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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. JANUARY 22, 18G9. \OLl ME "X"V1?AO an " I_iuu int. auiiti> ll.I.E I'UESS.J Foreign Immigration. Stony Poikt, Annr. villi;District, ) South Carolina, Jan. 14, 18CJ. j John Gray, J?sr/., Due West: uear but : In u recent conversation with you my opinion was requested as to the inducements presented b}' oui District to the foreign immigrant Assured that they are multifarious, ] will attempt to enumerate those about which at) intelligent immigrant would most probably inquire. First, then, as to Government. Our national Government is theoretically better, and perhaps practical!}' as good aisanyof tho European Governments. Our State Government is at present mailt* prvr??"** " " ui i?Il uuuiuuiy, the Executive oftlccrs being aliens, the Legislature being in the bands of negroes, many of whom can neither read nor write intelligibly, and the Judiciary so changed, that time alone can test the wisdom or folly of the new system. As the career of those Who are more adventurers will perhaps be short, and as it is unnatural lor brute force to govern intelligence, the day cannot bo distant when the State will revert to the hands of lier bona fide citizens, when proper regard for the tax.paycr and property holder will pervade our statute books, and when wise and wholesome laws, iuipartially cxeeuted, will render our Government all that it can or ought to be tct the law abiding citizen, foreign or native born. Secondly, Religion. Jso people in the world, perhaps, have a more un-1 questioned privilege to worship God after the manner of their own choice than do the neonle of the South Ignorant of tlio union of clinrch and State, and exempt from all the fanatical issues, which for the past few years have distracted the North, we arc in my humble judgment emphatically a religious people; and I am not aware that any portion of the South is more devout, church-going, pious and exemplary than the citizens of our own section of the State. We have been charged with lawlessness hy. those who do not know us, but with i viuioiuiu y {ltiyo survived [ that odium, which waa attached to ua in consequence of the violent no(.s of a few desperadoes who infested our District, You have only to imagine yourself on the lofty spire of that beautiful sanctuary in Abbeville village, and let your mind's eye survey the District, to impress you with the religious character of our peoplo. Jilvery community has its Methodist, Presbyterian, Associate Reformed, Baptist, or Episcopal Church or Chappel, in which they can at pleasure worship Ciod with naught to molest ormakethem afraid, These denominations prevail in the order in which 1 have named them. Thirdly, Education. The observant foreigner need only visit us to 'be impressed with the general educational fidvpntagcs of Abbeville. The uniform intelligence of her citizens is sufficient evidence that schools abound, ?tiiu mat eaucation is appreciated. The middle Districts of South Carolina arc Remarkable for tlio comparative intelligence of their population, and foremost amongst these stand Abbeville. The child in this District that cannot attond school is an exception, and why should it not bo so when we recall tho scholastic advantages everywhere presented. In. your own beautiful village tho male aM female colleges are alike ornaments to the State and District. In Cokeshury the same advantages pre presented by flourishing male and female schools, while at Greenwood, !Ninety-Six, CedarSprings, Willington, Ijowndesvillo, and perhaps at other points which I do notremnmhAy excellent schools arc located. These are scattered through the country, while at our village, county seat, or Pptyrt Jtouae, there are both public and private schools, where scholars can be taught all the departments of learning in both ancient atid modern languages, In this enumeration I should not forgot J,ho Lethe School, a most praiseworthy institution, whore, by the manificonce pf the late Be LaHowe, a limited number of destitute children are taught to yrorlnjtfiwell a* td read. Tuition in pll of thc?e schools is. tcasonal^e, and m many of them low.; Board and ~ - ' ,vui?img, y^n do procured wherever a . ^ei^ool &looated for aaarnalla monthly pharge, perhaps, aa the same fare can iohadfor, in an^ other portion oi the babitftblo globe. ; [' Fourthly, JPojnitaiion,. Our popula. tlon, like that of the entire feoutfy, is a mixture of Whites and blacks, the jatUr gre^y prepen4|^ng aitthe pe^U|[^^ ' hqwo^er, natural lpcreaseof theblacka is much less than that of ^he -whites since the emaocip?ti*(ko? our thenegro is entfeedto etoigrtta ftth* yf&hfa Florida,; While property tie*-?6jn?el the ^hjte *oan |? ,? |inra;> ' ? ' ** ** >" 5 *> . . ygti* JMmm fr rrii,,^ and " boat* the ills he lias> rather than fly to those lie knows not of," and we hope for 1111 increasing influx of laboring, industrious white men amongst us ; henco I say the cxcees of the negro population must annually dei J crease. All foreigners, atul especially j ' those who speak our vernacular tongue, cherished a deep seated prcju. dice against the South because of the . institution of slavery. For instance, ; I once heard an Englishman remark, , while looking at Lord Nelson's monument in Liverpool, (which you proba bly have seen,) that the bronze figures j handcuffed and chained at the baso of; : the statute represented the manner in ! which slaves wero treated every night : in America. Such ignorance was and ' is tiie parent of that prejudice which j still exists toward the negro, though slavery has been removed. With the lower class of laborers there may bo just ground for this prejudice, for to my mind it is clear, that by the present generation the negro will be employed in preference to .the Dago (?) of Ireland or that class of foreign j labor, in all servile or menial duties. With the intelligent immigrant such j j prejudice should not exist, for a very ! short time would impress him with : the fact, that the best "help" to do ' servile work is the negro, and hence no fear of a commingling from a competition of labor. Since Noah cursed Ifam, the negro (if his genealogy can be traced back that far,) has boeu the hewer of wood and drawer of water for'those amongst whom lie lived, and this must ever be the case from Divine decree notwithstanding his claim to scat;? in high places in consequence pf his numerical majority here, Fifthly, Society. Our people are ; : proud, but compiepdably so. Money! seldom buys respect, and I do not think ^ j ii|eriL ever goea unrewarded. The i 1 humble hut honest laborer always 11 secures, because ho deserves, the J \ respect of his more fortunate neighbor. I j Tl)P lucky njihqh without brains or I . heart, though Bometimos sycophant}-! ] oally admired, seldom has Consistent > friepds. The successful laborer Is 1 ulwuys applauded for his industry, i Familiar association is confined to the ^ choice of individuals. , t Sixthly, Climate. Our climaf i r>v. < tremes are from twenty degrees J (Fahrenheit) below, to sixty-five de- > grees above freezing point, and sel- f dom, if eye}*, ai'c theso extremes t touched for more than a few days at a 1 time. During the months of December, January tind February a rain with 1 the thermometer at forty degrees is < ofLen succeeded by a sudden shirting s nP f liA t\*5nH irk VI'"Vr'v-41 * ' %.v/ Uiv M ^Ul'LiiWCbt I I or Northeast, which causes tho mer- t cury to fall twenty-four degrees in as c many hours, and probably in as many s more it ascends quite as rapidly. The \ reverse often happens in June, July or \ August. For a few days the ther- j momcter may indicate almost blood t heat in the shade ; hut this excessive f heat is, too, of short duration, c Tho irregularity of our seasons is 0 more remarkable than their regulari- F tj*. Spring often begins and continues v through February, when in March tho * past winter seems to have returned n upon us. April has latterlj' been more 11 windy than March ; and for several I years July has been dryer, Jane hot- d ter, August more sultry, September 0 more sicUly, January wetter and c colder, and October pleasanter tlian ^ any other month in the year. At all * sen sons of the year, winds prevailing r from the West and North-west, pro- A ducc seasonable and pleasant weather; s j- - * Uv/uviru?rv \Y1IJU3 pi'OUUCO "WWD? showers; South-east winds rain, and c East and North-east, eold wet weather. ^ Seventhly, Health. On this subject I v am reluctant to venturo an opinion, u Of virulent endemics and contagious s diseases, wre are ontirely ignorant, be- \\ pause heretofore completely exempt, o Ohilla and feyoys become locally epi- c dcmic, and this appears to arise from p morbific causos, as they are short-1 li uvea, Fevers, of typhoid nature, and d meningotio attacks, sometimes become ii prevalent, bnt never epidemic that I am aware of. Since ^857, 1 li^ve bad j under my }nvpfke<ftate ^upervie^an, an-, h nually, more than one hundred per- ^ sons, and have never, until the Fall of t 1868, lost one from local disease. My g judgment is, that the general health of t our country compares favorably with g any other in Christendom. We have ^ amongst us as rrmmr <%i/i J -1 J _ j lUVU ftUU U1U jj women, and probably report as few p det^hs, in proportion to the popula- a tion, as any. country in the world. jj Eighthly, Ifanufacttires. "We have c npne, nor arc we likely to have, unless t the propelling power bo j?team. Our J principal water eonraejB are Bock and e Littie Ilivovs, Long Can% Hard Labor t and Coranaca creeks. The two first. - n wjae excellent site* foe iqtpip- s fscturing purposes,, bat the $reeks are r alt sluggish, Irregular and nnmanag^ 1 able.! These fcwrte ure Wing to the i poculixu- geographiejtf features of tho c you Will ot>Bortfe that Abbeville is a c \ x. ?./?,> |: * square, standing longitudinally upon one of its angles, and t^Wards this angle most of tlio streams flow, though they empty into the two rivers, which bounding our Eastern and Western sides, arc over forty miles apart. Th'c South-eastern half of the District is less undulating than the "North-western, and hence the two small rivers, situated in the latter, have more rapid currents, greater falls, and consequently better adapted to manufactures than the creeks above mentioned, which flow through the South-eastern section of the District. At various points, along our Eastern and "Western confines, Saluda and Savannah Jiivers, have full enough to afford wa tor power to ruil all the spindles in Manchester, and are, perhaps, more controllable than our minor streams. Ninthly, Agriculture. On this subject I am sometimes thought to be an enthusiast, and henco must speak concisely, for fear of saying too much. Our virgin soil is admirably adapted to the growth of all the varieties of vegetation peculiar to the temperate zone. Our system of agriculture is destitute of science, and our labor muscular, unimproved, and rough hewn. Improved machinery has heretofore Leon seldom lined, mid yet more fortunes liavo been made and fewer lost by strict attention to planting than by any other avocation in liie. Our peculiar staple, of oouytio is pot ton, which, at prosoufc prices bountifully remunerates the systematic, provident planter: and though the average yield per acre, throughout the District, is perhaps not more than one hundred pounds of lint cotton, I feci assured, with scientillc culture and a C liberal application of commercial < manures, that average could be easily fl increased to a four hundred pound o bale. Corn, too, is profitably grown upon all of our low lands; and all of jj Lhc cereals, to which Europeans are particularly accustomed, repay the n sower handsomely in almost every j. portion of tho District. I have known a seventy-five bushels of barley, flfty jusbels of oats, thirty-five bushels of - ? . U I u> <>: .urn iiiu L^ uusiicis oi rye, liar- ^ rested from each of several acres, to- ' ( jether, upon thoroughly prepared ground. Of the fruits of the country*, j1? [ scarcely need speak as their variety s almost endless, though the late . rosts of Spring often dostroy our an- ' icipatrons of many' a luscious bait, luring the following summer. But little attontion has heretoforo j )een given to raising improved breeds ^ >f stoelc, or, indeed, to tho raising of ^ itock of any kind ; but amongst the few fortunate results of tho late war his one appears*.vis, tha scrub Btoek ^ ?f the country is rapidly disppe&ring, md highly improved breeds are everyvherc being introduced. This de(artmcni of agriculture, too, is highly irofi table when it receives tho mas- Ml er's immediate supervision, which, in J." uture, must be given to prevent the 0 ontinued and increased development if that peculiar disposition of some v< lortion of- our population, "to rcr,p 8U v'hat they have not sown." From lie superabuudance of pastui-o lands, nu mo necessity of feeding only four 1 nontlis in tlie year, regular stock tirms could advantageously be con- -er ucted in our midst, requiring loss uc utlay and returning larger net in- bi oino than any other kind of farming, j sti ill that wc need is the introduction of uc hat class of popnlation who have been w; eared to this kind of life. A successnl cotton planter never fh&Ues a good nv took raiser, la In some . portions of our District P* onsiderable attention is now being en eatowed upon the cultivation of clo- ^01 cr, which seems to grow luxuriantly an pon all of our red lands, when onoe et properly by tho aid of deep plow- Or rig and liberal manuring. Could this co l- uuy omcr grass be grown with sue *n ess?, it would secure to us handsume ^ I'ofits at but littlo costs from the de ierds of cattle, flocks of sheep, and 10 Irovcs of hogs, that could and wo.uld q a few years he raised here. tbi But, my dear sir, I am wearying m ou by my long epistle, and must a0 lasten to a close. To sum up all in a m< dw words, I venture the opinion, that he intelligent European laborer can ^1* uu ??i inis- continent no more invi wt ing field of labor than in our own yo itate, Our population is sparse, la- k? orers afe?few, land abundant,, and of tb< 10 real marketable value, varying, st< erhaps/fVom three totejaidollars p*r ere. The planter's means of support 11 ) not: dependant upon any single >n rop, and a failure of all his crops at 1 < he same time is, I think, unheard of to tarkete-for all kinds of produce are ? asy of aooess, and meansof tranappr- G< ationto market abundant, 6hr'bfcvi- dil ^able straaias- supplying the Jack in Sb ome places of that net work of ;Rail? o%d*,'which are crpaatogand i*-c?o#aDg 0T\r 8t*te in all itf-parfSk On be- %a ?3f of tbaWtttfct, (k I Mfcttftd ft ti ordiaV invitation to immigtt^nta >o torn every tfeflfefcT Jm the w ;lolw,xta eotti aiSdSiW atios#st u* n? f .... - < ^ ' My views arc before you, sir. That lliey will accord with those of every other citizen of tho State or District eannot bo expected, but that they are truthfully and honestly given you will not doubt. Very truly, D. "YVYATT AIIvEN. God Bless the Farm. God IiIc8B the farm?the dear old farml God bless ite every rood ? Where willing heart nnd sturdy arm Can earn an honest livelihood; 0!nn from ll*/> ...V VUIUOD uut ICIllie SOU Win back a recompense for toil I God bless each meadow, field and nook, Begemmed with fairest flowers! And every loaf that's gently shook, By evening breeze or morning showers? Gori Mess them all ! each leaf's a gem In Kulurc'a gorgeous diadem. The orchards that iti early Spring, Blush rich with fragrant flowers. And wiih each Autumn surely bring Their wealth of fruit iu golden showers, Like pomegranates on Aaron's rod A miracle from Nature's God. And ma}- he blew the farmer's home, Wh?*re peace and pleuty reign 1 No happier epot 'ueath heaven's high dome Dotli Iliia broad beauteous earth contain Than where, secure from care and at- ife, The farmer leadf- his poaceful life. Unvexed by toils and tricks for gaiD, lis turns the fertile mould, Tlien spatterp on the golden grain, And reaps reward a hundred fold ; lie dwells where grace and beanty chnrra, For God bus blest his hope and farm. Farm Experience of 1868. Mr. John II. Deut, of Floyd county, ra, offers the readers of the Southern 7ullivator the following suggestions, as the esull of hi3 experience with the laborers n his farm : Editors Southern Cultivator :?I think is well enough for our farmers to give leir experience of the year, as under our ow system, every little added and made c ........ .unf uu.jiuut uiuurrucmig mistake?, * buses and impositions. c r First. I have not found it advantageous J, > liire laborers, wl.ito or^ black, to crop on j. mres. A farmer should have lull oontrol F the management of his crop?, to man? ^ 10 them sncCOEsfullv, and this von can * J n irdly do, when your laborers are partners. hey claim rights, and often assert them i the mode of cultivation, &c.?it leads to ^ intentions and troubles. I tried it this g ;ar, it is rny first and last trial. c Second. It is better and cheaper to pay ft borers $10 per month, and provision lem. You then have their services for f. le year, and can employ them at any jj ork you see proper ; but best have a tl liable white foreman, if one can be pro- | irea?if not, stick closely with thera jt )arse If. jj Third. Avoid negro women and half p own.children residing on the farm, who ft L idle in their houses all day, whilst their b, ibbands, brothers and Bona nr? ? .. ? ?> ? ai r you. That class of residents are Irou- Pt e.-otne, if yon value egjjs, poultry, pigs, j? 'getables and fruit- They are vast con- ? ] mers, non-producers, aud authors of mis- w iief- and much trouble. Tbey should be w ade to labor, and not encouraged in o| leoess, Fourth. The contract made with labor- ^ r, let it be lair, reasonable, and well U1 iderstQod between the parties, then tiding?no compromising?each party to 00 wd squarely up to it; and in case of m-complianco go to law?examples are ?? ro 8t Fiflli. In procuring laboiS3aving irople- ^ sots, get only such as are serviceable. A rge amount of hurobuggery is being aciiccd upon tbe farmers, O.urinejperi- ^ ce and greonnes3 make ua ready victims ^ r impositions. Agco.tsand manufacturers i bbarp and wide awake. * jo 8<?th. How are wo to avoid impositions? ^ ganize agricultural clubs ia every ?j urity, aud act in concert. Have fairs g( d trial matches of plows, reapers,* reahers, &c., and wo will soon be able to cide correctly tbe implements best suited ej our wantB. ^ Seventh. Plant lets, prepare the ground tj, iroughly, rotate and manure, and you II Qnd it more prpfitabla than large crops je d small yields. Fay mow attention to 0( iking your owo manures, than buying hi 5 commercial fertilizers. w Eighth. Get good stock. Own only te iat you can care for and feed well, and a o will find it* more profitable tban ri epiog a number that have to shift for h< amselye*.* Tbe broed of oar Soatberu ia >ok needs imDrottnar. - Ninth.. Tbe best labor eaving machine w i*T8 foond yet, ft a- place for everything d< d everything m its place. 1 rf- - (3 {Tenth. Let every ferkner in Georgia ?1 come a member of fctt agrtenltdral clah, 8f d take an tfgfiooUuratjoOrna], and did n? wrgiawill eoon rite frOto fcetpreaeot 6on* % iron; and become ' grtat inj powerful ^ , .-.u ?.i *?& & ? ~S ~,1 r- trUt^V'/i }, -HI %' ? ' ? Tarn a fen beiietw in ImHIvo ^rd*: 5 wSSSBS^3^,#^! briWiSt '5 From Burke's Weekly. Little Mittie. Just when the July roses Were flushing into bloom, Anil the soft South wind was laden With its freight of sweet perfume, A little timid hirdling Sought bhelter in iny arm*. And I took it in my bosom, And husliud its wild alarm*. The fairest little nestling That ever dove-cot knew, So soft, and warm, and dninty, Wltli eyes of bonny blue; With ways eo sweet and winsome, So playful and so bright. It thrilled my proud, young mother-heart With now and strange delight: With looks so nwoct aud wistful Out of its starry eyes, As made ine tremble, lest >1 were An angel iu disguise. And, sure enough, the angels Were waiting for their mate? Stood bci koiiing and waiting Beside the pearly gate. In my sylvan homo, no longer HJy pretty birdie sings; The sweet South wind deceitfully Brought Death upon ita wiugs. So, 'neath the July roses, All uiutc and still it lice, "While swveter noti'B are mingling With the enrols iu the skies. * * m Oftimcs, in my drearoings, I see n lily liuud Beckoning mc across the rivor, To join that angel band ; And I know my long-lost darling Waits on that distant shore, Longing her head to nestle Ou her mother's breast oncc more. Mrs. Mary e. mckinnlk. Wildioood, Florida. ^ ? Rare Jewels. A lady of the Indian race lay on the ouch of her sick room, reading a novel. >he bad been well known in her own ountry for her ricbes?, and envied there ae possessor of the finest collection of jewels, the married an Englishman, and went to ive in Britain, Her husband bad been >roud to take her to the gay parties of 'liich they wore both so fond; for all ad* lired ber and the jewels she wore altrac? ad wondering eyea. But after a fow ears in Britain, ber cheek had faded, 'he doctors now said it wsb consumption, he was prohibited from the gay parties, onflned to her room, and her strength was ist giving way. The lady was a Mohammedan s the I iith she held gave hor no comfort: ber ] er sole amusement was in reading th? < ilea of that world outside where she could t liine no more. The sick nurse, who sat i i her room, often raisgil her eye9 from ] er work to watch her patient, bo like a | risoner shut up in our .cold country, far t om ber own 6unny land. Nurse kept ? er Bible always near her, and every now n ad jhon would read a word to oheer her- I If, longing to put it into the lady's band e i place of the fooliah tale sba read. But b Be that winneth souls is wise," not only e i6e in having cho9en the highest kind of f ork, but wise in waiting till God shall a "ten bis way to do it. o "Nurse," the lady said at length, MI o link you must find it very dull to be shut tl > in this room wiih rao all day long, and v iv? nothing to amuse you. "O no, a a'am," the said, ' I don't find it dull at tl I) I am always cheerful, and I am not si >rry for myself to be shut up in this 1 om." The lady thought this very c range, and said, "Go and fetch the box si nt holds my jewels; it will help to fi nuseus to look at thia dull day." So ti e nurse fetched the box of jewels, and h e lady unlocked it, and 'spend a quantity ( b lliem on the table. ''Now, nurse, o Quid you not like to have some of these tl wels?'1 "No ma'am, pot at all * * * si r I have jewels qiuch finer than yours." tl low can that be nurse 1 Mine are the a lest jewels in the land. Where are * >urs? You never wear tkaml' So tbe o t_ .U * *r?e neiu up uer uioie saymg, "My jew- v, b are in this book."- The lady thought d ere were one or two jfeweld hidden about e book, and said, "Take thorn out and * iow them to me." "Why, Ma'am, my ? wels are so precious I can only ahow you g te at a time/'?Then she opened her fii* j, e, and read the text, "I bare learned in ^ baitoever state I am therewith to be con* tj at." 8he told her mistress, that though poor woman, ahp^jad no wish to be 0 uh one, for'God.kiiew what was best tor ? ir. She said also, that her treasure was jj heaven, and that abe did not ao much ind the trials of this life, because she g at looking for the happiness in. the king* y wot God apd Christians. |r pldased od to OMn th*t !?? ?* 'I??t A* 11 looid uttegd to tb? things Ih^ttha.oarM vWl^ JRIfK I g % j ?Pftf y<w maa b? to {>?i Il-yoa do. , 1 U ^ W do ^ ^ ^ saw that the poor lady was tired, and thought it was enough for one day, but protuUec she should 8< e one jewel more to-morrow. So the next day -the lady said, "Show me another jewel." Nurse opened her Bible again and read, "T-.is in a faithful sajing, and worthy of all acceptations, that Christ Jesus camo into the world to save sinner:) " The Iloly spirit was at nvork in the lady's heart. She began to feel that she whs a great sinner. Sho called upon the Lord Jesus to savo her soul. She gave up reading the idle books. She did not care for her jewels now. She had found One that was priceless. Her body. wa9tfd day by day. But her soul was joyful in her Saviour. Sim was a wonder to many?a bright mor.uraent or Gods power lo save. . No Wonder. A young man was recently executed at Newport, Ivemucky, for burglary and murder. In his I. 8t speech on the gallons he sa?d: "My fs>ther whs a church member and so was my mothor, but they never gave me any advice. They went to church every Sunday, but they left their religion at the church. They never explained to us the doctrines of the Bible. If the dying testimony of that young man was true, it not only explained his own sad historyj but should bo accepted as a solemn rebuke by thousauris of christian parents in the land. No wonder ihcir religion becomes a subject of mockery, when the child never marks any evidence of their regard for its solemn truths beyond bare profession. In the charcb they profess to believe that iheir children have, yet they utterly neglect their salvation. If the force of this argument, which our fallen nature so promptly gi asps, is overceme by the efforts of thu minister, it is a wonderful affair. Were the parents deliberately to concentrate all their influence on the mind of the child to efface every good expression made upon it, they could employ no means more effectual than profuune indifference. With what silent, yet mighty energy, is this force being applied to the hearts of many boyB and girls in the land. Their parents belong to the church, no to nr?n/4iin/? - o- -T I "b Sunday?look solemn, and tliat is all. The example of tlieir week day lives makes their children hypocrite or infidels. Better have a millstone fastened around our necks and be cast into the sea, than to have our children say when they die: My parents belonged to the church, but were never enough interested in my salvation to speak to me a word about my soul.? Texas Christian Advocate, Everv Ikch a King.?His Majesty leaded the parly, followed by bis headman. Ele wore an old red English coat, autf no >ther garments, He was a sliort, thick)uilt negro, and wore an immense pair of ron ear-rings. He was followed by what [ supppoaed to bo the second headman, or rime minister. This one bad for bis cob unit an old shirt which had only one leeve, and no sign of button to be seen iny where?a shirt that formerly must tare keen white, but had naver been washd 6ince he got it, which was several years _ e - - leiore. una prime minister bad nothing lae on. Tlie third man, who of cours.* armed part pf bis Mnjesty's suite bad on n old beaver bat, and nothing else- Aniher that followed bim had one of those Id-fasbioned black neckties (as tight at lio neck itself, and attached with a buckle) rbich were worn some thirty years ago, nd nothing else. How the doece did bat fellow get that cravat t I asked my* slf. I learned that he had inherited it. 'hen came a fellow who, by book or by rook, had possession of an old pair of boes; bow be got them I was unable to nd out. His ftuhor had perhaps left tbem > him. How steady, low grave they )oked, as they passed one after another efore me. These were tbe leading roeo f this Mbisho village. They thought lemselves splendid nod their people the line. They looked at me and I looked at aero, and at last, with one voice, they sked me to notion bow handsome they rere, each at the sanfe time, io one way r another, making tbe most of what be rare. I said they were very fine.? Paul u Ckailtu. ( 1 ? 11 i u " . j A Politician.?C >lonel Watson,- a 'flll known politician of Virginia, enjoyed j teat personal popularity on acoonnt o? is affitble mnnneit, and whenever ha waqj candidate for office ran ahead of the;, cket H? generally spoke to ererybod/. a met, professing to kaovf them, On' oe occasion, during the last Presidential impaign, he met a countryman, whoaj a shook by the hand, and commenced i ?*Wby, fiow do you do, thir f I am ver* lad to tbae yon ; a floe day, thir? I th^ \ on tbtill ride your Una old gra/,'tht?*r?\fj; "No; Sir; this bbrse Is one t borrows* >is mornibg.^ "Oh.J ah! Welt, thir, boar are the M'* entleman and lady I*' ' \ "My psreata h*?? beea dead about : A Child's Thoughts. And can it be that I, A y<>ung and thoughtless child, So fjill ol mirth and play? So often rude and wild? That I a eoul possees, .Which uiubi forcer live ; Thai Jesus died upon ilie cross, This deathless soul to pave f The Bible tells me this is so? A book which cannot lie ; Then 'tis a fearful thing to live, More fearful siill to die. 4 ' Lord, guide me in the way of life. To me let grace be given. To demise my thoughts frotn all llial'd wronj And fit my sonl for htaven. Then while I tread tlie narrow way, And fix my hopes above, I'll urge poor siuner# day by day To suck a Saviour's love. Died From Giuef.?About tbre< weeks ago Jimmie Johnson, a lad aemt sixteen years old, left Macon for Columbu9 in search ol employment, lie is represen ted to us as a >prightly and activo lad, ant: left borne to make a support for himsell and mother. He failed to get work in Co lumbus and sent word to bis mother that ho would go on to Montgomery. Soon after bis departure which was a moRt griev ous one to bis mot her, nho began to pine languish, und when she heard that hor son was still out of work and still father away. | Biio uegan lo sink rnpidly and actually died Irom excessive grief, on Monday last. Jimmie was her only boy and around him she had interwoven all those affectionate tendrils, which alone reach themselvef forth from the mothers heart. In sepura ting himself from her, Jiiumie, uncon aciously sundered those tendrils which clung to him for life, and they withered aud died. Oh, the depth, purity and fond ncss and affection of a mother's love. The iufiuite plummet of God himself can alone measure it.? Macon Telegraph. Somebody wrote to Bagby, one of the brightest wits of the Old Dominion, and editor of the native Virginian no - C ,w,,wno "By tho way what is to become of the ladies and gentleman of Virginia, born to effluence, with refined taste*, but now be reft of means? I wish you would treat flio subject as you can so well in your paper.' To which he makes pointed answer in this wise: "There is but one way to treat "the subject. We know r young gentle"innn in whose veios the best blood of "Virginia and riouth Carolina is mingled. ."He was a good soldier, (or be love* war tt^ - ? ? ~ mm naiea tanning. Un tbe hottest days "in summer, we have seen him, hoe in his "hand, sleeves rolled up, arms bare to tbe "elbow, working like a steam engine from "dawn until dark. Tina man, by pluck, "by industry, and bv prudence will win "back what his father won before him by "means of tlie same qualities. Not the I ''pride uf race, but the strength of blood, ''which will make^him a master ngnin. "Such a man will not be kept down, As "for those Virginip ladies and geulU^pen. ,(wbc will not stoop to conquer, (ibat the 'fact alone throbs a doubt on tlie purity o "their blood,) they will live aod die mis"erably." i On tbe ride to iiartford, General Grant engngeu to f ree conversation with those of tbe party who from lime to time talk ed witbbim. . At station# aloog?though tbe hod* p#ople were assemblud and cheered as-1 be train pasted. At PIhId* field and Willmantic, where sops wer?* made for (uel, people bhook hands with tbe General through the car wiodow, and at tbe.latter place were so excited about it that one of bis fingers was left grazed and bleelipg. At Vernon, where tbe tiain ar rived put midnight, only a man and woman appeared, the latter being determined, to. enter ibe car, wbicb she did with ber companion. Approaching ibe General without any sort of formality, she some What enthusiastically graotod bint i ,(how do.you do, Mr. Grant; this U my husband nod paM<>d on, causing considerable atnuseQMDtr to tbe excursionists* ? ! * i ? A French writer baa propounded an entirely new theory of oond. He assures us .(hat tbe efQoitjof sound varies acord* fog lo thf following rates: frames attain! a epeed of 1600 metres (* metre is about $ fc?M*{Bcbes per second; flattery,iaatijlI more w.pij, 1Q00 per second; gogd advice only 15 metres, and bad ?d?M?1960 metres perseoond ; merited reproaohe* 20 metres; e|?nder which is fleeter .tb?9 tbe wiad, is $000 per eecond \ falsehood traveling with, same tpeed 2000; while trutb and appeals to chsrity 00ij attain 2 mitres each per. *i% t; - ' f |||( i'c , A little fellow was e?ttrg; some bread and milic, when be turnedroond to his mother soil, sis id. " Oh. 'maiWTi^ fnli <rf St-if- 4 * : - ws~irpenr tTiT WSft WWWfe, ?p o> ggteM&awwgr?. ^o?? A Child's Faith. An intelligent and sparkling eyed boy of ten summers Bat upon the steps of bis father's, dwelling deeply absorbed with a highly embellished and pernicious book calculated to poison and deprave the young mind. Hi* father, approaching, at 11 glance discovered the character of the boo-!. " George, what have you tbere V The little fellow, looking up with a confused air, as though bis young mind bad already been tainted wilb tales of romance and fiction, promptly gave the name < f the work- His father gentlr remoubtrai d and pointed out the dangers of read mi ? such book* ; and, having eoiue cotrliden .;<? I in tha effects of i-arlv ?.?iuia n;il>ll pi" mind of his child, left him wi'.b the book closed by his side. In a fow moments the father discovered a light in an adjoining room, and on inquiring the causo, wns informed that it ; was his son burning the pernicious book. , " iMy son, what have you done ?" " Burned that book, papa." " How came you to. do tha/, George?" I "Because, pap it, I believed you knew p better than I wliat was for .my good." " But would it not have been better to save the leaves for other purposes, rather i than destroy them." "Papa, might not otherb have read and . been injured by them?" i Here was a threefold act of faith?a ( trust in his father's word, evincing love and obedience, care for the good of others. It this child exeroised such faith in his earthlv parent, bow much more should we like i little children, exercise a simple, truo i hearted, implicit faith in our heavenly . Father, who haa said, " Ho that believeth ana is baptized shall be saved 1" ? Do not Forqet to Prat.?A short time since, a liitl? crifl -- ..xvui, ocveu years of- age, went homo from school, and told her mother that the teacher had found fault with her several times during llio day. " Indeed 1" said the lady, "I am sorry to hear it, very sorry indeed. What could you be thinking of to give your teachsr eo muoli trouble ?" 5 * "Ma," answered thp ohild, sobbing, 111 could not help it. "I did several things that I should not have done ; and when she found fault with me the Oiird time, X remembered that I had fotgot to say .my prayers this morning.' So I asked to leave the room ; and when I Wa3 nil alone I felt sorry, and ?aid my prayers ; and then I foil T ? > ?u uiucrenu i went tin ok to my cla*s and did not do wrong any more." Child ran, do you pray to God to forgive your sins, and help you to do right ? When you find it difficult to be good, and are often found fault wilbr do yotj remember ibat you have not sought help frotn God who loves you ? If you *nnt to bo happy, and keep a good conscience, don't forget to pray. -Ask God bp. help you to racial evil, and also to sotrightly, and you will nut often be fou^d in feult with. f i ??r?tr-r We'll All- Meet Again in tiie Mobnino."?Snob was tbV exclamation of a dyin?- child, 89 the red rays'of tho summer streamed through tho casement: 'G-<>od bye, papa, good-bye! M;?ni:ni lias come loir me to bight. - ^Dou't cry, papa I we'll all meet again in the morning I" . v- > It waB as if an angel bud fpoken totlirtt father, and bis tiearv grew lighter under his burden, for someihii.g assured him that hi* little one had gone-rlo-Him, who eaid, " Suffer little children to come unto me, for of 6uch ia the kingdom of heaven." There is something cheerful to all who are in trouble in this: V We'll -nil meet again in tbe morning." -It roueos op the fainting soul like a ;trtimpet^,b|ASt, and frightens away forever the - dark shades thronging the avenue of tbe outer life-. uivvus amy gamer upon oor path, disappointments .gather roaoii us like an army with banners; but all this oannot destrov the hope within, if we have the motto upon our lips: ".All will be right in the morn' iog" i': v* '"If you were to die t^-nigbt, would, it be well. with yon in the. morning',! . v Vt ir " , .... I i! Pi rr ' > KkkPino Ap?Le8.?*Mrj Pell, of Ulster uuiiiuy, me ceieorated exporter of applea toEarope, reoonamend^ that -apples, After bav ng been carefully! htad*pick?(l in bieketa,^' ehoul<t -'b? >'laidon the floor by hand; Without; podripg tbeXQ-^from the baaketvtmul tity are^^vwOR eighteen ioot.es deep, and Oodsfct to^^and eeneon three weeks, .and }tirn* being coarefully pecked in 'clean dry herreh^i tto?y may bo kept.?i tbfcat i raUing jeay ttafeodfc bfe deo gt h of. itime, ap^ikfei> eoMo.'^ny- pnrt of Europe orvtheiWaal Utdtw.ricr tali &N 'is* r$?j yauf^MT'n4* )* ?1)9 d*ad hava.op - b^^yT-eaiiher i |bef?:^k>9 epirit4lftl'?lftvaliaeM-in^il>?i.<m? ' "" ?' U.aiM^ntjfe#Jup?al?a*e P?*A\ n|8Ml W^,en* ciaa, mWcW?fe #9g?8M|fetitp^??Bbe?e jutm 4MW o d??cl^x>rp?eix kn* 5 ?4 * ''^