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THE R08AHY 07 MY YEARS. BY FATII ICR BYAJi. Some in Ay reckon (heir ago by years, Some reckon Ihcir life by act ? Hut soma (all tlieir days by the flow of their tears, And their life by the nioans of thoir heart. The dials of earth may show The length not depth of years ; Few or many they come?fow or mitny they go? liut our timo is best measured by tears. Ah ! not by the silvery gray That creeps thro the suuny hair, And not by the scenes that wo pass ou our way? And not by the furrows, tho fingers of care, Ou tho forehead aud face have made; Not so do wo count our years; Not by the sua of the earth?but the sli&do Of our souls, and the fall of our tears. For the young arc oft-times old, Tho' their brow be bright nud fair ; While their blood beats wurui their heart lies cold? O'er them the spring-time?but wiutcr is there. And '.he old are oft-times young. When their h?ir is thin and white , And they siug in tvge as in youth they sung, And they laugh, for their cross was light. But head by bead 1 toll Tho rosary of my years : Front a cross to a cross they lead?'tis well, Aud they're blessed with a blessing of tears. Better a day of strife Than a centuty of sleep ; Give ute instead of a long stream of life, The tempest uud tears of the deep. A thousand joys may foam On the billows of all the years ; But never a foam brings the hark buck home ; It reaches the heaven through tears. HAMPTON ON THE COLORED MAN AND HIS RELATIONS TO THE COUNTRY. In discussing the question upon which my viows arc asked, the limits prescribed me in the invitation prevent auythiug more than a mere statement of opinion. Eveu were this otherwise, my prcseut condition forbids me to enter into any extended or elaborate argument. Mine must be, therefore, simply a presentation in crude form of the views I entertain, and have entcrtaiucd for some years, upou the grave questions submitted for consideration. I shall endeavor to write in a spirit free from all partisanship or sectionalism, with the sole purpose of promoting the cause of truth and tho welfare of the whole oouutry. The first question is, "Should the negro be disfranchised ?" There has been much ngitatiou of this subject recently?chiefly at the North?and many who have hitherto been the most earnest advocates of negro suffrage begin to thiuk that tho bestowal of this privilege upon him has resulted in failure. Those who thus think suppose that the withdrawal of tho right of suffrage would at onco restore tho ancient and normal condition of things in the country; would re-establish friendly relations between the races of tho South ; and in so far as it would diminish representation would lessen the influence of that sectiou in uatioual affairs. This latter argument, I regret to see, has had most weight with a largo class, though it is inconsistent with a true und catholic patriotism?a patriotism which looks to the good of the whole republic, and not to that of a limited section. But, whatever may be the motives of -? 1 1 .1- - I * f .1 tnose wno uesirc me uisiruucuisemcut 01 me negro, the aecouiplishuient of such n result has been rcudered impossible by the action of the national aud State governments.? Grjat and startling as have been the political mutations of the last few years, the disfranchisement of the negro at this or any subsequent period would be more surprising than any political event in our past history. The question, therefore, does not belong to practical politics, and is a mere speculative one. Considering it in the latter aspect, I do not hesitate to auswer in the negative. Whatever may have been the policy of conferring the right of voting upon the negro, ignorant and incompetent as he was to comprehend the high responsibility thrust upon him. and whatever may have been the reasons which dictated this dangerous experiment. the deed lias been done, and it is irrevocable. It is now the part of true statesmanship to give it. as far as possible, that direction which will be most beneficial or least hurtful to the body politic. How is this to be accomplished '( My answer would be, by educating the negro until he comprehends tlie duties and responsibilities of citizenship, iiy ' education" 1 do not mean the mere acquisition of learning, hut I apply the term in its broadest sense. The posscsiou of the rudiments of education?the mere mental training that this implies?so far from being always beneficial to its possessor, is olt< n harmful.? Many of our lately enfranchised citizens make the first use of their newly acquired ability to read and write by committing forgery, and hero, at least, they have manifested a wonderful aptitude, liy educating thcui 1 mean that their moral nature should be cultivatedparijmxsu, with their intellect. This moral education is of far greater importance than an intellectual otic. A man is uot necessarily a better citizen because ho can read anil write, nor does tho possession of these acquirements make him, as a matter of course, more competent to understand and discharge the duties of citizenship. I doub', whether the citizens of that State which makes its boast that more of its ponplc cau read and write than in any other government, are equal in art, in culture, and in statesmanship to the Athenians in their palmiest days, who were, without any of these accomplishments, the most intelligent and critical of political constituencies. As the stability of our institutions depends ou the intelligence and virtue of our citizens, it is the duty of every patriot to promote the cause of true education. K?pccially is this the case with regard to that ift unfortunate people who, after centuries of servitude, wcM-suddeuly culled to oxercise the high duties of ireeiucn. They catnc to the discharge of these duties utterly igno-; raut, with tho prejudices, the habits and tho evils inculcated by a life of slavery; merely childreu of a larger growth, aud, like all children, full of credulity. It is uct to bo wondered at, then that thoy were ousily misled by tho wicked and* designing men who flocked to the South wheu she was prostrato. But, in spite of the ovil advice they have so constantly received, they have, ou tho whole, behaved better than any other people similarly situated would have dono, aud the whites of the South have no roason to cherish any ill-will toward the blacks.? Nor do they ; and the tiuio is rapidly approaching when the colored people will find their best friends among the thoughtful aud cousiderate whites of the South?a class by no means small at present, and which is growing larger and slronget every hour, llut this digression leads mo from the discussion of tho questiou under consideration, aud uiy purpose, as declared at the outset, was only to state my opinions, uot to enter iuto argument to establish them. From the remarks already made, my' answer to the puestion submitted is easily anticipated. It would be almost impossible to disfranchise tho negro, and if possible, it would not he carried into effect. The South docs no desire to see this doiic, and with out her aid it can never be accomplished. The uegro contributes not only to the wealth of tho South, but to her political power, and sho is indisposed to deprive herself of any of her advantages. As the negro becomes more intelligent ho nhturally allies himself with the more conservative of the whites, for his observatiou anil experience both show him that his interests are identified with those ot the white race hero. This is the inevitable tendency of things as they now stand at the South, and no extraneous pressure can change a result which is as sure aud fixed as any other natural law. The opinions which are announced above have not been hastily formed or only recently entertained. They arc the result of very earnest and long reflection, and as au evidence of this it may not be improper, even at the risk of appearing to touch too closely on personal matters, to state the positiou that I have occupied iu regard to these questions since tho close of the war. In 1S(>5, even before I had received my parole, I spoke, and was the first man at the South who did so, to a large audience of uegrocs upon the changed relations between the two races, and I gave to them the same advice that I have given from that dry to this, hi 18U7, in the city of Columbia, at the earnest invitation of the colored people themselves, I spoke to them again, and upon that occasion advocated qualified suffrage. It must be borne iu mind that at the time this was done some of the most i prominent leaders of the .Republican party had taken decided ground against giving the right of suffrage to the negro. It is unnecessary to give all the reasons that induced me to take this course ; it is sufficient tosav that I /nilv realized that when a man had been made a citizen of the United 1 (State? he could uc t be debarred tlie right of vutiug on accouut of his color. Such j exclusion would be opposed to the entire j theory of Republican institutions, and 1 foresaw that, unl.-ss the .States, while they had the right of regulating the elective franchise, prescribed the qualifications of their voters, the nutioun! government would intervene, and wo should have uuivcrsal suffrage forced upon us. My object, then, was, by fixing an educational qualification as a prerequisite for voting, to allow the most intelligent of the colored people to vote at once, and this would have been an inducement to the rest of the race to endeavor to qualify themselves for the attainment and exercise of this privilege by securing the necessary education. The admission of the limited number who would thus have been allowed to vote at first wtuld , have produced no confusion in the uiaehi- j noiy of the ^tate governments, and the rcla- j lions between the two races would have been friendly and harmonious; but the course j that I recommended was not adopted, and , we of the South have becu subjected to all j the humiliation and crime brought about | by reconstruction. As the negro is now . acquiring education and property, he is becoming more conservative, and naturally I desires to assist in the establishment and ! maintenance of good government and home | rule. 1 have endeavored?and 1 think not; without success?to teach him here how to ; use the vote lor lus own good, and the benefit of the political society in which he lives and with which his future prosperity is identified. The result has been shown in tho last two general elections in this State, where thousands of negroes have voted with their white friends; and if any doubt is entertained of the sincerity of these voters, and auy impartial visitor from the North will take the pains to inquire throughout the State, I will venture tiic assertion that in every locality lie will find as earnest, as active and as consistent Domoerats among tho colored people as among the whites, and these colored Democrats are generally among tho more intelligent of their race. I 'mler these circumstances, as tho negro is endeavoring very generally to qualify himself for the duties of citizenship, the j wrong of disfranchising him would be as ' great as that inflicted upon us in the firrt j instance, when universal suffrage was given i to liiin while lie was yet utterly unprepared ! to exercise it. The second question to which my nttcn- i lion has been invited is, ought the negro I to have been enfranchised?" It may six-ni I inconsistent with the views I have expressed iu tho first put of this article to say that I m m m M?M ??g???g3B do not Vhink ho should have been enfranchised at the time and in the manner in which fl'wasdono. My lirst objection is, tbat theMtoode that was pursued, it' not directly unconstitutional, was certainly extra constitutional, ?"d I am utterly opposed to any-vlblatUn, direct or indirect, to that inptrumcrtB Whenever a political party thiuk^fc ?HM-<tcssary, in order to secure its supremacy, to act'outside of tho constitution, and this is permitted by the people without rebuke, we may be sure that we havo entered upon that downward plane which every previous republic has traveled to destruction. The ouly hope of maintaining our institutions in their Integrity is by a strict observance of the constitution, and no party should be allowed to remain a moment in power which countenances in any manucr any violation of its sacred provisions. My ue*t objection to conferring suffrage on the negro, immediately upon his emancipation, was that he was totally incompetent to exercise or even to understand the rights conferred upon him. The injection of such a muss of ignorant and uutraiucd voters into the body politic was the most perilous stra!u to which our institutions have ever been subjected, and the danger arising from this experiment has not yet passed. It was a crime against the whites of the South to disfranchise them in large part while enfranchising the negro, and thus practically placing all the rights of the former at the uicrcy of newly emancipated slaves. All those difficulties might have been avoided had partial suffrage been adopted in the first iustauc, and the relations between the two races been allowed to adjust themselves by the unimpeded action of natural laws. This course would have been infinitely bettor for tho negro himself, as it would gradually have trained nun in inc exorcise 01 inc rignrs ui iroouiou, and would have prevented that antagonism between the two races which lias resulted, in so many instances, to the injury of the ucgro. Those who assert that the negro should have been enfranchised have not hesitated to declare that the Indians, the native freemen of America, and the Chinese, who have sought our shores in such numbers, should be debarred that right. There sccuis to be some inconsistency in these views, and the advocates of negro enfranchisement should be called on to show why the privilege should be granted to hiui, tlu newly emancipated slave, and yet denied to men who have always been free and win possess more intelligence. When the negro was made a citizen, ii followed as a logical consequence, undei the theory of our institutions, that he must become a voter. My objection to his en frauchiseuicut, therefore, is confined to tin time when and the mode in which this privilege was conferred upon him. answered these question witli entire frankness, in the hope that such a discussion, free from political acrimony and partisan misconceptions, would encourage a calm and coucicutious consideration ol the whole subject.?W.un: IIami ton, </ Xort/i Anurn-tin lie view. HounowF.ns?Where one of these nuisances is located in the neighbtrh >od ofai industrious farmer, he will cause more lus and annoyance than the llessian lly or tin. potato jcctlc. Trob.tbly farmers sull'ci more from borrowers than any other class of people do. .Not only are many farn implements costly, and generally returned in a dilapidated state, but at tho very turn, when the tanner and his men are about tt use scythe >r horse-rake the article will be missing, his neighbor having fo?gottcn to return it. liy the time its owner can lay hands on it and sharpeu the dullest blade or supply broken teeth, serious loss may be caused. Wagons and carriages arc bur rowed and sent home covered with mud and minus a bolt, or nut, or with possibly a broken spoke. When a farmer cares enough for his business to take agricultural papers, he gene .tally likes to preserve them, but in steps his borrowing friend and carries off his last copy which will never be returned For all this there is but one remedy?be brave enough to refuse Say honestly that you do not intend to lend. Show that you pruliee what you preach, and never borrow. The uiost persistent will soou stop troubling you under such treatment. Of course there are people co whom it is a pleasure to lend, who take good carc of what they borrow, but such persons are not habitual borrowers. Almost every ono has had sonic experience with the cheerful, careless, "easy going sort," who will ask for the meal from your table and the bread from your oven to feed unexpected visitors. Wo have only to call on our memory to prove that the latter instance is not exaggerated, and wo blush to confess that wo were actually weak enough to give up our Sunday dinner at tho demand of an improvident neighbor, it is bard to say no the first time, but say it once anu you will never fear tu repeat it.?X. 1'. J/mi/d. T>Ut'NKHXXESS NO P.M.I.J AVION. It M inure than thirteen centuries ago when Belisarius on his way to Africa, gibbeted two of his soldiers for an net of violence. Arid when this summary punishment aroused some mutiny anions the comrades of the executed men, tho (icneral explained that the crime alone might not have boon visited by this terrible retribution if it had not been aggravated by the fact that the perpetrators were drunk. This is pretty sound law to-day. Surely a man will not bo held less guilty of crime because be deliberately prepares himself for it bv stifling all that is human in his nature, and stimulating all that is brutal. He should rather be held morally responsible for all the other possible crimes which tho alcohol he swallows would diivc him to commit if nppnrtunity offered. They havo uovftl Christinas trocs out in tlio iilack Hills. News has couio of one which the Dcadwood pcoplo enjoyed this season. Ouc gentleman, as his nufuo was called, stepped forward uud received us his present) n hangman's uoose with a card attached, whereon was the legend, "twentyfour hours to git outcn the towu." He louud that the time allowed hiui was tuiplc. ? - 'i-VfriNj. Ere long tlio mellow juioy spring?Rochetler Expreta. Will gambol liithorward and bring?Graphic. The violet's breath and early greens?Burlington Ifaickcye. And lloston's next year's crop of beans. .?. -?t "Darn a fool," says Hark ins, who was vexed, to his wife. "So mote it bo," said M rs. II., flourishing a needle, "whereabouts *1 I'm trnn twnnii rxitf V" Ifurl* inc aniil untti.t people were too smart to live longAn Illinois man writing to the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State for a lieensu to practice law, said : "If you have two sizes send mo the largest one." ? We saw a young man with two heads on his shoulders the other day, but didn't consider it much of a curiosity?one belonged to his girl.? College Argus. James H. Rodger ?DEALER IN? GROCERIES, HARDWARE, HOOTS AND SHOES. MA y i'FA CTlW nil O F TIN WARE, STOVE 1*1 EE AND SHEET IRON PANS. ROOFING, GUTTERING AND REPAIRING I>0!VE AT SHORT NOTICE. :o: T HAVE just received a large lot of Groceries, _l_ consisting or , Sugars, Coffee, Tea, Molasses and Syrups, Paeon, Lard and Salt, Flour, F.icc and Grists. Cheese and Canned Goods. I , ALSO A COMPLETE STOCK OF BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS. II II 1> W A1JE. . In this lino I have everything you may want, from a Cambric Needle to a Proad Axe. | Cooking and Heating Stoves. NEVER SO CHEAP BEFORE. I invite an examination of my Stock, know' ing that 1 can please in quality, quantity and ! price. Do You Want Tin Ware? J I manufacture my own Tin Ware, Stove Pipe and Sheet Iron 1'ans, which 1 warrant to be of [ i tliu very best quality, i HOOFING, GUTTERING and REPAIRING DONE PROMPTLY AN1? WELL. I Castings for Stoves furnished at the Shortest ; Notice. DO XT XCGLKCT TO CALL OX J. 97. s:O2><;I;K6. Nov '?> 48 tf IS. I<\ H S AWI^S, IiKALKK IN (iltOL'EllIES, HAIU>WAKE, 1HIL*(?S, AC. NO. 1, EAST UNION. LOG WOO/), MA DDK/!, cor KG AS, llOS/XH, FOR COUGH AND CONSUMPTION Wild Cherry ami Tar, Cod Liver < >i 1?Cure, Cod Liver Oil with Wild Cherry and Lime? tastes good. Cod Liver Oil with Lime, I lei lTS! I KI ITS! ORAXGLS, JtA/S/XS, CCMIAXTS, ALMOXDS. COCOA XVTS. French Candies, a full Assortment, I'on't forget to call at No 1, Last I'nioti. I>ec Id ."?(? tf OILS, li.vskkd, kkuosknk, II AUNF.SS, MAUI I INK, 8W KIT, UAKTOU, AND Tl UFKNTIN K, S..M ri.cap by It. I1. KAIVI.S. Nov. 1"? Ifi if PAINTS AND VARNISHES. ! faint uufsiiks, I DUUOX AM) MKDH INKS, ' (MO A US, SNUFF, i ( UKWINlrAND SMQKINU TOUACCOS A FINK LOT OF CltOOKKUY, JUST IN. j TINWAUK, WOODF.NWAUK, I IIAKDWAUK, Jl US, JAUS AC. For < ii!e very ! .? by IJ. F. R\ \\ I.IK. rrrrr . S. W. Porters j NEW STOCK! | Av'.id ?t<ricii"s*ib?. . , FOR CASH ONLY.' o: THE CHEAPEST DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, GENT'S HATS, READY-MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, 1IA RDWABK ?AND? GROCERRIES, Can be had atS. W. Porter's Cheap Store,?fer CASH ONLY. Please don't ask for credit,' as it is very unpleasant to refuse it; but I sell too cheap to allow a day's credit to tny best fricnif? S. W. POliTKll. Sept 27 S'J tf UNION HOTEL Reopened and Furnished Throughout frith NKW FU11N1TUKE. :o: mUE Subscriber lias the pleasure of nnnouncJL in to the public that lie has lensed the Union Hotel ami fitted it up with new Furniture and every other convenience for the comfort of w the traveling public. THE TABLE shall be provided with the- best of everything and served in the best style, to suit the tastes of 1 all. i Attentive and obliging Servants will bo found at all hours to respond to the calls of the 1 patrons of the bouse. \ A First Floss Iturr in the basement, where gentlemen can always find the choicest of all kinds of mull and spirituous liquors, served in all styles. Having determined to make the Union llotol equal to any Hotel in the State, in all respects, ? 1 hope to receive the palionapc of the public. 11. J. THOMPSON. Spartanburg Ilrrahl and Carolina Spartan copy three months. )ecG 49 tf Fine Brands of Chewing Tobacco: LUCY IIixTOx, a out ex riri'ex, j-it; Tail twist, fixe cut, 77A 7'.If/ AMI*]', xickei,, flea a xi) (tun) rno quo. For Sale by 15. F. I1A1VLS, No. 1, Fast Union. I>cc 20 i>1 t f Trusses, Trusses. VLA11UE assortment, for Sale Cheap, by 15. F. 11 AWLS. .. Dec'JO 61 tf ; Grecnvillo and Columbia It. It, CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ' ' j%<assasga%c?!38gi Passenger Trains run daily, Sundays excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina llailroad up nnd down. On mid after : vmvnvv .i.?. c.-ti-...:? ...mi i? .i. I , -./??!, HIV iuiiu \> 11.^ n in uv IIIU schedule : VP. Leave Columbia nt 7.1". a tu Leave Alston 9.20 a in Leave Newberry 10. 70 n in ; Leave Cekesbury 2.17 pm Leave Helton -LOO ;> in Arrive at Greenville 5.35 p in no w.s. Leave Greenville nt 8.0-7 a in Leave Helton 9.55 a in Leave Cokosliury 11.SO am Leave Newberry 2.-10 p m Leave Alston 4.20 p ir. Arrive at Columbia 5.55 p in ANDKHSOS RRANCI1 AND HLUE RIDGE DIVISION*. news. vp. Leave Vi*nllia)la....ti. 15 a in Arrive 7.1-7 p m Leave l'erryville...7.0() a ni Arrive 0.40 p m Leave l'en<!)elon...7.<70 a in Arrive 0.00 p m Leave Anderson...8.oO a m Arrive (7.00 p ni Arrive at Helton...0.10 a m Leave 4.00 p ni THOMAS DODAMKAD, General Superintendent. J aim:/. Norton, Jit., General Ticket Agent. .Inne 1870. 22 tf Pioneer Paper Manufacturing; Company* *]y,|"ANl*FACTUItF.I!8 of Hook, News and n i I ai l.h. John W \lcliolson, Agent, Athene, Ga I'or sample of News, seo this sheet, Nov 22 4r, tf I V JI1 LV h IhK KH I l'-S. HAMS AND MIDDLINGS, MACK Fit KL, FLOUK, 1 J CORN MKAL AND MOLASSS& 1 Sol?l chcnpor (lian over, by I H. K. It AWLS, at No. 1, Fast Union, ^ Nov 1."> lli if Miss Reid's School. rnilK exercises of Miss C. M. Itchl's echnol J_ will lie resuinvil on Moiniay Jan. Oth 1K7'.?, in ino minding occupied lust year by MaJ. Townsend, as a School House, next door to Capt. F M. Fnrr'n residence. H The course of study will embrace all the branches of a thorough Knglish education. Instruction in Calisthenics givcu. -jS Terms, current prices. ' flH 1. Jg|