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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. MARCH 5, 18(59. VOLUME XVl-NO. 45.
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Original Anecdotes of General Jackson. <
Tlic following interesting reminiscences
of tho " okl hero of tho liermi- 1
tnge," from tho |)en of Col. T. B. i
Thorpe (Tom Oowen, the Bee Hunter,)
recently appeared: i
" General Jackson not only stood by his
friends, but ho was slow to believe ]
anything against those in whom ho put 1
confidence. One of the most honored 1
and oldost citizens now residing in j
Washington informed us that just <
n Tf nit liici J 11 - ? ? 7
?u UVA xiio Uiii> ill lit LIJilL UllJj IIIL'II !l j
young man, Mr. Woodbury, then Sec- t
rotary of the Treasury under General ]
Jackson, said to him that ho was on 1
his way to the ' Wbito House ' to in- 1
form the General that one of his i (
cspooial appointees was a defaulter. <
Mr. Woodbury said farther, that the t
General was slow to believe anything ?
against his friends, and that he ex- t
peeled that ho, the General, would say j
or do something unpleasant when he t
heard the statement. Mr. Woodbury t
then took our informant along on the (
pretence of introducing him to the ^
Presidont, but really to divide tfie ex- i
pected fire that would bo evolved by ^
the real business of llie contemplated j c
interview. The General was found in j
Lis favorite room, with his feet against j
the mantel, enjooing the heat of a f
hickory wood fire, and the solac-o of
his favorite corn-cob pipe. Mr. Woodbury.afterafcw
unimportant remarks,
at last stated the object of his visit.
The moment-the General comprehended
Mr. "Woodbury's statement he L
brought his feet to tlio floor with a
crasli, sprang up, and, almost livid with
anger, said tbat he believed the
charges mado against his old friend 0
Trnro f<ntun TTn nrlilml I TMa ??? ^
T W V JIXU tiuuvu . JLJJIO Xliitll
fought by my side in the Florida war; r<
1 know he was brave, and I believe he v
is nn honest man.' Mr. Woodbury, "
who retreated to avoid the first effects 4':
of the explosion, now stepped forward
and said that he had been unusually l'
careful to inform himself, and that he "
was forced to believe that the charges i"
were true. lie then added, as if to
mollify the General, 11 would like to i
I t|
have you, Air. President, nominate
some one lor the place.' 'Iwillnomi- "
nate no one,' said the General, inter- ?
rupting ifr. Woodbury, at the same 11
time choking to keep down his feel- a
ings. 'Put in the vacant place whom a
you please, but, mark me, Mr. Wood- c'
bury, I shall examine into this case 11
rnj'self, and if my friend has been
wronged, I will grind the guilty 1
parlies into the earth, just as I do this i 1
pipe,' as lie llirew the okl corn-cob on ,
the floor, and ground it up under the
licel of his boot. Mr. "Woodbury gave
his young friend a signal, and the two n
hastily retreated. On reaching the
open air Mr. Woodbury said, ' Thank ^
God, that unpleasant duty is perform- r
ed. I hope I will never have to p<5r- a
form another onoof the kind.'" *=
It is useless to say of a man govern- 1
ed by principles so noble, where his 1
^orannol rnlafinna OVA />AnAAimA/1 + ?
his public life could be a failure ; at j a
least it could not be a failure under a 1
popular form of government. But ?
this feature of strong personality was n
still farther illustrated by a prominent ^
act of General Jackson's Administra- r
tion. Soon after he was inaugurated ^
lie appointed a then obscure young 1
roan, named Gwinn, subsequently dis- f
tinguished as United States Senator 1
Gwinn, to the best paying office in his ^
gift, viz : United States Marshal of 1
Mississippi, Tho Senate was polili- 8
cally opposed to tho General, and it *
rejected the appointment. The Gen- *
eral sent it in a second time, and *
again it was rejected. Nothing, up
to this era, exceeded the party indig- 8
nation and abuse that was showered c
upon the General for his violation of '
usaxre "and tho Constitution." bv such 1
? J
an unparalleled outrage of renominating
a person to the Senate who had
been rejected. Bat General. Jackson 1
kept Gwinn in office until his successor J
was confirmed, and thus fonght the
battle with tho Senate, keeping the ,
country in hot water and taxing his \
party for defence. This continued for 1
four long years. With General Jack- '
son's second term came a Senate '
politically favorable, and Gwinn was
now nominated for the third time and c
was confirmed, and thus ended the !
strife.
Hon. Alexander Borrow, United 1
Slates Senator, who was a sort of God- [
child'** Gonwul Jackson's, informed '
us that, after many years of eitrangement
on aoconnt of political differ- <
onceg, he paid a last via^t to "tho Her- 1
milage." He foun d the once stalwart '
" Old Hickory"; doubled almost with
age and suffering. Mr. Barrow said
he wcus agreeable surprised that the 1
General made no sfluslohs to the disagreements
oftimos padt^ but a Btrongth 1
would permit, talkqd only kindly of
"olid, times." As Mr. Barrow was
about to leave, he said, "General, as
you have allcf^ Vf>[j&e past, if ft is,,
pttsperanfl right, tett wh^|1ftt
kepi through your first Presidential .
term yourself a&dally.our friends in
trdutye, % persisting iu koepiqg Mr J
winn, Marshal*of
'
i
old (ieneral at the allusion, straightened
up, his cyo assumed some of his
natural brightness, and lie said,
t{ When my mother fled with me and
my brother from the oppression of the
British, who held possession of North
Carolina, and we settled in Tennessee,
ive were very,very poor. My brother
liad a long sickness (occasioned by a
wound received from a British officer,
for refusing to do some menial service)
ind finally died. In the midst of our
distress and poverty, an old Baptist
Minister called at our log cabin, and
spoke the first kind words my mother
licard in her new home ; and this good
iian continued to call, and ho finally
nado our house his lodging place, and
-ontinued to prefer it, when better
>nes in the neighborhood were at his
icrvice. Years rolled on, and this I
rood man died. Well, Sir," continued
.lie General, with a great deal of feeing,
"when the news was brought me
hat 1 was elected President, 1 put up
ny hands and exclaimed: 'Thank
5od for that, for it will enable me to
jive the best office under the Governnent
to the son of the old Minister
vho was the friend of my mother, and
>f me in my youth.' and I kept mv
>romisc, and, if it had been necessary,
would have sacrificed my oflice be'orc
he should have been removed."
Fi oin the Snrinrrfielil Rennlilionn
Rebel Military Genius.
ONGSTREET, JOE JOHNSON AND TUB VACANT
BUIGADIKItSHU'S.
Tlio New York Evening Mail takes
ffoiise at tbe casual remark of tlio RepubIcan
llint "on many accounts it is to be
^gretted we are not yet far enough tulanced
to take advantage of ihe splendid
lilitary talent of the South." The Mail
spresses the opinion that the gallant rc^u
ir officers, graduates of Wot Point before
je war, who remained true lo tlio flag,
ould not appreciate such magnanimity.
Tow, if we may venture to assume lo know
9 much about the regular army as tin
fail, we would assert thtt, setting aside
no selfish consideration that increasing the
umber ot applicants would diminish their
wr. individual chances of promotion, the
fficera of that service generally would give
cordial welcome to u fair proportion ol
ppointtuents from among the distinguish
d.soldiers of tlio South. The fact doea
ot make it right or desirable ; nur did wo
xpress ourselves finally or unreservedly as
a favor of such a course : but onlv in
' I
liJidcd to give expression to a proper and
atriotic feeling of regrei, tliHt the arm}' o
lie United Slates should, from any cause,
e deprived of at least oue-lialf the highest
oililary talent of the lund.
Our difTereuce with the Mail is on two
oinls. The Mail understands that the
egular army is maintained, if not chiefly,
,t least among ofher thing*, to reward the
;raduales of West Point who remained
rue in the rec<nt conflict. On the conrnry,
we regard it as the purpose of an
,rmy to have the most perfect instruments
ttainahle, for a.i attack or defense against
he public enemy. There are seventeen
;eneral office's in the army, besides depart- |
:ienal officers holding that rank. Now we !
o not suppose it possible for any sensible
nan to assert that seventeen men can be
aken from the late Union army, and not
Delude eight, at least (let us be that much
>atriotic,) who are surpassed in every miliary
qualification by citizens of the United
>t?tes who followed the Confederate loruneu
in the war. Nor does the Mail
eriously believe that if Ewell, L mgstreet.
Johone, or Dick Taylor were to accept
tosilions in the United Stales service, they
vould, in any such reasonable contingency
is it bccomes a statesman lo consider plot
gainst the country, refuse to obey the
irdors of their superiors, cr act any othervise
than as brave and faithful soldiers. .If
bis is f>o, the reason for excluding them
nust be either to punish them, or to reward
oyal officers. As to punish any man, at
his time, for participation in the rebellion,
he views of the Republican are too well
mown to need statement here. Nor do
ve believe ti at the country can afiord lo
eward- even the most faithful and well
mentioned officer by promoting him to a
tosition in the military or civil service,
when there is a better man for the place,
tt is right to give a preference, and a conliderabie
preference to Union officers; but
when it comes to 2 choice between Joe
lohnston and S. HeintzeiS^it the
country sacrifices a good deil for ti e sake
? t I! ?_ ifi* . * 1
ji rtJYvaruiug bd louinereni son 01 nero, 11
il chooses the latter. ? ,,
The second error of the Mail, ?s we
conceive it, is regarding the admission of
late rebel# to the military service as tomething
peculiarly dangerous. Bat why!
Many of the Southern officers, it is true,
went with their States in.the war; but
did act the Southern .,politicians also!
Nay, there was thia difference, that almost
every Southern officer threw his influence
against * secession, uptil. it w&r inevitable
and accomplished, while the politicians
desired it and' plotted it, end forced it
npootie people. ; JSwetf for ?tample,
Lee*fc ablest Ifleuteaant nUpr Jackson,
whom he swaAeded. If.there.wav a man
j . .. . ?' . . . . V.
I Ewell. No* as between tlie soldier and
! the political) iu this caso, wo would trust
j the soldior, and admit him first to favor.
Take Longstreel:. ihete is not a more truly
reconstructed luau in the South than
' this bold, vigilant and sagacious soldier.
[ His loyalty is -unchallenged, bis p> litical
disabilities havo been removed by special
grace'of Congress; were he to enter Congress
as a Senator fjom his nat ve State, be
would receive a porfect ovation.. But it
seems to be regarded as something little
less than treason to express a regret that
the nword of so accomplished a soldier
cannot be nt bin country's command. Now
this seems to u* something very like nonsense.
A disloyal General today would
not be half as much dreaded as a disloyal
Senator; yet you filial! meet a score of
men who will advocate the rem^al of all
political ("usabilities, to ono who dares to
speak above his breath of appointing
Ewell or Longstrcut to commands in tbo
army. We hie willing 10 admit that such
a swoitlj be aseiious one, and should
not bo taken without ample deliberation;
we do not advocate it in any sense ns a
thing to be done at once or done anyhow
but wo shall take the liberty to repeat
that it is a pity theUl>ited States cannot
avail itself of the splendid military talent
of I he South ; and we believe tlint no long
time will pms, before the sole test in the
army or in the Stale will be ability and
present loyalty. Does any body suppose
that if the United Slntes were to be in
volvod in a general war, Massaehusett
and New Voile regiments would not fight
side by side with the troops of South
Carolina and Alabama, and under com- j
munders taken indifferently from the Union !
and the Rebel armies of five years ago ? \
If it would be safe and proper then, why
is it wroug and dangerous n iw ?
? -Of ?
Sayings from Madame Switchine.
Wc arc always looking into the
futuro, but etc only the past.
The courage with which we have
met past dangers is often our best
security in the present.
Heal sorrow is almost as difficult to .
discover as real poverty. An instinct- j
ivo delicacy hides the rays of the one
and the wounds of the other. I
TT"? -1 ? i^-i 1 1/?I
uiiu ij??.-5 uu\v;i" wuni'jii jimiseii
for :he sake of giving has but glanced
at the joys of charily. Wo owe our j
superfluity, and to be happy in the
performance of our duty we must exceed.
it.
Let us never exceed our appointed
duties, and keep within our lawful
pleasure*.
|
We expect every thing and we are !
prepared for nothing.
T Knvo OVO ttr\rsil 4 1,i r, ~.r. 1
^ .v. v ^ uvw i.:i?u^.-j vnuiii^li |
in life to indemnify us for the neglect
of a single duty.
AVe sire rich only through what we
give and poor only through what we
refuse.
There is a transcendent power in
example. AVe reform others unconsciously
when wo walk uprightly.
The inventory of my faith for this
lower world is soon made out. I bclicvo
in Ilim who made it.
Situations are like skeins of thread.
To make the most of them we need
onty to take them by the light end.
We deceive ourselves when we
fancy that only weakness needs support.
Strength needs it far more. A
straw or a feather sustains itself long
in the air.
Liberty has no actual rights which
are not based upon*justice. Her principal
duly is to defend it.
The lowest ears of corn aro the
fullest; so tho .wisest arc the most
modest.
It is of no consequence of what
parents any man is born, so that he be
of merit.
You wish to learn to conquer?
learn to suffer.
Tho mistake in public business is
going into it.
It is better to encourago what is
right than to punish what is wrong.
Frowns blight your children as
frosty nights blight young plants.
Too much idleness, leaves a man less
his own master than any sort of* employment.
Neatkkss.?A clean, tastefully arrang
ed table, is the balf-way house to a good
meal. A dirty table cloth, spotted cutlery,
absence of. napkins, dishes of as many
colors and PHtternB as Jacob's coat, lakes
the edge off of an Appetite. It throws
cold water all over you. It gives one a
true dyspeptic feoling. It it a libel on
Gbiistiaoity. Firmlly, if you are .given to
facial expression, it makes you turn up
your aose. A housewife should be a
I chemist. She should also ba a general.
Ii requires a fast deal of generalship,
sometimes, to get one's troops at the table
in due Mason. In some households there
it oever ? fixed hour for any meal They
come just as it happen*, and cold edibles
and disorder are the result. . 4 .,
? .? ?i
. Jndga Cannon, of Clay County, North
Oarolh^, recently chargod the gffiod jorj
of'that couiMjr thava Jafclul fepce should
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The Cultivation of Corn-Letter from
Mr. David Dickson.
BpAuTA, Ga., January 6, 1869.
J'Jditors /Southern Cultivator:?There
is a great demand for me to re-write my ,
plan of cultivating corn, preparation of j
land, &c., by new subscriber*, and b? per- ;
sons who ate uot subscribers to your pa- I
per. ' I
In tho first place, I refer them to my j
! system of improvement, rest and rotation, j
given in the. Southern Cultivator last j
year. Many inquire, when is the proper
time to break up land. I wrue fot this !
. 1 I
j latitude, anil every person must tuako ciue | ?
allowance, as his farm maj be North or j
South of this lino. Tho plowing must he
commenced the first day of January, to
get it done in time, or as soon as you are
done sowing wheat If I had my choice,
and could get all the work done in one day,
j I would not have the plowing done more j
| than ten days before planting, for tho following
reasons, derived from actual experience:
If it is a diy, *cold Ireezing winter
and spring, the fall plowing is the best ; in j
some springs of this kin*!, as those of 1839 n
and 1 T lffr liolftt tlnv?nnrl? t\\n
o! h field, which wore not plowed until a n
lew days before planting, and 1 could dis- c
tiuguish the belts all through the year?
the corn in them being from eighteen to j,
i twenty two inches lower than the rest.? c
For the crop and improvement of the land, a
I in about one winter out of seven, fall plow- e
ing is the best* In the cases where the j
belts were left, when the winter was warm t
and the rains abundant, the late plowing
would beat the early plowing twenty-five e
per cent, in the crop ; besides, accord ng j
to my experience, there is less loss from
washing. Lund mus.t be well broken before
planting, 60 commence in time to do
it?llio later it is done the belter for the
land, taking seven years together, but not
so good for tennis.
ITave good turning plows, and according i
to your ability, use one or two horses, and ^
subsoil; ride over llio field, and lay efi' 1
the land so that the horses will go round f
on a level, and the dirt will fall down hill
?a team will break up the soil niue inches s
deep in this way, as easily as lliey could i
seven inches, on a level piece of land.? c
Continue to tnko the lands in the same '
way until the field is finished, one team L
following another?all llio time going v
round the circle; ai.d if you subsoil, have 6
one team between e; eh turning plow, run- ''
ning in the boltom of the furrow. When k
you finish, the field is ready for planting, if P
the proper lime has arrived. In deciding
ibis point, you must, be governed by the F
weather?it varies from the tenth of March v
to.the first of April. According to my fexperience,
a man only gains bard work e
and more of it, by very early planting. u
Now for the planting. Lay off furrows r
with n loug shovel plow, on a level, seven 11
feet apart. Commence at tlie opposite
en<!, with a longer shovel, and open out
the same farrow. The reason for this is,
you get up to trees and stumps, and make
a better fiuiah at the ends. This furrow v
should stand open seven or eight inches I
deep. Whether you use compost, cotton
seed or guanos, let cach hand have hie fi
three fLot measure, and deposit the manure 0
in the bottom of the furrow, just three ^
feet apart. Then drop the .corn within c
three or four inches of the manure, one or ^
ra^re grains, as is your cusiom?dropping v
on the near tide of the manure, as the 11
dropper goes; then, with a very light har- d
row, cover the corn one or one and a half 1
inches deep. The harrow should go the a
same way the dropper goes, to keep from 6
pulling the manure on the grain. 1
If you cover deep, you lose all the ad- c
vantages of low planting, (but not the r
deep breaking) and for this reason: corn,
in good weather, will come up from a c
depth of one to 6ix inches, but will strike c
out roots about one inch from the surface *
of the ground, and all below that will perish.
This is one reason whj I am opposed
to diiting corn as 6oon as it comes up?it
brings the root of the st?lk to the top of
the ground.
My plan is to finish the first working
from the 20th of April to the 10th of r
May. Sometimes I have not finished before
the 25th of May. With the land well
turned, very little grass and weeds will
come up, except in the bottom of the furrow,
and this is easily manacred.
For the first plowing, have a heavy 1
twenty-two inch sweep, with the right 1
wing f>o set, that its back end will not be 1
more than one inch above the ground.
This is (o run near the com, and should 1
fill the furrow vithio one or one and a 4
half inches of the general sui face. Break '
out the middles with l'ie "*me aized sweep, 1
with the back of both wings turned up ;
if the plowing is well done, four furrows
will finish out?four bands completing 1
fourteen acres every day, by going sixteen \
miles a day,?. . * * 1
Second plowingr-have the wing of the I
siding sweep turned a little more tbao iialf
op; ran close to the corn,leaving nothing I
for the hoe; fot. if tbe plowing la well
done, tbere.i* no use of a hoe. Break oat <
the middles with three forrpws, to make a'
good place to plant peas. > From the first ,
of June to the 80tb is a good time tp
plant peas, proceed in this i
ter the seoond piowWgrrOO a shovel far
row in-the ariddte of aoq? drop
on# battel of ptest*' eiflht euw? " *
a?y eight peag hUV Yoa ?*n
*. ?'* W v *
>lant sixteen seres por day, and will use
wo bushels to each plow?cover with a
larrow.
Third and last plowing?pair your
iand?, one lo side (he corn, and one to
ide the peas; the bund that sides the corn
vi!l need a twenty-two inch sweep, right
land wing well up, and it should run close
o the corn?not going more than a half
nch deep ; the left wing should ho nearly
lat. The hand that sides the peas, wi!|
IflOfl n Itn'I tT\r t ? nn f I'.ci v in/iK oiroan mill>
he right wing set at medium height, and
hould run it near iho peas, and fill the pea
urrow lip entirely ; tlie left wing should
e up, to push the dirt near the corn.?
Chis is the last plowing, and if well dono,
he ground, will lie as smooih and level as
i floor, with not a spear of grass to the 200
icres, nor a weed to be seen in the field,
n o'd times, I required every baud to
:le:in the erop as he went?what the plow
eft, to be removed with the foot and hand,
'rom thirteen to sixteen miles, according
o the condition ol the crop, was a day's
rork.
Such pine land as mine, (some of it very
ioc>r,)-sliou!d average 20 to 25 bushels per
ere ; and wet or dry, il the work is righty
dono, there is no such thing as a failure,
s my many visitors, from all parts of the
ountry, will testify.
Messrs. pjditors, I have been too lengthy
u describing the preparation of land aud
ultivation of crop, to give my rcasonB for
choice of manures. I use, after a long
xpeiienco, Peruvian Guano, Dissolved
Jones, Lund Piaster and Salt, and have
hem mixed at home.
I wish the Southern Cultivator was in
very man's bauds. It would pay good
ividends, Very respei tfull}',
DAVID DICKSON.
Tlio Borrowing Nuisance.
A correspondent cf the Iforthieeslcrn
farmer, whose righteous indignation has
icon aroused by those intolerable pests,
inacrupulous borrowers, writes to tbat pa>er
as follows:
My neighbor wanted to borrow my
hovel wnnlil rpllirn it in llio oooninrr
Evening came, bat uo sliovel. Tlio next
rciiiiig it was quietly returned to its acustomed
hook in the wood house, the
ilade covered over one-hulf its surface
mb a coating of dry mortar. I pride myelf
on my clean and bright shovels and
ioes. Half an hour's work with an old
nife-blade, and the use of a sheet of sand
iaper restored it.
Another lime he was building a pig
:en. The posts wore loo long, and they
i-ere very hard, and his saw very dull.
)l course he borrowed mine, and he sawd
off a nail with il?the posts hud been
ised before. lie sent his little hoy to
eturn" the message?"Pa would 'a 'sent .
t and got it filed, but he knowed you alus
filed your own saw, and it wouldn't
ake but a few minutes to 6barp it again."
Another neighbor "borrows" the priv!ege
of getting water at my well. The
veil is aeep, and we draw with a windlass,
t is hard for my wife to draw a bucketful,
jr she is feetde, and, to save her, I usually
,11 the bucket before going away to my
usmess. As the well is in an out kitchen*
leave the filled bucket hanging in the
urb. My*ncighbor sneaks in, empties the
ucket, and is mean enough to go away
without refilling it. Wife and I conclude
t is better to t-uffer wrong than have a
lifficiilty witb a near neighbor, and bo for
ho sake of peace, we submit to this wear
??..i J i--.1 - wi?
IIU IVU! v>> OU Ml uuu uuuy. H Lieu iUU
a me person borrows flour, for' the best ar
icle, a poor one is returned. Eggs,
natches, 4,a drawing o' lea," are never
eturned.
I might increase to great length a re
ord of tbese examples, but my object in
inly to illustrate the position taken, (bat
be habitual borrower's code i9 a lax oho.
fbis may be partially accounted for by the
act that the independent, self-reliant %prion
of the community seldom borrow, and
ho practice is mostly left to people of the
pposite kind. The unscrupulous borrowir
usually belongs to one of two classes:
['be easy, shiftless sluggard, or the greedy,
grasping victim of avarice. The first
>orrowe with a dim expectation of paying
ome time, and tho # hope that he may be
tble to do so; the other borrows With a
all design never to make an honest return
f be can avoid it?it shall be clear gain,
f he can make it eo. Both are knaves,
tnd unreliable in all matters of trait.
Among honest men, borrowing may be
nade a convenience, and mutually benefL
iial. Yet I think the question is worth
ansidering, whether it docs not detnoralze
a man?weaken his self-reliance.
" ' ? ~ ~~
A Littlk Box's Faith.?LMt winter a
ittle boy of six or eight years begged* lady
to clean away the snow from her steps.
Be bad no father or motbfer, bat worked
tiis way by such jobs.
" Do tod-get much to do.mv littl*
[x>y 1" Mid the l*dj. ,.
M Sometimes I do," taid the boy,. " bat
often Ig't yttj Utile.'*J <"
" Ar? Jou neret afraid'thai you wilf hot
gat^noqgh toll*#enr *
Tha cbild looked aj> witb a perplexad
ltd Inquiring eye, a? If oncartefa of'hf?
meaning, and troubled with a taar dottbt/
isffi&SeiSSfiHK
to HUd,*i# doe* I* v.
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From the Christian Observer.
One Less to Meet Us.
Ouo lc6s to meet us. Oh! yes, one rooro
Do wo mips hesid- the hearth?
One more we loved, one more that loved us,
llns passed away from earth ;
Her brow grew cold one Auiumn evo',
When the sun crcpt geutly down.
The spangled woof of the a tuber sky,
And llie clouds were purple uud hrown.
Ilcr life went down like tho setting sun,
And the clouds of arlarlees night
Spread ovor the earth as a misty luizo
Creeps o'er the moon's soft light;
Tho weird winds rose and eadly fell
With a wenrycry of pain.
As we looked our last on that marble blow,
Where we ne'er niav look mrnin.
Her homo is-now where the weary rest,
Ami the rustling of the trees
Shall break not the t>tilluc-a o'er her breubt
Nor th< breath of a summer breeze.
For the winter's snow is not more cold
Than the who once would greet;
With a .smiling face and a tender glance
The friends whom now we meet.
One leas to meet us, Ah I ye?, ono less,
Than we me' one year ago,
Ono lc-n we loved, one less who loved us,
We enn hardly think it so;
For wo often dream wuhenr her Voice,
Yet, 'tis but a passing tone,
So inournfu'-, and to gentle, we,
llad deemed it like her own.
Oh! she went as eve, ere the dews came down
To kiss the fading flowers.
Or the stax-s looked out from their home with
God,
On this weary world of ourn ;
And the day died out like a fading hope
Which we have nursed for years,
Dies out in the wail of a broken hoart,
And is washed awpy with its tears
PF.NELOrE .
Figliliug at a Funeral?A Clergyman
Stoned.
A singular religious qunrrel occurrcd
on York street, not long since,
culminating in tho arrest of three
parties on one side, who were charged
with stoning a German Lutheran
clergyman, because he refused toperform
tho regular funeral rites over a
nlOlnllno nP (l.n
? ... vyi LUVi VMUlCIIj WlJiJ
died accused of a misdemeanor, for
wbieli ho would have been suspcuded
had he lived a few days longer. The
clergyman, Pev. Henry Fuhr, is n
pastor of the German Lutheran
Church in Rocicport, Ohio. In the
neighboring town of Parma there it-,
another Gorman Lutheran church.
At the time the clergyman waa attacked,
ho was at tho late residence ol
Mr. Koch, on Yo" k 6trcet3 a deceased
member of his church, to officiate at
the interment. Koch, having become
tho proprietor of a naloou, violated
one of tho rules of the clergyman's
church, and would lmvo been brought
before that sacred tribunal for examination
had h<5 lived a few days longer
Finding tho deceased ready for interment,
with this sin upon his head
tho clergyman hesitated about inclu
ding "sanctification" in tho service
and upon that rock the funeral split
The service was to havo taken place
at one o'clock P. M., but the wrung
ling between tho Pockport and Par
ma branches delayed the intermenl
two hours. The wife of the deceased
was willing that her husband should
bo buried without "sanctification" and
so were many of his friends and the
members of his church. Tho Parmo
branch, however, not being in the
minority very much, and taking n
worldly viow of the case, insisted
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wH11UU1U UO lllCillded
in the bill. Tho house of monrning
was soon turned into a den oJ
pugilists. Women, unaccustomed to
Battering opponents with anything
but brooms and pokers, purfiucd the
clergyman as ho sought refuge in
flight-, belaboring him with sticks, and
tho men hurled boulders from the
pavement that would havo been considered
very dangorous weapons when
machinery was in vogue for throwing
them in ancient warfare. A neighboring
bouse was not a sufficient shield
to the man of God against tho furious
onset of tho mob, so ho fled from it,
taking refuge in a buggy, and escaped
without sorious injury. The funeral
took place without "sanctiflcation."
A few days ago the minister returned
to the late residence of tne deceased
to offer tho consolation afforded by hie
clerical capacity to the widow and
children, when ho was attacked the
second time, and fled from the scene
as before, to save his life. Three oi
tho leaders of this last raid?Williaa
Kaiser, C. Forrester, and John Kai
Ser?were arrested and brought befori
Judge Tiiden, of tho Probate Court
and were required to give bail- in th<
sum of f 100 efioh to keep the peace.?
CUvttand {Ohio) Paptr^ '
Too to ay depend upon ft there ever
lilt* AnllilnM In (IfA wArtll M/V 4an
JKJ IUW f?UIIU| UV??IU^ *M ww ? w.
gerou* fbr nio u to bo for clong tiro*
supremely aooMsfol. , '
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j. A. Mtor?X?d aolotioo of gypaam - fo
to Ul f*w nod invala?bla remedy fi>
tihwrf* djwrtwj.
Ut ?vflrymirmter,wMlr h^Upr?#<fiWoj|
rwaeaber thftt God ia one ?J (ho iwMtfWfc
Current News.
DOMESTIC.
Another attempt at. h co-oj>eratioii gro
eery id lo be made in New York. Hitherto
none of tbein have cooperated or
operate.! in any other way.
The llndioil Methodist negroes of Macon
have burnt down Hie Atitean Church
of that city, which tbev have held by force
since the Hose of ttiu war, and w liirh was
recently adjudged to the (Jiiurcb South as
their lawful property.
Louisiana and New Orleans both intend
to beg Congre>s to give them the valuable
property occupied by the New Orleans
branch of ilio United Stales Mini. The j
Slate wants ii for u capilol, and city (or a
court house.
A well known California!! Irishman
named James M. Quinn, has turned out
to be an Irish earl. The papers proving
his liglil to lib title and his estate, were
preserved for many year* by an old negross
in Charleston. Quinn is about to
sail with a lawyer to claim his heritage,
lie will be the Earl of Dunraven.
In the Uouhc, on Monday, a motion to
increase the salary ol the President to
$40,000 was rejeced. Uutleiyin opposing
it, 8i|td that the Ptcsident was now fur1
ntshed with a ''Iree house, fuel, light >ervnnls,
&e. lie was furnished with free
music, and Ireo people to listen eo the
tnusic."
There wna an earthquake in Alexandria,
Va., between the hours of one and two,
oo the night of the 15th instant. At that
very date and time of night, during a violent
slorm of wind and rain, a strange Bort
( of rumbling in the distance was heard in
j New York and Brooklyn-. It had the
I found of thunder over StisLen Island. Tin.
movement io Virginia was accomp mied
by the same rumbling noise.
The Michigan Lunatic Asylum is provi
cled with a green hou*e, in which there are
at all times flowers in full bluotn. Men
brought to the institution in irons, and
, manifesting the most violent symptoms of
) insanily, have been suddenly calmed down
to a condition bordering on sanity by the
presentation of a boquct gathered from
i the greenhouse. Mihic is known to po9
sesa the power of calming the most violent
i lunatic. Between music and flower9, it
, would appear that all cases of raving maili
ness can be modified ami ameliorated, if
( n->t thoroughly cured.
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| uALuibu, m. w.? ii i!? wen unuursioou
I thnl the Supreme Conn sustains the injunction
against the ChmltHm Rtilroad.
i It it* supposed that tljin decision cuts off
: nearly twelve millions of recent appropriatioi
s.
i The Fourth National Bank of Philar
delphia lias closed. The deposits amounted
to ?500,000. The failure is attributed
' to the defalcation of the cashier.
At Niblo's one night liiht ?eek, a fell' w
? who went to see the Forty Thieves raised
" a row and got his money back because
i there were but thirty ou tLa attfge by aclu
al count.
A Ince drew which costa $6000 in gold
at Brussels, appeared at a recent reception
, *in Now York. .
A flag made entirely of silk grown and
[ manufactured in California is to be raited
[ over the copitcl of that State.
I The Catholics of Columbu* have resolved
i to build a cathedral to cost $25,000, and
> the money has been raised.
> The deci&ion of the North Carolina Su
i preine Court, adverse to the Chatham Road
appropriation, has the effect to reduce the
> State debt many millions of dollars.
[?
No auorura of the Georaia Lecrislatum
* f O O
could be obtained* the other ?la> on iiceount
' of a large auction sale of condemned Government,
horses, which was iu progress in
Atlanta,
, The Mormons had an execution last
week. 'The criminal was brought ironed
into the courtry?rd, where there was a
. crowd of some four hundred, and seated in
. a chair. He then read Aloud a chupier
from the New Testament, the irons were
, taken off his hands, and at a signal from
the Sheriff, he was shot dead.
So{?$?Ua of the immense extent of the
pHrotetlm trade of tbts country may be
formed wb^n we stHte that the production
1 for tfct year 1868 amounted to 3,715,741
barrtifs, of which there wttat exported
> 2.G8TJ.030 barrets, leaving for home use
I 1,035,711 barrels. Add to this thede-<
> creaee in the stock, 217,073 barrels, and we
> Sod that the total consumption in this
P cou tttfy of Pennsylvania oil in 1868 was
i 1,252,184 barrels; th? production of West
- Vivaria and Obttf, about 125,000 barrels
5 deoraaie of fctockiri the same 8tates about
> 40,000 barrels, making the total consump3
lio* " ?'- oil. in the United Statw
during the year 1888 about 1,419,184
j VtUdn aaysV l^erd re-,
' M&m- Hardin, Pifc/ miiet p6m
} ihe cUy. Mr*, Dinah Viea, a.widow .lady.
^?iitfa]r; U, U>Q9frh inoredlbU
SpaS^.*# "W ridd '.?<*
(MMil ?M% ;S^Lhas
fj|Ue?* n^arrUd throe times, has over four
pK*Jr?l dekcoridanta living, and ha. been a
ior. mm*
RT i *" 5 * *. 7
Ik . ; >:
m- j. -'*
WJ.Ji ?i! * ,V.. I
jine greai-greai-greai-graiid-daugbtwr three
years of a^o. Sbo has a daughter
DHiTK-d Mr?. Sa* yer, who iB in fier nioetieth
year. Each one of her husbands served in
the revolutionary war, for which she draws
pensions.
General Grant, in declining to ride with
President JoUuson duriugthe inauguration
ceremonies, is following the example of
John Quiucy Adams, who declined to ride
with his successor, Andrew Jackson, on
account oi the Miss Eaton scandal. a Jackson
rode to the capitol 'alone.
A well known "California Irishman,
named James M. Quinn, has turned out to
be an Irish earl. The papers, proving his
right to his title and his estate, were pro
served far many years by an old negress ir
Charleston. Quinn is about to sail with ?
lawyer to claim his heritage. He will be
the Earl of Dunruven.
In the House, on Monday, a motion to
increase the s:il?ry of the President to
lorty thousand dollars was rejected. Butler,
in opposing it, said that the President
was now furnished witli "a tree house, fuel,
light, servants, &c. lie was furnished with
free music, and free people to listen to the
music "
The National Theatre, in Washington,
was used on Sunday night for religious
purposes, and an English preacher, named
Sherman, presided. Io the course of his
remarks, he alluded to President JohnBon
as ''the man who had his trunks packed
for Tennessee," and a portion of Irs audienco
hissed. He then indulges 'in a
strong denunciation of the President's
abuse of the pardoning power in
sey's case, wberevpun hall of the audience
rose to their feet and hissed him aud then
departed.
'
The Philadelphia Press tells what the
members of the p<ecent Cabinet propose to
do after the <lth of March Seward is still
ambitious, and will undertake a new role
as tourist and navigator. ' McCulloch will
migrate w ih his laiuily to New York.
Itaudall will remain-in Washington and
practice law. Wells will go home?Washington
life beinii too expensive. Drowning
is tncliued to -remain in Washington;
Evarts, if ho leaves the Cabinet, will return
to New York,"of course* and Schotie.ld
will be subject to orders as au army
officer.
Cardinal Cullen, in his regulations for
Lent, publiWje.d in England, warns bis
Unit if Freemasons, Rihbonmen, or
Fenian-, they cannot be admitted .to the
s-tcrainents.
One of those si mple improvements in
the constructio n ol a long known ariicle,
Uk- recently been announced in England,
in regard to the gumming of envelopes,
consisting id applying tne mucilage to the
lowtr p?ri of iho envelope, instead of the
flap. Ou moistening the edge of the flap,
a? u?ual, and pressing it down upon the
gummed surface below, a very thorough
adhesion takes place, without the objection
of getting the taste of the gurti in the
mouth, or removing a part of it by the
l >ngue.
O'llara Renoski, n young .Japanese sent
to this country by the Japanese Government
.o tie educated for the diplomatic
service, has made publia profession of uis
faith in Christ, and on Sunday, the 10th
inst., joined the Reformed {Dutch) church
ou Lake Owaf-co, in this State. With the
pastor of this church, Rav. S. R. Brown
lately a missionary in Japan, he is, now
staying. His examination before consistory
was full and satisfactory. His first religious
impressions were received before
hiH arrival in this country, for while stopping
at Shanghai oft his way to New York
he wandered into tbo printing office room
of the Presbyterian Board of Missions in
that city, uod was offered any book be
fancied. He selected a work in Chinese
entitled "The Heavenly Way," and in
reading it received bis first impulse toward
Christianity. After ^aching this country
he was led. gradually to inquire and to *
learn ibe way of God more perfectly. This'
has finally resulted in his public profession
of the Cnrisiian faith.?Nfio York Obitrvtr.
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Cairo, Illinois, still asserts its olairos to n
brilliant future. Vessel* are now, for the
first time, being loaded with grain at that
point for direot shipment to, Liverpool. ,
Tbe wealthiest man in America is said
to be young tiievees, jfon of' the fate Ed*
win A. Stevens, of Hoboken,'who, when
he reaches his majority, S?HI b* worth
$160;000,000, by tbe advanoe of his estate
n New Jersey. - <"
During a recent visit of the Chinese Em
baxay to tbe.Jadin dea Tlantaa in Paris,
cmt) of tbe raahdarmrf was Blftrfding vHth
bis back to a cage w herein confined a
chimpanzee. Tlie Chins man's pigtail
bang temptingly d6xro hfabiiisk} tbemaiidous
aniriial saw his advantage, Beized
the tail, And palled it-iOwarcfe bhn, dragging
the bead': of tbe ^'bflfortnnate ' toan
ag4it)?>i tbe bara of the oege. The citt*'1
brieked with 4Aogbtef^ tfie^WptlraUid
owmt ol the ptglaii throked'7 wfcb pun; '
threat& and meoa^ were t^i ^te'Bo pur
po&i-?Ihe tftiftaa) woo^inofiMWf'*go^ hia
bold un his proy' unlil a canfe to the
nWou^rhh' b?- tbe
, OIhumuIhu repHired toi
let, *od ibeo'jdjtairiP &* a
Mtedofee if:not * aympatimtic ewfrde*f
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