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Jr. ' .1?AT NOT LOVE YOU, I may-not'16ve you; but within my heart, - "When"night and darkness set my spirit free, And I sit mu8ingfrom the world aparfy There is a low, deep voice that tells of thee. That voice'is sweet and mournful as the tone ~ Of far-off music heard in sleep, Or the wild cadence of a spirit lone' Cer the hushed waters of the midnight deep - I may- not love you, but thy blessed look ' Forever haunts my soul when thou art far ; it glances upward.from each moonlit brook, And down^arefffom: each bright and holy st ar'. R'8 imaged in.each flower that lifts its eye,' At.morn to greet the sunshine and the dew, And in each fairy cloud that wanders by, Floating in beauty over the mountain blue. I may not love you, but" thy gentle words Can stir within my soul its fount of tears, And wake the echo of my heart's deep chords, Like.some sweet''melody of early years. I may not love you, but thy image seems - \A loving radiance to my spirit given; For, oh! T picture thee inall my dreams Of bliss oh earth and -blessedness in. heaven. TSE POWER OF KINDNESS. i- i A F^RETTV tlTTJLE STORV. Jack .Sprout was ? good husband, an fndulgont father, an honest man, an ac? commodating' neighbor, and he possessed many other excellences -of character ?winch might have made him an excellent member of Bociety, had it not been for certain loose i habits which had marked his course from childhood. His parents had been careless arid prone before him, his lather had been a tough,.rough custo? mer, 60. Jack had naturally come in the eame track. But ho was good-looking and kind hearted, and genial and social, and so had gained'for a, wife one of the very best maidens of pur town, as well as one of-the handsomest. ? - Master Freddy Sprout, aged five years, atood by his mother's side, with a sadly begrinimed and tear-streaked face, and his story was, that SoloinPn Gordon had whipped him with a stick, and the boy's legsstill bore a few 6light tokens of the castigation. Freddy, with, some of his playmates, nad-been throwing stones at Mr. Gordon's dog, and ojie of the missiles burled by Freddy had hit the animal, and caused him to howl with pain. Qf course the stone- thrown by such a tiny hand could not have inflicted much injury upon the canine brute;' but Solomon -Gordon Joved his dog, and when he saw what had been done, he caught Mr. Freddy and gave him a.thrashing; for, be it known. Solomon Gordon was just such another man as Jack Sprout^-warni hearted, gen? erous and-neighborly, .but, rough, unedu? cated, strong-willed and impulsive. Jftek'Sprout put on his bat and prepar? ed to sally forth". His lips were pale and tightly compressed, and the huge muscles of bis arm worked like bundles of r?pe. "Bear Jack," pleaded bis. wife, ''don't go" out now." "Let me alone, Abby. ~No man Rhall strike a child of mine without having a chance to strike me. I shall go and see Sol Gordon, and I'll give him euch a lick? ing, as he won't forget in a hurry." "No, no, Jack?don't go. What good "will it do?. Wait until you are morel . cool." "Pshaw I Go away, Abby. There is not power eoough on earth to save Sol - Gordon from a drubbing, and I'll give it to him_before the sun goes down." And as Jack Sprout looked-at that mo .ment, he gave awful evidence that he was 'physically able to make good his word, for a more magnificent structure of framo work and muscle wa8 not to-be "found in the town. "Dear Jack," cried the wife, taking. her nusband by the' arm. . "Oh, do listen to ine~ one moment; Freddy -rs not much hurt, and* he ought.not: to have thrown stones at Gordon's dog.- You know both Sol and his wife set everything by the little animal, and he would not bark *at the boys if they did'not plague him. If yoa go-antf find Gordon as you are now, Jon will orilyjnake matters worse. Ob, wish.you; would drop it.". - Jack rnterrupted his: wife with a de? risive sneer "Don't laugh- at mer Jack. I tell you it would be better to do so than to resort to blows. If you were attacked, I should not blame you for trying to protect your? self; but this is not the case that calls for your strength of muscle. There is a high? er, an d a nobler strength that you can use now." "Ob, ho," uttered Jack, "you arc preach? ing. Xou are giving me some of your Sunday school lessons. You may. experi? ence religion as much as yo? please,, but you mustn't preach the stuff to me." "Jack," spoke tho wife, with stern so? lemnity, "have I been worse.since I began to have ah interest in religious things ?" "No, Abby?yon were always good" "Then why will you not listeu to me ? If you will stay, with me now?if you will wait until your anger is cooled?and then f>-and speak kindly to Solomon Gordon, give you. my solemn pledge that you will feel a thousand times better than yon will if you?" But Jack would not hear his wife out. He had said that he would thrash Solo? mon Gordon, and he would keep his word. His temper was at the boiling point, and he was fairly aching to get his fingers on the man who had dared to strike his boy ? for Freddy was his pot, and every blow that had been laid upon the child's body had' made a mark.of fire upon his own heart. So he put his-wife away from, him and hurried from the bouse, slamming the door after him. Away went Jack Sprout with rapid, heavy strides; and had Solomon Gordon fallen in his way just then he would have most assuredly been severely beaten, for though Solomon was a stout, bold man, Jack, was a very Hercules.. g But Jack was destined to get pretty thoroughly cooled off before he met the object of his wrath. As he approached the river, just below the falls, he heard loud cries of alarm, and upon hurrying' forward, bo found that a. boy had fallen from one of the projecting timbers into ? 1 M ' == - trie water: Me looked over the. r?iftng, and saw the little fellow, just coming to the surface of thefoaming, boiling flood? a curly.Jieaded'boy' just about the, age of his own -darling Freddy?stretching forth his tiny hands in agony of despair. It was a terrible place, that seething, roar? ing pool, where the- waters of the great river came potmng down from over the darn ; but Jack did not hesitate. He for? got his enemy?forgot every thing but the danger of the Httle one?and only stopped to-kick-off his boots, and throw aside his coat, he leaped down into tbe angry flood. He caught the boy in his arms, and then struck tor the shore. It was a mighty conflict, but the strong, man persevered. "Sore than once those who had gathered upon, the rocks had reason to fear that neither the man nor the boy would come forth alive; but Jack "held his own against the road torrent,.and finally reached the shore, where many hands- were ready to help him. AVfor himself, a few minutes rest assured him that he was able to walk, and he bad sustained no injury, save a few trifling bruises. And as for the boy, he had come forth in safety, for Jack had held him high above the water during a? the time of his struggle. Aod when Jack Sprout had regained his breath and was able to speak, he look? ed to see the "boy that he had saved, and he saw that it was Andy Gordon, a bright eyed, curly-headed, fair-faced boy, not a year older than was his son Freddy. "Where's papa?" asked the dripping child. ; : "He is coming," answered some one in the crowd. Jack looked up and saw Solomon Gor? don coming?Solomon, pale and terror stricken?and with all possible haste he seized his coat and boots and hurried away. He could not meet Solomon Gor? don- then., "Mercy! what is it, Jack ?" Mrs. Sprout was alarmed. Her hus? band was dripping wet, his step was tot? tering, his breath va& labored, and there was a livid mark on his forehead, as though he had received a severe blow "It is nothing, Abby " "Has Solomon?" "Pshaw ! D'ye think Sol Gordon could have done this ? I have been in the river. A little boy had fallen from the bridge right into the flood beneath the falls. I j jumped in and brought him out." I "Aive?" "Yes, alive and unhurt." "Oh, thank God ! Whose child was it, Jack?" "Don't stop to ask questions now, Ab? by, but make me a cup of hot, strong tea, while I get on some dry clothes. M.y soul! I think I had a narrow dodge of it." I Jack put on dry garments, and when ?he had rested awhile, he drank his tea, and iu the course of an hour all traces of exhaustion had passed awaj\ "1 tell you, Abby. 1 have had a good many tough jobs in my day. but 1 never had one like that. A weaker man than I could never have bn ught out that child alive:" - ' Ob, how grand it is, Jack, to use one's strength in 6iich a cause! But whose child was it, Jack? Do you know?" Before Jack could answer, the outer door was unceremonious opened, and Sol? omon Gordon entered the apartment. Abby shrank back in alarm when she saw how pale and excited the man looked, and how lie trembled, for she did not notice tho moist brimming light that shone in his swollen eyes. "Jack!" spoke the new comer, in a gasping manner, at the same time hold? ing out both bis. bands. He choked and stammered, but presently gained strength to add: "Oh, my God! .what can 1 say ? Jack! Jack!" Here the stout man broke fairly down and burst into tears. Jack, almost as much affected as was j his visitor, arose, and took the extended band. "Never mind, Sol. It's all right." "No, no!" cried Gordon, "it isn't right; it never can be right. Oh, what can* 1 do? Jack, if I could only go back to where.I was this morning! My God ! I beat your child for a trifling thing, and you saved mine from a terrible death ; saved him almost at the expense of. your own lite. Kill me if you will. Beat me, Jack. Do anything you like, but only forgive me, so that this saving act of yours shant always be like a heap of coals upon my bead!" -And then with a sudden impulse, under the influence of such an emotion as he had never before experienced, Jack Sprout said.: "Solomon, I telJ you it's alT right. You have no more reason to thank God that I saved your child than I have. When I went from my house I was full of wrath ^ind madness, and curses were upon my lips and in ray heart, and I should have sought such revenge as the wild beast seeks. Is it not better that I found your little Andj' in the flood? And is it not better that my great strength was used in saving bis life ? I forgive you fronxtho bottom, of my heart. And now I say it's alP right!" And so was cemented a friendship holy and lasting. Seemingly slight perturbations in tbe current of a man's life sometimes work marvellous changes for good or ill. "Abby," said Jack Sprout?it was late ! in the evening, and they had been sitting for 6ome time without speaking.?'? I be? lieve r am converted." "Jack !" "Yes, Abby, I am converted. Saul of Tarsus, that you road to Freddy about last Sunday, was not moro sudden ly brought to light than I have been. Real? ly and truly there is more virtue in kind? ness than in enmity; it blesses everything and everybody. Ho who bestows it is as much blessed as he who receives it." And then tbe wife, with her arm placed around her husband's neck, gently, kind? ly said: "Dear Jack^-wouldn't we both bo hap? pier if we would try to live by the bless? ed rules laid down by our Saviour ? Oh, I know that they wore given by one who sought our highest good, and 1 think we should find much.joy in trying to- square our lives by the'golden rulo." And Jack, with a kiss, made answer: "My darling, we will try." -O-: ? "Bob, you say you believe most dis? eases are contagious". How long have you entertained such notions ?? "Ever since *I sat along-side of a blue-eyed.girl and caught tbe palpitation of the heart. J Reasons for Masonic Secrecy. Secrecy in all things, where secrecy is maintained,-is not only consistent with in nocence, but is also imperatively enforced by necessity, as well as demanded by every consideration of policy. The direct bene? fits flowing from Masonry, are. of course intended for, and should be participated in, only by" its members?by those who have been regularly initiated into its mys? teries, and contribute to its support. They are secured by a knowledge of a universal language, which is used as a test of brotherhood. This universal lan? guage?universal to Masons?is, under no eireuinstances, communicated to the world at largo. The words and signs of it are secret; forte communicate them would at once destroy their utility. Andrstrange as-it may. seem to the uninitiated, oirr society professes to have no seerets'be yond this. There is little, very little, in the lodge-to gratify the eye of the inquis? itive. We do not tempt them with offers to unfold some mighty mystery; we can impart to them no super-human wisdom ; we possess not the elixir of life, nor the philosopher's stone, nor the.spells of Tar shun;, we cannot and do not profess to be bound by any ties but such as are con? sistent with our duty towards ourselves and families, our neighbors, our country and our God. About the general nature of lodge trans? actions, eveiy one here can know as much as any of its members; but for fear of misappreherrsronjon this subject, we would briefly state that nowhere are order and decorum more strictly enforced than in lodges; our business there is charity and brotherly communion, the admission of candidates, and the transaction of such other matters, as necessarily pertain to every association. Now, all this is of such a character that it may, with great propriety, be kept "to ourselves. We are brothers?members of a large family? met for tho purpose of transacting our own business, with which the world has uo concern ; und why should the world be purmitted to witness its disposition? Does a needy brother receive assistance ?it is not lor us to vaunt it; and it might not be agreeable to him to proclaim his wants before, strangers, or to have the facts of his being relieved published; and it .wouid certainly be impolitic and tin charitable, by publicity, to trammel the discussion of character; and how could the announcement of the rejection of can? didates for - our confidence be otherwise than prejudicial to us, by exciting enmity and diallection in the world. We seek not collision with the w.rld. made up of a thousand creeds; our objects are lew, and their pursuit is quiet and secret; and we have, as Masons, naught in common with the m.iss of mankind. We do not meddle with politics, nor the extension of a creed by proselytism; we seek only ,to cultivate the. social virtues amonjf our? selves, to benefit each other by deeds of Jove, and indirectly to benefit the world by our own improvement.?Masonic Be view. -4". . Abraham Lixcolx in his Tomb.?A gen? tleman who recently visited the tomb of Lincoln, says: "It is not quite two years since I visited here before, yet how changed the scene. Then Lincoln's praises were on everybody's lips; his virtues every one seemed to extol; in front of the vault in which lay his re mains, an armed sentinel stood guard day and night, the vault inside wasstrewn with flowers, brought there every day by ladies from the city. But no word of praise is now heard, his virtues are forgotten, the tramp of the sentinel is heard no more ; no flowers are scattered over his tomb; not one eye planted there. During the half . hour that I sat on. the hill above the tomb, not one came to visit it, although there were, perhaps five hundred people around the grounds and in the park adjoining. In a word, there is nothing to remind the vis? itor of who it is that sleeps within the tomb, except the simple word 'Lincoln' cut on the stone door in large letters." The Blessed Oxes.?Blessed are they that are blind ; for they shall see nogohst. Blessed are they that are deaf; fortliey shall never lend mcrey, or listen to any tedious stories. Blessed are they that are ignorant; for they are happy in the thought that they know everything. Blessed is he that is ugly in form and feature-, for the gals shan't molest him. Bfessed are they that expect lKrfrrnig for they shall not be disappointed Blessed are they that don't advertise for they shall be rarely troubled with custom? ers. ? There are four good morals?punctu? ality, accurancy, steadiness and dispatch. Without the S-rsS of these, time is wasted; without the second, mistakes the most fa? tal to our own credit and interest, and that of others, may be committed; without the third, nothing can be well; and' whhout the fourth opportunities of great advanta? ge are lost, which it is impossible to re? call. ? "My-friend,''.said a seedy individual to an acquaintance at the ferry, "I wish you would loan me a quarter to cross the ferry; I hain't got a dollar in the world." "Well, I would like to know," was the re? ply, "what difference it makes to a man who hasn't got a dollar in the world, which I side of the river he's on ?'r ; ? An editor says he would as soon try to go to sea upon a shingle, make a ladder of fog, chase a streak ofiightnmg through a crab apple orchard, swim up the rapids of Niagara, raise the dead, stop the tongue of an old maid set Erie on fire with a wet match, as to stop lovers getting married when they take it fnto their heads to do so. ? ''George, do you remember the story of David and Goliah ?" "Yes, sir; David was a tavern-keeper and Goliah was an intemperate man." "Who told you that?' "Nobody; I read it, and it said that David fixed a sling for Goliah and Goliah got slewed with it-" ? A very good sort of a man in Maine was recently asked to subscribe for a chan? delier for the church. "Now," said he, ''what's the use of a chandelier? When you get it you can't get any one to play on it." ? A young lady refused to go into the Waterville Arsenal the other day because she had heard that some of the muskets were without breeches She viewed the arsenal from a distance. , Ute Jw'm fcji te?ctt.! if>077? the Southern Cultivator; Cotton-Seed as a Source of fertil? ity. In the April number of the Cultivator, an enquirer asks the questions; "Suppose a man has one thousand bushels of cotton seed, in what way would they most bone fit his crop, put out as cotton seed, or fed to hogs put up in a covered pen and kept supplied with straw and leaves? Would he not get the full benefit of his seed and manure, and several thousand pounds of pork besides, to pay for the trouble of cooking the seed, hauling in the trash, and hauling out the more bulky manure?" There can be no question that cotton seed is 'more valuable as food for hogs, cattle and sheep, saving their droppincs properly, than for manure applied direct? ly to the field. At the same time', the best way to prepare and feed cotton seed, with a view to utilize all of its nutritive and and?fattening properties, is a matter that deserves discussion. This seed contains an excess of oil as compared with its flesh forming principles. Oil is nearly value less as a fertilizer, but very valuable, right? ly used, for making fat bacon, beef "and mutton. It is, however, not unlikely, that expressed and sold for other purposes, it may be worth more than for feeding farm stock. By hulling seed and express? ing the oil, a more concentrated article of food, or fertilizer that may be drilled in with a machine, can be obtained. The hull has little value, cither as food or manure. Every planter has not a hulling machine, nor is there an oil press near by to pre? pare cotton seed in the best manner. ? Un? til these advantages a-e within his reach, he must study and practice the art of pro? ducing something like a pound of fat ha con for every pound of "cotton seed oil at his command. This result can only be achieved by giving to the business of pro? ducing meat and fertility on the plantation far more attention than is now generally done. Hoping to do good, and wishing not to give offence, I remark, that the capital, industry and talent of the South, has been too much devoted to the work of wearing out the primitive fruitfulness of the soil, steadily enlarging the arena in fenceless old fields, and constantly turning a cold shoulder to evcy science, art and practice that aims to increase the elements of crops in all lands under fence or cultiva? tion. Twenty years ago this pen urged the readers of the Southern Cultivator, through its editorial colutnns,to unite sound stock-husbandry with legitimate planting, as the best way to accumulate the essen? tial constituents of cotton, grain ami grass >n the most needy soils. The cartful study and observation of two decades, aided b\ some practice, have confirmed t e opinion that it is alike practical and profitable to cover the present general nakedness of the land with nutritious recuperative herbage, and soon obliterate all gidlies und galled places. How grass and a thick, unctuous greensward rapidly and certainly impart fruitfulness lo ground that was once poor and naked, I will not stop to point out. If grass did : ot, in the perfect economy of Infinite Wisdom, draw the elements of rich manure from water, earth and air, it would be impossible for farm stock to form their bones, flesh and uerves from grass; for these, are fertilizers of known power and value. It we can make grass grow on our old and hew fields, we have at once the raw material for an almost un limited supply of grain, provisions, wool and cotton, simply because, from grass we can easily extract the most concentrated and effective manures, and with these raise cotton seed so plentifully that every farm? er may have a "thousand bushels." It is assuming a good deal to assume that quan? tity as common at this time on plantations. By raising cotton seed with reference in part to its value for feeding purposes and as a fertilizer, there will be more clear profit on the lint, and a benefit done to the farm in place of an injury. Such plant? ing will pay as a permanent operation. Oats and peas abound in flesh-forming substances, in winch cotton seed is defi cient. Hence, if a farmer were to boil 50 pounds of cotton seed, 50 pounds ot peas, and 50 pounds of oats together for hogs, the compound, well mixed, would be more economical and profitable food than 150 pounds of either boiled and fed alone; while the manrrre would be improved in quality by the combination. Compared with cotton, oats and peas are easily rais? ed, and their straw, properly cured and housed, are valuable in raising farm stock. Suppose a farmer has a piece of low ground where water accumulates more or less from higher lands and evaporates. By this evaporation,- it unavoidably leaves agri? cultural salts behind, which it held in so? lution. This suiface, planted partly in cot? ton and partly in corn, peas and oats, would yield up its agricultural salts to these growing crops. Their seeds, in the mass, would contain not a little of the most fer? tilizing atoms known to science and farm.' practice. They will, therefore,- make, if duly husbanded and applied, any common poor upland yield remunerating crops of wheat, clover, cottony timothy or corn. Now, it would be bad economy to apply grain and cotton seed directly to this poor upland as manure,- but let the farmer cook these seeds properly and extract what meat he can, aud carefully apply the large resi? due as rich, un washed tood of plants. There are many conditions of poor soils in which the fertilizers, from the seeds named, will produce more corn, cotton, oats and peas than grew ofl- the first named field. Tlife would be impossible, did not the same All wise and Almighty power that gives to one seed the functions and properties that de ve'op a thousand seeds, make mineral ma? nure equally reproductive for the suste? nance of corn and other plants. As the vegetable and animal kingdoms are whol? ly dependent on Che mineral kingdom for support, it is obvious that nature's base in this grand affair is equal, in all respects, to th*? whole vitalized superstructure. jS'o man can properly claim to be a good prac? tical planter or farmer at this day, who has not carefully studied the reproductive torce which exists in the mineral elements j of plants and animals. Agricultural force J is accumulated" on a farm by wisely bring- \ ing together the things in which it is most! active mid efficient. A slight variation in j the co-ulition of a cotton seed (and of ma- j ny others; prevents the force of gei ruina? tion ever acting. Precisely in the same way, a slight variation in the condition lo a particle of granite, felspar, hornblende. ? or other mineral, will prevent its disiate-' ^= \ r* . Hi, ? gration, and the subsequent inactivity of potash, soda, lime, iron and magnesia, de? veloped frohi the parent rock. Hence, the Study of conditions is no less important than that of things to the farmer; As con? ditions are infinitely diversified, it is silly to attempt to write, or to ask for any re ceipt for things that will never misinform or mislead. A knowledge of elementary j laws and bodies is more instructive audre t liable; as from these one may safely de? duce general rules and principles. Thus, the principle of diversified tillage, grass culture and stock husbandry rests, not on any abstract theory, but on the diversity of wants, soils, rocks, plants and animals, which constitute the body and life of ag riculture. In this way, one may safely set in motion and command the maximum of agricultural force, and substantially be? cause he acts in harmony with the laws of his Maker. In an agricultural point of view, the best expression of these laws may be seen in the common and united ac? tivity of domesticated animals, cultivated plants and fertilizing minerals. It is an unjustifiable mutilation of this natural sys tern to cut off that large and indispensable class of plants denominated grass, and the invaluable animals adapted to grazing, blindly and. insanely assuming that the "sunny South" can maintain its natural fruitfulness in perpetuity, as well without these great physical and vital advantages, as with them. This sad mistake iu a mat? ter of public policy, first impoverishes the soil, then the people, and then inflicts on them the suffering, necessity ai.d humilia? tion of sending abroad for com, received as a chanty, to avoid starvation at home. It is not less than forty years since the writer first labored, through the press, warning the sovereigns of this grasping Republic of the suicidal folly of slowly de? stroying at its fountain head, the source of their daily bread. Everywhere, land is becoming less and less productive, while old fields multiply, except near cities; and everywhere population augments the num? ber of months to be fed and backs to be clothed, from decreasing fruit? uTii^ss. A continent of rare capabilities tor support? ing mankind will, for a time, and to a de? gree, conceal this great wn rig; vet, the poor already begin to suffer and murmur in many places, while oppressive taxation is planting discontent in the hearts and heads of millions. Such as have yet to learn the \ ariety of riches, are not likely to wait many years for another conflict o ideas in the excitable American brain? burning property like chaff in the war of "vaulting ambition," and of that "love of money" which is "the root of all evil." Capital in land, that will support a fam? ily independently, is so much safer than property in any other form, that a few words, in that behalf, will not be out of place in an agricultural journal. Farm stock, provisions, grain and cotton, may be stolen like other movable property. But it would be rather difficult to rob a farmer of 100 acres of well sei Bermuda, or of the fatness of the soil, developed by this almost universal restorer of impover? ished ground. If war should not come, nor hostile armies molest, 100 acres of Ber? muda would support sheep enough to yield a fair income from wool and mutton; and the sheep, properly yarded and sheltered, would supply manure enough to manure handsomely ten acres of cotton a year. Thi* annual gain of manure would reap? pear in cotton seed, and then in wheat and corn, in hay and root crops, lor the sup? port of the farm, "Enquirer's" questions relating to the management of stable manure, will be an? swered in another letter, D. LEE, Gap Creek, Tenn. ? from the Southern Cultivator. Young Men of the South. To those who stood by the Lost Cause until "the bitter em:." we would address 'his article. Those who faltered and fainted by the wayside?who were "wea? ry in well doing," from what cause soev? er, are to be pitied. Many of them want? ed in faith ; many were jealous of the favor, so to say, shown to others, became recreant to their high trust; many lack? ed true courage, indomitable will, perse? verance, and the nobler principles of pur noble born Southern youth. Whether so constituted by nature, or a wrong bias .given by education, it is no less true, I hey faltered arid fell by the wnyside. jirwj .- ?? pity them and their progeny. But there are hosts of ye It-It. liiai stood up to our Lost Cause until ?he ven end,and whether with ao''ar'>rk.ws-|?e7c/' or but one leg to hobble on through life, yet ye are nobles, heroes, every owe, and if you will but carry out your principles through a If Ehe'? Ih-roge* trttd fluctuations of life, 3011 will be certain of receiyii,ig your reward?if not in this, you will in another and a better ?vorki. Patient perseverance will j^ve yent #t least the knowledge of a conscientious discharge of duty, worth all the silver and gold, with- tire "mines- of Golconda" added. We have accepted the issue placed1 Upon 11s by force; we have been overcome by numbers; we have acknowledged defetit. Let us. one and all, old and young, stand by our acceptance: and go steadfastly in the line of rfffty, as you ull' have show ft a rapacity to do?not influenced by the cold shoulder, or dollbt? or fears of the timitf. Each and; all of you had high hopes, and an occasional misgiving, or may he not so tar as-thai, but something like a tear, we mighi fait: yet you relax ?(M_y(,i, liied not. ion were first to the reveille, a.id the last at the mournful dirge that pat to rest the last hope of lib i-rtv :>n this continent. We an; 1111 flatterer?we speak simple truth when we say, when History dips her pen in ink. and writes for unborn mil? lions to read, t he young men who stood I s-lioiihler to shotiMer until our Joe John? ston yielded his sword1, ami struck his colors, will bo classed with the heroes of Therntopyla). and a new song will be siiug, classing their names with " the bravest of the brave." There was even hope to some, when the great Root. E. Lee yielded to superior force?never to superior generalship or true bravery ; but I when Joe Johnson fell, hope were fol\.y. Your courage and steadfast adherence to principle, proves beyond all question, that you are capable of building up ouiv wall, battered, down, by a- bloody and hired fanatical soldiery. And we beseech yon. by all you hold sacred on earth or iv Heaven, that }rou now. turn to the pea\. vocations of life,, and. show, to the wo. "^<^ou^ro as competent to bandle the plow, the hoe. the spade, the axe, the sledge, the hammer, the plane, the saw, the adze, &c., &c, as you did bandle the sword, the carbine, the rifle, the musket, the cartridge. Let others say or do as they will, but let us. go to work, and make our own, our sunny South more than she ever was. We have tho talent, the energy, enterprise, the indus? try and zeal, for any work?only let not case and luxury and display draw you trom the work. Those of us who were born to gloves and broadcloth, can, with? out detracting Iron) any worth we may have had, lay them aside, and if for a blistered hand and a sunburnt face, they; will be only the "shibboleth" .that will pass us on to a higher station. Leave all unkiwdness and harsh expressions of in? dividuals, to those who lacked spirit to' act. Be courteous and civil, even-to those who were our enemies, and let industry and perseverance, will) good morals, be your jewels. Yuu have made too ?xalted a record on the page ot time, to have it blotted out by inaction and querulous corn plaints. Be men, and leave politics and meddling in General Government ?traii? to those who could not meet ?he foe on the bloody field, and ''great will be your reward." ? M?W. P. Miscellaneous Advertisements FOUT Z'S CELEBRATES This preparation, long and favorably known, wUI thor? oughly reinvigorate broken-down and low-spirited horses, by strengthening and cleansing the stomach and intes? tines. It is a sure pre? ventive of all dis? eases incident to this animal, such as LUNG FEVER, GLANDERS, YELLOW WA? TER, HEAVES, COUGHS, DIS? TEMPER. FE? VERS, FOUNDER LOSS OF APPE? TITE AXD VITAL ENERGY, kc. Its nie improves the wind, increases the appetite-gives a smooth and i glossy skin?and" transforms t he miserable skeleton into a fine-looking and spirited] horse _;_ To keepers of Cows this preparaUon is invaluable. It increases the quantity and improves the quality of tho milk. It has been proven by ac? tual experiment to increase the quan? tity of milk and cream twenty per cent, .intr make the butter firm and. sweet. In fattening cattle, it gives them, an appetite, loosens their hide, and . _f1 makes them thrive much faster. In all diseases of Swine, such as Coughs, Ulcers Lnj the Lungs, Liver, Ax, this article acts as a specific. By putting from | one-half a paper to a paper in a barret of swill the above diseases will be eradicated or entirely prevented. If given in time, a certain preventive and cure for the Ilog Cholera. Price 25 Cents per Paper, or 5 Papers ibr SL SHEPARED BY S. .A. FOTJT25 &> BR?., AT TREIB WIIOLESHE MUT? AND .MEDIOTE DEPOT, No. 116 Franklin St., Baltimore, Md. For Sale by Druggists and Storekeepers through? out the United States. For sale, at manufacturers! pi ices, by JOHX J, BAKEU, Anderson C. IL June 26, 18C7 2 3m STEVENS HOUSE, . 21, 23, 25 and 27 Broadway, N. York, Or-POSITE BOWLIXG ORE EX, Oji tlxe Em-opean Plan'. THE STEVENS HOUSE is well and widc y knowc! to the traveling public. The location is ( specially suitable to merchants and business men; it is in? close proximiiy to the business purr of the city ; is on the highway of Southern and Western travel, and adjacent to all the principal Railroad aud Steamboat Depot:;. The Stevens llou?e has liberal accommodation1 for over three hundred guests : it is wuli furnished, and possesses every modern improvement for the eomlori and entertainment of its inmates. The' roi*t*s ti e spacious and well ventilated ; provided with gas an I water: the attendance is prompt and -cspecitul. aud the table is generously provided ! wirb- every Jolieacy of tbo season, at moderate" j ?stcs. ' " - . ?? i he rooms having been refurnished and remod ; i icd, we are enabled to otfer extra facilities for tber i comfort and pleasure of our guests. GE<5 K. CHASE & CO., Proprietors. June 10. 1867 1 .6m ! CARRIAGE EMPORIUM. OLD STASD. Carriages, Rockaways, Phaetons, Germantowns, Buggies, Harness. &c, &c:, CoffSlanily en hand, iind for sale at the lowest figure-'. Also. Patent Sireiched, Cemented and Riveted BELTING, Ever}* Bell warranted logive entire satisfaction? sohl at Montifacturers' Trices. General O'omnission Merchants, For the Purchase and Sale of Produce and Mier-' chandize of all kinds. R. W. GALE & CO., Nos. 45 arid 4S Wentworth Street) CUAELESTOX, S. C, 34 3m NATIONAL HOTEL, -Near the Greenville and Charleston Depots COLUMBIA, s. C. THE public is informed that the above Hotel has' just been finished, and contains new furniture throughout, for the accommodation of Regularand Transient Boarders-. The very best that the mar? kets afford will be found on bis table, prepared irr excellent style. Charges mo<ier:,-,?. ROBERT- JOINER. Augus* 10, 1S66- 17' W. E. ABtCHEK'S- " LIVERY AND SALE STABLES* 350 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Dec 5, 1866 36i OLD NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, At $1.00 Per Hundred. 1 I May 8, 1S07 47 2