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HOYT & 00., Proprietors. ANDERSON C. H., S. 0., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1874. VOLUME X.?NO. 18. From the Rural Carolinian for November. Domestic Economy. The late war entailed upon the South uni? versal poverty, and so complete was the bank? ruptcy to which every farmer and planter from Virginia to Texas was subjected, that had any one of them singly and alone been overtaken by such a calamity, little else than aberration . of mind would have been the consequence. But so universal was the suffering, and so thor? ough the annihilation of property, that no one &aa sympathy to extend to those who ven? tured to recite their troubles, trials and losses. KtI lost as much as you," was the feeling of every man, hence no condolence, but each had to lament his own poverty, and endure his own adversity. Eight well and heroically have the Southern people sustained themselves in their tinprecedented sufferings, and those who have <drunk deepest of the cup of affliction have ?complained least, manifesting a fortitude and ^patriotism worthy the Christian martyr. But when the reverse of this picture has been examined, have their virtues shown as bright? ly? They have manfully sustained their losses, "but.have they struggled with the same energy and perseverance to recuperate their lost for? tunes? Have they practiced that economy which becomes a poverty stricken people? They, we, all admit our poverty, but have we not lived as though we had plenty ? Indeed, are we not, as a friend facetiously remarks, "poor folks with rich men's ways?" Let us . cast about and look into our domestic manage? ment a little, and inquire whether or not we have everywhere, and at all times, practiced a Judicious economy since the war. The first step in this investigation reveals the fact that we are a nation of purchasers. Al? ways wanting to buy, and having nothing for sale, is a blight upon the attempted prosperity of any people. Irue we have cotton for sale, ? but most frequently to pay for purchases pre? viously made, and at a price often below the ' cost of production. But this obstacle to South? ern progress is so patent, and has been so con? stantly cited as a cause of our continued pov? erty, that this simple allusion to it must suffice . for the present. Let us look more minutely into the operations of the household and the farm, and learn where and how economy has or has not been practiced. Anterior to 1861, Southern farmers and plan? ters, like the centurion of old, had servants under them to whom they said go, do thus and so, and it was done. This authority ended with the war, but the lesson taught has not been committed to memory, nor have we at? tempted to forget this peculiar, but lost privi? lege. A servaut to black my boots as well as to harness my horse, to fetch me a pitcher of water, or to build me a fire, to go on errands, or otherwise consume valuable time, is a per? plexing luxury too frequently indulged in by men who confess their poverty, and are ever ready to lament their condition. To be waited opon is a normal arrangement of Southern life. The cost of such indulgence is an after thought, and is seldom calculated. From seven to ten dollars a month and his board, (the lat? ter often considered the scraps from the table,) is thought to be the sum total of the cost, whilst the "scraps," if vigilant economy were habitually practiced, would be found to exceed in value the monthly wages, and the countless perquisites of his position, would amount to more than both wages and board. These em? ployees are everywhere amongst farmers, and they are expensive superfluities. Should they be discharged at Christmas, and the farmers resolve to do this work themselves during 1875, one year's experience will teach them how ex? travagant and useless are such attaches. This ubiquitous servant frequently has a wife, who is the cook or washerwoman, with an attendant tribe of little ones. These must be fed, aud they, too, seemingly get "scraps," which are ofteuer thrown to the dogs and the pigs, because the perquisites of office supply much more dainty food. But wood must be cut and hauled, and fires built to keep these brats warm, for negro children seldom wear clothes now-a-days; and here begins another lack of economy. If the farmer's house is on the road side, the wood pile is on the opposite side, the kitchen as far in the rear of the house, the well of water is away off at the horse lot, and the "cabin" is, perhaps, still farther off in the woods, or beyond the spring. But time costs nothing, and the cook spends hers hunt? ing up wood and water, and looking after her "cnillun," except when standing over the kitchen fire, built of a cord of wood, and hot enough for a smelting furnace. Let us systematize a little just there, and see what result might follow. Rebuild the kitchen within twenty feet of the pantry, connect the two by a shed, under which have the well or pumps, with the wood shed hard by filled with seasoned wood; and why should not the farm? er's own daughter become the cook? The wholesome exercise of kneading the dough with her own tiny fingers, and plying the im }>roved stove, would develop her into a matrou y robustness, the very envy of many a hot? house plant. And other beneficial results would follow this change, uot the least of which would be neat and tidy kitchens. Are Southern kitchens proverbially clean ? Not more so than negro cooks, who are systemati? cally filthy. They are adepts at hiding clean? liness with dirt, and, consequently, most house? wives are ashamed ever to have a visitor think of stepping for a moment into their kitchen. Southern farmers, look inspectingly into the conduct of your cooks for one week. See them throw the coffee grounds here cut of the door, there slops through the cracks, yonder pile up egg shells and bone3 on the shelf in the corner; bow scouring a table all smeared with filth with a -dirty dish rag, and then sousing the same rag into a pot of dirtier water to rinse it, and then cleaning out with it the pan or oven into which the food is immediately dropped 1 that is to grace your table, or tickle your pal? ate within an hour. Is it any wonder that each of us eats his peck of dirt before we reach our teens? And yet negro cooks are a univer? sality at the South, and our daughters are sel? dom taught to perform this daintiest of all work. Cleanliness in the kitchen and properly pre? pared food would not only result in substan? tial economy, but would prove invaluable in a hygienic point of view. Nature has wonder? fully exempted the South from intestinal dis? ease, and a majority of these complaints which become so prevalent at times, are superinduced by the consumption of improperly cooked food. The frying-pan is the sine qua, non throughout the land. We fry beef and call it steak, fried chicken is our own breakfast delicacy, fried pork is always popular, and even "old Ned" is savory and appetizing when fried. But how can a change be made, unless more intelligence enters the kitchen, and presides over the cuisine f If there is room for economy in the kitchen, is it otherwise in any department of the house? hold ? Will the good housewives scold, if an inspection be made of the larder as well as of the kitchen ? Is economy methodically prac-1 ticed there, or do wastefulness and extrava- j gance carry the keys? Usually, flour is meas? ured by the scoopfui, and little or no estimate is made of the number of rolls, biscuits, or' ounces of bread that should be baked from the quantity of flour issued. I have frequently asked housekeepers, how many biscuits to the pint of flour? And the answers have allowed a margin of fifty per cent. Some said eight, some ten, and others twelve. Nor is the num? ber dependent upon the size, for eight small, I half done, sad, indigestible biscuits will weigh I more than a dozen larger oues, baked in a ! hurry and thoroughly, from well kneaded dough. But this wastefulness does not attach to one, for all the ingredients that are meas? ured out for our meals, are issued with the same liberal hand, and indefinitene3s. If we have a cupful of flour, we have also a spoonful of lard, a little salt, some soda, or if, perhaps, for cake, we add a teacupful of sugar, the white of a few eggs, and so on to the end. It is also traditional that meat killed in the wane of the moon shrinks when boiled. Un? fortunately for housewives, all the hogs killed since the war seem to have been butchered af? ter the full moon. The shrinkage of meat now-a-days in the process of boiling is lamen? table, but it seldom occurs to our innocent housekeepers that this process is accomplish? ed before the meat enters the pot. Lack of method prevents detection, where pilfering is habitual; and when we reckon our accounts, as pay day approaches, we wonder that it requires so much to subsist our families. Purloining is a tax imposed upon all of our larders, but it is so minutely levied that we seldom feel it. Indirect taxation is never felt to be oppressive. Conveniences in housekeeping are seldom utilized by Southern housewives. As on the farm, so in the house. New appliances, mod? em improvements work awkwardly, and the old beaten track can be followed without thought and independent of posters. To tell Jane to clean up my room comes as naturally as to answer to the dinner bell. And Jane does it after her own style, never having im? proved a particle "since freedom," and appro? priates as much time as she pleases making up beds, sweeping, emptying slops, &c. If a frolic is on hand, how gaily* she dresses, at no outlay whatever, except a venture at temporary embezzlement I Here, too. is an insidious tax seldom appreciated. A chambermaid is a use? less appendage to any farmer's household where proper improvements have been, as they should be, added to the dwelling, and the fe? males of the family perform, as they should do, the necessary iudoors work. I had intended incorporating in this article a few ideas upon economy on the farm, but have already monopolized enough of your val? uable space, and hence must postpone that subject for another article. Meantime, I would presume to urge upon your lady readers, (and I trust they will pardon the presumption,) to enquire each of herself: "Am I an extrav? agant housekeeper? Have I no system ? Do I not economize?" And let them all remem? ber, that household economy is a fit and proper study for every housekeeper in the South. The New York Herald on the November EIcc General Grant, who led the republican par? ty into power two years ago with the largest majority, perhaps, ever given to a President, may feel this morning, as he reads the returns of the November elections, that he has been like the Prodigal Son, and has squandered a precious political inheritance. Whatever the causes,the result is decisive. New York, which has been anchored so firmly to the republican party, now swiugs out in pronounced and irre? trievable revolt. Even the ^plendid populari? ty of General Dix could not save the adminis? tration. At the hour we write it is impossible to estimate the exact result, but it seems safe to estimate the majority of Mr. Tilden at from ten to fifteen thousand majority. The other States speak with an emphasis no less certain. The indications are that the republicans in Pennsyl? vania, mainly through the extraordinary disci? pline of the party in Philadelphia, have held that State. But not even an approximate esti? mate can be formed, and it seems improbable that the Keystone State should be alone in the rush of democratic victories. New Jersey is probably democratic. The most astounding result, however, is in Massachusetts, which has elected a democratic Governor by a decisive, startling majority. General Banks is elected to the House, while General Butler is defeated. The defeat of Butler gives a poetic sequel to the democratic triumph, and is the one isola? ted event which will give the greatest satisfac? tion to the American people. It closes the ca? reer of the ablest, most persistent and most dar? ing of the leaders of the republican party?of one man who represented in his own person the animosities, the mistakes and the audaci? ties of republicanism in its hour of arrogant triumph. This election is not merely a victory but a revolution. The United States pronounces in favor of conservative purposes. We are The practical lessons to be learned can? not fail to be of the very gravest impor? tance. The canvass closes the political career of General Grant. We can understand that the time will always come in the history of administrations when the people become rest? less and impatient and crave a change. We had indications of this even in the time of Washington, who was severely criticised before his retirement for what was regarded as the corruption of the party in power. But Grant has invited the severest censure, not merely by what he has done, but by what he has failed to do. He has permitted the Presiden? tial office to drift away from what was inten? ded by the founders of the government. The Presidency is no longer the constitutional head of a representative Republic, but the ab? solute chief of a dominant party. The Cabinet is no longer composed of statesmen of repute, selected because of administrative fitness, but of staff officers, taken because they pleased the Presidential fancy. The disposal of pat? ronage has been largely a matter of personal preference. The party has passed into the control of politicians who have shown their appreciation of public responsibilities by Cred? it Mobilier, back pay and other suspected and dishonorable transactions. ? A Wahington telegram to the Baltimore Sun says: There is a very strong opinion among the closest of the friends of the Admin? istration in this city that Judge Williams will retire fron? the office of Attorney-General at the begiuning of the next session of Congress, and that his name will be sent to the Senate for the Russian mission. The delay of the appoint? ment of a successor to Mr. Jewell is accounted for in this way. Nothing could probably suit his tastes better than Russia, one of the few remaining despotisms of the universe where the military power is the favorite means of ruling the people. Let him go, pay his way, and give him, if possible, a permanent residence in St. Petersburg, and for a summer retreat a lodge in some vast wilderness in Siberia. ? "Uneasy lies the head that wenrs a can? didate's hat," says the Macon Telegraph. Don't agree with you. They cau lie easier than any other that we know of. 1 D. Wyatt Aikex. tions. weary of war and its The Sad Story of Little Charlie Ross. The New York Times gives the annexed his? tory of the noted Charlie Rosa, whose abduction and mysterious disappearance make it one of the saddest cases on record: Mr. Christian K. Ross, father of the abduct? ed child, Charlie Ross, is reported to be in a sinking condition. It is said that for several days past his reason ha3 been growing weaker. This dispatch, which came from the agent of the associated press at Philadelphia, on the 15th iust., by most persons will be deemed a sufficient refutation of the heartless slanders that have been published in connection with one of the saddest abduction cases on record. It was hard enough, surely, that Mr. Ross should have been robbed of an idolized child, without add? ing a thousandfold to the poignancy of his grief by deliberate statements to the effect that he himself had been the abductor, and that the correspondence of the supposed kidnappers had all been written by his own hand, for the pur? pose of obtaining $10,000 or $20,000 from the public. Pressed down by the weight of this suspicion, by anxiety for his wife's health, and by the continual torture that came of false re Eorts of the discovery of his boy, it would have een a wonder, indeed, if his reason had re? mained unaffected. On the 1st of July the little boy, Charlie Ross, then four years of age, while playing with his brother, a boy of six, was takeu into a bug? gy by two men and carried beyond the reach of parents, as well as detectives. The fath? er immediately offered a reward of $300 for the restoration, but this only elicited an anon? ymous communication, in which it was stated that he could not be returned for a less sum than $10,000. The distracted father promptly replied by a "personal" in the Philadelphia Ledger that he was ready to negotiate to the extent of his ability. SEARCH BY THE POLICE. In nine days after the abduction, the police department of Philadelphia having been awa? kened to the necessity of doing something to save its reputation, issued a circular desribing the vehicle into which the boy was enticed? "a falling-top, yacht-body buggy, painted dark all over, lined with dark material." To this was added the important information that the wagon was drawn "by a dark bay or browu horse, fifteen and a half hands high, and driven, it is believed, without check rein." Then there was a description of the two men who were en? gaged in the abduction : One wore a broad brimmed straw hat, looking as if it had been worn a season or two, and much sun-browned. The other wore a high-crowned dark colored straw hat. One wore a linen duster; the other a gray alpaca duster. One had a light, with a tendency to sandy, complexion, sandy mustache, and a rather red nose and face, and about thir? ty years of age, and five feet eight or nine inches high. The other was five feet eight or ten inches high, about forty years of age, with a mustache and full beard, or whiskers of brown or sandy color. With such a "wild" description, it was not at all surprising that so many cases of MISTAKEN IDENTITY followed. The arrests at Philadelphia were of a piece with the character of the circular. The police failed utterly to find a particle of evi? dence to connect their prisoners with the crime, and the latter had to be discharged. In the meantime poor Mr. Ross was receiving anony? mous letters from the kidnappers, containing plans for the surrender of his son upon pay? ment of the ransom, at a certain bridge in the outskirts of the city. He would then have bor? rowed and begged until he had procured the amount demanded, and would have had his boy, but it was not considered right that public jus? tice should be defeated, v lowing the subject in this light, the city authorities of Philadel? phia finally agreed to offer a reward of $20,000 for "such information as would lead to the re? covery of the boy, and the arrest and conviction of the abductors." This was the means of gain? ing the services of Allen Piukerton and his men, in addition to those of the regular detectives of the country, and the scores of amateur detec? tives who are always ready to take a hand when there is a prospect of turning an honest penny. Finding so many persons at work in his inter? est Mr. Ross became more hopeful, and waited day after day for favorable intelligence. It was at this poiut that the terrible ordeal he had to pass through was begun in earnest. On the 25th day of July fresh tears were wrung from his heart by a telegraphic announcement that "a suspicious, apparently crazy, man," giving the name of Myron Leasurc, had been arrested at Richmond, Va., while en route to Baltimore, with "the corpse of a child" that had died at Dayton, Ohio. His contradictory statements gave rise to a suspicion that the dead body was that of the abducted Charlie Ross. It subse? quently transpired that the deceased child was only ten months old, but it nevertheless was nut considered cruel to send a special dispatch to Philadelphia to the foregoing effect. On the 4th of August MB. BOSS' HOPES "WEBE BAISED by the notification that a woman, giving the name of Jackson, had been arrested at the West Philadelphia railroad depot in company with a child that bore a striking resemblance to the little Charlie. He hastened to the depot, as may be supposed, with a palpitating heart to find that there had been a mistake. In his sympathy for the child's mother he gave her a letter to secure her against further annoy? ance. He had scarcely ceased to think of the inci? dent at the West Philadelphia depot when he re? ceived a dispatch from Bennington, Vermont, to the effect that a Mrs. Frederick Hamilton, of that place, had been arrested with a child in her possession "corresponding to the descrip? tion given of Charlie Ross." The additional information was vouchsafed that "he has the same colored hair and eyes ; his hair has been recently cut. He is about the same age, talks plainly, says that his name is Charlie, and that he had a nice home once." Surely this infor? mation was enough the make poor Mr. Ross almost die of expectation. Mr. Joseph Lewis, Mr. Ross' brother-in-law, started at once for Bennington, and arrived there only to find that the little boy was the adopted son of a man in the employ of Mr. P. T. Barnum. On the 18th of August another telegram ar? rived at the Ross house. THIS TIME IT WAS FROM ODELL, ILLINOIS, and contained an account of the arrest of two men and a woman, "having in their possession a child supposed to be the missing Charlie Ross." The trio, it appeared, had caused sus? picion through having arrived from Philadel? phia about a month previously, and further? more, through the indiscreet utterance of the family with whom they were domiciled. The arrest was made by direction of the circuit at? torney, so soon as it had been represented to him that "the child was dressed in girls clothes, ' and bore a striking resemblance to Charlie Ross." Mr. Ross was greatly excited by this i news, and immediately began a correspondence [ with the authorities at Odcll. The supposed Charlie was afterward questioned closely, but "he failed to give a satisfactory account of him j self." In the midst of the excitement the fact came out that the little boy was the son of one James Henderson, and that "like nearly all children of tender age, Jimmie wore a frock, and this was regarded as evidence of an effort to conceal the boy's sex." After this a highly sensational story was published concerning the efforts of a myth? ical Pittsburg detective, who had traced "sus? picious parties" to New York city, and was hourly in expectation of encompassing their arrest. It was stated in this connection that, within a week of a certain date, the real abduc? tors of the little Charlie had removed to New York from their hiding place in Pennsylvania, and had brought their captive with them. Captain Irving, of our Central Detective force, quickly exploded this statement by informing the public that during the period mentioned the utmost vigilance had been observed in watching railroad depots and steamboat land? ings. Washington, D. C, was the next point from which Mr. Ross received news of the dis? covery of his son. Acting upon the informa? tion that a mysterious "Englishman and wo? man" had placed a boy four years of age, resem? bling the Ross child, as a boardor in the home of "a family living in an obscure portion of the country between Tenallytown and Brightwood," detectives were sent to investigate. They brought the child to Washington. The "mys? terious Englishman and woman" were subse? quently arrested, "but the detectives were sat? isfied that the family likeness proved that the child was theirs." It was on the 7th of September that the news of the "discovery" at Washington was sent to Philadelphia, but scarcely had the detectives finished their investigations when a dispatch came from Jeffersonville, Indiana, that the Ross child had ju<st been found there, and that he had been photograohed, and his picture sent on to Philadelphia for identification. This proved as delusive as all the others. In ten days afterwards Mr. Ross' hopes were once more cruelly raised by the following dis? patch : "Chicago, September 20.?A Tribune special from Lincoln, Nebraska, says deputy sheriff Manning, of Harlan county, has arrested one Jackson, with a boy who answers perfectly the description of Charlie Ross. The boy says his mother's name is Belle Ross. Manning will leave with the man and boy for Philadelphia to-morrow." The foregoing dispatches were not all that came to Mr. Ross and to the detectives at Phil? adelphia. There were scores of others that were more vague and unsatisfactory. PIXKERTOX GIVES IT UP. On the 28th of September, Allen Pinkerton announced that the case had got the better of him, and that he was willing to relinquish the reward of $20,000 "to the parties who shall give information which shall lead to the recovery of the child and the capture of the abductors." On the following day the proprietors of a Reading (Penn.) newspaper were arrested for libelling Mr. Ross. It, then came out in the testimony of the family physician that Mr. Ross was "in a condition of prostration, in which he is unable to concentrate his thoughts or to express his meaning." In spite of that testimony men have been found brutal enough to make jokes at his expense. One of these, the most brutal, perhaps, was perpetrated in Philadelphia, in front of the Adams Express Company, Chestnut street. On the pavement stood a box labeled "Robert Swan, Newcastle, Del." At about 9 o'clock in the morning a distinct cry of "Let me out, I'm dying." The box was seized and turned upon its side and the voice, which it was now plainly evident came from the inside, cried, "Oh, don't; you hur* me. Let me out." The reporter, who was present, may now be left to describe what followed in his own way : "Excitement was at fever heat, and threats of lynching the party who had shipped the box were freely uttered. In a few moments the whole neighborhood be? came aware of the fact that the lost boy, Char? lie Ross, had been found in a box at the express office. About the express office things were as? suming a highly interesting phase. Some shouted to burse open the box; others exclaim? ed it would be illegal. Many hooted the idea of stopping to inquire into its legality, and ad? ded, 'The bov will be dead before you get it open.' Finally, Warren appeared with an axe and went at the box. You could hear the leaves on the trees flutter overhead, and every stroke the axe made was distinctly heard on the corner below, while, 'I'm dying; hurry,' came from the inside in a faint voice. The top is loose; another stroke, and off it flies. A hun? dred pair of eyes anxiously peer into the box. * * * Sold! and such a sell is not upon record, while but few, the 'initiated'only, imagine for a moment that all the furor was created by the quiet little gentleman leaning calmly against the awning pole, twenty feet away and uttering not a word. It was the 'King of Ventriloquists.' " It was no wonder that poor Mr. Ross lost his reason. He and his family have been treated with savage cru? elty. The refusal of this unfortunate gentle? man to submit for publication a series of letters from the kid-nappers, full of the most disgust? ing personalities, was made the basis of coward? ly and heartless slanders. A gentleman con? nected with the staff of the Springfield Repub- j lican, who was permitted to examine some of the anonymous letters, promptly made asinccrc and elaborate defense of Mr. Ross. In the meantime THE WORK OF "WSCOVKRTXG" THE STOLEX BOY GOES OX in the same un xtisfactory manner. On the 4th of the present month he was "found" -at New Haven by "a gentleman, while entering a dining-room, with a woman claiming to be his mother. The gentleman made arrangements to have them followed, but after pursuing them some time the trail was lost. He is confident he saw the kidnapped boy." The very latest "discovery" was made among a band of gypsies wit bin a few miles of Wcs chester, Penn. A child "very much resembling [ the boy, Charlie Brewster Ross," was detected in the gypsy camp. The dispatch says: "The likeness to Charlie is very striking. He is closely watched and cannot be approached. Officer Carpenter has the case in hand, ami has telegraphed Mayor Stokcly to send some one to sec and identify the boy." I Thus the case drags along, while the heart? broken mother is daily fed with new hope of getting back her boy, and the poor father?as the dispatch heading this article states?is in "a sinking condition." L a die^om taring tiikir garters.?The other day, after a meeting of a certain famous women's club in New York, the ladies amused themselves comparing their garters, to see which wore the handsomest; for garters of ex? travagant expense have lately come into fash? ion, and several of these club members wear theirs clasped with gold and precious stones. I The jewelers are all introducing new designs for garter clasps which promise shortly to cost as much as the bracelets which fashion has discarded. A charming woman and singer in society is said to wear a pair of garters which cost live hundred dollars.?Neto York Express. A Democratic Speech at the National Capital ?Senator Thurman Reviews the Situation. Washington-, Nov. 4,1874. The Democrats of this city serenaded Sena? tor A. G. Thurman, of Ohio, to-night at his residence here. A large crowd was present. Senator Thurman returned his thanks for the opportunity afforded him to participate in their rejoicings, and said: "When I think of it, is it not a dreadful thing, and calculated to bring terror to every loyal bosom, to see you with drum and fife, trumpet and cymbal, and with mighty shouts that rend the air, celebrating the conquest of Massachusetts by the terrible Ku Klux.? [Laughter.] Was it not enough that those godless and awful fellows had intimidated the peaceable, amiable and honest carpet-baggers and scallawags and their followers down South, and obtain the mastery over that portion of the republic? Was it at all necessary that they should invade the North, and by intimidating Republicans, carry Ohio, Indiana, West Vir? ginia, Maryland, Delaware, and, to cap the climax, overrun New York and put Massachu? setts in_ their breeches pocket. [Applause.] The politicians and editors are scratching their heads to find out the causes of our victories, when every one who has carefully read and in? wardly digested the history of Southern outra? ges, the manifestoes of Mr. Attorney General Williams, the proceedings of the Chattanooga Convention, the affidavits of Major Merrill, and the telegrams of Marshal Packard, knows full well that there is but one cause, and that is in? timidation. The devil-inspired party (as the venerable Christian statesman, Gerritt Smith, calls the Democratic party) have so frightened the peace-loving Radicals, from Passamaquoddy Bay to the Rio Grande, that many of them, in sheer terror, have voted the Democratic ticket, and yet more of them have abstained from vot? ing at all. [Laughter.] And as if there is nothing that these devil-inspired men will not dare perpetrate, they have, without the least fear or trembling, laid their profane hands upon the head of the brave and patriotic Butler, and shrieked into his ear the disloyal cry, "Benjamin, depart." [Laughter and ap? plause.] Now, my friends, I pray you, don't think me frivolous because I talk in this way. Year after year our victories in the South have been falsely attributed to intimidation, and member after member of Congress, duly elect? ed, has lost his seat upon this false charge. At every election for years Southern outrages has been the battle cry of Radical politicians in the North, and the justification for laws that disgrace civilization, and usurpations that lay the ax at the root of Republican institutions. But what can these manufacturers of false pre? tenses say now, when our triumphs at the North are even more signal than those at the South; when even Massachusetts, persistent, uncompromising Massachusetts, sets the seal of of her condemnation upon such misrule, and for the first time in half a century seats an honest Democrat in her gubernatorial chair; and in this connection I ask, was it not right, gentlemen, that I should refer to Benj. F. But? ler, who in accepting the last nomination gave as his chief reason for wishing to remain in Congress, his will and ability to still further bind and oppress the Southern people. But the time had passed when his persecutionary cry found a ready response in the hearts of his constituents, and the time had passed, when violations of the constitution, contempt for justice, disregard of sound policy, and neglect of the interest of the people could all be over? looked under the influence of passion and prejudice, and hence the result you see. He raised the black flag of persecution, and under that hateful banner sought to maintain his place in Congress. The people raised the white flag; not of defeat but of peace, and said to the would-be persecuter, "Stay thou at home." If you ask me, fellow-citizens, what are the causes of our victories, I answer, dis? content with Radical rule. If you ask me for the reasons of this discontent, I answer that our Radical rulers have, in the last nine years, persistently set at naught every instinct, feel? ing, habit and teaching of the American peo? ple. Americans arc a constitution-loving peo? ple, but no regard has been paid to the consti? tution by our rulers. Americans are a liberty loving people, but liberty has been remorseless? ly trampled under foot. Americans are a home-rule-loving people, but home rule has been treated with scorn and contempt, and Congress assumes and exercises the power of an omnipotent parliament. Americans are an honesty-loving people, but Credit Mobilier, Sanborn contracts, Custom House frauds and Washington rings, have made corruption al? most a synonym for government. The finan? cial embarrassments now upon the country could not be attributed to the Democratic party, as that party had no power in this land for the past twelve "years. The Republican party had a triumphant majority in both houses of Con? gress, and absolute control of the finances of the country. In reply to a cry of "How about the independent press?" he said it had accom? plished a work during the past year which would redound to its honor as long as the press lasts. In reply to a question, "How about a third term ?" Mr. Thurman said: "My friend in the White House has not given that idea up yet. He is trying to fight it out on that line, if it takes a year and a half." If the President don'f want a third term, why in Heaven's n. .ic don't he say so. He (Thurman) saw in the newspapers a few days ago that Grant did not consider it consistent with his dignity to make any denial of being a candidate for the third term. That was a poor apology. The Republican State Con? vention of South Carolina had solemnly nomi? nated him for a third term ; did not that au? thorize him to speak on the subject, or did he consider that the Radical party of South Caro? lina was so utterly contemptible he could not answer it? I Southern Historical Society.?The Se? cretary of the Southern Historical Society re? ported to the recent annual meeting at Rich? mond that he had received liberal documentary contributions of great value in the preparation of the proposed history of the Southern Con? federacy. The. total receipts of the society were Sl,54fi.02 anil the disbursements $817.47. There, are sixteen life members of the society and 013 annual members. Of the life mem? bers two are from Alabama, one from the Dis? trict af Columbia, one from Maryland, four from Mississippi, two from New York and six from Virginia. Of the annual members 123 are from Alabama, three from Arkansas, nine from the District of Columbia, 182 from Geor? gia, one. from Illinois, sixty-four from Lou? isiana, thirty-nine from Maryland, two from Mississippi, three from Missouri, seven from North Carolina, nine from New York, thirty five from South Carolina, twelve from Tennes? see, four from Texas, 100 from Virginia and three from West Virginia. ? Strained honey can be preserved perfectly pure and sweet, for years, by putting into a sauce-pan or preserving kettle, and boiling and skimming for half hour. Bottle it and stop the bottle with a common cork. Long Engagements.?Great as may be the inconveniences attending early marriages, they are not to be compared to those attending long engagements. The position of both parties, in a manner, the reverse of that which they will respectively occupy in after-life. The lady commands, the gentleman obeys; and when this state of things has lasted for any length of time, it is not easy matter to restore them to their natural taste; for although no woman of sense who respects her husband and herself, will ever wish to domineer, no man of spirit would submit to it, yet the precise limits to which authority may fairly be extended on the other, are so ill-defined, that it requires very often great tact and management to adjust the balance; and this difficulty is naturally in* creased when the parties have been for a long I time playing directly contrary parts. Lovers, too, are naturally living in a state of complete deception and hypocrisy, in most cases prob? ably quite unintentionally; but where there exists a strong desire to please, there must also ? necessarily exist a streng anxiety to keep one's faults in the background, and exhibit only the most pleasing part of one's character. Half the unhappiness that exists in married life is, we believe, attributed to the difference of dis? coveries they are constantly making or the great differences of dispositions before and af? ter marriage. Then comes accusations of de? ception?very unfairly, for, as we before said, the fraud was an involuntary one, and inher? ent in human nature; accusations are followed by recriminations, and all the misery and bit? terness of married strife, merely because the lovers expected to marry angels, and find out that they are united to human beings like themselves. A Grecian Legend.?When Bacchus was a boy he journeyed through Hellas to go to Naxia ; and as the way was very long, he grew tired and sat down upon a stone to rest. As he sat there with his eyes upon the ground, he saw a little plant spring up between his feet, and was so much pleased with it that he deter? mined to take it with him and plant it in Naxia. He took it up and carried it away with him; but as the sun was very hot, he feared it might wither before he reached his destination. He found a bird's skeleton, into which he thrust it, and went on. But in his hand the plant sprouted so fast that it started out of the bones above and below. This gave him fresh fear of its withering, and he cast about for a remedy. He found a lion's bone, which was thicker than the bird's skeleton, and he stuck the skeleton with the plant in it into the bone of the lion. Ere long, however, the plant grew out of the lion's bone likewise. Then he found the bone of an ass, larger than that of the lion ; so he put it into the lion's contain? ing the bird's skeleton and the plant, into the ass' bone, and thus he made way to Naxia. When about to set the plant he found that the roots had entwined themselves around the bird's skeleton, and the lion's bone, and the ass' bone; and as he could not take it out with? out damaging the roots, he planted it as it was, and it came up speedily, and bore to his great joy the most delicious grapes, from which he made the first wine, and gave it to men to drink. But behold a miracle! When men first drank of it, they first sang like birds; next, after drinking a little more, they became vigorous and gallant like lions; when they drank more still, they began to behave like asses. The Sagacious Bull-Dog.?Let those who maintain that instinct is the sole governor of an animal's motion sit down and hear about a bull-dog at Alexandria, Va. This bull-dog had a combat with a fellow-cur, aud found in the conflict that the fellrtw-cur was too much for him. When this fact had made its way through his skull the worsted dog fell dead aud motionless to the ground. The victorious dog gave his prostrate form a parting chew or two, and then strutted around with an air of importance befitting the occasion. In a short time he took up the line of march for home. As his footsteps were dying away in the dis? tance the eye of the prostrate dog slightly un? closed. Seeing the victor in the distance and on the retreat he opened his eyes widely, and when the victor turned a corner and was out of sight the prostrate dog arose from the earth, shook the dirt from his garments, and jogged off home with a broad grin on his face. Are we to be told that such a dog had no "intellect into him?" All Sorts of Tarn graphs. ? The best guardian of a woman's happiness is a husband's love ; of her honor her own af? fection. ? "I am afraid you will come to want," said an old lady to a young gentleman. "I have come to want already," was the reply. "I want your daughter." ? As a white garment appears worse when a little soiled than does a colored one, so does a small fault in a good man attract more atten? tion than a great offence in a bad man. ? An editorial notice of a woman's grocery store reads as follows: "Her tomatoes are as red as her own checks; her indigo is as blue as her own eyes, and her pepper as hot as her own temper." ? If we scrutinize the lives of men of geni? us, we shall find that activity and persistence are their leadiug peculiarities. Obstacles can? not intimidate, nor labor weary, nor drudgery disgust them. ? A gentleman at a public table, who had exercised his jaws for some fifteen minutes up? on a small morsel of steak, turned to a neigh? bor and said : "What a pity to kill this ani? mal." "Why?" responded his friend. "Be? cause," replied the other, "it would have made i-ueh a good working animal." ? Take a large, frem cabbage and cut out the heart; fill the place with a stuffing made of cooked chicken or veal, chopped very fine and highly seasoned, and rolled into balls with yolk of egg. Then tie the cabbage firmly together, and boil in a covered kettle for two hours. This makes a delicious dish, and is useful for using small pieces of cold meat. ? Judge Doolittle, of Wisconsin, in an ad? dress to the law students at Madison, said that he who in the name of the profession would stir up strife, encourage litigation for any purpose, and especially to put mo:i??y in his pocket, is un? worthy of it. In the Judge's opinion but one name describes such a man and such a charac? ter, and though newly coined from the mint of slang, it is too intense in meaning not tobe used. It is "shyster." ? A friend assured Mark Twain that it was policy to feed a cold and starve a fever. He says: "I had both. So I thought it best to fill myself up for the cold, and let the fever starve awhile. In a case of this kind I seldom do things by halves?I ate pretty heartily. I con? ferred my custom upon a stranger, who had just opened his restaurant on Cortland street, near the hotel, that morning, paying so much for a full meal. He waited near me in respect? ful silence until I had finished feeding my cold, when he inquired if the people about New York were much afflicted with colds. I told him I thought they were. He then went out and took in his sign."