier had beei WO't I d 'n the ?bot, sn I having takon ooh in i< t Manus ensued. Tho tu-jor of thc lOtl ?ndi tia cavalry of Whoso regi uonr tho s.tldie wu-- a member casually -learned his condition . A i ? I i s i ot',life or death mvhoW tin i b?i i h ft. he ro*olvi?d to t r ...\ . \'o"ii i*?. ir . , t A v hii'n if possiblt T-ti* '.wm . ' arl th" i lok jaw loom th in birt h ur.?; i hoy I rid ii" 'ucdiiM'li'o along, (usebv il'f i..?Y b ;d.V<>uid the M-<j??r's only feature : WHS p'm.c of navy .thbayco ?.. lt . mit liff I ti pqnaro ''of it (of about thre ' joche?; Square) pdt it io ?Mitose* p^it ?^'th boi ing wit?r'ntitil i*, wu's hot rhf-Ough, latid inti rited with wni- r; tiki og it nut. lie allowed : i, .u,rAT.- tin?., fl.tteniip.. IIMII ? ?pl i -, ' I, ,1'KJ. IVO. .A.I. turi. * ? I ll ?ll s stun . i j VPs' i ?'V in "Vii. "v - > ? .111 iJi??! >u ! ni ut<'.s j he patient turi . v i??i i .d fin- .lips, which also boga t.. 1 wucn ?hi l?an was getting very siok ?i'?n? i*i ??{.{?? of i.'U ninutes the rigid mused ?'li xs d ". n 't' ? i- j *W.s IV?.|| ohea IndWd, 2 1 r ni lit woubPl-.l! -part ? v I?., j>i . ..*' v v i- hil i uj?lll*ir ay i.i.i-v! ? *d j . . ..' . .... w i- i? uedi^t? I r. i.vvd Mid fo'iic whlskoy groe! given I ; ?ti.Aub.t'*'.bim. ?J O 11 N"Ki d-.y the man I wo* taken along in t d ' nit <>iiil tnd ih a tew" days mounted h fi Imo i til .ivutv'-t- ?j.ild a 'Mugiir boy" as anj ; S . .iq m i f u a do-id .mau. 11 it. scinW iiedessary. in this disease to pr t .i ii nuise* or sickness of the stomaoh,. o ust* the rigid tuuacl"? to relay. It is vet { dillicul!. almost, impossible to administer il turns! medicines, sod nomo asternal opplio . tino beeomcB noocsftttry to pr?>dnoe nnuse j mud this is > lurnihhed, by the tobacco. Tl Major found afterwards . that damp tohaoi applied to any part of the ho ly would prodt* ni ok nessy but. much moro qui ok ly, of cour ?fhei?/applied to the stomaoh. i ... Thu editor of tire '-Scioutiflo American .in'OO'i^nipvgiOfr^fJie t:4h?>y*.ifl:>?e irem?r that the r.voe.ly proposed is ott? of great poi .er. ?A4 tf???ld -iei;?l to bo usod with astron ' OHUMun, to avoid fatally niootisiug tho p MtH**t v-j'cut *'*n*id yd uih (m bias > ' V WV ^l&WlfW * waton.lt WktiMWM?fo?i????M to Show 1 tttlete you are asked wbftt o'etotA H ft ' '1 fyi ly j Whit Planter? Should do wRu their Mott hill? The "Now Orlons Ricayuno" expects plan ters to hate a surplus of money at the end Of this season. It advises them how to spend it * The planter should determine to increase the wealth of his plantation, andconsequontly hi? own. Should ho do it merely by cxpea sive hui hiing, fae moy not effect this, for if his land becomes poof? purchasers will not buy merely to enjoy his builds. But if he improves the fertility of hil land, .nd though this may not he heeded, procures the, means for the most thorough cultivation and the most economical Diving of the crops, set out standard fruit tree? of the best and most profitable torts, etc, ho will effectually add a permanent Value to his property, whioh will adhere to it though adverse seasons may temporarily tend to dishearten him. So.the merchant abd tradesman should in eat of their not gains in railroads, factories and other enterprises in their respectivo local it?s, thus increasing their real estate, which they certainly should acquire, and add to the business prosperity and acceptability to tra ders of their respective localities. One of tho fault.! of the Southern peopla lins been their indisposition to make looa) im proveniente, and to build up their fortunes at their respective homos. They make money, but they lose it ; they are flush for ? while, but soon they are borrowing again. The farm of the planter, and the city ol the merchant alike show improvidence ?nd I their fortunes are not perennial! but m?rot] annual plants, ?nd the seed in perpetual doo ger of being lost. Well fir them, indeed that it happens not, that like Jonah's gourd th?se may spring up some doy and notarial awhile, and then die suddenly from lack o soil and excess of heat upon it. Wo must amend this. We mast beget i spirit of home improvement both in oountr; sod city, in the former by making our land richer or developing and refining their riche* and in the latter by bringing into them rall ways and promoting manufactures with ii them. Theo mr.y we put for oar respective us "palatial residences ;" hat palacee do not tm fit deserts or solitudes, and these we wilt mak Of our plantations and towns if WO continu ; i o pervious to the demands of improvenec and enterprise. THE UNI vital Snows us GOD.-Tho pr< found theologians have long taught os tht the universe is not only the creature, but, in high sense the image and ohild of Qod, an show forth his attributes in the all of ?atm -from the star to the flower, from man, wi is little lower than the angels, to the insect i un hour's span. According to thia idea ea? creature show tts something of the mind God, and we are therefore to study the struc uro and instincts and habitu and ases of i j er'* *turcs reverently, and read them af par ?O' 'he hook of natani, tho word of Go i H * vast and pictorial is that alphabet 0 cation, as you may read it here aid the in nature, or see it gathered in some gre collect ion-of creatures like that Mow in O' City I What variety, compass and power all that rango of life, from the gentle lamb the untamable yena ; from the little gain pig to the huge elephant ; from the w moase toHhe great lion ; from the chattefl parrot to the solemn owl ; from the cold a er Wling otoo "Ule to the tal I ? nd frisky i raffa ; from thc gentle d -or to the bloc thirsty tiger I Thc grandest of theso en tures say little or nothing ; nnd their silent that ls. perhaps the reason of their bei sometimes worshiped as mysterious, shot 1 ad us to study them more carefully, a read God's mind within them. God's mi ls eminently shown ia animals instinct, a u tur d history ls ft vast Illustration of the toih et of the Creator That the anim?is r rm as tuan ?oes tn tho nighest sense,we, 0 u?tsay ; 'bht ii M very olear"that thora mutin reason In them, nod many of their T ives md acts are infallible, and show corta ly vrhore nmn is ia doubt, os in the bir foresight of the season, and the migrations hirds and fishes. There io reason in ania that do not seem to atop to reason, ?nd li more God's mind than their own,-Dr. '^ootf T?ft ANMIOAM 8r*M3it JOURWA?I 8i Kn KB yon Tn UK B MONTHS.-This wost f nable, interesiioa Md' ins trnMl ve Journal, farmora and Stock BreedOro, Will be sent 1 the h dani e of ti,is ve ,r, to all nuhsoYibor* 1870; **nt im) MM M-'fy'li TWa' f ttoh snhaoribor over flOO largo doable noll pages 6f i^lag^ttit* for the tftnnlf sui ft*?.' ' feontt W Oprimen ?opiee, ? Rills, ar A Premium Wain (which Will be free.) Ont up e\, ?lub and Hoalro son V --.-- \ RAtvti WALDO EMERSON Saya J ?Show us an intelligent family of boys and girls, and we will show you . family where newspapers and periodicals aro plenty. Nobody who bas been Without thea? private tutors can know their educational power for good or ?Til. Have you evef thought of the innumerable topics of discussion which they suggest at the breakfast tabba ; tba important publie mea sures with which, thus early, our children become acquainted ; the great philanthropic questions of the day, to which unconsciously t their attention is awakened, and the general spirit of intelligence which is evoked by those quiet visitors. Anything that makes home pleasant, cheerful and happy, thins the haunts of vice, and the thousand and one av enues of temptemtation, should certainly be regarded who'll we consider its influence on the miuds of the young, aa a great social and moral light/ TH? COTTON TAX.--The Supremo COOT* ts to meet in Washington in a ftW days. The Mobile "Register" says that ono of th? most important cases to come before ia 'ot decision at the pending term ia the quotion of the constitutionality of tho late tax on raw, cotton, a tax laid by congress aa a Measure of vengeance against tho South. T??ef? t?ro Sev er;'1 millions of claims to be preferred at onoe against the Government for the reolaiiiiatinn of the amount collected, provided the judicial d?cision shall be adverse to the Government. The prevailing opinion at the South is that the court will doolare the act unconstitutional, but We oanaot help remembering that the o >u rt bas not for many y Cafs rendered a deci sion that required boldness and courage. Some mod? of erasion baa boen discovered whenever evasion haa seamed desirable. JUT Cognac, the great brandt touro, ia said to be one of the wealthieat in proportion to ita aise io the world. In 1868 it expor ted above 9,009,000 gallons of brandy, almost all of which ?Tent to England. The value of thif liquor waa a little more than $0,000,000, or just about at the rate of a dollar a gallon: The promise of the present year a orop of win i ls good. Tho population of Cognae is about 24,000. Nr> The "New York Express" eatim-ites the cotton orop of this year ?t 3 500,01)0 hulea* all told. * If the opinion of the "Express" is .hared by the people of the North, we may no longer wonder at the present ruling prices of the staple Wo should say that the "Ex press" is a long way ahead of tito music. Hoc? CHOLERA.-John Reed of Missouri gives it aa hia opinion in Prairie Farmer, tbai this is a disease of the lungs. The first symptom is a cough, and as the disease pro gressen the subjects breathe with difficulty, and finally seem io choke to death, or, in the worst form, bleed at the nose. Two years ?go he had aix hogs down with tho "oh ol era" very badly He saved all but one. This one tt# ex i mi nod very carefully, and could find no sign of disease, oxoept in the lungs, which were full of small, vrhito spots of matter about the size of pin heads. The hog had choked to death. He fed the six hogs wit! copperas, sulphur and astfotida. A colored ?o nan named Mary Stile .onfiood in th? County jail HM safely doliv ttfd yesterday morn'eg of a son and d tughtet Tz he daughter il M black aa tho soe of spade? and tho ?on ia aa white as any o ie of tl. descendants of the Puritans who landed at! Pf mouthroek r longtime ago. -Saoanniih H publican. THB COTTON TAr. UWOONSTIT u T I o . < A L . - A circular RM been issued from a law Qr in Washington that it Hi now ottUlu tint t! Supreme Bench, with one exception, is opinion that the cotton tnt la nnoonstitution A oas? is to be nada in Deoembor, and * ?ono? to entertained of the result. Sud dcoision will ta worth fifteen mill ion?-of d lara to tho plantara and others in Georgi.? w faa** paid thin tpx.~~IntdligenDer. /ffT Josh Billings says : ?If I waa in i habit of awoaringt I wouldn't hesitate to o a bod-bug right to hia face." -Y-T na** TRUST him little who praises ali ; bim Wno censures all ; and him least who ia in forent about all. MARRYING a woman for her beauty ia .eating a bird for ita sweet singing. W JOt Rat- Daf?Ti?uinphroya died a iva! de ho?, in Andersen, on Tuesday a %\b 88th Btptoubat; in the 70th year ol JJf'i ?J-*?*? A f IRK faith is the btest divinity j a lifo ia the boat philcttophy; aolcanoooao j the beat law j honesty th? beat policy. f nw? is no ?lu M ?an be tesspt commit, but wo shall find a groat* ?j 1 tion in misting ?ban ia committing.