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'v - ? * r? y? * -From Miss Brtddon's Bslgravia. - * 'Gone'Ob, lay herrgenlty In the mould ; Cover liar o'er; She from her bed eo dark' and cold Will come no nr.oref flushed now ferrvce is her fong, ? ' 80 touched with firs; v ? Fain vrould I > !! its atrnins piolong On mein'ry'a lyre I Te gentle galea that hrentha of Spring. Flit o'er her grave. -And when ye balmy odors bring, Give as site gave. Oh, hurt* the willow tree that weep# O'er her sweet breast ; Oh, nourish each fond flower that keeps ( . Watch o'er her rest. Thou soft and fragrant summer brcne, >Her grave come nigh, -And linger 'mong the cypress tresa That o'er her sigh. Te biighltet etars of shining spheres, Smile from abqva; > < Thou, rosy morn, thy dewy.tears 'Weep o'er my love. (\ f , -Ob, waep then at thy dawning hour, When none Is near; Oh, AU the chalice of each flower With one pure tear. 80 should tlicy drop upon the ground From flnw'rsls' ryes, r. They'll filly consecrate tli? meand 'Neath which she lies Ttoe "High-Toned Omtleman." ~ r * f*f * T MX J. W. DttKORPftT. When the Roman* destroyed a lint * tile city, they carried away its pictures and statues for their own good. NVe, the legionaries of modern democracy, dta?e overthrown the city of patrician Ism which slavery had begun to build in our Southern States, and ii Income* ,n? to sare from the ruins of what can atever he refashioned every -idea or sen-* tirnent which may add value toeurg^vn social edifice. Enshrined in the fallen acropolis, the object of vast and honest adoration, tiood the "high-toned gen 1 Ionian." Doubtless it is difficult for iu? to approach him kindly, we have so often die* n -forced to meet him in quite another spiih'l localise he firal governed iia and then fought us, because - he was a ruler hard to shake off ami an opponent hard to otercoine, becau-e lie held an ?1 i-fashiomd creed as to I lie best form of labor nod would not be reasoned -out of it against his will, be ceuse he could not be insulted or over muco contradicted without, making manual reuwnatranee, because lie waa narrow minded enough to think hitnee f far better than hit adversaries, because be baa coat ua much temper, blood, and Ireaaure?because of these atid tucb like things we are disposed to handle him harshly. l\ib*p* it was well for us to abut our eyes upon hia better Araila in order that we might harden .ourselves to the great task of beating ' bita out of hia pro-elavery er/or. But now that the fight is over, now that this' threatening figure baa become history, jet us judge it dispassionately. The image liae the msjesty of anti quity, for it baa l>een reproduced through many ages. Whenever alarery baa been untied with civilisation it has giv go hirtfl to a being more or leea like thai V cb'Talroua 5b,utbron," who scorwed work, b>ved ayhonfy, preferred death to ebame, fought heroically fW bis owo rights and ignored those of (XImti. Tl?a unpaid industry of nam* face myriads went to furnish the Irimr# (srbich enabled the patrician Athenian fjo baeo^e * graft soldier, talesman, .pfator, historian, dramatist, and artist, M democracy " which consisted of 25,% 000 citizen*. 50 000 despised foreign re eidaate (Yankee* f,) and 400,000 bondsnan, waa ereu more positively a ?lave^ holding arfslocracy than South Carol! Of. In 8parta, Rome, and every other aoaifot stte, you find the same trinity **' Of thf fwllOg paete, the subject caste, end the caste. On the ?pe? of so* ciety U all classic regions stood the .* high toned gentleman of ?l*veocracr."* ? sit What Ihf world owes lehim lb is 4* no danger of f wgetting. ftpartaa be* ' roisnfl, Attic art and eloqnenee, li istan flireipHnn. flillBmansbip, and' law ata 1 gift# front tlgileni to the present and |he future. In ($e Middle A gen-be ?ayen ted feudalism and c4e*truui*d mod* pro European eoeiptv. In America, v "' -v v t ~ v ' r I? *. * . * V . V REFLi 4 -*1V ** - ff .: *, , V v' *"y V V** ?*. ' * * ? " - f I 1 ' -' . " U . - in out biilliant examples in history of moral energy, whether well directed or ini*direeled. 1{? has always been brave ~bear witness, Thermop*Ia, Warsaw, and Ricli'nxmd; tee, the world ha*been helped and hindered by hi* courage. Hut it ha* been more helped than bin dered, and, on the whole, it owes him vast <fi atiiudb. A character which is daily-held lip to hatred and dertrdon soon lo-e? nil it* ? a rri t i innnHiice. i genenu <mmj, not given to drawing lino distinction*. rapidly learns to ?c?>ir at 'the entire object pi I lorud, plastering its mi-siles on what is good a* well a* what i* evil. Hut c >n we as yet spate the-whole of the '' high toned gentleman !" I* his probable successor, the " gentleman of democrat cv," in a suflicienily forward state to take his place, without leaving u* in an interregnum of vulgarity I For surely we must hare some social-model. Let i* glance at a few of the better pecn> Jiaiities of that chivalrous Southron who was once our pride and is uow our aver.-iun. It was a fine thing irr him that, like his prtdecessois of Greek, Kotn-tn, and feudal days, he demanded a high place in public affairs, eating little for the stealing* of oflice, but much for its honor and power. lie knew tlial he wa* the hot man-in hi* dhtrict, and he had energv enough to make hi* district know it. Unlike the shy scholars of New England and the faa'idious millionaire* of New York, he did not mutter that politics are too low for a gentleman and pass over his claims fur Cotigreaa to showmen and pugilists. What, low to govern million*! - ungenlletnanly to rfhapa the destinies of a great nation I lie no nv re conceived the idea than did Miliiades or Qjiintu* Fabius or 'Kosciusko. And the republic was all the stronger and grander for this large am bi'.iou of bis until Cotton turned bis brain ami blinded Urn to the necessities of the ago. * lie wa* an hone-t rfflje-holder; be might rotnle?cend to bribe others, but he could not be briired himself; lie wa* the stumbling blo< k of the lohby. Full of self-respect. fatnih pride, and pide of caste, atnply >npyorted bv hfa acre* and serf*, he considered himself under another law than the penniless shvster ^ who had -crawled through war*! cxu eoaea to the Capitol; and it via* very sehloin that he would dirty his patrician (muds w ith " consideration*," even | though tendered in the delicate form of " complimentary sha?es." Ksncy anyl>ody oth-iing a tioueeur to Washington, Jcfferutn, Madison, or Calhoun I If the lobby might b?r sworn, and if its oath were worth ant tiling, we bdlftve that i we could prove the peruniary honor of the "high lotted " legislator. When i dishonest, it was for hie ca*le au?i sot for himself. Yea, there was a fine aetf reepect draped in antique folds about this now overthrown image. In the elder day* of pur countiy the Southerners of the ruling tiilie had a phjeio'd, motnl, and mental lieiwing which put Englishmen in mind-of a peer of the realm. " They a re dukee, you cimi'i touch Vin," admitted a veteran John lhill of the sturdy middle clasa. Beautiful in Ins eyes was a man whom he dared not slap on the 'shoulder^ and beautiful also in the eyes of that respectable gt n. rntion which ..a.J i ii'- L: i IVUIHI HH'IIIHJ *Y H> II IFIJTIUI1. The civility which this old figure exao'ed toward* himself he accorded to hi* equal*, and in carefully graded muA?ure to hi* inferior*. He waa a relxMil of politenw*, and m nv of Lie scholar* atill lire. Holer the office of a Southern lawyer or merchant on an af fair which it not to hit profit. Although ha*?, he rise*, invite* you to *ft, hud re main* standing until you aro seated ; then, *o long a* yon ple**e to atny, be will talk aa well a* he know*, without a sign of impatience; and when yon leave, he urges yoe to remain longei and to call agnin. Thia is paitly a habit of leiaure. but It ta parti? a habit of nihanily. The people who meet you in the ntreet of a South Oarwltna villain jnwe for friendly enquiries and cotnpli(rente, or pare ton with a oalotatior winch ie en fli cleat iy. marked and fonna to make yon appreciate yturaelf. Tlx J*ftdp#?ne on toe railroad ear bae uevei been out of hit but, barring certain provlneiaHome, be bat ibe bearing of a travelled gentleman. lie ajJlgi., yea full and polite anawera to yeui qumtiofte, and do it in a manner wbic'i will lead you to tbank him civilly* W< admit that he ha* few paeeenget* nod i< not often troubled triih eoquwiea. Leie ana egairt. but eleo courtety. Jl it lru< that there are eieeplior.a lo what wi deeeiibe, bat wt will not ill natueedli atop k? note then*. L ie true aim ilia lhe?e urban* man bare iptplaoabla pre ydheea, and-?but the war ended at Ap -poaeattoa Cuait llouae, and * are out treading amodf iba wounded. , ,, it tea pner clibrge ngainat r?t il^oaa that Uacblegs are notorhme fc?r it, or i 4quote the Uo*?a aba# " the gtfpthftt torn aered men ibel ?gr*r acuttled al.ip of cB a throat." Suppme you are a gambit or ? pifate, ie.it ty>l *P eddriional erinj , to be a brute about il I" fto far af on 11.11 -n r. * nl. rU??c. , * < : i-' UN- * i m '?> ? ? ' ,* . I I III?? SX OF 1JC ? J J. J GKEENVIU.E. SOU: .-I -'.-JLili-L . - . O' sene their suavity an being their otdy fklnr, and not the Ws-s ? virtue because ibey posses* it. A stronger charge against thta ingratiating manner t-, (bat both lite acquisition and the excrci?e Of it cu?t limn. Il i> /tinitlerl* lltx lint nnMi begin lo learn it young ; the man lose by it several minutes a day. 1 Ye#, that precious^jur chase money must be p'tbL, anil the only (jtie^iion is whether tire mror<rhnndi?e is worth it. Let u? not leave it to Brown, who be* jnat rtfAred 'ont, ** You lie !w Let us leave it to tire instilled Rvhinson, who, with Ilia fueling# bruised by the assault of vulgarity, can see the charms of suavi ?yBut the rm*t serfou# charge against this Southern grace of manner is tliat it cost* blood. It'i# undeniable that one weighty reason why gentlemen born below Mason rtrd III Son's Ifne do not pnv? each other without a civ?l greeting, is that \hey are amenable to the law# of the duel nnd even of iho rencontre. Is the virtue worth this price? - M No," answer Puriiani>m, the democracy of oar Northern States, respectable, commercial England, half-oriental Rursia. and the Turks. " Yes," iiiaists aristocracy, whether feudal or sabretache, throughout Oormanv, France, Italy, Spain, all lands of civil.test ion and claim ed as Christian. It is a noticeable fact that the hightoned g? nth-man of two thousand years ago knew no more of I lie duel than of Christianity, lie was a model fighting man, yet he answered epithet wi.h epi iht-t. If Alcildades nnd Crilo h id re pAirt-d to some olive grove and speared each other because one of them had called the other a liar, we may be pretty sure that Athenian society would have eel llicin down for a couple of bar hprjans, and that Ari.-tophanc* would nave lampooned them dreadfully. Two Roman youths caught in such an eocen tricity would |>robablr have received some ignominious jutnixhn.enl front (lie c-in-or. The olH*-*ic ancient had lilt's* con-oiou-uess of ibe sactednes* of indi vidualiiy. He was a eitu-n ; lie win h mere particle of I lie jxitr'ui ; ifliolne.l U ? anything less iIihii lii? eoontry, ii t *?? for hit) casta,. It vnu not (ill *up*r stitioq discovered (lie ."'liial by -but tie," end cA?UMHte?|, isolated feudalism in ranted i<)di'> (duality, that wa bad the duel. .> * What i# the rationale of iha duel, now thai the faith in-a divine decision hue dropped away from tl f "It i* the consciousness," answera Count Sabretache, ** that the blood of the soul is more precious than thai of the body ; it is the belief, in other words,that it i? , Ixtter to leap out of the world (Iihii (o remain in it wi h a slain upon honor. tUvauga is not the foundation, idea any' more than in Jtari kari, although,.prao. thally, a desire for vengeance may lutve produced in any a challenge 'iwfwitral notion of (ha duel is simply to.put an and to intolerable spititnal suffering by destroying either the person who en dures it -or .the person who inflict* it. And on? of the benefits of ibin codified tragedy. probable by far tl?e ?i?ate>t bent fit that h:t* (lowed fmm it, i* that 1 bystanders learn to be caution* how ibey impose *uch suffering. The que* lion bow much decorum society ha* ae quired from the duel, is worthy of inedi ' tntion," conclude* the ccunl, with a firm countenance. ? 80 much for fair play ; now for practieal wi?doui, Shall K<>bin?on let Brown ahmw, na advised by Qunker-; Or give him back hi* a\il name*, after the Athenian fashion ; or " hit hint on the smeller," under the diieciion of the young Httftljli^n ;' *1 r call him qiA and shoot him, acrbrdhfg to "the' puf script ion '.>t the high-toned g<ntlern?nf We fiud afl theae options so u?iph?n?aM thai we rentCalv j^iuw vfhici: to reccm ! menu. ?? oeiteve iitMl Urutrn* are , Mill too numerous for tit to g?*t along? i comfortably under the Qmker doctiioe. The classic method is cl j ctionable a* J Insing no cure for vulgar insolence, btu t rather a continuation tf As for < knocking him doe n end going aloof.', j uvar young man sometime* puts it. I the fuw itMty y?\ck himself up apd knock ( you down; whereupon you not only do . not go along, but have a rough aed- | tumble fight uu your hand*, ..which |e] r undignified, attract* a crowd, aud gel* ' one carried to the slat ion-house. Dual i ling also, is contrary to the law* of the r land, and. moreover, savor* of breaking [ the Decalogue*oi) one'* own re*|ion*t? bilily, for which reasons we decide * against It. On the whole, it seems that # ere are puttied. b Rut as Robin ?on is importunate, we i will nerve, ourselves to * decision, and t will refer hiiu to our friend John. Yea. u his Urowu on the auielivr. Never mind m lira papelbie oou-equenccs. Hit hiui as V jpoo rn he baa tutored Iris epithet. The blow is a coarse arguuv-nt against Sow y insolence, but It is quite fin* enough for H biff* Iriwieh tfntuVe. Anything ftnof K would be ff.-ssled. Wtf Mfeve that too 1 mocff impudence I* bmrve with in the ,r Northern Hia'.es. We are too patient te a people. We smile tinder the affront* ir hnd eitortioas of hack men when we >f should give them io charge of s poliov c '-s. ' * V r * ' ' % ' \ ' I >w> 'P ? jkiHA - > 3? ' ^LATTV . ? V ' .. W'W ?" *%41 ? 'v- t *?: )3?XJLA.I1 .I''.4_..! __ 'JL. .L_L VU CAROLINA. MAY 6. IS Other smallofllcinls whoin we ought to sue: We allow Uridget to plunder ua, break her bargains with us, ami entice us, without so much as BMitinning the hone* of correction. Instead of incontinently cbasti-ing the vulgar s?s who vhnnce* to call us evil names, we sidle a way from him, peifcap* smile nptfn him with n placating nir; in tmr se?ere.*t mood teek to depUe him, nnd alwnva despbe ourselves. There ie no end to the impertinences wbich decent people teceive because they will not recent thorn. It is the paradise of bad mannerc ; it is the purgatory of goodjnuuners. What does k ail mean I It means cowardice, lack of self-respect, leek of individuality. The single American is humble before society.; he i-> humble be fore that fraction of society, -the corporation ; he i? humble bcfoie that reprecentative of tl\e corporation, the conductor, . lie has cot into the habit of being humble, m> that when a bold voice rUes near Lint be cmuche-t l>< fore tba?. no mailer though it be the utterance of a wind-bag; and when a s early e\e looks into his, his own eye f.dteis and takes refuge in corners, lie baa been bullied by Mrs. Grundy until he believes that every otio who speaks a loud, firm opinion represents tlie power of Mrs. Grundy, and must not be opposed. It is n curious experiment to contradict one of these millions of Uriah lleep* and see him fall silent. Do not suppose that you have convinced him be* cause lie makes no answer, and presently gets out of your way. lie will look tip one of his own belief, and to him aeguo agnin-i you. ll ia tetter than it whs once. A grand exhibition of national heroi-m lias in part atoned for the days when we thought it biave to ray, "The honorable gentleman from Mississippi miiist not craMc his plantation wliipo\er ma,' and ft* the still viler days when even that timorous defiance c?uld not get itself uttered by Yankee lips. Hut the individual of society u Mill almost as mean and sneaking as was then the average honorable gentleman # from north ef Mascn and Ibxon'a linn. He is continually dodging and dot king to evade all sorts of plantation whips ? lie ia all the while "catching it " from puMic opinion and corporations andconducUua.*tid porters ; .he ia ll igellaled by i'alikk and Pridgct and every 01 Iter species cf strong willd. fir in eyed; muscular Christians; he is afraid tf eve*\ body who fight* and sweara, or who even scowls. One cannot help smiling with sad-faction to imagine merely how the renoitive. fiery, quick, ati iking, .chivalrous $out hi on " would at least cjir\nge the nature if our (rou hies if he/bould appeal in force among U3. The most pugnacious Irish hack man or ij-uuknuu who did hu-iuc-s in oiwuw'Mori neror* ine w?r soou learned but to drive over pedestrians and to te very cautious about Spta-hing thrm. On * lie wboie, jfie " lii^Ti-ton?d gen (Ionian " niu.l not be foigiilttn. Of course, he cannot as n unity l?e preserved, much lo?s re-created, in a democracy of labor. It is Impossible tn put the entire stump of a Unman, feudal or Carolinian oligaich upon a man who live# by hit own work, whb has beneath him neither pMiinii nor slave, who belong# l?V no cas?e, and whose sympathies logically comprehend all liis countrymen, if not nil the human race. Bel as we desfTC to fashion a worth) gentle mail of democracy, let u? keep the no. hlllf lineament# of the gmil.-m.tn of idaveocrucy. Let it# learn from him that politic* rlcsci ve the care of the beet mid wisest ; thai social courteev h a necessity of the highest civilisation ; thet respectable humanity claims its own reepect. ' ? Rcorrwn Sctioot, Qckstiox.?The 'people of Scotland eeetn to be evenly divided upoif the (piesrlOn of schools wbh or without denominational pecu liarities. A late crow fed merlin? in lti|sUgOw carried, but by a bare major, rity. a motion in fa#ot* of a national ?ys? I trin of educatidn, in (he bro nleH sense onwctarianw-spwcttleeMy " religiowe'-in*truction-, if any, to he given separately.An Amend rtit-M, declaring thai no schools might to be sanctioned, except those in which the Hil>le and the Short* < er Cateohlam ere used hi ordinary school hours, did net pus*. A resolution we* *l*o passed, declaring that the school* ought in pert to be supported out of the h>c?i retee ; end diet wliHe the general inanag*iuenl should rest with It government boer?lt the local management should rest in a hoard appointed by the rate payere. As exchange telle of a beautiful', amiable, fascinating and immensely wealthy youAg lady In a village ia the oountry, ?*U<> carefully conceals the knowledge of her wealth, wears cheap clothe", And works in a millinery shop, waiting for an interesting young men to woo end win her M for herself alone." There will not be a milliner left hi that village in threw month*. 1 e\ mm mm wm9 \ I I ( . T, Wanted to know?whether n child was ever bsp'ixed at a printer's f-,?t. EYE!STTB <G8: Presumption of Ignorance?Negro Assumption Knowledge begets humility; ignorance is the parent of arrogance and fwliy. Theae trot ha, patent to all, aro fully illuitrated in the state of affair* South at this moment.?- i The hegro, in- hi* ignorance arid folJy, assume* to take charge of pabiio affairs, and in elHeuoe with whito renegades?the '"whited sopul- 1 chree " of tho times?offset* to govern a lupe- ' rlor twee?superior by the decree of God?by tho tradition* of all lime?by the acknowledgment of the world. Con this last? Wilt haman nature endure it? No, nercr. "Tho*" whom the God* intend to destroy, they first take mod." Dthe negro call for the illustration of this saying? We tell their leaders this?tbey may go on and heap indignity after Indignity upon their betters?lately their masters in person, and for all time their marten in arts, in sciences, and in the achievements ' pertaining to humanity. These leaders, " dressed in a little brief authority," may lord it over tlie honor and the truth and the intellect of this section. But tliie is a floating show which cannot last. A* well might you expect tho rivir courses to flow backward?tb. mountain current to leap upward; as well might you expect tho forest trees to stand on their tops, and tho lofty mountain peak to sustain ' tho baso with its granite mass, as to expoct the negto to rule tho Sowth Soon will thiugs asstitno their normal relations. " Tho mills of tho gods grind slowly, Jlut they grind exceedingly ??<nil.'' And yet those results, so disastrous to fbe colored rscc, to which we vagnoly allude, need not accrue. If the insauc feeling of tho negroes of the Buuth cue lie rightly oontrolled, tho South will accord to tlieiu substantial justice?such as Heaven would approve. " Ch<>oe? ye now wisely," ye colored men. To use the ,.f n..l..?l Tl. I.:- ? .. -Q?Wi WVI'iilVi St IS VJ ISS , IU ui< vurtui* pondence with Mr. Robertson : " The colored man baa now to Mlect bit future ; and foeling a genuine sympathy for Uvo rate, ' we' ?ny, in all sincerity, tbat we ' Isus* ho may choose wisely. Let hiui aeok to aoar to mountaiu heights of power and place, nud he falls, sooner or later, a stricken bird, to the ground. Hut let him rcsumo his trust in tho Southern people, in whose midst Providence has cast his lot | let him confine his political aspirations to the plane of reason and senso and decency, and lie may live on, a valuable element'iu <>ur midst, add to the material wealth of this section, and promote the harmony of tho whole country." - [CWSMII'U /U'Jnw. A Finished KiincatioH.--The 'California Teacher, a monthly edncatiounl journal contains the following remarks of popular modern education : ' i Of all the huuihiiga on our sham-ridden race, that of a finished education at a boarding school U the greatest. And of all tho hi. dicruus ol'jocts next to a dandy pedant tresh from college, a.young lady ?there arc no gif Is ?sent home according to order, Is the most supremely ridiculous. Is the training of such schools calculated to give mental vigor and independence of thought'! llow many of th0 girls who study French and Spanish ever nc. quire innro than a mure smattering ? Nine out of ten never wado half through "O'endorlTa First Lev sons.1* ff a young girl la to hsvo tho advantages of a liberal education, and expects to pursoo a regular coulee of study, let her Study tho languages; but if she can attend school only a limited period of time, it is more than useless. A girl, too, must he fitted with an education as the milliner fits her with a dress. Education is ft growth?a development It does n?t consist in ft long array of studies, in "going aver" no many pages in botany, astronomy, ftinl " duar, delightful French."? True, many parents judge of the progress of their daughters only in this way. No wonder they hare'bseotno dissatisfied with the plain schools of hit pretentions. Mental growth and strength of uiind eannot he measurod by the voletne. Young girls, who aro on tb% point of finishing your adneation, escreiso your common sanae. Which would you prefer, to be able to w rite a correct and elegant letter in Kngtish to your future husband-, or to favor him with an exqolaito little French billet-doux? Wow Id yon have the power of educating your ohildron in eutnmuu things, or woftid you prefer to teuoh them paluting 7 D? you imagine that your "finished education " Will be of ssu.b Service to you in real life ? If you thiuk to dassloyuuug loan with boarding achuyl ftocofapluhiiidwts, west corteiuly yott are laboring under uu egregious error. Tbi^t yen that a man with his eyes wide open will mistake fe peacock for u nightiogalo? Yots may he floured by society, but those who esteem and love you Would rosily wish to win, will never ba deceived by tbo flimsy veil of aoccuaplitbineaU. UirU, be *?n*iblo. Don't imagine that yuu can be turned out flolahect cbolax* at the advanced ago *rea of 15 or 1 A. If ;?u with to be women, acquire the education of a woman. If you wi.h to bee tan ? bene* and huttcrfllea, make u*e of the qoacV nnatruma of education which are paraded rightly th the eaiae column with pateat medicine*. Don't think ef ha idling year eduea Moa before yoa begin U. ?- - <5 Tit* Mie*i*?ippt River, noar Vlck* 1 burg, ie lltrealing to change ite channel The point on the Louisiana ?hore of the river oppoeite tbat city U being gradually worn away. whil?| * aand-bar i? bein* formed ueni the Vick?burg nhore. and it ia (eared the river a ill ultimao ly break a new channel ami clo?e up Vieka burg harbor altogether. The preaa of that oil J are iu aetioue alarm, ami advi*e that pil<*e be driven and boat load* of * lone ouk, w m to prevent any fur*ther erevatee, and foepe the river back ite old channel. Immhm . ..... _ car rr~' T - . , iij.iii t ' -1 : '? U^L ' . ' NO. 50. !-'-J L - " | The Held. Tt U Tnquestlouable that, aTlhnwgh slowly, tho people ot the North are undergoing a graft bbange iu opinion. tWjr ate Anally realising what will be the re?all of the Had leal programme, aa touching their own liberties ?n<l industries, if permitted to be carried through. Their eyes are daily and Hourly opening to the meditated conspiracy of the Radical party, t? ,et aside the syatcn of government under which, during eighty years the country baa enjoyed unrivaled freedom and prosperity and to establish a despotism outside of law, la the hands of a sectional faction. TVey arts discovering that, while Vbe most onerous taxation yver suffored iu the civilised world is fastened upon tho people, the money codec ted is paid less on the debt contracted to restore the Union, than to place the political power of the Southern States 4a the hands ?f negro Radi. aals for party use, and to fix the Radicals wpea the necks of the people North,,and South in' definitely. This chango of opinion was manifested la the elections of Inst Fall, and is seen in those of this Spring. Gigantic exertions, the expenditure of $200,01)0, the dragging men from ?'l the surrounding States to vote where they will never vote .again, together wlfh nnw'we speeches of the Democrats, ripping up fbc dead issues of the war, carried New Hampshire, by a small and diminished vote, Republican. Connecticut was recognised at a tost election. The Radicals bad the governtneut offices, an unlimited command of money, all tho prestige that General Grant oould give, and made desperate efforts in every way ; thqy were handsomely beaten by a majority which in an ordinary, fair and square election was equivalent to 10,000. Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York have told the tale of how the people view negro dominion in the United States.. With all the personal unpopularity of Mr. Johnson, bis-impeachment and the manner of its conduct has added no strength to the Radical party with the public. Tt was a desperate move of dosperete mon. The probability Is ha will ba acquitted. At this time, perhaps General Hancook seems as likely to get the Democratic nomination as any name mentioned, and availability will determine the man, whether Seymour, Hancock or Pendleton?either acceptable. We think all tho signs now point to a re to* ldt'inn In rtnlvl in ..svln'iww - * VT "% * ? , ?r>?i?H ?i ?u? -newo, ?*ki -U> a groat Democratic triumph next Tall. [Jf?rew|. . An important ami interesting caao is pro. greesiug in the Unite-] State* Court. It is an action on the pari of the Government of the United States to rroover from Hon. A I. fred linger, who wna Postmaster of this city at the commencement of the war, and hie eeeurkiea, C. T. Lowndes, Esq., and the estate of the late J ernes L. Petigru, the value of certain propcrtiea, -consisting of two or three Ihouaand doMara in gold and at) amount of stampa and etamped envel. opea, which were officially in Mr. Huger'a p--memion w hen lite war eommeticed. The action ie in the nature of a suit on bondand inroivee many nice points. Mr. lluger offers in defence, that who* the act of withdiawal from the Union had heen consummated, he offered to pay over the m-niea to the Assistant Treasurer in this city, w ho rehired to receive them, and then wrote to tire Postmaster Oenetai for instruction*. Dy toller from that official, he wna directed to retain the properties of the Government, paying out of the funds such drafts aa might be made wpon him.? This lie did, nnlll the OonTedrtatw Government, exercising an authority which he was powerless to resist, seised the lands and stamped envelopes, and appropriated them to its use. Since the elose of the War, >.? ni x-oii ob in? opportunity oi doing so wns afforded him, Mr. Huger remitted tha stamp* on hit hands to the Postoffioa De? part men t. The ease was ealhsd on Wednesday, and continued yesterday ; the examination of witness*# progressing when the Court adjourned. Tha Government is represented by United States District Attorney Corbln, and the defence by snrh aide counsel as tlonorable* J. B. Campbell, A. G. Magrath and W. D. Porter, and Colonel Benj. 11. Kutladge.? The case ia likely to uecupy tha attention oi the Court at least a week. [ CharUtlon Courier, 24ih inti. Holo o* Bots.?Hold on to yotir tongu* wheh you are just ready to swear, lie or speak hastily, or use an improper word. Held on to yonr hand when you are about to strike, steal or do any improper act. . . . Hold on to your foot when you are on the point of kicking, running away from study, or pushing tha path of error, ah iaie or erintA Hold on to your temper when yott are angry, exelted, or impoeed upon, or othere re angry about yon. Hold on to your heart when evil peraona K?k your eoinpanjr and invite you to thair gainst nttrlh aud revelry. Hold (mi to your good name at all limea, for It ia of mora value to yon than gold. High plaoea or ualueble attire. Hold on to vnur truth, for it will eerru you well, and do you god# throughout eternity. 4 Hold on to your virtue; it ie above all priee to you at all timet and In all placet. H?ld on* to your good character, for it >e aud alaraya will be your b?et wealth, >