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It is generally supposed that the word "mu sic" is derived from "musa," because ?it if? believed that the invention of this art is to be attributed to the Muses ; hut DiodoruB derives it irotn an Egyptian name, intimating that Music was first established as a science in Egypt, after thc deluge, and that the first idea of mu sical sound was recived from that pro duced hy thc reeds growing on the ba: ks of the Nile by thc wind blowing into them. Others, agnin, imagino that the first idea of Music was received from the warb.ing of hirds. Howovcr this may really have been, it appears at least equally rational to attribute its origin to mankind, since musical intonation, in tho infancy of language, must often have been tho natural result of passionate feel ing ; and since, also, we find that wher ever there is speech there ?B song. Of all arts Music is tho most natural to man, and it is fair to infer that each nation, even at an early period of its history, must have possessed it to a certain ex tent, differing only from that of other lands according to climate and other cir cumstances. Man is an instrument of Music ; his every thought is expressed by tones. Fear, anger, joy and desire have each a peculiar tone, understood by all human beings and comprehended by tho brute. Man exercises his power in dif ferent avocations i?f life ; he usc3 it to highton a certain feeling of excitement^ or to allay the fury of his antagonist. Before tho introduction of letters Music was; indeed, it como forth from chaos with tho spirit of God and moved upon the face of tho waters. Tho very motion of tho earth, while it was "without form and void," was musical ; and as darkness rested upon it tho voice of Jehovah broke tho awful stillness, and made thc earth musical with created light. All nature then, as now and fbrever; waa full of Music. There is Music m tho hum of j the industrious bec, as it wantons from flower to flower-Music so sweet and har monious that it seems, n; it were, the lullaby to the thousand meaner insects who3e couches are made among the rosea over which the bee rules with unbounded sway. There is Music in the grove strains of sweetest melody from a thou sand tuneful throats. There is Music in the breeze at eventide as it passes, iEolian like, over the faco of tho earth ; in tho lond roar of the storm, as it swells up and mingles witli the louder notes of] the sky breathed forth in thunder ; iii the ocean's moan, fearful Music. It comes upon the soul like n ripple of evil on thc lake of the mind stirring up fear, which, whilo it frights and appalls, sub dues and conquers. The Music of tho mighty deep io thc mysterious workings of Deity; like the harp touched by fairy linger.-, we listen nud gazo on tho mighty instrument, breathing its wild melody, whilo no visible baud calls it forth. There is Music in the gentle stream, as it wends its way murmuring along through wood aud wild. There is Music in tho mountain torrent ns it rushes down tho steep ; harsh and unharmonious as it is. there aro inducements to Huger near and revel in ita sound,, and ns they die away and melt, as it were,in the distance, leave a delicious feeling on tho soul, which accompanies the recollection to render it j even more pleasing. There is Music in the air 1 Myriads of unseen-minstrels tune their varied instruments mid fill all space with heavenly sounds. Romance, in its wildest dreams, nover conceived - anything half so mysterious as this-tho reality surpasses tho imaginary. Tho to?era cannot express tho Music of the :r -mini ?H lost in tho bare contempla tion of it. Who can writo the languago of Deity? Who paint His glory ? Who criticise His poetry? Ea*th His Music stand, tho elements and their creatures His instruments 1 Tho word "Music" was not always con fined to tho very limited signification which it now possesses. It originally embraced tho entire circle of sciences, as well as olegant arts, comprehending everything which was poetically consid ered to emanate from the influences of tho nino Muses, and ranging from the \ languago mid accomplishments of Par nassus through all the varieties nod de rinrtrriAnia r,r Hellenic learning. Ths ancient writers on this science differ | greatly as to its object and extent. In general they gave it a much wider Inti- j tdde than it has since obtained. Under j tb. name of Music the ancients compre bended thc .".cicci".cur, ???O? of voicco nnd instruments as we do, and they also included tho dance, the arts of gesture, Sielry and all sciences. Uermeo defines uaic to be the general knowledge of order; which was also the doctrino of Plato, who taught that everything in the universe was Music. Music, however, properly so-called, only concerns tho due ! regulation and proportion of sounds. It is divided into two parts-tho theoretical and tho practical. Theoretical Music comprehends tho knowledge of harmony r.nd modulations, and tho lawa of that successive arrangement of sounds hy which air, or melody, is produced. Prac tical Music is tho art of bringing this knowledge and those laws into operation, by actually disposing of the sounds; both .n combination aud succession, no os to produce tho desired effect, and this is tho ort of composition; hut practical Music may, in fact, be said to extend still farther, and to include not only tho pro duction of melodious and harmonious composition, but also its performance: and to such a facility in execution and nicety of expression has this department of practical Music arrived at tho present day, that its Professors, speaking in the aggregate, hold a respectable rank in tho general list or artists, and are highly, as well ?a deservedly, esteemed by all lovers aud patrons of musical tasto and inge* n'.ity. At the present day wo usually .?peak of Music with reference to its me chanical character, in which sense it eon ?dst* of melody, or the proper succession i.l" ?ingle nouiidi aud harmony, or/tho proper combination of simultaneous sounds. xVJ The first instruments of Music were ott irv,' &ftSWK?HHHH8?:^. -. tho stringed order, undoubtedly: and such are spoken of before the deluge, about 550 years. After tho deluge, or 1800 before Christ, both vocal and instru mental Music ore spoken of ns things in common use. It is not denied that 'ho earlier attemDts at snug w??re so limited iu design and so feeble"in imagination as to excuse the application in our timo of thc term barbarians D> the Music of the days of Moses and Miriam, and even to sounds which accompanied the inspired language of the poet King. Music WAS then in its infancy. The rude instru menta which Tubal Caio invented, and which in after ages were improved but still left rude, were circumscribed in their compass and harsh in their tones, n1'.hough reasou teaches that they must have been what is technically termed true in their mechanical formation, Ac cording to tho compass of these rough productions the multitude restrained their compositions. Instruments were con sidered necessary to give effect to song ; but as .hese auxiliaries could not express all tho sounds of which the voice was capable, it was thought requisite that the voice should be made subservient to the instruments. The more extensive com pass of the voice e.v ted admiration, and stimulated the desire for imitation. Thus the voice was the means of improving thc mechanical expressions of sound ; ! and ns instrumental mechanism pro gressed, the human voice became libera ted from thc restrict\\iB which former ignorance had imposed upon it, and a free course was afforded to its capabili ties, in obedience to tho excentricities of tho imaginations. Every nation has always had, ns it now has, its own pecu liar and distinctive stylo of expressing emotion through the ngency of the voice. Barbarous as the first development of musical ability may havo been, they nevertheless expressed the peculiar and characteristic feeling of tho people who employed them. With one nation th? stylo was melancholy, with another pen sive, with another light, with a fourth lively. Somo delighted to denote their ideas in the junction of lengthened and monotonous sounds, expressive of grief; others in short, changing accents, ol'care lessness or indifference ; and others in deep measured sounds ol' martial Music. These distinctions still exist in so marked a degreo among different people ns to entitle them to tho appellation of na tional musical characteristics. The first traces of Music are to bo found in Egypt, where musical instru ments, capable of much variety and ex pression, existed at a time when other nations wero in an uncivilized ntnte. A positive proof of this is drawn from the figure of an instrument represented OD an obelisk erected by Sesostris, at Heli opolis. This Instrument, by means of its neck, was capable, with only two strings, if tuned fourtliB, of furnishing that series of sounds called by the ancients a hepta chord ; aud if tuned fifths, of producing an octave. Now, as Mo3es was skilled in all the learning of tho Egyptians, it is probable that the Israelites, who inter wove Music iu all tbe religious ceremo nies, borrowed much from that people. Transferring mere sounds from tho mind to papor, without the assistance of any intermediato articulation, is a wonder only equalled by tho act of writing words. The master mind which first conceived the possibility of recording his thoughts on and in a few parallel lines, by means of dots and scratches, was ene who will have as great fame as Cadmus. Until five hundred years ago no composition for I four parts had ever appeared, counter point did not exist. The makers of melody were a distinct class from the harmonist. The barbarism of successive fifths were of frequent occurrence. Tbo invention of printed Music, with mova ble types, did not occur until tho begin ning of thu sixteenth century. In this period arose those celebrated discussions and controversies concerning the funda .uantul principles of Music. Arriving at the commencement of tho seventeenth century, we find Music beginning to acquire more lightness and bo Laney, und new combinations and varieties of meas ure produced. At this period were pro duced those difficult organ composition, which, even now, challenge the skill of tho moat expert performers of this instru?" mont. No writer treated of the gamut of seven notes until oue Lambert, in 1680. At tho close of the seventeenth century Oratorios had begun to acquire importance ; and about the same time Gasparini, (Jardicelli aud C?ernenti first formed the principles of fingering the harpsichord. In August, 1847, the first Convention ol composers and teachers was held at Leipsic. It bad its riso in tho mind of Franz Brendel, editor of a mu Bical paper, who tried to bring about a meeting of music teach 3rs for discussion and action with respect tn various abuses of the day. Through his exertions a committee was formed, and an invitation was extended not only to teachers, but to composers, organists and strong friends of the cause. In consequence of this call about 120 persons, citbeir Professors in musical seminaries, music directors, or ganists, members of orchestras, teachers of singing, piano, &c, or amateurs of high standing, carno together. Thus originated "Teacher's Conventions." Music is the nir of earth ; it is the at mosphere of Heaven ; tho unbounded universe in ono sleepless lyre, whoso chords of love, and hope, and purity, and peace aro framed into a '.dreamy and mystic melody by tho breath of the in vi?iul? Ockj. Every white Democrat ought to be able to control at least one colored vote, and control it he should. A PfjaNACiOTJts HAWK.-A Georgia hawk recently mado a bold attack upon a lady. Sha was Bitting in a room ad joining the hali in her houso in Yinevillc, when shu heard a heavy thud, and tho noise of failing glass outside thc door. Rushing into tho nail she found her little child there and perched upon some ob* ject near at hand a gigantic hawk. Up on tho appearance of tho lady tho bird mado a swoop for her, end while she was using all endeavors to protect the child by covering ltd head, fastened its talons in tbe lady's hair. After a serious strug gle she succeeded in beatiog tbe bird off, when il retreated to a picture of Gee Lee, upon which it perched. Tho lady ran to her room and called upon tho servants to cluso the hall door. This was done and tho hawk would have been n captive if ho had not darted into a bedroom, sidled to tbe window and escaped. He was so largo that when he entered the door his wings struck the doorway on each Bide. _*.:. =,_?':_ "DON'T KNOW HAL? TKEIU VALUE." -?"They cured me of Ague, Biliousness and Kidney Complaint, as recommended. I had a half bottle left, which I used for my two little girls, who, the doctors and neighbors said, could not be cured I would have lost both of them one m?"?\* if I had not given thom Hop Bitters. They did them so much good I continued their use until they were cjircd. That is why I say you do not know half the value of Hop Bitte n*, arid do not recommend them high enough."-B., Rochester, N. v. See other column.-American JRural HIE WAU IN Ell BUILDING. A T^andoinrk la tho History of Charleston Trude. From (J e News and Courier. The history of the firm of F. W. Wage uer. & Co., is a cheering illustration of what may be accomplished in business in Charleston by industry, integrity, en* terprise and liberal ideas. The buslae&r was first established in 1S6G, under tho firm name of Wagoner, Heath & Mou sees. In I0G8 Mr. Heath withdrew from the brm, and it ivas then known as Wagoner, Mousers & Co., uutil 1871, when Mr. Moottsees withdrew, and since that timo the rame has been F. W. Wag ner di Co.' tho present copartners being Mr. F. \V. Wogencr and Mr. George A. Wagener. Commencing as a grocery house, that business has been steadily increased un til the foremost rank has been reached, mid to it has been udded a large and steadily increasing business as factors in naval utores and cotton. Constantly increasing business hos demanded larger and larger accommodations, and from time to time the enlargmeot of the origi nal stand at the northwest corner of East liny and Queen streets, tho building of tho large warehouse on Vendue Range for their cotton and naval stores, and now thc erection of tho present immense building at the southwest corner of East Bay ana Queen streets, have been chror icled in these columns. From the timo tho extensivo foundations were laid the gradual growth of the imposing edifice, now known as the Wagoner Building, hos beccn watched with interest, ana the announcement that the building would bs occupied aud the for mal opening take place last, night caused no little sensation. At the appointed hour tho building was brilliantly illuminated and groups of well known business men might be seen collected in various parts of the first floor commenting on tho completion of this great enterprise, tho largest building in Charleston or the South for business purposes, and one that will compare favorably in size and appearance with any grocery establishment in tho North or West. Capt. Wagener could bo seen first with one group, then with another, do.:.g the honors of tho occasion, and explaining the constrrtutioh and arrange meut of tho office, store rooms, elevators, ?ic., ?tc. By eight o'clock eovernl hun dred persons had astambled among whom could be noted the leading merchants in all branches of business, ss well as a number of lawyers and architects. Tho guests were then invited to tho second floor, an immense hall, the full size of the building illuminated with gas and Chi nese lanterns, whero a long table wes spread amply supplied with champagne and other good things both solid and liquid. Glasses being filled, Capt. F. W. Wagener on behalf ot himself and partner welcomed his guests in a few suitable remarks, expressing his pleasure at so many being present, and wishing that it were possible that all Charleston could have been there. At tho close of Capt. Wagener'a remarks he was loudly applaudod, and then tor awhile notbiog could bo heard but the pepping of corks and tho clinking of glosses. After a short time, however, Mr. John H. Devereux, the well known architect and contractor, asked the at tention of tho company, and in a brief speech introduced Capt. S. Y. Tupper, as the president of the Chamber of Com merce and ex-officio thc head of the bu siness interests of Charleston. Capt. Tunper then spoke us follows : Gentlemen-lam sure every citizen of Charleston here present must experience a glow of pride and satisfaction ia con templating this elegant structure. I cluim to shute in that pride and satisfac tion. The Wagoner Building not only mids to tho beauty and addornment of our city, but it is an evidence of her growing prosperity. It is an evidence of what tho will, tho energy and patriotism of one man con accomplish. It is such men that build up great cities and give character, importance and confider."*e to a community. It is not the man who leads armies and wius victories in the field, who desolates his country, destroys the fruits of indus try and slaughters bis fellow-men that is tho true heroin this world; but it is he that builds up and does not destroy, that establishes.marts of commerce, encoura f;ea industry, and gives employment to i ti nd reds of our people, who is the real benefactor of tho human race. These aro the men to whom posterity should build monuments ; and hero is a struct ure- over our heads', tho largest of the class iu the whole country, which I hope will stand for centuries ns a monument to its founder. May-it bo as enduring as the pyramids to encourage our youth in the same paths of honesty, industry and perseverance that has characterized tho lifo of Capt. Wagener. Capt. F. W. Wagoner responded to the complimentary address of Capt. Tupper, saying that he acknowledged that he had met with a greater share of business suc cess : lian he had anticipated, but that he by no means took all the credit to him self, for that ever since he had boen in bu isinesshe had had tho best assistance-. Ho felt that both in years and in business he waa a much younger man than many of the gentlemen who had honored him by ' their presence on this occasion, and that j under other circumstances he would feel I that it was somewhat presumptuous in him to express the opinion thnt ho was about to announce, but he felt that un der the peculiar circumstances, his guests would excuse lum. Charleston was not no poor a placo as some thought, neither was it a poor placo to do business or to make money. The prosperity of tho city was in the hands of her business men. What was wanted was for them to work in harmony, work together lo bring trado to Charleston, and then when we get it here we can fipht to see who shall get the biggest share of i ?. Heretofore our busi ness men bsd satisfied themselves with struggling for the largest share of the trade which tho city already had, without endeavoring to enlarge that trade. Let that be so no longer. But let us all work together to increase tho business of our city, and he hoped that the time would come, and that at no distant day, /''en this building, now conspicuous for its comparative greatness, would become insignificant among tho ninny other great buildings which our prosperity would create. These sentiments were received with a hearty and prolonged applause, 'which showed that they commanded the admi ration and approval of the assembled merchants. E. Horry Frost, Est.., in a few well chosen words, next called out Mr. Geo. A. Wagener, the junior member ot yal firm, to whose valuable assistance in the conduct of ita affairs his senior had just before gracefully alluded. Mr. George A. Wagener responded promptly, but with characteristic modes ty explaining that speaking was not his forte, but if there was any work to bo dono he was there. Nevertheless, he joined heartily In tho welcome extended to tho guests of the house, and hoped that all tho gentleman present would enjoy themselves to their heart's con i tent. , Collector Baldwin and Receiver Fisher j were next called, but botb excused them j selves as not being blessed with the gift ] of eloquence, only congratulating ; Monars. Wagencr & Co. on the auspicious ' occasion which had called the company . together. j Acting Mayor Follin was now loudly . called for, but just os bc was about to V speak strains ot music were hoard and j the familiar notes of Dixie came floating on the air. Nearer nud nearer carno the music, and shortly was hoard tho regular tramp cf soldier^ nud directly tl ie Ger man *rtille/y in full uniform and largo force, followed by the German Fire Com pany also in uniform, entered tho ball. The Artillery, under command of Lieut. James Simons, marched round to the south side of the hall and faced to tho front, their lino extending thc cntiro length of thc building. Tho compnny presented sabres to Capt. Wagencr, ?f*.-r which Lieut. Simons on their behalf delivered in German a congratulatory address remarkable for its simplicity, earnestness and beautiful expression. Lieut. Simons said that Capt. Wagener might for a moment be suprised al being interrupted iu tbe midst of a festive occasion by tho tread of armed men, but when ho recognized tho uniform of his own command he would realize that his comrades had seized thc present opportunity to con gratulate him on his business' success. There were in the ranks of tho Artillery those who had served tinder him in the war. and who recollected how he had ret m ned to Charleston when nil was ruin and desolation, and, throwing aside his old uniform coat woru threadbare in the service, had gono to work to rebuild his fortunes nud iho?o of the city. They bad watched his success with interest, and felt a ?hr.ro of pride in his achievements. They hud noticed how as his business increased larger and larger buildings be came too small for tho demands of his trade until now ho bad built and erected thc largest business establishment, not j only in Charleston, but in the whole country, and they wished him good luck. \ Capt. J. H. Stem merman, of the Ger man Fire Company, then also addressed Capt. Wagener, congratulating him on behalf of his company. Capt. Stemmer mnn spoke with wat?th and feeling, alni evidently expressed the sentiments of his heart. ? Three cheers were then given for Capt. Wngener,and bc replied i nan earnest and affecting speech in German to the con gratul?tion5 of his CGU???UCS. Tho Artillery and Firemen were then invited to tuke their places nt the table, and their glasses being filled Acting Mayor Follin waa again culled on and addressed Capt. Wagener and bis assem bled guests in n few brief and stirring sentences. Capt. Follin said that he could but imperfectly convey the con ?ratulations which tho absent Mayor and ioard of Aldermen ?vould be proud to tender to a man who had done BO much to promote the interests and improve tho appearance of the city over which it was their honor to preside. Major Augustine T. Smythe was next called on, aud made a happy contribu tion to the stream of congratulation and I complement of which Capt. Wngener was tho recipient in thc couiso ol the even- : ing. Alderman Ufferhardt being called on, , responded as follows: Capt. Wagener and Gentlemen-As ' you have honored mo by invitation to 1 this momentous celebration, and called I mc up for a sentiment suiting the occa sion, allow mo to say a few words on the position of our German fellow-citizens in thia community. For near fcrty years their industry, enterprise, peraovcrance and consequent success has been the so licitude as well os tho pride of your hum ble servant. Forty years ago already Gen. John A. Wagener aud Capt. J?r gen Wagener, senior brothers jf the head of this house, were contemporaries aud coworkers with him in the social and moral advancement of their German fel low-citizens. Tho "Unity of the Ger mans" was tho topic of an address be heard Capt. J?rgen Wagencr, tho father of tho junior of this house, deliver at a reunion of prominent Germans just thir ty-six yenrs ago. That unity attained upon all topics of main interest has been and ?B now, doing its good work 1 Our German adopted citizen kuows his business. He builds or buy? a house, and pays for it ; or he hires one and pays tho rent thc first thing. He or his family eat no meal and wear no clothes until they are paid for. He is the formost at tho tax offices aud does not rest until ho has his tax receipts in his pocket. He does not mix or meddle much with politics, but in times of trouble that try men's souls you find him only on that side where there is tho most justice and equity. For these principles be is ready to sacrifico and has -ncrificed even his life's blood. I ask you then, fellow citizens, are wo Germans good and truo citizens,'or not? Yes, my fricuds, we are ! and tho city, aye, the whole country says yes, when it calls the German into uositions of high honor and trust, if not of emolument, pay and reward ! Let me, then, iu conclusion, oiler tho following sentiment : "Our German citizens, honest and truo, faithful and patriotic, may they maintain forever that honorable position they have attained, socially, morally and politically, under thc leadership of good and true men from tho Fatherland, tho honored dead as well us those still work ing and rising." Major A. Mclcbers, Messrs. Bollmann, Wulbern, Pieper. Stelling, Kerrigan and others nlso made brief speeches, and amid much wit and good humor the cel ebration was ktpt up until a lato bour. the closing ceremony being the singing of "Die Wacth am Ilhctn" by tbo[whoYe com pany in choru s Don't be satisfied with less than 4,000 majority for the Dtiwratic nominees on Tuesday in this County. BUILDING MATERIALS.-One thou?nnd and fifty laths will cover seventy yards of surface, and eleven pounds of nails put them on. Eight huabcls of good lime, ?Aeen bushels sand, and one bushol hair makes enough good mortar to plaster one hun? dred square yards. A cord of stone, three bushels lime, and a cubic yard of sand will lay one hundred cubic feet of wall. Ono thousand shingles laid four inches to the weather will cover one hundred square feet of surface, and five-pounds of nails will fasten them on. One-fifth more flooring and Biding ie needed than the number of square feet ot surface, because nf the lap in the aid ing and matching of tho floor. Five courses of brick will lay one foot io height on a chimney; six brick in a courao will make a flue four inches wide and twelve inches long ; eight bricks la a course make a flue eight inches wide and sixteen inches long. Se al the polls on Tuetd?y when they are opined and remain until they are tlot?d. TALHAGE ON THE MORMONS. Bo Wants th? beventh Commandment Thundered by Big Mo rv Cannon. "Moi'mouism'^waa Dr. Talmago's top ic. "Sodotu und Bait Lake City aro ty nocimus," said tbs preacher ; "you can hardly think of ono without thinking of the other; both uear an offensive, fishless dead sea; both famous capitals of the most accursed impurity ; both doomed. This summer I had an opportunity to inspect this iniquity. In regard to tho alleged subsidence of Mormonism, I tell you that 760 Mormons arrived at Salt j iks City just before I got there. Ten tbouasnd wero added last year, and there will bo more than that this year. They have 300 missionaries in Sweeden, Nor "?ay, Russia, Germany, England, Ire land and Scotland. Mnuy Scotch Pres byterians wero recently brought there. Emigrants are deluded by false promi ses of gain, and when they get to Utah they are taxed until the blood comes. There is no escape for them but in the !;rave. Mormonism is one great pro onged cruelty. I was showu a cellar where a mother sud her two sons wee butchered because they had revealed tho secrets of Mormonism. Tho Vor mon? have a peculiar phraseology ny which they describe this putting to death. They say : "Ile was put out of the woy." "They met with a bad acci dent." "They were used up." "They were cut oil' just under their cars." [Laughter.] These outrages aro stopped because a regiment of United States sol diers is now overlooking the city, ready to destroy it if it dares to repeat such atrocities. I charge Mormonism with being a great blasphemy. Brigham Young declared in ono of his Bcrmons thal Christ himself was a practical poly gamist; that Mary and Martha were Christ's plural wives. Bringham Young said in the sa-n e sermon that when Christ turn:A water into wine it was tho occa sion or ono of his own marriages. I charge .'pcm Mormonism that" it is dis loyal to the United States Government. Mormonum would liko to seo this Gov ernment perish to-day. I charge upon Mormonism that it is organized filth. It is built on po 'gamy. There is n man in Salt Lake City who hos three wives, mother, daughter, and granddaughter. It was related to mo that when a man takes n new wife there his house is en larged, but no house was ever large enough io hold two women married to the same man. [Great laughter.] Think of a system that teaches that tho more wives a mau bs* tho higher will hn hi* scat in heaven ! Think of a system that commends a mau for living in maninga at the same timo with three sisters I "I tell you it is ono great surging licentiousness, tho seraglio of the repub lic, the centro of corruption, hell eu throned. It is a power in American politics. It receives $1,000,000 a year, with which it can influence national leg islation. In tho last Congress the mat ter was referred to a committee, and ono of tho members of that committee said: "Why do you maka all this fuss about polygamy? Tho Mormons make a reli gion of having four or five wives. All that is practiced by members of Congress I without any religion." [Sensation.] I would not interfere with any man's re ; ligion. Tho Munno.:.; might believe j that Joseph Smith was God or that Brig ' ham Young was tho second person in tho I Trinity. You have no right to interfere I with such beliefs. But Mormonism is i not only antagonistic to Christianity but to Christian morals. Christianity stands side by sido with infidelity in availing that which antagonizes good morah "The tendency of Mormonism ie sa a foe to free institutions. I tell you that Mormonism will never be destroyed until it is destroyed by tho United States Gov er?mftbt. Why did thoy not let General Johnston with his 2,500 troops destroy it in 1857? There never bas been moral courage in the United Slates-to clean out this national stable. [Applause.]- Wo have all gone to look at it. Graut, Thompson and Hayes went and looked at it. The Mormons receive everybody graciously. They bow you in and bow you out. If thero could be a transmigra tion of souls I should hope that the soul of Andrew Jackson would get into tho body of some of our Presidents, who would make proclamation that at such a day aud hour each Mormon shall have no more than ono wifo, or shall go to jail or leave the cou. try. [Applause.] If tho Mormon;, woo d not submit I would scud out troops, aud let them make tho Mor mon Tabernacle their headquarters, and with cannon o' tho biggest bore thunder into them the Seventh Commandment. [Applause] Arbitration by all means, if that will do ; a proclamation, if that will do. But I am sure that tho bullets and cannon would be necessary at the back of it all. The United States Government cannot survive the existence of a com munity in its midst founded on a desola ted, destroyed, imbrutted womanhood. I call the attention of tho American Con gress to this subject. Tho hour hos come. This thing has got to bo done. Let somo man come forth and speak tho word in tho namo of God, and ne will make his political fortune. Instead of exhuming tho entombed mummy of a negro sla very in these presidential elections why not bring up this live question of Mor monism? "Now I ask you, as tho jury who have considered the evidence against Mormon ism, what shall tba sentence bo? It must not bo simply inc ..ceration ; it must not be slight censure. It must be the death and extinction of the abomination. But whero and when shall the execution take place 7 J.ne scsnoid should stretch from the Rocky Mountains to the Sierra Neva da. Upon the grave shall bo erected a stono with inscription : 'Here lies Mor monism-tho outlaw, the libcrrlno, the murderer, tho hero of the Mountain Meadow massacre. Born Feb. 2, 1827.' Died 1S72." [Great Applause.] "If the gentlemen who report thia bill will put in a sectiont that ali who partici pated in the rebellion shall be FOREVER excluded from the right of elective franchi ?ef then I wtll sag the proposition will be juit and one we can stand upon as a matter of principle. ANYTHING is just which] excludes from privilege and power ALL those infamous men who participated in the rebellion.-Garfield's speech on Eecon I struction. - Sbriner'a Indian Vermifuge will de stroy and expel worms. It is reliable. It is cheap. Only 25 cents a bottle. - Tho Supreme Court of Massachu setts has just affirmed the principio as serted in old State decisions, that a man traveling on Sunday, except to ard from church, cannot recover damages from in juries received on tho highway^ owing to defective bridges or roads. - This is too season of the year when tho darkey leans over tho warehouse counter and says to the bookkeeper; ! "Boss, I wish you'd work er little calki ; lat'n for me. Dis bale er cotton woigh'd 500 pound. I picked out 604 pounds of seed cotton, Aleck he picked 616, and Mose put in 804. De bag fotch fifty-one dollars'n ten cents. How much is doro comin' to me, Mowin' as how we all pays our there of ginnia' and de bsggln'r' A SAD SCENE. A Child DJIUE ID IU Mother's Arms While IU Father ts Heins Tried for Marder. Persons who were pr?sent in tho court house last Thursday morning just ns the case of the Stato va. James Robinson and James Lucas, charged with murder, was called, witnessed ono of theaaddrat ?cenes that ever occurred in this couty Tho morning in question had been ST%./or tho trial of the above-named prisoners-Ja?. Robinson hoing cbarged in tho indict ment with tho murder of Moses Lucas on the Otb of August last, and James , Lucas as tho accomplice, 'lobins?n's wife had come to town to be present nt tho trial. She brought her four children along, tho youngest of whom was an in fant. This little thing had beer mute ill for sonic timo but tho mother lid not think it wa-.. Jangerously so. On tho day stated Mrs. Robinson was present in tho courtroom, and at her slue sat her three little bare footed children and her f?alo faced, sad looking husband, whilst n her arms, wrapped in a red woolen shawl, she held close up to her bosom tho frail body of her infant-its face as palo as chalk and its eyes "set" as if in death. Tho woman herself, weighted down with sorrow and distress-for her infant \M.S dying in her arms and ber husband was about to be tried for Iiis ufo presented a sud, sad epectablc to those whu looked upon h.. tear-stained face, as she sat nursing !>?r dying baby. The while thu Court .vas uuawaro of tho scene in its presence; The Judge turned over tho leaves of tho calendar and called the cuso of "The State against James Robinson and James Lucas indictment, murder." Tho poor mother looked up ?vgoniringly and heaved tho deepest sigh tre ever heard, nud her lit tlo children, rented, at her side, sobbed audibly. It was a moment of extreme sadness. Colonel Wylie, flushed with emotion, nroso and in tones husky and faltering, stated that ho had n sad duty to perform-to ask tho indulgence of tho Court for a while, ns tho infant child of one of tho prisoners was thought 'o be dying in its mother's nrms in tho court room. Tho Judge leaned from his chair, and resting his fuco in his bands, looked nt the mother. We heard not o word, for we had turned our head and walked off ; but the prisoner-father, palo and wan, with his little three-year old girl in his arms and his tin co other children at his sido-led tho wny from tho court-room, followed by tho stricken wifo with her infant. They wero accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Hunter. They returned to the* jail, where tho child was given every attention, bul ai nine o'clock that night tho flickering spark of tho frail lit tle life weut out aud the baby passed from the harrowing scenes by which it lind been surrounded thal day. Tho case had been called after tbo recess that morning and tho prisoner having plead "not guilty" to tho arraign ment, tho channeling of a jury was oo gun. Mrs. Robinson loft bei dying bnby to tho kind attention of others and was present in tho courtroom during the evening. After adjournment she returned to her infant nnd gavo it every attention possible, but to no avail. Upon tho opening of tho court the next morning Mrs. Robinson and her three children wero in their places-the mother had left tho dead body of her infant in the keeping of friends at the jail to bo present upou tbe scenes of tho ] day-another and strong proof of wo man's devotion in the licur of distress. Thc bereaved woman nat ns near to her husband ns possiblo all the morning, ber fa. G (swollen with grief and her stricken heart heaving tho deepest sighs. At tho hour of adjournment for dinner tho re cess was prolonged nnd tho father and mother, followed by a fow sympathizing frJecdB, accompanied the dend body of their b.1 by to tho village cemetery and saw ?t laid away, safe from the sorrows and troubles incident to n life here. Our heart nt?ver cent out in deeper sympa thy tban to ibis rofnlly ?f'Ji?ied mother and wife, and wi certainly hope that God will pity her in h<?r sorrow and that the world will treat her moat kindly.-Lan caster Review. It ie clearly thc right of the victorious government to indict, try, convict and hang every rebel in the South for thc bloody con spiracy against the Republic. * * * J believe, sir, the time has come when we must lay the heavy hand of military authority upon these rebel communities and hold than in its grasp-James A. Garfield. TOE SEVEN BIULE3 OF THE WOULD. The seven Bibles of tbe world are tho Koran of tho Mohammedans, the Eddas of tho Scandinavians, the Try Pitikes of the Buddhists, the Five Kings of tho Chineso, the three Wedna of the Hindoos, tbe Zendavesta, and the Scriptures of Chris tians. The Koran is the most recent of theso seven Bibles, and not older than tho seventh century of our ern. It hi a compound of quotations from the Old and New Testaments, tho Talmu-., and the Gospel of St. Barnabas. Tho Eddas of the Scandinavians were first published in the fourteenth century. The Pitikes of the Buddhists contain sublime morals and pure aspirations, but their author lived and died in the sixth century be fore Christ. There is nothing of excel lence in thoso sacred books not found in the Bible. The sacred writings of tho Chinese aro called the Five Kings, "king" meaning web of cloth or tho warp that keeps tho threads in their place. They contain the best sayings of the best sages on the ethic-political duties of life. Theso ? sayings cannot bo traced to a period I higher than the eloventh century B. C. Tho three Vedas aro the most ancient books of the Hindoos, and it is thc opin ion of Max Muller, Wilson, Johnson and Whitney that they are not older than eleven centuries B. C. The Zcnt davesta of the Persians is tho grandest, of all tho sacred books next to our Blblo Zoroaster, whose sayings it contains was born in the twelfth century B. C. Moses lived and wrote his Pentateuch fifteen centuries B. C., and, therefore, has a clear margin of SOO years older tban the most ancicut of the other sacred writings. Anderson County should give at least 4,000 majority for the D?mocratie ticket. R can ne done if the proper efforts are made. IN AOOOBD.-"Rathor hot isn't lt?" said a Sundny school teacher to one of his "heatbeo Chinee" pupils, the other day, by the way of salutation. The wash* man looked up at the teacher with a face illuminated hy a cherubic smile and em Sb asi zed an afBrmativo nod with : "Yea. ornee hotee I Dameo hotee "-A Wicked Exchange. -- There has been a severe snow storm in the Northwest. The snow fell twelve feet deep, destroying much stock and property in Missouri, Minnesota, Dacota, and on the Lake*. - Dr. Tanner has at last met his match, and more than his match. A calf in Holt County, Missouri, got entangled in a pilo of rails, and remained io that po?tion for a period of forty-one day?, without food or water? It cam? ont all rljht. A FRENCHWOMAN'S ECONOMY. 8he Tells how Nine Person* can lie Feel Well on 815 a Week. "I connut give you exactly tho English for it. I suppose tho word overlap would come near my meaning," said Madame. "I do nut believe that a rechauffe is always as good a dish as when thc plat is freshly cooked, but still ibero aro some kinds of ragouts which improve much by tho re cooking. I even tell you when it happens that tiling are better when rewarmed- ? say my dish is thin and not concentrated enough. That sometimes happens to the i best of cooks. Then if you make n re chauffe and do it well,you brorove things. Now you translate rcchuujjc ; what it means? Not twice cooked, but some thing warmed jp again. Great differ ence, you perceive, between subjecting food io a violent heat and n gentle warm ing. Do I make use of buch ? Of cou reo I cannot afford to wanto anything. But that is not the-what I call it? Ye?, the overlap, como in that schcmc-rcato gory-what you will. Now, I will ex plain. Yesterday some fishing friends send us large blue fish ; too much tocal ono all ono day, but it has been boiled. Moro than half remain. What shall I do? Why, malic a fish pate for break fast. Uh 1 it is easy enough. The fish, it wan taken off carefully, not broken. I make a crust, put In fish, with an oyster or two, a very little anchovy sauce, some ?alsy, little nineo, small niece butter, aud tcomes to table hot?ana brown, and wc think it very nice. I do not call that a twice-warmed dish, for it was new. Now, to-dtiy we shall have for dinner, with sumo other things, small fillet of beef and a smoko tongo. Very certainly, though wo shall have two or three people lo dine, much of thc fillet and some little of tho smoke tongue will bo left over. I al ready have in mind some idea whnt shall be done with tho remains to-morrow, for it go id housekeeper, and that means an economical one, always luuks ahead. I shall cut up what is left over of the meat, and mince thc tonguo fine, and tho cook will hy a chopped onion, and add a little popper and sa't with a little slock, and then we'll mako some paste as for a pie, and we will havo rissoles, which will be very good. You make rissoles by cutting the piece dough in omall square, putting a small tablespoonful of your jarcie in each. You turn over ends, Uko pincush ion, and if you want you paint each ono with a leel'l egg and you bake. Would you have these rissoles so that you shall fall in lovo with them? Havo some friend to send you some truffle, and chop in piece not bigger than my thumb. You laugh nt my enthusiasm. You know what happen to me? This very summer I spent somo weeks in a hotel with my fumily, and things cooked very bad, aud wnste-waste bad enough to ruin tho pro prietor. I see tho cook throw away every day six, eight feet of sheep from leg of mutton. One day I ask tho landlord "why he havo them throw nway?" and he laugh and say "they were not good." I tell him, "Wait, you Beo. Will you tell the cook tn let me show him bow to cook them, and if good will you cat them, and he agree andi get them. Of course you know that I make pied de mouton a la poulette out of them. It is very simple. You clean tho foot and barboll until ten dor ; you keep the stock and boil It down ; you make white sauce with much parsely and give a dash of lemon to it last. I happen to find an intelligent boy in that hotel kitchen who do what I say, while (be bend conk lookB on sulky. Tho land lord eat, and was satisfied that I kuow about What I talk. When I first come to New York, and did not know how mark ets aro manage, I say to my bonne, 'You goto market and buy me haifa dozen sheep's feet,'and she say, 'No; I asharao to do that. Tho butcher man ho will take mo for beggar.' " "Would you mind giving mo tho cont of your food?" "By no means, Mademoiselle. Weare seven in family ; with two servants, that makes nine ; with one guest almost every day. I cannot afford for grocer, market man, bread and milk more than $15 a week, and should my bills ever bc more I retrench. I do not include wino, hot tea and coffee-coffoo twice a day is al ways served. Ah 1 my butter is not used BO extravagant us in American families. Why, when you use meat for breakfast, do you want butter? Perhaps nine-tenths, of tho butter I use will go to tho prepara tion of vegetables. I think two pounds of butter ls all wo use. I think wo cat much more bread than tu an American family. Whore my economy comes, I think, is in overlooking what my cook does. Now, you mnke calculations how many times wo have portions of food du ring tho week ; breakfast, luncheon, din ner-that makes that 189 time couvert? aro laid. Divido that by $15 in a- week and eco how little it comes to, and yet we do not stint, for, if I remember, I told you once that I believed if man or wo man or child wo.-k they must eat good food, enough of it, and, surtout, that it must bc well cooked. It ?3 not so dill: cult after all when you make up your mind that it must bo done. If 1 do not do it I should Uko to know how I dress my children myself. You think it very small ? Why, know a French menage in New York-family ono rhoro than mino -that live well, cji-ii- well, on $12 a week and I could do it il'it were necessary." /Yew York Times. The main effort oj the Radicals at this election will.be directed io the Electoral and Congressional nominees. Re sure io change as many of their voles as possible. - Ina short trip to the country, in tho direction of Tugaloo River, wo found tho : the people busy aud in good humor. Good crops set woll on everybody and make many pleasant faces. Truly this season the saying, tho laborer is worth of his hire, is being verified in a bounteous harvest. Both cotton and corn are good and while a largo part of the cotton crop has found its woy to market, there is still a great deal ungathered. People are bo ginning to gather corn and the yield promises woll. We doubt if in many years people havo worked better than this fall or have kept nearer up with their crop?. On tho road we constantly met wagons coming to market with fifty or ono hundred dollars in cotton on them, while on ni! sides hands were busu epatLH ering tho fleecy staple. If our people wcro out of debt and bad a year of sup plies on band their futuro prosperity would be easy and certain.- As it is this crop with economy will enable the most to bridge over next year without incurr ing much debt, and with another good crop they will havo smooth sailing. Walhalla Courier. Stoibrand is a Radical carpet-bagger and unprincipled d?magogue, while D. Wyatt Aiken is a native Carolinian and an honorable gentleman. - According to recent sarveys Jf the Groat Salt Lake, its greatest length is 93 miles, while ita greatest width is 43 miles. The present evaporation is about ono inch per day, and the influx tb-ugh the many rivera entering the lake ia a little more. As soon aa thc snow in the hills i gi?? out the lake will bsjna to fill. THE NUMBER SEYEN. IU Peculiarities Mud Curiosities. Seven is a holy number. There were eeren days io the week, and thc seventh is the Sabbath, or day of rest. There are seven spirits before the throne of God; seven divisions ia tho Lord's Prayer; ?even ages in the life of man, and we are commanded to forgive offenses seventy times seven. Every seventh year was Sabbatical, and seven times B?-VOII years brought round the Jewish jubilee. Then we have the seven churches^of Asia, seven candlesticks, seven stars, seven trumpets, seven ?.oms ; the lamb bad teven eyes; Pharaoh in his dream ?aw seven kino nnd sevon ear? of corn, typifying the seven years of plenty, and Keven years of famine, etc. Nor is this confined to saned history, and it will be interesting to enumerate some things to which this mystic number was given. Seven bodies ir. alchemy-The sun is gold, the moon silver, Mum iron, Mercu ry quicksilver, Saturn lead, Jupiter tin, and Venus copper. The seven* lt il lcd city-Ancient Home, it being built upon seven hills. Tho seven mortal sins-Pride, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, avarice and doth. Tho seven virtues- Faith, hope, chari ty, prudence, fortitude and temperance. Tho first three aro called the holy vir tues. Thc Seven champions of Christendom -St. George for England, St. Andrew for Scotland, St. Patrick for Ireland, St. David for Wales, St. Denys for France, St. James for Spain, and St. Anthony for Italy. Tho seven senses of mun-According to Ecclesiastes, they arc seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, feeling, nnd, in'addi tion, sro given understanding ond?speecb. The fi rat five aro common to all the ani mate creation ; man alono is supposed to be raised above tho brute by possessing the two lotter. The seven sisters-This is a window in tho north transept of York Cathedral, England, and so called because it bas seven tall lancets (high and nnrrow.open ings). The scveu sleepers-Accordiog^to |tho legend, wero seven noble youths of Ephe sus, who fled in tho Dec?an persecution to n cave in Mount Celinn, tho mouth of which became blocked with stones. Af ter 280 years they wero discovered and awoke, but died within a few days and were taken in a largo coffin to Marseilles. . Visitons ore still shown in St. Vie tua Church tho stono coffin. It ?a? an an cient superstition that when the sleepers turned on their sides it indicated great disaster to Christendom. Tho seven wise mon of Greece-Seven Greek philoahophers of the sixth century B. C., noted for their mnxims. Bius-His maxim was, "Most men are bad." Chilo-"Consider thc end." Cieobu8-"Avoid extremes." Periander-"Nothing is impossible to industry." Pittccus-"Know thy opportunity." Solon-"Know thyself." Thales-"Suretyship ia the forerunner of ruin." The seven wonders of tho world (an cient)-Thc pyramids of Egypt, the bang ing gardens of Babylon, tho tomb of MansoliB, the temple of Diana at Ephe sus, the temple of Rhodes, the statue of Leas by Phidias, the Pharos of Egypt, or the palace of Cyrus cemented with gold. Tho seven wonders of the world (mod ern)-The coliseum at Rome, tho cata comb at Alexandria, the great wall of China, Stonehenge, tho leaning tower of Pisa, tho porcelain toner of Nankin, tho mosque of St. Sophia in Constantino ple. The seven wooden of North America -Falls of Niagara, the great lakes, the canyons of tho Colorado. Yosemite val ley, the i ?lg trees of California, Yellow stone Park, Great Salt Lake. Seven years' war-The war maintained by Frederick II. of Prussia against Aus tria, Russia and France. The seven dints, London-A column railed in, which formerly stood at tho ancient limits of St. Giles, and seven dials were affixed to it, facing tho scv eu streets which radiated from that cen ter. The seven churches of Asia-Ephesus, Smyrna. Pergaraus, Tbyatira, Bardia, Philadelphia, Laodicca. The seven spirits that stand before the throne of God-Micheal, Gabriel, Lamnel, Raphael, Zacharie], Arael Ori phicl. Soven times Christ spoke upon tho cross-"Father, forgive them, they know not- what they do." "To-day* thou shalt be with ma in paradise. "Woman, behold thy eon I" "My God, my God. why hast thou forsaken me ?" "I thirst." "It is finished." "Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit." / give my support to this military bill. If " is were. R was written with a steel pen made out of a bayonet, and bayonets hate done us good sendee hitherto. All I ask it that Congress shall place civil government before these people of the rebel States and a cordon of bayonets behind them.-James A. Garfield. Sou (bern Trade-Cincinnati Does Not Want lt. CINCINNATI, October 13. ifb the Editor of the Courier-Journal : I suppose that you oro aware hy iWaiime that tbe business men of Cincinnati voted yesterday. Now, sir, do you suppose that we'propose to get down on our knees and beg for Southern trade? If you do, the - vote of yesterday doesn't show it. Now, as far ns Southern trade is concerned, it is not worth going after; all tho-gooda that are sold in that section of tho coun try are sold by Southern men who come to Cincinnati, beg situations, work cheap (like tho Chinee); they make two or three tripe, and during those trips enough bad debts to break up an ordinary house. I am 8uro Cincinnati can do without your Southern trade ; so, if you want it, why take it, and make less noise. Eight bills out of ten sold South are Usually settled nt about fifty ceuts on tho dollar. Con sequently, lo selling them goods it. is np.rrjBiary to enlarge our nrufiU tn even. So far ss our Southern Railroad ?3 concerned, it ia poid for and no thu ?a to the South, If you want the custom of the long-haired Southerners, why just call your Southern bulldozing statesmen i from Cincinnati, and I assure you if they want any goods in Cincinnati they will bavo to come after them. Ofcoursoany business house wants trado, but we prefer to trade with decent people, and not those who carry shot-guns in their boots. So far as tho sayings of the CowMcrcujf and Gazette go they are sustained^ by tho citizens here by a largo majority. ? If that be treason to the South, mako the most of it. A MERCHANT IN CINCINNATI. The only way to have good government in South Carolina it ta keep the Ikmocrats in power, and this can only be done by persis tent and unceasing effort on thepart af th* IfaUKracy.