The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, June 12, 1873, Image 1
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f he Lesson of theTlowers Upon the
Soldiers' Craves.
f . ^ _
To strew the grafts of the battlo-dead with
/ flowors is a beastiful custom. Decoration
Day, Observed North and South in the time
when Nature puts forth bud aiid leaf and
fiovrcr, flushed with the firat glory of tho
Summer's dawn, is rapidly losing all the
Rrnnllprnr vprtinnnl siArihnten whiith nwnront
~ ?; ? ? rv,VMfc
it from being ouc wide feast of love and
reverence. The graopful, dedicate act bep
comes wore and mofV honored in itw performance.
The tears of the nation, North
and South. are almost dried by Time, and the
bitterness that wells up with tears is ceasing
to flov from the nation's heart. Kindly
and gfQtly Time does his work of soothing 1
the sorrowed. Man, with his evil eyes, his
bitirg words and passionate hates, struggles '
against Time in vain. If God is love, love is
eternal; and as tbe worse must fall away '
in time before the better. On this lovely f
morning, then, as tender, lowing hands lay '
dewy wreaths and garlands of earth's sweet- 1
est flowers upon the soldier%' graves, may the 1
spirit of love be diffused"with the fragrant 9
increase that is wafted on the morning "
breeze. s
It is becoming m oM story now how dis- 8
cord rose, in4God's own time, among the pros u
periug people of these United States. It ^
will to-day be pondered over by millions h
how the mad act .f one section plunged the e'
nation into Civil war, and h<Jw the fact came 9
like a fearful dream upon a people.used only 11
to the glitter of noifarms and the glint of ^
sabres as features in their days of national ^
joy. To-day we do not demand whence
came the sabres j P<
to be sharpened and made bare. The war yf
ghost, no matter haw or by whom ^
called forth, qvershadowed the lancL the
rattle of the drnm and the trumpet blast ^
truck dumb the quivering lips of fear: for P*
good or crH.fcyJjfe or death, the ranks on ut
either side fere flBod; and, with a gathering ari
^ * cry, in a'gloomy hoihr, the contest was begun.
Bow It deepened until the inoet sanguine in
the cause of love despaired that the wounds
of North and South could erer be healed is
within fhe recollection of all. But the war, t"a
/ for all its fairy, passed away. North ^nd *>u
South were iomea Once too re. The strohg
hand grasp of the North would not admit itbeing
shaken off, and as the two sisters ve
. t looked each other iu tne face the sign of he
friendship in the clasped hands soon began IJ
its subtile inHoenc in tbeir hearts.? wa
passing away) the green grass I go
^M'oo^thb trampled, shaken battle field, fas
"ares ore/ love for our grand united her- bej
. olofresh and green where poison I wo
onoe usurped its place.? Pe
11 humanity. * ^ scl
For the dead alone were the flowers firs t c"
laid upon the soldier's grave. For the man V*
be was, the cause he served, and the life he ar<
yielded for that cause, the garlands first were
gathered and strewn abore the soldier's "?
mouldering elay. The poignant grief of
mothers, sisters, widows andorphhns lent the
swoct scattering of flowers a reality of sor- ne
row at firat that kept out of sight the groat eT
beneficent end which it would serve. North c*
and South it was the same. .The wail that w'
rose all over Kgypt when the first born, from cr
" ' !-tl ? 01
Pharaoh's down, were slain in tne mgm, was .
like the wail heard over our land when the ?c
great war was done. The cry for blcod, the
battle cheer, the victor's exultant shout, i ^
have all their dismal echoes in the wail of I ar
sorrow, which will not be stilled until the '1;
' * Iotq i hearts are weary of their grief, and
Times' misty beratb has dimmed the haunting
picture of the scarred and gory doad.?
Jjfeanwhile the world most have ita heroes. 'L'
A priu? (how often falsc-rootcd ?) supplants ''
regret. and story tell the fame of C(
those that ?hH. Glory, with ifs blatant ^
bugla-blaat, claims the dead for her own.? tr
Kohemeral may be t?V? glorification, although *
dazzling to the eye. J* arnes are IKOllluiu |
on pi.Izrs ; shot-torn flags rfve blazoned with w
the battles where they wavtd; vanity is ?
nursed like a hothouse plant and thrives.? w
A century or so passes and the pillars w
crumble, the flags fall into dust and the w
vanity becomes a mere word in history. The 0
shame of defeat passes away. too. eThose "
who have fought with honest heart in a ?'
beaten cause pluck glories of their own from 'j
the ruin, and,retting them against their bit
terneases for a balance, can let the past die
gently in their breasts. Between race and 0
race, nation and nation, the evil often will 1
not die, because the same wayward causes in *
one generation may reappear to produco
similar results in the next. But in cases of *
civil war the exciting causes disappear and ^
??n??r*llv become almost in explicable to the 1
body of the nation in a century or two.? i
Gnelph and Ghibelline. York and Lancaster '
?white rose or red rose?who in Italy or 3
England, save the student, now cares or asks !
which won or perished ? Pregnant with the |
shaping of the present in France and Eng- j (
land, as were the war of the League and the
onslaught of the Puritnns, what citizen of ]
either land asks his neighbor in passion now '
if he comes of those who fonght beside 1
Henry of \avarre of Oliver Cromwell ?? <
"Ashes to nshes; duet to dust."
$> Will it be here wlton our grand He- ,
pnbiK oat of iu transitive present, has
reached a period wlion the full fiuita of the
found at on of the fathers of our country are
gathered--when the good achieved through
tnrinoil, bKod and tears ?n the civil war has
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risen like avun above tuo iuggy
that obscure it somewhat even yet. Then
North and 8ouh will not merely have forgotten,
but wihwouder how any hand could
have drawn a liic upon the map that could
xuiider their sympathies?their I nion.?
|)eeorate tho gravO^ then, North and tfouth !
Let the tears be dn?d and love alone remain!
When the flowers ar*fcatterrd on the grave
\
the tranquil dead beiowfrill but seem %
w*ar t garbt)f beaoty. Nature at such a
time suggests no thoughts but those that
soothe, that soften and expand tho heart.?
Let not man or woman, then, North ok
i 1 iL. I 1*? ->
wuw, utbctiijHt uy mo ueauuneu resting
places of the dead to waken the JeoWest
echo from the vanished day^j? striff.' The'
war. was foughfout fidallyiif^e days oT the
war. Vain glory or Tain ropei will fall
with feebler and fainter effect upon the ear
from day to day. The pa&t is dead and hallowed,
and flowers and prayers alone shouldbe
near its grave. The- great word%, of
Abraham Lincoln in the cemetery at Gettysburg
are the greatest rebuke as well as the
gentlest that wc can apply to those irtio
would do otherwise than merely deck the
jod where it heaves in sorrow above the
wldier dead:?i;The world will little note or
onir rcmpmher vhat. irn ??v A .i/t
o - _ --?J
igain, "In a larger sense wo cannot dedcate,we
cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow
his ground." It is the soldier beneath, not
he citizen on the earth, that can make the pot
sacred. Spread- the choicest, sweetest
lowers abovo tne graved; enemy or friend is
ie n<r longer who has blended witn the oom- ]
ion clay. Let love shine among the flowers I
>day; let the relics of hate porish with the i
iding flowers to-morrow. The nation's i
cart is firm and its purpose as resolute as j
ver. The Empire State makes holiday at^U f
oes forth with radiant brow to pay *j'-s i
ibute to those who "that the nation t
tall, under God. have a new birth of- free- s
Dm, and that government of the peopler c
yt the people and for the people, shall not t
Irish from the earth." It has not perished. I
ur land is the home of the oppressed of all 1
ie world. Its future no man can write j a
it to-day we gracefully and heartfully hide 0
te darkest, if the most hopeful, hour of its t
ist beneath $ic fairest flowers We meet li
>ove the honored clay charged to remember C
id to forgot. vi
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Poking Fun at A Railroad. tl
* ai
Mr. P writes as follows about the fl
ilroad between Richmond and Peters- ol
irg: . d<
But aboyt this railroad.. Of course I want n<
aboiished every one does. The reckless si
locity with which the trains run between tl
re and Petersburg, is absolutely frightful, tl
was delighted years ago when this road tli
is established, bo cause I thought we had of
t rid of the old rickety and Jangeroorsy tli
it stage coaches, bht the speed they'also in
ginning to run the trains on this road, is tr
rse yot. * every one knows that th
tersliur<r is t.wenl.v -twuntv-f.wn miles from ct,
if Jt ia-aii inch,'and a day aud Igr
mJT? niabagere have *STreft2fy"Tc(!uc^f tfsf? -?T
ftednle to one day, and with making the tc
ginefires*too hot, and racing with cows pt
>og the road, and all that, the conductors tli
c even cutting that time down to
Why, it was only the other day, on the bj
>me trip, we happened to spy old Jim's gi
ale about two miles from Manchester. Tl
hat should the reckless wretch of an cngier
do but to clap on full steam and race '
ery foot of the way into town. We didn't
actly pass the mule, but we caught up
!th him twice, and come to the Manchester
ossing neek- and neck: and which was ?n
iffiing the most, the mule or the engine. e<
u couldn't have told to save jour life. p<"
Now it was exciting and all that, I know, 1'
it I hadn't purchrscd an accident ticket, le
id I don't believe the other four passengers 8'
id either. This is all wrong, Mr. Editor,
1 wrong. <*<
And then on another occasion, I remem- $
ir, we came within a hair's breadth of havig
a very serious accident. The engineer ei
ad got off to 6nowba]l a chip-munk, and the Cl
inductor was minding a young widow's d
ady for her?the result was that tho p
ain happened to get on a down grade and ti
as startled off at a terrific rate, every bit si
* -*---u *n:?i. \yrn | f(
P four miles an hour, i snomu iunm. ..?
ere just half a mile above Chester, and the tl
rat thing we knew, there being no one to
histle and wako up the switchtcnder, wo
ere turned off into the Coalfield road, and x
cut down the track at full speed. Imagine k
ur consternation when just at tbia moment t:
e heard the whistle, not half a mile ahead a
P us, of the up coal train* We were para- s
,*ized with terror?here were two trains on c
ic same track, approaching each other at h
he dizzy speed just mentioned. Evidently e
ur time had come ! In a few short hours i s
he engines would meet, and then?destrue- (
ion. <i
With presence o 1 mind, a minister on t
>oard organized a prayer meeting. Palo, i
nit calm, the doomed passengers sat, and c
hough with tho very shadow of death upon 1
hem raised their voices in a parting hymn. (
"Send for the baggage-master," said a ]
roung man with a sad smile.
'Why?" was asked. 1
"Because we are about to p&aa in our <
becks."
Everybody wept. From the rear platform, i
xe eouid sec the miserable engineer, strain- i
ng every nerve to catch up, but he had on i
tight boots and didn't gain anything to speak
jf.
At this moment a ray of hope dawned j
upon us. I had just finished Writing my
will mi the back-if a visiting card, when
* L 1 .. ;n ,|ie ftC? nf jL,_ -
1 OOSer>eu a jvuup, ... .
inching lior bustle. Placing the article?
which was uoijiposed of eight hundred papers !
and a hair mattress?under her nruj, the '
heroine marched through the ear
We followed her anxiously.
She climbed upon tho tender and then ;
over the engine. It was very interesting j
and thrilling to see her climbing the wheels
and brasft things on her way to the cowcatcher.
It reminded me of a country girl getting
over a wire fence. But never mind
about that now I^et me see where I was.
t
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up ^^MHnn^pmj
al * ayaiakj? i1|JM ViHMw'Mi'lH
?always.
eet to giro the Object l|^H^^?taM8H
n\cc oat of i^nov9d^^lHM|Sli8fl^
riiy (ftothcs. Thoyaj
Hart turd. Connect US* MH
The Union Padd^MHMPHPKnt.
At ifc InSt 8ts$id)S'"(Jn^i'eS9 autho^fc^
suits against tho Union Pacific Xlailropd, and
those of its directors who were directors and
stockholders in the Credit MobUior; YVIu-nthose
come off we will have a #cQnd edition
of the scenes witnessed in Cohgr?S u:.fc;
jtu- n -? f- *- * * i*
it unci. x lie VTUVUriliJIL'Ill IN Ulingcy UMUMiC
the "ring-masters" disgorge and the probabilities
are that there will be a fresh chapter
tf aBAndals and load persistent sweating on
^frwides. The history of the whott affair
irplFtj f-'.tted "by the St. Louis Republican
[ron tyh'^h. it appears that tlio Government
fcspt'd t<. ihe. company $27,236,512 thirtypear
?'^|rer cent. bonds, which amount was
? b*?u;.uaod hi connootiou with the private
(ubscriptions in building t1>e road* Certain
Iifleeter* of the road, however, formed the
Jredit Alobilier, gave\out the contracts for'
milding the road to theniRclvcs?in one case 1
dting out 58 miles of road :that 'had <
lmdy been built,* and paying $1,345/- '
>00 for it extra?and. thus absorbing 1
he bonds of the road, in a way that look? 1
ittlc different fVnni nutrifrht pnhLro Thn ?
( 7? o"" ?J * j
iovernmcut, in this present suit in equity, 1
rill show that theoriginal subscriptionato the
tock of the road were never paid; that ?
receipts given' &r them were fraudulent, 1
nd tliat the dividends which the late J
lake? Ames distributed among members
[' Congress, placing them "whcrcthcy would H
ojmost good"?were misapplied, and must be e
icounted lor. The Government docs not
io the Credit Moblier, butit will reach
m stockholders and directors through w
io directory of tho railroad company, a
ie directors of one being the dinxtor* ?
' the other. The railroad company imagined r
iat by the adroit trick .of resolving itself D
to a second corporation and making con- *
acts with it. they would bc ablo to -evade | (
? 1 1 ; i i L- -L- iL-n. ? . rw
? mvt, ?..u, n/u.fffp, oy ine H^iniur.ems ox i -
Jjj ^ Ugj^rB<tf*<V>"" ' Jj[
Itlii equity will reveal the wfiolc charac- *
r of the fraud, and fofrce the eotnpanyfclo
and or fall on the facts in the case. Under
ie contract to build ^ho road from Ouiaha c!
i tho 100th meridian, the remit, as stated t!
f the Wilson committee in the last (Jou- <*'
ess, was as follows : 9j
tl
liis contract cost the Union
Pacitio Railroad Company $12,974,410 24 w
cost the Credit Mobilier 7,806 183 83 ti
c1
Profit $5,108,238 94 at
Another contract was for building* 6f>7
iles of road from the 100th meridian, call- p
1 the l,()akcs Ames contract." The com- o:
my paid for this part of the road $57,110,- (I
02, and it cost the contractors $27,235,141, tl
aviug to the contractors a net profit of 29,- b
34,141. Another contract for 125 uiiles ^
r road had the following result: Cost the
>mpany' $2^481,758: cost the contractors, "
15,629,633; net profit, $7,802,084. ??
The few individuals who divided this is
normous profit among themselves, under c
an tracts made with themselves, and thus k
cfrauded the Government, will have an op- n
ortunify now of giving an account of the t:
ransaction. If, in thu end, they should bo
.rippod of'their ill-gotten wealth and reduced
i poverty, they will meet with little sytnpahy.?
Chronicle and Sen tin nl T
Louisiana?the President's Proclaiation.?For
every white or black man
illed in Louisiana, for every outrage pcrpe- r
rrated in that State, for murder, arson, riot t
nd anarchy, for the disgraceful position wc (
tand in before the world as a nation, in- J
apahlu, for eight years after the insurgents
iad laid down their arms, of suppressing a f
sbellion which had well-nigh exhausted it- \
elf by four years of open warfare, tho late f
longress is directly responsible. The Presi- t
lent gave Congress ample time to consider (
he unhappy condition of Louisiana; the (
ourse ho bad taken was known by the whole .<
onntry, and that course, lie intimated plain- 1
y enough, lie should persevere in, unless ]
Jon gross intervened by some act of its own to ]
prevent. j
The subject was looked into by ? com- i
nittee, which?Senators of Gen. Grant's |
jwu party coneurriug?roported that tho ,
Kellogg government was a usurpation/ and <
[hat there ought to bo a now election. But (
Congress did nothing, and tho President
choosing not to heed the intimation that the.
report of the committee gave him, now uses
the powor of the Federal Government to uphold
the usurped government of a State. If
he meant to do right, Congress neglected to'
give him the authority : if ho meant to do
wrong, tlicy left liini in entire irceonm to
follow the hunt of perverse inclination.
Wc suppose, however, now we shall have
a settlement of affairs in Louisiana?I he
sort .?f settlement that despotism always gives.
How permanent it will he, how inueh it will
tend to tranquilije tho South, subdue the
rebel element and bring us'all in nceord in
an indivisible I nion of States, is another
question.? A'? ir York J'.'reiiiiii/ /'?.</.
Why is a thought I ke flte ?-?:?!' Heeause
it's a notion fan oeean.)
P*TKAqJgimt UFCENT I'AHTOltAJ^UK <
I .. ' Missrpsrpi'r.
r < .
Ms^brflTii5S53j^iube hundred years ago,
slthicst of the known
Siicli tK*v fcVj 51 they could converse with j _
J^?prnt%jrn&icl, ittid learn things from
f)Mierwu?-7 ?
d this seeking truth
rsawc sentence with
tion of passing philre.
He ptbuoqticed
jommations; and deother
sorceries were
sentenced those peojjed,
and given their
jplisli it. (Deutcron-.
i *
ibominatlons men are
us, and boasting of
j, and triumphs of proe
devil 'the god of
dinded the ntlnds of J
anbe 1 foVHhfothe light of the Uospei or i
the glory'oRti^t mny not be seen by thein.'
(2d Oorio^k^, ch. iv., v. 4.) And now
we see the^nddon intercourse with evil
spirfts ereofr&tto a religion as the worship
of Odd.
"9hdntd jfa >Yonder; then if God did allow
the devil lriJAifluence over the affairs of
men, and af^imer to use the storms and
flames vri^jMJh he is familiar ?
"As bttfl N can use their knowledge of |
the natafdy4it)powder, steam and poison
Tor the injjPjbf thoir neighbors, so can the
levite Useflfc-vastly supeaior knowledge of
die powensftheir elements to work their
nalace. Can do this, of course, both
nen nndWaipts, only under the pcrmision
of Got^V^hin the limits allowed by
"Seme fjWsfthiuk they sec an increase
if this powifor evil, at tho present time,
n the nnn\J)|^iiid'grievoasncss of the dissters
whjchv\rk our day. Whether this
?e so or notJft have reason to fear God's
pecial angrfrl our times, because indiffcrnce
to fJo?Fa marked characteristic of
he presentS^. * *
The sanwDfoid who created the material
mrld and tuflaws which govern it created
Iso the mitJbof men, and it is fie who, in
men the power tt|
1:4WS n*tur? Ju*' ^
to let. him know, and
?"r p:6neration <iod has
sen lifmWrai curtain a little higher than
lore learning something more
)oul tbeelXw" ewU Utair infill ??l irll.m ..
eiifceng ThinlrTi?;u
! I;!!T "u*~' ;!
sneath the T^^n oi'-eoif utiJio man.
"If w^Ttdlie "tanngo then ift!>d should
)nfcund thejr ingratitude and pride by latng
the evil spirits have greater freedom to
estroy their porks and baffle the ui vent ions
f their science. It is not our place to say
lat ITe will do so, hut it is the place of all
ho fear rnd love Liiiu to offer IIim rcparan
for this spirit of pride, by showing in
.?.. ?u snirit of humble faith
ivij ,y,j wV
id childliketrust in Ilim'
The safeguards urged by his eminence are
layer and ghod works, but especially those
sternal forms of prayer which manifest the
atholic faith, before men and devils, i. e.,
re uso of the sign of the cross, holy water,
cads, Scapularies medals, holy relics, images,
ignus Deis, etc.
[This pastural of Dishop Kldcr is hut the
icrestdrop fc-om tiic bucket of Catholic
ijstic theology- The policy of the Church
i to avoid tho subject, regarding everything
oncoming it as a sort of unwholesome
uowledg?, and the priest or the bishop
ever draws from mo accumulated cxrnodinary
pa-itornl.]
Russia's Cavalry.
UK HORSEMEN OF THE CZAR?MARVELOUS
RIDING.
)
Writing under date of May second, of a
eview held in St. Petersburg in honor of
lie visit of tlw Kniperor of Germany to tho
Jsar, the correspondent of the London Daily
?iews says*
The great Attraction of tho day was the
nvalry, and that far surpassed anything
vhich I have ever seen. The two elements
?f excellence wore, of course, the horses
heinselvcs,"a*a"d the horsemanship of the rilers.
Can anybody explain the peculiar
jliarni about Russian horses ? Without prenuning
to answer my own question, I think
I may point out that one secret with trainers
hero seemsho to educate the horse; tc
tnake him trustworthy, faithful, ambitious;
ind to dispoitse with nil those contrivances
which, in uiofc civilized countries, crush the
spirit out of tic poor beasts In what othci
country can upe see horses like thoso which
dash along the Nvcska ftg free, and fresh
and graccfulbr? in what other country de
thov have sue a glossy skin, such swnn-like
nceks One utst reflect, too, that Russian)
of a certain el pd arc born like Arabs, in the
saddle. Tho ifrso is a member of tl\e family
a brother, u Qjmpuii ion in every adventure
The Russian Government had, tnereioro
good material; but ft has employed it well
and the proof is the snperb Norsemen win
to-day gulloptd along by Kaiser William
and his Geruan oflicers. The Russian cav
airy has the <rdinary divisions found in al
t V.nfinentnl * inies. namely hussars,dragoons
cuiraBsicis, ihlans, Ac..?as well as som
spcoioa pcctiiarto itself, I pass ovor th
former, and is eall attention to the horse*
These slock 3<i> niuseuhir beasts had evi
dcnlly hceruwolcd as rare lull) as the mei
themselves. f'or each battalion they wer
all of one coir. iiow a glossy black, now
rich hro^Arau light gray, and the uni
i
fbrmfty scorned to extend even to tneir size,
jh.ipc and motion. The effect was singularly
striking. The Toheck and Cossack cavalry
have bi.cn so often described that there <
is nothing new to be Said-' about their ap- i
pcarance. JThe detachment "which took part ,
in the ceremonies of to-day wore bright red' .
jackets and a sort of fur hats of the same 1
color, and rode chestnut ponies. Onj^heir
backs carbines were strappedand in their 1
hands they enrried long red Ihndes. They I
led the cavalr/C division.The first-circuit of '
the cavalry was merely fqf inspection; the '
second was for evolutions. How impatiently 1
the Cossacks went through the 6rst. and
how eagerly -they entered on the second.?
The ponies, overt, trembled with enthusiasm.
1 1 -1- ? J *WA h^mnopAro
As tlic eavaicaue apprunuuvu um jjui^.vio,
the riders settled firmly in their saddlesf
loosened the reins a little, and?the word is
given! Like a flush of lightning, and si- 1
multancously, the hor&cs shoot off, and before
the spectators have caught thoir breath,
are half-way around the square. What an
astounding pace! If a horso should stumble,
the *ider would never mount ag^fi. The
Cossacks crouch low in the saddle, and shout
like fiends; while their long glittering lanjes,
stretching out horizontally far beyond the
horses, are terrifying even to friends and
non-combatantf. The Germans do not spare,
their plaudits. They love the uhlans who
trampled down tho Tnrkos, and the Bismare
Cuirassiers who rode into the jaws of death
^t?M in Tnnr hnt nnthino' like these un
earthly horsemen from the plains of Russia.
Letmc not do negative injustice, however,
to the rest of the cavalry. After tho
second turn around the field the whole body
formed at the rear, opposite the Emperors
and the amphitheatre. The front stretched
the whole length of the field; somewhat
longer?to nse a comparison which many
English readers will apprcciate-^-tban from
the Seine to the barracks at the foot of the
Champs de Mars, and several regiments deep.
Thero were probably 15,000 in all?the
Cuirassiers with their whito coats and heavy
black horses, the hussars with their pikes,
the mounted grenadiers and the dragoons,
and at the wings the reckless Cossacks again
The Grand Duke Nicholas waved his sword,
and the entire force moved toward the Emperors
and the spectators. At first it was a
light trot, then an easy gallop, then faster
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faster, till one couia oniy see muusuuus i
' of glitteriug uniforms and su-crb horses
dashing madly toward the crowd. Nearer
and nearer they iothe, and ever at the same
terrific pace. It will bo death, for the imSiorial
party who are on tho ground below.-?
I uddenly the Grand, Duke's sword flies up
rti nil) mo'ownerspaw tire wuw
URtng; still the IIS,0Q0 horsemen jdrake ttt
, n, rm?1 T> I I J^K
the frilgmy mass C0IIUB 10 a UWip nq a inuu,^
fixed by an electric shock. Perfect silence
reigns. ' The long line of cavalry is as calm
and steady as the marble palace itself, and
far back through the centres all is tranquil.
That was a glorious sight, and worth a
journey to St. Petersburg to see. I shall
never look on scch a spectacle again.
To Young Men.
It is easier to be a good business man than
a poor one. Half the cnorgy delayed in
keeping ahead that is required to catch up
when behind will savo credit, give more time
to business, and add to the* profit and repi
uUtiou of your .work. Honor your engagements.
If you promise to meet a man,
' or a certain thing, at a certain moment, be
* 1 a - J TP vaii irn nnf.
1 ready at tlie appuiuiuu umu xi ^vu ???
: on business, attend proinply to the matter on
hand, and then as promptly go about your
i business. Do not stdjf to tell stories in
' business hours.
1 If you havo a place of business be found
there when wanted. No man can get rich
by sitting around stores and saloons. Never
I "fool" on business matters. If you have to
1 labor for living, remember that one hour in
the morning is better than two at night. If
; you cmjploy others, be on hand to sec that
they attend to their duties, and to direct
1 with regularity. Do not meddle with any
' business you know nothing of. Never buy a
I thingjsimply bocause the man who sells it will
! take it out in trade. Trade is money. Time
: is money A good business habit and reputation
is always money. Make your place
[ of business pleasaut and attractive; then
i stay there to wait on your customers.
Never use quick words, or allow yourself
to make hasty or ungcnfleuianly remarks to
those in your cmj loy, for to do so lessens
! their respect for you and your influence over
I them. Help yourself and others will help
i you. De faithful over the interest confided
i.?uu,i ,,n ;n ??n(} time vour
, lo your Kvcjuug. ...... .... 0 ?
I responsibilities will bo increased. l>o not be
in too great haste to get rich. Do not
. build until you have nrranged mid laid a
good foundation. Do not?as you hopo to
i work for success?spend time in idleness.?
If your time is your own, business wiltsuftor
, if von do. If it is given to another for pay,
? it belongs to him. and you have no more
3 riglit to steai it man iu mu?. UIVMVJ .
> Jle obliging. Strive to avoid bjirsh words
, and personalities. Do not kicL every stone
. in tlie path; more miles eun be made a day
, hypoing steadily on than by stopping to
kiek I'ay as yon go. A man of honor* rej
specis bis won! as lie does bis bond. Ask,
s j but never bog. Help otners. wneu y??u
. ; but never give when you cannot afford to.
] j simply because it is fashionable, bourn to
i,: say no. No necessity of snapping it out dog
e fashion, but say it liuiily ami respectfully.?
e Have but few confidants.and the fewer the
i better. I so your own brains rather than
[. those of others. Learn to think and act for
ii yourself. Me vigilant. Keep ahead,rnthei
(< than behind the time. Voungmen,cut thit
a out; and if there i-j folly in the argument
. i let us kiiow.
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* ' Labor Lri%tiM ? ^ . torn
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It is one tiling to adjust disputes; it 'is **
juite another torecowoil* ?mm- This
uust be borne In mind by all who sympathise
with the labor refbhn movement fn any o^
its phases. The firit ^nbstion to be asked is,
what is intended ? If it is said the object'is
to remedy ibis or that ovii, sttcb ss she employment
of too yeung children in ftetorfes
or running mills with dangerous exposure
Prom uDrotectcd machinery, or .working
mines without rognlfl to the perils of
mining, then the effort is a legitimate and
proper one. . +:.i
/ hat if it be said that the effort i?> to engage
in the struggle botweeo labor and
capital, and to secure foe the former all its
rights, then the intelligent and thonghtfnl .
should pause before engaging in it or
countenancing it. '
In the first place, to-admit an antagonism
between labor and capital is wrong. It is
as wrong as the ufree-iovcrV silent assumption
that there is a natural antagdnisn wtwoea
man and wife. Bat there is no emir
which it is so eaer to plant in the tniud of
the operative as tuat this ia so, that the intereste.of
th6 two are radically different, and
that labor is defrauded of its rights, uterw
is hardly anything so diffioultto drive oat '
as this belief when once implanted. >,-.* *.? . (P
The interests of the two can be mat)#
different, and ouce made so, the antagonism. \
?which is not between labor and capital,
but between capitalists and laborers (a very ' .
different thing)?develops very rapidly.
Capital and labor are not only not tptagoistic,
but arc mutually dependent, and thp
more one prospers, the more the other wflj,
provided the capitalist and ?the laborer do
their mutual duty. t ,y '/
Now, a convention can remove a difficulty
which may have accidentally arisen, eqrr^?
an abuse, or reform a practice. Suppose
that at the mines, when ooal wit high,
miners had been paid by a certain portidn
of the ooel being assigned to fthena. Whet
coal has fallon in price, Remand, instead,
money wages. Here is an adjustable >
difficulty, the question involving bofli
miners' and owners' rights.
But when it undertaken- to pat waged ; r.
where it will not be possible fqr capital If
control them at all, so pegulate th1
Suuntity of work which u to be done as a
ay's work, or, in short, to meddle With any
radioal questions, labor reform (S going upon
dangerous ground. ' J , ?
Iu foot, its groat fallacy lies jast here,?. down
and die, bufit cannot And frill not pay*
Nttmair will, pfer??t fii todkjitoBniilbiBi^
to employ his workmen upon tfieiT o#d
terms. lie says, l,I cannot afford this,"
and stops, and no exigencies of labor can
make him go on again.
The great compelling force of the market ^
will always render vain attempts to absolutely
protect labor by legislation. Nor can
capital be legislated out of being. *One
man will save and accumulate, another toil)
spend. C'upital repaesouts mind applied to
business, aud mind will dot be subordinate
1 to muscle. v
i But the labor convention may do much
j mischief, though it fail of its end,?the
i subjugation of capital. It can proteot unskilled
and incoDipetcut labor by arbitrary
wages rules, at the expense of the skilled
and efficient. Tins is the effect of fixing
standards. Capitalists leavo the burden,'
but it falls on the men who are obliged to
do good work in order that idle workman
may be paid fqr poor work. It can build
! up the autaguniain of whioh we havesgekeu,
between the capitalist and the laborer; so
that tho ono shall regard bis operatives as
his machienry, to bo driven till worn out,
and the other shall look upon the capitalists
as persons to be resisted by every possible
trick aud combination which can keep the
labor-market high, and check improvement,
i We are not attacking labor conventions or leagues
simply of such. We are only speak
iug of them as thev become tne iosterere 01
class-antipathies and jealousies.
Churchman.
| Temperance.?The New York Tunc*
gives the following piece of news whioh will
prove interesting to the temperanee men :
A now temperance organization styling itself
the United Friends of temperance, was ..
! fornmd at a convention of delegates from ten
1 Soutnern States, representing six temper,
ance orders, which assembled in Chattanooga,
i Tenn., Jan. 22. Only white persons are
eligible to membership, and tne pledge,
| which includes all alcoholic liquors, whether
1 fermented, Brewed, or distilled, is binding
during membership, but a degree is provided
for all who desiro to take the pledge
for life. No political party discussions, or
sectarianism,are allowed, and the order is
j forbidden to have nnything to do with the
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' prohibitory legislation, tnai Derng regarueu
! as a matter for each citizen to pass upon as
I a citizen. Already nearly seventy councils
I i>f this order have been formed in Georgia,
'although scarcely three months have passed,
and a Stato Convention or the members is
1 to bo held in Macon, Ma^'7 , to perfect the
j organization and extend its operation even
more widely.
.
i The Pull Mull Gazette recognises tEft poetic
merits of Henry Tiuirod, the Southern
j poet. Tt says he rose aud fell by tho impulj
scs or cirunistanccs, and it was a gustof pop11
ular enthusiasm which at length showed
what passion and what eloquence rus nature
was capable of blaqsng into. It was thus
that his verses became such as may be ehcri
ished like historic monuments. His poem
. "Carolina" is certainly nueoF the gems of
American literature.
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