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XIV. "' & !' F. TO W"JTks~. EDITOR. J,JJ. BAILEY, Proprietor and Bub-Editor. Pt - . .J OBIOINAI. for tki Southern Enterprise. . Ltxa Cans, 8. <X. Sept. 6th. 1867. . . mkjJtoy.V.'IT RH*iom?Dc?tr Sir: I am hi 4pt of what claims to be an Address '* KMltfwrij by yen " before the 'O. 0. U. I?. >'July SOih, 1867# on the Plan :* of Restoration and Reconstruction of Uie P Union of tlto United States." In eonn??otibn with thU " Address," yon a'do tend rile a " Platform, at a batia of Rtc?ti strrioti >n of odv Rtate Qorertiment,'* wliich waa " adopted" by "The Union Republican Putty of Cfreenvllle," and which containa thiityseven different articles or elaueet. I haven't time, nor apace, in thia arMcle, to notice the whole of this document, and. would paaa tha whole thing by without a remark, were it not from the fact, that auch a course upon my part might lead you, and many of ray personal friends in the moontainous portion ol the District, to conclude that I am in favor of the party and plan you represent Fuch is not the ease. I shall pass at once to notice a lew of the reasons which you offer in favor of the adoption of the plan and party hy the people of South Carolina. You ssy that Ilia the'*only party whose principles can justify us at this time ifi committing the present and future inte rpst of our country for safe keeping,'' do.? 1,suppose you to mean that it is the only party that will justify us, oo account of its principles, in commuting to it for safe keeping, the present and future interest of our Opuntry. If cueh ic your meaning, I think yon sadly mistaken in your judgment ac to What will justify us to commit tha safe keeping of our country to any party. The principles of tha Radical party have no I mor* claims to the confidence and enpport of the people of South Carolina, than the principles of the wicked Cortex had to the obnfidence and support of the people of Mexico, both being the invaders of oth-rs? rights If the principles that whipped and expelled Baptists, Hint banished Qnnkerst and put to death innocent women charged with wltohery, that eent Bbarp'a rifl.-a to Kansas to ahoot Southerners, and sent Jolin B rpwn to Invade Virginia, claims ouf confidence and support, then are we nnder oh ligations to the Radical party 1 But it id ?iearly nor duty not to become pledged to amy party. It ta enr duty to be the custodians of onr country's interests ourselves we should guard it for our own children, Bid commit it to the keeping of no party. You say, the '* Republican party is the party of freedom and progress, looking to a restoration of the Union in the spirit of J[uatlee and political equality ! proposing to aid the South In securing the freedom of apecelt, a free l*reas, and a system of free yehoole;" when, in facl? the Republican party has gagged the Preea, imprisoned and banished men without allowing them tba benefit of a trial by jnry, simply because they bad spoken their sentimental and Gen. Pope, who eorainanda the States of Georgia. Florida and Alabama, has issued an order -which forbids aay civil officer pub' Itching n order or proclamation in any paper In either of throe 8 to ten, no 1 Understand it, that does not go In for the Infamous provisions of the Radical parly. There, the Governor of o State dare not issue a proclamation to hie people through any paper thai doee not bow the knee to Baal or fal] before the sHrine of Radicalism. The name high offieial has also written a letter to Gen. Grant, advising that certnin men In heSonth. should not only be diefranehlaed, hut banished from their country too, simply for the reason that Ihey do not endorse the 'fvlans of the parly to whieh you say you belong. And yet, yon will have the audacity to tell the people of South Carolina that this ia to aid the South in securing a freh Press and a free speech. I pray llaav' 'Vyn to deliver us from inch freedom as this! If this ha freedom and progress, I want no more of it for me and my children. ,* Ton counsel your friends not to think of eonSaegtion, for it can never be. In this yoti remind me of a man who altmild be canting firebrands into a magazine, and oryiug out, " you moat not think of an expipslen, for snch a thing can never be"' If yon are opposed to confiscation, why have you joined the confiscation party f If a avtfria an honest man, he should keep oom pany with honest men; and If a man wants m a?flwitian, 1m should form no Imkhm Radicals. Von. had ft* well join ft .JfUrty ?( thieve*, ftnd tell them .they must not et**l, * to join this party and tell |Mk they tsnst not confiscate. The two tnnin object* of the part? ere, and ever hftVft been, negro equality ftftd an equal npj*>rtionment of land*. Dut then there arc men among us, who, Clean like, are aver ready to Mil their birth right for mm of ffcMaoge, amf you may not tolong to this t *mk, ?ut If SO, the day may yet come, when ydu, like biro, shell And no pleee for re' pentoses though you seek It with tears, ti you Ore not in favor of dlrcot confiscation, yon aie in favor of giving the .negro the ;Wl t in tie present rude and. ignorant , , wfltiow, who knows not how to nw H for aba happinass of himself or (ho emwttry hi wMsh hs Uvea The Radical party expeete . Mm to vote himself a home ae soon as he if fully possessed of the ballot ; and this hi* ? ' 1 1 i. ? * will do. But many of thuee who are to anxious to Invoet him with the right of suffrage, will also help him out op and divide out the land*, their eyoophantlo pretention* to the contrary notwithstanding. The beet illustration that 1 can give of thU ?ut j -ot la afforded in one of .dE-ope tablet ' Thedoree, b aring the kite.askod the hawk to become their protector. lie cooveuted . and being received into the dove-oote, he destroyed more in one day than the kite could have done In a long time.4 The peo* pie of South Carolina, fearing confiscation, and " worse terms" from Congress, are ask Ing negroes and radicals to become their protect ore, and they, like the silly dovet, may find that as aton as these are admitted into power, they will "confiscate more In ono day than Congress could have done in many year*. In fact, all they wnnt is to be let into the fold, and then they Will kill aud divide for themselves Again : You appear to make distinctions where none enn exist You U)1 the negro that the ol jects of the parly are only to give him "|Hilitirnl rights equal with the whites, not tneiol." You Bern to conclude that the poVuleal is no part of the social power of the State. Then a man enn be Governor of South Carolina, a member to Congress, a Judge of the Court, a Sheriff of your Plstriat, and, yet not facially equal to one of his subji-o's, or constituents. This Is certainty n discovery of the nineteenth century, and belongs to your party of freedom and progress. It favors a " system of free schools." Do you mean to ssy that you are in favor of whites and negroes sending their children to the" same school togethsr? If yon do, la there no social equality in thiaf Or do yon mean Uiat ilia poor, industrious, working white man, ahall ba taxed to keep up free sohools for the edueatlon of the indolent negro, and then send his child to school with the negro, or get ao benefit from his money t In a word, shall he |?ay two dollars Into the free school fhnd, one LI - 1 -- ? - - mr in* own cnuu una one ior ute negro< and it he refuse* to ssnd his child to school with the negro, shell ilia negro enjoy the benefit of both, end the white men pay out two dollars more, in order that he may do as much for his own child as he la compelled to do for the negro I Is this your spirit o! justice and equality ? I am not opposed la the n< gro being educated, I am willing ihnt he shall be Dut I eland in opposition to being taxed for eduoation and having to send my child to school with negroes or realize no benefit from my money Let all engage in the work, who wish to do so, hut let them not impose any such burden upon the shoulder* of those who oan baroly raise and educate their own offspring. I find more than I ean do, to educate my owr race, without having any time to devote tr the education of nogroes. It may not he s< with others. Ones more. You say : " Asonelooklng t< the entire interest of my fellow-citizens, 1 must aeoept them " Accept what I Why, tin degrading terms of negro equality, whioh arejnow being imposed upon the people o Uiis State by the Radical party of tin North. Now, for the very soma reason. I cannot accept mem ; lor Ji can ree nothing but a War of rtt-ea, confiscation, anarch) and desolation to our entire country through thoir acceptance. It will cap thi foundation of ai) our social and political in atftutiOna, overturn ourehurehea, npaltow Religious organizations, make our field* i Wilderness) lay oUr cities ond town# in heap of rulfUi, depopulate the land, aiid awee| tbc face of the whole country with a beaon of destruction. It hath n?H entered Intl the heart of man to Conceive, jtnngibatloi can't fancy, language express, nor pen de scribe, the evils thai lis before us in auch i state of things. Already are the negrqei iu many parts of the country, becoming in doler.t and insulting to the whitea, epeak ing'of " land or blood," as they look fot ward to the wealth they expect to obtat through a convention. 1 must think tha man <t traitor to the rights of hla race, e sadly mistaken in hla judgment of what I Ida eounlry'a interest, who can. in tha prei ent superstitious and uneducated conditio of the negro, advocate his being posses*e With the right of suffrage. Tbe (lovern ment of tliia country must be either whit or black. It can't he a mongrel machine (or no two distinct race* of such diasimila I..III. ? f 11 1. 1 .1! I.I ? i auu MinjFU'HUMi, JIUVC lived together la peace, whore both ho equal privilege*. They never con?the never will. And if yon con take paseag on any etieb mongrel vessel, I must bid yoi end your negro crew g>odhye. i wool, advise you, however, to examine well it structure and erew, before yon leave shore for it will have stormy vailing, ere it eha) finally elear the breakers of the Old Const i tmion. Titers will yet arid* a const'tut ion a) wave, that, like an nvalanehe rollini down the sides of the Alpine mnttntalni shall sweep all In its path from Main* t Mexico, ami from the Onlf to the Pola seas. The land of Washington and ffeirry the land of Jefferson and Jackson, the lani of Pinckney an?l Rutlodgs, shall yet awaie from its vlumbers, end hold ont to s sinkinj nation the work of the fathers as the las refuge, in vISieh, to shield and protect tlx liberties of the children, I am bo and u ststvl by thie Constitution. I abv bound U defend a Union of (he States thereunder.? I have appealed to Govt to kelp me to d< so. ' I believe He will do it. I have sttet > * :x of pc GUUENV1LLE. SOUTH CA1 | faith In It, u to b* willing, like vli? chil Jr?n ] Of WMl on ths hanks of the lied Sen, when the tyrant's host lay in tha r?*r and ths waters spread their fathomless bosorti in frost, to "aland still, and k? the salvation of the Lord.* Ye man of ths ntfnntalM I y? men of Oreoavillei will you loifiks the eonstit?.t!on of your fathers, and east the future happiness a ad peace of your children beneath the leet of negtoea f YoUre respectfully. ' A. 0. STEPP. wan vmn Mvtssss ndatftlia. To General Wade tfafilproll, Coltun. bia, 6. 0. Saluda, as aw Gwwsvvii.i.ie. P. C. ) September 9th, 1807. ) Oentral?I havo receirod my mail from the United States Post Office, and find your letter to the mayor of Columbia published in the 8o*tkern Enterprii, expressing your opinion on publio affairs, with a continuation of your views with regard to the present political condition if this oouptry. As our minds are all absorbed, at preioot, with desires fur pesce, I have road your opinions, General, with doep interest. You say " Let every man register, and cast his vote against the Convention." Let as ask If, I understand yon, suppose a ship at sea, overtaken, in her onward way, with a terrible storm ; she eatohes on fire, she springs a leak, the spirit foortl is broken open, a mutiny takes place, the ship falls over on her beam ends, the masts break away, sho lays at tho moroy of tho winds And the waves, a wreck upon the waters, tho men give up the ' ship, they are wosk, they cannot help themselves, some af? lust, and Senna ellng to the floating wreck. Then the Storm clears awsy, ths oeenn becomes calm, they get some bread from the old ball, she rights a little, and the* FurviTcn tn euaoioa 10 lund onco mart upon their leg*. Tbo men eotno up and tako an ' oath to return to obedience??to maintain discipline?aad to work according to the law for i the better gerernment of all, now regulation! are made to conform to tho changed condition I of thing*, jury-masts haro to bo sot up, ceri tain men must be placed at the liclm, for all cannot bo trusted in trying times liko these.? ( Ono mast is at first reconstructed, the ship begins to tnoro ahead again on her truo course, i But some disputes arise, thoro aro thoso who do not like tho new mast?ono gives his opinion it should be all white, while others say it * shall be black and whito now. An order Is givon to sot np the other masts, ' so that the ship may get out of her troublo, (or starvation is using np the people. There ' la a good deal of dissatisfaction, and tho law 1 requires that the peoplo shall asacinblo in 1 convention, and Vote how the work Is to be i done. I Now, General, lot us suppose that you and i I woro passengers on board suoh a ship, would , you say*--" Let every man registor and cast , his vote against tho Convection T" Do I understand you to ta)r that as you cannot hare tho jnry-maats set np, after your own plan, yon will not have anjr t Are you willing?I would say to you?to rciUain at sea Under tuch cir1 oumstances, With & gttard of marines, with* 1 out bread to eat, while a land filled wilk f milk and honey, U beforo us, whore we may all lire In a Union of safety, under a civil [ Q or crouton t ? f The peoplo of this country bare been living r on " Hard Tack" and " fdati Junk'* lung , enough. The voyage of life ia too ehort to . paaa onr time and woar our tooth on any more of inch "grub." r The agricultural intereste of this cotmtry % have been very muo'a disturbed. We havo # suffered. Wo want rest, quiet, and pcaeeful cultivation of the land. This we can never hare until the political difficulties of the couutry are settled. i The commerce of the country has been InJored | it is baaed upon agriculture and internal improvements. Tbcse being in a wretchh ed condition, the oonntry baa little money. ' Trade ia dnli?commerce ia almost dead. As long aa this Is the ease, every day itdds to dttr - dialrM3 ati<l poVoriy?dissat^faction, unsettled ** condition, uncertainty, idleness, want of thrift, n energy, enterprise and health, it Machinery and mochauic* stand still r near the water power of these mountains, fot is the want of spirit and energy among the poopie, who dent know what to <4o, n If the State of South Carolina Was safely j back in tho Union, Its eUliens would o:jbark ^ in projects of industry, which tbey are uuwil* 6 ling to <10 under tills uncertain, uusoltled condition of Military U ivernirtcnt. I lee that several of tho loading men of the South are spanking, against the lawi of ConJ gress, and the Military ItilIn, adviaing the people " to op pone their adoption by all ladfal y means." Though disfranchised myself, I * think to 44 remain In our present condition, an" 4ef military rolo," la aa eertainly ruinoua to I ua, aa that a Republican form of Government * la a bfoasing. When the bnrVe ftooyte under Ure ; gallant Decatur au'rronderod the (ahip) PraaiI dent to a poweful Jlritish (loot, aa anon aa the i flag waa lowered, the Captain and hia tuun i. accepted their true condition. They were g then ready to go to Dartmouth Prison. Hod , thay taken advantage of aoneo mild nwaauroa 0 of their eooqtforefl anil have suddenly raiaod r their flag again, tho act would have boon considered dishonorable and the opposite party 1 Woold have boon justified in noting in auch a way aa to sink kor. Wo have surrendered. - Tho Congrcaaof the United States has acted * mildly towards the Southern people, touch 1 more mild than aay other Guvornmewt Would ' do Mbf thb circumstances. Our lives and * our lands, were in the hands of the sriaha of > Nw f'nitod Stages. Congress called the srmy > away, and dhf dot take us to- prleonr, of eonfts> rate our lands. Tbey bwve given w.? s chance, i aa a free ptopfa te Work our o#n salvation.? 4? ' n Hi )PULAB ROLI.NA. SEPTEMBER 18. They bete dot nfade <i p?y (ho of the r?af. they ahafe tint dilb Hi, the/ gibe c the people the ballot box, and tell them to vote t tboniaelvoa * Convention j they keep order in 1 the country while thle U to be done. | Now, it appeare to me, there U d dUpoaltlon J dotting abotil ill tile Xtrtlosphere on tho poll- i tioal horlton, to tako en improper adtdfctage of < thia rolldneaa, and to dictate tortfia Of noon- I atructlon ; at all erenta, the White people are \ told by their former leadera and rtilefS, that 1 the/ muit ?Und >1111; and hate nothing to do tilth the torftts proposed to theirt | tilttt the/ , should register; which gttca them eltisenehip ; 1 but rote no Convention?which give* them no < State organisation. J We Want the free school system provided 1 for all the Children of the Inud, white and i blaek. Some are born here, live here, yes, die i bore, without the knowledge of the Tea Corn* I mandmenU or the Lord's Prayer. I Good has boon done, lot the work go on ; let I us all reconstruct the old ship, iqiread the ( ells before tho wind, and let tbo wings of i commerce bring again to ns tbe reward due i an agricultural and manufacturing people. I Very truly, yourt. i LARDNER aiBBON. 1 "" a""^mmmmm President Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation. WlediahToa, September 8. Tbe following proclamation Was issued this morning : fly tk? Amidst! df (As Sidtt of Am ricH. A MOCLAWATltfS. Whereas, In the month of Jely, Anno t)omlni 1881, tho two lloneet of Congress, with extraordinary unanimity add solemnity, dcclarod that tho war theft existing was hot waged on (he part of tbe Gdterflttfedt ht ad/ Spirit d' oppression, nOf for ad/ pb'fpOSe of codqdost of subjugation, nor purposo of orerthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of tho States, hnt to defend and maintain tho supremacy of tho Constitution, and to preserve tho Union, with all the dignity, fguality and rights of the sevoral States un impaired ^ and that as soon m these objects should bo accomplished/ the war otlght to coasc. And whereas, the President ftf tbo United 6tntos, on (bti 8th day of December, Anno Domini 1S43, and on (ho 2f>th day of Merely Anno Domini 18(li, did, with tbo object df suppressing tbo tben existing rebellion, of inducing all persons to return to their loyalty, and of roatoriug tho authority of tho United States, issue proclamations offering amnesty and pardon to all persons Who hftd directly or iudiroctly participated in the then existing rebellion, except as in thoso proclilututious was specified and reserved. And whereas, tho President of (ho United State did, on tho 29th day of Jlfajr, Anno Domini 18AS, issuo a furUiof frdfclamatioii} with tho satno objects beforo mentioned, and to the end that the authority of the Government of tho United States niigiit bo rostoredand that peace, order and freed.>rrt rtMght be established; and tho t^nsfiidcKl did, by tho said last moutioned proclatdation, proclaim and declare that ho thbrohjr granted to all porsons who had directly or Indirectly participated in tho then existing robeM'.drty c.tcept as thefcid excepted, amnesty itrtd pardon, with restoration of all rights df pfdperty, except as to slaves, add except certain eases where legal proceedings had boon instituted, but upon condition that such porsons should take and fubsoribo an oath thoroin prescribed j which oath should M registered for permanent preservation. And whereas: in iin.1 br ?1.1 !., ? -i.-it,... ?i ___ - - uh iv> IIMI% UIVUVIUUVU proclamation, the 20th day of May, Anno I Domini 1865, fourteen extensive classes of persons therein specially described, wore altogether excepted and excluded froin tho benefits thereof. Anil whereas, the President of the United States did, on ttio 2 1 day of April, Anno Domini 1S6G, issue a proclamation declaring that the insurrection was at an eiyl, and was hcncofurth to be so regarded. And whetoas, there now exists no or?nntied Rrrfcd icti-Henco of itiilgttiiledl citlzons of others to tho authority of the United States, in the Stales of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama; I Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida and Texas ; and tho laws can be ?tt*tairted ami e'bforccd therbin bt (tie fvtoper civil authority,' State or Fodcfal, and the people of said States aro well and loyally disposed, and havo conformed, or. if permitted to do so, will conform, in their legislation to the condition of affairs growing oht of tho amendment to tbo Constitution of the United States, prohibiting slavery within the limits and Jurisdiction of the Unitod States. And whereas, (here no longoi1 exists any reasonable ground to apprehend within the States whioh were intofved iu the late rebellion, any renewal thereof, or any unlawtul re sistanco dy tho people ?rf mm! 3M?i to tho Constitution and laws of tha United State#.And wherca# largo standing armies, military occupation,- martial law, military IrrbWnul?, (ho suspension of tho Writ dT hitlittU torpna mod tho right of trial by jury are, in the time of poaco, dangerous to put>Ira liberty, tnemnpatiblo with the individual tights of the eitiron, contrary to tho geuius and spirit of our froo institutions, and exhaustive of the nation al resources, and ought not, tbcreforo, to bo sanctioned or allowed, except in coses of actual necessity fur repelling invasion or suppressing insurrection or rebelliofY. And Wheroaa, a retaliatory or vindictive policy, attended by unnecessary dis.pialifioations, pains, penalties, confiscation and disfranchisement, now, as always, eould only tend tv Mndwr msoas>Hw?k?rr among fho people and national Restoration, While It mutft seriously embarrass, obstruct and repress popular energies- and national industry and oat >rprise. r \ ' ler?i BivKisr-Te I8G7. And #hereS<, for these reuoni, it U tfow bliMd essential to the public #elfare, and ? j be more poffocl restoration of constitutional aw and order, that tho said last mentioned tfoctcmation so, as aforesaid, issued on the !9th day of May, A. D. 1865, should be tflodiledj and that the mil Ittd benSfloeht pardon soncedod thereby should be opened and forhor extended to a lafgo number of the persons eho, by its aforesaid exceptions, hate been litherto excluded froib Ex Sen tire clettency. Now, therefore, be it known, that I, Andrew fobnson, President of the United States, do lerebjr proclaim and declare that the full parion described In the said proclamation of the rath day of May, A. D. 1885, shall henceforth t>0 Opened and eitetlded to ail persons who lirectiy or indirectly participated in the late rebellion, with the restoration of all privileges, immunities and rights of property, cxnept as to property with regard to slaves, and oxeopt in eases of legal proceedings under the laws of the United States; bat upon this condition! levertliolcss, that evory such person Who Shall lock to avail himself of this proclamation, iball take and suhsoribo tho following oath, add Shalt eanse the sntne to bo registered for the permanent preservation in (lie flatiio mat! ner and with the same effect as with tho oath prescribed in said proclamation of the 29th day of May, 1865, namely: " I, : -, do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) in the presconce of Almighty Qod, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend tho Constitution ol the Unltod States and tho Union of the States thereunder, dn<f that t will, in tike rrianner, abide by and fnltlhnHy support atl laws and proclamations whieh have been made during tho lato rebellion with reference to tho emancipation of slaves. So help me Clod;'' The following persons, iffd botle others, are excluded ftUttJ the benefits of this proc tarnation, and Of the said riroclatriation ol of the S9ih day of May, 1885, namely; 1 The clilef or pretended chief executive officers, including the President, the Vice* Prosident, and ail heads of departments of the pretended Confederate or rebel Governwent/ and all who were ngents th-feof iti foreign States or countries, and all who held or pretended to hold in the service of the said pretei ded Confederate Oovl ernmcnt a military rank or title above the grade of Brigadier General, or naval rank or title above that of Captain, and nil w ho were or protended to bo Governors of States, while maintaining, abetting, or submitting and acqutee. cing in tlie rebellion. 2. All persons who in any Way, trertted otherwise than ai prieonera of war, persons who, in any capacity, were employed or engaged in the military oh naval Service of the tlnllcd , states. 8. All persons Who, at the tlms llley may seOk to olrmln the hetieflt of lh? proclamation, arc In civil, military or naval -confinement or Cfl-ao iy, or legally held to bntl, aa either engaged directly or in lirectly in the assassination of the late President ol of the United Stntes, or in day manner therewith connected. In testimony whereof, I have signed thesr presents with my hnttd, and liave caused | the seal of tlie United States to be thereto affixed. Done at the city of Washington, the seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and sixty even. AnUrMw Johnson. By the President Willi.m If a?; ? -i ...?? ? Mvf*n,u, uwicwirjf 01 omve Tit* "PnozKit Wnt.t/'or VeriIost.?A cor respondent of tho Wisconsin State Journal writing trom 8ndbury, Vu, August 13Ui; thui describes a virit to the celebrated froten wel in that vicinity : "Wo bad gono through the valley and a rail beyond, going South, When; st tlib fbfksof tb road, my companion spoke: ' Would you lik to see the frotan #oll i' 'Yes/ So he tern tb the loft of our intruded route and palls u a few hundrod yards beyond, whero a pari; of men are at work undor tho direction of Mi Sawyer, of Boston. He has been sent thel by the Boston Socioty of Natural History t investigate the mystery of the ' Froten Well and which he has not as yet discovered. Sou years ago some curious or wise men of Bostc raised $300 and put Prof. Jackson up to soli tho ihyatery. lie carta (die find Jay, broke down the well, Saw the ice In it in iftldshftitnc driiuk the solid water, looked wise atid ptn tied, went homo and wrote a report that in b opinion an Iceberg hm! been hrfrfed fbeto i tho drift period. Good and wise?but peopl laughed about it, and some #ore so mean as I talk about tho prlbe p'nid. Mr. Sawyor hu dug two no# wells, each forty or fifty fc? from the old wetf; HnA finds no ice, or unusui appearance. The Wells aro sunk throug ?C?!fse gfave! and stones. The ' Proton Wel is about thirty I deep. In Winter the ic forma over fir# Wntor eight or ten inchca i thickness, aftd ico remain* ip the well all Suua irtct. Holding a looking-glass *o ft* to thro< the fays of tho aun to tho watef (11 tho well aaW it rinrl of ico ailliering to the atones at th surface of tho water. I drank tho watei Which is pnro and ico cold. If Mr. SaWyc ha* #otved the mystery he did not tell ir*. 1 is a vary strange and curious thing aifd tin excited inuch in<|iriry, hut tho ' Froroh Witl is cold and unexplained. Mr. Siatfycr is loarnod and porsovering gentleman, and I hop he uiay he aide to to soiuu light on tho suli jool, but 1 doubt it." ? ? ?? A (loon Hit.? Wo find tfio follow ing in the New Oilcans li> publican : Wo would augg.-td n >w, lo aaliaf the clamor of Si an* on'* Undicnl fiiendi that llfw ex divinity of tlio War lie parfinent l?e made superintendent of lit graveyard at A n lersonrille! lie i the moat fit p?r.on for iho place, for It a as tbe cause of its Lciti^ filloJ. >?> ' i?& lo .:, L NO. It. - ?!?L'~ -J?!? 1 11 ' T 111 . l Itomftntio Incident id Lord Byroa'o Life. Now that the Copntee* Onlcc'oli ipemotre ere to be poblhhfd, the following extract from ? letter of Benjamin Weet will lie read *h1i ffeeh ifftrftnttj The letter wae written tlOlll I'i>u>a lule in " On ihe day ippolnUd, I a-flved <t two o'otMk, and began the picture, I futind him a bad sitter. Ha lalk-dk! thlf tlfile, and ackud a multitude of questions about America?how I liked Italy, wliati thoHght of the Itallana, eto. When he wnsrilenthu was a better sitter than before ; for bo assumed a countenance that did not belong to him, as though hd wefe lliluhlngof a fronlM piece for * Child? Harold.' Ill abotH IK hour our firet silting terminated, and I returned to Leghorn, scarcely able to persuade myself that this was lha haughty misanthrope whose character bed alway# appeared so enveloped In glootn and ftya? tery, for t do not remember ever to battf met with manners so gentle and attmclifOj "The next day 1 teturned and had another silting of an hour, during which he eccmcd au-ionsto know what I should tnakf Of my undertaking. While 1 Wan painting; the window from wliioh 1 received tny light became suddenly darkened, and 1 heard a voice exclaim, ' A troppo bello I' 1 turned and discovered a beautiful female stooping down to look in, the grdund on the outside being on a level with the boltdm of the window. Iler long golden hair hutigdOWh about her face and shoulders, her complex ion was exquisite and her smile Completed one of the most romahtifc looking heads, net off, as it wan, by the bright sun behihd It, which I had ever beheld. Lord Byron if), f tiled her to coifie In, and inlfodtioed her Id me as the Countets Quiceioli. He seemed . very fond of her, and I was glad of btr . presence, for the playful manner which ha assumed toward her made him a mash better sitter. , . "The hcxt day I was pleased to tihdthfti the progress which I had made lit his likeness had given satisfaction, for, when we were alone, he said that he had n particular favor to ask of ine?would I grant it Y I said I should be liapppy to obligo hint; And he enjoined me to the flattering task of painting the Counters Gutccloli'a portrait for him. On the following morning 1 began It, and niter that they sat alternately. He give me the whole history Of his connection > With her. and sahl that he hoped It wttuld ' lent forever ; at any hate, it should Hot be > bin fault If it did not Ilia othar attach I mefttfl hAu bcch broken off by no fault ol hl?. ' t was l>y this lime sufficiently Intirtiate 1 wilii iiim to answer his questions As tO what ' t tbbught of him before I had seeri hlin.? lie ldrighed ir.ufch at tbe ldeh which I bad ' formed of him, and said, 'Well; yoii find the like other people, do you notf* Ha eften afterward repeated, 'Ahd ad you thought me a fine iel!o*, did yoiif' I re 1 member once telling him, that notwithstanding his vivacity; I thought mjratlf eor' hect in at least one estimate a bibb t made > Of him, for I still conceived that he Has not a happy matt. lie inquired earnestly what reason 1 had for thinking so, and I asked him if he had ever observed in llttUi chtW - drtn, after a paroxysm of grief; Ihit they had at intervals a convulsive oh tfemuloue (banner of drawing a long brkath; Wher, ever 1 had observed this; In pefdohs of m 1 roatner n,e I had nlwnyS touttff that It came from sorrow. He said tk* thought e was new to him; And that hb Hoiild taalto * rise of It/' s To.Cukb Weak Eras til ITorbhs, p ?A short time since, 1 purchased m r ..Ju.i.K bx * L .uiuavio iunrr, live yeaM OlU.fOr 68(1(116 r' purposes, And found, unfortunate for 0 tne. thai her left eye was vary weak, " and good judges pronounced that she ' would lose It. There is a Canadian le Fieucbman residing iu itiy frftailv, by ,u ihe'imme of Wilson, w hoi a ffli tticd that ^ life C/>uM Cure hfer. 1 (fiiefetfecf him to r try his --kill, and he iinmediately made t'_ up a wash of alum and water, which ia ho reduced to about blood heat, and n would, with a tynill, lilo* the liquid ine 10 the eye. After .tryifeg the above > preparation three llinfei, he took a ? piece of alum, Us Isigft as the end of >t one's finger, and bnrhln# it in the fire, ieduced it to jiowder; and Mett it stout* h ly by the snrfle prcefefca, into her eye.? P So far as wo fcrth judge, she can now e ree perfectly, ahd the eye is apparently n sound nnd well. It is a valuable rente* >- dy.? ('oitntrrf (frntleman. ' tVinc* a soawfsrfert w presented at the ftsisfc 0 ?f fiMfMa*/ rts (Told is lnn??n?t? '* / K"<" "" " -?r> If ft Comes from some known person, be ' r only asked where he got it. If from a strsm1 gor, tho cashier signal* to his detective,- Sflways in Waiting, and the officer follows secretffc? a lie fore many hours tho habit is in possession <o of the stranger's biography.- The offstitfcfy '* once nrrosted, is like'y to bo tried, coneleted and sentenced witMW two days > wherefore f I rent Britain ia not an inviting field for that kranclt of industry. > A r.tnusa, on being ask'j nonrfwf ef ' his children, hesitated, returned the ^westion to his wife. ?0(| ,he fcpH.a . - Tea." But e when, in ^l0 course of conversation, the far* mor was asked as to the number of hogs 1 t possessed, he roplied promptly : " Sovent/I or.c."