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VOL. VII.]. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNES%AY MORNING.MAY 1,1872. INO. 46
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Despair.
DY ZAIDER.
A pilerim honry on hhj tilsome way,
'Neath a tropio sun on a burning day,
In a desert dreary compelled to tay,
No sancred shrino to enliven his view,
No etiling oRsis refreshed with dew,
No waters of Meribah, bright nnd pure.
HItottering feet refused to bear,
IiN trembling form overburdened with
care,
And parched by the d-sertP oppressive air,
A victim to the Simoon's fatal breath,
The wayfarer's being but few pulses bath,
And his glazing eyes 1row dimmed in
death.
A mariner lone on a midnight sea,
Fa#' The water-wraith shriviking its fierce via
tocry,
The mermaids chanting their wild lyrile,
The lightnings blazing athwart the strange
gloom.
The thunder pealing like the knell of doom,
No compass to guide hini, no star to illume.
The tempest threat'ning his bark to sub
merge,
The keen blasts howling a funeral dirge,
Keeping time to the billows' mournful
surge,
While the blackness of woe engulfs his
soul,
As the icy wnt ers over hin roll,
- And the clutheen of death his form enfold.
.The U iexpected Test.
"James, I found you and Mr. Coop
er together this morning, and as I en.
tered the offiice I knew my name was
upon Mr. Cooper' 1ips. Was it not
so 1"
Th3 young book -keeper trembled,
and was sient.
Thomas Tandrove and Albert Coop
er were partners and proprietors of
one of the heavi-st wholesale rattu.
facturing est ablishments in the West,
and their buitie.s was increasing dty
by day. LLndrovo wits a New Yok..
er b birth, and Coop-r o"i- fjon
Now H.upsire. James Worcester
w-is&a youth of iiinet-to,n, from Wedt.
ern Mas,achu.etts, auund having golit)
out into a ie,w counotry with a le.ter of
recom entdation to Lanlrove fron an
old college-miute and chum of the lut
ter, he wa,% at once emplo3ed, and
thus far, duriug the IpIP4e of six
months, had proved himself worthy
and well qualified.
The partnera warm-hearted, but
quick and impulsive, had fallen into
a uinunderstunding. They had, on the
previou; evening, almost come to
blows, aind were now its unhappy as
it was possible for two well-meaning
mnou to be, who had both bten very
fooli-h.
"Was it not so 1" repeated Land
rove.
"tIt was, sir."
"And what did Mr. Cooper say of!
mec? You need not be afraid to tell*
James Worcester became oalm andI
self possessed, tnough a trifle paler
than usual. He knew that Mr. Land.
rove had hilted him, that to him he
owed his success, and that to him be
must look for retaining his situa
tion. And yet he resolved to be a
man.
"Mr. Landrove, you must excuse
me."
"Ah, did lie place you undetr the
ban of secrecy 1'"
"No, sir."
"Then, what did ho say to you of
me ?"
"I cannot tell you, sir."
"Odnnot 1 You mean you will.
not."
"As you please, sir."
While Landrove wvas si'.ont with
amazement at this deportment on the
part of the creature of his bounty,
the youth proceeded:
"Mr. Laud rove, as God is my jui4go,
I am your humble friend and most
obodienit servant, an~d if I have a love
more strong for otne of my employers
than the other, that lovo is for yop.
But, sir, even to please you, I cannot
do a mean, unmanly thing. What
erer Mr. Cooper may have said to me
was said in Confidence. I know that
I should not repeat hia words. I hold
them as I would hold money that had
boon piaced in my keeping."
Mr. Landrove swore a big oath abd
again demanded to know .what Mr.
Cooper had said to him. But Wor
cester was firm. Then the manufac.
'turer threatened discharge.
"I came to you with an honor un.
tarnished, air," said James, "and if I
must leave you, I wish .to take the
same priceless possession away. When
onco I have betrayed a trust, I can no
more have eonfJdebce even in myself."
"Then yoa flatly refuse 1"'
"I reftis to betray the private
speech of Mr. Cooper, as I would re
fuse to tell him, were he to ask me,
what you have now said to me."
"Very well ; you may now close up
your accounts and pass your books
over to Mr. Nickerson ; for-" and
here Mr. Landrovi, with a fierce oath,
swore tbAt the reticent youth should
leave on to morrow. '
"I will go, air ; but 0 1 why cannot
I see you and your partner reconciled
before I go I You love him, and I
can swear before heaven that no man i
lives whom he loves better than ho
loves you."1
Ltindrove would listen to no more.
That very night these two very im.
pulsive men met, and their ill-will
was blown to the wind as quick as it
had been engendered. Over a bottle
of wine Landrove told hIk interview
with young Woreeiter.
"Of one thing I can assure you,"
aid Cooper, "he loves you truly and
levotedly. I know it from the words
which he spoke this morning, and
rrom the warm tears which orept out
apon his lashes as he gave them utter
ance. His refusal to repeat my
words was from principle."
"Ah I" cried Landrove, "and from
principle very seldom found in this
oor world of ours. By my life, Al.
ert, he will be worth his weight in
gold to us I We can trust him."
Mr. Nickerson took James Wor
3ester's books, as Landrove had
threatened, but it was only that the
younger book keeper might be trans.
rorred into the inner room, or sanc
tum, where he was installed as conaf
dential agent and correspondent,
whence, in time, he stopped forth in
to a share of the businesu.
This little sketch bears a deep and
valuable lesson for those who have
3yes to see and hearts to understand.
The Storm.
On last Thursday night a tornado
passed over portions of our County,
destroying and damaging counsidera.
ble property. Its general direction
was north-westwardly, tut its course
was as crooked as it well could be.
The gin house and barn of Mr.
Charles H1aselden were blown over,
and badly damaged, the fencing and
some houbes of Capt W. B. Evnins
were badly injured, and at Mr. E..'J.
Moody's plantation matturs were en.
orally turned tops.y-turvy. His
3hinmey wa blown down, one or two
hou.es . verturned, some sashes, win.
dow blind&, douors, &c., of a culured
mian named G,idbold was completely
le<troyed by the -ame storm.
From all accouits, the force of the
wind while pas*ing was absolutely ap.
palling. Trees as Jargo aa a .nlan's
Pai.t were twi.,ted off but ton or fit
ecn ttet .b-ve tho gouid, and the
tops were blown many yard, before
Abey foil,-n gentleflaiftt who heard
the slorm n hile pa:sing through a
roret of pines likened the noite to
'te roar of canuon. It overtuinei
houses, and broke large trees as if
they were pipe tems.
We congratulate our readers that
io many h,ave esanped thi-i terrifio
,ornado, that its pathway was so iar
row, and that so few housas compara.
Lively were injured.-Marion Cres
:ent.
On Thursday night last, S. T. San
li who had been confined for some
time in the jail at this place, made
bis esoape by cutting a hole through
the floor anid letting himself down to
a room in the second story. From
this place there was nothing to ob.
itruct his escape.
Sinue.our last issule William M.
Robius, C. B. Doraey, John Conleyi
mnd William Hlardwiek, Br., have
been released-some of them oni
their own recognizanoces and 'some of
them unconditionally.
fames A.8mnders8r., Eli C.8Smith,
A. Hertherington and John Haoncock
have been removed to 'Charleston to
be arraigned before the court. As
the Commandant of this Post was or"
dered to the court a few days ago,
we suppose the trial of these parties
will begin at once.
Oo Saturda" lust a detachment of
savalry brought in James A. Sancdera,
yr., and J. C. Gwinn. They were
both, however, discharged on Sunday.
-Chester Reporter.
The Charleston Republican of Sat
urday says: The citizens of the
western portion of Charleston were
somiewhat startled by a loud report,
like that of a discharge of hieavy ord
nance, last bight. On enquiry, it
proved to be one of the class known
as aerolites, which have frequently of
late visited certaia portions of Tso
aessee.
.Agassis is easily satisfied. He
lays : "I am satisfied since I have
examnined the tomooar'is peircel- tha~t
rlobitfls are not any more closely re
ated to the phyhlodia than to any oth
sr entomostraemo, or the .isopods."
We are incolined to dotbt it.
An Illinois farmer has just finished
his fiuaking. He had only four hun
lied and fifty bushels of cor a.
The President has promnlgated's
pecrlamation imnaugurating 'oil er
tie6 regnlatlons.
The Au tlax Trials-Tenth Day.
We Alip the following extract from
the Charleston Courier.
Major uist now submitted a mo.
tion which he made with great difR.
dence. He would move to strike out
the wh, le panel and quasi the stray.
He made it, not that the defendant
knew anything personal about any of
the jurymen, or was able to prove
anything against the Marshal, but be.
cause it was true that the defendant
had the knowledge of a certain state
of things that induced him to believe
that the United Statti Mirshal was
not indifferent and impartial in sum
moning the talesmen. He then 'read
the following motion and affidavit:
United States of America, South
Carolina Dittrit-United State.
vs. John Rodger -Iuditument -for
Conspiracy.
And now, at this day, toswit, on the
22d day of April, 1872, comes the
aforesaid John Rodger, by his attor.
ney and the jurors aforesaid of the
jury, impannelled being also sum
moned come, and hereupon the said
John Rodger ehallengeth the array of
the said panel because he says the
said United States Alarshal was not
indifferent and impartial as to the
Summoning of the additional panel of
thirty jurors ordered by the said
Dourt, because the said additional
jirors was not selected from the by.
tatnders, but did, upon consultation
with others, and especially with
reference to the prejudice against the
said John Rodger, make up a list of
jurors so understood by said United
States Marshal to be prejudiced
against the said John Rodger, and
,riis he is ready to verify.
JOHN RODGER.
G. L. BUIST, for Defendant.
This was followed by . n affidavit of
Tas. Francis, (ulored,) setting forth
hat a short time betore t1ke 0om
mencemeit of the present session of
bie United States Court, he called at
he Court H in-o on Mr. Wallace,
Jnited States Marshal, and requested
lim to place him on the list of jury.
nen for the pro,cot term of the Cir
luit Court. The Marshal replied
,hat lie did not know the depouent.
rhe deponent then referred him to
;everal gentenen re,iding iu Char.
est.u, but the Mar hal replied that
hose would not do, bu< said if ho had
refeired him to Mr. Mackey or 15r.
,oibin it would have been all right.
Blr. B,ist thei argued that this affi.
tavit w-1uid prove to the Cjurt that
,he defendAnt, was in such a state of
Joubt as to obtaining an impartial
,iial. That this was ru.h a t-tate of
Jthig- as ein i led the defendant to put
.e MINrrhal, 'and zuch other persons
ta %(11ld sati.fy the Court of the
ruth of the mut.ter.
le ,as interrupted by Judge B'ond
hu taiid to savc- timse and troub-le,
'h Coui.t would decido the quest ion
t 0n0e. The first M.j.-ci.)n to the
stry *aj met by the Act of CO.,gress,
A hi6h Iays that, the Mar1h-1 l shal not
mminjorn the panel from the b)9tand
,s, but. Alall Sol 'cu i thor.
As to the secoond oinjection the affi.
3avit of Fran, is pimed him to be a
pereon incapable of serving on the
ury. having asked to be placed
heo ."
hhame.
And now co1me t he Washington
Patriot, which profebses tn be the
metropolitan orgai. of the Anmeriian
Democracy, and evesiya to ridicule
Alexander H. Stepahenms as an un
~enchable mouther ever "dea-d is
*ues,"~ and also conmqa a Southern
Ienspaper-Pto inthenslely Southern that
.t cannot tolerate the Northern Do
rnooraoy-anad copies the Patriot's
artieles 'with approbation. The
timos are indeed out of joint, and
non are lost in the nmzes of political
lemoralization, whenm such fruit'
grows upon, what should be, such
brees. And yet, neither the Wash-.
ington editor, who tries to laugh, nor
the Mobile one, who reproduces the
rbort ion as funny, is worthy to tie
the shoes of the Democratic sage and
itatesman of Georgia, whom they
wrould ridicule into their owlish wis
thom. Mr. 8tephensa, like Aristides
of old, is too sound a Democrat to suit
cur degenerate Athenians. They
tire of hearing him called "the just,'
and they would banish him from
their mecan and cowardly company.
Mr. Stephens' true offebse is that
he will not admit that'the Constitu
tien of the United State. was mad. a
"dead Issue" by the surrenkler of
Lee's swoid at the end of a war
waged before all the world "to save
the JUion." Het is simply a Constitu
tional Democrat, a character thlat can.
not be unederstood by the parboiled,
modified things call Democrats who
were whipped out of their courage,
their digMilty and their principlek in
the late war.-Moile 1Ngfster
Old fashioned hemnnlock sweate are
said'to be a specific for c'sreb'ro-plnal
albningetis, or -spotted fever. This
treatment was employed with groat
success in 1847-8, the disease .was
epidemic in Wisconsin.
In Conneoticut, Jewell (AIepobli
can) ha. 28. snajority, for Governor.
The Republicans hate 28 majority an
joint ballot in the Lia1tur .
air. GrOley--Jff I.
The philosopher of tq. Tribune
seema to be In bt water J46 at pres.
ent, judging from the coloqps of that
pa per for ti-e past three or gur days.
The Now York Times ba8.0n so Un
gracious as to allude in'no ffattering
terms to Mr. .Grejey's -.Vt ,to the
South last summer, whoR~ 9oarg'.
ed be hob-nobbed witha Davis.
and did many other naughty thinga
not expected from a stnuboh Republi
can of the "On to Riolai66dstripe.
Mr. Greeley has tried hard to deny
all the allegations bf the AImes, and
thus far he has suoceoded very well
Even if he did call upon the ex.Presi
dent of the defunct C6nf0dersaey,
where is the harm ? Mr., Davis is
dertainly no worse than any-daher per.
eon who railed his hand against tbefitg
of his country. His being *he Chief
Ptxecutivo of a rebel Governenntdoes
not make him any more npponsible
for that Government than s$y other
person in the Confederacy.,. He was
elected to his position, 11otA beoase
io was the worst rebel. in he. land,
hut because he was believed o pose"
the requisite qualifioatio which
would, enable him, better an any
ether person, to pilot the neir ship of
State through the broake ' which
threatened it on every sld. Why
he should be held up to storri and de
testation any more than Gonoyal Long.
street, or Stonewall Jackson,or Gene
ral Lee, or hundreds of othdra, many
of whom have deserted their old faith
and come over to the party to whioh
Mr. Greeley belongs, we are-at a loss
to understand. We do not believe
that Mr. Greeley took any great pains
to seek out Mr. Davis in, order to
bend the knee in ful*ome flattery, nor
do we think lie would go out of his
way to avoid speakiog to him, as one
gentleman should speak to,another.
We shall be glad to see the tipie when
th is intolerent and bigoted spirit bS11
be banished from the breast-of every
individual, when men can n) at and
greet each other like men and not
like fiends.-Columbia UnsonRepubli
can.
Air and sunshine.
The human being is like a plant
neither will thrive in the dark. Nor
will either prosper in the ttil.Iht or
in the shade. Show m.e ai'-mily
that lives in a house heavily Ahaded
by overhangiug boughs of trees, so
that the suushino seldom or never
falls upon any side of it, and I will
show you people' who never enjoy
good health. It will be observed
that they are consumptive, or ecrofu.
loUs, or have carried bones, or reform.
ed joints, or the children are rachitic,
and are continually bleeding from the
noso and look like wilted cabbages.
They are rot exactly wilted nor
bltoebed but they have that bleached
look preented by the unfortunate in.
Mates of pri6ons, and the drooping
appearince seen in plants that make
a poor. show in growitig in dark, out
of the way places.
Vigor is altogether impossible in
the absence of unshine. I know
many people who think themselves
intelligout, and who are filled with
wio taws and sage proverbs as to the
preservation of health, who live in
darkened rooms. Bunshine fades the
carpets and warp.s tbe furniture, they
say ; but faded carpets are better
than crooked spines and bowed legs
and armsa.
Young lilan Beware.
The local editor of' an upper
George newspaper admonishes some
of his readers in the following man
ner:
Young men who anticipate matri.
moniy had better beware . of "strong,
niinded" women. A young friend of
ours lifted the curtain and showred the
ineide picture of matrimnonial bliss.
He said, about four months ago, he
was wedded to a woman older than he
was. All was sunshine for as short
time. But the reins were soon tight.
coed, and on least Butaday, she went
to the back door andl called him from
a crowd of boys, using the following
words, in a sharp tone :"hilt, you
scamp, if you don't come in thiehoue
1and put.on yoaur olean- olothee I'll
strap you till you can't sit down,
you dirty hog. Throw there marbles
away, or I'll show you what a woman's
foot was miade for.'' Bill wished he
"was single again."
IA small boy was arrested in Chica
go the other diy for vagrancy, whbed
he asserted that he cotild prove art
ailhM. Said that was the first day be
had been from home In three, as their
folks had the small pox. The jolly
justice said alhirply : "For 'eaven's
sake stand ftanther away from us If
that's the case.0I' The "alryster"9
skedaddled, the'visitors vanished, the
police doparted, 'and the *oporter
~umped through a window and never
atopped tantil they renohed the office
of the .an,itary aupetintendent, where
"tlisinfeot ants" '*ere-frelyv indvilged
in'd6 fifteen ents a, dIsinfeWt
Greeley's reoeipt for preserving
pave. u i tp notCs Aha
fdfteen C.hslns ya t g
Fearful 'Accident.
The Hancock Sentinel, of Saturda
ivos the particulars of a horrible
oident that ooourred about eig!
wiles from Sparta lost Friday..
young man nawed Thomas Frank
while on his way home to dioner fro
1: 1,eld where he had been plowin
,toppd at a creek to let his inu
Iriuk, and while there was joined l
a negro who had been plowing wit
tim, and who also stopped to wait
his mule., Franks wa-s sitting sid<
.ays on his niule and a kiok froi
the negro's mule caused the one b
was riding to shy and throw him I
the ground. In falling one of h
feet became entangled in the ges
and the mule dashed off, draggia
Franks after him.
After running about three hun
dred yards, the mule balted, and i
is possible the man might have r(
leased. himself had not a large do
run up and began barking at ii
Starting again It ran about thre
hundred yards further, when it strue
against a large pine tree, Mr. Frank
being thrown violently on one aid
of the tree. Fortunately, the hanit
string gave way at this point and rc
leased this young man from the paiu
ful prediciment. le was uncousei.su
when assistance reahebd him. Th
eg that was caught in the nnains wa
literally ground into jelly All th
skin tooaud flesh was worn from his hip
where they came in contact with thi
graund, and his clothes were torn inti
shreds. During all the dragging
what is singular, lie managed to keel
his head off the ground. At last no
.counts he was ftill alive, and hope
were entertainnd of hie fiial re
covery.
An Act.
An act to Prevent Certain 01 er
fiom Buying. Discounting or Shav
ingTeachers' Pay Coitifioates, o
other 0rderr on School Funds, o
Jurors' Ce,tilloates.
Section 1. le it enacted by th,
Snate and House of Representative
of the State of South Carolina, not
wet and sitting in General A.senbly
and by the authos ity of the ;awe :
That~it is hereby declared to be
unlawfrl for yny county tresurer
county auditor, county sehool cow
missioner, or sohool Trustee, to but
discount, or shave, directly or in<i
rectly, or be,in any way interested ir
any teacher's pay certiOate or othei
order on school funds, or jurors' oer
ti6cates.
Sec. 2. That, if any of the officer
aforesaid shall violate the provisiom
-f section 1 of thi4 act, ho shall be
deemed to be guilty of a imisdeican
or, and, on conviction thereof, shal
pay a fine of not less thau five hun
dred .(500) dollare, nor more tha1
two thousand (2,000) dollars, to b
used for school parpoes in his county
and shall be impri6oned at the di6cre
of the court, or either, or both.
Sen. 3. That this act shall takt
effect from its passage.
Approved March 12, 1872.
The French Army.
A French correspondent says th
Government now controls an army o
871,000 men all ready for service
Of these, 380,000) are regular soldier
68,000 reserves, and 423,000 Garde
Mobile who have seen service. The
artillery, however, have only 1,0
field pieces, many of them antignate<
or useless, and the expenditure of al
material during the war has beci
enormous. It is c.lloulated that, ex
elusive of buildings, the military ex
penditures of the year cannot be les
than *20,000,000, a suom within the
resources of France, but st.11 ex
tremrel y large for the foroa maintain
ed, ap(d for a time of peace. '.'h<
full regular strength will not b<
reached for another tw4 years, wheo
it will exceed 500,000 mern.
A Big Clock.
The.larg eclookc at the English'Par
liament [louse is the largest one il
the world. The four dida of thi
clock are twenty-two feet in diamnetpr
Every half minute the point of th
minute hands movesnearly seven in
ehes. The clock will go eight andq
half days, but it only strikes for save
and a half, thus'indics ting any nglee
in winding it up. The mere wind in,
up of the striking a ppars tb4 takeA't
hours. The penodauum (4 lifLtn fee
long; the wheels.are of oast iron ;. th
hour bell is eight feet high arid na
feet in dlamete'r, weighlny nearly lif
teen tons,' and the hammesr' alori
wei.g)s rmore than four hunedred pou'nd
This clock strikes the giirtei.houra
and by its stroko< thec shoet baud re
porters.jn..the l'rlia,tieot chamber
regu,la:te their labors. Ai ever;
str.pke a ndy reporter tal6sa"the plae
of the oldl one,,hlitte the first rdli t
writ otit tIiotes that be lias 'take
ft b Qpon t%aily (e begra (1
m o jygeia pof s .1il1
pri46 f ew
i
0&t a I) t
Dr. E1sor and the Lunatic Asylum.
y, The following letter trom Dr.-En.
3. sor, the Superintendent of the Luna.
it|tio Ayluni i. publit-hed. It needs
A : no olmnients, except it suggests the
i, . nquiry ; what has become of the $1,.
' 2(0, 000 said to have been collected
I thi. 3e4r in taxes ?
10 OFFICE STAIn Le rATic Asvi.mmr,
y COLDI'A, April 17, 1872.
h Han. Niley G. Parker State -Aea8urer:
ir DEAR SIR: Please inlforml" me
' whether or nut you are able at this
U tillec to pay any portion of the appro I
e piiation iade by the lat Lepi6la
e ture for the support of the State
Is Lunatic A,yluo, and if loot, how $oOna
r, you will be able to d-i s,P I The credit
9 of the int-titutien is exhausted. We
are no longer able to obtain supplies
" of food or clothing, and a condition
as desperate and disistrous in its -
effect upon the institution as it is
Shuthiliating aid disgraceful to -the
State, is ftaring us in the face,-.ad
e unicas relief is obtaii.ed' in thirty days
at. nost, some other disposition must
be made of those who have been
e plaot-d-bre under the care and pro.
teoiion of the State. It is with this
view thatt I address you to-day, in
order that., in case the State is uuable
to take care of her insane, soie,
0 other provision may be u,ade for
8 their o-tre and protecti,.n in timne to
. prevent the dire calantities that will
S otherwise encoipass them. I need
I not remiiud )ou thut the care of the
insane is regarded the firLt and most
sacred obligat-ion of every civilizd
' people. Hoping that you will make
extraordinary efforts, if necessary, to
dicharge that obligation ins behalf of
the people of this State, in giving
that reltef to the afflicted and suffer
ing inmates of this institution which
the honor of the State, the behests
a of justice, and the claims of humani
- ty alike demeratd, I am, &0.
J. F. ENson, Superintendent
r [ Carolinian.]
An Awful Alystery.
s One cold iight about New Year's,
Fa cry of fire -Aas raised in Nount t
Bethel, a little town about seven
miles from Plait.field, over the Spr ing.
field Mouitains, in Somerset county
New Jersey. A building over a hun.
0ired years old was ir fl. ies. It was .3
occupied by a Gorman fa -mer named
-3eust. He rushed from the burn
t ing building, saupoting that his fdmi
ly were satle. He tiosd one of his d
- daughierp, and ran back in the house f
to save her. He had caught her in
his arns and was making his way to
i the door, when the floor gave way and r
i they were- both burned: to death. c
Since then the ruins of the house c
I havo been removed.
- The mansion was built in the old I
i fashioned style, with huge fire places a
D .in two of the roonss, the chimneys I
sloping towards each other, and join-- i
- ig before reaching the roof. Wall- e
ed in the cavity between the two fire c
piees a buttan skeleton in perfect i
preservation was discovered. An old I
flint lock inu.ket stood at Its side, I
and two rusty knives lay at its feet. i
The musket is of tbhe old British pat
a tern. It is supposed that the re. t
f mains are those of a Tory soldier who C
. met his death at the hands of the I
colonist during the revolution. Thet
s oldest inhabitants are unable to ex- c
plain this hoi-rible mystery. The re- c
mains of the father and daughter were
found in the ruins.I
GodAdvice to thle South,
The Montgomery (A la.) State .]
-. Journal mentions the fact thaea ci t ien n
of Wileox county lias made a contr.ct s
to deliver t.o planter., in that county I
. one hundred and twenty thousand
- bushels of corn at one dollar and
, twenty-five cents a bushel. As this A
, corn will come from the West it will
require ifteen hundred bales of cot.
ton, at prices now raling, to p iy for
it. The Jobrnal thinks that the ~
planters should prevent this heavy:
.draft upon the mioneyocot ton raisers 4
should receive for the staple, by rais-~
ing theiu own corn, eyen if they pro
-duec a little tess cotton. Thbis advice '
is the soundest that could be given tol
the planters. It has heebn rged by
the most enlightened Southern states
mewn, L.nd in some inst*mnces laas .been I
g 9o4ially received and Acted upo,n.
But it should have a most wide-sprea4
, aceptanee, and then we should -u no
hear our Southern planters complatin
so frequently of "hard times."
The Earthiinake ind~ Grabad.
who were working 0 feet, or more,
,under ground in . Iuyo gln;, a.t ge
time of the great earthquake, Were
a entirely undont-oiona uthatathere had
v beqg,thte least ppyigal.dispr,ba nee In
a that region. P.t wop id, see'm,, fro:p
ga thirfact that4hofordo' 'as chk*y
ba enaded1en,oe vtiearf flie' itVw
. ance 'of i the esirth:-J-San Rrankiec.
alle.in. -,
t.If you *awt tto entdtdh % pudding
I ea'your .nother nmadegwhen-yogi wwfe
F' A .oy., yctp ,yst7 sQ'gehoW ragive.
Jo' agpq}ite an5 pp1te?
I A Teoyeka (KanuSs) .morehad6 is
saidatoLAID 9ed tso - daih oDi
The Local Paper.
We get the antried sensible arti.
ole upon the'subject of the local paper
from our esteemed contemporary, the
LaGrange Ruporter ; and republish it
for the benet of a few, who do not
seem to appreciate the position ad
ranced in regard to forcing a looal
paper to so,k for businCs outside of
Its legitimate bounds. We know the
truth of the ren,ark.i of the Reporter,
ind very sensible man will see them
tapon a little reflection .
"All intelligent pecsons admit the
niportanoe of a good laeal paper.
Such a j,urnal is worth fl!ty to a hun
heo dollars to every coninercial tian
t the town in which it is publiahod,
men if be never puts an udveitise
nent in i . If lie is a judicious nd
?ertiser, it is worth ttill more to him.
[t is the local paper that does wore
ban any one interest, in building up
town. If a good one, every citizen
A indebted to it. But the local paper
nust be supported either at home or
ibroad by adveitising patronage.
rhe subreriptiows are insignificant in
he support of a paper ; only to make
t n good advertising medium.
It the looal merchanns do not sup
)ort it, it must draw its support
khroad. The wore of its patronage it
a forood to get abroad from enter
)riing advertisers, the more busi,
Jcss is drawn from the community in
rhich it ie publi6hed. The best
hing, tberefore, a community can do
a to, su,tain its.local paper and not
o force it to seek ad vertising patronage
row foreign merchants who seek
rade at the expense of the looal mer
hants.
Merchants and business men ought
o be sagacious enough to see these
oints, and act accordingly. Sustain the
ocal paper liberally, but jiidioiously,
.nd not force it to seek patronage from
acre enterprising men abroad. The
nore foreign advertisements appear in
he local paper, the more the trade
f such townr will be attraoted to en
erprising bubine. s houses abroad.
Business men too often fail to see
heir own interests in their disposition
o be 'a penny wise a pound fool.
sh.' "t
MORA L-Subscribe for, advertise in,
nd have your job printing dqne, by
our local paper.
Letter from Horace Oreeley.
The New York Tribune of yester
ay prints the following dispatch
rom New Orleans :
NEw OREWANs, April 18.
The following will appear by per
iission in the Now Orleans Republi.,
an to-morrow, as the duty of the
olored men of the South :
lon. T. W. Conway New Orleans:
SIR-I have yours of the 21st in
tant. I think colored people will be
enefited by, and should sympathiza
?ith, the Cincinnati Convention, be
airie it tends to see them from the
dium of complicity with the villain
es and robberies which have been
erpetrated in the abused name of
tep.ublicanism during the past five or
ix years, especially in the South.
The mon.trous exaggeration of
axis and debts in most of the South
rn States is the fruit of white vil
ainly. The thieves who perpetrated
hese robberies are now seeking to
sciape the just punishment of their
rime s by buiwlinag lustily. "Grant l''
'Grant I" "I'm for Grant !" "Ilur..
oh for "Grant l'' The Cincinnati
sovement is at deadly feud with
heso robbers and their evil deed.
iet the honest and upright colored
men join it then, and thus rid them
elves of crimes which others only
are perpetrated. Yours,
HORACIC GREE.Y.
Sheep Raiser Who Dlon't Take the Pa
per.
We have a friend, a very estimable
ian, a sheep raiser, with about 6,000
cad of fine Spanish ewes, who has'
iever been able to take a newspaper
o' go much on newspaper any
ray. Now, about a month ago a
entleman rode up to our friend's
beep camp one afternoo'n, in the foot
ills, not over a hundred miles from
Codesto, and ingnired for the pro.
dietor. The aforesaid proprietor
ooi6 wade his appearance, and the
horseman soon made known his buai,
iess-n wool buyer. The wool grow.
bei,t ag at little short, he readily bit
~t the offer of twenty six cents per
ound for the whole clip, esjecially
f he was paid $500 down. 'tlhe men
eparbteil, egeh atlstled with the
>ai'gainl they bad made. A few days
ifter out sheep todt felt" itheepisk
nough whMi Ko found lie' hdd tuide
,odT Wle marketi from twelve tb
bfthedf eents per pound. 'toaking *
liffetenoe' to hlm of at least $3A300.
hVool.had rihohn, but he was entireW
enpoput of the faOt. The sinall asb
fivye dollars a' year.in a newspaper
b 1hadesoo'd bles thiw loss
'h'siluebe'ot Judge Davis ls.gall
ky4 woftnwood to th'e. heated pulatba
>fthe'6 Adaiinistration ' deple.r If
~he JuQge'Ird'pl4ted all his life and
i'd''1l de'coispi-key a -trAde, he
hiderab&bahrhimwith da r.