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If I had thought thou could'st hive died, I might not weep for thee; But I forgot when by thy side Ii' never, thron gh my mind had passed TKe?md'w?uid e'er be b*eY,-~ * And I on thee should look my last, ? And thou should'st smile no me ret i T And still upon'thy face I look And think 'twill smilo'asraiu ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain. ntlii JBut when I speak thou dost not say What ne'er tho? left'st unsaid;. -And now I feel, as weU I may, Sweet Mary,1 thou art dead!. < ' ' .. ? ? ? 1 If, thou would'st stay e'en as thou art, I ' All'cold'and all serene, !' I ntill might press thy silent heart And where thy smiles have been.. While e'en thy chill, bleak corse.I have, Thou seemest still my own ; But, there, I lay thee in the grave, ,. And I am now alone. ? I do not think, where'er thou art, . Thou hast forgotten me; And I perhaps may soothe this heart "? In thinking1, too, of thee. Yet there was, around thee such a dawn ? ? Of light ne'er seen before, An fancy never could have'drawn " And ne ver .can restore! ' WB' CAN HAKE HOME flAPPti Though we may not change the cottage For a mansion tall and grand, Or exchange a little grass plat For a boundless stretch of land Yet there's something bright er, dearer, Than the,wealth we'd thus command. . S v' I I L I'Xv } Though we have no means to purchase Costly pictures rich and'rare?5 -ft {* Though we have no silken hangings^ ?' For tho walls so-cold and'bare^ We can hang them o'ro with garlands, -jFor flowers bloom every where. We can always make home cheerful, If the right course we begin; We can. make its inmates happy,. And their truest blessings win; rV ; It will make the,small room brighter, It will let the sunshine in. ' ? .*t??vt?? ? ! . ? *;f-i-. ? We'cari gather round the fireside ? When the evening hours are long; . We can blend our. hearts and voices Id. a happy^ social song; .'??' We can guide some erring, brother, ? Lead him from the path of wrong. ? We may fill our homes with music,..; And with sunshine brimming o'er, If against all dark intruders We will firmly, close the door Yet, should evil shadows enter, We must love each other more. There are treasures for the lowly Which the grandest fail to find; Thereis a chain, of sweet affection . Binding friends of kindred mind? We may reap the choicest blessings , From the poorest lot assigned. far the Anderson Intdlirjcncer. \ Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."?Bulk. Evil is the flag of a widespread revolt against God, hoisted by the enemy.? That .enemy - has entrenched himself in many r. fortified place; he 'has served much ammunition; he occupies many a ran tage ground. He aims to anticipate our movements, to cut off our supplies, to' worry and weaken where he cannot defeat.' Do not he overcome. Do not allow an enemy to gloat over your downfall. Do not sub mit to a mortifying defeat. Sic in thought, 'word/ action7 is defeat, and ac? companied with chagrin and mortifica? tion. Something worries you. Your patience is sorely tried.; Do not speak rashly. Think of it; if it is the nnkindneas of a neighbor, think Of it as the maneuvering of another and a more malignant foe be? hind the curtains, aiming to make you do just what you feel tempted to do. Your resentment towards your neighbor will very .much abate when you reflect that he is but the secondary agent of a greater and an unseen adversary. When you have spoken rashly or ungenerously yon are overcome, and your unseen foe is the victor. Strong men are overcome by the smallest temptations. You that are strong and have often foiled the attack of the intoxicating cup, the games of haz? ard, the power of revenge, the power of licentiousness, the flash of. profanity, iall before petty and insignificant troubles. Ton fret, yon Tear the scowl of dissatis? faction under little vexations. Observe the strategy of the enemy. He aims by a multitude of feints and little attacks to divide your strength. Meet each one in its time. Hold your self-possession at all moments, and he not overcome. The lion could confront any beast, of the for? est, but when taken in the tiny meshes of a net, and with, loag and unavailing efforts could not disengage himself from its delicate threads,,he roared out with fatigue and distress. A little mouse could release him. You are in some trouble &bont your losses, your failures in business, your home griefs. All that the enemy wants to make you miserable and then over? come you is that you tell everybody your troubles. Defeat this strategy by closing your lips. Most of our miseries, are small ones and are effectually smothered by giving them no air. Has some friend been estranged from you? Do not be overcome by being estranged from him. Win back his re? gards by an increased kindness. If you gain him back from niggardliness to generosity, you are doubly victorious over yourself and over your friend. Antagonize all "evil" with the potent weapon of "good." If your neighbor is surly, be bland; if lie be captious, be longsuffering; if he be offensive, be con? ciliatory; if he cheat you, send him a present; if he curse you, pray for him. Certainly by invoking the devil's bles? sings on you, he needs that you invoke God's blessings on him. And "good" is a stronger thing than evil; virtue mighti? er than vice. The most effectual method of perpetuating human animosities is to antagonize them with animosities. The Bible appeals to our courage, our fortitude, our honor. We are in a war of right and wrong; lovely and hateful, honorable and dishonorable, truth and falsehood, light and darkness, order and anarchy. The contest wages in each man's bosom?along the streets, at home, in the market. There is no discharge in this war. We must overcome or be over? come. ' Anderson, December-10, 1876. WE BI?rHT OF 4 "WIFE. ? 11 > I":,!' "John," said I, one nigl it,, to: my bus ! band, as I put my basset of sewing away Sreparatory to retiring. "JoHn, is you go own. to-mo'now,' Imoraing j % wi&'ii j lyoti, would stop at Mrs. West's door arid leave her $5 from me;"< Chat society sh e is secretary o& and as I always felt in ested in it,. I told: ter I would:give her.05.".: ? . lOOSil" j I said-this with quite a. show of assu? rance though I reauy lilt quite' uneasy at to the; reception of riry1 request rat j John is rather r.otional i:a eoraa of his ways ; however, I had been .cogitating some matters, lately,: in ray own rciud, and determined to make a odd stand.. "Well, Sarah," at length camO the re? ply, "jotrneed not count on my doing any such thing. I don't approve of that society at all, and not one 'cent of my money shall go to help it." ? "X. give it out of my money/' said I, growing bolder; "I only ask you to leavs it at her door for me."!; : "Your.moneyl .Whatdo you mean?" "11 mean wnat, I iay?my , money. Have I no right to spend money as well as you ? i don't r.pprovo of the .Masoria, but that does rol hinder you from spend? ing money anc t :me for them as much as you haVe a toiud." , ', . ,..; , John looked at mo quite amazed at my. sudden-outbreak. You sad, I bad always been the most , amiable - of wires. Then he broke- out quite triumphantly. "Come, now who earns tho money that | maintains this family ?'"? '-? . "You and-1 together/' 'said L . "Together.. Well, I should like to sea the first cent you have eanaed in the aev en years we have been married. Togeth? er! Well, I call Ibat pretty rich." -?? - ? My spirits were visibly declining under his ridicule, but I kept ori;as boldly as I could. "When we ware married you thought, or pretended to think, yourself very hap? py ir. assuming the care of board and wardrobe. I didn't ask it of you. You i asked, me to be your wife, knowing well1 & that meant" - , ' " 1 \ "As nearly a? I remember," mtarrupted John, "you were mighty ready to accept me." . > "Granted?to save argument,'' -said I, j coloring. ? !' "Well; we stood up in chnrcb togeth? er, and yon promised to 'ore, cherish, j etc., and so did I." 1' '.'' ' ? "And obey too," said I. 'fbut you in i return endowed ma with ail your world? ly goods, and the minister pronounced us man ana wife; and so we nave lived." ?" "Yes," said John complacently i "and I as I look back over, the time, I think I have done what X agreed, and made a j pretty good husband, J really think you ought to be thankful when yon see bow I iiome wives live." !' "Well" said I, "I think I ha** been A domestic, prudent wife, and I don't feel I i?ne atom more ef gratitude to you for oeing a decent husband than, yon ? ought 1? feel' to me for t-eing a decent wife. Is it any more merit that you keep your marriage promise than, that 1 keep ininer "Sarah, yon positively are very acri raonioos to-night Don't you think we had better go to lied ?" "No, sir.' Well,' meantlme>we havej laid by money enough to buy this bouse arid still baye some in the lank." "Thanks to my bard work!" chimed in John. " , "More thanks," said L "to the perfect good health we have always bad. We , made all those promises for better or for [worse. Now, it has been better with us ill the time. Had you been sick or hon? est misfortune bsfailen you, I should j have managed some way to reduce our expenses so that yon would feel the bur ! den as light as might be. Had I been sick, more care would have fallen on yon. Bat we helped each other save, and now j I claim o n equal right with yoa in spend? ing "money." r'Whew. Why, that is treason. But J go on." "If we occupied the respective posi? tions of superio?? and suoordinate, I should do what I do for yon for a fixed stipend, and no questions should be asked as to the use made of it. Being equals, I will not ask compensation as a servant; but because the contract we nave made is lifelong and not easily broken, I do not therefore call it very magnanimous in a prosperous man to accept these serriceu and render in turn only my board and the least amount that will creditably clothe me. Yen see I was growing irate. John'fi temper, too, was evidently on the rise. "What do you mean by services 1' Housework? I am sore a home is as much for your satisfaction as for mine; and I am sure the tailor does not leave much of my sewing for you to do." "I-don't complain of housework nor of doing your sewing, but I do think the burden of little Johnny bas fallen on me/' "It strikes me," said be, .with a pro? voking complacency of tone, "that if ?rou earned bis living yon would bare [ es? to say about the b?rden falling on you." "John," said I, "answer me honestly. Do yon work any harder or any longer I now than you did before be was bom?" "I don't know as I do," said be; "I1 always worked hard enough." "Well, and so do I. But now as to Johnny. I presume you will allow j yourself half owner of him as the law j allows yon entire control over him. How much do you do for him ?" "I maintain nim. I do my part" "No, John, you are wrong; yon don't do yourpirt. From the first, you never have. Did not weary months go by in which yoct bore no part whatever of the burden?" "Well, that is curious complaining, what would you have me do?" "You might have got a servant in? stead of letting all the housework fall on me; or you might have kept a horse bo that I could ride out and enjoy fine weather; but that is all past now." "I should say that it cost me enough ] for the doctor, nurse, etc., without, talk? ing about keeping a horse." "True, it cost enough; bat I am talk about the division of the bnrden. ras the part yon bore in the payment | of those bills equal to my part in the j matter? Would ; ou have taken my place for that money if it were to have j been paid to yon, instead of those who j cared for you ? I think not." "Didn't I have all his clothes to buy?" : "No, sir. I went without n w clothes J of any sort'for a season, and tue money saved from my wardrobe supplied all that [ was needed; and I might add that all bis other clothes have been got in the same way." "Well, really, I had no idea how much of a martyr you were. Next you : ill be slothing me in the same way. How. thankful I ought to be for so calculating l wife 1" "Now in these two yean," said I, con? tinuing in the face of bis sneer, "all the care and confinement consequent on at- j sending the child have fallen on me. I have managed some way to accomplish my bouse work and sewing as I used. 11 ing Was can har?)ly. think, how it has been .done,, Did it ever occur to you to think how many times I have been to church since he was bom?" " : fTTou wouldn't expect a man to ? take care of a baby, would you?. That isn't a man's work.". :. '"Isn't ftr said I bitterly j 'then I [ Wouldn't have a baby. !T have been' to 'church just four timesy and- then' some ? Visitor had stayed with Johnnie. How many times did you ever get up in the. |; night to soothe him'. when he has been rickand fretful ?'' ' : ... , .HHbw do yon- suppose/' said <he, "I could work by day if I didn't get my night's sleep . '"Just the same way that I do when my night is broken, exactly.'' "Weil, Sarah, what is the drift of all this talk, anyway I for I don't -nee any use in prolonging ,it.n ... "Well, then it is my original statement ?that as I' did my part of the family labor and took all the caro of Johnny, and you are a man in prosperous circum j stances, I am eniitled to as much. money for that as if I were employed ' and paid by the month for the same Work1 and I have'a right to spend money for things that don't suit you,, if I please to do so. ; and I may add," I said with a sadden vehemence, "that it is mean,and con . temptible in you to tiy to oppose' or' for? bid my doing so.:" '"' ?' John said no more; I saw by the look in his eyes that he was quite angry, and so was I., i That was the first time in our married life that we failed to kiss .each other'good-night. Indeed, I fel t guilty, though I hardly know why, ' but it was late before I feu asleep. <?:? - The next morning all was serene, i No trace remained of the evening's storm, but nothing was said about the obnoxious subscriptions. Next day I met Mrs. West, and she thanked me very much for doubling my money. ? ' . Dear John! He didn't mean to be un? kind hut he had never stopped ? to . think about such thingB. When his, next set? tlement came, and he slipped a $20 bill into my hand and said, "That is for yont private puree," I really thought he was the best husband in the world. .. ? .'i THE POLICY 0V. nil STATE. Letter from llx ? Governor Perry. j To the Editor of the News and- Oourier: I concur most heartily with you in your Controversy with the Greenville Daily hews, as to the ornpnixation of the Demo? cratic party for the' purpose of running a straight ticket at pur next election. Iu my opinion it would be folly to do so. The only question at issue now in South Carolina is Reform, and an honest administration of the government. All who are in favor of honesty, light taxes and aii economiciil expenditure of public money, whether Republicans or Demo cratSj white or colored, should unite in pnrgmg the Legiuature and our public offices of roguery, corruption and incom? petent'. There is nothing else worthy of entering into the canvass next fall for State oincers, county officers and mem? bers of the Legislature. If I thought a Republican, white or colored, more honest and more competent than a Democrat, I Should certainly vote for hira, n?twith standing my strong life-long Democratic feelings and principles. In toe last election I opposed Governor Chamberlain, with all my influence, be? cause I thought he would sustain and en? courage his party in their corruption and dishonesty, in their oppressive taxation and extravagant expenditure of the p ub? lic money. 1 now cheerfully confess that in all this I was mistaken, and that his administration has been honest, wise stud patriotic, as far en it was possible for him to make it euch. , . ?? If Governor Chamberlain continues to pursue the course he has done , for ;he last twelve1 months, I think it would be exceedingly unwise and ungrateful for the Democratic party to oppose his re? election. It is said that many of his ap? pointments have been bad, and this ho could not well avoid when he had to make them from his own party and sup Sorters in the election. If supported, as e ought to be, in the next election by the Democratic party and .the honest Eortion of the Republican party, he will art n wider and ..better field to select from. I think the great mass'of the colored people are beginning to see that they are in no way benefi ttcaby electing corrupt men to office?bavin g hoavy taxes to pay. If the white peo pie will pursue ? liberal policy towards them, my impression is they would discard -the scoundrels' who have governed them since their emanci? pation, by making theia believe that they were in danger of being thrown back into slavery, or having their political rights taken from them. .it is urged by those who are in favor of a straight Democratic ticket, that vre can, by proper exertion, triumph in Souih Carolina, as the Democratic party has done in Mississippi, Alabanna and Georgia. They should remember that we have a. larger colored majority in Soath Carolina to overcome , thin they had in any of those Stetes. They shoul d likewise consider that such a course would only tend 1o keep the coloied pec f>l?i united, under their old unprincipled eaders. Instead of declaring tt> them ths.t we are determined to knock the -1 down and destroy them as a party, we ahould say to them, unite with ui in re? forming the government and you shall ?hire with us the offices and distinctions under our State Government when re forned, They who are in favor of triumphing over tile majority of thirty or forty thou? sand colored voters, as they did in Mis? sissippi, should have commenced their policy sooner, and determined not to em? ploy or patronize those who would not vote with them. There is no obligation in morals or policy on a man to keep in his employment, or patronize in any way, one who steals iron, him or enables others to steal from him a id oppress him. You are right in leaving it with each oounty in the State to pursue that course in the next elections which the county may think most advisable. Charleston has acted wisely in this respect, and the State has profited by her wise policy. In conclusion, I would suggest that there should be a convention by dele? gate, of all who are in favor of Governor Chiimberlain's policy of having an honest State Government, light taxes, competent and honest officers, and an economical expenditure of public moneys. Let this convention be composed of both parties, and. 1st them act separately, as parties, in making all their nominations and lay? ing down a platform for both parties to stand on in the next campaign. The nominees and the platform to be adopted by both parties as a compromise. I make this suggestion for your considers tioii, and for the consideration of the people of the State. B. F. Perby. G reenville, S. C, Nov. 27,1876. ? "Your dress," said a husband to his fashionable wife, "will never please the men." "I don't dress to please the men," was the reply, "bui to worry other wo? men." i: Jnt-Governor Perry* Letter. 'The 1 etter of ex-Goyernor,x^rryr upon the policy! of the Stated which, we r'epro-; cluce f "ctn the Charleston News find, tou ripr, will receive the, attention. which is quo to .one who has. occupied many com? manding positions, apd in. them all has been distinguished for pat^ courage and integrity. But it will fail to. satisfy his jBri ends or the. public. We shall indicate, more atlength audio detail. in subse<ment issues.the difficulties which He in the way .ifja^eptarice 'of these' views, JFor the present, we are-con^ent ;with onxinihg them merely- "in1their es? sence, with such objections as areobviona and upon the surface. The expression of the.se views iz not tmejpected by us, a)tbpugh we werp not hoiing for them to come from this quar? ter. They ire the logical sequence of the policy. .01 lack of policy, into which, we I La v ?: allo; v od ourselves to lapse. Through. the inertia of public men,, on one side, public opirfon has for :iome" time past, drifted a long,; without any - concerted ' effort to control it or give, it use fed aim, ? The,activity.and keen,.sense,..of interest j and advantage of men oh the other side ; have been brought into play to seize it ! and jive it a practical turn to serve their uses. They have imposed their view of the situation upon tne public ? attention while it. was listless and indifferent... Men like Governor Perry,, who live in the : shadow 'of thfc past, have been con si rained, i by the appeal an ce ' of things around them, to conduce that the "peo? ple's hopes, are dead." Hence he says to them substantially : "Hug your chains, limit your desires, accept the crumbs which fall,from your rulers', tables,.and make the best terms with them you can, upon the basis of their preeminence and predominance in your affairs." . This letter, coming at the time and fiiom ;he source it does, indicates that we are at a turning point in our State poli? tics. It makes the question practical, whether tho intelligence and honor of South Carolina are' prepared to attach themselves snbqrdinately to the. triumphal car of Republicanism?the South Caroli? na style of Republicanism?in the State or not, ? '- " : * is" Governor Perry's fundamental proposi? tion is that the e'fibrt to organize Conser? vative public opinion, a id give - it any consistent shape, so as.to make it a thing of power and influence, would result in failure, for the two reasons,, first, that it would provoke counter organization on the pr.r: of the colored people, and, sec? ondly , us their numbers are so much in excess of the Conservative whites, Con? servative organization would be worse than hopeless. A sufficient answer to the first branch of the proposition may be found in the remarks of Governor Ferry himself, where he says "the great mass of the colored people are beginning to see thai they are in no way benefitteu by electing corrupt men to office?having heavy taxes to pay. If the white people will pursue a liberal policy towards them, my impression is, they would discard the scounc .i els who have governed them since their emancipation." &c. How are they to.be credited with a disposition of this kind, and at'the same time to be supposed to be mortally averse to the' organization1 of the intelligence, honor and character of the State in behalf .of good and hon? est government? If they are tired of cor? rupt men, if they feel the pinch of high taxes, if they -can appreciate a liberal policy, why, in Heaven's name, - may. we not offi r them without incurring their re? sentment, the alternative of joining bet* ter men, of really ' din inishing taxes, of impioving the character of the Gov? ernment, and of accepting a liberal, poli? cy, under which both races will prosper and live in harmony ? As to then* num? ber of voters in excess of the whites, we have more than -once shown that it is greatly exaggerated. This will be fully froved if the white vote is ever fully rought out. A careful i&epublican cal? culator concedes that the numerical black majority is not more than 20,000. If it was 100,000, it would not be just to con? sider it as massed forever against the white, resisting every approach of change and every in-itation of a liberal policy. The color lims is melting away in other Southern States, and why may it not here, too? ... Governor Perry n arrow t the opposition of the 'Cohservatiye public of South Car? olina to Radical rule to the single plank of reform. The only question at . issue, he say i, is an honest administration of the government. There is nothing else worth}' of entering into the canvass next fall for State officers, county officers and members of the Legislature. In saying this, does he mean that our community is in some way tin exception to others, and willing to have all its distinguishing char? acteristics obliterated, all its aspirations to an honorable and independent lift suppressed ? or has he collected in those words "reform " and "honest administra? tion of the government" a pregnant force and power which they do not ordi? narily bear? It would, appear as if he attached only the common-place ideas to them, and we know how fallacious and short-coming they are. With nothing, then, of graver evil in his mind than political compromise and bargain can remove, and with the .pre? conceived idea filling it that every deter? mined effort to better our condition must prove abortive., it is not surprising that the ex-Governor proposes an impractical ble scheme of a convention of both par? ties, who are to act separately and uni? tedly at the same time. They are to meet in convention, lay down a common plat? form of an honest State government, light taxes, competent arid honest officers and economical expenditure of public mon? eys, make nominations of candidates, and then go before the people and vote for them. That, we suppose, will be a mere formal matter, for by the supposi? tion, both parties are fully represented in the nominating convention, and the work really concluded th^re.? Columbia M taittcr. To Restore Scratched Furniture. ?Scrape one pound of beeswax into shavings in a pan, add half a gallon spirits turpentine, and one pint linseed oil. Let it remain twelve hours, then stir it well with a stick, into a liquid: while stirring add one-quarter pound shellac varnish and one ounce alkanet root. Put this mixture into a gallon jar, and stand it before the fire, or in an oven, for a week (to keep it just warm,) shake it up three or four times a day. Then strain it throughja hair seive and bottle it. Pour about a teespoonful on a wad of baize, go lightly over the face and other parts of mahogany furniture, then rub briskly wi?h a similar wad dry, and in three minutes it will produce a dark brilliant polish unequalled. Another preparation may be made as follows: Make a mixture three parts linseed oil and one part spirits turpen? tine. It not only covers the disfigured surface, but restores wood to its original color, and leaves a luster upon the sur? face. Put on with a woolen cloth, and when dry rub with woolen. ? Mr. Badd asked her, "Rose, wilt thou be mi le?" Rose answered': "I am sorry it cannot be, but a rose cannot be turned into a bud." Boss Tweed's Escape. . Tweed bos escaped I Sue b-was the start? ling intelligence that was flashed over the city last night The convicted chief of a gang of municipal thieves, who carried oil operations on a scale such as no city ever experienced.before, the purloioer of twenty million dollar, the "Boss" in knavery and unblushing frauds,',is free. The news was at first received as an un? founded and' ce national canard, 'bat as the fact became established in the mine3 of the thousands of taxpayers who., are norv paying,the penalty of Tweed's .sins, there Y?aa but one feeling?indignation against the wretched system of municipal management in regard., to the custody of such a criminal. The poor starving creature, who, impelled by poverty, steals something of comparatively trifling, val? ue to stay the,paDgs of hunger, perhapn, is safely locked up and meets with little consideration' from his ' jailors. There are many Jean Valjeans to be found la New York! at the present' day. But the* unscrupulous steaier of millions is looked upon .with respect, and is houored ani feted by the representatives of "stern jus? tice" as if he were an injured and inno? cent man.- The escape of the notorious Harry Genet, resembling in many par? ticulars that, of;the greater criminal, Tweed, should have, proved a salutar/ lesson to our prison authorities. But such an experience seems to hare had do effect upon them. They allow the Prince of fraud, the Ali Baba of the Tammany thieves, to leave the precincts of Ludlow Street Jail in the congenial company of a Deputy Warden and-an accommodating Sheriff. -Broadway, is a very attractive promenade on a Saturday evening, and Mr. Tweed, doubtless, per? suaded his keepers that it was only fair thatheshouldbe permitted to see the1 sights on this particular evening. . - There was a carriage in waiting,. -not of the Black Maria ps.ttern, but comfort S1 le, if not stylish, affair, How the 0 must have chuckled as they got in and lighted their cigars, .and the Boss said, "Good by, old Ludlow." The matinees were in full blast on Broadway, and it may be that the twenty million' thief bowed to many of his former asso? ciates as they lounged up and down the' great thoroughfare.'' It is not recorded' that they visited any theatre. It Was' not necessary. They were engaged in a little farce of their own, with Tweed as the starr, Tb ere are many- reasons why he was unwilling to go back to the jail, last night. Perhaps the Bowery with its pictureesque and democratic scenes at night, attracted him from his cosy quar? ters in the jail. He may have wished to revisit the old spot where "Big Six" in the good old days reposed, awaiting the j clang of the fire bell. The office of the I Commissioner of Public Works, where I he once sat enthroned and signed away the people's money, had attractions for him. At all events, he left and. did not return. Nothing in the entile history of muni? cipal government can be regarded as-more 'shameful and criminal than the escape of William M. Tweed. The people of Mew York,' whom he robbed so long and so extensively, should call to a strict ac? count those who connived at his escape, and those in higher offices who encour? age such a lax system in the manage? ment of our jails. The story, of the escape is a peculiar and remarkable one. In some incompre? hensible way the prisoner was allowed to leave the jail where the law confined him in charge of Warden Dunham and Keeper Hagau. They entered a carriage and drove up the Boulevard, and, by a devious route, returned to the Tweed, man? sion. Here Mr. Tweed requested per? mission to go up stairs and see bis wife. The Warden stepped into the hall for the Surpoee of washing his hands and saw I r. Tweed go up stairs. Six minutes after he sent the son of Mr. Tweed, Wil? liam M. Tweed, Jr., to tell the "old man" that it was time to go home. Young Mr.' Tweed went dp stairs, but soon returned, pulling his hair' and exelaiming, "I am, ruined; father has not been up stairs." The Warden rushed into. the street to cover the front of the house, while the keeper searched the upper floors of the house. - Mrs. Tweed declares she has not seen her husband, and beyond this noth? ing is known.. Such is the story of the escape as givei. But it is hardly^neces? sary to say that its transparency is self-evi? dent. It is hardly probable that there was a balloon in wanting at the Tweed mansion, or an underground railroad in ! operation to spirit him away. Neither could the "old man" have resolved him? self into thin air. ' The atmosphere must [ have been as rarified as that, which sur ! rounds thestoryof his escape.. The fact La I that the greatest criminal that New York has ever produced is at large, and no 1 good reason can be given but the one complicity on the partof hisjailors. An 1 Irishman was taken in once by a confi? dence operator in the guise, of a venera? ble clergyman. He said that he did not care particularly for the money he had lost, but what bothered him completely was "the cuunin' of the ould divil."?. The people of New York will say the same about Tweed. The First Steamer that Crosse:) the Atlantic.?The following nice lit-, tie story we find in the Tuscumbia North Alabamian: "If Keeley realizes every? thing he claims for his miraculous motor, and lifts the Earth off its axis, and takes it whirling through space by the aid of a pint of water, he will not occasion much more surprise than did the appearance of the first steamer that crossed the Atlantic Ocean: "The Savannah left Savannah, Ga., in May, 1819, for Liverpool, with a supply of pitch pine in lieu of coal, which could not be had. She was a sailor also, and used bat little steam until she neared the coast of Ireland, when she fired up with the Georgia pine knots, producing a pil? lar of fire by night and of cloud by day, that demoralized the whole British na? tion. "When the fire and smoke were first seen, an English Admiral sent his cutter to tbe. relief of what he thought was a ship on fire. The more the gallant tars strove to reach the burning vessel to res? cue its people, the more they would not be rescued, but kept puffing right along like tbe devil, which it was thought to be, going straight to Liverpool, where it created a commotion from thence to Johnny Groat's House. "On learning that it was not the devil's boat, or that his majesty was not aboard, .the British Admiralty took possession of it and held it for weeks, fearing that it was to be used in rescuing England's ter? ror, the Great Napoleon, from St. Helena. The English nation was as much afraid of Bonaparte, and prayed as earnestly for deliverance from him then, as their Con? tinental neighbors formerly prayed to be delivered from the Turk, the Devil, and the Come.t." ? The prohibitory law being in full force in Maine, a witness before a'Balfast Grand Jury was asked if he had drank in a certain saloon. "Yes." "Oftea?" "Yes." "How much in six months?" "Well, I can't tell exactly. It might be ?well?perhaps?well, say a barrel." i u .-nr.-: ?: 'ft if, Got. Chamberhibi. . , Hell is said to be paved with good in? tention^ and the same jnay .be said of Governor Chamberlain's message to the South Carolina I>2i8rit^n^;' n?w ih ses? sion at Columbia. We^ think,"however, that Mr. .Chamberlain: deserves some con? sideration for his. promises _ of reform,, but we must confess that" we have not. much faith either in his sincerity or hon-' esty. ,:He comes'of a class for'whom? Wei can have but ,little respect or in whom W? have not jOy.errmuch., confidence,'. .no matter ndw'fiui their'promises .of refor-; mation. ' The carpet-baggers as a class : have been a curse'to the South. They have risen to power or. the misfortunes | of our people,, and .have grown, .'rich at our expense. Governor Champerlaih belongs to that class. He is a man of liberal education, a polished speaker and finished writer. He has all the attain? ments of ra gentleman, but all the vices of a carpet-'bagger.-1:He ought'to have \ been honest.. lie has'been as corrupt as Scott or Patterson.' ButGoveruorCham berlain is now a reformer. Having seen the error of his ways, he desires to make amends for the past and"be1 virtuous and' honest for the future.'1 This ia indeed1 most commendable, and His Excellency otight to be encouraged in his virtuous i?teations. Whenever a? man exhibits'1 repentance for his. misdeeds, he is worthy of forgiveness. * But when, a political, ad? venturer expresses contrition for being associated with' rings which have pluh-' dered the State and robbed and outraged the- people, he should make restitution before he can expect the people to have faith in the'sincerity of his promises or confidence in the honesty of his conver? sion.-> When Governor Chamberlain i;ives back, to the State,the money which tie'has obtained by 'doubtful means, the people will have confidence in the sin? cerity of his conversion. He will then be honest and his reform professions will be sincere. This man came to South Carolina poor in this world's goods j he had nothing but an army blanket and a 'carpet-bag, and now he is said to be rich. How did he make this money 7 'Did he not make it like Scott and Ne?gfo; Eke Patterson and Parker, like Hurley and Moses ?, Whilst these men made money, the people-7-the honest-tax-payers?lost, it These men plundered the people. ".'" We have no confidence in the promises of the political vultures that have fat? tened on ? the misfortunes of the people of our sister State. We recognize .no, difference between an unblushing and unconscionable' political bummer like Tim Hurley ana a polished; scheming carpet-bagger like Chamberlain. Hur? ley admits that he had but one object in going to South Carolina, and that was'to steal the people's money by a species of rascally legislation.. Hurley says that when he has made sufficient money out of the people he stands ready to turn the State over to the gentlemen of Carolina and then quit it. Scott and Chamberlain and the rest of the carpet-baggers and native traitors have also robbed the State. The truth is that they have all stolen until there is not much left to steal. Un? like Hurley, these- political-adventurers and unprincipled rascals are not willing to turn the State over to the gentlemen. Now they assume a virtue that is foreign to them. They have become conserva? tive because they wish to save the money that they have unjustly' taken from the {icople Under the rascally and corrupt egisl ation of the past seven years.' They have the money of the people, and they wish to become respectable, and at the same time hold places of political prefer? ment. As we started out in this article by saying that we have not over much faith in Chamberlain, we conclude with the hepe that be is now honest in his in? tentions of reform. But he should set the example by disgorging his ill-gotten ga?ns. Works are more potent than words. Chamberlain is rich and gor? geous in the flow of language, but fair promises cost nothing. Let him be hon? est in his works, and the people will have faiiih in his conversion to re form ?Augu&~ ta Chronicle rf> Sentinel.' Friday.?Some people will persist in denominating Friday as "unlucky," not? withstanding that it is the date of some of the most important and most "lucky" occurrences on the record of human transactions. Let us see: On Friday, August 21, 1492, Columbus sailed on his great voyage of discovery; on Friday. October 12, 1492, he first discovered land; on Friday, January 4,1493, he sailed on his return to Spain, which if he had not reached in safety, the happy result would never have been known which led to the settlement of this vast con tinent On Friday, March 15, 1493,' he iirrived at Palos in safety; .on Friday, November 22,1493, he arrived at Hispa niola, on bis second voyage to America; on Friday, June 13,1492, he, though un? known to himself, discovered the conti? nent of America. On Friday, March 5, 1496, Henry VHI, of England, gave to John Cabot his commission, which led. to the discovery of North America. This, is the first American state paper in En-, gland. On Friday, September 7, 1?65,1 was founded St. Augustine, Florida, -the oldest town in the United States by more than 40 years. Ou Friday, November 10,1620, the May Flower, with the Pil? grims, made the harbor of Pro vi nee to wn; and On the same day they signed that august compact, the fore-runner of our glorious constitution. On Friday, De? cember 22,1620, the Pilgrims made their : final landing at Plymouth Bock. On Friday, February 22,1732 George Wash-, ington, the father, of American freedom, j was born. On Friday, October 16,1775, Bunker Hill was seized and fortified.? On Friday, October 6,1777, the surren? der of Saratoga was made, which had such power and influence in inducing France to declare for our cause. On | Friday, September '22, 1780, the treason of Arnold was laid bare, which saved us from destruction. On Friday, October 19,1781, the surrender of Yorktown, the crowning glory of American arms, oc? curred. On Friday, June 7, 1776, the mention in Congress was made by John Adams seconded by Bichard Henry Lee, the.t tbe United Colonies were, and of right ought to be, free and independent Thus we see that Friday is not so bad a day, after all. Everlasting. Fence Posts.?A cor? respondent of the Western Rural says: I discovered many years ago that wood could be made to last longer than iron in the ground, but thought the process so simple and inexpensive that it was not worth while making any stir about it I would as soon have poplar, basswood or quaking ash as any other kind of tim? ber for fence posts. I have taken out basswood posts, after having been set seven years, that were as sound when taken up aqyvhen they were first put in the ground. Time and weather seems to have no effect on them. The posts can be prepared for less than two cents apiece. For tbe benefit of others I will give you the recipe: "Take boiled linseed oil and stir in it pulverized charcoal to tbe con? sistency ef paint Put a coat of this over the timber, and there is not a man that will live to see it rotten." ? A kind of tobacco all men chews? j pret^-girl-with-money-to-back-her. I.The Postal, Card Systenu , Useful and convenient as the postal card system has proven in many respects, Jit. has,, during the .short 'period it has been in operation, shown itfeek" liable to nVany1 and grave ?buses:; Scarcely a day1 passes'that, there does riot oome- from some quarter or another a report of liti? gation or.prosecution growing out of an improper use of the cards, jfn Detroit it is complained by a reputable citizetffh?t| the cards have been'made articles oi" slander,., scurrility/ and indecency. In , Brooklyn, an eminent but unfortunate clergyman is subjected to daily annoy arice arid insults by similar means; arid! in all'the large cities advantage is taken;' more or less frequently, of .-the publicity whjch.the .cards have, in . tijeir tr^Dsif through the mails to "persecute and, mor jtify^ unhappy1 debtors b^ exposing; their1 laxity in the matter of liquidation. The"1 amount of litigation which has. already grown out.of the system nius.t.be csome- j thing immense, while the bitterness and ill-feeling to"which" it''has'given rise isJ jiAly incalculable. ?? ?i ?? i? ? \ These evils and abases, are all due to he exposure of the writing on the_cards y und in view of this fact it becomes' a. very pertinent question whether all "the real advantages of the system cannot be i secured without such exposure.., It ia certainly of no advantage to the govern? ment to be able to read the communica? tions of the people witbreach btheTj' The law; in fact, expressly prohibits the read? ing of these postal cards .by government officials and clerks,, though it would seem, also, to expect'such reading" from ' the provision which it makes for excluding' tie cards under certain circunstances f-om the mails. And. even if the reading. cauld be deemed advantageous and,, were, not prohibited, it' would double the ex-, pehse of .tarrying Oh the Poefofiice De? partment to provide for doing it 'system- j aidcally and thoroughly., As the: matterL now stands, the curious clerk or inquisi? tive carrier is able to catch an occasional glimpse of the writing on a postal card, a:id on dull days, perhaps; may hid time to read one or two in, full. But if they ai e all to be read, the present force in to e department must' be ' more tban doubled, to which we do not belie ve'the people" would consent. '?' ' * ?' \ . But if'the' opportunity of reading! the'. postals is of no value to the government, to whom is it of value ? Clearly riot to the 'recipient under any circumstances, for he is always at liberty to give to such communications as .he receives all the publicity he"-'desires.'-1 Kor -^does the sender gain anything by exposing the communication except,, in those cases where it is in the nature of an advertise? ment and in these other cases, before re1 forced to, where'he desires'to expose the recipient to annoyance or, ridicule; and as the advertiser enjoyed, even before the advent of the postal card system, the same privilege of sending open communica? tions by mail, it requires no special dis? cernment to see that the system, so far as. its publicity is concerned,. benefits those only who abuse it. We have not l?st sight of the assump? tion upon which the-system is in part founded, that the government derives, some benefit from the publicity to which the cards are exposed in the unwilling? ness of the many to subject their commu? nications thereto and the increased reve- i hue derived from the.consequent use of the sealed letters with their higher rate of postage.. But aside from the fact that the system is thus made a practical dis? crimination between those who are arid those who are not able to afford the luxury of privacy i mtheir correspondence,, there is no reason why the government cannot reap substantially the same bene? fit without exposing the writing on the' cheap communication. If there were substituted for the card a single sheet, to be folded and signed with the ends un? closed, or some similar device,, there would still be large numbers who would Erefer the tightly closed envelops at ? the igh rate of postage, and the evils of the, card system would be entirely done away with, except so far as an effort should. be made wilfully to perpetuate them. That the people, once having enjoyed the con-' yemence of the card system, will readily abandon it or change it we by no means expect. But if those abuses of the sys? tem to which we have referred increase and multiply in the future as they have in the past, -it will become absolutely necessary either to modify the system or abandon it.?Detroit Free Freu. "> Manufactures. i We have repeatedly urged ripon our people' the importance of ' encouraging and building up manufacturing interests in our midst, arid have often asserted that this section of the Union is, on ac-' count Of its climate and undeveloped re? sources, favored by nature with far greater advantages for profitably engaging in 1 this branch of industry than any other. The advantages, both puhlic'and private, flowing from such enterprises are obvious, and have been referred to frequently here tofort. We recur to this trite subject, as some may be disposed to call it, to give the following sensible, remarks from th's /Scientific American upon the relative ad? vantages possessed by the North arid the' South for the pursuit of manufacturing: i 1. Labor is cheaper at the South than at the North. ?'? - ? 2. . In consequences of a milder climate, the necessary,expenses of living is less than in New England, as is. also that of heating factory buildings, etc S. Coal is abundant in the South, and' cheap water privileges' can be obtained in every direction., -. . ( 4. The purchase of the raw material direct from the producers save the profits of numerous middlemen and long trans? portation. The Southern factory, continues the Scientific American, should buy cotton in the seed, gin, and then spin it without packing into bales. Some of the advan? tages of such a system wduld be? I ; 1. The yarn would be stronger. Baled cotton cannot be, prepared for carding ; without heating, and thus weakening the fibre to a greater or less extent. . 2. There would be less waste. Fre? quently much cotton is discolored and otherwise injured by, foreign substances that have been packed with it. At the North and in Europe it takes from 108 to 115 pounds of cotton to make-100 pounds > of yarn; and although the waste is not i so great as at the South, it is nevertheless considerable. 3. The cotton seed would be pressed at the same establishment, arid the oil and oil cake sold ? John Henry had a guest to dinner the other day, and during a pause in the conversation the enfant terrible spoke up: "I wish I was you ?" "Do you, little boy. and why do you wish you were me:?" "Cos you don't get your ear pinched when you eat vittles with your knife." ? "Isn't your husband a little bald ft asked one lady of another, in a store, yesterday. "There isn't a bald hair in his head," was the hasty reply of the Interesting Statistics of the Patrcrhs of j --The:-Nations) Grange'iB'Jjiigttbr?ugh with its annual.session-jn Louisville. A jcprrcapondent writing in regard to the meeting, gives some statistics of the order as%nbwsi r* ? At present in the order there is a total of forty-two State-and- Territorial grang? es, and more,, than, twenty-four, thousand sub-granges, aimprising a membership of about one million mm- nuhdred:an'd nfty thousand'persons-.'' This is an inbreafee'of two thousand, gxanges, and! in. the neigh? borhood, of pne.buadrcdand tbirtythou* sand members over. .1874. The wqrko' the order in the future will consist; .more'1 in consolidating Irrid' strengthening those granges already -in existence than in or? ganizing, new one* ; inasmuch.as,- the ter? ritory, in this country is pretty well cov? ered. The' following is a. list of .the number of igrttefees in each State'in*1876; as copied from the officialretnmsr Mississippi.663 Arkansas............. 630 Alabama......673 Colorado JUMI6? I 69| Dak'otaZV.r.7...... 66 Delaware..:.:::.!:.;1 -22 Florida.....147 Georgia..:._ 706 Idaho'.......i.'.:.:.'.^ 16 Illinois. .; 1589 Indiana..2033. Indian T..'.;:...:...t 14 Iowa.....;..u"....j2?04 Kansas............__L3Q1 ! Kentucky.:.'/.',..'.'^1008 I?ol8faba>..'.'.'..U.2>8I4! Missouri,-,..2032. Montana............ 26 Nebraska............ 620' Nevada.?^.... , 1* N. Hampshire.... 64 ?New' Jersey.'/.'...i- 93 New Xork....-^^^ * N.-Carolina....;:.., 533 OhicV....':;.;....iii:-.:l2rj5' Oregottv.-.L.4uid.J-lfl5 Pennsylvania591. 8. Carolina;,.-.'.....'. 350 Tennessee i?l. J991 Vermont.207 Virgirda..'.!;:;:;...V686 Maine. 183 Washington T.~ 66 Maryland.... 167 ???? * ? w.is.'.i ?? ?? nnl W. Virgmia.?..r.^J?3 Massachusettii." 99iWisconsin.613 Michigariu^.j.~... 604j.- r>< ? ? tj ? ? ? ? ' Minnesota ......... 5461 Total ;.?....,~.23?25. j The ^tal number of granges ini,exis? tence in 1874 was twenty-one'thousand ,ohe hundred add 'eighty-three.'',; The - receipts of the National Grange for..1873 wei? two hundred.and twenty nine thousand six hundred, and tbirty three dollars,' and' the exp'endi tures one hundred and eighty' thousand nine huu-' dred 'and ni iety-five1 dollars, i It is esti-1 mated .thati thei.Patrons hare eighteen. million dolliffs cash capital invested in their various] enterprises, which include railroad' and 'steamboat lines, banks, fire and life insurance companies, cotton gins and mills,pagking houses, flouring,mills, elevators,, griin warehouses, .machinery, manufactories, shipping associations, . foundries, tanneries, cheese factories, &c. ? ? ?'--1 ? ''??w The' Far] f.?Farming 'is a profession, not to Bay a science. I If any one doubts this statement let him leave his city home r?for no, one. bredfin the country will doubt it?and undertake to cultivate even a garden or half an acre for che summer.' He will then find-that knowledge ifi as essential to the right.use of the spade as of the .pen. and. that, there is as great a difference between the scientific farmers of Flanders, where literally riot-a weed is to. be seen, and that of many of bur farm era,- the wealth1 of whose. soil is about equally divid ed between fruit, and weeds, as 'between the' trade of a commercial, city'and the barter of a backwoods settle? ment. It is t lie that agri cu 11 u re has been the:last to receive*the impetus of modern science., It hi true that many .agricultu? rists are content to go in the ways of their fathers, because experiments are costly. But it is* also trae that thev aro unablo to compete with those who, understand the us e of new instruments, methods and . fertilizers! Agriculture is about becom? ing in'this country's popular'Te'creafion. Many a gentleman is content to spend on his country seat money which'he ?makes in the counting ? room.. The practical farmer is thus able to get the benefit of experiments without paying for' them. This change in agriculture, ' which has converted it from a drudgery to: an art, has created a demand for a correspond I in g literature. . "Fifty years ago a stable agricultural periodical did not exist' on the American continent." Now every considerable district has one, while j al? most every weekly paper, secular or, reli? gious,, has its agricultural department;. and it will not.be long before something of a library will be apart of. the furniture of every well-ordered farm, . to <.-. '.. -II. iTO -4-".'..' ? ? '??!: ? ? .- ? Chief Jdsticb Watte Dkclixes the Pkesidkhcy.?The Toledo Oommertvd contains an article on Chief Justice Waite ' and the Presidency, embracing an extract from a. private letter from that gentleman in answer to one from a friend urging hi? asueut to a movement in his , behalf in that connection." The Judge positively refuses such assent; giving reasons there? for. He says: ? "Of course I am always grateful to my friends for any efforts in my behalf ana .' no one ever had those more faithful or indulgent But do you 'think it quite right for. one occupying the first 'judicial Doaition in the land'to. permit the .use of lis name- for .political, position? The ? office came to me covered 'with honor, and when I accepted it my chief duty was not to make of it a ?tepping-etoue to something.else,-but to preserve its purity, and; if possible, make my name as hon? orable as that of my predecessors., No man ought to accept the place unless he shall take a vow to leave it as- honorable as he found it. I There ought never to be any necessity fox rebuilding from "below. All additions should be above. In my iudgment the Constitution might wisely ' have prohibited the election of a Chief' Justice to the Presidency. Entertaining Bucha view, eould I properly .or consist? ently permit my name to be used for the promotion of a political combination, as now suggested'7- If I should do so, eould I at all times and in all cases remain au unbiased Judge in the estimation of the people?" :, : _ ;!- ? Oldest Timber vs the Wobld.? Probably the oldest timber in the world which has been subjected to man is that which is found in the ancient temples of Egypt It hi found.' in connection with stone-work which is known to be at least four thousand years old. This wood and the only woe d used in the construction of the temple>, is in the form of ties, hold? ing the end cf one stone to,another in its upper: service. When two'blocks were' laid in place, then it appears that an ex? cavation about-an inch deep was made in each block, into which an hour-glass-, shaped tie was driven. It is, therefore, very.difficult to force any stone from '.its position. The ties appear to have been the tamarisk wood, of which the ark was constructed, a sacred , tree in ancient Egypt, and now very rarely found in the valley of the Nile. .Those dove-tailed ties are just 'us sound now as on the day of their insertion. "Although fuel is ex? tremely scarce in that country, these bits of Wood are not large, enough to make it an object with the Arabs to heave off layer after layer of heavy atone for so small a prize. ? There are three-kinds of men in the world, "the Wills, the Won'ts, and the Cants." The first effect everything, the next oppose everything, and the last fail in everything-. "I will" builds onr rail- , roadB and steamboats \ % won't" don't believe in experiments and nonsense; while "I can't" grows weeds for whfea\ and commonl y ends his days in the court ofbankroplcjt