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lil fifi K monal I 8 ? ? ,, ? fi' ' - ..A,- ? .. - <: ? J wk i. . &k >" .. 4* '>(v7./. '&-)?yV VA*-' 'f'#t?t^ TO THINE. OWN SELF BE TRUE, ANO IT MUST FOLLOW A3 THE BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. i l ? NIGHT THE OAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1880. VOLUME XXXI. ?NO. 39. A Mother's Diary. Morning-baby on tho floor, Making for tho fondor; Sunlight Rooina to moko it snooze; Baby "on a bonder!" All tho spools upset and gone, Chairs drawn iuto filo, Harness strung uoross, Ought to uinko ono suiilc; Apron clean, curls smooth, eyes blue, (How these charms will dwindle,) For I rather think - don't you Baby "is a swindle!" Noon-n tangled, silken lloss Getting io blue oyesj Apron thut would not keep clean, If a baby tries! Ono bluo shoo untied, and one Undorncath thc table; Chairs gono mad, and blocks and toys, Well as tboy aro able; Baby in a high chair, too, Yelling for his dinner, Spoon in mouth: 1 think-don't you Baby "is n sinner!" Night-chairs all set baok as?uin, Blocks and spools in order; Ono blue shoo 'neath the mat Tells of a marauder; Apron folded on a chair, Fluid dress torn and wrinkled, Two pink feet kicked pretty bare, Little fat knees crinkled; lu thc crib and conquered too, By sleep, blessed evangel, Now I surely think-don't you - Baby "is an angel!" Tho Army and the Law. HANCOCK'S A'IKW OF DUTY IN TUB HAYES-TILDEN CONTKST. Nr.w YORK, duly Jil. - Much talk having been ruudo over a letter written by Gon. Hancock to Gen. Sherman in De cember, 187G, when the whole country was convulsed by the rival claims of Hayes and Tilden to tho Presidency, (Jen. Han cock wrote to Gen. Sherman nod asked that the letter be given bim for publication. Gen. Sherman was absout at tho timo on a trip to tho Wcot, but ns soon as he re turned ho sent a certified copy to Gen, Hancock, who furnU'hed it to tho Associ ated Press, luis letter was written in reply to two letters on tho situation received from Gen. Sherman: OARONDEI.I?T POSTOFFIOK,ST. LOUIS, ) December 2S, 1*70. j My Dear General: Your favor of the 4th instant reached mo in New York on the 5th, the day before I left for tho Wost. I intended to reply to i: before leaving, but tho cares incident to doparturo interfered. Then again, sineo my arrival here, I have been so occupied with personal affairs of a business nature, that I have deferred writ ing from day to day until this moment, and now I ltutl myself in debt to you another letter iu acknowledgment of your favor of tho 17th, received a fow days since. I huvc concluded to leave hero on tho 29th (to-morrow evening) so that I may bo expected in New York on tho ?list instant. It has been cold and dreary since my arrival hero. 1 have worked "like a Turk," (I presumo thut means hard work) in tho country in making fences, cutting down trees, repairing buildings, &0,, &o., and uni tit least ?hie to sny that St. Louis is thc coldest placo in winter, ns it is the holtest in su m m or, of any that 1 bavo encountered in n temperato /.ono. I have known St. Louis in December to have genial wenther throughout tho month. This Deocmbcr has been frigid and tho river has been frozoo moro solid than I havo ever known it. When 1 heard tho rumor that I was ordered to thc Pacific coast I thought it probably true. Considering ihn past dis cussion on that subj-mt possibilities seemed to mo to point that way. Hud it been truo I should of course have presented no complaint nor made resista noe of any kind. I would have gone quickly if not prepared to go promptly. I certainly would have been relieved from the responsibility and anxieties concerning Presidential matters which may fall to those near thc throne or or in authority within tho next fuur months as well ns from other ine'dents or matters which 1 could not control and action con cerning which I might not approve 1 was not exnotly prepared to go to tho Pacific, however, and I therefore felt relieved when }. reooivod your note informing me that Hiero was no truth in thc rumors. Then 1 did not wish to appear to bc escaping from responsibilities ami possible dangers which reny cluster around military commanders it? tho Ka St/ especially in the critical period fast approaching. All's well that ends well. Tho whola matter of tho Presidency seonis to mc to bosimp'o and to admit of a peaceful solution. Thc machinery for such a contingency as threatens to present itself lias been all carefully prepared. It only requires lubrication owing to disuse. Thc nrmy should huvc nothing to do with the election or inauguration of Prc?i(lenl$ Tho peopio elect tho President, Congress dcolarea in joint session who bc is; we of tho army have only to obey his mandates, ami arc protected in so doing only so Jar as they may he. lawful. Our commissions express that. I liko JF.FFKUSON'H WAV iNOff AUOUItATION. It suits our System, l?o rodo alono on horseback to the Capitol, (I four it was the "old capitol,") tied bis horse tn tho rail session. Ho inaugurated himself simply by taking tho oath of? office. There is no other legal inauguration in our systom. Tho pcoplo or politicians may instituto parades in honor of tho event, and publio officials may add to tho pageant by assem bling troops and banners, but nil that only comes properly after inauguration, not before, and it is not a part of it. Our systom docs not provide that ouo Presi dent should inaugurate another. Thoro might be danger in that, und it was stu diously left out of tho ohaitcr. But you oro placed iu nu exceptionally important position in connection with com ing events. Tho Capitol is in my jurisdic tion also, but 1 am subordinate und not on thc spot, und if 1 were, eo also would be my luponor in authority, for thoro is thc Station of tho gcnoiul-io-ohiof. On tho principle that a regularly elected President's term of ellice expires with tho 3d of March, (of which I bavo not tho slightest doubt) and which thc laws bearing on tho subject uniformly recognize, and in consideration of thc possibility that tho lav/fully elected President may not nppcar until tho 5tli of March und n great dcul of responsibility may necessarily fall upon you, you bold over. You will huvo power and prestige to support you. Tho .Secretary of War, loo, probably holds over, but if no President appears hu may not bc able lo exercise functions in tho ntuno of tho President, for bis pjoper acts uro those of n known superior, u lawful President. You net on your own responsibility and by virtue of a commission only restricted by law. The Secretary of War is tho mouthpiece ol a Provident. You ure not. If neither candid <t0 hat; n constitutional majority ol' tho Electoral College, or the Senate and Ifouso, on tho occasion of the count, do not unite in declaring some person legally elected by the people, TH ERM IS A r.AYVrLl, MACHINERY already provided to meet that contingency and decide tho question peacefully, lt has not been recently used, no occasion pre senting i ts. If, but our forefathers provided it. It lias boen exorcised and has been recognized und submitted to us lawful on every hand. That machinery would proba Cly elect Mr. Tilden President and Mr. Wheeler Vice President. That would bo right enough, for thu law provides that in thc failure to elect, duly by the people thc Housse shall immediately elect tho Prosi dont and tho Sonata the Yieo President, Some tribunal must decide whether thc people have duly elected a President I presume, of course, that it ir. tho joint affirmative action of the Senate and House, or why ure they present to v. it nea thc count if not to sec that it is fair and just? If n failure to nrgroo avises between two bodies ibero can bo no lawful affirmative decision that tho pcoplo have elected s President, and tho llouso must then pro proceed to act, not the Senate. Tin Se?alo elects Vmo Presidents, nol Presidents. Doubtless in o;iso of failure by tho House lo eitel a President by thc 4th of March, tho President of tho Senate (if there be ono) would bc tho l?gitim?t? person to excroisc Presidential oulhoritj for tho time heine;, or until tho appearance of a lawful President, or for tho time laie down in thc Constitution. Such course: would be peaceful, and I have a brui belie lawful. I Imvo no doubt that DOV. II A VHS WOULD MAKE AN EXOEI.L.EN1 PUEHIDI'NT. I have met him and know of him. Pu a brief period ho served under my com mand; but us tho matter stands I can't sci anly likelihood of his being duly d?clar?e elected by thc people unless tho Senate am House oomo to bu in accord as to that fuel and tho Ilenisc would eif course not other wise elect him. What tho people want is i pcaot'fnl determination of this matter us fuir a determination aa possible and a lawful one. No other deter, initiation coulel stand thc test. Tin country, if not plungod into revolution would become poorer day by day, bushiest would languish, and our honda would conn homo to lind a depreciated market. I was not in favor of tho MILITARY ACTION* IN SOUTH CAROLINA recently, and if Cen. Huger had tologmphoi to mo or asked for advice, I would hnvi ! advised bim not, under any circumstances to allow himoolf or his troops to (loterrain? I who were ?ho lawful mombors of n Stuti Logislaturo. 1 could not have given hin better ndvico than to refer him to lin special message of tho President in thc oas of Louisiana somo timo before. Hut ir South Carolina bc had tho quontioi J settled by a de cision of the Supremo Cour of the Statei, tho highest tribunal wbiohhai coted on tho question, ro that his lino o duty seemed evuu to be clearer than in aetioi in thc Louisiana case. J f the Federal Cour had interfered and overruled the dooisio of tho Statei Court there might have been doubt certainly, but tho Federal Court oui interfered lo oomplioato, not to decide o overrule. Anyhow it is no bfisincsn of tb army to enter upon suoh n question, mn even if it might bo no in tiny event, if th civil authority ia supreme, as the OonstitU finn declares it to be, tho South Carolin caso was one in which tho army had a pf ut duty. Had Oct), linger asked mo fo advice, and if 1 hod given it, I should i Course have notified you of my action im mediately, so that it could have bee promptly overruled if it should have bee dcomod advisable by you or othor fupcrio in authority. (?en linger did not ask for my advice und I inferred from that and other fuel ! bat he did not desiro it, or that being i superiors nt tho scat of government, who were nearer to him in tiiuo and distunou than I was, ho deemed it unnecessary. As Gen. Huger had tho ultimate responsi bility of action, and had really tho greater danger to confront in tho final notion in tho matter, I did not vcuturo to embarrass him by suggestions. Ho wos a department com mander and tho lawful head of tho military administration within tho limits of tho department. Hut, besides, I knew that ho had been culled to Washington for oonsul? tation before taking command, and was probably owuro ot'tho viows of tho admin istration us to the civil affairs in hio com mand. 1 knew thht he wus in direct com munication with my ftuporioro in authority in reference to delicate subjects presented 1er his consideration, or hud ideas of his own which ho believed to bo sufficiently in accord with tho viows of our common su periors to enublc him to act intelligently according to his judgment and without sug gestions from those not on tho spot and not as fully acquainted with tho fuels as him self. Ho desired, too, to bo freo to oct, as ho had eventually thc greater responsibility, und so thc mutter was governed as between him and m j self. As 1 have been writing thus freely to you, I may still further unbosom myself by stating thut 1 have not thought it LAW FUL OU WISE TO USE FEDERAL TROOFS in snell mattera as havo transpired Hast of tho Mississippi within tho last few months, save so far as they may bo brought into action under tho uiliclo of thc Constitution which contemplate! mooting armed resistance or invasions of a State moro powerful than tho State authorities can subdue hy ordinary processes, and then only when requested by thc Legislature, or, if it could not bc con vened in season, by tho Governor. And when tho President of tho United States intervenes in that manne)', it is a state of war, not peace. Thc army is laboring under disadvantaged, and has been used unlawfully at times in thc judg'iicut of tho people, (ju mino ocr tainly,) and we have lost a groat deal of kindly feeling which tho community at large once felt for us. "lt is lime to stop and unload." Officers in command of troops often lind it difllouU to act wisely and safely when .superior.! in authority hove different views of law from thoira, and when legislation baa sanctioned action soe mi ugly in ooulliot with the fundamental btw, and they generally defer lo thc known judg ment of their superiors? Officers of the army uro so regarded in snob grout crises, and uro held to such responsibility, especially those at or near tho head of it, that it ia necessary on such momentous occasions TO DA UK TO DETERMINE for themselves what is lawful and what is not lawful under our system, if tho military authorities .should bo invoked, as might possibly be the ouse in suo'.i exceptional times, when there existed snob, divergent views as to (ho correct result. The army will suffer from its past action if it lum Tretet! wrongfully. Our regular army has little hohl upon thc affections of thc people of to-day, und its superior officers should certainly, as far ns lies in their power, legally and with rightcons intent aid to defend tho right, which to un is tho law, and thc institutions which they rcprcsont. lt is n well meaning institution, aud it would bc well if it should have an opportu? n : t y to bo recognized ns u bulwark in support of tho rights of tho pcnplo and of the law. T um truly yours, WINFIELD S. HANCOCK. To Gen. W. T, Sherman, Commanding Army of tho United Stutes. Miscollanoous Itoms, What this country has never seen, and never will, is tho hen that can lay a wager. Tho mints are turniug out ?2,300,000 a month in silvor money. I mmense quantities of iron aro now ro ecived in Spain lor tho market. To toll a falsehood is like, tho out of a sabre, for though thc wound may heal, tho sear of it will romain. Ho A'ho has no opinion of Ino own, tut depends upon tho opinions and tastes of of o thors, is a slave. Difficulties, hy braoing tho mind to over corn o them, assist cheerfulness, as exorcise usidsts digestion. Truth is tho most powerful thing in thc world, since fiction oau ouly please us by its resemblance to it. Every man throws on to his surroundings tho Buushino or the shadow that exists in his own sou!. Wo mount to heaven mostly on tho ruiuu of our cherished schemes, finding our fail ures wove 8U0OC8SCS, Hope is liko tho wing of an angei, soar ing up to heaven und bearing our prayers (0 tho throne of God. Ono of the best rules in conversation ?H never to r.ay a thing which any of tho oom po ny cnn reasonably wish had been left unsaid. General Garfield in Congross: Thc Chi iv in sbnll remain. General Garfield in his letter of acceptance: On tho wholo tho ChiQ0S0 hod bettor go. Persons who uro constantly saying that they aro freo from projudico ure generally moro prejudiced than others, though they ire nui. ?ware of tho foot. They aro liko tho old lady who declared that sho was open to conviction, bul, shaking her head, she ndded thut she would just like to seo tho Lifo is divided into throe torma, that wklph i?, which wus, which will bo. Lot us learn from Ibo past to profil by tho present, and from tho present lo livo for tbo future. Throe negroes havo died at Athens from eating watermelon'! with strychnine in them. { It appears that they had becu stolen by j nogrocB and sold to dealers, and so tho : unfortunate victims carno by them hon estly. Enjoy tho blessing of this day, if God sends them; and tho evils hear patiently. For this day only ls ours; wo uro dead to yesterday, und wo oro not born for to? morrow. It is stated that thc census man has found a boy in Troup County, (Ja , who is only twelve years of ogo, but who is mar - ried and living happily with his wife, u fino looking, handsome woman, twice the agc of the husband. Humor hath it thnt Mr. doini Agnew, of Columbia, will b^ tho Republican nomi nee for < lo vor nor, and lt. li. Elliott will boa candidate for Lieutenant Governor. I Charleston Mercury. Wo can easily manage if wc will only take each day tho borden appointed for it. But tho load will be too heavy for U;? if wc add to its weight the burdon of to morrow bolero wc are called to bear it. The California magnates aro credited with an amount of wealth which would comfortably support a Brun ll country. Mr. Charles Crocker is stated to be worth 848, 495,458, Mr. Lolond Stanford8134,048,808, and Mre. Mary F. ?. Hopkins335,280,972. fc?xty one shorthorn cattle woro sold at Winchester, Ky., last Thursday <?t un average price ol* 8800 cooli or $17,000 in round uuiufccrs. On Friday fifty Jive hoad were ?old for $13,817 50, au average price of $220 per head. A physician ot Fernandina, Florida, hu3 growing in his garden a cotton plaut li I teen feel high, with a trunk tinco inches in dian.oler. This is the second year's growth of the plaut, and it now has a full crop on. The population of Charlotte (strictly within tho corporate limits) is 7,075, and about 1,200 just outsido tho city limits, makio!? the population of what may bi claimed as Charlotte 8,275. Iloppiucss is like manna. It ia to bc gathered in tho grains, and enjoyed every doy; it will not keep; it cannot be accumu lated; nor need wo go out of ourselves, nor into remote places to gather it, ?inco it baa ruined down from heaven, ut our very doors, or rather within them. The New York Herald wisoly remarks: "Whatever may be said against tho Demo cratic platform, it cannot be denied tba: it is an honest and business liko document and in thia respect it is very unliko tin bragging mid blustering Republican plat form." In tho vaults of tho sub treasury at Nev York there aro now piled up sis hundrei and twelve tons of newly coined fdlvoi dollars. This inconvenient treasure occu pies a vault which is 47 feet long, 27 fee wide and 12 feet high, lu the samo Vau I ure storod 130-I tous of gold, worth $05, 000,000. Under Democratic control tho total OX penseo of Richmond County, North ('aro lina, will not exceed 35,000. In 1870 under Republican rule, tho County Guv eminent cost $10,148 65. This will bo i reduction of move than 50 per cent, in foti years. Every taxpayer can understand ant appreciate this sort of argument. Garfield's record as a Congressman get in the way of tho Republican journals a every tum. It is now discovered that hi never violated his prinoiples by votinj against any land grant or subs'dy bill tba ever came up for consideration. Ho wa tho consistent champion of fraud. This however, from a Republican standpoint i an unanswerable argument in hi? favor. Darker tried to got homo in thc sam old corkscrew lushiou thc oilier night, and woury with the journey, rested against th lamp post for a brief season, '-lt is not s< much tho length nor tho width of tho ro?< thut troubles me," he said sadly; "but would like to know whothci it is a o nie o a broom that stands nearest tho door, s that 1 could form sonic idea of Mat ia' greeting when 1 get home," and thou li staggered on. Tho Louisville Courier "Journal says "Hancock will cai ry Connecticut, No\ York, New Jersey, indiana, California nn< Oregon. Why should Democrats compro misc themselves in Maine by consolid?t!n with Groaubaokors? Thus far wo hav lost Maine by foolishness, Oorooloo wa bud enough. We can lilford no moro sue blundering. Tho. D?mocratie party is ti honest money party; it stands on an bono? money platform, und it should liol severely aloof from greenbackery mid othc rjuackery. Ground in tho business parts of Nc York jti yearly becoming moro valuable iud as a cooscqoneo buildings are. bein constructed of more lofty proportions, i ardor to gain room without paying fortune for a few ndditionul rquuro feet of ground !Thc Rank of tho Rcpublio and tho fir: National Rank aro now erecting at tb Northeast oom or of Wall street, and Bronc way a nino r,tory building, independent < \ thirteen foot basement, atti cost of 8150 000, whilbt tho London, Liverpool r.n Cl lobo Insuranco Company is completing building corner of William and Fit ?treets nt o cost of $800,000 which wi Nx Gov. Porry has written a letter do claiming that "it ii right and proper that ali tho colored voters who wore red shirts in tho campaign of 1870, and voted tho Democratic ticket over sinco, should bo allowed to joiu Democratic clubs aud vote iu tho nomination of Dumocrutiooaudidatca. Dut it would bo 8uicidul folly to allow ool ored voters, who havo always voted tho Radical ticket, to come forward now and profess to be Democrats and assist iu tho Democratic nominations at tho primary elections." Mr. G. P. Pressly, of Abbeville Couuty, Woe tho successful applicant iu tho compet itive examination for appointment to West Point. Mr. Prcssly is a nephew of Judge l'tvssly, and a graduate of Duo Weft Col lege. Mr. ?J. A. Towers, of Anderson, ?8 all?mate. Tho Four Partios. Thc condulr.lcs for thu Presidency, rep resenting thc four parties in thc United States, are as follows: REPUBLICAN. James A. Garfield, of Ohio, for Presi dent. Chester A. Arthur, of New York, for Vice President. GREENBACK. J.H.ios A. Woitver, of Iowa, for Presi dent. l'?. J. Chambers, of Texas, for Yicc Prcaident. PROHIBITION. Nco! Dow, of Maine, /or President. A. M. Thomson, of Ohio, for Vico President. DEMOCRATIC. W. S. Hancock, of Pennsylvania, for President. W. ll. English, of Indiana, for vice President. Gaina and Losses. According to present estimate.! under tho census tho Southern States will loso thir teen representatives in Congress and may possibly gain three-two iu Ter.aa and one in ?Missouri. Tho Northern States will probably lo.so cir, hr membcro ami gain oiglii.0011-ibo gains going to. Wiueonsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Colo rado and C'ulifoiuia. Eleven Dotnoeratic States will probably lose thirteen represen tativos, and two Dctnocratio States gain three represen ta ti VC?; four Republican Stoics lose five representatives, and seven l?epublican {States goin eighteen, whila tinco doubtful States loso four represen tatives. Progross. One of i lic most roinarkablo fcuturcs of Marlboro' Couuty is tho total nbscuco of licensed dram shops in her borders. There has not boen a bar room in Rounettsvillo for tho hist forty live years, and in tho sobriety, temperance and domestic virtues of her people, tho county hus no superior in the Stato. The fact that whiskey is under tho ban will in great measure ucoount for thc general prosperity of tho community, und especially of the negro population, many of whom have acquired comfortable homesand a good ercdit. A notable caso in point is that of George Pearson, a Marlboro' negro, who starting after tho war with no capital beyond thc clothes on his huck and a wife and thirtcou children, has accumulated by honest toil a modest fortune. And this is not an insulated ouse by any means. BULLDOZING YOUNO WOMEN.-Sorao of thc joung wotnon employed in tho caustio soda department of tho Pennsylvania salt works at Southwark, declared their sympa thies for tho Democratic oandidnto last week by chalking on a Iorgo tnnk stauding near tho buildings th oso words: OUR OIIOIOR F O it PRESIDENT: GEN. WINFIELD S. HANCOCK. HANCOCK EOREVER ! The circumstance was reported lo thc Superintendent of tho works, who ?inmodi* tttely ordered that tho gil ls who hud ex pressed their political proforonco should oraSO the mime at oncn. None of the do'/.en female employees, however, would give thc name of the offenders, and tho Superinten dent dually decreed that they must cither wash oil' tho words or walk off themselves. Upon this announcement ono and all dc ohircd they would lotivo rather than obey such a command, whereupon they were nilevcd to go. This they did, and as they marched away handkerchiefs were waved nul three rousing cheers were sent up for I lu-too ik ->hit il ''p'a'i Ttniis. Thc Grand Division of tho SODS of Tempor?neo met in Columbia last week. Tho following officers were elected for ,ho ensuing tenn: Grund Worthy Patriaroh-Rev. Samuel brander. D. D., Wllllamston. Grand Worthy Associate-Richard Jones, 'Jolumbio. Grand Scribe-h. P. Smith, Anderson. Grand Treasurer-J. MoChiir, Kershaw. Grand Chaplain-Rev. C. Sean, Lox ogton. Grand Conductor-J. N. Vandivor, An lernen. Grand Sentinel-Ira C. Williams, Pel ion. When you seo a mau toko off his hot to pou it is a sign that ho respects you. Rut ,vhrn ho is seen divesting himself of his ;oat, you oan make up your mind that ho A A>ivtui,e ol' Hell. Tho Hov. J. S. Furnia, a British olcrgy uiati, has given tho following description of ho!!, which ho designed for tho iustruotion of the young: Wo kuow how far it is to tho middle of tho earth-it is jost four thousand miles. So if hell is iu tho middle of tho earth it is four thousand miles to tho horriblo prison of hell. Down in this placo is a horriblo noise. Listen to tho tremendous, tho horriblo uproar of millions end millions of tormented creatures, mod with tho fury of bell! Uh! thc screams of fear, tho groans of horror, tho yells of rage, tho erics of pain, tho shouts of agony, thc shrieks of despair, from millions on millions! Tboro you bear them roariug !iko lions, hissiug liko serpents, howling like d?gs and wailing liko dragons! 'f horo you hear tho gnashing of tooth and tho fearful blasphemies of devils. Above all yo>l bear thc roar of thc thunders of God's anger, winch shakes hell to its foundations. Rut there is another sound. There is iu hell o sound Uko that of many waters! It is as if all tho rivers and oooans of tho world wcro pouring themselves with o groat splash dowu on thc floors of boll, ls it, tuon, really the sound of waters? It is. Arc Ibooceans and rivers of earth pouring themselves into helli' No. What is it, thou? lt is tho sound of oceans of tears running down from millions of eyes. They ory forever and over. They cry beoauso tho sulphurous smoke torments their oyes. They ory beoauso they have lost tho boau liful heaven. They cry because tho sharp fire burns them. Tho roof is rod hot. Tho floor is like a thick sheet of red hot iron. Sec, on thc middle of that red bot iron floor stands a girl. Sbo luoko to bo about sixteen years of ago. Sbo bas nei ther shoos nor stockings on her foot. Tho door of tho room has never been opened since she first set ber foot on this red hot floor. Now she sees thc opening. Sbo rushes forward. Sbo bas gono dowu upon her kneco upou tho rod bot floor. Listen! Sbo speaks. She says: "I have boen stand ing with my bare feet on thia red hot floor for years. Day and Dight my ouly standing place has been on this red hot floor. Sleep never came ou mc for a moment, that I might forget this horriblo burning floor. Look at my burnt und blecdiug feet. Let me go off thia burning floor for one moment -only for a bhort moment. Oh! that in this endless ctornity of years I might for get tho pain only for one singlo moment." Tho devil answers her question: "Do you ask for a moment-for ono moment to forget your pain? No, not for a singlo moment during tho never onding ctornity of years shall you over lcavo this red bot floor." COTTON FACTORIES.-Wo can novor secure independence uutil tho doy arrives when there will bc a cotton factory in ovcry neighborhood, to manufacturo tho raw material into cloth before it is balod. Tho cotton is grown in the Southern States; shipped a thousand miks North, or three thousand miles ocross the ocean, converted into cloth, and then shipped back past tho Southern ports from which it carno to East India, South America, and even to ont own people. This is obviously an unnatu ral stato of things. All that is needed to change it is a national commercial system and an intelligent spirit of enterprise iu tho Southern States. If the Southern people hove tho wisdom to pursuo tho right policy iu this matter tho day is not distant when they Win roi'.' o thc satisfaction of seeing British cotton machinery oud tho machinery of all thc Eastern, Northern and Western States, and all the skilled labor required to operate them, transferred to tho towns, cities and even cotton fields of tho South. This would inaugurate a new industry in tho South, and an increase of population and wealth snob as the South has ncvor known. Dut our poopto must do something moro than boast and proto about their advantages and thc futuro prosperity that awaits thom. Tho cry of a want of onpital is a poor excuse; for money is sent from each neigh borhood annually to purchase tho manu factured cotton goods, to buy wagons, farm ing implements, flour, hay, corn, mules and bacon than would bo necessary for a moro enterprising people to start und run manu facturing establishments. Tho South is capable ol' becoming thc most prosperous country on tho civilized globe; but our people content themselves on what they could do if they were an enterprising peoplo. [Patron oj Husbandry. SATURDAY NIGHT.-How sweet tho note to tho man of toil, to tho weary hoar. cd and sorrow stricken! Tho littlo bubblos that bayo agitated during tho week coaso to annoy, tho emotions of envy, prido, jeal ousy and malignity yield to tho soothing in fluences of tho hour, fur thc night of rest has come that hast its morrow of quiet and peace. Tho weekly plans of tho honest, industrious man have all been consummated, thu little grains in trado garnered, tho trials, doubts and fears of lifo set asido, and now at peace with conscience and all tho world, reclining on his conch, no king in purple is hnlf so happy under tho sooth? ing influences of sleep. Suturday night! standing on tho brink of what will shortly bo n portion of eternity, let us ask tho sol emn question, will thc light of tho Great Morning down upon us ero another wotk circled by ton thousand mercies shall oloso ? Its record of life trial and duty? Thousands of coffin lids liavo smothered down the hopes of happy housoholds-thousands of misery's children have pined in want and woe, and thousands havo groaned away lifo on couohcB, of pain, whilst overy rnomootof tho now fled week hos hooped apon c?