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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES. Wherein is written of the man of valor who ruled ix ethiopia. And the Ruler, after many days, waxing weak, calls unto him his Chamberlain, being Chief Seribe; and, in a little while, the Ruler and the Scribe are cast out and Peace reigns in the land. And it came to pass in those days, that the people rebelled agaiust the Emperor at Rome, and said one to another, we will not have him to reign over us any longer. And the men of valor forthwith put on their ?armor, and weut out to light with the host? of the Emperor. And there was in the army of the rebels a valiant soldier, whose name was Moses, and he said unto the captain of the rebels, "Behold ! I will go into the strong places of the enemy, and I will pull down their bauners, and will lay waste their strongholds, aud bring down their high places. Lo! I will utterly rout them from the land of Canaan, aud the face of an enemy shall no more be seen in the laud." And the captain of the rebel army said unto Moses, "Be it so ! thou shaltgo into the strong places of the enemy aud shalt do therein as thou wilt." And he went down by the seaside, where the hosts of the enemy were encamped, and with fire and sword laid waste their strong places, aud with the banners he had taken, made for , him a garment of many colors, and of stripes aud stars, insomuch, that even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like unto this valiant soldier of the rebels. And his fame went abroad over the land. Then he said unto the captain of the army, "Behold! are there not many of the people, who are loth to wage war with the enemy, and who hide themselves in the mountains and in the hedges? Lo ! I will go out amongst them, and will drive them from their places, and will swell the ranks of Israel, so that not one shall remain outside the tents of the army." And he forthwith put on his garment of many colors, which he had caused to be made by skilful hands out of the banners of the enemy, and he went afar ort' into the moun? tains and the wilderness, and the young men and the young maidens weut out to his standard, and the ranks of the army were ex? ceedingly swelled. But it came to pass that when the captain of the King's host had heard that this valiant sol? dier was not fighting in the ranks of the rebel army, he took courage, and behold! he marched straightway to the City by the Sea, retook all the strongholds, laid waste the country, aud utterly destroyed the army of the rebels. And Moses feared the anger of the King, and forthwith pulled off his garments made out of the banners, and clothing himself in sackcloth and ashes, and in ragged garments, he kuelt before the throne and said, "Oh King! I repent me in dust and ashes that 1 have rebelled against your majesty, and am no longer worthy of being called your servant. I pray you to let me dwell with the Ethiopians, in Canaan, and, with them, build up the waste places therein, and I will sin no more." And the King was moved unto tears, and said unto Moses, "Let us have peace ! Go thy way amongst my Ethiopians, and make their rough places smooth, teaching them the way of truth and soberness, and dwell amongst them ; so as to bring them out from darkness to light, and make of them a people that will be useful to the King." And Moses said, "Great King, I will go? Selah." Then he straightway went forth, and he called the Ethiopians together and said unto them, "I will be your leader, and behold ! you \ ehall all have forty acres and a mule, and the \ Sand will be blessed." Aud the Ethiopians cried out, with a loud voice, ?"Amen I" But it came to pass, after many years, that the Ethiopians came unto Moses and said, ?"Where am de forty acres ob land and dc mule what you say you gwine git for us?" And Moses said uuto them, "Go and steal your mules from the Amalekites, and I will cause to be made unto me a key that will un lock the doors of your prisons, and henceforth you will be blessed whilst I am your leader." Aud they rejoiced greatly, and went their way, and made him the chief ruler iu the San? hedrim, and he waxed strong in the favor of the people; so that his fame went abroad through the land, and the Queens of Sheba came -unto him, and they burnt incense at his feet. And it came to pass that he clothed himself in purple and fine linen, and bought uuto him? self a palace and placed thereiu silver and fine gold, and flourished as the green bay tree. And the Ethiopians came together and said, "Oh, Moses, thou must be our King, and we will bow before thee, and thou shalt rule over us and our wives and children, and we will be unto thee thy faithful servants." Then Moses said unto the Ethiopians, "Be it unto me as thou wilt." And straightway he sat upon the throne, and he ordered the tithes to be brought unto him, and the keys of the treasury. But he made unto himself idols from the fowls of the air, aud worshipped them in pits, and from the beasts of the forests he gathered unto himself swift horses; and he loved the fowls and horses exceedingly, and bowed himself before them. And he wor? shipped figures of men and figures of women, on pasteboard, and gave unto all these of the tithes that he received 'Vom the treasury, until lo! the treasury was empty, and he had not wherewithal to worship in his temple, and great sorrow came into his heart. And he bethought him that there was in his dominions a land of oranges, and he sent trusty messengers to the owner thereof, saying unto him, "Behold the King sent us unto thee, that thou mayst give unto him six thousand shekels of silver out of the richness of thy land, ; that the anger of the King may not rest upon thee, and the land be taken from thee forever." Then tho Ethiopian bowed himself before the King's messengers, and said unto them, "The King's will be done," and he brought' with them the bags of silver, and the King was exceedingly rejoiced, and sent his mes? sengers all over the land, that ho might eat of the fulness of his servants. But it came to pass that there were no shekels remaining in their hands, and he said to himself, "Where is the treasury of the wicked Amalekites which they sinfully call their 'banks ?' I will [dace my own officers in charge of it, that it may not be stolen by the wicked thieves any longer." And he ordered his judges to have the old guards removed from the door of the bank, and the hags of silver and of gold to be placed in the hands of his own trusty servants, and he rejoiced ex ceedidgly at the work of his hands. Now great fear began to come upon the Ethi? opians, whose King had wasted all the public motiey upon his idols, and they said unto him, "Moses, what you done wid wc money; what for you cheat dat bruddcr out ob six thousand shekels of silver, wha you git dat money fo' to buy dem looking-glasses in your house, aud dem gold chains? I tell you, Moses, we try you, and you is found wautiu?'Mcauce?Me anee?takeall,' as is wrote in the good book, and vou got to come down from there and haffit." Then Moses quaked exceedingly, and cried aloud to Daniel, the chief scribe", who was his prime minister and chamberlain, and learned in the law, and who was in the den of wild beasts, and forthwith lie came out and said unto Moses: "Moses, be of good cheer, for not a hair of thy head shall be hurt." And he said to his accusers, "Know ye, Ethiopians, that your King is above tho law, and cannot be tried by you for his misdoings? for so saith the Emperor. Cut when the time of his de? parture comcth, according to his will,Jo! I am with you, and will be an honest King for you, and hold the keys of the treasury near my heart, and will abide with you forever." Then the Ethiopians said unto Daniel the scribe, who was learned in the law, "Wha did you cum from *? wha you bin all dis time? who company you bin keeping? what you got in you pocket? wha all dat money cum from ? J tell you, old boss, you tink to tool dis nigger, but nigger know, jes as well as you, Dat, burds of al'edder, flock togeddcr. So jes go way, Daniel, wee'd rudder hab one of dem Malekites, and lef you and Moses for grind your own corn, for we are gwine to grine our corn ourselves any more, for all been carry to your mill you been gib us do tole and you steal all de corn yourself." And it came to pass that just then a great voice, seeming to come from the clouds, cried out, "Let us have peace," and Io and behold! King Moses and his prime minister, who was learned in the law, lied from the face of the people into the wilderness, and were heard of no more. And there was "peace" in the land of Canaan, and great rejoicing amongst the people thereof. Terrible Excitement Among the Radical Olli" cidis in Columbia. "The wicked lice when no man pursucth," saveth the Scriptures, and such was the case on Wednesday night, when Governor Moses, Sen? ator Patterson, General Dennis and other prominent Radical office-holders became badly scarced and sought protection from the United States soldiers. As the story goes, a report reached the Executive cars that a party of seo enty mounted men, from Georgia, had arrived at Granby, on a special train, and were going to precipitate themselves upon the defenceless officials, and "clean them out." This terrible information was brought by a colored woman from the vicinity, who declared she had counted them. The only foundation for the report, as far as we can learn, was that Mr. John Long, with two other citizens, were on a fox hunt on the Lexington side of the river; and the sound of their horns inciting the dogs, created the idea of a detachment of cavalry, accompanied b}* innumerable buglers. It appears that the Governor was entertain? ing Senator Patterson, Gen. Dennis and Treas? urer Neagle, at a late hour of the night, when, like the warning to Belhazzar, came the notifi ! cation of the anticipated raid. Messengers were immediately sent to the garrison head? quarters, and Captain Ogden, acting Com? mandant of the Post, summoned to the resi? dence of Neagle, where the frightened party had congregated. The Captain was requested by the Senator to put the garrison under arms ; but this he declined to do?his directions be? ing to avoid any interference in political or other affairs, except upon direct orders from Washington. "Well," said the Senator, "would ; you see a man murdered, without interfering?'' "I could not help it," was the reply. Conver? sation and inquiry of this nature was kept up for some time, when in rushed Col. Chas. Miu ort, heated and breathless. A glass of water revived him. "Well," demanded the Governor, "what have you to report?" "I have had my skirmishers out." "Mow far ?" "About a mile and a half." "What was discovered ?'' "Noth? ing " was the prompt response. Captain Og? den returned shortly afterwards, highly amused at the ridiculous proceedings. General Dennis had previously removed his family to a place of safety, and, upon the breaking up of the conference, departed for the Penitentiary, where, it is supposed, he safely locked himself up. Dr. Neagle disap? peared, and was not heard of for five or six hours. The Governor and the Senator obtained shelter with Captain Loyd, (where, in a single bed, they passed the remaining hours of the night together.) Would-be Congressman, L. Cass Carpenter, was seen, yesterday morning, streaking it for the depot, in order to carry tire j terrible intelligence of the raid, and what might j I occur, to the authorities at Washington, after the style of his celebrated Ku Klux statements. Later in the day, Mr. Long and his two friends, accompanied by their hounds, arrived in the city, and was much surprised to learn of the excitement he had created. And so ends the celebrated fox hunt, or the second battle of Granby.?Phvenuc. A Female Pedestrian.?A correspondent of the New York Herald narrates the extraor? dinary performance of a female pedestrian as follows : Pendleton, S. C, Aug. 15, 1874. On the 10th instant your correspondent iu : terviewed Mrs. Fannie Baldwin, a poor but respectable woman, residing at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains, in Ocoucc County, S. I C, who had just walked from her home to the I residence of her father, near Pendlcton, a dis I tauce of thirty-four miles, carrying her baby, six months old, weighing twenty-one pound s in her arms. She left home at about <5 o'clock in the morning, and reached her father's at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, making an average of a little over three miles an hour for eleven consecutive hours, over a mountainous, hill) and rough road, with the thermometer standing at ninety-six degrees most of the time. No other motive induced the walk than parental aUcction, the pleasure of seeing her parents. Considering the sex of the performer, the weight carried, the distance, the time, the na? ture of the road, the temperature of the weath? er, and the absence of an exciting motive, this j walk has scarcely a parallel in the history of pedestrianism. ,Mr?. Baldwin is about twenty - six years of age, rather below medium height, though thick set, and the mother of four chil? dren. A true Ladv.?Beauty and style are not the surest passports to respectability?some of j the noblest specimens of womanhood that (he : world has ever seen have presented the plainest 1 and most unprepossessing appearance. a wo? man's worth is to be estimated by the real goodness of her heart, the greatness of her soul, and the purity and sweetness of her character; and a woman with a kindly disposition, and a well balanced mind and temper, is lovely and attractive, be her face ever so plain and her figure ever so homely; she makes (he best of wives, and the truest of mothers. She lee; a higher purpose in living than the beautiful yet vain and supercilious woman, who has no higher ambition than to flaunt her finery in the streets, or to gratify her inordinate vanity by exacting flattery and praise from a society whose compliments are as hulluvv as they ate insincere. I Gen. Kershaw on 1hc Political Situation. I The annexed letter was addressed by Gen. j Kershaw to a friend, and was originally pub? lished in the Charlestou News and Courier: Camdex, S. C, July 27,1874. My Dear Sir: Your valued favor of the 11th instant is before me for reply. I have arrived at certain conclusions in my own mind in regard to the matter upon which you desire the expression of my opinions, and I give them for what they may be worth. The restoration of an honest, economical and ; competent government to South Carolina at ; this juncture I consider the paramount duty of j her citizens. Such means and such sacrifices, j consistent with honor, must be resorted to as : may be found necessary, practicable and expe ' dient lo accomplish that end. With us it is no ! longer a question of Republicanism and De ! raocracy. The struggle is for an honest gov j eminent under which we can live aud prosper. ! In comparison with that, party distinctions should go for nothing. Seeking no political triumph, but simply the substitution of an hon? est and responsible government for the horde of plunderers who have robbed and degraded the State, and thrown her back at least twenty years in the march of improvement, we are en entitlcd to the sympathy and support of every right thinking man, whatever be his political opinions. A better fooling pervades the whole country. It is a great pleasure to note the steady growth of more kindly sentiment and feeling towards the South on the part of the North. In act and utterance we should at all times cordially re j ciprocate the generous and friendly overtures j hold out to us so frequently of late by the Northern people and press, without distinction of parly, ami especially by the officers and sol? diers of the Union armies, whose magnanimous ami soldierly conduct in honoring the memory of their fallen foomen, on many recent occa? sions is the best pledge yet offered of a re? stored, happy and united Americanism. I am sure that in our effort to rescue the State, we will have the cordial support of the public opinion and prc^s of the North ; but more im? portant, because more immediate than these, the aid of the Federal Executive. President Grant can do more for the speedy restoration of the State than all other influen? ces from without; and although I have no po? litical information, other than such as is com? mon to all having access to the papers of the day, still, from the perusal of these, I entertain strong hopes he will not withhold his great in? fluence from so good a work. There is no I oven hostility to his administration in any part ! of the South ; certainly none of any sort in an ! organized form in this State. On the contrary, ' the Conservative clement look to him as their [ chief, if not only hope of good government. ! Congress has been appealed to, and is powec less to remedy the evils under which we suffer, i The judiciary can afford no relief, for it has no jurisdiction. The Executive alone can consti? tutionally and legally assist us. It would be the crowning glory of Gen. Grant's adminis? tration to effect a reconstruction, and restore to the plundered and ruined States of the South the blessings of good government, and the op? portunity to enjoy aud to contribute to the fu? ture prosperity of the country. I cannot think that he will be indifferent, and I know how gratefully his aid would be appreciated by our suffering South Carolinians. Could he be brought face to face with the monstrous evils which degrade and oppress us, nothing could prevent him from employing every prerogative of hi-: vast power lo crush them out forever. After all, however, our relief depends mostly upon our own people. Let them organize and consolidate all honest men who can rise above unworthy prejudices und party slavery, to res? cue the State from anarchy, ruin, and, in the end, bloody despair. Respecting the Republi- i can principles of the colored citizens, we should j [ earnestly sock their co-operation in the move- j ! ment. The State has been plunged into this [ ruin by the rapacity and dishonesty of their j trusted leaders, who have brought shame and obloquy upon the parly, whose honor and in? terests were in their keeping, and trampled ?pon every right and interest of the whole peo? ple in their insatiate greed for plunder. They owe the State some reparation for the past, and we surely may hope that there are some thou? sands having sufficient honesty, intelligence and patriotism to join the hue and cry against the robber band. j Not many would be required, for the true majority of the Radicals has always been ex? aggerated. The whites have never been fully polled since the war, and the ballot has never j been free from frauds. To secure such co-ope ! ration the honest colored people should be in ! vited lo a full share of all public olliccs. Pow? er entrusted t<> us should be administered with ; out favor or prejudice, so as to secure the best interests of the whole people, protect equally i:i the enjoyment of his just rights every citi? zen, however high or humble,and promote the welfare of ail alike, so far as may come within the legitimate sphere of government. ( pon such principles only can harmony and good government be secured in the present I stale of socie'.y here. Co-operation in this good work would lead to mutual dependence, respect aud good will, and lend more to the elevation and development of I he colored peo? ple than all other possible expedients. I consider these views worth pondering at ! this lime with reference to the tax-payers' movement and the promised reform in the Re? publican party. Of course the policy of the people can only be settled by conventions of their authorized representatives, but it. is well I to take counsel together, aud to interchange ! views beforehand, in order that the public i mind may settle down upon such measures as may be approved after due consideration. I I firmly believe the hour of deliverance is at' hand, if we bill be true to ourselves. Indeed, the crisis does not admit the thought of failure. Success is a necessity; failure is death, and disgrace to the Commonwealth. I J need riot say lo you that f do not presume to dictate ;i policy, and consider my opinions of much less importance than you seem to at? tribute to them ; such as they are they are heartily at your service. Very t ruly vottrs, J. B. KERSHAW. _The Washington Chronicle says it is best no) to l< il n secret :il nil, but if a person must tell it, "let IiIin select tlie breast of a dead per? son, or that ol ihc wooden or cast-iron figures in front of the cigar stores. I f that is not ad \ visa!)Ie lei him get a large piece of adhesive j plaster and cover his mouth with it. It is I known by statisticians that but one important \ secret was i vor faithfully kept by the party to j whom it was given in confidence, and that I parly died immediately upon its reception." I ~ That was shrewd advice of a learned law ' yer lo :i pupil : "When the facts are in your favor, but the law opposed lo you, come out strong on the facts; aud when the law is in j vnur favor ami lln: facts opposed to you, come out strong uii the law." I Jut," inquired the ! student, "when the law and the facts arc both j :i .li.i.-i me, wli.il shall I d<>'.'*' "Why, then," ' said the lawyer, "talk around it.'' Africa for the African. The negro in this country is likely to hare a ?worse time of it even than he had before eman? cipation. Not satisfied with giving him his freedom and the suffrage, the politicians, who only use bint for selfish purposes, are now seeking to force social intercourse between him and the whites, which, if pressed far enough, will certainly produco a conflict of races, in which, of course, tho weaker must go down, and go down forever. It might not bo right, or kind, or even possible to compel the whole black population of this country to emigrate; but if they would go willingly, it would be a blessed tiling for them, as well as for tho whites. But do our colored people know what is good for them ? The mass of them live in our lanes and alleys, where tilth abounds and pure air and sunshine are very strange. We see them in our streets picking up rags and offal to earn their bread. They black our boots, wait in our hotels, carry our baggage, and trim our beards. Menial occupation, and a few mechanical trades alone are open to them. Wo hear occasionally of a colored physician ; but we doubt the gen? uineness of the diplomas upon which the)'' practice among their race. In some parts of the country there are colored lawyers, but we never saw one in this locality. A few energet? ic colored men accumulate wealth. Good schools and churches are provided for these people, and intelligent Christian men are not wanting among the thousands now residents in our midst. But spite of wealth, education, and thoroughly respectable character, the full blooded black finds it quite impossible to at? tain to a position of social equality here, and sees nearly all the avenues of ambition actual? ly, if not theoretically, barred against him by an intense and inexorable prejudice. Culture and political enfranchisement but give him a keener sense of his inherent natural inferiority to the white man and of the practical proscrip? tion and degradation it begets. He feels him? self, perhaps, better in heart and brain than many who proscribe and repulse him, but he cannot change this condition, unless ho can | alter the laws of Cod and the moral nature of Cod's creatures. Ileis a negro, and the whites, in the main, will not willingly associate with him on a footing of equality. This, some say, is wrong?a sin?on the part of the pale-face: but it is, nevertheless, a hard, stubborn, irre? versible fact, that will continue to exist, not? withstanding the silly, mischievous human legislation that vainly hopes to wipe it out. The most powerful batteries of the tongue and the press hare beeu directed against it; but it is in the blood and bone, and cannot be railed or reasoned away. This being so, how is it that ambitious and intelligent colored men and women among us do not seek a land where they can enjoy perfect social, as well as political equality? Far away over the broad Atlantic lies the Arcadia and the Canaan of the Anglo-African race, born, partially civilized, and recently liberated from bondage in this country. Upon that coast of tropical beauty and bloom, which many a fettered slave has wept at leaving, good men have founded a state to help destroy an accursed trallic, welcome back the black man from his long exile, give him his highest pos? sible development, and radiate the blessings of civilization and Christianity among millions of his race occupying a still benighted continent. The country is rich in natural resources. The valleys respond to the plow share with varied and redundant harvests. The forests contain the most valuable woods. The hills teem with mineral and metalie wealth. The rivers afford ample highways for trade and an exhaustlcss water-power. In short, as its successive in? dustrial expositions have repeatedly shown, Liberia offers a most profitable lield for every branch of industry. There are the means of material comfort and luxury. Schools, col? leges and churches furnish large opportunity for mental and moral education. The learned professors, the Legislature, the Judiciary, the Presidency, are open alike to all colored men of fitting merit and capacity. But, above all, there is, in that negro Repub? lic, as near an approach to perfect social equal? ity as may possibly exist in any civil commu? nity'consistently with natural or acquired dif? ferences of individual taste, habits, condition, and cultivation, irrespective of all other dis? tinctions, and this ought to be the strongest attraction to a colored man of true sensibility and manly pride. There and, indubitably, no where else on top of tin: earth, the negro may prove his title to ho considered tho equal of the Caucasian in capacity for development. Ho will start their with every advantage that civil? ization can contribute, while he will behold before him a new world to subdue and enlight? en. He will have there the widest field for the noblest toil, and can compel mankind to ac? knowledge the greatness and glory of his achievements. Ho will be able to conquer where the whites have scarcely ventured to penetrate. Ho will bear glad tidings of great joy?of deliverance from brutal ignorance, superstition, idolatry, bondage, and basest degradation?to millions of his long benighted race. If, therefore, tho colored people in this coun? try sincerely desire their own advancement and the welfare of their own race, all of them, with one free accord, ought to hasten to Libe? ria, instead of worse than wasting their days here as menials, or dialing their hearts with a sense of social degradation and ostracism which they must ever experience in America. I'erhaps a little more thinking for themselves, ami a good deal less listening to paio-faccd fanatics, would lead them to this conclusion.? Philadelphia Sunday Mercury. A Curtain Curk Fon Chills and Fkvkr. ?Several years ago I was traveling with a very intelligent Kansas stockdoalcr. In tho course of a conversation he remarked that in the early settlement of that State he had suffered much, as all early settlers always do in the West, from this disease. He had used tho ordinary remedies, largely composed of quinine, with tin; usual results?curing for the time being, to return again in a week or two. Being among sonic of the Indians south of that State, ho camo across a Frenchman who called himself a doctor. This man advised him to tret an oiviec of camphor, all in one piece, if possible, sew it up in a small cloth bag, hang? ing it round his neck with a tape, so it would conic at tho bottom of the sternum or breast bone, and securing it there with another tape round tiie body, to keep it in place. This, he said, would ali evaporate in a week or '. inlays when he must get another ami use it in the same way. Two ounces thus used, costing 2U cents, would cure, he declared, the worst ease ofa,ruo so it would never come back. The Kansas man declared that hi' had tried this remedy in hundreds of cases, and hail never known it to fail. Since obtaining this informa? tion I have tried it many times, with the same results. So simple and harmless a remedy ought to be in general use.? Prairie Farmer. ITow to Skccrk Sound Si.rcrcr. -Sleepless people?and there arc many in A merica?shou Id court the sun. The very worst soporific is laud? anum,and the very best is sunshine. Therefore, it is very plain tiiat poor sp'epers should pass as many hours of tin-day in sunshine, and as few as possible in the shade. Many women are martyrs, ami yet do not know it." They shut the sunshine out of their houses and hearts, they wear veils, they carry parasols, they do all that is possible to keep off the subtlest, and vet most potent, inlluence which is intended to give thom strength and beauty and cheerful? ness. Is it not time loclmngoail this, and s?get roses and color in our pah- cheeks, strength in our weak backs and courage in our sou Is? Tho women of America are pale and delicate; they may be hi.niug and strong, and the sunlight will be a potent influence in this transforma? tion. Will limy but try it a year or two, and oblige thousands of admirers??Keening Telc yraiii. ? The excuse of a young lady to her minis? ter, who caught her napping, was, "Don't you think ladies had better lie fast asleep than fast awake?" 4- < Rust in Cotton. i Professor Stubbs, of the Alabama Agricnl j turn] College, says true rust is a fungus growth ' similar in its nature to smut, mildew, etc. In ? examining with the microscope the various I "so-called rusts" we lind them entirely unlike ! in different sections. We have found but little i information on this subject, but since it is a J source of much evil to the Southern planter, ? perhaps it may yet elicit some attention from j the celebrated botanists and entomologists of i the present day. By examining some leaves [of cotton we lind that they have been changed i to a bright yellow, tinged here and there with red, and with occasional marks of brown. On others we lind rusty brown spots on the under side, resembling '?vlpient rust^-.vhile again on others we lind yellow surfaces with little or no appearance of'vitality, edges curled up, and whole leaf seeming withered and dead. The first under the microscope gives no marks of an insect on any part of the leaf?the growth is vogctable, a real fungus, and is I he true rust. With a powerful microscope wo find the second to be the work of a minute red spider (genus acarus) which attacks the under side of the I leaves, puncturing them until they are stung j and spotted all over, and finally fall from the I plant. The third is caused by the cotton louse (a species of aphis) which pierces tho outer coating of the leaves on the under side. From the constant drainage of tho sap by this insect, the leaves are enfeebled, curl up, turn yellow, I and finally fall. Later in the season young siioots are also attacked and arc often com? pletely covered by these posts. But there is another affection of tho cotton plant, which is found very prevalent in alluvial bottoms, and sometimes in uplands. It is usually improperly styled "black rust," but in reality a species of blight. An intelligent observer thus describes it: "This blight ap? pears very suddenly. One day ail of the plants of a field may seem* to bo perfectly healthy and vigorous, while on passing through the same tick! on the next day many of them may be observed with drooping leaves, as if affected by the heat of a midday sun. A few days thereafter all tho leaves will wither and fall to the ground, leaving the stem bare, though still green, and the ready formed, and in some (rases fully matured, opening bolls adhering to the branches. Alter remaining in a state of appa? rent lifelessness for some time, should rain and favorable growing weather follow, the affected plant will often send up suckers from the crown of the roots, and even sometimes young shoots from the junctures of the branches with the stein.'' Tins is the blight, and a glance will show a wide dilforeuec from tho "red rust." Tn the latter the leaves turn yellow and are blurred with red, while in tho former they suddenly wither and droop without changing to yellow, then turn brown and black, and fall. The bolls also shrivel, dry up, and the whole plant gradually dies. I have not been able to observe this plant throughout all stages of the disease, but on ex? amining an old blighted plant, and dividing longitudinally the stem, I found a black or brownish appearance presented by the pith and bearl of main root, stem and branches?just as if the centre was rotten. This may be the prox? imate cause of the withering of the leaves. On examination, no insects nor their punctures i could bo discerned. It is obvious then that (he whole plant is in a slate of disease which I most probably is caused by the excess of some vegetable acid. 01 by the deficiency of some chemical element in thesoil necessary to health and perfection of plant, or perhaps by tap root, penetrating into a hard, sour or otherwise un? favorable subsoil. In examining the soils which "rust" cotton, we lind no excess of veg? etable neid, but we do find a sad deficiency of sulphuric acid, a substance so essential to the full maturity of every plant, and u subsoil whose mechanical condition is such as to pre? clude the healthful growth of a tender root. Again, we learn from intelligent farmers that fields freshly cleared will not rust cotton until third or fourth year. By this time the small amount of sulphuric acid is exhausted, soil sin-changed with the excretory vegetable acids left in soil by continuous cultivation of same crop and the subsoil baked and hardened by descending rains and hot suns, which easily penetrate the porous, cultivated top soil. This being then the probable cause of rust, to pre? vent this wo should seek to supply our lands with sulphuric acid, rotate our crops, and tho? roughly underdrain and subsoil our lands. Sulphuric acid is most economically applied in form of sulphate lime (land plaster) or sul? phate iron (copperas). .South Carolina Phosphates. Kdwin he Leon, in tho September number of Harper's Mayazinet gives the following in? formation concerning the manufacture of com? mercial fertilizers: The extent and importance of tho trade of Charleston in commercial fertilizers, manufac? tured from the South Carolina phosphates, is not fully appreciated. It has developed itself with singular rapidity, and the business has been attended with encouraging results. The early companies, selling their fertilizers at ex? treme prices, made handsome dividends, and were able to improve and increase their power, while laying by a reserve fund to meet contin? gent expenses. The late companies took ad? vantage of the experience of the pioneers, and avoided many of the expensive mistakes into which their predecessors fell. There are now six factories for making commercial fertilizers in or near the city. They are the Wando Com? pany, the Sulphuric Acid and Superphosphate Company, the Pacific Guano Company, tin; Atlantic Company, the Stono Company, and r. B. Sai dy 's Wappo M ills. Tho live first mon- ; tioned companies have acid chambers of the largest and most approved patterns, and it is j claimed for the Sulphuric Acid and Superphos? phate Company that it has tho largest single acid chamber in the United States. Tho com? bined mining and manufacturing interests, which arc mainly centred in this city, have di verted from other investments, since IfNiS, and accumulated here at least $1,000,01)0, represent-! cd by mills, machinery, dredges, pumps, steamers, wharf property, etc. The first ship? ment of the crude phosphate was made in lSl>7, 1 and from that time up to July 1, is72, no loss than 242,41*) tons were shipped, and nearly !>0,- j ooi) tons of manufactured uvt'di/.ois. [Hiring the past season I he demand was unusually! active. The companies have been working to their miles! capacity, and the shipments have been larger than ever before. In addition to this, tho manufacture of sulphuric acid has grown to be an extensive business, the five companies which have neid chambers having made since they were bud! |i?.i!l ! tons of acid, worth over .*?.'!~0,20i), and instead of importing it, are now able to till orders for the trade. Govrcuxm: Mos;:-,.- A fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind. In a little more than a year and a half Moses pardoned out of the South Carolina penitentiary no less than four hun? dred and twenty-one, convicted of every crime in the calendar from murder to larceny. In doing this he has made no distinction of race, color, or previous condition, but has extended the executive clemency to black or w hitealike. upon the simple tests of deserving to be pillor? ied or hanged. Under the administration of Moses, as ill'most oilier carpet-bag Governors at thi'South, the Stale prison has little oilier reason for being than lo receive bountiful ap? propriations of the people's money. There is a thrill as well as policy in this abuse of the par? doning power, 'out there is also genuine sympa? thy in it for criminals of the baser sort. Mo? ses knows how sweet il is to be at large to prey upon an honest community, and was recently, for a lew days, in mortal terror of knowing how very bitter it is to he confined within the damp, unpleasant walls of a prison. For tho life of him he cannot see the use of locking up men no worse than himself, in whoso deeds he linds nothing to condemn.?N. Y. World. ? The Washington Chronicle says that the enemies of the Republican party want Grant nominated for a third term, but the party is too wise to play so thoroughly into the hands of the opposition, Use of Silence. A pity that so few people understand the full effect of well-timed silence! How eloquent it is in reality I Acquiescence, contradiction, dif? ference, disdain, embarrassment, and awe may all be expressed by saying nothing. It may be necessary to illustrate this apparent paradox by a few examples. Do you seek an assurance of your lady love's affection ? The fair one j confirms her lovers fondest hopes by compliant I and assenting silence. Should you hear an j assertion which you may deem false, made by j someone whose veracity politeness may with? hold you from openly declaring your doubt, you denote a difference of opinion by remain ing silent. Are you receiving a reprimand . from a superior? You mark your respect by ! an attentive silence. Aie you compelled to listen lo ihe frivolous conversation of a fop? You signify your opinion of him by treating his loquacity with contemptuous silence.? Again, how much domestic strife might have i been prevented, how often might the quarrel ! which, by mutual aggravation, has, perhaps, j terminated in bloodshed, had it been checked in the commencement by a judicious silence I Those persons only who have experienced them are aware of the beneficial effects of that for? bearance, wiiicb, for the exasperating threat, the malicious sneer, of the unjustly imputated culpability shall never answer a word. A soft answer turns away wrath ; but sometimes erring I humanity cannot give this soft answer in mo : ments of irritation ; in such cases there stands ! the fortress of silence, with doors wide open, j as refuge for the tired spirit until calmer mo i ments come. Think of this seriously you who ! glory in having tho !;iast word." I Profanity.?I was compelled the other I day to sit for one hour in a hotel in Indiana, j while a prominent man of the town was en ! gaged in conversation on business affairs. His : talk was so fearfully and utterly profane that it j gave me a new sensation of the shame and I abomination of the habit. His arms swang in I rapid emphasis; but his tongue hurled out still farther blasphemy and violence that was only sprinkled with ordinary English. His vernacular had become the devil's language? he had lost his mother tongue. I studied for a time to discover why he swore; what could be his special object. It was too valuable for anger. Cursing divided the time with oaths; and after fairly considering the man, he seemed to be a person who had alike lost regard for his fellow-men and respect for his Creator. He could curse the one and blas? pheme the other with equal readiness and con? tinuity. His heart was full to the brim with conceit and selfishness. He was proud of his attainments, such as they were. Evidently, he had, in his own estimation, filled up his own universe. There was no room in the length and breadth of the man's vision for God or for his neighbor. As I studied the man, this conviction grew upon me, that profanity is a natural language. It is not so much adopted or learned, as it is an outgrowth and development. Get the soul into a certain condition, and it inevitably uses a certain kind of speech. Profanity is to be classed among the languages in the same way that we class Persian or Chinese. It is the language of Pandemonium. Every language, to an extent, defines the habitation, the occu? pation, and the culture of its speaker. Pro? fanity just as naturally defines the geueral condition of its user. Every where, under all climes, in all lauds, as soon as, or in proportion as, evil is the law of the heart, men begin to profane God and curse their fellows. Love, truth, honor, probity, purity, have no natural affinity for oaths. "The True White Man's Tarty."?Mr. Win. Henry Trescot's name is entitled to con? sideration in South Carolina, and when he of? fers himself as a caudidate for Congress, with? out waiting for the action of any party con? vention, we turn to his address with a great deal of interest. Mr. Trescot docs not appear as the representative of any party. And he invites all honest citizens, irrespective of their previous partisau associations, to co-operate with him in the attempt to drive out a clique o'' thievish ollice-holders who disgrace and weaken their own party. We are not sanguine of the success of Mr. Trescot's canvass; but he has correctly stated what ought to be the attitude of the patriotic people of South Caro? lina, and his campaign will be watched at the North with some solicitude. Within a few days another distinguished South Carolina C mservative has also made a public statement of his views on the political situation. Gen. J. I). Kershaw, like Mr. Trescot, is careful to disclaim any hostility to Gen. Grant. Both, on the contrary, assure cheir friends that what? ever issues may have formerly divided them from the President and his administration were long ago closed, and that they look to General Grant with the best hope for relief. The black men and the white men in //*?? South have got to live together, and work together, and there will be no real peace and prosperity until they learn to vote together. They arc kept apart by two classes of politicians, equally pcstileut?the blatant rogues like Moses, who persuade tho negro that his rights are endangered by the re-appearance of the Southern white Conserv? ative in politics; and the roaring fire-eaters like the editor of the Montgomery (Ala.) Morning News, who threaten the white man with "miscegenation" unless he can assert at once and for ail his political and social suprem? acy.?N. )'. Tribune. Womanly Modesty.?Men love the myste? rious. A cloudless sky, the fullblown rose, leaves him unmoved; but the violet which hides its blushing beauties behind the bush, and the moon, when she emerges from behind a cloud, are to him sources of inspiration aud pleasure. Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figure in painting; it gives it boldness and prominence. Nothing adds more to female beauty than modesty; it sheds around tho countenance a halo of light which is borrowed from virtue. Botanists have given the rosy hue which tinges the cup of the rose the name of ??maiden blush." This pure and delicate hue is the only paint that Christian virtuo should use; it is the richest ornament. A woman without modesty is like a faded flower, which dV'Jusesan unwholesome odor, and which the prudent gardener will throw away from him. Her destiny is melancholy, for it ends in shame and repentance. Beauty passes like the flower of the aloe, which blooms and dies in a few hours, but modesty gives the female character charms which supply the place of the transitory freshness of youth. ? "Whatsoeverye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them." This sentence contains a precept which, if observed and practised, is sufficient to regulate, the con duet of all Ihe inhabitants of the world, and es? tablish order and harmony among them. In all intercourse between man and his mighbor, it makes every man his own judge, jury, and advocate. It levels with the dust all offices erected for the professed object of administer? ing justice,