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e* MH^w^iwiiMip^fgVtw. o?i <f> s ? ^^Hh?kIwCmi^HpRMH^H|HR^^ I think wprwlbn of confidence ^8So commendation. The relation I bear to H|^V<oplc of thff Carolines, while temporarily charged with tho supervision of their V government, impart* additional interest and - ' gratification to the honor conferred upon me on the prese..t occasion by so many persona of eoneideralion. I presume some of you may expect from toe intimation* a* to my line of conduct. I hall not, 1 fear, gratify even a reasonable degree of curiosity on that subject. But at all events I may, without departing from tho reserve imposed upon me hy my position and its responsibilities and duties, tell TOM what I shall not .to Ki.,1 T al.nll n?t for a moment think of depriving: myself of tha able and efficient co operation of my old friend Governor Orr. [Great cheering.! Nor shall I fail to avail myself of the nid and assistance of any other civil officer in 8onth Carolina who perforins his duty aa sealously and faithfully as I know Governor Orr has endeavored to discharge his duty. [Cheers ] Gentlemen, 1 am sure I can add, not only for myself, but for every officer of the army of the United States serving under my command, that under no circumstances will we sanction any act of injustice, spoliation or wrong, committed upon any citizen of North or South Carolina. Gentlemen, 1 will offer to you another assurance: you have my authority for the atatement to capitalists, to traders, to manufacturers, to nil who desire to embark in in your agricultural field of labor, and to all who wish to invest tnnneys in your sc curities and in your lands, that the military authorities will do nothing tending to impair the value of your possessions, or to increase the risk of those who have Heretofore embarked in enterprises on your soil. Whatever we can do to strengthen confidence in your resouroea, and to promote the material prosperity of the Common Wealth, shall be done. I concur heartify In the confident expect ations which have been expressed as to your future. I am one of those who believe that there are few things impossible to Americans. 1 believe that the civil and political misfortunes, the disasters in trade and agriculture, the privations, losses and discouragements you have suffered, and which would have crushed almost any people who had not extraordinary energies, perseverance and faith in the future, will all he conquered by the elasticity, vigor anil fortitude characteristic of the American people.? There is nothing in tIte history of South Carolina that suggests that yon are an exception to these traits of our countrymen. It may not be unbecoming in me to say? although yon would perhups refrain from saying so yourselves?that in the war which has just closed, the people of the South have shown suclt resources, and the ability n Aninlmr - ? 1 - % ? ihciii, mm men energy, ami resolution, and courage, as will, if wisely dl- ; roc ted, surmount greater difficulties than any now be Tore them. I will go fuithiir, ami venture a sugges- | tlon in reference to your line of iic'ion. Of coarse I shall not tres) ns* upon the political ar tin; f<>r ns to that, 1 am ns much disqualified as his fc'.xcelleney the Governor, though not by a constitution tl amendment. [L ughter ] I shall abstain, as I am required to do hy the duties of tny position, from any allusion to the political heating of any matter which you have to consider. Willi this reservation, let me say to you, gentlemen, in all candor, that one of the firat duties you have to discharge to yourselves and to 3'our feilow-cit'xens, is to remove all distrust ns to your purposes, feelings, a..d intentions, in the future, towards the colored race; this distrust is, in my judgment, the main obstacle to the cordial cosoperation and good understanding of the two races. The causes for the existing alienation should pethnps be looked for in the eafty history of your State. and -her former institutions. Hut these nre considerations of the past. I do not see, fiom my jwintof view, any reason why the undoubted identity of interest that does exist and must ev? r exist between the white and the colored rare* in South Carolina, shall not result in'their pursuing in common all <lxends of society and government as heartily and successfully as if the old relation ol master and slave had never existed. [Applause.] One method of reconciliation is so nearly allied with the discharge of n>v own duties, that 1 will add to this suggestion an illustration. I think it behooves every "white man, and most especially every white man of consideration and influence in South Carolina to evert ilmi I lie it little or much, for the fair, honest. ini partial execution of the laws which secure protection to perron, character ami property. Whosoever is concerned?he lie white or colored, he he tieh or poor?you must carry this resolution with v?u lhe j"r>' l>ox, to the ballat-Sox, upon the Beat of J.ustiee, in your municipal government, in your halls of legislation and to your reconstruction convention, when it shall meet. 'Krjusl ius'ice should he a cardinal mn^iin in the polity of your State, not only because i it is your interest to hare a contented. ! prosperous and happy laboring populat ion, ! hut for higher reason??because it is just and right' fl'hcsw.] If ths colored people are ignorant nod poor, and prone to error, the evident Ukid must commend ftself to the heart and conscience of every good eitiz< n, that the poor and the ignorant should enjoy the protection of the rich, intelligent and influential citizens. It is my belief that when you have convinced the colored people, by your laws and your ad ' ? ministration of them, that you mean to do | theiu justice, you will have solved the most , dkfleult prob em you have to consider in your affairs. You will, st the same time, obviate nineteen out. of twenty of the in ' stances in which the exercise of military ' Authority in your stfuirs becomes neocssa- 1 t ry. ivnew J Mr. President and gentlemen, allow me ( fo make a r- mark fcr the purpose of dieAbusing your minds of errnn>oos inipie* ions in repaid to the sentiments of the ' people of the North towards the people of | the Siouth. 1 sffirtn, ns my real conviction, , that the treasures of Congress now to tie executed here under my direction, have not s been adopted with any purpose of retnliii " tion or hostility; nor to impede or impair y the prosperity and wellaru of the South. Tb? people of the North do not desire to ^ eisnsH^ih a niilitary government, anywhere r in this country. They regard that sort of government as repugnant to our institutious, and depreeate its prolongation sny where as j, a misfortune. 1 hey Jo not desifo, on the ^ other hand, that (tie people, enfranchised I r their action, shell he left altoge' her and '' v holly anhjeet to the control of lho*n n whom they Lave been heretofore held io 1 4 T H g= I krrlud*. Nor do they deaire that thle a u I merout moo, by raeaon of end opprowion or I obataelaa placed in the way of their wellBeing* bar*, whara (hay belong, ahall l>< Monrtralned to out looaa from Utair m<>orBtgi her# and emigrate to other and tea# Mo mrrnlal parta of the oountry, whera thoy Mould And no auH-ahla or adequate demand I for Ik..;-rt.l t_ti i ?v.. i-vui . vtnrr Biumiir cniineniiioni I have contributed their influence to the adoption <>f th? measures now to be exI e>cut*d. It wee apparent that the re organ ization of the political iBelitutione ol the Sjuth would moat speedily terminate the necessity tor military occupation an>i mill tory control. If the preaenoe of troopa was uect-esary to enforce the rights ol the freedtnen, the obvious remedy, in a Rrptih lican form of Government, was to Have the enfranchised race, by means of the ballot, the power to enforce respect for their privileges as eitiaena. The - drocatea of uni* versa! suffrage are cortainly friendly to the colored people; therefore they wleh no m sfort una to the communities in whioh the colored peop'e must continue, for weal or woe, to dwell. Far from it Oo the contrary, they believed that this addition to the representative population of the country, this addition to iti military power and its means of production, must result not only in great and substantial good to the ' nation at large, but that great and substanI tial blessings must follow to the people of j the South It is not so much my purpose to convince you thnt these measures will j accomplish the beneficent results contem| plated by Congress, as it is to commend i them to your judgment and appreciation in their true purpose and object, according to my belief; and also, gentlemen, to assure you thnt it is in this sense and with ihene ; hopes that, so far as my desires are concerned, these Acts of Congress will be ex eeuted. That the result* to yourselves, to your posterity, and to our common country, may strengthen and emlear the ties that n>u-l heneeforth make our destiny inseparable, is my prayer, and will be my earnest endeavor, Gentb-men, I commend to yon the bright cr aspect of the future. There has never been an important" experiment in 'public affairs that has not suggested the gravest doubts and difficulties, and especially is this true in the matter of suffrage. Kvery large addition to the voting population of a country has excited the a'aim of many who funcied themselves among the wisest of their generation. When universal suffrage was | grant d to the while race, it was predicted | that it would involve the downfall of the republic. The naturalization laws and tile consequent encouragements given to em- I I igration, have "brought to our shores mil lions of Kuropeans, of every race and clime, i At thb outset, it was predicted that this foreign element woul-l revolutionize our in etititi tons. and brook down our experiment of fn o Government. <?re?t Britain, in 1832, by I lie Reform Rill, added * very large number to the voting pupulilion of thnl empire. Many Briti.-h sta' esuien mil in t (tilled then, I lint us necessary it conarqueiiee the decline And downfall of England was imminent, if not inevitable. Now we see the lender* of the lory party originating and advocating a measure ol enfrnnchi. e meat, compared with which the Uetorin Bill of 1332 was insignificant. Gentlemen, 1 commend to voti that, in choosing your course, you should not as sume that, every possible danger is inevit| able. Take the risk. Do all you can to avert unhappy consequences, ('ling and cleave to the brighter hope. I.et Us have fuilh ill our good fortune. let us believe that ihe beneficent re ult is practicable.? And if it be true, as ru my of us have beer admonished to believe by llic events,* > uii foreseen and iusciutible, ol the past lew years ; if it be true lliat in this epoch of War, Emancipation and Enfranchisement, we are in the hands of >r higher l*iovidrnce, i lending us to tho lu'.fibnent of a destiny we perhaps yet dimly see. let u? have faith that that same I'tovidonce which litis con ducted us thus lar through tunny hazardand difficulties of the experiment of republican freedom, will yet lead us safely through the dangers and difficulties that now seem to lio in our way. Let us have faith in the futiuc, as in the past, liltei ty and freemen may vindicate themselvesngaiual the sneerand doubts cf their enomies. The history of great common wealths proves that in proportion to their freedom they gained in prosperity and power, as in culture and military rem wn. Bower thus developed is conservative to nations ami to civilization. It may bo tliut, for a leief period, while llieuew order of things in in process of a juslnieiit, the productive capacity of thetSouth will be itii|wtirrd. This cannot lust long. The cotton crop raised by free labor lost year, under greater disadvantages than are likely ever to occut again, sold for as much as ihe largest ciop evi-r raised in tlie South. Before many years the most prosperous, opulent, and contented agricultural |<oiiu]atnin in the world will cultivate the t<riiiory Iy*i ^ between the Potomac and the Itio Grande. In conclusion, let me harrow an iljoetration from the most hrilhant ol modern his torians " Ariosto tells a pretty story of m f.iiry, who, l?y some mysterious law of her nature, wits condemned to appear at certain seasons in the f?>rtn of a foul and venomous snake. Those who injured her during the period of her disguise, were forever excluded from participation in llu blessings she bestowed, li l to those who, in spile ol her loathsome aspect, piti*-d and protected her, she afterwards tei&aled herself in the beautiful and celestial form, which was natural to her, aceomp tn ted tbeir steps, grant ed all their wishes, tilled their houses with wealth, made them happy in love and victorious in war. Such a spirit ia Liberty ? At times she takes the form of a hateful reptile, She grovels, she hisses, she stings But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her ! And happy are those who, having dared to receive Iter in her degraded and frightful shape, shall at length be rewarded by Iter in the time ol her beauty and Iter glory." [Great cheering ] At a later hour in the evening. General Sickles, in response to the sentiment offered by Col. 0. A. Andrews, President of the Chamber of Commerce, said : I trust that nothing more will he expect pp. of me than to return my sincere thank* for this hearty manifestation of your kind P'gar.f and esteem. To do less than that, 1 would he to subject myself lit the reproach >f failing to appreciate a fla'toringcompli- { nrni. II IN a practice ill Civil and po- ^ itW-al nffrtirn to make pmmiaea; and as an iflfieer I havs none to make, for mine ia the dain and simple duty to obey order*. Ri'.t Ida much 1 may venture to any, that I | hall endeavor, at the close of my labor- , imong you, to deserve an exptesaion of ( our confidence similar to ihat with which f on oheer me now in the commencement of ( ryy'u,k- ],-( r 0 It U not unlikely that Kan-as will In- " he fir-t Sta's of the Union to confer the ' ranch iaa on women. When that lime ' omea, what a prnccwion of Mionglinded women will vend jta ,w*v $ in her, f * I GREENVILLE, 3. C. THURSDAY, APRIL II, 1MT. Public Opinion of the South. There trcmi no division of opinion really in any quarter of the Southern States, a* to tho practice! question of acting op to tho^x*eonstruetioa laws of Congress. Alt havi different ways of expressing tbs same thlrg. Some call It " accepting ths eitoa lion," hut it is emphatically submission to the powers that bo, because there is no other Course consistent with patriotism or wislom.'or consistent with the course of the Southern States sioee the surrender of Lra and J >n*rroM. The people of the Southern States have shown, in their peaceable eonduet and 0n| veraal quiet after the cloee of the war, more capacity for self-government, and higher civilisation, than they could bare done in any other way. A few instanoes of violence or erime occurring Iters and 1 there, cannot honestly be charge-l against the people of the South any more than aim iisr occurrences in any other States could prove that life and properly were not pro* tecled, because occasionally a burglary aud robbery or homicide is committed, and some sacape unpunished. The people of the Southern States sre not Mexicans, South Americans, Seminoles or Camanches, to he guilty of the crime snd folly of wanting to plunge in'o rerolution and bloodshed continually, without reason or hope of success. They are universally con/meed that they never can succeed in gaining anything for themselves by violence. There are now no States of the North ^meric?n Union, in which there ia so little probability of forcible resistance to the Federal power, as in the South. We should sooner expect a secession party in Massachusetts, j than in South Carolina ; henceforth the exI elusive r.linni.? - 1 . .? ?. *: i-iiiimifrn people to lift be on llieir own pacific and prudent counsels and the magnanimity and justice of the governing majorities. We hear of no difference of opinion among the citizens of this section. All not disfranchised have made up th-ir mindswe think to register and vote, when the time comes, on tlie Convention questioni It woul-l he foolish to act otherwise. The public wagon is to have a n-w team and driveisand a new road, never:lieless it is loaded wills everybody's " truck," and everybody it therefore deeply interested in selecting both team and drivers, ami road hands, else a badly selected team m.tj prove baulky and vicious, the driver ua skillful and rascally, the roads villainous, and the highway of rnir *o i ll concerned. Not a single mnn, therefore, should fail in giving earnest attention to the new orders. We have plenty of worthy gentlemen among us whose interests are identified with every other person's honest interest in the country, well qualified to represent u* in the Cobvcntion that is to ha called. What's to bo Dons, We do not wish to dictate to any one. hut cannot forbear a word of advice, at | this time, to all colors All, it serins, have a right to vote hereafter, all have, therefore, one common i terest, all must prosper or tulTcr together, all are bound to do t'<e best they can for the public good, and all unvp sense enough (o see tluit a ?livia loo into a white mail's party ami a negro party, will he roinoua to all peace ami goo.I government, and. In the long run, ut terly destroy the colored men. The white population of tlie Suith henceforth will rapidly Increase, (he black population has already rapidly declined, and a free negro population outside ol the tropica, never increases, hut rather dwindles away, there fore let there he no uofriendlineM between the white and black man in South Carolina or any other State. The good of both requires mutual friendship. The great mass of Southern gentlemen have the utmost good feeling for the black man, th*-y have been raised together, and have been faithful to each other, as master and servant, and are frienos now that the negro is free, by the force of circumstances growing out of the war. Neither party, North or South, when the war commenced, intended to emancipate, and both North and South saw the necessity of it before ell was over. Even I'rcsidei t Davis began.to recommend emancipation for army service, so did Gen. I.kk The freedom of the negroes is a clear Providential ooourrencs, and little thanks or blame to any party or human agencv, therefore let them ose their freedom wisely, and not allow themselves to be made political slaves of any set of men either in the South or in the North, nor tools to promote selfish and designing nten, who want office for money. We earnestly recommend that at soms early nsriod ?l>i? * * ? , i? Hireling <>I Hie people, white and colored, without diatine< lion, be called, to take place in the Court llou?e, at Greenville, end that acme of both classes be specially invited to address the meeting on public affaire and public duties at thie time We alial! refer to thie enbjeet again j in the meantime, let the matter be thought of end talked about. Agricultural and Horticultural Mattera. Our highly eeteeiued correspondent who iaa been lately supplying the Enterpritt | vith valuabe matter in the gardening art, i >nd agricultural ecienoe, is for thie week, irowded out by the long speeches we pub- < ish, end ether matter. We would advt?e t ur friends to keep files of the Entepri?e. ot only for the general matter contained, >ut especially *n of the many good < gg.etions and useful information from J tigmal contributors, as well as from the ( leaning* from the preset M??h reading will t n w aa good yesra fiom now, aa ft the I Ntanf. < ? \ * ? tls^tipeM^Jgp which ws publish, will be tU?Dtln^^KM4 their content# noted and mM^^^J^Eamoog ail cImm* of oar people,jj^^^^Hppecially among tbo oolorad. QottHM^Htba# shown always a lasjw^Ka'rdlbr tlWjPl tad interests of Iks negro popuMnon of the State. The only miltor ti whin be Committed a greet, enormous practical mistake, both for tboir interest eud tbet of tbo white people, was in his constant efforts to keep at borne all'tbe black population in Booth Carolina, and to prevent any of them from moving away to better situations in Florida, and the States of the Southwest; especially when " the Bureau " was ready and willing to furnish transportation. We hare always thought that the black population of this State, especially in the middle and lower Districts, was too much crowded for their own, good, or thgt of anybody else?always keeping provisions dear and labor too low?and now we see In thoee places an inconvenient disproportion of wbite and black. Tbe speech of Gon. Sickles evinces a just r .1 - . -- - - uvoo vi nuvuuun iuwiWUB H1I 0iii8cs HUUjeCt 10 bis authority. It it impartial in thit respect, and no disturbers of the peace, white or black, can hope for any encouragement or immunity from General Sickles, lie gires good advice to the negroes which we would be glad to see them follow. The General appears sanguiue of the Allure prosperity of South Carolina. His own name and lame for weal or woe will be henceforth connected with the history of the State, and anything which ho may eontribute to her permanent prosperity and future honor and dignity by the right exerciso of his vast powers, will contribute to his own lasting renown. Few men have evor had better opportunities for distinguishing themselves nobly in history than the five military cointnandurs of the South. There is but one course to take ; we believe they know it?moderation and justice. We think Governor Ojir'i reflections on the Democratic party just now, in bad taste, to say the least of it. Onr wisest course is for the present to steer clear alike of ail ''entangling alliances " with parties, and all active warfare and denunciation of parties. When the Southern States get fairly into the Union, | wo shall see, in our opinion, a ntte party, com- I posed of ail the Conservative Republicans or Radicals, and all the patriotic Democrats, whose motto shall be Liberty and Equality to al 1 the States. Tbis is our hope and faith for tho future. A O est Mo vomer t. Judge Suakkik and Robkri J. Wai.kkr, of Mississippi, are bringing before lite United States Court the constitutionality of the late reconstruction laws of Congress, and tile question will be speedily decided, we nrW-Uin* one wnu ?!>? " ' !- 1 r _ . ~ "j w. . mv ?>( < i . ii iv is utv tided for Mis-ia*ippi, the decision will ajrply to all the Southern State* equally, and the matter be finally put at rest, whether Cmi^rees has the right to treat the Southern State* merely as conquered provinces, or whether they are really State* under the Constitution. Wo must wait nn-1 see. No newspaper argument?although it might possess the wisd on o| a sage, the learning and logic o| Marshall, and the purity and fire of the Seraphim?could accomplish anything. Especially true >a this so far as the Southern press is concerned. But Judge. SiiakkiK and R. J. Walkkr will be heard before the Court, and tliey are both men of very superior abilities and legal learning Perchance they may convince the Judges. If so, the result will he that ! the President and all acting under him will he enjoined nnd restrained from interfering in any way to carry out the late Acts of Congress, and the Southern States will stand as they were. Lot us not build upon the StiAHKBt movement, however, but prepare to go forward in reconstruction. Should Injunction bo granted, the question will then be settled as to what we should do. We have merited fur publication an article on this subject front tbe Charleston A'eies. Me*tin* of Colored People in Oreenrile. We are informed that there was a meeting of a pood many of tlie colored citizens of the Town, last Thursday evening, in this pluce, and thai they were addressed hy Mr. Ai.lks, the I'oHmnster of the Town, and by one or two of their own number We1 have been furniehel with no report of the proceedings, and would publiah them if it bad been desired. The Use of Quano on CottonThe moot approved m--d? of applying Guano on eotto t, is to apply to the surface after the first wot king, and just b. fore the second, rate of 100 to :8o pounds per acre So we have learned from the moat intelligent. gentlemen from the Eastern part of this State, whore Guano has been longer and more extensively used than any wheie- , else in South Carolina. I Another next best, mode, is to open a fur- ' row by the cotton and put in the Gnsn<>.? The lta*t profitable of all mode* of appilca? tion, it at the bottom of the drill before planting. Our Correspondent ** S. T.** On, m-.A - _m v- J " * " mil ue nnuoilrM refreshed ' And gratified to are in our paper Another lAtt<*r from 8. T." We regard it aa a i mirfortuii* that her charming letter* have hern aurpended.through a miaapprehengion. Sinee the departure of " 8. T." from Oraen- ' villr, the Enterprite has bean regularly mailed (or her to Texaa, hut we now ?#e it was to the wrong pott office. We truat it will he regularly received heieaftn.? c We a**\ira our fair eorrrapondrat that for getfuluraa ia the leal fault that any of her r Greenville friend* wonli be guilty of to ' waf.l her. Note few would repeat t<* her, Jj a* perhapa twin* have, tb# p?ietry which ' ha* *oiuelhiiig to aay of ' the green eat apot ! In metwory'* waate, ptt* Bar. Mr. Ka**aar addraaaed the * snlored people in the Ooerf 'Hofaee l?*t evening, " >n the aebjeer of educatiou and the/r improve, meat generally. He ia a Irevolljng agent or " he aoeiety to promote education among the "recdtnon. Th.-re IMut ? f'Htd hCtemUncm and * \ number of whitea alao preeeut, The apeak- ** irgare rotja ejWleot M^iee. " * I The April atfcH^HMBHH rleuHoral reading matter. b*ili*hed with tasteful plaa of ? oonnnint dwcllBKflp^^^N wrlM. Darin Dioww, t?n||HH| ful planter la Georgia, glee* twl^HgmBj cation*, which, with orer thirty og?^lB8j inal ailicit*, on lopiea P*rt?lb!lj^BP Fsroi^gpsrden and FiW ton Culture, Mann* -a, Qraa*aa,^jBhrlto, and other crop*, Steep, Imnljaafll tlrape*. Peachec, vegetable*?-a latter (ml n k. *- - - ? umbo JIV^RO, ?o., ao? i?ny lUHTOI^pM reputation ol this valuable paper, whloh haa Hnd regularly iaaued lor naarly lw?o ty five years. Tbe Lltarary Club. Tba Club mocts on Friday evening, at tb< hnuaa of Re*. Wa. D. Thomas. Subject to d if cession?Suffrage ? - i? Washington Now*. Wijnixorof, April 9. Tbe Russian Treaty was ratified with onlj two or three dlrseutlng rotes. 80 now tb< United 8tatea haa grown immensely large it Northwestern territory on the Pacific. Ei-Oor. Vancb, of N. C., baa been pardon ed by tbe President. Tbcodork Parana, of Maryland, bas beei appointed r>y tbe Agricultural Commissioner (Newton) agent to distribute seeds in th< South, and to aid in improving Southern Agri culture. Governor Jar nine, of Georgia, baa deter mined to file a -Bill in tbe United Statei Court to protect that State from tbe military fiill. He is now in Washington, and tele graphs the fact to tbe Augusta ChronieU. Gold, in New Turk, on tbe 9th, 34} pre mium. LoHDnn.?The Liberals in the House o Commons split on the Reform Bill. The Derby Ministry regarded safb. OUR TEXAS CORRESPONDENCE Pi. **tks*villk, Tax**, March. 1807. | Mr. Editor? ' When in the course ol Inimun events " ??nr friend* forget u?? when Memory hold# notraoe of us, among thosI who knew us in happi-r years It is . .?n w nn i i no complain ot you and the rrat of my tricnda. I wmiM like to know If your theology te ohe* Uigi'liulnrn a* oue of ila fmportaut claii'e*. I know that ' Through the deep w itera you call u? to go," hut. wo* not aware that old hope*, old memories and old friendships were hurled " Beneath oblivion's tidbit*** ? ?." j If an, you r?iu?t pardon me for prot sting against such tenets. My faith teaches me a diffe rent leAenu, and makes me eling to the friend* of other (lava, ahd 1 call upon you .o think of os, While " Memory holds her seat. In I hi* disi raced Sou* hern g'ohe.'' But I mu*t not rpeak ot (he South nor our prospeet*. They are sad and fearful enough to drive Reason from her throne. If Nebuchadnezzar and his realm were half so demoralised as we are. -1 do not wonder ?l his aberration, nor his pref erence for the society of Ilia denizens ol the forest. And though "you you don't deserve one line of this h-U-r. snd ought to lie " Forgot*?n a* you have forgot," I will try one more appeal to your better feeling, and then if I he pap -rs you pronsised to send are not forthcoming I will hid y?u (I think) a final adi-u. Shall 1 tell ol our Texa* home? "our cottage iu the wilder nes* I" We have heen here nearly eight week*, and like the people very much There i? a primitive simplicity of uiantor and hospitality among them that goe's to ones very henrt. But the uLiuinte is another matter. For the last two dars a norther ha* heen blowing, and it has heen cold, oh, how cold I And the worst of it is. the weather change* without any warning. Sunday, summer apparel would have heen pleasnut. Monday moruiug, blanket*. fi?s. closed door* and windows, were the vogue. 1 dislike the winter climate here. The summer sun* are said to resemble the inleuse hents of the torrid zones These high temperatures are somewhat mitigated by cool night*, nod the breezes usually blowing. Iu fact, oothe praiarie*, I he'ieve, the winds are always making weird rau sic. And wihl & iwere spring there, making a fairy land of tboae aforraaid praiuries ? This word ia pronounced atrurigely out West. It ia calleil prayer or preyer. Iu ubotil three weeks the flowers and line M ill i>e in full perfection > etui I van tell ol llir scene of enchantment that old sellers say bur.-i on the raptured eye, ' , <1 IS twu the Queen ol the Spring passes over the VS eel, - I And culls the flowers lo wnke from their long winter's sleep and tdooni again. Nearly every day my little rcholars bring me a l?oqui-t either of wild violet* or vernena, or soiue ol the earlv flowers that blootn .11 the gardens ol Carolina But 1 have uot yet se.-n a prreiouM, white hyacinth?the flower th.it always appears to nie to hloom in neaven, and " near the throne." There is ron-eiliing in its holy breath tnat iells of the belter land ; something iu its deito.ite graceful beauty reminding na ol the ' pure tn heart," hat years ago j entered there, trh I in tliis stranger land, : it would be so sweet lo meet tuy Uvorlle flower I " Dear as rainaiohsred k>a*?s sfter death, And |Ueatwni as tidings from home; vS here the blue streauu flow iu my Fatherland, i.j .i- ? nuu iue irivoua of ray obi Id hood go baud IU4l?Ull, When. in? voices thrill on the evening air, \* they di?l tu llie twilight when tee were there. But another eland* at our threshold now. Vnd the Hu>h ol the ?un*et it ott hie brow, Aud they call at our portals another none. Jut in all tbinga el*? it ia ju*t the tamo. The breath ol tb? gpriugtida, the goldvo dey. At we are all that have ps*?ed a way Porticiug "gun aeneual. Isnul-ody ever ' outing from Carolina to our uew horn-* If I { einiol truat myself to write of ihde thing*, goring co nea eailier hero'than in the uouutiin* of the Palmetto ?tate. In a ! reek, f the weather -moderate*, we will lave the trees all green. They *h->w evi- 1 leno>w of verdure now. Moee wave* from , be liouglis iu grae>Jol beauty, when the | 'ght wind# ?lgh through ibe kuolind ran* bet Ru* tne trees a>? not Imge nor | roll moil ded There oppealM to W *|i#ei?? f deMi filnhn. ua about th< ra, or at least j tuei ol thara-^a laitk of uun try that tar* their beauty. * # The o.?ntry round ow little village (in ' ?e wood*) i? w> flat end sandy. To |er i .a* aeourUiWihil to lh? bhtg hiba and unvon aobciry, tbo gMbotonybecwoea tttrl ' I4R * *, Be.mOuthe* fuller/ the public flv?d^WtWM^KBMM|HBBjHMlB| r Ladiee' Sonthera evenirrf, Mr. and volunteer reading. la the Southern R ilief ( A Striking Contrast?1860 On Wednesday la*t, Mr. Georg#$| ;*j?|jSj Francis Train happened Into the " gold . room" in New York, and *w requested l>) it* frequenters, the bull* and bear* i of Wall street, to make a speech on ikn H i rxptnsion of the currency, lie replied i in n-j elaborate sketch, drawing, in char. acleristic language, a contrast between finnn.M.i i;.:? ..... .............f ui nm country - in 1800 and 1807. The speech is pub* limited length in the New York par pern, but our space only permits ue to - lake a glance at soine of it* main point*. In 1800, he said. prosperity was-ail - over the land ; 5 000 000 bale* of cotton on a thousand plantations; 5.000,000 r tona of shipping on every ocean ; agri1 cul'.ure well to do, manufacturers proaperou?t banks and insurance companies paying good dividends, petroleum veils and wealih'jusl being developed, 60,000 000 of gold coining in from tbe C California mines, tbe stock market producing a harvest to tbe brokers, the drv goods merchants making money ?in short, prosperity all over thel?Hdf-and , \el alt this was done on a currency ef two hundred and ffty milliont of dollars. This was 1860; now lor theotb? ei picture he drew?1867. * .. rive million* of shipping wiped off ' the sea bv England's neutrality ; no five millions of chiton hales now ; three bun" dru.J millions sunk in petroleum; gold* mining companies have played out;sgri* culture drooping; woolen and other manufacturers suspending payment; in* surance companies failing, and steamship pioperty i? dying out. The *roilensst security in the streets is tbeeo called giltedged paper; the rich men are all paoi^ and are first to call in their loans ; those patriotic, radicals who put their money ' into Southern cotton plantations bays' planted it there forever. The West not paving up. and the South has nothing to pay or buy with ; he bonded warehouses have piles of foreign goods. n.ll i tutil <V?r tKo ? * * ' 1 " 1 ' >v< , ? UO WUUIM' SVIOCKtU wua merchandize; tlie gold market from thiitv to forty per cent, premium ; $60*? UU0.000 sunk in the Siock Exchange-? that financial Morgue of the land?sine* January ; in short, paralysis everywhere ?the dry rot iu Wall street?no body paying expenses ; checks exchanged to show life?h11 loan* on call?no business doing? no industrial enterprise* going on?no confidence anywhere; and yet, all this w ah a currency of on? thou~ sand millions of dollars! This is a brief sketch of tht contrast pre-euted by the speaker, lie refers, < then, to the future, lie refers to Con* gre>*. and notices what they are doing* He says the lawyers are in power, sod what do thev care f They have added IsdUO.OOO.OOO to the national debt. H* a-k* if the South ia to be re admitted under the military bill, and says thai Stevens holds the reins; confiscation cotues uext. lie predicts that Congresswill bring on a financial crash in tkm fall, lay it on the Administration policy, and when everything is broken, Con* greas will meet in the winter, pass Raodall'a bill putting gieenbacks in place of national bank bonds, past another bill for paying duties on imports in grcanI backs?in oilier words, giving dieooua I t?y one currency. 11a asid ?*?? innke all happy for ilia Presidential election fur 1908. lie illustrated bia position by raying national delirium tremens requires national whisk f, and tlie nMiioual whisky will ujake all troia fur theparty. The contrast drawn by tba iptaktr has much truth, and we may wall tar, a? loyal citizens, '* (h>d ?a*a the Bepub> lie!"?Columbia Phcsnia. > u. Bk Gextlb ? If you would have ft ' loving wife, be aa gentle in yonr worda after a? before marriage ; treat her qoita h? tenderly when a matron aa wbeo a Mint; don't make bar the maid of alt work, and a*k bar why aha looka leaa tidy and neat than whan you Aral knew her. ?J 1 . ..1 ..J Beligioua Servlcea, Sunday. April 19% % suanaT-acaooLa. mpilit Cliurob, 9, A. M.?CoL Cut. J. Et.roito, SuperioUsfuUat. \ Methodint C'burob, 9, A.*.?b. f. Stokm, K*q., Bu per in tendon W . / v Kpivropftl Chur*b, 9i A- f ?*' W. 8, Earlb, Hujx-rlntwnileoi. PivibjrUrlu Ch?r?l>, 9, A- b''* Ms. A* A* Fostbb, BuparintoutUnt. ? IIMOII. , ? BApt lot Cburab, 11, A. M-, k*4 J, P. M* Bat. W. D. Thomas. M.tho.il.i Chorch, 11, 4. M.? Bat. J. W, Hrviur. Epi.cop.1 Cbnreh, 11, A. M., m4 t, P. M? R?. Ellisom Capbbs. Preshjurian Charcb, 11, A sad i, P. M? l?r. E. T. Pert*,