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nHSj^MRtn^Filn people. The Ohineee
^HHpHpmetimea pot their female children to
weath, and when reproved for it, will Bay,
" it la only a girl* Ash a Chinaman who
haa male and female children, how many
children he haa, and ha, very probably,
will mention the number ot his boye, but
say nothing about hia girls
Bona are regarded aa eo great a bleeaing
that offerings are made to the go da, that
sons might be born. A missionary in sneaking
of visiting a small village in China,
asys: " From the number of women in the
^-liiuli tnr.i.,,1 ..til t.r> cryin wi>
were pretty well persuaded that they were
under aa little restraint ae the men from in
dulgiog their curloeoty ; and upon inquiry
we found it to b? ao. We were eondueted
to a small temple when we had the opportunity
of conversing with many who came
around ua.
On a second vieit, while addressing them,
one man held up a child, and publicly acknowledged
that he had killed five of the
helpleee beings, having preserved bat two,
1 thought he was jetting, but as no surprise
or dissent was expressed by his neighbors,
and as thsrs was an air of simplicity
and regret in the individual, there was no
reason to doubt its truth. After repeating
hia eonfaaaion, he added, with affecting
simplicity, 'It was before I beard you
speak on this subject; I did not know It
waa wrong; I would not do so now.'?
Wishing to obtain the testimony of the assembled
villagers, I put the question publioly:
' What number of female infants in
this village are destroyed at birth V The
reply was, ' more than one-half.' As there
waa no discussion among them, whloli is not
the ease when tkey differ in opinion, and
ae we were fully oonvineed from our own
observation of the numerical inequality of
the sexes, the proportion of deaths they
gave did not striae us as extravagant." The
wives are bargained for, for a price, end
taken to the bridegroom's houee. They do
not choose their husbanda, eomeqiientlv
they are, In effect, the sieves, and not the
OPOipanions of their husbands. And so
etrong is the feeling in China that this is
rigm, mat even a iema>e wnwr in naurosa! *
hor eex, telle them that they ought to
be content with their condition, and that
submission will show that they are good
wives. The wife ia so completely nmlor the
power of her mother in-law, that the mother-in-law
may strike her, ana the husband
does not dare to object.
The compression of the feet of the females
in China, is a moet cruel custom. Those
persons who suppose that it ia attended
with no pain, labor under a vory erroneous
hnpreasion. The child will frequently tear
off the bandages, on account of the sailer
ing she endures. She ie told, however, to
beer the pain, that the enstom Is respectable,
ana that through it, sho will be regarded
as possessing a claim to respectability
It is difficult to account for thia custom.
One writer says that a daughter of
An Emperor was disabled and deformed in
her feet from her birth, and that the lathers
of her playmates had the fast of their own
children compressed to save the feelings of
tha.cilpple wnen they were together.
The eyee of children are eotnetimes put
oat; though this Is said frequently to be
done from a fear on the part of parents that
they will not be able to support their children,
yet for parents to act thus la the ex
hibttlon of a most nnnatural feeling of the
human heart " Without natnral affection "
ie one of the marks of some of the ancient
heathen as given by Paul. It is likewise
OJif of the marks of some of the heathen in
modern times, and we frequently behold it
among the Inhabitants of the Chinesa Empire.
In the common transactions of life, there
ia constantly apparent the greatest lack of
sympathy, when their fellow ereatnrea are
in suffering circumntnncea.
. In going to the mimion chapel one morntog,
r.ew an apparently poor man, having
his food in a small earthen vessel. He let
It falL As Is generally the ease with any
tMng of thia kind that falls on the stone
srelk, mo It was now, hia jar was broken,
hirfaod partly spoiled, or entirely lost.?
There was ona genera1 laugh among the
Chinese around. None seemed to pity. In
4a Kotn/v itHilaa 4 la A naaaaaWo AI
bearing hie lore, ha waa likewise under the
necessity of knowing the mortifying truth,
thgthialoae furuiahcd amusement for oth
era.
At the aame time, it is very probable that
he, too, would have joined in the laugh, il
another and not hlmaelf had been the loeer.
, Ia*a gospel land, thia would have afforded
amusoment to some?to playful boys and
theughtleae young men?hut here it affordi
am nee m en t to alL In a Oespel land, the
poor man would have met with some pity,
here he met with none.
Truly la it thg ease, that Ignorance blnnti
the aoeial feelinga of the heart. Nothing
short of the prevalence of Qoepel prinei
plea, will be Ute meaaa of ehowing fully tc
the benighted their dutv to their fellow
T OM? MIT an instance of one of the
Irtoliftd metboria of pwMInK children
wnrtlBM rttarud to by tho Chinese. A
wsmen put her little boy ia the water foi
the Mhe of learning him obedience to hei
commend*. Rhe hed e bamboo pole, ami
would push him with it, In order to fright
en htm, after she had driven him in.?
A erowd was around them, laugh
ing whenever he received a free!
fright. She allowed others, loo, to frighter
him. One yonng man threw water In hii
fee#, and she joined in the leugh when hi
erted oat from fear.
A few day* before thie, I had seen a mai
die a rope arennd a little boy, and pnt bin
in th# water while a erowd looked on.
The Ohiaeee, in punishing their children
alas! ahow a spirit of revenge, and not i
desire for the good of the child. The pro
prUty of punishing the child in such a waj
that others should not see it, does not seen
one* to enter their wind*. Every fresh ae
of this public punishment doubtless lias thi
llect of souring (lie ehild's disposition.?
Tl.?i "MM that is lau^hcJ at by his phiy
he is punished, will doubtlees
SffiffSwin tnrn. at them, when they are punSgKHt
Miserable system I with the lendIBSWfleepeUntly
to foster, In the rising gen|IBk
the spirit of revenge, end to beget
j aBtafseling lieart,
I 9||i wonder that when the Chinese arrive
<at molarity, their hearts are so little affected
by the roiteriee of others. There are |
some parents in Christian countries who
have no objection to others joining them in
leasing a child that has offended. For the
honor of Christianity, it is to be hoped that
sneh eases are comparatively rare.
One who bad an opportunity of knowing,
has said; "The Chinese, in eome measure;
even seem gratified in speaking of the
ii... ?r
ui?iirows vi uiiioiD.
M Thej almost invariably laugh, when
speaking of the death of people know o to
them, and even of those they called their
friends?they will speak of going to a
friend's house to mourn over him, and speak
of It with a smiling, happy fmo, as if talking
of their friend's approaching wedding."
1 have, myself, seen the dead body of an
infant upon the Canton River, and wiien I
have asked what it was, the answer would
be given, with a etnile on the countenance
of the one who answered it.
It is sometimes the case that the eyes of
the Chinese are filled with tears, in relating
coses of misery, bnt it is from excess of merriment,
and not from grief.
I have seen a person tall down in a fit,
and the by-staudere gather around him?
none offering the helping hand?lodking at
the unhappy roan more as tf they were looking
at a show, than at a human being in
distress.
I have seen the mother punish fhe child
in a manner so eevero that it would seem
almost a miracle that the child was not disabled
for life. The thing that is nearest the
parent is at once taken up, although it may
be of some weighty material, and sometimes
the head, and sometimes the face of
the child receives the heavy blows. A man
should reflect before he says of any persona
in America, (however cruel and degraded,)
" they are worse than heathens.*'
I I
Green Manuring?Clover, Peas,
Buckwheat, CornAll
cultivated lands require to he re-supplied,
according to their need, witli those
natural and inherent constituents of fertile
soils which are absorbed by the growing
Blant, and carried off in sncee?sivejcrops.?
pon this depends its productive capacity,
for a long scries of years. The best manures
are, therefore, those that abound in
certain mineral and vegetable substance*,
in that ktate in which they are most readily
taken by the growing plant. It would be
teaching the simplest elementary principles
of farming for us to say anything here con
cerning the merits of barn yard manure,
guano or bone dust; but the value of green
orops ploughed under as forming an ensiiy
accessible and highly beneficial fertilizer,
has never ret, we think, been regarded by
tho generality of our farmers, with the importance
it deserves. The beneficial influence
of green crope tnrntd under, ie much
belter understood and appreciated in Europe,
and especially Among tbe thrifty Germans,
than ii is with us. By this method
the sandy wastes of Belgium have been converted,
with but little assistance from other
kinds of manures, into a fertile loam. The
farms there are, for the most part, divided
among small proprietors, and, as they scarce
ly exceed fifty acres, they are easily worked,
and by patient iodustry, and by tho
shrewd adaptation of means to ends, oacli
farm lias been cultivated almost to the perfection
of a garden. The Belgians, ant, to
a large extent, their neighbors of Holland,
have oeen taught by that best of all teachers,
practical experience, that green plants
ploughed under will give, with tho exeeplioa
of ammonia, all the constituents necessary
to enrioh the soil upon which their
crops are grown. Of these constituents
one-third may be derived from the soil its
self, and to that extent are merely returned
to it in the green crop that is ploughed under,
but the remaining two-thirds are drawn
from the atmosphere, and are, therefore,
clear gain.
There are quite a variety of green crops
which might be made useful in a course of
renovation, but the chief crops for this purpose,
whichark adopted to general use by our
farmers, may be limited to four. These ore,
1st, clover; 2d, field peas; 8d, buekwheat;
4th. broadcast corn. Of these four, the
first on the list, and the first in point of ex
eeilence, is clover, and next to clover the
field pea, commonly known at the South as
the eow pea. In an exhaustive treatise on
this subject, to be found in the Report of
the Agricultural Department for 1864, the
relative values of different green crops
when ploughed under in tho process of ren.
ovnting soils, more or less exhsusted by too
frequent cropping, is very clearly presented.
1 We propose to draw from this source such
i points in a condensed form as are most worthy
of attention, and, we also propose to
show at the same tiuio, by comparative
> statements, why thia mode of manuring is
F beneficial to (ho soil, and ennblee it to bear
heavy crops of wheat, and corn, and rye,
I and oats, and barley, on lands that previous'
ly failed to produce them remuneratively.
1 The value of the red eiover for manorial
1 purposes consists in the fact that when de>
composed it contains all the constituents
that enter into the production of a crop of
> wheat, as the following analysis of clover
1 as compered with wheat will show :
Had (,'loaer 100 port*. Wheat. Strata.
. Potash ) 86.45 80.02 17 98
Soda, J 0.00 8.82 2.47
Kasa QO A4 1 1 ft M id
9 liiiuv, ? ? i.?u i.va
, Magnesia, 4.08 13.80 1.04
l Oxide of Iron,.. 0.26 001 0.46
r Phosphoric acid, 6.71 46.79 2.75
Sulphuric acid,. 1 35 0.00 8.00
I Silica, 1.05 8.60 63.89
Uhlorine,. 8.02 ... ....
It will thus be seon that clover contains
a large proportion of limo, potash, mngnei
sia, phoaphorio and aalphnrfo acid and chloi
rine, all of which are subetanees that enter
i largely into the composition of wheat. An
? other advantage of clover Is that It sends
Its tap roots deep into the soil, and by its
i succulent sterna and broad leavee It protects
i the soil it covers from evaporation, and
thus adds considerably to its fertility by the
, mere shade it affords, just as ground eover%
ed with rough, fibrous material, becomes
fertile from the mere fact of being so coverf
cd, and from the retention of moisture
it which is a consequence of it. The wheat
t and cornfgrown on clover lays are generally
less liable to diseaso, and the grain is of
- better quality then (lint grown under the
stimulus of stable manure, whilst a good
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crop of clover turned under, furnishes to the
soil large a quantity of fertilising substances
an ten or twelve loads of riili and
well rotted manure from the bntn yard,
whilst there is no expense incurred in hauling
or preparing.
Mr. Wol finger remarks that the best mode
of treating clover is to let the first year's
growth full and decay on the ground, or it
may be pastured lightly in the full of the
J ear. Ihe second year, the first crop may
e eat for hav. awl alter tli- ?.
topped for seed the residue tnny be turned
under, lie suggests, however, tlitt the second
crop may oe ploughed under nfier it
hu purtlilljr ripened tu seeds, l>y which
menus a full supply of seed will be deposited
iu the soil for luturegrowth. Wo object
to either of these processes If the oMect
of growing clover is to renovate the soil, it
should be reserved in its entirety for this
special purposo ; we would not turn i hoof
on it; we would n< t put a scythe into it;
we would let the crops of the first year fall
and cover the ground, and those of the second
year we would likewise leave un
touched until the seed was termed nt.t\ tho
stems began to turn brown. Then, nnd
then only we would put the plough in and
turn all under together. The objection
sometimes raised that green crops turned
under sour the soil, would thus be obviated,
but a decided advantage would be gained,
and all apprehensions of any such result
set at rest, if, before ploughing under, tho
field were broadcasted with ten bushels of
lime to the acre.
Next to clover In point of value ns a crop
for turning under, is the field pes?which
in its haulms and stalks contains, likd do
ver, " a very large proportion of lime, potash,
carbonic acid and chloride of sodium,
besides considerable quantities of phospho
t ic and sulphurio acid, magnesia, soda, Ac."
The advantage of peas is that they can be
grown on lighter soils than clover, nnd,
therefore, especially in the case of the cow
pea, are preferable in the sandy soils of the
South to clover, which rarely grows well
there, and frequently falls altogether.
Mr. Kuffin?and the South had very few
more experienced agriculturists than lie?
expressed the opinion that the cow pea was
" even better than clover as a preparing and
manuring crop for wheat." However this
may he north of the Potomac, it is certain
that south of Ihvt line it is very highly esteemed,
and that its merits deserve it should
be better known to agriculturists generally.
After |>eas we rank buckwheat as a good
crop for turning under; it grows rapidly,
is largely benefitted by plaster, and if, on
the noor soils Oil wllieli it is nrnnn.?l llist
it hIinil be used, ft few bushel* of lime or
wood ashes ore broadcasted previously to
seeding down to buckwheat, it rarely fails
to grow vigorously. Tho etrnw of buek
wheat " contains conaidcruble quantities ol
lime, magnesia, potash, soda, and phosphoric
and sulphuric acid," and aa It will grow
with in<>re or less vigor on almost any soil,
and will makea moderate stand where even
clover would fail, it consiitutes the best
green crop wherewith to commence the process
of renovation by a course of green ma
nuring. After one or two crops of buck
wheat haVa heen turned under, clover or
pens may follow with the certainty of a
good stand, and when these nro also given
to the soil, its restoration to a good state of
fertility may, with judicious management,
be regarded as certain. Of course the re
suit aimed at may be hastened by the addition
of auch manures as can be spar, d from
the barn yard, even though the quantity is
small, and especially by turnishilig the soil
annually with a few bushels of lime or ashes
to each acre that, is subjected to this inex
pensive mode of hupiovrmcnt.
Finally, there is broadcast corn. But to
obtain a heavy crop of broadcast corn presupposes
t lie land early in gool condition,
whilst a light crop has, by no menus, so bens
eficial an effect on the soil as either ot the
three crops previously mentioned. Moreover
the broadcast corn turned under, ex
ecpt in soils where lime naturally abounds,
will most assuredly, in the process of fermentation,
sour the land. It Is, therefore,
the least desirable o' all the renovators we
have named. Were we about to eommonce
the Improvement of a very poor piece of
wo atiAlllil rtAHimanao ? *?!? Kuabitil.ant
aided by a mail quantity of wood aches.
Two crops of buckwheat might be grown
in one season, Loth of these we would turn
under. Leaving the land, fallow through
the winter, wo would break it up the ensuing
spring and seed the cow pea, following
this in due succession with clover.
[Maryland Fanner.
. -4-^'e
Thk Lkokso or tiib Tmnn Dimmer.?Tho
legend, as it is called, of tho Master Mason, is
ono of tho most touching and bcnutiful in tho
great drama of life. Pounded, as it is, upon
' the mysteries and ceremonies of the uncicut
Egyptians, it has come down to us as the very
embodiment and substanco of Masonry. It is
the impressive exemplification of the birth, tho
life, tho duties, the death, and tho resurrection
of man. It stamps upon the intelligent Mason
the sublime doctrine ot the immortality of tho
soul : and it was a wiso provision of all Ornnd
Lodges, that the dogrce should never bo mutilated,
that it should never bo given iu part only,
but should be conipleto at every undertaking.
To omit this legend is to omit tho degreo
itself, and for its omission the (Irund Lodge of
Missouri will accept no ordinary excuse, not
even tho ignorance of the Muster, who may
not have the talent or industry to learn it.?
This legend is tho grand land-mark, the unfading
beacon of Masonic centuries. It is never
changed ; it will admit of no rcmovtl, for it
is tho rallying point of the Universal Brotherhood.
It convoys volumes of thought, and
furnishes food for the refloctive mind down to
tho graro, and as a simple drama stands nncouallcd
besides nnv of tho Droductions of eoni
us. No Mason ever participated in and forgot
it; ho foit its moral upon his soul, aa though
it were the touch of a Divinity, and when properly
understood, it inspire* a solemnity second
only to the scene of death. Let no invontivo
and tinkering genius, therefore, ever tamper
with this benntiful legend ; it wants nothing
added to it, and will allow nothing taken from
It.? The t'rrrmatoH, St. L+Hl?.
Stuawbkrky Rkds?When making new
strawberry plantations set the plant* at
dtstannee of about eighteen Inches in the
row, and the rows two to two and a half
feet opart, and expect to keep them afterward
in hills, aa by so doing a larger berry
and mare quantity is obtained than when
grown In matted beds. Do n?t wait for the
weeds to grow soiarge as to smother the
strawberry vine before commencing with
the hoe, bnt remember that it is easisr ami
less labor to boo over an acre three times
when the weeds are only one Inch high,
than to hoe and weed it once after they get
to bu six inches, a foot or more.
| Horticulturist.
i
CAROLINA. JUNE 20. 186
Letter from Oeneral Longstreet.
The New Orleans Republican publishes
the following letter from General Long*
street. The Republican claims that the 1
General haa taken liia stand upon the plat,
form of their part}', and considers that the
Democracy have lost all of their vitality, 1
and that with the surrender of General Lea
nothing remained to the 8outli but to ac
cepi me situation : '
Nkw Oblkaxr, May 16, 18G7.
General Jamt* Longelreet:
(iknkral?In your ulmirtlilnUtUr of the
Otli ultimo you remaik llmt "our efforts at
reconstruction will be vain and tireless unless
we embark in the enterprise with the
sincerity of purpose which will command
succese.
The spirit which inspired the above paragraph,
together with the fact that thousands
of bravo soldiers are still ready to
follow their lender wherever he may see fit
to call them, hue emboldened me to extend
to you an invitation to attend a muss meeting
in Lafayette Square to-morrow evening,
at which the lion. Henry Wilson, a distinguished
leader in the Republican party,
wtll address the citizens of New Orleans.
As soldiers, we were opposed to each
er during the late war ; but as citizens, may
we not wisely unite in efforta to restore
Louisiana to her foimer position in the
Union through the party now in power,
and which in all probability will retain
power for many years to come ? If you accept,
I shall be glad to hear your views on
the condition of public nffuirs^
Respectfully yours, etc ,
J0I1N M. O. PARKER.
New OrikAkm, La., June 3, 1867.
J. M. O. Parker, Esq.
My Dear Sir?Your esteemed favor of the
16th tilt,, was duly received. I was much
pleased to have the opportunity to hear
Senator Wilson,and was agreeably surprised
to meet suoh fairness and frankness In a
politician whom I have been taught to believe
uncompromisingly opposed to the
white people of tlie South.
1 have maturely considered yotir snggestion
to * wisely unite in efforts to restore
Louisiana to her former position in the
Union, through the party now in power."
My letter of the Gth of April, to which you
refer, clearly indicates n <lesiio for practical
reconstruction and reconciliation. Practical
men can ?ure)y distinguish between practical
reconstruction and reconstruction as an
abstract question. 1 will endeavor, however,
with renewed energy, to meet your
u,.l,?. .i,?...~.i?- ti :
" .... ..uiiliBu.ijr
that I apprehend is tlie want of lliat wisdom
which is necessary fur the great work. 1
shall bo happy tu wutk in any harness that
promises relief lc our dintren-eJ people, ar.d
iinruioiiy to the nation. It matters not
whether I bear the mantle of Mr. Davis or
the mantle of Mr. Sumner, so that 1 may
lielp to bt ing the tlory of " peace and good
will towntd ntcn."
I shall set out by assuming a proposition
thai 1 hold to be Self-evident, viz: Tbe
highest of luitnnp laws is the law that is
established by appeal to arms.
The gr?at principlta that divided political
parties prior to the war were thoroughly
discustol by our wisest statesmen. W lien
nigumenl was exhausted resort was had to
compromise. When com promise was unavailing,
discussion was renewed, and expedients
were sought, but none could lie
found to suit the emergency. Appeal was
finally made to the sword, to determine
which of the claims was the true construction
of a constitutional law. The sword
has decided in favor of the North, and what
they claimed as principles cmse to he principles,
nud arc become law. The viewsthat
we hold cease to bo principles because tliey
are oppesed to law. It is therefore uur
duty to abandon ideas that are obsolete and
conform to tlio requirements of law.
The military bill, and amendments, are
ponce offerings. Wo should accept them as
such, nud place ourselves upon them as the
storting point from which to meet future
political issues as they arise.
I.ike other Southern men, I naturally
eougltl alliance with the Democratic parly,
merely because it was opposed to the Republican
party. Rut us far as I can judge,
there is nothing tangible about it, excopt
the issues that were staked upon the wnr
and there lost. Finding nothing to take
hold of except prejudice, which cannot be
worked into good lor any one, it is proper
and right that I should seek sonic stand
point irom which goou may ue none.
If I appreciate the principles of the Democratic
pnrty, its promineut features oppose
the enfranchisement of the colored nmn,
And deny the right to legislate upon the
subject of suffrage, except l?y the States
individually. These two features have a
tendency to exclude Southern men from
that party ; for the colored man is already
enfranchised hero, and we cannot seek
itllhttico with a pnrty that would restrict his
l ights. The exclusive right of the States to
legislate upon suffrage will make the enfranchisement
of the blacks, whether for
better or lor worse, n fixture among ua It
nppeare, thcrefoie, that those who cry
loudest against this new order of things as
a public calamity, nre those whose principles
would fix it upon us without a remedy ?
Hence it becomes us to iusist that suffrage
be extended in all of the Slates, and fully
tested. The peoplo of the NorHi should
adopt what they have forced upon us; and
if it he proved to be n mistake, the)' should
remove it by the remedy under Republican
principles of uniform lawn upon suffrage.
If every man in the country will meet
i.. -i.k i:?
m"> bh?i? wit.il n |?rv|?cr n|>|m ci iuuuii ui uui
condition, and come fairly up to his responsibilities,
on to inorrow the sun will smile
upon a liappy people ; our fields will again
begin to yield their increase ; our railroads
and rivers will teem with abundant commerce
; our towns and oitios will resound
with the tumult of trade, and we ahnll bo
invigorated by the blessings of Almighty
Ood.
I am, sir, very respectfully.
Your most obe?lu-ut servant,
JAMES L0KGST11EET.
Fkkt> roa Ham.?A correspondent of tho
Massachusetts Ploughman recommends tho
following feed for hens, as a good prepare
tlon to make thena lay :
" Take ono quart of corn and boil St in
clear water, to which he added, while boiling,
a table spoonful of black pepper, or
half the quantity of cayenne ; this quantity
to be allowed to every nine licna dally,
then the water to be drained oil' fur theni
to drink when sufficiently cool, or to be
tnixed with one third little water."
EVENTS
7.
Lay Preaching in England.
A Loutlon correspondent writes:
The Dvan of Wvetmlnlster ha* made attempts
to get an nudienoe in Westminister
Abbey, but he haa ao far failed. Some of
ill A ttnn*ra Koea !?#???? a, A |U?4
I'"!- "????"? "?*
should he invito Mr.- Spurgeon to preach
(or liim. he would probably find his house
full. But it would not be needful to limit
the invitation to Mr. Spurgeon. 8ome of
the most popular men thia moment in Loodon
are l. ymen. Mr. Vowley, who preaches
each Sunday night in Exeter Hall, and
fill* it too. who ha* a chapel of hie own,
built by himself and father in law, which
holds over one thousand persons, la a butcher.
He keeps a large butcher's shop, goes
to market to purchase hia own cattle, and
attends to his businrgs all the week. He
would fill the Abbey or St. l'aul'a.
Then cornea Mr. Carter, who for yeara
has been at work among the thieves, pick
pockets, and the desperadoes of the city?
who has seen one thousand auch reformed?
who has formed a church out of this abandoned
class?who, willi bis rough, rude,
sanctified utterance, captivates the crowd?
he could fill St. Paul'* Then comes Richard
Weaver, the collier, the prise fighter
who, without character or education, be'
came a convert?who attends horse races
and prire fights to preach Jesus?who can
command an audience of one thousand
anywhere?whose fine person, wonderful
voice and fine talent for singing has attracted
and led to a religious life one thousand?he
could do the same.
Then conies Mr. Stott, a carpenter, who
left his bench tools to preach and came to
London, preached in the hall of a tavern,
met with marked results, built a commodious
chapel, preaches to an audienes only
second to Spurgeon, keeps a carpenter shop,
and works daily at the bench. He never
lacks an audience anywhere. And these
arc only specimens of the thousands of men
in London who, for the sake of Christ, and
without hope of earthly reward, woik all
day and preach the Gospel freely nearly
every night as well as on Sunday,
When it was found that the working
clasros would not go Into the churches, it
was proposed to open theatres. But it was
the intention of the committee to allow
none but regular ordained clergymen to
preach. But it was soon found that the
masses would not attend and it wan not till
the lny element came in, that the rude
telling rough eloquence of the warm-heaited,
hut Uneducated workmen came on to
the platform, that the masses were stirred.
This work has been kept up five years.
Seven theatres are now kept open each
Sunday night, and are^crowdcd. The success
Is triumphal.
Washington, June IS.
The drawing for the jury for Surratt's
trial is progressing. The panel will most
protmbiy lie completed to day. Tlio Intel
llgenci-r, which is regarded as the Executive
organ, bus the following:
"We have authority for tlio statement
that, st a very recent consultation of the
Cabinet, it was decided tlint tlio military
officers in Command of the five districts into
w liich the ten unrepresented Southern
Slates are divided have no power to remove
civil officers deriving their authority from
the State Governments, as now organised.
The question, we understand, before the
Cabinet, bad more immediate refeienoe to
the removal of the Gov rnor and other civil
officers of the Slate of Louisiana by General
Sheridan, but, of course, will apply to the
action of the other four commanders.. No
doubt the forthcoming opinion of the At
torney-Gcnerol, in accordance with the
reasoning of which, it is understood, the
decision rtf-rred to was arrived at. will
fully justify the legality and propriety of
this uotenninstion. It scarcely need be
suggested that the issuing of orders replacing
the deposed officer?, (which tr.ay become
necessary, as a couseqoence of this decision
of the Government,) would be no ground
for application, on the part of General
Sheridan, to he relieved from the poaition
he holds; much less would it warrant the
iiifcrcnex ibnt the Admint?lrallnn nnni.m.
plates or <1< sires his removal for his errors.
We feel authorised to pay that the speculations
of sensational journals upon this point,
however they may tie attemptod"to be supported
by iinagiued political inanacuvies
on the part of either the friends or enemies
of tho General, arc wholly without found
ation."
It is almost certain that the acts of District
Commanders wherein they have transcended
nominations of the law will be reversed,
and the power of the Provisional Governors
be restored, and that functionaries of Provuional
Governments will hereafter only be
removed by court-martial or Act of Congress.
This is lite decision of the Cabinet,
Stanton only dissenting by silence. The
probable resignation of District Command
era under these reversals and restraints was
discussed. Such action was apprehended
and deplored. The point was made, however,
that these District Commanders were
soldiers on duty, and that however unpleasant
tho duly, they cannot abandon their
posts.
Is it bo??Fknuut os Raii.roaos.?We
hear great complaints against the exorbitant
freights on tho 8outb Carolina Railroads.
Our merchants have laid in
very heavy stocks this Spring, hut a
very small portion of them have been
transported over the Southern roads. It is
cheaper to send produce to South Carolina
by wagon and return without loading, and
genu empty wagons 10 cireenvine, icon., lor
goods than lo have them shipped over the
South Caro'iina roads. It costs as much,
for freight or passage, from Greenville, 8.
C., to Charleston, as from Greenville, Tenn.,
to. Baltimore, and the latter trip can be
made in less lime. We know of thousands
of dollars of freight lost to the South Oarc
lina roads this Spring, by high freights
This ought not to be, for we prefer trading
with Charleston lo any oilier point, but
arc driven from there by high freight.
[ A t/irvifle, (If. C.,)N(v*
Grek.n Corn roa Winter Us*.?Take the
ears of corn, remove ths husk, all but the
last one ; get a tight cask, put in a
layer of corn and a layer of salt,
alt, another of corn, and another of salt,
sod so on until the oask is full; pour in a
little cold water, and cover tight. When
yon wish to cook it, tako it out of the brine,
remove the husk, cut it o(T from the cob,
and soak till fresh. This is better than drying,
and not as much troulde. Green corn
will not keep in gbiss jnrs or tin enns. Tlih
Iis our experience ; perhaps some one hai
been more successful
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NO. 4. H
THE WINDS.
Augusta, 0*., is arranging a bnby show.
jp*t~ The speculators are bag inning to " acknowledge
the corn " crop.
&&- There are only about 400,000 taxable
incomes in the Unitod States.
Nino hundred gold models are to Wf
distributed at the Paris Exposition.
, A self-propelling steam fire engine Is
if operation at Manchester, N. U.
yr-?- The commerce of Oalroston, Texas, It
is estimated, will reach $80,000,000 this year.
The prettiest neck tie for a lady?the
arms of her baby.
tW Their are eating watermelons la
Newberno, North Carolina,
The famous Tredegar iron works are
in full blast near Richmond, employing 400
mon.
A message on the Belgium telegraph
over iu longest lino, ooete only half a oent a
word.
The potato blight has appeared in Ireland,
and whole fields are affected by tho disease.
A correspondent thinks tho eottoa
crop of Georgia will bo doublo that of last
year.
Dr. Ayer's pills are good te hare, if
not to take. They gave him an income lost
year of $08,678.
Col. John Campbell, a noted turfman,
formerly of Baltimore, but lately of Mobile,
died lost week.
General Bucktaer, of the Confederate
nrtny, bos been sued for $567,000 for burning
bridges during the war.
It is stated that Fred. Douglass, mecotr
panied by other colored orators, is about to
mako a canvass of tho South.
General John G. Foster has accepted
the invitation of a number of leading Bos tonians
to a public dinner on Wednesday next.
A third part of General Custar's cavalry
force in the Indian country, have deserted
upon their horses.
JBF* Lota of New York belles, it is said,
will summer at homo this summer, owing to
papa's impccuniosity.
f&r According to ail accounts, tho thieves
in New York are high-toned gentlemen compared
with tho polico of that city.
Punch says Mr. Gladstone is so constantly
" waited upon " by reformers, that he
has discharged all his footmen.
A hand organ gVinder in Philadelphia
was found to have $6,600 in bills on his person.
His " notes " were valuable.
Greeley says that his heart swells at
tho thought of negro emancipation. It the
swelling is a bod one, Greeley, poultice it.
/C9* A girl, 14 years of age, carries the
moil between Bteno House and Manassas Station,
Vu., a distance of 6} miles.
tar Five women are editors of papers in
Tnuta WAinnn Kotra anma 'at ktou toxlloa "
in that Slate.
A n Irishman's idea of tho manufacture of
ice cream in, Unit it Is usually baked in a remarkably
cold oven.
The Gvansville (Indiana) Sentinel
nominates General Robert K Lee, for tho
next Presidency of the United Stated
JC-jlI' A Pennsylvanian has just bad to pay
a liu^f twenty dollars for patting his arm
around a lady's waist. It was a droadful
waste of money.
A roan in Louisville, whose wife died
of cholera, has sued the city for $25,000, alleging
that the Impurity of tho city caused
tho disease.
Accidental Insurance Companies in
England paid the policy held by the heirs of a
murdered man, arguing that murder is an accident.
We are told by philosophers that shutting
the eyes inakos tho hearing more aeutc?a fact
that may account for numerous closed eyes on
Sundays.
Uf~The Kentucky Ladiee' Association of
liouisville have just forwarded $1,800 to
Gen. Lee for the benefit of Washington
College, Va.
[y A clergyman was arrested at Erie
Pa, yesterday, charged with embezzling
$15,000 worth of revenue stamps. He was
formerly olerk in the interna! r?veut)Q
office.
fg* The editor of the Lawrenee (Kansas)
Tribune says that in one hour he counted
on one dry, sandy ridge, 10.0o0,000,0u0
grasshoppers, and left some uncounted.
A New York jury compelled a man
to pay $6,000 for a woman and ohild whom
he suffocated by slopping the ehimney
tight.
?"T*o Virginians have taken ont a patent
for the manufacturing whisky from
cornstalks, which ?s said to be of superior
nu.lilu <1.......
tar j. K. Hayes, proprietor of the Se.
vannnh Republican, fined end imprisoned
for libel in March last, has been released by
Governor Jenkins.
tfT In the 8tate of Misetssfppi there are
thirty nine political papers. Of the?e fifteen
are opposed to reconstruction under the
law of Congress, and twenly-four iu favor
of it.
pg* Gen. Lee reports that Ihere are at
the college over which he presides in Lexington,
Vs., 89# students in attendance?
Virginia, Kentucky and Tennnrsee being
the States most largely represented.
vtr daho advices slats that the Indiana
are nltacking the stages and stage stations,
tsking off their stock. The Indians are
mounted on fine horses, raid to have belonged
to the Second Cavalry.
?r A colored candidate for lh? Slate
Convention, in Pluvana county, Virginia,
announeca himeelf iu favor of a low tariff,
no laxaa, plenty of money at the South and
cheap whisky .specially,
fW Oen Schofield has iasued an order
direoting the sppoinlmeut of military corn
missioner* foi ant. district*, her.after to be
defined, and g'v ng them abeolute power
over the police, *li?t Hi, constables, and
other civil officials.
? BT ' "he good will of the Richmond
limes was sold at auction In the oily of
Richmond on Saturday last. Messrs. Cowardio
A Ellison were th? | nrchasers, at Ilia
sum of $8,200. The publication of the
Times will not be continued. It will be
merged with the Daily Dtapateh of that eity.
Local Et.scnows m Wan Viboikia.?The
local eleetiona in West Vitginia, which
have recently taken place, show large
Conservative gains, and many counties have
been completely revolutionised. Every
i county in what is known as Van-llandle lias
given largo Conservative majorities, and
i the greet diminution in Radical stri ugth ut
aaid to be noticeable every win re.