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..... ? ? * .. ?i HOYT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON C, H., S. 0., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. VOLUME VIT.?NO. 28. Debate in the State Senate. -The Columbia Union gives the annexed re? port of a debate in the State Senate on Thurs? day last. The Senate had under consideration tfie report of the Joint Investigating Commit? tee and the Governor's Message concerning the matters therein contained, when the following animated discussion took place: ' v immediately upon taking under consideration the matter, Senator Nash moved to indefinitely postpone the whole matter, and upon tbis mo? tion Senator Leslie took the floor and made one of his characteristic speeches. He said many things, among which were in substance, the following remarks: I do not know what the Bepublican party can do, or cannot do, but I know something they cannot afford to do, one oj wtuch is to undertake to dispose of this re? port in such a summary manner, without giv? ing the country some reason for such action. To wipe out this report at one breath, which has cost more than ?20,000, is unreasonable, as itiis endeavored to be done by the members in the: back seat1-', (referring to the Democrats,) and by the vote of the Senator from Darling tpn,j(Mx. Whittemore.) The report contains a great deal of abuse, and has caused much trou? ble; every paper in and outside the State has talked about it, and the Republican party has been Charged with robbery. Turning to the Democratic side of the House, he said: Gen? tlemen in the back seats, remember the gentle? man from Darlington voted aye. If there was trouble, why did they not come out boldly and meet it, and not endeavor to hush the matter up, after the expense and trouble to get up such ^.report! Has the Republican party the power to correct abuses? The gentleman from Dar ligton voted "aye" to put an end to the con? sideration of the report. ;. Sq far as the report referred to him, he would say there wasn't a man who could say he acted wrongly in his office while he was land com? missioner. The statements contained in the report of the committee were false, and there is no Republican who can get up here and say he had acted wrongly, and any man who made euch charges was a sneak and a coward. There were charges made in that "prim?r" that were an outrage and an insult to him, and the com? mittee who made them had got to back ris;ht down out of it. Grave allegations have been made, printed and circulated against the first officers of the Republican party and without passing upon the report making them, it was endeavored to put it out of reach by one vote. Jfr'was the most cowardly, mean motion that I ever heard made; there is no respectability in it. I would rather come up and say guilty than to get out of it by such means. Nobody can stand here and assail me on the land commis? sion; subject without he lies. I don't want to speak improperly, but I had rather most any other act had been committed than that the Bepublican from Darlington had urged such a motion after making such a noise about the re? port, and spending so much-money. All had shortcomings in some respects. I have done things that I am sorry for; history marked these shortcomings; marked by the hour a man's life; the black spots ; but if he tries to do bet? ter, the world will forgive him; but to-day the Senator from Darlington has doue the biackest thing of all. There were some men who had gsluck to say "I'm a rascal," and then - they are forgiven, but a man who will do all these dirty j things and then try to hush it up is worse than that. No matter how much State officers might steal, they were angels of light compared with any gentleman who sends forth such charges to the world and then smothers them. I would like to have erected a post, with a head light, and on it written so every man, woman and child could see, these words : "Joint Special Committee's Investiga th>sr Report. Hon. B. F. Whittemore, Senator from Darlington, voted to Hush up the whole Thing." ?'Ibave marked my questions in the report, got all ready to consider it, and know the com? mittee has got to back right down out of that report. I will not vote to postpone it. The country is entitled to know about it Senator Nash, who made the motion to in definitely postpone the report, said, in sub? stance, that for the last three years the Senate had been entertained by something of this kind. The Committee to investigate the Land . Commission, amounted to nothing; so with the Committee to investigate the Congressional District Election affairs; and this High Joint Investigation Committee hod straggled all over the lot,gone to New York and had their run? ners, aides-de-camp, and adjutants, messengers and pages, and for all he Knew were met by Jim Fisk's regiment, to be escorted up Nassau street; they h.-.d traveled around something in the manner of the Duke Alexis. He sympa? thized with Senator Leslie, who had labored bard for two years to convince the Senate, and everybody else, thathe had done nothing wrong. He might talk till doomsday?till the lost trumpet blowed, and the newspapers then would have the last say. He thought the best course for the senator to pursue, was to appoiut anoth? er Investigating Committee to investigate the report of this one?the charges of this com? mittee. Senator Whittemore replied to Mr. Leslie, in substance, that he didn't ask the gentlemen to be his father confessor, or to interpret his ac? tions or thoughts; didn't ask the Jockey of Barnwell to define his thoughts. The motion made to postpone was made and explained by the Senator from Richland. Any Senator who had or should express an opinion if the report was taken up, was placed in a peculiar position if he shall ever be called upon to sit in a high court of impeachment. If the gentleman from Barnwell desired to take up anything against him contained in the report, he would say right here he was ready to take up the gauntlet; 'there was nothing stated in that report that he should ever back down from?never. He would say to the author of the message of the Gover? nor, that Thompsonian document, and to all, thathe should never f inch from his duty when ? the hour shall come, and will stand by the re? port from beginning to end, and had the facts and figures for every word of it. It was far " fetched that he was trying to smother action on the report The Senate would stultify them? selves if they went on with the report and found the report true, and the other House came knocking at the door of the Senate with arti? cles of impeachment. As a Senator he would discuss every subject in the report, but as Sen? ators they were not required to go into all its details. Senator Leslie replied that he had got the . gentleman "on the hip" now, and he was going to demolish him. "Here I am, the Senator from Darlington, the investor, charging in ev? ery other page fraud against the State officers;" ' and then went to voting postponing the matter forever. He insinuates that articles of impeach? ment may be brought against them. Where, if they are not impeached, will your report lie? Call it what you please?I shall stand by the Governor and Treasurer until the report is proved. You say they are thieves, then hush the report in which yon make the charges and your excuse is, "perhaps they may be im? peached." It is a cunning reason, and the Senator should get out a patent right for it; it is first rale to Ihoze who don't know anything about it. You have done your level best to make the public debt appear worse than it was, and have displayed more venom than a Demo? crat, and now try to smother it. It is cowardly ?humiliating. Why did you not get some other excuse?say you were sick?the newspa? pers would say you were sick, and it would pass; say somebody has seen you; say yon are sorry; say that you are sorry you sent North to get this report printed, for fear somebody might see it; soiry you ever assailed the State officers. You have assailed me?not by direct charg? es in the report?meaner than that, by inuen does, and I am entitled to be heard. Farewell to the Senator from Darlington; to his glory and his hopes of being made Gover? nor. He can dig his political grave ; he has published his report and gone back on it. To the Friends of Orphan Children in South Carolina. At the session of the South Carolina Confer? ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, held in Spartanburg, commencing December 13,1871, the following resolutions were passed without a dissenting vote, viz : Resolved, That it is the sense of this Confer? ence that steps jihould now be taken to inaugu? rate a plan for the establishment of a Home for destitute orphans within the bounds of this Conference. Resolved, That the Bishop be requested to appoint an Agent to take initiatory steps look? ing to this end, and that a Committee of three be appointed to co-operate with him. "The Conference then by vote, requested that R. C. Oliver be appointed agent; and that the Presiding Elder of Spartanburg District, A. M. Shipp, D.D., and S. Bobo, Esq., be appoint? ed said Committee; and they were so appoint? ed." Although I feel my insufficiency, I have cheerfully entered upon the duties of this im? portant agency, and by the help of the Father of the fatherless, I am determined upon suc? cess. The unanimity of the Conference, dis? played in the adoption of the above resolutions, assures me of a hearty co-operation on the part of my brethren; and this, together with the words of cheer already received, inspire me with confidence as to the ultimate accomplish? ment of the object in view. I desire it to be understood by every one, that although this noble charity is inaugurated under the auspi? ces of the Con ference, the proposed Home is designed for the benefit of orphans, regardless of church relations. Destitute orphans arc to be received from all sections of the State, ac? cording to the measure of our ability to sup? port them. In the management of the Home, [Treat care will be taken to secure the Physical, Mental and Moral development of the chil? dren ; and to attain this end, it is contemplated that it be located where there shall be a farm attached, and in process of time mechanical shops are to be erected. There is also to be a day-school, in which the Bible, as a te.vt book shall be used, and the foundation principles of our holy Christianity faithfully inculcated. The children, when disposed to connect themselves wich the Church of God, shall have the right to join that denomination most in ac? cord with their views of Christian doctrine and government. When any of the children man? ifest more than ordinary mental ability, they will be sent to a first class College for gradua? tion, if there are means sufficient. I have thus briefly set forth our design in es? tablishing a Home "for indigent orphans, and those intended to be benefitted. It now re? mains for me to hint at the plan for raising the necessary funds for its support. I have been asked: What amount do you propose to raise? My answer is : The investment of a million of dollars would not be too much to meet the necessities of the case, but I scarcely hope to secure this amount. As to a financial plan, I think the following the very best: 1st. Let every one give something. 2d. Let them -rive cheerfully. 3rd. Let them give accord? ing as the Lord has prospered them in tempo? ral things. If this plan be followed faithfully, there will be no lack, and hundreds of poor orphans will be* rescued from ignorance and mad'!} Ornaments in society, the State and the Church. Some of the brightest intellects and most useful men and women have been sent forth from the Orphan House in Charleston, who would otherwise have been reared in igno? rance and obscurity, and in many instances under very vicious influences. God bless that noble institution. May it never lack for friends and substantial aid. It is certainly one of the brightest ornaments within the limits of the City by the Sea. Although there is much more I would like to say the friends of this enterprise, I will close "for fear I make this communication too lengthy. I charge nothing for my services as Agent, and every cent contributed will be ap? plied to the support of the Home. And more? over, I shall give of my temporal substance according to the financial plan herein set forth. I have already secured a donation of Tex Thousand Dollars, and have t*vo places un? der consideration for a location; one capable of accommodating two hundred, the other six hundred children. I am determined not to go in debt. The Scriptures abound in blessings reserved for those who rightly consider the wants of the fatherless, and with curses upon those who tighteneth their purse-strings to the cry of the needy. Do you want to be happy? Do you want to be delivered in time of trouble? Do you desire to be preserved and kept alive and blessed upon the earth, and delivered from the will of your enemies? Do you want to be strengthened upon the bed of languishing, and have your bed mado soft in time of sickness ? Then consider the wants, and give of your sub? stance for the support of the helpless poor for whom I am pleading. See Psalm 41: 1, 3. In conclusion, I will say to )Tou, one and all, do not wait for a personal" application, but send on your contributions without delay, and state what newspaper j'ou wish the acknowledgment made in, or it you prefer, I will acknowledge by letter. I will endeavor to secure the servi? ces of the Express Company free of charge. All money received will be put in the Saving's Bank at interest until needed. I affectionately ask the prayers of all God's people in behalf of the Orphan Home. Address, Kf.v. R. C. OLIVER, Agent Orphan's Home, Spartanburg C. H., S. C. N. B.?Cut this out and show to your neigh? bor. January 1,1S72. ? A young gentleman of the State of Illi? nois was greatly disconcerted at a triok played upon him by a locomotive. He had a bright ten cent piece, and was of the opinion that the weight of the locomotive would spread it out to the dimensions of a quarter, lie laid it on the rail in advance of the train and awaited the result. The locomotive soon came thun? dering along, picked up the dime on one of its wheels, and flung it?nobody knows whither. The boy is firmly convinced that the Illinois Central is by odds the meanest railroad of which he has any knowledge. A Sketch of William Wirt, The annexed story of the life of William Wirt, the celebrated lawyer, is from the pen of James Parton, the biographer of American greatness through the columns of the New York Ledger. If not entirely true, the sketch is very entertaining: Bladensburg, in Maryland, near the Poto? mac river, was a thriving village before the revolutionary war, having a great trado in ex? porting tobacco and importing foreign merchan? dise. In this village there was one tavern, kept by Jacob Wirt, a native of Switzerland, assis ed by Henrietta, his wife, who was a German. William Wirt was the youngest of their six children, and he was born in 1772. Besides this tavern, Jacob Wirt possessed some other property in the place, and he was thus enabled to maintain his family in plenty, and with some homely comfort. He died when his son Wil? liam was two years of age, leaving an estate of three or four thousand dollars to his young family. Among the frequenters of the Bladensburg tavern was a lawyer by the name of Carnes. During the life-time of the father he had be? come warmly attached to the family, and par? ticularly to two members of it?the elaest daughter, twelve years of age, and this pretty, amusing, little William, aged two. When the landlord died, and the whole care of the house fell to the landlady, he lent her a helping hand in many ways, advising her about her property and the education of her children. When at last the mother died also, he redoubled his at? tentions. That eldest daughter was then a beautiful and blooming girl of eighteen, and it was evident that he already looked upon her as his future wife. He sent the boy to a Latin school; and after seeing his education well be? gun, he removed to Georgia, where he had great success at the bar. Soon wc find him in? viting Elizabeth Wirt and her brother to come to Georgia, and live with him. The young la? dy accepted the invitation, and became his wife; but the boy had found other friends, and saw an opening to an education nearer home. And it was all owing to his engaging quali? ties. He describes himself as a pert, lively, saucy and very pretty school-boy, who sang comic songs very well, danced with agility, ana made smart answers, which, he says, caused him to be thought "a genius." He does not appear to have ocen a very diligent student, but he was extravagantly fond of romantic and humorous literature. He well remembered the incident which first suggested to his mir.d to try for the legal pro? fession. His excellent school-master was in the habit of taking his pupils to attend the ses? sions of the county court, four miles distant from the school. Among the advocates was a popular and brilliant young man of the neigh? bor-hood, well known to the boys, and a great favorite with them, who seemed to them to sur? pass his elders in wit and eloquence. Young Wirt admired him extremely, and to the whole school he appeared the hero of the county. "Why should we not have a court of our own ?" was the cry, as they trudged home? ward. It was agreed to. Wirt was appointed to draw up the rules. He was the hero of this juvenile forum, and it was there that he ac? quired the taste for legal pursuits. The part he took in that school-boy court led him direct? ly to real courts and real cases. One of his school-fellows?the son of a noted lawyer and politician, named Benjamin Edwards?hap? pened to take home a copy of the rules which Wirt had drawn up for the guidance of the mock court, to which the author had appended an elegant epistle, apologizing for their imper? fections. This production young Edwards dis? played to the family, and he extolled in un? measured terms the eloquence and gayety of | the author. His father read the rules, and was much struck with their humor and spirit. He wrote to Wirt, then fifteen years of age, tclliug him that he had a nephew and two sons prepar? ing for college, and inviting him to become an inmate of the family, and direct the studies of | those three young men while prosecuting his own. He could not but accent so opportune a invitation, ne resided in the family twenty months, winning the cordial esteem of every member of it, and receiving from the experi? enced lawyer the most useful, paternal, assidu? ous guidance in his studies. Forty years after we find him writing to this benefactor of his youth in terms of the most affectionate grati? tude. Indeed, everybody loved him; for he must have been as handsome, as ple;ising, as joyous, as brilliant a young fellow as ever cap? tivated human affections. He was twenty years of nge. A friend in? formed him of an excellent opening for a law? yer iu Culpcpper county, Virginia, and he has? tened to seize it, carrying with him, as he used to say, his whole library, which consisted of Blackstonc's Commentaries, two volumes of Don Quixote, and a volume of Tristam Shan? dy. Having no case himself, young Wirt went snares in a small cause that belonged to a friend of his, who was also to make Iiis first essay. His friend began by making a motion which, though legal and proper, was not usual in the courts of. that county. The old lawyers objec? ted, and put their objections in by no means the most friendly form. Wirt arose indignant at what he conceived unworthy treatment of a beginner. His fears forsook him, and he de? fended both the motion and the mover of it with warmth and firmness. He made an ex? cellent speech, and sustained his point so well that one of the old lawyers of the county came to the assistance of the young gentlemen, and their motion was granted. lie soon had considerable practice, married into a respectable family, and made his way in due time to wealth and renown. The young lawyers in those days used to ride about on horseback from court to court, amusing them? selves as they rode with pleading imaginary cau? ses and other game, keeping it up to late at night at the taverns over their wine. Wirl's magnificent display of oratory at the trial of Aaron Burr gave him national celebri? ty, which led to his appointment to the Attor? ney Generalship of the United Stales, which he held during two administrations, and in which he acquired solid distinction. He would have enteren the public service long before if he could have done so without sacrificing the interests of his family, whom he loved with peculiar tenderness and devotion. He died in 1834, having preserved his buoyancy of spirits and ali the winning traits of his character to his last days. Like so many others of his countrymen, he was lured, in his old age, into standing for the Presidency as the candidate of the anti-Masonic party. He received seven electoral votes?those of the Slate of Ver? mont. ? Andy Johnson is usually somewhat pon? derous in his humorous sallies, but here is something that smacks of the epigram, and which came out in the course of an interview with a reporter. The latter suggested that Grant's excuse for staying away from the seat of government, was that the White House was not healthy, when thus spoke Andy: "Not healthy ! Well, he manifests a strong inclina? tion to stay iu it four years longer, if it ain't healthy." The Credit of Southern Bouds. The failure of some of the Southern States to make provision for the payment of the Jan? uary interest on their bonded debts, and the refusal of one of them (Georgia) to pay the interest on bonds issued since 1868 without ab? solute proof of their bona fide character, brings the whole question of the social, industrial and political condition of the South once more be I fore the attention of the whole American peo? ple. The political features will, of course, be only considered by this iournal so far as they necessarily affect material or business interests. So far it appears that the States of North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and Virginia, make no provision whatever for the payment of their interest. Alabama, Arkan? sas, Louisiana and Georgia provide for only a portion of their interest, while Texas and West Virginia are in the fortunate position of having no debts. While this partial repudiation of these debts by so many States which were formerly distin? guished for their high credit and prompt dis? charge of all their obligations, is a matter of deep regret as well as serious embarrassment to holders of bonds, justice and candor compel the admission that the South is entitled to some forbearance and leniency in view of the facts of the case. At any rate, New Yorkers who are still smarting under the frauds of the ring politicians, and who even threaten to dispute the legality of some of the more recently is? sued city bonds, should be the last to censure too severely the conduct of States which were, and are still, compelled to bear the extortions of the most utterly corrupt rulers that ever reduced a people to bankruptcy and ruin. Some of the Southern States, as South Caroli? na, for example, have been so reduced and ex? hausted by the extravagance of their respec? tive Legislatures and officials that it is a mat? ter of necessity rather than choice to ask an exteusion of time from their creditors. That all the States will ultimately redeem their just debts we have every reason to believe. The case of Georgia may be taken as afford? ing a fair illustration of the general position of the South. That State proposes to pay in? terest on the acknowledged bonds issued pre? viously to 1868, to the amount of $5,514,500. The interest on the bonds issued since that date, amounting, it is supposed, to about SGO, 000,000, is withheld pending a preliminary in? vestigation into the validity of their issue and proof that the State received a fair actual con? sideration for them. By a law passed by the Legislature over the Governor's veto, holders of bonds dated since 1S68 are required to re? port them for examination by a special com? mission, on or before the 1st of May next. The holders arc expected to show whether they were fairly or fraudulently acquired, and the circumstances of their transfer are to be in? quired into and reported to the Legislature, which will then take action on the subject. Of course this investigation temporarily im? pairs the value of all the Georgia bonds issued since 1868, and may cause great loss to inno? cent holders. But there is too much reason to suppose that many of these bonds were issued fradulently by Governor Bullock, and cverrthe exact amount for which the State is held liable cannot be accurately ascertained. Under these circumstances, the delay in the payment of the interest pending the results of the legislative investigation must be regarded as presenting some mitigating points. In the other States it is nearly the same. In South Carolina there is an apparent over-issue of State bonds by the Governor and State offi? cials of ?6,314,000, and grave suspicions of still further frauds. In North Caroliua, which is also unable to meet her obligations, there has been the most glaring frauds in the ad? ministration of the State funds, leading to the impeachment and removal of Governor Hol? den for mal-administration. Louisiana will fall $2,000,000 short of funds to meet her ma? tured debt and interest due January 1st. Vir giuia has been obliged to fund interest on in? terest, and the most favorable estimates show a deficiency of $261,185 of the funds required to meet the July interest There can be no difficulty in tracing the un? favorable financial condition of nearly all the Southern States to the wasteful prodigality of officials who had no permanent interest in the States which they represented, no sympathy with the material welfare of the inhabitants, and who were, for the most part, maintained in power contrary to the wishes of the majori? ty. Whatever difference of opinion may pre? vail as to the results in apolitical point of view, there can be no question of the disastrous effects on the business interests of the South and of the entire country.?New York Daily Bulletin. Death of Latjra Fair.?A San Francisco dispatch, January 3, says that Mrs. Laura 1). Fair, the convicted murderess, died in prison in that city, on Saturday, December .10. Mrs. Fair was a woman of great personal attractions and strength of character, and was finely edu? cated. She once occupied a good social posi? tion in the Southern States, but had more recently been the wife or paramour of a great many men. For several years, she was the mistress of A. P. Crittcndcn, a prominent law? yer and Democratic politician of .^an Francis? co. Last Spring, Crittcndcn appeared to be striving to break away from the siren, nm' sent for his wife, who was then visiting the Atlantic States. Mrs. Fair armed herself with a pistol and killed Crittcndcn, as he was sitting by the side of his wife, on the Pacific Railroad ferry boat, as Mrs. Crittcndcn was arriving in the city. Mrs. Fair was tried for the murder, and was convicted, after a long and exciting trial, and sentenced to be hanged. The defence was insanity, and the defendant's counsel asked for j a new trial, on various technical grounds, chief of which was the alleged prejudice of some of the jury. The case was argued before the Su? preme Court, but postponed from time to time, and was still pending when death in prison solved the question which had agitated the courts and tlio community. It was generally believed in San Francisco that Mrs. Fair would commit suicide, rathcr^han go to the gallows, but nothing in the brief dispatch, quoted above, indicates that such was the Aict. A Case of Strayiv?RSiilP.?An interesting case in regard to survivorship has recently aris? en in Connecticut. A man and his only daugh? ter were drowned at the same time at East Ha? ven, and the complex question has to be deci? ded which of the two died first. If the man died first, his property would have passed to the daughter, and thenco to her heir, who is her mother, but who has been divorced from the father. If the daughter died first, then the property goes to a half sister of the father. Several other suits have arisen out of this accident, which was caused by the breaking down of a public causeway. A similar question of survivorship was raised many years ago in the case of the drowning of a man and his wife by the wreck of a stea? mer running into Charleston. The rule ap? pears to be settled that in these disasters the presumption isthat males survive the hardships longer than females, and adults longer than minors. From the Jturai Carolinian. Can the Soutli Become n Manufacturing In this day of sore calamity to the people of the cotton growing States, it becomes every one, while he is so heroically enduring the evils which surround him, to suggest if he can, any possible plan of relief, consistent with the good order of society. We may not now, in the language of Shakcspcar's mixed metaphor, at? tempt to "Take up arms against a sea of trou? bles, and by opposing end them." We must struggle on not the less manfully, however, if we would see our country prosperous and hap? py, and leave our children an inheritance of freedom and independence. With most of us, agriculture is our vocation, and must continue to be, and how to make it yield the best returns, is or should be, our con? stant study; but arc there not other employ? ments better suited to many of our people, which might prove helpful friends to agricul? ture, powerful patrons to our staple product, netic influences, to the worthy immigrant, to cast Iiis lot among us? It has been said that no nation can attain to any considerable emi? nence, whose prosperity depends upon any one employment; it would seem, therefore, to be the part of wisdom, to diversify our industrial pursuits, and whilst the sturdy husbandman continues to gather from his broad acres the silken fleece of our great Southern staple, the swiftly moving spindle should twist it into thread, and the restless little shuttle construct it into those thousand beautiful fabrics which so wonderfully enhance its value. The water-power of our streams, now for the most part running to waste, is literally incalcu? lable ; the advantages of our mild and salubri? ous climate, unsurpassed ; the labor suited to the work, and seeking employment, abundant ; the compensation of the capitalist especially tempting; and the general good of the country, sufficient to saiisfy the benevolent aspirations of the purest patriot or philanthropist. Are there any reasons why the South should not manufacture, or at least spin her own cotton ? If so, what are they, and how may they be met? The first that will probably be urged is the want of capital. This is much less formid? able than at first sight would appear. The site aud adjacent land for all requisite uses would, in many places, be given gratuitously; building material of the best quality would, in most cases, be found on theppot; and contractors may be found ready to take a portion of the expense of construction in the stock of the company. As to the cash required, let it be demonstrated that the annual, or semi-anuual dividends, will exceed the prevailing rate of interest, and the cash portion of your capital will be readily forthcoming, But says a cau? tious philosopher, the condition of the South, both financially and socially, is too unsettled ; your officials too corrupt; your Legislatures too ignorant; your taxes too high. Every word true, but these evils do not bear any heavier on manufactures than upon any other property in the South, indeed our Solons have, ou more than one occasion, exhibited a wish to encour? age such enterprises by exempting them from taxation for a certain period. The official and social evils will effect their own cure in time, and the organization of such companies as should be formed for the purposes proposed, would prove to he powerful auxiliaries in ac? complishing so desirable an end. A\ hat would be some of the obvious benefi? cial results from the introduction more general? ly of cotton manufacturing enterprises through the Southern States ? A home market for our products, employment for many of our destitute poor, who would constitute a large portion of the operatives. Under the sheltering roof of the school house, and the church, would gather the children of ignorance and vice ; habits of industry and economy would take the place of idleness and wastefulness; there would be more of sobriety and inteligence, social culture, com? fort and happiness. Villages would spring up, and with them a demand for other mechanical employments, arts and artisans ; bringing more wealth, a larger population, less taxation, wiser legislation, and less official roguery and corrup? tion. If these views are well founded, and they are at least honestly entertained, how strongly they appeal to every feeling of our better na? ture, while at the same time, they address them? selves to our stern judgment, aud practical consideration. Tire Or.n and Tire New.?Poems about the old and the new year are in order at this sea? son. The subjoined, from the New York Even? ing Mail, will live forever among the "beautiful extracts'' of the village press: Footsore and weary, leaning upon his faith? ful staff, the old year limps away, lie has traveled many a league since the hour, when fresh and radiant, and amid the welcoming of peal of jocund bells, he commenced his pil? grimage in that path which all the centuries have traveled. As he flits away, gaunt as any specter, he bethinks him, mayhap, of all the scenes through which he has passed, and in his wallet stows away "alms for oblivion." Athow many christenings he has looked in with smil? ing face. How many feasts he h?s rjnlivened with jest and story. Into how many graves he has flung, in passing, some sprig o.' rosemary. How many lives he has hung with garlands? how many he has strewn with ashes and woe. Children "have plucked playfully at his skirts as he has marched forever on; young men and maidens have craved choicest benefactions at his hands ; old men and women, gray and wrin? kled, have implored him, again and again, to tarrv?to loiter in his march?that they might gather the utmost he had to give. And new he is near the journey's end. Yonder, in the purpling dawn, a New Year comes smiling down this way. So farewell to the Old and peaceful dreams; welcome to the New. Latest child of Time, may it be to all of us the best and happiest?that one of all the years to which, Irom the far heights that no eye can sec, we shall look back with chiefest and fullest delight. ? A Rochester girl, in a note making indig? nant complaints because a man spit tobacco juice on her silk dress in the street, says: "Nev? er, while men chew tobacco, will 1 go to the polls to vote. This country may go to ruin be? fore 1 will have my clothes spoiled or even jeopardized." The "writer forgets that when women get the ballot they are expected to spit with the rest, and do all things pertaining to ordinary mankind. ? A cotemporary hits the nail on the head in this style : The idea of reforming the Grant administration, by having investigating com? mittees and civil service reform, is simply pre? posterous. The only way to'reform it is to rc moTe Boss Grant and his whole crowd, and put men in their places who will have some regard for decency, honesty aud the welfare of the na? tion. ? An Indiana editor makes the following announcement: "We positively decline to pub? lich any anonymous communication in the fu? ture, unless it is accompanied with the name of the writer."' Country J bountiful benefactors RUSTICUS. The Bible and Mental Growth. By the study of the Bible, the mind of man is brought into contact with the mind of God. Being designed to be the means of the highest intellectual culture, as well as the means of eternal salvation, the directions it contains are not usually given in the form of specific rules, but in the form of principles. The Bible con? tains a system of doctrines, but these doctrines are simply the principles of duty. From the. doctrines as principles, we deduce rules of duty. From the doctrine of the divinity of Christ, we deduce the duty of paying Him homage. From the doctrine of the atonement, we deduce the duty of trusting iu Christ's merits for accep? tance with Goo. These doctrines or principles are not isolated. They are parts of a system, and taken together form a perfect whole; no one doctrine can be perfectly understood when viewed by itself. The student of astronomy may know that the moon revolves annually around the sun, but he cannot understand the form of her orbit, and the times and circumstances of her revolution, unless he understands the relation of the moon to the earth, and to other portions of the solar system. In 'ike. manner a man may know that a certain doctrine is found in the Bible, and is,' therefore, true; but he cannot understand that doctrine, till he understands the system of which it is a part. The doctrines contained in the Bible are not arranged in a formal, systematic manner, as man would arrange them. They are not set in order, so that they can be approached and ap? prehended with the least possible exercise of thought. They arc embodied in facts, just as the natural sciences are embedded in faces. There is in nature a perfect system of as? tronomy, but it is not so arranged that the careless observer may see it. To a careless and superficial observer, nothing can be more con? fused than the apparent motions of the heaven-' ly bodies?the facts from which the science of astronomy is to be deducted. When observa? tion has found the right standpoint, and the principles are deducted from the phenomena, then all confusion ceases, and a perfect harmo? nious system appears. In like manner there is a perfect system of theology in the Bible, but it is not at once ap Sarent. It lies underneath the facts of the ible. These are made up of narratives, and precepts, and psalms, and prophecies, and epis? tles. Nothing, at first view, seems farther from system than the teachings of the Bible. But careful study reveals a system comprehensive and perfect. So far as we can see, God has constructed both nature and the Bible ir. this way, in order to exercise the mind, and thus develope its. power. Intellectual growth is thus promoted by the study of the Bible, in the same way in which it is promoted by the study of the natural sciences. It is also promoted by the peculiar nature of the truths which compose this divine science, and by the fact that they come fresh from the mind of God. If truths have a tendency to quicken the soul, the truth of God must have this tendency in the highest degree. It does not, like the science of mathematics, address the intellect alone; it stirs the deepest feelings of the soul. Efforts of pure intellect now do not call forth the highest intellectual power. That is called fortl^when the highest intellec? tual efforts is stimulated by intense feeling; this is the very condition of mind which the truth of God is adapted to produce. Truth relating to the natural sciences is ad? mitted to be a powerful instrument of mental growth; much more then should we expect that truth relating to conscious immortal intel? ligences should have a similar power. The study of the wisdom of sages and rtates men, as shown in the formation of constitutions and in acts of legislation, gives power to the mind; much more must be the study of the di- * vine Constitution of the moral universe, and the legislation of the King of kings. We have thus viewed one of the many aspects in which the value of the study of the Bible is apparent. Its :;rcat value consists in making us wise unto sal vation, in teaching us the way. of deliverance from sin; but these are inciden? tal benefits 'resulting from its study, to which we do well to refer from time to time. ? . ? i' ? . ?. ... i:? . ? .tar . Unfortunate Penmanshtp.?We do not vouch for the truth of the following, which we clip from an exchange: There is a banker iu Philadelphia by the.side of whose hand-writing even the penmanship of Horace Greeley seems symmetrical and beautiful. Well, this banker" was persecuted by a life insurance agent, who wanted him to take out a policy. The victim stood it for a while, but finally, one day, he kicked the agent out of the office. Then the tormentor began to send notes to the unhappy wretch, explaining the endowment system, and asking if any one of his aunts ever suffered from torpidity of the liver. At last the banker wrote to the heartless fiend as follows "You diabolical scoundrel, if yon send an? other line to me I will come round to your office end blow out what little brains you have !'? When the life insurance man received this he turned it up and down, and held it sideways, and stood before a mirror with it, and exam? ined it with a microscope and called in six or seven experts; but after all he couldn't deter? mine with any degree of certainty what it meant. To ascertain, he presented it at the paying teller's desk in the bank, and that wor? thy, without a moment's hesitation, paidSd^QOO on it, believing it to be a check for that amount There is one agent lc?s in this city than there was a week or two ago, and one more banker who betrays symptoms of insanity when the subject of "life insurance is mentioned in his presence. Another Shot from Home.?The.Cincin? nati Inquirer says: "We begin to have serious doubts whether that very 'loyal' gentleman, Col. Scott, from Ohio, who, for years, has, by some process, de? signated himself Governor of South Carolina, has.an administration that we 'loyal' men at the North ought to support by our countenance. Our suspicions have originated from a report made by a Joint Special Financial Investiga? ting Committee, appointed by the Legislature of South Carolina, at its last session, to take a peep into the affairs of the State. So flagrant are the facts, so manifest the corruption, aad so evident the grossest frauds, that the com? mittee, in a report of nearly 300 printed pages, both confess and show that 'great swindles have been perpetrated, that corrupt means have been usedand alliances formen, that the money of the State and the bonds issued have not been disposed of as directed.' The Legislature, when it appointed the committee, took special pains to exclude every Democrat from it, and licncc our loyal friends will not feel disposed to contradict its statements. This is a speci? men of all the carpet-bag governments that have been established at the South. How would it do?we throw it out simply as a sug? gestion?to let the Southern people hereafter elect their own Stale governments, and choose their own citizens as members of them ?*'