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' ' : gBBBgftg TT " -""^j BY W.A. LEE AND IIUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 13,18(53; - . ' VOLUME XV?NO. 47 | EARNING A VOTE. "And so you want to raarry my daughter, young man," said Furmec Burton, romoving tho pipo from hi& rnoutb, and looking at tho young fol: low abarply from head to too. Despite hie raihor indolont, effeminate air, which was mainly the result of bis, education, LuUo Jordan was a fiuo looking fellow, and not easily moved from his solf-possession j but ?10 colored and grew confuscd beneath tbat sharp, scrutinizing look. "Yes bir. I fipoko to Miss Mary last evening, and she?sbo referred me to you." TKA AM mon'a fnnrt ertftnnA*! Law VIVA lUUli O ovr lUUKl/Ui '.Molly is a good girl, a very good girl," ho said, Btr.oking his chin with a thoughtful air, "and sho deserves a good husband. What can you do ?" Tho young man looked rathor blank at Ibis abrupt inquiry. "If you refer to my ability to support a wife, I can assure you?" "I know that you aro well off, Luke Jordan, but 1 take it for granted that you asked my girl to marry you, not your property. What guarantee can you givo mo, in case it should be swept away?as it is in thousands of instances?that you could provide for lier a comfortablo home? You have hands arid brains?do you know how ,to use them 1 Again Table, what can you do V* .^L'hiswasa stylo of catechism for tvnicii juuko was quito unproparou, anil ho stared blankly at the questioner without speaking. ' I bclievo you managed to got through college?havo you any profession?" "No, sir; I thought?" ' liavo you any trade ?" * "No, sir. My father thought that, with the wealth 1 should inherit, 1 should not need any." "Your father thought liko a fool then. He'd much better havo given you some honest occupation, and cut you oif with a shilling?it might have been the making of you. As it is, what aro you fit for? Hero you arc, Atfong, able-bodied young man, twenty-four years old, and nevor uui iicu 1* jiciiny in juur uiu ; iuu wight bo ashamed of youraolf." "And you want to marry my daughl *7' "resumed the old man, after a few vigorous puffs at Lis pipe. "Now I've given Molly as good adv.antagoa 1'or teaming as a ?iii could have, and she hasn't thrown 'em away; but if she didn't know bow to work, she'd bo no daughter of mine. If I chose, I could keep more sarvanle; but I dori't, no more than I choose that, my daughter should be a pale, spiritless creature, full of dyspepsia and all manner of iinc-lady alimenti, instead of the smiling, bright oyod, rosy-ehcik lass she is. I did say that she should marry no lad that bad been curacd with a " rich father; but elie's taken a foplish liking to you, and I'll tell ye what I'll do. Go to work, and prove yourself to a man; perfect yourself in some jQdWipation?I don't oare what, so it . - be bOnest; then, com otto mo, and if the girl is willing, alio iAyours." As.t^fj^ld man said uiiy, he deliberately knocked iho ashesjput of his f _ ? A. C < I I /V f it . ptp& agu.insi^uo 01 lue ui mu porch wher%;^p was aittingj^^^Jced it into his pockef^aud went inwuthe fcoqije, ' Pretty Mary Burton wag waiting^ see ber lover down at the garden-gattS their usual try sting place. The soar ling ligbt faded from her qpes as sh< noticed his sober, diecomfitte&?Ioek. "Father means well," she aftid, ai Luke told her. the result of his application. .."And I'm not snre but wba Q ho is about right,"4sho resumed, aftei a thoughtful pause; "for it .seems fl - me that every man, be he rich or poor ought to have some occupation." ' . Then, as she noticcd her . lover' _ ' ?i*ftVO look, she added softly "Neve , mind: I'll waiLfnr unn TjoIk* / - -------- j * Lako Jordan suddenly* dlaappoarci from his accustomed haunts, much t the earftrise of. h's guy associate* ?n$? Whoever' to wont, lie carrio with him in h'isxixile theBo words," Jin wbfah w'wo like a tower of strongt ?o bis sonl?"I'll wait for you, Luk? One pleasant sunshiny morning iate in GtftoWr,-"aa farmer Burto was fl apping.up the grapevine in h front .that.ibrfiftteped to brea dow^jtfftfi.^be weight;'of its luxai PB8'b?^<!^.i^|jfirt.io^king cart drov up, from wl\Ich(Xikke Jordan alight* ' . " %.#. with^^uick|0llwtic-Spripg, qui to 1 contrast to his former easy, leisure! jnoVefaonts/ * - .* l' ,.. C /'Goptf morning,' Mr. Burton. I u derstood that you wanted to taj'son ^ lb>tt?r-tab8 ftad cider barrels. . libit 1 ^3 Umva oAtma La*>A 4 af> tntll 1110* ^ IfWTV WflV HV? V ?MHW w?ll J UO? DU *T"-: : ... oVVhoao r4oooired the- d " " - <IMinc/* replied-J#ak?, wjlhan air " " pardofrabl? pride; and I chaUenj 6 ^anWa tjo thefn ? Mr. Burid^^xaitrtkerf fhom one' I m j set down ?k* af'tha 4ot?..^Wh I Jofcettyou for six moot' \ '* WJi . -ago to-day?your daughtor, sir." The roguish twinkle in tho old man's oyos broadened into a smile. "You'vo got thought motal in you, .alter all," ho cried. "Uomo in, lud ? como in. 1 shouldn't wonder if we mado a bargain. Nothing loth, Luke oboyed. "Molly !" bawled Mr. Burton, thrusting his headjfcito tho kitchon door. Molly trif|IR out into tho hall. The round white arms wcro bared above tho elbows, and boro tiaccs of the Hour alio had been sitting, lier circus was a neat gingham, over which was Lied a bluo checked apron; but sho looked us winning and lovely as she always did wherever sho was found. Sho blushed and smiled as she saw Luke, and thou, turning her oyes upon her lather, waited to hear what be had to say. Tho old man regarded his daughter for a moment with a quizzical look. "Moily, this young man?perhaps you've seen him before?has brought mo a lot of tuba and barrels, all of his own make?a right good article, too. lie a3ks a protty prico for 'em ; but if you arc willing to givo it, well and good; and hark ye, my girl?whatever bargain you mako, I'll ratify." As Mr. 13urton said this, he eonsid erate!y stepped out of tho room, and wo will follow his example. But the kind ol bargain tho young people made can roadily bo conjcctured by tho speedy wodding that fallowed. HOW TO MAKE MANURE, First. Ilaul rotton wood pile litter or course mould?best dry?into your stabloa uutil it covcrs tho floor three or four inches deep enough to mako a warm bed for the horses.?This will absorb the uring, and tho liquor portion of the dung, which wouid. otherwise sink iuto tho ground, or fly into the air;?and make tlireo times as much manure as you usually get from your horses. Second, llaul a load or two of wood pile littor, or mould lo your hen houso, and scatter it over lhe floor an inch or two according to tho nu::?ber r?f t.hn w?., VVI.?n ; ihcro is enough of it, rako it up in ! one corner in u heap and begin again, j Here you bavo a manure ujual to gu ano, in fac#, ^nano itself. Third. Have a pen three feet deep, i put into it wood-pile litter a foot, or ( two feot deep ; and on this empty ! your urinals every ' morning, your i soap-spds every wash day, and all the | sweepings from tiio house and yard. 1 If it begins to small, throw on more I woodpile litter, or cjj?1 dust. This is manure:?I have tried it often. Whon well managed, it helps to purify tho air around the dwelling. Fourth. Litter your lots with leaves or straw, if not all over, at least at tho lower cornor, to catch the oozing from above; scatter several | loads of woodpdo litter, or mould, or even earth on tho leaves, which will^ help to. absorb tho liquid manure which will otherwise bo wasted. A great deal of manure can be m?do in 1 this wav. if vour stock are well man j aged. If your manure bo drawn up into sharp heaps, and covered with a i litter earth, it will be leached by the , rains,- i*ut this manure ii?o your : oo^on or turnip hills, or where 3-011 ploa^O. p? IT you want yoar lands to oV'Tjjfrprove, adopt somo judicious - rotatiorfof. ftrops. Do not plant in )' succession ^he samo land in tho same cv^th t^rjco Tit oftonor.?This is d<Jne j in no countnTWjfero ogricnUnre floui shos, or liAtTis irap'rovod?^o land, I ihowevcr ri^j, can stni^l such aeon rat p long?it e^a\tted. Ilort Wbphcro landa flro ^oap^tmiLw ill pro') J^e 80mo TO bliouk red^hem once in threo or footgears, s anAW?tbem gfbw'aa m,u^t^rrfs3-fl n ( r weed* as is pdteible. Thija|g-yhor turned u^tfer, wil\bo.an othoHwm^ 3 of manuring. Tho^gcodfl will bring 0 up minorai sans iccrm^no buusou, ti 1 be mingled bQjho plo^^WitU t^o soi d above; tbo. imn of mpJKregetablc d will act upon tflfrcarth and form nev b compounds; tbo decaying littor-wil act mechanically, making tbo soil mor r; -loose and easior to work?it-will ab rt sorb'moisture from tho air, and drf(il is in the devrs?it will darken the soi k and thaB make It warmer?it will at L- -sorb more- water, and tb'ns- make i tq .8trii)d,drough8 bettor, aod for the sum id < reason, ip will wash less. In a yror in assisted by the application oT aninu [y and mineral manures, it. will make a most -any soil rich,- &ow, * read a: n jfo to w.otk. .1bivo sbowB^ you hoi *e.nny indostrious raan,-wlj6 has a hotn ,k he can caUfrufo^n,may ttfKe'willad iiti economy toindustiy,-live in ?6mf(rir * . J* TT~ . i. Id hfetkddi ' r^Ef t ^ngjiah,-Mo*l^>di9cai#.j?tj Jeaa of has revealed little literary activity, ge not little inSSItattUial resonrc?, 8?n< i." the ^laj^ofjO^rlta ^.^Yateon.i J >y watfa mat^'of Wmaflt, In a aeonU paper, atone oftjbe la}e eetoiona < be 1 -A-?0 attained ^nperiority over the parei ciiurch." . a ** . i <r . TIIE TWO BROTHERS; AND WHAT ECHO SAID TO THEM. Once on a timo, two little boys. And naughty ones you'll ray, Rr?>Ived before they'd ro to si-bool, Tliat tbey would go oud pluy. The epot tbey ebooso to linger at, And peut tbcmni'lves to cbat, Re-echoed, or sent back the "voice? Bui tlu-y did not know that. Said William to bis brother Dick, "We shall not be found out." ' Bat Echo mocked llie naughty boy, And answered, "Be fonml out." "I fonr," 8.lid Dich to little Will, That somo one overlwaw lid looked to see, nnd Kclio llieu Cried, "Some one overhears." "OJi! nover mind." said William, then, "Uoine do n?>t be afraid!" So when llicy both began to piny, Said Echo?"L'e afraid." "What can it l?e C' ?aid William. "Oh, let us us go to school," For he bpg in to bu afraid ; Said Echo?'Goto school. Then, softly whispering, they said, "Oh, if our mn&tcr knows ; Bui Echo. answering every word, Said, softly?" Master knows." "What 6hnll we do ?" then William said, 'Wo must not tell a lie." And then they heard Echo's voice Say?"Jfust not tell a lie." Bo Dick Logon to cry, and said, "William, you brought ino here Said Echo, iu a mournful tone, " William, you brought me here." "I never will Jo this again, If master will furgivi*," Said Will to Dick ; and then the voice Said?"Mauler will forgive." "Then let ub go," s.iid little Will; "Come, Dicky, do not cry," And in the same tone Echo said? "Come, lJivky, do not cry." We shall not l?c so very lute, If wc make haste nwny And Echo, will) a Wnl'liny voice, Cried out?"Make haste away." Then Dicky dried his tears, and said, "I will do so no more; And Echo, in a che<*.-ful voice, Then said?"lfo no no more." "Then we'll he off to school." s;\id tliey: Ami oft' they <iuiuklv ran : AuJ, -iia(>|>ily wt-re just in lime, iiefoi e tliu school buy mi. Remember, then, my little friend*, Though Kclio nothing knew, Tli- rc's One above who always knaws, Boll) wliut you suy oinl do. ' A MOTHERS WORDS. i A youth of eighteen or nineteen years, siital nn open window?a look ! of puinful porplt xity on bin fu'eo, caus- J , cd apparently bj* a letter ho luId in j his hand. After Bitting thus for soinc | i minutes, lrj muttered to himself, ''Yes, | 1 must go ; if I don't, Urown and Smith will bo laughing at mo, and | culling mo righteous overmuch ; and, | after all, there's no great harm in it, lor I'll go to church in tho morning? j and it:s only to bo a auil down the riv'or, and ppond the day in the country." Sail, he pressL-u his hand on his forehead for an instant, then rising has* tily, hoauid, "There is no use bothoriug about it; I must go." As ho rose, his ej o lighted .on the sotting sun, and, as he did- so, his wholo expression changed ; a ewoou yet half-sad look played on his face?. ! his thoughts wore olsowhei'c?anothor j scono was beforo bid cyos. Tho dajk street bad disappeared, and in its stead a neat country collage bad risen. In ' thought bo was there; onco moro he - aaw the hilts that roso near that coltnge home; onco inoro tho bluo wa tors of tho distant luko glistened bo5 foro him j onco moro he sat in the cot f n / /?' r*n M* 1 rtr\ rtf! 1? ? ?? *<! ma/vI K bUBu tiuluv'J nuuuia >viuu>vv;u mubiiyi^ ' .and watched the eCtting Bun. Once moro that mother's words sounded in his oars?,'J61in, don't for1 get your, God, and ho'll not fwrgoiyou. ' 'Rothombcr his Sabbath day, to keep ? itJjoly.' Though sinners entice tbee j to break it, consent thou not. Oh, .whon you're tomptod to do wrong, 8 don't forget to pray ! JNever let the v sun go down on a prayorleBS day.? May the God of the fatherless guide 0 you?may the Lord Jesus bo youi ~ Saviour 1" . . j "JYeB^Bix months bad passed since he beard these worJe* and yet tBej nAAMa/) 1/v t-f- ? 1^1 Bcuiusu w d'iuu'j 111 tut} ears, xoart 6 filled bis eyes \ and, rising, bp folded ^ bis bands and -kaelt in prayer; ihop kl tttkipg.ap ^is.pen, he wrote\bus; 1. * "T^ank*; J&rowri, (pr your. in vita r lion j but I oannOt accept it. "My da ? ty to God fe to obey bis commands 0 and b? bfttb said, 'Itomernber tbe Safe ^ bath day to'ken'p it fioly/ Spending f tbe day in idlopleaaur?, is not. doinf tbis;'aod ,1 /viph you would thiol it over the subject, and not go yourself. ty. flow.great Jf the influence of a piif ous molberkuwordsI H&w.wonderfq se" I the'answers to her earnest prayers 1[t Bible Clai* Magazine." . Vt 'tr., i of A herd of Buffalo went righ f . through ihe streets of Stays QIC) if, Kansas, huit week. CitMens fired a rt them from doors and windows/ tfss *' btfl^lo meat is now pteotl Wth*rt. # * / >v ^ ^ ;.v 1 m -f WINTER WORK. Thodayaaro now happily gono by wlion winter was tho most laborious season of the year, whon tho ringing of tho sturdy woodman's, axo woko tho cchocs on evory hand, cach . day vhat camo and vront, as bo cleared away tho forest, that tho soil might yield its tributo to the industry of man. Beautiful homesteads and well cultivated Holds now graco tho landscape, whero onco stood tho glades of forest, unbroken saro by the tread of tho wild beast or tho still wilder Indian ; yot in tho efforts made to clear the soil wo fear tlio wooduians axo haB boon too unsparing, and already many regret that moro wis(]nm liflil flVrtw.ia.wl ?iv.u ..MW Iivv uvvti VAWIVIOI.U 111 IVttVing bolts of forost along tlio northern sido of every farm, as a shelter from 1 the chilling blasts which row sweep uncontrolled over the bleak wintery landscape. Boforo many yoars it will be found a necessity to plant trees both for shetlter and fuel, the last bcJ ing already scarce near the older settlements. Yet even now thoro is plenty of work to bo done to beguile I away tho sbort but weary hours. Now is the time to lay your plans ( for tho busy season of vegetation. Dotermmo what.you will do with | each Geld and patch on the farm, and ihon do it rightly ; remembering that | what is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Lay in onough fuel ! while there is sleighing to last tho summer through; and what is more,, have it cut and piled near tho houso handy for the "tvoraon folks." Nono but thoso who have experienced it can know what a bother and loss of val> J nablo time is to bo cutting firewood j in the busy seaaou; and then only 1 think what a pity it is to have sweet tempers rufkd. calling in vain for wood, and having to go and cut it for themselves to cook the dinner for a number of hungry follows hard at woik in the fluids roady for ^repairing the fences. That next to tho road should c.'peeially be ao. With tho progress of agricultural knowledge tho old idea that -manure should be lcopt in the 3'ard till just ber o seeding time, and then hauled out! jd hid uuder the soil, is fust bee >ni- i ing obsolete. ALunuro it is found, j gives the host returns when applied as j a tho dressing, lo the soil, and the | -winter is tho time to haul it out, if j vv oil roiled , on to tho .meadows, or! cvtu fall wheat; if not it can bo left ; in heaps, ready to spread in spiing, : beioro plowing commences. It is a wonder that with so many | resonrcc* at our disposal out of which j to increase tho productions of the j I . -- - - ccur.liy,so luw uro disposed La make ; uso of Ihem. There is scarcely a farm on which there is not a swamp or bod of-muck whioh is Iho best raw material out of which the manure heap can he increased. Now, this material rarely freezes 10 any depth, and can bo most oasily dug out in winter and haulod to the j bafn-yaid, where, mixed with tho manure heap, it soon decomposes, imbibes tho ammonia from tho urine, and adds a large amour.t of voidable sails to thos?? of animal attraction already in tho heap. Tho unlcached ashes should bo carefully eavod and mixed wilh tho plaster in proportion of ono to four before sowing. This adiilion of ashes is sure destruction sorrell, and helps the crops greatly on all soils in which 4imo is present in any quantity. Do not forget to ace that all the implements are in proper repair, ready for tho spring work.- Last, but not least, remoinber that it is the raindthat makes llie budy rich. You havoaeoul. Wbab'.good would it do you if ydu Owned tho wiiolo world and had no pleasant future to look forward to? Tho days of man are short; they aro numbered, like tiie grass he growetb, then ho wilhereth away. Wo.jonv.y not the man who when hif day's wotk is done' cannot , enjoy the pleasant relaxation of an evoning spent in reading and intelli, gont conversation with hid family or . his neighbor#. ? . With thd*present facilities for the , spread of knowledgo, through that , mighty engine the press, which has v revolutionized tho ideas of the world, I books and papers are so cheap that it Is a disgrace to any man not io have an abundance of them in his house. Would that their senfto in selecting them were equal to their ability .topossess them. ' J Don't-forgdt that the care of stook j in" winter is; one t>f the most. iippoV? tant items. Ik- is always tho beat * polipy to see that thev hava orerv ? care, and plenty of food,' water, aod shelter. -"Hitoh 'dowi it lib&rally tod " and regularly milked from the -tim6 they oatve til! the.'grfeu cofflep- *gatn, wiA give a raoob greater yield daring the' iilramertbahli beglected atHfyt; for onqe jet the pa fall offintbtWy^d * of miHt it cannot be recovered ^gain, r? ^C&le is especially the oaee wlth.yooog ,t> beliera wlth-tbair first caff. ^heir to b fate pr6jEV*abtt?e?aa jntll?**.grtatlj dape&d* on the eara takea at fifat. ^ ^ ^ jjj ECONOMY. In thoso hard limes, necessity suggests to every ono tbo study of econo my?economy in everything. When wo consider the immoneo. sums spent alt through tho country in articles not' really uccoaaary for comfort, how much id expondod more than U ncccs8r?ry in order to pleaso oflr own or othor pooplo'a eyes, wo are led (o tho conclusion that a JjctvJ erully observed among our; pbop!ti^fot? a few years, would -eocurot for iliem-i Rucli a start as to ept\l>lp.them to recover, at no very dis&ilt <tay, their former prospcri'.y. * -i' Economy docs not -cqn^it Qnly in retrenching superfluous.expenses; it implies also a management of those which are necessary. j?eoflomy antl^ parsimony, however thyjT may appear to rcscmWo each othe^lm* very different: Economy is that frugal manago ment of time and means which adverse times corapol a sousihle, honestman to adept; but parsimony is the adoption of the samo rigid frugality by & man well to da in tho world, not from any ncccssjty* but from tho natural mealiness of his disposition, or tho avaricious desire of adding to the wealth he already has. Ho poorjman, in times like tlieso, need bo- ashamed of curtailing bis pors&nal or h?us5bold expenses so as to enable lye) to work through the present aud ubido Iho future. Wo somotimos think?perhaps the with id Iho father to tho thought? that tho lato revolution, however torribio in its effects and lamentablo in its results to our people, may have been permittod by God not alono as a punishment, but also as a Llc-sing to tho South. We all know how many of our young mon, possessed of noblo and useful lacultios too, under the old regime, were utterly useless to the country. They huntoi and they fished, attended ball*, and visited watering places in tho season, but they practiced no trade or profession, and followed no occupation. They lived upon tho laborB of others, and the very idleness of tho liTe they led tuo often induced recklessness and dissipation. All that has passed a.v.ay. The transition was teriiblo, but il bus pat-.sed away forever. VVbatovor wt muy havo thought whilo it oxiated now that it is gone, wo would not desire to see it restored, evCn if it wore possible. Under the present system, every man must work, or stoul, or starve. We take it for granted that the majority will work, for tbero are i.oue that would prefer to starve, though there will always be s mo who would rather steal. Wo;k, first a necessity, will become a habit, and, when luund to bo accompanied bj' corresponding advantages, will bo adoptod from choice. In all civil'zed countries where property is not ti*d down by law, the industrious men livo.and prosper?tho idlers dio' out. Let ovory man, then, go to work, and livo economically. Tho times at present may be hard, but lUey will gradually becomo easier, and, before wo aro aware of it, wo shall find ourselves talking ot hard times as something belonging to tho past.?Mobile Advertiser cfc lieyister. , Twice Blessed.?Upon a very cold day in winter, two travellers woro dr: vtng along in a pledge, wrapped up id furs from bead to foot, and oven their facos wci'o closcly covered.* At length they saw a poor man who bad sunken down, bonumbod and frozon in the &now. MWo mast stop and help him," sa'.d one of tho travellers. "Stop and help him !" criod ;ho other, "you will never think of stopping on such a day as this V* "But I cannot leave this man to perfsb," answered tho more humane traveller; "oorae, help mo to rouse hina." "Not I; I havo too much regard for my. own, lifer I wi|l sh here and keep rfiysolf warm till you come hack." So saying be lay back in bis seat, whild Jiis companion hastened to Jielp the perishing nrmu whom ho bad so providentially discovered Tho ordinary meaue of restoring con 8ci0usu08s wero tried with success but the kind?hoarlcd traveler was bc indent upon saving the life of, a fullow-croatnro, tbat be had forgotten hit n?n orhnorwn - n'lirl urh*t. ukm' tki oort sequences1 Why, the vory effjrti which ho mado to warm tbo p ranger warmed himself, and llnjs ho had i tVb't6ld reward/ Ho had theawee consciousness of doin^ a benevokn act, find he aktfcfound himsolj glpwVnj from hosd to- foot. Oa retarding *'Ci -the-sledge be found his companion al moefr feady to p-riab wtth Intepa cold. ; AJways rdmo.rfrbef, ih doinj jEjqod to oUtero yofr' will* j?Q.goo4 V > yonreolf. ' ' \ ^ * from lite lloratoian stations at Xabra dor'tt'entioft IW ttflertstrh# fac ' Xh?l tWQ*cif the*ES'^qTmaax con??iy? ' j^an.ofgoIflft tapb^tx jllw, g/JB I 1^.10 tf>0 hfathsa Ip J&o.Iifartk, an - hum starUd om tbil mIwIm. -Book ' ftei to molt neqttrftgipg, ?fid tariioi UUtf K ftwogktod, and skm^ROttoned |k rev * -a ? TEE LOST CHILD. Somo years ayo, in a qniot little town, on a btill, calm cvo, when tho stars with their twinkling light, and tho moou'd hojy faoo looked down upon sleeping nature, tho startling cry, "A child is loat!" pierccd tho night air, and as tho thrilling news wus cokocd from Hp to lip, loving mothers pressed thoir nostiing ones close j ou tuoir iiuuriH, witn u man lei ul> prayor that they wore safe; then with | tenilor sympathy thoy prayed for tho | speedy restoration of th j lost ono to its stricken mother's annH. "Iwuh not long before kind friends hud collected, and companies wero formed to soarch in different directions. Tho distractcd mother could not bo detained at home, but joinod tho eearchorB, bceoccliing tbom, with wild lam| ontations, to find lior child. 'Twas in tho early ovoning tho littlo one, a . child of o?.ly tbreo years, bad last . been seen. Tboy did not miss her un I til tho shades of night wcro gathering j and ibon sho could not ho found, i Hour after hour passed and still the 1 search proved unavailing* aiid the ! mother's heart began to sicken with j deadly, apprehension, her strength gavo way, and sinking down, sho alj most gavo up in silent despair. Jie newed efforts, however, wero mado ; by S3*mpath:zing neighbors, and at length, alter many a woary hour, a riBgiug shout swelled upon tho midj night air, sa} ing tho child is found, i In an opon field, amid the the tail wa virg grain, -with her hands sweetly " lotded, fcerijiead pillowed upon the j'damp earth, antPrflj>?ed in 6oft elumj bor, the little one- lay. Surely God's | own angola kept watch over tho sleep ing child. Hastily they boro her home| ward, and laid her in he? mother'b j arms, and, oh, as bho pressed her dar: ling to her heart *-jain, tears of grat| Ijude rolled down her cheeky, and i with a busting heart she exclaimed, | "Thank God, tho lost is found tho dead is alive." Questioning tho child 1 they could only learn, from her aim - | j pie story, that, wandering from her j i homo, alio had gro.vn weary, and j laid down to rest awhile. Header are you like this litllo one, j wandering from your home? Aiv ; you in tho broad way that leads to j doiith, wandering from your LLcaven| Father, whoso lovo surpasses a mothi er's love? Oh, como to Him who | was 32nt to seek and them that are j lost. Grieve no longer Ilia heart. | Ho is over set king you, over calling j you, hoed Hinkind and loving voice, i L'ly to the arms- outstretched to re; ceive you, atad far moro tenderly than j that moth_'r claspcd her lost child to j hor breast, will ilo rqceivoyou. And j lovingly, most lovingly, will ho evcrI more protect you l'.om eternal barm. Tbero\vftsj?y in many hearts that i:ight when the lost one was restored to its mother, hat, oh, ->vhon a sinner lQ3t, is fouud, bow much greater the juy, forihe angels themselves rojoioo, uud strike their harps with a louder sound. Corao then, poor, lost sinner, that thoy may rojoico over yoi. Just nftor the train at Angola was wrecked, a child?a baby?scarcely old enough to talk plain, was pit-Iced up near ono of tho cars by a brakeman, seemingly unconscious of what had occurred. It ahowod some sign* of life, ho\vover, and tho moment it . discovered that an arm encircled its waist it nestled closely up to Iheinan, uttered the words "papa," "mamma," and died without tbo contraction of ? maBL-lo. Only a fovv momools elapsed from tho time it' was taken up until it diod. A beautiful smilo encircled tlic lips after doath, ho lifelike, such a<> would have been tbe caso had its last 1 sweet words upon earth have boon 1 uttered in the qmot and happy family circle at home. i -? ? A clergyman going to a miserly old * lady to beg fon a worthy object, foand himself refused on tho grouiTd of poverty. Fcig'ning himself mn'-b interested in her story ho expressed groat surprise thereat, and eaid, ."1 bad not thought you in suoh want;" and then . tukir.g out some monoy, he said: j ?'Ilero*ia bo mctbirg tbat will do for the present piirppae; when 1 catl agajo, I,will bring you. more." ^Tbo j old lady was so enraged that ah* gave 3 -him a good roand sum' to show him that she did not mean she <was a pan > , . ? 1 U-Por* o ?. t Important Ikcinion.? \Ve .hear, thai t the' Bnpreme Court 6f the United $ States' iibve "decided that tbo_space o along (he river, in fr6nt of the City, i- no & covered by tllo wharves,"belongs e to the.United States,.and; that corog mjBsioners havo been apppioted.jp rV e Ceivo'and take charge oL the property for the no** owfifereft Oar. inturnrant wafeo'tie of. IhoAsaiamiMlondrs.^-'ilfo * w > . ... ft Encouraging from Ru?nq7?>-A Chriid jjan lalxoref barf*lately opmmnnibatec ** t\?f that Vsttera. aad QQtnmumoa it ctoiU of. a xecent dale from 4h? f? ? Interior of Bowla, from ativen bondrei < to a thoiisand Dfiilea beyond IImo?h - hayo boon roo?ived, wMoh,ln atravfv I1 go Heal point of view, aro highly on ; oQttia^irrg ?cd XttU ot irUoreat. _' " . III - Mia iiian NEWS SUMMARY. Went Point.?A. graduato of "Wost Point writes to tho Chicago Tribune : "At West L'oint thoro is no morul inlluenco. Nut even- tho coram6n barriors of society arc tlieib to eliock and restrain tho strong tendency toward vicc. .Religion thero is not ovon aname, savo to bo gcoTTod at and derided. Tho natural result of all this.is immorality, vulgarity, profanity, and licentiousness, to :i fearful degreo. M uch of this is chocked by tho strict J /! * * -- " " ! cuuuncincnt ana rigid Uisoipline, but it bursts forth at every opportunity, and nothing but a strong, thorough reorganizing of tho wholo course of training ean ever chango tho moral atmosphoro of Wost .Point. Young inon go thcro every yoar with good habits, with unsullied reputations, and eye six months havo passed thoy aro completely debauched, their idoas are all changed. Tho principles which were as dear to them as life are. broken and forgotten. Morally, they aro shipwrecked, and those who eomo aftor thcin imbibo thoir ideas and follow tboir bad example." More Trouble. ? Tho Now-Ilavcn Jour mil says : Thoro is a prospeot .of a ease of discipline fully as important sis that of tho Ilev. Stephen 11. Tyr.g, jr., now on trial in New York, growing up on the Uhodo Island border of tho Slato of Connecticut. Tho liov. John I*. Hubbard, on Episcopal roctor in Westerly, has bocomo very enthusiastic in relation to tho work of tho Rev. Mr. Potter, a congrogationalist revivalist, and bus expressed, public ly, a desiro to invito him into his pulpit. In conscqncnco of this" exliibibi tion of fraternity, the Episcopal and iho Close Communion Baptist clorgy mon exchanged pulpits on Sunday of this week, with tho assent of promioent members of their reppcctive congregations. It is more than probable that tho higher authorities in the churchcs will call thoir clergymon to account. Scrr/coiil Bales. ?This ex-Federal soldier, who, it is said, has beta Iargi* amount that ho could make .a trip on foot through tho South, carrying tho United States flag, without a cent of mone}'; and bo treated kindly, reached Columbus, Ga., on Tucsda3% tho 25ll?, and was received with demonstrations of kindness. Ho left for Macon tho next morning.' llis age is about thirty yoars. lie is of medium height, slimly built, and has a thin, frank, open.and intelligent face. IIis dross is of silk velvet, and around his wais1, he wore, v\li'.;n on the march, a red sash. Ilo was welcomed in Craw? ford most kindly. Ilis b.iggago goeby rail, under charge of hie servant T'.o K ill i t is s'.atol that proceedings aro about to bo instituted against other parties who ate accused of going beyond tho usages of the Episcopal Church. An appeal directed to liiahop Pottor, is circulating for siirnatui'eH. 'an <1 rmmh?f r?f prominent laj'mon have alroady affixed their names. The object aimed at in tho appeal is to procure the enforcement of the canon law against tho ministers who are conducting the imitations of tho Iloraish ScnviceS', in St. Alban'a. Tho potitionors ask for investigation of thiscaso, which is giving universal scandal in tho Churcb. Inquiry is also desired into the pro-, ccodings of tho priost of tho Grouk Church, who was porrnilted to colobralo tho superstitions -mass of his Church in Trinity Chapel not long sinco. The document has not j et been published." * | "The now Constitution of Louisiana provides for tbo education of all children in pablic schools, without distinction of race or color; but ikadds, that "no separato schools shall bo os tablishod for any soparato race." In other words, neither whites nor blacks shall be permitted to provido soparato schools for their children, no matter how muc^both may desiro it I Whero is tbo necessity tor such a prohibition as this? And "Where is tbo common sense in making it? Why should'tbo ? two races be thus forced together, even i Against the will pi both ??Ntw York % Tribntie. c Sandwich JtlandsFebruary 5.?Tb? missionary packet Morning Star had arrived at Jlonoiuld..with iotelfigencc 1 of the death of Rev.- E. Johnson, at Jklioroiiesian Islands. v(ireat success 1 ia repbrtfed among .the Mioronesians The natives aro anxious to" learn, que . deeiro thai missionary- teachers tn aenfth?m. ' # - . ^ . * 3i*?i i ' -r *' > - . * J . A torren Cbf footli n~g water Vufst up through 1*-t jri^fti ao atteeiaa weH v which was b'eihg Jmnk'at La Gross* h Wiecoiiiin^fccalding several mea, melt , Ihff ttff tbjMQjfltr Tor Jotba tlx. ncrei r ard bpltfogf-lbiogs generally. V h?? bad a very severe winf tejj&'Ttae peasants bat? been llvin| ^OM^I'inade of irtraw and aaw dual t J 8 " . ' Confederate properly in JSnyland.? It is known that a very considorablo amount of Coufoderate property, including some casb balances in Ijivcr* pool, woro attached by tho-tfyitod Statos Government in England; but somo oi tho principal witnessed having been personally implicated in thQ rebellion, and tboir oBtatcs, if. arijr, on * this eido, liablo to confiscation.- tho English Vice Chancellor decided vlhat k t 4 tboy could not be compelled to test!- % * fy, w.hero it would, criminate. tbomsolvos. To romedy this obstruction^ ho as to rao^o full discovory and sur-?** * f' render of the "Confederate property" abroad, Cyngress has passed an act of indemnity in" certain canes, to relievo *) tho common law disability referied to.? * . _ , : .1 T . * / Fust Schedules?Out railroad* men * will bavo to bestir themeelre*. JV.t at..* : lato mooting of Western .officials,-it was dccided to run thiough from !Now York to Now Orleans in throe days and a half. Tho eame rate of speed, wo beliovo, can bo reached by tho roads passing through this State.-? Givo it a trial, gentlemen. The'quickcBltiuao t'rmo caraies tho threug.passengers.?Pheanix. . "* ;*"? 1 \ Phenomena.?Accordi Dgto one ;FrOfessor Delissor, thero will be great atmospheric commotion this-year,'electricity dischargee, heavy fgales, hightides, earthquakes, and nobodyknows what besides. Moreover, the'whole year will bo fearful for its storms, inundations, eruption^, quakings of tho earth, etc. We shall see and hoar of thoBe things if they occur. One of tho papers reports tho disoovery that Probidont Harrison, died in ono month after taking, Thomas Ewing into his Cubinet, and President Tuyler died in six months after Mr. Ewing joined his eoanoils." The NewYork Times would like to know if this is not really, the Scnato'a ground for refusing lo confirm Prosident Johnson's nomination of Mr. Ewing, and choosing the impeachment rather tban tbe risk. I*ov. J. A. Spurgeon has resigned his ministry at Cornwall-road chapel, Nottinghill, to become eo-pastorjvith . bis brother, Hev. C. H. Spurgeon, at the Tabernacle. He has been at Cornwall-road chapel between four and fivo years. It was built for him:- He carrios with him to his new sphere of labor tho best wishes of all tho ^congregation. Tho Frot-ostant Collego in 'Boirut commences its second -yoar with a Sophomoro . class of. eleven, and a Fronch class of twelve. The Chumars, a caste in India, numboriiig ~ somo fivo hand red and thirty-nine thousand members, havo dedorted Brahmanistn, arid started a now roligion, with a high priest, and priesthood of thoir own. ' ~ * Mr. Edward Judson, youngest son ; of ibo into AdOnirum Judson,- the missionaij', bus been appointed to the Professorship of tbo Latin and Modorn Languages in Madison University, llamilton, N. Y.. Ho is a graduate of Brown University. " "" Receipts at the Custom. IZbu w-^-Tho following show the receipts at the Custom Houso during the pafctinonth: .{ Valuo of goods e?tored for consumption ?28,748; valuo of goods entered for warohouso 819^43; total imports ?4.8/280.? Charleston Courier. I : 7 . . j Sinco Vanderbilt assumed Control of iho Hudson, Harlem and Central Railways, ho has oat off about 30,000 freo passoa,and compelled former dead heads to pay full fare whtfn'ridlng ovor thoae routes. ! . . V* - FluriJa ' Convention "Script."?The " Columbus Sun says some idea of the value of script, issued'by ; the'Mule Team Convention* may.be gleaned from tbo fict that .one of the .members is said to have given $10fr for a j bottle of whiskey, and Several others took drinks to the tune of twenty dollars a piece. - ? The St. Paul Pioneer says Jsinuary was the cordest month in Minnesota for forty-eight yeartr/ The mean tem\( peratufo was four degtees ftfrty-two h minutes* * The lowest temperature v was thirty degrees. v i* The' Key. .Mdrlbr feinrtiiW will . leave Liverpool in |he.Cnna*d. steamI er Sootia? fbr'Ne# Totl^' 'oh Hhe lllh > of April next. . .It Js expeotect that his 41 tour intbeCjfiited Stater will exteni ,'J 3Y?r aoveral.months. .**1 V M | The month tf Viroh, will, It , we*1* I events*?ih? it fail 4xff ^?Supo? $Avia i for Insisting that tbeSotrtfartBtetea ijj ' were out'ef We ITiIm, ?m w tritf *1 - iheywrUUb* Uokm. ;^*rW j b A man t? Brooklyn i*we^d By. 1 A man in Nsvr Y*rk Is a?a>?3l By? | - ? . - --o?-*<** -,"j| J