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HOYT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON O. H., S. 0., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1871. VOLUME 6?NO. ??. For the Andereon Intelligenoer. ^ The Free Common School System. Me. Editob: Please permit us in the pres? ent number of this series, to notice some of the objections which we have from time to time heard urged against educating the negro. Tie first; objection which we heard after emancipation had become an established fact, was that if the negro were educated, he would 2iot be so easily controlled by the white man, m he would be without it. Little, we presume, Was it suspected by this objector - that in less than three years from that date that the* white man would be controlled by the negro?that he would become the white man's political master, and that he would become the "enactor and administrator of the laws. But neverthe? less it came to pass I And now, in South Car? olina, the white man stands alone as a mere cipher, tie negro not only ruling in.State poli tiea;'butin Federal, also. And we beg here to say,'as"a passing remark, that in our. humble opinion; this unhappy state of affairs might have be^n partially, if not wholly prevented; if the Convention of the State -which assem? bled under the auspices of President Johnson in 1868, had have so far anticipated the Kecon structioa Acts as to have enfranchised the ne? gro, and. thus have secured his confidence, nu? merical power and political alliance, securing to us as a State domestic tranquility and pros? perity, giving us at the same time redoubled strength against Federal aggressions and usur? pation. .The next objection brought to bear against educating the negro was; that if we conosded to.hhn.th-is privilege, he . would soon become an arrogant competitor with us in all intellec teal an4 literary pursuits?that he would have ?ie emontery to become an aspirant to the learned professions, and that he would soon have the presumption to want to go to the Leg? islature and even to Congress. \ Now, if the learned professions are benefi? cial, the more professors and practioners we have the better. But, it is sneerlngly asked, tfouldyou, sir, employ a negro as an attorney at law to defend a case for you ? This, sir, we presume'is more a matter of , taste than any? thing ebe. We have -very strong predilections in favor of our own race, and of giving them employment in preference to the negro race.; but in the case supposed, were we not to em? ploy this colored legal gentleman, were it to our pecuniary interest so to do, we would cer? tainly be violating a rule which you are con? stantly practicing in employing the negro to do your work, because what f s Because yon. consider it to be to your interest, inasmuch as yon regard him abler, and yon can in addition to that get the negro cheaper. Another objector says the negro cannot learn?cannot be taught; but experience and observation prove this to be false. That the negro is inferior, in point of intellectual ca? pacity, to the white man, we confidently be? lieve. Bat as all white men are not Franklins and Newtons, yet ail white men, idiots except? ed, are susceptible of bfecming greatly im }>roved intellectually by a proper course of ns traction. So in like manner it is with the colored man. Although their ablest intellects might not surpass that of the most ordinary white man, yet would not the .ordinary white man well educated be a better citizen than a Franklin without any education ? . But another objection, and the last we shall notice, because it includes all that can or will be offered, is that it is contrary to the notions of propriety which we have ever entertained ia regard to the negro. We are apprised of the fact that we have acme Bin van Wiinkies among aa who have not yet heard of the evacuation of Bichmond, and that Gen. Lee has surrendered; that the heroic soldiers comprising the Confederate very have all long since become paroled pris? oners of war, much less that emancipation has been recorded in history as a fixed fact, and that the Beco as traction Acts have made the colored man an equal political copartner with the white ftan. ^ But, swously, will yon please explain to us Che difference between the moral turpitude of teachings negroes and preaching to negroes? You sav;a white man who would teach a negro school should be ostracised and kicked out of decent or respectable society. Give as the difference of instructing them when it ia called teaching and when it is called preach? ing. And while your hand is in, in the expia nation of these ethical and theological enigma; please inform us why it is a duty to send mo to Africa to teach those sable sons of Ham c* the eastern shore of the Atlantic, yet doing t e same thing here at home subjects a man to te most withering anathemas of an outraged po lic sentiment 1 0, tell it not in Bnrmah, or let the sound reach the inhospitable shore of Africa, test the uncircamcised Ethiopian har it and mock at our inconsistency, at our inh> cerity, at our downright hypoencyd I i But the teaching of negroes, sir, is con>ro mising our honor I Aye, what honor? The' honor of the duelist, or one which is suniir to it? An honor that' causes a man to .mrder his fellow-man?sending, as it were, his jdeed, guilt}- and sin-contamihated soul into thprcs ence of an incensed and sin-avenging *od? making a widow of his wife, and orp&ns of bis children, robbing them of their atural friend and protector; and worse thai all in jaw case damns his own soul, and fowhat? Because he has not enough moral enrage to do his duty by refusing to obey the jandatec of a custom originating from that td Arch Fiend, the foe both to God and man Hence, in like manner yon refuse to do whs the prov? idence of God has unqueationah1 made it your duty to do, because you think' would be compromising youi honor I Now, if it is bo that our very e^tence as a State and people depend upon th<*ducation of the negro, it may bo asked, hov'i8 this to bo accomplished I Wo answer, asias all along been implied, through the insumentality of the Free Common School: This is the Seat moral penacea?the politic catholicon? e heaven-seal, antidote aga ins tall moral cor? ruption and political dishonest?against car? pet-bag legislation and scalaag spoliation! But yon insist that it is a naaiou* draught, a bitter pill. Very well, wo coiede this. But, then, If the character and statfof the disease fender its administration ilispensable, we should, as we love life, swall* it down, not? withstanding it may cause dagreeable sensa? tions, and even vomiting. W. H. Toumville, & C. _ ? A sharp student was c#ed up by the wor? thy professor of a colcbratesollege, and asked the question: 'Van a manee without eyes ?" "Yes, sir," was the prompicply. "How, sir," cried the astonished profes>V"can a man see without eyes? Pray, sir,">w do you make that out;?* "He can see *h one, sir," replied the ready-witted youth; ?a the whole class shouted with delight at P triumph of meta? physics. , Propagation of Fish?Is Shad Culture Pofit able? The annexed article is copied from a New York paper, and to which our attention has been directed. It discusses a subject of much interest in the Northern States, and one that is destined to receive more consideration in the South hereafter, and as a statement of the re I cent progress in the North, it will repay peru? sal: About four years ago, the first movement was made to demonstrate in a public way that the fishes in the great rivers could be assisted in j propagation and their.numbers be immensely I multiplied by the "artificial process.' Seth Green had previously been engaged in the cultivation of brook trout with'moro or less successful re? sults. He had turned his attention to shad and insisted that with a small outlay of time and money these excellent fishes could be produced in such quantities as to glut the market and make shad the cheap food f>r the poor. To demonstrate this it became necessary to find a suitable place where the ,work could be done under the protection of law, and some pecu? niary aid from the public could be obtained. Massachusetts and Connecticut were induced to lend their aid in ?Joint effort to stock the Connecticut. Mr. Green mado liberal propo? sals to the Commissioners of these States, and went to the dam'at Holyoke, the head waters of the Connecticut, for shad, and there began his work under great disadvantages, including the opposition of the ignorant fishermen, and receiving but little countenance from the pub? lic of the locality generally. He sought to dembnstrate'ihe truth of his theories, and was willing to nuke almost any sacrifice to do this. He had dedared his firm belief that tho shad hatched in % particular river would annually return to that river and would resort to no other, and that by artificial 'propagation ninety per cent of the spawn would be productive, while, by the natiral method, not five per. cent, were hatched. The correctness of his positions have been demonstrated, beyond all doubt. How this has been done.let the Commissioners of the State of Connecticut tell. In their report to the legislature, just received, are the fol? lowing: : In themonth of July, 1867, Mr. Seth Green, of Mumford, New York, under the joiht pat? ronage of the Massachusetts and Connecticut Commissioners, made the first experiments in the artificial propagation of shaa in tho Con? necticut Rivet, a short distance below Holyoke dam. Mr. Gseen's skill and large experience in the culture of fish, especially fitted him for the work. His first attempt resulted in hatch? ing about two per cent, of the ova. His sec? ond attempt, with improved arrangements, brought oui seventy per cent His third effort secured nuety^nine per cent; and in three weeks, he jut into the Connecticut River about forty milluns of young shad. At this time nothing wis really known about the. growth of the shad; there was .a great difference of opin? ion amon; fishermen and naturalists; some as? serted tint it reached maturity, or marketable size, in 01 e year; others, that it took from two to five vors. The better opinion seemed to be not less nan three n?r more than five years; and thh was partially corroborated*by the in? vestigating of Mr. M. S. Treat, of Eastford, which, eiowed that alewives, which are closely allied k bhad, take four years to mature. It was als? corroborated by the time of the disap- I pearane of shad after the building of dams. In the fell of 1867, more young shad wore ob servedat various places along tho river, from Glastotbnry to its mouth, on their way to the sountLthan had been noticed for several years. The fery-boats on the river repeatedly scooped them ip on their aprons, while many were caugh by the fishermen in their fine-meshed nets. In ^e following summer, June 20, 1868, Mr. Greet repeated his experiments in the hatching of slad, at Holyoke, under the direction of the Massachusetts Commissioners, and for abott twenty days had complete success. He tured out 'Several millions" of young fry da'y. On the 12th of July, the weather be? came so extremely hot that the temperature of tli water ranged from 84 to 88 degrees, and t'e spawn was spoiled in the hatching boxes. ; is estimated that sixty millions of young had were put into tho Connecticut that year. During the same year, attempts wore mado ay the Connecticut Commissioners to hatch shad at Brockway's Point, out it was on the 8th /of July before the ova were placed in the box? es, ana the extreme heat of the weather de? stroyed them. No attempts were made to hatch shad in 1870, the Commissioners deeming it prudent to await the results of-the experiments of 1867 and 1868, before incurring further expense. The great increase of young shad seen in 1309, as in 1868, confirmed the belief that they would mature in due time, and an abundance of marketable .shad would appear by tho year 1871, at tho farthest To the surprise and delight of our people, however, they appeared in unusually great numbers in 1870. Such a run of shad has not been seen in twenty years. On Sunday, the 22d of May, they appeared iu the sound in vast numbers; captains of vessels sailing through tho sound, reported immense shoals of them near the surface of the water, all making for the month of the Connecticut River. On Mon? day morning, the 23d, over 28,000 shad, of good size, were taken from the ponds at and near Saybrook. The samo day, at Lewis' Pond, beyond Nuncatcsick Point, 8,560 were taken at one time, being seven times tho usual catch. At Haddam Island, 700 wero taken at one haul of tho seiuo. At Wcthersfield, 900 were taken during tho day. At Holyoko Dam, 450 wero taken between 4 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon; At all the other fishing places on the river, so far as heard from, the catches were unusually large, and tho fishing continued un? commonly good throughout tho season. The average quality and size of the fish wero also good. Now tho largest hauls of shad, in or near the Connecticut River, of which we havo any au? thentic record, was in 1811, whon 2,2S0 shad were caught at a single draft at Rutty's Fish Place. Prior to that timo, the largest single draft had been made in 1862, at Haddam Pier, and it numbered about 2,800. Comparing these figures with those given above, from Nuncatcs? ick Point it will bo soon that the single catch last year at that place was larger by nearly six? ty per cent, than tho largest single draft over before recorded. It cannot bo positively asserted that this great run of shad was the result of tho hatch? ing of 1867. Your Commissioners entertain the belief that it was; and thero are certainly plausible reasons for steh belief. It is a reniar kablo co-incidenco that such a sudden increase should appear just at the timo many had pre? dicted it and looked for it It is a pertinent fact, too, that no other river shared in thin abundance; the supply olsewhore was as scan? ty as in former years. ? A Western editor in his financial article says: "Money is close, but not close enough to reach." The Immigration Scheme. Mb. Editor: Having received a number of letters from friends in different parts of the country, making inquiries into the details and objects of our scheme in aid of immigration into South Carolina, I propose, with your per? mission, as briefly as possible, to answer tnem through the medium of your columns. * In the first place, ejqperience has shown that individuals have not succeeded in bringing in immigrants to any extent. In the second place, efforts-have been hitherto directed to^rocuring mere laborers, and not to introducing actual settlers to becomo owners of the soil. Our purpose is, by means of in association, thor? oughly organized and well managed, to obtain largo tracts of land snd establish at least four colonies in the Eastern, Western, Middle and. Northern portions of"the State respectively.? Our effort will be by locating these colonies in healthy -districts, by selling small farms to ac? tual settlers at low prices, and on long credits, and by using our personal influence to have the colonists assisted and kindly treated by their neighbors; to make these settlements the nu? cleus of a prosperous and ever increasing im? migrant population, who in their turn, will add to the wealth, and secure tho prosperity of tho State. If we.can succeed in this, the problem; of increasing the population of South Carolina, and, indeed, of the whole South, to any extent,} is solved. We have vast areas of land capable i of very high and remunerative cultivation that j are now lying waste, and are but so much dead capital. They need to be divided, and diversi? fied industry should be substituted for the de? structive system' of the last few years: We need a more intelligent, self-reliant, thrifty laboring population; who will produce more of the necessaries of life, and less of the.staple < crops. Cotton is tho best market crop that wo can ever have, but should only be made after j an ample supply of provisions for home con? sumption. But; to return from this digression. To ac? complish our ends as ?ibovoset forth, wo must j have capital. To make anything like a begin? ning from which practical results can "be hoped for will- require $200,000. This amount wo; hopo to realize from thii schemo. It may be asked, "How?" I will indicate. We propose to sell 150,000 tickets at ?5 each, making $750, 000. Of this ?amount we will give in prizes $500,000, in manner as set forth in the list, the prizes being 2,404 in number, to bo drawn for in the usual way. Of the remaining $250,000, aftor the expenses are deducted, we are pledged to give $10,000 to the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society, nnder whose auspices we i are proceeding, and every cent of the balance to tho introduction of immigrants. That is the whole story. It is proper for zne to add that Mr. Chadwick has, with great liberality, placed tho "Academy of Music" at tho disposal of the association at what the building has cost him. I am perfectly, free to admit that the means adopted to raise the necessary funds are extra? ordinary, but so is tho occasion. This is not a lottery, as some appear to think, partaking though it does somewhat of its features; but a project gotten up and conducted for a specific purpose?a purpose which we regard as of the very hist consequence to the best interests of the State, and thereto end. If pur enterprise is successful, as there is no longer any reason to doubt iihat it will be, backed as it is by men of the highest social ana business standing, North as well as South, and cordially supported by the people whenever an "office has been opened, we can introduce into South Carolina, in the course of twelve or eigh? teen months, several largo colonies of actual settlers, place the State on the road to prosperi? ty and material development, and ultimately with her prosperity reap for ourselves a hand? some reward, pecuniary and otherwise, for our time and labor. We are now having prepared, at great trou? ble ami expense, a pamphlet with illustrations 1 and map-o, setting fourth the advantages of I South Carolina, her agricultural and mineral resources, her incomparable water power, her genial climate, Valuable products. &c., &c.,; in short, all such information as will be required by the immigrant The book will distributed throughout those portions of the North and Europe from which we are likely to obtain im? migrants, and will of itself be worth to the State of South Carolina more than the amount of money which our people are likely to invest in our scheme. This much, Mr. Editor, I have thought due to ourselves and to those who have made in? quiries as to our intentions, as these mattem could not well be set forth in an advertisement If persons should desire anything further, we' shall be most happy to give them any informa? tion in our. power. Regretting that I have been compelled to trespass bo much upon your space, but hoping that tho matter of this communication will not be without interest to your readers, I remain yours, Ycry respectfully, M. O. BUTLER. New York, June 17,1871. A Melancholy Railroad Catabtrophe. ?The Wheeling (West Va.l Intelligencer re? ports that the Cincinnati ana Pittsburg express going west over the Baltimore and Ohio rail? road on Tuesday morning, about a mile east of | Glover's Gap, ran over and instantly killed a young man of perhaps eighteen, and a child of five or six years of age, which lie was trying to rescue from danger. Tho young man was mending a fenco not far from tho track, and the child, whose brother he was, appears to have left the housowith tho intention of cros? sing the road and going to him. The child*/ when seen by the engineer, was walking along beside the road at a safe distance. When tho brother saw tho train coming he ran down to? wards the road, apprehending that the child might attempt to cross before the train. As the tram approached, the child, seeing its brothor coming on tho opposito Side of the road, turned, with a strango fatality, and started to run across the track directly in front of the en? gine to meet him. The brother sprang upon tho track to snatch it away, and in an instant tho locomotive was upon them and they were crushed beneath its ponderous wheels. The train was stopped as Jsooa as possible, and all went back to sco the sad. spectacle. Tho child's body was dreadfully mangled, and the upper portion of tho young man's head had been crushed completely away. Tho father and mother had come out to tho roadside and wero bending over thoir dead children and uttering heart-piorcing lamentations. It was a scene to melt hoarts of stone, and many were movod to tears. ? A correspondent of the N. 0. Times tells tho following singular story : "Not many months ago, asagcntlcmau was about to plunge into a forest stream for a pleasant bath, he saw far down on the pebbly bottom a terrible simu? lacrum of himself?-lifeless limbs swaying with tho tide, a white, drowned face, with staring eye and blue lips. It was but a socond, and J the vision faded, and with a cold shiver ho turned away. A few weeks ago came the news of his death. He fell from the neck of a ves? sel one stormy night in crossing the Atlantic." A Recent Interview with Yalllandlngliam? His Opinion of the Political Situation. It is a singular fact that just on the eve of his tragical death, Mr. Vallandinghara was in? terviewed by an editor of the Cincinnati Times. His opinions, as reported on that occasion, will be perused with intense interest, now that these words contain the last political utterances of this devoted and unflinching Democrat. His remarks are reported as follows: "There can be no more political campaigns fonght on the issues of the last fow years; they are dead, and if the Democratic party refuses to move tothe fr?nt and accept tho new order of things, it will simply pass away, and some other party, made up of the earnest and pro? gressive elements of the old parties, will take possession of the government. When asked if he did not think the campaign of 1872 would be fought on the present issues, he said, that may be undertaken by our party, but it will fail. A year ago Grant gave the promise of of his intention to lead the Republican party into the new departure, and he would nave done it, but a gang of old politicians at Wash? ington held him back, ana scared him with gabble about defeat until he went square back into the old ruts. Graut is an honest man, and would do right if the politicians would let him, but that they won't do. He took the back? track on the San Domingo question, in which, apart from tho corrupt means used, ho was clearly right. I tell you, air, the annexation of territory?the control of all outlying frag? ments of this continent?is the destiny of the American people. We shall have San Do? mingo and Cuba, Mexico, and all the rest.? I Mark that. We missed the greatest chance we i ever had in not getting" Cuba during tho Span? ish troubles. We could have haa it then for the mere asking, and in a fow years wo would ! have been the owners of the richest and most productive piece of territory in the world. Why, they used to talk about me, and call-me a disunionist. I will, tell you, sir^ earnestly' and honestly, I never was a disunion ist, and always did believe, and now believe, that this Union will be perpetual, and extend until it embraces the continent In his denial of dis? union views, Mr. Yallandingham thrice repeat-' ed it with marked emphasis. In reply to a re? mark of the interviewer, that he did not see how, with the hatred exhibited towards him by the dead issues of tho Democratic party, he J could stay in that'party, he smiled, and said, i "What can I do ? The Republican party won't ! move forward. It wants to stick to its old clothes, and my best hope is to get the Demo? cracy to-push to the front. However; there is ! no telling what three hundred and sixty-five [ days may bring forth, and of one thing I am l certain: If the Democratic party fails to be? come the party of progress and advanced ideas, and I, from conscientious conviction, decide to act with the other political party, that other political party will never inquire what my past political record has been. Parties do not man j age things that way." j The Ku Klux Committee.?The testimony of Gen. James H. Clan ton, of Alabama, be? fore this Committee sets forth accurately the condition of affaire in the South. His exami? nation lasted five hours, aud the following is a brief synopsis of his testimony:. He testified that he-had lived in that State thirty-seven years, and in Montgomery twenty one years of that time; was a Union Whig be? fore the late war, and the Bell Presidential elector in 1860; he raised sixty-four companies for the Confederate army; has been- the only chairman of the Democratic Executive Com? mittee of that State aihco the war; he did not believe any regular Ku Klux organization ever existed in Alabama; had heard of outrages in a few localities by disguised bands, but Ala? bama was as-peaceable and quiet as before the war. No more violations had occurred since the war than in any of the Northern States. The greater part of tho crimes in Alabama had been committed by members of the Radical party.' The Democratic party in that State I were in favor of the education of the negro.? He had advocated it five years ago in a speech in reply to Wilson, of Massachusetts, and was already advertised to deliver a speech on the 19th of July next, at a State educational con? vention, in favor of the education of the col? ored race. The only intimidation ho knew of at the late elections was by tho Radical colored voters against those of their own color who wanted to rote the Democratic ticket. The cause of all the troubles was not the brave men who fought one another in the late war, but the politicians, sutlers and horse-holders who followed the two armies. Tho true men of each army respected one another, and were willing to meet, forgive and forget. Tho lead ' era of tho Radical party in Alabama, with fow exceptions, were destitute of moral character, mere regular spoilsmen; most of the negroes j had behaved well. . A generous policy on tho ' part of tho Government would nest subserve tho interests of both races in the South, and soonest restore tho fraternal feeling and affec? tion which once existed for the Union. The South loved our form of government, bnt ab? horred its mal-administration. He had always counselled submission to law and order, and believed it could and would be preserved in his State without any outside influence. - m * mm Successful Business Men.?The New York Journal of Commerce replies to tho question of a correspondent: "What proportion of those who succeed in acquiring a competency in bus? iness pursuits ultimately retain it f" The edi? tor says that of those who engage in business on their own account only three out of a hun? dred escapo failure, and only five out of a hun? dred succeed in avoiding an entire collapso of their first effort. Of those who at some time or other have in hand a reasonable competence, and may bo said to have succeeded in business, ninety per cent are still the subjects of after Tcverscs of some sort, so that only ten per cent, of the successful ones keop their fortuuo un? shaken. No two things, tho Journal thinks, should be more strongly impressed upon the young mon of our country than the insecurity of riches, even when acquired, and their unsat? isfying character. There is no fallacy so uni? versally chorished as the notion that wealth is surely a means of happiness. The caro of a large property is one of tho most burdensome of earthly trusts. The ouly material good which conies of any estate, the writer remarks, is to be made out of a moderate incomo far easily than from a largo one, and with fewer at? tendant disadvantages. Tho enjoyment in tho dispensation of bounty is sadly marred by the judicious caro required in tho selection of the recipients. The man who is earning a good liv? ing, with something to sparo annually for.tho sweet uses of charity, is far less tried iu this respect ? The Emperor of Germany is reported to bo a practical printor. As a warning to the craft, however, wc would take the occasion thus afforded to say that not more than ouo out of every ten practical printers ever lives to become an Emperor. ? The elephant is one of tho most sagacious of travelers?always keeping his eye on his trunk. Stick to One Thing. In this progressive age, with its rush and force and competition, when there is so much to learn and to do. a man, to achieve any de? gree of success, must select some particular calling and devote his time, his mind and all his energies persistently and vigorously to the work of mastering all its details, and to render his services valuable in that line. The easy going days when a "Jack-of-all-trades" could command custom or remunerative wages has passed away, and instead we have a more cor? rect idea prevailing, and a higher appreciation of energy, appreciation and persistence of pur? pose. Scholars, inventors, practical workers, thinkers in every field, have been laboring con? stantly, and in the last quarter of a century there have been so many important improve? ments perfected, so many valuable discoveries made, so much light thrown on hitherto ob? scured subjects, and the range of learning is so vast and diverse, that anything like marked success is attainable only by bestowing undi? vided attention on some particular department of. thought, some one branch of trace, or some singular industrial pursuit. The correctness of this assertion is shown in the eminence at? tained by certain individuals in different occu? pations, who without the advantages in starting out that others had, yet distanced competition and gained wealth and distinction. Every neighborhood 'furnishes instances of shiftless, aimless persons, who struggle on year after year, barely making a support, becauso they undertook to accomplish too much when they commenced life. It is simply a mental and physical' impossibility for a man to be skillful and successful as carpenter, machincst and merchant, and life is altogether too brief, and the human capacity too limited, to enable a person to learn all that ought to bo known of each of these occupation's. We frequently meet men who started out as fanners, but just when they ..had been at it long enough to ac-1 quire a pjracti.cal acquaintance with the work j to be done.and to get tho farm in order, they i would imagine that money could be made easier | and faster in some other way, and at once the labor, time and experience of several years would be given up lor a new idea, to be aban? doned itself in turn for something more at? tractive. Such men never manage to seize tho fortunate time or pursuit, for they are always I losing while others arc accumulating. But a I small amount of common sense is needed to ' show that this fickleness, a lack of application I and resolution, must not only keep a person Eoor, but tends to the formation of shiftless abits, and to the loss of all the benefits ac? quired previously. Let a person first ascertain for what pursuit he is best adapted. Let him determine by re flection and trial tho direction his tastes and j capacities incline, and then having reached this important conclusion., the contest of life is, in a great measure ended, for industry, perse verence and regularity in habits will accom? plish the rest Many an excellent farmer is to-day growing sallow and dull behind a coun? ter in the city, because it;seems "genteel," and there are numerous client-less lawyers and pa? tient-less physicians who are wasting time, health and patience in offices, would make money for themselves and benefit the ? country by the vigor and skill with which they woula plow and ditch and sow. The world is full of useless lives?those who attempted too many different undertakings, and thoso who sought to. do that for which nature never gave them the capacity. A Queer Case.?Ifl the latter part of the year 18GS an old gentleman of Giles County, Va., died, leaving his real estate, valued at ?3,000, to one of his sons, and nothing to his ; seven other children. Daniel Huffman, ono of his sons-in-law, was made his executor. On the i6th of November, about fifteen days after old Mr. Webb's death, William loft his house, saying that he was to meet two men in tho Glades?a piece of wild woodland about a mile away. He was unprepared for a long journey, ydt he was never afterwards seen in the neigh? borhood, nor heard from i:i any place. On the evening of the same day Huffman and his wife went to Webb's house, and took possession of it, saying that they had bought it from William. Soon tho will was presented in. court, and Huffman was qualified as executor. People became uneasy, and suspected foul play, and, under direction of the coroner, a futile search was made for the remains of the missing man. In answer to the demand to tell where Webb was. and by what authority his property was held!, Huffman said that he though) William had gone West, and that he, Huffman, held the property because he had bought it for $800, partly in mouoy and partly by note. In Jan? uary, 1869, -Huffman showed a committee of citizens a receipt for the money, signed by I W. W. Webb, and also a title deed, his two sons being the subscribing witnesses. The I matter was dropped for a short time, at the ex? piration of which Huffman and his sons were arrested and tried lor murder, the prosecution failing, of course, to establish its case, since the1 corpus delicti was not shown. Huffman was again held, this time for forgery, but released, and a nolle prosequi entered as to the two sons. The case has but just been decided, and this is the last of this mystery, which caused so much excitement, and which undoubtedly is one of tho most profound and capable of becoming at some time one of the most romantic of all cases of unaccountable disappearance. Givtno Testimony in North Ca rolina. ?They havo a curious vernacular way down in tho old North State, as the upper Carolina is faniilialy called. A distinguished legal gontlc man from that vicinity once told a story con? cerning a witness whom he was examining in a county circuit, lie asked how a certain fight commenced, and the witness was requested to state the exact particulars, he having been an observer of tho whole affair. "Well, you honor," said ho, "this is tho way it was: Peto was standing by tho horse ahe<i, and you see Jim comes right up, shucks himself, stacks his rags and pitches into his combusti? bles." Now, isn't that a graphic description of strip? ping for a fight? On another of his circuits ho met a very preciso witness, who made a nico discrimination on tho scoro of lying. The question was as to the veracity of another wit? ness, atid he was asked if the other was a noto? rious liar. "Why," said he, rolling an immense quid of tobacco in his mouth, "not exactly so ; ho is what I call an intermittent liar. ? Mr. Lincoln was exceedingly astonished one day as ho was inspecting the prison in Wash ington by a prisoner who said to him. "How are you, Mr. President, I am glad to see you. I believe that you and I have been in every jail in the Union." "This and tho jail in Spring? field are the only ones I was ever in in mV life.' said Mr. Lincoln. "Very likely," responded the rogue, "but I've been in all the rest." ? A parson, reading tho funeral services at the grave, forgot the sex of the deceased, and asked one of the mourners, Eincraldcr, "Is this a brother or a sister ?" "Nayther," replied Pat "only a cousin." Ku Klux Outrages In Massachusetts and Alabama. And now comes intelligence from Clareiriont, Mass., of a revolting Ku Klux outrage in that town. A detachment of Kn Krax* in their customary nardi gm costume, appeared in the street, and imtnerlfateb/ entered the house of Mr. Harris through the cellar, though their entrance was resisted by him. The chamber door was broken down with an axe by four or five of the ringleaders, and Mrs. i Harris was seized and dragged into a field, at the hour when church yards yawn, where she was di? vested of her clothing, ana her person smeared with tar and feathers. Tar was also poured from a pan upon her head. One account says the reason of this outrage is that Mrs. Hams' character is . not above reproach, .and another, that she has been engaged in teaching a negro school. Oh, horrors I and in Massachusetts, too! This was an undoubted Ku Klux outrage, coming fully under the scope of the Ku Klux law, and if Grant is . sincere in his professed intention to execute the law, he will take im* mediate measures to send United States troops into Massachusetts, to teach that people obedi? ence, and illustrate the wisdom of the act which was professedly passed for. the suppres? sion of such outrages, hut really to aid nis re nomination for another terra of office. What a nice text this would bo for the Radicals if they could, in some way, twist this aflair so as to. place it to tho credit of Alabama, instead of Massachusetts. And just now there comes from Alabama a tale of outrage, not by masked men, bnt by a truc'bluo Radical official, a dis^ ciplc of the Great Cyclops. Geo. W. Richard? son, the Radical Solicitor of Coosa county! j Ala., is charged by two negro school gins ? with an aggravated assault upon them. They ; charge that he met them in the public road. I while they were on the way to school, gagged and blindfolded, and then severely whipped them with switches. Richardson at first re? sisted the officers sent to arrest him, and after? wards effected his escape by- flight If the Ku Klux law is a good thing Grant has a chance to illustrate it in these two cases. Let the law be enforced impartially. It is very possible that Richardson was only trying to make a little capital for his Radical brethren and that he had no idea of being caught, but that does not lessen his guilt, and he should be punished to the utmost extent of the Ku Klux law. So should the Massachusetts knights of the mask. ?Nashville Union and American. How to Keep Cool.?A correspondent furnishes tho London Tvrnfis with the following hiuts, which will be found pertinent to our own climate: "In these hot dav3, a cool apartment is a real luxury to be had far oftener than most people suppose possible.. The secret consists, not in letting in cool air, for naturally all do that whenever they have a chance; bnt in keeping out the hot air. If the air outside a room or house be cooler than the air inside, let it in by all means; bnt if it be hotter, careful? ly keep it out j A stair-case window left open during the j night will often cool the passages of a bouse, and the rooms, too, if their doors be not shut; j but it must be closed at 8 or 9 o'clock in the I morning, or, if on the sunny side, at 4 or 5 o'clock, and the blind drawn down. The mis \ take people generally make is, to throw open their windows at all hours of the day, no mat ; tor whether the atmosphere outside be cool or scorching. Let us nave some air, they say, and in comes tho treacherous breeze*?for even hot air is pleasant while it is gently blowing,' taking away perspiration, and thereby cooling the skin ; but the apartment is made warmer, in? stead of cooler, and as soon as they move ont of the draught they find their room to be more uncomfortable than before. Let in cool air?keep out hot?that is the only form to insure the minimum of discom? fort Sitting-rooms may generally be kept cool during the whole day if tho doors be only opened for ingress and egress, and the windows kept closed and shielded from direct sunshine by a blind. If the atmosphere of a room be impure from any cause, let it be renewed; hot air is less injurious than bad air. If a room bo small in comparfcon with the number of persons engaged in it, free ventilation becomes indispensable. . In a cooking apartment the temperature will probably be higher than outside, hence the free admission even of hot air will be desira? ble. If persons do not object to sit In a direct draught of air, windows and doors may. be opened?a breeze being more refreshing, even though several degrees warmer than still air. But under nearly all other circumstances rooms should be kept closed as much as possible un? til after sundown, or until the air outside is cooler than that inside. Let in cool air; keep out hot. ? The Secret of It.?An old farmer being asked why his boys stayed at home when oth? ers did not, replied that it was owing to the fact that ho tried always to make 'homo pleas? ant to them. Ho furnished them with attrac? tive and useful reading; and.when night comes and the day's labor is ended, instead of run? ning to the railway station and adjoining towns with tho other boys, they gather round tho freat lamp, and become absorbed in their ooks and papers. His boys were still at homo when the youngest was twenty-one, while those who were furnished with no*reading at home sought city dissipations as soon as they wero seventeen or eighteen. All will do well to* heed this testimony of a farmer who has known how hard to struggle for a footing on a free soil without capital is, and how valuable and comparatively cheap are the aids which good reading brings to him. In this age of general intelligence, the mind -must be caterea to and books and papers furnished; and artistic chromo pictures can also be brought to use in making home attractive. The .farmer's life is the most independent of any, and there is no reason why it should not be as attractively surrounded. American Heroism a Common Gia>ry.? Tho Vicksburg Herald reports the following as a part of a speech delivered recently in that city by Horace Grccloy: "I greet you here," said Mr. Greeley, "as citizens who will in time feel honor in the glory of Stonewall Jackson as well as those who were in the opposing armies [cheers;] who will glory alike in the glory of R. E. Lee as well as those who fought against him. *He felt that the clouds that now hover over the country would soon be swept away, and vanish in the grand, growing, and rising republic which will one day embrace all tho countries and all the peo? ple of this North American continent.** ? A cotemporary mentions the arrest of a woman in the street "witlyiothing on her per? son but a love-letter and daguereotype.'* Well, really, the weather has been hot enoug-h to jus? tify the wearing of just that sort of clothing? in-doors, at least; but, for street wear, perhaps it would be as well to add a diamond ring ox gold watch.