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ifiklNISCKN CE OF DANIEL WEBSTER.
"One of tbe highest exhibitions of the
'general subject the world ever witnessed
Was that of Daniel Webste^ when in an
toj>en barouche in the streets of Boston ho
proclaimed to a vast assemblage of his
iconstituentc?unwilling hearers?that they
had conquered an uncongenial clime, they
had conquered iho winds and elements of
the ocean, thoy had conquered most of the
-elements of nature, but they must yet Irarn
to conquer their prejudices."?Alexander
if. Stephen*.
mere is a glowing strain. But what
V7M tho occasion of Daniel Webster's remark!
a temark (by tho way) not made
from 'open barouc.be/ but from a table in
front of the Ilevero Ilouse."?J\rcio YorkIndependent.
Stephens is right and the Independent
wrong. Having been present on the occasion,
we distinctly recollect ell the circumstances,
and particularly that Mr. Web
ster stood in the carriage Mr. Benjamin R.
Curtis, afterward Justice of the United
States Supreme Court, made the welcoming
address, standing on a table in front of
the Revere. The windows of tho building
were crowded with ladiqs, among them
Mrs. Ilarrison Gray Otis, who threw bouquets
into the carriiige.
It wa9on the 25tb of ApriL Tho feeling
of disappointment, indignation and regret,
excited by Mr. Webster's 7th of March
On#1 klo ? * At-- *
P""") ou|hju?i, ui me compromise
measures, was at its heiglif. Three fourths
of his political friends refused to indor.se
his course, and the masses received him in
sullen silence. Fanuel Hull closed to
Iiim, and he was escorted frem the depot
to the Revere House by a few personal
friends in carriages. But tho square around
(ha hotel was densely packed with people,
, anxiously awaiting the explanation which
Mr. Webster was expected to give of his J
.seeming betrayal of his constituents ftttd
misrepresentation of the sentiment of the
State.
During Mr. 'Curtis' speech Mr. Webster
stood in the carriage, shading his face from
the burning sun by bis hands, and looking !
toward the house. At its conclusion lie
turned to the vast crowd around ^is carriage
and commenced ' h'u memorable reply.
All beads were bent forward to catch
OSaK U'Arrl tlsot foil I' ' 1???k3 Wi?l lit Arn
Ww?M V* M IU|I IIUIU UIO ?ip-lj UUb liUOl V)
were no maiiifc-jtatioiis of npplauso or disapprobation.
The people maintained a
perfectly respectful, nnd eveii reverential
demeanor duiiog the wholo speech, and it
was not until ike ?loso or the magnificent 1
peroration, spoken as no other man could
peak, was their iceness thawed so us to
greet bim with a round of cheers.
This peroration, that so well accords at
the present time with the ardent desire of
every trne patriot, is as follows :
"The Union for the preservation of which
I strove; the union of States for which 1
triva, is not merely a union of law, of:
Constitution, of compact, bat while it is <
that, it ia a union of brotherly regard, of i
fraternal feeling throughout the whole coun- !
try. I do not wish that any portion of the
people of thU country shall feel held to
M geiherouly by tbe bonds of ft legal corporation;
bonda which Borne of them may
, - think restrain their limbs, cramp their affec
tions, gall and wound thorn. I wuh on
tbe contrary, that they shall be boflng together
by those unseen, soft, easy setting
chains that result from generous affections,
and ffoxi a sense of common interest'and
common piide. 'In short, fellow-citizens,
my desire is, .and my labor is, to see that
> stateof things produced, in which, , filling
all bbftoms with gratitude, and hearts with
" joftlHiiaunatingull faces, spreading through
all ranks of people, whether rich or poor,
whether North, South, Eas.or West, there
shall.extrt the balm of all our suffering?.
thtf great solace oT all our political calamities?the
great society of everything pros*
jraiuuv, ouu gloat, HfU glOriOUS, ,|Q tUO tjjiture;
and that is the united love of tf' united
Government"?St. Paul Preu.
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Planting bv' *h?, Moon.?An exchange
says: "There are a great many who
ridicule $0 iftea of planting by the moon ;
but exptpiance is wiser than science, and
many of the moat successful gardeners ob-,
aerre rigidly the rule of plafrting according
to - the ehadges of - the moon. An otd
friend, in whose judgment we have faith*
assures us4Uit all vegetables of the vine
kind, as beans, peas, potatoes, etd* bear
more luxuriantfy if planted* in. the first
three or four days after full moon: and that
corn plabWTou th6 decliotf of the moon
will nMln h^viei' years than planted at
?oy other lime. Ipt our g*rdepera ^atid'
plaotjpra remember this, nod make the experiment.
Al 1 X "* ' * *' *'
' If the door of mercy ia shut upon too,
700 shut it yourself.
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FLORIDA.
Since the termiuntiou of hostilities, Florida
has hud a large accession to her population.
The current of emigration still
moves ou. Her fertile 8oil and gonial climate?her
forests of valuable timbers and
boundless pastures?her orange groves?
her innumerable lakes, swarming with a
thousand species of fish?are inducements
lo thoso who desire to exchange worn-out
plantations for a fte.sh, alluvial soil. The
Confederate soldier has returned to his
wopted avocation with alacrity, iler citizens
generally sdem to bo actuated with
that dogreo.of enterprise which denotes a
return of prosperity at nn early day in the
future. The small farms that dot her forests
are being renovated aud newly improved.
Trie long cotton, to which her soil is
peculiarly adapted, will constitute the bulk
of her crop the present year, ui fineucss of
staple, closi-ly approximates that which is
produced on our sea island plantations.
One hand will cultivate on her Innds, with
ease, ten acres in cotton aud five in corn.
An average^rop on the pipe lands is n
bale of long cotton, weighing 350 pounds,
to three acre3, and twelvo bushels of corn
per vacre of land. The hammock lands
yield more. The excellent timbers of I(1lor-?
ida are beginning to attract tb.e eyo of the
capitalist. Jacksonville, Cedar Keys and
other points on the St. John's and the
coast, have been doing a largo lumber
business sinco the war. At Cedar Keys,
we are informed, there aro over twenty
mills CUtlinrr lumbtr. whir.ll r>t-m#?inr>llv
o ? r ? ? r r*"v
shippod to Cuba and sold. On tho railroads
and interior of (Ijo State, saw mills
are rapidly going tip, ^ritbout any diminution
in the demaud Tor lumber at thirty
dollars per thousand feet. Laborers seem
to be scarce and. the demand increasing
daily. Timber cutters pay tweuLy?five
dollars and rations, whilo farmers are paying
from ten to fifteen dollars and rations
per month for ab!e-bodied hands. The
railroads of the Slate are being rapidly repaired
and supplied with rolling stock.
We learn that five new And splendid engines
have been recently put on the road
from Lake City to Tallahassee. The road
from Fernandina to Cedar Keyo, ere many
weftks, will span the State from shore to
shore. Then our city may expect to be in
direct communication with the interior of
1 11nf" .Qf n 1 Q liu uocoolc ?r*l ?fi .. ~ ? *
*..Mw ??j tvoowia l"/lnO "VHI U1IS IJUrU
to Fcrnandina, siiuato at the moutk of the
St. Jo.hu's. Fernandiua i? destined to b.p
a port of do litlie iro^ortanciL* She ?n-,
joys the advantage of a good liarfcqj'?aoeeis
to the" interior by boats up the StVJohn's,
and, in a fow months, by.rail to the
moat productive parts of ,t|)e State.? Carolinian.
The Fabiiioxs,:?The New York Tribune
has the following concerning the spring
modes :
Suits will bo worn tilia spring as much
as ever. That is, dress, cloak and bonnet"
of thesajne coTor^ if not of the same biaterial..
It is a<qui?t, lady like and useful
fashion, adapting one set of garments for
tllO KtrfiPt. f?nH nrpqori/'nf* oil nt\\nra fi-nm
-v ' ?r*"7" ,Mo W"MV,W ,,VMf
its defilements. * The Bhort petticoats and
looped frocks are still the mode.
? For the house almost all dresses are "eot
gored. "While boc^s are popular no other
method insures graceful fuldS to tBe drapery,
and it is economical as wetl. - Flounces
arc again fushictaable, one deep
one being considered most stylish. Skirts
in tunic form, very long behind, are much
worn, and the premediat$d extravagance of
double Bkirta threatens to be popular.?
Round waists are much more wop) than
points, the belt matchinrr ilia irimmU* s~
o *? "?
hue. Fanciful jackets for 'neglige, of vel~
vet, silk, or alpacas, very jaunty and,pratly
have the moat secure hold on fashionable
protection.
Sleeves are Mill very small, shaped at
the elbow, and peunittiag .only the ear-*
rowest underslceve. Harrow, collars, and
deep cuffs in linen, and deeply pointed collars
in lace, are the rule..
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! The following flitisfactofy answer was
I given ty.n "dry Yankee" to a E&. John's
merchant As lie chanced to be in a store
in the above named city, the merchant and
others present,' ascertaining that b? was
from St Albans, began to question him as
to public opinion on the Fenian movements,
??.euD, csbiu tn merchant j-^What
do tfcfe 'F?oia?f8xpMl lo do wyfi Cjmada,
should they take HI" "Wcll.^aaid the
Yankee, after * littl*, hesitation, "I dcrd't
exactly know, hot it b reported that they
are going to gifeit to the United States fc?
for two ironclaiU and a Taint?. t
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The following lines are ioBoribsd op. a board
near ? waUring place in Vartaonl: '"
'^^(QixnflAToaaUiB, good aa can ba,
BotUr far than roa or brandy (v. t ^
If tbia troth excite your faty.
Lot your horae be judge and jury."
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TURNER ASHBY.
The Now York World, of the 10th ult.,
contains n graphic and interesting sketch
of "General Aslihy?tho partisan," by "J.
E.- C.," which nil will at once recognize as
tho initials of that vigorous and charming
writer, John Eaten Cooko, E<q., of Virginia.
His description of General Ashby'a
appoarance is as#follows:
"Wljat tho men of Jackson saw* at tho
head of tho cavalry from March to Juno
1802, wa3 a man rather below tho middla
height, with an activo and vigorous frame,
cla 1 in plain Confederate grey. Ilia brown
felt hat was decorated with a black feather;
his uniform was almost without decorations;
his cavalry boots, dusty or eplns'icd
with mud,*camo to the knee, and around
his WAist. ho wnrn n r>i?Ii nn<1 o nluin
er belt, hoidir.g pistol and sabre.
The facc of this man of thirty or a little
more was noticeable. Ilia complexion
was as lark arlhat ot an Arab; his eyes
of a deep rich brown, sparkled* under well
formod brows ; and two thirds of his faoo
was covored by a huge black board and
mustache, tbo latter curling at the end?,
the former reaching to hie breast. There
was thus in tho face of the cavalier some?
i thing Moorish and brigandish; but all
idea of a melo dramatic personage disappeared
as you pressed his hand, looked into
his eyes, and spoke .to him. Tho- br6Wn
eyes, which would dash terribly in*battTo,
were the softest and nlost friendly* inagtnable;
the voice, which would thrill his
men as it rang like a clarion in the charcro.
was the perfection of mild courtesy. Ife
was a? simple and friendly as a child, in
nil his words, movements and tho carriage
of his person. You could eee from hia
dresb, his firm dread, his open and frank
glance, that he was a thorongff soldier?
indeed bo always "looked like work"?but
under the soldier,-was as plainly the gentlemnn.
Sflfb to hie plain costume, with
bis simple manner and retiring modesty,
waa,A.shby, whos.1 name aud franfe, a brave
comrade has truly said, will endure as long
as the mountains and valleys which he defended.
* * *4 Apart from whaPtie
rw>rfiirnmrl tin nr 1Q n I " ...t. ,> ?
Iiivsij uv ?? wa 4* J/V.4 IU vruuill
attached and still atta .gea a never-dying
interest. 11 is carcer was all romauce?it
was as brief, splendid and cvanesceut as a
dream?but, after all>'twas the man, Turner
Ash by, who was the real attraction
It km Lbo men whom tho people of tho
Shenandoah Valley ftdmirqd so passionateTy,
rattier than lire glorious reoord. There,
wnt eomelhing,gran<ler thantho wonderful
ftohievemeut# of this soldier, and that wa*
the soldier himself."
CONGRESS AND BUSINESS.
The dry goods trade w at n standstill.*
A crash is impending. Imported good a, of
dered long ago in anticipatioa of a? immepse
spring trade, are pouring in upon
our merchants; but. no goods are sold.?
What is the roason of this stoppage in business!
Jt is the rntficalism of Congress.
Our merchants counted upon" a large influx
of buyers from the South as soon as the
war was 6ver ami the Union restored.?
The war is over ; but Congress persists in
keeping the South out of the Union. Con-^
sequent!/there is no'Southern trade. The
Western merchanta'arriyfi here, look about,
see bo business doing, no rivalry, no competition,
and concede that they will wait
awhile before purchasing "uatil things get
settled." Tbefe is now no sale for 4tke
goods produced by eur manufactories.?
presently the tnamj(acioria<i will have to
stop work. Tken wo shall sea tibusands
of peoplo thrown Ot\b of wnployinont, starvation
staring them 111 the face, their children
vyingTor f?od. Riot% will' follow,
and- perhaps a revolution. Why U all thisl
Not because of the high price of gold,' for
gold is lower than at an/ Uraa- during the
wan Not because ?f the ^arlfiV for that
baa aot been changed aince the war. TWo'
it is because a few' dozen Tatffcals in Con-r
gress have made up their raio^pte rain the
country or cafry the next P/esidehtial elects
.fey negro votes or by the exclusion of
all votes from the South." It is because an"
other jcehellion. more wioked than the last,
is tugging at tbe> vitals of *the nation. It
> is because a few men at Washington* prefer
their party to their couotrv. Let the
people dark them well and remember them
' io future. ' _ " -
' A DuejTW.? *
I dreamt ihst two vow?la. were found
la wedlock ?o holy and trtw ; ''
t eonld not hM tfihuc in jay mind
? * That the?e vowelaanet be I and U.
,4 ?
I turned them about in my mind, ^
And twined ttTem ihbal oitk * tlvk<
Naoght eU? oould I njako of the two, .
For rtrimd, tbay boeaoao U andl.
I ?.?? i
Somebody Baya*';^..*;..
"Tb?ro> magic Ml a lady's foot, ,
And.voU tbaJatiits knowjit;
And ah* who haa a pratty foot
I la pretty aura to ito* ft."
BL0BB3 GETS UP A GRAND GIFT ENTERPRISE.
As the30 institutions nro becoming so
popular and so remunerative; when properly
conductod, wo proposo to get up pne,
for llio benefit of tho proprietor, with the following
list of attractivo articles:
One Hundred Thousand Phizrs
Given Away 1
Read, Ponder and Rcjlfgl !
50,000 Peanuts, valued $2 each,.$100,000
10,000 Goobers, valued $2 each.... 20,000
10,500 Pindars, valued $2 each 21,000
20,000 Ground Nuts valued $2 each 40,000
1,500 lbs Brass Jewelry, val $10... 15,00?)
500 Patfht OfTioo lloporls, $5 each 2,500
7,500 Old Newspapers, val$l each 7,500
100,000 Gifts valued nt $206,000
PLAN.
Tlio following is the plan of this Grand
Gift Enterprso :
a hravh odpimti/i f1 nvtril-nt
Will be given with the following programme
:
part first.
1 Opening phorus? "Vive la Bagatelle !"<
From the Opera of II Ilumbugiaua
Company
2 "Sol(d) Oh P?'"Somebody kiss mo for
my Mother," from the Opora of ''All is
\ not Gold that Glitters" Sig. Ilileori
3 Do rr !?"A Thousand a Year," from the
.Opera of II Greonhbrninni.
Sig Wiggu'iier and Kipkuleor
4t
4 ' The Young, ftia.i from th<f Country,'
froip tlio opora of II Puritani.
Sig. Sheroni and chorus.
5 There's a Good Time Coming for Ilmnbuggery,"
from the opera of "Low Crceter
Brought here."?Quaut eat.
Sign. Wtggnlu-r, Kinkuleer, Averiloi
atid Signora Duseuber*Jp Tanuorrqjj
6 Soko.?"Somo love to Spend,*' from tho
opera of II Trovatore.
Big. Makeafuskareri and chorus.
PART SECOND
1 "Phantom Chorus," from tho opera of th?
Bohemian Ware Girl- .. Company*
2 'Tve not a Singly Chance," (Pity for you
if you haven't!) from tho opera-of I.
Uumbuggiam ?Sig. \Yiggulier.
3 "O Blarney !"from tho Irish opera of
Arrah-no-p"onguo Sig. Blobb'fi
1 '-Daddy Como Dome," from tho opera of
Los ling nots ,Sig.Mukeafuaskareri.
I 5 "The Now Ske.ieale, from the cpera of
Iler Nanny^.Sig. Blobb*and Company.
ft "XUe ~CcA?iiff Jail," from* the opera of
Fanst. 4
Sig. Wiggfulier and Signora Mollerii
7 Finale.?Ob-! We're aW Hnmbuggingbug-bug-bugging,"
?rom the grand opera
ol -II IIumbuggiani.?....Whole CompanyAll
persons Vho purchase a ticket to
this concert, which will surely' com? off
when it takespUce,. at Gudgeon Unit", will
be entitled, to a certificate centainiog the
narfte of one of \he befbje^jnentioned articles*^
which, the ltioky recipient will be
entitled. _
It will be observed that the programme
of the Concert is"appropriate to the enter<
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prise, ana inai ipe aeiecuono iroiu
ras are a long ?vays from tbem.
LifreUos, wilb Dutch translation^ ca* be
obtained at the door of the Ilrftl.
VM.?Ono tigkat $1: five tickets gratis
Send in yoar orders earlv and secure a
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N. B.-^-This u?no groater bumbug than
any other Enterprise in the Union.
Try it. Read what the papers say of it.
"Glorious humbug !'try it'* ?
, + . , Bunker Bill Flag Staff
"If you want to bq ??ld* .cheap take a
chance*'
$oobtowti Register,
"Lovers of ground peas and. humbuggery
go in and get' squeezed."
- Sackerville TeU-lie-gyapb.
"If yon win anything it^wili be tr great
?prize yes, * surpriue." 'fc
Dogtomi Clnrion of freedom.
VIf yo? are fbnd.of good singingland being
singed buy a ticke^n Blobfft Enter*
prise." P. Q. Reporter.
"One/ool makes raan/. Try your lnolb
You'll hare one eogwplatfogt if yon do?*t
lose anything you won't win* anything.
Purakirffille Palladium.
"We dp not know tb? projector of Uu? enterprise,*
but it aiuqt be Adam GottdselK"
v-?*ft!ilvC-j Tornuptown Register.;
The greatest nan ia be who ^bootee the
- -v. wiA MSIMIA- waeAfnliMn ? who re-'
jigut wiro iuvwwiviv ??wiw?ivm f .
fist* th??drest tarap^iont from within aad
without; who beam'* th? kea?ie*C lmrden$
cheyfallj; who U, tho Wow* ??> stomas,
mod wbo?oreIUDM on trttliff Q* virtue, and
on QOdfo rapjft unfaltering. " ;
tffcat,JKo i?.n?f\goocf enough .fer aay.
pfaoa who thinks no place good enough
for bia? *> -
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From the Charleston Weekly Record.
BILL V8. AEP THE KINGS ENGLISH.
Messrs. Editors: If n common placo
man (your humble servant for example)
should meet in tho street of Rome, Ga.,
the well knowo writer named nbovo, and
should begin gravely to lecture him about
his peculiar style, a rich aceno would probn
bly oiiHue. Imagine even a "eoreno" Quaker
reproving him?"Friend William Harp 1
tlioo must he dignified in thy compositions,
or wo will summon thee baforo the meeting's?even
his gravity would scarcely bo
proof against tlie answer ho would receiveNpvv,
Mr. E<4itor, 1 liavo no ambition to
figure hi any such comedy. I havo not tho
slightest wish or purpose to "draw fno" of
this guerilla writer. Far from it. If the
"Roman Senator" over approaches mo
armed with his pen, I will-instantly "harmonize,"
at any price, on any tenns, or
even without term?. And yet I wish, can-*
daily, without any prudery or affectation,
to express a fear, that his example and.writings
tnny injure, aro injuring now^our language
and literature. Ilis first lotters woro
'good, almost faultless In tiicir kind. The
humor was in tho idea i, in the very thoughts
themselves, and therefore it was veal. Tho
letters shewed utiuvtal command of language,
and uncommon ?prighUiuos3 of conception.
If they did uot rise to a high
stylo of writing, limy woro at least snoh as
r 1 t t ?
n:w men couiu iiavu wrmen. luoir innilence
wns to a certain extent, good. But
their success has callo'l out scores of iinita-*
tors (!) who tn^st exactly copy all their
blots and weaknesses and-^-nothing else.And
tho writer of tlieso letters himself (il
some recent specimens are not forgeries)
hws como down to tlieir level, nnd is "aiding
r?nd abetting" thfcin^n their efforts to
"reconstruct" the English language. They
seem to think, that ?f tliey can write something
wliich i? not good tvnsi it mu3t necessarily
be^ooc? JiO/iscMSc-^-that to outrage
gramme is U> display wit?that to spell
barbarously is to write funnily. Now the
jaws wbicb "restrain us in writing are a3
neooasary a*? wise, and a-? conservative aa
those which restrain our tongues, or direct
our personal bqaring in refined or good sooioty.
No do of them can bo violated habitually
or even frequently, with innocence
or safety. The demoralization of a peO*
pie's tastes and feelings fvilf keep pace with
thai of their daily latynage. Somo of
your readeis can remember a page of history
illustrating this. Thirty years ago
Jack Downing began to yiitc good plain
strong English, for tho mo-it part. Bat bei
| and a host oF admirers and imitators, gravitated
downward. They flooded the coun
j try with volum# (appropriately illustrated
| will* hideous distortions and caricatures !ot
pictures,) in which coarseness, ntmineda>o^-?
pressions, flippancy ami irrcveTbuce took the
place of humor nnd wif,
"And the land stank, so numerous too* the fry.''
6idney Smith, Washington Irving and
'others have found our mother tongue in
ilB simplicity and purity, sufficient for ntl
their needs?able to express thoir purest
thoughts, their dearest.and most humorous'
conceptions. If nny one ha? a message for
oar' people, whiofr cannot be delivered without
maugling and abusing our noble language,
perhaps ' it would be better for him
not to utter it at all. Ju&t now when all
ii _ 4 ? _ i _ _ r -
mi tigs seem- iu urge us 10 oegni as iroiu a
new point of drptrlure, in literature as in
other fields' of effort, therein ncfthing to be
gained, and much everyday to be lost, by
yielding to this style of wfiiing whicf?"has
increased, is incregtingj and ought to bfc diminished."
Wo would -not deprive our
exhausted country of a sfnglo respurce or
gift, whicb any of her cbild^n.ca#frung to
strengthen or nifarn h?0 jn" Hoy respect.
Tbe statesman, tlie moralist, the ready writer,
the private citijsen, may oacb flod his
work and reward. And they wilf gladly
waioooae as allies all who can Qome witft
tbe rare cryjowzftgAt of humor' and wit.'
The capacity to laugh, and tp(Cauj|ft laughter,
like every otffer part of our mysterious
nttfuraj-feaa its uses. Oar people art hnppl-.
' ? * - ... -i <. ^:n.u
\y #o?owea wun uHraumt/ w
ao(J laughter* Bat ?oro will to tbo disappointment,
apd hurtful will be tbe reaoiion<
of feeling, If wb$n-4bey are eagerly looking
fof tbe entrance of tbe Laughing PhtlqtO'.
jphtTj there steps forth only a?Clown.
* '* E2W0REE,
PWoocT 1*. the thing al'tep nil," as the
man tffeb A pine Jqg said when a mad dog
WK ,
. Every plain, fljirl has one consolation,
though "hot a pretty young lady; she will,
if ah* litre* ha a torattv old 0&*.
If yeor atreetbeaU writes you an imulting
letter, throw it on the floor and put a
?tamp On -,A
Don't find fault. Probably you have
faults enough without finding any uort.
tyy*'
SPRING. fag
Spring is coming?Spring U coming V |B
Willi her suinhine and her ahowcr ;
Ilcavon ia ringing with the singlog
Of tho birds in brake and bower. |?
Buds are filling, leaves are swelling, 9E
Flowers in field and bloom on tree ; _ H
O'er the earth and air and ooean SI
Nature holds her jubilee.
Soft then stealing comes a feeliflg
O'er my bosom tanderly ; ra
Swcotly I ponder, os I wander,
For my musings are of thee. SB
Sprint; is coming?Soring is coming 1 ? 5
With Iter mornings fresh and light,
Xfith her noons of chequored glory,
Sky of blno and clouds of white.
Cnlm grey light falls, when the night f?\l?
From the star-bespangled sky
While the splendor pale and tender.
Of tho young moon gleams on high.
Still nt noon, at morn, at eren,
Spring i'b full of joy for me ;
For I ponder as I wandor.
And my musings are of thee.
Still od ray thoughts are dwelling,
Whatso'er thy name may be ; i
Beautiful, beyond words telling.
Is thy presence unto mo
Morning's breaking finds thee waking,
Wandering in the breeze's flight;
Noontide's glory mantle* o'er thee
It shower, of sunny light;
Daylight's dying leaves thee lyiti?
In the silvery twilight ray;
Stiya look brightly on thee nightly,
Till the (joining of the day.
Everywhere and every minute
" Feel I near thee, lovely one ;
In the lark and in the linnet,
*1 can hear thy joyous tone.
. Hud and bloora now mark the coming Of
thy foet o'er vale and hill ;
And thy presence with life's esssnee. *
Makes tlio forest's heart to fill. 9
Low before ther, I adore tb?e, ?5
Lovo creative, thee 1 ling; SB
Now i meet thee, and I greet thea C
By the holy name of Spring 1 9
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The next Cotton Chop.?In the March
number of De Bow 8 Review, the editor, 9
who has just completed a tour throughthe 9
cotton Stale?, estimates the next cotton 9
crop at n?it more than one million fire ban- 9
dred thousand bales. He add9' 9
These figures are not likely to be in- 9
creased by anything that is now to hap-i ?
pen, aud aiay be greatly reduced by tha 9
ignorance, neglect or desertion of the la? 9
boripg forcewhich, judging from the ex- JB
perienco of all other countries, is more c9
likely to pccur than not, and reduce lb*
crop to ono rail lion or one million two
hundred thousand bales. No account ia
taken in tho calculation of the application
of white labor to ootton, beyond wbatwa*
applied to it before the war.' The a*tadaive
mortality of the war has made whit*
labor at. the Sputh^ray aud so far
jjfflMWJry partis of
the rijtobaiw? arttfiwd trade, vfyfcfeha?#
been furnishing mtfafc'Jucratt** *
ment. 'ihe wear and tear, and frightful
destruction caused by tbe war. osanad olh
j er channels of employment besides
cultpre. Tbe increase of white Uboc^at
the 800th, so. fur at the next crop is ooncerned,
from immigration, is too trifling to ,
bo taken into account. The aggregate
nurabpr of laborers introduced is inalgliift*
cant, and bo far is largely absorbed in tbe
cities. * , ' ' \
\n exchange says .- A lady of opr acquaintance,
young, lovely and intelligent,
called on a celebrated physician to do
a r__ _ u ?r Ji . >l
OUIllt3kU^II? ?VI U rasa U| W'VUU &u mf , 4
bend. "I have been doctdriqg myself"
enid the languid fair one, with a voile, to
the bluff iliougb kind M. D., while he wee
.feeling her pulse. "Why, 1 have take*
Brnndceth's Pitts, Parr's Pill#, 8traDbe?g*?
Bills, Sand's Sarsaparille, JaynaYExpq<?tora^t,
used Dr. Sherman'* Lonoges an?
Platter, and?0 _' *Kr*Hea vens; madam,"
interrupted the astonished doctor, **11 thee*
do-your complaint no good," UNo f ifcOc \
hat shall I take f pettishly inquired <tfe?
patient. - "Take 1" exoIaiflMt^ the doctor,
eyeing her/rom head to foot; "take f?To?*?'
olaimed be, after ? moment's reflection
."why, take off yonr corteta 1" >-<
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* ?.?i.. i/.. j_
A ouuuiijr wuuvi
ad exhibition of his school, -selected Wj
clans of pnpila, and wrote daw* the <Jae?-"'
tions whiph he Would pot to them on
amination day.-TThe day. arrive?, jKfe.
oid the hopefols, all but opev<Tke ponitp
took their placet s, had ba*Q^**fM9><Vr
and all went on.glibly antft-the tian^of
the absented came,;
asked, "In whora-do yon b?li*T**?~: *_
leon Bonaparte I wa? lh>.' IMW> dTjpy.- u
quickly rett?rn?d.. ' fYott *belier? ii 4k^c
Holy Catholic* Chnrob, do'JMttot? *\N0'~ ;
said tbo ydnbgAier, acrtid tlia ram Of I4ugl^
tit, "theboy lhar.believw mt^frohoi^,''
baan't coma to school to-day;: hfb
sick abod. .asotrfa
Woman guilty of the folly of tight being
drew to kill, ' V
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