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For the Anderson Intelligencer, The Public Spirited and Enterprising Citizen. I Me. Editor : The public spirited and en? terprising citizen is necessarily and emphati? cally a public benefactor, patriot and philan-1 thropist, in the strictest sense of these terms. He is also practically a Christian, it matters j not what may be his orthodoxy or confession I of faith. In all the arduous and multifarious duties pertaining to life, he acts, not only so as to enhance his own personal interests, and thereby secure prosperity and happiness to himself, but he labors most incessantly for the prosperity, welfare and happiness of others. The very popular and prevalent vice of an inordinate selfishness with which this fast, corrupt and demoralised age is blighted and cursed, has no abiding place within the pre? cincts of his benevolent heart. If, however, by chance this fell-demon to human happiness intrudes himself, like some unwelcome spectre upon his thoughts, desires and affections, he at once puts him to an ignominious flight, or captures and brings him under subordination, by the powerful and ever-available weapon of practical and universal benevolence. He does not oppose an enterprise of public utility be? cause it does not promise to act as a special and direct monopoly to enhance his own private, pecuniary interests. Hence, the public spirited and enterprising citizen has a clear, unperverted and telescopic vi ?ion?a powerful, comprehensive and grasp? ing intellect, and an enlightened, untrammelled and unbiased judgment; can perceive and comprehend things in all their relative bear? ings and multifarious parts, just as they are. His mental optics are not hermetically sealed by the avaricious scales, engendered by an inordinate and heaven-denounced- selfishness, which so impair the vision, weaken the intel? lect and pervert the judgment, that nothing can be seen, comprehended and appreciated, nnless it holds out inducements of exclusive rights and privileges! The public spirited and enterprising citizen, it will be perceived by this, does not super? ciliously assume that this mundane sphere, with all its developed and undeveloped resour? ces, mineral and agricultural, was created for his special and exclusive benefit! He under? stands thoroughly, both theoretically and prac? tically, the doctrine inculcated by the old adage, "live and let live." His text-book on ethics is the greatest good to the largest num? ber. And hence, in projecting and carrying out any work of a public nature and utility, I his precepts and practice most admirably and harmoniously agree?he practices what he preaches. He unreservedly says: "I advocate most heartily that course of procedure, in the accomplishing of this enterprise, which prom? ises the greatest amount of good to the largest number of my fellow-citizens, although in so doing I see most clearly and unequivocally, situated as I am, that I will belong to the mi? nority ! Yet, as it will redound to the good of my country, my fellow-citizens, and mankind in general, therefore I give it my personal in? fluence and pecuniary aid, and in its final con? summation I will rejoice most heartily; for, in a state of civilized society, men's interests are so completely concatenated and interwoven into one common web of mutual benefits and reciprocal interests, that public monopolies are incompatible with the principles of a public utilitarian?are dangerous to the welfare and prosperity of any people. Hence, they should be constantly and persistently discouraged and opposed by every lover of his country's wel? fare and prosperity." Hence, we learn that the public spirited and enterprising citizen does not belong to that! class of individuals who imagine money can do anything, and therefore are ever ready and willing to do anything for money?whose con? tinual and ever-increasing cry h>, money, money, MONEY! He is not a covetous person, nor an extortioner. Neither has he an envious disposition. He does not desire his neighbor's goods without rendering a just compensation, nor envy his neighbor's prosperity, although he may be accumulating wealth more rapidly than himself Neither does he watch an op? portunity, and hail it when it offers as a God* send, to extort from his neighbor, because he finds him in a state of helpless dependence and wretched destitution, brought on him, perhaps, by circumstances of the most melan cholly and appalling nature, and over which he had no control. We have of late been brought into the above train of reflections by hearing the conversation of persons who are ever ready to oppose most pertinaciously any and all projects of public enterprise unless said projects promise them peculiar and special privileges and interests. Some men are always certain to oppose all railroad enterprises, unless they can secure their location exactly where they suppose it will be conducive to their interest in a special and direct manner. If the road or roads be located anywhere else, though the public inter eat thus demand, they will very emphatically and dogmatically, if not arrogantly and in? sultingly, contend and affirm that they will, with all their power and influence, oppose their construction. In short, sir, unless railroads be so located as to transform all post office sites, country stores and blacksmith shops into great commercial inland cities of the*very first mag? nitude, why, then, all the proprietors of these several impyriant (?) situations do not care "a red" whether they be built or not I Now, sir, this inordinate selfishness, this cruel enemy to public works of utility, has. no doubt, run back the great car of material progress and prosperity a quarter of a century in upper South Carolina. We, as a people, have ever been wanting in a spirit of unanim? ity and concert of action in regard to public work3 of the greatest magnitude and impor? tance, occasioned generally by not being in possession of a spirit devoid of selfishness and monopoly, which can at all times fully and justly appreciate the public good. W. H. Townvi/fe, 6'. C. For tlic Anderson Intelligencer. What a Young- Man can Do 1 One morning in June there sat within the entrance hall of-Institute in-State, a party of a dozen, consisting of one or two Professors, ladies and gentlemen. The conver? sation of the party was rather suppressed. No one showed marked signs of grief, yet none were talkative. All preferred to be silent. Among this group was a young man of tall stature, with light brown hair, and eyes of pure blue. Although only about twenty-five years old, his appearance was commanding. That morning his countenance bore marks of deep thought?the mind was wandering upon the wings of thought to a thousand objects. This was Major-, commandant of the corps, for it was a military institution. Now, in a few minutes he was to bid adieu to these friends, and to this place where he had spent five years, and return to his distant home to see that mother whom he had not seen during these five years. With the view of illustrating the subject, let us trace the history of the past five yea?. In 1866, when about seventeen years old, and when the whole South was prostrate by the effects of the war, and when colleges and schools of every grade were struggling for existence, this then stripling boy, his father having been for several years dead, determined to have an education, even if he should have to work his way through. But Texas did not at that time afford to an aspiring youth the encouragement nor the advantages to secure an education. Traffic, farming and stock raising were the ab? sorbing pursuit6;. A poor young man, strug? gling for knowledge, was looked upon as a silly anomaly. Accordingly, this young man left his home, his mother, and all dear to childhood, and started toward the North. His purpose was to go on until he found a college or school suited to his circumstances and de? signs. He first went to the city of St. Louis, the great city of the West?passed on, how? ever, and entered Kentucky. Here, with forty dollars in his pocket, he was received on trial by the Superintendent of the Institute he is leaving. He went hard to work, and was soon given a primary class to teach. As he pro? gressed in his studies and in the confidence of the Superintendent, he was given more ad? vanced classes, and thus he continued keeping up his studies, and at the same time teaching a few cadets, until he graduated at the head of the class. After graduation he did not return home, but received the appointment as com? mandant of the corps of cadets. During the two years he held this position he studied law and entered the bar with honor. And now, on the morning mentioned, instead of an awk? ward, and we might say, comparatively an ignorant strippliug of 17 as when he came, he is an accomplished scholar, and a lawyer of promise. How this change? and what accomplished so much ? Persevering labor did it all. With forty dollars he commenced his course, and not only did what most young men think a a bard task?complete a collegiate course of study?but with his own labor made the money. Of course the Superintendent of the institution must have favored him, to some extent, in giving him opportunities, but it was iudividual, constant exertion did the work. How proud his mother will be to receive her son, thus en? nobled and cultivated. This is not an imagi? nary romance, but they are wrought facts, which illustrate practically what may, can and will be accomplished by a youug man when he tries. It proves that, as in the days of Frank? lin and Noah Webster, that if a young man, though poor and without friends to start him, will determine, and carry out the determina? tion by persevering effort, can rise from obscu? rity and comparative ignorance to a high stan? dard of intellectual culture and character. It is a lamentable fact that a majority of the young men of the Southern States, especially in the upper agricultural districts, have given up all efforts, and apparently even the desire | to be educated. Several causes have induced this carelessness in regard to these things. At I the beginning of the war many youths who left school to go into the army, at its close' came home too old, or at least they thought so, j and too poor to go back to school, and hence decided to "settle down." Therefore, the great marrying fever which pervaded all over the South. Another reason was the preference of present ease and enjoyment to future good which would cost labor. Many young men knew that by hard work, and by denying them- j selves of many useless expenditures of dress and pleasure, they could accumulate money to carry them through college. But they rather preferred to get some easy place?some clerk? ship or agency by which to dance along upon the surface of what they supposed to be refined society, keep up appearances by dress, smoking fine tobacco, etc.,?preferring present ease to a cultivated mind ana elevated character. Another reason is the false idea that a state of intellectual culture is not compatible with manual labor. The physical nature demands physical exercise, and the notion that an edu? cated man must necessarily choose a profession, and must not farm and drive the plane or ham? mer, is destined to be broken up. Young men must learn to work and get an education, and work, too, after they have gotten it We arc glad that many of the best young men of our State have gone to work, but there is still a sad lack of the skillful, energetic enterprise char? acteristic of the Northern youth. Again, many of the young men of the South think that if they have not the means, as it were, to swim in while at college, they are too poor to undertake a course, consequently do not try at all. This is altogether wrong. They say "I can't." I*et them resolve they will have an education, a thorough one; and that if necessary they will*work years for it, and deny themselves, all the while, of all the use? less pleasures which only glut the animal and starve the intellectual and moral natures. There must be a chauge of mind among our youth. How many young men from Anderson County are prosecuting a collegiate course ? Very few. How many from each of the others in the State? Where are the ministers, law? yers, physicians, teachers and engineers to come from the next generation ? Where will be our educated farmers and mechanics? Let the rising generation answer. No, the idea is that a farmer does not need education. If he can read and write, and count interest, he is fully edncated for farming. No need of a fanner studying the classics, mathematics and the natural sciences*. What is to be more regretted is, that the effect:- of this falsity will be felt the next ceutury. i AN OBSERVER. From the Nashville Union and American. Cotton Manufacturing in the South. Since the war the subject of manufacturing cotton in the South has received more atten? tion than for a quarter of a century before, and although a large number of cotton mills have been erected in various portions of the South, the probabilities are that within the decade en? ding in 1880, the number of mills in the South will be doubled, if not trebled or quadrupled. With the advantages which the South possess over New England for converting the raw ma? terial into fabrics for commerce, there is no predicting what the next ten years will bring forth. The most notable success in this line is the factory at Augusta, Ga. This mill was built many years ago, and although it did a fine business during the war, and for some years previous, there is no doubt but that it has achieved its most substantial success since the close of the war. When the war broke out cot? ton became cheap, owing to the difficulty of exporting it, and the demand for goods, ouch as were manufactured at this mill, grew so great that the factory was worked to its utmost ca? pacity, and a correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce states that the dividends soon reached about 20 per cent, a month, then rose to an average of 100 to 150 per cent, a month, and during the last year of the war the dividend amouuted to about 4,000 per cent, per annum on the capital stock, in Confederate money. Added to these successes, the superin? tendent of the works expended large sums in new buildings, built a small town of brick dwellings for operatives, kept a large stock of cotton and other property on hand, and when the war ended the assets of the company were in valuable property instead of Confederate money. The stockholders, too, as a general thing, were fortunate enough to have invested con? siderable Confederate money in real estate and other valuable property. So we find this great concern at the end of the war in a flourishing condition, wealthy, and ready to continue mak? ing money the same as if no war has taken place. Then they went on, employing an av? erage number of 500 hands, working 500 looms, 15,000 spindles, dividing on a capital stock of $600,000 from 20 to 25 per cent, profits beyond the large amounts carried to the surplus fund. The prosperity of this establishment since the war affords sufficient evidence of the profits that can easily be derived from cotton manufactu? ring at the South under judicious management. The semi-annual meeting of the stockholders of the Augusta Factory was held on Saturday, and the following figures, reported by the Pres? ident, exhibit its financial operations for the fiscal year just closed: Gross earnings, interest received, etc.$196,649 53 From which is deducted? ' Expense account..$25,069 74 Itepairs account. 6,926 67 Taxes & water rent paid. 14,461 46 Paid for half dredge boat.. 4,650 S2-?1,10S 69 Leaving as net earnings.$145,540 84 From which four dividends were made, in July, October, January and April last, of 5 per centum each, amounting to.$120,000 00 Enabling us to add.$ 25,540 84 to profit and loss, and making the amount now to the credit of that account.$25S,S36 17 The Board of Directors were instructed to report upon the cost of building another mill, and contract with the city authorities for the water power, etc. The President said that they had vacant space in Mill No. 2 for five thou? sand more spindles, which would cost $150,000; or that a new mill, with ten thousand spindles, could be built and equiped for $300,000. These amounts included operatives' houses. He seemed to favor both additions. The company is certainly in a most prosperous condition. There are a number of cotton nulls in the South, but we do not find in our exchanges sta? tistics showing the extent of their operations and the profits they are making for stockholders. There is every reason to believe, however, that they are doing well, perhaps not so well as the Augusta factory, but are building up a fine bus? iness, that will eventually be very profitable. It has been clearly demonstrated that cotton can be successfully aud profitably manufactured at the South, near where it is grown. When we look at the favorable circumstances presented ' in this section, says a cotemporary, it becomes a matter of wonder that there are not more cot? ton manufactories in the South?that they do not spring up in every quarter of these States. Cotton is raised beside immense water powers, and shipped to the North and to Europe for manufacture. There is no reason, except the lack of capital. Why the bales of cotton we see in the warehouses ready for shipment should not at least be made into yarn, and shipped after the two profits of raising and spinning it shall have been realized, instead of asiugle profit, as heretofore. But it has been proved that there is every reason in favor of going father than that, and making it up into sheetings, shirtings, and drills. Then the cost of shipment to an always ready market is great? ly reduced, because the bulk is made much less. A Citre for tite Toothache.?A Cincin? nati dentist was somewhat annoyed recently by observing a man approach his house at the same hour every evening, look at it intently, and finally seat himself on the door-step, and remain there for a considerable length of time. There had been rumors of burglars in the neighborhood, and after this singular conduct had been many times repeated, and he had suf? fered much anxiety because of it, the dentist determined to remonstrate with his tormentor. Approaching him cautiously, wishing to do nothing to provoke his ill-will, he said : "'My good friend, if it would be all the same to you, will you not divide your attentions with my neighbors? You may arouse jealousy, you know, and if it would suit you as well, suppose yon sit occasionally on some other door-step." "But it wouldn't be the same," shouted the vis? itor in return, "nor anything like it. You are .1 dentist, and I have an infernally aching tooth that I haven't the courage to have pulled. I come here every afternoon trying to make up my mind to have it out, and as soon as I come in sight of your house it stops aching, and as long as I sit on your door-step, where the con? founded thing knows it can get pulled if itgives trouble, 1 have some rest. Now if you want me to go to another dentist I will." "Oh, no," was the reply, "under those circumstances stay by all means, my friend." ? In the bitter contest with self, tho best man may at times fall. The true hero will then set to work, and for himself build another pe? destal, broader, stronger and higher than the last, ? The Alabama darkies arc holding politi? cal meetings at which "no white man is allowed to attend." They say they intend to have their own way this year, and that "the carpet-bagger or scalawag who interrupts them will go 'way with a flea in his ear." Patriotic Letter from lien. McG'lellan. his views of politics?let the dead tast bury its dead. Dear Sir?I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the invitation to meet with the Tammany Society upon the occasion of the celebration of the approaching Independence Day. I regret that circumstances will not permit me to De in the city then. At a time like the present it is right to ex? press once more my deep and abiding interest in the great principles advocated by the Dem? ocratic party; and remembering the former re? lations between the party and myself, perhaps it will not seem olticious if, in accordance with your request, I proffer a few words to those who honored me so highly in a season of difficulty. Although I have retired from public life it has been impossible to avoid forming opinions upon public affairs, and what I have to say must be regarded simply as the sentiments of a private citizen. The Presidential campaign, so soon to be opened, is destined to be one of the most im? portant of all that have been conducted. I trust that every Democrat will recognize the magnitude of the issues at stake?no less, it would seem, than the very existence of the free institutions our fathers gave us, the true foundations of peace, happiness and prosperity ?to bequeath which to our children, we should be ready to make auy honorable sacrifice. I trust that when the moment for action ar? rives there will be found none in the Democratic ranks who will for a moment hestitate to sac? rifice personal advantago or private feeling for the public good ; for our object should be not a mere party triumph, but the rescue of the coun? try from the hands of those with whom person? al aggrandizement and party ends outweigh all revereuce for the vital spirit of our institutions and desire for the real good of the entiro na? tions. I trust that our leaders Will clearly see which of the issues that have so long agitated the country are irrevocably settled, and that we shall not be called upon to contend for a corpse. Let us leave behind us the dead issues of the past, and look only to the present aud the fu? ture. Slavery is dead?dead let it remain forever, and let no one disturb its grave. The negro has the right to vote?let him keep it; but strive to educate him to fitness for the high privilege conferred upon him. Show him who his real friends are, and we will event? ually turn in our favor the weapon so carefully forged for our destruction. Let us hope that the euuunciatiori of the fi? nancial principles of the party will be so clear that no one can cast the shadow of a doubt upon our intentions as to fulfilling in the broadest sense all the obligations of the nation; rather than indulge in abstract discussions as to the meaning of this or that obligation, let us ad? vocate and when in power pursue, such a policy as will make the paper dollar as good as the gold dollar, so that the question will practically settle itself. To secure this result it must be clearly un? derstood throughout; the world that every dol? lar of the principal, and interest of the Na? tional debt will be fully paid when due; the expenditures of the general government must be confined to the sums requisite to meet the interest upon the debt, and the expenses neces? sary to maintain the efficiency and dignity of the government; the sums drawn from this generation by the tariff and internal taxation should be limited to the purpose just mention? ed, and the effort to reduce prematurely the principal of the debt at the expense of the gen? eral prosperity of the nation should be aban? doned. We have borne the burden of the recent war, and should be called upon to do no more than meet the full interest upon the debt; another generation, more wealthy and numerous than this, can readily take care of the principal. The issues of the present and the future are distinct enough, and afford us the most ample and best battle-field for the approaching con? test. Universal amnesty and suffrage; the preser? vation of the rights of the States as guaranteed by the letter ana true spirit of the Constitution, once held so sacred; the preservation of indi? vidual liberty; the inviolability of the right of the habeas corpus; the maintenance of the pu? rity and of tho relative powers of the three great branches of the general government; strict economy in the administration of the government; the relief of the business interests of the country from the ruinous pressure of all unequal, ill-arranged, and unnecessary bur? dens ; these constitute some of the main issues upon which we may confidently hope to rest our chances of success. With the hope that the principles published to the world ninety-five years ago may through? out all time guide the actions and command the reverence of the American people, and apologizing for having trespassed so long on your time and patience, I am, with great re? spect, very truly vours, GEORGE B. McCLELLAN. Heathen' in New Hampshire.?The New buryport Herald publishes an account of an ignorant and depraved community in the town of Seabrook, New Hampshire, which seems al? most beyond belief. The people composing the community were known in the vicinity as Algerines, and apparently a more debased set of heings never disgraced the land. Their vil? lage is situated five miles from Newburyport, in a secluded place near the sea-shore, and, being unapproachable by any direct road, but few strangers ever penetrated it. The, people, numbering several hundred, obtained a miser? able subsistence by fishing in" the summer and shoeinaking in the winter, and most of the money thus made was laid out for rum and to? bacco. They had intermarried to such an ex? tent that the younger portion of the communi? ty were little more than idiots, and their lan? guage had degenerated into an almost unknown dialect. In short, rum, interbreeding, and want of communication with the outside world, had de? veloped a wonderful barbarous state of society in the midst of civilization. It is, however, gratifying to know that a change for the better has been effected among the miserable people within a few years. A young clergyman, named Win. A. Hand, heard of the Algerines, and re? solved to attempt some improvement among them. Pour years ago he commenced his la? bors in this village, and has accomplished much good, although having to fight his way against every obstacle. A school and church have been established, the miserable huts in which they lived have given place to more civilized habitations, and their physical condition has been improved, so that there is a prospect of the community becoming at least respectable. Mr. Band also acts as a ruler among them, having the powers of a magistrate, and thus being able to preserve law and order, ? Wit, humor and badinage need to be kept under careful control. Wc endure and expect the playful scratch from our cat's paw, but not her savage bite. ' Let Us Learn Wisdom from the Conduct of Our Enemies. There is an old Latin maxim : Fas est et ab hoste doceri? "it is right to derive instruction even from an enemy"?which many of our people will do well to pause and consider. If our extreme Democratic friends will view the political situation in all its bearings; if they will let go tat past long enough to remember that there is & present around them and a. future before them ; if they will bring their prejudices' into subordination to their calm and sober judgment, and view things as they actually ex? ist, they cannot fail to see wh?t the Radical leaders regard as the strongest political posi? tion for the Democracy in the approaching contest. Ina speech made some months ago, Senator Morton sounded the key-note of the campaign, as viewed from a Radical standpoint, when he asserted that the position of the Democracy, in the next election, would necessarily be one of opposition to the accomplished results of the war. The wish was father to the thought. It is perfectly natural that Senator Morton, as one of the exponents of the principles of the Radical party?a party which can only exist by fanning the expiring embers of the nres of hatred kindled by the war?in keeping before the people the issues of the past, should be glad to hail the Democratic party as a faithful [ co-adjutor. And should that party not seem inclined to accommodate itself to the pleasure of himself and his party friends, it is not to be expected that he or they will fail to misrepre? sent it, and employ every means possible in order to place it in a false position before the country. The leaders of the great Republican party having taken snuff, the lesser lights of that party now feel it their bounden duty to sneeze accordingly. The leading Radical papers of the North have correspondents traveling through the length and breadth of the South, not for the purpose of obtaining a fair view Of Southern sentiment, and of properly represent? ing to the people of the North the aims and aspirations of the Southern people, but for the purpose of manufacturing political capital. As we have already stated, it suits the plan of battle arranged by the Radical leaders for 1872, that the Democratic forces should occu? py a certain position ; that they should go into the Presidential contest with a certain set of principles emblazoned upon their banners ; in short, that they should occupy the revolutiona? ry platform ol 1SG8. Recent event* go to show that their wishes in this respect are not likely to be realized; that the masses of the Democracy wish to dis? card old issues, and go into the next canvass upon a platform in accordance with the times. This does not suit the Head Centres ot Radi? calism. Their only hope of continuing in power is in keeping alive the feeling of bitter? ness engendered by the war, and in forcing into the next Presidential canvass issues which all intelligent and reflecting men regard as settled. This feeling on the part of out political op? ponents is clearly shown by their conduct m sending correspondents into every part of the country for the purpose of "interviewing" men of the Robert Toombs, A. H. Stephens and Linton Stephens stripe, and in representing their views as those of the entire Southern people. Toombs and Stepher i have been great men in their time, but th_? time has passed. They have lived too long. Like the Confede^ rate" note, they "represent nothing on God's earth now, and naught in the waters below it." They belong essentially to the past, and the new generation that is springing up around them, while it respects them as men, has no confidence in them as political counselors.? This, these Radical correspondents well know, for they mingle, more or less, with men of ev? ery shade of political opinion ; but to give ? fair and impartial version of the views of the Southern people would not advance their party interests. Hence, they suppress such views as do not suit their purposes, and represent the opinions expressed by a few extremists as those of an entire people. They wish to make the impression North that the spirit of the rebel? lion is not yet exorcised; that the people of the South are still waiting for the appearance of some angel to roll away the stone from the mouth of the sepulchre where the Southern Confederacy lies buried ; that they are longing for a favorable opportunity to raise anew the red hand of war, and striko again at the life of the nation. Under the influence of such representations as these, they hope to stay the progress of that returniug sense of justice and respect for constitutional right which would prompt the people of the country to say to the still advancing wave of Radicalism: "Thus far shalt thou coiuc, and no farther." By parading the views of such men as Toombs and Stephens before the country, the Radical papers evidently hope to prevent the adoption by tho Democratic party at large of the move? ment commonly known as the "new departure;" or failing in that, to bring about a feeling in the Democratic ranks which will result iu the division of the party into two factious. It is a favorite saying both among Radicals and extreme Democrats, that the "new depart? ure" movement makes the two parties alike in principle. No assertion can be more false. It is true, that as regards the binding force of the reconstruction act>, and the rights secured to a certain class of our citizens by the recent amendments, there is no practical difference. Yet the Democratic party, upon a platform made up of live issues, is separated from the Radical party as far as the cast is from the west. The one is the party of the Constitu? tion, of Law and Order; the other is a party which recognizes the binding force and efficacy of no enactment which is in conflict with its own will. The whole career of the Republi? can party has been signalized by usurpation, and marked with blood. Its very name is a falsehood. Claiming to be the only true party of progress, bearing aloft, as a party distinc? tion, a name which no mere party has a right to appropriate, but which is the common prop? erty of all the citizens of a free country, it has prostituted the influence acquired by the use of that name to the basest purposes, and to the destruction of the very principles of which it claims to be tho sole champion. Between such a party and the Democratic party, on any platform, there is a deep and impassable gulf. Among the number of Northern correspon? dents at this time traveling in the South, is-one, " The Journal of Commerce Commissioner," who correctly represents Southern views. This correspondent, in speaking of tho city of Au? gusta, Ga., says: "The city is largely Demo? cratic. The city officers are respected gentle? men, and the city government is carried on without a ripple of discord. The merchants, a numerous, responsible and intelligent class, possess, in a marked degree, advanced and prac? tical ideas. They do not want any more war; they would oppose any attempt to re-establish slavery or overturn the constitutional amend? ments. They are. satisfied to let the negroes vote, and they talk business instead of politics. * * * They laugh at the utterances of Mr. Robert Toombs, as reported by the inter? viewers, and say he does not rclhvt the senti? ments of a thousand men in the Stale of Gcor gia. They say he could not be nominated by* the Democrats to Congress, as has been sug? gested, even if his political disabilities were* removed, and he should spend thousand of dol? lars in the effort: The people of Augusta ard ready to take a new departure with the Ohid Democracy, or anything th?t will secure for* them a good State government, ?nd bring peacd and prosperity." This is the position occupied by the great mass of the Southern Democraey. A portidd of it, however, is still wedded to old ideas:?= We hope that those of our citizens who beldng to this portion will reflect upon the positiotl they occupy, and come to the conclusion that it is never too late to learbj even fr?m au ene my;?Marlborough Times. A Sad Predicament.?-A beautiful belle whose mother kept a genteel boarding-house id Amity street, New York, induced one of her" mamma's boarders to introduce her to a fashion^ able first-class up-town dentist of his acquaint? ance, as she wanted a set of artificial teeth Her mamma accompanied her, and directed tbd dentist to insert them on heavy gold plates,- id the highest style of the art, without regard td expense. On the first visit the young l?dt's stumps were extracted, and soon thereafter she had a mouthful of gold-plate and pearl artifi? cial teeth, which added greatly to her ilat?r?l charms and acquired graces. But the bill was not paid, and after a collector had worn out some shoe-leather and exhausted his patience* in trying to get pay from the mother, the den? tist related the circumstance to a friend. But he was very much surprised and dis? pleased at their conduct, and proposed to en? gage the miss and her mamma in conversatiod in the parlor the following morning, adding that if she did not pay him on that occasion he would pay the bill himself and q?it,thd house. It was agreed that the dentist should call at a specified hour. He called at the timd appointed, and after passing a few minutes iri general conversation; he changed the subject and talked business. Mamma, of course, professed to be very sorry that she was unable to pay the "doctor/' bill would certainly do so in a few days. As hd was apparently about to depart, ne casually asked the daughter how she liked her teethi and she replied that they were perfect find pleased hef very much. "Do they ever slip or paid you ?" kindly asked the doctor. . "Very seldom, doctor," she replied ; "some? times they pinch me a little, but I suppose thai* can't be avoided." "Oh, yes," said the polite dentist, pulling t\ pair of nippers from his pocket. "Allow mo to bend the plates d little with my nippera, and it will not wddr again," at the' sarde' tiinfe hold? ing out his hand to receive them. The unsuspecting maiden pulled them otift and handed them to the "doctor," who, instead of nipping them with his pincers, quietly wrapped them up in his pocket-handkere'hifcf and placed them in his pocket, and politely tori! firmly told the terrified beauty that When hel! mamma paid his bill she could have them, bti1> not before. As the girl was engaged td txi married to a well-to-do. young gentlemari who had never seen her without teeth, who was ex? pected to return to the city and lead her to the hymeneal alter in a few days, that bill Wae paid. - Ii I fa - Touching Incident of the New York: Riot.?The following incident is related by the World: A young Virginian named Charles H.- Pettit, aged 22 years, residing corner of Ninth attend* aud Nineteenth street, was shot on Wednesday afternoon and instantly killed. He was en? gaged to be married in two weeks to an estima? ble young lady named Ida R. Johnson, and it was while returning from her house, after ex? tending an invitation to go to Brooklyn, that he met his untimely end. After leaving her residence he walked td Eighth avenue, having some business to attend to, promising to return in a short time. Miss Johnson seems to .have had a presentment of danger, and earnestly en* treated Pettit to remain at her house during the evening, but his persistent argument of ur? gent business caused her to give way. Twenty" minutes had scarcely elapsed when a messenger came running to her house with the sad news that young Pettit had been shot through the heart and was lying dead on the avenue. The fatal news was so sudden that the young lady sank insensible, and only recovered to be a rav? ing maniac . Yesterday morning she was slight? ly recovered, but at short intervals cries id d pitying and frantic manner for him who is deaf to all earthly sounds. A few days since' the young man received a letter from his moth? er signifying her intention of visiting New" York to witness his marriage. On Wednesday night the sad intelligence was telegraphed iO her, and she is expected to arrive in the.city this morning.- Who can imagine the silent grief that is rankling in the bosom of this poof woman while she journeys hither to behold thd remains of her only son, who for previous yedrt has been her hope and protection in this world ? As True as Munchausen.?Thd following* states the case rather strongly, but a corres? pondent of the New England Homestead says1 every word of it is true. We think he must fed mistaken, and that some one has imposed dpdn* him, but as he seems to believe it and desires others to have the benefit of his discovery, we give it a place in our columns: "A gentlemen of our acquaintance had a Durham cow that gave birth, at one time, to a two-year-old heifer^ that had no legs at all. Mr. Jodes took a fives eighths auger, and bored holes where the leg ought to be, and then drove in the legs of oh! wash-bench. He then applied Dr. 1J ins' celebrated Indian hair tonic to t\ which haired them over in one nhj brought out the hoofs most beautifj animal has since trotted her mile inj took the first premium at the last horse trot at Hauipdon Park. ( month of January she suckled f-j gave ten gallons of milk every dj A Bin Windfall, Probabl stand that a railroad man in Pt occupies a prominent position men, had a grandfather. Tl singular about this, hut this nevertheless, a grandson of one< who were natives of Scotland, appears that from these two brotll of X 150,000 is left to their heirs, of these two brothers is beyond] do not know whether these two ] railroad men or not, but if they, and their descendants have nf any greater rate than raiVroaj do, the devisor of this ?Vf? indeed. We don't want c'Jt who has or has had a grrtat that he is the lucky man,:C?us? " i7 body's gnuidfUher who w$ grandcliildrcn to leave .t*0'?0 ^7? loose, for said graudchi^" to groI - An oyster lcada/Placid Ufe into a stew.