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'"ml^=^B'a!^aegmS^aBSS!! -1- ~ . ^ ^ ^ ^ "'hi ' ^,. "; ' ^ ^ % BY W. A. LEE AND HUGII.WILSON. ' ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1S15S. VOLUMRXV?-NO, as NETTING. Alice, fny ovrn one, even yet That evening 1 can well remember. When roundlhe f\ta we three were met? That evening in th- dark December? "We three?your aunt, jouraelf and f, Mingered still, (hough late 'twas getting, Must 1 be gooe f Weil, by and by; AnJ you, my Alice; you were netting. Yenr aunt?duenna kind??nt there, With hefl-I on book discreetly bended; To writer's words coulJ reader u'e'er So very elosely have attend?d. An! you and I seemed all alone, tier very presence then forgetting; A thouaind themes I chatted on, While Alice, darling, you were netting. I think I esked you what poor prey, What bird, while beftt upon an airing, W i in I ft 11A A nrionit*. flnmA .1 .In ilMt same net you ware preparing, And then you blushed; 1 smiled, and though On the ven! I might have belted, I started, for I thought?an<l I" ! I found 'iwm I who thus wm nstttd. I yielded (o my destined fate; Your loving heart, your tender grn^e*. Your sunny smiles?these were the bait? The sweetest face of all sweet faces 1 "Well, Ali?***t wcl'; though years have gone Since then, thove hours I've ne'er regretted Nor thought, Suva thankfully, upon The way upon which 1 thta was neltcd. Q ^ - IMPORTANT ORDER. The following important oriltsr was is imi irv... en. UauDy ? headquarters ou the 3lst uli I. Pnuigru|>li II of General Orders No. 10, from the headquarters of th? Second Military District, dated April 11, 1867, it modified h? f illowe : Judgments or decreus for the payment of money on causes of action arising in North Carolina lotweon the 20th of M ly, 1861, and the 20ih day of April, 18G5, audio South Carolina between the 19i.h day of December, 1800, and the 29th d;>y of April, 1805, shall not be enforced, by execution, against the person or proporty of the defendant. Proceeding* for such came* of action now pending shall be st?y?d, and n? suit or process shall l>e infrlituted or commenced ou such causes ol action until after the civil government of tliO rekpectivp States slmlj be established iii accordance with *lhe luws of the United Sates. Paragraph III of the same order is inodi< O 1 Ml lieu no imiiuwk ; Sheriff*, coroner*.- and const;b!es are lieieby directed t? au*pend the Mile of nil property upnn execution, or process under any jtnlgnu-ut or decrce of m court of llic ???-<:all?d Confederate S:ate?, or of tlie Stale of North Carolina, rendered between th? 20tl? d?j of May, 1801, and the or?nniz?t:on of (lie provision*! government of ?h??1 Stale, under the President's procla illation of the 29ih day of April, 18C5, 01 of the State of S-^uUi Carolina, rendered " between the 19 h dny of December, 18G0 mid the organization 01 the provision* ffivrruffltnt ?tf the lid S aid, lifler tin J.' om'JciiI's proclamation of tjie ftOih U?N ut J me, 1863, utdewthe writtvn consent of the defonJ?nt be enlerfed of record, and except in cmos where the plaintiff or hi? attorney, upon oath, supported by corroborati re testimony, shall allege that lite d?feiidhiit in disposing of, removing or abciti to remove hi* property beyond the jurisdiction of the court, with intent to <fcfiau< h'u creditors: Provided, Tliat no fuel judgment, 10 raudered, within the period) .aforesaid, shall be a bar to the commencement, in a S&te court,of a uew suit upoi lh? Mine cause of action in any cam it which, by law, the defcudar.t may rcnioyi - or appeal the satue to acoutt uf the Unitec Sulci. Tbe^nlf of real or personal prqpBrtr, bj fureclondre of morlg>tg<?, is likewise misP'tided in the case* embrace 1 in paragraph: II and III of aaid Oidei No. 10 as abov amended, except in <hise* where inCere? . . < money accruing subsequent to th?-29ih o Apt it, 1805, shall not - liare becu pu<l before the day of sale, and all.- previous re - 'striutious on.such sales are revoked. . Paragraph IV of.th> ixme ordir i? mf?l lfi<a by ?ub*li:utiiig 4lie 29ili .of Apri 1805, for the 19 li d?y of May,.1865. Paragraph V of the S4mu order is mod fled its follow*: . AH proceeding* for. therecorety of mone l on <oi?trafct?, whether under seal' or l?v ps * . * ' * * lul, the consideration of - which wus th f urchiue of ?!**?<,. n'.-i'li; niiisflqneht to th V l?t diiy vf J*nuary,18G$ ' are ?u*t>eiide? or detr??? ?^r?fd /for. boc i1t*U no(iie enforced. F*r4|}r*pfc VIC of the mine order i modified M fulro?*V~"V- " rS . " . IpallsHlenof property nnJeretecotk "fe ?r ^ ,0.r<Wof liny n ;^?nr?<l oiit oC-ilia prtyfrtyof any ik-ti<n<i ; - * *f*ttiify ?T*"pendent upop h .. ^ ' or u?r Uborf * 4w?fUrtjj^i>M??^niU?ppUf *en>mc4#, . sure* of, ItpUjfpr *a ^ i ) ?DU i?:*^WD ?r,ciryt other offic?r enforcing the execution, who shall call to Ills i*ill two imparti <1 citizen?, to in ke the necessary appraisement, and 1 nr.ake report thereof to the court. Paragrngh X is hereby modified so as to authorize arrest in civil actions ex contractu only in cn?os where the demand is past due,.and the defendant* has hceu guilty of a fraud in contracting the debt sued tor, or has removed or disposed of his. properly, or is ahout to do so, with intent to defraud his creditors, or is about to leave the State villi such intent. Paragrnph XVI is amended by adding thereto: All proceeding* in any court of N->rtb Carolina, or of South Carolina, recognizing or sanctioning th>r investment of the funds of miuor heirs, ??r of females, or ol insane persons, iD the sociuities of llie hue rebel i i ?. ? >.- " - w?/?ciiiiuuiii, ur me secnriueH "i me amies of Nortli Carolina or Smith Carolina, created for the purpose of carrying on war against l!ie Government of tlio United Suites, will bo suspended until ihe qneslion of the validity of such investments shall have been determined l>v tlio courts of the Uuiied Stales, or by national legislation. I And nothing in the provisions of this order, or of the Cider No. 10 above cited, shall be held to bar or hinder the recovery, by suit, of the et-Ulc of any minor heir, fej male or insane person, (cestui que trim',) whether in the hands of executors, administrators, trii'ttcs, guardians, masters or cleiks of equity court*, mid other fiduciary agents, or invested by them in their tidu: oiary chaiacter. II. General Ciders No. 23, of M iy 23 18G0, is revoked; ::nd on and after the lirst day of January, 18GS, the di?lillii*iou of spititiioiis honors in this Militurv I )i,? I . - , * " " - . j tri.t, will be Bulged to ttich restriction* j only as are impo**d by the law a of the j United States, and of the S'atcs of North | and South Carolina, respectively. I 111. Paragraphs VI and VII of General ; Orders No. 32, dnted May 30, 1807, are revoked ; and the power to grant license* fur ihti falo of ftpirititons or intoxicating liquor* is remitted to the proper local au. ilioiiiic*, to* take effect on and after 1 lie liisi ilay of J itiu.try, 1808, and to be subj oi. (o the following conditions: I. The municipal authori ies in granting the licen-e, nlia.1 1>? answerable that ihe parlies to whom such licenses are granted, toother with their sureties, shall be rei ? sponsible peirod*, and of good moral standing in the community, and th it both principal Hiid sureties tdiall be aide to qualify individually in double the amount of the bond required, and th;it the bond shall h? a lien upon the pergonal property of both principal ami sureties, ami upon proof ul default ?1-h!I warrant the summary se'zure and sale <<f so iiiucli of llie propeily ol I fiilirr or both, as may Ik* necessary to satisfy the forfeiture or line and cost#, j . 2. Drunkenness or disorderly conduct oil (lie premises, shall woik the forfeiture of the license and of the penally of the Lend. 3. Tiu'owneror keeper of any bar room aloon or other place at which intoxicating lienors are told, and nil other persons in tertftted or conrrpcttd therewith, shall U L regarded at principals in any action ol damages growing out of any assault, r:oi I albny or other disorder occurring on tbi ( . premises, or ilinsolly traceable therrto. i .4 AH bar-rooms, saloons or other place' . ;.t which illloxicalilif linuors are sold, sliul O " 1 """ * i be cluted on tlx* day or dajaof any gen, eral or local election, and for tlio twolv* > hours next preceding the opining and nexi | tucct'ding the clo?i:.g of the pulls nt t-ucl election ; ftlid,the Slieriil* of Counties um } -District*, and the chiefs of police of c.iiiet utid tov*n?, shall have power to direct tin 4 cloning of biir^rootiis and other places fi> e the sx'e of intoxicating liquor*, w believer i ^ iiutv be necesxary in ihttr judgment to pre f serve order at;d quiet. 6. The .proceeds of all licenses, fmfeiluie -' and fine*, under the local r>'gulMiiouH, o unfer tile provision* of <tiilitar> orders, nil | l>e Jevuie J to I lie Mippoit tiF tho poor, >?i?c i *8 soon as realize), will l.u lined ovt-r I the coinmi*>iunBr? or .overseers of tho pm; of the D.?trict, Goajity, uiiy or town, ii ?hio'? lliey nccruvd, nfid the cvmnii.?oiiMier on overseer* wi I. nt the end of t-nch iikhiiI x * . ^ rfrporl to the P?6yc*t Mnrkhal-General t ?ho*Uii?rrict, iho uniuuut received hy tliei e * , g during llio mifiith, specifying the nrtnies t , Ul? pHfljes from, w hom it \*a* received. lj 0? The jttualiit'i imposed l>y this orde or Uj-uny local police rcgirbuiolu, may I ^ enforced'in ?ny ciyrl or .ni!ilnry court,-mi .1 upon conviction,. lh?r court' ii>hy'-hjviird l fn tlje"iuformV, a *utn.lio^?*ce^??ig filVj pi cent, of'"the forfeiture. or line. A.uJ it |V- fin* eft;ttio duty-of M sheriffs "coimtabte j4 nnil <;orouera of Counties ainl District*, an | the pt?lK?*t'?*f- cities find towns, to be *?gi y in lire en furcemeitt of the pulic* TtfjfH 1#- liittoj**, $iV0ihe^o>ltion* of tliia or-Jer i 3 f r?l*tioii 16 the ??!?-of intoxicft'iitg lienor. Ttye provision* of il?i? p*rft(Jrt?j>h will' I | held ty nppl y to fuah liceti^g?, granted uifd.i (ftiUral ISTii^Si, (o iqti~<-lte?pers, i rein?in urivjpirod ?flor tite l?tof iaiiUsr U i8iX9-: ; jjf the*peedf trUt of prti 4ud d >n' muiittcnfmee, j I OO rf?e 15; ]- nr,d !,ftl 4(,7a of ?*ch juontf., report to t! f * . ' i;* ~ "t * ]?risoner? or oilier considerations of public interest call for it, lioKl special terms of their cotirls, for ilie pnrpo*? of dHpoyiug of such caf-cs. The add tioual expei.se of I holding snr.li special t?*rm?f will bo >t charge upiin ilio S'nlc Treasury, and the accounts therefor will be audited and paid as accounts of a similar character are now audited nud paid, and if the salaries now paid litejudges should bo inadequate, hi viuw of tbe. additional hthor performed by ihein. a reasonnble addition, upou proper representation* through the Governor of the Siile, wiil be allowed. | "WA.NDEHEH3 AND PIl/JItlMJ. A largo tract cd' country luy spread before mc; uplai d r.nd lowland, bill ar.d pluin. Tho whido land seemed etiriing with perpetual inovcinnut, all in onu direction ;?from tho bright, hil's at its commcnc- merit, t? the I j dailc mountains at tho cod. Earth ai d i-liV Rflnmi'il inni'in.f no j J ....... .1.1 {enormous flight ot migratory biitU is j passing by, but canli and sky were I really stationary. This movement j was or.c constant till a ot human life, cca-.ltssly streaming across tbo land. I It began on a rar.ge of wooden i hills, wi'.h their sunny t-ouihcru slopes | forest and fl ?wcry banks, an 1 grassy ; and golden fields. D iwn th<so slopes [j >youj ban Is raij fas': As 1 looked j eli sor, I saw the movement was nol i incessant in the caso <>f each it divid! ua!; only the cca-less passfng of the <jreat lido of lile mane it seem so Merr}*groups pars-id on the hill sides, and mailt f..i:*y gardens, ai d twinid lei.fy tents where they would sit a liltle white and sing and dunce. 15ut only a li tie while! No hand seemiii dining ihrni on; it appeared only an in .vur j uro-isuuiu ins.inei, I Cl soon the bright gr >nps were f-eattcred and moved down aca;n over the hilla, often never j ining more. 'Wl?3' do you hus'en away from theso.siinny slope* ?" l*ail. "There jifenih nothing sj pleawai.t in all the land besides." "Perhaps not," llio travellers replied, wi-.h a slight 6i_;b; but it ended in a snatch of song as they danced gaily on. "Perhaps not, but we | are a race of W mderers ! We canflay; and perhaps better things nwiiit u>in the plain." "Wnilher arc you going ? ' 1 a-ked. "We know not," was the answer; "only onward, on.vard!" In the plain were buildings of more solid < orsttviciion, houses ai d ciiies And hero I observed many of the | travellers would have gladly lingered, ! bill it coli I-J not he. Homesteads, aiid cornfield*, and vineyards, uil h:id lobolufi; and ^siill the Lido of lil'e dreamed on and on. 1 "Why?" I a'-kod. f ''It i8 the doom of our race," they .-aid, sorrowfudy ; "we aro a people of , Wanderers." ; "\Viijllioi' ?' I ii.quired. "We d?> not know," was iho reply; > ; ,(0' ly onwards and onwa-ds to the f dark mountains!" Slowor and nlo.vor grew the footi steps of tho Wander, rs, more regc elful the glances they cast behind. i ji'inu jci v\nn , iowcr jiuu'es. I lie I sirango n-silos* impulse drove tho'.n htc: dily on, until, wcuiicd and totteri ing tit*?y begun accent ol the. dailc L mountains. i "What id on tlio other ride?" I a=>kI id. i "The hoi," ihey said, "lbs . Groat 3 Sea." r ''How will you cross it, and what i tS beyond V 'We know not," thiy paid, with bitter tear's. '-But we are a doomed 's race ot \V.indorers?on wards, onI wards; we n ay noi s'ay.!" . II Thou firsttl perceived lhat amonj j these multitudes of aimleS-* Wawderu er?, there was ono band who kepi r olo.so together, and inovod wi.h t , freedom and a purpose, as if tliej tt journeyed-on liotfiOnia blind, irre, rtisti- lo impulse, but from choice ,f Their looki were gel Join . U?rnod reflrrelfullv bl'llitui nr /n.l?- r?n I Ki , ? ? --sj( j dark mountsiu.B , Tboy . iot-ked t| aoiruMhiiig, bighor. j; j&tY.. r | I ttKkorl ihom^-^Wii^ ar^you tliu ' "hufiing on ?' 3 ' " . ' j ; ''Wo uri Pilgrim*,1'. they-tfetylwd wo would iiOl linger ht*?o.""Wlii.liob'uro you goiojf-T'1 Mv . .quirtnl.- . y ' ' "Jlomc!" they answered joyfgllj *' I o nr.-? ... - , v^tty which id oq; -llomc." ' m ":'y ; ? [. '.' "Bat hoWjo yoa know.ibe way.?! ? l.a^kq>i, i'fjc no burrier* fteomcd t limit.their path,?o thol '.Wiy-ih: ^ , Wai dorers.i/ii^bt ji>iu iupt any point 3/ I "We knovc iv by two niatka/'jlio; i?* atmwortd?"by tlie footptopa Ot&n j? Vbo tr?id ttfenoo^ And left, indolib! ; footpjiaU, .^vborcvor llo stopple Arid. WoJtiiaw-it?l^by;iho .tfial t of our rare is rovcrsu<) for us. Wo \ are not Wiui<lorers; wo are L'ilgriinv Wc would not- linger lioro; this is not our re^t. Onwards, upwards, to tho City !?to IhoUome !'' JI3LDIN5 ON. Profo?sor Linn, in his little volume, 'Mistakes of Ji lueutod Men," says ihe fallowing excellent things to yi ung inun wii-j moot Wit'i disconrugi-mcnU in thdir curly beginnings of professional life: Anoih >r point on which young men I make a mi>:l:>k ) is in not hohUnff on to I the calling or profession which he choos | ts. Ui c nil's ', OuO may tnaku ho ' foolir-h ti choice, may err ho egregiously in tlie fir-t stop, that to retrace it, and bogiu in nno-.v at snnething c!sj. I U ind^pjiiHulih'. The tendency, how! ever, i? very s'rongly in one dinci lion. Wneii.onu mtn pcr^vcros in i a calling that lie on^lit to a')aiid >n, a I d?.zjr? men abandon ill sir calling who ought to utiek 10 it. it is not d fll j cult to account for I hid. - All tlu-sc : ki'id.s of business which a-c surest in ! iho end, which pay boat in the loi>i? j run, aro slowjst in beginning to yiel'l a return. Tb 1 youn^ 'a.\yeror phyi sician h:'.s to creep along at Grist at n i suosi oiseoti raging puco. la those ' oariy yo.trs ??J pivdc-sional probation, | when the man is hardly earning his sail, so-ne oilier buiinisi opens before I hi.n lhat promi oh an immediate in com:.?soinylhit-g ihal will bring himat olio iwo or Ihree liir.e t what ho is ro .cuiving. Tlio tomplalion is slning j indeed. Ia Use eagerness f? r imnicdi I alo results, ho :s apt to forget one essen'.iul point of diiforcnco between the two proHpoots. Toe ono is a litilo i ill which is destined to flow on, with ever increasing volum-% till it becomes Lhe brook, tlu stream, the majos ic river. iho O.hor as a cai;al, nc I "u-ju' ur uucpcr :i(/ mo cud ot lit I co.uv-c than :it tho b'ginning. In do tormining the quo-lion, then whethei to hold on to llio profession or busi I Doss uliiu!i you havo cliOf.cn, ihir.k i not ol' the present siis? of l!m rill, bul | whether it Hpri-igs fioin :i living f?uni luio', and whether it is likely to ox pand as itproceeds. And bo n >t c:t ?ily 'disheartened. Jj.'.t mo nay foi your cuejuragem jnt, il* it bo needed that ol' the nmre than fmr th ms-int J yjjnng men w h> have b.sen undei* nt} ] care as an educator, and whoso careei j in lif'j it lias boon my privilege mnn or lehs lo observe, 1 have very rarelj known one lo i'.iil who indu-rlt iuusl) preserved in tho calling which h< ; chose. ' Tcnax propositi." is the coini mond-ui ju of iho ii>nun moralist ! S kk to your purpose. It is a m m | valuable ha'oit of mind to cultivate You need not Garry it to obstinacy ? though oven 'thai error id better that i its opposite. l>o not Bhin.k from tlx repu ali n ui b-ing a plodder, it i; a bj'.ter augury of a young man thai to hear of him as being prccociou? | as being prematurely brilliant?n starting oil in the oa eor of life will agr.-:nd d .?h. Look into jour own minds now r? :?; jusi. j>iius:ug upon 1110 threat j hold ??f 3'our career, and ace if then ! is williirf you ih 8 vacilating dispos:J Lion. Sje it you ai e"disp.o.sud 10 bngi, j a study or an enterprise of any kind j and aficr chafing. it awhile, bultei fly-like, to give it up f>r Home ne\ fancy. It is a most, cotnmov :h ibi of tlie miu 1 with tne young.- It i: howover, a habit which at * j'fur ug may bo ororcomo.- I. have know ht|i.drrdM?>f instrtr.'fcjfl of J'Onng roc who, being un-tead/- a id_ tickle o purpose,-have bccoino s!?-.itffast, oh j wavering, ter.ncimui. * AY hat ?8tneede 10 bri? g about such a chance is u I Uomftt deliberate review, of' on*s ' j bhanidlor in this reapect, a"V d a fin rCsolvo to amend ~wl.at-is found nrui> fct with a view to do f >r you whi rhh ty yonr^ a* > "was do?>e f r _ that L now j?!ucj thin point eo diwinc ly bcforo you. Tenacity oi purpos .indisjtcn'd aL^Io ,oondi tioii, of Hue cess in- wlittiovbr- yon - uildortak' You rfiurtfe Jcnirri to 1>old oii.^Prt Jhrls "Afintckex of El acute j Jfenjf vn- y . . *n - ^ * f ?_ * ji- . EVEN ING 3 . JN HVRAL' B. EG \ 0 N 3 , toe Mud, Imrnjit bavins jutisc -nofif'culiu thpt (Jars ?Ud- ev. oiugs fof- r (taction, 8tuiW, And "*rtied?ratfbft; >' .moft ihau rsftdlrtSrtcrtdin# -~-?rb6?1 ViAol 4 ' Z If? ,1 Hiid ;?ai^ri will) jne.iitution, 5* ?rpfit?l>l r while iiiucli moiling in profile^ in, ?i^ \fors?, fur lf i?' ? lQ |! - Now U the Me^rtjntffor metitnl ciiltu ) v'ulu l.im^elf witii m??* pf the best worl v on figricullur?, nnd methoaicnMy <ievote L ? :**? thVrWHl, <gov *UQ Ui* h^VrPM rtijSjk-fitixi U*h - ij.M.s-; death of uk andes. i lj No more striking ill'iHlraiion waFlt] , over fjivcn of ll>o "ruling pr.B'ion'si strong in death," than in the last I |, toili s of the beloved Nonndor. His ?i thoughts, even when reason wandered, ? ivcro r?n his work. M s. (Jonunt gives j| i ho follow ing skwtch : A wine bat'.i hud boon prepared for t| him as u lu*t rcBOit. Kefrosdied nnd strengthened by it, ho wasborno from h > duilonod room wl.o-o ho had lain hithcrlo into his study, that < licorfuL s' j little apartment opened to tho sun, i i which had b.-on ho long tho woik-.t ! shon and tlm nni'?nti?n ?.#' ?i>? ,.i I t. | thoug'w. llcio for noar!y twenty ; ? years ho hail studied ai d written, u Fi om this >pot li-ul gone f rth thoso ' great wo. Us which have delighted | and instructed C'hristond nil Ere i i loiijf lie murmured, dreamily, as if ) j at the eloso of a long, fatiguing walk > ! with his si>tcr, ' ! am wear} ; 'ot us | i ! now make ro-idy lo go homo." i J Just then tin rich Punnet glow, pour, i'ig through tho wind >\v, lighted up 1 J ihe shelves from which looked down J upon him tho mas ors rd' thought with a j whom for so many years ha had li-?ld * j silent hut hi^h and omlurinj eomm un- 1 i !'? . ivu-iiijj iiiins.iii oy iv ' { effort from his pillow, ho commoneed I | :i ri g ilar Icot iro up n No>v Testa | ment cxogcsij. S ion a now imago 1 1 j jsa-scd beforo his rjsilees fancy. l:n- : agining hiin<elf at tho weekly rneet| ing of lii.s beloved Scinimriuin, mr- ' j rounded l>y hi.s f ?r.dl.j -attached the- 1 ' ologiral pupil*, he called for tho reading of a disiuria'.ion, shortly bef iv ! ussiguo.l, on t!ic material and formal ! principle of the 11 formition. lie ' ill en dictated the titles of tho d if? 1 i feront coarfli s of lectures to bj doliv- ( el by him daring tho next session ; I among them, "The Gospel of John, * from its true historical point ol ! i i ? His last thoughts amiJ the strug- ! glcs of death were d :voted to tho ! grout labor of his Beginning at i the passage of his Church History ' where siilcuoss had arrested his prog? j ress, he resumed the thread of thought, j and in spilo of interruptions, eon in [ utd to dictate in regular periods for r j some time. At tho close of each son' ! tcnoj ho pan-o I, as if his annnuen^ i sis were taking down his words, and | ahkud, ?"Aro yon ready?" Having r closed ft division of *his subject, ho 5 inquired the time, li ing told it was hulf-p.iBt liino, tho patient sufferer topoatodonco more, <-f am woary ; J J will now go to sloei' !" Ilavinsr b\ - ? " | tlio aid of fri- nilly hands Htretched himself in b.d for his last slumber, 1 ho whispered in a tone of inexpressible tenderness, which sent a 61 ran go ihriil througe every heart, ''Good' ni^bi!" It was hig Ia>t word, lie J immediately loll into a elejp, wbioh i ! contlmiud four bcu-p, whon bis great^ 1 Hpirit in the q liotof a Sabbath morning, passed gently into tbo laud of H p. ace. ? , THE BUSHING 8TAH. The To!lowing Account of an ovent u n.ore aw t il l and sublime than the moat " vivid imagination .can fully conceive | is given oy i'jiwin uualiin, of the > Hoyal .Ob.-Mirvalory, M .gland. It ih ' only ono cf several similar cases on 1 reeoiSI.. in May. last a e'.ar blazud 1 forth in. I lac Norlborn Crown andwaM of tlio second magnitude. Tlio as0 tron Olivers cave it immodiato fcienti" tic obnei vatioft atiii reudrJed- tbe ren suit* in tei-hn'cal torms which uood uot.be r'cpoHeiJ.,^. , ' ?'Tnero e.tt? be littlo doubt that. J from S')m?( causo unknown to ua, it '? must bavo bo?n t^o fl-ubj el of a tor'l lible catastrophe at a period pqrbaptL 11 riistunfc.j for ic timet'bo bo^no in mind H* tbat, otfiiny to il* {.nmen'se distance from lt usf roe vyiy hi only leitnetiring tUe'cdhun?i nit*/ if tfu pn*t From the sudden 1 fcliflb ?^g"tai\b ly^tbfs./sVur,^^* tbofi '? i.B rapid .-fading away, Mr. Llugginai - "and Dr. Milh?r*f?a ? e'su.jgeeled that iir. B-. cunfcqoonco ot' a g?>al internal' con '/ v u I sio if, probably i? -hirgfr qnantily~of hydrogen and o*he?'gajs^s were omii-r v -. p- "? ? ?? ? v udirt>n?~it. ' 1 V < . ' f. i>wn'hg.a>v ousnion oh thba star, at ?f, "a (heeling <f tb\r ft ytil Astronomical e- | S iciety? on J-ttn e 8l?i| tbe^uVtr'6iibp*ftj' it iuyiy pxprosaou ititi- m;<Q DtJlitf ;tba(J c-i, gander ft* l-<rtjoet wua actuuHy i?? \iit ^a/ncsf ; **'/ . . _ ?j ly; - ! It*ite were in?line<Mo apellate orf Hii* it MUwii^mlcaf;'{?lti>tt!a?n0'ioo,' or.'.-iKu ?from aitclj ft ?< ??li)#b dot inj ' 'g*VJ-wtyu n n tx? P- Sa?PiM& ^:^.; ff:?eUt* ytot,5AV. rcwtoimvftlly,^* U*v?- jc o* ?hiJ iniYiute&lar'for. Jiskrir itej'to? & au b? reui*ml>erej by. ul) iutur? :^pherMio|i? lit such must doubtless, bo the fact. We, uwevor, in t! is quiet woild of ours, can [ arcely, p-.rhaps, ie?liza snub a catastro ' be; but were our sun, which is only n < tar analogous lo llioso in llio beav? us < foum] us, to bi? suddenly ignited in a sini- i lur manner to thw distant un<l unknown ' tin, all its attendant planet* and satellite*, ' !ie earth included would be destroyed. BAH IE--A SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON. | A new plant Iihs been added to our re rr.irces of our tropical and scmi-'ropical | cyion?a now tvxtilp. which wi.l fnrnis.1. lie worli] with clothing and ilie means o' ciiowietlgo. We have seen long t-keins of l col Ion like fabric, in white-nt?j.s, softness ind dimness, hut much stronger, whic h is low produced at the rate of five crops >er year, in the state of Vera Cruz, M?'Xc<>, wheieit. Ins been cultivated for five ears by n Belgium naturalist nml botalist, who went there to pursue his favorte studied and occupations in a soil and ;limalo which favor them. This plant called the ramie, is a native >f Java; w a introd .istcd the nee into the F.irdandcs I'lantes at l'aris by *ome French ui on in 184 t; was regarded then aR imp'y exhibiting the wonderful advaii j a?.-s of the trophic*, being loo delictte ' or open air culturc in col 1 climes. li.it I laving been planted and tried in warmer j I'umtus than that of France, vet not so ! -quntorial as Lli.il. of J iva, it has been otui-l lo as well in them. It is -Ii?e to M. l>.;nl?? 11 iezl, formerly if thu Horticultural Institute of Belgium, now of unilornmaprum, San An J res Tnslla, Stale of Vera Cmz, M-xicj tliat we can now pronounce it a naturalized |)laiit of tliis continent, ntul lo lii< preset-,; kisit to this city v*ill speedily owe its inI rod notion into the field culture of the Liu If States, lo which it will permancutly pin tain. The rntnio (i's Javanese nam**) is a plant like hemp, contains in its sta le the tibre for which it is raised, and win. h is grown like sugar cane, (ruin being planted iu lengths or from its stubble ; wuh tlic advantage over the stubhle of the cane, tliat each succeeding year it grows better, and that in Cuba and Liwer M?xu:o .?.11 <: i t . . .???-, ?uu ntsiu at icasi mree j cuttings iir t}io year. I?y u new process ami some simple; inn- j chinery invented by M. It iczl, ilio lint can be prepared from the ground, in twenty four hoUt'S. Wo know dial months o( labor and the entire discoloring of the fi >re follows the treatment by the ordinary process of fl i.\ and hemp, while the ramiu come* out white clttau, pure and uulurt. ]?<ght hundred pounds of lint to the ncre is lo bj exp?utud from,each cutting of lull growth in lair land. The culture is siuidar to that of cann ; hut as the plant when nnr?i? upl ic r.l - *>.-...1!? - .v I . ? .. ..U wv Vil t%* I IU.IU', ?ruws vigorously, and didilus the irflueuco of ijrass or rival plant*, cultivation is only needed to promote its growth. When ripe it- should be cut, but r>e_jK-ct to do this causes no pp?cial damage, so that it may wait days or weeks tho will of the I'reo republicans'of M xico and the Union. The fibre is long, fine and strong; the |>Lnt easy to raise, and handy, iu the southern latitude, and its prep-iratiou for market is viinple and cheap >u cost. . ' Under the^e circumstances wo may riiifcly proiiouuce that the ramie wiil at an early day take a high rank among our tuples.?JYr. 0. Picayune. DO IT WELL. Whatever you <1 >. dj it well. A job slighted, because it is apparently unimportant,' leads to habitual ru?glOct, ko Ui.it men d'goncraio iusortbi l>y into Uad work oft en. ' That is a good rough j ?b," naid a rbroman in our hearing, recently, and and hvmeant that it wns a pifeco of wpi'k, noi elegant.in itself, but-atrpnglv milda llllll IBrtli hll>. I rt rrWrvx Training tho bund ai)d oyo to do tfork woH, leads individual* to form mnreof baOitHin oilier rospcctw, unj a good workman is, In n\6^t eaaet^ a good' cltizari." No ono hood bopo to -mho' atK>vd..b<B present situation who jiufTji'd entail things to pftaa uiiiiDprJV4d,-of wha- nogl?c'. a, j'matajjhori tal ly .'fcpcftkiif&'to pick op it.conb beenuso it i is not foliar. ~ ^ : ,"S^n4ij of tho" ~wi*oSt, lavv m'uk jrs ^Iho best Bt&teanan.- tho most gifted arlist*,'-the oiottt- motoHul judges,. 4ho n,t?t Sugoniooa ni' ohutiitM, rOao'froffi t1& Kraut* nva#a> * rivTil at a *fcT>rfuiii Ia^yof*songh^ 'lo-humm.ao Uim puhhcty by safilnjj,: '%Yyu b'tyko-i my fUiiujiy boot* opvu." *'$&?*? replied, th* lavryor, li^abdsltoiJ, Valid,! Uv ad bi ouuso of hia. habit;^h4&o|g /?too : Tul<o J>part, ail who. iottl ntlyb&tltt BLEEPING IN CHUHCH. At a soiree held at Nuldio School on ilie occasion of its bjing reopened aflcr xlcnsivo alterations and improvements lie I lev Dr. Guthrie delivered an address, in the course of which ho defined ns follows the close relationship between sleeping in 'church and had votilil.iliou. Lie <ni<!: I do not intend, b cause ! nin not] very able to ndJ;*cu> you ?t nny length, especially in such a close and hoatci aUn jsdiere as thi?, because we aro veiy closel)* {lacked this evening, and wliother tliero in Miifi ient ventilation in this place for such h large audience, I have some doubt*. I >im a great admirer of ven;il<ti?>n ami Iresh a'r, and I think it shou'd be had, if p s-iblo on all occasion?. I remember llint in my native city of Ureehin, Lady vinin-jjv, ? no st-i up a suiiool iti the tenements, nslceJ one of the little git Is attending it what, was the effect of opening a window. | Here one of the windows o( the room was suddenly drawn down amid I. lighter, and applause ] Her ladyship supposed the little girl would answer that il lei in ficsh air, but it was not so. Her answer was this?and wo may have a proof of it immediately?"il lets in the cauld." But though that may b.i quite true, I nm aveiygrc.it advocate of fresh air being admitted into schools and houses. I sleep wit.li my bed room windows open every night. Some people .mi^ht th.iuk ih it it uoulJ kill them, but it U a? well you :>hould know that foul air is as bu 1 for the beakh as foul meal?? for air is j:nt food lor ihe lung-?an I one reason why you sco so many pc>ple going to slc<>p in church is not because tln-y have a bad preacher or a bad ssrmni, but because iliey have bad nir. I remember I wa? once present in a congregation in the town of Thurso, which contained as many as 1/200 people; and peihH|>s you will hard ly believe me when I tell you that on the occasion I saw what I never 6aw before, and what I am sure you never saw, and what I hope I .-hnll never see again?I caw six hundred people a leep ! Six hundred people asleep! I happened at thai time ta be living with Sir George Sinclair, a very excellent gentleman in the neighborhood of that town. I told liitn what I had seen in the church. said ho. 'that is nothing to what I have seen myself; I haVe seen, almost in every pew, ihe whole people asleep?with only here and there an exception.'' Now, what was tllft OfllUA <\f tliu! V t.w vmmuw VI !! (?? t ftb n ??0 II'J ICKIHJ UU the put of the preacher; for the minister Mr.Taylor, ij nu excellent preacht>r ; niul excellent people t!ie congreg ition gnnerally are; hut [ tol i them, in addicting n meeting soma d.tys afler, every man ' might as well kiVQ_gi?iiu into nn apotheca| ry's shop before he went lo church and thketi a dose of laiiJanuin and Bet Ida] to sleep; Iaay^they might as well have done thai, as bre tllie the kinlofair with which the churcli was filled. Now, I wish ycu to take care that you get plenty of fresh air which is so essential to gooii health. ^ ^ ? Tub Powiia of Music?A.h Anecdote ok Mkndbi.ssoii.v?There i3 s pleasant incident related of Mendelssohn, who went one summer lo rest hid overtax ed br.lio in Z irich. Thuie ho was btiseig cd by eager admirers, but would not ae wpt of no invitation, until hearing thai ! the blind pupils of the Blind School were ! ai.X'om*. as they' tftid.. to.. 'Vee him.-1' In visitel them. Ho spvke to the fcightlesi assembly in the kindest words,- and<ll?(?aI ed to ilifir.80iig<> nud chorine*, ?9mo even j of thi-ir own composing, with interest an. j pleasure. And. than iho great" niusieiar Mskud permission to sit.doW.ii at the'ir pij.no, m.d Yvnndrivfj mvay into one of lUost wihlniid tender strains of ppeukirig melo J dy for wtncih ho was so famous. Ilia si I Innt, \vrafij.'t tiudieneo listened so intently t< 'The Song wuh'iOt Wojrdd," that u." pin fail would have broken the- Elilliiods. Oik bj- ntib oyer the eagpr fnces, cn*pt tho aii "of d?*epj quiot j.?y, until in the milst -o tbe great Ho >d of mingling bann-jiiie*, i ?? .1 .i:v -i l vun v i/iuhp iv bxviii wui ui iiic very uiioru! j.tl'.ejr Inul just. beeli singing. Tin p thcii ciiUin.-in.siu ' knew no bonda^-H Tho grca Minster !??i fimicJ ibcin nw?y, nt "l?ij will to liuiylrt# of j*jr *?d triumphant pr?tw liel'ore unknown; ;h? UaK whi'pjnfJ- tc tlremt?f Borrow, ?ncl llio jCfojt ly ways o liff,?inA.wordft;o(f soft unhrokan londonuM# : Hiid ni?w lie Hiirred their"utmost deaths luhtrniu of ihiiir o^tf-Venririjf, into, whicl ! freftotfred'a BonXtifl4y?f1 ? < gr^cet ai)d jte'w meaning.' So' w-o'rdi oo^d I eH- wli at Mt?rjr ilmjf huvc-pfite was nql' long be Tore U?p g reu t m n*"ioi?n' - death ; &u> St^tiH lry^^UHKiJjrW : j&irieh. iyfd ?{tfl : |gjg$Si *||$f | '' .'-r?--.-?J j IJLL? care must be taken to fill the barrel entirely full, so that no portion of tlie meat can at any point project above the surface of tlie fluid; lor, if ibis occurs, a change of fi?vorensue?, nuchas is known with rusty poik. The pickle, of course, must be tf saturated solution of salt am! wfiter, that i*>, 6o strong that it ia incapable of dissolving more salt. It inu<t be remembered that colli water is capable of dissolving more salt than hot water. m m Smoking akd Kbkping Bacom.?l*he ^ very best material for a fire with which | to Binoke bacon, is gree:? hickory wood, ! ?,.vt !...? I*n -- >v i?n> is turn tuuf, v? imicver m used for fir.', tlio utmost caro sliould be taken to have the smoke pure from all inuilgy Odors which taint the meat. To keep tho meat after it is smoked, some people succeed beat to let it hang in I he smnkehi use; whew this is not practicable, it can be covered with cotton sacks, and the oulsiuo of the racks coated wiili h thii k 1 mo wash. A perfecly safe way to k<*ep bicon hams, is to cut thein in 3lices of tlio usual thickness for cooking, scald ihcm in boiling water, and then pack iu fcione j>iis, press tuom down nnd pour melted Inr-I to IVil all the inteisticea of the iiK-nl ami to cover the top. In tliia way the me:it can be used as vrauted, and will be nice. Atlanta Dcc. 12.?Tho Convention passed a relief ordinance to day, introduced by Jl. B. Bullock, of Itich' rnond, which reads as follows : Bo i?; ordained, etc , that from and after tho passage of thii ordinatico, all lovies which have been or may bo mad ? un Icr executions hsuod from any Court of ibis S,ato, ahull bo suspend-.' ud, until this Convention shall liuvo takon, or refused to tuko final action . upon iho question of roliofj and that all 8:iIo3 under execution in violation of this ordinanco, shall bo null, void and of no effect. Jics!f/nijt'ton.?Tho Itev. John AleInan, D. 1)., President of tho Collage of New Joraoy, has resigned ihut office, and will close tho performance of his duties at tho commor,cement in . June, 1808. Tho resignation has j bcon accepted by the Trustee*, and u now President will bo c'.ioaon in'he I nnn i?o ^ nP ^ ~ j wuiou ui ma uoiuiiig jruui'i XJ AH'J , Lean baa boon connected withPrinc3? toil Coliega as Tutor, ProfvtfaarfYIco President, and President, fo'r' fifty years. " . . ' In New Yoik'many, failures are reported among'mercantile bouses hiih, orto con&iJored first clasa. t)t'course, A tho popular cry increases for tli6 Seurctary of the Treasury or Ojngro*s to do something' to slop tho revulsion. What either can do in the proI iu'mcs is altogether problematical.? Almost evory - business man ?has a remedy, but scarcely'^ wo are agreed in opinioiS."" "" /-"* . . ' 1 A terrible railroad accident occurred, Doc. 11th, on the Veriuoht Con trul It ilroful^ neur Nprthftold, by Which -nineteen .iioraoiuj wore killed | ai.d mapy .others injured. By-1bo oareles9?b?s. of the e'uginodly a train ' with a gang~of about a lrondrcd Ik? 5 -borers,.retuvnWg frbift ijiftaor to' tlr& * ? ,1. L-f ' sV.'*- t >v* ptaco whcro ihey: xier$ 'repairing.. ft ..,y . r j! bridge, fraaru'novo?, tho./ttbuteiu^fil *, /J into the river, - .ft ftiU of t-ixty feet ? Scarcely one Reaped byiiry.g-;_i ' : ' ' *'" ' HOW TO K.KEP iLSAT ~ . immerse it in buttermilks Thia wJHi14q?bp , it fur B?veral dnyp, wi?en>tU6'-hMl1C''|^Kwld-v * | | t M - I vu VUUII^CU, ai!U 1TOUI :rmtK ?OUSJ,HUl?U? , lo ifiis way heuft veal, 4?:, .csin'be " r for suverarWBck<, atii iN willbq &\veeL.a.O{l f frffali at the eud o^lU^jnn^ ae when first , put in. Our bu'eber futpU)iecl,U# WithitWu. v f, receipt. The wh^le-neighborhood r saying iU Went hviUi* VfHj^'-.ft, ? rflkimioua i|i 4bo-hottest weavUer." "X v% 1 . - J% . r ' The TiOhrd-^' . -u title wtiftlK ' B0uadi '0min0ii?|^4llcQ f ttmt.of rnU&arjr go yJsftH o r, b ft# .' alarmed / honors i^Kettfcik -ben9^o^*%yca,6r , convict?', are BOdtliaan^ Bfi^pVobibita v thorn in for1; orow ??' *y .f*?l<** -ylr? 6f- ?^ua Sortot "'-tr t; 'rJ if ' ,"