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For the Anderson Intelligencer. I The Importance and Utility of Railroads. Mr. Editor: One would very naturally suppose that the man who would, at this stage of progressive improvement; rise up and deny the importance and public utility of railroads, would, in effect, deny his own senses; yet, ab? surd as it may appear, we have some old fogies in Anderson County who argue that railroads have been a public curse, rather than a public blessing ! These men are always to be fouud a little in advance of the vanguard of civilization* They are continually, when speaking of rail? road enterprises, harping upon the good and sadly lamented days of yore, when the grass in "the range," the "raccoon in the hollow," "the turkey on the hill," and "the deer in the plain," constituted the sum total of a man's stock in trade! These rare specimens of old fogy ism are always uneasy, ever upon the alert, and every move made pointing in the direction of a higher type of civilization, intelligence and refinement, throws them completely into the dumps?occasions a violent attack of the blues. They, like the red man of the forest, look with an undefined, indescribable dread upon the approach of the great, celebrated car of Pro? gression and Improvement; and the engine propelling the great triumphal train of ulilita rianiem, upon its first entrance into the coun? try, does not have to give but one shrill whis? tle to cause these men to view it as "the hand? writing upon the wall"?to regard it as the solemn death-knell to " 'possum" and turkey? to accept it as the van-courier, warning them to pack up their duds and away! Hence, these men do not estimate the wealth and importance of a country from its devel? oped agricultural, mineral and commercial re? sources, nor from the area of its grounds under a high, improved state of cultivation, nor yet from its improved and multiplied facilities of easy, rapid and cheap transportation, transmit? ting its exports over land and sea, tapping the great commercial entrepots throughout the length and breadth of the civilized world, in? fusing new life and vigor into every ramifica? tion of agricultural, commercial and mechani? cal enterprise. Oh, no! these men say this has ruined the country! They, therefore, esti? mate the wealth and importance of a country from the area of its wild and uncultivated lands?from the amount of grass in "the range"?from the number of "raccoous" and '"possums" owned by them in the woods? from its having no manufactories, mills, schools, churches or markets. They fear the renova? ting hand of utilitarianism, which, if not ar? rested in its onward march, will ere long super cede the slowly-trudging truck-wagon, drawn by the ox, with the swift-flying railway car, propelled by "the snorting, fiery steed, whose iron sinews never tire." Hence, we perceive that this stamp of men Is opposed to all physical, moral and intellec? tual improvement. Their motto is, "as Daddy carried pompions, so will 11" Such men are generally opposed to what they are pleased to call an unnecessary amount of education. To know how to read and write, and enough of arithmetic, as they term it; to prevent others from cheating you, they contend, is enough education for any farmer. More than this, they say, will make a man a rascal! As has already been intimated, they are whole-soul opponents of all agricultural im? provements, whether in the shape of commer? cial fertilizers or improved implements. And we have actually heard of some who oppose commercial fertilizers upon the ground of re? ligious, conscientious scruples; that it is reli? giously wrong, from the fact that the Creator made the ground right at first, and therefore it is impious, if not sacrilegious in man to at? tempt giving it a finishing touch with his phos? phates and guanos! But aye, my friend, who do you suppose made the phosphates and guanos? The Al? mighty Maker, who spoke this mundane sphere into existence, is as much the creator of phos? phate and guano as he is of the soil and clay of our primeval forests. The constituent ele? ments forming the component parts of guano are as much primeval elements belonging to the original products of nature, and of nature's God, as is the clay upon the mountains or the sand upon the seashore. But to return directly to the importance and ..utility of railroads. Tear un all the railroads in the United States to-day, and what, we ask, would be the condition of thousands before the end of one month? Wretchedness, want, destitution of the necessaries of life, and even starvation, in many instances, would doubtless be tho inevi? table result. Had there been no railroads in fiouth Carolina during the years intervening since the close of the war, and hundreds, yea thousands of families would have starved from the want of the staff of life! What would have been the price of corn in our County du? ring the first half of last year, had not tho merchants of Anderson, Pendlcton, Helton, etc.-, imported such vast amounts of Hour? Echo answers, what ? Before the first day of June, 1870, if corn could have been had at all, it would have commanded such a price as to have been entirely out of the reach of the poor ! Hence, starvation and death would have been the inevitable result! Some men oppose railroads because they are not to be the recipients of the greater portion of the benefits resulting therefrom. They say the building of the Air Line, for instance, may enrich the merchant of Anderson, provided it taps that town ; but as to us farmers, it will benefit us none at all. How can it benefit the merchant at Anderson C. H. and enrich him, as some say, without benefitting the farmer of Anderson County? The increased facilities, in an agricultural poiut of view, resultingfrom sailroad communication, enable the farmer to double his productions. Hence he has more to sell to the merchant, upon which the mer? chant realizes a reasonable profit. The fanner is able to buy more, and the merchant in turu sells it to him, and upon this makes a profit. So we see both are mutually benefitted by the utilizing and reciprocating instrumentality of railroads. W. II. JbwnvUlc, ? C. Gen. Cbesnut's Testimony before the Kn Klux Committee. The Columbia Phoenix publishes the testimony of Gen. James Chesnut before the sub-commit? tee of the Ku Klux investigation, during its session at Spartanburg. This testimony will have its weight before the country, as Gen. Chesnut is cool, impartial and dispassionate in judgment, and his truthful declarations will be invested with great consideration: ' In reply to questions, the General stated that in relation to cases of individual violence, such as assaults and batteries, homicides, etc., he admitted they were more numerous than they had been before the war: and the reason was obvious, namely : before that time, and up to the close of the war, the people of this State were accustomed to well ordered civil liberty and self-government. Since then their whole fabric?political and social?had been rudely and suddenly subverted, and a Government placed over them in which they had no partic? ipation?a Government composed chiefly of do? mestic imbeciles and foreign rogues?a Gov? ernment notoriously ignorant, partial, vicious and corrupt. The people of South Carolina felt, and do now feel, a deep-seated discontent with this Government. Larcenies, incendi? arism, an undue and offensive assertion of those who were by force placed over them, naturally rendered passionate and inconsider? ate men violent, and induced them to seek re? dress for wrongs, real or supposed, by unlawful measures?more especially when those whose duty it was to cause the laws to be administer? ed were, in the main, feeble, tardy, corrupt and partiah But while admitting this increase of individual violence?(enough to make all good men deplore it)?still he belived that if all such cases committed for twelve months in this State were brought together, they would not exceed, either in number or atrocity, the crimes reported for a single month in New York or Boston. The remedy was to return to a good, honest and impartial State Government, and a fair and rigid administration of the laws. In cases of violence committed upon Republicans, he did not believe they were inflicted on the Earties because they were Republicans, as such, ut because they were bad men, who had com? mitted grievous wrongs, real or supposed. In proof of this, good and honest Republicans are unharmed .and respected everywhere in the State. In relation to native white Carolinians who had gone over to the Radical party, he did not admit that they were persecuted, but that they had incurred public obloquy he admitted, and thought they deserved it?not that they became honest Republicans, but because it was believed they went over from corrupt motives, as evidenced by the fact that they immediately waxed fat and began, from official station, to kick their former brothers. The thinking peo? ple of the State had no irrational prejudice against good, honest Northern men, but, on the contrary, would be glad to receive such in large numbers, with as much capital as they could bring. They would be welcomed, as would be immigrants from other parts of the earth. As to secret associations and organized bodies of men, who commit violence and break the laws, he had no personal knowledge of them. He did not know that he ever saw an individ? ual belonging to such associations. His infor? mation in relation to them was derived from current report and newspaper accounts. Never? theless, he believed they existed. Ho thought such organizations were local and limited ; that they did not pervade the State; he felt sure they did not exist in his own County at all. He had watched their progress as a new phase in the affairs of this State, lie did not think such organizations sprung out of difference of party creeds, but rather from social disorders. He believed that they had their origin in the anomalous condition, social and political, of the State. He did not sanction such associa? tions. He asked the committee to remember that such associations naturally arise under all despotic governments, and the more despotic the government may be the greater will be the number and violence of such bodies. He re? ferred to Poland, Italy, France, Ireland and this country, asking them to remember that the peoplo of South Carolina lived under an absolute and atrocious despotism, composed of villainous men from the North and ignorant and vicious men at home. Ho believed that the State government was notoriously, mon? strously corrupt, as acknowledged by its own adherents?so shamelessly corrupt that many of the most prominent among them have, iu their own minds, elevated rascality and roguery and every species of public and private vice to tho dignity of virtues. The only remedies for all these arc a return to a good, honest and truly representative government, in which property shall not be taxed without represen? tation ; that the public money shall be used only for public purposes; and, in the mean time, an heroic forbearance on the part of the white population of the State, with an effort to preserve order and change legitimately the con? dition of affairs. He thought that of late Gov. Scott had done something to mitigate the evils, and possibly would do more to soften asperities and restore quite?which he believed the Gov? ernor was now inclined to do. The burning of barns, duellings, &c., and the unwise, not to say atrocious measure, of organizing and arming the negroes of the State, and turning them loose to use their new-gained power, and vent their wild passions as inclina? tion might direct, the General thought wert: the more immediate causes of the outbreak of the secret organizations. Another Dog Story.?Bcechcr has told another dog story. We all remember how much amusement he created fifteen years ago, in the Fremont campaign, by the story he told of a dog and squirrel. That pointed "a sarcas? tic moral: this is lull of pathos that might teach a lesson to human beings caught in a similar strait. A narrow log Jay a?, a bridge over a ravine. From the opposite ends of the log, at the same moment, there stin ted to cross it a big Newfoundland and a little Italian gray hound. Of course they met in the middle; of course there was not room for them to pass; neither could they go back. The height was a dangerous one for the gray hound, and to the wa? ter at the bottom he was extremely averse. The Newfoundland could have taken the leap in safety, but evidently did not want to. There was a fix ! The little dog sal down on his haun? ches, stuck Iiis nose straight up in the air, and howled. The Newfoundland sluod intent, his face solemn with inward workings. Presently he gave a nudge with his nose to the howling grayhound?as if to say, "lie still, youngster, and listen." Then there was silence and seem? ing confabulation for a second or two. Imme? diately the l>ig dog spread his legs wide apart like a colossus, bestriding the log on its extreme outer edges, and balancing himself carefully. The little dog sprang through the opening like a flash. When they readied the opposite shores the grayhound broke into frantic gam? bols of delight; and the Newfoundland, after his more sedate fashion, expressed great com? placency in his achievement?as he surely had a right to- do ! ? A bad sign?to sign another niuu's name to a note. / From the Cincinnati Bait road Record. Blue Ridge Railroad. Columbia,.S. C, June 28,187i. Hon. T. Wrightsdn, Editor Railroad Record ': After many vexatious delays, Occasioned main? ly by the peculiar condition of the finances of this State, and tho distrust of capitalists to in? vest in Southern securities, the Blue Ridge Railroad Company in South Carolina is again in a condition, I hope, to press the construc? tion along the line more vigorously. A new company, composed of capitalists in South Carolina and JNew York, is now forming, who propose to complete the road in a short time on certain conditions. This proposition in? cludes the issue of a preferred stock for $2,000, 000, bearing 7, 8 or 10 per cent, until road is completed, after completion to have same pre? ference over stock now issued. The new com? pany to hold or retire old stock. The company in this State and in New York propose to sub? scribe at once for one-half of this preferred stock. With the $2,000,000 of preferred stock, and the $4,000,000 mortgage bonds endorsed by the State of South Carolina, this road can be completed in two years from this date. The advantages of this direct connection be? tween Cincinnati and the nearest Atlantic port have been demonstrated for the last thirty years, and are being strengthened and fortified by the experience of each succeeding year.? The excess of freights paid on your produce and manufactured articles by the consumer in the Southern States, by the way of Baltimore or New Orleans, would pay for the construction of this road every three or five years, to say nothing of the profits made through a direct trade with the South, West India Islands and South America. The connection by way of the Blue Ridge Railroad is deemed so important by the people of Georgia, that no less than four roads have been recently chartered with liberal State aid, viz., $15,000 per mile: the Augusta & Hartwell Railroad to Clayton ; the Athens & Clayton ; the Cartersville & Clayton, and the Macon & Clayton or Knoxville Railroad Company. So that you will perceive that when once in con? nection with Knoxville you will have the most direct and cheapest communication with North Carolina, South Carolina and almost all of Georgia. With great deference I would suggest that the true policy to be pursued by Ciriciunati, in endeavoring to estabhsh?close railroad commu? nication with the South is so clear as to render argument or demonstration almost unnecessary. It is, in a word, to make use of the road al? ready constructed from Cincinnati to Paris, and thence to build a road via London, to con? nect with the Knoxville & Kentucky Railroad at the State line?a distance to build of 150 miles, at a cost of say $5,000,000; or, following the road already built a little further, to Nich olasville, complete the connection to the Ken? tucky & Knoxville Railroad, by constructing 140 miles of road at about the same cost. It would seem that when- returning reason calls the people of Cincinnati from following the ignis fatuus of the direct road to Chatta? nooga, a scheme which looks to others as if it had been doviscd mainly for the purpose of finding a place to spend ten millions of dol? lars, to accomplish an object that could be gained more quickly and easily by the expen? diture of half that sum, they will turn their attention again to their first project, viz., a connection with the Southern section via Knox? ville, which oilers all they need at so small a comparative cost. But pardon this digression. What we now propose is to appeal to the citizens of Cincin? nati, either as a corporation or as individuals, to come to our aid, and subscribe at least one million of dollars of this preferred stock. The State of South Carolina, city of Charleston, and individual stockholders, have already paid in and expended on this road nearly three million of dollars. We propose now to retire this old stock and permit new parties to come in with c'2,000,000 preferred stock, and by the use of $4,000,000 mortgage bonds guaranteed by the State of South Carolina, build the road, and own it afier it is completed. Surely the people of South Carolina are in this giving a sufficient guaranty of their great desire for this western connection. And if after more than 30 years' advocacy of this road on the part of your people, they should decline now to aid to this Bmall extent, we may well doubt their sincerity, or the importance of the con? nection to them. I have addressed you on this subject, because I know your great desire, and have read your constant appeals for this great enterprise.? Please place it again before your people,-and if likely to be successful, the Blue Ridge Railroad Company will aid in any manner which may be suggested. I have for the last four years devoted my time to fostering and encouraging this enter? prise, and now feel that the road may be se? cured beyond a doubt, with a small amount of aid from your city. But if we should fail in the end, the people of South Carolina will always remember with gratitude the unceasing efforts you have made in a common cause with them. Yours very truly, "J. W. Harrison. Prest. B. R. R. R. Co. A Shocking Revelation.?-The following extract from the journal of a young lady in Virginia, who in 1772 visited the Lees and Washingtons on the Potomac, gives a differcut idea of the Father of his Country from that which has been generally entertained : "I must tell you our frolic after we went to our room. We took it into our heads to want to cat. Well, wc had a large dish of bacon and beef; after that a bowl of sago cream ; and after that an apple pie. While we were eating the apple pie in bed?God bless you ! making a great noise?in came Mr. Washington, dressed in Hannah's short gown and petticoat, and seized and kissed me twenty times, in spite of all the resistance I could make, and then cousin Molly. Hannah soon followed, dressed in his coat." They joined us in eating the apple pic, and then went out. After this wc took it into our heads to want to cat oysters. We got up, put on our wrappers, and went down into the cellar to get them. Do you think Mr. Wash? ington did not follow us and scare us just to death ? We went up, (hough, and eat our oys? ters. We slept in the old' lady's room, too, and she sat laughing fit to kill herself at us." If this were not published in an authoritative manner, we should doubt its authenticity. The idea of George Washington dressed in a wo? man's short gown and petticoat going with an? other woman dressed in his coat into the hed i >. m of some young ladies who were sitting up in bed at night eating bacon and beef, sago cream, and apple pie, ami joining in the frolic, is something astonishing. Not satisfied with this, it seems that when the young women af? terward w ent down to the cellar to get sonic oysters to complete their banquet, Washington followed them and seared them nearly to death. We are afraid that our stereotyped conception of Washington's character will have to be con? siderably modified by these revelations. ? Live well?if you have the money to do it with. The Xcvf Cancer Cure. a supplt expected in august?how it is obtained; No discovery id the medical world could bo received with greater rejoicing?a cure for con? sumption, perhaps, excepted?than the new cancer remedy; for while cancers are less fre? quently met with than consumption, they pro scnt a certain; lingering death In its most awful 'fdrhi, and they are hereditary. It is not sur? prising then that the announcement of a euro should call out innumerable applications for the cundurango. The steamer Ocean Queen, which arrived at this port from Aspinwall Saturday, brought intelligence thai a large sup? ply of the plant may be expected in the Aspin? wall steamers due here on the 1st and loth of August. About three months ago the State Depart? ment at "Washington received a few pounds of the condurango from the Government of Ecua? dor, through its Minister to this country, with a commuuication describing it. But little im? portance was attached to the matter at first, and it might have been neglected altogether, had not Dr. Bliss been given a small quantity of the plant by the Ecuadorian Minister, who happened to be under his care. Though skep? tical as to its virtues, he began to use it in his practice, and obtained such surprising results that the limited supply of the remedy in Wash? ington was soon divided among eager appli? cants. About fifteen cases of cancer have been treated with it in this country, and in all its use has been attended by a wonderful improve? ment of the patient, though necessarily small doses given have been insufficient to produce its full effects. Mrs. Matthews, the mother of Vice President Colfax, has been nearly cured of a canecr which it was feared would end- her life within the year, although she had taken less than five ounces of cundurango when the supply gave out. The wife of George C. Gor ham, Secretary of the Senate, and a lady in Utica, to whom some of the remedy was sent by Secretary Fish, arc among the other suffer? ers whom a few ounces have nearly cured. The mode of administering the plant is very sim? ple, it being merely steeped in boiling water, and the infusion taken internally. As the news of the discovery gained circula? tion, a great number of applications for the remedy were sent to Washinjrton from all parts of the country, twenty or thirty letters a day being received by Dr. Bliss, and an equal num? ber by the State Department. Many persons, refusing to believe that the supply was exhaus? ted, went themselves to Washington from dis? tant points, in the fruitless etlbrt to obtain the precious drug. Dr. Bliss, when convinced that the cundurango was a specific for cancer, sent i an order for 500 pounds of it to a business house in Guayaquil. He soon learned, how? ever, that, as it was net an article of com? merce, it was impossible to obtain it by ordi? nary commercial mothods. He therefore dis? patched hrs" partner, Dr. Keene, as an agent to procure a supply. To facilitate his mission, Dr. Keene was given an official character by an appointment as bearer of dispatches to the Government of Ecuador, and was supplied with letters of recommendation by President Grant, Mr. Colfax,- Mr; Fish, and other promi? nent persons. He writes that the task of obtaining the cun? durango is more difficult than Avas expected. The roads to the Loja district are rough and unfrequented, the rainy season is not yet over, the strcarns n:re swollen and dangerous to cross, and the Indiaus arc disposed to throw every obstacle in the way of foreigners, of whom they arc deeply jealous and suspicious. However, when he wrote he was on the point of starting for the interior, and was confident of procuring a supply of the cundurango in season for it to reach this port early in August. On arriving in the Loja district he will hire a force of In? dians to gather the plant, and bring it down from the mountains where it grows at points so high as to be inaccessible to beasts of burden. It will then be packed on mules, and transpor? ted to the coast. Dr. Keene found that orders for cundurango had been received at Guayaquil from persons in England, France, Italy and other countries, to the Governments of which the Government of Ecuador had furnished samples. None of these orders had been filled. ?Atcw York Tribime. The Temperance Cause.?The following circular has been issued by Ed. Emerick Sell, Grand Worthy Patriarch of South Carolina, and is worthy the attcution of all interested in the progress of the temperance movement: It must be apparent to every observer that intemperance prevails to an alarming extent in this State; that the war and the troubles sinco have driven thousands of our people of good habits, before, to seek relief from their misfor? tunes in intoxicating beverages, and it is to bo feared that dissipation is even now on the in? crease in our beloved old State. Before the war, the temperance cause was popular in South Carolina. In almost every County there were flourishing divisions of the Sons of Temperance; and it is believed that many of these, in a state of suspension for the last ten years, will embrace the present oppor? tunity to revive the order and resume the good work. Several flourishing divisions in differ? ent localities sent representatives to Charleston recently, and the Grand Division of South Carolina has been fully re-orgarrized. The form of application for charter will be furnished, and should be signed by at least eight good and true men, and returned to the office of T. J. Lamotte, Grand Scribe, Colum? bia, South Carolina, will have prompt atten? tion, as will also orders for rituals, and all nec? essary supplies incident to the organization of new divisions. It is recommended that at least $12 be sent with every application to pay for these sup? plies, including the charter. An invitation is cordially extended to all who formerly belonged to the order to return and assist in the work of reconstruction ; to the members of all the churches in the State, and to all others disposed to make some sacrifices for the good of themselves and their country. It is believed that the circumstances are fa? vorable for the prompt restoration of mir order to ils former high position in the Slate, and (hat it will prove powerfully instrumental in restoring to the Palmetto State the prosperity and happiness of former times. To Make Corn Beer.?Take one quart of corn anil boil it until done, but not enough to make the grains burst open ; put the corn into a gallon jug and add one pint of molasses and one large race of ginger ; then fill the jug with water. Let it stand until it ferments, then pour off' for vinegar; add another pint of mo? lasses and fill the jug with water; let it stand until it works, and you will have good beer to go with your ginger eakes. Von can fill up your jug every day and have good beer all the time. One quart of corn will last all summer. ? A wag, on seeing an old gobbler dying lo swallow a eottonstring, facetiously remarked that it was "the last attempt to introduce cut tun into turkey." The Trials of Journalism. Wbitclaw Heid, now managing editor of the New York Tribune, was a dozen years ago editing the Xenia (Ohio! News. He made a smart editor, but, like all other fcountryjourna Iists, had his experierices. We will let him tell his story, in his ortn words. He says there is one thing in the' Tribune office which grieves him, and that is tho proof-reading. And this is his story: I can manage pig-iron for my chief, but I caunot manage the proof-readers, and about once a week I get an injunction from him that I must dismiss a proof-reader. Aud that re? calls my early experience when I learned it in a small way. After I had learned printing in a country house, I went and bought a good printing office. In those days we had college advertisements, which came into the office with the explanation that "this is to be inserted in case von give an excellent editorial notice along with "it." One day we had an advertisement of the Co? lumbus Commercial College, and the foreman came to me and told me there must be au edi? torial notice of it. My time was short. The forms were waiting, and I wrote it straightway ?"The Columbus Commercial College is an excellent and well-deserving institution. The advertisement appears in another column." I sent it to the proof-reader aud went home. I got up late the next day, and the edition had all been mailed before I saw it. You can imagine the perfectly amiable state of my feel? ings when I read : "The Columbus Commercial College is an excellent and hell deserving insti? tution." You can't believe it, but to this day the bill for that advertisement is running. And that reminds me of one other incident. I re? member one of those rare instances in the ex? perience of country printers when a man came into the office to thrash me. I had then ar? rived at the mature age of eighteen, but I was not so vigorous as I am How." In the course of some police items in a country town, I had oc? casion to note the fact that a certain Dutch butcher, height six feet, age thirty-five, weight 200, had whipped his wife, a proceeding to which I objected, and commented on it with the severity which I hope tho enlightened press of this country will always exhibit on such oc? casions. The next day the butcher came in and proposed to "interview" the writer of that paragraph. He looked at me and inquired if I wrote it. Wc think quick in great perils, and people in danger of being thrashed can do a very small amount of ratiocination in a short time. I saw there was no use of arguing with the fellow, and I said to him : "Hans, are you a subscriber to this paper?" i Hans, who understood thoroughly that he had been maligned, was not so sure on the sub? ject of subscriptiou, and he shook his head and asked me what I meant. "Hans, are you a subscriber to this paper?" Hans scratched his head again, and believed he was not. I said loudly: "Put your hand in your pocket and g^ye me two dollars to pay for your subscrip? tion! Until you do, I would like to know wdiat business" it is of yours what we say ?' I escaped the thrashing that time, and I com? mend it to the attention of all who put such things in their papers. Amateur Theatricals?Their Pleas? ures and Pains.?A writer in the Springfield Republican winds up a chapter of personal ex? periences in amateur theatricals thus: Amateur acting has a special charm for au? diences. There is such fascinating freshness and heart in it. Even the smallest parts are done ''can amorc." And, as some on?_- has said, it is pleasant to sec on the stage "real ladies and gentlemen, and natural roses." At the theatres it is often difficult to be duly affected by the pathos of the gray-haired, noble hearted, old father, when that venerable man's red nose, bloated visage, leering eyes, in spite of all stage artifices, so palpably destroy any illusions we should like to cherish about his character. Of cousc, each actor's father, mother, brother, sisters, uncles, aunts and cousins arc present, in a happy state of mingled trepidation and an? ticipation as to "how Fanny will do it." Then it is so delightful to behold the haughty Clara Vcrc de Vere, arrayed in eslico, and a most un-Bridget-like, white ruffled apron, dusting the room, waiting on table, &c, as "Susau," "Peggy," or what not, while tho aristocratic De Boots, "one of our most promising young lawyers,* as the local paper puts it, presents himself before an admiring public in a red scratch wig, and overalls :uid frock borrowed of his father's coachman. Actors very soon find their proper places in a club, aud sometimes develop in ''lines''decided? ly astonishing to their friends. Every club soon finds it has a "first old man," a "leading lady," a "soubrctte," a "walking gentleman," a leading "comic" and "juvenile," and several hopeless but amiable "sti rks," will do anything, in an emergency, to oblige. Amateur theatricals are not an unmixed joy, as the unlucky wight seized with stage fright knows full well. In the midst of an animated scene, lo, you forget your part. The prompter, iu frenzied whispers, but too audible to the au? dience, repeats the words, fcfo do all your fel? low actors from the wings. But all in vain. Your mind is a total blank, every vestige of an idea vanished. You would like to "Fuhr your tent like the Arab, And silently steal away." The pause may seem but a moment to the audience. To you it is an age, in which you wonder your hair does not turn white. Pres? ently a glimmer of your part dawns on you. You snatch at it, and rush eagerly on. although it is not the right place, and you are cutting your friends out of their best points. Finally you retire from the stage in much the cheerful frame of mind experienced by Mr. Winkle, alter his brilliant testimony in the somewhat celebrated case of "Bardcll vs. Pickwick." What Does Man Expect of 'Woman?? The Chicago Tribune thinks that it would be a curious problem for women to find out from mankind what is really expected of her. Man adores helplessness and says it ruins him. He talks about economy and raves over spend? thrifts. He decrees frivolity and runs away from brains. He pines after his grandmother, who could make pics, and falls in love with white hands that can't, lie moans over weak? ness and ridicules strength, lie condemns fashion theoretically and the lack of it practi? cally. He longs for sensible women, and passes them by on the other side. He wor? ships saints, and sends them to convents. He despises pink and while women, and marries them if he can. He abuses silks and laces, and takes them into his heart. He glorifies spirit and independence, and gives a cool thrust at the little vines that want to be oaks. What would the critical lords desire? ? Josh Hillings says Hies have a big appetite for getting into things ; they are the fust at the dinner table, and alwuz take soup, and don't leave until the cloth is removed. ? Sawdust pills, says an old physician, wotdd effectually cure many of the diseases with which mankind i-. alllieted, if every pa? tient would make his owu sawdust. Working flic Itoatfs. Thi.s is on operation which is or should be performed immediately after the settling of* the ground in the spring; In agricultural dis? tricts it is often deferred till late in the season: In this, casb the labor of putting a road in good condition is often doubled. It is as true of roads as of raiment that "it stitch in time saves nine," and if for the word stitch we substitute ?ditch, the old saw will be even more forcible id its meaning. Winter makes sad havoc in the earth roads which intersect the country in all directions:? Iiis frosts upheave, and the springs wash o?t deep gulleys and ruts, and when at last the reign of frost is over, that which was straight is all crooked; level places are changed intcj alternate rises and depressions, stones are left on the toj), and, in short, these roads become sloughs of despond in which loaded teams wal? low in despair, and then wagons are left stand? ing for weeks up to the hubs in mud, simply because it is beyond the power of horse flesh to* extricate them. If, when the mud has dried; the ruts werei filled at once, and the ditches at the wayside' opened, much would be gained, but as this is generally neglected, the June thunder storms' have things all their own way. Sluices are filled, bridges undermined and washed away; and, finally, when the "road master' summon! the inhabitants to turn out and work oh. the' road they find plenty to do. The road is at last put into passable condition, and remains so' till the fail rains and the marketing wagons again cut them all up, and the snow following hides them from view till the ensuing spri?g: That this is only a fair pictnre of the majbiv ity of the roads in the Northern States, we' know from experience; and those of the South!, and many parts of the West are even worse, if all accounts of their miserable condition during the winter rains arc to be credited. There is, perhaps, some excuse in the press? ing work of spring for the delay in road re? pairing. We believe, however, that the cus? tom is maintained more through habit thari necessity. An old farmer once remarked to us thai there is no other work done by farmers that pays so well as road making; but there are few of them that arc far-sighted enough to see that the saving effected by good roads in the current; expenses of repairs of wagons and harness; and the increase of loads which can be carried; pay liberally for the work, which they dd grudgingly, when at last it is performed;? Scientific American. A Max Mistakes his Wife foe ? Burg-* lar and Cuts her to Pieces with a Bowie Kxife.?A gentleman from the neighborhood of Grimes county, some five miles from Nava sota, where the saddest occurrence which toe believe we have ever recorded took place; on last Saturday night, gives some particulars ad? ditional to those which have already, beet, published. W^. refer to the accidental killing of his wife by Briggs Goodrich, a kind has-' band, as we learn, and a sober, industrious and respected citizen. There were, it seems, several robbers in the' house, and Mrs. Goodrich hearing them, had aroused her husband, and he (not being able' to find his pistol) had taken a bowic knife and was in pursuit of the thieves. He had struck at one of them, and another had passed him1 inside of the house, and he seems to have has? tened outside and around to the window of his' own bed-room, which he knew to be hoisted; with the expectation of intercepting the escape of some of the burglars. It is said that chloroform had been used by the thieves, but Hot sufficiently to produce stu-. pefaction. Yet it is likely that the feeling of faintness caused by the inhalation of the chlo? roform induced Mrs. Goodrich to rise from the bed where she had been left by her husband; and go to the window for air. There she was found by her excited husband, and; as the night was so dark that he could discern only the outlines of the figure, he naturally imag? ined he saw one of the robbers about to pass out through the window. Then came bloWs; bearing all that the human mind-can conceive.' of the terrible?blows by which a husband1 took the life of.his own wife with the knife: We learn that he is distracted, and cannot be trusted alone, but is guarded constantly to pre? vent the commission of suicide. Mrs. Good? rich is represented as a very accomplished and noble woman, and it is said that she died with words of sympathy for he/ unfortunate hus-' band upon her lips. In the utter consterna? tion and desolation which followed the terrible tragedy, wc are informed that the only child of the marriage, which is still almost an infant; was seen pillowed upon the slain mother's breast, begging her to awake and grant it an evidence of recognition.?Jfouston (Texas) Union. Profit of Farming.?No small experience' and some observation convinces me, that cir? cumstances being equal, farming will furnish as ample a dividend upon capital invested, as the common trades which men engage in, and? even the ordinary pursuits of mercantile and commercial life. Of course, I except all ex? traordinary cases of good fortune, and all mat? ters of gambling and speculation. The returns of most crops strike one some? times with astonishment, and would, if taken as a test, lead to the most delusive speculations/ A grain of seed sometimes returns one hun? dred fold ; and this being sown a second year would, perhaps, give ten thousand fold, and so', on in geometrical ratio. Seventy bushels of potatoes planted, will yield four hundred and twenty for one : a bushel of wheat sown will j ield sixty bushels, or two hundred and forty for one ; a pound of carrot, beet or ruta baga seed will produce six to nine hundred busheby worth one hundred dollars. The proceeds in these cases seem to be enor? mous, yet they are constantly realized, and? that, too, in many cases at comparatively small expense. But no confident conclusions of the" exact profits of farming are to be drawn from1 such results as these ; so many untold circum? stances of abatement enter into the cost, that if these were the only elements given in the case, the solution of the problem would give' the most erroneous and deceptive resuits. Wc are not to look to agriculture for any extraordinary or sudden gains, as for example the drawing of a prize in a lottery, ora shrewd speculation hi stock. , Tf we will take ten merchants with a fixed1 amount of capit-.il. and ten farmers with the', same amount, we will find that at the end of twenty years the farmers have the greatest in? crease, and more evenly divided among them than among the merchants. Farming is also' far safer and more certain to secure a compe-' tency than* mercantile pursuits. I venture to' say that twenty merchants fail in business to', one farmer, and this ought to open the eyes of young men with small capital going into busi-" ness.?GcriiMutoicn Tcleyraj>h. ? Why are ships called she?because they al-' ways keep a man tin the look-out. - - Poverty and pride are inconvenient com-' pnniotis; hut when idleness unites them, the-' depth of wretchedness is complete.