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KM?? V ?> -* I n < tv TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. )? VOLUME T. GOD TV^O OUR CO TRY. ?{ ALWAYS IN ADVANCE SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1873. _._ NUMBER 5 THE ORANGEBURG NEWS ?:o:? PUBLISHED AT OT7 AT^OTT!"B TT "R C4 Every Saturday Morning. BY TTIK ?JRANGEIHJRG NEWS COMPANY ?:n:? TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ??? Capy for one rear. $2.00 <? Six Months. 1.00 Any on* sending TEN DOLLARS, for a fclnb of New Subscribers, will receive an fcXTRA COPT for ONE YEAR, free of ?karge. Any one sending FIVE DOLLARS, or a Club of New Subscribers, will receive to EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of ? h*rge. ?:o:? RATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 Iqsare 1st Insertion. $1.50 ? i ?? 2d M . 1.00 A Iquare consists of 10 lines Brevier or ??e inch of Advertising space. Administrator's Notices.$5 00 Hsticps of Dismissal of Guardians, Ad ministrators, Executors, ko.$!? 00 Contract Advortisemcnta inserted upon the most liberal terms. ?:o:? MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICES, net exoeeding one Square, insertod without b karge. ?:o:? IT Terms Gash in dvnnce. Browning & Browning, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OBAX(iE?VK? C. II., No. C?. Malcolm I. Baowxixa. a. F. Brows im. ?ev4_ ??GUST?SB. KNOWLTON (Forwsriy ot u:e Now York Bar.) ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ORAXUUKl'KCd, S. C. _!i_ W. W. RILEY TRIAL JUSTICE, Residence iu Fork of F.dislo. ALL BUSINESS ENTRUSTED rill be prMaptly a** aarrfully attended le. jnly 31 DR. T. BERWICK LEGARE, 8?RGEON DENTIST, Wradual? l??Itimoro College Denial Surgery. fJFFICE MARK.KT-ST. OVER STORE OF f|g|??i'J' A. HAMILTON, METALLIC CASES. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS ON HAND ?II af the various Sizes of the above Cmbch. which ean be furnished immediately on ap plication. Also manufactures WOOD COFFlNS as ?tsual, and at'the shortest notice. Apply to H. RIGGS, mar 5?6m Carriage Manufacturer. COTTON FACTORS asp General Commission Merchants, Adger's Wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C. OsWBLL RSEDSR. ZlMMBBMAM DAVIS ?et 16 8m T. BaoDia. R. R. HunaiKs I II. C. Hl-huinb. BRODIE <b CO. COTTON FACTORS amd COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF, CIIARE8TON, 8. C. Liberal Advances made on Consignment. Rsrxa to Andrew Simonds, Esq., Pres t ? |at National Bank, Charleston, 8. C. mar 21 wee tf WASHINGTON HOUSE BY Mrs. M. W. Stratton, 0?RMIR GERVAIS & ASSEMBLY STREET. COLl'MKIA, S. 0. Convenient to the Greenville and Charleston Railroads and the Business portion of the City. Rate of Transient Board?Two Dollars per Day. Regular Boarders received at Reasonnblo ?tos. ??KS IP / ?DDRKSS Delivered before the Coiinty Survivors Association on the 22tl of Februarf 187? at the Presbyterian Clmrch nt Oraugeburg S. CJ. BY T. 13. MO YD Esq., In the effort I shall make to address y< u, I will not so Car presume upon your pntioneo, ns to attempt a lythiug like a disquhit'oti on the philosophy ol government, or an analysis, of those cause?, which brought about th? mighty conflict through . Inch wo have s" re cently passed. These I shall leave to older heads and more experienced minds, whose opinions aro better entitled to jour ro gard nud confidence, while the humble object of my effort shall b>', only to scatter a few flowers, about the mein orios of our dead. The causes, of the Reb' llion, as it is t'-rmed nro in general too familiar, to us all, to require any further elucidation at the present time, and as to the gigun tic struggle itself th^rc aro too man. fingerboards, throughout our land, point ing us backward to its fearful character Hut, although such is the case, I feel that it is necessary, in the course of in remarks, to ?lanco briefly, at the ciu-es of the war, for, if we igm-re thciu, we ennnut fu'ly me<.t tho dema d of the occasion ?>n which we haTe assembled h) rc to day. The first duty, that we owe to our ? vea, is to justify our course. Leave ihat undone, and we must fail to send down, to coming noes, a spotless record of the achievmenta of our heroes Pur, they slei p not in unsullied glory, who have died tu establish au u irightOOUs : cause. Master spirits, indeed, may ri.-e and lower uud soar, on the wings of nonius ' to giddy heights of gr--alu sh and ?e in wii, but, if tho e, thut ur^es them upwnrd, bo ?u unholy ambition, then shall the brightest fl .wers wither in the crowns they win. ? .\\r>. hut:.an aspiration in itsaiarcJi for glory^ may scale tho very el-jud-, ) but, hitman virtue alone can bright.n . tl e stars beyond. t h ! then, let our object be to s'iow not ouly thiil our heroes "Fought 1 ;e l.r.ve uicu, Imrj and v.\!i.' but also, thut ti u r glue u.s cause th y fill. Ibis aloue cau rob the Word Rebel of its oduiiu, when applied to us, and place ti e people of the South, in the ranks, of'those who have b^en foun 1 ready and willing to lay the full, unstinted offering of their all, at the shrine of their devo lion to principle. And to do tili-?, let us inscribe in characters of living light, ami lift nrxin nyf f.??-???.. our :::::;::; tains, the only safeguard which tin- I South htia ever been willing to throw ! about her liberties?tho only demand she bus ever been arrogant enough to make ? the ouly crime of which she ha ever been guilty?and all these are embraced, in devotion to the Constitu tion of our Fathers* If that be treason, then were tho people of the South, truitorr*?if that be rebellion, then, were people of the South, rebels. But. if that be treasou, then putriot'iMn is no longer, eloquent?than virtue, itself, i* uo longer, eloquent. If it be not treason, then do we pro test, with nil the power of outraged innocence, against that verdict, which hinds the names of our Jackson and our ?Johnsen and our Lee, in the same cat it logue with the bla eke tied names of th m who have lifted in rderuus baud to Mo io their country's heart. Traitors ! such us diese, the names of traitors?deeds like theirs, the deeds, of traitors?virtues like theirs, the virtue** of traitors?nucrifico.1 like theirs, the oAuings of traitors?the noblc.-t, purest, grandest R< uiuus, of them all. traitors ! Shame! tdinme ! uluioat enough, njethink**, to render the bones of Wash iiigtou, uneasy in the grave. Oh ! thut the true luauho d of tin North, could but rise, iu its majesty, high above its passions and its prejutdi ccs, and in a spirit of true mug uaiiimi ty and greatness, join in swelling tho voice of the South, as, even in her deso lation, she hurls back the charge oi | tn aaou from her sous, and b iws her head in gri-f, above her martyred de id, I to lift n prayer, to lleavou? ??My children. Father, thy forgiveness need ; Alas! their hearts have only piaoe tor tears! Pcrgive them, Father, e\ery wrongful deed And cv'ry sin of those four bloody years, And givti them strength to bear their bound less 1o?8, And from their beard take every thought of hale And while they climb their Calvary, with their cross Oh! help them. Father, to endure ita weight Forgive my tons?lhay know not whit they do? Forgive tlioin all the tears they made me shed ; Forgive them, though my noblest sous thoy sli'W, And hle.?-a them, though they carse my poor, ? lear dead ! ! But, until tlic passions and prejudices, etilen.lere I by unr fratricidal strife, shall have been softened and purified by the balancing agencies of time, this can not bo. And yet, to hasten the consummation of this grand moral triumph, there uro solemn duties devolving upon the North and npnii thu SoutVt?duties, which it were again fratricidal to ignore, and worse than idiotic to neglect. Every principal of humanity and every Bcutiuieut of fraternity demand moderation, and justice and tusgnuiui mity, on the. part of the victorious North, and every consideration of common scu^e and of reason and of interest dem-iud the severest xereise of prud ??nee and forbearance and patience, on the part .if the vanquished South. True greatness, on the one hand ? true wisdom, on the other. And let these but uu'le. and work together iu harmony of purpose, under the Const it u tion and the flag, of our Fathers, and nations may well look in woder, upon he structure they shall rear. ilud tluse agencies, been 'brown into the breach, when the last battle was end. d. the animosities of the B'.rife should have long since hern assuaged, and cite an^cl of desolation, would have l?ui^r since reaped to hold l.er carnival, among the ruin.- of mir 1 iiid. But, although, pcrh tps, no people have ever l ad so graud an npport' nitJT, for the display of these high impulses, which elevate und render human nature glorious, yet. none, perhaps, ha~e ever fallen so far short, of.a just appreciation ol it, us have the people of the North. Aud this assertion is hot tha oTipi'ing of prejudice, or of animosity, towards that people, but of conviction, founded on the ti.istken policy pursued by thorn, towards th ? Rou'.h, r'af l><; it, fro ii my purpose to n't.* one 5C"ti:neiit, which sli >ll lend lo kind lu againj feelings ol bitterness, between the se.tions, of our Country. Hither, far, be it our province, to hod up those ghtstly no nils which h re been tor i by unscrupulous hands, iuto the very heart of our Union. But, this stricken laud, ofour?, has many grievances, and it were folly, in deed, for u* to remain silent, and expect thoir causes In vanish, like a cluit 1 IV uu the face of the sun, and leave us agiin. a brighter laud. i iiey must he removed by our own exertion, and it is only by ci'tn, deliber ate and generous discussion, thai thi< can be accomplish ? 1. If those em.<es of complaint, are just, it is simply a duty, th .i we owe to our Strives, to discuss thotn, until the people of the North, shall recognize tbuir justice?comprehend our wrongs, and then shatter into atoms, thu sword which has so long been wiel 1 id ag.tinst in, a;? I extend iu honor the olive branch, which has been su long iu shame, withheld. If they are unjust, it is still our duty to discu-s tiietn until the light of reason, shall drive from our ow:i heirts, these enemies of our eotuiuou prosperity and happiuesa and peace Yes, right or wrong, ns long a? they are honestly entertained, let our com plaints be held up to the light of reason ami ol justice, so that may be purged of their poison, by the one and applied, u. a healing balm, by the other It is a solemn duty, that we owe to those, who shall rise to till our places, that w*3 trasnmit no iucu.nl> auce on the heritage wo leave thuiu, and to secure this, we must uot o inceal, but, eradicato the vory roots of til Heciuso.s which have heaped calamities upon us. The fostering sores of this age, must not be healed, on the surface onlj, while tho poison, on which (hey feed; is left to canker ..tri rankle, iu the huurls ofour children's children, as they rise up, >u their woe, to curse us, for our fully. And now, upon what arc the griov unccs of the South, founded ? Iu the first placo, I shall venture the assertion, and allow it, without debate, to rest, ou its own merits, that the South was not responsible for the existence of slavery on this Coutiuont. Even, then, if tho war was waged, on the one baud, to abolish, aad on the other to perpetuate slavery, t^fl, the South, not being respousiblc for the one, cannot be charged, with tho responsibili ty, for the other, with all its terrible results. H it, I shall take the bold ground that such was not tho object of the war, either in the one caseyor tho other. Slavery Jwas not, as is the o.?tn moo opinion, the causu of the War, but the popular pretext for it Can we believe that that wir would not have been waue 1 against th<f South, even though her ordinane s of Secession, themselves, had torn the shackles of s'uvcry, from every slave, within her borders, forever? No?never. From, the very formation4 of the Constitution, by which the original thir teen, Sovereign and inuspeudeut States, wore bound under th?i Compact of a l'cdei.il Tni m. There have been those in our land who have labored to drag, the old sh p. from her. moorings, to distuant'o her deck , to knock away her bulwarks to silence .hdr betteries, and then leave her udrifr, upou the watc:s, ol an untried sea. w.lh no haven in sight, except the hostile ports of a centralized despotism. Thither, she has drifted?tIii 'her she is drifting still?and nothing, but the grandest outburst of pntiwtio fire, on the part of the whole American people ? such un outburst indeed, as shall sweep every priatc from the decks, can prevent her eternal wreck upon (hose fatal shores (treat minds, and skilful hands and mighty energies, have bent their power, to work out her salvntion. nd though checked at times, in her course, the Waters about her, arc still, too dark and rough aud deep, for her a liellors to bt- cast. The Statesmen of the South, nave ever bent tlnir t-neigius. to prevent the ; mutilation of that eovbnaOt, up in which alone could our tjreat Republic, rest secure in its glory. Tuny have ever held to the doctrine ui Si'te Sovereignty as the only safegu rd, l^r^hc liberties of the Stales, and U-Wonly by arguments' which are higher nn I greater, those ol the Bwor'l, th..t this coavtction of a life time can be sw'pt, away We must lirst he made to feel that our liberties, arc .-till secure, bolnro we can ever be con vince 1 ih.it tint opinion w i.- wrntivs. Umpires mid Kingdoms in iy crumt.le bviVro ihu power <d* the sword, but gentler means alouo, can sweep away convict i'?n. True Statesmen sow with apprehen sion, the cloud that rue, upou the political horizon, when centralizing doctrines were proclaimed, in the eery convention, by which the constitution itsell was framed. And to dispel thut cloud while yet only a speck in the sky. tho doctrine nf State sovereignly was engrailed in the constitution b\ u ani in.-us vote of all the sovereign States, each of which | rociaimcd to the world that in accordance with the constitution. ! ''tench State retains its snv roiguty, free doui and iudcpcudeucc, and every power, jurisdiction,&o , not expressly delegated to thj United States in Congressassom bled." Such was the New England, such the Penusylvat.ia, su^h tho Virginia, such the Carolina of 17^7. And such in theory at least, has been every adminis tration and evory party from that time unli! HCl). All recognized that doctrine as the grand keystone of the arch, upou which the whole fabric of American constitu lioual freedom rested. Ali felt that if that stone wero knocked away, then should nothing but the ruins of the ' Gieat Republic be left, upon which to rear the despotism of an empire. And yet in dcGunco of this, the South was called upon to contemplate such things as the tariff of lS.'IJ, tho Mis sotiri question, the Kansas troubles, the UulliQcatioil acts of the Northern States, the raid on Harper's Kerry in 1S50, the discussion of measures in Congress lot maintaining the (Juioo outside of the constitution, and worse even thau aP these, the applause with which these und other outrages agiinst the peace and dignity of the South wad hailed by the press aud pulpit aud peoplu of the North. Kach aud all of these were deadly blows aimed at the interest of the South, because they were subversive of the grent jriucples of the constitution by which thot-c interests were protected aud because they were not ouly sectional but vindictive iu their character. These were but the handwriting, ou the wall of our temple foretelling its desolation, ia terms which the States. men of the South, could not misunder stand. Clouds laden with all the terrors ot the storm, were ready to burst upon them. And then, from the "anxious heart of the South, went forth, the ap peal? Watchman, tell ns of the night!"? and from tbo watch towers back the response?darkness and danger, ahead ! Whither, should wo fly ? There was but one place of refuge, and that within the ark of our covenant. Hut, alas! alas! the ark itself hud been itivad d, the covenant mutilated by ruthless bauds, and itb tulismanie virtues destroy ed. Thus were the people of tho South, not only left, but forced by outrage and injury, "Out in tho cold, amid the m utter ings, of the tempest and the storm. And yet better far, they thought, that they should be there, than within that temple, whose foundation had hei n | mined?the kestonwof whose arch had been almost knocked away, nnd /hose walls must toon crumble and bury'thetn among its ruins And this too the temple of our fathers, this the temple of our free lorn, this the to t pie of our glory, this the temple, to protect which, the best blood of the South, had flowed on almost every bat tle field of our country, to beautify which the treasures of the So'jth have ever been laid with lavish hands upen the nltar, und to prevent whose desecra tion, has ever been the grandest object I of tho eloquence of the South. For, wo loved the old flag of our Union ? I none ?vor loved it more than did : the pooplo of the South?braver, I or more willing hands, were i never lifted to uphold it, than those of ' * ... j the South. And yet, tramp?u ? the Constitution of our Fathers, in the dust, the North marshalled bor hosts beneath that banner to carry desolation to th ? hearts and homes of the Bouth. Wo loved it, because it had floated over a Hunker's Hill a Kutaw Springs, a Lundy'a Lane, but we loved it not when ? it floated over .1 Shiloh, a Chickamngi. a ; ChaaccUorsvillej or an Appoaiattox. I As the emblem of our freedom, we 1 nd< rod it. as the emblem nf opprcssi >n, > we iidor d '.t not. It- ,!< rieb on the <>nc hau l, will ey< ;? r main the common heritage of (he Nertb i.tid of the South, its shame on on the ntl er bei ngs not to the South. I The hi ttnry of* the former has ultcady I been written, that of the latter must be i loft to the coming historian, who shall I be able, with unbiased mind, to tell the ; story of the mighty struggle of the ? South, for constitutional freedom, and 1 ol the North for political supremacy. With him the vindication of the 1 S?rth may safely rest. Hut there is something wlnoli we cannot leave with him alone, and that the memory of our dead. This at least is the peculiar heritage 1 of the South: Here at least no dastard 1 hand can ris<? and rob m of our own. Sad and painful, and yet sweet and holy thought, that although all else, we are wont to love and cl.cri.-b, may be swept by ruthless bauds away, yet ?11 the powers ot earth cannot 'ob us of the memories ol our de.nl. And within the precincts of this hallowed ground, 1 would enter not with bold and cireless tread, but softly ami gently, bearing flowers, affection's nflemg to our dead. Yes we'd bring flowers, choicest flowers from each garden bed, and strew them on those silent mounds that rise above our dead ; we'd br'ng flowers, purest flowers f^oni the gardeus of our hearts and twine them tenderly about the memories of our* dead. Aye we'd bring flowers, brighest, richest flowers, fro 11 the gardens of our min U, with whioh to garland, tho deeds of valor of out dead, and send them bright and bright ening, uduwu the course of ages, with (be record of a people, who although overwhelmed in de.'eat, and forced to bow beneath the rod, were not a* ha med to tell (he story of their herorea, nor to render, brightest bouors, fco their lead. Let the nation-, of the earth, proudly point us, to the grandest architects of their spleudors?England to her Well ington?Frauco, to her Napoleon?IVus sia, to her Moltkc?but, the Survivors, even of a ?? l.o.-t Cause," shall blush not, while they can turn to u Juckson and a Leo. Others, perhaps, in the magnitude and splendor, ot their military achieve ments alone, may acknowledge no superior. Hut in all those noble ele ments of human grcutaess and grandeur and glory, thess of ours, staud before the world, uusurpassed, unequalled, uu approached. A hundred battle-Gclda arouud thorn with their glories, an I virtue stooped from Heaven, to act her alar within th. ircrowns. Such we' etheleaders whoao genius, directed tho heroic armies of the South, whoso banners, have long siuco been furled forever, and buried, with our dead. And there, let them rest together? neither fr.da dishonor there. The "Old Guard" of France?the Spartan Band, Themorpylase are wrapped in their glory. The mart")red Bands of the South are warpped iu their banners?let them rest. Bui the night of an Appomattox, has fallen upon tho South?the last battle has been fought?tho last army dis bauded?and again, the cry, goes up, from tho South, Watchman, tell us of the ui^-ht! and again, the response, Corres back, darkness and danger, ahead! For seven years, that darkness has been upou m, and those dangers, have encompassed our land, and still the sun light of pence, has not come forth, to I cheer the weary h'?art of the South. Wc j are still iu the midst of war?a war against a people, whose arms have been grounded ? whose limbs havo been bound?whose intelligence has been chained, so that they aae powerless, either by action or by word, for defence. But, why is War, stil coutinued against the South ? Is it to abolish slavery ? No, but still, to establish the political supremacy of the North. We have heard of the "Rceonstruc t ion "acts?of the militiry government of ten States of the South?of the suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus ? of F.uforccncnt acls ?of the disfran chiscmcnt of the intelligence of the South?of tl o c'ifruuchisctucnt of ignor ance, and of tho elevation of race and corruption, into our high places, of power and of trusi. And all of these ioo, have been not only sectional, but vindictive in their character?and all intended not to heal uprthe bleeding wounds of the South, but to humiliate her into the du<?t. No, wonder, if iu the m'.dst of her despair, she is ready tu ?tsk, Ii this the laud, where tho eagle soars ? 'V pvoud majestic wing I To welcome wnnd'rcrs to her shores Willi uil the hopes they bring 1 Is this thu wandering pilgiiaVsland The hind our fathers trod, And dreamed they that tlestroying hand Should break its trust iu Ootl ?J Is this the laud of the poet's song, Tlie patriots proudest theme. And dream they, that a people's wrong, Is lint a ghastly dream? Is this the land where the Christian chants The anthems of his praise Ana where no inquisition haunts The winding of his ways! Is tlii-; the land where all are kings Where virtue, mistress reigns, Where god-like reason, rescue brings To break the captive's chains? Is this the la:..I we are wont to love, Whose towering mountains grand I' n point us to a realm above, The only brighter l.iuJ ! Hut in tho midst of our gloom it is well, when wc endeavor to contemplate our condition as a people, that we should not forget that all uatious have their periods of tribulation, and calamity aud woe. Look at England during the wars of her Hoses. At Home in the days of her Murius aud Sylla. At Franc? during her reign of terror. At Spain during the existence of her terrible Inquisition, and ut poor, unhappy Mexico, with her record of anarchy and blood for the last half a century-. And yet after her Hose, England has her Victoria. After her Marius and Sylla, Rone had her Caesar. After h?r reign of Terror, Frauce hud the splendors of her Napo loons. From these things we learn, that it is indeed a rugged toad which leads to the glury of nan.ins. It is not oarpetted with rose leaves, und bordered with Sowers and cauopied with suus, moons and stars, and swept by souuds of melody from magic harps, so that nothing |bhall be found to mar tho progress of heroes, aud rulers and king, iu their ouyurd march to the realization of golden dreama. No, ragged rocks loom up by tho way to frown upon the bleaching b .ncs and brokeu hearts that are scattered iu the route, ghastly chasms yawu to receive the crinisou tide that is poured from the veins of martyrs and lurjes to fill it. Ominous clouds gather {sod darken SJtwl burst to leave happy home* in ruios. Sounds of melody i ideed arc heard as armies, with banners, march in grand array to sounds of martial music, to your rulers nnd kings, amid the clashing* and thunderings of the mighty enginery of war, and all these die array only tobe followed by the groans of dying heroes, and these s^ain by the softer, holier sounds thut are wrung from blighted, orphaned, widowed hearts. Here and there a flower buds and blooms, and glows soon perhaps to be blighted by a> wintry hl ist, and buried under the frosts and the snow. Now nnd then suns moons and stars glitter and glimmer, and gleam in all their wonted splendor and loveliness, only perhaps to intensify the gloom, when a pall rises from tho politi cal horizon, to blot them from the sky. And yet in that very gloom there is life, there is light, there is beauty, aye, there is glory there. Let but one little spark of life remain, nud one little ray of hope will linger with it. Let but ooe little star, peep through a rift in the clouds and we are ready to exehvm, how beautiful! Bus let the full splend rs of Orion's bands surround it aud none will be so poor in do it rove. jnoj. The very clouds that overshadow the earth, do hut heighten the glories of the skies while they are bearing life and strcugth, and beauty to the flowers. And what shall we learn from such lessons as those which have been left by history aud by naturo for our guidance) and iustructiun '{ Above all lespair not. However deep the glaom that surround*, us let us remember that other sun's than that of the South have gone doom in gloom, and yet cuiuc forth again in glory, that other peoples than ours, havo been bowed down in woe and yet come forth again to rejoice. -. mi i ?, ? Oh ! la ui labor to P?rgeMhj bitter ness nnd forgive the wrongs of the pa?t to overlook, even the injuries of the present, and with patience reach forward to the glories of that day, wheat ihs returning reason of the North, shall tear down the barrers which now divide our Country, as with hand ?j-ton .lei accross the chasm, she shouts in tones which sha'l shake the World, traitors aud rebels no more I Americans, froemeo 1 all! away, away, ye powers of darkutws, which hare desecrated the temple of our freedom aud atai.ied it with fraternal blood! away, away ! the spirits of our Fathers, command you awaj I Oh there is life in the "Old Land," yet. Our mo no tains, and our valleys, our forests, our plains uud our streams, are teeming with wealth and power, aud they are waiting only for those strong arms,and ready hsjt-ds, which shall some day come, to build up the waste places ot our sunny laud, aud make them once again to bloom as tbe rose. Oh ! then let us hope on, hoping ever, with our eyes upon the prise. The road's exceeding long, that never tarns, And Vesta's fire still on the altar burns Hope en?forever those sacred fires shall wave As things should b ?, so shall th?j be again. Aye, even now, there is a rift in the clouds?the master-spirits, of the North have at lost turned their broosts to the storm, whi-jh has so long beaten upon tho South, and ere long, the two sections of our land, shall see each other jo more, "through a glass darkly," but in the broad sunlight of the open day, animated by one grand impulse, stand shoulder, to shoulder, to work ont to* gether the glories of a common dcitiny. Then shall we feel indeed thet. This is the land of the pool's song, The patriot's proudest theme. Then indeed shall we make a new soug of glory, and send it sounding down the ages, to make glad the hearts of our children's children, as they rise up, with rejoicing, to bless us for onr wisdom?and ah! me thinks the very stai? themselves will take up the swell* ing aotes of our refrain and boar them still onward and upward, to the spirits of our heroes in the only brighter Und. A Quod Si-kllk*.?A Michigan schoolmaster aayt( "I still spell any man, wonmo or child in tho hull Stare for a dickshuoary, or kaah pries of one hundred dollars aside, the money to be awarded by a kommittc of clergymen or sknol directors. There has boeu a darn* ed sight blown about my speliiu; oow I want them to put lue up Xtx to shet up. I wont be put down by a pa?a<d of igw-%? ramm uses because I differ with no4f Wcl star's style of. spelling."