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sub-Bditor. H^^^JHHPnE^I.OO PER ANNUM. I iAS CORRESPONDENCE HILL, Washington CO.,) April 1st, 1867. f W&Teiurt. Editor??A number of my ^ -old acquaintances in your State, de elred me to write to them, but 1 heve -decided to write to you, trusting that too, and the most welcome visitor, ? Southern Enterprise,w will gire my letters a wider and speedier circulation than I could. + Texas is a great country. There is an opening almost inexhaustible for all classes of immigrants. The lands surpass any that I ever saw in any coun try. Washington County is supposed to be among the best for farming purposes; especially in produoing cotton. Corn is raised in abundance, but subject to weevil during spring and Summer, from the lateness in gathering?a great deel is also destroyed by the wild geese, crows and birds. Very little wbeat is raised in this County, from the fact that ;it will not pay ; cotton pays the best, >the yield is so great. There is undoubtedly more cotton wasted and left in the fields here, than is made in South Car-olina, upon an average, per acre. Srenhara, the County seat, is quite a 'business and flourishing town. Schools and colleges wore wondeifully well .maintained during the war, but now ?(bey fall short of the needs of the increasing nonnUtinn It lit nnn nnweno. I per published in the town?" The Southern Banner "?edited by D. L. McGary, E?q. lie is one of the ablest artid best writers in our State, and bis extensive acquaintance and influence, will add much to the already great popularity of the M Banner.w There are several very excellent schools.; a board ing and day school for young ladies. {Live Oak Seminary, near Gay Hill,) -conducted by the pastor of the Presbyterian Church, is only one Of so* end holding a high position for many years. Of colleges, one for boys and another for girls at Independence, under the auspices of tbe Baptist Church; and two of an equally high order, and similar, at Chappell Hill, under the care of the Methodist Church, l'he former in eludes a law school, and tbe latter one of mediolne and surgery, which are fan becoming celebrated. Churches of every denomination are numerous all over the County. Of minerals and mineral springs, there are few. Along tbe base of the hills ranging South and parallel to the river Yegua, are salt and soda springs. Thick strata pf lignite of excellentquahty crop out, or have been cut through, in dig Sing wells. Along tbe aauie range of ills are springs impregnated will sulphur, sod effejing evidences of tbe pre* eoce of petroleum, in the frequent ga-e-. oua bubbles and oily scum on "the surface. Not much probability of coal or iron. Abundance of lime-rock, sield ing excellent lime. The County is tin-, . usually well watered ; and good and permanent water-tank* can be anywhere made. In agricultural products, thie County is generally understood to be the rich est in tbe State. Tbe chief crops are corn and cotton, both produced abun dantly; wheat, barley, oats, the various milieu, sorghum, the sweet and irrah potato, garden vegetables, <kc., are all largely grown, and yield well.? The castor-oil bean, and other oil pro docingseeds, yield great returns ; tobacco has been grown pretty generally by tbe negroes, end gives a large return of good leaf; bat little rye, and no buck wheat or rice; although any and all groer well, the last with irrigation, of oouree; hops, hemp, flax, indigo, mad der, and other dye-stuffs can all bo growt). With the-exception of rather loo fre quant cold nothers, during the late autumn, winter end early spring, there is no more'pleasant climate, especially up oil the open prairies, though some claim the Mint, or even more, for the Altered woodland. Tbe great general elevation of ibis country, gradually rising .from the coast, thus bringing it etill within the reach of aea breeds, modified and tempered, contribute* much to the agreeableneu of the climate and general good health. The blaek prairie eoil is notoriously rich and productive; many of the creek bottoms and timbered lands have aiso excellent soil. The Brazos bottoms, at the east end of the Coooty, are unsur passed in productiveness. The County is well timbered ; not over two-fifths ie prairie, .The La Bsbig prairie extende the entire length of the County, and nearly along its centre. The limber ia mainly oak, of seveiak # < "> !? 4 * ^HE1_ pgfcfe= ' I - -iYpecies.affording abundant fencing and fuel, with various elms, ashes, hnckber nes, hickories, pecans, cotton-woods, box-elders,-red cedars, wild poach, mul berries, dec., with occasional valuable cane brakes j one beautiful group of magnolias and hollies, no pines. Tbe Mustang grape vise grows in vast quantities, festooning thelivo oak, tfce., in the most beautiful i.pd graceful manner, andJbearing heavy and regular crops of grapes, from which a good red wine is made. , Of rivers, there are tiotie within the County. Tbe Brazos is; the boundry on the east, the'Yegua on the north.? The valley of the bottoms, affords a vast range for cattle and hogs, and some good lands for cultivation. New Year's, Wolf, Mill, and many other creeks or small streams, have their sources in aad traverse poitions of the County. A railroad, soon to bo extended between sixty and one hundred miles further to Austin, taps the Texas Central Railroad at Hempstead. Brenham is the present terminus. This Iioad is of great value to Washington County, and to all tbe country north and west. Tbe pasturage is unsurpassed by any part of tbe State, When the lands are enclosed, which is easily done by bedg ing, and for which ossge orange, and various roses. <fcc., have been used, but tbe best and surest is tbe white mi" crophvlla rose, known a* Mai in Leonida. Stock of all kinds thiives well; but ilio Countv, until each fHrm is enclosed, is overstocked. The best building material in much of the Coun'.v is sand?stone, but very scearce; little or no gravelly Cobbles or rocks in the County. Good ricks are made. Houses are chiefly framed of cedar and of pine, brought fiom the pineries of Grimes and Mont* goinery counties, distant thirty or forty miles ; excellent houses of hewed logs aro common. The cluapness of living depends entirely upon xme'a self. A kind and bounteous Providence gives food of all kinds in abundance. The fruits are somewhat limited. Putter, milk, cheese, poultry, and eggs, wine, game, ?kc., are abundant ; and their preparation and cooking depend upon individual etTorls. Game, such as deer, turkeys, grouse, geese, bi ants, quails, the great prairie hare, Ac, are abundant. The tnoti scrims difliculty is, that the means of living are too abundant and loo easily procured. Hogs sre raised in great numbers, and cheaply, and bacon cured easily with reasonable care. Our population is fast increasing; can aot say at what rate; but the result will be to make this beautiful County a white man's country. Life and properly are secure, as much so as in any purl of South Carolina or in the Uni'ed Slates. It Is a very com noon thing to see in this County, cotton gins, corn cribs and smoke houses without locks upon them. Out side oj Galveston and Ifouston cities, coin i* used altogether As currency ; no greenbacks used in this section ; no credit system in this country whatever. Isold and silver are as plentiful iu Texas, and more so, tliati any other country tbat I ever saw in nty life.? The negroes, as a general thing, have more money here, than the white peo pie in Sooth Carolina. The very-driest years here, a plenty is always made to live upon, and when it is a seasonable year, there are thousands upon thousands wasted and thrown away. I never saw such a country ; I bad no conception cf what kind of country it was until 1 came here. All new comers have just as many inilk cows to milk as they wish, and At no expense whatever, only to drive them up and milk them ; and when you wish to turn them loose with their calves, you must mark the calves in the same maik as thai of the cow. This is all the owner <d the cattle requires of you. By this course of proceedure, it is a great advantage, both to the cattle and the owner. The canle always keep fat, the range is so great. Yon can get now, at this lime, as nice fat beef in the market in Brenham as you ever mvr, at from three to four cents per pound ; pork at five to ei* cents per pound bacon at eight to ten rente, <fcc. Permit me to give you the Rxomp* lion-Act of the Stale of Texas. Chap* ier 130, known a? the Exemption Act, exempts from forced sale two hundred acres of land, including the homestead, not in a town or city ; or lots in any tcwn or city, not to exceed two thousand dollars iu value at the time of designation 1 as the homestead, and the same still ' exempted, notwithstanding any future 1 increase in value; household furniture 1 not exceedingfke hundred dollars inval j ue; all implements of husbandry, all tools, ' apparatus, and books, belonging to any 1 trade or profeasion, five milk cows, two ' yoke of oxen, two horses, one wagon, * twenty hogs, twenty sheep, one year's supply of provisions, all saddles, btidles f and harness needed for family use. For f every citizen, not the bead of a family, there is exempted one horse, bridle and i saddle, sll wearing apparel, all tool#, i books, Ac., belonging to hi* trade or < profession. IIoW will the above com- t Eare with the recent laws which your 1 egidalir? body paa>oJ in their 1 4 ? I . mil?:x of pc GREENVILLE, $OUTlI C recent session of 18001 What did tliey do in regard to deceased soldiers' families, and tbe poor and destitute _ II.. Al. I' 1 generally i vyu j w I you appropriated ten thousand d< liars for tho purpose of bringing a little more distress and starvation in the Stale at large. Can (ho destitute and the poor remain in your Slate, provided they can furnish means by which to get away ! A little ntore for the law in Texan: If the wife dies before the husband, the estate ia subject to be administered upon by the husband, or next friend ; if the husband dies before the wife, she has the right to administer upon the community property. It seems to be a joint copartnership between the husband and wife ; cither parly is entilltd to one half of the estate ; after the decease of the o;ber, the children share the o.her half (if there be any;) if no issue, the one half falls back to the parents. For fear I have already worried your patience, I will now close for the present. Perhaps too may bear fioui me again soon. TEXAN. Now is the Accepted Time We have urged our people to no longer indulge in any false npueamishnet* about accepting the negro as with them*?lvca a voter, and to indulge in no hesitancy as to his competency or qualifications. Whether we vote or i.ot, he will; and those who refuse, from the most false cf all species of pride, to vote also, will deserve, if they do not have it visited upon them, the execra lion of all those who, being ostracised byCongress, are dependent upon the resolute promptnees of their fellow citizens for salvation from further deprivation of their natural rights. The inan who would refuse to plow It is land with a mule, bacnuse he preft rrcd a horse and could not get one, or to permit a carpenter to mend his broken tahle when there was no cabinet maker near, or to walk the same street which a black man uaea, may well commit such folly. Such a man ought, perhaps, (o have no vote, for ha has no discretion, But a man who is indifferent whether a white hand or a black one lias dug the grounJ which grows his veget* ablcs, or a white or black cook prepared his meals, ought to have no weakness of the stomach becunse when be null in liii ?nl? black man's ballot baa gone in before liia or another one puts in just after. ltis ridiculous for any one to pretend that he is lowered or disgraced by going to the polla with a negro, when he crowds in at the general delivery, with him to get a letter at the I'oat OfP.ee. Is it because the negro it exercising political influence, and control by hia vote! You wlH surrender this altogether to-hin^and to those who remain at the South only to despoil you. and to work him as a means to enrich themselves, if you do not vote. You must either give uj> this control of all your affairs to the negro and the Radical, or exercise joint" ly with him the duly of suffrage. There ie no time loTl you for reflective judgment. It is now or never. If 3*011 do not step up now to the polla and secure a share in the government of the State, it con be so organized that 3'ou never will. If the negro ha* prejudices which lead him to Radical camps, it is very much your fault that this is the case. You might, have prevented this eas'ty by putting him in congressional seats when emancipation was forced upon you. and bv vourself than civ ing liim the right of suffrage in anticipation of the efforts to force it on you as an unpleasant dose. Had you done so, the North would have been ready to wage another war to pr- vent him fiom going there, and you from placing him on an equably with the men who Come Iheuce to live among us. This prejudice is also much increased by the persistent under valuing of the negro in sonie respects. Tire negro has very quick wit, and can soon discover who are and who are not his friends, if they will approach him. If you keep aloof from him, and expect him to find this out intaitivoly, bis wit may aot be equal to it. We do not ask you to prostrate yourself before him as the Radicals do, for that ought to ensure both them, end such as set like them, his contempt. Ibit you can show him that you ' mean to ileal fairly l>y him, and you can do ( this in no more suitable way than by I promptly registering and voting at tli?-fi,st election Iield under the lew of Congress. , We have no ren?on to he a/raid that he , rill not give his adhesion to the interests i i>f the Bouth. They aro as much his interfete as outs. lie cannot learn what they ire unless we show them to him and invite | ?nd encourage him to uoite with us in sup- 1 [>ort of them lie is as much interested, for nstanoe, in the removal of the tax on sugar j tod cotton as we are ; for his wages will be tigher if they are untaxed, fe'oeverylhing I das. In otlr opinion, the action of the North iu ( [ivlng the negro a vote and political in luence will do more to unite the South in ' til matters of putdic and general interest J han any other which could havs bean de- ( deed. They have done this in the hope of livldlng us ajtd preserving present power; ' jot they will And in the end that they have ' Otrodnced into their fortress or Trojan | torse, from wboee bowsle a myriad of ?p 3 ? r T Ai X ,Vjy ? ? CAROLINA. APRIL 18. 18C poneuts to Northern policy and Noihern pow er will emerge, which will drive all vestages of it over the black cliffs of New England. The irrepressible conflict has but ilist Iiffftin. ? A* O Pirmnum Art of Conversation. Rev. N. C. Ban, in one of his letters rom Europe, whore is now travelling, draws a contrast between the Americans and Europeans, touching their habits of talking. We would be son y to see our people become a nation of talkers?lo tpiacious as the light Italian or the vol ati'e Frenchman ; yet we may be liable to just cilicism for being to reticent, and especially for our neglect in cultivating our powers of conversation. Most Americans talk but little; and when they do talk, it is in such a w ay that everybody is glad when they quit. A LOST Atvr. This prompts me to say that tlio facility for convcrastion witnessed in all the?e continental countries is amazing. It is in marvelous contract with what we see in our country. Take any company of half a dozen intelligent men, be thev French, German, Italian ; and probably five, if not all six, w ill be ready, pleasant, impressive talk-rs. Whatever may be tho theme suggested, each will give his views and seek to maintain them, without awkwardness or einbar r?srnent,?with unhesitating utterance, and with a force that secures attention. And not only so, but they are skilled in the art of tonversation, being uniformly concourse?avoiding offensive re marks?giving opportunity for others to 8peak?abstaining from interruption8, and commanding their tempers. IIow different with us Americans! Not one in six is a good talker, nor one in a bundled. Conversation is with us one of the lost arts. We haven nation of orators, of course. Almost tvery mother's son of us can stump it with spread eagle eloquence. And occasion allv an American can be found gifted with the faculty of monologue. Ci?e liiin a company of listeners, and the ?.hole field to himself, and he will discourse admirably. Thus would the late Oov. McDowell, of Viiginia, whom I have l:eard in private talking by llie hour, almost without a pause, and perhaps as eloquently as he ever talked on the floor of Oongiess. But. a? the rule, when our eloquent, public speakers come into a parlor, they aro struck dumb. Oil* their legs, they are out of their wits. And iho>e who do not cultivate public eloquence, seldom acquire the art of conversation.? Our companies do not meet cm any conveisaiional level, and the member* of these companies are not prepared to come forward and severally givo and take in the conversational round ; so we dissolve into little knots and gossip. The difference between us and these people is that we redd and they talk. The book and the newspaper have, with us, usurped the place of conversation. I am sorry that these people do not rend more, and I am also sorry that we do not talk heller. N. B.? Be it understood that the above criticisms are intended to apply to the ladies as well as gentlemen. ? -? ? " The Revenue Law ?Important Instructions. Corhmira:oner Rollins tins issued to the Assessors quite a eiimber of instructions reIstinjj to the amended interna] revenue la*', ? men 18 now in operation, ilia toilowing instructions, referring particularly to tlie assessment of the income tax, will interest numerous tax-payers: Pu vsici.\ Where physicians are obliged t.o keep a lmrse for the tiansnetion of business, they n.av deduct so much i f the i-xnense Bo ineutred as i* fairly referable to the business done, Kxpenses for medicnl attonda-cc, itore lolls, A*., nrc not propcf ml jects lor dedue tion. Expenses for r-pairs of impleincuts, tools, Ac., u?ed in business may be deducted. Kent ok H?m*stkai>?Rent of a homestead actually paid, may be deducted, hut the rental value of property owned by the tax payer is not a subject of deduction ; but where the tax-paver i cuts a furnished house, that portion of the rent paid in consideration of ilia use of the furniture should not he allowed as n deduction. Room Rijn,? Any person claiming a deduction on account of the Jtpense for room rout ntnst rati-fy the Assessor that the room or rooms occupied by him constitute hit home, uud thai he has no residence else ffhi>r?, and this being rliown, lie nrny be allowed to deduct what I-.e arrtnntly Pays for rent ot such rooms, but nothing ein t* nilnwe-d for rent of furniture or cum of rooms. U'lien rent is include ! and deductad as an exp< nse of husincss. it must not be sgnin deducted as relit, nor should a person hiring ft house and euMeiting n portion of it be allowed to deduct (Dure than the excess of bia payments over his ioceipK Important To Clkrgymrs.?Marri-igo fees, gifts from members of u congregation to [heir pastor, An., are taxable As income when the gift or donations are in the nature of compensation for services rendered, whether In accordance with ?n understand ing to that effect at the time of settlement* jr with an annual custom. KoaaiONMs Meet Pat Inodmr Tax ?-Cifitens of the United States, residing abroad, ire subject to tax rpoo their entire incomes rom all sources whatever, and the snma is ;rue of foreigners residing in this country. The law provides that a like tax shall be evied, collected, and paid npon the gains, profits and income of etr< ry badness, tiade >r profession' eat-iedon In the United States* vy persons residing without me Umitri ttatrB end not oitutus tbtrtaf. ESVE'ISTTS 17. Opinions of Mere Military Mail. There is m.icli good sense in the following, from the Atlanta Intelligencer: There isv in our humble opinion, something of4, nsMimacy "? as old Hill Walker, in Jays that are past, used to ss?y?on the part of that portion of the press who see, in the opinions of Lee, Beauregard, Longstteet, and others of 44 that ilk," and in their advice to their Southern fellow-citizens on t e 44 politi cat situation," the opinions and advice of mere military men, which weighed in the balance with theirs, would fail to even counterpoise the scales. This is sheer nor sense. Such men as Lee, Beauregard, and Longstreet, high as their claims are recognized to be upon the affections of our people, on account of their military services, have other claims which entitle their opinion and advice to as much consideration, at least, as that of any member of the editorial ft a (entity, or political e>sa\ist. They, are, in the Hist place, each and every one ol them, men of Southern hii lli, of Htiish ed education, of strong native intellect, and, in Bio second place, so deeply itn bued with the spirit of pa'.iioli-m and love to their native South, that it were folly not to recognize their opinions and advice upon the "pallidal situation" as important, and as worthy of consid eralion, mid of being followed as those of any other profession or class of men in the South, Washington was a mil itarv man. and yet he was a statesman ; Napoleon, the first, was n military man, yet he, too, was a statesman ; Wellington was a military man, and ho was a statesman. So may it be written of military in<;n in ancient times?of Crosar, ami of others, w hose names are in-cm lied upon history's page as com billing Uotli the characteristics of warri ors ani.l statesmen. We confess to being one of those who^>ay much respect to the counsel and advice of such men as Lee and his gallant compeers, especially in regard to the dulv of the peo pie iii the piesen: anomalous condition of the Southern Slates, and we ipgret to see efforts being made to re.-ist or weaken their influence with our people. When battle was the order of the day, the headed the Confederate battalions and most nobly did their duly. If we do not now respect the opinions and seek the counsels of such men, in the nam*, o! God whose opinions are we to respect ? whose counsels shall we seek ? The correspondent of the New Yoik Herald, writing from New 0. leans says: Oeneral J. B. Hood is row at the head of a large commercial house in this city, lie received mo tery cordially, and oxprcs-cd his views in a very candid an 1 dear manner. If I do not ml-take the tenor of his conversation, he is iu favor of a cheeiful and ready compliance on the part of the South with the terinr. of the Sherman bill and the Act supplementary thereto. lie cmphatically declares that, from the Potomac to the Iiio Grande, the people earnestly desire peace, prosperity and unity, and that further re?itance to the Government never enters their thoughts. At the same time, lie feels that the South can never swallow the policy of the radicals, which is so diametrically at variance with the Constitution as interpreted by tho'O who framed it. lie has never considered that the South should surrender any right under the Constitution excepting slavery, and that, hat ing once more become good citizens tinder the Union, the) should he protecteJ in their lights of property, and not he asked to become par ies to the di-franchh-emcnl of men they had selected to repiesenl i ihctn in the forum or the Held. While he is very glad that the South ! has not had anything to do with giving the negio the light of Mi'l'rage, lie is in favor of gracefully yielding to the do mnnds of Congress, and giving the negro the privilege of voting. General Uucknei's views are .ontewhat peculiar, lie has always argued, and still insists, that when any people are oppressed, they should resist, and, if necessary, use force for a redress of grievances, lie considers that the rebellion w as begun at Washington, w hen encroachments were made upon the Conslilulidn and efforts made to oppress the Sou ill. lie declared that he enter ed the service to resist usurpation, and he still adheres to the idea that the rc? hellion was justifiable; yet ho is for cheerfully accepting, the results, and gracefully yielding to such demands as tlie conquerors make, provided the manhood ot the people is not jeopardised. Trtft notorou* Mrs. I.ucy Stone, and one Mr H. B. Blsckwell, who resides at Mortclair, near Newaik, New Jersey, havo started for Kansas, where they are to address the Top ka State Convention with reference to striking out the woids " w hite " and " male " from the Stale Constitution, the same to he subsequently submitted to the people for ratification. To call a young lady a witch i> shocking, but to call her bewitching. ami pos-es*ed of wiictH"g chant)v piea i Ok ?e. amayngly. ii9^l ~ V| Noble Baltimore. Rctr. Dr. VViUoa, in n letter to the .-"-1*1 Rev. James Woodrow, of theTheologi* chI Seminary, in this oily, gives an nc-? count of Ilia viwit tn Krtllimrwra 1^ aid in behalf of destitute Presbyterian Churches in the Smith. He bear* testimony to tho fuel that the citizen* of nil religious denominations have freely and liberally contributed in aid of the suffering people of the South and their destitute churches. We qute from hi* Setter the following: A public meeting was called at the Iter. Dr. Bullock's church, soon after my arrival, to which were invited all who felt an interest in the condition and welfare of the Southern church. The evonfng was unfavorable, but the at* tendance nevertheless was good, enrfa bracing a number of persons from all the ptincipal churches. After a getters al statement by myself of the condition and wants of our church, the meeting was organized, and effective addresses were made by George M. Gill, E-q.# chairman, and by l)r. Bullock aud Mr. Lefevie. A committee of twenty-five or thirty persons was appointed to solicit contributions for this object. The committee signalized their interest in the cause by raiding among themselves the first night of their meeting $'2,000. Their work has not yet been completed but it iz understood tbev have collected something like $0,000. This does- not in-, elude, except to a limited extent," what I u dftnn It** I ? I- ?--1 .? mvi.v vj i'mv.bu3 tiiu run| which, I understand, prefers to act by itself. Dr. Bullock, Mr. Lefevre, George M? Gill, and J. Ilaimon Brown have been specially active in this good work, and they, as well as others who have been scarcely less active, deseive the heartfelt gratitude of our whole chuich. It i* no breach of cor Silence for me to state that Mrs. Geo ge Brawn, without any soliiittilion, gave $1,000 to thia fund, besides $300 to other objects of benevolence at the South. Our Christian people ought to know, too, that it was this same Christian l?dy who recently gave $10,000 for the re endowment ol our seminary at Columbia, after having given a like sum lo the Union Seminary in Virginia. Uer name deserves to be ftibalmed in the grateful and aflecliuuate re me tube ranee of our people. feprifcg. Spring is among us. It came torn# time ago. Its coming was announced by the almanac, and by sundry sentimental " locils." They said Spring has come ; with all its elhctial mildness. They s|>oke of rol-ins and blue birds as having come, with their baggage. Spiing is a good thing; we like Spring?in small quantities; we alwaya did ; tire smaller the better. School giils tell us that Spring is the pleasentest season of the year; that then the birds sing and hop from twig to twig; (bat the lambs skip and play. I School girls will have much to answer fur. Rlli'lt tlrnfta urwtn ika *2 _ - ^ v.. ? ..< y ' II fUC Iiiin^iiim lull aro not commendable; we like the fen* titnenl <?f that boy better, who raid: " Spiing is the phasantest season of the year?b.il ns for nie, give nre lileity, or give tne death !" j That loy. we presume to ear, { in | Congtes?. If lie aim, lie had ought 10 he. He was " loyal," that boy was; ha wa* a patriot, preferring liberty or death to Spring. Especially death. Facts and figure" " hever laid ft lie," with their "little hatchet j" we saw n man the other day. who saw another tr.an, that saw a woman, that rttid, that she never wrote, in all her girlhood, ft composition on Spring. Ihtrnutn has written for that ftroal* woman. A degenerated fhiton, named Thomp* son, (with a p,) once wrote an ode to Spring. Since that time Thompson has owed the world a debt which the laps* of years can never pay. Every hoy and gitl have been brought tip with the idea instilled in their youth* ffll Qrx ! ???. - - * 1 la a UOIlglomera" liun of ethereal mildness, tender showers. blue-birds, robin?, agonies of love, rosv bower*, ar.d o'her et eeteras. Hut it is r.ot ; nobody thinks it is; it is only u way they Lave?a p!cas?Di fiction. A SI on account of Thompson. Thompson'* conduct was qniie reprehensible. Since his day, every local editor, if he can see blue sky enough to make a paif of pantaloons for nn Amsterdam I hitch' man, or the premature airival of so trie reckless, demoralized robin, he goes into raptures over Spring. Hut we can't see it; if we over could, we failed this (Monday) morning. Spring is good for agricultural and mechanical purposes. As such ^ is ft SUCCess. K'r i 11*1 nr.flft Spring chicken*, or llie Spring style of bonnets; or llie main-spring of a watch ; 14 passoips ;** Uuiy huJ otliuc green*. Bui for sentimental u<e it is a faiftne. m *- '* ?' Th* nnmbei of peuper* ?t? the Brit* itj Empire instea^il* ?Der?a*i.p.