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Can the Colored People Afford to Support Moses? : For four years, now, ever since under the operations of the Reconstruction Acts the right to vote was given them, the colored people have had absolute control of the State Govern? ment. They have not themselves administered the government nor held all the offices, but men of their choice have. With them has rested the actual power; the officials are but their agents. Much has heretofore been con? ceded to the colored people on account of their ignorance. It has justly been said, in excuse for the miserable government under which the State has and is now groaning, that the ne? groes, but' i suddenly awakened from slavery, and vested with all tho powers, privileges ana duties of citizenship, would naturally make mistakes and be misled by the wiles of dema S>gues and unworthy office-seeking politicians, ut, is there to be no eod to this'thing? Must the colored people continue, from year to year, to impoverish the State, and prevent her pro? gress by supporting repeatedly corrupt men in her public offices? South Carolina is the one State in the Union in which the black people have unlimited sway. It is here that the question will be most defi? nitely settled, whether or not they are capable of self-government. They have made no record as yet upon which they can look except with shame and humiliation. Duped by adventurers and thieves, they have allowed millions'of debt . to be piled upon themselves and their white fellow-citizens, without the first dollar of con? sideration being received therefor. In four years, they have accumulated against the State a public debt more than twice as large as that which had been previously incurred during, nearly a century, and there is nothing whatev? er to show for it. More than this, the rate of j taxation has been increased more than a thou? sand per cent, and still there is never any money in the Treasury for any legitimate uses. There has not been ose dollar of this year's appropriation to the Lunatic Asylum paid; but little better can be said of the Penitentia? ry, the public schools, or any other proper ob? ject of governmental expenditure. More money was spent and debt incurred for one session of ] the General Assembly., last winter, than used to cost for the support of the entire State Gov? ernment for two years, and thirty times as much as any session of the Legislature ever I cost up to 1868, when I,he colored people took charge of public affairs.. Another election is now on hand, and it re? mains to be seen whether or not the colored people approve of the acts which their public servants nave done, and whether they are will? ing to make their acts their own. Many, yes, most of the very men who have so ruthlessly betrayed their trusts, who have brought the State to bankruptcy, degradation and shame, are again offering for office. One of the chief | of these is F. J. Moses, jr., who has the cheek to offer himself as Governor of the State. He has probably perpetrated more separate acts of I dishonesty and peculation than any other of j the corrupt men connected with the State Gov? ernment. The proof is plain, and have been made public time and a gain. There is no need to rehash it, for it is familiar to every one. No j decent, honest man will, or can, defend him. Will the colored people, with their eyes opeu, sustain this man, and even reward his past mis? conduct by giving him the highest office in their gift? ^ If they dc, then woe to the State, for there will be no hope for its peaceable re? demption. The colored people have it all their own way, and with thorn the final responsibili ty must rest. The white people have put no candidates in the field, for they desired to J>lace no obstacle in the way of that Be? bra in the Republican ranks, which was all the blacks would promise, and which, if thoroughly effected will answer all rea? sonable ends. We hope the colored people will rise to a sense of their duty in the present emergency. They may fail possibly, even af? ter their best effort, to secure a Government al? together satisfactory. If they try, however, and hurl from power those who have been tried and found wanting, they will prove, at any rate, that they do not endorse rascality, and that they desire a change and a better state of things.?Columbia Phxnix. Death of Dr. Francis Lieber.?Dr. Fran? cis Leiber, the well known author and scientist, died in New York city yesterday. He was born in Berlin, Prussii, March 18th, 1800, mat? riculated at the Berlin University, and was af? terwards connected wish the University of Jena, from which he went first to Halle, and then to Dresden. Doting' his sojourn in the latter place the persecution of the Greeks enlisted his sympathies and caused him to join the. Phil nellenes in their struggles for liberty. He next turns up in Rome, staying with the great his? torian Niebuhr, then t ie Prussian ambassador at that city. He returned to Berlin, but being a member of the Li bend party incurred the per? secution of the government, which caused him to flee to England and thence to America, ar riving in New York in the year 1827. There he had a desperate struggle with poverty, but in a short time managed to extricate himself by means of his literary talents. In 1835 he was induced to come to Charleston by Colonel Drayton, who had made his acquaintance in Philadelphia. On the 6th of June, 1885, he was unanimously elected to the professorship of history and political economy in the South Carolina College, which he retained until De? cember, 1856, when he resigned. On the 18th of May. 1857, he was elected to the professor? ship of history and political science in the School of Jurisprudence of the CoJiimbia, Uni? versity, New York. As a writer, Dr. Leiber was held in high es? teem, and was honored with many distinctions. The most important of his works are the American Encyclopedia, Manual of Ethics, Legal and Political Hermeneutics or Principles of Interpretation and Construction in Law and Politics, Essays on Property and Labor, Civil Liberty and Self Government. All of these, except the first, were written while he was con? nected with the South Carolina College. He was also a devoted champion of free trade. It is to be regretted that Dr. Lieber, after his re? turn to the North, saw fit to repay the kindness that had been shown him in the South, by ranging himself among the bitterest enemies of our section,?Charleiton News, 4th inst. Wearing Flannel.?The majority of peo? ple are uot aware of the beneficial effects of | wearing flannel next to the body, both in cold and warm weather. Flannel is not so uncom? fortable in warm weather as prejudiced people believe. Frequent colds and constant hacking coughs have left me since adopting flannel gar? ments. There is no need of great bulks about the waist, which condemns tho wearing of flan? nel with those who prefer wasp-waists to health, for in that case the Jiannel can be cut as loose? ly fitting waists, always fasteuing at the back. There are scarcely any of the bad effects of sudden changes of weather felt by those who wear flannel garments, and mothers especially should endeavor to secure such for their little people in reference to all those showy outside rrimmings which fashion com^icuds. j I ' Tomlinson or Moses. Just as in the Presidential campaign, the contest has narrowed down to a choice between Greeley and Grant, so in our State election our people have only the alternative of giving their support to the one or the other of the Republi? can candidates. There is no Democratic or Conservative ticket in the field. It is too late to bring out one now. and it would be hurtful to bring out one if tame did permit. We say this upon the hypothesis, which, in our judg? ment, is correct, that the bolters' ticket is not, only far better than that of their opponents, but that it ii as fair a Republican ticket as rea? sonable people could expect. Of the Moses ticket it is useless to speak, and. it is certainly disgusting.. With one, perhaps two exceptions, the candidates are scarcely a whit better than their leader. They are as bad as bad can be. His supporters talk glibly of Moses' repentance, and the wonderful changes for the better which will come over him when Governor. Where has he given the first signs of repentance ? He does hot even confess his crimes, except when forced to do it, and then only for the purpose of palliation or excuse. If Moses is elected we venture the prediction that a tax of hot less than twenty-five mills on the dollar will be levied next winter.' The in? terest on the public debt may not be paid. We have not the remotest idea that it will, but the people will be taxed to pay it. The extrava? gance and profligacy of the past two years will be as a mole-hill to a mountain in comparison with that which Moses will inaugurate. The bond frauds are pretty well played out. but it will be upon the pockets of the people that Moses and the' precious crew to whom he is I bound will fasten their clutches. Then it will I be that the tax-payers will feel as they never yet felt the burden and oppression of official corruption. It will come directly upon them, and there will be no escape from it save in rev? olution. What do the bolters promise on the other hand? In the first place, the personnel of the ticket is a thousand per cent, superior. Reu-1 ben Tomlinson has been the constant boast of) the Radicals in this State for his integrity. Up to his nomination his character w as never ques? tioned. He is endorsed by the New York Na? tion, one of the first and most reliable journals in the United States, in the highest and most flattering terms. Every one whose testimony can be unsuspected, ana who have been asso? ciated with him in business or otherwise, gives h? the fairest name. The Lieutenant-Governor, James Hayne, a colored man from Barnwell, ranks with Bose man and Frost, as among the very few honest members of the present General Assembly. The candidate for Treasurer, Edwin F. Gary, we feel assured in saying, has every qualifica? tion to make a good officer. He is competent, steady, and not to be swerved in the discharge of his duty by fear or favor. As for John T. Greene, the candidate for At? torney-General, we do not hesitate to say, from all we have learned about him, that no more fit and capable man could be found for that office from any political party. He is able, sagacious, earnest, learned in the law, and as true as steel We shall confidently hope to see the thieves brought to justice if he is made Attorney-Gen era!. The rest of the ticket is also nn exceptionable, so far as we can learn. So much for the character of i;he candidates Admitting them to be such persons as honest persons can support, there is another grave rea son why the white people should throw them selves on the side of the bolters. An opportu? nity is offered for that combination between the good, substantial citizens of both races, upon which rests the only hope of attaining such an administration of public affairs, as shall con? serve the interests of the people, whether of property or personal rights. If the white people vote for the bolters an~ they are elected, it will inevitably lead to an alliance between the white and black voters which have supported it, and eventuate in ee curing for the State a thorough reform two years to come. Finally, there ueems now but little reason to doubt that if the whites cast their ballots for Tomlinson, he will be elected If they do not, then they will elect Moses by their own default.?Columbia Phamix. South Cabolina Politics.?Advices from South Carolina are better tha i anybody has, for some time past been venturing to hope. Kot improbably we may see there the defeat and destruction, of the Scott-Parker ring and the election of Mr. Tomlinson,' the bolters can? didate, as Governor. Our readers know what that would mean?at least so far as concerns the overthrow of the ring, waich. has done more to make the name of the N orth an offence in the nostrils of the South thaa any ten army corps we ever sent there. And so far as con? cerns the success of Mr. Tomlinson, we can assure them of our own knowledge that his election they may heartily desire as being the success of a capable and honorable man who thoroughly knows the ring, and of a perfectly sound Republican. It is not our habit to have much to say about local elections; but there ire aspects of this South Carolina election in which it is seen to be anything but local; in which it is seen to be of even more than na? tional importance. We do not know how good Republicans, or good Democrats either, who value our good name as a people and believe in perpetuating our free institutions, could better use their in? fluence or their money, so far as money is le fitimately used in political contests, than in elping to bring the Scott gang to justice, or, at least, to take the State out of their bands. As we say, there is a fair prospect that this may be done; but the work of doing it will be hard, and the time in which to do it is not long, the election being only three weeks dis? tant We will add, that a question of interest in the struggle is, whether the Southern whites are still so nostile to the North as to "prefer a South Carolina thief to a Yankee"?to use the language of one of Gov. Scott's white constitu? ents. The negro vote is divided, Mr. Tomlin? son being known to the negroe3 as a long-time friend of theirs, and his election depends on the action of the white voters of the State.? New York Nation. ? The Philadelphia Record, in an article on "Women and Work," remarks that woman gains by the introduction of steam machinery, and of various superior processes of manufac? ture, where formerly she did not have the requisite physical strength. In factory labor, one young woman now attends to two power looms, weaving 11,000 yards each of dress goods per year, where, of old, one person of greater physical strength attended one hand loom, weaving not more than half as much per year, or one fourth as much in all. ? A philosopher says that the true secret ox*! earthly happiness is to enjoy pleasures as they arise; for that man who can keep his eye on the bright side, tastes the cup of sweetness prepared for him ; but we are prone to look forward to dark objects, while we should be enjoying those that are more f.?reeable. From the Cheater Reporter. \ What Shall We Do 1 I Only two weeks intervene between this time and the day of election; an election that is to determine for two years the welfare of the State. What shall we do about it is the ques? tion that is agitating the mind of every man who has the honor and prosperity of the State at heart. The Reporter, with other journals throughout the State, advocated hist summer the do-nothing policy. Realizing, how power? less we were against the combined hosts of Re ?nblicans, opposed the reorganization of the lemocratic parry for the purpose of putting a State ticket in the .field. Our argument was , that if the Democratic party would pursue this course, the Republican party would not be forced to nominate bad men on the plea of availability, and would be driven by a sense of i shame to bring forward men against. whom no j charges of dishonsty could be successfully made. Rather than involve the State in a heated political campaign we were disposed to hope that a reform would be effected "within the lines of the party," and that a ticket for State officers would be presented, which, thongh not acceptable to us politically, would give some guarantee of an honest and impartial administration of the government It was on this hope we advocated the policy we did; which policy was adopted by the Democratic party of the State. How have our hopes been realized? The ticket placed before us by the Regular Republican Convention, with one or two exceptions, would be a disgrace to a tribe of Cam an che Indians. The ticket offered us by the Bolters, though possibly a shade better, is still not such an one as an honest South Car? olina white man could vote for without feeling that he had violently damaged, if not forever forfeited, his self-respect We do not there? fore, intend to vote for either of these tickets. Ana in this determination we believe We reflect the sentiments of nine-tenths of the white vo? ters of the State. Shall we, then, not vote at all ? Shall we sit with folded arms and leave the two gangs of thieves to settle it between them as to which shall take charge of our purses for the next two years? We say decidedly, not so. We, therefore, suggest the following ticket for State officers, composed of gentlemen who are known all over the State, whose capacity for adorning public stations has never been questioned, and upon whose integrity of character the breath of suspicion has never dared to breathe. That there is any, the remotest, possibility of their being elected, we have no idea. Would to God they could be 1 All that we can hope to do by voting for them is, thereby, to enter our solemn {>rotest against the continuation of the shame ess outrages in the name of government that have been practiced upon us for four year past, and to preserve unsullied the glorious heritage of the Dallot box secured for us by our fore? fathers. The ticket we suggest, and for which we expect to vote, is as follows: For Governor?Hon. W. D. Porter, of Charleston. Lieutenant Governor?General M. C. But? ler, of Richland. Secretary of State?Colonel J. H. Evans, of Spartanburg. Comptroller General?Major R. M. Sims, of York. State Treasurer?Edwin J. Scott, of Colum? bia. Attorney General?Colonel James H. Rion, of Fairfield. Superintendent of Education?Colonel Jas. A. Hoyt, of Anderson. Adjutant and Inspector General?General John D. Kennedy, of Kershaw. Congressman at Large?General M. W. Gary, of Edgefield. Polite Children.?"Thank you, Charley," said Mrs. Brown, as her little sou handed her a paper he had been requested to bring. "Thank you, Bibged," said the little fellow a few hours after, as he received a glass of water from his nurse. "Well, Mrs. Brown, you have the best man? nered children I ever saw," said a neighbor. "I should be thankful :if mine were as polite to me as yours are to the servants. You never spend half as much time on your chi Idren's Clothes as I do, yet eveiy one notices them, they are so well behaved." "We always try to treat our children polite? ly," was the quiet reply. That was the whole secret When I hear parents grumbling about the ill-manners of their children, I always wish to ask, "Have you always treated them with politeness?" I Once knew a man, considered quite a gentle? man in society, who would speak to his chil? dren in a mahnerthat a well-instructed dog would resent He would order, them with a growl to bring him his slippers, or perform some other little service; and yet he com? plained of the rudeness and disobedience of his children. Many parents, who, are polite and polished in their manners toward the world at large, are perfect boors inside the home circle7: what wonder if the childreri are the same ? If they should accidentally brush against each other in the streets, an apipology would be sure to follow; but who ever thinks of offering an ex? cuse to the little people whose rights are con? stantly being violated by'their careless deeds? If a stranger offers the slightest service, he is gratefully thanked; but who ever remembers to thus reward the little tireless feet that are traveling all day long up stairs and down on countless errands for somebody. It would be {tolicy for parents to treat their children po itely, for the sake of more cheorful obedience, if for no other reason. The costless use of an "If you please," and "I thank you," now and then, will go far to lighten an otherwise bur? densome task. Polish is not everything, but it is something. It is better to have a black kettle that is sound, than a bright one with a hole in the bottom ; but there is no reason why the sound one should not be bright too. It is of the firet importance that children shoultl possess those sterling qualities which fit them for battle with temp? tation and sin; but do not send them out into the world in great clod-hopper boots. Shine them up. and both their happiness and influ? ence will be increased ? The good effects of associated action have never been better illustrated than in the estab? lishment of cheese factories in the United States. The improvements that have been in? troduced into the manufacture of this important article of diet have through this agency been so great that the American product now com? petes with the best English in the London markets, whereas it w as almost unsalable twen? ty years ago. ? An editor says his ancestors have been in the habit of living a hundred years. His op? ponent responds by saying that "that was be? fore the introduction of capital punishment." ? Carbolic soap will certainly kill lice on chickens. Dissolve half an ounce in a quart of boiling water; when cool, wet their heads and necks with it. The lice die in au instant, and in half an hour the chickens arc as dry and nice as ever. The South?Its Development and True In? terest. People wonder at the rapid, development of the material interests of some, portions of the South, and are ignorant of, or indisposed to at? tribute it to, the real cause. While undoubt? edly much of the immediate stimulating force that is producing these results is due to the in? fusion of new energy and capital from abroad, the main impulse was imparted during the late war, when, with every port blockaded and all outside help cut off, the Confederate authori? ties were compelled to rely entirely upon the development of the resources of the country. It was under the pressure of this terrible ne? cessity that furnaces and foundries and rolling mills were established in every region of those States, the. products of which were ample in quantity and quality to supply all demands made upon them; that coal mines and quarries were opened; that railroads were built; that lead ore was extracted and smelting works erected; that factories produced all the sub? stantial fabrics of woolen and cotton; that ni? tre beds were cultivated at all the. principal cities, and caves were explored for the nitrif erous earths; that powder mills were construc? ted; that sulphur was evoked with its accom? panying products from the rich deposits of pyrites; that tanneries were enlarged and shoe shops and leather works were erected every? where; that all the arts, that by their intimate relations, with the necessities of the times were in demand, flourished; that science was in re? quest and found amplest opportunities for prac? tical adaptations. It was under such circum? stances that the Eagle Factory at Columbus, Ga., originated the cotton blanket which has since become a staple article in the merchan? dise of the country; that the soft, smooth and durable jeans of North Carolina factories at? tained a higher degree of excellence than ever before, and sufficed to clothe in becoming garb the dignitaries of the hind; that the celebrated Tredegar works of Richmond, turned out a greater variety of every quality of iron fabrics than ever before or since went forth from the same factory;?and these are but scattered ex? amples of what was the universal state of af? fairs from the Potomac to the.Bio Grande. These all depended upon the duration of the war and the consequent protection which the blockade forced upon the. Southern States?a lesson in political economy of which that sec? tion will not be slow to avail itself in the al? tered condition of affairs. The war closed suddenly. In one short month in the Spring of 1865 the entire structure of the Confederate government fell to pieces and carried with it the destruction or paralysis of all these industries that had sprung into exist? ence and flourished upon its necessities. The demand was over, the blockade was raised, the former channels of trade began to flow, and the resources of the people were gone. Stunned, stripped, dispirited, these Southern people, whose intense energies had been so magnifi? cently displayed, and to whom the terrible epi? sode of the war seems almost yet by its ill managed consequences a sad reality, are but beginning to awaken to the possibilities of the [ grand future which opens before them, and are I clearing away the debris of the storm which I i swept with the besom of destruction across all its fair borders. They are still far from re gaining the point of material development to which they had attained, and from which the sudden termination of the war turned them back. And it is in our opinion more to the compulsory education of the war now again putting forth its fruits, that we owe the active interest everywhere shown in the true develop? ment and upbuilding of the South by the South? ern people themselves; and this work, aided and energized by Northern money and muscle, and assisted by a judicious national tariff poli? cy, will gather in force and grow in intensity until the hill tops of the South glow with the bright signal of a new born prosperity, and its fertile valleys teem with the bounteous pro? ducts of an enlightened industry, while the crowding millions from every clime partake of the rich Dlessings of its generous hospitality. A Brakeman's Dream.?Edward Hal kins, a brakemau on the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad, who was newly married, had been doing extra duty, taking a sick friend's train in addition to his own, and so had no sleep for forty-eight hours. Naturally he was very tired when he went home, and after going to bed soon fell asleep. The dreams he had, and their almost tragic termination, are graph? ically described by a local newspaper: "Again his foot was on his native platform, and he heard the warning toot of the whistle for brakes. The shadowy train bore him swift- I ly on ; the telegraph poles fleeted past quicker 1 and quicker; the whole country fied by like a j panorama mounted on sheet-lightning rollers. "In his dream he heard far off another roar, and swinging; out by the railings he saw anoth? er train coming at lightning speed around the curve. Both trains were crowded with passen? gers; in another moment they would rush to? gether, and from the piles of ruin a cry of ago? ny would shiver to the tingling stars from the lips of the maimed and dying. The engineer had seen their danger, for at that moment, in his dream, he heard the whistle calling for brakes sound loud and unearthly. With the strength of desperation he gripped the brake and turned it down. There was a yell of pain, and 'Ed.' woke to And himself setting up in bed, and holding hisjwife by the ears, having almost twisted off her head. "That's how 'Ed's' wife came to wear a piece of red flnnel round her throat and complain of] wry neck." ? In a jolly company each one was to ask a question; if it was answered, he paid a forfeit; or if he could not answer it himself he paid a forfeit. Pat's question was, "How the little ground-squirrel digs his hole without showing any dirt about the entrance ?" When they all gave up, Pat said: "Sure, do you see, he begins at the other end of the hole." One of the rest exclaimed:. "But how does he get there?" "Ah," said Pat, "that'B the question?can you answer it yourself?" . ? Recently at a business meeting of the members of the Baptist congregation at R-, Indiana, a proposition was made to purchase a chandelier for the church. Of course there was a division of sentiment concerning thai matter, which found full expression. The ar? guments waxed warm, when Elder- arose and said, "Mv Christian friends, I'm opposed to introducing any new-fangled ideas into our worship. You all know we hain't got the funds to spare; besides, there ain't no one in the church that could play on the thing if wc had it!" No purchase. ? An Ohio old lady, who is an admirer of "Old Honesty," said she "knowed Mr. Greeley the minute she seed him, for he hadn't changed a bit sence he had his picture taken for them fans." Sensible and appreciative pld dame. ? A Detroit graudmother repeatedly dream? ed that the body of her dead grandchild had I been stolen from the grave. The grave was opened, and, sure enough?the child had not I been disturbed. Narrow Gange Railroad from Ohio to Georgia. In a recent issue, we called attention to Knoxville's opportunity in reference to a nar? row gauge railroad to Cumberland Gap. We were shown, yesterday, letters from Ohio, Eas? tern Kentucky, and Southwestern Virginia, in regard to a proposed narrow gauge railway from Cleveland, Ohio, to Augusta, Ga. This line, according to the map shown, will pass New [ Philadelphia, McConnellsville, Athens, and to : Ironton, on the Ohio River, thence up the val? ley of the Big Sandy River, crossing the Cum ! beriand Mountains, through Pound Gap, thence through Southwestern Virginia, passing through. Moccasin Gap to Estellville, thence to Kingsport, crossing the East Tennessee, Vir? g'inia & Georgia Railroad at either Johnson ity, Jones bo ro, or Greenville, thence along and across the Unaka range of mountains to Asheville, N. C, thence to Greenville, Ander? son and'Abbeville, S. O, to Augusta, Ga. From the letters shown, the iine will pass through one of the finest mineral sections in Ohio, also Eastern Kentucky, and Southwes? tern Virginia, and, it is said, that the coal and iron of the two last mentioned localities, can not be surpassed by any in the United State. The timber along the proposed line, if worked up, would, in time, pay the whole cost of con? struction, as no section possesses as fine timber as Southwestern Virginia, East Tennessee, North and South Carolina. Southwest Virginia is noted for its fine graz? ing lands. Blue grass grows spontaneously, as large herds are driven from there each year for the Baltimore market. Four incorporated companies are now en Stged in maKing surveys up the Big Sandy iver in Eastern Ky. Parties who are engaged in working up this enterprise are endeavoring to get these companies to consolidate and make one company for the whole line 600 miles. The line is almost an air-line, and from the knowledge we have of the country, the road will not exceed in cost $14,000 per mile. The Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge, now building feom Denver south into Mexico hare completed 170 miles, and the cost, where they are compelled to pay high prices for labor and transportation, and have rougher country to pass over than the proposed line, has not ex? ceeded $14,000 per mile. The project spoken of in our former issue, can be made a part of this contemplated line, which will then secure toKnoxville a northern route, if not one of more advantage to our in? terests than any other route now under con? templation. ? It is the intention to make the proposed line a double track as soon as necessi? ties demand it. A large portion of our farm? ers could devote one half of their lands to an enterprise of this kind, and be richer in the end, as a railroad would enhance the balance to double the amount of that they devoted to the railroad. We can have our meetings to encourage immigration and manufacturing, but so long as we have no communication with the outer world, so long will our talk be in vain. The time is not far distant when East Ten? nessee will be checkered with the narrow gauge.?Knoxville Frets and Herald. When Should a Farmer Sell His Produce. One of the most successful farmers and mer? chants that ever lived in this vicinity?long since dead?is credited with having said that a farm? er should sell his produce as soon as it is ready for market. The principal reason he gave was, that when the farmer held the produce over from one season to another, or even for a short? er period, that he then became a speculator in addition to his being a producer, and that the two are inconsistent. The farmer raises his produce for the market, and when it is ready for it then is the time to sell. The money he realizes for a crop can always be used to an ad? vantage in some other way than that of hold? ing grain. It requires the very finest mind to become a successful speculator. A writer compares the educated merchant to Isaac Newton.. He says the same understand? ing Newton had to calculate the motions of the stars, the merchant exerts in tracing the ac? tions of the commercial people that fertilize the earth. His problems are the most difficult to solve, as the circumstances are not derived from the invariable laws of nature, while the systems of the geometricians are. The prob? lems of the merchant depend upon the capri? ces of men, and upon the certainty or uncer? tainty of a thousand events. He takes in at one view the whole world, and directs his oper? ations by an infinite variety of considerations, which it is seldom the province of the states-! man or philosopher to estimate. Nothing must i escape the trader. He must foresee the influ? ence of the season upon the plenty, the scarci? ty and quality of commodities. He must know tho effect of political affairs upon those of com? merce, .the changes which war or peace must necessarily occasion in the prices and direction of merchandise, in the state of the markets in the cities and parts of the world. He must look to the stagnation or impetus that may be produced by the blocking up a opening of some channels of industry or w ail tb. He must learn the reciprocal connection there is be? tween most branches of trade, and the mutual assistance they lend, by the temporary injuries they seem to inflict on eaoh other. He must know the proper time to begin, and the time to stop, in alt undertakings. In a word, he must possess the art of making all other nations trib? utary to his own, and to make his own fortune with that of his own country, or, rather, to en? rich himself by extending the general prosperi? ty of mankind. These are the objects which constitute the profession of the true merchant. If. then, these are the characteristics of the merchant, cannot every one see how much the farmer un? dertakes when he becomes both a farmer and a merchant-?when he speculates on what he pro? duces ? We know a farmer of Fayette County who refused ten dollars per hundred for his hemp crop, because he said it was not enough and ne would get more; but he was mistaken, and afterward sold the same crop for five dol? lars per hundred. He lost fifty per cent, of the price offered and one year's interest on the cap? ital. In nine cases out of ten a farmer who holds bis produce over will meet with a similar result. We are thoroughly convinced that the time to sell produce is when it is ready for market.?Farmers' Home Journal. ? A Michigan paper tells an amusing story of a.minister of that State who took an old fashioned 6weat, and was wrapped up in an old-fashioned patch quilt of many colors. In due course or time lie waked up to find him? self all over spotted blue, black and purple. Believing that mortification had already set in, he began to settle up his earthly accounts and prepare for his final dissolution, while the members of the flock gave themselves up to uncontrollable grief. The arrival of a physi? cian and the examination of the faded quilt gave another explanation of the spots, and turned the house of mourning into one of laughter. ? A Kentucky horse is in-the habit of eat? ing what few ducks he finds in his watering trough. IN AUTUMN. The year grows splendid; on the mountain steep Now lingers long the warm and gorgeous light, Dying by slow degrees into the deep, Delicious night. The fatal triumph of the perfect year, Rises the woods' magnificent array; Beyond, the purple mountain heights appear And slope away. The elm, with musical, slow motion, laves His long, lithe branches on the tender air, While from his top of gray, Bordello waves His scarlet hair. Where Spring first hid her violets 'neath the fern, Where Summer's fingers opened, fold on fold, The odorous, wild, red rose head, now burn The leaves of gold. The loftiest hill?the lowliest flowering herb? The fairest fruit of season and of clime? All wear alike the mood of the superb Autumnal clime. Now nature pours her last and noblest wine Like some Bacchante; beside the singing streams Reclines enchanted day, wrapped in divine, Impassioned dreams. But where the painted leaves are falling rast, Among the vales, beyond the farthest hill, There sits a shadow?dim, and sad, and vast, And lingers still. And still we hear a voice among the hills, A voice that means among the haunted woods, And with the mystery of sorrow fills The solitudes. For while gay Autumn gilds the fruit and leaf, And doth her fairest festal garments wear, Lo! Time, all noiseless, in his mighty sheaf, Binds up the year. The mighty sheaf which never is unbound? The reeper whom your souls beseech in vain? The loved, last year, which never may be found, Or loved again. A Lonely Banquet. In 1862 ten young gentlemen of congenial tastes and tempers boarded at a fashionable boarding house in New York. They divided up in parties of twos and threes aud fours, and attended theatres, lectures, and other places of interest in the evening, and when they returned they made it a point to meet in the parlor and talk over the business, pleasures and adventures of the day before they retired to their rooms. Their close friendship, and this method of each communicating his experience for the benefit of all, proved both instructive and entertaining, and these daily reunions possessed local attraction enough to draw them all together at a regular hour in the evening. At length the time came for them to separate. The country- needed its young men, and called for several of this party of ten. They had a farewell dinner in their boarding house on the 10th of September, 1862, and a grand time feasting and talking and singing songs. One remarkable feature of this celebration was that, before they separated at 2 o'clock in the morning, each arose in his place and made a solemn vow that, if living, he would meet the rest of his companions at 8 o'clock in the same place, and dine with them ten years hence, as they had dined that night. Each one was to occupy the same seat, and, as nearly as possi? ble, they were to have the same kind of a din? ner. So they bade each other good night and separated. In the course of years the house had changed hands, and set up the more pre? tentious claims of a hotel. The dining-room remained, however, just as it was, and probably the old table and chairs were still on duty. Some days ago Mr. Edward K. Winship, I broker, 24 Bond Street, called on the proprietor of the hotel, and requested him to prepare din ' ner for ten gentlemen in the old dining-room on the evening of September 10. Mr. Winship briefly narrated the circumstances of the com 1 pact to explain his request, and that, being the eldest of the party of ten, he had been appoint? ed on the evening of their dinucr in 1862 as chairman. At precisely 8 o'clock on the even? ing of September 10, Mr. Winship entered the dining-room, and the doors were quickly closed behind him. No one else came. The table was bounteously spread, three colored waiters were there, and nine empty chairs and inverted plates ana glasses at every chair. The meal was begun, and the solitary banqueter was served with the prescribed courses almost in silence. Mr. Winship occasionally passed a word with the head-waiter. "Poor boysl? They're all gone," said he. "One went down in the Monitor in Mobile Bay, another was drowned in the same waters. Two were shot in Mobile. One lost both legs by a ball, and the-other was pierced through the heart.? Another died in Philadelphia and another died in New York." He said that, while in Febru? ary last he was walking up Broadway one evening, he felt a tap on the shoulder, and a voice asked him whether he knew Mr. -. "I do," replied Mr. Winship. "He died at 4 o'clock to-day," said the voice. Though Mr. Winship turned qnickly upon feeling the tap and hearing the voice, he was unable to ascer? tain who it was that had addressed him. He afterward learned that one of the party of ten had died that day and at the hour indicated. Mr. Winship said the oldest of the party, next to himself, was only 29. To Remove Warts.?Make a strong steep, from red oak bark, in hot water; when cold, apply as convenient, the oftener the better. In a few days the wart will disappear. I have also found the juice of the common milk-weed, put repeatedly on the wart for a day or two, to completely remove them. ? What is the difference between a hill and a pill ? One is something hard to get up, aud the other is often hard to get down. ? What is the difference between a watch and a feather bed? The ticking of the watch is inside, that of the bed outside. ? The time to possess your soul in patience is when your hat blows off in the street and your eyes are too full of dirt to see which way it goes. ? Some men make a great flourish about always doing what they believe to be right, but always manage to believe that is right which is for their own interest. ? A correspondent of a Maine paper wants to know some remedy for striped bugs. We should suppose the remedy depended very much on what ails the bugs. ? It is said that blacksmiths and machinists are more or less given to vices, and that carpen? ters will chisel when they can get a dunce and think the operation will pay. ? We don't like to make unpleasant sugges? tions ; but when we find all the papers chroni? cling an "unexampled activity in cheese," we feel it a duty to caution consumers to be care* ful what sort they buy. ? Wh6u certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of character it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very cousolatory question.