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The Sonny South. . "It is a trite remark that the migration of man iu Westward. This tendency has been demon? strated ever since the records of history have furnished reliable date. The Greek and Bo lasxt nations were the early offshoots from the East. From Borne emigration and empire ex? tended to France, Spain, and Great Britain.? From thence it surged across the Atlantic, and a. wonderful hegira of ail European nations has been, for two centuries, directed towards the Western World. Beaching the distant shores of the New Continent, the line of progress has been in the same general latitude of the port of debarkation. First New England ana New York were redeemed from the wilderness, then Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and the States lying upon their parallels of latitude, were subdued by the cultivator, and an im? mense population took up their abodes along this belt. The land of adoption being reached, j it might have been expected there would have followed a radiation in various directions from ithe place of landing, but a glance at the map will show that the march has. been chiefly in a ,'iine across the continent, notwithstanding the great mountain ranges and the Mississippi ran from' north to south and seemed to form a natu? ral barrier to progress toward the Pacific. Al? though there: are many reasons to believe that natural advantages favor both quite a northern and a low southern main route of transconti? nental travel, still the rivers have been bridged and the mountains scaled on this general par? allel, and the two great Atlantic and Pacific entrepots represent nearly the same latitude. The present is demonstrating that there was but one reason why this increasing population confined itself so closely to this single northern belt. It can scarcely be doubted that if all the States had originally adocted the principle of free labor and'had carried out a common poli? cy, the South would to-day have been equal to toe-North in wealth and prosperity. The sys? tem of slavery, which was the barrier to pro? gress southward, is _ now happily swept away forever,' and the' great arterial railways which have formerly borne their coursing tides west - ward are rapidly throwing off in increasing numbers. their lateral. branches towards the Gulf of Mexico, while the surplus population, as if feeling the reflex influence of the wave which must be' stayed at the shores of the Pa- I cific, are appreciating the genial climate, the fruitful soil and the general attractions of the Southern States. Along the Atlantic border of these States a comparatively small number of old English I famines had built their homes, and with little admixture of other blqod their descendants had for generations enjoyed the quiet of their large estates,' Probably no portion of the American population retains more of the genuine charac- ] terist?cs of English Society than the represen- j tatives of these ancient .families. Those who have recently selected homes in this section speak in the most flattering terms of the hospi? tality of those among whom they have taken up their abode. They find so much in society resembling that of the mother country that they soon feel thoroughly at home. Tbe former quiet of the South is given place to a new or? der of things, facilities for traveling are multi- I giving,'various kinds of business and manufac? turing are being introduced, and lands in large tracts and in small farms are being purchased, ?ither for immediate cultivation or for the I profit which must in a few years accrue there? from. For the pleasant homes, with the cer? tain assurance of increasing value, there is no Bore inviting opening in the wide world. If starting later in the race, there are many natural advantages which will yet make the South a hopeful competitor with the North. It is a remarkable fact that although all nature had here combined to make this the most at? tractive portion of the country, the whole re? gion has hitherto been sparsely settled and the population has increased but slowly. As an argument in. favor of these points, it is fre? quently stated that tbe h.ud of the South has been impoverished by long and improvident culture, while the fact is (hat nearly two-thirds ofthat region is yet virgin soil, waiting for the plough of the husbandman. j It will be many years before these States will overtake the North in population, manufac? tures, and general industries, but there can I scarcely be a question as to tbe results which j will finally be attained. We have already re? ferred to the reason why this has not been be fore appreciated. The grounds for assurance in reference to the future are unquestionable. ' Previous to the recent civil war, the different systems of labor and the tastes of the people had drawn a dividing line between the North J and Sp?th, and deterred, other nations from seeking a new home in the sunnier section of the land. The sanguinary conflict, for the time, produced a state of hostility which called I forth the prediction in the South, and also in some foreign countries, that the breach could never be repaired, and sooner or later there ] most be a severance of people so little in sym? pathy with each other. This prediction is in a fair way to become falsified. Though some still refuse to be reconcil ed, and occasional acts of violence occur, the great mass of the people on both sides have buried tbe weapons of war? fare, and many are engaged in business rela? tions, settling in the formerly hostile sections, and marrying and being given in marriage without question as to the political ante? cedents of the parties and their friends.? The Southern people became more or less im? poverished during the protracted struggle, and their estates or portions of them are necessari? ly upon the market at a price far below the price they will command after the value is bet? ter understood. The new purchasers arc not looked upon as coming to take advantage of unfortunate circumstances, but are heartily welcomed by the would-be-recuperating States. Under the slave regime there was no desire for large population and voluntary toil, and lit? tle encouragement was given to those from without to select a home in that territory, but the fdvent of freedom has effected a radical change, and organizations are formed in nearly every State to facilitate such migration. A bet? ter acquaintance with each other is demonstra? ting to the people of the two sections that their interests are one, and that it is wise to forget the quarrels of by-gone years. Every effort1, that seems to strengthen the bond of common brotherhood if a positive boon to the whole world, and all who are well-wishers to the race must rejoice that as the needs of the human family continue to multiply, there re? mains so inviting an opening, where are found snch abundant supplies for the requirements of civilized man. To many who are feeling the necessity or the desire of finding a new home for themselves and their children, the climate, the products, the depressed values, and the so? cial advantages of this region will answer the question, "Whither shall I go V'?Tke South. ? A man having fallen into a slough, an Irishman standing by called to another for as? sistance. The latter, who was busily engaged in catting a log, leisurely inquired, "Row deep is he in f' "Up to his ankles." "Then there is plenty of time." "No, there is not," replied the first. "I forgot to toll vou he's in head first." i Curious Mistakes ip Identity. From the volumes of law reports, and from the records of detective's offices, we might com? pile page lipon page of fascinating narrative upon this single theme, but our limited space permits us to give but a few examples. Those that we note, however, will be found upon ex? amination to throw a shade even of ridicule on that sublime "reasoning through consistency" ?upon that "unerring" calculus of probabilities ?through which Kepler arrived at the laws of matter, Newton deduced their formula, and without which we would be almost as ignorant as in the time when Moses called the moon the second in magnitude of the heavenly lights. In 1851, Coptain John Buckson, master of a sailing vessel, lived with his wife Nancy in a beautiful little cottage in the village of Seek on k, near Providence, Rhode Island. He was a man of spotless character, religious almost to Puritanism, but also very passionate, and that Nancy, being greatly younger than himself, and very fair to loot upon, should have grown fretful and unruly, did not add much quietness to his temper. They quarrelled often, and late one evening a neighbor passing the cottage saw through the open window the husband standing over the wife in a threatening attitude, with a long whip-cord in his clinched hand, and heard also an uncontrollable burst of rage, and many threats of violence. The next morning the cottage was closed and deserted. This, however, excited no attention, as John was supposed to have left on a sailing trip, and Nancy was accustomed to depart fre? quently, without announcement, to visit rela? tives in a neighboring town. But that after? noon a little dog accompanying a picnic party in the adjacent woods, pawed and howled at a heap of sand, until the merry party examined it, and found there?the corpse of Nancy Buck son. Tho people of the town flocked around the horror, recognizing the deceased, her clothes and her jewelry. She had been strangled with a cord, and chloride of lime had been sprinkled over her body to hasten decomposition. The cottage was searched, and a whip-cord was found upon the floor which fitted exactly to the mark on the victim's neck, and in the cellar was & box of chloride of lime like that scat? tered around the body. Buckson was arrested, indicted, and on the day of trial that would have sent him to the gallows, Nancy Buckson, alive and well, though cross as ever, walked into the village, fresh from a visit to distant relatives. The mystery of the murder was never solved. The articles of dress and jewelry on the corpse were recog? nized by Nancy as taken from the bureau in her cottage One morning in 1861, a New Jersey wharf man complained to his "boss" that, a barrel of pitch, had been stolen from the pier. The same morning the clerk of a New York hotel com? plained to his proprietor that Mrs. Ada Ricard ?once well known in Cincinnati under another name?a woman of marvellous beauty of form and no small charm of feature, but sensuous as Lola Montez, and as frail of character?had suddenly and inexplicably left without paying her bill. The next day there was founa floate ing in the North River a barrel of pitch, and tied to it by a rope around tho .waist was the corpse of a beautiful woman, clothed only in a night-dress and a pair of stockings. A gag fas? tened in the mouth was the only mark of vio? lence, but that was sufficient to evidence mur? der. The form was oi wonderful beauty?such voluptuous beauty as must have served for the model to Titian's Venus. It was noticed, though, the stockings were almost too large for the foot Upon one of the lower limbs was the cicatrice of an old wound. The body was interred with recognition, but the head preserved. A few days after, a gen? tleman intimately acquainted with Ada Ricard recognized the face as hers beyond the shadow of a doubt. The police then interviewed her quasi husband, Charles Ricard, cautiously con? cealing from him her supposed death. He freely entered into a description of her history and person, spoke with some pride of her being obliged to wear stockings too large for her foot, in order to fit the well-rounded limb, mentioned the mark of an old wound and its position, re? gretted the injury to her beautiful teeth by the loss of one on the left side, and laughed at her having worn earrings so heavy as to cut her ears and necessitate a -second piercing, very high up. The stockings, the wound, the lost tooth, and tho marks on the ears, coincided ex? actly with the corpse. Ricard was then shown the preserved head, and fell back in utter hor? ror of sudden recognition. The mystery was solved?but only for a day. Of a sudden, Ada Ricard, as beautiful as ever, returned from a month's wandering among the soldiers at New Orleans. No further discoveries have ever been made. Our third and last case occurred in the sum? mer of 1866, in Luzerne Valley, Pa. Mark Wilson and Miss Wallace, a lovely girl of eigh? teen, had been engaged for some months, when she suddenly jilted him, and wi^iout explana? tion forbade him to enter his house. Wilson plunged into dissipation, and rapidly lost his | character, his business, and his small means.? He was frequently heard, with fevered energy, to lay his ruin at her door, and to vow revenge with most determined bitterness. Shortly after i he made preparations to leave for Europe, but before doing so, by some means persuaded the girl to take a drive with him. He gave out at the livery stable that he was going to an occa? sional picnic resort, in a wild gorge among the neighboring hills. Neither of them returned, ana two days after the body of the girl, stabbed to death with a pocket-knife, sworn to as Wil? son's, was found in the turbid waters of a brook that threaded "Picnic Gorge." She was buried in an agony of sorrow by her loving parents, and the day after the funeral Mrs. Wilson, nee Miss Wallace, returned from New York with her newly-wedded husband. Who was the murdered girl, and how a knife like that of Mark Wilson s came in her heart, the most rigid investigation never could discover. The Longest Speech Ever Made in the World.?The opening argument of the Attor? ney-General of England, Sir John D. Cole? ridge, who appears for the defence in the cele? brated Tichborne case, has proved, perhaps, the very longest speech ever heard of. It was be? gun on the 14th of Januar}', and at our last ac? counts it had not been concluded. However, ten days after he began, neither judge nor jury showed any wish to nave the distinguished ad? vocate stop speaking. Before proceeding on that day, he remarked that certain ingenuous persons" who were ignorant of the facts had crit? icised him for not restricting himself to a day and a half. But it was necessary, inasmuch as the jury was now to hear for the first time a connected account of the case from its outset, that he should still detain them. This, how? ever, he would not do one moment longer than was absolutely necessary/ Both the Lord Chief Justice and the jury at once expressed the opinion that the Attorney-General had not wasted a single moment since he began to speak. ? Some married people always go to bed quarrelling?yet they never fall out. The Redemption of France. Whatever'may be the defects of the French national character they are counterbalanced by great and noble virtues, among which may "be numbered an intense patriotism. It is true that this virtue has often been exaggerated, and has led to a disregard of the rights of other nations and a love of conquest, ending, in the last war, in disaster and humiliation. But it has often saved the country from despair and final ruin ; and historians have justly remarked that the periods of France's deepest depression have been followed by such rapid recuperation as to astonish the world and to replace her once more in the front rank of nations. ? Since the treaty of Bretigny, in 1870, which stripped the France of that day of more than half her territory, no disaster has equalled that I of 1870. Six months of successive defeats, un? relieved by one gleam of success, left France exhausted, mutilated, bleeding at every pore, and burdened with a war contribution un? equalled in ail history. To the woes of foreign war and conquest were added the horrors and the fearful ruin of civil strife. There seemed to be no relief in the present and no hope for the future; and there would be none but for the patriotism of the French people. Taxed heavily as they are and must be for years to come, they will not wait for their government to pay off the war i ndem n ity. A great national movement has begun in France, extending to all her colonies and even to all the foreign lands where her sons are scattered, having for its object the prompt deliverance of the prov? inces held in pledge By the German army of occupation. Voluntary subscriptions have been opened all over the land for the payment of the indemnity. Every class of society, every shade of opinion has united in this patriotic purpose, the poor giving their mite, and the rich of their abundance. The Bishops and Archbishops urge their clergy to preach it to the people. Manufacturers and workmen vie with each other in their contributions. Women are giving up their jewelry, soldiers their med? als of honor, and all government employees, civil and military, a portion of their salaries. Every corporation is contributing, according to its magnitude, railroads, banks, &c; and all the newspapers in France, besides subscribing themselves, devote their columns to the promo? tion of the good work. Not only is it so in France, but the patriotic and generous example has struck a sympathetic chord in other coun? tries. The Bank of England heads a list of subscription in London; and from Brussels, Geneva, and other European capitals, -come liberal contributions. In New York several thousand dollars have been realized in three days, and many Germans have generously ado^J their names to the subscription list. Bat there is one feature is this movement that awakes sad and sweet memories in South? ern hearts, and brings us back to former days. In France, as in the South, it is the women who take the lead in the patriotic impulse; and not only so, it was the women of the conquered and devasted provinces who initiated the entire movement The ladies of Mulhausen, now Germanized by conquest, but still French at heart, organized the first subscription, soon fol? lowed by the ladies of Lorraine, and by those of heroic Strasburg. Though now separated from their dearly beloved country, they still wish to bear her burdens and alleviate her suf? ferings. The town of Nancy, so fearfully tried during the war, with a comparatively small population, has already contributed 1,500,000 francs towards the national ransom, and as a general thing it will be found in France, as it as been with us, that those who suffered most are those who give most liberally. They have felt ''the iron enter their souls," and they know how to feel for other's woes. The patriotic impulse is one with which all nations should sympathize. The Germans themselves, who so bravely redeemed their land from the tyranny of the first Napoleon, cannot object to a movement whose object is to satisfy their demands, and to send back their armies to their native homes. God speed the day when all nations, satisfied with their own possessions, will cease to covet their neighbor's provinces, and will strive with each other only in the peaceful race of improvement and civilization I Would it not be a timely and graceful act on the part of prosperous America to aid in light? ening the heavy burden of tho ancient ally who helped her in the day of her trial ?? Wilming? ton Journal. The North Carolina Desperadoes.?The Ku Klux hunters have entirely overlooked the field where the best game is to be found, and with all their solicitude to give coloring to the report of their operations, have failed even to make mention of the black banditti of North Carolina, the Lowrys, who are Ku Kluxes of the deepest dye and the worst sort. They are numerous in force, bloody in purpose and despe? rate in action?thieves, murderers, villains of the blackest kind. They are neither a mythic? al, imaginary nor fabulous body, of whose ex? istence, or appearance in Satanic disguises or Serformances, there is any uncertainty or oubt; but a tangible reality, which can be distinctly defined. The Ku Klux experience of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama affords no criterion of what Ku Kluxism really is, or of the blood-thirsty gang of Lowrys in North Carolina. And yet that great campaign docu? ment which constitutes the report of the Ku Klux hunting Committee, who might readily have learned that the black Ku Klux of North Carolina have committed more murders and robberies, and more devastation by fire and terrible outrage, than any other Ku Klux body in all the South, is silent as to the career, the crimes and tho very existence of the Lowrys. Even while the committee were preparing the contradictory testimony as to the doings of the Ku Klux in South Carolina, at some period so far back as to be almost forgotten, the living, active, present black band of Lowrys were per? petrating their audacious crimes at a place called Lumberton, in Robcson county, N. C. That so powerful and desperate a gang of Ku Klux as the black Lowrys, whose outrages and persecutions are direetcd exclusively to the whites, and because they are whites, should carry on their depredations with impunity in such a State as North Carolina, where the country affords rare facilities for such crimes should escape the notice of a vigilant commit? tee, on the lookout for such events, is explain? able only upon the hypothesis that color re? verses the nature of crime, and that until after the Presidential election such awkward matters as the proceedings of the black Lowrys had better not be talked about.?Boston Post. ? An editor whose subscribers were remiss in payment, lately published the following an? nouncement in his paper: "To save our readers the trouble of sending their subscription by post, and to relieve two unfortunates, wc will send to each of our debtors, in the course of a l few days, two collectors, one of whom has hardly recovered from the small-pox, and the I other has just taken the itch." The delin? quents did not wait to be called on, but paid their dues promptly. ? Running accounts will run away with a person's credit more rapidly than anything else. The Skeleton in the Closet. The Elijah Programs are blowing hard just at present on the question of a possible war with England. It would be a most unfortunate thing for England, say these asses, to go to war with America. "We could lick her so bad," say they, "in three months that she wouldn't know she ever was a nation." While all this talk is going on nobody seems to bestow a single thought upon the attitude of the South?the Ireland, tbe Poland, the Hungary of America. The precious set of Badical statesmen we nave at Washington have done this for us?they have created and consolidated in ten States of this Union a feeling of hostility to the stars and stripes, the type of our nationality, that will never die while radicalism rules. So deep seated and bitter is this, that if England land? ed twenty thousand men to-morrow in the neighborhood of Charleston a hundred thou? sand Southern men would rise again in insur? rection. It would have the same effect as if France, at war with England, landed a force upon the scores of Ireland. Are we quite sure we could lick England, with the South pressing us at one side and the Canadians at the other ? Yet, patent as this truth is, here are those Sen? atorial wiseacres at Washington defeating a qunlified measure of amnesty to the "Southern rebels." Statesmanship would have long since reme? died the frightful state of affairs at the South. Had a man like Chief Justice Chase been elect? ed in 1868, in place of the military stick who now occupies the White House, we should not be compelled to expresss the fears to which we have just given utterance The Union would now be a true Union in place of the sham it is. Think of it for a moment. Here was a so called rebellion, which intrinsically, had as much right and justice in it as our own war of independence, and 'vet the canting spirit of Radicalism goes on forever proclaiming about the magnanimity shown to the rebels, and hands over to something worse than the gallows these people of the South, to be governed by the very spawn of hell. Is it natural they should love a flag that symbolizes persecution ? Is it natural they should fight for it? Enthroned in power in half a dozen Southern States are strangers from the North, who in no civilized country under heaven could escape the peni? tentiary or the hangman. Society there has been violently wrenched from its normal con? dition. The tree has been plucked up from the roots, and the branches aud blossoms nave been buried in the ground. Ignorance, vice and infamy flourish over virtue and intelligence. Now we want this people to love the magnanimous gov? ernment which has consigned to living death the best and purest of their kindred. The pa? tience arid fortitude they have shown under their humiliations make the grandest chapter of human self-control and stoicism that ancient or modern history can produce. We cannot go to war with England while this state of things exists. There is a skeleton in the closet that reminds us of our weakness. The whole South would rally to arms once more if England lent her direct aid. Where is the difference? Might they not just as well try the terrible issue of war as live and die under such an infamous rule as that to which they are at present subjected.? Draw Id* your horns, Jonathan. When your household is at peace it will be time enough to think of a quarrel with England.?N. Y. Tele? gram. Horace Greelet ox Nominating Con? ventions.?The New York Tribune (anti Grant) intimates pretty clearly, in the follow? ing extract, that if Grant is nominated at Philadelphia that it will holt the nomination: When party lines are tightly drawn and great principles or even interests are at stake, the nominating convention or caucus will naturally be authoritative?commanding; when a lull in political controversy occurs, through the virtual settlement or decadence of sv.oh issues, then the mosses will be likely to revolt, as they did in 1824. Nominations by delegated bodies are at best an evil, sometimes to be endured in prefer? ence lo the evils thereby precluded. Had it ,been possible to adhere to the design of the founders of the Republic, by choosing in each State its proportion of the Presidential electors from among its ablest, wisest, worthiest citizens, and haying tbera assemble, deliberate, compare preferences, weigh each others suggestions, and then vote for the two fittiest men residing in different States, whereof he who should receive most votes throughout the Union should be President, he who received next to the largest number Vice President, that would have con? tinued to have been an excellent system, as, in the infancy of the Union, it proved. The power which the Constitution intended to vest in the electors has been transferred to caucuses and nominating conventions, State and Federal ?unwisely, if you will, but it seems irrevoca? bly. The best course open is, that of indepen? dent, earnest, manly criticism and revision by the people of the acts and decisions of whatev? er body or bodies shall henceforth assume to provide them with ready-made candidates, whether for Federal or for State offices. Treot all nominations simply as suggestions, to be followed or resisted as your own judgement shall dictate. A caucus of members of Con? gress formerly made (in effect) both President and Vice President; that power was abused, and the people set their heel upon it. Nation? al Conventions will doubtless in good time travel the same road and encounter a kindred fate. Meantime, hear and heed all proper suggestions of candidates, then vote exactly as your own unfettered judgement shall dictate! ? The Warrenton (N. C.) Gazette, in pub? lishing reminiscences of Warren county, men? tions the fact that Horace Grceley was mar? ried, in the Episcopal Church in that town. His wife was a teacher in the Warrcnton Fe? male College, and is well remembered by many of her old pupils, residents in that county. ? A minister at a colored wedding'who wished to be humorons, said : "On such occa? sions it is customary to kiss the bride, but in this case wc will omit it." To which ungal laut remark, the bridegroom pertinently re? plied : "On such occasions it is customary to pay the minister $10, but in this case wc will omit it." ? A young lady at Council Bufls being in? formed by her "feller" that he intended to cease his attentions, cowhided him around the room, nnd as he sprung through the open window, told him, with a parting lick, that that would teach, him to be more careful for the future not to trifle with a gentle and loving heart. ? The man who can wear tight boots and be humble, and walk about and not indulge in profane literature, would make a good hus? band. Tight boots arc an insult to any man's understanding. The only thing in their favor is that they make a man forget all his other miseries. ? The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no man can tell what becomes of his influence and example, that roll away from him and go beyond his ken on their perilous mission. ? 11 is always in our power to make a friend by smiles ; what a folly, then, to make an cne 1 my by frowns. For the Anderson Intelligencer. To a Bebel Prisoner on Johnson's Island. A captive on a Lake-girt Wo, Looks o'er the waters sadly, His thoughts on one whose blessed smile Would welcome him so gladly; But that beneath a northern sky? A sky to him so dreary He's doomed to pine and vainly sigh Away out on Lake Erie. Tho winds that waft to others bliss, But mock him with their tone; Tho lips are palo they stoop to kisa, With yearning for his home. The waves that dash upon the beach, feeep ceaseless guard and weary, They chant of joys beyond tho roach Of him who looks on Erie. They boar to him his wife's sweet tone, His children's prattling song, . . Until he longs to be alone,) Far from that captive throng. And when he lays him down to sleep, With aching heart and weary, The wind and waves his vigils keep, Dear dreamer on Lake Erie. But all who love him pray to God To bless his precious lifo With patience to endure tho .rod, With faith to close the strife, And look beyond the dreary now, To brighter days and better, When native winds shall fan his brow, And only fond arms fetter. M. T. D. B. Cohanbus, Ohio, Nov. 2, 1883. A Leaf from the Fast History of Brigham Young. The telegraph reports Brigham Young as rapidly failing, and makes it quite likely that his death cannot be long delayed. This extra? ordinary man was born at VVhitingham, Ver? mont, on the 1st of June, 1801, and therefore lacks but little of seventy-one years ago. His father was a farmer, who had been a soldier of the Kevolution, and Brigham doubtless inher? ited something of his daring and love of ex? citement His first connection with the mon? strous hierarchy of Mormonism, of which he has so long been the head and exponent, was in 1832, when he announced himself as a con? vert, and making his way to Kirtlaud, Ohio, the then headquarters of the new dispensation, was ordained an elder and began to preach.? His talents, shrewdness, and especially his wonderful quickness and aptness iu reading men, attracted the attention of the prophet Joseph Smith, who soon ordained him as one of tho Twelve Apostles, then first constituted, and sent him on a proselyting tour through the Eastern States. He was signally successful in making converts, and at the death of Joseph Smith, in 1844, secured the election to his va? cant position of first President over Sidney Rigdon, Smith's original partner in the fraud, who, being "contumacious,'' naturally enough at thus being thrown overboard, was solemnly "cut off" cursed, and handed over to the devil "to be buffeted in the flesh a thousand years." In 1847 Brigham removed to Salt Lake City, the Mormons having been driven out of Nau voo in 1845, and a year later the faithful emi? grated thither and tounded the kingdom, which they called Deseret. The course of Brigham Young since that time, his repeated brow-beat? ings of the Territorial authorities, and his vir? tually unopposed sway for so many years, are fresh in the recollections of our readers. By his shrewdness, and the ignorance and super? stition of his followers, he has not only made himself the spiritual and political herd of the community, out has contrived to \ave the handling of all the funds, and to have amassed from the tithes and from private speculations a gigantic fortune, which, from its varied and widely scattered character, it would doubtless be impossible to estimate closely. Of late it has appeared as though his course were about run, and that justice was at last to overtake him for his complicity in many crimes of which there can be no reasonable doubt. But if Di? vine Providence removes him from an earthly to a higher tribunal, doubtless his own people will reverence him as a saint or a god, while the world will be none the worse for his ab? sence, and see iu it no cause for regret. iAfPROVEMENT OF AMERICAN COTTOJT.?Mr. S. G. Godfrey, of Cheraw, responds to some in? terrogations on this subject, from the Depart? ment of Agriculture, as follows: The experiments of our cotton planters re? cently have all aimed at an increase of produc? tion, without regard to the quality of staple, and with success, as is shown by crops of the pastfew years, when, with our imperfect system of labor, we have been enabled to produce crops which will compare favorably with the largest crops made before the war, with a most perfect system of labor. I say "without regard to quality," because the most prolific variety of cotton with us, and the most popular (the Dick son) is decidedly the shortest and coarsest sta? ple we have. I have thought for some time that it would be to our interest to turn our at? tention more to the improvement of our staple, in order to place our prominence over the for? eign staple on a surer foundation in the mar? kets of Europe. I am afraid that we cannot look to the farmer to make the start in this matter. So long as the Dicksou cotton com? mands as high prices in the market as the Peeler and other improved varieties, the farm? er will plant the Dickson, because it has the reputation of being the most productive. The Southern cotton farmer is poor, and cannot afford to risk experiments ; besides, he is not a speculator; he is accustomed to make his mon? ey by hard labor. We cannot expect him to go to the expense and take the trouble to change his seed unless he is paid for it. We will liavo to look to the cotton dealers. If I they would pay a higher price for the improv* ed cottou, I think tue thing could be accom? plished. Let the improved variety be quoted every day in the papers a few cents per pound higher than common uplands. The farmers would soon see it, would get improved seed, and in a few years we would nave a staple as much better than our present cotton as the latter is now the superior of the Surats. The Peeler is the only improved variety that lam acquainted with. 1 have tried it three years, and hnd that it produces equally as much to the acre, and matures as well as our ordin?r)' variety. The staple is finer, and at least one-third longer. An Extensive Joke.?A Harvard student recently called for a doctor in great haste, di? recting" the servant where he should go. The doctor came, but found his services unnecessary and his call a hoax. So far it was all very well, but the servant recognized the caller, and the next day the doctor called on him and asked him whether he would rather pay twenty The Cotton Tax. , A good opportunity, says the Augusta Gon~ ifituhonal?t, is now being offered .Northern politicians who disclaim indulging in re vengeful feelings toward the South to make good their professions. A bill to refund the cotton'"tax^ illegally and unconstitutionally extorted from the Southern people in the hour of their great* est helplessness and greatest need, is now'be> fore Congress. It is gratifying to see that .the passage of the bill is advocated in some quar? ters from which we have not been in the bahrt of looking for magnanimity, and have scarcely hoped for justice. Some of the leading and most pronounced Republican papers have of late indicated a statesmanlike purpose to do what was right in this matter, regardless of past prejudices and committals. Among them'we take pleasure in recognizing, the Washington Chronicle, whose sentiments favoring the meas? ure we append: "Upon the question of the unconsfltutionality of the tax, the South is a upit; and a very large preponderance of tbe Northern Democracy, if not of the entire party, is of the same opinion. It is not an opinion merely, but a profound and settled conviction that the tax is unconstitu- ' tional. In the most rabid period of sectional bitterness, the legal profession in all sections I has shown a marked leaning against the gov? ernment and with the South on the question; The Supreme Court has stood equally divided upon it. This is of itself a strong indication that the tax was unconstitutional; for it is but natural to expect that a court composed as that ? ?, would lean towards the government. It is the policy, if not the function, of tho judiciary to presume every thing in favor of the legality of what is done by the two co-ordinate Depart? ments. '- ~ "But in a case like this, and under the pecu? liar hardships of it, tbe impoverished ana suf? fering South ought to be allowed the benefit of the doubt. Congress might well grant in the spirit of magnanimity what the law, as inter Ereted by a court not partial to the applicants; as failed to extort." Whether is be a returning sense of justice ox a stroke of policy, in view of the pending quar? rel with England, and the probabilities of war that propitiates Northern sentiment in favor of the bill, the South will be equally gratified if this cotton tax is returned to her. It will come to the South to reinvigoraie her industry", build up her enterprizes, and give her new hopes of prosperity. Whether the ino?ey finds ito way back into the pockets of the cotton planters, or of the cotton factors and merchants, stiii it will come to the South, and diffuse its benefits among all. ; Sooner or later this money must and will come back to us. It has gone illegally into the Treasury, and the Southern people will continue to knock at the door for it until it-? paid back. The party now in power may find'it policy to do a just and generous act by favoring-the bill now. If so, it will go far to. onset in the Southern mind many wrongs at its hands of which the Southern people complain. But from this Administration or the next, we count confidently on justice. A Sketch of Judge Davis, the Labor Reform Candidate for President. At the National Labor Reform CtonveritidtL held at Columbus, 0., on the 22nd, Uou. David Davis, of Illinois, was nominated for President? and Governor Joel Parker, of New Jersey, for Vice President. Both of these gentlemen in? tend to "run." Governor Parker is expected to announce his acceptance of the nomination by a speech at a ratification meeting to be held in New York, and Judge Davis has written a letter to the chairman of the convention, thank? ing it for the "unexpected honor" conferrednp-' on him, and stating that "the Chief Magistracy of the Republic should neither be sought: not' declined by an American citizen." The indi? cations are that the Labor Reformers are in earnest, and that they 'mean business. Davitr Davis, whom they have selected as tlrefr stand** ard-bearer, was born in Cecil county, Md., on: March 9,1815. He graduated at Kenyan Col? lege, Ohio, in 1832, and subsequently studied law in Massachusetts and also at the Law School in New Haven, Conu. Removiug"to Illinois in 1835, ho was admitted to the oar,' and soon after settled at Bloomiugtou in the practice of his profession..- In 1844 he was. elected to the State Legislature, in 1347 served as a member of the State Constitutional Con-' vention of that year, and in 1848 was elected' Judge of the Eighth Judicial District of the; State. In 1855, and again in 1S61 he was re elected to this position. He had long been an', intimate personal friend of Mr. Lincoln, and; as a delegate to the Chicago convention of 18(30 had a large share in securing his nomination; for the Presidency. The two had been thrown much together by the practice of their profes? sion in a thinly populated country, and the in? timacy between tnein was of the closest and [ most confidential character. Just as Judge Davis was entering upon his third term as Circuit Judge in Illinois he was, in 1S62, ap? pointed by Sir. Lincoln to the position of As*: ociate Judge of the Supreme Court of-the United States, which position he still- holds.?. Mr. Lincoln also appointed him his executor,', and the estato of the murdered President was wound up by Judge Davis. ? At the time of tbe latter's appointment to the Supreme Bench he was an avowed Republican, hut of late years his tendencies have been decidedly conserva? tive, and there was considerable* talk of his; being an available candidate for the Presidency - on the Democratic ticket. His course ou the legal-tender cases, however?he voted with the majority in May of hist year, holding the legal tender act to be constitutional?has served to estrange him from the Democracy; although he has frequently been mentioned during toe past few months as a possible Republican can-, didate who would receive the support of the "passive policy" Democrats against General Grant. Judge Davis is a man of large fortune! and personally is above reproach. ? When a man has no design but to speak plain truth, he may say a great deal in a very narrow compass. ? Successful farming is mado up by atten? tion to little things. The farmer who is the most successful earns his money with the best result. Such men are the "salt of the earth." ? It does not follow that pianos may bo played by electricity, because some persons can? not touch those instruments without shocking all who hear them. ? We hear a great deal about labor reformj but there seems to be a greater need of refor- ? ming some of those fellows who don't labor. ? Opelika, Ala., has created a new sensation . by the new leap year mode of eating philopenas in that place. The young lady takes the al? mond between her teeth and tho young man bites it off. ? A young lady of our acquaintance, who has a pretty hand, is anxious to learn whether people arc more liable than common to "burn their fingers" if they happen to be taper ones. We cannot say, but we have advised her not tJ let a spark get at them.