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Selected Poetry, VOLUNTEER DRILLING. a. Ainy said, with pleading eyes, "-iear Charlie, tell me (vill you ?) h- words I've lien d your captain say I should so like to drill you."' '-What, Amy, pet, you take Voinaninnd I Well ? A my : I'm <iiite wiilliug Is such a coinpanly as yours, I can't have too nouiich (trilling. -"Stand over there, and sing out clear Like this: 'StitIl ? stand at case,'" 'O Charles I you'll wake papa up stai'rs; Don't shout. like that, dear, please.' "Stand at enso like this, you Nee, And tlen i searee need mention, The next conimand you'll have to give Is, 'Now then, SquadI attention.'" "Now, Amy, smarily after me You're sure, dear, It don't bore you? 'Forward'-'Quick March'-'lalt'-'Front' -'tight dress' There now, I'm close beforo you. '1'resent arms'-well, it does look odd, (You don't believe I'd trifle;) We hold our arms straight out like this In drill withotit the rifle. "Now say, 'Salute your officer.' " 'O Ctarles! for shame, how can you? I thought that'you were at some trick, You horrid, cheating man. you." Charles "ordered anna" without command; She smoothed her rumpled hair, Pouted and frowned and blushed, and then Said softly, "As you were." European Emmigration. With great satisfaction we reprint from the Newberry Ierald the follow ing extracts from the admiraule address delivered by Gen. John A. Wagener, Commissioner of Kuiropean Emmigration for this State, in that town, some weeks since, and asked for it the thoughtful perusal of those of Qur readers who are concerned for the future welfare and prosperity of South Carolina : Mr. President and Fllow Citizens 'The results and consequences of our late unfort unat.e and disastrous contest are of such a character that otir whole economy and state of society, all our ideas and aspirations, have been com pletely revolitioiiized ; we are now in t.o midst of a chaos, from which only an indomitablo will, perseverance, libe ral and progressive ideas, and the bless ing of Providence can re produce order rind prosperity. But it behooves a wise and reasoning people not to sorrow over and despair of the past, but to lay such plais and initiate such svatems as may reasonably be expected to aford then a -chance of resuiscitation and a prospect, of a prosperous future. And it is not in bare politics that we must look for .our salvation, too mtuch of that has always engrossed the attention of South ijarohnn, but in siriving earnestly to re-a waken our industrial ambition, and where former manners of pursuits have become impossible or unprofit able, to strike out with a firm resolution, and without hesitation, for new channels of fortune. Souwth Carolina now beholds her darkest days, but there is life in the old yet, and if her people only will it, she will yet ero long behold the rising of a glorious sun, and her dnys may be days of peace, plenty, power and trans cending honor once more. The great p'resent canse of our diffdieties is the disorganization of our labormnff force and want of capital. In 1860, the working force of Sotli Carolina was about 240, 000 ; now it is scarcely 100,000. Then it was an organiiz:'d and efficient prio duct ive powe'r ; now it is the basis of a detsuklory andl very frequently discon1. nected effort, without any great results as a wvhole, and certainly always inse cure as to any determinable product. I have ad verted to this subject on sevetral form<-r occasions, and shall, therefore, only briefly review it now. Our colored population has diminished; it has taken t> othier branches of indus. try, in numerous cases not so well adapted to their habits and character. pireferring city and village life to the plantation anm farm ; it hms shuiftel fronm one part (.f the State to others, and wvorst of all, a considerable proportion :has followed the natural prepensity of human kiund, to live a life of indlolence at the expense of others. All these are universally acknowledged .facts. Thero may be-there arc favorable except ions. A hargo planter in York District assur. eu me last winter t.hat all his former people remained with him, and woero doing better than ever before, and same gentlemen even of your owvn dlistrict professed to be very wvell satisfiedl, so muchi so that they could not see at alI any necessity for' tlte encouragement of imigration. But these exceptions cannot amend the rule. I do nlot want t o crowd out the freedmen. God for bid ! If I could be of service to him, . ho shtak be wvecome. If I can improve, his condition, no one shall be more wvilbing. Indeed, I would persuade him, i'fI coutld, not to quit the land in which he was born, but to cling with a strong attachment to old Caroline, where, amidst, all his 'troubles, he lias really enjoyed many happy dave, the like of whtroh may never m~re returan to him any where else in thte wide wvorld. lBut the h'eedman is not au flicienlt as an element of impr'ovement. If lhe was! an exellent plantation hand, he will nlot do so well as a farmer and small. proprietor. Will Ito produice more, as a wh'lolo, than he consumes ? WV ill lie do to establish fact orios, to tend to tho vimeyard, to preserve the orchard, to raise ato(k, to te careful and close col Ii vat ion ofgrains, to imuprovo t hb litndJ, to b~ui!d towns and villeges, and prolect thue eairnings of' his nteig~hbhors? You knrow him wvell, and' you answer these questions better thtan L, And. this subject may be viewed in ye6 another light. Did'you ever carn estly reihkcb how the Staste is to boar the taxation for the support of an ox traoramatrily large indigent population, from wvhich no contributions can. be gathered, and the special an,. liberal care for whom the laws of the U.nion have imposed ? Besides, hereafter our c'olored populaition will be larooly eon.. crned in framing the lawvs of our own State0 and it is their already expressed policy that tho lands must pay the costs of the Common weal h. Their old peo. ule will havo to be supported by the State, and their youth will grow up with iiotions of their politienl iipor tatice, inl habits of idleness, and rew'lV to Lecoiie backs and pimps of the de. signing, selisl 1nd 1i] lilt icIl savioris of tie iuman race. 'Lis s the certaiii result of' their natural indolence, of ie sudden change of t heir social sat us, and of the inflieces that are now besetting them. Even in this maitter of iiiigra tion they have already been instruct.ed aid tlaken their stand. I was informed a few days ago by U our Law Judges that the fri have held meetings and made it a prinipihial corner stone of their platform tq oppose all innigration whatever. What does this report ? If the industrious and well -meani ng colored peoplo could com prehrend their own true interests, and have the least idea of the real prosperi ty of the State and their own, they would scout at, the bait of a colored Republic of South Carolinn, and they would undeirstand that increase of popu. lation is an increase of means ; that it will take a. hundred years before in the South labor will exceed the demand, and that the capital and industry brought in by the farmer, and purchasers of lanids increases their own chances of success and prosperity. But alas I the colored man does not reason, but will blindly follow tie teachings of his Ioltical mnas ter and manipulator of tie dorninant Northern fretion, and the promptings of hs .-!!kA1. cncitz and paSsions. This is our great danger, and together with our own want of energy, and our indis position to encourrage immigration, will certainly retard our recurperation. If our colored people could only be made to know their true friends, all might yet be well. * * * * * I do not wish to be understood as opposing plantations-thiey are only externive farms after all. But I meat' to say that a system of small farms should be encouraged as anl auxiliary to the planter, anid small farmers should be facilitated in every neighborhood, instead of being lookei upoin with suspicion and speedily bought out as foiierly. Tie planter will prefer the staple products to tie exclusion of the cereals, tie farm er. otn tie contrary, -will pay his first attention to the food plants and diei to th1e staples. I remember very well how gladly ini 186 1 tire report was received here aid there in the Southern States provisions had been raised plentifully, and it was deemed worthy of special mention that the German farmers in Texas had raised great gnatintities of wheatt, rye, barley aid corn. And iiay not the farmer be as great as tie plani ter ? Tire -mre, like tie other, tills tie land aid cultivates the soil, only with this difference, as I have already men tioned, that tire farmer bases his pros. perily upon the food products and the planter upon the staple articles of com ierce. lit do you con'.iie to plant. if you prefer, and let the immigrani come t.o farm. A genileman wrote me from Now York a few wecks ago, if ie had tire control of arairs, the South should not plant a single poiul of cot. ton. to punish tire New England nabobs of their bloody oppression. I do not ag.2 with himl at all. Let us raise as much cotton as we can, along with Ourj own pr-ovisiorns of overy' kind, stock, fruit, &c., arid then let urs marnufact ure our cotton first aind send it to market. afterwards. A hound of cotton will triple its value in thrread only, an rd r hre machinery is riot so very expensive but that it migh t be had by combiined ac tion. Desides let ius miultply our in. dristry in every respect, arid let us get tire iimrmiirant anrd the uimnit i's capui tal to help urs. Just hero it occurs to me, you might bej curious to lean the product of a large German farm. I copy a regrder from a prominent agricult urral work as follows: "Wheat, rye, barley, oats. peas, beans, lent ils, mi' er, buckwhearrt, clover seeds, flax seeds, fruits, vegeta. bie.s, potatoes, hrorses, oxen, cows, hogs, cailves, sheep, fowls, butter, chee.:e, milk, wool, flax, skins, honey, wvax beer andi brandy"- reported( as having beer sent to me' ket. Th'le great variet y of this produce will be observed, an'd1 die general results ne somnetimeos aist n. ishmnrg. And thiey havieV need to be so, the rent alone of a farm of such a (de scription, of one or two thiorsandi acres, being fromr 1(0,000 to 50.000 thralers pel year. .But you will again observe, that, there is not an article nmentionred, which you coruld riot raise tiero ithd facility aind profit, and have your cothmn besides ! To explain tire AVO articles, "breer aind brandy," I may merition, that, in Erurope overy large aigricuhiural establishmnen t has ii distillery and brewery connected withi it, clear prodnetd of thme manurfactr ed article, arnd secondly ini the offud as a valuable food for fattening stock. Enginnd demanded free trade as a muanufiacturing county, anxious to sell the commodities she produced in tire best* markets, and t~o im port in lieu thereof whlat were ti her ther luxuries of hi .mn existence, such as earn, beef, flour, etc. Our Northearsternr Stat es denmarnded pro Irretroni by a high tarifl for tire puirpose of' secerimg the profits of the agricid uiral cailmlition of manuifact ired goOcds at their own rates. Our Soulbern~ States wvanrted free trade to choose the bestj miriket for the sulo of their staple and thre lowest for their pntchases. iBut the richest and most independent couintry, is that whlich can supply all her necessa. inis and huxuries from proclucts at, home arid yet have enough to aparo of' stapief articles to rigako a market wherever she pleases, arid this is precisely whlat our Sornthi can do. Sire need niot fear tar iff's nor miaufuacturing comupeition. Uirt shre wants adilditional population Find ca pital, to be successful. A peopile, which possesses cotton, as a principle product of its ownr soil could meirease be. yonid precedent ini the production of that, ilass of frabrie which no0w (ets the most largely into' huminan consumnption, anrd which holds the highest rank ini thoj imdiistrinl occupations of the world." Sir Morton Peto, in his recent work on the resources and prospects of America sav : "From returns made to the Gov. ernments of Prussia and Uavaria for sevn) years by emigrants who left these countries with oiicial permission, it ap. ponre that they carried each to America an average amount. of 180 dollars in cash. 'T'lie United States officiali cal eilate that tho immigrants have brought into the country not less than 400,000,. 000 dollars in cash, beside the much superior values represented by their sphysical, inteliectual and moral pow ers." I have alrepdy', on a former oceasion, referred to the above subject,. It. s rikes ino that if any one would only take thl.e trouble to calculato tie amount, above mentioned in interest, anid compoul interest, in proportioni to th immigra tion from 1820 till now. the extraordi nary developenents of our Western States might easily be accouted for. I will not, however, detain yon by going over this ground again, mid I should not have mewinoned this nuih, were it not necessary to coinibat again and again the un wholehomle prejiidicies agins!. the foreign.er. I have leari geinLleiien of intelligence ridhicule tle language of tle straniger as a liscordanitjabber. Others have objected0 to his inbecoming garb or his foreign manners. ( )hhers again have averred that a majorit, of the for eigners are thiil bless anid iibecile paul pers and dependents. who are incapa ble of gaining their subsistence any where, or taking care of it when it, is earned. The New York Comiission era, in their official report in 1 I.35, say, "It would be obviously erroneus to measure the effects of immigration among 11s by tie necessitoii or worthiless few, and overlook the greater bulk of directl anl opposite chrincter. Adopting tile hii ter as rle legiilate test, it night be shown that the vast influx of foreifn capitil, skill, And labor, throuihi this chanlnel, has been sin guilar. ly advantageous to this comirv " I inst hiere nsk 6irgiveess of tw'o' gen tleien of our own State, if I men1 tion their names ini conine.ion with this sub. ject. Mir. Farley plans Oil One of tIe islands near Charles;on. with near seven ty hands, Illostly iiduist'rious I rish'ean, and lie is coi 'nt that the reilt of his venire will compare favorably witi tie most prospeirous. Mr. Kr.iedy. of Sumter Distriet, wrote me recently, that some tune ago bi got oe fimily and and two other men who ldid not. m:dAr stand a word of Eln~glish ; lie had imuch trouble at Airt, but, they have alreadv Heqilired a most astonishilgY knowl d of our lanmgunge. And lie adds: "I wish to say to you, for tle encourage ment of your great enterprise, that, 1 find these people ihOin most fmtilifiu and competent laborers I have ever haid- in my enployimet." * *5 * * * * It is,probable that the tide of enigra. tion to America, which commenced to set in st rongly about 1825, was ocea. sioned by tile opening oi t of lie N.-rthi western Slates in that year, and by the prospect afforded of obtamin 1g land in thec country at exceedinlgly low rates Th oppoltunity of set tling tiemselves in di t ict, whero land could be had. which they could cultivate with proit, aid where the reward of industry is conscquently certain, was irresisible. T1hroughg~ut Eurlope, a passion t.o become the owner of land is uiivers.,1, whiikt tile dilienilty of grat ifymg it is inflinitely gro'1t er thtan wvithI us. it, is ftotm this uniaversal sIon, thiat thle vast ainmual immnig rationl to this conn!- V derives i~s mighty imi uilse. App-'eciaititig ti, and reoumrms andmi increase (A' population, why should yon not, haiiving 500 acres, give away 125 acres at al nomrinal pice, and t hereby serve youriselfand iime S ate at thme sa me limhe. In all probabiliiv such procedure would, in a few year', double you tho v'ah:e of yonr remlaitiin haand~s. Whaiit ar io ~ ur lnds worth now ? What yon 'can enktivate anid must nene~arl us i wor ib just so much as what youir income therefirom amounts to ; the I alance is worth no0th ing, and1( it is just nowv a po.-it~ive ex. penls, except in.g for them prospects of t~me futuie. ut etich a fsunre us5 tn.,w awa its yon, wViihout thai inlcrea;e and p~ iond~e renieo of the whiite popanhui on. will' brimig 11o enlhancemnent of' praw', but may pos. sibly tot ally ensntia 've .y c ne of vour plant an ons. Gen. 1U ler' te0lt us 'that '"it is a seif-evi'denlt poli lial tr, 1h that nl bore the Ina d is hel iin lairge Itraets by the employer to be0 tile oov I lhe e~inplov'. ed, t here cani be nto jiust mnd true field for tile exerceise of Repnblcanm citiz.en shlip. "And it is 0one of iho preC:sinl exigeilcies of thin 'onmliry, as ime very basis of reconsai iet ion, dir;. rome plan must be diev:sed, by whtich the lanids of the Soil;hI may be divide~d amom' huose wvho shall oct'apy and till -them. Witut any sano mani inu his extremity hmold onl to a 5(t5 r w when heetilm grasp~ the strong atid saving limb ? What is nowv die vahito oh lands in Newberry 7 Is it wvortb no0w what it wans worth in 1 860 ? Or, perhapse, there is no rate at all. No one catn tell what it is worth, or whlether' it is wor'th anyvthiing. Land1( is alwvays cheatp where lnbor is ineer timn and searce. Whenever lab~orine pmower increasnes and becomes piro ductive, lands risc in value according. ly. In thmo sparsiely popeulated reg~ionis of' A morina atn acre of latnd may be eartned by one day's labor, wvhereas ini Bcliumitn Holland, Gernianmy, Etnglanid anid Franlco .t will' take theo lab.,r of nearly threo months only to pay the rent, for'an acre of land, atid the laI.or of fivo years will hlardly be enongh to purchtaso it. Our Stato hats area en'.ugbh for four millionts mbahfbitanta, andl latids will not bring their maximum price. Our resources will not be fully deoveloped, nor wvill our golden age appear until our peophle are that nutmerous. And thes netarer you approach that degree oflpopultionm, the nearer will you approach tatmiaximum~n degree of wealth and0 prosperity; and whloevor helpsg. tocfre0t 81cm an1 end Is a benefactor of his felhl itsn an: .. worthy son of his mother State. You know tie Wealth and power and influ. ences of Massachusetts, the great enemy ol South Carolina. Site hias not quite eight, millions acres of arefi, you have nimeteen millions. But site has one and a quarter millions population to your eeven hunilred thousand, and her income i% two hundred and eighty-nine millions per annum to your forty-nino millions. What a difference is here, and vet tibe difference might have been in your ft vor, It is curious that this principle and incontrovertible fact is demonstra ted every day in the Unitedi States, under almost every one's eye, andl([ ye t should fail to be observed by any but a very few. Ii our own city of dharles ton the great !.re of 1833 caused I Ie erection of numerons buillings, aind tile inilux therefore of a large number of mechanics and laborers. and what was the result ? The cit y property increas Vd largely in value, hundreds of small houses were erected on greens and farm groIn11,1. and her boundtries had to be extended. A bis I these are gone, a city of 50,000 has dwindled down to 35,000, and (it value of property has decreased more than proportionably. bet the town of Newberry increase just double li poptilation, and her lots will assuredly double i) value, and 1 am cer tain, if our State couhl donble her white population, every acre of h .!r lands would be worth at least twice what, it is worth now ; and, therefore, what sacri fices are made now to facilitate so desir abl a CosnIIat ionll, will be invest. ments beyond value andi lprice. The lion. Robert Walker, former Secretary of the Treasury, has mndo the calcnla tion, that if the lands in the slave St ates were brought, ip to t ie value of lands in tle flee Stacc 5 . tes. thtir additioial val uic would he S.5,856,2-46 616. Ala I Sith Carolina has liellped to people al most all the new Sates of thei Union, whilst, her own white popaition hag mcreased almost the slowest (f any. A faither might here have ive sons, but lie Was averse to divide his plantation, and t heneI-re, for.r of them hi, to go abrlioad and help to mailie and increase the riches of the Sonthwest. It seldoii entered into the head of any of' your landless younger sons, that by remain ing in their imio'her State they migyht make a fortune as fast as any wlere else. And yet, how Iimnny Europeans aid otlier strangers have come here and have found their utmost prospe-ri I V. It. has been siggePstel bv manly that the Coolie shonld he imported to t ake the place of the labor that has been lost. Wotld you go throngh another aboli. tion after a term of years? But thc price of a good licali y Chinaman is from $150 to $300 to import, besides his wages, whicia nro over a hundre dollars a year. They are said to be good, steady laborers, but vicious and dir tily inmoral. A nd then there is be sides in the way of such a project, that the policy of tlhe General Gouerniment. is totm ly opposel to it, tie introduction of new races bound to ser vico and labor heitng ,:o-ornry to tie true interests Af Sout h Carolina to yet more muh ip tno variet.v of races i lier inha bi ta*ts. In Virginia great efforls are made in enlli:oura g.mi(1nt of immigraiion, )t, I. is said a grent impediment, is 1o ciCtum stiice t hat tIC nat ive re.idets lo ok with coldness anld suspicioni upotn new comiers. I mu lst conifvss that Ih te ppre't. hension of vour p)rejnidices againust the for'eignier dlioonra ges ime more ilii han n ny thingi. else. It, ins taken imc m .ro It: hi two ycears of persistent and earnest er. f. ,rts to carr'y ti his tmeasuro thirouh yonet Legislatuire, am d the st rotig opiposi Iion wats bus d uipon noihtiing be iter than bare prejnidiic. 1 wol iitgo yeu now to rollect, and if you con--lInde ihat this is yotur only refnge anud hope1 of relie', .shoert of qutiin g your niative landiv, , bal. you will ilhen strive to overcome every. thnyone own prejudics, all i nc.onv'e nienices, a necessarily slow progre' s, aill -il, that, youl will co-opera to hearileI~ to effect lie object at latst. I& was tr,.. en as ani objee' iont, t hat so matny I risn and Germtans had iouight agatinst, its ie the liato war. Bit, have ito' the Iri. h3 aind G~ermatns of thme SouibI, aluit .. unn imouisly, bjatt led for our cause ? What miorodoesone brtaVe man require of the otlier, thealn that ho should be true t~o t.he people amionig whom tie lives ? The 15,000 adopited Citizenis that were members of die Sotmbern armies needh not -bo asha med oft heir recoid, if it is an honor to be brave and fiihful to the last in a '-lost cause." And, after all, if tiny defe'a ted people on eartnh cani a ford to forgive iheir conquerors, it is the peoplo of the South. For, never wvas a more hieroic contest made, mid never was glory earned in greater profusion, nor eor better deserved. Yes, dhe Southern people cani uford to forgive their defeat, their great sutferings, all their losses, teir priesent distranchiise mnt and .vrannical oppressioni for the bright page which history wdil hereafter inserike to their memory. Tfhen let mis never bo so very foolish as to excludoi from our htearthistones those who want to become our friends and brethren. Wthoovor desires to conie Smuth, will come with the intention of becoming a useful Cit izen amonig us, be ho lishi or Germian, Fenchmamn- or Romatn, yes or from New Englanid ; for our enetmies will not come to del(olp our soil. If they do come, it will be he thio garb of political fortumno thunters anid funnatical pimps, anid them we shall easily kow~ and their day wilt soon expire. Alt I ask of yoni, is a fair chtanice for this vit al. measture. I do not wishi to forco this matter against yottr approbatiotn, but that all-shotuld take a sermous and abid ing interest, in it and facilitate it by do.. grees. If you really have no need of any white labor, yon should not take it. If you. have no encouragements to offer to white meohanics, they shall not be urged to come to you. if yoi have no lands to spare, I will not urge you to cripple your plantations. Butt if you have, I wish you to Bay so. If you agree with mne. that incrase. ofpou ' & A& AA Al X lation is desirable, try to mako buch inducements as will bring it. Where. ever you may not bo immediatelv beie. fited yoirself, your neighbors may, and I ask of you a rair consideration fbr the general good. The western Slates have had a great Advantage in the public lands, which have been granted them for their schools, railroads, and oilier public purposes. But the restilts being obvious, should spur on the Southern land owners where no pubhic lands re. main, to form associations by pledges of certain quantities of lands for piblic and useful purposes, of all kinds, and throw suci laids into the narkot at low rates fortiniuigrti.s. B3esides such associa 10ions cnn and will exert a powerful inlfinl. enee in many other ma uers of gneral III ility. In the State of New York as. sociations have been recently formed for tho making of buiter and cheese. In this way every member sends his spare milk, for winchi lie is credited, aniid re. ceives his share of the profh s. In Penn sylvaniia nnd New Jersey the fihriesr associate for sending to market their perishable produce, which can be done in this manner in bulk, where the sin gle farmer would lack the opportunity. In this manner, too, you can establiehi factories of niany kinds, however small the beginning may. have to bea. Fellow-citizens of Newberry, the (lay will come when Darlington will claim with 'just pride of having been the first in this movement. Let New berry be the second. Every, district ill th State shlonld have an immigr tion society, the object of which should be not only to facilitate and encoir age the immigrant by selling him land Cheap, by f'uriishing him employment, but also to converse upon and enicour age one anotherl in a better systetui of agricult ':e, to advocate di'versified industry, and the great utility of ilan ufactiuringz your produce on the spot, and to associate for ceating markets, and for forwvarding, conlbinedly, such prodl cc would otherivise realilili oil your hands and iperish. You know already what united eflort can accom plish. Associat ioni has built your ennrches and estalIislied your colle ges, and it may now more than ever be useful to you and enal.le you to re Cover your past prosperity, power and inflence. I can hardly comnpreliend that South Carolina should be so slow to move. Do you find yourself comfortable and prosperous, or have you lo.t and suffered too much, and cannot now recover your energy ? "A11 my earnest effors have only enabled in to obtain the registry of about 200,000 acres of land in ou1r own State. Neatly a million of acres of laind have been offered me from North Carolina, Gcorgia, Tennessee, Arkansas and other Sonthern States, which I could not register of course, this being a State institution for the exclusive benefit of our own citizens. But I know we shall succeed at last.- I have received encouraging letters from our European agonts. They encounter very hitter oplosition from Western, periodicals, South Carolina having been specially seleied for slndcrons and scurrilous'pupications. But this very rancor convinces ine that we are-obtaining a favorable con. sideration. I have received many encouragPw letters from Northern and W~esterni parties of the IUion also, anid there~ is a faiir prospect that enter prise and capital will soon1 come to help us bear our burdens, and to cover our land w ith the sunshine of plenty, Let our people do their part. Let it 1b0 the business of those that have more public spirit, enlighitenmnt and energy, to elucidate this~ matter to the complrehension of the slower minded, anld to agitate it continually, until public opinion shall miako it the pers minnit policy of' the State. When your fathers came hero first to settle this country they found a wildemnass filled with savages. And it i said "they were deemed enemies by theo natives because they were strangers." Now you have civiliza and ,wdil soon have again the rights of making your own laws. Why should yeol not succeed whoere your fathers succeeded, where your opportu inities exceed their Opportunities a thousand fold ? And if they could make a State of seven hundred thious, and you will make a State of four mil lions if you only be true to your blood and descent, and emulate their enier tgy and p)ersoverancee. You have hion~ ored your nmanhood by your heroism, but now that the sword has turnied into a leaping hook you may do as much hionoir to yourselves and the lanld of your birth, by your courage and conduct, in the field of agriculture and industry, as you formerly did on the field of gore and carnioigo. Do not let tie who am only an adoptedl son o-f your groat and good old State, excel you, who are lior nartivo children, til the love for her. I have lonlg admired your many noble- qualitiea, which to 111 seem the germ of a~ peo, ple, destined to- excel all othiers, not only in puublic and social virtues, but in the development of' materinl iriches and greoatness. (ian I be mistakeni I itrust not ; and our 1Vather in Hav. en, in his infinite goodness and insoru table wisdom may have permitted your present great distress as a transi tion to a future more perfect happi.. ness and more glorious destiny. .1 Ssruta YanI3.-The Cohunbia (Mo.) Statesmnan, of the 2(1 inst., is responlsible foir piulttag in cir-culat ion a statement to e ser.. root that M~r. Dunlap Gay, of Boone conny, had a mare, on whoe side was a large hump about isho size of a ma's head. A shoeit, time since lie concluded' to have it opened, with a viow to its removal, and asked Dr4.. C. Brown to perform the operation, whichi lie did. The protuberance-being oponedi~wao found'to contain four black snakes about a foot long, all alive, and with whilo heads, Thijs is a very' sIngular "snakestory," but as it is end'orsed by thie legally elected Roe. presentatilve in Congress in the Ninth Dis. titot, it ought to go to the 00#Rtry-for what it Ia worth. An M. P's Adventure on the lains-A. Exciting Ohase, ion. Thomas Cave, M. P., for Ularnsta ple, is now in the city, having just returnedl from a visit to the Union Pacific Railroad, jiorpo hundreds of alils west of Omaha. The special train stopped at Julesburg for the night, which, until quito recently, was a considerable distance from Nowhere. While there, Colonel Carting, conna(ltnt of the post, tendered to Mr. Cave tho hospi talities of bib bump, and an invitation for an antelope htL on the prairies. At 9 o'clock the next ntorhing, with tho iustinct of a true English gentleman, than whoin there is no bettor representative, the invita. tion was at onob hecepted, atid with Colo nl Canrling, his orderly, and two scouts, the minbet' of Parlianent was accompani. ed to the field. 'hey were not long iti finding antelope in considerable numbers, And excellent sport. was had. After a few hours amongst these antelered beautis.. brace of wolves appeared upon the !. . and Mr 0. being finely mounted, decided to make a dash after them, and, after an exciting chase of two miles, came up with the onyota.. For the first time, however, ho found that he had left his rifle with Ilia attendats, and turned to call themn to hin to ptocure it, when he was notified that. it band of hostilo Indians were nmanceuvering to cut lihit ofr from his party. This was evidently no time to tarry for the brush of the wolf which had been run down and ex iausted. Mr. Cave thereforo relteantly gave up the chase, a-d putting spurs to his horse, soon regained his companions, with their firearms, when a new diflioulty beset thein, The right scout dashed up with ii not; very cheering intelligence that another band of the "gentlemen without, hats" were ap proaching front an opposite direction, nud te other scout caine up wit It a sinilar re port front the left. A council of war was at ence called, nid the party lismnnimled for a sintid up fight. Being armnel with the Ilenry repeating rifle, they would doubtless have rendered a good account of themselvej had not the Indians deemed discretion ther better part of valor, and concluded they could seejust as well a little farther off. The party accot dingly returnied safe to cm1p, Mr. C. with the reflection that if ho dial lnot bear off I lie scalp of the wolf lie sauv ed his own. and thus ended our friend's first. day's experience in hunting antelope upon tihe prairies.-Chicago Times. Proof-Readlig, All p-inters and editors, says 11le St. houis Dispatch will a ppreci:i e ihe remnarks of thlie New York IV ,,arn on this subject, a part of which we insert. It iIth readers of ntewspiapers udersi ood ono-ialf the dillicul ties in procuring accuricy, inmsclet of woii. derting and scolding at mistakes, they would ho surprised that there are not ninaty more. [low Iew persons appreciate the services I f a proof-reader I lie is one of the most in.., portant agents in the produltmion of t correct. literalure, and the one of whom tie readers seems to Ittnk. Ilis is tlie iost thankless of all ile empiloyments among ment. Let. him bring out a paper wit hout a fault fto, weeks and weeks in succession, and nobody thinks of hin. But let him allow an error to go uncorrected, and immediately lie is known only to bo censured. lie has no thanks for his laborious pal ience. but blame if ie be not faultless. Ile is certain of ono of two things-'forgeofulness or censure. We take this occasion to give otrconsienco satisfaction by saying that we now anal here forgive all and singular errors our proof-roaders have failed to correct, and to thank them for all the accuracy they havo secured for our journal during the yesir, anid for the correction of allour own mistakes of carelessness, or ignorance, made by those vigilani. gentlemen. Ini general, human life is much after this fashion. A man goes on through years o1' blameless living and no one notices or thanks him ; hut an error, a mistake, a slip will attract to iim the attention of censure. None but god knows what struggles, whrt carelessness, what watolhfulness, have been necessary tosecure the propriety which has mnarked his course for' years ; not. what cir' cutmslances of trial created the weakness whinh causedI him to let, go his hold( for a mnomeid. "GCod is not unmindlfti,"' is the blessed assurance 'if h~oly Scriptute. Let us take the "aproof"I of the last year, an'l correct for the new edit ion of the next.. Lat. us be "pithfutb" and forbearing towards"-f the faults of others. "Whlat.'s done we partly compute, But know net, what's resisted." The Way to Make a Poor Pastor, I. Be very careless and irregular in attending church. Never go except, when you can find no excuse for stay iog at home. 2. When at cliurehi, be either asleep or staring about. Do not listen to the sermon. 8,. When you go home, comiplaini of the sermon as being light and chaffy, or dry and uninteresting. 4. Treat yourr pastor with cold and unmvitimg civility, and then complain of him for not vlsiting you. . Neglect to pray for a blessing on him and htis labors, and then comi plain of him because the church does not prosper. 6. Be always finding fault with your pastor, and yet regret that lhe is not more popular with the people. '7. Be very lukewarm and wordly minded, and yet complain of hinm for want of zeal. 8. Neglect to provide for his neces Sary wants, and then complain of himi because he wants htis salary, 0, If ho comm its a fault or inakes a blunder, be sure to be the first to mention it, l0. When you heai' the tongue of ridicule or slander lot loose u pn him, give it a smile of approbattio 'a 11L Do these things and you will never fail to have a poor pastor. OkmIN or T HiE TER M N&wsPAPn.--... In Hadyn's Dictional'y of' dates, it is said that news is not, as many sup p osor deri-ved froin. the adjective new, In fortmeor times- jbotwoon' tho- years 179& and 1830) it was the' prevalent practive to put over the- poriedileal re pulbbeatfons of the day, the initial let ters of the compass thus. Importing that thiesoeapersa cobtain, I ed ielligence frotn fotar quarters of the globe: and from this practice Ila deriv'od the term newsa~rpe.rs It was told to- the Empress O'arlotta a few days ago that her husband Was irn great peril and might lose bils life, "Bet ter than his honor," was the Imperial rey iri.alucid. interval,- fromr wI h hoevr her Majesty soon' ro' lapsed. into- her usual state.. Scientific and Useful. VAOTS FROM iETRoUmix.-A largo Boston manufacturer of kerosene publishes the fol lowing Information as a possible kneans of proventing sonie of the mnny accidents resulting from the use of petroleum for a burning fluid: Orudo petroleum Is coinposed of a Vriety of liquids -some aro volatilo at very low, others at high temporatures. By distilla tion these substances are separated, and the ditferent products are brought into uso for various purposes, Gasoline, being the most volatile, passes off first, and is the most inflanimable and dangerous of tub stances. Naphlt ha, (lie next in volatility, passes off after gasoline. It has a strong, peculiar odor, aid is very intlainwable. Refined jieltroleutm is that which next passes o1, ind is of such a nature that, when properly prepared, it will not ignite at a temperature lers than 100* Fahrenheit, which is, of course, itiuch liger than is over attained in ordinary lamps. This is the illuminat ing oil so universally used and known as kerosene, and after proper treatment In the relining processes,is as safe for use 3s sperm or olier oils. The remainder is a heavy oil with other substances, and usually call ed Lubricating Oil. The test. which at present Is almost. iini versal is an igniting point of 1100 Fahren heit, obtained by oil being put into a glass cup, about. three inches wide and three inches deep, whiclh is immersed in a tin vessel tilled with water, tinder which is applied an alcohol lamip, the oil heated at the rate of about fifteen minutes from 000 to 110*, or abotit one degree per minute, and when heated Fister than that, the lamp is temporarily withdrawn. into this oil the bulb of the thermometer is permauently sispended, so lhat tile oil will just, cover it The oil is not stirred nor touched Inl thie count ry, petroleum is the univor sai light.; iU villages, tie principal ones, and inl large cities, very largely used, for even wiIth the %reathby there the kerosene lamp, for tle beauty of its light, is tile favorite for tie study. I do not recommend any one to use oil other than that. of the full fire test, and that from tlie best manu fit iters, for (lie way it is manufacitred has more to do with safety than 100*, or 1160, or 1200 lightning test and poorly manufactured. Our markets are supplied with ithe following oils: first, the best quali ly of Ilie bs. inanufacturern; next, the oil bought. for foreign orders, aiid rejected for fire test and other ginalitis not. coming up t> the warranty ; third, we are obliged to thng aIway vust anmeuniis of raplht ; ihe heavier prcporlinn of these are bought very cheap, and used to adulterate oils. Tliis adiiioration is practiced quite ex lensively, and is almost. tlie s-dc cause of lite iimpression inl the communit-y that kero sene ik a dangerous light. In the fture we shall hope for immunity from unprincipled dealers, as a late act of Congress imposes both a fine aid imprisonment on those who adulteriate ihose oils or sell oil for illuminat ing purposes intlammablo below 1100 Fahi. renheoit. MIAxtrcuwn Lmattuisra.--Forty years ago our counte-feit lightiling was a feeble birilesute on the lightning of Heaven. Glass cylinders about lie size of lager-bier kegs, glass discs from two to three feet. in diameicer, and galvanic Iroughsthree or four feet long, were the principal apparatus in use for generating tie electric fluid ; ar.d a battery of Leydei jars, scarcely larger than ordinary case bott.les, was our best imila lion of a thunder-cloud. It wias quite a feat in those days to melt a lit tle scrap of plati. nuin with electricity. What a leap in science we have made since then i If Franklin could revisit, file earl i he would be wonder-struck. lustead of his kite. string that. drew a flash from the nearest cloud, we have great. cables, underrunning the ocean foi a llousand leagues, with sreamis of artificial lightning continually coursing throurgh them; instead of his imi p:rfect instruiinits that. gleaned a few spaiks fromn (lie air by dintof manual labor, Vast machines are piopelled by steam that generale eleti-icity in coinsuming floos. At a lito scieimtilic r-union in London, one of theso machiines, weighing four and~ a haltions, nd wvorked by an eight-horse. power steanm cngine, was exhihited. The elecirio action developed by this power-, through the intervent ion of immense mag nets and niearly aweniy hundred weight, of copper wire, was so tremiendous as to burni bars of iron like sticks of wood, producing a light. too vivid and int ense to be looked upon. Eleeti-ic beaicon lights are likely soon to su per-sede all others, as lie calcium andl magnesium lights have already, to Some extent, superceded oil. The one lately established at Cape Orisnez, on the coast, of Frmance, flashes light across thie British Chianne and for some miles beyond thie English shore-line. Thero are now thr-ee elect rio light.-houses in Europ--two in F'ranco and one in England-and the su premacy of electricity over overy other artiticiail Illuminator seems in a fair way of being demonsl racie beyond all ca vii. CAsrij Soar'-I appear-s that, but, few persons are aware of the radical diflerenco bet ween genuine Castile soap and the imh tat Ions of it.. The basis of Cassle 00oap is olive oil. But if you buy your oil, It will cost moreo thian the soap will- sell for. So (Iho mianufiacturer uak-es (lie marc, (tihe '-chmeeso,," cider makers call ii,) fromi which all (ho oil has been pressed that pr-ofitably can be,, and wvashies out. the remainder withI a soluw ion of soda. Thuns ho nit ilizes a wast e pirodntet. Arnm ican Cast ile soap Is a palm oil soap that resembles (lie real article In color omnly. At the present, price of gold the importer can put Cas-tile soap orn the mar-ket at. about seventeen cenits per potund. --Philahdelphia Ledg1e. A croosobed sleeper, put dIown on the Sl ockti and Darlitngton Railway, In Eng. land, ini August, 18-41, was taken uip March 14, 1007, aft er nearly twenly-flvo year-s' service. The grain of the wood, although slig~hiily discolored by creosote, is as fresh and inpparenlly as tough as that, of the newly-sawedi limber, and tho odor of croo. sot is as strong as If the wood had just been operated upon. ~. Awm RoT FORl OoLoIiNG.---In seket mug alkuanot root. for coloving hair oils, wax, marsibhe, &o., the saraller roots should be chosen, ai .they cont ain moire bark than (ho lngge ones an propottion to their weight. The coloring aiier exists only In (lie bark. Asrgurant Oxontrhs.a.khe- Neow York Tines, of Saturday says: "Tlio sharp- rise- of neiarly two- yior cnt. in our fivo-twenty bonds in the London- market, within a few days, Is doubtless,. owing rnore to the unprece dented plethbora of uanemnployedl money then to any new impulse that has been given to tihe ptublio cotnfidence in our credit. With the present rates of money ih London,and wvith t.be extreme difficul 1.y of usinig at all, tho inducements to' such01 a profitable investinent as is offered in our lIvo-wenitiesinust be very strong,; we have no doubt that if our polhtical affatirs, North and South, were in such a cor~dition as to give us an assured credit before the worldk weshiould seoon find' our bonds rising to something like their assumed value. They have a long distane tno ae ..a bofr- te .ot