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- - - u .n 1 V.., . . DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY;NEWS , ATRCI NOENIJ TILIKART.;Z NV-tJ- FRANCIS, Prop~rieor, -T VO -o. W - -. ________S_ -u il .r E,.rt..IT 11---.-- I . ,A V oainiun S. wals1te, P. i. W. P. DY JAMES M. EDNEY, EAQ., 1hili S. White, the subject of tlyie indtch, now Past Most Worthy * a triarch of the National Division of tjo:Sons of Temperance, and univer sally allowed to be one of the most distiiguishod, eloqiuent. effective and successful. Temperance lecturers in Anierica, is 'the son- of Philip and Lucy White, who emigrated from Yirginia, nearly half a century ago, and. l06nted at Frankfort, Kentucky, vIere They died many ycars since. M'r. White hnd seven brothers and twq.sisters. Two brothers only are now living,,T. J. .White, the first Speaker of the House of Repre. sentatives in California, and General Zach.- -White, a wealthy planter of ' Louisiana. One sister is living and married to Mr. Morehead, of Keene, Co., Ky. By profession Mr. W. is an Episconalian. Mr. White, in person, is near six feet in height, weighs about 180 pounds, is inclined to corpulency, has dark hair, heavy whiskers, and his head is getting bald; his features are full-well proportioned and in dicate'a strong and well balanced minqds; the general outline of his person is well proportioned, indica tng health, strength and elasticity; equally distant from effeminacy and coarseness: his: form is erect, his carriage firm and graceful, Ie was born-at Frankfort, Ky., in 1807, . and received sneh . elementary in structidn from time to time nas was usnal' at that early day, in new settled countries. In 1824, he was sent to the University of Virginia, where he reminemd two years; from 'iis Institution lie went to Cambridge, ygdJ lygmea resident gra duate Froni (ainbr '' went to; Florida, in 1829. In 18 a oye .. his - White 41 . nd went i Cuba t obtain andl- prepare ldocumentary evidence in the land claims of John Forbes, covering thirteen millions of acres: he returned the samo year aid. his brother gained the case wil received for, his services $15(,000. J . . White is the author of "White's Land Laws," which is a text book throughout the land. Phillip, in the meantime had been devoting his spare time to the study of law, and went from Florida to Kentucky, and finished his studies with Judge Monroe, (who he de clares was a 'fac sbiil" of the writer of this article.) Mr. White at this time was ranked among the most promising young meii of the State, and in 1832 was elected, (in conjunction with Cary Anderson and Riehard Pindell,) a delegato to the young and Mon's National Whig Convention, to nominate Henry Clay for the Presidency. - In 1833 he located at St. Louis :Rnd practiced law one Year. In 1835 he returned to Florida and remained till the. famous Florida War broke'out; with a strong love of country, and' a bravo spirit, ho entered the 'service-was engaged ini A-rd-ittle of Chickasawatchiie, in which a 'Methodist Preacher of North . Carolina,, (Mr-. Doztier-,) stood by his side. In 183U lie anid hislady went to Europe and re reained till 1839, travellinug all over~ the Contient, enriching his indu by actual obser-vations with what had taxed his memory and exeited hiis fanby and imagina'tion for- many w(eary months during the progress ojf his education. On his return lie was appointed Disttict Attorney for Wisconsin, which station lie filled' with ability. In 1841 lie located ini'Philadelphia, Penn. In thuis beautiful "Quaker City," he cem. barked i the 'Temperance Jeform at stich'titues as his profession gave h~m leisure. (We -may remark her-e that -Mr. .'W. was never an "~Old Tope'r," a "Young. Sot," nor a "biiy Tandrum," 'as his inimitable forte . at .rep:esenting --all these noble~haracters wvouhl seem to indi cate; but like rdiany f'ashionablo men itit' day, lie " took a little occa sionally-, for his stomach's sake and o'fta"i infirmities," and1 it is but justice ti mq~ark that ho was not scrupu-. .o, exact as to the smllnens of hoqiiantity, a ver-y gr-eat dlerange ment~ ofL :stomnaeh,' or' a vei-y serious repotition of ' infir-mities,' believinu it~ tbbe-a most excellent medicine ii slightaalliotions, and not bad to take in" hatith. "-%i 18fNafte'having lectired et tahvlvy 'r u& h& -a st Grand Worthy Patriareh of the State of Pensylvania, and in 1846 was selected a1s Orator of the first Natioual Ju)ilce o the Sons of Ten perance, in tLe United States, held at New York, in the Park ; at which it is estimated ie spoke tc 40.000 persons. At this first mighty gath ering of the Sons, having acquitted himself so well, he was elected Most WYorthv Patriarch of the Order, for North America. Having thus been elected to the highest distinc tion in thle Order, he Commenced thle publie advocacy of its pro-eminent claims iipor the consciences and characters of fallen im1imanuity; saeificing a in er-ative profession, the sacred endear ments of 'Home, sweet Home,' aId. :all his pirivat1 nian, lie wenit to the vast fihld b'efore himt with a spirit. ener-gy and philanthropy that would not have detracted from the charac ter of a Howard or a Loyola ; bit lie went not as ' U n tout sed,:' for the cause-' the cause of all mankiid' hegaIn now to rise in all its pristine majesty and pirity, ind multitudes flocked to its standard, on which was inscribed " Love, Purity, and Fideli ty,' and friends drawi fr-oi Ce*vr -rade and profession, good and true, cheered him in his errand of love and mercy', till now, wherever he Yoes, they flock to hin and the cause, like the Qrmbattled hosta of Israel rind to the drmikarid and distiller, they may be ' faOr ': the moon, clear ne the n .n( terrible :Is an army with hanners.' From 18 1, down t'o the prcsent.day, lie has been a most indeati;i.ale champ1 i'n of the cause. travclliigr over tle whole laud, 2Nova Scotia. New Brnnswick, ke. Ie has visited sine his cOinection with the Orler, every State in the tTniion, eIcept Iowa, Teoxas, a1d Florida. il .'y hor-s have 'been withont relaxa. ith.the ion of) about two, ally devoten to recreatin aid rest, at .Iaratoga Spings, Y., when haain oes forth- as 'a giamt re fehlwithi new %inm,' w xith thlis dif ference. 1 is refreslin collie s froin pure cold Wato'r, I OIe beverag-e psre pared by' Gd himelf, to neish I:i and invigoratc Ihis creature.' Ill the great pre5 of travel, a n'dahnst a-i ly and nightly lectures. Mr. WV. Las ntot sIft-red his pen to) lie idle. The followin' are the prici al works that have emiii anited fr.-mt hii 1. wn been pullishedI, a ml toet with an ex tenlsive sale : - The War of -,000 Years, h limself mid 11. 11. Pleas ants. ' Vi'ltiention of the Order of tile Son,'I ' Indiani P;tviiient1' ' Phi. losopl hy cf Trilles,' ' The Maniac,' anid man works ot less nma:nitiie. ct equilly origiial and e-ective. His father wasi distinguisheld in the late war iupon the frontier, rind Wa3 with Genieral I Harrison. His brother Zack. wIa with General '.'aylor at the defenice of Fort Hiarrison, awl tok bare o hiS brother who was wountided inl the hattle, for which act Genera T lor ever looe:d I pon Iina br I tller. P'hiipij visited lEst T.ennuesse'e iin Febru-iary, Mareb ic~ and A~ pri, 1850 a; fromt thietce he went to West TennesiseeC, and thience to Sa ra'a in the fall of the sameat year lie returnedi to East TJenntessee. anl fromi thentce lie wvent to Abingdo hn, Va., and visihed the H olstoin Confle renice, then in Ssssin, ii bero 200 entlc:een jined the (.ulter: amvmt them our brother of* .Knoexville, Rev. W.~ (G. Irewntilow. Flirm this timie, (October,) imay b.e iiatedl his labors iln the Old Northt State. A fter at tendinug the Grandiu Ulvisieon of the Stt ntat mrolnth , 'he wtas in l abors moost abuniidant,' visitinig everv coun ty in the ~State ionce, and1( nmry of themu twice mnd thire tim5.. except agigby day and by niight, by land and water, by coach and by ea nioe, dhelivernig in sIiit moths, aboutI ~300 set spee<.hes, never missing bunt itng the inames and intitiating of about 4,.000 members, among theat Judges 0f the Suptemie andh Supierior courts, Presidents and P.rofessors of Uni versities rand Colleges, Seven E~pisco. pal Ministers, a large munbieri of Missionary .aptists, Preshv ter-ians arid C~ongregationalists, and a mrly every Methodist Preachier ini the State where ho has been. Thelu largest tumahecr hie received in one place, (103i, was at Wihniington; the most powterutl speech ho nmade wars at the North Carolina Conference at War rgenton. TIheo Grand D1ivision; piad hun $100 a monih, anid employed him six months; his labors terminated at Wadeboro'. From that time was depecndent upon voluntary contribu. Lions, which, when ho reached this place equaled his salary. Tihia may be thought extravagant, but while he received $2,400, hc brought into the treasury nit least $8,000 ; so that on the whole he has done the State a service that the light of eternity can only reveal. We iight extend onr remarks, but cannot for want of room, liaving here only glanced at what would fill a volume. We might attempt to de scribe Mr. White's eloquence alhd oratory, but neatly all who will be likely to read this, have seen and heard him, that's enough. While ever the Tree of' Temperanee bears one green .leaf, or our emblems re main sacred, the name of White will stand pre-eminent in the prould ga!axy of her glorious and noble Sons and champions. In Ile.may li prosper ; in death may he trimpli, and in eternity may he Rest ! Asheville, hr U. MN. Im'rr1r. is now lectriing in SNith C:nolina alld i; rhaly 4. ourl people liay nlot Iinow hlim. we tlulit propwer to )ub1 d lh the foregaig as giv ing Solie iinfiolanution as to is wherae houIts. It becomes tim inore necessary to do so as all sorts of repoits, niisiep Isenttist4)54 .1i1. 4mallnders, have been C- -irlatet4 abolit hii1 since lie lbeen icII ill cuir State-pelrhaulps no man luis been inS o short a time inore imiisr1h mis re qvisnted th -jthe said I'. S. \\Nrre. Atone t ieOnto h piublisle as ai A ho litionist, another says he is vainglori MuS, another that te ab1es tlie Cli-lt, id still anothe gravely tells yol that W irr is a <tward. een' 1 1:>rso-th ! he once refused in a very l-Y41 4 ian iik(.e-wav to flight, a diiel-i liat his second b)e1ling a veryv rae ian 11ured him tk ligit, but still ie would Inot--said li was 1n1wll, the se;l d went t e te liehill of stri1. ..an retemI d, amnd lo! lie paIssed by Wilnei.-::d beaInt 1himi sitlk as Le was pickin h lis, teethI. Well all We have t) say on the relolrts i-. that iley are ve r sill v, ind1 show Ill)\ hard Some petolt!e arle puhed Ii (bIe r capi tl to oppos5 the Tm .mei lh i-e Ition. vu gentlemen yu ini-tak!e the Whole Inatter' i yu suIllpose imtr i inioimieit, lhat tle ase (f Teipeamiee i to stand or Itb1 with Milr. \\'re. or :mv ly lierl itia11. it. st~i;uI w'n i'.s ill ht itrisie worth. It 1) t .omui: i. sever'e ,mIon ;ttwikey-le-vingr chiristianis. why that is i ruitter tbetweil him and . and1w1 have no dolt he i- 1i1llY Ivm pl te it to !efei11 il al ieds ln I-I p Cro I IIs, 1It as to4 the d1ut ll hv it hk' eVL WAS Iiol u10Olthe inl Lis voutth to have eiher necetei mr snt a cial h-ige, no questi n but he lii; beenit sorryV enough mianiol repenittdlor iit 14ng am if hlie rethised io iglt he I her-I by maoen, ~hust. >IoI eil a tewvn ,ons:ls \ld u7 uill hiy before you thiei triue itate oft thle (:ase. Weo pt~ile~ toprde no leave0 aoubt!4 4 n the inind of(Per Joe of JI..'efiiIieldimeory. FeW w 1 paren-hts realize how much thiir chilldren inay, be ta)\ght at home by dievotuing a few hlineuteS to their instructiont every day. Let a plarenlt niakO a compihaiin of a chiild, converse w ith him familiarlv, puit to himt questio ns, answer iiirii i. es, coiniouniceate fattds, the resuilt ol his reading (or obsrvation, awarken his enriosit~y, exp laiu it ilieulhies, the meaning of things lie reason ol things-and altlI his ini an easy play iultanner without seeinig to imii pose0 a task, anid he hitmsel f will be atstonishied aet the prgrs which wil! be made. The expeiimeat is so) siml 1p10 that none hesitate about its per for mance. TH'IE FUTrUnt:.-it has beeni beau tiful said, that 'the v'eil whieb covert the lace of fuiturity is woven hv th( hrad of Mercy. 'eek not to" rajs< that veil, thuerefore, for sadness mighl he see-n to)shade the brow that faifes had arrayed in smiles andi gladnes. Parch half' a pint, of i-ico until i' is brown--thenf boil it as rice is ,usid ally done. Eat slowly and .it. xvl ston the mnos- nlnmiing :linitho. From the Cainden Jjirnal. iat era Il!!engp 1$05 0,11 Love of 'colintry.. lilintism, and public spirit, so comninildable fiil manly, are but other toms fdt that livine injunction, " lov thy'neigh bor as thyseltf." Andtiough so lib erally profcs-ed in .eary. day lif'e, among mien i as right 414 pioper, is not practised yet norehin it-ought to be. And while it fords an ex- 1 case for so inany of our. actidus that a mere superficial olssorvr might suppose its inflience a.most univer sal, candor -compels usito-admit tliat there are ' occasional *insthnces of I naked, undisguisedl s1 iness; and yet we uuilst believe i! charity, that the majority of men n 6 withW mnore or less earnestness,. at"the common good. All thosi ilof Ivote their time to religion, politier, literature or professioial callings hriously tenld that way. At the pulblic good w aim, is so freipient an expression, that We may consider it almost everynn's notto. Tierefore, whenl we speak. out our reflections, and call Ip!orall Concern ed for a hearing, respectful attention, at least, is due. Ideas.and opinions are as tiuch and as itturally the forerunniers of' expressh-v, as Seed time of harvest, and hu Oble as the pretentions or the author may be, some thought niglht escap'p biro, that others of imore ability thm .l-himself could take up, unfl1 and improve upon, resulgtin finally, in great /leno lit to ilankiud. ]3eginingsii are' usun11'ylmad; in. deed, we may 3a:- in everything that is or has been, there wa, a fkebleness iln it beginiiiiic which shoild teach us to examine closely an 'y new pro ject before we rejeo oi condnn it. Every gpod -citizen ir; a jnIasure, .id tlabl.rr'lcio1,K I* sleeICEy to exercise his iind ini Io, 'n out ,or' tho ways and taeans of, ble'Ctering him Slf, his fimnily, and his "I How men. Thougi his tribute be bu. a mite, let h6im throw it into the commiloln stock of a pi rgeissiVe age. W leln chanice oTiers great things to atteilt, we should nuo let tiei pass, but lay holl of the n vigiorolusly-but they are fare, while leSs thing."s are oftea seen) and as much required as the greater, to make u the whole. With this preface, and with a in. cere desire to be useful, i submit it what follows to ny fellow-citizens, asking' them to discuss the mattei' for themSelves, and consider it kindly towards ine. Oms is a 'dl State cimr.ared wNith cther. b-- u't our 1 ..i, W'ta oeCOb srvedi i'. tnr~esi hY a inemiuer froni this State. " We occupy a suiirface rodiiously large Coall'red with ou1r itinbeirs." Tie aLra of' dSouth (arolina in roltud umiinaers is inineteeni m1lillions of lunhed thousuail, givin over thity aen-' of lm. to e vy iividual, old ind yn .lak and v .hlitv, ail I thnow ay' safe'ly, say there is one ai l d ' in 'it s oflage. I thn, de es-V(' thuini t that by anan o n ~t 'II le hlf t of' Lhe land, or' inand a101I iall nalins Lf aer s i ca1)h of culture, thero ii reemi en-m'.1h ini 0our Lorder iyet to Ianl a halt' ii of'; a-:ri. of ti~ali land (if which .tlk w one ht11tfor grain iaace, four' and threat(jl~ quate ml il. lion of 1'cres or one fortai of' all on' surace a nd 1 ' w ere to mtake o mlore than half ai i de of cot tin to) the aierie, It wlouhll Lgive uS at crop1 of near'ly, tty IL fme1 huu lred thouisanid hialesi eqaflLlt th L presenU~ it whole crop fi the Untited Staites. Th1is is stattlng, andii some' of miy readers'l mayt~ thirow back. thei' heads araiiiso n'p their hiads ini amiazemeniuit. A t first, it idoes unot look incredible, that so small a terriitory'~ ant but one~ four'th of it empiloye m aking onlly halt' a crop1 shoal d tur I'ou'lt so miiuch; but here a:.e the Iigures':, andi compe[Cten't caUlcula tha thi isasr of new idea,an somel onec may say it' Southi Carolinia cani do so mluchi thle other . cotton) StNate can doII(1 it too, or that -Sou th Caroliina is lfoki aheiad to making all the cotton wiantted. Ruit observe, I am nlot telling what wet are tr'ying to do, but what we could do if' wo would, and wihat duty to ourselves r'eqlurCs tha't . we shlolmobily ,at teilint to' fom- ake or~ tanoys who ar tUkc6o. at wi if we wish to, im prove, our coddition by .nsiig- our re- E sources-or eyeli maintain our pt-escit standing bef(ot the world. SUnion 'or li'union; . A'ecssioY:a or subtuissi6, thi in'li our rebent lothe; h'ea we'tior' iOts" cast; kdro our abidin j). lace. And the' iy akielrs cointd' to Adam in h to subdue, to dr;css ainil to koop it. is a command to us.. Ui notaoaudiblei from Deity , we hear it from intercst, from. inature's-first uiw, fr(On the de siro to .providoefor'those dependent upon as, ani to enlargd ohr blessings. Let our rive-s b b ttaighticd -throw all tho Wai e into .one strailit clanl, thatit " run off ? I itibav- runof quick and .wash out. decy--thus sceni-i thiei;. deltas. free froin freshot., aInd, Yon, open ip amy iin miense ruiic of :agricultural weahli, which must add to -your capital, iII- I crease your productions and coim fortg, employ your labor'and skill to greater advantage, invite Aln jnittes, 1 aind'retaih vour resent numberA I -whicliif, souictliiig is.. dot ie, inuist look out for o(ther fields to o)Cratte lIL To eflect this purpose worth an effuft-for if we loose them we lose the essentials of strength, capital. and - population-when the opposite course will .eneourage theti. to remain. with their ent-rgies, means, and productins. Smadltfreams are ditched, drain ed' and i:edrancd,'a we' will ee on alost evei-y playtation--then whl , not the rivers that a'r worth o much inure? -4 ., Fron Camaden .falls to Satlee is about 50i miles-the swamp will av rage at Joast two' miles-many places 'it is fur .niles across -but say tvo inkilil the iayj and you have eigh'ty squdre miles or land, , "wideh there is notio -un ei cultuC a1ov 14,00 acres,- thus abiding 36,00 ' heres of new .hond; or say an increaso of value oi the whole of ;- 20 per acre, gives us 1,000,000. And this inl a short d'isalnce of Wa teree alone, in the centre of the State, while the e is Santee, Congaree, the Pee Dees, Lynches(' Creek, and se veral other streams, abding in all ten or twenty times morc. As we know mre about Wateree River, and wo Ielieve that no other I Voul yield so miuch at so little . expelnse, we can say more about- it, I and would respectfully ask particular attention to it, from Cansden to I Santee, in a straight line, it is about I forty miles- as it runs, 125 miles or imore. The fall 18 inches or more to the m11le, as it could not run with less. Reduce the length to forty unles, ail concentrate the, fall, gives us five feet, and if the flow increases inl proportitl, it would run off inI One day as imich as it runs now iN one week, and tho single channels give sufiieietut vent for all the waterI The ol river beds coul sooni he plaited,-the creeks, lakes, and lolnds colild be drained by ditehe1i into thle dleepenled chiannel , and all or nearly all ienderedi~ secure frm over flow~ of wat er, ubInch hias been so frequenit the last few years as to dis cour age the few that plant them. The crops andu stock lost in the last teni year woulV(11d b~e at uifliient sum to pa for the work I prel ose. ITiese lands are 'greatly needed, tfor whati was inatuirally fertile of thu hih landsio, has becoinie much. worn. wh ile these lands cre imade freei lrotai Ifreshetts, are0 ahuIost invitaluable,: thie qunlity of the soil being thei ver*y riches, and lyinig so aS never- to wear Out, producing cotton, cor-n, or sunll graiul equal to 'any lands on carth. Thease great adv antages woulhl not be for a few years only, or reqjuirei t a meiodical expeniso to keep thiem uip, as muost impr~ ovemuents do, but they will tell, and tell, well for all timte to comie. An expenmditure of $100,000 hv the State will add 011e million to its wealth. Lanids no0w valued at five dollars, will be worth fifty dlollars per aere; it is to6 large an 'undertakire for indivi duals, though they have done iuch ini banking out, which dioes not answer the purpose. . To emibank all the way would cost three times the uioniey ithat straightecinig it woubl, and thme enmbankmnents aree always liable to-break -or bo -under minedC~, while -tho ntatet outside 'of thema must hieont the gr-oindl ylhichm is oftet n ijmy ry, . emqps, to, the ground, ,atd lnrac from work.. ,The elitgrpriso is sp~inviting to the Statc, . a na .bodm A; ith so little Aioney. Let -it, be mrvb'yed Iy a coinpetent -man., :otmrt " th cst, in ke al the enl-. :ufations, ta]d go t-work as soon as )osSible. ile 6 we have' ild diines 4ich "are certain iiever" to ia. lhey caiiot be vorlked ioo soon, eption miglkt .be madeto this njng dficent improvement. as r.eboundirg ;oo much to .the.,benefit of a.few, vhih I f ni'swer by asking what vork of its, kind has -not the-sattec Cniney?-Wlieri' a rail-oad passes and rises f' ti-pfie. 'T6Wn property aid riits.ificreahes in vaue, wliere he filities 6 tra-Id nd 'trael tre cHiarg(d; and what is good Toi' a >art of'. the yeoiple is good fpr the Vhole. The State belongs. to he peoplp, and without thie peoplo it -ould. not ' go 'on. : We . insist -.with reat. toifideice, that this enterprise s prmctiable, anrd'that it could not uil to result in'eminent good to all. It looks like this iidquisition hts )>cti reserved for a later ay-a day when necessity woul(I compel a n. ve nebt towards it. To th'ef ysifer, ho must confess himself segnine-on c subject, i1 proseolts itself as a :heap mean' of nearly doubling the Ntl of the State. It many fmcet the common cry of mmhug or visionary sem -; may-.be lenotiheed is too " expensi e or im Wactic'bld; and. no it' may be, fdr 'ret alImlia'nec are. to be' ide in tx ploring ieW grounds. 'Ve relia. >IC to umke over and inderpiymples, mut let iii Ohe looked into; if,wvorthy pf ;h6e-t'rial'. let the Legislature move f'n ho. subje'ct, a.:d move earnestly; here. s soiething m'orthy pf its. aids and uist in character with the enterprise >f our people when they nove all, uu'in 'Which our 'ubli6 -.ten' lave lvaybcen disptcd to Ji n. Our tte p4Ide .is .pro imiAle - w! Iu'ch has. been- sJJrt in' is'-oving lif navigation of ouir rivcrs by. canals nd cleming out obstructions.- Atid low, when they are madetsafer and >etter than they ever were before ire nearly superscde4 by railroads, vhich have also been cherished' into isefulness by the aid of public mo icy. Besides, see what the State ias done to preserve amd promote he prosperit y of her cit;ze!ns--.rebuilt he city of Charleston, built Ham. mrg. See her Atlantic Steam \avigatin Company, her m \College, ir Lunatic Asylum, her lriank of he State and its bianches; indeed, ter munificence has been ever on a iberal scale. No sectional inte' rcsts tre recognised. A long puIsuit of his policy may eventually burdeI )osterity with our debts; amI be it o, f wve put them in possession of ap i neans of payment to which wo are wompted by every duty and worthy notive. Can it be possible that tho great mmitr of all things, who placed these ':rtile 1a11(s where they are, (lid. not nitemd them for the use of'nani? They can be ucd, and it becomes Is make an effort, to uppropriate hem to our benentfi; or shall they :re namin a wilerniess or worse than a w'ihlorness in our midst, as it were to :aunt uis? Shall we Ibold our arms ind remain as we are;-shall we use rio eflhrt to make the waste places grladl, the crooked pathls -straight, to set our houses in order, nt to dic but to live? AEbould 1 succeed in w~al in'g up my fuflw citizens from them.ir aipparenit apathy, to investiga'te my Iremiases push their inquiries ini search of new schemes of utility, I shall feel that I have been the hum Lle instronment of doing yreat good. It is no labor, trouble, or expenmse to inU mem in the project thus .stated. Theso lands, of so little v'alhe now, shiould be rescued: it, is desiramble, and it is practicable. Trake a icom mon sensee view of it or any other view of it,-and I fancy you ill con-. cur with mec. Much has been written and said, and muiny plans anid propositions' of fered aid. ti-idd,' of~ cheap and easy incans~ of transiportatioa of our staplQ. to market. W'hat'1 bringhbmfgre you is of higher consider'ationm, that. is, iin creasing thme great staple, itself.., The work can be done by the plan ters along . the river,. and' not byh northern contractors or emieratit Ia h~orern. 'It will nmot requm-o lhe out Iay'of'a dollar' or enmploymenmt of' a man without ime limits of t~e toe On "looking r unit for bhjofi9n8 but: twio' e resentsi' , hempecp. . the-rivur,wmicij is ab ~lghtgomQ~ t mia nhitia~ ar~kean that no op7oi't 'doafd 'e Ab plcd The other,it r', o wiih irdividual bUndyi af, caude " contulliff. 'rI lows t.it to(t r1ei 9 A .8 the man who '9tl oe g thme vue of his .properM.4 fAve hundred per cent. '? ,one can- be'found we Ivoi es 'him a brilIiAnt.'pedinen of 4$ dern ecceritric.' - M; The gret'iiterst -6f SdiUP lina 'to vhiich"'ll 6thei 'nrely sdbordinaid, faslliJp interest; that is typ hhad wain fountam .of, odr n d here, itmay bq, we.. haenop an error in iaving,plan t i - and pursued iW- to, the uiiiM other callings. !To tridq:and mered, to shi-s' 1nid at atbd ? batiks; railroals and tt-hike Iat-ey to plank roads j hea c been 'inertf and ii jollii-06d", national ettircly o talent ha.e - been;.. pxpoaen -1y has 'had ,the eh'ect to, put ipa p p politics.. and behind. in.*taLi s thing, else ibut especially in doinest industry and- enterprise,:iWhi6h we humbly confess - that tothbr.-4 apparently -less . favneddthf r-eid4 'try have gaindA 4' thd' v u. We have lii' fi& in tWe- past for our peen'4uie good; we have not *ue "J_ right to the'greatqst a aage have ..ost , nWisely saigdXx% gifts of nature. ..Other. .quairtks a the country have: raised our fob&d us, when rwo - could as wellmdv raised it- ourselves;: 'Whileiufa cottob .fias..-been.eh ft?'n6 i Old niid;New TWgIyl 4. 6ti setiorimany of wh e no only as foes intskad rtr p n l 0 e t 1 1 ) to elftr or ponpfe the present on y is -ours, .and .:.ray-4h future historian, in. making a :truearecord, have- it to say; that in.thewbeginn - of the second lialf of the hi'eteth century, the sunny Soiith1w-'ai 'bn again, her people -becain irctal, - they were struck ith .liK i ,ie, and learnt their dutg,''d iniYe enlighitened men they, done it,, e result of which was they .prospe and went on to prospo,,; h., ple of earth's goods and wore, happy RICHLAND.,a Tums DEAD SEA .ND AORA Mr-r Rev. Dr. Odenheimner, iW a'letterfro: Jer1ieho addressed. to. thej3tnjarj of tle Cross, imakes this beautiful. allusio*: 'The coutrast between th..qiiAtural appearance of the Dead Sea .andjAW J ordona was strougly synibolical1oftht het weV their moraiaspects,,as, 1loo . at by thu. thugh"ttuhl Clu-istoini e hind us. was th, Ioeo . e p efey envelopeCd in elopdq4d.hid9 #frys our view by the Mist pnd raip; jefos tAs was the Jordoni And plaCqpfrit'S b.A tjim, with the lipw.of.promit resj Pg above it. he onepg rkske* i. It of God against, sin; ,t 949 dec-.res the .ilitmeit :myercy.,Gof Aqi towards sinners. .he.; bier wavp that ro~lls alsoveL the dooiedreitje'a1 thei plalu:, may~ vell. be ovared, 'th~ clo100d, und dariiess; ,thoe re~i streni al l.at Jesus:hs(s~Qurg.api-. and by~ it, 'water',to the-mri;sjical.,wp ing away o~ sin,' is most fittingly 8sp~ nedI by~ thu.sign .of Ilove, hrig~t~ beauitith), as Go~ds love to n11ngJs tain vad unfihug~' # 'l~us.-fui conv ers ug with w. inay ch~oos.e our co mpany, ad4~~ en gage without emmonoay or excepo I [erc we are 'reegi oigi the formath4es of 'ultoi andA re'. et. W~qp unLder:gq the penn u:.ce of. a d Il froma a fop of figura; but mapysh4~ ot the linhty, the ipertment, the.' vain,, ati pileasure. llook, a ll mimaged,1 afio?&~ tiori iind .discovery ny1f hui thme orgn, niret thinigs that can, Igt ,lea Iooks are'i: guide du11 enlter tmumuent Sum, age u'a iader 'solitude w bemgi a Umtlen itr o hielj) u1 to'fdgit the~ gr id thifysi i.,mn)s 'O - clio lnmne we ~ may repayr aseyusaiba woiuld bei e