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ir '^ ~~~Y . j' *h*M4r' \ i **< * > ' . *u? ' " ' ~~ ~ ~ ~ ' ' - ' " 1 , . . . BY \V. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. x\ ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY^ JUNE 4, 1869. VOLUME XVII-NO. 6 CONTENTMENT AND ITS REWERD . ' CHAPTER I. Jareb Gropp sat in liis little shop upon hiB bench and he pegged and tapped away, merrily upon bis wellWorn knees, lie was a jolly fellow, this Jareb. Poor, 'tis true, but just poor enough to be free frou? care. lie owned the roofed box ifl which he worked, and so he owned the little thatched cot joining it. In the cot he lived with his wife fold seven children, and in the shop :he worked cheerfully all day long. He was not afraid of robbers, for he had nothing worth carrying off; and he feared no man, for lie never did man a wrong. A merry jolly fellow was Jareb Gropp. He sang as he pegged, and his joyous notes only lacked musi cal sound to make them attractive. He was built after the same pattern as were his cot and shop. lie was short and dump3% with a round, shiny goo-natured face, and with a with a bald pate, though he was five and forty years old. "Troll-de-rol-do-loll-lardo !" sang Jareo. "Fol-de-rol-de-riddle-de-rol-rinetum!" sounded a voice from the inner door. Jarcb looked up and saw his wife. Just a match for Jareb; ^BLall the world. Short, fat, clean, gdronatured as a queen. She was dressed neatly for all her poverty, and the flush of health glowed upon ner plump cheelcs. "Duck," said Jareb, "tlie likes of thi6 never happened afore." "What is it, my own sugar plum ?" asked Hepesbath. Ilepesbath was her name, though slie hadn't heard it pronounced in full for years. "D'ye 8eetbis shoe, delight?" "Yes, my love." 'Tis the last work in the castle. . Not*auother place to put a peg have I got by me. We'll shut the gates, lower the draw bridge, put tlie warder on guard, and call up our coach, oh ?" "You mean we'll go and walk, peppermint?" 'I do, my treasure." "Shall I pot on my silk or satin ? or my new velvet." Pal on all of them, my dear. We'll make an appeasonce. Hifoi-de-rol-de-ri-do! there (tap) that's the last peg, and old Smith's shoes are clbne. Smith?-Smith?didn't you ever feel thankful that your name -rearn't Smith, Ileppy, eli? There was a Smith put in jail only last week, for robbin' somebody. Bt)t.ye never heard tell of a Qropp's being put in jail, never. Now, my maple segar, we'll be off. Bring up tbe little Gropps. Hardly -had Ifeppy departed when a man made his appearancc at the shop door. ' He was au old man, very well Pressed in black throughout, carrying a gold headed cane, and wearing a watch chain of the same precious material. "Are you a cobbler?" he asked, * aahe entered. "I was two minutes ago, sir, bnt I'm an old feudal baron now, sir! Lady Gropp is a going to ride out,1 sir, and I'm to attend her." "Eh?are you the man that does mending ? mending of boots and ehoea?'' asked the visitor, moving back space, as though he thought the strange fellow before him was crazy, , l r ^ . '-Yes, sir," answered Jareb, "I'm the man. Bttt you see my wife has not walked otit for raorein a month. 1 jtfsfc tossgd off the last bit of w6rk I had iti tbe shop.. I had hurried it amazingly,' and was just a -Tk-lL? j ? jguiu w ^ik.c u ruoj .aown Dy tuo riverw^thher' w<&rthe littlo ones." xnar^ttmTing. '^low^you jast run fintM&'trikmttotofct for'yon ]half an hoar, and. I'll satisfy her for ti I am in: Whiirry.^ tThe stage tor.**.** giVOTOTO wOfTt rcfnse to Mssist me undfir Bqeh. cirp.umBtances ?" . I most 8tiok. ^o my, buruaes*.". , > And *b?ti M rdtartiod he p?t 6n his badly. ed-end, singhif meirMytfee tfMie, and when it fwm- lifEdf fee t?ofc*ip 0* boot. '-'.P ~ jtosa^ssatei^ WWWM^it JWHTi mWf U6 Dmi wiUM ImiVi food-sAttiMd ft* ?whftKA5ioo:3K & -OaKPiroft ' - .fla-gMfcn "Why shouldn't I be? low# ijs man anything?have my love to do my wdrfcfc, ?<lx>l-^-i<?fl-lolde-Iardo." (' 9 "You'vo laid by somctlfyjg'I pappose, for a rainy day>?v imrauoji the Btran^er. .'jr I 7 "Ay thousands upon thousands ol '&11 ars, sir I" cried Jareb, giving hia ' W .1 _ ?* - i <1 uwi a. luuuus puncu. "What! so much as that?" . "Ha! I'd like to show 'em tc/yo|*sir. They might have dirty facgs.W,Seven of 'em. sir! Seven of^Ute best nature<J0tff8drcu ye ever saw. sir, and t!oo." "A'li! 1 meant to ask you if you had not managed to lay "by a little money, niy good man. You seem steady and industrious." "Jloney!" repeated Jarcb, with a comical leer. Does .a man lay by money, when he's building himself houses and gardens? No, sir. Nor docs a man lay by money when lie makes half a crown a day, and rears seven children. Them little uns will take care of mo when I am old, never fear. No, no-r'Monev or gol?l in honrded sjore? I liave rone of it?I have'none ; I live nnd breathe?I do no more? To-dny its a curse, to-morrow a boie. tor, a lawyer, or may be a minister. But never mind?they're in God's hands. I don't complain !" repeated Jareb, thrusting his awl through, and then pulling it through. ''Why ,.1. ~..l .1 TfO TT * * siiuum x i iiuw many a ricn miner would give all lie's worth if his children would only be different from what they are ? Sickly and weakly, maybe, or perhaps bad and wicqed. "There is no such word as complain, For by it we nothing can gain, Save trouble and all mental pain, With a fol-derol-de di do." "No. sir. I've got enough, and that's raore'n everybody's got." The boot was finished, and the old man took out a golden guinea. "I've no chantro for such a Dicce. sir!" said Jareb. "I don't want any change. Take it all. A shilling ia to pay you for mending my boot, and tbo rest is for your wife and children to pay them for the loss of their walk. Come, don't disappoint me." Jareb took the coin, and though bis thankfulness was deep, its expression was simple and polite. The old man put on his boot and went away. The wife came in and Sareb showed his treasure. They Were as rjch aa monarchs now. They danccd and sang, and then cach called the other a fool. However, after this they went and took their walk?they and their children. The oldest child was only twelve ' years old, and ihe youngest two, Tommy and'Johnny were twins. They were a jolly looking family. When Jareb. returned and entered his shop, the first.thing ho saw was a green silk purse. Jle. picked it np and found it full of gold. Quick as thought be put on bis hat again, and ran fVom the shop.' He reached the Hotel, but the stage had gone, and f the old gentleman had gone in it. So I the cobbler returned to his cot and there. 'sat down with the purse'In bis band. ! i . h- : rsi 'i '.-'* : : '\ cbgap*** ir, j , *; -; ^What shall wo do 'with it?'' said , Jayeh, qneoeiiy,. . . 3 jf . "|iet'8; tftkd it djmntio the cellm fehd Hido it. iThen we shan't be robbed Of it, Wfc shan't loso it, am ; Wgiyipi wC^Sai hj*T?it fa m*tk ***&m 4*t% and tboy pmj lUe Fol-de-rol-lol-dc?lido. And I'm the linj>picst mnu alive? Fol-dc-rol lol'de lido.'" "Then 3-011 live contcntcd on your sc-nnty store?" said the old man regarding the cobbler enviously. "Just as coutentcd as the day is long, sir. And why shouldn't I? I won't starve while there's a crust of bread in the house, or a ripped shoe in the village. I should Jikc money if I I could have it; but I wouldn't pass I one day or night of discontent for all the money in tho world I" "And if you had money, what would you do with it?" For tho first .time Jareb looked sober. Ilis awl was stopped in the puncture it had made?his eyes rested vacantly on tho floor. When he spoke all his lightness of manner was gone, and his voice was tremulous. "Well, I'll tell ye," he said, while the twitching of his nether lip showed that he felt deeply. "I can't help thinking that my little ones aren't a coming up as some folks' little ones arc. They arc good, honest and happy ; but if they could have a chance to get a little more 1 arnin than their poor old fathci*'s got, I shouldn't mind. I cannot help thinking as how there might be a bright mind or two amongst them that might make a doc J- delight,yon aro right." So fliey went down into their rmr? row cellar, and having looked ail around they finally removed a-atone from tho wall,, put Jlio-'pursc in?having,roHed it up in many thicknesses ot^stout paper?and then put the stone back as it was before. On tho following day the cobbler watchcd.for the stage, and when it CauVe lie \Vfcnt to see if the old gentleman had come back. This he did ev cry clay for two months, but no old man came. At the end of that time Jareb was taken sick. lie was very poor, too. Many a night tho children went supperless to bod. "Jareb," whispered Heppv, with a frightened look, "there is gold in the cellar." "Don't! don't! O, never speak of it again!" gasped Jareb, in agony. ^T'va ilmilafltf nf if I A <h<vpn'o - ? ~ %.. "J } li.HVO ^UIU there; but 'tisn't ours, Ileppy." "I didn't mean we'd take it. Jarcb, I didn't mean to take it, Jarcb, I didn't mean to take it,,' cried the wife. "I only thought you musn't die !" "I shan't die, soul's delight. But I would, die if we took that. 'Tisn't ours, Ileppy." After many days Jarcb Gropp was able to walk out. One pleasant Autumn day, as he hobbled along on crutch and staff, he saw the stage coach coming. It passed him, and lie saw that same white | haired old man on the box with tho driver. Tho poor cobbler hurried 011, and when he reached the tavern, he found tho old man standing in the hall. "Ah! this is the merry cobbler?" asked the stranger. "I am tho cobbler, who mended 3-our boot last Spring, sir," said Jareb. "Yes, I know," added the old man, "and the driver tells me that you have been very sick." "I have been sick, sir. Ah, I was made nervous at first, and then I caught cold. Yes, I havo been very SICK." ''The driver tells me that your family Buffered much during your illucss." ' Some?some, sir. But that isn't the thing now. Didn't you lose something the day you came to my shop ?" "JjoseL" repeated the old man, starting. "Did you find anything?'1 "Yes, sir." "Was Jt a purse7" "Xes, sir." "Of green silk?" "Yes, Bir." "With fifty golden gaineas in it ?" "I don't know what was in it. I found it, and if you will go down with me you shall have it." The stranger regarded tho cobbler for some moments in silence, and finally said he would go. So Jareb led the way to his little cot. "Here my love," said the cobblor, addressing his wife, "let us hnvn n. candle?the gentleman has come for hia purse." "We haven't got a candle, Jareb; but I have something that will answer." And thus speaking Ileppy wont out and when she returned she brought with her a pine knot, which she lighted by the fire. Jareb took this and turned toward tho cellar, and the stranger followed him. "I can get it, sir." "Goon; I'll follow you." The cobbler said no more, but hobbled down the narrojv steps, and when he came to that part of the wall where tho purse had been concealed he asked his companion <o hold the torch. The latter did so, and then Jareb removed a stone and drew forth a paper parcel, all damp and mildewed. They returned to the upper room, wbcro Jareb unfolded tho stout paper and produced the purse uninjured. "Here, sir, is yonr purse, just as I found it. The old man emptied out tho broad gold pieces and counted them?-just fifty of them. He returned them to their parse, and looked Into Jareb's j face. * | "Have you suffered for want of | money daring your sickness ?" he asked. "Much, much," was the answer. . "And you had this gold by you all the while r 3 "IVwasn't ours, sir. Oh, I may have suffered, but not aa Iwoaldhaye Buffered had I token that. It wasd't I mindf it wfts ?<mW.' v'.^afcefy sur; and | when you remember poor i>ld Jarab , Gropp and kid seven children, find his Wf * "From ifb#t '< "From Paventry, among the bills of .'"Northampton." "And what was jTour name before you wero married?" tho old man asked of the good wife.* "My maiden namo was Ilepsebath Munson, sir." "Wero you from Paventry ?" "No, sir ; I was from Kibworth, in Leicestershire. I went to Daventry to Jive when I was sixteen." "You never had a brother?" "Yes, sir. 1 had one?George?he went off to India, and there he died. Poor George! He was a good boy? he was very good to ine. lie was a smart young man when ho went away." "How do yon know that he is dead?" "Becauso wo never heard from him, sir." "Hepsebath," * cried the old man, starting to his feet, "look at me! look at me, L say ! See if you can't tell me who I am. I remember of hearing that you had married a man nuincu uropp, but I could not fuul where you had moved. I was negligent?very. But say, do you know me ?" "It ain't George Munson ?" gasped Ilcppy, starting from her chair and trembling like an aspen. "Look i.t that purse! Didn't 3Tou see that name ?" and as. the old man spoke ho showed her a name worked in gold thread, hut which she had not detected. But she read it now? George Munson. Then she looked into the time worn face, and gradually the features of one she had loved in j-ears long agone were revealed to her. It was her brother?her own dear brother George. Presently Jareb Gropp saw his wife in the old man's arms, and with .one bound bo reached tho middle of the floor. "There," he cried, "now see ! Supposin' I'd taken that gold. If I had we'd never have known George Munson. I tell ye there's always a sunbeam sure to fall upon a good action. ii il come some time, 3*0 may depend. George, how'd yo do? Aint I glad wo didn't touch your gold ? How could I ever looked my delight's hVbthcr in the faco of it? How'd ye do?how'd ye do ?" The last half of this speech had been made with tho old man's hand in his grasp, for even then the thought K.wl -.1 t > . imu uui: n ui ivuu iLbUll 1I11U J ureu s honest mind that any pecuniary good was to grow out of this. But it was indeed Heppy's own brother, and one of the objects ho had in view when he set out on his travels was to find his sister if jiossiblc. lie had forgotten her husband's name having heard it but onco in India, and then casually in conversation with a man who had just come on. The old man was very rich : and now that ho had found the only living relative ho had on earth, ho resolved to settle down with her. A largo bouso on a beautiful eminence", tho wealthy owner of which had just diod, was for sale, and Uncle Gcorgo bought it, and thither he took his sister's family. And in after times there were some great doings in that great house. Tho littlo Gropps had a competent teacher, and they became prodigies of learning. Jareb was utterly astonished at the wondrous intellect they displayed. But tho balance was kept np. As the little ones bceamc moro and more advanced and threw off the children's things, Jareb and uncle George put them on and becane children themselves. One day tho two men were caught in the act of jumping leap A.. . * *? " * irog over eacn otuerers shoulders; and had not llcppy como out and stopped them, there is no knowing how many necks might havo been broken. It was fortunate for .them that the good damo rotained all her strong sense, for thero wc^e seasons when, in the height of their childish joy, they might have done much mischief had she not been ever noar to watch over and protect them; and once (I - > have in good authority) when she caught them wrestling "at side long/' she took them by the ears and led them into the h6nse. ... Bnt they had 16 indulge in rongfa sports, for as Unole George had sud> denly become thawed ont' of the icc of misanthropy andioncsomonese and as : Jareb had full.ias -?udd?nlD been lifted op firom> tho .dark deptbt of poverty and wdnty.^ they found themselves moved by ft spirit of joj and gratitude that wouldn't, bo -Onrh cd> So. Heppy had to watch their ontikeome ofihe ahiidreikjbteaa&ok enctagh to reasoh vrith thcm7 and fbot ?he pUyed ^ith; the girls in tho hou^ ?nd Ik*-;!!# bajr*> t*k?*ur*a?;?H ** i1 (?'i1iiifiiBliMtei'?ri'-yifKiiifrr- - - Bong of Steam< [Tlie following fine poem, by Gsorqk W. Cuttkb, of Covinglon, Kentucky, Blickicood lia* pronounced "the best lyric <?f llie century":] Ilnrnesa me d*wu with your iron bands, L>e sura hi your euro ana reius, For I scorn Ihe strength of your puny hands, Aa a tempest scorns a chain ; How I laughed ?s I iny concealed from righl . For many a count le*s hour. At Ihe childish boasts or human mi|;ht And the pride ofliumun power, When I siivv an army upon the land, A uavy upou tho peas, Creeping along, a snail-like bond, Or wailiu^ a wayward breeze; When 1 ira the peaseiit. reel Willi the toil he faintly bore, Ashe turned at the tardy wheel, Or toilsd at the wenry oar. When I measured the panting courser's speed The flight of ihe carrier dove, A? they bore a lnw a king decreed, Or the !iui*s of impatieut love ; I could not think how the world would feel, Ah these were outstripped-afar, When 1 nhould be bound to the rushing keel Or chained to tho fljing curl 11a I ha! ha ! they round me at last,; And they invited me lurth at length. And I rushed to iny throne with a thundei blast, And loughrd in my iron strength! Oh ! then you e >w a won irons change On the earth and ocean wide, Where now my finrv armies runge, Nor wait lor wind or tide. The ocean pales where'er I swetp, To hear my strength rejoice, A twl mtinat*ra nf <Iim K.itiv ilnan J ~-"-r Cower trembling at my voice. I carry the weulth and ore of enrth, Tlie thought of the godlike mind ; * TtxMvind lugs alter my going furih, The lightning U left behind. In the darksome dep'he of the fathomless mini My tiresome arm doth piny, Where the rocks ne'er eaw the sun's decline. Or the duivn of the glorious day, I bring earth's glittering jewels up From the hidden caves helow, And I make the fountain'* granite cup >v iui a crystal gush o'rOuw. I blow the bellows, I forge the steal, In all the shops of trade ; I hammer the ore mid turn the wheel Where my arms of strength are made. ( manage the furnaces, the mill, lite mint? I carry, I wpin, I \v?-uve; And all my doings I put iu print On every Saturday eve. , I've no muscles to weary, no brenst* to decay No bunra to be "luid on the irlf," And eoon I intend you may ' go aud play," While I muimgo the world myself. But harness me down with your irou bauds, Be sure of your cmb und rein. Fur I pcoiu 1 he elrengih of your puny bauds, As the tempcit scorns a chain. The Coming Cotton Crop. The Jackson (Mies.) Clarion, notic ing the speculations of Northerc papers *in regard to the cotton crOp says: It will be observed that speculators or writers in their interest, have com mcnced the old game of predicting s large incroase in the supply of the staple. Wo are told" that the price it LiuiuiuLJug pruuucnun, ana inut a considerable addition will be made tc the acreage heretofore (sinco the war] employed in its * culture. Conse quently wiseacres aro already pra dieting that tho next crop will reach 3,000,000 bales?probably 3,500,0001 This originates solely in the imaginations of the writers. The breadth ol laud devoted to cotton this season will not exceed that of last yoar. We arc certain mat 11 will not equal it. It it tho experience of almost every plantei that fewer laborers are engaged in itt production than were thuH employed ust j'fear. The remunerative prices of cotton last season left a largo num her of frecdmen with means at its close to set up for themselves after t A_Li- rni -? - * * iuBiiion. ijiiit ttiey have done, witl insufficient teams and tools, and undei circumstances generally not favorable to largo crops of cotton, which, more over,they are ambitious to raise. Be sides, since 1865, thperop prospocts al this period of tho season, bavo not been so unfavorable as at tho present season, in this section whence the sap ply is mainly drawn. The excessiv< ' rains have damaged them immensely When they commenced falling, twc : weeks ago, in consequence of the pre lx viops inclement . weather, manj ! planters had not pnt thoir seed in tlx* , ground. And in .instances when they had come up, the young plant lT- has. been killed or. washed. away bj the flood. ' Consequently it may bi i said that now, in the early part o , ay, flip tin^ whon. ordinary cottoi f receives its workings, it.has yet to b< i, planted. Owing'to ^he wet weatbei [ two .Itttykfe. of t?e. most valyablo tim< r to beon entirely lost . The crop has been thrown back a l . . f ...V ri-fc t Arf!' w t< least turefi we cits. Aticl evefybodj 1 kfiowfc 1/ow itnport^nU^irrtd ie in eftv ^jffiinn i hi ii- iVi'iin'iii in iifiVfi A NOBBY WEDDING OUTFIT. IIow a New York Belle Gets Married?Tue Trousseau and tue puesents. Tho^ewYork Sun gives the following description of u costly wedding outfit: t, Through the courtcsy of a friend wo havo been permitted to examine tho trosseau, part of which was im puricu irom i*ariB, 01 a ueue ol Madison Avonuo, who is about to be led to the hymeninl altar by a Boston gentleman of high social distinction. All the articles and dress material sent from Paris were done up in packages elegantly embroidered and edged with Valenciennes lace, each package being enclosed in a substantial caso of straw. A package of handkerchiefs like cobwebs in quality, each bearing the monogram of the young hrido in new and uniquo designs, won our admiration, and we were struck with several sets of laces of exquisito pattorn. Tho bride's dress, made by the J . court dressmaker, is of white satin of; rare magnificence, with an entire over-1 dress of point lace, which is looped up | at the sides with largo satin rosettes orange blossoms. Tho bridal veil is also of point lace, made to order in Brussels, tho pattern corresponding with the laco overdress. Tho expectant bridegroom has given his fiancee an elegant set of seed pearls, purchased at tho Paris Exposition, which are to bo worn on her vrpdilihcr <lnv O ? ?J We waw among many beautiful silk s drosses one of pink?the new shade? made with a long train, and trimmed with a deep point lace flounce, above which is a row of pink and white marabout feathers as a heading. The short skirt is turned over at the back and fastened with a small bunch of pink and white feathers. Boots to correspond, of pink silk, with high pink French heels, were shown us, which wo admired as a matter of course. Another dresa of blue corded silk is trimmed with two point applique floun-i ccs, with headings ofpeacock's feathers , beautifully arranged. The dress is made with a corsage cut quite decollate, with berths nf appliquo and tufts of peacock's feathers. As with all other toilets, boots, gloves, fans, &c., correspond in shade and pattern. A reception dress of gray satin is beautifllllv t.rimmprl with tlin nnm J ?*??U VMV IIW1T Oliauu Ui green in small puffs arranged around the bottom of tho skirt, with a bow - of gray and green between each puff, i AH tho dresses wo have described , are of tho richest and most expensive quality and material, and mado in , accordance with the advanced Paris - fashions. Among tho items were \ twelve pairs of shoes, No. 2; six doz( en assorted gloves, four dozen hand) kerchieft, toix pairs slippers, six round i huts, four bonnets, four parasols, two lace shawls, three lace parasols, two ) India shawls, twelve dozen pairs of hose, twenty-eight evening, dinner and street dresses, five cloaks and i sucks, and cartloads of other articles I of wearing apparel. The bridesmaids' dresses?six in r number?were sent over at tho same I time and have been presented to the ? misses who are to officiate on the ocj casion. They are of white corded : silk, with lon^ trains, and trimmed I witu a heavy ruciiing of white satin t around tho edge of tho skirt. The overdresses are of fine white tullo el egantly trimmed with Valenciennes, ? inserting, ed^god with whito lace, and i looped up on each side by a vino of t tea roses and buds. Tho father of the bride has already i given his daughter a present, which - is a fine brown stone house on one of - the fasbionablo thoroughfares, clogantt ly furnished throughout. The entire I house has beon newly decorated, each t room being frcscoed in new designs - and colore?-tho furniture correspon) ding. The walls are adorned with . elegant and rare oil paintings, son?e > of them by old masters, sent from - abroad at great oxponse. Bountiful r pieces of Btatuary fill all tho alcoves ) and niches,- and rare ornaments are j distributed about the rooms in profnt sion- :'-l r Among thd drawing-room orna3 ments wtfjsaw a small table of the f finest ivory, inlaid with gilt, the feet, ? made to represent bird's claws,' with V tcaall birds ftetened at inteival# up r, the legs. ' i ' Nearly all the Wdrpom? aw? hang v?ith silk, the beds being placed jn t ,aloova? . mxi, entirely hidden from t view. Long mirrowfroro eeiling to. * floor rttytp evert* t*0otf. ## nothing !* ground, tfcft walU *M > woodwork padded with green reg&j r aud the floor covered with the eaajl i 'gsgs$mBm b tiworae o? monoloMut.nOihei. & { i?to^ jjgjBUml j > -V-' Wmj;., pavod, along alley has been built for 1 bowling, with every convonienco of bro gas, fires, Ac., for all weathers. for The taxes on tho house and ftirni- ble tur? have all been paid for one year ligi in advance?so it is said?that tho the newly married conple shall havo , bey neither earn r?r?r rvnnnan Atlrw.kn/1 5a It ( .. to the house is an extensive Conner- ami vatory, filled with tho choicest and and most beautiful exotics. ing g?G the Views of a Sensible Northerner. ^>U8 tiot Charleston, S. C , May 10, 1809. trie To the Editor of the Netos : a8.' I have read with groat satisfaction . your article in this morning's News, j an(j headed Northern men in the South, i IVn That the "old residents have no social! get intercourse with the Yankees," may Put^ be (doubtless is) truo in many eases ; | 1,00 that undue prejudice exists is not to 1 ue^ be wondered at, and for the reason reli mainly described by yourself. The 1 writer of this article spent a year in Richmond, whose citizens 'are sup- ^Ul1 , . . . . 1 mai posed to have a due appreciation of v their own social position, and although crei in no instance seeking to enter the and charmed and charming circle, he Pal never made so many acquaintances in a strange place in so short a time, nor gjg met a more genial and intelligent peo- ^ali pie. You 6ay, "If a Northern man, rJ or any other man, comes to South anc^ fS.WwlIno. 1 t -* ncv' vitivuiiti, it 13 uuuiiusc iic sues u cnance . . in t of making money, not for society." tj,e That is'curtainly a legitimate conclus- ten ion. I have traveled from New York flue to Saint Paul, from St. Louis to Washiugton, but in tho whole route thero . c seemed to me less chances for investments for rapid, at least certain, re- Avi flivnn florin <? Inn r* tltn * '*? 1 ? vm.M.i Mivlig V11U 1 V/ULC 11UIU IUU V lust named city to Charleston. anc^ mo I have spent the last week at Long- kui wood, 011 the Pcdoe River, a planta tion or nearly six thousand acres, Bru< which has recently been purchased by ^ New York men for less than two ^ dollars per acre. Some of tho low . lands of that magnificent estate are . equal in fertility to tho land in New ^ York at two hundred dollars per acre. Tho buildings are substantial and , . 0 tern numerous, and, with the fencing, must have cost tho sum paid?certainly ^ would havo cost more at the North. par This plantation was sold through an jow (ldvfirtinfimnnt mnfn knr* ?? ~ ..uuw a j W(W iu the New York 'Iribune. I -would j say to Southern men, if you want to WJ|g sell your estates advertise in the New . | York and Charleston papers. How many Northern men do you suppose ^eM are in Charleston to-day, perhaps, ^all that want just such property as yours j(J ^ if they knew where to find it ? And | e if you have two plantations, let me wj advise you to sell one and hold the tj othoK ' pub I think Southorn men are too much discouraged. Look- around you? ,?hi travel rrn Nnrth W paf lrnnn " O- ; -VVJ/ ,, UU' UllH eyes open. Can you not make money Hluj out of your own lands as well as a amj " Yankee?" As for the prejudice of slju the South and the North, I am sick and tix'ed of reading about or discussing it. The Northern mon are not all Sim "adventurers, carpet-baggers, vermin ?-xar nor blacklegs," nor have I seen a scalping-knife or tomahawk in all my *a* Southern travel. (I have seen a few good rifles.) I leave for Now York ^ in an hoar. w**i Kcspectfully, ^av GEO. NORTH. ?p':< * tic i , the Twenty or thirty years ago, when pjjc missionary enterprise was in its infancy omong the islands of the South now Seas' (paptain Summers anchored his pra slooji of-war off one of the Marquesas. lrefl The next morning ho saw an Ameri- an(j can ?ag floating from the beach, union 8tllI dowp. This excited him fearfully,and my lie aunt off a boat at once to inquire info the matter. Presently tho boat returned, and brought a grave lookiog missionary. The captain's anxietjr ran high. ; What's the trouble ont there?" ho aaked.; " quick 1" ' : : ^rai Well, I f?n grieved to eay, sir," Men rowed the missionary, " that the 8^m ogives have been iaterruptingour fegt sacerdotal exercises#' . me< {" What ? what was that you said 08e, they'd boen doiDg?" ,, ^flt paioa m?, sir, to say that they j havo been interrupting oar saoerdotel ^ ettftGMjeS.}.rfyr vjpMlMi^heyntUr^rd gTWta J stand ^ hfrWti tftkgivig !ei& . .the whole batt?? & effelaimed the captain. :l i Jjpfc.etetynighed missionaryhastened / against Buoh rigorous measDM and finftlly ga(?0eoded iEi m*Uing . >he old tar qpder?t(iod that tho njriives ???>1w Viaan kWaaUn* ' ? pNNtw? ??$&!$** " ';I2L L J0h! j? tW all?" ?aH.;fc9M* ?? ftop- |gj , ^ :> j . -;.:J p ^ " B?e jJ6 ^ Iebrew Piiilantiiroay.?Tho Hews havo always been roniarkablo their excelleut system of charitareliof, in which but ono otner reous body, tho Quakers, can rival m. No ono ever naw. a Hebrew gar or a destitute Quaker, and this ot owing to the absenco of want >ng them, but to their peculiai; thorough arrangements for takcaro of their poor. Each syna;uo has a committee, composed of most respecteble members, whoso iness is to inquire into the condii of every Hebrew in their dist, and to afford assistance to snch ^ equire it. They acton the simple icipie of putting the needy in a ialion to supply their own wants, do not encourage pauperism. rk is furnished to such as cannot employment,' and many of the dlera and glaziers of our city liavo u set up by them. The aged aro sioned, and the disabled placed in lospital, or furuished with regular cf. 'he Mount Sinai Hospital is ono of best in tho city ; it has been orlized seventeen years, and is reliable.for being open to all persons without regard to color, sex, or ed?Hebrew, Christians, blacks, 1 whites being found among tho ients. During tho year 1868 thcro e G71 indoor and 743 outdoor paits treated, at a total outlay of ,830, of which'only ?3,707 was for tries. ?hcro is a Hebrew Orphan Asj'lum, 1 they have also a number of bcolent and mutual benefit eocioties .he city. The great efficiency of so is duo to their being superinded by the mOBt energetic and initial members of the denominate who take a personal.interest in ir managament. A grant has latebeen received from the city of >lvo lote of land on Lexingtan unue, between Sixty-sixth and Sixjeventh streets, for a new hospital, [ arrangements aro making to raiso ney lor tho ercction of a suitablo Idiug.?N. Y. Post. tal Treatment cf the Insane in Massachusetts. 'be Massachusetts legislative committee ch is charged with the investigation of death of Pinks, at the Tuunton lunatic utn. happened, a-lew days ago, upou a of new testimony, of just such a charaois furnished Charles Beade with the mnnl for "hard cash." Patrick Milan, of ulville, a former patient otv the afylum, ifiid that he saw the struggle between ks and the attendants; three men held ru the victim; of these three, Young knealmcr on lii? u:_ a -- ?UI'U Ktiikmg him with bis fist; Lampson eiampiug upon Paiks' breast with bis I, and kicking biin in his side with all might, waiting for a chance to bit fair veen the struggles of the victim, who ootd as often as there was any breath iia body. "When Parks was completexbausted, he was taken to hi? bedroom, re the witness heard more violence in night. Why didn't the witness make lie such doings! lie did not dare bad kuown patient* to be beaten for ting complaints. One day, keeper rles Acorn required witness to bathe , upon his refusing, knocked biin down* kicked him no severely that he was lame from the injo^M then received, had alto bee?> kicked and bruised when was in a Btrniijacket. George O. ttuck, counsel for the asylum, crossnined and bully-ragged the witness, failed to i*i?credit his testimony, which very clear. .lphonse Karr relates an anecdote ch shows that priests occasionally e some remarkable penitonts. A >st recently demanded of a dornesBervant whether she had fasted as Holy (Jburcli enjoined, She red, " It is impossible, reverend tcr, for I am very poor. To fast 7-a-days is to eat oysters and wns, carps and lettuce, truffles, h peas and beans, and asparagus, to drink champagne arid conice. It is only rich people, like master, who can afford to fast," rERMIW nv riwTmr*Mo A dent at Kirkwood, in the Journal Agricultre, stated that for some 3d years his chickens have b&en t ftree from lice by strewing small aches or spray of'cedar about the nery. : Previous to the use of this pie remedy; they were badly ine?U -No Whitewashing or other mjs tor expel -retrain have been i. '! W\ ' . 'I ^ i j ? "j. [ jmi.u . i L church member of iftv-Western r.rw*? recently a*K?a W itttuoribo chandelier for aohdrcb. .vNow," (the, vrhat'ethe use of jrohahdeT After you get'it, yd* can't get ' am* to pUyoo it" "i *1 *l'l ti >llil< ' | ibout eix hntodred .hktida have been oirh out of empfogpneut in Grane,$L in consequence of an er recently isaued by the inspector "tig vp the tobat^o* factories for ?k- iiofcitioi - ft*L v ' L' Jifc. - V Jvi" --