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' . i \ ???? --- ----- - -" r?r*i? ,.- ?r -??- | | i -? ? ?.??? > ? ??- - ? - g ? ? - g ".a-!?n~ ii * . HI 1,1 F '' "?''' * moBBamm i a i . a11 i ? . ,i i i BB I ^ '' * j v - , . . ' -:???:? - - - -^?????-f-?____ ^ BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1809, VOLUME XVII?NO. 8. An Innocent Convict Predicts that Grass will not Grow Over His Grava In the year 18191hcre was, in the neighborhood of Montgomery, an ancient mauor-houso called Oakflold. which like many of those old structures, losing its original importance from tho increased sizo and convcui ^^ KtuUinrro I\nr1 Knnri Clit'U VI IllVilUVl UUHU...Q.J, WW.. converted into a farm house. The Jate occupant, one James Morris, had Tifcen an "indolent and somewhat dissipated man; the farm consequently feil into neglect and became un pro fit a b J, and he died in debt, leaving h e wife and only daughter in possession of the place. Shortly after his dcatl the widow took into her employment a young man from Staffordshire, ol the naino of John Newton, the here of this little story, -who had been strongly recommended to her by hci brother; and well and faithfully did he discharge his duties as bailiff, fully justifying the praise and recomnienda tions she received with him. lie wa? an utter stranger in that part of the country, seemed studiously to shun all acquaintance with his neighbors, and to devote himself exclusively to his employer, lie never left horie but tc visit the neighboring fairs and markets, and to attend.the parish church, where his presence was regular and liia conduct devout.. In short, though highly circumspect in his behavior on all occasions, he was a melancholy, reserved man, and even Lhe clergyman of the parish, to whom he was always most respectful in his demeanor, entirely failed in making acquaintance with him. The farm undor his nianagment had improved, and became profitable; and the circumstances of Mrs. Morris were by his assiduity and skill, both prosperous and flourishing. In this manner more than two years had passed, and the widow began to regard him moro as a friend and benefactor than a servant, and was not sorry to observe her daughter's growing affection for him, which appeared to be reciprocated. One evening in November, 1S21, being detained longer than usual bj' business at Welshpool, Newton set out about six o'clock to walk homo .to Oukficld. It was an exceedingly dark night, ami be never reached home again, llis family bceamc very anxiom, and upon inquiring early the following morning at Welshpool, they ascertained that be had been brought back to that town not long after his departure from it, by two men named Pearkcr and Pearce, who eharged with highway robbery accom^anicd by violence, an offence then punishablo with death. At the trial at the next assize he wan pronounced guilty on the testimony of these two men, which was clear. ? x *1 i JJUmilYU UUU UUllBlSLUIIb llU'UUgllOlll, vruH sentenced to be hanged, and left for execution, lie employed no conneel,and called no witnesses in his do fence ; but upon being aslccd by the judge, in the usual form. "If ho had anything to say why the sentence ol death should not be passed upon him,' he made, in substance, the following etraordinary speech : " My lord, ii i* evident all I could say in oppositior to such testimony would be in vair and hopeless. The witnesses are men of respectability, and their evidence has appeared plain aud conclusive and my mo solemn protestations o innocenco would avail mc nothing. ] have callcd no witnesses to character and upon such evidence the jury coulc pronounce no otlier verdict. I blam< them not. From my soul I forgiv< those men upon whose falso testimony I hate been convicted. But, my lord I protest most solemnly before thii court, before your lordship, and abov< oil, before that God in whose pres ence I must Bbortly appear, I am en tirely gultlcss of the crime for whicl . I about to suffer. I have produced n< .unevo spea?jn mynenair. Two year have'scarcely pasaed since I came t< this -country an utter stranger. I havi have made no acquaintance here be yotfd the Mold in which T Imvo boci eniploycdj and where I haveendeax ed to discharge *my duties, faithful!) honestly aud well. Although 1 dar not hope, and do no.t . wish, that in life should be spared, yet it is my d< vont-%fc4 earnest deBire that the stai Of this crime may not rest upon m name, ? I devoutly hope that my goo mistress and her kind ajid cxcellcr daughter may yet be oonvinecd ibe they have not nourished and befrien< ed * highway robber.,,,^ havo, then fore, in hnmble devotion, offered prayer to Heave*, audi believe it hi beep and accepted.., \ venture to 9 ^irthaj ?(#,% grass & on^ge^er^tion, atlsastj ^ xigp covi who fcear ms now may. repent of the tfof, tqflMIKSKi T1 nfbriaMUjMQ w? ortjdwlned m ex^Cttt?^ i>?d iVTM^OTrt?dlii Montgoi ny with poor Eliot Warburton, and tho gras had not tlicu covcrcd his, grave. It is situated in a remote corner of the church-yard, far removed from all other graves. It is not a raised mound of earth, but is even with the surrounding ground, which i is, for some distance, especially luxu? riant, tho herbage being rich and abnudant. Numerous attempts have t iVoni time been made by soino who I aro still alive, and others who have . passed away, t? orin grass upon that bare spot. Fresh soil has been 1're. quenlly spread upon it, and seed ol' 5 various kinds have ben sown, but not i a blade, lias there even known to i spring from them, the soil soon bet came a smooth, c old and sluborn clay, p With respect to ihe unhappy wilncss, es, it appears that Parker's ancestors i had once owned OakfieJd, and that he . had hoped by getting rid of' XewI ion, to remove the main obstacle there was to his repossessing it, and that! . j Pearcc had, at the. time of Mr. Mor; | ris' death, aspired to the hand ol' his . | daughter, in whoso all'eciions lie felt' I LliP li.wl liron w II i\I ? 11 1 I l.v i mot* V/ur. I Ion. The former soon k-l'l ilio neigh- ! : borhood. became a drunken and disso- | , lute man, anil was ultimately killed in . | some lime works, while in the act of Masting a rock, I.Varce grew sullen and dispirited, his very existence seemed a burden lo him, and, a> the old sexton of Montgomery exprcs.-cd J it, "ho wasted away from the face of; the earth."?" 7 he Season Ticket," in j ihe liuhlin IInivirsiln Af MRS. BROWN'S MISTAKE?A HTNT TO MOTHERS. BY MRS. EMILY THORNTON, "Mother," Haiti Willie Drown, one | morning, a* with a quivering lip and ! heaving bosom, he opened the door oi'j the family sitting-room, where his j mother, a care-worn, fretful-looking woman, about Ihirly-Sve years of age, sat sewing, ".Aiother, I have broken my new velocipede; but 1?" "Broken 3 our new velocipedc !" interrupted the mother, angrily, without noting his ashy paleness and agita'cd appearance, or even glancing at the countenance of her grieved child, and hastily .said, "You little imp, you, 11 will teach you to bo more careful hereafter l5' "Throwing down her work; and j Grossing the room as she spoke, the j seized the poor boy by the arm and j passionately boxed one car and then | tbe other, with quick, hard blows, j Aficr exhausting her strength iu this j violent manner, eho dragged him j towards a lounge, and, shaking him j 1 riido.lv ns Rrnlnl liitri nnnti 1: s.lio ' lei't the room to look at'ier Eouie , household duty, saying, as *ke closed tncdoor: "Now, stay there! Don't you dare to go out of the house again to-day! Mind what I tell j-ou, sir!" > Willio did not answer; the violent I excitement which he had undergone f previous to entering the Iiouac. and which his mother had not given him ' an opportunity to explain, together 1 with the rough usage which he had . i received from her within, had entirely ! i taken from bis little tongue the power i of speech, aud his head swam, and his } his breath enmo heavy and thick, so . that he could not utter a word. This P i dreadful fcelinsr lasted onlv for a mo ? - ? ?J I [ racnt before he closed his eyes, and , his head sinking upon his bosom.. the 1 poor boy fell over upon the lounge, J pale, senseless, and cold. J It will be readily ceen from the ' above, that Mrs. Brown was a woman , of violent temper, which she had ncv9 er endeavored to bring under proper J control, and which often carried her - far beyond tbo bounds of propriety. - She did not, as a wife aud mother, l sufficiently guard against this evil, 5 which served to render her husband'u s homo unhappy, and her children > wretched and miserable. . Sho was. a indeed, a careful housekeeper, neat i- and regular in her duties; yet, in her a violont temper, lay a grievous fault, - unregarded and unbroken. She nevr, er cultivated tho generous feelings of e a loving heart; never sympathised y with the trials of childhood, for oven J- infancy has its little burdens, which a n thoughtful, tende ; parent can greatly y alleyiate. Ho! sternness and a hasty d, temper: was mainly apparent in tho it every-day domestic life of this erring it' woman. Alas 1 how many such, hom^i 1- as her's there aro scattered over our en country, which a few efforts at selfa control could so easily change and is make happy. ?. ,, Yet ,^ra. Brown possessed many ie good qualities She Was a professor >r of religion, active in.the church, fore a*, most itt deed* "of*WhKrity,' andwatchtt-. foi att W1 .fy&'d bf ai<ikne?s atid pi ^ 4pith. Everywhere, e*,c6t?fc' ip he* 01 W pWham?,she fipd timd t? IW*?flWS id* d ^i^B, ''.'I:l, ,'.'A.. A^aiL>tf ' s'.rv .' or with a heavy heart and a deepdrawn sigh, whilo her little children never received a mother's tender touch or loving kisa. A few moments aflcr the seven manner in which this mother had dealt with her boy, a victor was announced, and she smilingly entered the parlor to rtfeeivo her. "O, Sirs. Brown, 1 could not rest until I camo to inquire how poor little Willio is, after his dreadful (right and narrow escape from death," said Mrs Grey son, as sho aroso and gavo her hand to her friend. "Willie ! Why what do you mean ? \\ Juit I rig til arc you alluding lor caid Jlrs. Brown, turning dreadfully pale, as she availed for a reply. "Why, did ho not tell you ? Is il possible yon do not know? I sat in my window opposilo and saw the whole occurrence. The little fellow had brought his pretty velocipede lo the hide walk and was riding up and down before your door, when a frightened horse, dragging a broken carriage, dashed around the corner upon the sidewalk, end in one second uic child was thrown violently over, si rising bi.-> head against the pavement, while his little propeller lay in fragments around him. Willie was immediately picked up, but to all appearance was unhurt, going unussisted iiito the house. The blow he received \vn<5 KO licnvir I \rnviMAi1 niwl therefore came over lo see ii' lie was really uninjured ? Where is he ? The last words were spoken lo empty air, for, starling up ami clasping her hands upon* her forehead, Mrs. Brown had rushed iVom the room. Following tho footsteps of the pallid woman, Mrs. G.'eyaon entered the siLling-rooin, to Jind the mother bending over the insensible form of her son, calling upon him in agonizing tones lo speak to her, if only one word, lo let her hear hisvoice again. Mrs. Grevson hastily removed lier wrappings, iu order to give assistance in ibis liour. c?l* need, and alVcr i ?i 15 to HOOiliD iier huli'-distracled friend, ibe left 1 lie room and despaichcd a servant i'or the nearest physician. If ours passed?but sliil t^e heavy stupor into which the child had fallen remained unbroken. A violent blow upon the skull was the cause assigned by ihe medical alien cant, and great lcara were expressed as to the result. 1)dt poor Mrs. Brown?fov her il was a dreadful awaking to a scns^l" her own sad fchorleoiuiuga and mistakes. b'he entered iuto no explanation lo the watouiug friends around her; her trc-iU^at of her child was wituesscd by no cue, and therefore her conscience was her only accuser. ' Why," whispered that silent a&oiiilor, "had fiho not lioLcucd to ihe child's story, aud heeded his pale cheeks *and quivering lips ? 0, why had elie fallen into such a passion; why ever be(iii so uncharitable find hard lo her children? What, if he should die, would she ever cease to regard hersell aa his murderer?'' llow it wruusr her mind and sent an icy cbill through her heart. Bitterly row she repeuted her hasty pas.-ion; bitterly recalled every harsh and unkind word which ' she bad spoken to her boy. Little Willie died the next morn' ingl But twiee was the wretched mother allowed to hear his l'ecblo voice. Once, when he murmured, ''Mother, it is all broken and "again when opening his blue eyes suddenly, be gazed around and said, "Won't some one kiss ino ?" *Ii - * \ xl is unnecessary to speak: of the j heartfelt kisses which that self upbraiding mother pressed upou those dying lips; of tho wild agony which caused her to press his' cpW; dead | form to her bosom, uutil she sank fainting by bis side. Mrs. Brown was a different woman when she arose from the bed to wbicL she was long, confined, alter that sad day. .No harsh, angry woi'ds issued now frpm her lips; bo cold, unloving loyks now met hor children, what I they came into her presence?bui instead* there were tender tones am gentle smiles. , r. i *>'.J;V Mothors! is there not ytord ii this little story for you ? . Does it noi whisper, that your little ones j^ep^ affection and sympathy? I wpuh not jvish it to be inured from thes aem^rks tha^ parents should nq,g#v erri, and'sometimes r<&uke. iheir c)ajfl dreiyfof this is a command ebjoinet upob us of olck, en4 therefoWliecorae a duty to* tfd xiarefiiffljr /Vti let this rebukf ng ba 'done gentle Lhom- and1 tftlis VHwi^lfaVl# a&tnfaft torc<1 : porfbet i ' > liv to&iyiifr I nevop: . alk>wJwrntolt i-to GhaftifeW ' cliild under tbe iafluencb of soger. I Uthough tobt* jLv ' ' * , ' *V ' ? " aatj^'^ib6fetaa>jb*ia fHftssioSa Don't Stay Late Tonight. I The hearth of home i* bp/in I >g Willi ray a of holy light, 1 And loving eyes ore gbatnmg, As falls th<> shades' oC niglit; And while thy n'cp* are leaving ' Tin*circle |?ure ami blight, A lender voice, half grieving Suy?, "Don't stay lute to-uiglit." Ths woiM in whicli thou raovc3t, Is bu-r, brave and wiJo ; Tlie woild of her iliou lovvsf, Ih at the ingle bide; Slie wuil?s for iliy warm greeting, 'I'lly smile is Iter delight. Her genllf voice, eutreining, Sa3's, "Don't slay laic to-uitjht." The world?col J?inhuman? Will spurn Hire if tliou fall; The lov? or one pure woman Outla?tH an?] shames them all ; Thy children will cling round thoe, Let fat* be dail; 01 lui^'it; Ai homo no ?li;ill c.m wound ihee, Theu, "Don't fct-iy l.de lo-nighl." A Talk with Reverdy Johnson. A correspondent of the New York Times gives uii account of a professed ! interview willt tho Hon. Jleverdy Johnson, lalo United folates Minister to J3ng1and, at his country residence. : near Baltimore, a few d:iys ago. A jpo'lionof tlio conversation between ! Mr. Johnson and the correspondent is thug related by the latter : "How is Mr. Sumner?" then said Mr. Johnson. ***** "Mr. Sumner is in Washington," I replied. (I I -11 tiuu ivvo i.-aiiuiuuij tvt'll billlSLieU with his speech." " Well," replied Mr. Johnson, "I do not know iliac any yne else is satisfied wiih it. I.icll you that ibal spccch of oil inner lias made Kngland a unit against the United Slates. Our friend.-; there have fallen ofl* by troops. A i first the people declared Jor war, but now I think they have got over ' that idea and are ttulisficd Lhac our in leu lions are pacific. The speech having been approved by Ihc Senate. I the lviiglisb people at first thought ii i was a declaration of war. and wero . . . \. - - I |/VW|/*V MUU >J\/TViMIUVUV UIV willing to submit to nn arbitration Clarendon nays that JGngland might i T-s well say that she would reject tho , treaty bccnuso Lho. holders of Irioh [ republican bonds might come in under I Us tornis. Tho jJftnoiicans whom I t have met abroad denounce Hr. Sumner | as much as. the. English people do* It t is a foolish spcecb." . . no i xai I . Mr. Johnson waggery indignant .on this subject. lie could, not tolerate v [ihe ideaof attaching any'importance t or significance whato'v^ to tne *dea* |, -of .tfcb ' Maseeh ueejtjplSenator^.. j. started up from his seat, and walkinc *' 7'HO <* i 'iT&fwfcvivi un* aifi e up $nd down the room, nervQuslyanc . rapidly said : V V ' ' " % {; Jlffi?ThdAJBvni&i.. i tew w?i # ijowefful people and Canno$ ^b* ^ It" "What do yOfT^jin feof"a war he MW4kkA~^ftX9-*A?ji. 3 : %v^v^u,^u^ipuu J ' _ ->/ \ftj - ' ' ' - > >r, I prep area 10 accept it in Uiat spirit ; J but they have since changed their ! mind-*, and now they have jub.ly arrived :u the conclusion that Sumner is, ul'-or all, but ouc American ciiizcn, uiid docs not represent the views oi' ihu administration." For a few minutes Mr. Johnson hero relapsed iuto cilence. and then broke ouia^aiu : Sumner'* specch is abjurdl Do you know what they say of it in England ? Clarendon stvyfi that it is absurd and preposterous ; that it is not tho speech of ' either a'lawyer or a statesman ; that it3 propositions are wholly inndnn.'jsi! ?!.? * rtWIiv" t?M \i.. T,vl...?.rv~ , W. ? ' "j j Wt- *" ? V VWHDU"4Jj ! "ihis same Mr. Sumner wrote la .Mr. Bright on tho lOib or iSO.ih of last January tl?at tue protocol which I tecut ber0*\v0uld have been almost unanimously approved if it bad been received thrco weeks sooner. The fact is, the incoming President did. not want the question settled during the administration of Andrew Johnson and tho Republican parly did' net want it settled by mo. They did not wajit tho eclat of having tho most difficult question, short of tho question of actual separation, that has arisen bclwoon tho two countries, settled by a Democratic adininistration." . *' ... "Why don't tho English papers niililwli Mr Rnmno^o cnn/iriK 9'* peoples; But, to talk about it for argument's sako: England was never better prepared for a war than sho is now, and tho United States in less siblc to enter on a contest of the kind than sho was during tho rebellion, i Do you remember Admiral Porter's ] letter on tho subject ? IIo is of my opinion, or, rather, I am of his, that we cannot tight England. Yes, they would give us Canada, provided tho Canadian people were willing to bo exchanged ; but I do not think they are, and sooner than part with that province on forcible terms, England .would lose her last man and her lasl shilling." Business Prospects in Fupland The well informed London corrcs- . pondent of the luiioifitil Chronicle, writing under date of tho 22d ull, says: Commercially,business ha1*, to some extent, been interfered with l>y the Whitsuntide holidays, and yet there lias i;i some respects been a slight improvement, and rather more disposition shown to enter into fresh transactions. There is however, no diminution of caution-on the pari oi' buyers and sellers, and the increase in the volume of business cannot be considered sufficiently great to call for especial remark ; bat in times of depression any sign of renewed animation, however slight, is necessarily regard eil as a feature, and attracts more attention t!ian in periods of comparative prosperity. We Lave, however, been so accustomed Lo theso periodic, returns of activity, that llie public have of late ccased to regard them as an indication of the approach of a more decided revival of commercial prosperity. The improvement which has taken place this week, although slight, is chiefly confined lo the trado of Manchester, that is to say, the trade for cotton yarn and cotton goods. The former has.been chiefly enquired for on the part of continental buyers, but although llic C (Torts have been more numerous, it cannot bo considered that the demand is good. Tbo slight, increase with regard to the laller is due to an improvement ;i tbe demand Tor India and Chiua, but cs .be oA'crs bave been made at tho lowest prices oi' hist week, they bave not led to nittch business. It is probable, i indeed, that buyers arc unwilling to ! effect larger purchases except on | more favorable terms,. v. bile, ou tbo I' other band, sellers are not disposed, It spal^wQsMw. ??w?: '>' ^MwmwgtofeJme'k <&* V; Ration is b6 unsatisfactory a$ fa *.: apprehensions with .regard to tho fa'&**?&* ' "^-' **'" ; ' ': ' ' ' ' . " V *'' ' :' p , '?<' ".J'* .%. . :.'* tj-'~4i':' < I (? Will' ! 1 irmiioa I f ? J 4 AA ii y ivio l-UU till* Clarendon says tbat Iho United Stales, , as a Government, Lave no claims against England as a Government. , Tho United States bavo privato indi. viduul claims against England, and , England Las private individual claims L against fcbo United States.. Tbose tbo l<!ni#lik:K naanln onil fZ r??> * ?? ? ! and, perhaps arc not iu a position to j aeccpt lower prices cither I'or yarns | or goods. Some conccssiou in prices I might possibly load Lo considerable i business; but there is not much hope j of such a movement uui.il the raw material can be obtn'hod at a lowcy value. Speaking cf trade ?a general and not of Jluuchcstor in pailicu'ar, it rosy bo faiily urged thai the unsettled condllion ol" the money market is antagonistic lo a revival of active business, and that until there is more appearancc of financial safety, there wiil be no more hope of commcreia' j activity. The heavy engagements! eniered into by many of the fiuaucial | hous'>3 of Europe with foreign Gov- [ ernmcnts, have mado it impossible j for even the kcenost calculators to j como to any conclusion with regard j lo the future of the money market, and but few soem inclined to vcuturo an opinion. Of this, however, wo may be cortain, viz., that thcro is much more prospect of money becoming dearer than cheapor, for tho recent foreign loans alone ure calculated lo nroduce Ibat effect. But in addi 4, lion to that, the commercial demand for money always increases in the autumn.- It happened bo last year, in spite of the glucknesa of trade, and as evidence is .cot wanting of an increase in Lome transactions, fho effect may be more percoptible in October next, than it was last yoar. ,Nx> doubt caution, if oven to a greater dogrcetlian hitherto, is the correct policy ' for merchants to pursue. Thero is ?. bowover, no necessity to > warn the . mercantile classes to.adopt a cautious; ' policy, for suck*, coarse* j# enforced > upon tjtj$m; by tho.^ eir6u?iapeotion > showr* by t&ebaoJcs.-fcud:: discount ? houses in taking; gpcond class bills. > Hiiis protective policy on tho part of as?wc^,W ' ft ney would become bo great that an important riso would tako placo in tlio autumn, wcro trado to ifnprovc to any extent. The commercial mind has, has however, been so unsettled of late by tho unexpected movements from 3 to 4J per cent., that business men are not likely to extend their operations. The Stato Board of Equalization. Our letters from different parts of the State contain vehement doinim-in lions of tlio action of (bo Slate Board of Equalization in raising the assess-1 mcnls of real eslale. The county assessors were on the spot, and may be safely presumed lo have had more trustworthy information on the subject than could be obtained by a ecu- i Iral board sitting in Columbia. Their assessment should not have been mod-, died with, without the gravest and most serious deliberation. Putting litis and that together, we can only account for the conduct of the Stale Hoard by supposing that the total values, returned to them were much Ics-s than they expected, and were therefore run up haphazard to the desired amount. Governor Scott? who thinks that he knows as much about Ihe Siale as any other man? announced ?hat the taxable property would amount to about $300,000,000, and it must nave been disgusting, in tho extreme when the tolal returns were found lo amount to only .$104*000,000. A .correspondent in "Walhalla put the whole question in very few words, lie Bays : " The assessed value of real estate in Oconee has been raised one hundred per eeut., while in Pickens, where lands are worth mor?, it is only raised twenty-five per cent. I heard a person remark the other day tha'. if the .Radicals wanted all we had, just i A cr\ on/I v ?/ W>*>J BV, ttUU UVV IT llljl kUU UV/Vll arouud the slump in that manner. This has ofw'iyH been a white county, and afl?r th'S IT W1I/L BE STILL WHITER. Ocoucc and Pickcns both went Democrat ic in May." This is the key-note to strike. There is but one way to get rid of public extravagance, bigh taxation, swarms of county aud township ofilcors, boards of equalization aud the like. And tbat way is to defeat Radicalism everywhere aud upon all occasions. This can bo done by sbowing that Radicalism in South Carolina is as ruinous to tho pocket as it is destiuelive of industry and integrity.? Char lets ton News. Are Ministers "Well Paid? Hall's Journ a I of Health says: "The energy of this country, men of culture and classical education, do not uver- k age a &alary of t-ix hundred dollars a year?a sum less than a New York drayman, hod-carrier or omnibus udriver demands?yes, demands; while the mass of the clergy rcccivo their pay from hands which give it as a gratuity. Nine-tenths of those who do not pay tho preacher iu tho roundabout way of pcvv-rcnts feel that it is so much given as charity. It is an outrage against all intelligence. A merchant gavo his porter eight hundred dollars last year, and on getting him a wife ho said to him recently: "Patrick, yo:i can't support a wife and child ou your salary, you must have a. thousand after this."_ Thcro are many book-keepers in Mow York who wor': from ten to four, and get two thousand dollars a year. Tho Presidents of insurance companies, of even moderate standing, get five thousand dollars a year. Some get fifteen thousand, and g\vo- about two hours a day to their duties. Tho managers of a sugar refinery gels twenty thousand dollars a year. The Erie Kail road has paid its President twant.ir.fiva thousand dollars a vear. and yet if a clergyman made of greater talents, of a tenfold-higher colture and moral character, is paid four of five thousand dollars a year; ifcis counted a large salary. .. n .. .i i iv>There are thousand of places in the United: States where there at? too many churches by threefold and even more. There many & village which has four or five churches where there' ought to b? bat.< .one'' congregation; one good sised < bouse; jould hold Comfortably all Who attends the five, a clear lops U? the Church of four clergymen i there is no. such ..waste of pawenia . tho .management: of bui' !banks, our railroads, our insim^oer companicaLand pur (mamipoth busi. ness bouses. There ought to be some jt&thC li?ht'<tf rih? febt'^that nuft'V widow's mite is Contribute* to pay : men fiv doii%'m ^oria which Ofee OOQW. do better ?iud more aaaiijry wtuch.ddllat *?asthe wsuU of genei^usly ; starving, and tnus degrading two ministers; a'n old and new i school Presbyterian ; a high and low < Episcopalian ; a northern and couth- i ern Methodist; an open and close i communion JJap.tist; fio upon yo meu ] of Israel! "To what purpose is this I waste?" when there are bo many | fields wliitc unto the harvest without I one solitary laborer to put in his 1 sickle to savo the perishing grain. < ??. I The Cotton Prospect j ? ^ From tho Red Hirer country come ^ very favorable accounts of tho condi- | tion and promise of the crops, both cotton and sugar. But these advices | are exceptional. Along tho Missis- , sippi. .from tho lied Hiver up, the ( season, as far as wo can learn, has , been unsatisfactory in every aspect, and cotton is backward and unpromising. And the same may bo said of tlio interior of North Louisiana in general. In fact, the tenor of the re- ( ports received from all parts of the cotton-growing belt of the South ig such as to forbid the expectation of as largo a production of cotton as the breadth of land and tho amount of ( lafjor devoted to it induced tho commercial world to nnticipato at the opening of tho season. It is believed by many that there will bo a serious 1 falling off from tho result of the previous year. At al! events, there cannot be, in tho opinion of careful observers, the ' least excess over that. There i* some degrca of consolation in the tendency that this prospect will have to keep American cotton up to fair prices. For. in snite of Senator Snrajrue's # 1 " A O " unhappy conviction that India and : Egypt will drive American cotton from the markets unless the South can obtain more labor for its eotion fioldx, there is no reason to suppose that tho demand for the products of those fields will fail simply because the pggregate supply is diminished, especially when the acknowledged superiority of this cotton is consid- ' ered. As long as Southern agriculture can afford, with the labor that it has, to produce anything for commerce; it can afford to produce cotton, 1 unless causes should supervene to put an end to its svceessi'ul cultivation under any.circumstaucoa. t ^ t if | Political Martyr?Gov. Scott, op South Carolina, Explains he is Govkrnou.?Being introuueed, while in Cincinnati, to tho gentleman n 1 r? e? ? /#%\ o KiimoaIP a a U.?! ? *> JIVJ DI^UOUIIUOWl U3 ilUUVV|i*tIU UU1I1<? impressed with his tine -'appearance and pleasant manners, we wondered why a man who' comported himself so agreeably could find ;tbe amoant of ( pure brass necessary to fit him for the position of carpet-bag (iovoruor. To !?aiisiy our curiosity on this point we approached tbe subject as delicately as possible, and sxt\?r politely explaining tbe favorable .impression he had made upon our miod, we said to him: "Now, Governor, we wouldi. really like to know how you, a native of Pennsylvania ^od a citizen of Ohio, can bave tbe cbeek?excuse the slung phrusc, but it :is expressive, and not intended 10 offend?to set yourself up < us Governor of .-the proud, aristocratic State of South .Carolina, and wear the honors and ^emoluments of the office without blushing.!'m ' i* r <;- i - " Well," was the answer, "I have 110 doubt that.from your stand-point I must. nnnPAr in n most unenviable light?very much like a scoundrel, .in ; fact- Bttt-.rthis is my side of the story: I was taken to South Carolina against nif will, having boon captured during fhe war. I liked the State, and at the close of tjie war I invested largoly>''in- real estate and * settled among tho:Carolinian**; '! did notde* sire thp'position of Governor, and was indu^etfto take it only by the earnest entreaty of Taany of thro native 'citizens, who-merely preferred me" to other (oarpat- baggers. > I am now- a bona jiae citizen at tne:State, and am here *>0>'advance her interests by aecuringf if- possible, -another - railroad conn?tipnwith' the North and- West. JKenUutian, 26M < . ItJfcflurtwE that % Clipper ehipj vrtth^phtibiidrttd Jb^j cbittmanded by Wflt.Jftflrdniey, of Cincinnati, saH&ratt^alftrdtty' to jbih t^e Oubaftfe unde^'CcgpedoB. Tbe mtfn loft New Yorl&*w ^ Whoonors, ostensibly ftr an *ha ififehing banks; and boardifr belolf theHfcb* ship^Moftt Of them wore Weston me n Jgjjjdte N*d served under Sbehtffitt or Tffirniaa \liwjawow <' -> :?? lo i MMrnif'fit h'iHT uftl' Opium in America.?At a rccent meeting of tho New York Farmer*' Club, Mr. W. C. Wilson, of Vermont, interested tho club with an account of some novel experiments of his in poppy growing. Ho has made opium twr mx years, and finds it wonderfully l?rofltable. On a square rod he raised irro and a half pounds, which ho sold * for $10 a pound. This is at tho* rat? yf $4,000 per *cre* On an area of s five paces by 10 he grow $68 worth. Another year from 20 square rodu ho Look 46 pounds of opium. Planting an a largo ocale, he gathered 640 pounds from eix acres in an unfavorft uie year. Tlie poppy is sowed and cultivated liko any other crop. Jusfc before the seed-pods'are mature, a cut is made near the pod or on its under surface, and a milky sap exudes, This is gathered the next day, and Another small incision made. When the stalk is pretty well bled, Wilson cuts off the stalks, capsule and all, and grinds them in a mill of his invention. Me uses alcohol with his pumice, and obtains a juice which ho Jries away to a gum on earthen plates. This gum-opium he mixes with the milk opium obtained as described. A New York letter says:. "There are 3igiiB of coming oppositions tc all life insurance companies, which, under the plea of "mutual," draw numerous members to their concern, but, nevererlbeli d?, tnuuugu ib?ir business as thai of ? clo?e corporation. Tbe Mutual Life loMurance Company, of Mew York, tbo laigest id tbe city, held an election of do tutors to-day, and for the first tiro* ia the history of tbe constitution, there*was un opposition ticket. It was not sucoessI'ttl, biniply because tbe matter had not been canvassed before band. Ouly this morning a Ivertisements calling upon policy bo I tiers to ereicise their rigbt to vote appeared in the daily papers, but too late to have any practical effect. Tbe movement is aiguificant, however, showing ibat ibe halcyon days of mutual insurance companies are npproaohing their end." Five employees of tho printsbops fttLodi. New Jersey, who babitaally drank vitriol and alchohol, mistook arsenic for vitriol in compounding their bevorage and died in consequence. Tbe Japanese colony that recently arrived at San Franciaco, have purchased land in Colorado County, CaliforniUj for tbe purpose of cultivating Bilk and tea. They ore pleased with the location. Information has been received from reliable sourccs in Havannoj asserting that the Cubans are enslaved in an active offensive movement, and were never in better spirits or more Bangui ne of Buccess. Forty thousand beef cattle bound North have crossed the Brazos River at Waco, Texas, tbe pVesent season. Four thousand crossed in two successive days. v < A. member 4of Congress advertises in a New York paper a cadotship appointment to the JJnited States Ittaval Academy for sale. The wheat is now beiBg harvested throughout the - upper portion of Georgia, and it is said that ^he. general yield will surpass, for quantity,and quality, any previous crop, grown there for many years past.;; . Mr. James, the Buffalo boot maker jtyho ..Bon-t Grantthose "inaaguration boots," has not received - any office, and has sent in* the bill to bis members of Congress, Almost immediately after the silver-bound tie Was laid *od the golden spike driven!in th<p Facile- Railroad. they were.quietly taken op again, deposited withNevada'% silver bummer in, a car and: sent tO 'San' Francisco, while a.common:.Wooden tie Was substituted, and the v<last-mftM" secured, to H by aicommoo $ron spike. J-!^ rtJ; b$"7#V?HV> rtfXfMiliiJ- ft . CWn^/Jabore^ . fres*i from the y^ijpj ^h^ already ipade fheir apnanVonAa ?n' Wa?? 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