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An Independent Family Journal---Deyoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. HOYT & CO.. Proprietors. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20. 1870. VOLUME 5.---N0. 30. "Concert of Action the one Thing Need? ful." , The Houston Telegraph, in alluding to the late elections, in that State, says: ''Our divisions have defeated as, and we had a conscious pow'er which we knew not bow to use. On tho other hand, the Badicals presented a solid phalanx, and acted harmoniously under their organiza? tion, and hence the Buccess they have achieved.'' This is a plain statement, and addresses itself to the common sense as well as the highest interests, of every State in the South. Mr. Calhoun well said once "concert of action is the one thing needful." Never was there a time when this} maxim was more important and necessary, than the present. With division among ourselves, and wo surren? der all hope for the future. We thus cast away the great means by which good government may be socurcd and right and liberty be restored. : The Radical party aro unit. They are bound together by the common tie of self aggrandizement, power and spoils. All that we ask is a government of liberty and law, and not of misrule, oppression and anarchy. This can only be attained by unity on our part. No man can ex? pect that his individual views shall pre? vail No one has the right to demand, in the light of the vital public inslerest at stake, that his particular opinions should ?control the campaign. We must look to the result and regard that as the wisest, best, and onlv course which will effect that result. What we need is a Govern? ment without corruption, an honest ad? ministration of public affairs, the diminu? tion of an over-burdening taxation, the establishment of peace, security, and a prospect for the future. Whatever the other differences, our people certainly can unite on these issues. And these aro sufficient for tho purpose of victory. Our last city election was lost simply upon the ground of difference among ourselves. Many wanted the campaign to be conducted, and the candi? dates to bo selected, simply to suit their own views. Somo declined to vote, be? cause colored men went to the polls. Others, because somo of the candidates were Conservative .Republicans, and thus tor a thousand and one reasons tho elec? tion was lost which should have been se? cured by our people. Tho past has settled its own issues. The equality of all the races before the law is everywhere acknowledged. On these points there is no contest. But the question of good government is in issue. It is necessary that the Legislature and the officers of the State should represent tho rightful and true sentiments of the people of the State. And in this every ?inhabitant is concerned. Radicalism has boon the bane of the Senate. It has overthrown their Commonwealths, held their people in subjection, rendered them in many instances incapable of office, placed upon them an oppressive yoke of taxation, depressed their industrial pur suits, and endeavored to create a war of races. It has been the steady opponent of peace and concord. Hence the necessity of union on the ;part of all those who desire security for the.South in the present and a proper ad? ministration of public affairs. Tho time has come when wo cannot shirk this ne? cessity. Individual- opinions, if necessa? ry, must be surrendered for the greater and higher interests at stake. Let us not make hereafter the mistake, as in Texas, and have to record "our divisions have defeated us."?Charleston Courier, ? -:?* She Coming Canvass. It is an old maxim, in which there is mach of sound philosophy, "in time of peace prepare for war*" The political campaign for 1870 is soon to open, and the destinies of a Commonwealth are again to be put as the prize. When we contem? plate the immense results at stake, is it not high time that the leaders of the De? mocracy were planning for the battle, and preparing to marshall their forces with en? ergy andjudgement? Let the plans be broad and unmistakable; let them be free from mongrelism, for late efforts in other States show that such can only end in di? vision and defeat. There is no common ground upon which Democrats and Radi? cals can meet?there is nothing of sympa? thy between such opposing elements? their principles are as dissimilar as the fea? tures and faces that compose their ranks. Let ns then avoid anything like hybridism; let. us boldly proclaim the good old priu doles of our fathers that held sway in the early (lays of the Republic, and make a lair, square and manly struggle for the victory. In this County the victory is our own, If we really wish it. We have only to flake a long pull, a strong pull and a pull altogether, and we win beyond a doubt. If, however, we have any discord in our ranks, we are just as certain to meet with failure and disgrace. We must move for? ward shoulder to shoulder, and as one man strike for the mastery. The enemy is a solid phalanx, and we must be the same in opposition. The old idea that we all formerly cherished, that this or that friend must be nominated for office, or that the claims of this or that section of the coun? try must prevail, must give way to tire necessities of the times. We now strug? gle for principle, not for men; and private preference must yield to the public good. It is only by regular nomination that we4 can hope for unanimity, and in combine* action- alone can we hope for victoryB The Romans learned some of their ruosB valuable arts of war from their eneraieiB Let us do the same. Together RadicalB stand or fall?they allow no division iB their ranks, and here is the seoret of then success. Cannot the intelligence and i JH terest of the white man farm as strong I cement as the ignorance of the negrdH Let, then, private wishes and local inflB ences "be forgotten in the common good, for there must not be any division if we would avoid defeat and consequent dis? grace. As one man, then, let us conduct the coming canvass. The enemy aro be? ginning to show signs of animation?Rad? icalism is again preparing lor the strifu.? Let Democracy carefully gather all its en? ergies, and crush the hydra. Concert of action is all we need.?Laurensville Her? ald. The True Issue. The true issue between the two politi? cal parties in this State is not, we have reasons to believe, intelligently understood by many who embrace tho dogmas of the party in power. Those who are opposed to the manner in which the dominant party conduct the political affairs of the State, be they unionists, democrats, con? servatives, or anything else that suits the purpose of dintinguishing them from the radicals, are always stigmatized by the radical party as persons who are op? posing/reconstruction, the State Govern? ment, the United States authority, etc.? In fact they would have it believed that were it not for the military power of the general government, that another svar I would be immediately inaugurated by those who do not bow in sycophancy to the unjust measures of their oruel exac? tions. This false position is assumed by the radicals to sustain themselves in the course which they are pursuing toward the white people of the State. It would not answer their purpose to come square? ly up to the main and perhaps only issue, and admit that the question of reconstruc? tion, so far at least as^South Carolina is concerned, is fixed ; that however much it is abhorred by the white people of this State, it has been accomplished, and they have practically acquiesced in it; because if they did, they would have no grounds or excuse for inflicting the ills which they do upon the people. They must make it appear that all their efforts and aims are to effect and carry out the plan of recon? struction, and that all the opposition they meet with is directed to the defeat of that object. This is what the radical party would have the country understand is the cause of any and all confusion and bitter? ness between themselves and those who will not act in concert with them. But this position is false. It is not the issue at the present time. The people who op? pose the corruption, the ignorance, the robbery and venality as now practiced by the radical party, are as loyal, and more so, to the laws and authority of the gov? ernment than those who prate so much about their fealty, love and fidelity to their country. If the proper data were collected of the violations of law and order in this State, it would reveal the fact that rtflie radical party is the revolutionary one, and are the instigators of neaily all the crime and violations of law, notwith? standing they profess to be peace makers of the country, and hold themselves out as paragons of all that is orderly and peaceable. The truth is, the citizens of | thia^jj?te have long ceased any opposition to the government, and have accepted practically the situation in which they have been placed by the results of the war> and however odious to their feelings, and repugnant to their conceptions of | right, they are nevertheless yielding a ready obedience to the demands which the government and laws of the country impose upon them. They do not oppose the government. They do not oppose the execution of the laws; but they do endeavor to oppose and expose the igno? rance, perfidity and corruption of the par? ty now in power, because it is as clear as the noonday's sun that they are incompe? tent to carry on a government successfully and acceptably to the people generally. If tho radical party "will cease their ty? ranny and oppression, if they will mako good and wholesome laws, if they will stop the profligac)- and- waste of the peo? ple s money, if they will put good, honest competent men in responsible positions, if they will uphold virtue and denounce vice, if they will displace ignorance and reward intelligence, if they will exert their power and influence for the good of ] the whole people, they will not meet with any opposition from the intelligent white people of the State. If they will cease doing as they have already been doing, and amend their conduct as we have indicated above, they will cease to be obnoxious to the people. We enre very little by what name they go if they will make that name honorable by their influence and works.?Kingstree Star. Georgia Then and Now.?In the offi? cial report of the proceedings of Con? gress on the 25th day of July, 1868, we find the following: <;Mr. Dawes?I am instructed by the Committeo on Elections to report back tho credentials of J. W. Clift and C. II. Prince, mombors elect from tho Stato of | Georgia, that Stato having ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to tho Consti? tution, and in all othor respects having conlormed to the requirements of the law in regard to the admission of that State. These gentlemen will tako tho oath pre? scribed by the Act of July 2, 1862." The report was agreed to. Mr. Clift and Mr.Prince appeared and qualified. Georgia was then conceded to bo a State in tho Union, having conformed to all the ?uction laws. Pay up. We have bidden a final farewell to the old and taken fast hold of the New Year. The festivities that greeted the annual stopping place in our count of time aro over, and we address ourselves to the se? rious thoughts and the weighty under? takings of the three hundred and sixty five days that belong to the incoming cycle. Holidays have their shady as well as their sunshiny^side. It is wiso, whilst they are with us, to look only* at the brighter aspect, and wiser still, when wo have done honor to the feast, enjoying the relaxation tliar should strengthen for renowed exertion, to address ourselves with added vigor to the real duties of life. If we had an almanac that predicted for us tho social and business meteorology of life, we should, under the head of Janua? ry first, see ''About this time look for many bills." It is settling time. All sorts of bills are coming in. Those who have bills that they consider porfectly good have kept them back from presenta? tion till this period; thoso who have bills that they consider decidedly bad make at this time a strenuous effort to realize them. Many a man at the first of Janu? ary finds that he owes more than be thought he did, and many others find that they havo less to pay with than they ex? pected. The money question of tho year ha9 to be faced, and the problem of making both ends meot solved. To thoso who cannot pay, who havo been improvident or spend thrift, there is nothing to be said except to advise them to do so no more?advice, by the way, which they are not likely to heed, and which is thereforo scarcely worth giving. But to thoso who can, wo say : "Pay up." Put your money in cir? culation, look over your accounts, collect j'our own bills, and endeavor to com? mence the year with a clean balance sheet. Especially pay your small, debts?those you owe to your doctor, your tailor, your shoemaker, and your tradesmen general? ly. . Great injustice and great barm are often thoughtlessly done by those who aro abundantly able to pay, by the neglect of their small accounts. The very insig? nificance of the amount in their estima? tion tends to make them careless about it. They know they intend to pay, and know that they can pay by merely drawing a check, and therefore put it off. But what is a small matter to them is a large one to the creditor. "Many mickles make a muckle/' Tho personal and family bills that we make aro generally small ones, but their aggregate, owed by a line of customers, is often the sole capital of the tradesman. You have been a good purchaser, he knows you are safe to pay, wants a con? tinuance of your custom and does not like to press you. But ho wants his money badly. Ho owes bills that rauBt be paid if his credit is to be maintained. Pcr hups ho has been so far successful in the past year as too see the way to enlarging his business at ;he commencement of the new 3renr, but if j-ou aro slow in paying, the chance may be lost; or he may have been unsuccessful, and your prompt pay? ment may be the only thing that can save him from sinking into bankruptcy. Either case may be one of your making. There? fore, pay up. The prompt payment with? in this month of all the small bills, owing by those who are able to pay, would put an amount of money into circulation that in its turn, running into all tho channels of trade, would roliovo embarrassments, revivify business, and give tone and con? fidence to the commercial aspect of tho opening year. Besides, if you pay, some? body else may find that money coming to them, and be able to pay you. So there is justico as well aa selfishness in paying up.?Baltimore American. - How to Win Political Power.?Ev? ery factory established in tho South wcak ons the arrogant power of the North, and strengthens us in the contest for tho pre? servation of our political rights and our prosperity as a section. Every balo of, hay, or hogshead of bacon, or barrel of flour or potatoes, which wo raise at tho South, cuts off tributo money to the North, and helps to make us strong and self-sus? taining peoplo. Our strength as a section now lies in our industry. So long as wo permit tho North to control and grow fat on it, so long will wo be treated as inferi? ors In the Union. But by so using our great resources as to convince tho politi? cally dominant section of our value and importance as an ally, and of our power to make it feel in tho pocket nerve tho loss of our good will, wo may achiovo in the Union what our arras failed to win for us out of it, and what the most rigid com? pliance with Northern domands has since failed to securo for us.?Col. Enquirer. This Wrecks in Charleston Harbor. ?A correspondent of the Now York Tri? bune says tho contract for raising the wreck sunk in Charleston harbor has boon awarded to the Monitor Wrecking Com? pany by tho Treasury Department. Among them aro tho Kcokuk, Wcehaw ken and Patasco, iron-clads, and the Housatonic, store ship, besides a largo number of others of less importance. Storo ships, blockade runners, torpedo boats, vessels of overy known varioty, fitted for war or peace, are found by the divers strewn over tho bottom of tho har? bor. Probably there is not at present another place in the world where so many submerged wrecks aro collected within so small a space. ? ? ? A negro named Jackaon appliod for registration in Texas, and brought certifi? cate bearing the name of Sam Smith, ox plaining tho discrepancy thus : l,You see, massa, Smith he died and I married his widder and come to all his'stato, and you sou dis here 'tifieate was among his prop? erty, and I fell hare to it." The labor Question. The Orangeburg Neics says emphati? cally that whero farmers do not got what hands they want this year, " 'tis their own fault." Much land has been sold to colored men, who aro building and settling upon it; but this does not hinder farmers from contracting with these very men.? A gentleman in the county has rented lands to families all around him. Tho I men of these familids are to work in his contract for one-third, as heretofore. The women aro allowed to work tho land rented to the family, the owner having a lien on their crop for the payment of the rent. The owner, also, by the terms of tho contract, at certain times can call on all the hands at so much porday to work in his crop. This farmer always has as many hands as be wants. By this ar? rangement, says our cotcmporary, the colored man has his home, his family working for him and for themselves. The owner of the land has hands for all the land he wants to plant for himself, and the rest of it is rented out to good paying tenants. Now, oven supposo the land is sold, instead of rontcd, to these families, the same plan can operate, and tho same security is given for hands for the planter, and a lion secures the payment for the purchase of tho land. And this latter is better, inasmuch as the security to both is permanent, and not temporary, for one year. The colored man is settled and happy, and the planter has hands around him ready at his command. Mutual for? bearance and kindness on cither side will secure contentment. and prosperity to both. The colored man is not avaricious ?he is satisfied with comfort. By this means ho realizes tho wish of his heart? to have a home. Ho is elevated as a man and a laborer. IIo has every induce? ment to bo honest as a man, and industri? ous as a laborer. He is rendered conten ted and happy. It takes very little to make him happy, and he has a right to be happy. Without somo such plan ns this, tho aame difficulty will arise each year for hands. And it will increase every year, for tho colored man is resolved to have a homo and a start in lifo? Thoso calm and sensible words aro well worthy of general consideration. Color? ed labor is the only labor that we can command; eclorod peoplehavo the politi? cal control of the Stato. Surely, thon, it is wiser to make the colored men our friends and fellow-laborers in a common cause, than to aggravate tho distrust and dislike which are already too bittor and too deep for the good of our State and people? Charleston Hews. The Cotton Tax The importance to tho South of the cotton tax case now pending boforo the Supreme Court at Washington, on ap? peal from tho United States District Court for the Western Tennessee District, cannot be exaggerated. Apart from the material valuo involved in tho claim the decision of the Supreme Court will affect moral and legal ques? tions, and considerations of political right of quite as much moment as any that i have arisen lrom tho post bellum legisla? tion of Congress. The claim for reim? bursement for taxes paid under the for? mer act of Congress, although involving a considerable sum, is of little moment, compared with the question of the right of Congress to imposo a tax upon a raw product of several of the States. If it shall bo determined that Congress has the authority to seloct a particular product of some of the States for a taxation not im? posed upon tho product of other States, then may the South anticipate an unjust discrimination against all her material in? terests, whenever tho caprices of hor ruler shall deem it necessary or conveni? ent. Such a policy requires no more vio? lent usurpation, than that which has in repeated instances made tho will of Con? gress suporior to the fundamental princi? ples of tho Federal system. The right to mako tho unjust discrimi? nation against cotton, which now oxists, a right which it is not pretended to ex? ercise regarding corn, wheat and tho nu? merous products of other Statos, would practically place the eleven Southern States boyond the palo of constitutional oquality. If such discrimination be con? stitutional, then aro tho Southern pcoplo liable to confiscation and to almost any conceivable measuro of legislative tyran n}\ Tho most able and comprehensive briofs have been written on the subject, two of them by ex-Judges of the Supreme Court, of eminent ability and learning. A favorable decision will lift a great bur? den from tho culturo of a staple which contributes already two-thirds of tho ex? ports of tho country, and is tho most solid and reliable basis of both its credit and J its commerce.? Wilmington Star. What You Do, Do Well.?Aitor years and years of inculcating the above princi* pal that ?hould govern farmers in all of their labors, wo find tho world full of cul? tivators of tho soil who livo and act up though thoy had not read or heard of "do? ing things well" in their lives. Everything they attempt to perform shows a lack of care, attontion and knowledge of what is to their own interest. Whorovoryou find a farmer who has steadily grown rich by tho sweat of his brow, you will find a man who does well whatever he performs. His house is always in good repair, woll painted, otc; his grounds around his dwelling neatly laid out, with an abun? dance of good fruit and shade trees; his out-houses commodious, well arranged and also in good order. His cattle and horses aro of good stock and in good con? dition, and he has a system of doing work that accomplishes what ho under? takes, and he docs not ieavo everything half done as many farmers do who drag through lifo and dio poor. "Don't Take the Paper." Suppose that Cicero, or Aristotle, or Socrates or any other of the philosophers who lived and died before the age of prin? ting, could bo roused from tho grave and handed a modern newspaper in his own language. How he would gloat over the treasure, especially when he glanced over the telegraphic despatches and recalled the slow progress of news in his day; or when ho looked at the advertisements and discovered how conveniently he could pur? chase his groceries and dry goods by re? ferring to them. What a smile of grati? tude would beam over his countenance, as he examined the terras of subscription, and the knowledge dawned upon his mind that a fresh copy could be procured cverj* week, or every day, for so trifling a sum 1 The conception would be too vast to be grasped at once?it would require time. But when he had gotten a clear percep? tion of the fact, would not his first thought be that the living generation of men must bo tho wisest of all generations? Then suppose that just at this time, some "economical" old gentleman should step up and ask him the price of cotton, assigning as a reason that he "don't take no papers." We really believe that Solo? mon himself, under these circumstances, with all his knowledge of human folly, would be so staggered by the information as to fall back into his grave instanter. The idea that any human being could be content to live in ignorance of so many things which concern his evory-day-life, when he could be informed of them at so little cost, would be too much for any philosopher that ever lived. And yet t here are thousands in this age of cheap printing, who "don't take a paper." They caro nothing for what is going on in this restless world, out-side of their immedi? ate neighborhood. Now, there aro somo unerring marks, by which a man who don't read the pa? pers may be known, and we will mention a few of them for the benefit of our rea? ders. Whenever a man is chock-full of neighborhood gossip, and is forever both? ering his friends to know what Congress or tho Legislature is doing; when he spends all his spare time at preaching, outside of the house, in asking about tho probability of confiscation, famine, pesti? lence, war, or some other great disaster, he don't read tlie papers. When he de? pends upon the same source for bis knowl? edge of the marriages, deaths, sales, ac? cidents or murders in his county, he don't take his county paper: for if he did, he could save a great deal of breath in ask? ing about such things, when the news is old to his neighbors. When a man don't know tho prices of his farm productions, or have any idea what they ought to be; and when he don't believe in tho big crops or tho improved implements of other localities and feels confident there is some humbug about them, he donHtake the papers. But the surest mark of one who don't take any papers, in bis suolimo confidence in what little he does know. He can't be humbugged?not he. He never gets less than the top of the mar? ket for his cotton?never. And what's more, you can't toll him. anything about a grab-plow, or a mud chimney, or a land pi ko hog!?Yorkoille Enquirer. -<j>-_ The Ltqcor Traffic?The Great Evil of the Day.?From every quarter, in every newspaper, comes the intelligence of some fearful crime committed while un? der the influence of liquor. The evil is assuming such gigantic proportions that a reform must be effected in some way. Our cotemporary of the Darlington Southerner says, that half the criminals who are hung make the acknowledgement that they were wholly, or partially intoxicated, when they committed the deed for which they were made to suffer the extreme penalty of the law. There is no telling how many evils spring from this vice alone; how many souls are wrecked on the rock of intemp? erance ; we say souls, for the Bible tells us that no drunkard can enter the king? dom of heaven. Intemperance is not a vice which makes miserable the Intemperate man alone, his family and friends are mado to suffer too; he plunges tho innocent in poverty and misery, that he may indulge his mad lore of liquor. All the while he, himself, is not happy, for ho knows that he is making a wreck of all that renders life worth hav? ing. It is startling to think with what rapid strides this crime is marching over our country, trampling all the bloom and beau? ty out of the flowers of existence; break? ing hearts, ruining the fairest hopes, and bringing men, who might have had long 4ives?of usefulness, down to the gravo. Now, what lies at the root of all this evil? The liquor trade. It has been truly said, "The License law is the most effici? ent weapon of Satan?his right hand bow? er." Let a stop be put to this traffic and no liquor be permitted to be sold save for medical purpose, and wo shall soon see a different state of things. It is positively amazing the amount of liquor sold, and how, in every direction, drinking places are started up. Tho money swallowed up by these places in a week would keep a family comfortable for months. So serious has the evil now become, that it is time for all good men to takeTiold of the matter. We certainly need a tem? perance reform, or pretty soon drunken? ness will be the rule and not the excep? tion in America. It is time to rise up and slay this dreadful giant, who is killing thousands?killing them body and soul.? Luncaster Ledger. ? There is a kind of grim humor in tho address of a dovout deacon to his nowly settlod pastor as ho gave him tho usual welcome?"The Lord keep you humble and we will keep you poor.'' Living Writers of the Sontiu There is probably not a man in the Southern States better qualified for pre senting to the reading public what the South has to show in letters, than Profes? sor James Wood Davidson, of South Car olina, whose careful and well considered work on living Southern writers has just appeared from the press of Carleton.? Himself tho master of a pure style, with a pure taste, cultivated by liberal study, and a judgment tree from, prejudice, ho was admirably qualified for the task he assumed,.and has discharged it well.? While by the very nature of the ca?e he was tempted to magnify his" subject, he has been betrayed into no fulsome ?raises, and much of his criticism is remarkable for its nice discrimination. As an exam? ple of the spirit of fairness which marks his volume, we may cite his treatment of the much vexed question of the authorship of the war lyric of "All Quiet along the Potomac to-night," which no one can now pretend to believe was written by the Southern soldier who claimed it as his original production. Mr. Davidson has made onl a long list of Southern writers?the number extends to two hundred and forty-one?some of whom aro hardly entitled to literary con? sideration at all, but it cannot be denied that ho has done a real service to the country by his pains-taking examination of the whole field. Many readers pi the North will be surprised to know how large a part of the current literature ?f the day is the work of Southern men and women. Perhaps no'three writers of fic? tion in the United States have so many readers and admirers (we say this as fact, and apart altogether, from, its literary merits) as Mrs. Terhune, (Marion Har land,) Mrs. E. D. E. N. Sonthwortb, and Mrs. Augusta J. Wilson, nee Evans, yet it is not generally known that all three are Southern by birtbv We" note some trivial errors in proper names, as of Mies Crane, (now Mrs. Seeraoller,) author of "Emily Chester," improperly given as Grain ; and we mark some omissions, as that of Professor ?cbelo De Veroyof the University of Virginia, a prolific . writer and translator, and that of John C. McCabe, now a clergyman.in Delaware, and there may be others. But these errata and omissa may be corrected and supplied in a second edition, for which we cannot doubt there will bo a demand. ?New York Evening Post. The Yeae in Wall Street.?-The year 1869 will be remembered in financial his? tory for its great gold arid stock panics. It opened upon the formation of exten? sive cliques and speculative combinations in Wall street, whose doings have been the,talk of both continents. -It witnessed a period of remarkable inflation in stocks, which, under the manipulation, of these cliques, were driven to tho acme of valu? ation. The tide steadily rose from Janu? ary to September, on tho 22d of which latter month camo the turning point.? Those who remember tho atock panic of 1864 will be struck with the coincident features of both. In 186? the Stock Ex? change was calm and unrufficd as a sum? mer sky. Suddenly Fort Wayne, which had been forced up 50 or 60 per 'cent., came down with ? crash. Tho wholo market broke with it in ? terrible panic. Last September the crash came as unex? pectedly. On the 22d, just after New York Central had been called at tho morning board,and while the prosident was passing to the next stock on the list, there was an outcry at the rear of the room:-i Central had broken; no one.could leH why. It rallied temporarily, and .then broke again, falling in a few days about sixty per cent. On Friday, the 24th, camo tho gold panic. Tho l:unous cliquo had "bulled"' tho price ail tho way to 165, when suddenly the Secretary of the Treas? ury ordered a sale of four millions of the government gold. The effect was. magi? cal. The price dropped instantly to 133. The disaster inflicted by these panics was widespread. At least half a dozen suicides have beon one result. Tho failures ?m?ng brokers, bankers and merchants have been innumerable. Whoover was tainted with the gold! speculation was hurt. Since that time gold has gradually fallen to 119$?:a difference of 45f per' cent, be? tween the highest and lowest points of the year. Fortunately, t he panic, like in 1864, was confined to Wall 6treet. The crash of 1857 extended over the whole country, and involved evory interest, fi? nancial and commercial. Then the cur? rency of tho country was circumscribed, and the attempted liquidation of paper produced general bankruptcy. Now our paper currency is expanded to eight hun? dred millions?an abundance which has confined the moro recent panics to specu? lative circlos only. The experience of 1861 and 1869 shows that a recurrence of 1857 is impossible until the country "rows up to the currency, or until the currency is violently contracted.?N. F. Herald. ? Mind Yctje Own Business.?To tell a man to his face to mind his own busi? ness would be considered about equal to knocking him down. And yet it is one of the simplest rules of right conduct, and the most useful that mankind can adopt in their intercourse with each Other. There is a great deal of the Paul Pry spirit in the human heart, or wonderful inquisitiveness in regard to the personal and private affairs of friends and neigh? bors. This spirit makes more mischief in the community than almost any other cause, and creates more malice, envy and jealousy than can be overcome in a ceuti - ry. Let every man mind his own busi? ness, and there will not be half the trouble in the world that there is at preesent. ? "A red sacque," says a wag, "repre? sents an auction flag?the wearer offering herself to the highest bidder."