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We.extract ,the . following comments , From'journals in this State ?pon~the views ^pjjesaedr by.^Gov^iPf r^y,- in his^: second letter?* . ^beniniportahce-vof the- subject dftcliss^d- mduces us1 t?-affdittall the pbs v sible light^wifriiriI chir reachr'and we hinke . ro^'apolQgy.for. the space occupied with ??? i.ts\, consideration..; Wet would have the reader to consider also thatttbo .writers of the annexed articles ure Carolin inns,-some of5 MobTarb eutitled to the-credit of hay? ing defended"the honor of our eommc-m ^the~r upon the. battlcfiold.. The views of "such'?' inen are certainly deserving of 3Ee.ighti^ wherein j the- extent""portrayed in: the "Ex-Govern ?r? c?m'municati?ns. ; FroM the Spartanburg Spartan. ,.<ioy. Perry has written unothor letter Q9'.to.e-subject of*.the Reconstruction Bijls, auaressetf to the" Columbia' Phtsnix.',]in which be. reiterates his .long/and faithful ?de vo ?oriifco^the'^?hion. and thut he Had -rais'ey m's vva.riiin? vbice'ag?inst secession and tb'e fiitaT delusion of forming a 'South erh.??nfe^ "fififf F^ni^^^ateaty tiecjafed'tbat 'the extinction of the Union would "be the death<knell'ybf-i'avefyi- -This -is All true, And' it-theioyO of 'a Southern-man fbr the. "tJniorr^oald entitle- -any man to^tbc "hoboi^X)f^cano>i"iMtian;:"uijivert^ consent', would', decree and awards to Gov. Perry that-saintly honor. His elegant manhood amfrlarge-^airSotisin isJdiown-J?fuiH-nren,, and^equally. so aira-his; "Northern-, proclisi 4ies-^i,ber?fQrejvn?:-?no:can. doubt, that wlxaievej-vconnsel she ;may ?givef looking to a irestoration^of ' the. Union; his inten? tions are-piu-e-and his declarations are sincere. But Mr. Perry'sj>urity.and.su>T ccrttyy hisi loyer.for the $idon, his pp poetic reach,-jb.is.high-.- s^nse.of honor,.ht? ju^t indignation .against the. atrocities ci toe Military Bill, his devotion to Iiberjj and love of South' Carolina,' cannot, anil will'not save us in^fie hour of trial. Iiis J caustic utterances of Bate"and detestati?n are appreciated and .felt by the.people ol -the ^uf h asUie feels them,' for indeed,, til? - destniction of the; State'Goverhments foil the'-'-'South' is:the*most nttrocious crime that the' world has ever witnessed. '- 'But vv'hat'-then ?. : What are we.tb dof Wlit is-to deli versus; from this hateful thrall dorn ? Gov. Perry deems it his duty to offer:, his-counsels to the people of tin; State-in-iibe.emergency; We know of nc other leading manin South Carolina wbc fives the same.advice.-And what is that; t is. simply that.every man^vho is not dtsfranchised^-sbould- register his name: 'that when the elections are held he shonld votp: for. .-the boat a?d. ? wisest. men,, but writo . on ^his- ticket,,-'!no convention.' "Well, what then ? Why,-wait until some thing turns up, that's all. We think thii is the substance of Mr. Perry's advice, am w Jiis.?ecoh4d'etter:h nioi'i than he did. in the-first. If the'whit people of this State Oppose a Conventior, 'it is as much ub to 6ay to the freedmei, "You shall not have the right.of suffrage it "weoan prevent it." No one can doiibt under, these circumstances, that ever; freed'mah will vote for a convention, h; will not stop to ask whether.it be const! t'utiohal or not;.that ho should'have tin ri^ht^of, suffrage, therefore he will vot< for a conydntioii ;and delegates too. The y^^^f^^;fi^t!&erjB are,, sixty ' thousand coforecf and only Forty thonsaijU white voters in this State. It is veiy. clear then, that if every vote cast by white "men rn"South Carolina bo against, a cj?iVj yefifron/k convention ^'II. be called, not -^IthsUihding, ahd; delegates elected too." However ,wise tmd .patriotic a candidate toay;-hc, it..cannot be expected that tlie freedmen- will vote for him if ho be'op poseu to the calling of a convention, which lie would consider an effort to deprive hira of a privilege already"granted iiim. ..Instead of uniting with the white people to make the best selection of candidates for both races, it is more than probable thaVthe freeilmen's" candidates would be the vilest 'and .most'. bitter, Enemies .of the South. '..The large majority bf white citi j:ens,.an"d'a unanimous vote of the freed? men for a "convention, is sure to prevail, Wnd' Gov. Perry's plan only divides the ?white""voto, whilst it unites the' colored T?fe Indifference or aversionMvili not 'turn the tide now rolling over us; State pride'or self-respect afford us no forum ?where the claims of "truth and justice can fc'o heard;no tribunal -to" which' ^w.e may ?ppeal whoso power can "redress: our ^wrongs ?nd Tostbro us to our rights.? Anxiety now marks tho feature's of almost evdry man ?nd woman in the land, and doubt and uneasiness prevails every where, breaking up the channels of trade, destroy? ing commerce and crushing the spirit of enterortse. Gov. Perry- dwells much on ~11".vr::- - .the words ;principle,' honor, justice &c., which is all very well.. But it appears to usjliat the abolition of slavery, now and forever, and the endorsement of the Civil Bights Bill, by a Convention of the State of'Sbuth Carolina, whitst ?r. Perry was Provisional Governor, and in which Con? vention and its ordinances ho stood proniiT nently *forth as the leading man of the State, incurred a responsibility as -ruinous, .degrading and "dishonorable, as-it would bo to ad?pftbe Reconstruction bills.- That ? Convention entailed'ruin and poverty, not only to ouraelvos, but on our children. The 'Reconstruction Bills propose to re? store ub to tbat^TJoion Mr. Perry loyes.so well, on the terms ;of. equal suffrage.. Our froedmen owe . their freedom to the Con? vention of ^tne-Swte of South Carolina and not to"the;, Yankee.. He-has been made legally and politically equal to M>. Perry or any of us 3 and Mr. Perry, him self, promoted .and quietly, submitted to the ..usurpations of the president and Congress. . From the Laurentville Herald. :J We publish in 'this issue another letter from; Gov. Perry; on the political situa? tion,. Supporring-the position taken ih-his former.'letter, and strongly opposing a convention of the people. Mr. Perry draws a sad picture of .our condition it the people of the State vote a convention, and asserts that such an apt would "sacrifice their honor?" that < by. yating toe a convention they '-voluntarily, yield the right ot self-government." He I says'that "just as sure as general suf? frage is-given to the negro," they will "seize the political power of the State, and exercise it to'oppro'ss and plunder the white race.. .'Phis may ail be very true? we tear too true. But has not universal suffrage been already given to the negro by the Military Bill, and so lar as the elective franchise its' 'concerned, is not our political condition as bad as it can - be? We s'uspet that it every white-man in the State was to \ote "no convention" on his hcket. tlie result would be- the same-in .ho end?a*convention would be called by )lher authority. This condition of things Is one ot the results of the-war,and what? ever we may do in conformity to. the Military Bill?driven to it, as we ure, with bayonets at our throats?cannot be construed as a dishonorable act.. It would have been considered -at one l ime a dis? honorable act for the State to aaye abol? ished slavery, and to have . elevated the ucgrn> to a level, partially, with the wnito man; yet the State did do it finally, with? out dishonoring herself She did the act herself; not voluntarily, it is true, but from the inexorable-law of necessity,-yet the State had quite as much option ,iu that case as.she Las now to refuse to call a convention?none in either, if- expedi? ency is to be taken into consideration ; aud.it would haveayiled the State equally as' much to' have refused-to revoke the Ordinance of Secession and abolished slavery, as to reluso now to call a conven? tion. "If is true, tlie white population may' vote "no convention," or may fold their hands and do nothing; but will that make matters any better.? Would ibmt 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 to 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 not renoer our condition somewhat more tolerable, and obtain more political justice by obeying.the dictations of our oppress? ors? is this not equally as reasonable a course, as to remain eudenly out in the cold until that returning sense of justice," of which Mr. Perry speaks; invites us back under the protecting, folds of the great : national standard?this "glorious Union," for which he has alwayshad such sacred reverence. We cannot agrco with Mr. Perry's policy; but we lay his letter before our. readers that they may read and judge for themselves?we are willing to show both sides of the picture. We admit that there is a strong probability ot much he predicts coming to pass. The negro is 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 wilj it. But.to do nothing to prevent il? would be more censurable and dishonora? ble than to make an effort to avert such Im unhappy state of things. It was to prevent such a calamity thattho action was taken by the State which-resulted in the war to which Mr. Perry was so much opposed. But the State, with others, failed, and we have the result. Mr. Perry says he strongly opposed se? cession, and we will do him the justice to ?say he did. That opposition was in agree? ment with his great love for the Union; out if is strange that ho nhculd have ?een 60 opposed to the measures that ho South saw fit to adopt in order 0 avert the terrible consequences that die believed were sure to befall her if she emained longer in the Union, and then, it the first opportunity, accept office under he Conlederato Government. This was u>t exactly in keeping with his former pilitical course. He had always received te credit of being "consistent in his in? consistency." We mention this merely 1 show that even Mr. Perry may some* trues be-inconsistent if never wrong. v ?'If he could see so far into the mill stone -if he knew so well the inevitable fate of scession, why did he not stand aloof?? thy did he imbue his honest hands in ?fiat "bloody civil war," of which he now peaks so pathetically, by accepting rebel iffice/' . Mr. Perry may bo right. If so, we lOpe the State wilj follow his counsel. From the Darlington Southerner. Ex Governor Perry has addressed the jeople of this Stato recently,' in two angthy letters, and in language and ar ;uruent of the strongest character he jrges them, when the time for voting oraes, to go against a convention. No no knows better than Gov.^Perry that ?nly through a convontion can this Stale jver be reconstructed, and" none knows iettor than he that Congress has arranged ho only plan by which tho Stato can fo it. j Suppose tho people -take Governor ? lorry's .advice and defeat that plan for no prosent and no convention in held; [ill not such a course amount to a defi flco of Congress ? Will not such action ?early bo a positivo refusal to tako the rms Congress olTera us ? Havo wo any suranco from Go v. "Perry or from Con? gees, of ever getting "better terms, if we rtfuse these? Gov. Perry talks to the people ii.s if they had rights and liberties which they would lose by adopting a cer? tain course of action, when in fact our rights are ignored completely?we now being under military rule?and the poor privilege is only allowed us to act with those who were once our slaves, and who were made our political equals, not by our will, as the following section of the bill will show: aisSfco. 6. . That un>il the people of said rebel States shall- be by law admitted to representation in Congress of the United Stutes.any civil government which may exist therein shall be deemed provisional only, and -in-all respects subject to the paramount authority of the United States at any time to abolish, modify, continue 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 filth section of this act." We think this question narrowed down to one point; either to take the terms and act umder them, or refuse them entirely. No half way acceptance can avail us now ; we have not the power to defeat the will o1 Congrbss, and the man who counsels inaction now?covert hostility?is an ene? my to the State, and should such counsels prevail, we shall all be treated as enemies to the United States, when Congress re? assembles. From the Camden Journal. Gov. Perry has published a letter in his worst style and worst temper, urging the people of the State to vote against a con? vention"". ~Wc can Hjrmpathize' with and fully comprehend the bitter disappoint? ment and all its train of irritations, suf? fered" by this gentleman at having snatch? ed from his grasp, in the very moment of their, fruition, the luscious harvest of his labor and his hopes. But how can Mr; Perry fail to se? in the political doc? trines of the day, consolidation and uni? versal suffrage, the logical sequence of the ideas which placed him so long, so honestly and so fearlessly, in opposition to the old South Carolina Democracy. t; 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 State Government into the hands, of tho negro race. We think there is no reason to tear confiscation in either contingency. Con? gress has not the power to confiscate lands, nor has a State or a people under the constitution. Article Pifth of the amendments of the constitution of 1789, declares that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law. So long as we remain umder the military law of conquest, to wluich permanent condition Mr. Perry would consign us by his counsels, wo are net under the constitution und-not pro? tected by its provisions, but the moment we enter into a State Government legally, authorized, the mantle of its protection is thrown over us, and no person can be de? prived of Uis liie, liberty or property, but by due process of law. It is for this pro? tection, that we enter earnestly upon the work of reconstedfction, on terms accorded us. Upou a conviction of treason, it is true, tiie property of the few unpardoned rebels in the State, might be forfeited to the United.States, lor the lives of the of? fenders, but this would hardly be sufficient to excite the cupidity ot the lawless in a reconstructed State, while the readiest way to incite to the prosecution of such cases, would be to adopt the contumacious course prescribed by Governor Perry. Now, it Mr. Perry has any reasonable ground to hope that the State can be carried at the next election against a con? vention, how much more reason is.there tor hoping, as we- do, that we can carry the election for members of a convention upou a sound and safe platform, which will secure a just and moderate constitu? tion and government, offering due protec? tion to all the people of the Slate. Mr. Perry twills the quondam secessionists with leading off in lavor ot a convention. We accept the imputation, and thank him for the valuable testimony he thus bears, to the wisdom and moderation ol that long-suffering and much reviled peo? ple?of whom some day it will be said "these are they who come out of great tribulation." Tho Abbeville Press, ono of the fairest papers of the State commenting on Major Perry'B second letter, says: "Ex-Governor Perry has addressed another letter to tho people of the Stato, in which he reiterates tho sentiments of his former letter, and even greater oarn estness and feeling. No ono 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 of Gov. Pony has 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 suffrage is to be depre? cated even when tempered by the suffrage of the enfranchised whites, how much greater would-be ilhe evil should forty nine out of every fifty of tho whites be disfranchised by the test oath. YeLsuch, according to the opinion of tho best ad? vised, must inevitably bo tho result of re? jecting the call of a convention now.? Then follow necessarily all the evils which Gov. Perry so earnestly deprecates. In another article, on tho same subject tho editor holds the following 6trong and sensible language: "With rogard to tho.acceptance by the Southern people of the terms proposed by Congress, Governor Brown is sanguine that its effect will be to allay all further agitation, and lead to the removal-of ex is'-ing disabilities?but whatever opinion may be entertained on ibis point, there seems.to he very little civej'sity of senti? ment among the best informed; as to the fate which awaits us, if we reject the terms proposed?confiscation and disfran chisement. 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 I under such circumstances. Our non ac? tion so far from relieving us' from present evils, will; not suffice to maintain our pres? ent status; may delay, but delay only to deepen the darkness of our final doom. If there is one point upen which men of every shade'Of Sentiment in the dominant | party are agreed, it is that the South I must comply with the terms now offered, 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., with the good people of. Generostee Church, in ?Anderson Dis? trict ; and a pleasant time, it was. We found the Pastor very comfortably lodged in the parsonage. Yes?little as the world knows about it, Generostee has a parsonage, and not merely a house, but ? good farm?one of the best in the 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 after the death of the testator,- and then wsfs gathered home as a shock of corn, fully ripe, in 1865. Since her death, the Pastor", Rev. 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 irich.in this world's goods, but who love the church, to pcrpetuatcthe ordinances as administer? ed .by the Associate .Reformed Church amoug them. -It is4 in a word, a great blessing. And so would a, parsonage be in many other places. Congregations o.we it to their Pastor and to themselves to provide a home for. . .him who la? bors among them in word and doctrine. Pastors caunot live on the meagre salaries that they usually get. This matter must receive more, attention in the future than it has received in the past. It gave us pleasure to see some new signs of life in old Generostee. When we first knew it, there was just beginning ? tide of emigration from the neighbor? hood which threatened the extinction of the congregation, and this "was kept up for years, and was a source of great discour? agement to the late Pastor. There is n?;w a 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 daj-! In-tiiO grave yard close by the church sleeps Rev. Robert Irwin. From the re? cord on the tombstone we learn that he was fifty-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 Generostee, and that he died in 1823. What would we think now of a man commencing to preach at fifty-eight years of age? Most men are laid aside, feel themselves worn ont by that time of day in their history And yet Father Irwin rnade his mark, was a useful and greatly beloved minister. A striking coincidence is found in that same grave yard. Clese by the side of Father. Irwin iies. the mortal remains of John Pressly. From the head-stone that marks his grave, it appears that the latter died in 1863, in .the 70th year of his age, and the twenty-third of his.ministry; "So that he was about forty-seven when he was licensed to preach the Gospel, and yet, as in the other case, he was for many years a 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 Rev. Robert Irwin. They were both past the meridian of life when licensed. They .preached about the same number, of years; were Pastors, each of them, of only one congregation. Both were earnest defenders of the faith. Both were married at an advanced age. Both were childless. At the time of death one was living on one side of Generostee Church, a short distance, eay a half mile, and the other on the 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 thouight 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 times 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. Press? ly, Thomas Turner, William Turner^ (now of the North-west,) Jas. L. Young, recent? ly deceased, Jno. N. Young, L. McDonald, Gilbert Gordon, N. M. Gordon, and A. Ranson. Bsside these she has furnished one or two to the Presbyterian Church. What congregation has done more ? [Asso. Ref. Presbyterian. ?_-.? ? Gen. Honry A. Wiso, it is stated, will deliver the annual address before the two Literary Societies of the University of "North Carolina at the approaching commencement. . ? Barnum is said to bo. negotiating, for the remains of the. Radicalparty jn Con? necticut, to pnt m hi? maseum'. A Patent Hard-Shell Sermon. Breathrin: Some folks think Pine a quare man, hut qua re or no quare, 1 don't believe in preaehin from the Skripters uv divine truth 'thout I'me cormauded. I bin a atuddyin 'bout it a heap, and I haint rite ded shore whether I'me cor'manded to preach to-day or no, and when we doh't kiiow'what to do' :he Skriptei tells us not to be gided by sines and wonders and tokens. So yonder sets a jay-bird on that ar stump outyander; if hitflize, hits a sine I'me to preach, and the fust pasidge uv Skripter J lay my ize on arter openin the word, hits to be tho tex. (Some one just then passing near the stump, the bird -flew.) Thar, hit's gone, and here's tie tex: They that (rt tiding very slow? ly) are not fur us are aginst,us, and they that gethereth not with us s-e-a-t-t-e-r e-t-h (spelling) scratches a b-r-o-a-d board.' They that ar not fur us ar agin us. and they that together not with usscratcheth a board. Now, my bretherin (putting on a small head of steam, which the reader will imagine to increase as the Rev. cler? gyman warms with his subject.) these words ar found in the lods uv the Bible ah. This sollum ' sentens cums to you frum the Skripters uv divine truth, and hit's God a thretnin uv you?taiut me, yore poor, unworthy pastor-ah. They that ar not fur us ar agin us-ah. Now, in order f?r us to find out who's not agin us, we must fust find out who's fur us; and in the nex place, in order to find but who's agin us, we must find out who ain't fur. us-ah. Thar's the Prisby terean, with his saft-finge red religion, and he's agin us-ah. And thar's the mis sionery Bnbtis with his high; school reii gionj and he's agin us:ah. And thar's the Metherdis with his backslid i n religion, and he's agin us-ah. And thar's the poor hard-hartoned, heli-desurvin sinner ah, a runnin. three times fastern a dose uv salts ah, (and here let me sty I don't believe the whale tuk salts when Jonar wus in his belly?leastwise, sich ain't my opinion ah,) and he's agin us-uh. Yes, thar's the Prisbytereant?ah, mission erys-ah, Metherdists-ah, sinners and devils-ah, all a workin and a rootin and a prizen and a skruin and a twistin 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. Yes-ah ; it's shell on the top.and shell on the boitom-ah ; shell on the outerds and shell on the innerds-ah. And they kan't brake it, nur they kan't crack it-ah. They jest as well try to dip the bshun dry with a teaspoon, ur ride my sun Isick's wild bob-tailed pony with a cockspur under the saddlc'-ah.? They cant do it?no, my sistors-ah, they eah't and they shan't and they never won't-ah?Ieustwise, sich is my urpin Ton-ah. And this left hes me to the sec? ond pint in mytex-ah. They that gether not with us scratcheth is board-ah. Oh ! my friends, it makes me shake and-trim ble wus than old Bill Shazer when I think about this orful and sollum seutons ah ; and this punishment, which it seems like its wus nor any man can stand it-ah; hit makes my ole neze pop tugether like the boys beetin uv the bones when I think about it-ah?when I think who's got to mete this orfui sentens and attend to this sollum . scratchin-ah. Ha! it's them that gethereth not with us-ah ; it's them as don't attend the getherins uv the Hard-shells, but strays round elsewhar like luce hossos-ah.Saton'l have'em all a scratchin a board, and that's what 'makes 'em call him Ohl S(tralch-ah. Yes. methinx I see wi' the i;te o' my inner man the saft-fingered Prisby terians, the high schooled missionaries, and tho back-slidin Melherdists?a motley gang-ah?a march: in into hell fore abreast, a wecpiu and a wailin and a nashin uv their teeth, and a scratchin uv thar board-ah. An methix I see the poor, cussed mis? erable sinner, humped down like unto a talor a cuttin out a kote, a scratchin away at his board-ah. Ah! my breathrin, you that had the each and the smallpox-ah, I see the tears a stricklin down yore fases, but it won't he that kind uv seratchin-ah. Hit won't be saft flesl-ah ; htt'l be hard wood-ah; hit won't be a ezin whar yon scratch-ah, whar you fee! the eachin. No, no; you won't have no timo to attend to that kind uv scratchin nurnuthin else but scratchin uv a board-ah. Them folks as flings thar monny awaj* on Sunday skules and missionerys and sic-h as that, them 1 have to scratch a board-ah. And them that plazo the fiddle, and them that bets, and them that plaze kards, and them that crosses thar legs when they're a danciu ah. Them don't attend the getherins, and thoy'vo got to scratch thar eveflastin board, fur what sayeth tho Skriptcr-ah ? They that.gether not with us scratcheth a board-ah. Ah ! young man (alluding to ono of the audienco,) you need'nt toset over thar a lookin at mo as kunnin as a fox in a hen bouse tiding to gain the ef fections uv a shanghigh, a scttin thai- a laffin at the Skipters-ah. You'll bo in -? in a few years inore-ah, a weopin, and a wailing, and a nashin uv yore teeth, and a scratchin uv yore" board-ah. And it ain't a gwino to be nun uv your saft white-pino boards-'ah. No, my poor, yelp? ing sinner, hit'l be a hard, snarly, notcy black-gum board-ah?leastwise, sich is thy tirpinion ; and thar you'l have to scratch and gcratch and scratch wus'n a gray houn ever scratched arter i*rabbit, world 'thout end-ab. Yo8,nales-ur no nales my sinful, onreginerate friond, you'vo got to keep a scratchin-ah. Sinners is all got to do this orful scratchin, and hit's only by a scratch Christons gits outen it-ah. Oh ! my dyin, board-scratchin congregation, won't you bo warned in timo-ah ?. Won't you quit your masons and yoro odd fel? lers and yore Missionerys and yor? Pris? by terans'and your Metherdists and yoro Sunday skulos and trax,.and -pother with us-ah ? Yes, tar luce frum all uv yoro upsettiu acd sole-beWUft ?inB,and gether with us a big ripe crop uv. religion-ah, ef you want to steer kleer U7 the fire and brimstone uv a board-seratchiu hell-ab. Yes, jine.the ehureh and b'long to.,,tb? true getherin, and don't set off and hang round like a p.assel ol unpenned dry cafc tleah. And now I'll set down and let. brother Cat wind up the discoarso, anjd; sing Humer-proprit hyme-ah. I've pinted you to the words uv the Skriptcr, and tride t?.jerk you loose from your waze-ah. live tricle to git you to gether with u&. I've.-told-you all I had to. tell you, and I shan't tell yon no more, (aside; hit makes me mad to see how stubborn sinners-is)* and you, nur the devil, can't git no more; outin me?leastwise, sich is my urpinion. Bruther Cat blaze away. "That's Very Odd" A gentleman was recounting his travels one evening after dinner to, a friend, and commenced in this way: "When I was traveling in Russia, I was attacked, in crossing ? forest, by a pack oft twelve1 wolves, and from my post-chaise window'j' 1 fired my revolver and killed the'first' wolf; and, strange to say, his companions4 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 wolf remained, and I killed him as we were entering the town, and I .-ob? served that he was immensely fat. He, of course, had devoured all his compan? ions." ? "Dear me," said the friend, "that's very odd.'-' ^Very odd," said the traveler, "bnt not near so odd as that which happened on the. following day. I was out shooting: ante lopes, and fired 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 milo 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 hot so odd as the sequel to my story' A" thunderstorm came.on and I sought refuge in a hollow tree, and, to my horror, I.de? scended into a nest of young beai-s, wH^re. 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 T seized by her tail and plunged ray hunting-knife into her haunches., upon which she started upward, dragging me* with her, and as she went down one sid?r of the tree, I escaped by the other." ?-. t? "Now, really, that's very odd," said;the; friend, "for it's the first time in my life X 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." -*-_- ' For 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 c;rclesK to bring in anew style of wearing the haii*..' They are proceeding on the principle that* beauty unadorned is adorned the most, and hence ali chignons, rats, waterfalls, hair pins, bands and other excrescences with which it is customary to dumber 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 flowingdo.wn grace-, fully behind. The mode, of course, wilh be stoutly resisted by such of the dear creatures as nature has not given a boon-., tiful supply of head covering, but, ne- cr theleiis, it is believed the experiment will, be a success when once it has a fair trial.. The chignon makers and the periikers are turning up their noses at.the very sugges* tibii, but the disinterestedness of.their mo-' tives is perfectly well understood. "The" feeling seems to be that as our mothers,' wives, sisters and daughters are absolutely compelled, just now, to wear other peo pic's hair, or to be out of the fashion, it is about time that some of the sex had suffi? cient moral courage to show their own hair can be worn, and how, therefore, the feminine caput can be made to look, not the hideous hummy-dumpy it now is, but a "thing of beauty," if not a "joy forever." Irrefragable Proof.?A Philadelphia gentleman of festivo tastes, who takes a "fair shako" at all obtainable pleasures of the town, last week assisted at a heavy dinner, took much potuble, and did not leave for home until at ever so many o'clock. On reaching his door-steps and fishing up his night-key, he became satis? fied that ho was essentially conviviaiized, and not precisely in that condition which; a good husband should be to meet a gboff wile. . Cautiously entering the h?ll/"he> stopped, listened a moment, heard no! noise, and congratulated himself th?t tho family were asleep. Quietly he took"off overcoat, drew off boots, turned off halU light, slowly ascended stairs to f:imil? bed-room, hesitated at door, believed he was reasonably right,"stealthily entered, found gas turned "low, wife apparently asleep, thought she was asleep, sat down, listened again, no stir; began to'undress"; got coat, vest, pants, .drawers,, stockings all safely off; was journeying carefully toward couch, when wife ot bis bosom quietly asked: "Coming to bed, dear?" "Yes, love." "Well, dear, hadn't you better take off your hat?" --_ ? Cheat a physician by leading a tem? perate life, atid the lawyer'.by keeping out of debt.