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I J. C. BAIIIY, Pro'r. and Associate Editer.
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Sentinel Song?.
When links tha soldier brave.
Dead at the ftet of Wrong,
The poet sings?and guard* his grave
With seatlaela of Song.
I v <J*y Aeuga"?he gives command?
* Keep falthfol watch end |rae ;
id* nviag ana ***a ot u? conquered L>*nd
}! bow no guard* nn you."
! mark yo wall!
V Thrice tbly U your trust;
Oo out to the field* where warrior* Ml,
' And sentinel their dart,"
And th* Sengs, In stately rhyme,
With softly sounding tread,
Blereh forth?to watch till tb* ond of lime,
Beside the aUent dead.
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And when \he footnan'a boat
And bat* bar* passed away.
Our gttard of 8?igi ehall keep their post,
Around oar aoldWra' clay.
A thousand dawna may (low,
A thousand .lay* may wane,
Tb* deathlee* aoa(* where th* dead He low,
True to the I eat, remain.
Tea, tree! They will ant yield
To tyrant* or to tlase,
Ahar'ty (rare and on er'ry field
Where men died death* aublime.
Lone tI(1)? they will keep,
Obedient to tb*tr Bard,
And they will watch when wa ahall sleep?
Oar laat and only Guard.
What though oar rioton aay
No eolataa shall be built
Above th* grave* where the men la Grey
Isle asoald'rtng la their guilt f
Ah! let the tyrant corse
The deed he trample* down !
Our atrong, bravo Hongs, In thrir sweet, sad
vers*,
Few net th* tyrant's frown.
What though to K?lptot?d shaft
' Cummenordi our Brora f
What though no monument ephitaphsd
Bo built aboro their grave T
When marble wears away,
And monuments ore datt.
The Songs that guard our eoldiera' rlay
Will etUl fulfil their trust.
Kiomut, May A, 18A7.
[Fnman'w Journal.
Headquarters, Astiitant Commit*
eioner.
Bo, Red, Freed, and Aban'd. Lands, 1
District of South Carolina. V
. Charleston, 8. C., January 1, ISM. J
CtOCCLAK LKTTBR.
At the representative of the 0 or eminent
In behalf of the interests of the freedpeople,
1 deem it not Inappropriate for me at
the commencement of another planting season
to make a few comments upon the results of
the past year's labors, and offer a few sugges.
Mors as to the nature of contracts for the
Coming year.
It la with feellagt of regret that t review
the disastrous failure of the Rice and long
Staple Cotton crops in the vicinity of the
Coast. Opto the ftrtt of last July the pfoepect
of a remunerative return for the labor
' aad capita) invested wee flattering, but owing
to anareldable and unforsecn causes, beyond
tbs control of baman power, the end of the year
fiade both the plantar and laborer, upon the
coast country, la an embarrassed and suffering
condition. I- should not be Jostlfied in
dwelling further-Upon this topic so well understood
by all parties Interested) suffice it foi
me So say that the gsoerat failure of the Rice
and long ataple Cotton crops cannot be attrib.
nted to want of aero aad expense on the perl
of the planter, or lack of labor and attention
from the freed people.
In some districts la tba central aad nppei
portions of the State, very fhir crops of short
staple eettoa and corn have been hsrterted,
bat owing to the depressed condition of the
cotton market. Use planter finds that tbs proeseds
of the sale of that staple will not relmhorse
him Use the mJi.uiA.
The genera) teetlmoay from theee vertloni
U thai Ike frwdfeople bar* worked faithfully
earl well, enme My - never better t" tbla may
be partially accounted for, by the feet thai
tbe email planters or farmer* or the interioi
eve eeeuatemed to labor themeelrev, end by
firing their entire pereonel attention to tbeli
pleating Intereet* they bare thereby eneoor
aged the freed people to emelate tbe exempt*
the* vet them. I bare, however, been Inform
*4 that owing to tbo eearcity of provldone
tbe commencement of tbe pert plaatlni
n?<M, many freed people were eompelted t<
enter Into eoptreeta wbleb were either not lib
tral la tbelv eatave, er did not provide vuffl
eleatly remunerative wage*, eoeMgneetlj
they bad tbemeelree at tbe end of tbe yea
peanileee, or la debt, end feol dUeetivfted em
aggrieved } wttboat eoaf deoee la their em
plo/era end Indlvpoeed to ooetraet for eeotbe
refle
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year. No Sut? la tb? Union ll mora blent
with a dflnrnity of climate and natural pro-'
duct ion than South Carolina ; the tuple cruju
of til more temperate region I wiiieh ar* there
> found eo proQtable to the farmer, are equally
Afiantdd In thla lalltn<l> *?! ?K? ?*? !*<! ? -
try nod care exerted here will be attended by
equal lacewt. No valid mason exist* to pre*
vent this State from being entirely self cap.
porting | more Importance ebonld bw attached
to the general farming internet* of the conn,
try, at lceat two tblrde of the tillable land
houUl be devoted to the production of profit
ion crop*, the cultivation Of Cotton shoufd,
in my opinioo, be made eecondary to that of
cereal*, a* an increased production of the
latter, would plaoe alt elaa*e* of community
beyond tbe reach of that preaalng Wan If which
now threaten* atarvatlon, nnlc** *c*in relieved
by the donation* of tb* charitable.
It certainly unit be appateot to every practical
man that fro* colored labor can never be
a success in tbia State an lea* liberal and fair
contract* are entered into and ebaenred; the
freed people cannot much longer be hoodwink,
ed and imposed npon, thoy are rapidly learning
tbe worth of money, and ail person* wtau
have in any manner overreached them may
depend npon It, that oventually tbey will fln.l
that they cannot procure labor to till their
plantation*; wbilo plantar* who have, by a
Juat and generous oourto of treatment, obtained
the confidence of their laborer* have thus
secured themselves tuffluieut meana to carry
out their plana for the comiftg year.
It tnay not be improper for tnc in tbia connection,
to eonnacl the frecdpcopl* to avoid
contracting the coming year, with tb?*e plant,
era who have persistently wronged and defrauded
them ; taking care and aceking prop,
er ad vie* that they may not confound dlahon*
exCtncn with those bigb-miuded planteis who,
owing to tbe unfavorable season, bava been
unable to meet tbelr engagements, but iu
whose integrity all can implicitly rely.
Aa to the terms ol contract* for the coming
year, I am obliged to express my unqualified
approval of tbe system of paying wages in moi- J
or. for such neriods as mi? ! ? unnn I
giving preference to payment* at the end of
the year, a* the plan beat calculated to injure
the laborer a portion of hia pay at the termination
of hia contract, and it alao givea the
planter opportunity to at onoe diacbarge an
idle or disaffected employee upon payment of
wagea due to date of diacbarge. It will alao
tend to produce a more uniform rate of wagea
throughout the country, and thua avoid the
breach of contracta frequently made on vari*
one pretexts for the purpose of hiring to
another planter, who may temporarily give
an incrcaacd rtipend.
I would not bo understood aa advising any
combination on the part o: the planters to
reduce or Veep down wagea, neither would
I countenance a like combination by freedpeopla
to secure wages that planters cannot aiford
to pay 5 lint it would be for tho interest of all
parties to fix upon some approximate amount
within the power of the planter* to pay, with
reasonable profit* to themselves, and not be*
ncMth the limits of a sufficient support for a
free laboring man and hia family. It is not
within my province to fix this desirable rate,
but I may express tbo opinion that tho con
tracts made during the past year upon the ilea
Islands and upon the coast, were more liberal
in their general character, and amount of
wages paid, than those of the upper country.
Whenever from lack of means the eontract
system, based upon shares of -the crop, has to
b# adopted, the apportionment of the gross proceeds
should be made as follows : To tbo land
one third j to the laborer one third ; the capital
constating of work animals and til*lr feed,
implements and fertilisers one third; the interest
of the laborer to terminate upon the
completion of the gathering and marketing of
? tbft crop.
It is more than probable that the majority
of planters will be obliged from want of funds
te adopt the latter system or some other ap
proacblng U In Its nature, but differing in its
details | but a eontract no less vmuuerativo
than the one third suggested for the laborer,
houbl in my opinion be tendered or received.
It is furthermore desirable that planters
make arrangement with pbyriclaos to attend
the sick upon itia plantations at a reasonable
rate per visit or family ; a clause to the effect
, that the laborer should pay pro-rata for such
medical service, might he inserted in oonr
traets.
I cannot too strongly recommend, briefness
. and ilnplteiljr of form in all contract#, with*
ant regard to their nature or terms.
Many eon tract* hare been submitted to me,
tbe terms of wbieb wore siuiply abenrd, such
as tbe imposition of fines or stoppages for impertinence,
for failure to comply with certain
f plantation regulations, Ac., Ac., all of wlticb
I are inconsistent with tbe laborer* statue aa a
freeman, and an accountable being. Such
i elausea In contract# will be a continued auurco
of annoyance and relation to both employer
and employee, and should be omitted in alj
iuture contract*.
, If a laborer absents himself from bis allot*
. ad task, be should be charged for th* time so
r lost, at the rate which be would bare rewired
I If be bad worked ; all adJltion of extra fine*
r for lost time it improper, and should never be
, proposed in a community whero tba ftee labor
r system ia expected to succeed.
Time will not permit me to further discuss
i this question, but it aaust be apparent to all
pruotleal men that tbe planter* in Ibis 8tot*
I tira IU1UI7 ivun Iiiauii/ Ml *uo C(i|i>roq
( r*? for the (real er port of their laborer*. It
? should therefor* he the earned endeavor of
. all good eitltene to ftz the colored people la
. permanent location*, to a**i*t Ibera in prorldr
'ng schools Tor the (dotation of their children,
r In supporting Intelligent, religion* instruction
1 among them, and by precept and example to
foctar the virtue, of continence end sobriety j
r teach them respect fvr the marriage relation
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GREENVILLE, rfOUTII <
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ad tin lawe of tbe country, ?n<l in fact by a
systematic eourse of fair trcatmont to win
tbeir confidence and respect, and thaa make
them valuable oitUena in d community In
Wbicb, although native*, they have acquired,
ear rlghts< ft. It. SCOTT.
Jttl. Mryfhr Ornerat.
Ant. Uomminhtntr.
Th? Oermans?EmigrationThe
South la dee lined to be grand tbeatre
of immigration. Tbe negro fanatic* of the
North, design tbe 8outh to be Afrieanlsed-*1
that is, placed under negro rale. Tkia is a
crime, meditated not only against the kindred
white race in tbe 8enth?-but agpinst tbe
white race of tbe world, to established negfo
nil* in a country, Is to girs it over to pauperaad
barbarism. No portion of the white raoo
will long remnin in sueb a country, and no |tortion
will make it tbe theatre ot their efforts to
-better tbeir condition by immigration. Nn
man, under the civilised governments of Kurope,'where
the rights ef pefSoti and property
are protected, would go to a country where be
has protection for neither. Negro rule, aii over
the world from Its existence, has been synonymotts
with lawlessness. The white race
therefore, if the negro revolutionists shall
succeed in tbeir efforts, Whether io tbe North
or til Knropc, Witt bo shut out from tho South.
Hut these efforts, we have not a doubt, will
fail. Tbeir only chance fur even temporary
success, is by the bayonets of the (lovernment
of the United States. These bayonets w,il be
removed. The longer they continue, tho
worse it will be for the negro ; becauso they
will widen the distance between bim and the
whito man. If this distance ie pushed to eontest?the
more speedily will the South be
opened to the immigration of tbe white raceby
the removal or extinction of the negro ?
With the Cast belt of the white race on our
Northora frontier, and the accessihillity of the
Southern States to tbe white race from Europe
there is no more chance of placlrfg permanently
the Southern States noder negro rule, than
ui vioiung (nam into in? Atlantic. Tbey
were settled by the wbito race. Tliey belong
to tbe wbito race ;?and must from the na'ure
of thing* be tbe theatre of it vast immigration,
both from the North and Europe.
Amongst the most valuable immigrants who
bar* settled Smith Carolina, bare been tbo
Germans. Lexington, Orangeburg and Spartanburg,
and now, the beautiful country about
WalhtilU, bavo been settled by Germans.?
Tbis city, has long been a favorite resort of
their trading population, for commcrco and
settlement. Of all settlers, tbey are probably
tbe most orderly, industrious and thrifty.?
They nro not ? speculative, restless, roving
people?like tho people of Now England.?
Tbey bare tho high virtues of bama fixedness,
and stoady Industry. And tben, all
tbeir political aspirations ore in favour of law
and liberty. Even in the days of tbe Roman
Emperors, according Id Tacitus, tbey possessod
a inde system of free government, far surpassing
the Gauls and otbeY Northern nations.
At this day, no nation in Europe excels
them in mental activity, and profound
learning. Tho German pross annunlly puts
out ten times tbe number of books, that are
published in tbe United States. In popular
education, tbey surpass any nation in the
world ; and thero are vast principalities in
Germany, which present a cultivation pf our
mother earth, which seems impossible of further
improvement. Such a people, must be
welcome in every land tbey may choose to
make their borne. Thay will harmonise admirably
with the population of the Southern
States, whose characteristics of lmmnvcability
and reverence for order, are ia such striking
keeping with their own. Tbey do not cut
down and settle a farm?to ?tU. They do not
leave Die burial-ground of their farailivs, to
be tume<l into a hug. pen, in the hunds of *
stranger, for tho sake of making two bushels
of eorn more to the aero, on aomo other lanil.
They do not inaiat that good morals or good
elttaonahlp, consist in drinking oold water and
making money. They ate a cheerful, moral,
aober people, fond of mueio?fond of dancing
?easily pleased with little thlnga, which
make up vne>ha1f of the felicities of life.?
When they actlle in a country, they spread
over it, and around it. Ttivy grow great by
trpfintioH, uot ky (he robbery of other lundsj
To open a meeting with prayer to the Prince
I of Peace, and then 10 urge war and the she 1ding
of blood "up to the kuecs"?it not
Uerman. With hit fair akin and blue eyea, it
la impossible that be will abandon the Anglo- 1
Saxon race, which redoemed this Southern
country, and has tnadd It great amongst the
people of the earth, to consort and grovel with
the negro, and make him a rulor over his race.
This la Impossible. Welcome, tkorcforo, the
Oermaa ! Welcome his lore of order?hla
love of liberty?bis love of hoine?bis sobriety?bis
thrift?his integrity. Welcome the
(Jertnao!?and give him room to help na lu
making this Southern country, yet, one of the
richest, bravest, and freest of land*.
[Clsrltifim J/errwry.
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I lt?_ . V at?. ? If a: t_ 1 ?
auw *?* n?rr niiAr r mt-ii.?^mijuj im
merse it io buttermilk. Thia will keep it
for Severn) days, when the milk ahottlJ b?
eltanged, and fresh milk substituted. In
thia way beef, veal, Ac., can be kept for
several weeks, and it w II he aweet and
ftdi a*, the end of that time as when first
put in. Our butrher furnished t* with the
rreeipt. The whole n? ighborhood Is now
saving its meat In this way. It is equally
efficacious lu the hottest weaiher.
USE 8SLT in Kksohejie A number
of persons in this town have fotind by ex
psrience that the light of coal oil lamps is
greatly improved hy adding to the oil onefourth
ite weight of common sail. It makes
the light mueh more brilliant and clear,
keeps the wick clean, ami prevente sraok
|ng.?Xor folk Journal.
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CAROLINA. JANUARY 15.
X&rriage and Long Life.
Su<Utl??, niM?llli?, mid ?riiilnicgt h*u
all bwn brought forward in diacuating ih? c
ftiMlion aa to the comparative health, hap- p
pineaa and doraiton of life of tha married a
and unmarried. Tha verdiet moat be eon- fi
aidered aa glrta in favor of the married, cl
but with the reaervation that (he advnn a,
tages are not equally enjoye-l by the two o
aexea Aa far aa regard* the people of a
0-.?t Jk -a - a -
twnimna, me qn^nion Mtini lo t>? oonclu- ti
sivelv answer*, d in i paper rend torn* n
months ago by l>r. James Stark brlort ih? r<
Koysl Society of Kdinhurg. He Wgiiii by ?
th? remark, that a nine years' average of li
the deathe in Scotland showe a higher ratio a
of deaths among mates than among females 1
at all ages, except in the early period of a
life, from ten to fifteen years. il
A more Important it cpiiry, however, U li
the effect of marriage on male and female I
life. An interesting answer to the question (
Is brought l>y a table prepared by l)r. 11
Stark. It sliowe that at every age. from 2t> ?
to 86 years, the death rate of the married n
men is very much atueller than that of the ll
unmarried. At the 86lh year ol lile, ?he o
ntimhcrs are too small to justify any com |>
parison. It appeals from tide table that p
out of 100,000 unmarried mm between 2D t
and 25 years of age, 1,164 died during the il
year 1863 ; but that out of a like number of *
married men, only 697 died, or just half the C
number. In other word*, between the age n
of 20 and 25 years, the death rate of the h
bachelors was exactly double that ol the tl
married men. st
As the age increases, the difference be. n
twees tlie death rates of the married and ?
unman led decreases; but the decrease is v
slow and regular, showing a marked differ- f
once in favor of the ttnrried men at the age "
of from 25 to 8<) years when the u'tmScr ot ''
mnrrle<l and unolarrled men in Scotland ia h
nearly equal, of every 100,000 bachelors, 1
1,369 died during the year; but in an 1
equal number of married m.n, only 865 1
died. A similar difference, though ill leas !
degree^ is found in favor of married m-n I
during every five-teir period, even to that ^
between Bo and 89 tears of age. llere, tben_ '
we hnr? the remarkable fee*, proved from n
static tie* of a whole country, that ilie influ 8
enee <>( marriage on duration of life of the n
male ia of I lie moot potent kind; that, in ^
fact, the bachelor lite is much more d- 'I
tructive to the male a-x titan lite inoet tin- '
wholesome of trade*, or titan a residence in n
a crowded locality where there I* not the ''
moat distant attempt at aan.tary anange. I
ntenta of any kind. Reckoning from the 1
twentieth year of life, til* mean age of v
death of married men w?< year*, where f
an the moan age of death of hachelora was "
only 4^ years, allowing a chance of luj r
years longer life to the former over the lat- "
ter of these two dinars. v
In comparing the mortality of the mar "
rlod and unmarried women, it was found *
that the difference ia trifling, for while dttr ''
ir.g the three perioda of life, IS to 20, 20 ta '
25, and 25 to 30 years, the married died in
a higher proportion, It waa the reverse
during the next two period* of life, or from c
35 to 40 year#, dining a period which 1
marly half of their children are horn.? T
From tho 45:h year to old age, or 75 yearn, "
married women die in entailer proportions '
than the unmarried. 1
We leave it to the Ihonulitfiil reader to c
judge how far an explanation of the longer *
ll'e of married men, as a claaa, may be ex '
plai ncd by the growth of more regular hah- "
ita, the practice of greater thrift nnd econ- *
onty, and all the influence* of hotm-a of 0
tlicir own ?P/iiUnlelfthia Ledger.
How fit AST nor til# If smb.?'The follow- r
ing Intereatiiig fact# are taken from Colotiel I
Adam TlndeMti'* Military Career of General t
Grant: I
" Hiram tllyaaca Grant waa born on the c
2Tth of Aptil, 1822. at Point Pleaannt, Cler s
mum. county, unto. in* fat tier tons Of I
Scotch descent, and a dealer in lonlher.? |
Ulysses I tie eldest of si* rliitilrrn, iTn
enteral tlie Military Academy at West |
I'.iint ?t the age of seventeen, the Congress ,
rann Who prnrured his appo'ntment giving (
his name by mistake a* tt lyase* S. (Irani.-** ,
Simpson was the mnhlen tmme of his moth j
er, and was a'?? borne hy one of the young" |
er brother*. Thia doubtlest occasioned the (
error. Voting Grant applied to the author' ,
1tha at Weal Point and the Secretary of |
War to have the blunder corrected, hilt the ,
request ??' unnoticed. Ilia comradea at
onee adopted the initials of U. S. i.i his hehalf,
and christened him Uncle Sam?a ,
nlcknnme that he n-ver lost in the army-?- ;
and when he graduated in 184*. twentyfirst
In a class ol thirty-nine, hi* commission
of brevet second lieutenant and his diploma
both styled him Ulyea-aS. Grant?by which (
name lie has since hern known."
Oooi>-i?v* Itawo.ua!?The special Wash- '
lugton correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch
under date December 2d, says: 1
The Repnldifah patty ia cntnp'etely de.
moralised and failing to pieces. No state <
of things ean take plaee to prevent Its die- I
grace. The Conservatives will next year |
carry all the Nort iern and Western States, j
with three or four exceptions. The " handwriting
is on the wall.** I have elo*ely oh
served pellticul matters for forty years, and 1
have never before witnessed so great a
change In public opinion. De of good
cheer, and we ean aave our <lear old mother
Virginia. The hour of our dcliveranoi i*
coming.
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Subjugating an Klaplutnt.
ReeenUy, a Cincinnati paper mjti, a elr
tit elrphar.t, Ikirty-iiz yeert old, lo.ooo
onnd t'igM, imi named TVppoo 8?lb,
hilt in winter quartern at Ounnor?ville>
lillana, became nnrniy on aeeonnt of a
bange .of bit keeper, alxl Went to war
Ktinet all mankind. He would allow no
ne in bit q tartera. and atruck at every one
'ho approached him with hie trunk and
itka moat violently. Hit keeper deter*
lined to rnbdue him* and the proceea and
reolt are thut detorlbed: The new keeper,
r11h nine assistants, bad fully equipped
imself with chains and cablet for tying,
nd speara and pitchforks for subduing
Ippon. Till first thing done was to faaten
I rick-bat to the end df a rope and throw
L over the and of tho tu?k chain, which
tttcr la fastened to otte leg and one lusV?
ly means of this rope a 20 tan eoble chain
form-rly need to subdue the famous Han
ileal) was slip-no-ssd around the tusk.?
text, an excavation three feet deep a-an
tado under the sill of the house, and while
lie elephant's attention was attraeted to the
tlier side of the room hy a pall of water
oured Into hia trough, the cable chain was
as?ed through the excavation and fastened
? heavy stakes outside. All this time the
iifuriated monster struck ail around him
rith terrible ferocity, and tugged at his
hain with incredit-le momentum. The
cxt thing accomplished was the snaring of
la hind li^a. Tide was consummated hy
lie slinging of ff/ah ropea around those two
lately pillars of elephant fl-ali, bone and
inaele, and finally, by tha stealthy strategy
I the keeper and another man, these ropea
rere fastened to stumps outside. The elehant
was now sufficiently pinioned to
How the order, 11 Charge pitchforks," to
i* given. Ten man, armed With these ugly
mplementa of offence, plunged them into
he rampaging Ire set, taking care, of course,
o avoid penetrating his eye? or joints ?
Tie tenderest spot in an elephant is just
ahiiid the fore legs, and that locality was
trodded unmercifully. By means of a
looked rpear sunk in Ills hark, Tip poo was
rouilil lo hi? knees, but lit* surged up
gain with ?noli Awful strength tliat he
wept hi# tormentors off their feet end
inde Ins chains whistle like fiddle-strings.
Ifler an hour's fighting lie was brought
wwii on hi* side, but for two hours longer
e tugged nt lit* chnins with frenzied obsti
ncy. He pulled so hard nt limes that bin
Ind legs were straight out behind hirn,and
liree feet off the ground. At the end of
liree hours tiie ginnl gave in hy trumpeting,
rhieh Is the elephant's Way of fliying
nough. The moment this peculiar ery
en# heard the battle censed. The keeper
nadc Ti|>|?oo get up nnd He down a number
f time#, nnd lie wus ns obedient to the
cord of command rts n gerlle pony, The
nimnl wn? then gionmed and rubbed off
ritlt whisky, He allowed all manner of
ihertie* without so much as flapping an
nr. 11c was a subjugated elephant.
?
SisOfLAn Stui?atiit or a Duo.?At a re
ent agi{cultural fair held at E/g Harbor
Mty, N. J., there was a very curious exem
iliticiition of the affection of a young dog,
if ihe spaniel species. On the farm of Mr.
j Bullinger, an old lien, shortly after hatch,
ng out a number of bantam and guinea
hickene, died, leaving Ihe young brood
rithoul maternal care, and likely to perish.
i puppy d->g, also belonging to Mr. Buiinger,
was lying asleep not far distant
roni the tonder little chickens, and one
fter another they nestled around him. and
>y the wnrmth of bis body were kept alive,
t seemed the canine rather liked the com
>any, and knew the wants of the motheress
chickens He enrleil himself >
o afford them protect ion, n n<1 from that
line hi; never forsook them. He watched
>ver them by d*y, scratched the sand and
[ravel (or the little ones nntil they became
>ig enough to relieve him from his self imposed
duty.
The dog and the chickens were exhibited
In a cage at the Fair, where thousands o
visitors raw them. The chickens wer<
not* st out half grown, and H teas amusinp
to watch their movements, and it was alae
Interesting to observe the care evidently
manifested by their guardian for them; Tlir
log waoh'i over the brood by day, and
lleCps with them at night, and had never
tieen known to desert them from the time
,liey firrt nestled under him for protection.
A Sfmswi.e Viroima Farmcr.?In a speech
It the close of a fair in North Carolina, Mr
Moth ot Virginia, said I
I have a man in my eye who. wber
Itichniond fell, had due him hut $80; h?
rented a farm for $lOO, and bought a mull
(' r $-?0?>; and the first year lie made $1500
hiring no other labor thart was neeessarj
for eutting, threshing snd getting up tiii
wheat. He now pay*$lOOO for one hum
if red acres; and lias sold $3000 worth o
wheat, having almost paid liia rent in veg
rtabhs, ele? etc., and ids profits are betweei
f'2000 and $2800. Then for our young mei
to go about with long fnce?\ complaining o
having nothing to do J When Uicbmont
fell. Mr. President, I was fifty yenrs old
stid have been delicate all my life; I wen
into the field and ploughed reguiai ly, am
made a good crop and fsd my family. Am
then for young men to say they fftp't work
its a shams?a burning shame I
1
NO.
Latb Dmmtiihi at Jni'liian?Tk*
dteooreriee rroently mad* by Lieut. Charier
Warren K E., upiorlng for the Palestine
Vnnd ta Jerwealem, will gratify all pereoae
who are intereeted In Bibliea! ntudie*. It
now seeme definitely retablirfced that the
HnnlK ..II ??-- ? - - * "
v. h>< MHrgu Mimr* which
contained the temple is burled for* greater
depth then the height emerging from the
ground, end that, if bared to lla foundation,
the wall would present an unbroken fnee of
olid masonry nearly 1,000 feet long and
1 CO feel in height I The wall, M it fiends,
has excited the wonder of the world. No
one hna done more than epeeatate on the
depths of its foundations or the minor din*
eoverleo made by Lieut. Warren, which, aa
tha Secretary of Ika Exploring Society
writes on the Uth Instant, hare completely
changed the conditions of research in Jerasalem.
The sites of the teftipfe, GillUfj ,
the Holy Sepulchre, the Pool of Batheeda,
are hoped to be dlaeorered; and, if the ?(
ploriog party Is provided with fnnd^ Lieut.
Wairen doe# net despair of surreying aid
designating the boundaries and chief local*
ities of the ancient Jernsalcm which the Saviour
saw aud which Joeephus described.
[ AYw York TXmt*.
BuatAL Kbas Sous Plots Pxskow.?'Tha
olden desire to be burled near those who
were deemed of exalted sanctity Is wall
known, but an inetanee strong as that of
ny mint or martyr of old is glran us In tha
tomb of John Bunyan, the author of "Pilgrim's
Progress,'* in Bunhlll field* So numerous
have been and at 111 are "the dying
requests of bis idolstors to be buried as
near as possible, to the plsse of his interment,
that it Is not now possibls to obtain
a grave ne?r him, the whole surrounding
earth being entirely preoccupied by dead
bodies to n very considerable distance.
? ?>
Prrnv and Tats.?Elder Swan need to aay
that it the doctrine of universal salvation
be true, then the Bible ought to read ?
" Wide ia the gate and broad is the way
that leads to heaven, snd everybody goes
there; straight is the gate and nrrrow ia
the way that leads to bell, and yon ean't
find it If you try."
Robinson Causoa is as popular in Francs
ne in England. He and his man Friday are
esteemed in every household, sod the book
in which hie adventures are recorded la
constantly given as a prise to school
children.
A bcuoOi mistress, while taking down
the names and ages of her pttpllt aod their
parents, at the beginning of tlis term, asked
one little fellow: "What's your father'#
name?" "Oh you needn't take down hia
name ; he's too old to go to school to a woman/'
woe the Innocent reply.
A FaxSctt wit says that the gibbet is a
species of flattery of the human race, Three
or lour persons are huncj Trotn lime to
time, for the rake of making the red believe
that thep are virtUoMft,
IIBaten sends tie ten thousand truth*;
hut because our doors and windows ere
shut to them, they sit and sing a while upon
the roof and then fly away.
A Vermont bank, which was closing op
its business, redeemed fS,860 more bille
than it ever issued.
A brother of Major General Ilalleck.
it is feared, perished by the burning of
the steamer Raleigh.
Reverend Ilenry Ward Beacher has,
given ft000 to a fund for the benefit
ofOenetal Lee's college
When General Grant shave* himself,
the fact ia telegraphed to the Net*
York Tribune.
Tub Emperor Napoleon and the
Prince Imperial are said to be going te
visit the Pope.
A YotNO machinist of California,
' ia aboUt applying lor a patent for a
r steam plow, which pulverises the soil
> and at the same time plants and bar*
r rows.
t A journey tnah mason in London killed
hlnuelf the other day in despair, at
J the discovery, the day after bis wedding,
that hie wife had a glass eve.
i A splendid cotton planlalion of two
thousand acres in Franklin County,
N. C? was sold lately for two dollars
i and five ceiita an acre.
A physician of Scotland has published
a tract announcing tbat he has dla
covered in sulphur * soveriegn remedy
' for diplberia and nil the diseases of
minute fungus growth.
r Dr. Lardner once attempted to prnra
i that ocean steam navigation was an
. impossibility; end 1 biers, in 1&39, said
f railroads would never be useful or suc.
cessful.
I Ecuraa ot Moow.?tonls NaII
poleonV Government has recently diaf
graced itselt by proceeding against ninI
teen opposition pap.-is. La Lu>,f (the
Moon) was suppress#d, lut has le-ap'
penred as the Erlipuf.
t
j Tiikrc. was skating upon VI tf>e
private aid public p-nds if Nr\? \Y.iJr
and -ubiiib the G.h. i to- ice was
. excellent and the | leasure of the paalime
indulged iu by thousands.
w - i *]t JMr > .