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Orders, accompanied I .willi tin.' citsh. will rcc^ijvo prompt iwtciiiion. THE PRESS VS. GOV. PERRY. Wc extract the following comments from journals in this State upon the views expressed by Gov. Perry in his second letter. The importance of the subject discussed induces us to afford all the pos? sible light within our reach, and wc make no apology for the space occupied with its consideration. We would have the reader to consider also that the writers of the annexed articles are Carolinians, some of whom are entitled to the credit of hav? ing defended the honor of our coinmom mother upon the battlefield. The views of such men are certainly deserving of weight in determining a question wherein "honor/' ''principle," ?fee.. are involved to the extent portrayed in the Ex-Govern? or's communications. From the Spartanhurg Sp/irlan. Gov. Perry has written another letter on the subject ol the Reconstruction Bills, addressed to the Columbia Phanux. in which he reiterates his long and faithful ?devotion to the Union, ami that he had raised his warning voice against secession and the fatal delusion of forming a South? ern Confederacy; and we know personally, that he had repeatedly declared that the extinction of the Union would be the death knell of slavery. This is all true, and it the love of a Southern man for the Union could entitle any man to the honors of canonization, universal consent would decreo and award to Gov. Perry that saintly honor. Iiis elegant manhood and large patriotism is known of all men, and equally so are his Northern pivclivi-j tics. Therefore, no one can doubt, that "whatever counsel he may give, looking to a restoration of the Union, his inten? tions are pure and his declarations are sincere. But Air. Perry's purity and sin? cerity, his love for the Union, his pro? phetic reach, his high sense ol honor. Iiis just indignation against the atrocities oi the Military Bill, his devotion to Iiben\ and love of South Carolina, cannot, and will not save us in the hour of trial. His caustic utterances of hate and detestation arc appreciated and felt by the people o: the South as he feels them, for indeed, tin destruction of the State Governments o the South is the most attrocious crime that the world has ever witnessed. Hut what then 'I What are we to do? Win is to deliver us from this hateful thrall dorn? GowPcrry deems it his duty t< offer his counsels to the people of thi Stale in the emergency. We know of nt other loading man in South Carolina win gives the same advice. And what is that: Jt is simply that every man who is not disfranchised should register his name that when the elections tire hold he should vote for the best and wisest men. bul writo on his ticket, "no convention.' j Well, what then i Why, wait until some I thing turns tip, that's all. We think thi'I is the substar.ee oi Mr. I'.mtv's advice, am in his second letter he has said no mor { than he did in the iir.-t. If the whit: people of this Slate oppose a Convcntioi. j it is as much as to say to the freedinei. j "You shall not have the right of sull'ragt if we can prevent it." No one can doubl j under these circumstances, that ever freed man will vote for a convention, h- j will not stop to ask whether it. be consti i tutional or not. that he should have tin right of suffrage, thcrolorc he will volt for a convention and delegates loo. \ The letter slates that there are sixty thousand colored and only forty ibou^aiii J while voters in this Slate. It is \vr\ I clear then, thai if every vote east by while! men in South Carolina he against a con? vention, a convention ujll he called, not? withstanding, and delegates elected loo. However wise and patriotic a candidate may be, it cannot be expected that the freed men will vole for him if he be up posed to the calling of acoiivciiimn, which he would consider an effort to deprive ill Iii of a privilege already granted him Instead of uniting with the white people to mako the best selection of candidates for both races, it is more than probable that the freedmon's candidates would be the viiest and most bitter enemies ol tin: South. The large majority of white cili zens, and a unanimous vote ol the freed men for a convention, is sure to prevail, and Gov. Perry's plan onlj- divides the white vote, whilst it unites the colored vote. Indifference or aversion will not turn the tide now rolling over us ; Slate pride*, or self-respect afford us no forum where the claims of truth ami justice can be heard, no tribunal to which we may appeal whose power can redress our wrongs and restore us to our rights.? Anxiety now marks the features of almost every man and woman in the land, and doubt and uneasiness prevails everywhere, breaking up the channels ol t rade, dc-u rov? ing commoico and crushing the spirit of enterprise. Gov. Perry dwells much on the words principle, honor, justice &e., which is all very well. But il appears to us tliat the abolition of slavery, now and forever, and the endorsement ol the Civil Bights Bill, by a Convention of the State of South Carolina, whilst 3Jr. Perry was Provisional Governor, and in which Con? vention and its ordinances he stood promi? nently forth as the leading man of the State, incurred a responsibility sis ruinous, degrading ami dishonorable, as it would he to adopt the .Reconstruction bills. That Convention entailed ruin and poverty, not only to ourselves, but on our children. The Reconstruction Bills propose to rc storo us to that Union Mr. Perry loves so ?well, on the terms of equal suffrage. Our frocdmcn owo thoir frocdom to the Con? vention of tbo State of South Carolina and not to the Yankee. Ho has been made legally and politically equal to Mr. Perry or any of up; and Mr Perry, him self, promoted and quietly submitted io tlie usurpations of the President and i Congress. From the Laurentrille Herald. Wc publish in this issue another tetter from Gov. Perry, on the poli ical situa? tion, supporting the position taken in his former letter, and strongly opposing a convention of the people. Mr. Perry draws a sad picture of our condition ii the people ol the State vole a convention, and asserts that such an act j would ''sacrifice their honor ?" that by |v:?ting for a convention they "voluntarily yield the right ol sell-government." He says that "just as sure as general sut-1 f-age is given to the negro," they will ?'seize the political power of the State, ill id exercise it to oppress and plunder the white race. This may all be very true? we tear too true. But has not universal suffrage been already given to the negro jy mo Military Bill, and so far as the elective franchise is concerned, is not our joiitical Condition as bad as it can bo?j iVu suspct that il every white man in the State was to vole "no convention" on his .icket. the result would be - the same in .lie end?a convention would be called by niter authority. This condition of tilings s one ol the results ol the war, and what? ever we may do in coiiiomiiiy to the Military Bill?driven to it, a* we are, with bayonets at our throats?cannot be construed as a dishonorable act. It would have been considered at one time a dis? honorable act for the Slate to have abol? ished slavery and lo have elevated the negro, to a level, partially, with ihe white man; yet the Slate did do il finally, with? out dishonoring herself. She did the act herself; not vi luittarily, it is true, but frum this inexorable law of necessity, yel the Slate had quite as much option in that case as she lias now to refuse to call a convention?none in either, if expedi? ency is to be taken into consideration; and it would haveaviled the Slate equally as much to have refused to revoke the Ordinance of Secession and abolished slavery, as to refuse now to call a conven? tion, it is true, the while population may vote "no convention," or may fold their hands and do nothing; but will that make matters any belter.'' Would that prevent a convention being held, or mod? ify its action ? Would that insure the continuance of the present military gov? ernment, which Mr. Perry seems lo pre? fer rather than a convention should be called. Our condition is a deplorable one. but! bad as it is it might be worse. -May we i not remter our condition somewhat more { tolerable, and obtain more political justice j by obeying the dictations of our oppress- j til's? Is tiiis not equally as reasonable aj course as to remain su leiily out in the i cold until that returning sense ot justice," of which Mr. Perry speaks, invites us back under the protecting folds of ihe great national standard?this "gloiious Union." lor which he has always had such 1 stiere? I rev e re 11 ce. We cannot agree with Mr. Perry's policy, but we lay his letter before our readers that they may read and judge lor) themselves ? we are willing lu show both ! sides of the picture. Wo admit that! there is a strong probability ot much he ! predicts coming to pass. The negro is j destined to vole?that is a fixed fact; he will probably ride in the same car with our wives and daughters, eat at the same table at hotels, possibly set as a juror, in spite of all we can do, il our oppressors will il. Hut lo do nothing lo prevent it. would be more censurable and dishonora? ble than to make an effort to avert such ;iu unhappy slate of things. It was to prevent such a calamity that the action was taken hy the Slate which resulted in j the war to which .Mr. I'eery was su much opposed. But the Slate, with others, tailed, and we have the result. Mr. Perry says he strongly opposed se? cession, and we will do him the justice to pay he did. That Opposition was in agree jueiit with his greal love for the Union ; I jut. it is strange that he should have ?cell so opposed to the measures that j he Souili saw lit to adopt in order o avert the terrible eoiiscipicneOS that sic believed were sure l<? befall her if she j cmaim-d longer in ihe Union, and then, a the first opporiunity, accept ollico under tie Conlederafo Government. This was nit exactly in keeping with his former plitieal course, lie had always received le credit of being ? consistent in his ill cnsisiency." We mention this merely t show that even Mr. Perry may some lues be inconsistent if never wrong. If he could see so far into I he mill stone -if he knew so well the inevitable fate of s-cession. why did be not stand aloo! ?? diy did bo imbue his honest hands in rial ''bloody civil war," of which he now I peaks so pathetically, by ad opting rebel .ilice? ! Mr. Perry may be right. IT so, we ope the Stale will follow his counsel. From the Darlington &'Uthtrner. Ex Governor Perry has addressed the ?eopie of this Slate recently, in two ?ngthy letters, and in language and ar ;uiiieul of the strongest character he fges them, when the time for voting oines, to go against a convention. .No ne knows he:lei- than Gov. Perry that ?nly through a convention can this State ver be reconstructed, and none knows otter than he that Congress has arranged | he only plan by which the State can o it. Supposo the people take Governor 'crry's advice and defeat that plan for 10 present and no convention ja held; 'ill not, such a course amount to a deli i lice of Congress ? \Vrill not such action j (.early be. a positive refusal lo take the ' Irrns Congress nftei's us? Have we any ; flsuntneo from Gov. Perry or from Con-1 p;s?. of over getting hotter terms, if wo ' 'rfti30 thOK ? Gov P*rry talks to rhsl people as if they hail rights and liberties which (hey would lose by adopting a cer? tain course of action, when in fact our rights are ignored completely?we now being tinder military rule?and the poor i privilege is only allowed us to act with those who were oi.ee our slaves, and who were made our political equals, not by our w;.', as the lollowing section of the bill j will show : '?Sec. 6. That until the people of said rebel States shall be by law admitted to representation in Congress of the United States, any civil government which may exist therein ?hall he deemed provisional only, and in all respects subject to the paramount authority of the United States at, any time to abolish, modify, continue j or supersede the same; and in all elec? tions to any office under such provisional government, all persons shall be entitled to vote under the provisions of the huh section of this act." We think this question narrowed down j to one point; either to take the terms and j act under them, or refuse them entirely. No hall way acceptance can avail us now; we have not the power to defeat the will ol Congross, and the man who counsels inaction now?covert hostility?is sin ene? my to the State, arid should such counsels i prevail, we shall sill be treated sis enemies to the United States, when Congress re? assembles. From the Cttmdcn Journal. Gov. Perry has published a letter in his worst style and worst temper, urging the people ot the State to vote against a con? vention. We can sympathize with and fully comprehend the bitter disappoint? ment and all its train of irritations, suf? fered by this gentlcmsin at having snatch? ed from his grasp, in the very moment of their fruition, the luscious harvest ol his labor and his hopes. But how can Mr. Perry fail to see in the politieai doc? trines ot the day, consolidation and uni? versal suffrage, the logical sequence of the ideas which placed him so long, so honestly and so leailessly, in opposition to the old South Carolina Democracy. But we have to do with the future and not the past. Mr. Perry says that we are led by our fears of confiscation to adopt a policy which will lead to confis? cation and the surrender of the Slate Government into the handy of the negro rstce. We think there is no reason to tear conliscaiion in either contingency. Con? gress has not the power to confiscate lands, nor has a Slate or a people tinder the constitution. Article Filth of the amendments of the constitution of 1780, declares that no person shall be deprived of hie, liberty or property, without due process ol' law. So long sis we remain i under the military law of conquest, to winch permanent condition Mr. Perry would consign us by his counsels, we arc not under tue Constitution sind :.ot pro? tected by its provisions, but the moment we enter into a Sisile Government legally authorized, the mantle of its protection is tniuwu over us, and no person csiu be de? prived ol Ins iiio, liberty or property, but U\' due process of law. It is lor this pro? tection, that we enter earnestly upon the work ol reconstruction, on terms accorded Us. Upon si conviction of treason, it is li ne, lue property ol the few uuparilolied rebels in the SluiC, might be forfeited to the L ulled Stales. lor the lives ol the of? fenders, bill lliis would hardly besullieieiit to excite the cupidity ot the lawless in si reconstructed Statu, while the readiest way lo incite to the prosecution of such eases, would be to adopt the contumacious course prescribed by Governor Perry. .Now, it iMr. Perry has any reasonable ground to hope that the Stale can be curried at the next election against si Con? vention, how much more reason is there lor hoping, as we do, thsit we c;m carry the election lor members ol st convention upon si sound and sale pl.il.loini, which will secure a just sind moderate constitu? tion sind government, ollering due protec? tion to all lite people of the Stale. .Mr. Perry twills tne quondam secessionists with leading oil" in lavor ot si convention. We accept the imputation, and thank him lor the valuable lesliiuony he thus hears, to the wisdom and moderation ol Unit loiig-sutVeriiig sind much reviled peo? ple?of Whom some day it will he said "these tire they who come out of great, tribulation." The Abbeville I't'CSJ. one of the fairest papers ol the Stsite commenting on Major Perry's second letter, says: '?.Kx-Governor Perry has addressed another letter to the people of the Stale, in which he reiterates the sentiments Of his. former letter, and even greater earn? estness and leeling. No one could feel more sensibly than ourselves the injustice of the present military measure, or the dangers which threaten us from universal negro suffrage, but the argument ol Gov. Pc'Ty lias only served to impress us the more. With the conviction that our only hope consists in accepting the terms which they propose, "lest a worse evil befall us." if unlimited negro sull'hige is to he depre? cated even when tempered by the suffrage ol the- enfranchised whites, how much greater would be the evil should forty nine out of every filty of the whites he disfranchised by the lest oath. Vet such, according to the opinion of the best ad vised, must inevitably be the result of re? jecting the call of a convention now.? Then follow necessarily all the evils which j Cov. Perry so earnestly deprecates. In another article, on the same .subject the editor holds the following strong and sensible language: "With regard to tho acceptance by the Southern people of the terms proposed by Congress, Governor Brown is sanguine! thaii^is effect will bo to allay ?Si further a dtaiiou, and lea l to tho removal of ex j l i* j n p ') i: & ;"j i?iio? ? D' J * ' v fc u. t r? ** o r opi ill OR ! I may bo entertained on this point, there seems to be very little diversity of senti? ment among the best informed, as to the fate which awaits us. if we reject the terms proposed?confiscation and disfrun chiscrncnl. The black men of the South, and the loyal whites will form our State constitution, and we may form some idea of the character of a constitution formed under such circumstances. Our j j ?? 11 ac? tion so far Irom relieving us from present evils, will not suffice to maintain our pres? ent status; may delay, but delay only to deepen the darkness ol our final doom. If there is one point upen which men of every shade of sentiment in the dominant part}' are agreed, it is that the South must comply with the terms now ottered, j It is the part of true wisdom to choose the least of two evils." Generostee. After a longer absence than usual it was our privilege to spend the first Saturday and Sabbath inst., w ith the good people of Generostee Church, in Anderson Dis? trict ; and a pleasant time il was. We | found the Pasior very comfortably lodged in the parsonage. Yes?little as the! world knows about it, Generostee has a parsonage, and not merely a house, but a good farm?one of the best in tho neigh? borhood?for the use of the Pastor. It is the house of old Father Irwin, which was left at his death to his widow, and at her death to become a parsonage. The good mother in Israel lived and occupied the place for thirty-two years alter the death of the testator, and then was gathered home as a shock of corn, fully ripe, in 1865. Since her death, the Pastor, He v. W. L. Pressley has occupied the place. Thus the wise provision of that best of men, the Rev. Robert Irwin, is redounding to the advantage of the descendants of the peo? ple over whom he watched with a shep? herd's care. That parsonage is helping and will continue to help the good people of Generostee, who are not rich in this world's goods, but who love the church, to perpetuate the ordinances as administer? ed by tho Associate Reformed Church among them. It is, in a word, a great blessing. And so would a parsonage be in many other places. Congregations owe it to their Pastor and to themselves to provide a home for him who la? bors among them in word and doctrine. Pastors cannot live on the meagre salaries thai they usually get. This matter must receive more attention in the future than it has received in the past. It gave us pleasure to sec some new signs of life in old Generostee. When we first knew it. there was just beginning a lide of emigration from the neighbor? hood which threatened the extinction of the congregation, and this was kept upfoi years, and was a source of great discour? agement to the late Pastor. There is now ?i slight reaction. Some are coming in and Generostee is growing. May the good work go on until the congregation shall reach the prosperity of its palmiest days! In the grave yard close by the church sleeps Rev. Uobert Irwin. From the re cord on the tombstone we learn that lie w as lifty-eight years old when he entered the ministry?that he lived after this about twenty two years?that for twenty years he was Pastor of Genernsfeo, ' ami that he died in 1823. What would we think now of a man commencing to preach at lifty-eight years of age? Most men are laid aside, feel themselves worn out by that time of flay in their history And yet Father Irwin made his mark, was a useful ami greatly beloved minister. A striking coincidence is found in that same grave yard. Close by the side of Father Irwin lies the mortal remains of .lohn S. Pressly. From the head-stone that marks his grave, it appears that the latter died in 1st!'!, in the 70tli year of his age, ami the twenty-third of his ministry. So that he was about forty seven when lie was licensed to preach the Gospel, and yet, as in the other ease, he was for many years a I useful minister. The two good men sleep side by side. One was the pupil of the other. Rev. John !S. Pressley grew up under the ministry of Hey! Uobert Irwin. They were both past the meridian of life when licensed. They preached about the same iii?nber of years ; were Pastors, each of them, ol only one congregation. Roth were earnest defenders ol the faith. Until were, married at an advanced age. Both were childless. At the time n| death one was living on one side of Generostee Church, a short distance, ;ay a hall mile, ami tin? other on ihe opposite side, within a tew hundred yards, isn't it remarkable? What greetings there would be when they would meet in the heavenly home! We can easily imagine that their spirits are holding converse in the skies above, and the thought is pleasant. The good moth? er Irwin has joined them, and may it not be that, they sometimes look down with wonder at scenes once familiar to their eyes ? Generostee has a noble record. She has in limes past given to the Associate Re? formed Church more ministers, perhaps,in proportion to her numbers and ability than any other congregation. Some might point with pride to such names as John S. Prcss? ly, Thomas Turner, William Turner, (now of the North-west,) .las. J,. Young, recent? ly deceased, J no. X. Young. L. McDonald, Gilbert Gordon, N. M. Gordon, and A. Hanson. Jissidc these she has furnished I one or two to the Presbyterian Church. What congregation has done more ? [Asso. lirji Pri'sbji/tcriun. -. .? ? ? Gen. Henry A. W ise, it. is stated, j will deliver the annual address before tho j two Literary Societies ol the University I of North Carolina at the approaching i com mencement. _Burnum is said to bo negotiating tor tho remains of tho Radical party in Cod r:?je.tlc.it, to put in his inusiuro. A Patent Hard-Shell Sermon. Breath/in : Sume folks think Pino a qua re man, hut qua re or no quare, I don't j believe in preaohin from the Skripters uv I divine truth 'thout Pine curiuandcd. J J bin a studdyin 'bout it a heap, and I liaint I rite de?l shore whether Pine cormanded j j to preach to-day or no, and when we , don't know what to do the Skriplci tells ! us. not to be gided by sines ami wonders and tokens. So yonder sets a jay-bird ort that ar stump ouiynnder; if hitllize, hits i a sine Pme to preach, and the tust pasidge j uv Skripler I lay my ize on arter upeiiiu i the word, hits to be the tex. (Some one ! just then passing near the slump, the bird flew.) Thar, hit's gone, and here's tLe lex: They that (reading very slow? ly) are not fur us are aginst us, and they that get here th not with us s-c-a-t-t-e-r e-t-h (spelling) scratches a b-r-o-u-d board. They that ar not lur us ar agin Us. and they that together not with us scratchelh a board. Xow, my bretherin (pulling on a small head of steam, which the reader.1 will imagine to increase as the Rev. cier-1 gyman warms with his subject,) these) words ar found in the ieds uv the Bible-j ah. This soli urn semens cums to you i frum the Skripters uv divine truth, and j hit's God a threinin uv you?taint me, yore poor, unworthy pastor-ah. The}- that ar not fur us ar agin us-ah. Xow. in order fur u- to find out who's not agin us, we must fust find out who's,1 fur us; and in the neX place, in order to i find out who's agin us. we must find out who ain't fur ns-ah. Thar's the Prisby terean. with his saft-fi tigered religion, i anil he's agin us-ah. And thar's the mis-1 sionery Babtis with his high school reli? gion, and he's agin us-ah. And thar's the j Metherdis with his backslid in religion, ! and he's agin us-ah. And thar's the poor hard-hartonod. heli-dcsarvin sinner ah, a runnin three times l?stern a dose uv salts? ah, (and here let me say I don't believe j the whale tuk salts when Jonur wus in j his belly?leastwise, sich ain't my opinion- i ah.) and he's agin us-ah. Yes. thar's the Prishytereaii>-ah. missionerys-aii. Metherdists-ah, sinners and devils-ah, all a workin and a rootiu and a prizeu and a skruin and a twislin to try to up? root the Hard-shells?ah ; but, glory to Heaven, they kan't do it. bekase it's the Hard-shells-ah. Ycs-ah ; it's shell on the top ami shell on the botton.-ah ; shell on j the outerds and shell on the innerds-ali I And they kan't h:ake it. nur they kan't ; crack it?ah. They jest as well try to dip tho osliun dry with a teaspoon, ur ride my sun Tsick's wild bob-tailed pony with a coekspur under the saddle-ah.? They cant do it?no. my sistcrs-ah. they can't and the}- shan't and they never woii't-ah?leastwise, sich is my urpiu ion-ah. And this letches me to the sec? ond pint in my tex-ah. They that gcther not with us scratehclh a board-ah. Oh ! my friends, it makes me shake and trim hie wus than old Bill Shazer when 1 think about this orful ami sol hi in sen tens ah ; ami this punishment, which it seems like its wus nor any man can stand it-ah. ,' hit makes my ole neze pop tugether like 1 the boys beelin uv the bones when 1 j think about it-ah?when I think who's j got to mete this orful sentens and attend j to this solluni scratehin-ah. IIa '. it's i them that gcthercth not with us-ah; it's [ them as dol.'t attend the getheriiis uv the j Hard shells, but strays round elsewhar like luce hosses-ah. Saton'l have 'em all '? a scratchin a board, and that's what ; makes 'em call him Old Seratch-ah. Yes. mcthiux I see wi' the ize o' my innerman | the salt-fingered Prishyteriaus, the high schooled missionaries, and the baek-slidill | Mei iVerdists?a motley gang-ah?a march-1 in into heil fore abreast, a weepiu and a j wuiii.ii and a iiashin uv their teeth, and a : scratchin uv thar board-ah. An methix I see the poor, cussed mis-j eruble sinner, humped down like unto a lalor ;i eutlin out a kole,aserutehin away at his board-ah. Ah.' 1113" brcal hrin. you : thai had the each ami the smallpox-ah. I see the tear-.- a strickHn down yore lascs. ' but it won't be thai kind uv seratchi i-ah. Hit won't be sail flesh-ah ; hil'l he hard wood-ah ; litt won't be a ezin whar youj scratch-ah, whar you feel I lie eachin. Xo. no: you won't have no time to attend to I thai kind uv scratchin nur mithin eise bull seratehiu uv a board-ah. Them folks as . flings thar monny away on Sunday skules ! ami missionorys and sich as that, them I i have to scratch a board-ah. And them that pla/.e the fiddle, and them that bets. I and them that plazc kards, ami them that, cross*'* thar legs when they're a danciu ah. Them don't attend the gethcrins. and they've got to scratch thar evetlastin ? hoard, fur what sayeth the Skripter-ah '! \ They that get her not with us scratchelh a board-ah. Ah ! young man (alluding to 1 one of the audience.) you need'nt to set over thar a lookin at me as kuhnin as a fox in it hen house trying to gain the ef? fect ions uv a shanghigh, a settiti thar a lallin at tho Skipters-ah. You'll bo in -in a few years morc-ah, a weepiu. 1 and a wailing; and a nashin uv yore teeth, ami a scratchin uv yore board-ah And it ain't a gwine to be nun uv your sail white-pine boards-ah. No, my poor, yelp? ing sinner, hit'l he a hard, snarly, nrl.ty black-gum board-ah?least wise, sieh is my \ urpinion ; ami tharyon'l have to scratch i and scratch and scratch wus'n a gray- ! houit over scratched artcr it rabbit, world | 'thout end-ah. Yes, nalos ur no miles my sinful, onreginerate friend, you've got to keep a scratchin-ah. Sinners is all got to ' do this orful scratchin. ami hit's only by a scratch Christons gits 01: ten it ah. Oh ! my dyin, board-scratch in congregation, won't you be warned in time-ab '{ Won't you quit your masons and yore odd Id? lers and yore Missionorys and voro Pris I bytcrans and your Mctherrfista and voro Sunday skules ami trax, and gefher with ! us-ah ? Yes. tar Inc.: frum all uv yore ! upsettj:: aed ?ole-bosettiil tine, and get-her : with us a big ripe crop uv religior.-ah, ef you want to steer Ulcer uv the fi.eand ; brimstone uv a bqard-scratchin he'l-ab. j ics, jine the church and b'long to tho true getherin, and don't bet oil' and hang I round like a passel ol unpenued dry c&t 1 tie-ah. And now I'll sot down and let ! brother Cat wind up the discourse, and ! sing sum er-proprit hyme-ah. I've pinted you to the words uv the Skripter, and tride to jerk you loose from your waze-ah. I've tride to git you to gether with m. I've told you all I had to tell you, and I shan't tell you no more, (aside; hit makes j me mad to see how stubborn sinners is) and you, nur the devii, can't git no more outin me?leustwise, sich is my urpinion, j Bruther Cat blaze awav. - "That's Very Odd." I A gentleman was recounting his travels I one evening after dinner to a friend, and I commenced in this way: "When I was traveling in Russia, I was attacked, in ; crossing a forest, by a pack ot twelve i wolves, and from my post-chaise window, ! 1 fired my revolver and killed the first wolf; and, strange to say, Ins companions ; stopped and devoured him, and then came on again in the fight, 1 shot another, and my postillion killed a third, both of which were devoured, and so we went on until only one wolt remained, and I killed him as we were entering the town, and I ob? served that he was immensely fat. He, of course, had dev oured all his compan? ions." ''Dear me,5' said the friend, "that's very odd." "Very odd," said the traveler, "but not near so odd as that which happened on the following day. 1 was out shooting ante? lopes, and tired at one as he stood on top of a crag, and, odd to say, the ball passed through his neck, and killed another which was standing on a crag a quarter of a mile farther off.'' "That's very odd," said his friend. "Yes; but the odd part of the story is to come. The report of my rifle so alarm? ed an old he bear which happened to be up in a tree, that he fell to the ground, broke his neck, and died on the spot." "Well," said the friend, "upon my soul, that's very odd." "Yes, odd." said the traveler, "but not I so odd as the sequel to my story. A j thunderstorm came-on and I sought refuge J in a lud low tree, and, to my horror, I de i scended into a nest of young bears, where 1 had not been very long when I heard a strange tapping, the unmistakable signs of the return of the she-bear. She ascended the tree and was descending the hollow. With the rapidity of light? ning I seized by her tail and plunged my hunting-knife into her haunches, upon which she started upward, dragging me with her, and as she went down one sido of the tree, 1 escaped by the other." "Now, really, that's very odd,"' said the friend, "for it's the first time in my life I ever heard of a bear with a tail." "Yes,'' replied the traveler, "and it was the only time I ever met with one, and that's very odd." Foa the Ladies.?The New York cor? respondent of the Charleston Courier says that an effort is making on the part of cer? tain leading ladies in fashionable circles, to bring in a new style ot wearing the hair. They are proceeding on the principle that beauty unadorned is adorned the most, and. hence all chignons, rats, waterfalls, hair pins, bands and other excrescences with which it is customary to lumber up the head and rot the hair,' are to be dis? carded. The hair, in short, is to be worn just as nature made it. hanging loosely over the shoulders, or flowing down grace? fully behind. Tho mode, of coursej will be stoutly resisted by such of the dear creatures as nature has not given a boun? tiful supply of head covering, but, never? theless, it is believed the experiment will be a success when once it has a fair trial. The chignon makers and the perukers are turning up their noses at the very sugges? tion, but the disinterestedness of tiieir mo lives is perfectly well understood. The feeling scents to be that as oil" mothers, wi\ i s, sisters and daughters are absolutely compelled, just now, to wear other peo? ple's hair, or to be out of the fashion, it is about time that some ot the sex had suffi? cient moral eon rage to show their own hair can be worn, and how, therefore, the feminine raput can be made to look, not the hideous hummy-dumpy it now is, but a "thing of beauty," il not a "joy forever." -? Irkkfhauaijle Proof.?A Philadelphia gentleman of festive tastes, who takes a ??fair shake'" at all obtainable pleasures of tho town, last week assisted at a heavy dinner, took much potable, and did not. leave for home until at ever so many o'clock. On reaching his door-steps and fishing up his niirhi key. he became satis? fied that he was essentially conyivialized, and not precisely in that condition which :i irood husband should bo to meet a good wife! Cautiously entering the hall, ho stopped, listened a moment, heard no noise, and congratulated himself that the family were asleep! Quietly be took off overcoat, drew off boots, turned off hall light, slowly ascended stairs to family bed-room, hesitated at door, believed ho was reasonably right, stealthily entered, found gas turned low. wife apparently asleep, thought sbe was asleep, >at down, listened again, no stir ; began to undress ; got coat, vest, pants, drawers, stockings all salcly off: was journeying carefully toward Vouch, when wife ol his bosom quietly asked : "Coming i" hod, dear ,:' -Yes. love" ??Well. dear, hadn't you better take off your batT_"_ ? Cheat a physician by leadi ?.. a tern perate life, and the lawyer by k ? ? out of debt.