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HHfepjJJME .XIII. O W N E S, 6 HH8|^KBUamifyjSYt Proprietor ud Eub-Xditor. MSS?f^|x. S; - '.*- -v-v > ^ ' -r"1 t MMR KisCRIPTION - #3.00 PER AN NUM. t pgPPBwin i i ' . ?- i |Bp^Ml-tlM Columbia Carolinian.] - S^ftl IMPORTANT i Kffi " CBWREB MEETCRG. I wUwa$&- ? _"' Speeches of General Wade Hampton, c Honorable* W. F. De Sautsure, Ed- 8 ward Arthur, W. It. TdUey, and ?? Jamee G. Gibben.?Addressee by , EeV. David Picleeif- and Pevcrfa \ ^ ?y_. L / \ - A /J?/i/?y>n'nn tv. . predion of Sentiment.-? P-he IVepros q Believe in 6'ptftWn Jfcfrw, etc., etc. T .?*> .. ?~. ' , y One of the most remarkable meetings g ever convened in South Carolina was > "held in this city yesterday ; the occa | sion being a celebration t>y the colored R men of this city of the passage of the 8 ^ Sherman-ShelWberger . Billy investing t . them with the rtghtnf suffrage and re- l cognizing their political equality in the , eye of the law. \ * In anticipation of the event, theif ^ Committee of Arrangements selected )f the srakers fbr the occasion, and it i?[t a significant and noteworthy fact, that, 8 notwithstanding the presence in the city \ of theii Northern fiiends and sympa- ( thisers, the gentlemen called upon to s address this assemblage wero our own a citizens Who had been identified in per. y son with the war?tneo who have been y disfranchised by the same act which has .n created this political equality between c the two races, and yet men who hearli t, lv possess the confidence of the entire fa community. - I The eentiraents ottered on the occa- r sion are worthy of the time, worthy of p our people, black and white, and are a \ living evidence of thAt bonoi which, p thank God, still stirs the common heart, fa The speeches by Rev. George Pickett f and Beverly Nash, (both colored,) were 4 models of excellence, And deserving oi c " all praisfe as emanations ol sensible, ii thought from a sdurcer thai should be i appreciated. Speaking for their race, v they treated in the present condition of j _ v affairs in a snirit of common sense, a which we confess was not anticipated, v and which enrou rnrmn 'ihn belief flint / - the relatione between the white anil col* ored men of the State are too intimate- ( ly connected to permit an antagonism r or diversity of intere&ts bow or here t after. T - The negroes hn^e likewise been grat \ ffled by the assurances of our best men ^ that their rights will be respected, and f that there ia a sincere and friendly do.aire on the part of all citizens to identi . fy them with th? policy Qf the State. The meeting took place ai the east end of Plain street, in a large, open lot, - where a stand had been erected for the speakers. A long and orderly procession of colored societies, preceded by a -band of music, assembled here, shortly before noon, and, in a few minutes, fif teen hundred or two thousand persons were gathered. r- The writer was not present in time . to hear the remarks of Rev.'Mr. Pickett, (colored,) the first speaker, but they I will be published in full hereafter. fl Hon. W. F. DaSans&ure, formerly U. S. Senator from Sou'th Carolina, followed. , He said be had been complimented - in being called upon to address his fel low>ciiizens on this occasion. It was one of great importance, inasmuch as it afforded the citizens of Richland District an opportunity to understand each other Concerning their political afiairs. The war bad accomplished certain reautU which it-was unnecessary t/v'di*. - ^ $ cum, but which had placed ua in the presence of'greaf political facts. Theko ' became ua to acknowledge and ac , cept. lie had been called upon by the colored citizens, as a friend, tb advise wi'ih them in their present condition, and he would give thein his frank opinion in regard .to' their duties. First, moderation should continue to prevail ? it hftd before prevailed. Notwithstanding the prejudices of tbe rest of ilia World to tbe contrary, the white people of tbe South were tbe .bast -friends of the negro { and the negro, On the other Hand, had proven himself wor-. thy of tjie coufidetrco~he bad received: .Hence it was that we cheerfully recognized the political rights established by he recent enactroont Of Concrress. ar.d r t tb? equality crfSbe colored man before i <4lie , i llaving entered upoh ttoenew onreer, i :"awraaflc"ni i < G &i S.S SEEDS,'! a r * ' .- jT- / *. * I ; ' 0?ft0V gSflffS, ! * 'j. *" J h ' - * cfco- I .; Maicb 2S > 44 tf i *1 ' ''1 ""IT" ft : i*^*9Pr ~r *' v^+m m >? ,., ;ood. You will find no better frftnd ben the Southern white mad. ' V- M Hpn. W. H. Talley being the nl^xt introduced, said that while listening t$ be various suggestions which had beqj nade, he had been struck with thepro>o?ition announced id almost every adIresa, namely, that the interest of the legro and the white man were one atyl ndivisible. We- live on the same soil, inder the same sun, in the same atnosphtre, and we roust prosper or per?b together,. Were there differences of liroata ot productions, there might seaopaWy,be a'diflerence of personal' pr olfti&tl interestJbiK here they aro iden Uair As an agricultural people, the arae. cIlsaBter that xflVetrone to a grept!f;'or dees extent, affects alk It win bcrefore important in considering the elationa between the two races, thai be true poHcy by whipti tbej Are to be ;uided should be perfectly understood. Whatever the result of tlie present aw there was scarcely a ^doubt that uffrago rfrould bo extended 4n some hape to tl*} colored rtian. This being b?-ca*e, the first'doty-to he performed ?y him, was to put confidence in thoSe vhose past history provoa that they lave deserved it. It is the part of wis lom to adopt tiiis course. Try friends ir?t, and when they have deceived you here will be time enough to reek the ympathy of strangers. w I cah -speak hus frankly," said Mr.-Talley, " bocause he law which gives you the right of nffrage, removes it from me. Hut as , resident, with you, my interests are our interests; ancb I desire, only .to see ou lake-thbso steps in this the beginling of your new career, which are cai ulated to conduce,-in the largest sense, o-your welfare, and to mine as a mctn >er of the community. I am aware bat the enemies of the South will nake efforts to stir up jealousies for the uirpofic of dividing us, ami still further njuring our unhappy country. The resent unsettled condition of affairs las caused a stagnation in business, pom.which you are suffering as much a ourselves but it requires no extra rdinary intelligence to understand that f ydu will unite your interests with our ntercets, and the while and "thecoloied nep of the South will stand * together u iina uuur ui iruu, we may nop? inai it last our cliildreu'if no't ourselves will vitnes9 the dawn of prosperity, tranpiilify and peace. [Cheers.] Beverly Nash, a colored citizen 6f Columbia, then spoke as follows. Asa natter of curiosity, we give his speech 'erbutim. merely smothering oil' ihe dugh edge, and dropping tho peculiarties of accent and pronunciation : FkllOw Citizkns : I have been tnkin somewhat by surprise and am not >repared to say all that I want to, on bis occasion ; but we know what we lave come here1 for. We have come o celebrate the right of suffrage?the >ne thing needful to place us on a com non platform as citizens. The question ma been asked,whether we are prepared or this condition of things or not ?" I lo not blamo our people for their doubts in thia subject,becauso our former conlition was calculated to make them loubt ; but whether we are prepared or lilt, we are now entitled to vole, under he recent law.' I must confess that I lo not like that law in all respects, beiaose it disfranchises gentlemen in shorn we have more confidence than 111/ one else, and forbids tliem to rep esent our country as it should bo rep e9er.led in the conncils of the people, dy doctripe is, that every man, wheth it ignorant or not, who is compelled to Say taxes, i? entitled to vote. It ia a natter of public policy that we should >?, because there ia a discontented element in our midst, composed of the iglorant people of both classes, wldch would be greatly disturbed if they wero >revented by a convention of the State Yora exercising the right to vote, and v? should have a revolution in a lea teltle. For the purpose of peaca and jniet, therefore, in our State, I want to ie<r every body vote,except the women, ['believe, my fiiends and fellow-cilisens, wC are not prepared for this suf'rage. But we can learn.* Oive.a man ools, and let him commence to use hem, and, in time, he will learn a trade. 5o it la with voting. We may notunierstand it ut the atart, but, in time, we hall learn to .do our duty. it naa Dean saw mat Ualhoun^.was toaster of South-Carolina j Clay, the die,alot of Kentucky ; and Webster, the ;mperor of Maaaachusetta. lint heroafer we are to epte for principle#, "not wen. And wq have good men in our Didst; mon we can Iroai; men who are )ur friends, and have proved, by their icte, that they are the fitends of the state. Jn thece gentlemen wo must ?ave confidence, until they have proved bat they do not deserve it. I do not relieve that there is a man in this disriet who, if you will iea?o?-with him tbout these things, will not agree with n hat I say.. We recognise the Southirn white man aa the true friend of be .bleak men. Yea see upon that mnner the words " United we stand, di 'ided we fj?ll;"*rd,if you could sea the ical of the society which that banner ^presents, you would hud the while rtan nod- the black man standing wtlb j**?irffr 4, V, ' their aim# looked together, <u a type of the friendship and- tbe union which we desire. We fed thai the white man ha# not Understood tbe black man a* tbe black man Has understood tbe bite Man and if the eltii^a^ of South Carolina had all acted after tbe close of the war as there gentlemen have *D(*. *P?kei1^ their kind enuuwu-*Teqiy, oar dihi? woilia not r6grot. ti)^Jos? of 20,000 colored citlien# wlbo bjJx# abroad because they lu>4 not sufficient confidence to stay. After Abe remarks we have hoard to day, wo believe there Is a better time 'coming-T^ei*e raoSths ago. Mr.Gibbes Hiit "FelldwaCliixeas *We nro will ihg to- meeY you half W*y ^and wc are .glad to say that the representatives and public men of Hichbntd District have dono so on the present occasion. We feel that tVc are understood here, and we believe that colored men will hereafter .enjoy the rights and privileges which uow belong to their -race. There is lees prejuJioe here, less prejudice everywhere South of the'Potomac against \he colored-man than there is'North of At, [Apph?U8e;J 1 saw in Washington, a few days ngo, men more violently opposed to our advancement than any gentleman here; and we know that the States of New Hampshire, Ohio, and perhaps feomo others, have refused thai political equality Which exists and lias been accorded in South Carolina. ; It is our duly, therefore, to identify ourselves with this soil. Here, wo have grown from childhood to manhood. Many df us, white and bl&ck, Intro been brotrght up together ; wo love the people, we re .specl '.heir honor ; we know their worth, Und I ask whether, under llicso circum (stances, having the power to do so, we 'ought not to petition Congress to re? move the disability which shuts out that portion,of our people from the elective franchise in whom we have such long tried confidence. ' If we are to have a convention in the State for the purpose of changing its constitution, let i' bo a convention fail of intellect anil power. If the black "niftn is to cast a vpte, let him rest that vole upon a standnid of ability, ami not be contented to see a body of men w ho Hrenot cornpetentto discharge ihe highduties that will be required of them.? Wo know the old saying that " fools rush in where angels fear to tread." If, therefore, you elect ignorant men, you will have a bad constitution. Give us then, the good men 6f thu State. 1 would rather trust him who . took tip arms and went to tho battle field, and has come home with his honorable scars,believing in the justice of hi? cause, than he who skulked from duty, andnow claims to be n Union man. [Cheers.] Such a one .is unworthy tho contempt of even a negro. I would rather trust Gen. Hampton riding at the head of his column, and shouting to his men to fol low, than any man who has stayed at home and, when his country was in danger, hunted for an iron clad or a rat bole. [Cheers.] And so would yon. [" Thai's so." J We don't belitve in those people who, aince the war have dodged around the corners, declaiing ' they were " Union men." [No, no.] WLen 1. hear a Southern man sav lie I - ?. IT-: '? 1 1 l.-":- - nn.i n (.'iiivu iimu, 1 Miun lie |Q ft traitor. When I hear a Northern man any he -was a Southern man riming the war, I know he is a traitor. But, when I hear a colored man say he was a Union man, 1 believe him from my heart.? Whenever the telegraph announced a Southern victory, lire black man trembled; but whenever the tidings came of a Northern victory we rejoiced, became we felt that we were thai much nearer freedom. To day, thank God, wo enjoy the results of that freedom. We stand btfore the woild invested with a political equality with the while man. We can vote. _ ' * 'lion. Edward Arthur. [aoiov ore.] You are more than our equals, Nash, in one sense, because we are disfranchi&ed. The Speaker.?Yes, sir. and we aie not going to let the halls of Congress remain silent until yon are permitted to vote. It is the men of your class, and your ability, who recognize our wants, and whom we desire to see reinvested with the power of doing good. It is Willi the men nf cnnr rluoa willi ulmm wo want to vote on the great questions of tlia day, and by whom we wish to be . counseled and directed. It is not our desire to be a discordant cb tnent in the community, or to unite the poor against tbe rich. We want to live together in harmony?to go to woik and restore the lost credit of the State. As Gen. Hampton has said," our destinies depend upon each other." The white man has land, the black man has labor, and labor is worth nothing without capita). We must help to create tbat capital by restoring confidence, and and we ?an only restore confluence by electing proper men to fill our public offices. There is said to be 60,000 colored voters and 40,000 white voters in South Carolina. Look what a power you have for good or evil! But, fellow-citizens, be sure that you um that power with intelligence,'and to the end lha' South .Carohua, with which^your interests are all Identified) may enjoy the prosperity - ^w ' *" ' *1 J-. JLJIJ. JAKbj4NA. ANARCH 28, I ? 1 which it gives, When citizens come forward and moat us a* gentlemen have done to?d*y, we have no right to doubt the future.* 1 look sipon. to-day aa odr fourth of Jaiy, -And if we do our duty, we stall prate ourselves worthy of the great privilege with which we have been invested. U trtle, the majority ol colored men may not ho able to vote intelligently, but yon will be educated. In the four weeks preceding the first election in this District, you will be taught more about voting than the people of Jrelaud or England ever did know. "There never was 4-people who have gained so much as we have done. -But a little while ago we were slaves. Now we are freedmen. Itkasbeeo declared that wo shall have a voice in public affairs. In these public affairs we must unite with our while fallow citi zens. They tell us that they have been disfranchised, yet wo toil the North tlmt we will never let the balls of Congress be selent until we rcmovo that disability. Can wc afford to loose from the councils of the State.our first raon ? Can we spare judges from the bench \ Can we put fools or strangers in their positions? No, fellow-citizens, no!? Gloomy would be that day, indeed. Wc want in charge of our interest only out best and able.-t men. And then, with a strong pud, a long pull and a pull al together, up goes South Carolina.? [Uhrers.1 ' 11 on. James G. GiLbcs, being called upon, said : "Fellow-citizens: Yoti have heard to-day the kind and fiiendly expressions of gentlemen in whom yon have long had confidence, and for whom you entertain no little respect. If you have received these remarks in the same spirit with which they have been uttered, yoy must be satisfied that the feelings which the white man entertains for your race under these new circumstances, is only one of friendship and regard. Wo lool on you as fellow citizens. - When Congress comes to know tlx people of the South better ihan they do they will acknowledge that the very nier who are now excluded from the right of suflrftge, are those upon whom ac honest reliance may be placed. You "wr tea-t know who are your friends, and I have no doubt will put your confidence where it la-longs; and, as ltever ly Na?h has well said, you will not select the skulkers from duty in time ol danger. A few weeks ago I was in Washing ton and Philadelphia,and I am ashatn ed to acknowledge the ignorance which there prevailed with reference to the feeling between the whites and tlx blacks. The question was repeatedly asked ; " Are yon safe !'* Great God safe among such faces as surround this stand ! Could any man feel dangei among a people with whom he ha< u--.., v...... ?..,i ?.:u .?1...J i iioum uiviij^ih U|i rtiiu 13 ami miiuuai t by tbe tendcrest associations ! But 1 need not pursue this snl ject fnrllicr, uoi will I repeat the advice so eloquent'!) given by other gentlemen. My chit nope is that you will live in a niannoi worthy of the new privilege which yoi enjoy nnd demonstrate by your cotrduc that the safely of your Stat-- and sec (ion has been entrusted to honest heat L and hand*. [Cheers.] . The Chairman then announced tha | the assemblage would be dismisscr with benediction, after which thocrowc quietly dispersed. Thus ended ouo o the most extraordinary meetings evei - held in South Carolina. , In the evening the procession was re formed and accompanied bv a band o' music, marched with torch light: through the city, calling at the house of many of our prominent citizens, bj whom they were briefly addressed. A-Bkautifui. Legend?They fell story illnt one day Rabbi Judah ant bis bretbern sat in ibe court on fast daj disputing about rest. One Raid it \v?: to have attained sufficient wealth, re without sin. The second it wns faun and praise of all men. The third saic it was possession of power to rule tin State. The fourih that it must be only ii tho age of one who is rich, powerful, fa mous, and snrroqnded by children auc children's children. The fifth said al were in vain, unless a man kept all tlx ritual of Moses. And Kabbi Judah lh< venerable, tho taltast of the brothers said, ,4Ye have spoken wisely, but on< thing more is necojsary. - lie only car find re?t who to all things addeth thit ? that he keep the traditions of tin | elders." There sat a fair haired boy playing with lilies in bis lap, and hear I i rtr* t Ii a tall* il rnrvrvA/t i Kn via in uulonuli merrt from his hands and looked np? that'boy of twelve?and said,"Nay, nay father*, he only can find rest who love> hi* brother aa himself, and (rod will hi* whole heart and soul. He is great er than fame, wealth and power; hap' pier than a happy homo without it better than honored age ; he i* law tc himself, above all traditions." i*? ??? Tiik Ilouse of Commons of Norll Carolina, on Wednesday last, by a verj large vote, abolished impi isonment fo debt in that Stato. . -? . ; | H ( V i J M _ S fl IB^i A^V A a ^HHT' - ' /\j ' . ^ B ) oB~^S3 E"V3EIsTTS - " -W 867. A Fenian Letter. The following is s true copy of a letter received in Boston, from across the waters : * . . TirrKRARY, IRELAND, i March 25, 1866. , Mr Dear Neimiew : I have not r heard anything from ye sens the last tipie I wrote to ye. I have moved from the place where 1 now live ; or I should ; have written before. I did not know r where a letter mite find ye first, but I now take my pen in hand to drop yea fcw'lines to inform ye of tbo death' of I yer own living uncle Killpatrick. lie , died very'suddenly, after a long lingers ing'iWness ofsix months. Poor man, he suffered a great.deal. He lay a long time in convulsion, peifectly quiet and. i spaclieless, all the lime talking incoherently and enquiting for water. I'm very i much at a loss to toll ye what hi&dealL i was occasioned from, but the doctor l. s ??i ?-_ MIHK3 11 nna ucvnsiunvu uy His ISSl MCK* ness, for ho was not well ten days at a limo dining his confinements llis age ' ye know jist as well as I can tell ye?he ! was twenty five years old last March," lacking fifteen months, and if ho had lived till this time lie would been dead i six moths jist. N. IV?'take colis I enclose to ye a tin pound note, which father sends to ye unbeknown to me. Yer milher spakes of ye, she would like to send ye the Brindle Cow. I wud enclose her to I ye but for the liorruns. I wud beg of ye not to break the seal I of this letter until two or three days af i ter ye read it, for which lime ye'll be better prepared for the sorrowful news. PATRICK O'BUANIGAN. ' i To Michael Olacy, No. ?., ltroad street, United Slates of Ameriky, Slate i of Massachusetts, in Boston. Apvicrto Young Men*.?In this con. r.ection, and upon ibis topic a Louisiana cotempornry advises all young men of small means to club their capital in part4 nersbtps from two to a half dozen, rent a plantation, and go to work themselves. The proceeds of a copartnership of a half dozen mauly young mm's labor on a plnnta1 lion would be a larger dividend than 1 they can got in almost any other way. ' Besides, it would ho an income from honest and honorable labor?to many of our young men, wo are constrained to say, a novel consideration. Several . young men who were heretofore hang ers-on about town went to woik last season, and we are told that they earned more than they ever did in a year hi fore. Our young men have both op1 portnnity and incentive. Let them con: quer their mauvaise honte, and pull off * their coats, with the manly deteimina' tion to Owe nothing to friends or chance, but all to their own manly exertions. We are convinced that if this advice were generally toliowe.l, independence, 1 in the truest sense of the word, would I bo achieved for the South. [Pho:nix,. r Battlk Bktwkkn a Nrgko and a f lloo ?The Baton Kongo Comet gives r the death of n negro under circnmsten1 ces of the most singular character. The 1 negro had been hunting wild hogs, and * shot one, but the wound not proving s mortal, a struggle took place. The Comet says: ' " The negro and the hog wore both 1 dead ? the negro with his under jaw ' thinly held within the jaws of his forf midablo antagonists, whoso tipper tooth r had penetrated within the negro's mouth, while its under teoth held fast - to the chin of the poor darkey, who in f this strange encounter proved both vie? tim and victimizer." s Tiik Loui?vi|!e Cornier announces ? that General N. B. Forrest is now pre paring and will soon have ready for the press a book to he entitled "The Memoirs of Forrest's Cavalry." 1 ; i^oitrr for tub Uestitutk.?The * Chaileston Mercury rays : The United t Slates Quartermaster at this place has 9 received twelve hundred bushels of corn I for (ho destitute people of this State. It 9 will bo forwarded on Mondy by the 1 South Carolina Railroad ; two hundred bushels to Hopkin's "Station'; four hunI dred bushels to Columbia ; aud six bunI. dred bushels to Chester. 3 This is the first installment received of - the corn pmchased by the Southern Re * lief Association of New York, and will be 3 hailed by the starving people fo whom 1 it is sent as an unlocked for succor. * " ... i Nr.utnai.mxa Toibon.? A poison of any conceivablo description and degree of potency, which has been intentionally or accidentally swallowed may be rendered almost instantly harmless, by'aim' ply swallowing twogills of sweet oil. An > i:?:.i i ~:.t. - I (III I V | ll u rt I W llli 1% XI M?llg UOI151IIUI ion IT)RJ 1 tnke nearly twice the quantity. Thin oil will most positively neutralize every form of vegetable, animal or mineral ' poison with which physicians and chera* ists are acquainted. Of* Waraaga, Belgium, is a healthy i ? plaoc. There has not he?n a single <le?th ' for si* months, and the doetors have left r the town. Thin may acconut for the general good health. ^ " . 0 - . M? ' . ? . . . \ ing the.Northwest comer of BeJ^eme^ swept, on the 3d, by a fire4?hi?h?d immense 'damage to the foe raoge of ' farms aiphg iia patbfey. *The extent of country burnt waa about 60 mi lea in length, and varied in width from throe to eight tiiilea. A large trumberof soft* tie were destroyed. In some few cases, the entire premises were consumed?HXv houses, furniture and everything else. Pat. Gallagher is one of these. Mrs. Rose, and Messrs. Latham, Rioe, Perryman, Pork, Large and Hermoo, are among the worst sufferers. Tkn Vfw?sk?1 1)ais..UUA>w * * uv *-*oinM?i afwymywin mmjp * The first lot of whit* house servants sent out from England bv Mr. Morrys llaga ger, arrived in Marshal a tow days ago, consigned to various families iu the placo who, from what we can learn, are perfectly delighted with them. It is evi?. dent that white labor ^destined !o supplant, in a great mcasnre, the present negro labor, which is every day becoming more and more worthless. Gen. E. Greer, we are informed, intends joining this interest of Mr. Ilaggar, and pushing the business through on an extent sivo scale. His advertisement will appear next week. The same paper says ! We are just iuformeed, through a Mr. Chanler, of Brown Co., that the Indiara were in Llamo last week, and on Thursday murdered a gentleman by the name of Lockhart, and chased his comrade, a Mr. Dowdle, who ki!!ed two Indians and finally escaped from them, by getting into a thicket. Orders have been sent to muster out tho I14lh regiment of colored troops, under the command of Gen. Sedgwick, at Brownsville. This will leave only one regiment of that class of troops in the State?the 17th stationed at Brownsville. Tiikv ark Followiko a Delusion. ? It is well known to newspaper reads ers, says the Federal Union, that nearly or quite the whole press of the Southern Slates have urged upon the planters tlio propriety and necessity of raising more provisions, if they had to ourtail the cotton crop to do it. We Lave no doubt this unanimous appeal of the press to the planters (?as had a contrary effect to tha'. intended. Many planters, believing that this strong appeal to them to cultivate grain instead of cotton, would be heeded by others, and that consequently there would be less cotton and more grain planted than last year, determined to plant more cotton. This rulo, we believe, has been ndopted by tho planters generally. From all that we can bear, there will be a much larger Crop of cotton, and less corn, planted this year than last. Consequently, we may look out, if the season is good, for a fall in the price of cotton, and a rise in the price of corn. If such a system of farming does not bring distress and poverty and ruin upon the country, all history and experience is a cheat and a lie. The attachment which some men feel towards cotton bales is a species of idolatry?lliey literally worship them. Hut Cod, in all ages, has punished idol, atry of every kind. ? How to Keep the Peaoe Do justly. Give no cause for enmity and revenge. Injure no one, by word or deed, liender to all their dues. The golden rule is a bondsman, to preserve rren from breaking the peace. Do nothing. This rule comes into use after the quarrel is begun. It puts a speedy end to it. 44 Where no wood is, the fire goeth out." A 44 masterly inactivity " is the right course, in sotne cases, for it requires two to keep up a dispute. | Do good. If inactivity fails, try a positive treatment. If letting your enemy alone dees not appoase him, attack him with kindness. Undermine his hostility. Pour an incessant volley of good works upon him. A Gibraltar of pride or vengeance must strike its colors at last, to such an assault. Confess your own fault. There is blame commonly on both sides. Acknowledge your share. Do not try to put the other party wholly in tho wrong. Go as far, in confession, as the truth will warrant. It rill call out a confession from your opponent. Think of your ev.my's death. Death is a peacemaker. He terminates disi pules that long defied diplomacy and minraa. mm many l?ff MIU8 D AS do nettled ? How many foes has he reconciled I He makes the tongue silent.? He taken the pen, dipped in gall, out of the writer's finge rn. He stopn the press, tie awakens a feeling of compassion. There in a reaction. The foe that you could nol live with, becomes a model of honor and uprightness, now he is dead. Extravagant eulogy takes the plaee of extravagant abuse. Think of these things while your adversary is alive.? Better do bim justice now, than after his death.? Church Union. Tiiaddkus 8tev?na has been ill *ev_ oral days. It is doubtful* hether ha lives to see tbo pioaiised (confiscated) t land.