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tS " ' s=!==ag=gsg ' ' 1 1 SSSII?IE, I .. Liiu , f I i i i < n . j BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. JANUARY 15, 1869. VOLUME XVI?NO. 38. Vnn Tntt- infii'Virtr. n<%^? I rtn.i 1 ? ? ? mmwa t jiajmjcm i'llADOl The Charges made by Solomon L. Hoge, against the Managers of Election, and People of Abbeville District, in his Protest of Mr. Reed's Election to Congress. 21st. I chargo that, in tho County of Abbeville, in said Third Concrros slonal District, tbcro arc about fortytwo hundred (42,00) registered voters, (the exact number I do not know and cannot state,) who are eolored men, and who, if allowed to exercise their own free will, would vote the Rcpubli- < can tickot, and about eighteen (18,00) ] hundred (the exact number I do not ' know) registered voters, who are white i men, That, out of tho aforesaid num- ) bcr of about forty-two hundred col- 1 ored voters, I received only about < oight (8,00) hundred votes. That, by i tho threats, fraud, intimidation, and i acts of violence of yonr friends, made ( and done, by and with your consent, ^ and knowledge, I was deprived of the ( tmfAO ap aUa.^ t* /Ol AAN 1 Tvivo ui uuwut tn11"iui" nun- I dred persons, (the exact number I do 1 not know, and cannot state,) who 1 would have voted for me, had they c been allowed to vote. a 22nd. That, on the day of eloction, (the 3rd day of November, A. D., 1868) U a largo number of persons, at least ii fifteen hundred, who were not rcsi- p dents of said County of Abbeville, in s said district, and not entitled, to vote c therein, came into said County of Ab- t bcville, from the County of Engeficld, e and other adjoining Counties, and dis- s; tributed themselves among the differ- c ent election precincts, in said County ti of Abbeville, and took possession of h the polls, at said election precincts, 1( and did preV?5nt from voting, at said election precincts, on said day of clec- q tion, colored persons, who were legal ;r voters in said County of Abbeville, to p the number of about thirty-four hun- s. drcd, all of whom would have voted g fjr me. , I] 23rd. That said persons came into v said County of Abbeville, in said dis- <j trict, mounted and arraed with revol- C( vers, Winchester rifles, and other fire- e] arms and deadly weaponsf, and rode n from one precinct to another, casting muir voics iur 3'ou. X bat, at tho dec- | jj tion prccinct of Calhoun Mills, in said County, at least ono hundred persons ^ mounted and armed, as aforesaid, took c< possession of tho polls, and drove away from said precincts, at least four hundred colored persons, legal votors, in said County, and prevented them ^j from casting their votes, on said day of election, all of whom would have voted for me ; and that said mounted ^ Vi and armed body of men, non-residents of said County ?of Abbeville, fraudu- w lently and illegally cast their votes for _ L VOIl. t Ait vi 24th. At tlio election precinct of Ab bcvillc Court House, in the County of 1 Abbeville,* in said district, at least cc three hundred persons, who were nonresidents of said County, fraudulently ai and illegally cast their vatcs for you ; ct and that thcro wero armed men sta- ct tioned on the different roads leading , to said election precincts, who prevented at least four hundred legal voters, in said County, and all of . whom would have voted for me, from going to said clootion precincts, and r voting on said day of election. w 25th. At the election precinct Of r.c 'Cokcsbury, in the oounty of Abbeville, , in said district, at least throo hundred "Dersons. who werft rmn-rnuwlonio aP said county, fraudulently and illegally w cast their votes for you ; and that said P1 non-residents did by threats, force and 80 violence, prevent atloast four hundred colored persons, legal voters in said ? county, from casting their votes on in said day of election, knowing that said persons would vote for me. ^ 26th. At the election precinct of rc ^Greenwood, in the county of Abbe- ?} ville, in said district, at leost two hun- V( ,dred personB, who were non-residents v< of Raid nniinf.u frnnHnlonJl^ :n~ ft* ? -y j ? ???.vuviJf UUU 11W V"* gaily cast their votes for you; and that at least two hundred legal voters ,of said county, who wonld have voted ^ for me, were prevented from voting *n on said day of election, by parties fr of armed men, who drove them awav f? from the said polls. ' r " 27th. At the election- precinct of P1 Ninety-Six, in the county of Abbeville, ^ In the said district, at, least two hon- 01 dred persons, non-residents of the said 02 county, fraudulently and illegally cast ?* their votes fbr you; and that, at least, pne hundred and eighty legal voters, ^ who would have voted for %ne, were v' prevented frbm voting by armed di parties of men, who drove said persons v( away from the, polls, and would not w allow said persons to cast their votes. ai 28th. At the Section precinct of & I^ong Cane Mill?, Lj the county cf Ab- fr Seville, in said district, at least fifty V( peradha, Who were noft-xeeidenta of M said codoty, fraudulently and illegally * cast their votes??* you; and that, at least, twenty**!?? voters in said ol county, who wquld hAva voted for me, >tI were prevented tW roting on said W day of eleotktt *f fcmwril violence, * A W i iiiiu atfimT.r i?h*ti. 'tiiidii At tho election prccinct of Woodville, in tho county of Abbeville, in said district, at least ono hundred persqps, jvlio wero non-residents of said county, fraudulently and illegally cast thoir votes for you; and that, by intimidation, forco and violonce, at least eighty colored persons, who were legal voters, in said county, were prevented from aoting on said day of election at said prccinct. 30th. At the election prccinct of White Ilall, iu the county of Abbeville, in said district, a party of at least four hundred armed men took possession of tho polls, and drove away from said polls, at least ono hundred loyal voters, that would havo voted for me, und that said parly of armed men did lot allow a single Jicpubliean vote to je cast at said precinct, on said day of slcction ; and that somo parly of armed nen shot at, and killed ono colored nan, mortally wounded ono other, who has since died,) and Bhot and screrely wounded fix other colored men, all of said number being members of iie Republican party,) and that a argc number of said party, at least four lundred, wcro non-residents of said lounty, and that they fraudulently ind illegally cast their votes for you. 31st. At th-3 election precinct of ioslcy's, in the county of Abbeville, n said district, at least four hundred int?orvn a ~ * * ^.owua, nuii-resiucnis 01 aid county, fraudulently and illegally ast their votes for you ; and that, by hrcats, force and violence, at least ighty colored persons, legal voters in aid county, were prevented from asting their votes on said day of elecion; and that said persons would ave voted for me. had they been alwod to vote. 32nd. At the election precinct of 'othran's, in the county of Abbeville, i said district, at least one hundred ct'sons, who were non-residents of lid county, did fraudulently and ille- 1 ally cast their votes for you; and liat said persons did, by force and iolence, prevent, at least, ono hunred colored men, legal votors in said ounty, from voting on said day of lection, and that all of said colored ton xr/Mil^ ?*-? ..uulu uuvu >uiuu iur inc. 33rd. At the election precinct of ! radley's Mills, in the county of Abbe- ' ille, in snid district, at least one hun- ( red persons, non-residents of paid ' junty, did. fraudulently and illegally ' ist their votes for you; and at said 1 rccincls, a party of armed iren, bv ' >rce and violence, drove away from ' ie polls at least two hundred colored 1 icn, legil voters in said count}-, and ' revented them from casting their f ates on said day of election, all of 5 hom would havo voted for me. ' 34th. At the election precinct of 1 cdar Springs, in the county of Abbe- f ille, in said district, at least one hun- 1 red persons, non-residents of said | 1 muty, irauuuicntiy ana illegally cast >cir votos for you ; and that, by force ( id violence, at least one hundred ^ ' i >lored persons, legal voters in said 1 mnty, were prevented from casting leir votes on said day-of election, ull ' whom would have voted for me. 35th. At the election precinct of rarenton, in tho couuty of Abbeville, said district, at least one hundred audulcnt and illegal votes were cast w you by persons who were non>sidents of said county, and not cnlled to vote therein; and that, by ireats, force and violence, at least one indred legal voters in said county, ho would havo voted for me, woro evented from casting their votes on ;id dav of filftntirm ' y --WV.W4. ( 2Gth. At tho olootion preeinot of * ordeaux, in the county of Abbavile, f said district, at least ono hundred audulent and illegal votes were cast ? r you, by persons who were non- f isidents of said county, and at least le hundred colored persons, legal J )ters in said county, who would have 1 )ted for mf> WW hxr fni-nn ? 1 .? va V) AVtVV) VlUlCUUtJ K id intimidation, prevented from vong on said day of eloetion. t 37th. At the election precinct of < ribles, in the county of Abbeville, j said district, at least one hundred i audulent and illegal votes were cast r you, by persons who were non- i isidonts of said county; and that a i uty of armed men, did, by force, < treats and violence, prevent, at least, < lO hnrulrn/1 anrl fiftw 1?<"1 : ? - - ? ? MUU WVJ | 1U 1 il(l county, from voting on said day ' election at Baid precinct. < 28th. At the election precinct of < owndosville, in said county of Abbe- j lie, in said district, at least ono huu- 1 red and fifly fraudulent and illegal j iters were cast for yen, by persons < ho wore non-residents of said county, i id that a party of armed men, by 1 rce, threats and violence, drove away , om the'polls, and prevented from < >ting, at least three hundred lawial id legal voters of said county, all of ; hoca would hive voted for me, had ' iey been allowed a vote on said day a relpction. That, at eaeh and all y < 0 election precincts hereinbefore entioned, in said county of Abbeville, j fthe fraudulent and iUegaivotesbast ; 1 Mkl day of elottioa, wejo east for ; > .y. i ' >< - -..y, | [ , , . you, and that nil of tlio said acts of violenco woro engaged in and practiced upon tho eolored votors, at the different precincts in said county, by your friends and partisans, with your knowlcdgo and consent. oOlh. That at the different election precincts in said county of Abbeville, in said district, viz : tho precincts of Abbcvillo Court House, Cokcsbury, Greenwood, Ninety Six, Long Cane Mills, Wood/illo, Whitehall, Colhran's, Mosley's, Calhoun's Mills, Cedar Springs, Bradley's Mills, Warrcr. ton,Bordeaux. Triblt'siiiul T-nwmlps. ville, many of the managers of election were not sworn, as in accordance to law they should have been. 40lh. That in the county of Abbeville, in said district, there were many murders and assassinations of leading Republicans; that the lion. 13. F. [Randolph was assassinated in said county on the 10th day of October, A. 1)., 18G8, whilo canvassing said county for me. That James Martin, a member of the General Assembly from said* county, and a leading Republican therein, was assassinated during the same month, or tho month previous, and numbers of colored mon, whoso names are unknown to me, wcro shot and murdered, and that these murders and assassinations were brought about by menbers of the Democratic party for the purpose of defeating n>y elec 11UI1. See. 53d. That by virtue of the general and wholesale system of intimidations, threats, outrages and terrorism practiced throughout the counties of Lexington, Newberry, Abbeville and Anderson, togctller with the fraud and illegality practiced at the different election precincts in each of said counties, the election in the said counties is null and void, See. 5Gth. That it would be impossible for me, with safety to myself, to go into the counties of Abbeville, Newberry and Anderson, -for the purpose of taking testimony in this contest, that I would bo assassinated by your friends and partisans if I made the attempt to do so. 54th. I chargc that in the Spring and. Summer of the year 18G8 an extensive combination and conspiracy >f persons residing in different parts if the State of South Carolina, was , formed for the purpose of compelling the electors of said State to vote for the candidates supported by said com l>in:ition and conspiracy, at the clcc- , Lion required l>y law to be held in the ( several Congressional Districts, in the said State, and to prevent from voting it said election all electors supporting j :-andidates in opposition to those supported by said combination and connpiracy; that in pursuance of such conspiracy candidates were agreed ipon, to be supported by said combi- ' nation and conspiracy, for the offices ' >f members of Congress to the Forty- 1 First Congress of the United States, j rom the several Congressional Dis;ricts of said State, and among others ' .hat you were put forth as one of said candidates, and supported by said combination and conspiracy, for said Third Congressional District; that in pursuance of the aforesaid objects and 1 ntcrests, of said combination and conspiracy, public meetings were ? called at various places throughout 1 tn.i(l Stntft hv tKo tmnonno oa 1 wj vuv |/VI OV1IO CUIII Ul IJCU | tnd conspiring, at which it was imong other things publicly resolved xs follows : * First. That no elector in said Slate )pposing the election of said eandilates, supported by eaid conspiracy, ihould bo employed by persons boonging to said combination and conspiracy, or should bo retained in the ^ jervice of said conspirators. . Second. That no suoh elector should , i>e retained in the employment or be , permitted to reside on tho lands of laid conspirator. ] Third. That all electors supporting % mid last named candidates should reicive support and protection as citi- ] sens and neighbors from said conspirators in their lives and property. It was publicly announced that i i nlnoa * * >uu peupio oi eoior in said 3 State should supp^t said last named 1 candidates that they would be driven 1 with violence from said Slate and pre- 1 rented from remaining or living within the same. That in pursuance 1 of the interests and objects M said j conspiracy the public newspapers of the State were almost without exception influenced and required to givo 1 publicity to such determinations and < objects, and by other public and 1 secret means, including the persocu- 1 lion of all opposing the acts of said 1 conspirators, tne majority of the | people of said district wero compelled , to conform to and comply with the < plane and pupoaes of said conspiracy, i That in further pnrsuit of the afore- i said pdrposos and interests ?f stid oonapiratora, armed bodies of men i were'fbmed in deferent partfof s^id j State, especially in tho,ihkd fid fourth Congressional btsti^cte,. who | < patrolled said districts, by day and by 1 night, for many weeks prior to Buid olection, giving out with threats and acts of personal violence, that porsons opposing the election of said last named candidates would bo killed or driven out of tho country, that many persons wcro actually killed for said cause by said armed bands, and that tho people of said Third and Fourth Congressional Districts wcro intimidated and overawed, so that largo numbers were provented from voting for the candidates running in opposition to tho candidates supported by said conspirators, and that in consequence of 6uch unlawful acts and influences at least ten thousand ' doctors of said Third Concessional ^ District wcro prevented from depositing their votes at said election, who had determined to cast their votes for mo as member of Congress from said district, which votc.s, if deposited, would liavo given me a majority of tho votes cast for said last named i oflico. i i Good Investment i I "No home, no home ?" , There was something very plaintive in | the intonations of the voice, and the words j fell sweetiv. lllOttnl) audio nnnn mrr ' v I O "VI "I'VM "'J """ I "No home." ( I was Lurrying along Randolph Street, ] in the oil} of Chicago. Perhaps I should not have 6topped, only that the voice reminded me of a little girl of my own, who ( was at the time fi'teen hundred miles ( away. I felt a slight twich at the heart, as ^ tho words Came pleadingly on the night ? air. ' No homo, no home!'' These words were all repeated at intej- t vals, and the one ppeakiog them could not ^ have heen more than seven years old. She j stood in a dark place, few wore passing the night was threatening, no policemen f appeared to be within hearing; it was ^ somewhat chilly, and aa late a* half-past j (en in the evening. "What should I oo 1 I had been accustomed to dismiss from ^ sight and mind all mendicants; ragged children, poor widows, old men, and the whole disgusting crew, as cheats. I walked a few paces past this little girl. "No home !" V n flow the words smote me. What if a c little girl of mine should come time be thus j( Jesolate and ulune, and should cry out in e her anguish to parsing strangers unheeded. Tlie thought went to my heart like a knife. I stopped, almost by impulse. I could r ;ee no person in bight. I coijld hear no n foot Tail on the pavement. It was iaipossi- w hie tlmt her cry was genuine, a9 sotno good g souls by strange circumstances get drifted ^ in with outcasts from society. Perhaps, a ?lso, this little girl was uttering an honest M iry among the thousand false voices. Cl I thought then, that it was better to be st ileceived once in a wjiilo, than never to fi i>ake an effort to assist the unfortunate. I n: .bought so, and yet I cannot tell why I rr bought so at that particular time, since I S liad been accustomed to think directly op- ai losite. I suppose it was the loneliness of si my houce during the few days preceding, 01 wiie and ciiiltfien absent, bad something ai o do with it. A uWbat is the mailer, my little one," I J( iaid,akindly. ol She shrunk bnck as if ufraid of the as- F usUncs she bad invoked. Perhaps I did bl lot speak as kindly as I imagined. * I had ll lot experience iu addressing children under tl iuch circumstances. Ol ' Where do you live dear," I said. * w'Way off." ei "Don't cry, now, my darling, and I will pi ead von hom?." ? ? ? "I don't wan't to. I han't got any home, ot ir. Mamma died, aDd aunty whips me ^ 10 1 can't Blay." ? "Well, thought I, this is the old story, le ind the little one is unworthy, after all. She is provoking and disobedient, and ruus ct iway from a kind aunt, who wishes to cor G ect her. ?1 I turned to go. The child sobbed. No, I could not leave her in the dark street t'one, to suffer, worthy or unworthy. "Will you tell me your name,little one V* oc [ atked." p< "Luty, sir." ot "Well,Luty, dear,! am going with you m to your aunt's. 1 guess she won't whip ec jrou any more. If she does, I will take you fit o my home. Come, now, doo'tory any. hi more. We most walk as fast as we can, In ind you mu*t show me the way." ic I gave her no time to reply, but took at jer by the band and led ber along the lb javeraent. ' tr "Down this way, sir." m I followed, where she led the way in ai imong a row of amafT wooden houses, set fir in poets. The houses were not old nor I w rioktlv. Kut 11 ?1 ?,?j , ? .mvij ??io nam mm cueap, in eilb mud to uo measurable quantities all eu iround and underneath them. I bad t? jretty much ma^e op raj mind that I di would . test the truth of }ht iiUl? girl's h< noryt thjo leave ber or take her bomearith al me, according m ^he story should prove ? .rue or (else.. r w ' This is where .^BtjtWes, ?lr,H the fa mid.-efcoppieg Jbefore a hptoae which looked no ISOSSSistim I ihatcroeh; exists is ooftMotios with |k4 hi circumstances sometimes. 'Now you go in, my dear," I said, ''and I will stay here. If she whips you, come uiid tell me." 4,I don't want to, but I will. Yon is real good, sir." Sbe stepped into the house while I remained in tho street. She was no sooner out of sight, than the plun which I had adopted appeared to me to be anything but judicious. If sbe should bo abused, I could not eee it ; and more than likely sh? would not be permitted to come and tell me. I was not long in this state of mind regarding the plan, for in two minutes after the door closed on little Luty, it was opened again by a coarse woman, and the child puahed down the steps. "There, you little lying heathen, don't ahow your face again till you bring the money!" I know then precisely how the case stood This coarse aunt was teaching the child to beg, exercising the inhuman treatment to accomplish her object. Slio required a stipulated sum every night. I did not suppose that the woman could be cruel enough to leave the child all night in (he street; 1 presumed that she intended to keep her out long enough to impress the child with the importance of bringing home the necessary amount in future. [ walked quietly to the little girl, lying upon her side, at the foot of the half dozen Heps leading up to the door. She was iurt badly from the fall, and utterly overcome wiih grief. I took her up in my arm9, and placed ny face to hers. The unexpected kindies8 unsealed the fountain, and the hot ears flowed fast down upon ray face. Her irras found the way aronnd my neck, and ihe pressed me closer aod closer. I had H ipon tbat day toiled since early morning o add to my store, but no sweotness of the lay, though marvellously successful, was ? ike the sweetness of Luty's clasp and tear3# * I carried her in my nrms all the way to w ny house upon the west side. The next 11 lay I procured her suitable clothing. Tbe ^ onelineeB left my house, and no child of t( ny own loves me more fondly now than l< lear little Luty, just twelve year# old to. w ay* r Seventy-five thousand dollars invested n bonds have never yielded me bo much ? appiness as the affection of this girl. In- ^ eslments in flesh and blood, made in the '' ight spirit?not for slavery, but for eman- 5"' ipatiou?are, I am convinced, the most w jdicious aud best-paying investments on ^ arth. y imt L A Colony op Armenian Immigrants oh tue Soutii.?Ao Armenian gentlelan f'om Constantinople has arrived here rith a view of finding a location in the ouihern States for a colony of two bun- ar red Armenian families, lie yesterday w ddressed a number of his countrymen ea rho are?resident here. He alluded to the ansiderable body of Armenians at Con- ''j antinople who entertained a desire to iid a land of religious liberty, where they * light settle, and said that tbe American ii6sionaries bad pointed to the Southern ? tales of America as the promisod land, nd also as a region having a climate 1 milar to tbat of the countries bordering a the Mediterranean. This it a novel id desirable element in the emigration to c? ro erica. In race the Armenian* are ?' apbetic; in faith they are Christian, but 06 ' a confession that difjers both from the tn roteslant and Catholic, though it reaemles the latter in many respects. Though ie Armenians have long been subject to m ie Turks and Persians, they are a people ?u f remarkable enterprise and intelligence, *'< ilh a valuable old literature and many he ninent scholars. They have in times Sv tst established colonies in various parts Ai ! Southern Europe, and tbey are nuiuer- ce is in the oities of Earopean Turkey. If thi ie first colony to this 'country prove a de iccess, as we trust it may, we shall doubt* en ss in time see several thousand Armen- an ns follow it from Constantinople. They thi in find in Virginia, South Carolina* or be eorgia, localities tbat offer them every ve iportunity for freedom, happiness, health m( id pecuniary success.?New York Times, mi ?.. ? ? ho Cbafpkd Hands.?In this season of ild winds many are suffering from ohap- tw hands, lips and faoes. The following tra turee will soarcely fail to cure, and is at oat certain to prevent these inconveni ' ices. Wash the chapped surface with 00 >e soap, and while the soap is on the P^? tods place in Ibe palm a lublespoonful of P61 idiaa meal. Before removing the soap sai rub Ibe bands thoroughly with the meal wa id-the soaptnds, then rinse the hand* re? 0 roughly w*th soft tepid water until all '' see of the soap * repcved,usinga little P?1 est each time notil tne last, which will 001 d greatly in removing the soap and dirt otl um the cracks in the cuticle. Finally, 7? ipe the bands very thoroughly^and rinse em in enough water to , moisten 1 their ha irface, in which has been ponred a qoar- ^ r of a teaspoonful of jftiie glycerine, > ' j them withont wiping, Being * mild Mt, aql rubbing them notil the water is 1 evaporated. By thu process, the dirt aft 'ID all Imp* been removed, and in its.stead ev 111 nunain a eoat of glycerine. The ef- ioi et of this application will be apparent by ok >9rtrifBf,4f it be made upon retiring to th< &****&**# 050* **4 M, bq ire> however, or It *ill untrt* Instead of Um Mlfng. I The Beginning of Evil. It was such a little thingOne sligh' twist of crimson string But it was stealing all the snine; And the child who took it knew That she told what was not true, Just to screen herself from blame, First a theft and ihen a lie? Both recorded up on high. K was but a little slip, 0 Just a taste upon the lip; But it left a longing there; Then the measure larger grew. And the habit strengthened too, Till it would no curbing bear. So the demon Drink decoys; ooui ana ooay uoiu aaauoys. It was but one littla word, Softly spoken, scarcely heard, Uttered by a single breath, But it dared to take in vain God's most high and holy name, So provoking wrath and death. Soon his lips, once fresh end fair, Opened but to curse and swear. It was but one little blow, Passions sudden overflow, Scarcely heeded it its fall: But, once loosed, the fiery soul Would no longer brcok control; Lawe it spumed, defied them all, Till the hands, love clasped in vain, Wore the murderer's criuiion stain. Ah 1 it is the foxes small, Slyly climbing o'er the wall, That destroy th? tender vines ; And it is the spark of fire, Brightening, growing, curling higher, That across the forest shines. Just so, step by step, does ein, it unchecked, a triumph win. Methuselah Drowned in the Flood. ?We make the following extract from an riicle contributed to the Louisville Dem crat : # All we know of the origin of the earth f our rnce we learn from Revelations, 'he chronology ueed by the civilized rorld is founded on the data furnished us 1 the Bible. We reckon the date of the ood from the dates found in the Glh cliapirof Genesis. We lenrn from this chap)r, that Adam lived, before his son Seth 'as born, 130 years; Seth lived before is son Enos was born, 105 years; Enos ived, before his son Cainan was born 0 yearn; Cainan lived, before his son fahalalul wes horn, 70 years ; Mahalalul ved , before his son Jared was born, G5 ears; Jared lived, before his son Enoch Ss born, 102 years; Enoch lived, before is son Methuselah (687) was born, 95 Bars; Methuselah lived, before his son nniAttl noa V>ftrn 1 Q*7 ?**?'? T 1 -?? wiuf jlsj m j cmo , xjHiuecn red before bia sod Noab was born, 182 ars. Noab, bence, was born Anoo ' undi 1056. ' Iu Genesis, 7Lh chapter, Gib verse, we ' e informed that Noah was 600 years old 1 ben tbe flood of water was upon the 1 irtb. Add 600 years (his age) to 1056, ' e date of bis birth, and we bave 1656, ' ] e date of tbe flood. We learn from the fib verae, 5th chapter of Genesis, that 1 ill tbe days of Methuseluh were 969 i sars and he died." By reference to Die regoing table, it will be seen th?t Me- \ uselab was born Anoo Mundi 687; add 1 s age (969) to 687, the date of bis birth ( id we bave 1656, tbe tiine "when the >od of waters was upon the earth." Tbe 1 Delusion is as certain as figuies, that the iest man was drowned for his wickedss. [And is a reina.table proof of the Jth of tbe Bible figures*] The velocipede mania is making treeodous strides in popularity. Starting the gay capital of France, it has long 8 ice taken possession of tbe provinces, it 11 a gotten a footing in Germany and ? ritzerland, and now it baa invaded a merica. Paris, however, is the bead ' ntre. There, the great difficulty ia for s 9 manufacturers there to supply the e maod. . One establishment in Paris (< ) ploy a two hundred and fifty workmen, 8 d turns out twelve a day, at a cost of F tee hundred francs each. But the oum- b r of shops ia increasing daily. A *> locipede, well constructed and well P maged, on a road in good order, and h oderately eteep, will make .tan miles an o ur. A person can make sixty miles a it y with less fatigue than he could walk oi enty mile*. This would seem tw be coo- h ry to the laws of pbyticK, and contradict u i axiom, that what is gained in swiftness " oat in force, and vice verta. But it is tx t so. Different muscles ara brought into W iy, which, by tbeir action on the veloci- tl de, produce greater results than tbo ol ne muscular exertion would do in tt Iking. The French bare iovesligated.aucV p lolved tbe difference mathematically, and ai must be so. But tbe "condition is india- e: Diable that the machine should be wall a; attracted and skilfully manoeuvred; li terwise, if Uie road is uneven or muddy, a u bed better dismount and wslk. New tl irk, Boston, Baltimore and Wsftbingtoa Ui re velocipedes flying a boot their street*, cl bo will be the first to introduce them ^ o Cbsrleetoa % A correspondent of tbe Prairit Jfarmr, Jjj er experimenting tea years with nearly' try breed, ba*oome to tbe deoided opin- L ? that tbe "Suffolk will furuiah th^j Mt pork for U)e least money* and wHWi ?leset tremble, over any otberkind SS1& gt," He considers them "the eaiiMipt, and perfectly. harmless s tbey,i?^|u; rlemi o?sl, ud are ready at any mae! k the Letcher " jp ? Self-Sustaining Farms. Ex Governor Z.. B. Vance, of Nonli Carolina, it) his address before the Border Agricultural Fa:r at 'anville, a few weeks ago, offered the following practical suggestion : In a Country so sparsely 6ettled as ours, and where lands are held in 6uch large bodies, the theory of a division of labor is not sound economy in farming operations. Ever** farm fkllfllllfl lift na nwor.tr ?nrlrtnnn_ ? ...J dent and self- upporling in all respects as it can possibly be made. In mercantile parlance, a farmer should, if possible, be n general dealer to at least the extent of bis own consumption. Planting, therefore, as contradistinguished from farming?by which we understand a special devotion to cotton, rice, tobacco, or any great 6taple ? is liable to this objection, it is not self sus Laiuiog. An imperfect and unwise ar rangement, that is, by which so many of our planters expend the proceeds of their staple crops for provisions and stock, thus paying.double proEts and commissions as well as shipping away the fatness of their soils every year and placing nothing back in lieu of it. Every man who tills the soil as a means of living should surely first provide himself with everything which his (arm will grow before be plants a single seed for sale. Another great objection to planting, or special farming, is that it is ruinously destructive to fertility and an enemy to the improvement of lands. It is, 1 believe, au accepted truth that there are no meaus of permanent improvement in our soils equal to the cultivation of some of the grasses and the rearing of flocks, which both retain and return fertility to the e?rth. We are here directly on the dividing line between the planting and the grazing regions of the United Slates( and by a judicious and scienliQc intermingling of both, I give it a3 my un hesitating opinion ihat we stand in a bettor position to secure wealth by agricultural means than any other people on the continent.:?Southern Planter and Farmer. Australian beef and mutton are now being introduced into England in large quantities. Formerly the sheep and the entitle of Australia exceeded by several millions toe actual want of the colonists, who I in order to dispose of their flocks profitably, were obliged to boil down'the i>arcH8ses for the tallow, which, with the 1 Bkineandtlie wool, formed the principle ' articles of export. The Government of 1 the Colony of Queensland, not long ago, 1 offered a handsome reward to ,the person who should succeed in shipping to Eng. 'and a given quantity of Australian meat. ( ^umerons attempts have been made to , ;arry out this inject, but the failures j lave been very large in number. Recent- f y, however, there has been received in x England 2000 wliolo fheep, 2500 legs of u nuiton and ten tons of beef, shipped from H \uRtralia. The process of preparation of ^ .his cargo is very simple. The bones are t ;ut of the carcass, which is then 6teeped a n pickle, wrapped up in clean white ilollis, and packed closely in barrels with j. he interstices filled up with seeds or * nelted fat, for the purpose of excluding r - ^ JC be air. Another experimenter lias Sued (] ip a ship witb the necessary apparatus for a ecei ving a cargo of frozen meat, which is f( ixpecled 10 arrive in England about De- j( tember. King Ludwig of Bararia has got bira? v elf sent to Coventry in a manner whicb uust be especially trying to a boy of bis ears. Tbe late king undertook, to form p t Munich what be was pleased to call e, be New Round Table?its knights being Q, ucb men as Heyse, Budanstedt, L;ebig, Cl tc., on whom he conferred ainecnres, pro- 8( sscorsbips, and pensions, designed to in- (t are tbeir continuing at bis capital while a; mrsuing their studies. Now among these a| nights U Emanuel Geibel, one of the pj lost eminent of living German lyrical w OP fa and IHa nriAt ImirAalo nf 1 J . ?.-M- w. 'UUWk, H is native plaoe. Not long ago the King <], f Prussia visited Lubeck, and it became a laureate's duly to addreas to bim a poem ni f welcome, ia which Oeibel erprwed bit w ope for the bappy completion of Oerman fn nity under Prussia's lead ; and tbe poem aa printed Hi Dr. Juliua Rodenberg'a ? tagaaine, "Der Salon" Retaining to ^ tuniob, Qeibet waa met by a notification iat bia pension waa stopped "on account#, f bia politioal tendencies." Thereupon! <p te poet -wrote'to tbe Kiog r.m'gwg bin ?, wdera of^ kajgj^hoyl* eto ^ ad Paul Heyse immediately followed *b?i 4 tampie^ begging to express bia entire ^ greement witb tbe political view* in quea- ^ on, and tendering bia resignation*. Tbe 8l i alter, of coarse ia ^one of comment tj jiioragbout Germany* and ia ita social and ?j taryy world the yoang Kiog is under a kil *? 'JL. Jtttie boy in an infant claw one d?y 1 m Hi to teaober, 'Oar little baby** dead I" i w jiter speaking about It for a few infantes, I *' ie teaOher. asked tbesoboiar, *lWonldyon %t fee to die f' W'np^^Kpt jet." The. }* ?|obar bought he wished U> live till he V rsie grown lip or bcoame a taaa ; hut the n hlld was thinkisg of something else, for M he meant by saying tf Sfoi ei<f;t,ltot till ^ gfl n now tart V Perhaps some older ichqlkrs ootyld at hate giv?t a better wver. The Parisian demand for false hair, imw more active than at any former period in the history of tho*&ecr? monde, is in a fan way to be supplied from a new t>ourcc When the French army was in Mexico many of the Indians fled in terror to get out of the way j but first hid in caves and woods the tropins of their ancestors. Of these trophies none are more sacred than the scalps of enemies with the liair at taclied. It appears that a smart French speculator bribed some natives to discover the hidden treasures, and the French ship Propbete, from Vera Cruz, has just arrived at Havre witb the first cargo, consisting in great part of the rcidps of the Apaches, Comanchea and otber native Mexican tribes. The result 13 an acquisition for France which is expected to cause a fall in the French proviuces where the pea?:u ' girls bavo been accustomed lo sell their hair early and wear a cotton handkerchief round tho head for the rest of their lives. The owners of tho new stock say that when it is well purified by steam *it becomes beautifully soft arid glossy, and cannot be distinguished except by its more intense color from, that of the girls of. Nortnandy and Auvergne. A Bold Resolve.?"Mamma, when I am a man, I will begin to lovo Jesus." These words fell from tbe*lip9 of tbe fine little fellow scarcely six years old. His mamma bad endeavored, lime after time, to impress on bis youthful mind the necessity of early piety ; but, hitherto, all her persuasions seemed in vain. When be uttered the^e words, she said, "But, my dear, suppose yon do not live to be a man !" lie remained 6ilent for some minut- . with his eyes fixed on tbe ceiling, as if deep thought; and then, with a re-, i. . countenan -e, addoil' "Then, mamma, 1 > better begin at once." Now, my dear young readers, will you follow Eddie'* example, and becjin at oucc ? There is no time like the present for serving the Lord.* If you put it off a little longer, you will, 'pcrllapsj find that you have put it off a little too long. You have been frequently reminded in these pnges, and perhaps by incidents occurring around you, that the youngest is not too young to die. But neither are you too young to give your heart to Jesus. If yon go to Llim now, yon will noi regret it when you become men aud women; but, on the-contrary, will find God's c<ro and protection to bo over you at all time*, and that ILj fulfill His promises in ways that you cannot fully undejstand. Velocipedes.?Wo have heard so much >f velocipedes from tlie other bide of tli<vater, that it may be interesting to know micticully how fust they go, and how useul they are likely to he. In France, v lie re tins institution has been tuoat in ise, they find uo difficulty in attaining a peed of Irotn twelve to thirteen miles an lour. Persous skilled in .woiking tbem /ill go fifty miles in five hourj, without lighting from their vehicle?. A party ame from Rouen to Paris, on the 21st of ist September, a distance qf eighty-five atleB, between the breakfast rnnd iho French dinner bour, or early evening. A inn has driven one of them one hundred ud twenty-three miles, during twenl}'- ^ >ur hours, taking bis time for' rest and )od out of the came. It cannot be driven p steep,bills, but the rider taust didmouut nd draw it, which, from its lightuesa, is' ery .Mil, dope. A Workshop.?A farmer is "accoralisbed," if in addition to sufficient knowlJge of farming to be successful, tWP La's aough of one or two trades, solie in tarn bis hand to tbem, and "do fair >rtof work aa bis needs require. Most trmers must do some carpentering,~and II must be bandy with joiner's tools. The bility to use an awl and waxed-end in itching harness oomes often in play ; and ben a man oan do neat bit of soldering, hen tin wares leak, be will find bis solBring iron and accompaniments amopg le most essential articles of bis shop furiture. Every farm should have a good orkebop, with all the tools ki it that the irmer has occasion to use, if bd can use leos well ; keep them constantly in order r immedia# vfee.?Amet-iean AgriculluW&r 'A New Wat o* 'Makixo Brzao? he Germans have a proveVh which algnithat ho(:oite in ahundro<f knows how ryttttriMMIBttf ^ This'is exemplified riirdst, but it has always kq a mystery "how the idle, worthless sgroee Been on tVe streets succeeded in titttining life. Witbfa-tbe past few days lis mystery has been partially solved, 'he Zeitang says that the pupils of Pro Mor Hoffman's school1 have been fi uently stopped by negroes who sbatch. isir lunch cans /rotd ibeii* iutads^ni oped. These darkies were eyidatilfy n lxlotik to wra their dftiiy^bread ,'by ti vent of their brows, but preferred osin teh chance opportunities as were' throw i their way. It was^lVttf&^/rdm Uk rstetpifttie plata pursoed 'fh^t' the hungry / igs hkd studied' the qfc&nW of living itbout !abo?, and the rald' Ww bVemed> ,V : i / |'6u? yC ntyr"Y The prioo of-gas in Glsaftestea^,u Suoed t9 U por 1,000 feet, y *