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? fc'W toi?'?"?> it^Sw wrw '' JV' -?' ' '? In ? g i L j ^HOTT &l ?G0., "Frogrietors. .Y. ? ?-_. ??'_._i .? ? ?'1 i ,, " *".'" ANDERSON 0. H., S. 0,, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1874. VOLUME X.?NO. 23. v?T*'" . 1 1 ? -1 ?'? ??km . n uSHie:-Pr0sident?s Message*: XBb? annual -message* of the President was asbmifcted to Congress on . December .7th? Ii contains- Sem recomraendations, but. they are important inth^ircharacter.,. 4s it. is tpqlpng for..i%t9 ^pfjU?s& .if^ig .fuil,vwe, content our 8&t^$$.a?f it? leading points. In regard w?.tne unances?"the President does ritf?:oenev? tlrat spechTpaymehts can'be reach? edy'?nu?ryY; -187$.:t He strongly; 'favors ? return to a gold curreneyy ;?b?t leaves- txrCbdi gees^the xhity^of^xhig the time and-mann er 9$ qtcomplighing that.result. . He suggests,-in this connection, the repeal of .the legal;, tender clause in the currency act, to take effect, as to ^t^ts^Yer the-day .feed by law for its re Dg4l..^HeraIso7,suggests that the Secretary of g?fd froxn and, after the elate fixed'by the act ^ovfdibg. fpr '& return to' specie payments. TTris'niay'iDe partially,- if nbt^bolly^ accom? plished by bonds. The' rSveimes of the coun fryt~Kern&Tn^ "s^ouTcT liTTn ^xcesToT the expenditures teTfe^'up'tiHa redemption, which te^Lt-shonld be obtained by greater economy in ajmrppriations- or by a reorganization of the tax]a,w^ .; .. . ....... . In regard, tp.free banking, the. President is bf the QpimojL that whenever a return to spe: cre'pay me n ts is accomplished, banking should not be limited. ? ft'should not be made a mo? nopoly' by ?mitihg the amount of issue. Bill BTWdfere shouTd" be protected, as at "present. Th^ people of the country should be allowed toibe'-theju^ga of; their own.wants in this re ?pect.'"ft is not a question properly to be Iggiglsftig thfr?dee!s?Ha"<>fc4&Bgresv of -the Secretary of the Treasury,or/of the Executive, but one which the'dlffe'rent'communities should Se allowed to determine for themselves. He r^'om'mends free b^ yre1 are prop *lf?:&k $&#rbid to specie ^pay ments. It is the ^?ty.'pfCongress to.'m'alre- regulations;under which banks, of issue may be organized to do business, and^the. President,;only suggests that i ^change*"'b6;-'^deJjn'.'tne<>:Dri?e^t cu,rren'cy j except Yto,;C0nform - to ? toe new. jOrder of itogs.growing ?ut of a. return to specie pay? ments. .regard, tp. internal improvements, the \Eresident 'makes no recommendations . what-j ^jfer,:bufc leaves the whole question to Congress and the Congressional committee appointed to investigate this entire subject and report. ? ' ? la regard to Arkansas, the President .limits himself, to giving his reasons for not interfer? ing in the affairs of that -State, and transmit? ting;5 for the information- of Congress,1 the full irisiory of; the controversy.as furnished by both parties- and otherwise obtained by officers of the-government. ? "'? 1 ' ";; . * *'? ? in regard to Louisiana, the President makes no Specific recommendations) but hopes that if there is any practical way of removing by leg* islation the difficulties which environ that Sykteji'ib'inay"be done at once. On Louisfaha affairs the President stands just where he did tm.the-25tb of Februan', 1S73, when, in a spe? cial message to Congress, he said: "It seems advisable that I should now state what course I-shall feel bound to pursue in reference to the rhatter in the event of no action by Congress at this time, subject to any satisfactory ar? rangement that may be made by the parties to the controversy, which of all things is the most desirable It will be my duty, so far as it may be necessary for me to act, to adhere to that government heretofore recognized by me. I am extremely anxious to avoid any appearance of undue interference in State affairs, and if Congress differs from me as to what ought to be done, I respectfully urge its immediate de? cision to that effect, otherwise I shall feel ob? liged, so far as lean by the exercise of legiti? mate authority, to put ad end to the unhappy controversy which disturbs the peace and pros? trates the business of Louisiana, by the recog? nition and support of that government which Is recognized and upheld by the Courts of the ?tate." Whatever in the above extract is ap? plicable to the present state of affairs in Lou? isiana will continue to be applied by the Pres-X ident. That is, he will continue to maintain the Kellogg government to the end of its term, unless Congress shall deem it proper to take the question oat of his hands. -In"regard to theIndians,Xhe President tbinks that a continued adherence to the. peace policy will result/m tne'greatest benefits' to both In? dians, . apd whites". .^otljing has .transpired since thejnahguration of this policy to. induce himto;alterdb?'jQind'with regard to-the many advantages tpr both races which will follow its (taithfufadministralidn. ; ; : ^ J:T.n.regard to Chinese immigration, the Presi? dent is strongly impressed .with the necessity of eariy congjpjsionsl actionon the subject, with a view to prevent'the importation of female Chinese f?r immoral purposes,, and also to pre venV the importation of coolies. Any proper lavrffa&ed by congress on this subject will meet his.cordial-approval and be strictly enforced. In^ regard to our foreign relations, the Presi? dent states that, the United States are at peace with all the world, except Spain and Venezuela. The questions at issue between the United States and these powers, however, are not of a character to cause any serious apprehension, i It was .the hope of-the President to have been able in his present message to announce the satisfactory termination of the negotiations, but circumstances over which the government of the United States1 had no control combined to delay a settlement'of the question at issue. Tire President, however, hopes at an early day to-Jbe able to announce their satisfactory settle? ment. The negotiations?with Spain refer to j questions .growing out of the Virginius affair,] snd-those with Veneznela to the awards of the joint commission under the convention of April 55,1866. In regard to the Cuban question, the Presi? dent speaks more fully and more significantly than in any of his previous messages. He calls attention to the fact that Spain, after the lapse (ofskc years, during which every possible effort has been ? made to crush the insurrection, has .failed.. He. assumes that the deplorable state of affairs which was inaugurated with the insurrection, and which has continued to grow worse and worse every year as the war has pro? gressed, cannot continue much longer without it becoming necessary for other nations to take some action for the establishment of a better condition of affairs in Cuba. As matters now stand, the United States are taxed in various ways for the support of the war .on the part of tire Spanish government. The people of the United States are the chief consumers of the .products of the island of Cuba. # We purchase at least eighty per cent, of their exports, but the profits go towards maintaining the most cruel and bloody warfare on record.?Union' Herald. . ?~ - _ ? A western editor having been invited to a masquerade ball, given, by a club in the town where he lived, inacknowledgingthe invitation, Said? "There is a quiet~gafCasm, though of course not intended, in inviting a country ed? itor who has but one suit, and that a poor one, to such an affair without accompanying the compliment with necessary clothes. Were we to accept, we should be compelled to appear in the character of'Adam before the fall.' This, though painful to admit, is literally the naked truth." The Return of Prosperity Lies In the De Telopment of the South. ? 'The overwheYmihg defeat of the Republican party' in the late Congressional election is nailed as the dawn ;of a new era for our great Republic?an era marked at the outset by a "return, of coafidfince"-T7ponfidpnce,in jthe,sta bility, ,of^the,, government, a#?.in,.the future policy, of) the.^oy_ernmen?j-confidence, in the people an<T amorig the pebpre-^-cpnfiderice ?s to the affairs of public ec?'h?ray, ami confidcnee as to the 'affairs of social economy, and. confi? dence in all matters that touch the interest or engage the attention of the-individual citizen. It cannot be denied that the . effect. has. been magical, swift as the .electrician's touch. It is none the less'potent'because the result is from an uprising of the people, despite theiuriog schemes and artful plans of designing politi? cians, and :despite'the power ofk party which controlled every avenue to place and position, and guarded -every approach to honor and emolument hy the active vigilanceof an hun? dred thousand office holders. From all parts of the country the same testi? mony comes, expressed in the never-varying formula?"The Return of Confidence." In the East and in the West and in the North dis? trict vanishes in well founded hopes for the future, snd the declaration goes forth that the triumph of the Democracy is recognized not less as an overwhelming condemnation of the Republican party for its great and mauifold abuses of power and trusts; for its misrule and corruptions; for its grasping centralism, and its vampyre Radicalism,' than' as an imperative demand from the great heart of-the- people for a return to the ancient and honest landmarks of civil liberty, which in past days, made our cpnimon .country great, glorious ^and. prosper eagle. to,. meet the bright ray Avhichheams in the future.* Even in sinlang Carolina and chaotic Louisiana tbe 'despnring look tip and take heart .again ,wi|h the first streak of the dawn of the day ;of deliverence. Not a single threateningelement appears upon the political horizon. It was predicted that the paean of a Democratic triumph would swell with tbe thunder of repudiation. No such terrible note of anarchy, disgrace and .political degradation is heard. It was said that' the bonds of the Federal Government would weaken in value at home: They strengthen and grow stronger in our money markets. It was predicted that our national credits would fall in price abroad. They rise in value at European money centres. It was claimed-that in escaping from the shameless corruption of Radicalism, we should fall into the Agrarian depths of illimitable inflation. It is conceded that one of the great eat evils which can afflict, a government or a people is the delusive promise of an irredeema? ble currency. In a word, all the prophecies of violence of political charlatans have come to naught. "But better than all, that want of public and private confidence which prevailed so universally and so alarmingly under Republican policy, and which has such an immediate and direct ten? dency to depreciate property and enhance to the debtor enormously the rates of interest, disappears. And while Government credit is being more firmly established, private credit is being more completely restored. But the tendency of the public mind is to outstrip events, or, to borrow the language of the Band Parlor, to discount the future. The return of confidence by no means commands the return of prosperity. Something more than mere confidence, however strong and well founded, is necessary to re-establish its condi? tions. This is obvious. We have an apt illus? tration at our doors. About the beginning of the Second Punic War of Reconstruction, some leading Northern capitalists undertook projec? ted enterprises ~in the South of great magni? tude*^ What has- been the result ? Ex mo disce omnes. We take a notable example: Mr. Thos. Scott, of established fame in railroad matters, with a strong body of associates, essays to bind the Pacific cost to the shores of the Atlantic.by an iron highway, on a Southern parallel of latitude. An alignment is made through a fertile territory.. The project is fully canvassed. Seven hundred miles of friendly interests, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, appear to stand ready to yield active co-opera? tion. A large amount of capital is expended. There is no doubt about cither the national im? portance of the enterprise or of its public utili ty,-apr.of?J3 ultimate reward of remunerative traffic. [m But; the ..enterprise languishes! ? The Southern interests and the Southern people fail in their support, because their capital accumu? lated since the war is hot up even to that stan? dard which is absolutely necessary for their own wants, much less equal to the (support of a great and important enterprise. What the re? sult would-be under the powerful stimulus of Government eocouragemeut may bo readily in? ferred. The Federal Government gave liberal aid to the Union Pacific. The result is a great highway between two great oceans and a pros? perous and prospering people carrying civiliza? tion into a vast wilderness. The Northern Pacific will not fail of like aid forming in like manner a new chain between the great lakes and the Northern"l>acific coast and secure like results. It is a fact indisputable, that the rapid growth in population aud prosperity at the North and at the West is due in greatest degree to aid from the National Government direct aud indirect. The basis of Northern prosperity is activity in commerce and facility in inter-communica? tion. From earliest history down to the present [ day, mere local causes have determined the i preference ?of the South for a policy which I would give an unlimited scope to all nations to be the carriers and the purchasers of her productions. A public policy which will give to the South but a tithe of the benefits that have been conferred on the North would over? come the preference and contribute largely to remove that antagonism in ideas which for so long a time has prevailed, and which in later years has produced so much evil. At the North the power and the dignity of the Gov? ernment are visible and felt in the magnitude of its operations and in the etlicacy of its ben? efits. In tbe South the power of the Govern? ment is reflected solely by the dignity of an ebo-shin mail clerk or the authority of an epaulette?in humiliation or exaction. But the present condition of the country is favora? ble to a change. The waste of war stimulated manufacturing and the mechanic arts inordi? nately in the North to overproduction. Fac? tories and mills sprang into existeuce with wonderful rapidity and in incredible numbers. In time of peace the products of these facto? ries are beyond the normal wants of the people. Their warehouses are crowded with their over? stock, while their mills and furnaces seek to limit their products, by lessoning the hours for labor or in idle machinery. In the South re? cuperation has uot, as yet, been an accumula? tion sufficient to restore the wastes of war. Our region is impoverished and largely unde? veloped, and our population is sparse. Here is a field that would tax the mills of the North, East and West to their utmost for supplies. Should the Federal Government do for the South but a modicum of that which has been of the done for the North,and West,.then we would fee! assured that the return of .confidence and the return of prosperity would be pari pass'u. But if the South is left to work out from her own accumulation' her own development, we fear that prosperity will be of slower growth than that assigned proverbially to confidence by human , wisdpm;; for accumulation is ,at? tained wholly by the.patient Ijibpr and. careful economy of generations'; and paralysis, of the South .means stagnation at the North.?Augus? ta CohsiiititioiiaTist. Improvement of the Savannah River. . , Some time since Mayor Estes conceived the idea of improving the navigation, of the Savan? nah river so as to permit steamboats to ascend the stream .from this city to Audersonville, Sout)i: Carolina. Last August the matter was brough't'to the attention of the City Council, and that body passed a resolution authorizing a preliminary survey of the river by an engin? eer, for the purpose of ascertaining the practi? cability and tbe approximate cost of the con? templated improvement. Mr. W. W. Thomas, a skillful and experienced civil engineer, was employed under this resolution to- make the survey.' Mr. Thomas' finished his labors and submitted a report of their results to the City Council some two weeks ago. Mayor Estes re? ferred to this report iu bis inaugural address last Thursday, and gave some intimation of its character, but the reading of the document was postponed until the regular meeting of the City Council next Monday. We presume that in view of the importance of this matter and the interest felt in it by the people, Council will order its publication in extenso. In the mean? time, as the nature of the report has already been alluded to, it may not be amiss to give a brief synopsis of its coutents. Mr. Thomas reports that in order to obtain a complete view- of the existing obstructions to navigation and to become acquainted with the present system of navigation and its wants, A "Petersburg boat" was employed from this city to "Craft's Ferry," in Hart county. At tfaie point the volume of water was so small and the'obstructions in the stream so great and so numerous that the remaining distance had to be traversed in a batteau. From Augusta to Petersburg"the engineer expresses the opinion that steamboat navigation would prove difficult. Within a space of about fourteen miles seven dams would have to be constructed with locks varying in "lift" from four to nine feet. Be sidesthese, between the points mentioned a ca? nal of about five and a half miles in. length and having four locks would have to be cut for the purpose ofavoidjng the dangerous shoals known as "Ring Jaw"?now the terror of boatmen. Above Petersburg the difficulties to be sur? mounted are stillmore formidable. Thcsboals follow each other in rapid succession and there is very little smooth or deep water. The fall is great and but few boats of any character arc able to navigate this portion of the stream. The river has a fall of nearly four feet per mile all the way from Petersburg to Andersonville, or a total fall of one hundred and eighty-five feet in fifty-one miles. Between these points Mr. Thomas encountered nineteen named ledges and shoals,-varying in length frpm one-quarter of a mile to seventeen miles. Besides these, in? numerable obstacles for which there are no names present themselves "at every turn of the river." Of the 51 miles "not less than 35 are shoals of the most dangerous character and un? less under charge of an experienced pilot, would not be safe to travel in a life-boat." The improvement of this portion of the Savannah for steamboat navigation would cost not less than two millions of dollars?a cost which at once exterminates any scheme of improvement by city government. From thecanal locks to Pe? tersburg Mr. Thomas thinks the river can be made navigable for small steamboats at ao ap? proximate cost of half a million?including ca? nal, dams, locks, dredging and excavations. But even this improvement Mr. Thomas does not recommend for reasons which appear to us sound and convincing. The great fall of the river?at one shoal being 84 feet in 5J miles? aud reaching 255 feet in U5 miles is the prin? cipal obstacle. Without dams and locks the shoals could be changed but not removed. A chauuel cut through the shoals would prove impassable on account of the velocity of the current, and a shoal, perhaps one of more for? midable character, would appear higher up the river. Tbe shoals can only be successfully avoided by. means of dams aud locks?what is known in engineeringas "slack .water uaviga tion." This system would prove costly, slow, tedious and uncertain. It would be liable' to "serious damage and numerous accidents" by reason of the liability of the fiver to sudden rises and freshets necessitating frequent and costly repairs. Mr. Thomas, therefore, reports as the result of his survey of the Savannah riv? er: (1) That its opening for steam navigation above Petersburg is impracticable at any rea? sonable cost; (2) between Augusta and Peters? burg it can be made navigable for steamers of 150 or 200 tons capacity at a cost of $500,000, but that this improvement, on account of the uncertainty of its results and the proportionate? ly small benefits to be derived, is not advisable. .The report closes with a brief but interesting sketch of the system of navigation now and for many years past in operation on the Upper Sa? vannah by means of Petersburg boats, and a recemmendation of its improvement and exten? sion by the city government of Augusta. Mr. Thomas says that to accomplish this it would only be necessary "to make the navigation of boats of double the capacity of those now' in use both easy arid safe by the removal of such a part of the shoals as would give a straight, unobstructed 'sluice' for loaded boats-coming down stream, and anothev more shallow chan? nel, with less momentum of water, for passage up stream." This, he thinks, could be done at an expenditure of $200,000 for the entire dis? tance from Augusta to Andersonville, or .^(iO, 000 from Augusta to Thompson's Factory on Broad river and to "Trotter's Shoals," a point on the Savannah five miles above Petersburg. Such improvements would give a safe passage all the year round to boats capable of carrying one hundred bales of cotton. Mr. Thomas' report is ably and carefully written, and is a most interesting paper, and no one can doubt the candor and sincerity of the writer. The great trouble experienced in { most works of public improvement is the get I ting of a trustworthy survey and report. Many engineers make their figures and conclusions i conform to what they think the views or wishes of those by whom they are employed, while others are tempted to make incorrect statements by a desire to have a costly work I commenced which will give them a lucrative ; situation for sonic time to come. Mr. Thomas j has performed his work faithfully and given a ; correct statement of its results. He does not ; believe that the proposed improvement of the j Savannah river is practicable, save at an im? mense cast, or that the benefits to be derived from it would be at all proportioned to the ex? pense, and he gives his conclusions plainly and emphatically ami the facts and reasons upon which they are based.?Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. ? We arc sinning when we think we are. Unhonorcd Heroism. When a man rushes in among the lances of a hostile army to "make way for liberty," like Arnold Winkelreid; or goes down to Ins death with his musket at "present/' like the sergeant on board the sinking troop-ship Birkenbead; orr in a word,, does any act which shows utter abnegation of self, bis fellow men rightly style him hero and'give him a place, more or less exalted, in thefemple of Fame. 'As a rule the chances for doing this kitfd?of thing-are rare, and;*.consequently, few .men ;are -sot-exalted-. With wpmeu;(Jic, chances are iStilL .rarer, and me', heroines, so-called',' of Wie \orjd might almost be~ reckoned" on one's ;fingeni. The heroines so-called, we say, for if-the real he? roines of .the earth were t,o be assembled we lean to the opinion that an army would .be got to? gether which would stretch across the land, in broad columns, from dawn to darkness. To people who let "the woman question" severely alone, oh the ground?partially tenable, we ad? mit?that it -is an unmitigated nuisance,, this assertion may seem somewhat sweeping in its character; but we think that moat men have facts in their possession, if they will take the trouble to examine them, which will, by infer? ential reasouing, go a long way toward prov? ing its correctness. The heroines to whom we refer are at least nine-tenths of all the house keeping'women in the civilized portions of the globe?and, very likely, quite as large a per? centage in the uncivilized portions, too. Housekeeping, by the average man, is con? sidered as rather a good institution in its way, for which the requirements are a.house, a wife, and certain balances in bank of sufficient solidity to meet the demands of the butcher, baker, and other similiar foes to domestic econ? omy. Having provided the three requisites, the average man considers'his part of the duty handsomely atteuded to, and putting the first in charge of the second, with gracious permis? sion to draw upon the third as occasion may require, he settles down to his accustomed vo? cation with a heart at peace with all his kind. The average woman hurled headlong from the matrimonial altar into the sea of housewifely misery, is about as far from settling down as anything can well be, aud unless she possesses physical strength and nervous force .in an ex? ceptional degree she is more than likely to drift about a hopeless fragment of flotsam un? til her cares and worries turn her into jetsam, and she goes quietly to' the bottom. In point of fact, few men realize what a constant up? hill task housekeeping is, still fewer how much genuine pluck and honest bravery a woman must possess to do her work faithfully, and yet maintain any show of outward serenity. Dr. Clarke has shown, with painful distinctness^ the physical unfitnessof women for continued labor and this fact being borne in mind, the steady way in which most women face steady work is as remarkable as it is worthy of all praise. Praise however is a blessing which seldom falls to the house-wife's lot. If things go wrong the average man does uot hesitate to express his opinions freely?sometimes forci? bly?upon the sins of omissidn commit.ed .up? on the premises; but when things go right, then the house is kept simply as it should be, and, judged from the stern standpoint of mas? culine justice, the mere fulfillment of duty is unworthy' of especial commendation. Even "affectionate husbands" fail as a rule to appre? ciate at its true value the unselfish devotion of their wives, especially during the first few years of married life. The excessive care ex? ercised in marshalling the domestic legions to the exact discharge of their appropriate func? tions; the hours of anxiety between the time that dinner is served, and the shy visits mean? while to the kitchen, and modest suggestions to the end that absolute excellence may be as? sured; the little heart-throbs felt by Beatrice as she watches Benedik raise to his lips the first spoonful of the soup which she is quite aware is not as hot as it would have been if the tureen had been first "scalded out;" the desire to go away somewhere and cry her eyes out when Benedik makes a wry face over the pud? ding of her own manufacture, and suggests the propriety of discharging a cook who com? pounds such frightful messes?a desire which finds expression in a little laugh as she ac? knowledges the authorship of the questionable dainty, and says something about Home not having been built in a day; and the hour's struggle for the moral strength necessary to the administration of a fitting lingual castigation to Bridgeb the morning! after that awful first late dinner 1 All ,this^eeins,vcry,^i:ifliiJglo Benedik, even if he happens to so much as think of it, but to Beatrice it is an aggregation of real and great miseries, for a woman's nature is a far liner organization than a man's, and troubles which to a man are trumpery, to a woman are terrible, and it must be remembered that a sor? row is great or small precisely in proportion to the strength to bear it which the sufferer pos? sesses. But even allowing that each individual worry is small, when the number of worries, and the fact that they arc arising at short and irregular intervals, is considered, the sum total is anything but trivial. The "Iron Maiden" at Fumberg has clasped time and again in her deathly embrace the forms of unflinching martyrs; but the stoutest and firmest of tho.se who suffered for righteousness sake gave in at last, under the wearing horror of single drops of water falling upon their heads. Wheu we think, then, how our wives and mothers and sifters stand ready under the galling fire of iittle household woes, how they not only keep an even front to the foe, but endeavor for tiie main part to ignore the fact that there is any foe to fight against, and how, when they drop in the ranks killed outright?as only too many do?their last thought is not. for their own suffering, but for the lack of comforts which must come to the men to defend whom they have been doing bat? tle their life long?when we think of all this, truly do housekeeping women stand forth clear? ly with the garb of heroines upon them and the glory of heroism irradiating their unsel? fish lives. Remarkable Presence of Mind?.The Athens Northeast Georgian gives the following remarkable instance of presenee of mind: A young lady of this city, a few days since, was passing Mrs. Vincent's, when, upon the side? walk, she encountered a rather liercc-iookiiig dog. Discovering that the dog was rather sav? agely inclined, she retained lief presence of mind enough to pass him without showing the lcastivlarm. Just as she did so, the dog sprang full upon her shoulders. Turning her head and looking the dog full in the face she commanded him to get down, which he at once did, but, in doing so, tore her dress skirt almost entirely off. She then, with great coolness, simply remarked, "Begone, sir; ain't you ashamed of yourself." The dog tucked his tail and trotted off, as if he had been well-whipped?only damaging the lady to the extent of a torn dress. From this most remarkable case of presence of mind, let other young ladies learn that cool? ness and self-possession will greatly lessen their danger should they ever he similarly situated. And the occurrence certainly ought to prove to all who may own watch-dogs the importance of j keeping them well sccurod within their proper places. Hon. John Curtis and his "Wife. .We turned aside from our path for a space to visit an object of some curjositv, which is one of the "lions*' of the1 Eastern Shore. This is an ancient vault belonging to a member of the "Curtis" family/ a branch of the same stock with which Washington intermarried. It lies upon a fine old farmstead, looking out upon the bay, and occupies the centre of a large field,1 the only prominent' object, sheltered by some-old trees; The vault is of white marble,' elaborately carved in London, i?; a state of J partial dilapidation. The curious about, it consists in its inscription, which runs thus: j "Under this' marble'"tomb lies the body of the Hon. John Curtis, Esq., of Williamsburg and pariah -of Burton, formerly of Hunger's parish, on the Eastern Shore of Virginiaj and county of Northampton; aged seventy-one years, and yet lived but seven years, which was the time he kept a bachelor's home at Arling? ton, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia." The inscription, we are told by another, on the opposite aide, was put on the tomb by his own positive order. The gist of it, as our ladv readers will be pleased to perceive, consists in the lines we have italicized; the force of which will be better felt and understood from the additional fact, which does not appear, that this bachelor, who lived only in his bachelor condition, was actually married three times. His experience, if we are to believe his epitaph, was greatly adverse to the idea of any happi? ness in the marriage state; yet how strange that he should have ventured thrice upon it! The natural conclusion is, that the Hon. John Curtis was a singularly just and conscientious man, who, unwilling to do the sex any wrong by a premature judgment, gave them a full and fair trial, at the expense of his own happiness, and pronounced judgment only after repeated experiments. . Tradition has preserved some anecdotes of the sort of experience which he enjoyed in the marriage state, one of which I will relate. It appears that he was driving out his ancient coach with one of his wives (and, to do him justice, we must assure the reader that he had but one at a time,) and in the neighborhood of the very spot upon which we ourselves are now standing?Cape Charles?a matrimonial discus? sion ensued between the pair, warmed as they proceeded. The lord grew angry, the lady vo? ciferated. "It was a diamond," said one. "And I insist," quoth the other, "that it was a club." "You will drive me mad!" cried John Cur? tis. "I should call this admirable driving V* re? torted the wife. "By-!" he exclaimed, "if you say anoth? er word I will drive down into the sea !" . They were even then upon the beach. "Another word I" screamed the lady. "Drive where you please," she added; "into the sea? I can go as deep as you dare go any day !" He became furious, took her at her word, and drove the horses aud chariot into the ocean. They began to swim. He held in, looked into her face and she laughed in his. "Why do yon stop?" she demanded, exult? antly, not a whit alarmed. "You are a devil!" he exclaimed,.flinging the horses about, and making for the shore with all expedition. "Poor! Pooh!" laughed his tormentor. "Learn from this there is no place where you dare go where I dare not accompany you !" "Even to the dcvli!" he roared. "The only exception," she answered, with a chuckle?"There, my dear, I leave you." She had conquered. He never drove in at Cape Charles again, but groaned with the recol? lection of seven years' bachelor's life at Arling? ton.? Correspondence of the Brooklyn Sun. Belies of the Departed Here is something tender and touching, which an old editor wrote relative to the loss of .his little son, "Jack." "I saw wife pull out ..the bottom drawer of the family bureau this evening, and went soft? ly out, and wandered up and down, until I knew that she had shut it up and gone to her sewing. We have some things laid away in 'hat drawer which the gold of kings could not buy, and yet they are relics which grieve us un? til both bur hearts are sore. I haven't dared look at them for a year, but I remember each article. There are two worn shoes, a little chip hat, with part of the brim gone, some stockings, pants, a coat, two or three spools, brokeu crockery, a whip, and- several toys. Wife?poor thing?goes to that drawer even* day of her life and prays over it, and lets her tears fall upon the precious articles, but I dare not go. Sometimes we speak of little Jack, but not often. It has been a long time, but somehow wc can't get over grieving. He was such a bur.s? of sunshine into our lives that his going away has been like covering our every day existence with a pall. Sometimes, when wc sit alone of an evening, I writing and she sewing, a child on the street will call out as our boy used to, and we will both start up with beating hearts and a wild hope, only to find the darkness more of*a burden than ever. It is still and quiet now. I look up at the window where his blue eyes used to sparkle at my coming, but he is not there. I listen for his pattering feet, his merry shout, and ring? ing laugh, but there is no sound. There is no one to climb over my knees, no one to search my pockets and tease for presents, and I never find the chairs turned overf the broom down, or ropes tied to the door knobs. I want some one to tease me for my knife ; to ride on my shoulder; to lose my ax; to follow me to the gate when I go, and"be there to meet me when I come; to call "good night" from the bed now empty. And wife, she misses him still more; there are no little feet to wash, no prayers tfrsay ; no voice teasing for lumps of sugar or sobbing with the pain of a hurt toe; and she would give her own life, almost, to awake at midnight and look across to the crib and see our boy there as he used to be. So, we preserve our relics, and when wo are dead we ?hope that strangers will handle them tenderly, even if they shed no tears over them." Mr. Chamberlain's Opportunity.?The South Carolina Conservatives have once more turned their attention to the subject of "mi? nority representation." They find in the re? cord of Mr. Chamberlain a decided expression in favor of cumulative voting. When that gentleman was before the Taxpayers" Conven? tion, as Attorney-General of the State, in 1871, he fully Admitted the necessity of some means of "modifying the absolute control which a mere numerical majority had obtain? ed over the State, and for securing to intelli? gence and property a proper representation." He expressed himself as convinced that the cu? mulative system was "just in its theory, and would prove itself right in its results." The Conservatives now ask him to adhere to his convictions, and to secure the passage of a measure establishing proportional representa? tion, in order that the property-owners may protect themselves. Mr. Chamberlain certain? ly has an opportunity to do much toward al? leviating the burdens of the oppressed taxpay? ers of the State.?New York Sun. On the Proper .Fronting of onr Dwelling Houses iu linVlatitnde. There is more of comfort and convenience involved in this than people generally,.beiiere, judging from the Various and indiscriminate facing of "houses which one sees.- In traveling through the country, they may be seen looking to any anq all points of the compass. A Joca tion is selected, perhaps, with reference to some public road near by,'or with some convenience of approach to the premises, aud bo the difec tjon js .fixed without regard,to the more essen? tial considerations'of com fort,' and . health, "for the indwellers. -r ?:??:?>* i [sr. In toWtis and cities/thereis very-little choice of locations" A house must-have either its side or front to7 the street. . This is unavoidable. In the country (except in some rare cases) there is a free choice of all points of the com? pass. Experience proves clearly that in onr Southern country, at leas?t, a few degrees east of south, is the best fronting for our dwelling houses. The following advantages may be enumerated: In winter, it gives us sun in the piazza near? ly all day, a very importaut consideration for health as well as comfort. In the absence of the piazza, the sun is let into the front rooms. All writers on Hygiene lay great stress upon the healthful influences of sun-light, not for warmth and comfort only, but for decidedly sanitary effects. Every room used either for sitting or sleeping purposes, should have"the sunshine admitted for some period of the dayi The sunny piazza, thus protected from the cold north and northwest winds, furnishes a most healthful, as well as comfortable sitting place in cold bright winter days, the sun giv? ing a more agreeable warmth than any fire warmed room. This is especially desirable for invalids. In. summer, the sun being more \ertica), does not enter the piazza. And here, let us recommend, as a great addition to the comfort of our Southern houses, a projection of the eaves of the piazza some throe or four feet be? yond the house,-thus throwing off the sun's rays for that distance, and giving a dry sitting place after heavy rains. These projections are quite common in our summer pineland villages, and add much to their comfort The southerly winds, also, have free access to the front rooms, and the slight easterly facing has the effect of casting the afternoon sun outside the piazzaj" leaving it free for use by four or five o'clock-, and through the evening and night exposed to whatever breeze may be stirring. This facing is, therefore, best, both for win? ter and summer. A north facing gives a cold and cheerless aspect, chilling the whole house by every blast from the north, whilst in sum? mer the front rooms are cut off from the south? erly winds. Both an eastern and western facing are objectionable for the same reasons, neither of them giving the benefit of the healthful sunshine of winter, nor the refresh* ing breezes of summer.?Rural Carolinian. Editors' Work.?The Cincinnati Gazette has a sensible and timely article on the edito? rial sanctum and its visitors, from which we make the following extracts: Not all who visit editorial rooms are intru? ders or bores, but a great many are, and these are so numerous that all visitors are looked up on with some degree of suspicion until their business becomes known. It is ne^er pleasant to be interrupted in editorial work. It ha* a tendency to make men cross. There is a pres? sure upon editors. They work nearly all the time under a pressure. Often their ideas do not flow freely, and when they are not pleasing themselves they are not in a mood to spend much time upon those who interrupt them. We suppose it is safe to say that three-fourth's of those who call to see "the editor^ have no business properly with that individual, of? ten they do not know him personally, and in order to find him they interrupt half a dozen men who have important work to do, and only a limited time to do it in. Then, if they re? ceive short answers, they feel aggrieved and talk about impolite treatment. The editorial rooms of a newspaper establish? ment are private, and are only to be visited except as a matter of favor by those who have business that concerns the editor. The best way, if people have something to say to an ed? itor, is to write that something down and send it to him. This would save time on both sides, and answer a better purpose, nine times out of ten, thau personal interviews.1 We* de? sire to put in a general word for editors, in the hope that visitors who*make raids upon, there aud consider, themselves entitled, to a large portion of time which they cah riot yield with? out neglecting business that Can not be post? poned, will have mercy upon the craft .A newspaper is a sort of a tread-mill in. which the work is never done. It revolves without cessation, and has none of your eight or ten hour measures to indicate the length of a day's work. How to Make Money By Farming.? Much labor is done on farms that is not farm? ing in its true sense. By such labor no money is ever made. A man may support himself and family, keep out of debt and have a few dollars iu his pocket by practicing the_ most rigid economy. If he is otherwise than indus? trious and sober, he is on the down grade with loose brakes, and the end is soon reached. But farming in its true sense is a profession equal in dignity to the law or medicine, and needs equal study, mental capacity, and in? telligently directed labor to command success in it. The principles which underlie the prac? tice of the true farmer must be well under? stood, and a steady, consistent course of opera? tions must be followed. Having thoroughly learned the nature and capacity of the soil he possesses, and chosen the rotation most suit? able, and the stock to be mos? profitably kept on it, he does not swerve irom his chosen course, but in good markets and bad, raises his regular crops, and keeps his land in regular increasing fertility. No special cry tempts or affrights him. He deco not talk dairy this season and crops die next, but dc.btless. if any particular product be in demand and brings a good price he has some to sell, and reaps his share of the ad? vantage. He saves as much money as some men make, by care and economy iu purchas? ing and preserving tools, seeds, manures and machines, and his business habits and constant readiness for all occasions give him reasonable security against the effects of adverse seasons and bad weather. Always prepared, he is never too late; always calm, he is never too soon ; and thus, "taking time by the forelock," he has the stern old tyrant at his command, and turns him at his will. He has no losses, and his gains arc steady.?Hearth and Home. ? A good many persons who could't be hired for love or money to saw four sticks of wood twice in two, will sit down and write all day on the "lamentable wholesale destruction of American forests." ? Youth and age have too little sympathy with each other. If the young would remem? ber that they may be old, and the old remember that they have been young, the world would bo happier.