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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*
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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
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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." .
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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.
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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.
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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. ! .
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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? |
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