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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE. S. C.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 26. 1866. VOLUME XIII. NO. 41.
BETBOSPEdTlOIt. I fnr flio TThlnn 1 f?* * * '
An old man eat by the cottnge fire,
And he watched his children play}
And a tear stol? down bis cheek.
Bat lie wiped it not a#ay ;
> For hia thoughts had wandered bacic again,
To the scene of other years,
And his spirit had foand a glad ralief,
*? In the falling of his tears.
Again he played on the dear'old hearth,
And he heard a mother's vojce,>'
, And the gentle tone fell on his ears,
And they made his heart rejoice;
* Again he joined the blind man'sjbuff,
And the same of hide and seek.
And heard his little sister's voice,
Go gentle, soft.and meek
Then in the shade, by the -woodland dell,
Or sat with his picture-book,
Or wandered to seek Borne wild bird's nest,
? That hung o'ei- the tippling brook,
Till tired and weary of boyhood's play,
He turned to his home again,
By the rustic stile aud the broken bridge,
And tho shadowy old green lane.
And thus the old man sat and mused,
While the tears fell down his cheek,
But a happier hour it was to him .
Than the old man's tongue could speak,
Yet he knew 'twas but a pleasant dream,
That too soon had parked o'er?
m A ?- *? ? * -----
j.nat ma eyes were dim ana Iiis loefea were
g?"?y.
And'he could be young no more.
BILL ARP ADDRESSES HIS COHSTITUEKTS.
Jtcspektabul People:
I address you on this okkashun with n
profound admiration for the great consideration
and nice discrimination which caused
you to hoDor me by your vole3 with a seat
in the Senate of Georgia. For two momentus
and iuspirin weeks, the Legidlatur
Lav biniu solemn session, one of whom I
am proud to be which. For several day9
we were engaged as scou In, making a sort of
rekonsanco to see whether Georgy were a
state or a ingin territory, whether wo were
in the old Union or out of it, whether me
and my folkoa and you aud your folkes
were somebody or nobody, and lastly, but
by no means leastly, whether our poor innoceutchildren,.borndurin
the war, wereall
illegal and had to bo boru over agin or not.
The last pint are much unsettled, but our
wimmen are advised to bekalm and sereen.
Mjr friends, our aim bav honestly bin to
git you all back into the foals of the glori
ous Union. Like tbe prodigal son we
Lad notbin to live on, and feelin lonescme
and hungry have bin bowin and scrapin and
makin apologys for five or six months, wo
hav been seen standin afur off for weeks and
weeks, but duru the caf do they kill for us
They know woVe got nuthin for they eat up
our substance, and asforputtin rings on our
fingers we couldn't expect it until they
bring back the jewelry they have carried
away. I cannot say in the language of tlio
poet, that our labor has bin a'labor of love
for we've bad monstrous poor encourage^'
ment to ha iiVinrfl* V?nt ma Jnwl
- , www f.v uau ail atl UUI
heads towards the stars and stripes, and we
jintly determined that como wool corae woe,
sink or swim, survive or perish, thunder or
litenio, we'd slip back, or Bneak back, or get
back somehow" or somehow else, or we'd
etay out forever and ever, amen and be
hanged to 'em. so called, I golly.
Up to this time it has been an uphill bu*
siness. The team was a good one and the
gear all sound, and the wngin greesed, but
the road are perhaps the ruffest, rotti
hqs'. cordroy in the world. Its pull up and
scotch, and pull up and scotch, and C7er and
aononymous the scotch slips out and tbe
tung cuts round and away we go into the
gully. Andy Johnson is the driver, and
he says "go slow" and he boilers "ho, wo"
and loses tbe road and then we have to go
baob to the fork and wait till be blazes the
way. He seems to be doin his best, but
thun Ah.r ?o a? J a-.-*- - ?
ao Muuiucr udu 0buu ana oicvons
and Davis and other like gentlemen, who
keep hollerin at him and crackin his whip,
and confuain his ideea ao that sometimes we
don't know weather bee's gee-in or haw in.
My friends, about them fellers I dont
know what I ort to say. If you do, or if
anybody does, I wish thoy would Bay it I
dont encourage cut-in in anybody, not at
all, but if you Know of a man that can't be
* broke of it duringt-his nateral life, it mont
be we)l to hire hioi by the year. If there
is in all history a good excuse and proper
li i? ? 11 "
?s?,..ujivu vuem n eartless, soulleae,
bowelleaq, gi^zardjoas, tratrigida], muidal,
partwidal, atBterc^al, ab*painiba), eontemtibnl/dWgdatabal
IbdividOaW. " Ttomettiaes
think of 9m till my brain giu aorUr addled, |
an<3TX feel like becumin a volunteer convict
o( the Lunatie Aseylorum. Charity incline^
gne.totbe opinion (bat old Sumnur are era.
*j. . I nk ho has been giten were ever
since ho took Brooks on the braiu, and it
hasprovfiooDUgas,
If they are for Peace it most be the Peace
understand In for we can't
^ fathom it in these regions. They fought
ua^ ^U^ ^ov nigger, but .did^lS*
for the Unie*. The western boys font na
*V
.v. .uu v/ muu uuk uiu ui Kt;ur ior too nigger.
By double tearoin on U3 they licked us and
wo gin it up, but now the one dont want
our niggers and the other dont want our
Union, and it is the hardest skedule to
please em both a poor vanquished people
ever undertook. Its the most hardest war
to wind up that history rekord. Sumner,
Satin & Co., are still a a fussia and a
furain about the everlastin nigger?want
him to and make lawB and squat on a jury,
and wants to prohibit us rebels from doing
the same thing for thirty years to cornel
Jerusalem! where is the cussin man. They
say its all'riglit for a nigger not to vote in
n i ....
N^uuiic^bi^uk, uucttuBo more aim out a lew
of'em thar; and its all wrong for em not to
vote in Georgy, becase there is a heap of
em here, and they talk legik and rbetorik
araazin to guess how it is. Well I liaint
got a whole passel of sens like Eum, but As
shore as I am two foot high a nigger is a i
nigger I dont keer whar you smell him, i
and a vote is a vote I dont keer whar you
drop it. I golly they can't git over that.
The truth is, my fellow citizeos, I some* ,
times feel like we didn't have no govern ,
meut. I felt that way sorter when Mr.
Gibson appointed me a committee on the
State of the Republic. When the Secretary
read out my name all mixed up with ^
the ropublik. I felt that I was obleged to (
reaine. Risin maie&ticallv to mv foot nam
'J 'J ^
I "Mr. President" I bog to bo respekfully ^
excused sur, of you please. If there is a .
republik on this side Jordin I cant perseve
it at this time with his speks. There was (
a plcco in ole Virginny called Tort Ro- <
publik, but Mr. Rebel General Stonewall \
Jackson wiped out its contents generally
In 1803, and Ihavo'nt sinco heard of it m ^
Northern Literature. T have heard of r ?
scrub concern over about Washington they ^
call a republik, but sur, it ar likely to prove
the grandest imposture that ever existed on
a continent of freedom. ^
I suppose sur, it are to ba moved to Bo3ton
or the infernal regions in a few days, g
and I want nuthin to do with it. Exkuse t
?... u..i t :? ?
iuc, e.ui, uuv l. Luu^b insist on uemg respeK- c
ta'oly discharged; I took my seat amidst j
the most profoundest and tumultuous si- {
lenco ever seed, and Mr.- Gibson remarked t
tbat be wouldnt impose tha republik on no ^
respektable man agin his wishes. He then
transferred mo to the. Finanls Kommittee, t
and Bed bo hoped we would take immediate c
acshun, for tho 6tate bad no money a9 well c
as bims?lf, and board was high and eat j
seteras, frequent. This mar nothara bean
his actual language but it is afiuanglin towards
it. I bowed my bed and sed "Ditto
except that J dont eat scleras." Forthwith
I telegraft various geotlemen for a temporary
loan, but they wouldn't lend a dollar till
Mr. Jenkins was norgarated, for they wanted
his name to the note. Thinks says I
theres a tap lost about this wagin. If we
are a state we can borry money in Augusty.
If we aint a state its none of our business
to borry it at all. If Andy wants to run
the machine his own way let him pay his
own expenses. What the dickens is Provision
Government for if it aint to git up
provisions and provide for a fellow gener
ally. 1 made up roy mind tbat perhaps ,
we had been humorin A,ndy about long j
enuff, we bad as much right to a Governor ?
as Alabama or South Carolina. He wants |
us back about a3 bad as we want to git j
back, nod a little b'adder perhaps, and he j
need'nt put on so many unnecessary airs ,
about the Senator bisiness.
If he fools with us much, we wont elect ]
nobody?I golley we'll take the studs and .
go .backwards. I forthwith returned to the i
capitol aod stretcbin 4th one of my arms, ,
sez I: Mr. Gibson, sur?I am your friend
?I'm tbe triend of your wife nod children, ,
bat if Mr. Jiakios aint norgarated soon tbe
State will collapse. A bright and glorious
star will be obliterated from tbe stripid rag ,
and tbe President will lose about nine supporters
in the Federal Congress. I mov,
eur, that if we cant git oar Gu?nor at
once like a tine qua non, we break op in a
row and depart for Mexico. It look like
small pox and were carried unanimusly.
These proceedins was telegraft to Washington
before tbe Ink were dry, and we reseaved
orders forthwith to norgorate our
n -s.- - ? * ?
vruvoer, ana roil on our cart. Then the
money cum and we voted ourselves a pocket
full apieoe and took a furlo. My phriendt
that war a' proud and glorias day, when
that great and good man wae makta bis
aSectin speach. We all felt happy, and
Cappen Dood, the member from Folk, re*
marked,tbat;be would.like to die then, for
he never expeoted to feel as heavenly ag^a.
Tears ran down hia left eye like rain. His
other ^e Was beat out by a Yanky soldier
.when the Cappen v%4s1n prison. Of ooar&s
the villiyx was iried for it and hung, tha I
haiott seed no mention of it io the papers.
Al.. f?. TtJt?
ivi jjuvi h irz i >>, ' < I
My follow-peopU, let men in oondluahun
flBr
congratulate you on bavin a Guvner. <
therea life in tho'land yit, and by and b
we'll transport them black republicans int
tho African desert, nod put em to teacbin
Hottentots tbe right of suffrage. Winu
Davis could then find a field of labor suffi
cient for tbe miserable remnant of his di
clinin years. He is the Winter of our dii
content; and we want to git rid of bin
Ho and his clan have done us muoh evi
and I am induced in the language of Pan
about Alexander tbe coppersmith?"Ma
tho Lord reward em ' according to thei
works. More anonymous.
BILL ARP.
P. S.?Cousin Johu Thrasher sez h
studied law for a week, and will be cdn
dydate for sum high offi9, when we mee
agin provided we gin him time to sell hi
cotton seed. I'll say this for him, art ha
done as much for him as for some of th<
candidates, aod natur more, and h is cottoi
seed are as good seed as ever I seed,
hope he will succeed. B. A.
JEFFEB80N DAVIS.
message from toe president?wnt hj
is not tried?charges on "which he i!
held.
Washington, January 10.?The Presi
lent to-day transmitted to tbe Senate s
raessage, in reply to a resolution calling
jpon him to inform that body upon whal
;hnrges Jefferson Davis is confined, and
why he is not brought to trial. The Presdent
encloses reports from the Seoretary
>f War and the Attorney-General, and al
lie same time invites the attention of the
Senate to that portion of his annual mes
lage which refers to Congress the questiot
:onnected with the holding of Circuit
Dour is of the United States within the
listricts where their authority has been inerruptfld.
War Department, January 4, 18G0.
Sir,?In the annexed Senate resolution
>assea uecemDer t?lst, 1805, referred tc
ue by you for report, I have the honor tc
tate?First, that Jefferson Davis was cap
ured by United States troops, in the Slate
>f Georgia, on or about the l(Jth day ol
Vfav, 1865, and by order of this Depkrtnent
has been and novr ia confined iu For
ress Monroe, to abide such action as may
>e taken by the Government.
Second? That ho has not been arraigned
ipon any indictment'or formal charge of
irime, but has been indicted for the crime
>f high treason by the Grand Jury of the
jisiricc 01 uoiuinDia, wbiub indictment ig
iow pending ia tho Supreme Court of said
district. He is also charged with tbecrimc
if inciting the assassiuation of Abraham
liincoln, and wilh the murder of Union
>risoner8 of war by starvation and other
>arbarous and cruel treatment towards
hem.
Third?Tfce President, deeming it ex>edient
that Jefferson Davis should fir3t b<
put upon his trial before a competent cour
ind jury for the crime of treason, he wa;
IA iri Qorl Kn Vi o lam ?C
V? V UVVI I/j vuu i(4it vuiwoi ul iuo uuvcru
aaent that the roost proper place for bucI
rial was in the State of Virginia. Tha
state is within the judicial circuit assignee
o the Chief Justice of the Sapreine Court
nho has held nocoart there since the apprehension
of Davis, and who declioes, foi
tn indefinite period, to bold any court
.here. The matters above stated are, s<
:ar as I am informed, the reasons for bold
log jeaerson uavis 10 confinement, hoc
wby he has not been pat upon trial.
Fourth?Beside Jefferson Davis, the.fol
lowing personB, who acted as officers of thi
Rebel Government, are imprisoned, to wit
Clement C. Clay, at Fortress Monroe
charged, among other things, with treason
with complicity in the murder of Mr. Lincoln,
and with organizing bands of pirates
robbers and murderers in Canada, to burr
the cities and ravage the commerce an<
coasts of loyal.States on the British frontier;
D. L. Yulee, at Fort Pulaski, charge*
with treason while holding a seat in th
Senate of the United States, and with plot
ting to capture the forts and arsenals c
the United Suftes, and with inciting wa
and rebellion against the Government; S
R. Mallory, at Fort Lafayette, charge*
with treason, and with organizing and set
tiog on foot piratical expeditions again!
the United Slates commerce and marin
on the high seas. Other office^ of th
so-called Confederate Government, arret
ted and imprisoned, have been released o
parole to abide the action of the Govern
ment in reference to their .prosecution an
trial for alleged offences, ^n'their applica
tiona for amnesty aad pardon. Amonj
these are G. A. Trenholm, Secretary <
the Treasury; John A. Campbell, Aaais
tant Seoreiary of War; James A. Seddoi
Secretary of War; John H? Reagao, Posi
mMUr GaDeraT; ?. M- T. Hanter. Senate
AUjiapder fi., Stephen, Ttoi-Preeiden
and aundiy oUwpersons of lew note.
EDWtH iL STANTON,
' ' '' 'Beoretary-oinifaf.
o] TAB COTTON 8UPPLY.
y ADDRESS FROM THE MANCHESTER COTTON
0 . 8UPPLY ASSOCIATION.
? The following address to cotton-growers
)r has been issued by the Cotton Supply Aa_
aociation of Manchester, England
j. At the close of the American war a
j. general expectation prevailed that large
quantities of cotton would at once be ob1
tained from the Southern States, which, to,1
pother with the fall in nrlro ?!.?.* *??
_ ... f.vvj buuB VlltJlJ LUUtk
y place, was calculated to check production
r in other countries. These anticipated sup
plies have not been received, and, as regards
the future, it appears certain that
e for years to cpme, owing to the altered
. condition of the United States, the aboli^
tion of slavery and the adoption of froe
s labor, there will be less cotton grown thore
g than forraorly, and much less than will be
5 required. The increased consumption in
, America must diminish the exports from
[ that country, whilst still larger demands
than at present mav he e*nprtnrl
England and on the continent. It iB man*
ifest, therefore, that all tbo cotton which
can be grown in every direction will bo
3 readily taken, and that prices highly remunerative
to the cultivators may be expec'
ted. Deeply impressed with this couvicL
tion, the Cotton Supply Associatioh deems
> the present a fitting opportunity to appeal
' specially to those countries which bad
' come forward in the absence of the Ameri'
can supply, and to recommend them to put
' forth renewed and more earnest efforts,
^ both to increase the production of cotton
' and to improve its quality.
The wealth already obtained from the
' growth of cotton, the high prices now ru
^ liner, and which, if er?n<iid<?r?>V?1tr
! would be amply renumerative, the proba
bility o( diminished supplies from the Southern
States of America, the certainly that
they have now lost forever any special adi
vantage which might be derived from sla*
very, and that henceforth they will be more
> upon an equality with the rest of the world,
afford to all who desire to compote with
1 them the strongest inducements to continued
and persevering exertions. The only
' condition upon which any country can be'
come a satisfactory and permanent source
of supply must be the production of cotton
which shall as nearly as possible equal that !
1 of American crrowtb. This dporr^n nf I
?O
cellence can be obtained gradually by im* 1
proved methods of agriculture; by the s?t";|
1 lection of choice Baed for sowing; by special
1 attention to the plant; by the careful picking
of the crop when fully matured ; by
' avoiding all admixture of good and bad
qualities, and by care in cleaning and preparing
the cotton for market. These and
like means will give additional value to the
1 produce, and briog a further reward to the
cultivator.
Pre eminently And above all, the Cotton
1 A ? ..
uappijr Assuuiauuu eKrneaiiy rccomroentis
1 the use of New Orleans seed, which, when*
ever the climate and soil are favorable,
* will not only produce an improved quality
1 but a larger quantity per aore. This seed
t (he association will undertake to provide
1 for all who desire to use it, and will supply
i it at cost price. Let none be discouraged
" by occasional failure, by unpropitious sea:
sons, by fluctating markets, or by any other
' cause. These hindrances have been en>
countered by the Southern States of Amer*
ica, and in spite of all, they succeeded in I
i building up a colossal cotton trade, which
has now beon thrown open to the rest of
* the world. Let others do likewise, and the
9 result will be as satisfactory and advanta?
* geous.
if ?
ASSISTANT A8BBSBOB8.
The following appointments of Assistant
Assessors for the Third Collection District
, in South Carolina, have been made by the
j President, vis:
Kichlaad?John B. Black, Andrew G.
] Baskin.
9 Lexington?Bolivar J. Hayes, Godfrey
r Loapheart.
,f Edgefield?-Richard G. Griffin, James O.
r Perrell, William W. Adams.
Abbeville?George Allen, John H. Marj
shall.
(? Newberry?John 8. Hair, B. Jones.
X Fairfield?Richard W. Gaillard, Robert
TTanl^Avna
e Cheater?Thomas M. Graham, Wm.
h Butler.
Q Laurens?James M. Boyd, James J.
_ Shumate, Homer L. McQowan.
d Anderson? Thomas S. Craytonj Wm.
- E. Waters, J. Scott Murray.
rr Pickons?Waihincton EL. Hal combo.
>f Benjamin F. Morgan, James EL Hagood.
_ Greenville?William Gold?raitb, Henry
i, M. Smith, William T. Shumate.
? ' Spartanburg?James. M, EI ford,- .
f' ;' Union?J. W. MoCtyiw, John 0. P.
Jeter.'
York?H. F. Adioks, Robert M. Wallace,
Walter B. Mfttt. ' " " -
The Test Oatii.?-Mr. Lincoln's Attorney-General,
Hon. Edward Bate;, of
Missouri, publishes a letter in the Missouri
Republican, in which he gives his opinion
of the odious Congressional teBt oath, he
says:
Test oaths, odious, oppressive, and cowardly
always, are alwaye tlie resort of des
perate parties who (a? violent as timidity
can make thorn) seize upon this method to
weaken their adversaries, whom they are
afraid to meet in fair and open controversy.
It was of frequent occurrence during
the French revolution, and one remarkable
instance has been preserved for our instruction
by the great historian of that epoch.
The two legislative councils?The
Ancients and the Five Hundred?imputing
to their adversaries the crime of Roy
alism, hoped by an adroit trick to get-rid
of their presence in the councils, and their
influence with the people. And so in the
forged name of Republicanism, thoy decreed
that all the members of the councils
should, on a certain day, take an oath of
Haired to Royalty. The opposition quite
as good Republicans, in fact, as their hypocritical
oppressors) resisted, as best they
could, complained and protested-'-but they
took the oath?for they had no notion of
deserting their place in the Government,
and thus leaving their unprincipled adversaries,
unresisted to work out their wicked
will in tho mis-government of the country.
And the phijosophio historian dismisses
the subject, with this brief remark :
''This formality of an oath, so frequently 1
employed byvparties, never could be considered
as a guarantee; it baa never been
anything but an annoyance of tbo conque- '
rors, who have taken delight in forcing the *
conquered to perjure themselves."
Justice?that was the crafty policy of 1
the French Revolutionary Radicals?and J
our revolutionary Radicals do but follow J
their example. And we may indulge the
hope that the reign of our Radicals will
be made as brief as that of their great ex- 1
ampleB, and by the same cause?their fol- 1
lies and their crimes.
. , , J
A New Order Issued by Gen. '
Grant.?Washington, January If.? T
General Grant has issued an order to pro- I
(ect loyal persona against improper suits
and-$?fialties in the late rebellious States.
It provides that military, division and de- i
partment commanders, whose commands 5
embrace, or are composed of any of the
late rebellious States, and who have not ,
already done so, will at. once issue and en- ^
force orders protecting from prosecution or t
suits in the State or municipal courts of ,
sucn mates, all officers and soldiers of Ibe \
United States, and all parsons thereto at- t
tached, or anywise thereunto belonging ^
subject to military authority, charged with ]
offences for acts done in their military ca- i
pacity, or pursuant to orders from proper ]
military authority, and Jto protect from suit (
or prosecution all loyal citizens or persons ,
charged with offences done against the reb- <
el forces, directly or indirectly, during the '
existence of the rebellion* and all their ,
agent* or employees, charged with the \
occupation of abandoned lands or planta- ,
tions, or the possession or custody of any <
kind of property whatever, who occupied, ]
used or possessed the same pursuant to the
order of the President or any of the civil <
or military departments of the gov/ern- j
ment, and to protect them from any penalty
or damages that may have been, or
may be, pronounced or adjudged in said
courts in any of such cases; and also protectirffc
colored persona from prosecution in
any of said States charged with offences
for which white persons are not prosecuted
or punished in the same degree.
Hon. Chas. H. Smith, (Bill Arp.)?
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
gives a sketch of the inimitable hu?
morist, whom the confidenco of his people
recently sent lo the State Senate:
Speaking of Senators, one member of
the State Senate is so well known, at least
by bis nomme deplume North, as to render
? peroaps not ^utogeioer uninteresting to '
give somfe account of him. This is C. H. '
Smith, of Roma, the celebrated "Bill Arp.' |
Tall, stoutly bailt, with black eyes, hair, <
and beard, slightly bald and of rather a 1
grave expression of countenance, the re* '
mark is often made by visitors that he is
about the last msn in his house one would <
take for the author of that inimitable ap- \
peal to the great Artemus. Mr. Smith is j
a lawyer of fine abilities, jrnd in sooial in
taroourse a very interesting gentleman, ]
when shaking off what seems an habitual \
reserve. Often nowfcrer, when, saying least j
an arch curve of the lip will betray beyond: 1
mistake sorao facetious thought ii fitting ,
through the brain of the great Unharmo^. (
laid father of Cbickahotniny and Bull Kan, f
Wanted?A Printer.?"Waoted?a
printer," says a cotemporary. Wanted?a
mechanical curiosity, with brain and fin*
;ers?a thing that will set so many type s
lay?a machine that will think and act,
jut still a machine?a being who under?
,akes the mbst systematic and monotonous
Irudgery, yet one the ingenuity of man
ias nerer supplanted mechanically?that's
i printer. *
A printer?yet for all his sometimes dio?
lipated and reckless habits?a worker, at
ill times and hours, day -and night: settincr
ip in a close and unwholesome office, when
;ay crowds are hurrying to the theatres?
ater still, when the street revelers are gone
ind the city sleeps?in the fresh air of the
norning?in the broad and gushing sunight?some
printing machine is at hi*
:ase, with his eternal, unvarying click I
slick 1
Click ! click t the polished types fall in0
the stick; the mute interpreters of ex?
)ression are marshaled into line, and march
orth as immortal print. Click I and tha
atest intelligence becooies old, the thought
1 principle?the idea a living sentiment.
Jlick I click I from grave to gay, item af ,
1 t ? * *
oi uuui?a roooery, a murder, a bit of
caudal, a graceful and glowing thought?
ire in turn closed by the mute and im*
>ressive fingers of the machine, and set
kdrift in the sea of thought. He must not
hink of the future, nor recall the past?
nust not think of home, of kindred, of
vife, or of babe?his work lies before him,
tnd thought is ohanged to his copy.
You know him by his work, who read
he papers and are quick at typographical
;rrors?whose eyes may rest on these mute
evidences of ceaseless toil: corresDondsnta.
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jditors nod authors, who acorn the pimple
medium of your fame, think not that the
printer is altogether a machine?think not
be is indifferent to the gem of which he is
but the setter?a subtle raj may penetrate
he recesses of his brain; of the flowers he
gathers, some may leave their fragrance
ipon his toil-worn fingers. Bat when you
leek a friend, companion, adviser?when *
, ou would elevate one who for sympathy
nay represent either or both?when you
vant judges, legislators, governors and
residents?O, ye people, advertise:?
1 Wanted?a nrinter."
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How one Planter Fills Hia Plantation.?A
Memphis paper baa the followng
One of our plantiog friends, who was a
rery largo slaveholder before tbe war, baa
leve!opa.d to us a plan of operations for tbe
msuing year, which seems a "step in the
ight direction." It is the plan which he
las himself adapted, and be is sanguine
bat it will work successfully and advantageously
to both himself and his employees.
3is plan is to contract with any number of
lands, to tbe extent of tbe requirements of
lis very large plantation, assigning to each
jne the number of nnriw tin mow m5?li
juhivate?say fifteen, teD, ?r a lest number
)f acres, to be laid off and designated.?
Hie employer furnishes all the necessary
animals and implements at a fixed valuation,
and supplies all necessary clothing
ind provisions at the cost prioe?a fair ac?
:ount being kept of such of either as may
ie drawn during tba year.
lie stipulates further, that if any laborers
should neglect his orop so as to endanv
jer it, he retains th? right to summon a
ury of view, selected from his fellow-la?
torers, who may, if they find his crop go*
ng to waste from slothfulness, declare his
:laim to it forfeited, and the employer may
hen re-assign the plat of ground, with its
growing crop, to any industrious laborer
vho will cultivate it aud save it. At the
ind of the year tbe crop produoed is divilcd
equally between the emplover and the
!mployQ0gr~the latter paying oat of the
proceeds of his share the acoount which
be may have created for his food and clo?
Lhiog. He may also, if he wishes, take to
bis own account the mule, plow, and other
implements with which hp worked during
the year, at the valuation price agreed up*
do, to be deducted from hia share of the
Drop, or return them to the proprietor. The
Bmployer takes upon himself ihb selling
ind realizing the value of the crop sad
division of the proceeds, without other
charge to the laborers than their proportionate
charge of the costs of shipments
and the usual oharge.
Governor Cox. the new Executive of
Ohio, and late a major general in the national
arm/, takes the ground! it feU iaao*
jural address, iuat delivered, Uutf?.thewar
having settled in t^aegsthre .dispute
the qneiuon whiftgfjafw^ or. mora
Wthay? tbe_
lb M BD?uru w ?gw? " J"** " '?
eopatfy by Jt to the fcrtof
?i?! by ioiy of/ooy ?f the leading rebels.
Th? inaugural, of Qorotnor Marshall, of
Slino^ia, ww delivered to tfra Legislature
jtjbaV State oo, Monday. Tjje ^oreraor
aVora equality before tho Uw of *Wte*jid,
riack cms. '
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