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-.. - V-T-v: WW? W"; " "'""" <8eggegg,iggiga!BgggiB^>ie*^gg^g^Bg^a__^-XL-!_L? 'I , ^ -^I; 4 ''^ ,1 __._ j ni,^ a I_IL_ju? ?i. J. ;?'?I i~ii > % ?-~^IZIZ-^ ' . . ' ' ' "- ' ?7? * ?? . i??? ' _.. * " -?*??? ' - ' sataga " * ??** J." ^== = * * _ ' -" * ^ BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,18G8. VOLUME XV---NO. 43. ^ THE VALIDITY OP THE JURY, UNDER v MILITARY ORDERS. The State vs. James II. Jennings?Court . of Appeals?CoIumbiU, Dcc. 1807OPINION BV WARDLAW, ASSOCIATE JUS TICK. Iu the argument l?eforo this Court, jtbo counsel for th* prisoner has ri-stod the motion in arrest of judgment U|ton two objections to tbo jury which tried bim: 1, That tho jurors were1 noL drawn under comnRteni jinthi.rii.v i 2, that they were drawn lro?i a box which contained the names of a class of persons who wero not qualified to nerve as jurors. Under these objections there has been urgi'd nothing but non-conformity in tho proceedings liad for drawing the jurors, with tho General Ordors of tho commandant < f; .this,tho Second Military District, cm- i Btrued as those orders must be, with I referouco to tho laws of the Slate which they alter. Tho first objection may bo rc?olvcd into this, that the Governor d^d not order a special Court at which tho jurors were drawn. By paragraph fourth of General Orders No. 89, Sep tember 13tl>, 18G7, tho Governor was authorized o order a special term f the Court, "to be bold for the purpose of revising and preparing jury list*, and to provide for summoning a<id drawing jurors, in accordance with the requirements of ibis order." No oth or regulation of tho ?iate or of the Military District gave authority t<> the Governor iu tho matter. Judge Dawkinn, at Abbeville, pave in wiitin^ director* orders to the Cleik, S j-riti and Tux Collector of Anderson' District, but oven if be hud power whil?; he was holding a Court in anoihcr District, to order an extra Court for Anderson: (1S25, 7 Biat., 329. Par. 1 j ( Stato vs. Harden, 2 Jrt ob., L. 5B5,) h?? | did notdoao, but oxject d bin directions to bo madu effective by an oroo* J . J i < irora tbo Govornor. Tlie Governor j ^ made no mention of a special or extra i ( term ot C? urt in his order, but dirac- j t)d the Cleik and Bberiif to procmo ! JinU, place names in u box, and t'rom , that box, draw jurors f ?r the apprua cbiug term. Tbu presence ot a Ma-- ( istrate is not required by the Gover- ] nor's order j but if it had be3n, there would t-lill have been wanting to the j assemblage, which actually to^.k place, of Magistrate, Clerk a; d S.ieiitf, the i order for a Court, o> the tx sle' Co of I circumBtutioeti which the lawn > f the ' State had piovided for; one or thu other of which was es e^tiul to coinmunicato legal authority to luese infer'or officers in respect to juries. The Governor's order plainly eoulcm plated proceedings Miuilar 10 thon?i which are directed by Acts of the i legislature concerning lixira C"Urt? ?(.1825.. 7, Stat, 329) 1830, 11 Siat. 74, Sec 13. 1843, 11 Stai. 224,Sec. 5,; but it omitted what under ti e inilita ry or4?rs'might have made fcufthient, the drawing of a j:>ry by the' Clerk Sheriff and .Magistrate, in some contingency whi'jli under some orio of those Acts would have conferred ftu thority .upon thosS' officers.. Wh^ ,t ' r. 1 ( s" it ;'ic l':i > all of wbici) havo manifestly buub ^ised invathtbly so as to incfttd i the ideas of proporty, valuation and pro- ' portion ; and the signification of asseis < . td, as thus frequently .used; and woli' 1 jjrtderstood in this Slate, will:appear.. by ctmparison'of^Genor^ .Oidcrj* No. j '82 aixl Nov 89 with '(general ..Orders: 1 Ko. 100 to prevailed, at tljo head, j i finofUM ri- 1 .v.r v?. iura ?uuury jmnner t Vbotsrti, Ordors. jfo, 32;;Mnj! 30rlSff7, j declared that "qll citizens assessed | t&xes, ami who eKaU'' have paid taxes. 1 for thftjtifri&ii y;ear are 4-mhfi^toidt, i as jofohj." General' Of d<y&; No.' I* mod?Qrii?g..J6tfl?/4B3;-Tl8 **.- $jfyMa? -fall. 1 oitizensasaesscdJ'or, ti^os,/ axuT'Who j shall baro ?aid taxeafor' the 'd\ir?or>i ycap*und^*ho>aro qualified, and-f^ave 1 toeett I terar.aro li6'roby .declared qualified to, 0 rt aifrfrorir;^ *m i \ under tho provision* of Gonoral Orders No. 2>2, should bo empanuolled for all jury causes at tho terms of the Courts then next ensuing, tho right of challenge for non r???istration under Gofteral Orders No. 89, boin^ preserved; ami si-c-md, that in drawing juriuB at the full terms for the ni-xt fuoeeeding terms, 4,the juries tdiall b-< di'uwo from th? lists ot uli citlzo >s who h;iv?i p.iid -.axus for tho cui-ientj yeui. and ii tlie manner prescribed by iho laws of tho State," provisions bo ing added lor proaorcaMon of tho rijjht to challenge, as undor- Genernl Orders No. 89; iind third, that. whfcVe juries have been ompunneUcd in conformity with General Orders No. 89Uennl. r>A??i.lfi Urt 4? . 1-4 uuu paiiuio puuii uu uuohiuu wnu u*.iu to be vulid and effective ; pan el ?." Wo lmvo, in considering the a~ ' 1 objoetiou, hold, that the'jurj* in cutjo was not ctnpanncll -d in con ity with General Orders No. 69 cuuso of tho wuih or a proper < for a special Cour;.; and under secoud objection wo boo that, in' ing tho phraseology fr^m ,4oii asB'.-esed for taxes and who shall paid," to "citizens who h-ivo pan en," the distinction was in mind * exists between a tax on propertyportioned to its value, and a fixe varying tax, Hueh as a poll lax. Tlie abr gatmn ui' other j>rc qua ifica lions which is made I third paragraph oi Genera! C No. 89, may nave bad rcfeioi Home law rf North Ca> olina, unk to I'.sj but if iL looked only lo Carolina law, it is explained b course of U-gialattou in tbi* By the Smto Conciliation of . (Art. 1, S c. 4.)-k yjoter waft Required 10 have "paid a-lax tbo preceding j-Oar of tbroe shillings sterling towards the support of Hie Government. Ai: Act of 179S (7 Stut. 28G. Sec. 7,) required u Grand Juror to have paid Uie preceding year u <uk of threedol lar^, and u Petit and Common Pleas Furor u tax "f one d-.ilar. In 1799,: (7 S ai.. 291, Sec. G,) all juiorn were < poquir< d lo > ? perr-on* emitleii by the j (Juunuiui ion of ibis S ate lo vot'j for j members ol ibo Siaie Legislature. In j IM1H /I Sir... 1(lr, \ I.. J ! bvj.v, wri.?i. ?u aiuviiuinvub "1 ) the Suiiti Coiib.iiuliun was ratified j whereby property or payment ot tnxm wmh ( <? longer required tor a voter, resident in the district where lie ofl'..-r-< lo voie, uu<i in 1?57 and 1859, (12 Sinl 6GI and 82;),) it was enacted .hut'-every person who may bo enti.U-d by ibe Constitution of this State ,o vot<s tor member- of tl?c Sato Log si*iure, and whosh'M have paid, the > oar preceding the anting of the Jourt, at " hieh a new jury Jiot shall j )o made, a tax of any a.a>ttni what? | sver, fur property held in h-sown right ! huli be Inbleto N.-rvo as a Petit and J J 'inmon P.e Juror The abroga?j ,:ion >! a p. op rt \ u ia. ifioj iion, made. ! jv Orders .Ni# 80, mj< ved then to j [jJaco all jurot?, grand a; d petit, on luutii-.., und an to the petit, nerely ad did a now .c^ihm of tax pay rs to thoau who had boon qiiaiiiiod >y the Act of 1857. We conclude that what has been .reat- d,us.a verdict agatutit fcho prisnier, was- rendered by^'.Jjtfj'tfon* not >rogoply conHLiuiiing a j try, and that, 18 in'fhp'r.f H ri^rlflfi. iho prisoner stTbe remanded to Htand his trial, vlotton in arrest of judgment gran^oncurred, J3ENJ P. DUNKIN". JOHN A. iNULlS. ,From the Cburlestou Mercury. JtfOHES OF THE CONVENTION. TJJE 8UJITEB DELEGATION. boa. J. Coghlau.?Au Irishman long lent in Suuiier. By. {jade a blacks, li; formerly ? )>afd 4rifik?r and V ftUnr i?w o?j(M^??>p?ftWt"ed inr toAa Jto blow- up, to ilit? great uainagu of a(glhttco.'y and ail whoinyested in it; fiMijSl.b'een opposed to nugro rueulian.adUAft .rptide 'desperate efforts to into confine negroee r w";mw if, to exeluvie them fron ^.JMidl^'^t^rlrUb and the negru ?elJ|ju afli^te, but..'.in tbi* human alia podcyfe^feigjeclacle is seen. ^t^.jifohusQD' Atv .unknown import ;d who- mtyite liis- appearance'in ^ i.-i ..4 .u ^uuHVi, 9uiua iuo n |iicauucr| ui tuu African' Metbodiat persuasion/; He hajla 'roin. Piufadetpbia",. brags on Jtis intimacy . ^4tlf Catferil Cuntiy^anJ various Congress ipett,"bas no family, unlwi he ieft onp at . the North, and ttfkt theTntgroesin Sumter; tljat' they must never 'Hop until = they p! ft Jed a,black maty in the IVe6j)fetkift} thair.T'aiitf *')* ruU the jzoiertiincnf," Ilia * 1 - ' jr iirttu4edept? ^lrOweVor ft?ir yr iul.Mnons. are course unkoQwt^f but, itt tba copv^ntjon !ii?"vr?ryj^prt(j^^ory^ioodjind#par?vnot,'' ind'show "de whitd irash UswHy.''" v ' *^Airta'el 'L?^-r^. yo'uilg mulatto, born in 3utiitur, bom and.-raised, in Judge Muses' fcuiity anderstood wqjting on t^ble io whiofi-he" liad been -tmined ;- cn'o read r.rtd write, ki '** V'- . -4 . ' ";/v -* the vecesuiot) furdre of the Pickens admiuislration ; retains as a memento of the times the desk on which lie wrote the order to fire on the Star of the West ; .surveyed iu delight from lh*? Governor's head quarters the bombardment and reduction of Fort Sumter by Beauregard, and after the fight was over, and the fort evacuated by the brave Major Anderson and bis commaud, on Monday, F. J. Moses, Jr .claimed the honor, as Governor's aid, of raising the l'-.lmetlojlrtg over the ramparts, which was duly chronicled it) the entitles of thu day. He subsequent!v was enrolling ofii * ? O 1 cer for \Villiaui?>burg District, and then tor Elgcfield District, and aided the '-iebullion" in overy way except the fiyht iSinei* 'lie war ended lie lias discovered thai he bns always been opposed to it, and while editing for aoiuo mouths the Sumter Ar?,?? b:?s? Rt> Buddenlr in ^.nd if JolinsoQ gives put tb? hymn, -j.no fdot of land do I pos?esS," fie nnd his I three associates can sing it con amore ; an?l the truth of it can be vouched for, ^ whatever may be thought of the music'. , It is singularly uniform in color, for Although cl;i?Sified as two white and two colored, or 'elf and If, yet if the four wtfiv photographed, a close observer would ncitrc*ly di*c?ra a *hadefi difference in complexion. All four iH-ide in the town of Sumter, Tlio.-e delegates represent uci- ' tli?r ihe uhi<e nor lha black population of I Sumter District, although noiuiuated l>y a WbiUcmor* caucus and elected by a ^ League machtuery. m , THE OBEENVILLE DELEGATION. James M. Alien?Ii a white or colored Yankee, Who cam* here heforo the wir as | & (-tone cutter. IIo es'ablished a marbleyard in this vill.ige, and during the war rail off out of the Confederate lines. A I- | ' ter the close of the war he came back and J wan appointed postmaster, against the |>e ' tition of the citizens, lie has been the 1 prime mover in establishing Uniin 1 Leauges in this section of the State. No ' on? lias any confidence ia his honesty or 4 integrity of purpose. A gentleman once j $ remarked that hi* "pp^araoce indicated 1 that he was of African descent and was ' therefore entitled to be a lUdical. He ^ served a while in thw "reserves" under Col. ^ Klf-.rd, then got peiujissian to make sail at Wiiunngton, and there deserted to t!?e ' eneiny. Wileon Cook?la a mulatto, and was ^ the slavo of Vardry Me Bee. lie is a tan ner by trade, and decidedly the mofj. re- ^ *pectablo member of the Greenville dele- ^ gation. lie can read and write, and has, so far, behaved himself very well, except ' bin ambition to attend public meetings and ^ make speeches. Tonev M. Rnnnion?Is an ignorant , Baptist preacher. At the secession of tlic State he put up a secession flag and made a great parade over it. He.volunteered, and was chaplain to the Davis Guards in lie Llampton Legion, prayed vociferously tliat God should destroy the Yankee fleets near Charleston, and preserve the institu^-v lion of jalavanr I -4jvwO'SWaI lor of.rOfc^oViW#* awil ^iowl t&'Oi&jfc, W. B. Johnson?Is a native of Greenville, and,was a deserter frOm the Confod ^ eratearmy, and "ou'-lyor" duiing the tfnr. ( i\ mfln -oi no diameter or intelligence, j Runnion and Conk are believed to be both , natives of JSTor? b Carolina. ^ ' Mas. Thomas jeffersok.^?^'lie. wife i of Thonm* Jefferson was Mri: Martha ti Skfclton, a ricb widow, twenty-three at hor i second nuptial*. - She was of good farrtify, j beautiful, rfccomplUbed, and greatly, ad- a mired,' The story wenl, that t?t>, among j the ninny sijitnrs of hter ' band, goirig iyjr- a ehdly.to her house on..the txtaa tfrTand "t to learn tbeif fain frnn^lior - r- ?V| ; ^yVVIjiUU,ll( IflJJl | ito the ball, wl?<.M tbey heard ber-fdaying'"_c on.the liArpsichord and singing r Jova ri sortg, accotppnnieJ by J^efsori'B.'jf^ico .t and ?iolin. Something frt? t ihe rtabtter ibe -auiging'a&iaf&ti /15<$llV t wooers e( the-. follyfot.jJwij/JiQjtevf&j&fc. * they withdraw, I'hp fttateanra* T^TuW.' 1 of th6 ?iolin.. Wiied bJ* paternal iioaitf { was burned ha aaked/'^^Tr'all lb? -boot* ,1 destroyed?" .....'.'.f I ^r^Ye^in^F?a,,,' * M ib* rffply,' ^dfy Is; * ifut >he fiddle."? Queeris of. i 'AfyHcq* Society. ': ' "" . j ? ?'.'* .f '. ' V -Vr : * %& ' t /'' ' *"f > ^f I>?TjC* sJ Jmna&$7 c BJP a'txiuus a-oui it. At breakfast litno, on the next morning, Mr. l>latul, wlio was read ii.g tlio '-Banner" while ho Kipped hid eoU'ee, suddenly exclaimed, "Well, I deolarc!"' "What is h?' asked Mrs. Bland, looking across tho tablo at her huabaud. "Just listen," and ho road aloud tho letter bignoil, "Two Little Girls" Tho toll-talc il ishes wore on K-ity'e -eka,' hot neither her lather or tiior noticed therii. Wall 1 declare 1" cchoed Mrs. ndj a* her liur-band tinished rcad; tho communication. "1 wonder one little girls they arc." 'They've hit tho nail plump on the id, no matter who they are," re? od 3Ir. 1) :i'id, "und I'm mistaken il doesn't nnlfu a 6iir in town." ' Who do they mean by the lawyer lose son visits tbo saloon ?" asked ra. Bland.. "Why lawyer Jacobs, ot course, .'p neon bis llarry goitij; in and comg out of Maloy'b a dozen limes in 10 last nionib; and I'm told Wil. yon in just as bad. It's time tb *y ore taking in band and 1 ^tie^s tht,*y ill be now." "Oli dear! 1 hope bo," sighed Sirs, ilurtdj her eyfes turned Willi an rni net of danger Qj?om bar own little ?oy, not ten years of age, wbo Bat sating his breakfast. tier breatb in suspense. "Oli, 1 bopo tbe editor hasn't pubisbed our letter she said 10 herself. Liur eyes wcro fixed instantly on her aihcr and she saw him glanco up and lown tbii columns, and at last comutneed reading something that at.ractod bin atlenlipn. Ho reud vojry arncaily, the linos on his forehead growing strong from increasing atontio'i. Then be let tbe papur tall i])on bis knees, and looking very jravo ai.d thoughtful for some time, lilieu's heart was still in a tromor. Lifting the paper again, Mr. ILartey looked toward bis wife and said, "Mother, listen to this," and be ead tbe Utter signed, "Two Litth.Tirlt?." As be did so Ellen turnod ieiself so inuch away that bei iico could not bo seen, and with her jook in hand pretended ,to be reading Mrs.- Hartley drew along breath us >er huaband finished reading Ihe lot er'-and then exclaimed witb fervor, "Bless thoir dear little beartB! rbey have gone right to the core ol bin rnuttor, and if the men and wonen doo't bestir themselves now, Ibey mght to hide thetrfaccs in shame. 1 vonder who they aro ? I'd .like of all hings to know." It was just as muoh as Ellen could raraefiy^ .cr- f. "You bavo said tho right words, inhered Mr. Hartley.. "Yes they iuvo ir,deed gone vo_ the core of this natter. I never :tsuw it just in. the igbt. they have.'thrown' upon it. Phesd~rutn8eller8 do no good in the vorld by their traffic, should wo per* nit tbqui.to carry ou-their. trade oi .ain to tho.bOdies 'and souls of_ men ihd boy's in outf middt? Without he consent #nd " permission of theicople in town jit could tiotr.be done m<l by couBonLing,. We share in the, juilt of all the barmthat-follown. -1 mlt.? * .* . up tor .nbWihg every rode have the arggstrlibcrtjr) but freedom to i?u rt h"e neighbors g6*/t beyond tlip. limit >t' right. ^ Jt .is tho duty o'f good bitzans hv Avoiiv Tneans ift. th?ir nnnr?i> ? ^ r ~ " " . ,o restrain ;ae!iUh and xetkloes men ipopv mukiTigigftJo* in.tbeit fhidat b>'. baWwi\jQb fiufia fift deniroya. iiunan ao'utearo:bii<jrod ;tlifaga>^tid-llroir : welibefnjg" of' {AO gHwt concern*fof tyf' ,o hcBiuuo it. n qna^io'n 98jfe [joi all 1b& 8Uloons U'nrt grog fhoM be > ' :, . .: - ; "Yfbt fofytVj. *riod Mrs. JlArtley?;< n isiM^rf&yndjtf eaenre, y?ot?'a; Odi? ?orl to tije ptahibrto*^ doctrine t' "Yes, if you will bavo it bo; blefcs their- innocent hearts !" .Now lOIIon could stand thin 110 longer. Kissing Bbe crossed the mom, and pressing oloso to her fathor, look . ed up to him, her fuoo uglow with hap py feelings. ' "What!" oxf.ltiimnf? Mr 1Tn ? !.!?*? 1 ??. ? ?j ? into whoso inind come a sudden bus - pieion of iho truth. "Aro 3*ou one o, these little girls?" 1 Ellen hid her laco on his bosom, trembling with tho exeiteiuentof her new-born pleasure. > "Why, darling! I'm ro proud of you !". said Mr. Hartley, hugging her close to his breast. "And who is tlio other littlo girl ?" awked Mrs, Hartley, after kissing Eden and smiting her hearty approval. "Xaiy Bland," answerod Ellen. "Sho wrote the letter aftor we'd . talked about it. It till cuiuo of my talcing tbo old eiovo over to Mrs. Weaver. Jiut, oh, don't toll anybody, pkase ! Kate's father might not like it; and wo promised to keep it u!l to ourselves. I didn't mean to Say anything ovon to you ; hut i couldn't help it when I saw you bo pleased. Mr. and Mrs. Hartley promised to keep their daughter's sccrot. Tho "Banner" earricd conviction in many other families on that long to be remembered morning; but into none did ii Co mo with a tnoro Btartling power than into thoso of Mr. Jaeobs and Mr. Lyon, who understood that it was their eons who were relet red to as visiting tbo drinkingsaloon. Tbo two b >ys questioned elos> ly by* their fathers confessed that t'lCV ofl.Cn wnnt. tn \r..ilr?-.r'u cnlnnn r>/%? only to drink, but to gtjmblo in a bmull way with tarda and dico. During tho forcneon Mr. Jacobs, tbc eloquent, had n. vibit from Mr. Lyon. No argumonts wore used b}* one to convinco tho other that c|rb;king bars were a curso to ihoir town and ought io ba abolished. Tho '-Two Little (jiris" had Bellied tliat matter to tlieir minds, beyond all controversy. The only question with them was as lo the means of arousing tho people. A plan lor doing this was arranged, and atonco acted upon. Tho very next i^suo of tho "Banner" con tainedacall for a town meeting to consider tho evil of rum-selling. Never before hud there been so lar^e an assemblage of tho puoplo as came i together in answer to this cull; a>d never had Mr. Jacobs boiMi known to speak with Huch strong and fi -ry el oquonco. When a few brief, d> cid< d resolutions w?io offered, declaring the iiq/ior selling was productive of evil otil} a; d ought to be abolished in that town; tho vast crowd sunt np their "njen'' with a shout that was heard for milcH. Then tho president of tho mooting, in t'jo hush that fol? lowed, said, in a clour voice, 'Lot all who are opposed to these resolutions say 'Nay.'" A dead silence rcstcd'on tho multitude. Not a voieo took up the word. Then rang out, clear and strong, "The resolutions are curried." At which a shout went up that made tho very earth tremble. The people, thoroughly alivo to the ( danger in their midst, acted promptly. One half of- tho aalpon-koepcrs closed , thoir doors at once under tho influence of public opinion. Tho other ] half held on untd restrained bjT the will of tho people acting through the 1 fore?'of law, " What a change there was. If, bo- 1 fore shutting up the dram-shops, many good people had questioned the right or tho utility df doing so, none of them doubled now. Thoro was ' 1 anAVAftltr O mon tnnnrtAM I-* ' | nvwr-ytj ? VI ?T l/IU Uii VI i;U i IU ^u.ohango for j i jj men who had onOe drank, but 'noiv * that temptation was ronp'ovcd,v grown sober, and more mindful of' the true ] woll being of tbcirchildron.- . . AH Uii8./was talked ot\freely, and of * o/jurao Kaiy and EHon were constant-, ly 6ooiug and hearing about the good their apical 10. the' people had '< wrought. . ^Thdit pleasure was indoed great. But hCIII their "agono)' in the ^ good work was known, only themset vesand their parents, who thought *' it best for their children to reraaio J out of stgbty 80 i10^ their secret*'for - ] r them,.aud urged them to keep kiionco | [ also, ' ? * -j [ -'"Lot koowifodge the good youJ Ji-'fiLU u.-j;-. 1 I ut?? v \*w>ni3j. mjr viHi'Uf -wuu axra. x>iun<j, in tatkfog* witb* ital^ "bo yonrcbiyt reward. .1. urrv fiqfo ifiat^ou and 'EU-> I leii. will be Hm'pierin tbii.kihg of the v '.wetWbqing and happiness others on.< ] joy;.thropgWwbat/%you did, ^lian if you AVcre fitufe.pitfiaoe from; Josorj| tonguo. -Adman in Bpiie^of .your- ' "solvepf yon wo^ltl feol elated ?yvv H is I tfrnrtso; and-?t U9I?* to.tbiul^ < be#. Itbat yoa ~tve*d two' 01 f.heu'( -Av1ge^|? potaona ifc; Wwn/ ejen if yoa -jyei:a,oidy iitofegirlrj whi?nr, tbq real 1 trutb ??. that- CWcl put this thing into i your hearts, and you wcro, Ilia bumble ;i In^rimeotein doing a gceal and good -< WQt'k I ajtd be will- re/w^rd.you"^'il^ a| * . ^ " t "&' ~ :^r^ Katy Jolt that till thin was bo, atid it mado hor tho more careful of lior socrot. O^o day lato in tho aftornoon, it was onoro than throe months sinco tho now ordor of things hogan, Katy and lior friend Ellon melon their way from Kchool, and instead of returning directly home, took a wa!k togetlior through the u]i]>or |-art of this town, intonding to vihit a littlo friond who was nick. As thoy wero passing : along, Ellon said, as ho looked across I ;ho street, "1 do L-olievo that. in MVu Wnirn^ She moved away from our uvighi'orhood somo time ago. But ste how nicely bho is dressed." Tlio woman recognized tho little girls, aud came quickly across the street. "Why, Mrs. Weaver! I didn't know you at first," said Ellen. "And no worder," annwered tho woman, looking serious for a moment and then letting a smilo break all over her face. "Sometimes I hardly k'iow myself." "Do j'ou livo about hero ?" asked Kity. "Ye8. Wo moved out of this mis orablo old shanty* down in your neigh- i b-uhood long ago, and now rent ju->t tho Diced). liLil.l lliillsn. TliArn " ahn I pointed along ibo street, "you boj tho whito cottage with green blinds and a rosa bush and honcy-sucklec climbing up tho side. That's wlioro wo live And ihal's my man sitting in tho porch, roiiding a newspaper and smoking his pipe. Tliero's no kinder or better man in town." added Mrs. Weavor, dropping her voice, 'if iiquor can bo kept away lrom him. Thank Ciod ! ho isn't tempted at every cornor as he used to bo. 1'oor man ! Drink had taken such a hold of him that ho couldn't resist wben be saw it. Oh, it was a happy day for us wben Uio dram shops closed ! and not only for ua but lor moro than twenty families Icould mention light among our own acquaintances. Ml*. \WfLVi??% rliiln't. wm \r it\ < Ko quarries a week after liquor Helling was mopped, llo's a capablc person ami knows how to manage men. Mr Lyon, who owns the quarries, wasn't long in taking the hammer and drill outol his hands when lie found that he could depend ou his keeping sober. And now ho has charge of ail the quarries and gotB titty dollars a month." 'Oh, I'm so glad to hear it!" said Italy. "So glad !" repeated Ellon. "And it's all come of shutting up the i bars and dram-shops,'' said Mrs. Weaver. *T 11?-y say,' she added, "that two little cirls wru;* a letter for the newspaper and set the whole thing going. We were not subscribers to tho 'Burner' then, and so I didn't see the letter they talk about. God bless their souls, say 1 ! If I knew their names I'd pray for blessings on their heads night and day." "You dou't want to borrow om coal sieye," said Ellen, archly. She was afraid her blushes woufd betray her, and so turnfid the thought of Mre. Weaver into a new channel. "Bless your dear heart,' no {'' And the woman laughed out. "We've got tel.-of coal laid up. Enough to take u> clear through the next winter." Then, wiili a changing manner, she added, "You.and ybur mother vroro verykind to us, Ellen, and 1 can hovor forircL it as lone us'I live. Tbo davs ?? w t . ~ , t' were very dark Lbenj so dark that 1 lost hopo in the morning." Arid she wiped the tears from bcr eyes. "Just take a look at my man cs'ydu go past tho coitago," she Baid'a ino[pent aftor, rallying herself as ahe iurnod to leate Ellen and Katy, "and ipt fcow eoiiUuted LgJfrokaij gmokfog > iii. pine. and readjWg.lrfe *>?w Bpapesr. * Mr. Weaver-looked over tho top of lis hevVspaper httbe. girls' as they jaased,9 d aajd,. ' . ' "Good afternoon, yoaiig ladies." "Good afternoon,sir," they roturnsdl ' "Why it's Mi*8 Ellen and Katy !" tie bad recognized Ihom. ..'-Oh! j-ounust have a'bnnoh of fldwors."v ,A?d jvying<- down bis'' newspaper, Mr. > IVoaVp'r/oat tw0 small .-.bouquets of' lalf oponed bads from, a cUmblng rcfi&e * jpsb, --Presenting thorn, he said, with V JjKgkfc tremor in-hi9Voi<5<?, '-Wl^iir tbetv^o little girls, who wrote ,bo? letter hi tbe.'Bafcncr/" . J>rdppibg\thoir.?yes,,?nd -turning ~ ihcuyfuees aside, Katy and liiIon took' the fio.W'era1An"d want: h^tijy oq ward, "It&jfryXrlgirt?". said M r.\ Weaver to hiwB<?lf, as h& jookedk after thou), ''ftyar ohilJPtfn 1 'Hay-{Jod'fv choicest bleRfling re'st Ort LhdV. waro bis miniat-nra. AnH tit* vtiKrle ' . itVfin - into their. band* was imfood. ; welhdaue 1"?Arthur* Tompefafic4 9l<>' fflhV r*>' > %'.V: i''V'3 ? ^ V ^ LAND OCCUPIED BY FENCES. Tho materials and labor rcquirod to build and keep foi ccs in repair aro among tho heavy itoms of farm exponse. Tho cost of Iho iund on winch they stand isano:iior item on which J. Harris, of Rochester, discusses as follows in the American Agriculturist: "llow much hiii'l does an oliif&t>h-j ioned fonco occupy? I have always thought it look up a good deal of land, bat never had tho ouriot>ity to i uivHKuro. uut this Bummer wo have] boeu building a stone wall along tbe \yholo west side of tho farm and after it was completed, and tho old fence removed, I was surprised at the quantity of land wo bud gained. The ground, of course, miubt have t<cen ploughed closer to tho fence, but, tho case aB it actually was, tbo old rail fenco, with stones, weeds, rubbish, elo., occupy a strip of land ono yard wide. A iiold thir'.y-ono rods lonp and thirly-ono rods wide contains j about six acres. It surrounded by 1 such aience, it would occcupy a little over threo quarters of an acre of land A farm of one hundred ami sixty acres so fenced <vould have twenty acres of land taken up in this I worse than useless manner. Notoi.ly is tho use of tho land lost, but it is in i I the majority of i-aMCB, a nursery of weodt?, and in plowing much time is | lost iii turning, ar.il the headlands and corners arc seldom properly culiivat1 cd. Things That Last.?Let us now look at homo of those things that "will never wear out." I liavo often heard a poor blind girl sweetly sing. "Kind words will never die." Ah ! wo believe ttiat tluoc are among the thing* that "will never wear out." And wenro told in God'n own book to bii "kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving one another." The word of the Lord will novcr wear out. Though the grass shall wither,'and tho flowors fade away, t!>o wov'd of tho L')rcl..en(iureth for over (1 Pet. i. 24, 5). The life of the righteous will never wear out.. Thoy will live in the world to come as long us God nhall live; but the death of iho wicked will last for ever. Tho joys of tho kingdom of heaven will never wour out. Tho pleasures of this world soon die; but iho onjoymentB of that world will never havo an end. . The crown of Glory will never wear out. Tho crown of tho winter in the Ollyinpic games soon faded; tho ..li - -* - 1? iiuiiun Ul n.ili^3 Ull >V (JU1 UUi; UUI tho crown of glory will never fade away (1 Pet. v. 4.). The "new song" will'nevor wear out. Wo bear sometimes that some of our tunes are..worn thread-baro; but that will never be naid of tb:, new song. Which will you choose,?the lasting or that which wastes away; tho things of time, or of eternity '{ Wil you cbooee wealth, honor, fame ofr the joys of heaven, eternal life, the' crown of glory, and tho ''new eong"? May God enable us to make a wise choice! andj with Joshua, may wo choeso to servo, the Xvord \?r Christian Treasury. NEWS... SUMMARY. Congregational.?The Bov. William M.. Perry, w.ho died at Grand Haven,. Mir.lii.TAti. Sfttli I..ft. in wifo $25,000; to each of his^six children 815,000; to Liiko, Imprest Univer- j Bity, Illinois,.?20,000; dnd an equal Bum for a Icuiaje'university to bo to the AcnericanjQottrd. and. to tho , Amerioan'Biblo Sooietyy $30,000 each; | tcr theTroflbytorian Pabricution Soci , otv. Sl'5/100. Mr. Ferrv. who was Lbo foundol4 of ibo'oity of Grand Haven,'was horn in Granby, Masaa-' i cliUHCtte,in 179G,_ graduated nt Uyion < ; Oollcgo, Btudiod .theology with -liov. 1 Gardiner Spring, and i dim ted twelve , pears us-a raidoionary ofthe American | Bpard among she.Indians at Mackin-' uo, Michigan. * * t Terrible Suffering jrt 'England and < Frunec.ThB>'rSjottd o t) Ttniet, ot 1 16th bltimQ, states that ih/o diatreseln | tho Ba%t end of Jjpndon-ia dinboart-? "| ooipg. ^h$ .nvmbeir "Of perjohs' dopertdqnt-ou tbo governtflectr iQp I'.illef la 40,000? ^neoaureu adopted J foiUo rijp'o^'tfaiB need; and the i'ii.c*&*?; iffg R?otrn\jpEpaQpori^c4. acf l^fm^8 00me frOii\ erei^jfeaVi"fet * LyOr)a f n^ni|Wt^a'r6rfl are t^jpiod. Tj?V tuu .puiniuui mimVi I! WWJ^IJW WWft . Hunger *fd de8rttoti^^rd\in?kitt2 . -- : ? . . g!!;;=5 A Methodist Episcopal Theological Seminary is fairly under way in Gor- J rruiiiy." First established at liretnon, . * \ ithaS"beon transferred to Frankforton-the-Main as a more desirablo location.. A beautiful lot, consisting of a vineyard and winedresaer'o house, haa been purchased, and airangements for the erection of a suitable building are in progress. Mr. John T. Martin, of Brooklyn, H. Yv has given $25,000 for its erection. A pastor of East Baltimore Conference says his mode of raising mission- , ary monoy has resulted in an "incroaso beyond all cxpoctatjon." This is bis ra?>dt-: "For several yoars in my public collootion 1 have inoloBod a t card and printed circular in un envelope, addressing one to every mom* ber of my church, and to any friend I may know favorable -to tbe cause. On the eveniug of the missionary Sabbath I recoivo envelopes and monoy result." Church JJctrgains.?.Fonr years ago the British Parliament pussod an act to augment tho benefieos in the giftof the Lord Chancellor. That ofllcer baa made a fine speculation of it. During four yours ho lias Bold ninoty? thr?o livings and advowsonsj ton of thorn lor ?100 each. Lust yoar tho Prince of Wales made an investment, paying SGOO for a living in West Newton. The toiftl amount of this sort of purchase-money received by Lord Chaucellor is reported to bo 8B73,000 ?a respectable sum to be obtained by soiling church privileges in open market. I Scotch Evangelization.?City evangolizulion is incrnasinor orioiitlo in 0 vhwi^ iu UJUOb VI IUO larger Scotch towns and cities. The plan adopted, demand* tliat every church shall phnt a congregation in some destitute district within ita bounds. One of these mission churches has cow 1,100 members wlien but seven years a go it had only 140, and it has now bscome the parent of another church of 580 members. Edinburgh b;iR nine of these churches; Glasgow fifteen. To Clean Till.?Rub it well with pul veriz?d charcoal, then wash off. Pulveriz* td bri< k-dust and soft soap cleans brass very well. Iron andirons, uiado black and sleek as Topsey'a well polished brow, in the good old days when salamamander fingers .ippliwd iho meat skin, by taking a gill or more of comrtion molasses, in which ftQ ??gg is^broken, adi a little .water an] apply a mop weakly or seini-weekly only.' The Right Hot. J6hn Henry Uopkins Bishop of Vermont, and senior Bishop of ihe Episcopal church in (his country, diod ?t his residence, Rock Point, Vt., on Tniii-fiilay the Dili inst: IIo was born ia Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 30, 1792. Ciiarlsstox, February' l'.?Gen. Canby, in compliance with the request of the Conveutioti, has issued -an order staying for three months execution*- on real and personal property. ; * - V *&' ? m The Bureau of . Statistics -reports the numbor of immigrants since 1&G1 'to one million and a half. Increased paasen jers. not immigrants. dnrintr th? stim* (?mo ?r? estimated at a quarter of a million. United Presbyterian?The ReVi R. B.\v Ewing, pftbtoy of. the, Second United Presbyterian clnjrchf pf Xonia, Ohio, has announced tu.hjs congregation that jbtfli aceepts^th1bv.-c#^t^-which has been made oat for him by the first United Preebyterian-chrCrch of Mon- ... mouth, Illinois. " t The Rev, Dr. Robert j learn that the Rev. Dr. JSTnII, of Alabama, liaa.Rccepted mi invitalion to labor as^VMn-"' . goHst within the bouncU of. the &ynodof Missouri, lip pRBsed through week before last oh hia r/ay to-thai Stale;, ^ amount ^w-Totfc .for Oie ] J in the bonds <jf Georgia,- is rtportel to-hi "' \ between three and four liundied tliqUj&nd IAIIO fO ' A new system of telegraphing, claiming [o obviato many. of the defeela of tha Morao sjstem, was t*ied on: th??W^tera" v'i Union Oornp^DyVwjoj?,- M. ffyilaad, lh? j i>tb?r day, aud wa* reported "to b?- ijuitr thankful. . -*.1 "V, ^ . ' vj< > ;.St t . A S.tf.issioYj^pii ^ iwepor.tj^, b%s*dr: *"j dressed. fetteqi' .to^eWaT lEwopeap Qor- t iri) men is, ai$. J$jgUt;0*n;. jSut* ha ..i lias"discovered n 'motive- DOWar wbiflhsu P?'C$? f WPO;O0^fQr ;; , liifc?orat, iU ^ ' " t ' > ; \ * % V. .: -f ' j ... y : \ >< * *v . , , - - ...? :X<t$9taQXt Davi?.h?fr" ^p-qomiquted for* tbo presidency lb? Tex<yj Pacific Rail* : ^ ro?cL I?e m now in |8oiapi|>pi? - .; TUf Mayor, of JacVwOj 1 yjfc e# - J vv.J 55p8pj6& -It tu ?... llllnf^tfa^M|Mri^S THEIR REWARD. Neithor Katy 13lai d nor 13 Ion Hurt ley slept very boundly on the ni^lil at'ier thoy sent their coinmui>icntion to iho "Manner." Ea:h had an iin pressiuu ihut when their letter wu> read there would bo an excitement in iho town ; and thoy naturally lull . .'.Ellen llartly, as her father opened t,he "Banner" that morning, held her breath in sunpense. Siio was a timid little girl, almost afraid of her shadow, as wo say sometimes. Tho stronger will und tirout courage of her friend Katy had led her to tako a share in liwk work ?>f trying to wako up the people to a Bcnso of their danger; Jut no sooner wa? tlu;ir letter to the L*dit'?r beyond recall than doubt, and rear-crept into her mind and caused i?er gic-at uneasiness. Sho felt sure that everybody would know who tho 'Two Little Girls" were. So when hbo ?aw her father open tho "Banner"'her lOal't, in fliillnr. a.nd kIir Iw'I.I