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' k I if ?'/ ' ! ( "" ?~--- y--'. --Jf^uiJXLW-efts I ,-i.jj.ji?-a-L'ji-u-UL-j-jji.agaa a - j- " to ?AtH? *w? *(/ .V, true, and ii muH followt a? the .night the day, thou ?rn'H not, then be Jalee io any man.'* . i i i 1 1 . 1 . ui-....' .1 . ..i.... .? -?'? --' LJ-?j?j ! ?!?..? i.. .i . ! .; j.t il i i i i mi.__Li_i ''J _ ' . ' ' ! _ ' " ? " '?[''?? ''. _ ROBERT YOUNG & CO. WALHALLA, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1889 ' ~ ~~- ~ "_VOL. V-.NO jpr?fessional O eur d.s. JOSEPH J. NORTON, ^.fet?-tiie^*a,'b Law, WlVJlAfiLA, ?. V. AH bueincss for 'Piokcns County left witt J. E. UAGOOD, ESQ., Fl?ftKIV8 C. M., 'WILL BE PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO Octobor 20. 1808 4 , tf J. P. UK KD. 1 ( W. C. KEITH. Anderson C. II.} \ Wulbulla. MFA) & K li ! ll, ATTORNEYS AT LAW Afin Soli.oit.ors in ISqvirty-, Have renewed their Co-partnership in the prac tice of Law, and extended it to all Civil and Criminal business in the Counties of Goonoo ?nd Pickeua. ALSO. AM. UKRINEflS IN MIC UNITED STATE? COURTS. MT* Offico on Public Square. Walhalla. S. 0. Julv 18. 18G9. 41 tf S. D. GOODLETT, Attorney at ii a w AND ftOLICITOR BN K<(I'ITV, H^S LOCATED AT TUB NFW TOWN OF PICKKNS, S. C. Kev. 10, 1808 4 7 tf EASLEY & McBEE, Attorneys nt Lnw, Arc, WILL PRACTICE IN TH li Courts of the Eighth Circuit. OFFICE AT NEW PICKKNS. W. K. EASLEY. I F. B. Mo BEE. Greenville C. IL 1 Pickoua C. If. March 1 G. I KOO 9:t AL'X. S. ERVIN, I ? (). C. BENTLY. Athena, Ga. j j Clayton, Ga. KU VIN & BM NT LY, Attorneys eut Law, WILL PRACTICE IN PARTNERSHIP IN THE COUNTY OP KARUN, STATE OE GEORGIA. Oct 5, 1800. 62 tf J. H. WHITNER. Attorney at Law AND IS K AL ESTATE Ad ENT, WALHALLA, SO. CA., HAS in charge for sale the following LOTS and FARMS ; Lot,' (th Acre, in Walhalla, near Court House. M 2 Ao'C* in Walhalla, fine building ?ile. 60 M 210 feet, bolow Wulhalla, fine build ing site. ? 180 A 210 feet, below Walhalla, fine build ing site. .. 10 Aerea, below Walhalla, fine building aile. *' 13$ Aorea, between Walhalla and Depot. M '2*10 Acre?, unimproved, 2 miloa from Walhalla. ** ** 5*20 Aerea, improved, 4 milea from Wal balla. " 1360 Acres. 250 aorea Bottom, itnprov d, 13 miles from Wulbulla. - " 420 Aorqa. Blue Midge Railroad, Perry villo Depot, 0 miles from Walhalla. w 600 Acres, near Perry vii le Depot, 0 milea from Walhalla. *' ?O^ Acrep, Seneca Creek, noar Porry ville Popnt. " 46 Acres, in Walhalla, v " 165 aorot?. 30 ftcros of bottom, improved. 4 milos of Walhalla. P 1700 uoro*. tin Little River, 10 milea o Walhalla. 100 iiciP? *>? bottom, weU im proved. a - , " , * 1200 acre/?. 140 acre? of Creek ott??m. Improved, flue stock farm. M "?'lea from Walhalla. , ? " ^0 acres, woodland, well timbered, one milo from Walhalla. '* \?% Acre?, 14 milea from Wulhalla fine ?duwtbm for Tannery. ?SrOff?ce on Publie Square. ~m May/19t im 32_tf Medical Woticc, THE underaigntd having permanently eatnbllalicd hirasajf at Walhalla, oflfera hin Profesional aorvkcB to tho eltisfens and e.pu rn mity al large, for tho practice ot' Medicine in all ut ita branolus. He will ho fomel during the d*y et bia oft?? en Court i House S/juare, and at night at Mrs. baw renne'?,. ready and willing '0 glva prompt atten tion to ell nulls. N , JAMES M. SLOAN. M. D. WA rn AM/A. 0. C.. Sept. 18. ISuh. 40-lt un-JLiuL'ruiiJi-l -xiUi-i gJiiii'i'iM ja.~Jtu.jiip LEATHER [LEATH ER! THE undersigned will keep oonatantly en hand a large supply of LKAT3II3B? comprising Sole And Upper Leather, Harness leather. Kip and Calf Skhis, Of the flvBt quality and best talk Foo sal a? e?r*>.*W. CA??, ft? wy $)i6*; ***** tfalle* Watson'Ce. .*1f?iVf?& M. WOOPJN, Ageat. fe?, lu, 1W0 J* rf Oomm-unioei'tioxis. FOU IHK KKOWKK COU il I Ell. Air Line Railroad Mr Editor : We admit the importance of the Air Line Railroad, and are fatly alive to our interest in the natue. The ,*oad within itself, bearing to the bosom of our beautiful County, the fair prospect of ? wealth and pros perity, throwing us upon the great thorough fare betreen tho commercial marts of thc North and South, and affording us ea ." sees* and transportation to all parts of our country, wc do not oppose. For ruilroads have now become an element of civilization that cannot bc dispensed with. They, not only affect the interest of a people conditionally, but mate nally. By their vital moving power a laud atio und successful competition is aroused, wj^ich changes sloth and inactivity into ac tion, misery and degradation into happiness and honor, and poverty into wealth, thus developing the many various resources whit h we hy nature possess. Hut though the Air Line Railroad offers lt?an opulent prospectivo, yet wo hope, that I o ir people will not act h...-oily and unadvised I ly in grasping for the contested prize. They ' have been offered resolutions proposing to subscribe stock by taxation. By these meas ures we subject ourselves tn a tax of $200, OOO if the said road is lunated within foro*! miles of tho Court House. $100.000 if with j in five miles, and 50.000 if within ten miles. Tho expediency and practicability of this order we doubt. The impoverished candi ?inn of our county, . nd a State almost bank rupt and eruditions forbids further tux tth n The history of tax dion within the past four months lemotistrntes forcibly und cjourly to every mind tho inability of our people tn mece the present demands. We know, mid also some of us by bitter experience, the ef forts and struggles wc h ?ive mude to risc and live under thc galling tuxes already im posed. Have wo not petitioned, have we tiot remonstrated with our tyrants, praying for a reduction of our taxes, feeling unable to com mand money sufficient to pay them ? I lave we not, in many install?es ufter the reduction been oppressed with thu remainder draining our purses of all ready money ? llave t o many, after repeated trials, failed to pay their taxes at all ? According to n report of the C. unty Auditor und Treasurer, published in your paper of September 24th, them are 404 delinquent", with a lt lance due by the County of 81 661j and also the confession - "that thc citizens h-ve done their Utmost to meet the hcaxy d< m ands uputi them." Yet, with these facts staring us in the face wc uro called upon to tux ourselves nguiu to MI amount nearly half that v>hieb, under tniitiy difficulties we have not been abb' to pay. Yes, indeed, to our utter astonishment, the advocates of the resolution ?s published would have us add to thc $29,000 already imposed, 914,000, the interest of $200,000, ut 7 por cent., which is $45,000, besides the increase whirh our State government will require until it is redeemed from bankruptoy and its credit restored. But granting that we tax ourselves, would it then be wise and politic in us to enter into a bond whose obligations, ina ouse of necessity, wo cannot satisfy? What would bo thought of the farmer, who is a braukrupt, whose dehts ?re larger than, his worth, if with ti certain knowle dgc of these facts he had himself to support that which he is unable to sustain ? Would he not be de tmunccd ns the unwise mun that seeks his own deshuctiun ? Our cane isa similar one, and if wc cuter into a bond by voting the present tax upon ourselves we are ten fold more unwise. But it Ins been very plausi bly suid, that wo subsoribe to the capital stock of the Air Line Railroad $200,000, the interest of which at ,7 per cent, we pay.un? finally, retaiuing tho principal to be paid ut the expiration of twenty years, after tho date if the bond, at the expiration of which time perhaps fx* p i <oi| a' will tn t be demanded ut nil. This ilidy argue from tho ide'u, that tho road will pay dividends, which will in a abort time absorb both jn?frest and principal, thus annulling by its ow ti resources the obli g .lions {fiveu m th* bond of surety. This i? really . plausible soberna, hut only founded on probabilities whioh the history of South nru m i I mads will Milder worth lens, lt cn mint Ni usscrted on the part of the advocates of this treasure, that this road will certainly pay to tho tdltforotit stockholders dividends, within eighteen months ofter ita completion, sufficient to libolish their several bonds. Tiny can ctiiy Say, that probably thia muy be tite-ouse.. Bot. upon what 'do ?^j found their probabilities? Have they any pi eoe dears* in the history of Sou thorn rai I roa ib-, when by they obum with ? degree of moral certainty that this road will bo RelfsuKtuitiing. and1 then pay pm?f?b?? dividends? Can they point ont ?. road in ouY'flouthcnV coito try ?nat ha?,iu WiWi'?'it.wo, made the di vidend> it is asserted this will do? But on tho contrary there ?re immy roads South planned and constructed with the ?ame en thusiasm mt this, which ere not more flinn aelfsustaining. much less pay the. handsome pr. fit treaMir d only in tho tm urinations ol' our enthusiasm money lovers What is tim history of tho Blue Ridge Railroad V ll <s it been HelfsUStaiuilig, hos lt paid profitable di vidends.? Alas ! j nu know ton well irs his tory. What hus been tho history of the Creenville und Columbi* Knud, of the Co lumbia and Charlotte Road, of the South Car olina Road. Have they been solfsustaining have they paid the di vi den 98 the friends <f tixatioti would have us ludi?te the Air hi Mo Railroad will pay ? Ay, Mr. Kditor. wo fear that this li.ost. plausible ol'schemes is but the offspring of S speculating fancy, enticed by the luxuriant, thought ol' grow i tig rich ly a locomotive power ere it smokes But exclu 8* vc of tn?SO general objections there is some thing'objectionable iii the.resolutions them selves. They manifest a spirit whieli is deep Sauted in the human heart, and when not checked hy the stern command-1 Love thy neighbor as thy self,'1 will .-anker tho soul a td render :t unfit for forming asyoci 11 inns, entering into compacts with fellowim n They are so drafted that we may Correctly i'''er t te fol lo Wi nu from t em thai t e citizen liv i twenty Ol twenty five o iles from 1 0 C -unty Seat pays the same t x av the resident Ot'thC County Seat, when at the same time the returns of the investment? ofech won d stand as one to twenty or twenty (ive. thus giving the resilient nf the dainty Seat twen ty five times the ad vdu tage of him who reside-1 ut a distance; and 11 Iso th at the greater the distance the road runs fr?nii thc Court House thc less we are taxed! thus shicldlm; th? city gentlemen iigeihst taxition, when they do nut receive thc lull bandits of thu road, wlioil nt the same tin e if they do get it willi all its b!es-inv'S, &c . they subject thc CouiiM tonn equal taxation, whether thc mtijot?O docs or does not re?oive the same hr nrdits. Hut thc worst feature howe* or of this e??n tom plated move i> tim principles involved in a id the injury i/fowini? nit of the vulipg it Self. What shall be ihn mainer of voling' Shall it bc, without I eu aid lo those who ar< mostly interested in real c . te prop nv, li univoiKal BUIT ugo'M >r*|.. It'.s"\vli. r lens l*|i fr Still, andi-s< h lii'lili'd by an iiieroiiM of tl 0 viilitu of ll < ir plo; . ny be, 1 x- il ly ? compulsive vote, when di \ . ow h 1 tin" rec? Ve ot the 1 sillier i e't o" ?i|i lih.tr ti H t?o!?t of V-'O? Ti. ll? W I'l I ll t nilly thu uWlier of real tt?l le, hui d?i? the non nWi er suffi r dot rim nt. Inc itv lin? one. i ta cl by disinterest. <) Voters, while th?? or e p \sa tax lo enhance th t which In- bas not Hut what is tie. rou ? dy in tl ta eii*. ? ll i to abandon this sein-in- if t ix iii ni so bur dousnme, so iiijurmu? ami selfish, and.to .qi pt ul to the lila mlity ot the several Township Ol the County t" sit' scribe uettcroilsly nec'oiil int: tn their abilities, and 'is tiny ic must I, interested KUMKMAN TllK liupubliuan .success in Ohio makes i tolerably certain that the Fifteenth min n i ment will be ratified timing the coming win ter. Tho votci of twenty eight States ?.r required to make it u par* of tho constitu? jot According to a list pnbhslied ly the Xe' York .'Tribune," tWculv two luve airead voted for it. nan ely : Arkansas. Conned hm1 Florida, indiana, Illinois, Kans s. Ijouiai.m Mes uti, Massachusetts, Maine, M ich ilia I New York. New lian p?diire, Nevada, Ni hraska, North Ca roi i un, Pennsylvania. S,.ut Carolina, West Virginia, Wisconsin. Vifg nia, Vermont. Ol the r?m dudor, M issi! sippi ?nd T? xas an* required to ia. ti ty as conditionn? roco;iMiuciion. Iowa, MiiinCfo ta and Hbodc Island ure eeiiaiuto 1 Itfy. mi Ohio will Complete thc Hilo.ber of tWenn j.ight-Cha rf exf 011 Afyrs. TltANSMI8S|ON OF MK.VTAI. D,<lA8K I>r. Charles Khun, un ling Uh pl ya cnn lu just publish? d ? hook iii which m do- po blollis ure d scussed. 0 lilt* ti I'HUl sd-m 1 mental di-ordt'i's. hosaya: < There is no form of heritage,more renoir] ablo than that of toudi nny to suicide within any other n arks of ?l-ciraiimi of iuielleo Dr, Winslow relates the case of H family whei all the num.bot-, oxh'il it d ?A Inn they arrive nt a' cert tin nun. desire tn Commit .?. lt d' sim tiiih ; to aceo--plish which ibo 'gW-litest il iro.nuity und industry were mn iii te?, ted. \) Hal) iel'tes a very striking ?pst nee ol' sevi ohildreti of one inn 11. who all'enjoyed a'co 1 potency omi unod Voulih. yt till possessed rage for suicide, ?nd nil yielded lo it w ith thirty <>r forty yoirs. Some-bMitred, wm drown? d themsolvi?. ard others Mew out rVe brains. Many other examples of tho a 11 tendency ?re i.mu^bt forward \$ Ibo WX'ifn I may ?dd ono ease lo the MOO ye from n yo? tvxperiPfVce. Sitting one day with arti1 aHjibni tunee. I noticed smite .d?'j>reh?iiln'.dn [WW -pi its. After n prolonged silence, he broke o ino> fIre' fMloWing ilroarV attempt at cohvV nnim : ;'*'My'|Wi?nHlHClWWntf'Mrtl?fv>ff. n u'n?te f/ort?v pNijimrt. .mVjMhor ?lief himself, ahal) e?t! my t'hfAwf:"', Thefire<si?j?<.tnjtony.n hut constant surveil?anoo pf oven ted tho fl quel lo his ow history. I . . IUI .-I---**-? ?iriU Bin? Ridge Railroad- I A correspondent of tho "Augusta Chrori- ' icio and Sent i md" furnishesthat journal vi?th ? the fellowing facta regarding thia important' lino of communication : i ' ' ' Tlie corps of surveyors' winch left Walhalla in the latter, part of last summer to' re stirvey KIM) locate tho route of tho Railroad, has pans- 1 od through iOlityton, Rn bun Oap, tho Ten nessee Valley, and had gotten some distance j into ii ort li Carol* M. A corps of surveyors 1 had also started from' Maryvillo, Tennessee, to meet tlio party of engineers just mentioned. It ia expected that tho two corps will meet each other this winter, iu the region of the Smoky juiiiintaius. As we have before stnted, the engineers p r im.n 'inly l?ente the lino of thc road 08 1 tuey procerd with thc survey, and appoint or detach members of tho corps to take^nhargo of and superintend thi, const ruC'tiom'-'of tho diffeicnt sections of tlitl ru Hw ay, and every thing sectus to indicate that thia most impor tant work will be urged to completion as rap idly as punible. Our renders aro, no doubt, aware that (bitty three miles miles of this railroad, from Anderson to .Walhalla, South Carolina, on tim si mt hern euc) of the line, and that portion ni the lita1 Irom Knoxville to Maryville, Ten n .-MC, on the western end, are already c t up C ed .nd in oper .lion. Tl e mad from Wi. 11 lia I li to Clayton. Georgia, about twenty five miles, has been put under contract and lid out to a subcontractor named Steers, a mun who has done a groat deal of work on Southern and Soul li western railroads since the tciMiiuntioti of hostilities, und said to have beet) very successful in bia operations. This part of the hue is considered by railway engineers to comprise the heaviest work on the whole, road, sud our informant docs not think that it will be possible to complete it within the tillie - Autiust, 1871-specified in the contract. On this portion of the route, Mnuinu through a very rough and mountain ou* country, three laruu tunnels will have tt be rxcnv.ited under the mountains. One ol the?o is the celebrated ' Stump-House Moun t iii?" tunnel, situated a few miles from Wal h illa, and which is at this time more thar two thirds o mi ploted The shafts are so ful o'' wi ter. however, that, it will take much timi and .money tn tret it ready for work, and Uv remainder o'*tho tunnel will be so difficult I p\ca vi te that the contractors at ono time so ri tisly td ui-.'ht of ah indouini; it. and mouin; the ro'td around in-tcad ol'through the moun t .in. abl on >h so much money had airead boen sunk with the shafts. "Dick's Creek Tunnel is tim next one to Stump Hous Mom.t un. and will be also a very heavy jo on nee..tint ol' Uftloi.igGi and the baldness c the rock which wili be eiiuouutercd. Rot of the tunutls just mentioned will be bore with machinery modeled after that which i now being used with such complote suecos op the tunnel under Mount Cenia in I tah Tue third, Siddi) ni ?u itaio Tunnel, will b worked inter the old style. Shanties were bejutf put up along this lin when our informant left Rabun, worktue wi re oil their way there from North Ct*rollin and by this time work hus, no doubt, bec commenced. Thc construction of the until linc fruin Walhalla to Knoxville, will be con minced as soon as the survey? are linislici and every eliott made to ensure its compl timi withi the finie specified. Goi.iisuouo', N. C.. October 24 -Oi towb W;is tlvVYo Ititu ?i Slate of thc wildest e citen.i nt last tilt:ltt by a riot, which comme ced early In the evening and lasted until 1 o'clock M M., ht'tv*e?h tho United Stat troops <.r< .tinned here und tho neerin About ?evt uty tive puns were fired, und o< ho'dlcr timi onn negro wero wounded. Tl m urousc u d not st md the fire : they lotie cd ?itu thc Hist volley. The negroes walk up and down the Mret'ts cursing tho dan Ymkcfs. individually ?nd collectively. It now twenty four hours i-ince the riot, tindo authorities have nut made, or attempted muk'', i h o fir>t' a? te>t. The negro lenders II Well Un wu Thoie is a StroiiH prubahili of thc fight hoing renewed again tn nigl There wrro three fights, tho negroes rctrei iug in tho last. ii iwiel M i - WIIAT M,A?HrV< A. MUniiK?i -*-Wc puhll th s e iiw'ti'nnit and,useful table for the bot fit f\f nur readers. his well worth savl for rofiT?nee j WMMi sixty p-nhds 1 ? Cuni, shelled, fit I v six pounds ' Itye, fifty H?X pounds. ?h Ous, thirty tfn,,pounds linley. iTofty six pounds, : limikwhe it? fifty ??x pounds, irinh potaV?^s',liiUty potlnda Swetit potnt?>?a,'aitf)r )pN??hd8. 1. "Onion*, fifty se tr h founds. . * ' Renns, aistj.pounifa,,, ,. Rmi. twenty fotwfo, , Clover *#Wl.' forty flee pound?, k Titiii?thy',a^d, fdrtV liee fionna1*. Hemp seed, forty five pounds. Rino grsss need, fourteen pounds. JDrltd poaohes, thirty-threo pounds. Li fe-- -A ,-. Allegory. 'Life/ says Seneca, 'ie a voyage, in the progress of which we ?re constantly, chang, inp onr Heenes : We first leave .childhood Deland us i then, tooth j then the years of ripened manhood j, then tho better and;more pleasing port of old agc' . Truly, life is but a voyage, and a awify one, too, from the cradle to the gr?Ve" ; from time to eternity; from nothingness to immortality. Our bark sots sail from thc harbor .of infancy, guided by parental affection, wo float along thc placid jca over an almost unruffled path way. Innocence now takes the helm and child hood, with ita sun) enos and shuddows., itu little waves of disappointment and islands of flo%VrtH> ita long days of play and nights ol sweet dreams, passes away, and, ere we know it, we have rounded thc b<iy, and are flouting rapidly over tho wide expanse of youth's smiling waters. 0, how oloudless and serene are thc concave heavens, and, at night, how thc stars twinkle and laugh at UH from theil .bluo vaulted height* above ! The m?sica waves curl mund tho prow of our airy bark and ybvdus gently lifts thc milken tulls as W< g ) forward. Far away in thc distance, a beautiful ils invites us to its shores. Unconsciously. w< draw nearer and nearer. Joy and udmiratioi seize us as wo gaze on its glories. 'Tis cov ered. far as the eye can reach, with a carpe of emerald velvet, spindled with f-owers o glorious beauty, whose odors float upon th air Silver spnrklinu fountains fall into bi? sins of Parian marble, flow over their edge/ and meander on between banks of snowdrop and lilies of thc valley, that stoop to bath their petals in tho singing waters. Whispe: intr breezes rustle through groves and bower where birds of surpassing loveliness warbl and twitter from spray to spray, while til soul-entrancing strain of . thc wonderful bu bul. "Who sings, at tho last, his own death lay, And in music and perfume di?a way," Alls our heart with an ecstaoy of delight. High above, in tho canopy of heaven, gli tera a glorious, golden star, iu whose tran cendant briiliunqy all else is lost. With wh grandeur and sublimity it gazes down upi us. and seems to shiuo for us only, bcokoiiii us away from our flowery paradise of earth love, and drawing us onward und upward that higher, purer, surer port, where wo ci anchor in safety 1 Which shall we choose-tu pause and lu bur in this wilderness of delights, or folh thc beckoning of yon golden guido? Ilea en and earth arc contending for the bel Tho waters are smooth and bright, "biko any fair lake Hint the br?ete is Upon, Win n it breaks into dimples, and laughs in I sun. ' The shore is near, but thc star that allui us is away, far off, anil the billows/ hard a high, that sweep between. Those of us, who choose, the former, gli gaily into the laughing, shining stream. J seems joyous for a while, till we suddet strike upon an unseen rock, culled .Dmr pointment. Trembling to the centre- frc the shock, we sail moro slowly forward,, a if we happily escapo the golf of Intcmpcrar and the eddy of Dissipation, touch tee she of our Eden. There we are met by a love band, who scatter gems and flowers arou us Fluttery, willi her radiant ?mile a winning voice, comos, hand in hand, w Vai.ity, among whose raven curls aro twin flowers of every dyo. There, to), Fortm sparkling with diamonds, pouria and jowe o 'ns upon h<r ivory wheel white, beyond, I shining leaves of Fume'a laurel1 crown o a light around her mnjestio brow. A little skiff whoota from the shore, ?uk hy a being.peerless in boauty, whose sun garments! float around her sylph liko foi ooufjned only at tho waist by a girdle^ b II s her own oorulean oyo*. Ligh'4 Saxon ot flow over her graoeful shoulder?, abd drawn huok from her spotless foro ead b wreath of whit?? moM, rose buds and geVil um loaves. She neara our burk She ent< hovo takes tho helm. . . ? , (1 On. on we go, fe i rican of overy d?"g Hound : tho on eli ant o,d ?Un wo sail, o ireh whither, ?-tji Wff ns ?bio ve gui cleals \,. Ilut Transl nt ls Pleasare^-Uia.gc/ddoss Jilla by. i Like A M.ivo on tho soa, like a rainbow on hi Tho ohma of niislbrtuno , titles,^rpfpt, iimpled W?lfers, anti slowly but sorely ? ?mache,? lil, g ithoring streugth and ypljg ia it ooni?s. tVhero. noW,(< le ?he bjif raiding star which in our sunny, happy hot ire had forgotten f i Lei: ds look tip. 5 here it in ! shining wi th a pi io. faded ll n tho midst.of tho blackened faea^ena, ?tur of lifo,, would that ire had bot' folio ;!;ee 1 Hut, hark 1 the storm of woe And' ow bWsts upon onr trembling bark. ightning of Oulctnity'has struck our \ down. Love lies de ad, and the colo! HO I waves dashing over tho'deck, lift lier long, fl ?atin^ ingles, ahd kiss; her marl.le brow. Without a guido, wo toss upon the nncry liilhm?, rooki?g fruin side to nido', bereft ol' rigging, must and sail ; y ut still - "The hull drives on, though must and sail he torn. T.h-i day drage, through storms keep out tho san, . , Arid thus the heart will break, vet brokenly live on." ' .Shoals of disenso, poverty and unkindness sut round us. Our1 span of life is nearly sped. Manhood is gone. O?d age guides the shat tcrod wreok with feeble and unsteady hand. Sometimes wo ate lost in tho quick-sand* of Ingratitude; sometimes we go to piecesion the Kook of 1 rcachery. or tire engulfed in thc whirlpool of Despair. So ends tho voyage of h lifo yvith those who fix their hearts and affec tions upon the fatal, fleeting pleasures of this world, and take for their guide thc passions of pnor humanity. Those of us who turn our eyes from the fascinating ilse of beauty to the brilliant orb above, and steer our vessel by its light, glide swiftly "O'er thc glad waters of thc dark l>hi<? sea. Our thoughts as hoifndlcss and our hearts as free." And though wo may at first feel a pun sr of regret in leaving the fairy land, yet it will gradually grow less, till nil is lost in the ab sorbing hope of gaining our haven. Yet. let us nut for a moment dream that our voyage is to be all ita lui and peaceful. Even now, ere the meridian <>f life is reached, dark green billows are rolling towards us - innumerable clouds obsUre the hitherto bright horizon, and loud winds howl (?vcr thu wide ocean. Dut. we tear down the silken canvas of Pleasure mid Vanity, and run up the main sail of Virtue. In vain do storms rage around UR. Faith stands at the helm, and guides our back with unerring h m 1. Strong is Faith, and if v e do but trust to lier guidance, alie will surely lead us to thc port ol' Heaven in safety. On the prow of our vessel, leaning on a silver anchor, is one more beautiful tuan words have power to paint, lier name is Hope. One white arin is raised to Heaven, and the moveless finder points ever to the star of divine love, which grims larger and bright er na thc clouds thicken. Tho primo of life has swept by, and VB knew it not. Thc chestnut locks luvo given place to silver hairs that cover furrows made by Care on thc once smooth bmw. The eye ha? become dim with agc, nod has lost its brilliancy, save when it is lifted to that star, nott changed into a sun, who-m rays kindle it with nn unearthly and immortal lustre. Before us lie the dismal waters of the river of Death, black aa Acheron ; but we fear (hem not-we do not dread to enter in. for beyond, we behold our long sought home. Our bark is old ?nd leaky. It may not traverse the thick, dark flood-so we must go alone to tho sinning shore. In wc plunge boldly, strain cyery herve to reach the balmy lund of death less flowers : .'Where generous fruits, that never fail, On treos Immortal grow. . Where rocks, and hills, and groves ami vale, With milk and honev How. Il 4,Ko chilling winds, nor poisonous breath Can reach that healthful shore BiokneSs and sorrow, pain and death Aro felt and feared no move. ' Thc cold waves tire too strong for us ! We sink and arc almost lost ! when Faith appears again, rescues and urges us onward. Legions of whito robod angds invito and woo us with th?ir immortal harpings. Dut there is Ono - a glorious, peerless Ono-who also holds out His arms to welou no us. One more sirugglo und all is over. Tim gulf is past. The goal Ls Won, and wc arc nestling in the bosom ol God -who is , our Star, our Snit, our Faith out Hopo, our Love ! Thc Ohb '?Pat.if has ta * follow ing: . When the good old D?mocratie p u ty way in power, did you hear ol' spies nosing muong TjTo?nr private gooda to see if you Ind o mi pl iud with tho provisions ut an unknown and un published InW ? ll Did you ovor hoar of stump* ? Did you over have to swear as to how muoh moiioy you made ? I ,lf a .manu '.mtnrm\ did jun IjiV? to inako a monthly, i o po rt 1) * sonm luigy otiiuit.l at (ive or toot dol|wrfi ipor.diy ?ti Did you hoar men (ns you now do) iidvooitct t ho policy of pay inti the ) ?borer with p pei' ragatanti,(|ia rich th nipy-shavers with gold? "iDId flWtt'hoar of U$ca on ovorytliing you oat and .weat in addition toa Stun, County arid mu,n,i?jpal tax ? , "'"l)?d you hoar of a Presidn.ut riding about ifi Imeambent, wholly to his^own us?o, at tho fexHItasfc .of. Ibil people, when ho waa rcceiv trij ? salary of $25,000 per yoar ? V Did yu ovor hoar that a negro waa bettor; than e. whito man ?