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^ T ?ja.i^^"i^"^ ? S^* i^>iaM^ tsmmM ^M, if fr ?4 ^ , ga^-41W rTEM,n ^Mg ^^g^gg!gl?!Z",'!r:.L cT^-HUBSpj-g, FEBRUARY 84. 1870, Slf5f< ^SEgjB^"' ' Y OJttil V lJUIjJ^i ?- ^'9 ? HT . ... .. . . : ,dv.?-n m.^uir. ,n-Ll J^. nt ov^.-i vim. I, itio/7 . . ---nTTr--11 1 ' "-J 1 - l:-' i: "l-,,i1/-.x;,, v VOL. 16. JfaapsIf0(alfit!5t0t|. I Reminiscences of York. 1 ' BY A SEPTUAGENARIAN. .. J ?*> I fi ? . . " * ? 4 Institutions of education grew up with such rapidity in our State during the fifteen or twenty years prior to our late civil war, that we almost felt as if the power of Aladdin's lamp had been elicited to rear the piles, whose halls are those of learning. With such facilities for the acquirement of knowledge and accom- ? plishments on every hand, it is very hard to 1:? which lav in the way reili IL*Z Ui& vu?uvw?i?vw ?f of obtaining even a common-school course, at the close of the last century. The latent ferocity of the an^l^maa seems be so anuseJ. . The Tories of the Revolution' ary war, with a sense of hatred ever sharpening their thirst for every petty injury possible to visit on the patriots, destroyed books fcnerever they found them, full well knowing how irreparable was the loss to their possessors. Even when by some unwonted pity they spared the home-roof, the precious feather-bed was ripped up, and its contents scattered by the four winds of heaven; other articles of household comfort and all provisions, printed volumes and papers, were committed to the flames. No matter if it were the "Book of Books,M still more refined was the cruelty. No pleading of the helpless woman would avail to Save the volume, whose inspired word taught her to 'fsing songs in the night" Boys 'who were not able to bear the hardships of camp-life and the burden of a day's march with the clumsy musket, sustained a part little less severe at home. Striving, with earnest effort, to fill the absent father's place, they helped their mothers till the soil, as-best they might, with the rude implements of husbandry they could procure and devise. In spite of these difficulties, the virgin soil yielded a subsistence for themselves and the younger children, with a spare morsel, now and then, to share with those on whom a harder lot might fall. The devoted women of those times were compelled to plough and spin, brew and bake, and nobly did they perform their mission. - But work done, there was no spare hour for imparting the little * book-knowledge they might have to the children, who were wearied, too, m , their round of allotted tasks. It required incessant toil for daily bread and a garb to cheat oold wind. 'Twas wisely so ordained ; for this ordering of Providence kept them alive to the powers that were in them, and sustained them; whereas, if they had indulged in one moment's idleness, they would have faltered and fallen. Thus, when the struggle ended, the victorious backwoodsmen, worn, though they were, with the weaty strife, were buoyed up by the ; ^ thought of their glorious success, and were ^P^o^renmmbranceJto build. ? fow?girraQti?r0, ana stimulated to rear sons ,, for a place in the councils of a country, where ' mind and merit?not rank and wealth-^-gave j the pre-eminence. Naturally they began to bethink them of schools and scholars. Out of some well-secreted horde, here and A ' . i . 1-- l 1 there, a book crept to lignt; Dutajasi wuwe were the teachers ? Most of those who had received such opportunities of instruction as our infant settlements possessed, had laid their lives on Freedom's altars, and "the places which knew ttem, knew them no more." The min5c*crs of the gospel were the usual resource; and, generally, the spiritual teacher became the daily instructor, i These were Presbyterians in all the upper districts, as the descendants of the first settlers still adhered to the " faith of their fathers. The preachers of this denomination, then as now, were all able divines and learned men. Many youths who were afterwards eminent as Statesmen, Theologians, Doctors and Lawyers, were indebted to them for their induction into the paths of literature and science. Although prevented by their ^ordination from being men of blood, yet by words of encouragement, acts of endurance and well quoted promises of divine help < and strength, they incited the patriots and theirNfamilies, in hours of darkness, to endure : to the end. The tpry raider and British invader visited them in their day of visitation; and they, like their flecks, were plundered, , burnt oilt, and some, for a time, had to flee their homes. Endeared by their common suffering, revered for their sacred office and superior attainments, perhaps no more happy a selection could have been made, had every college of the mother country offered candi dates for the pedagogue's chair. To show the scarcity of books, I remember being told by Mrs. JudgeNottthat she learned her letters, and to read and spell, in "Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding," and was proud to be the possessor of a volume of ^s\-P fkn nkilrlron in oplinnl II CI UYV Ii, UO UJ.auJ KJA WAAV VU1IU4VU *** wv-vv* had to borrow from their more fortunate mates, a book from which to learn their lessons, as , they were not able to procure one of their own. The same lady told me the mode of instruction to her in writing was, the master, , with a pointed stick, wrote a copy on an even ( spot of earth ; below which, she, with a like instrument, imitated him as best she could. The earliest of the Academies of learning : in the up-country, was that of the Rev. Dr. , Joseph Alexander, of York, the pastor of the < Bullock's Creek congregation. This school was founded a few years after the close of the Revolutionary war, and it, with one other, ; (Dr. Abner Pyles' Grammar School in Laurens) were for some time the only grammar i schools in the upper portion of the State. It stood, for years, foremost among the classical ! institutions of the day, and many men, after- i ward distinguished,knew no other Alma Mater. The course was mainly confined to the Greek and Latin languages, Moral Philosophy and 1 Geography; and we may judge by the posi-' tion attained in the world by some of his pupils, he was an instructor worthy the reputation he enjoyed. Here did Andrew Jackson j taste "the Pierian Spring," and Judge Smith ; , "Lay foundation for renown, And all the honors of the gown." ( William H. Crawford, Gov. David Johnson, , Rev. Mr. Walker, Col. Thomas Taylor, Isaac i Sadler, (the poet) and innumerable others, | who have played their parts in life's drama, and played them well?exeunt omnes I I: know not that one survives, who studied at the feet of this Gamaliel. A Dr. Alexander was a Scotchman by birth,, and a staunch Whig, from the beginning of j die contest. All through the struggle, he was prominent in his section for his efforts in the 2ause. When the Rev. Mr. Tennent was sent 3n his tour through the upper country in 1775, Mr. Alexander was one of his active assistants, by calling his congregation together for hira to address. He rested a night at Dr. A.'s residence and the men of the vicinity listened to * ?"the sense Bettered by the speaker's eloquence." This was so irresistible in its flow, few could withstand its influence; and when the choice oratory of the public speaker failed, he would afterward converse individually with the most prejudiced, and the clear argument and win-1 ning manner usually converted the obstinate. Mr. Tennent visited a congregation of Dr. Alexander's on Tliicketty. An extract from Thickettjv'where*1 foundllm pShhngt^' crowd of people assembled to meet me. When he had done, I mounted the pulpit and spoke two hours. Theneonle seemed convinced and after writing an Association from memory, refreshed myself, and drank out of a cowbell. They signed the Association and retired seeming contented." Dr. Alexander established a hospital at his residence. I understand this place is now owned by Jack Smarr, Esq. My information may be incorrect as to locality. This infirmary was of great benefit, especially when the scourge of small pox prevailed. Many, after preparing their systems for the disease, were taken to Dr. Alexander's to be inoculated with the pox and would remain under his care till well. This was before the wonderful discovery of Jenner's mode of vaccination was introduced, and Dr. Alexander's beneficent establishment was much valued and esteemed by the surrounding country. His strong efforts for the Whig party made him so very obnoxious to the opposite side, that he deemed it a necessary precaution usually to ascend the pulpit, gun in hand, to have it ready for self-defence, in case of any outrage. What a picture to the mind's eye! The rude place of worship amid the primeval forest?the few aged men all armed to some extent?the anxious-faced women?the pale, care-worn children, and the frail, lame preacher?who, with rifle in hand, limps up the aisfe and ascends the pulpit! The carnal weapon is put aside, and the voice of supplication is heard, for spiritual weapons to fight the good fight of faith; to be of good cheer through evil as well as good report Amen. A hushed silence throughout the little group, as the words of the chapter are read;; for precious food are they for week-day memory. Then comes the text, followed by the brave exhortation to endurance, trust and faith in God's love, for he will surely avenge his elect, who cry to him dav and nicrht The services ended, a few words to one another 'about absent husbands and sons, an interchange of the last news from the battle-field, camp or prison, a well, anc?tkby tak| thq patijffe"tlieir'se\QmT" lonely dwellings, encouraged by the word preached that day for the onerous trials and duties of the week begun. Dr. Alexander continued in the exercise of his ministerial functions until very aged. His mind was weakened, and his articulation so indistinct,'from feebleness and loss of teeth, that one could not understand what he said, sufficiently to keep the thread of his discourse. I remember seeing and hearing him. He was a small old man, with nothing which struck me as remarkable in his appearance, except that he wore a close-fitting white linen skull cap. After he relinquished his school, the Rev. George Reid took charge of the academy at Bullock's Creek for a few years, but . soon removed elsewhere.' I have tried, but without success, to learn the period of the Rev. William Cummings' labors at Bethel. This church was'organized as early as the year 1764, by the Rev. Mr. Richardson, though they did not have a regular preacher until m 1770, when the Rev. Mr. Balch took charge. The troubles of the war, it is probable, caused his removal, for during the Revolution he emigrated to East Tennessee. I think Rev. Mr. Cummings preached in this congregation soon after the war. This is conjecture merely from concurrent testimony. While living in the Bethel congregation, he opened a school of good standing, and numbered among his pupils, too, the future hero of New Orleans, Gen. Andrew Jackson. I know this from his own lips. I dined with General Jackson in 1832, and the pleasure of my entertainment at the White House was greatly enhanced by the President's lively recollections of his school-boy days in York, and the enjoyment he evidently derived from our mutual reminiscences, and my abil-' ity therefrom to give him the later history of many of his early friends. In his enquiries the old veteran used a vernacular very familr iar once to my ears, but now so obsolete I will have to explain his meaning: "Can you tell me anything," he asked, "of Dr. John Allison, who married Miss Betsy Hill, while I was at Bethel, goihg to school to the Rev.1 Mr. Cummings? He was but nineteen, she ! only seventeen, and they were the hahdsom-' est couple I ever saw make their appearance." When I was young, a bridal pair's attendance at church, on the first Sunday after marriage, was always called making their appearance, and ever afterward the expression was ! applied^ to designate that particular Sunday in their lives. I know literally nothing of Mr. Cummincs individually, more than after preaching, and teaching some years at Bethel, he removed to Georgia and there! died. Mr. Keid taught but a few years at Bullock's Creek, and when he relinquished the school, Rev. Mr. Walker, a son-iu-law of Dr. Alexander, opened a classical academy Jn the Bethesda congregation, about the year 1806. This he ably conducted many years. Most of those who were his pupils are gathered to their silent homes; but some live.still who enjoyed his instruction, among them your Septuagenarian. There was a feature in his school very pleasing to both pupil and patron, which I recommend to principals of male schools now. It was called an Exhibition, and was much more agreeable, in its studied variety, than the examinations now in vogue: These consisted of dialogues, speeches, and several scenic representations, comedies, farces, and sometimes even a tragedy, acted by the boys, which used to draw a large concourse of people to witness them. Never lived there a better man than this good preacher aud teacher, yet taking a little wine for the stom ach's sake, through the infirmity of the flesh, he sinned. I recall one Friday, when Mr. Walker stopped at my father's gate on his way to Chester. v He refused the invitation to come in and take a social glass. My father, "on hospitable thought intent," proposed to bring out the decanter to him, as he sat on the horse. "No! no! as you insist, I'll go in? not take a drink on horseback." He was going to see a criminal who was to be hung the following Friday?a man named Floyd, Avho had killed the sheriff of Chester District, Colonel Nunn. *My step-mother was much interested in the man's case, and begged her preacher to call as he returned, and tell her if the man seemed penitent and to have laid hold on the precious promises held up for his acceptance. ' He kindly promised he would gratify her. About an hour before sundown, I, with my father and I pilmg them} when Mr. Wa^er hove in sighfc at a full gallop; ae the horse nearer! the gate, expecting to be checked up at the fre* T-c - quent Slopping piano, ne ieu into a long inn, (w.hiih almost caused the rider to lose his perpendicular, but urgei on he resumed the canter. Mr. Walker righted himself; for with the smoother gait he could retain the propei equilibrium?and passed with a dignified "Good afternoon, 'Squire." I lifted up my head, big with the discernment of a lad of ten. "Never stir! father, if Mr. Walker wasn't drunk!" My father turned sternly; "Let me ever hear of you saying such a thing j as that again, sir, and I'll give you such a whipping as you never had .in your life!" Mum ! was the word after that In a few moments my father threw down the frower and walked to the house. I followed, for my task was done when he stopped work. He .walked through the hall where my stepmother and sisters were sitting at their sewing, and went into his own room. "Katie I" he called, and his wife followed. I crept near to the door, and heard him telling the mournful tale. How hard -I felt it, I might not repeat my knowledge, gained, too, through my own penetration, to* the girls; but the interdict was too heavy, and when my step-mother 'v"* n /in ft ttow/1 1 ntir? T nnnlrl WliliC UUb YT ALU Ur ittLL U J MtU AUU^j JL vv/uiu only hug myself with sterile complacency that I knew, too. Day after the. next being the Sabbath, in the pulpit the good old man confessed his fault with tears to the congregation, who wept with him in sympathy and, love. Nor was there one to whom he was less dear or respected from the humiliating avowal ; freely was his sin forgiven and forgotten, and not for one instant was his usefulness injured. I might, after this, tfdl the other urchins what I'd seen; but the information had lost its zest, and I wondered vainly why my father issued so stern a mandate, when after all, Mr. "Walker told about it himself in the meeting house. I think it was in 1802, Mr. Walker visited Kentucky, and saw "the falling down exercise," as it was called. Soon after his return, * p III ???? ?* ' haws, and described it to the people; now whole congregations were struck down by the spirit of God, and falling confessed their sins and praised the eternal Father, for the wondrous redemption given in His Son. The large assembly, as they listened, were moved, and here was the first of this singular demonstration of religion, seen in South Carolina. Not long after, the period for the annual camp meeting at his own church of Bethesda occurred, and again many, like Paul, were struck down by the power of God. Peculiar were its workings. Many now deem it as but a nervous affection, arising from sympathy and undue exci&ment of feeling. I know not; but this I affirm, that drunkards were reformed, the profane became godly, and many who had been scohers were, irom una rime, true believers. Mr. Francis Ervin was taken at that meeting with "falling down exercise," and told me afterward that for ten years from the time of his conversion, he never, for one moment, doubted his salvation, and I knew him for a man of eminent piety to the close of his life. Some who were thus affected, it is true, fell away from their profession, and returned to their sins "like a dog to his vomit." I remember watching the scene with apathetic curiosity, for I was too young to take in its spiritual meaning, and too philosophical to be carried away by the outward agitation. I was much amused by old Mr. George Dale, who would approach the exciting scene, but stand behind a tree from which he would peer around awhile at the writhing, groaning multitude, exclaim in a theatrical manner, "What morose noise is tliis.I hear? Methinks 'tis some demonid!!" then turn and runaway, as if afraid of contagion. From Bethesda the "falling down exercise" extended over the State, like a mighty wind stirring up dead men's bones, then lulled as a storm exhausted of its strength. Mr. Walker was for many years the beloved pastor of the people of Bethesda'; st length he determined on retiring from the ninistry. I heard him preach his last sermon After the close of the services, we walked out together, beneath the shade of "solemi forest: trees," and sat down on a rude seat ienr the "silent city of the dead." He asked me if I discerned any decline in his preaching. I truly told him "no, that the sermon of to-day equaled those I had heard from him in yearn gone by." "It is my last," he said ; 'I always determined when I used to regr<t Dr. Alexander's tenacity to the functions (f the pulpit, I would take warning and not b? err, but quit the ministry before age sappel my ability and impaired my usefulness." He afterward removed to the "NYest, and there, full of years, was gathered to the tomb. "I venerate the man whoso heart is warm, j Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine, whoa life Coincident, exhibit lncid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause." [to be continued.] Married Three Times to Two WoM-:n. ?A very remarkable case of matrimony ind divorce, on a somewhat unusual scale, camito our knowledge a few days since, in connectDn with a transfer of real estate published in cur columns. The parties were all residents of Urbana, though the land transferred wis within the borders of Clarke county. Tie facts, as related to lis, are these: A man to Urbana married a wife and was subsequent^ divorced from her. He married a secotd wife, and in the course of time was divorcel from her also. Thd Srst wife had died in tht interval and not long ago the man obtained 8 license to re-marry the second wife, to whom he has transferred the property above mentioned. He has thus been thrice married and twice divorced, and has "stood up" before the parson a second time with the same woman.? Spring field {Ohio) Republican. > Mln. | CENTREPOLE BILL. BY F. BRET HART. It drizzled unmistakably that night?not in straightforward rain, but in sneaking gusta that glauced down the neck and up the sleeve^ I pulled on my coat and splashed out to the" gate, to see if it was fast against wandering, cattle. The lights in the hquse gleamed dimly through the mist, as if the wet had reach-1 ed them, too. Even old Don, who followed me gingerly out from the porch, shook his shaggy coat, and sniffed his disgust at the weather. Satisfied that all was right, I was about returning to shelter, when from around the corner of the fence came the sound of horses' feet, and a heavy wagon sucking and groaning .up the incline. A' low, prolonged f* -g?yj dbg greeted the coming team, ?! -%B-rnrJ*^^Jfor a moment to see who cdgti > gate a huge wagon, drawn by six mules which I could barely see through the fog: Attracted by the fire in -my pipe, which I had .succeeded in keeping alight, and the increased growling of the dog, it stopped, an4 after the brake rattled down; a hoarse voice issued: "Whoa there, June ( I say, stranger, how far is it to town?" "To Los Angels ? Ten miles." "That's a purty outlook for me. Ten miles I , Is this a tavern? . "No." . "Ten miles to town 1 Waal, stranger I guess I'll stake out here to-night. Them animules is too beat to do that. Where's yer water ?" "It's all around you to-night! \>ut you can turn your mules into the corral, and bring your blankets before the fire. It's too wet to stay out here." fdi "Waal, I've seen wus nights nor this, and I'm eenmost water proof; but since you're pressin' I'll turn out these critters and jine ye. m a shake. Git up, here, you old cantankerous guvment mule! That ar' Black Bess is the oraarest animule I ever see." It required but little time to unhitch his team, and I opened the gate, and in the fagged creatures came?gaunt and worn, with moth-, eaten tails, dripping with Wet, and generally' cast down, as mules are when their kicking' days are past Though there was a prospect of fodder and corn, not the ghost of a trot ap-. peared, but they meandered slowly into the yard, where our own horses crowds together under the shed and gazed inhospitably at the new-comers. f'Have you had any supper?" I inquired of. the teamster, as he came into the house with his blankets. "Waal, now you mention it, I rather think not, and I do feel a heap hungry." I managed to get Him a cold bite and & glass of toddy, and as he whipped out his short, black pipe, and moved up to the fire, he began to thaw mentally, as I saw from the gladness in his eye, and physically, as the steam from his clothes attested. I was alone that night, and glad to have company. I had a good view of my guest now; a short, thick* set man, with a shock of a beard, bronzed face, where it could be seen, and sharp, gray eyes. A soldier's coat, much too large for him, was his upper garment, the only appaboots;W . i '/iff-iy"I like that liquor o' youre," he said after a time. "It ketches as it goes down. How long mout you have lived here ?" "Only a year." I answered. Between the wreaths of curling smoke he scanned me closely, and again inquired: "Where mout ye hail from?" "A great distance from here?from Maine." "From Maine? You don't say so? I'm from them parts myself. It seems kind o' good to meet a fellow-nationer in a furrin land. How's all the folks down in Maine ?" "^bout as usual, I fancy. But how did you get out here?" "I've made a long trip of it, you bet. If you don't want to turn in, I'll tell you all about it. It kind o' drops the tailboard out of a feller's feel ins to strike a man from the same deestrict." Assuring him ,.that I should enjoy his confidence and his story?having mixed"another stiff 'un to take out that last patch of cold" ?he related as follows: "The first of it was, me and the old man had a scrimmage?not a fightin' one, mind ye, fur I wouldn't have hurt a hair of the old man'B head, not for gold; but I was pesky tired of farmin' and plowin' and hog-killin' and such like, and was a bound for to go to- * sea. It's curus, a fellow never knows the right side of his mellon till it's too late; but that's the way with all on us; and knockin' about in the world just pulls the husks off the cob, and shows ye what's what. Howsomdever, seein' as how I was haireerin' to go away, and as 'Melia Pritchard had married that city chap, and as the old man said I shouldn't go, I was more determineder than ever. There was a' circus coming along to our town, and ?vt a nvtsl ntliAw Kaito inn a linn/lir uic, niiu uk? vmoi uvjo no? Amuci iiauuj ? helpin' water the horses and doin' chores for the^men?and we got into the show. It was the fust time I ever see a circus, and the band, and the riders and the beautiful woman on a calico horse, was too much for me, partickly after I was let in to the Living Skeleton ana the Fat Lady. So I madeupmy mind to run off with this show, and I marches up to the boss and asked him if he would take me. 'What can you do?' says he. 'Anything,' says I; 'mostly drive.' 'Well,' says he, 'I want a boy to drive the wagon with the centrepole, and I'll tr^. you.' And I left the old house and all ten years ago, and I've never seenj^msence."' _ The thinking mai^B&used ajmomept7anJfl| then proceeded: "It was Dan Bice's Circus?and you know it was a good show?but it was hard lines for 1 me, and the beautiful woman didn't look so 1 beautiful every time I see her afterward, and we roughed it all the while, and I shouldn't have stuck to it, if we hadn't been travelin' AVest. 1 thought if I went fur enough I might get to Californy, where the gold was i growin'. How about that gold ?" A grim, peculiar smile flitted across a quarter-section of his face, and ending in a sneer lost itself in his shaggy beard. "I did leave the business for a while, and was some years in Canady and Wisconsin, but alil'OVQ KonVorfirl ilin ol\nnr awi/3 nnmo ui if aj o uuuavtx/u Mtwi utv Oliu n J aiiu tUlliv back to it There was three of us churns; and, very sing'ler, we was all named Bill, and they gave us names to. know us apart. I was Centrepole Bill 'cause I drove that wagon ; there was Canvas Bill, as drove that wugon ; and Stubby Bill, as was a general hand. We traveled and traveled until we got to Mound City, in Ioway; and there Stubby was knifed for something or other in a row,'and died. He and I didn't go cations so much as Canvas and me, but we missed him for all o' that. We see some hubby life off and on, we did; and if I was a youngster I'd rather set up in any profession but a circus driver, but a man can't always have his 'drathers. Leastwise if he could, p'r'nps he wouldn't be no better off." We got to Ioway, as I was sayin', and the boss was mighty teary one night. He had a swivel-eye, and was hot when he was drunk; and he give us partickler diviltry, which no : man hankers fur if he don't deserve it, which we didn't; and that night Canvas comes to me, and says he, 'Centrepole, I hain't a goin' to d rthis cart any more.' And I save to him, why?' *No man,' Bays he, 'can drive over ie with sharp-corked horses.' Which I kuei hen he meant to leave the show, and I was and to jine him any way. And he says to n "There's an old pard of mipe here, and he?s as how there's a Guv'menttraingoiii' to st I from Omaha next week, and we can got Mob there to go out to the Injun country. ^Wjjffianvaaj' says I, kinder slowly like, 'if 'Vbupes, 1 goes.' 'All right,' says he. I ooulft help wishin' 'twas somera else than the Jnn country, for I had heerd them crittfejrs Lb ligMnin' to fight, and ate up the dead 'Unsllt^ail well enough to stay at home and tajiboutit; hut when it comes to going, it's a hd of another color." "Vteapxsters have a strange, wandering life.How do you manage to live soT' "Mt fellers as comes out here to work or drtyas fun away from the East for robbin' 'orltders. And tbeyvcan't stay in no one j iPjflto hunts thaul all the time,[ and they JBC^a^agoin'.dl^Qt I neve? did no each Hbtte vocB .er been hi the Injun ppqSLMTil T>.*-? W*tv r in my life; but I have often wished tq>" , had, better stop that, aud keep out of i?/i temptin' Providence and ihany red , devj] > go there. But, as I was savin', we Bquai up with the boss?there wasn't much comi o ns, as there always is, for we was jist like'ars, and never had a dollar in the dung i box?and it don't take much drinkin' ai iancin' and poker to clean a feller oqt. But i rot away from there, and got io Omaha the b we could?there wasn't any railroads in th< days?and Canvas and me wasn't long in hi out ter drive; for some of them Guv\ tnftd jers?particklarly them as has dirty unuo i?has a buggered smart eve to pick, out a :ler as knowshis biz5 and they see at. opct jhow Canvas andmesaveyed bosses up tothcandle?which it was true, though 1 ?ay ifcr Gaiivas and me had saveyed bosses ever' fee we were knee high to( a snipe?-and some] them drivers didn't know no more abouisses than a dog does the price of hymn >J*Vjitmadeyou and Canvas such friends V' ?Wal, you see, we had paddled, together,1 antHj made to go in doubleharness. Don't ydh jow that Natnr' makes everything in pairs! And some men gits married?which I ney could sence that oity chap carried off T&flfand which is reeky, anyhow, 'cause one or {'sec is bound to kick over the pole or buste breechin'; but there's some as gets to pas, and them's better nor man and wife. Aijtl jd Canvas, he onst saved my life when T wm4^o/i1rA^ Kw a nnotii?n.olinr?nr in lihuHU 4. Ifl^bVO^agu VJ Or VUUMJ.V A** W*??ww , go^wch I sometimes think he didn't ought, tefcjsfc hain't been wuth much to nobody." said I, "there's always something for a maio do, if he only knows it" , , ! Aijthe teamster drained his glass, and an'^'reright, there, but it's lucky if any bddyln find it out, if he onst gits down like. 'YduVt a getting: tired are ye? I'll go throii the rest like the Ten Commandments throw a. Sunday School." ,."Bno means; it interests me very much." "rod, we started on our trip, and was bourimr Arizona; twenty-eight wagons, four amb'lfces, and two companies of cavalry? a righsraart line of us. It ain't very interestin'ain' over the Plains; nothin' but sagebruAyR iackass rabbits'and deer, and such verA-' And tka-chs^rts where we had~to' itn fcS**mjIKV, and fiograaHTor nutnm?in some o' tJS1 nights I used to wish to get home agiiylBut Ohnvas and me was going to git goldtfd go back rich and see the old folks? ut^fich it can never be. Canvas and me doriaue best we could. We didn't see many Injtfafujt along; onst in a while a few would had iround behind, or we would see one or twafsurrying up a canon. After we got well awi from the settlements, they tried to stampec^fhe cattle; but we was prepared for the* and they didn't get but a few. It was notileasant tor a man to be thinkin' of Injunfll the time, and many a night as I've beeon guard I thought I see a big 'un under evef bush. My old mother used to read in theicriptur' about 'roarin' lions' and 'seekin' to {jour,' but that book don't say nothin' 'bol the 'Pachet, which is very sing'lar, if it mas for to show us how to go. P'r'aps the fellbas wrote it never was in Arizona, and I oity thought a8 how God left that country outfihis day-book, as bein' o' no account? leaiSe, p r aps that was the place where the devjsquatted when he was jerked out of the garfl, as gran'ther used to tell on. "guess I'll ile up a little; it runs rayther hea' to-night," saia he, as he filled himself anofer glass, and continued: -^fe'caniped out one night at the jaw of a caul, ate our suppers, and Canvas and me waai guard together, in the early watch. Wejied to meet at the end of the walk, and. stori bit and talk. But we had a good look outstt the while. It was very dark and every ie was asleep. Bye and bye, Canvas, sayie, 'Center, I'm going up to the spring to get drink.'' The spring was about a hundre yards up the gulch, among the bushes. 'Wl, says I, 'don't be long, aud if you see yell.' And off he went, whistlin' so^r like to hisself; and I stepped away ag| He was gone a long time?longer than heid auy ought to, and though 1 hadn't hed any noise, I was kind o' narvous, as we net knowed how many Injuns might be dogging At last, I couldn't stand it no longer, anfput for the wagons, and waked up Jim i Bre, who was outside, and Bill West, and I sajto 'em as how Canvas had been gone too lob and would they go along 'o me to look arbhim ; which they did being, good fellers anoever hard to do a good turn, particly, for 9 and Canvas, which had often helped therjhoe their team when the blacksmith j ?^|S^yi^w^vent,up to the spring to- < ^NHBuT^^vt see. a wink, and we m^Kilce a light for them thieves to shoot 1 usj^tnd we softly crawled up to the spring. 1 Tl^ Vas a big cottonwood growin' just aside j of, and we ran agin' this, and hit somethin' | j Bitt' like, leanin' against the trunk. 'Can- j vassays J, 'Canvas, my boy, is that you ?' 1 Anhe never made me no reply, but kept as quuis a skull on a tomb-stone. 'Jim Bruce,' ] say Vjust scratch for.a lantern ; there's sura- j thf jrrong.' I felt of the body, and there wa kwet, sticky stream upon it. 'Canvas,' < sa} 1, 'what is the matter ?' and no word. i Jirsom fetched a light, and there was Cau- ' vatejfl&e-dead, pinned to the tree by seven I arrvs., And the thieves had cutoff his hands : i ancputthem in his pockets, and cut on Ins s ear an? fastened them on his forehead." to!'that a vengeful glitter shone in his ( eye 1 'fouig man, they say when a woman loses j heiratfoung un, it breaks her, and as how 1 a lb r< ibed of her cubs is crazy; but may 1 yoiheyr feel as I did when I saw Canvas? i hiiias lad been my pard; had sot by the sari fire,and drank out of the same dipper, antehartd his last terbacker with me?when 1 I tfjalcLPanvas cut up like a sheep, and t deaf jrever to me. Ten thousand devils t wasti$in at my heart, aud I sank with a > yelldtfi by his dead side." j i Tieeaiotion of the stranger almost over- s powfeMhim, as he recalled these agony days ( of th?flst. t Ttej&ld me afterward that my yell roused f the ctix and they came rushing out to the spriuf but I didn't know it then. I was stunnxike, and never knew what happen- < ed. jV;n morning came they buried Canvas nluivhere he died. They didn't leave 1 no mair, to draw the Injuns; but on that t ground I kuelt and cried. I don't look as if 1 I could cry, biit I did then.. ^Canvas,' says I, i i'old pard,you're gone! f, You was thirty-four i years old. So help me God, $1 lull an Injug t for every vear of yourst till wipe (out the. 1 score!' 'They took me away, and for four < weeks I was h feveV, which nigbly made me pass in my cheeks; but I didn't,1 I for I couldn't die until I'd kept my Word'with i Canvas. , - , ;;ovi? '] "Ypung man," contused after a pause, j "I left that train at Tupaon;^^jyenti*/that: i time I'vejbeen roaming I have come in.this i trip to get a little money, and I'm goin' back, i D'ye see this knifef* ,IWI" j He pulled otftfrora his beltla huge brOad 1 knife, with a wide handle and handed it to - i me. In the wood l Baw>thirt6*Br{holes. as-if < bored with gimlets. . t ;ii -f "You see them bdjos? Eveiy one is a j 'Pache. It's my accountf-tjiook, and every I Injnn I kill, in goes "a hold, I've got. a good i many more to make 'fbre 1 do* asHp'Wiid ttw Canvas; and pVhps I maymeeitOaqnis Bomo-; day, if I keep vaj ,wonl,i which, the- preacher < aavsis the ricrht war." -V' r, V ? What room th'ere was here for a homily on i human vengeance! But I could not give it I i "Well, you'v^.km&y heaf^.my sJOry, and j you're, from Maine; thank to.for both. I'm i going to 'tufxi' AnH with this rough good-night, he rolled i himself in his blankets,- and' the regular' 1 breathings showed him to be asleep, if had 1 but fitful alum ben until early morning, when i the teamster rouspd me to take his leave, and. i >he disappeared. tlT | Nearly a year. after my. connection with. < the mines took me io Tucsoh; and while('TJ was there, a'scouting party canafe in with ti' < terribly wounded'man who' was with them? not a soldier, but-one who was always eager j for an Indian ;fightr7-and further than this, < nothing,wasknown of;him. i Out of curiosity, I went in with the surgeon, i to see Him, and there lav Centrqpole Bill. He < recognized' ho one', but kept ip hl' deep Stupdr, ( bleeding frota internal wotlrids" thai could net bestanched; t'i u?*?l r/p.d "He was an awful fighter^ aald ; the Doctor, "and he has done nothing but follow the * 8COUtS." ' ? ^ 1 "Doctor," said that man." and J as he watched, I Ijpl^ his pfc>ryf; ] We sat there several hours, and, at last the struggle came The dying man'raising him- i self on the pkllet; looked 'fixedly at'the eeil-' ;i ing, and in a hoarse voice said"There's k '] show-?a Canyas?" and he fell back dead. ? I looked afterward, in his belt, and fOund i two knives, and in egch of- the handles itjhjSfe s were seventeen (HoJ^ :,Tl^mkef^W- X, r begged of the man and have fKem to this day.' s SSiK! *"*2? ' ' ; 1 f r,- MB. 8PBIG<iIN8? EAPEBIMjBNT. .< / \ "I'll bet you ten dollass I cad!" said Sprig-'< gins. z->l? vjii < "And I'll bet you ten, dollars you can't!" i said I, emphasizing the lpty worq very deci- I dedly. ;' . 'l The moral and conscientious reader must' not be shocked at What lie may consider our i gambling proclivities.. The phraze, "I'll bet ] you ten dJlars," was simply a clincher or i climax used oy Spriggius and myself when we had exhausted every argument and each 1 foiled to convince the other that he was 1 wrong. And, since neither of lis, except in < rare instances,: ever acknowledged ourselves ] in the wrong, we had to bet ten dollars .^ery^ fiu?3 we never expected to pay when we lost. Indeed we never demanded payment, when the point in dispute was settled, but contented ourselves in saying, "I told yo so." The point in dispute in the present instance, arose about an item in a column of the morning paper. That item read as follows: . "John Jones, a convict in Sing Sing prison, has fallen heir to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Efforts are being made to secure his pardon." "There," said I, "you see the- power of money. That man was just as innocent and as guilty, before he was worth two hundred ana fifty thousand dollars, as he was afterwards; but behold what a change!. Wealth brings him friends, who make efforts (to secure his pardon.' Had he remained poor, his 'friends' would have .permitted hipa to rot in his prison without raising a little finger to secube his parddn.y This* world is a humbug, Mr. Spriggins?a regular cheat; in the lan- 8 guage of a poem I read .in my boyhood, it is t all 'hollow, hollow, hollow !' ' ;. g As I concluded this spiteful little speech, E Mr. Spriggins straightened himself up in the g way he had when preparing himself for, a com- J bat; and I knew we should have a fight, our t tongues being the weapons. Without giving a tht argument pro and con, it will suffice to -1, say that the discussion was brodght to an end, . by Mr. Sprigging proposing an experiment. . He was, be it understood, a man of means, a (j business man of good business standing, but < somewhat, eccentric, and the proposition he _ made was to go around among nis friends and ~ tell them he was absolutely insolvent. "If," said he, ('I> do this, and they freely advance money to start me in business, I wiq; I have no doubt I can borrow all the money ? I want, with nothing but my face as security. b Then as I stated at the outset, we bet ten .? dollars each on the result, and I awaited with b eagerness the result of the practical test. 2. I however ventured to intimate that if he ^ carried out the experiment he might Weaken .n people's confidence in truthfulness; but this b only made liirn think I feard the result, and " made him more determined than ever. So Vl the experiment was tried. ' ;T He went to Mr. Smith ohe of his most ih- w timate friends, tod said : -n.*11 "Mr. Smith,I anl a.bankrupt" 't t ** "Indeed!" ejaculated Mr. Smith,, vmy rb much astonished,. "And pmy, how has it, come about?" . * a "I?I?" said Mr. Spriggins, hesitatingly, P for story telling?or in plaid English, lying? ? was a new sin with him, "I?I went security ? for a friend, and had to pay the last cent of ? it." ; ; J1 "Too bad, indeed," was Mr. Smith's sympa- P thizing response. 1 ' 01 "If I can only borrow a few thousands a' however, to get started in business again, I l| think I can get on very well." " Mr. Smith thought there would be no diffi- P1 culty in getting the money. He would be ? very glad to advance it himself, but he was " 'excessively short" just at that time. 'Mr. ^ spriggins knew that this was not the case, EJ ind his opinion of Mr. Smith's undying friend- ~ ship underwent a rapid and radical change. ? Ho antu oil Viia manv Ailowrla vonoMT, AA.V tJU IT Mil \JX XMAO UiUUJ lllUJUO UUU iUlCTf" . id his request to each iti turn ; but they ail lappened to be "short" just at that time. (U'ter a few days of Unsuccessful efforts to *r sorrow money, he humbly acknowledged he lad lost his bet fairly, and that his face was ^ lot good security among his friends. "I told you so," said I. But an unlooked-for trouble came upon n< lim. He was engaged to a Very accomplishid young lady. His trust in her was un- fy lounded. He had often told me that if there vas a good true woman on earth, it was his in ntended. But her father, hearing of the in- th lolveucY of the son-in-law that was to be, ac- w ;osted him saying, "I understand, Mr. Sprig- ti< nns, that you have met with a. reverse of ai ortune." ; th "Yes, sir," replied Spriggins, sheepishly. B "Of course, under your altered circumstan- dt :es, you cannot expect to wed my daughter." to Here was a new turn in affairs for which ai Mr. Spriggins was not prepared. He thought ht it first oi correcting the falsehood he had lit tuiaaetf- started.;4>ut4h?id?a imddnly- fltsbod upon bis mind^bat here-was a good opportunity ef testingJAe sterling; qn&HUes sweetheart. This would be a triumph which svould more than compensate for his defeats in Dther direction. So he replied, course, sir, I have a betspns was becoming very indignant?"marriage tor money, sir, is a selMe^radadoh^'ncfnothing else, let the world calf it by whatever name it"may,", ; " ,1 "Of course,' Mrj^Spr^giihsr1^^ daughter wan'with'out. means wtarid be fooliJ! to think )f marrying." "I have *, good education, and, I may say, i bfmve heart ;J&iKf though deprived of fortune,! can earn enough to support myself and mother.'* tfcW ??<> Uki "ft is useless ?$ prolong thiS Wjtitrovereyiof honor yoa-will certainly ofjfor to release my iaughte?!i^Nnh?her^oignBeaent4 0??catfB, ' if she does, not accept your offer of freedom under the circumstances, I shall Have nothing mbre to say. Good day, Sir. Spriggins; I am in somewhat of a harTy:" "In a hurry, is he?" mattered Spriggins, as bis. intended father-in-law disappeared from new. "Seems to me- that everybody is in a burrynow that-meets me. f AM M understand it. r The sickly smile, the flnrry and hurtty, neans siraply4hat they want to drop me from their, list of friends. Well, they shall be accommodated. .But' there is one friend that sticketh' olbsw. than a brothershe will hot ie&rf me. There's great consolation in that."; 0o saying, he hastened to see her. He r<iund her In tears. For the first time ainee engaged in :trying his experiment, he felt like i very meatman. He would have confessed it once-what a greatliar he had been making' if himself, hadrnot the confession been a rather awkward undertaking. 4 v,i 1 "Yen have no doubt learned," said-he, "that [ have met with a sadden rdverte of fortune. 5four father tells nle that theonly honorable course for me is to offer to release 'you from jropr engagement, And, while doing so, permit me to say that if, after beingreleased from, four engagement with Spriggins, the rich man, fou will plight your faith to him as a poof-' nan, I shall be the:happiest man on earth. I vent to be ?.n honorable man and so give you i pour freedom." , Miss Dulcinea sobbed oonvulsively, but finally succeeded in speaking so-artobe underitopd. ' j -Vr -n!i ? /. ' "You are very kind, Mr. Spriggins,", she. laid. "I am very sorry that our engagement .b'roken offfcrf did like you so welL*. J And'eo the hopes thaVMr. Spriggins enter-i aitoed were dashed to-the ground. His Dulcinea liked hungry'well, but liked his money better,: and sfcwhem she imagined that was' j' ?one, she too left him. - Without another word ie strode off from- her presence, a different t but by. no means a happy man. "So, so!" he muttered. "The engagement in her part has been t mere matter of money. [ am the Bame man-1 was before. I am jlist : is good and I think a: great deal wiser." i f'You are.right," said be to me,."This world, is ahun^jg. . There is not a maq or vnman ftmnncmv friends that's worth a Dinch Df snuff. But I will be revenged. I have a plan that will spite old Smith delightfully. v'Mr.Sprigginsjseemed tqV^bgn tack' 89 m jSwTW^^ IKi 'left mo uIjj tartly* i and 'I saw him no more' for several days. Meantime the news was spread around that Spriggms was not insolvent?that it was all a hoax. The next time I saw him he told me, with ( a sort of malicious pleasure, that he had got about even with his "friends." Said he, "I , inow of an investment that will pay, without loubt, at least fifty percent. I called on j 3mith and explained the thing to him. He vas highly pleased, and offered to go into the , iffair. 'But/ .said , I, 'you have no money? ^ fou are excessively short.' I've called on the , est, with alike result, and now I'm revenged." Mr. Spriggins'really laughed, but it was rathsr a'diSagreeable laugh. ' '/I inet," said he,- "the father of her whom I ] ince intended to nlarry. He was very friend-, % y,- but I told hinj/I was in a hurry and could t iot stop to talk, my.time being too precious^ i knd every time' those false-hearted friends ( mile on me so pleasantly I pass on and tel] i hem I'm' in a hnrty." I 'suppose Mr. Sprig- * ;ins has had his revenge, but tie is a very sad* 1 nan now. He is an old bachelor and vows that- 1 [iris care more about money than a good, true > ieart He saya,too, that the love ptories scat- j ered over the country are with^t any found- s tion in real life. Poor Sprigmns! , He has a earned atgreat cost the truth ui at ' t "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis foBy to be wise."': 1 ' * '1 ' ' t pfetttoraitis jteflittg; t 'HE S^UTH CAROLINA B. B. COMPANY. I .In our issue of Wednesday we published * be proceedings of a Committee of tne Senate; ] n the matters of the freight charges of the 1 outh Carolina Rail Road, between Camden ? _ J TT-i . fc uu xviuyavIAJC. JLIICBC uruccuuiuga .were ased upon a complaint made by a merchant 8 f the former place. The South Carolina ^ Lail Road Company is the property of a large r umber of our citizens, who are poor; many 8 aye saved but little else from the wreck of *: lewar. It is important to them that the d alue of their property should not be unfa- ^ orably affected by representations not correct u i point of fad, or-of Jade greatly exaggerated 1 nd distorted, ifo-gratify personal feeling, or to r remote wlfkh ends. We jmow those whoi ave been entrusted with the -management of , lis property. We know, also, what labors . nd aimtukies they have had to encounter in roviding for the public a highway, and ?cimmodations not inferior to those enjoyed in ^ ny section of "the Southern country, We now. &fther that it is claimed and we be eve, JMtly,. that their rates of freight and v assa^e are to-day lower than any in tne State r near it Still we hear this clamor kept up, ^ nd its continuance forces us to conclude that . lere is something more in it than appears oU le surface. To do justice, therefore,, to all. _ arties, we sought out information from those n hom we regarded authorized and able to irnish it, and ascertain the facts of this case , i be simply these: That the parties who comlain in this case have never approached .the irectors of the Company with any statement ?their grievances; tnat the South Carolina ail Road Company has no such charges per v ~ i /? ?i A*I A 4m V JU pounds upon any or lis ireigni lanns as :e in the reports; that its charges for freight ' ora Camden to Kingsville are precisely the ? me as they are for similar distances from harleston, from. Columbia, or from Augusta. Now we confess, with these statements be- jr re us, we are at a loss to comprehend the D icessity of the proceeding to which we are n ferring. The Rail Road Committee has clear- ^ not tent for persons and papers. s] But we hear still more. It will be borne it mind, that the burden of the complaint is, ? iat the South Carolina Rail Road does not n: ork thirty-eight miles of its linein connec- tl Dn with the Wilmington and Manchester, d id Wilmington and Weldon Rail Road, and fi e rail roads leading through Wilmington to ? altimore, which is a competing line, so as to u Mroy the trade of its own line to Charles- ai n, the interests of the City of Charleston id of the State, and the steamships which J ive cost so much effort and money to estab- gi ih, for the very purpose of giving Camden ci and ail ottotr irit&ntt qua. a rauio ayrui oyer their own Une Bild tfcrcogh tfcM^ own city.' Now what are the*# very coropetibg rail roads doihg, for whom tbi^roirioiwpolfey' ^ invoiced ?pursUihgthe very identical- pMMfoft' Which is oompbhiibd ofi'though'm Wmti&fo tx&wtrated form, of the Soatn CarolinaHad i Hoed Company. > We understand that the price of freight em the Wilmington and Manchester; Bail Road, (eay.a bate of cottony)is as tench ' as from Sumter to Kings vilJe, twenty-seven miles, or Man Bluff toFlorence, the wile*, as it is: from these places resneotiVely to Wil-r mingtonj; over one hundred miles. Is this true ? The same is the case on the Charlotte Rpad, and we presume on j every rail road in existence, and the reason is obvious. It is found in the service and necessity of jayery company to protect and promote its own interests, ana that interest is of course in the direction of freight movements along the entire line of its raiil road,j and to and through an important te^i^or initial joint ,. : .Kor are. the railroads mentioned in the com* plaint exhihiting any unusual liberaldy inthe adoption of what'^rs to Be ilemESff of charges, through, aacoro pared V|th the South Carolina Kail Koacrs local tann; weir. enorc is to divert abusiness, which does not belong to them, and to do so, temporarily establish a very low rate of freight, for that which,comes from the South Carolina Bail Road, and the City of Charleston. What are their Ideal charges ? Place those ih comparison with similar charges on the Sotath Carolina Bail Road, before forming too hasty a conclusion. Bnt are we expected to manage our institution in the'interest of competing lines of rail roads, and distant communities? ' Have the Stockholders Of the Sooth Carolina Rail Road' expended vast sums of money to construct Icmg line of Bail way merely fok the'nnrpoee of.destrDywgifbuisfifthSof itf 'Has tneCSlM1) ofCharleston and the ftateboafeikntad thew^ best minds and their huge- means to .'construct' a system of ihtenial'Improvement, at-once to develope the wealth o?<the)interior^had'?e>,! tablish an influential seaport lar thoaitfelvee, and have their eflbito/tnlu ,4*.nengH and ; their work a curse, not/ a blessing 2; i iWe imagin¬-lt A.ltfvu; ?? > Yet ^r/mb vnddi motif JMm ik*.policy indicated in ike compkj^ before ike Left* laturc^Qharipto* J; hii.-. nil "1'$oi309r ,(|J A man W ifb ttgfo' to ipdwki when the.) failure of the first part^to render uH6blig&! tions will render the brOdHdfs df th<Tind<H>er ment ?, J Hi Wnft -hiAftfr indorse ftr andther than unleash** makes prcriUon to'triest rathoMigattbor independent of tad; after jfepviduig for all other obligations. ' ''. >*; *'?? ,'vi:'n He has no right to indorse trails he fully inteMte to pay what be;pi?nlseatb,^ri))4pti]r, in case the first party falls to do 80. 1 ioreers prepare'forthis* qf ,'i' r'iVu-en- y J His relations to his fafaiW demand that he ' Bhall not obligehimselftto bblige another fchn-' J ply at the risk of depriving them of Hrhfit he* 1 LoM?td4hem4' i ii- f ,:!.//(' n )var- !l He should >never indorse or beoome rtspoiK i Bible for any. amonntrmtheut security is far" nished by the> first party, i It shoo Id be awdS' 1 , a business transactwnr^-racdy a matter of friendship. It isoqiiivalent to aloaa of-capital, to the amount of thrxibligatiowi arid tbs-' same precaution shoul4 be taken to! secoVa it. ( Amanhaepomorengk^^guijim^i^u * home or his life gratuitously. It is not good busfoees polfcy for one to ask another to indorse his note, promising to ao* commodate him in the same maxmen The > exchange < signature may have, and usually does have, a very unequal value. It is better to secure him the amount and exact a little security for the amount of responsibility , incurred. . . It is better to do a business that will in* , vol ve no necessity for ashing or granting such favors, or making 'such;exchanges. It is always safe and just to do ffo.-rExchange. The Negro Exodus prom Southside Virginia':?Persons arriving here by the Danville RailroadjOOSatrmlayreport having is a fellow passenger a colored man;'who seemed to be employed to encourage negro cm-'' gration southward. At every station he ad!*, tressed the crowd of negroes assembled to' sect the train/setting forth the glories of the 'punny South," and representing it to be a * and of milk and honey, com bread and mo- ; asses, little Work and big'pay?this "land BUAM 41?A /^Avlrien MA , UA AMAAA.VIA/1 flUUC .Mio uaiAlVD 6 AAV Duwywcu n Arousing no little enthusiasm among'bis luditors, even though bis- speeefae* hail to be ihort Giving notice that he would be along he same route and speak again on Tuesday, ie will doubtless have more to bear him on hat day. . ! TheSouthside farmers fear a direful result . ml ess this tide of emigration can be stemmed. [hough less has been said about it in the pa- ' >ers for the last week or-two, the exodus coninues, an<T the number of-emigrants daily ucreases. . From Pittsylvania County we are uforme^ that there are semi-weekly shipuents, and the colonies average perhaps two tundred persons, a large proportion of whom, .re able-bodied laboring men or hearty iromen. Mecklenburg, Charlotte^ Halifax, franklin,Prince Edward and Lunenburg have ? .11 been more or less depleted, and some -J. armers report' that all their hands have leserted. The worst of it is that*/urofe has aken possession of the blacks, and emigration i .becoming, almost as popular as "leaving he old place" was just after the war.? vmd Dispatch. tt p . Common Absurdities.?To say after anybing that happens, "I knew it was going to ake place." To ask a merchant if the articles he sells ou is of the first quality. To carry "bricks" in your'hat and; flatter ourself you can keep them hidden from the rorld. To think you must win a lawsuit because ou haVe the law and evidence on your side. To put salt in your soup before you have ested it." To tell a person of whom you would borrow aoney that you urgently need it* To think that the great difficulty in life is to nd opportunity for talent, and not talent for ue opportunity. ' V . : To make a foolish "match" and them ask a riend's opinion of it. ,..., To say that you have "no leisurfy" instead f that you have no disposition to improve our mind or to do good. Out of Business.?Horace Greeley says, I know there are to-day one thouaaridcollege raduates, some of them havinggradtiated with onor at German Universities, who are walklg the stony streets of NewYork, and know ot how to earn a living. This .is a condemation of our system of classical education. ' B a preparation for professional life,?I lould rather say for certain pursuits in life,? . maybe> very well; but when I see, ha I do so many men whose education has cosh so tueh, find themselves totally nhable, with all ' iat, to earn a living; not immoral men, not rinking men, but men, simply, -who cannot nd places adapted to their capacity: When I :e this, l am moyed to protest agamstf/c hys^ ;m of education which seems to me so narrow ' ad partial. ' ' I /1 < ! ^ 1 teaT Those men talk most who are. in the reatest mental darkness; frogs cojse their roaking when a light is brought to the water.