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Humorous ?cprtmeut. A DETECTIVE'S )S%RV. It was a dull, rainy day, toward the end of August. One of those days when earth and sky alike are dreary, and the rain drops pattering against the window makes one feel so sad and lonely. The clock that hung against the wall pointed to the hour of three, when Mr. Gordon, our 'chief,' a dark, silent little man, entered the room. "Wells," said he, "don't you feel like haying a little excitement just now ?" Of course I had. to say "Yes." "I want you to arrest Bill Siddons, the forger," said Mr. Gordon, "and he was last heard of at C . You had better start straight off at once." My interest was aroused when told of the * large reward I should obtain, and I readily undertook to ferret out the forger. The rosy dawn was just flashing the eastern sky as I alighted wearily from the train, and walked to the village hotel. In answer to my enquiries, I was told that with the exception of a young lady, who had come the night before, there were no new arrivals. At dinner time I sat opposite the young lady in question, and I noticed that when she saw ma come in she smiled, and blushed rosy 1 XX J V. 1 A rwu. uw uorjk uiunii cyw sociuou iaj ajiaiiuc and gleam with fan ana mischief; her long black hair, which she wore in curls, seemed ^ ?^_creitfl<Lbqt to hide her blushes. But I, being frfhir specimferrof the sterner sex, attributed all these little smiles and glances to my per: sonal appearance, and congratulated myself upon having made an impression on such a beautiful creature. JNext day I prosecuted my search, but alji jjfc^urpose, for nowhere could I gain inteb j^HlHHfhe object of my pursuit For oa? ^Rek^^archefl Irigh and low, but no Bill Siddons could I find. All this time I had been stopping at C , and had fallen deeply in love with Clara Armstrong, for such was ray fair charmer's name, and I also flattered myself that she looked favorably on me. On the night before my departure for the city, I was sitting alone with Clara. "And so," she said, "you leave us to-morrow?" I sighed and said? "You will think of me sometimes, Clara?" She emiled, blushed, and taking a pair of scissors from the table, she cutoff*one of those glossy curls and handed it tome. "Keep that," she said, "to remember me by." Was I foolish to press it to my lips before laying it next to my heart? Clara smiled and said nothing. Evidently she did not think me foolish. The next morning I arrived safely in the citv. and hurried to the office of the "chief," to report. As I was coming out of the office I met Gus 3. When I told him my adventure he laugheed. "Charley," said he, "you are taken in and done for this time, sure." I indignantly asked him what he meant. "I bet you the best supper to be got in town that I fetch Bill Siddonsin three days." "Done!" said I, and Gus immediately went to obtain leave of absence. The "chief' willingly let him go, and that night he start? 1. Two days passed, and on the third day, sire enough Gus came. "Well, what luck ?" I asked, as I saw him . come out of tbj office. "The best in the world," he replied. "Come with me; I will show you the prisoner." I followed him into one of the strong rooms, and there, sure enough, was the prisoner leaning against the window. He was standing with his back vo the door, but on hearing us come in he turned around. "By Jupiter " said I, "Clara Armstrong!" "The same, at your service," said Bill biddons, for it was he. "I am much obliged to you, Mr. Wells, for your politeness. Perhaps you% would like another lock of my hair." i I stood dumbfounded. "A Jittle too susceptible, Charley, my boy? a little too susceptible, that's all, said Gus, and, seeing my discomfiture, he burst out laughing. "Hang it!" I muttered, and# rushed out of ' the room, vowing never to tiave anything I more to do with females of any descriptton ! whatever. , THE SAD FATE OF DR. LIVINGSTONE. A Western exchange gets off the following burlesque on the much discussed question of the fete of the great African.tcaveler: Sir Roderick Murchison is hereby informed that Dr. Livingstone is dead, indeed. An intelligent gorrila has recently been imported to this city, who had the good fortune to serve the doctor as a body servant in the interior of Africa, and he thus describes the manner of Lis master's death: The doctor was accustomed to pass his nights in the stomach of an acquaintance?a crocodile about titty teet long. Stepping out oue evening to take an observation of one of the lunar eclipses peculiar to the country, he spoke to his host, saying that as he should not return after bedtime, he would not trouble him to sit up to let him in; he would just leave the door open , until he came home. By way of doing so, he set up a stout fence rail between his landlord's distented jaws and went away. Returning about midnight, he took off his boots outside, so as not to waken his friend, entered softly, knocked away the prop and prepared to turn in. But the noise of pounding on the rail had aroused the householder, and so great was the feeling of relief induced by the relaxation of the maxillary muscles, that he unconsciously shut his mouth to smile, without giving his tenant time to get into bed. The doctor was just stooping to untie his drawers, when he was caught between the floor and ceiling of the reception room, like a lemon in a squeezer. Next day the melancholy remains were given to our informant, who displays a singular reticence regarding his disposition of them; merely picking his teeth with his claws in an absent, thoughtful kind of way, as if the subject was too mournful to be discussed in all its harrowing details. None of the doctor's maps or instruments were recovered ; his bereaved landlord holds them as security for ccrgy n rents claimed to be due and unpaid. It is probable that Great Britain will make a formal demand for them, and if they are not surrendered?will submit her claims to a conference. I ? ?? Tryik' to the BxSte.?A sturdy Hibernian fresh from the "green isle," having suf^ . ficient means to provide himself with a horse and cart (the latter a kind he probably never saw before,) went to work on a public road. Being directed by the overseer to move a lot of stone near by and deposit them in a gully on the side of the road, he forthwith loaded his cart, drove up to the place, and had nearly finished throwing off his load by hand, when the overseer told him that was not the way, he must tilt or dump his load at once, i? Paddy replied that he would know better next time. After loading again he drove to the chasm, put his shoulder to the wheel and upset the horse, cart and all, into the gully. Scratching his head, and looking rather doubtfully at his horse below him, he observed: "Beaad, it's a mighty quick way, but it I must try in to the baste." Downfall of the Dutch.?Near Cham-1 bere, Pa., there is a steep hill, the summit of which is a favorite resort for lovers. Lately, two newly-arrived Dutch couples made their way up there to arrange matters matrimonial. This business being concluded to the satisfaction of all, it was proposed and agreed to have kisses all round to ratify the bargains made. "Ish yotf ready, Hans V' cried Yacob. "Yawl!" The salutes were fired, when the company in the excitement of the moment lost their balance and rolled at a fearful rate of speed to the bottom of the hill, arriving at ^hich, Hans arose, shook himself, and cried: "Meine Gott! how high ish dat?" gcjiartmettt. From the Rural Carolinian. FORECASTING SEASONS. Supposing that the forecast of the seasons would be a matter of as much interest to the farmer as the forecasting of storms and gales to the navigator, I send the following extracts, taken from the University rain-gauge register: It will not be out of place to mention here, that storm warning signals have been established by the Government of the United States and Great Britain, which foretell the direction and probable violence of an approching gale, and in some instances, when the signal stations are distant, as from the coast of Texas to the Lakes, the probable duration. These signal stations are either connected with, or are in the neighborhood of, telegraphic lines. When a storm approaches any of these stations, its direction and force is flashed along to all other stations; its violence and direction recorded at those points falling within its path, and, from repeated observations, its direction of approach, although that direction is not in a right line from the point of the first observation, is known, and signalled as a storm of forecast to the shipping at the various ports in the centre of its track. Urvio^A^ An fllA AAQaf nf "RflCf iUC illSb OlgUOIO UUlOt^Ai vu ?uv vvuwv v* ?^ land were ridiculed by the old salts, who had more faith in the flying Dutchman than in a landman's weather wisdom; and as for science in clouds and gales, they believed as much in it as some farmers do in agricultural conventions and book-farming; but time, experience, wrecks, taught Jack Tar lessons. He now thinks, when warned by a storm signal, that the quarter-deck shows wisdom in ordering the fo'castle to pay out the cable, house sparf and topmasts, clete alt home? even when the sky is cloudless and the streamer kisses the main-top-mast-head in a dead calm. At the beginning of these observations, fifty out of one hundred warnings proved true. The old salt could guess as close as that, but time, experience, and care in making these observations, advanced the claims of the originators of the system, and in England, out of one hundred signals last made, eighty odd proved correct. Numbers of ships and lives were saved; and now underwriters, shipmasters, and old salts believe in storm forceasts ashore as they did before in barometers and thermometers afloat. I have written the above to show, that if. ordinary seamen, the most superstitious class of men known, have been taught to believe in the forecasting of hurricanes and cyclones from observations made by landsmen, the synonyme of contempt in the forecastle in matters relating to winds and gales. Surely the farmer should have some faith in the observations which are of the first importance to his success in agriculture, if not as to the sail-1 or a question of life and death. The observations recorded from rain guages i in the United States, runs back in some localities, more than thirty years; during which time, the fall of water per annum varies but slightly, one year with* another; we have then the right to conclude, that a certain known quantity of water is due the earth, that if it I does not come at one season, during autumn J or winter, it will come in spring or summer,j and hence the forecast of the season. It is the common expression of farmers in ! referring to a particular year, as the dry or ! wet year. There is no such thing as a dry or j wet year, though there are dry and wet sea- J sons. The reason of the mistake is, that far- j raers observe weather closely only during the I growing of the crop; after harvest they pay j little attention to runs^tnd drouths. . In examining the extracts below, it will be seen how the rain gauge at Athens, Ga., coincides with the seasons generally throughout the Southern States; that with the dry sura-1 mer of 1869, the winter before was wet; that! with a little more rain than the quantity due j in the fall' of 1869 and winter of 1870, we had ?, very little less rain than was due for the sum- j mer months of that year, yet in each year the ; same quantity of rain had fallen ; hence we } conclude, that as the past autumn and winter ! were excessively dry, the spring and summer j months will be exclusively wet. I had very : little faith in rain charts at the beginning of: these observations; I have now implicit faith, ! and as the old salt strips his ship to meet a i gale while in a dead calm, I would, if farm- i ing, ditch the hillside in a winter drouth. Extracts from the University Rain Gauge Register. Rain fall Autumn 1868 12.122 inches. Rain fall, Winter, 1868-69 14.908 " Rain fall, Spring, 1869 13.862 " Rain fall, Summer, 1869 5.844 " Rain fill for the four seasons..46.755 " Rain fall, Autumn, 1869 8.435 " Rain fall, Winter, 1869-70 12.614 " Rain fall, Spring, 1870 11.086 " Rain fall, Summer, 1870 12.259 " Rain fall, for thefourseasons..45.394 " Rain fall, Autumn, 1870 7.059 " Rain fall, Winter, 1870-71 10,789 " Rain fall,March, 1871..... 4.385 " Rain fall for above 22.233 ' If we take the mean of the years 1868-9 and 1869-70, we find the quantity 46.073 inches. The charts give 47 inches. Deducting the fall of-rain for the present series of nhcorTTfttmns 22.233 inches from the mean fall, we have 23.840 inches yet to come. The fall due the spring months is 10 inches, but 4.385 inches came in March; this deducted from 10 inches leaves 5.615 inches for April and May ; this added to the quantity due for summer which is 15 inches by the chart, make 20.615 inches; but 23.840 inches is actually due, hence the difference, 3.225 inches more than the mean quantity due for Spring, and Summer will come between this and September next. The summer of 1869 was, as farmers and planters reported from every quarter, excessively dry ; this rain gauge reached six inches and eighty odd thousandths,<and over forty-1 six inches for the year. The summer of 1870 was said to be rather , wet for the crops; this gauge gives 13,259 i inches; the fall for the year 45.394 inches ; two slight snow stotms not accounted for, and one observation lost by displacement of the apparatus by some thoughfless Ifoy. , From "the foregoing it follows that the com- < ing summer must be exce^vely. wet, not less j than 15 inches, probably more, unless the! three inches due, falls in April and May. Will it be thought presumptuous now to say, that low lands planted in cotton this year will fail unless the ditching is thorough and complete; that grain will pay better than cotton on such lands: that-on high lands, rakes, mules and plows will be required to keep! down the grass; that it will be more expen- j sive to keep fields in tilth this year than for ; xu 1 UIC UUp Ul 1UVV > V. The area covered by the charts, for which J the observations answer, extends through Up-! ,per and Middle Georgia, South Carolina, except the coast, North Carolina, Middle and North Alabama, the same for Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, North-east half of Texas, and Southern part of Kentucky. JNO. G. BARNWELL, Librarian Univerney of Georgia, i Athens, Ga., April lih, 1871. Farm Work.?At this season of the year, it is usually very difficult to "get much labor from freedmen, while the whites prefer sitting in the shade enjoying watermelons, peaches, <fcc. Fortunately, there is not much work now, that is urgently pressing. Corn and i cotton are both laid aside this month, sweet | potatoes should be worked, and a late crop of J Irish potatoes planted. But while no work is so very pressing, there! is much that jgpy be done. Fences are out of j repair, gates are off, ditchfe are half filled, \ new pastures need fencing, &c. The farmer j should always be employed; he should culti- J vate the principle of never being idle; morn-j ing, noon and night should have some v> ork j that should busily engage his attention. I (jMdten'si grpflrtwtnt. EDGAR BROWN'S HAY-DAY. Ding! ding! ding! ding! went the bell, as its sharp tones were echoed through the valley, calling the children to Glendale school. It was a bright June morning; birds were singing, and the air was soft and mild, as the children, with bright and happy faces, hurried along so as to reach the school room in proper time. Ere its last vibrationa ceased, they were occupying their accustomed places greeting their teacher with smiles as she entered. She took up a little book and a pencil, and proceeded to call the roll. "Minnie May." "Here." "Willie Burton." "Here." And thus all answered to their names, with a single exception. Edgar Brown was absent, and for the first time since the commencement of the term. The teacher looked surprised. Was he sick ? We shall see. At the homestead of farmer Brown, it was a busy day. For him, it was the first day of the haying season. All the hands, including the farmer's eldest sons, were out in the meadow, and with their keen scythes were cutting down the fragrant grass. Mr. Brown and his good wife were absent. Sister Jennie was mistress of the house, and busily engaged in preparing the workmen a dinner, it was almost nine o'clock, when she was accosted by her little brother Edgar, with the earnest request that he might stay at home from school that day to see the workmen make hay. "Why, no," replied Jennie, "that will be wrong. You will lose your lessons, and besides get a mark of absence, and perhaps thereby lose the prize." "But it will be only for one day," pleaded Edgar, "and I will bring water and wood for you." His too indulgent sister at last consented, yet with considerable reluctance, for she knew such a proceeding was not exactly right. Edgar was greatly pleased with the prospect of a holiday, and for a time was jubilant and happy, sometimes assisting his sister, and anon watching the hay-makers in their somewhat exciting labors. Towards eleven o'clock, he saw the men coming up from the meadow after their dinner, and to grind their scythes. He felt not a little ashamed to have his brothers know that he was a truant from school. So he concluded we would hide himself in the attic, while the men were about Running rapidly up the stairs, he saw standing in the corner of the chamber what he supposed to be a large empty cask or hogshead. "What a fine place that will be to hide in," he whispered to himself. "I'll get into it and wait until brothers are gone." So catching hold of the edge of the cask, he leaped into it with a single bound. But no sooner was he fairly in, than he found himself completely enveloped and suffocating in a mass of feathers ! He shouted for help the best he could. "Jennie! John! hallo! help! help!" They all instantly ran to his relief, but great was their surprise and merriment as they lifted the poor boy from his hiding-place, completely covered and bristling with feathers like a live porcupine; his eyes, ears, and mouth filled with down, an objeot both of mirth and pity. n. "What have we here," said John. 0,1 see, a truant from school; pretty well punished, I declare." Edgar pouted, and went off out of sight, to i 1_ .ira. ?4 urusn on tut: learners, uuu uj iime uioniuniucation. All now went well again, until the afternoon. Edgar had tried various amusements, i but in spite of them all, he felt dissatisfied, and heartily wished many times that he had gone to school. But it was too late to mend thematter now and he would make the most of it Going into the tool-house, he discovered an old scythe that had been thrown by as worthless. AiL idea^ struck him. "Why can't I mow,.as well as The oth??i^ljiesoliloquized. "At any rate, I'll try." SoEe" ToA the' scythe, and going out into the yard, he commenced cutting down the tall weeds that grew there. <He was busily at work, whan far the. second time he spied the men coming up from the hay-field. Fearful of being discovered, and desirous of returning the scythe to its place, he attempted to carry it up a flight of stairs into the loft of the tool-house. But, unfortunately, when about half way up the dilapidated steps, he slipped and fell to the bottom, striking the sole of his right foot upon the sharp edge of the scythe, cutting a long and deep gash therein, as his feet were bare. His cries this time were louder and more piteous than before, and his misfortune greater. He was taken up by his brothers and carried into the house, where his wound was dressed and his foot bandaged. His hay-day was ended. For several weeks he was confined to his room and unable to walk. And for the remainder of the term he was unable to go to school, so lost the prize which he might have won. And all this for playing truant a single day. This story, which is a true one, has its lesson. Every deviation from the path of duty, leads us into trouble and disaster. Follow the path of right into the fields of* happiness and joy.? Congregaiionalist. IT STINGS. "How pretty!" cried little Sam, as his little fat hand grasped a bunch of white lilac which grew near the gate of his father's mansion. The next moment the child's face grew red with terror; and he dashed the lilac to the ground, shrieking, "It stings, it stings!" What made it sting? It was a bright, beautiful, and sweet-smelling flower. How 1.1 iUa silkil/J'a Viorirlo ? T Trill tell UOUiU 11 lllil t tllU l/Uliu a umuuw * a ?i *< w?*? A jolly little bee, in search of a dinner, had just pushed his nose in among the lilac blossoms, and was sucking nectar from it most heartily when Sammy's fat hand disturbed him. So, being vexed with the child, he stung him. That's how Sammy's hand came to be stung. Sammy's mother washed the wound with hartshorn; and when the pain was gone, she said: "Sammy, my dear, let me teach you that many pretty things have very sharp stings." Let every child take notice of this, many pretty things have very sharp stings. It may save them from being stung if they keep this ?ruth in mind. I Sin often makes itself appear very pretty. A boy once went to a citcus because the horses were pretty and their riders gay; but he learned to swear there; and thus that pretty thing, the circus, stung him. Another boy once thought wine a pretty thing. He drank it, and learned to be a drunkard. Thus wine stung him. A girl'once took a luscious pear from a basket and ate it. "Have you eaten one ?" asked her mother. Fearing she could not get another if she said "yes," she said "no," got another pear, and then felt so stung that she could not sleep il mai niguu Thus you see that siu, however pretty it looks, stings. It stings sharply too. It stings fatally. The Bible says, "The sting of death is sin." If you let sin sting you, nothing can heal the wound bi^t the blood of Jesus. If you feel the smart of the sting, go to Jusus with it, and he will cure it. After that, never forget that pretty things have very sharp stings; and be carefuj not to touch, taste or handle such things.? Young Reaper. Idleness.?Boys never be idle. Always have something to do. You can study when you are not at work with your hands. Every work of God has a lesson upon it for your mind to master. You can walk the street and pick up a piece of paper being tossed about by the winds, and upon that piece of paper will be lessons for you to learn. Never oe idle when you can finiyK) much work to do. "He who forgets the fountains from which he drank, and the trees under whose shade he gambolled, in the days of his youth, is a stranger to the sweetest impression of the humau heart." ftradiwg for the i 1 CONDUCTED BY * REV. ROBERT LATHAN. COME NEARER TO JESUS. My brethren, let us come nearer to Jesus. Let U9 stand where Paul stood, and rest our head on that bosom where lay the head of the beloved disciple, that we may hear the throbbings of his mighty heart and know how he loves. Then, from his lips our souls shall receive the grand principles which made and animated that giant in Christ Jesus, the Apostle of the Gentiles. Then shall we learn to tell, in persuasive accents, of God's amazing love, and then appreciate more our wondrous Advocate with God, "Jesus Christ, the Righteous," "who is set down at the right hand -of the Majesty on high." To hear him at all, we must be near him; for Jesus was "meek and lowlv of heart." } Words of meekness fall in gentle tones as dis-* i tills the dew, and breathe forth in quiet^uj^ | ness like the perfume of the flower. And we ] must hear him. The prodigal longs to know | what is in the heart of his father against him. | He only who comes down from heaven, can I tell us of the Father?His Father. Thus near to him did Baxter come, and Paysou, i and Edwards, and hosts of others who have recorded the revelations he has made. No more an angry Father, who would east them off, but one whose everlasting arms are alwut them for that "inheritance, inrnrruplifald^wV undo filed and ttifiTTadeth not away, reserved in heaven for them" by him, who is aJhl&io keep both it and them till the day of the assigning of thrones, and kingdoms and blissful immortality. We need the conodalkm found only at his side; and Oh 1 how^jLd^ the B?art as in low, sweet words he tira^9| heaven, that "house not made with hands, eternalthat place prepared for us by him. Heaven, sweet heaven ! built by Jesus, whose workmanship is all divine; whose stones are cemented fast by the blood which Lot^. incarnate shed 1 About its broad hearthstone there shall be no vacant chairs ; its light ? ^ all never know the dirtiness of night tinK .its songs shall be hushed by no chokings of grief. Oh ! ye weary souls, ye homeless, come very near to him, and ask that he tell you of this glorious home. "NVe must come to him for blessing] and only upon those very near to him will he lay his hands in benediction, and bestow that peace which the world knoweth not, neither can give. Only those thus near, with the leprosy of sin upon them, and the seeds of death within them, can touch the hem of his garment and be made perfectly whole. To him who wrestled all night long in prayer, we who mourn over Zion's desolation need to come very near, and ask that he teach us how to pray. To him who had to suffer *ud shrank from it, yet could say, "Thy will, not mine, be done," all of us need to come. Besides, he can teach us how to suffer and be strong. In short, we should keep neariiim all the time, if we would rightly do his work. The master-builder, who planned the structure, must tell us how to lay the stones. Only the captain of the host can tell us where belongs each battalion. But one grand reason why ours should be a chosen walk with Jesus isjhis: Never, iu tones of thunder, does Jesus issue his commands. He knows that those who love him will cling very closely to him, and only such does he desire to do his work. He whispers duty. Come near, else you will not hear him when he speaks to you. Moreover, whatever,1 when close to Jesus, a mau feels to be his dutv that, most probably, Jesus intends him to do. He has heard the whisper?let him not dare to disobey. When thus near to Jesus, and he whispera our duty, how easy to whisper in return, as we go to perform tfejif duty, "Lord, go thou with us." < ^ t WHY ALL MEN ARE NOT SAYED.^ It is not, says Dr.- h?*k?o, thattheGosyfyi innnM not cavo all that there is hot bread < enough for all at our FatherV tabhf^^n^ ; enough in our Father's heart?power enough in our Father's hand?and room enough forall at home in our Father's house. By tbis rWmirincr sea. above whose roar is heard the shrieks and cries of the lost, the saddest, strangest sight is that the life-boat returns from the wreck, if not empty, with many empty seats. Still there is room, cry tne preachers; the Bride and Spirit cry, "still there is room!" Yet men are not saved, and why??because there is no balm in Gileaxhor physician there. Certainly uot "Ye will not come unto me," says Jesus, "that ye might have life." How can men be saved if they refuse this great salvation? Was it ever heard that meat fed men unless they ate it??medicine cured men unless they took it ??life-boat or life buoy saved one who madly rejected this means of safety? I once saw a man whelmed in a tempestuous s*a; another flying at the top of speed, came digm the pier with a life-buoy poised in his hand? he stood, he bent, he rose, to send it spinning through the air over the roaring waves, within reach of the drowning hand. The ttuuv, clutched at it?how he clutched it?and was saved. Had he refused it, had he not seized and clung to it, no swimmer, he had sunk; and sinking, perished. So unbelievers perish. Take heed you do not perish so. You cannot escape if you neglect this great salvation. Say not that you cannot believe; God will help you. "If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone ? If he asks a fish, will he give him a serpent ? If he ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? If ye then," adds our Lord, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father giye the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ?" He giveth power to them that have no might; he never shuts the door in any man's face; he ! never turned from any man's cry; he never [ said to any of the sons of men, seek ye my face in vain, nor did any ever lie helpless at Jesus' feet, but, ere all was done, they loy-4?blessed happiness on Jesus' bosom. Nor think it a light thing that you do not believe. Not to believe is to doubt God's word?and lo doubt.my word, I hold to be worse than to break ray law. Unbelief, in God's sight, is j the sins of sins. Other sins drive injh^fl^ but thlUdenches it. Not murder, norjjc? A i-I- tinr liofrorl fifth 1 uiryf qui* tntjil, uui idiociiuvAi^ uvi* uv| avarice, nor the vilest passions that bunuiri J a human bosom?not these, but this bars nien'j out of heaven. Pray for faith. It is the girt; of God; and thus "the rather, brethren, girei diligence to make your calling and election \ sure ; if you do these things ye shall never j A Pardon Locked Up.?Hugh Stowell says: "In the Isle of Man, as I was one day walking on the sea shore, I remember contemplating with thrilling interest an old gray ruined tower, covered with ivy. There wan a remarkable history connected with the spot. In that tower was formerly hanged one of the. best governors the island ever possessed. J had been accused of treachery to the king during the time of the civil wars, and received sentence of death. Intercession was made on his behalf, and a pardon was sent; but that pardon fell into the hands of his bitter enemy, who kept it locked up, and the governor was hanged. His name is still honored by the many; and you may often hear a pathetic ballad sung to his memory to the music of the spinning wheel. We must feel horror-struck at the fearful turpitude of that man, who, having the pardon for his fellow-creature in his possession, could keep it back, and let him die the death of a traitor. But let us restrain I our indignation till we ask ourselves whether God might not point his finger to most of us,1 and say, 'Thou art the man! Thou hast a! pardon in thine hands to save thy fellow-! creatures, not from temporal, but eternal death. Thou hast a pardon suited to all, designated for all. Thou hast enjoyed it thyself, but hast thou not kept it back from thy i brother, instead of sending it to the ends of i the earth ?'" | |p8ttU<mwu$ ?cadi?g.! Prora ilie New Orleaiw Picayune. --? < THE AUTHOR OF "LIVING WRITERS OF J THE SOUTH. IJ \fe know much of a writer from his style. \ The style of a cautious nature will have in- ? volved'parenthetical sentences, full of qualifications and limitations. An open and im- , Serious disposition is shown in short sentences,, j 5 irect and energetic. A secretive and proud |, mind is cold and obscure in style. An affec- j tionate and imaginative nature pours out lux- s nriantly and blossoms all over with orna- j ments." I I quote this paragraph from Henry Ward Beecher's "Norwood," a book much abused, j and yet a volume from which we can gain ] some information and find many beautiful ; nassaees and even pearls, not altogether ; rtrung at random. I do not propose a re- , tiew of the novel of "Village Life in New j England," or of the volume the title of which heads this article. The passage quoted is correct as applied to , the style of Professor Davidson, which is \ "short sentences, direct and energetic and f to his disposition, which is "open and "imperi- , ?? 0U3. j In New Orleans in particular, (and it is in j the Crescent City that more books by South- j era authors are sold than in every other , Southern city combined) Professor Davidson was much censured for inaccuracies in his j work, as well for omissions, carelessness, and , a great many other things, by people who ( never attempted a work of the kind, and who would soon give it up in despair and disgust -< if they were so to do. I do not want to re- , view what reviewers said of tliis really excel- ( painstaking work.- There-are )a few errors, but very many excellent criticisms and much valuableiufaunation to be found in no (Jther book. "Put yourself in Mr. Davidson frplace" before you find fault. Could you do one-tenth part as well ? The "Index" to the work is one of the most exact and thorough I know of. This hook was published two years ago, and is hardly current literature now. But the "great brain" that carried out this work is not idle, hut energetically and perseveringTyTaboring at a giant undertaking." I say "giant" advisedly, Tor it is a task great, indeed, to tiy to discover a record of the Head authors of the South. Allibone did not do it.- And Mr. Davidson is preparing a "Dictionary of the Living and Dead Writers of the South." A record of many cannot be found in books. Their writings are only to be found in short lived periodicals ; often anonymously, or un der a fancy name. The Southern writers are fonder of pseudonyms than any other people, and the majority of them are not satisfied with one, but have a half dozen at the same time. It is fiot pleasant to follow up so many pretty names to the name of the writer. Southern , books were not generally so successful as to have the author's name demanded, aud it was seldom known to more than to the author and his intimate friends. This is why there is no record of Southern books and their authors. Allibone and Duychinck cannot be blamed for omissions. Prof. Davidson ia engaged upon a most laborious undertaking, as mentioned. If any person has information to give, I am confident he will be thankful to receive it. My pleasure is to give an idea of James Wood Davidson, as.he has very modestly omitted any mention of a very prominent "liviug writer" in his book?a writer more entitled to a prominent notice than two hundred and thirty-nine out of his two hundred and forty-one, which is, I believe, the number 1 of bis "writers"?L ejiimself. The readers of the New Orleans paners generally know little more of Mr. Davidson tthaij as the author qlL tha-'lLiving Writers of : 'the South." fT? V James Wood Davidson is a native of South He is a young man. He was educated ayhe SoB.th Carolina College, Colum^t ?bia, t^-hi Institution hefhas; rbe^" lieve, since the close-of the war, been a professor. ; He has published several text books, and been a voluminous contributor io newspapers and magazines. His essays on Edgar Allan Poe, and his writings, were the first of his writings that attracted mv attention. These were published just before the war in Russel's Magazine, j Charleston. Mr. Dividson appreciated the genius of .Poe, and his critical Articles on the writings of that unfortunate genius are the most thorough, and give new ideas of the poet. These ? essays we nope to see Mr. Davidson publish i some day in a volume. Poe's fame is grow- i ing wider every day, and appreciative essays on the man and his writings, prose and poetical, would be popular and useful. I am sure a revision of these papers would be a labor of love! Mr. Davidson, as a critic, has studied closely Poe, and the one fault with his criticisms is his Poe-esque emphatic briefness, which ^when not true is ludicrous. To quote anothother writer: "As a critio- he comes nearer i filling the vacancy caused by the death of Poe than any other living man." (A man by the name of Thompson?James Maurice his Christian names?has or did set up as the successor of Poe. No one save himself could see any likeness, and I believe he quit writing in disgust, and hid himself in the woods where he could no longer hear the laughs of the readers of his critical attempts. Mr. Davidson writes without fear or favor. ' The criticisms in his book show that! He is fearless and impartial in his criticisms. He is not as well'known as a poet as he deserves to be. He has written a great deal of really meritorious poetry, which has been published and republished in the newspapers, magazines, etc. The poet and the critic in Mr. Davidson's writing widely differ. "In his verse he is fastidious in his form of expression?his taste u dainty in the selection of words, and ii'?a--i ?J e ..4.* ~ nis suoiimateu muura ui uucuiuuc uiucu give the idea of obscurity. In his poetry, as in his criticisms, the student of Poe's style is discovered ! i "Mr. Davidson's poetical writings are, for i upon the varied themes of SolfJHBB^^!!;ation and Sadness ;?that indefiriTof something which is darker than sor- i row, more dignified than melancholy?is usu- 1 ally the key note." I One of his poems is entitled "The Voices of i Nature." We quote a few lines. The idea i ^f this poem is that the language of the world : without is but an echo of that within; things i are not as they may seem to be to others, but as we j'eel them to be in ourselves?the "Mirrors ofthe Universe." . * i "I gazed upon I Theerffent moon one summer eve, when thought, -Wflft b?sy with my gloomy past; a few Swift feathery clouds traversed the sky, which gave? Or seemed to give?the Queen of Night a speed, Wild, fitful and unsteady, through the void 0?nhf?t. It seemed?thatcrescent moon?a wreck < '"HurKA wildly from its spheral course, a piece, < A fragment dashed in uselessness away, < The list, imperfect and abortive child < Of maister mothering Night. Prefignred,too, > In thft lost dark Prince of Universal Sin ' ' DasheJ down from light and Hope and Heaven: ! i fiend, , , Scathod, signe<l and bloody, hurling on through ; ( I pace, Abandoned by a shuddering universe That lissed him as he fell." Fran a poem entitled "Her Tear," I quote j jthese oeautiful stanzas: i """"fyhey say recorded guilt though deep ' Will fade from Vengeance's book above If the recording angel weep . /"Responsive to such tears or love. Then may the blotting tribute given, 1 Por mankind's errors sill atone; Since none again may rise to Heaven Tike this, in later years?alone 1 Ihey say there dwells a guardian charm 1 la drops that Beauty's eyelid lave, That shields, as with an angel arm, TUe soul that naught beside can save." After serving as a soldier, at the close of the w?r Mr. Davidson returned to Columbia, 1 like fiis once beautiful city, sadly the worse J for "*ar." In the burning "of Columbia he i ost bis valuable library and all of his manu- j* icripts, among them a volume of his poems i ready for publication. He went to work in i earnest, and has in preparation < several val- j table works at this time. Ha is one of the 3est Greek scholars we have, and for five (rears before The war was professor of Greek n a South Carolina College. He is master of . leveral languages. * ** J Mr. Davidson's letters are models. His nanuscript is exceedingly neat and as legible | is print?and so much like print as to never C rary in the size of his letters?a remarkable jfact. A friend and correspondent of his, | says, "Mr. Davidson could not indite an un-1<j nteresting letter even if he were to endeavor I j :o do so." I believe it is the custom in portraying a < *reat man to give his likes and dislikes. Anyiow it is a rule now-a-days to ask?"prefer Dickens or Thackery's writings ?" I presume f Mr. Davidson were to visit one of our "lite- 1 rary evenings," some one present would ask that question. , .j While not liking Dickens the man?Mr. Davidson prefers Dickens' writings to those jf Thackeray. His favorite of .all of the wri- 5 ters of fiction in English is Bulwer. He con- { aiders the trilogy of "The Caxton'8rMy Novel * and What Will He Do with It"?considered I is a uuit?as one novel?the great novel of j the language. T^ie "Les Miserabies" of Vic- \ tor Hugo, he considers a grand work?the nov- 1 si of the centurY outside of English. ] I must quote a characteristic paragraph from Mr. Davidson. It calls to ramd the es- 4 iaya of Hen it Ward Beecher?and to be comparftLtCjrBeecher as an essayist is no small [prfse: "Bulwer's scenes and his people live in the mind of his readers. The characters of Dickens, say from Uriah Heep to Wilkins Micawber, Boffin/Weller, NeM, anybody and ever^f body, are unnatural in being extreme caricatures. Caricatures impress us powerfully; but is it genius to need caricature to achieve < that end ? The clown in the circus is a cari- ' cature and we remember him I Punch and Judy are striking; so are the monsters of the opera bouffe stage. The portrait of Washington is not so striking as the big nosed potrait of Punch on the front page of that journal, but it is a higher work of true art, and requires more work genius to produce it?let the style ofpicture be the same in both. I am going to assail the old and venerated canons of art one of these days; and nature shall be my guide of faith auite as infallible as such guides can be to fallible men." . Mr. Davidson has hit hard and effective blows at carpet-baggery in his native State. A prominent carpet-bag official recently said that Davidson (as correspondent for a leading Charleston paper,)^"had done more harm to South Carolina than any other man in the State." By South Carolina this creature meant carpet-baggery. Mr. Davidson is unmarried. It has been stated that from childhood, from the time he was able to read,-his books were his only special friends. All of his leisure time was spent < with books, and in this particular, though "man is father to the boy," he is wedded to his books. Personally, he is a handsome man. A lady who saw his photograph, never having met the original, remarked. He seems as if he were thinking that here is a combination and a form indeed where every sod did seem to set his seal to give the worn assurance of a man.": Socially, he is a trump. The best company in the workl, not for a crowd,-but for a companion. Those meii who are popular in a crowd or to a company are, as a com-, panion, like stale soda water. (This compar- | ison is not original.) "I love to listen to Mr. Davidson?he never | talks nonsense, and is always so entertaining." ' The above is a ball-room belle's opinion. He is a whole-spuled gentleman. Authors are too often jealous and captious. Here we have one who is jealous only of his own wri- ^ tltigs, and is delighted to assist others?by ad* t vice, praise, when merited, and a kind word !. personally always. May his reputation be great in the land. May his name and praise I be He shalj be great even! among those small ones who could see no j glory in his work. ' ^| What a Chew op Tobacco did Postmaster,?A "chaw" has sent a man Yd^ the penitentiary. It seemed that a registered letter which had been forwarded to Chicago, from one of the country post offices, was tampered with at some point on the route. Upion arriving at the place of destination, five $100 bills which ought to have been in the envelope were not to be found. The mattor was put into the hands of a skilful detective for investigation. Upon soaking the envelope he discovered where it had been opened and reaealed. He then examined the mucilage with a miscroscope, and saw that small particles of plug tobacco adhered to the paper. At once the officer resolved to track through the various offices, and see who of the Government employees that handled letters, chewed plug. For some time the case looked like a boneless one. The Post Office clerks in the rural districts nearly all chewed fine cut. Finally at the very office in which the letter was mailed, the postmaster offered the official some plug, in response to a request for a chew, and, as if the unfortunate official was bent upon his own recrimination, he remarked that "he had never chewed anything else but plug." Upon this statement the detective ran the risk and arrested the surprised countryman, not for chewing plug tobacco, but for robbing the United States mail.,' Upon searching the office the missing bills were found well folded up iu an old fashiondd daguerreotype case. The dishonest postmaster is filling an engagement at the Illinois Penitentiary. * i> Novel Churning?A correspondent of the San Joachin Valley (Cal.) Argus, gives the following new method of making butter, practiced at a ranche in Mendocino countv: "While stopping at the farm, I witnessed a most novel, and to me, new method of making butter. While giving directions how to do it, 1 1 J ? ii my nosiess ueiecieu my muugiwiu my seeing is believing. 'Come,' said she, 'I will give you convincing proof.' I followed her to the milk-room; I saw her place a quantity of cream in a thick linen sack, then roll the . sack in a large cloth, and"-place it in a hole which had been dug in the sand for the purpose. It was then covered up with sand and a, board placed over it. The next morning, when removed, it came out as fine a roll of butter as I ever saw taken from a churn. It' requires but little working, as the earth absorbed nearly every particle of milk. It is now five days old as ^ write, and just as sweet and solid as butter can be." Hen and chicken parties, to which only mothers with babes in their arms are invited, are fashionable in Iowa. ?hr ?&?quiw. TERMS?IIV ADVANCE r 3ne Copy, one year, 9 3 00 Due Copy, Six months, 1 SO 1 DneCopy, Three months, 1 00 ! Single Copy, 10 Two Copies, oue year, 5 00 l ren Copies, " " 25 00 ^arTo persons who make up clubs often or nore names, an extra copy of the paper will be 1 'urnished one year, free of charge. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cdnts ! per square Tor the first, and Seventy-five Cents I ^.?^?0vUfn,6a/.h Hiihseouent insertfon-lessthan 11 [iUl OV|UUt v? *w* ~ a ;hree months. A square consists of the space ocjupied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. No advertisement considered less than a square. Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Adveriisements, will be charged Two Dollars per square :1 for each insertion. Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts : will be made on liberal terms?the contract, however, must in all cases be confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual contracting. Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated is advertisements. Announcements of Marriages md Deaths, and notices of a religious character,Tn- I jerted gratis, and solicited. Personal Communications, whenadmissa- ; bile; Communications of limited or indivual inter-: : )st, or reconmiendations of Candidates for offices >f honor, profltor trust, will be charged for as ad- i rertisements T #^>00,000 HI Vro HE GIVEN AWAY! HI THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAND AND IMMIGRATION ASSOCIATIONS I fTNDER'the auspices the "South Carolina State Agricultural and Mechanical Society," will give U SERIES OF CONCERTS, at the Academy of Music, Charleston, South Carolina, oommencin^^^^^H )ctober 1st, 1871, for the purpose of raising a fund to enable emigrants to settle upon lands selecte^H^^fl >y the Association for homes of Northern and European formers and others, in the State of Carolina, an J<or their transportation thither and support for the first year. . REFERENCES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.?General Wade Hampton, Hon. B. F. Perry, Govern ^ ?r M. L. Bonhath, General Johnson Hagood, Hon. Armistead Burt, Hon. Jamee Cheenitt, fenca* 1 rohn S. PrestonyHon. W. D. Simpson, Andrew Simonds.Esq., Hon. G. A. Trenholin, f^ovecnor J J u Manning, Hon. J. B. Campbell. M $500,000 to be awarded to the Ticket Holders of the Series of Concerts to commence on the9Vm& A 1 )ctober, 1871, the Academyof Music, Charleston, S. 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