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C ? ** tu?>! t.. :? > 11 . m > t i^ill?P ^l.l^.^M^^E?Ut "Paper Devoted ito^e , I?^?^^''^. ? ; 7 VOEUdV? Hfc 51 -.1.!; ? T.J i OttMKJEBU?G, S OUTH CAROLINA*, 5THURSDAY; DECEMBER' ,1074. i ?!, - . ' 1,. i ' ? j-. iii'f 1 , ? '''' ??WtM": 1 r;iu.?l N?MBER A lad y stood by her hnsband~ chair, "Nothing but toll forever,'' "' the light hasfipfL ?< Sbaut now. * V ;? ? irf, LI * (landing toOi? -hair, And quietly passed her hand o'er his hair? You never bavo'Hiiip fur w^uowj'abe said, ?' f And a tear drop fell on tho low bent head? " If wo woro only rlob, my dear, With nothing to dstrom year to yc.ir. lJj % i Bnt to amuse oabh other?oh.' doar me I ' - ? ? What a happy woman I should bo 1" Looking up fiom his Io Iger, spoko merchant John, 41 Wo ne'er boo well what wo'or standing on." A Btatoly form in velvet dressed? A diamond gleaming on her breast? p " Nothing but toll for faibidn,", slid said, "* ' " Till I sometimes'wish thet r were dead ; Or long to cast this wealth aelde, And bo once moro tho poor man's bride 1" From his e.vy chair spoko gentleman John, " Wo ne'er soft wod what we're* standing on.* ? QUEEN VICTORIA'S PRIVATE * OHARAOTERT * * v, ?JJ" It is a very hard thing to find out tho truth About rpyabporaonagos. -.^T?oy^r? S?B?vifontjd^and-ehnfc.out by tho chain-; mail of-etiquette thnt they oan bo only known to very few people. -Those peo plo who do know are, of course, very shy of. (talking ol them, especially' in. England, where royalty soems to affcot the mind with a fever of adoration, and where spoeoh becomes euloginmos soon as you say "her majesty." ., But tho queen who has hud tho most prosperous and distinguished reign so .far of any monarch who has ever filled - tho throne with, a royal crinoline in tho history of the world, is a problem some ' what worthy. of study. How steady have been tho acquisitions of territory ?sinoe eheeame to .power I -.What .must old Queen Bess think as sho looks at the map of England now?. A greater than sho will never fill tie pages of his tory, if England's greatness redounds to Victoria. Of course, wo believe that she is individually a cipher, and that her ministers have dono- the work ; but we must not forget that, had not the queen had flotno elements of greatness, sho could havo made her ministers a vast amount of trouble, and' England less great than it is. She had tho reputation as a young woman, of having a very bad temper. Tho world has read of her striking her maid of honor, Lady Flora Hastings, when tho poor girl was dying of a mys terious disease. Sho was not beautiful, and sho was said to be jealous of thoso who wore. Sho foil in love with nor cousin, tho duke of Cambridge, and with a young nobleman of her., court. The natu to ministers did not let her marry either of them, nud doubtless 1 she tore her hair and llnng her slippers about, as any other girl would do if thwarted in her flirtations. England's queen, too I If she could not have her own way, who could ? And yet, she has probably bad Iobs of it than most women. Yet every old Polonius of them " bnilded wiser than he knew," when he plotted to marry her to her cousin, Prince Albert. A happier marriage never blessed a throne. In looking back over tho thirty years of devoted wife hood, and tho seemingly deep grief at tho loss of her husband, one must to Bpcot Qaeen Victoria. She oan be no common woman who loves and regrets as sho has done. Hor beaut if ul domcstio life and the royal blood of children intorested every; papa and mamma in the United King dom. "My boy was born on the same day with Princo Leopold," said a Scot tish landlady to me as I admired, her flaxen-haired laddie, and herface flushed with pleasure. This sentiment of loy alty bf which wb kuow so little, is very attractive. The hnmnn figure never looks so well and bo nobly as when ib looks up. It has no snobbery in it, as. between royalty and tho people, for roy alty is to them incarnate England. The queen was a loving and attentive mother. Every day, as her old dootor tolls us, sho saw every one of hor children, talked with them and carressod them, paid those motherly attentions to their teeth and hair and costume, which many fashionable mother neglects, und this with all her enormous work, for no charwoman in her majesty's dominions ^.worked as hard as sho. Wh en wo remember that the royal nursery absorbed all tho attention of one groat man. that it was an institution of tho state, that every royal infant had a retinno of admirals, generals, noblo duchesses, and tho like, as soon as it was born, to look after it, this material solicitude is another point in Queen Victoria's character of great and unex pected excellence." . "When the princo of Wales was here, as a young boy, ho was accompanied by ^?Gen. Brnoo, who was his governor. Tho princo would jump into his lap and . caresB him, lovo-Jiko, but the genornl never entered his presence unless coni . m.anded to do so. The princo might bo ?familiar when ho pleased; tho subject, never ! What a state of things 1 Wo oan imagine the roy-il under-nurso Bay ? ing""M>.y I bo permitted to brush your royal liighuess's hair?-' to a recalcitrant princo of three yearn, and receiving it very ungraoiouB smib; ? ? But thero oaino into this royal nur sery, one proBonoe which always brought about law aud order. It was the father. , rniNCE ajjiu'.kt was BU uncompromising disciplinarian. It would bo curious to imagine what England would havo been, what the queen would hr.ve been, without this extraordinary man?a man of suoh gifts aa-i praceH who had the remarkable gift and oraco to nonenity. The English would havo been jealous, would havo boon up in arms, hnd they Biispootod how great ho was; indeed, they wero even jealous of his appearance in politics. Wo got pleasant glimpses of Queen Victoria's accomplishments from Men delsshon's lottera. When the #rcat composer went to England, the queen and the prinoo gave him an audience. Ho eays that-tho queen Gnng? for^h?h very prettily, and that sho was a moit thorough musician. Ho jrives a tfrlotv ?6%l fcfifhat ?bn^wm1)6 duotn ; and the Drama and admiration whioh tGey gave to him was, in his idea, of u .most delioatej End discriminating charaoter. ? *The^ queen has valwavs appeared to great advantage in her gratoful oare of her old servants. Hampton court, St. James's palace, and I don't know how many other palaces were filled with her disabled confers* JOrTi^or patronage 61 axitnorsy Bha haa?n???btedly appeared to less advantage, but in this she may be dependent on others, and under ob ligations to the civil list. Her im mense private fortune might bo spent more hberally. The foreigners who livo in England accuse her of avarice, and we all know how weary tho English got of her prolonged mourning, find her determination not to bo soon ; what part avuriuu cony iiavo had in/ |b^ qeiiuoraio seclusion I do not know! Certainly she is not fond of spending her monoy. - Those who have eeenrherpf late years have beheld a very plain lady, with a very red faco, that heavy face of the Georgen, and a short, dumpy figure. Her only beauty is a very small, exquis iterwhito hand. It is a I peculiarity of her family. Her. uncles hud it emi nently. Her manners are very dignified; tboy oven givo hor height. Sho wears her great rank worthily in this respect, knowing, to the last shadow of a shade, just how muoh affability to show. Tho rumored disaffection of tho queen with the Prince of "Wales was probably true. She, however, melted toward him, mother like, during his sicknf ss, and watched by him and prayed for bim tenderly. She dislikes, his lady friends?those fast women of England who have brought him into disrepute'. Her court had over been one of the severest morality until tho prince began his flirtations. The. very popular and good little Princess of Wales is i an im mense favorite, and often, it is said, in tercedes for hor naughty spouse with tho queen, which is ?ertamly very pretty and noble of her to do so. THE QUEEN, AS AN AUTHORESS, has not added muoh to the literary reputation of her family. Perhaps Borne sponging censor went over? the books and wiped out all- individuality, She never says a olever things, if wo may judge ef her by her books, but they speak loudly from her heart. They are Eure and. sweet pictures of domestic appiness, love of nature, and soft and womanly affeotion. "One lady of high rank in England told me that tho queen always bowed and kissed her hand to her old Id r on. She is remarkably fond of her children, and takes muoh notice of them. Among her accomplishments, she numbers the possession of five lan guages, all of which" eho speaks flu ently, except Latin ; the facuity of painting well in water colors, and some cleverness at modeling in clay. She has acquired some knowledge of In dian dialects, finding it necessary from her possessionsin.oonajifired Indjajjier reading is vast and various, as wo lenrb by her books, and by her occasional letters- to tho authors. Yet, with all this culture, she'cannot be called an intellectual woman; she has no genius, unless it bo for affairs. Probably, in a less oxalted station, she would have been ? very good and . frugal house keeper. She has certainly kept her largo; and various1 hpnselmld.Mn good order so far. * one itrveryfci&f and thoughtful about the sick. The atten tion to poor Mrs. Warner, the actress, who died -wearily of a cancer, and at whoso disposition she placed one of the royal carriages, was muoh marked, and gave great oomfort to the poor sufferer. It seems very Httlo to us, who remem ber hor vast powers of doing good, but we musts.ajso jremember how much is expected of hor, and how much she 1ms to think of. Charity often consists of thoughtfulness. Aoross this varied existence has hung, it is now almost universally conceded, occasional clouds of insanity.?After tho prince consort's death for more than n .fear the queen's stato of mind gavo great uneasiness to her immediate friends. At this time, and through this infirmity, aroBO tho miserabloscandal of John Brown, when tho was acoiWc'd of being in love with her servant. Even Punch forgot its loyalty >o far fls to make a cartoon,representing hor majesty stooping to. lluukyism, . Tho truth'was, that the faithful Scotchman bocWfho a kind of keeper to this nillioted ^omon. A gentleman connected with thojconrt described a eoeno whioh ho. frequently saw. Tho queen* would imagine that, sho was stepping into a gulf as she de scended from tho/carringo, "and-it was John .Brown's function to say, in broad est Sootch, "Nrt, nn, yer matfjtftv, there is na goolf, there I" and," by the power of a vory' strong will, aud tho confidence sho felt in him ns an pld and faithful gillie to Prince Albert^fe suc ceeded in gotting her across '"the goolf." . . Undoubtedly, this 'nervousness, this* heroditary malady, has hung over the queen for a long time, and-wilL ?ofltinue to. reappear thropgh her life; but that is muoh better of late, and that her health and oheerfillness have muoh improved, there' sterns to be up doubt. As she gets away from hor great griof, and as sho rc-tnrns to tho remarkable prosperity and happiness of her chil dren, she must feel tho ameliorating in fluence of time, that best of oonsolers, and she must indulge in more cheerful thoughts. In religouB opinions tho queen is remarkably liberal. Tho party with which sho has the least sym. pathy in EDgland is the very High -;-?p Ohuroh x>artyT,i6ha, liked yervjnuoh to heat^^^hVTRertlNcr?iiM McSebd, and she goes often to dissenting ohuroh cs when at Balmoral. Her favorite a ml high-prized friend is the admirable Dean Stanley, whose liberality is almost working schism in tho English church, and I happened to hear her attacked at St. Mary's church, Oxford, the- very ntronghold ofLjjingliah orthodox High Ohnroh sentinjenrjT?* signing the Irish Ohuroh DisablKtaJMll. . >! " She Has riojjgbMlo break her oath,f' said tho bravo preachor. "Sho has sworn to be uWaQpnder of the faith' in these three femgdoms," and he quoted that ferooiou3Mra??mbout tho ourse on ".tho bloody housoof Saul," who broke1 his oath and slew tho Oidoonitos. But, although there this is freedom of thought and freedom of speech in English Pulpits, and in tho month qf' SirOharles Dflfe"Bud the like, they would all die^for,' thoir queen. They could not prayJtauiLenough, sing high enough, or watoh with suflloient pa* tienoe for the PrtfiWTof Wales' recovery;; thoy stood, thousaiifls of thorn, to boo tho Queen rido by.to St. Paul's to offer up her thankBjujjjDjufor her son's re reoovery, and, Idoye say, my bravo preacher of St. "-Mary's, Oxford, throw up his shovel-hlrUiighor tnan the rest, and forgot oll ?bout, the bloody house*1 of Saul. And, in this unending devotion to tho royal family, in THIS CUBIOUS IiOYAlVrr, lie the glory and safety of England. I shall believe untiLI see it that radical ism will BnccoffffTnTBogland. Tho pen dulum will swing, of courso, and there will be dinnah't-aotion. There are gi gantic evils Of overcrowding and con centration of landed property; no doubt those oan be 'remedied by emigration and just laws. ^^WtT'vou can never knock down this pyggnrigLwhioh they have built, unless you change tho body and blood of an Englishman. Tho little girl on her way to ohuroh stops and courtesies to <ther ladies at the great house, and she is a muoh better little girl for oo doirig.^'The peasant takes off his hat to the squire, and I do not think he is a less respectable man for that act of breeding. * TheT'whole people bow' down and oheer-when their queen and' her children Jbny^by ; and every one raises his hat to tho pretty prinoess of WaleB. The queen has always been a very good friend to this country. She took Sains to express that sentiment to Mr. [otley very plainly bofore he was' our minister and almost tho lost .not of good Pripco -Albert was ono of friendliness to our country during our civil wir. Her letter to'our^president, when she commended tho princo of Wales to him, was a curious document. It commenced. "My very good friend"?and Lord Hough ton, who knows all the gossip, said that tho title of that letter had caused the .cabinet three sleepless nights. There were'no precedents for addressing a .president. They oould have written to the Imam of Muscat, or the Kahn of Tartary with greater ease. Her reception of Miss Qrant wus cor dial and friendly. She intended to be stately, and snoh as she would have given to a princess, but the good sense and simplicity Ml the young American girl forbade that.-v Perhaps neither of the two imaginedrhen that the daugh ter of our president was to become a loyal subject Q^herjajn jesty, as her mar riogo has since made her. On tho whole^?Bkiiig closely at the private charao^jn^Qf-Queen Victoria, as derived from, conversation with some who knew her*B?BjJ*rom her books, and from all wo -can see of her life, it is a character greatiV t? bo lespeoted. It is not an nnitsualq^groat ebaraoter, like Princo Albort's, not a wonderfully mas online mind, like that of Queen Eliza both. She is uot a Semiramis, nor a Zenobia. She has not the charm of the latter nor tho genius of tho former, and yet sho has been abetter queen for Eng iaud of to-day^4Ir||Jn,rf^ithor would have been. It wasouco^id wisely of mon arohs that the'world must thank them if they escape being great monsters. "That great white light which shiner" upon a throne" is a hard light to live in. Had Queen Victoria been a great genius and a great beauty eho might have ruined England/ssu?. too pronounood nersonality i^tfifJ^2tfnrou? especially n female onc.^fWbB regretted. The Empress Eugenie improved tho dress of tho world,- but,it pi to bo feared she did it at tho expehs^ejof Franco. Tho qneon has suited the eminently home-loving ge?fns'df healthy Eaglaud, They liko to tcndJLhat bIio walked yes torday on the .terrjifco with?thn Prince Leopold; tho day beforo with tho Prin oess Beatrice, who, by tho way, is the prottiest of bor daughters. Her speckless morality is tho highest jowol in her orown; that and her un doubted lovo for Eugland, her devotion to her husband; living and dead, and hor lovo for her children, and her faithful devotion to her kindred nnd old friends, will romain to praieo Qaeen Viotoria i whon even tho glories of her Indian Em j piro and tho splendid pageants which; she f-uminqna at Windsor when ehe en HeVeSlrie^ an-Empflror.'or in London when bIio drives to hor famous old church of St. Paul's ?nay, even when the last graud pagoant of all tak'B hor to West minster AbbaV ,to Jay her beside her royal sisters, Mary and Elizabeth?ye?, when all these glorirB shall havo faded from tho pages of history and tho minds of men. it will bo remembered that Queen Viotoria was a good woman, and tiiaji sho passed, through tho terrible ordeal of her court, through tho depre ciating" influence oHflhltrry and eye service, and boro tho tempt at iouB of epormons powc.. without losing tho respeotof herself or her Bubjeots.?M\ E. in Apple ton'a Journal, la J'Wi! >? { p ?i?;?T~ '. Alien Dodworth writes?*t?:r&e e Journal; "It is not purposing when iw6' met with' the * W?ltfc Lau 1 during our recent tour in Europe, 5 ^?t&ft? ^e'nioairbV the?words ?well bred,'; toth figures e rhythm of the waits*, blending in effect the stately oourteouaness of the minnofc with the poetic grace of the more modern danco. In callingjattention to ifija new acquisition, and giving some oraotions' for its performance, we in dnlgo the belief that .our fendors, es original musie*to0t fully adapted>td 'the dance either in olmrnctcr or phrasing, wo have made a selection for the pur? pftuiffom the works of Strauss, ILiauner, aj^d Lumbie, which will, we believe, be found, admirable." imtvir. I-,--.. WALTZ LANCTEnB. ?N?Te.?Iu walking mako ono atop to a liar. . 1 Bart of ,.. Music. AH'aftlut? partners and then at tho corn?ra tirfeamo as ordinary Landern, .bnt much elower..~J.6 Four forward and back, making a half-sa- i Into to oppoBlto oouplp.tbon forward, iflgain, and turn oppOBtto ladioa1C Cro?B"of?r and back, tho conplo passing Aotwoen tho waltz...--p;*.. 1G 'Altwaltz round.....'.*..:..'.. /. 10 Onco through by tho head.couplo and ouco vby aidca. BECONn FIOUttE. Four forward and back. Tho two ladios in ; ffront with iBalutatlon.:. 10 Satno, four waltz round. 10 Ail forward in two Hues. 8 uorward and turn partners by waltzing to placoa. 8 Htad couploa once?aidea once. Tiunn FIOUBE. Tour forward and back. 8 Forward and aalnto oppoaito. 8 Same, four waltz round. 10 Hoods onco? Bides ropoat. FOURTH FIOUTtE. Head coupler, to right baud conplos and bo luto. 8 Pass round to loft and aaluto. 8 Hound to placoa. 8 Samo, four waltz round. 10 Hoada onco?nidcs repeat. nrru nouns. All saluto and tako partners for waltzing with first chord of musio. All waltz . round. 10 Two opposite conploa waltz round ; return ing to placoa, flrat conplo facing outward. 8 ^>Jl\ir<l conplo takca placo behind flrat. i oiinh co?plert?Oioa.placo.bchind third.. 8 All pasB acros8 and aalnto partnora when opposite.- 8 All rotum with aamo movomenta. 8 Ono couplo waltz between lifjfca and back.. 10 Paris Modes. "All the dresses," says a correspond ent of tho Hornet, "cling olosely to tho figure; the bodies and skirts seem made in one; for the bodies descend very low over the hips, and their junc tion with the skirt is concealed by a scarf, whioh is tied half-way down the body in Eastern fashion. Ball dresses are powdered with gold or silver, or' are studded over with real gems. For thoso who have not a Goloonda mine at their disposal, however, beads, rep resenting preoious stones, are being manufactured, and tho dresses are studded with these. The effect of these bejewelled dresses at night is extreme ly effcotive. Spangles are much worn ; even walking-dresses aro being covered with them. In black, they have quite taken* tho place of jot. Steel spangles are put on gray, dresses. It is the rule for the spangles to bo of the same color as tho dress. Sandalled shoes are com ing more and more into vogue. They aro not so advantageous to the feet as plain hoots, but they agree better with tho semi-Grecian and somi - Oriental stylo of dress that is now comiug into fashion. White sandals, with white dresses, bluo sandals with blue dresses, black sandals with black dresses, anu ho on. To look pretty they should reach half-way up tho leg. Moliore shoes aro worn for tho morning alone and black boots for tho afternoon. For evening high sandals. All fashionable walking dresses being made with very tight, long slecvo*, buttoning at. the wrists, two-buttoned gloveB. White Inco cravats are universally worn round tho urck. They aro very becoming, and very elegant looking. Take a long strip of Brussels net, suflioient to tie round the neck, four-edgo it eaoh end with very deep lnoe, and your cravat is made. Tulle looks pretty, but is not considered commc-ilfaut. As it will not wash either, it becomes more ex pensive than real laco. Feathers are worn in profusion, on hats and bonnets alike. Never were they so much worn. There is a perfect furore for tl om, Somo hats soem oovoied with them. You cannot wcor too many. They are beginning to be worn in tho hair also fdr ovoning dress, marabouts especi ally." Ar.nunT. Alexander Alfred Ennest William is tho name of tho infant son of tho duke of Edinburgh. , The spon* sors at tho christening of tho child were Queen Victoria, tho emperor of^ BuBsia (who was represented by the\Czaro witob), the German emperor (represented by the duke of Oonnaught), the prince of Wales, the orowu princess of Ger many, nad tho duke of Saxe-Cobnrg. Two negro girls in want of a newbon not, placed obstruotionB on the Wil mington and Weldon railroad, near Warsaw, the other day, for tho purpose of killiug some ladies on the train, that they might seoure the bonnetr. They have been tried before a magistrate and Rent to Dublin jail.?Cincinnati -JEn f/uircr. -T-?rr*i?.' v.''i-RH-Wrfc?ft?r? '? 'Mord ? than ? tlireo hundr et1 iacmborn . were int attendance- upon - the.Indiana ^?tatagrange the lost week in^oyornb? The fteorot jwork.of the order emiinatea from the 'members of the seventh, dogreb . only, and not from the nationaLgrangd, as is generally supposed. 7 J Tbo Patrons of Oaklaudom I^i'b'kVfe purchased a squard in thai/ thriving vil ; logo, op- whioh' they- .have builfe a- fine buBinesB house, 28x52, with a hall above, ' -Tho fbpr leading states in the grange movement hro Iowa, Indiana,'Missouri and Illinois* Mvinta L099,- LflGB, .1,920 '^T^^rffi j ? neilf %ufcy.f ' menoing Tuesday, Deo. 15. .'?Gran<: Master . Adams, will, be present at it i sessions. "1 " At Bed Oak, Iowa;-the Patrons' pro pose the organization of, a. stock com pany for establishing a linsced-cil mill to consume the largo amount of florae cd raised in that vicinity. ' r. l The Patrons' Life Assurance- Society has been incorporated in Kansas. The i ntrance fee' for full membership is ?2, and the assessment on tho death of a member $1.10. Tho Eaton county, Miohigan, grangers have received a oar load of salt direct from tho. producer, and propose to .\mj kerosene oil by the .barrel in the same way, giving thejnerohahte'the go-by. The7 Wisconsin granges havo estab lished forfcy-ono . co-oporativo . associa tions for selling goods and manufactur ing, and twenty-nine insurance 'compa nies, representing capital to the amount of $4,000,000. The southern, granges, notably those of Mississippi and Arkansas, are active ly bestirring themselves in endeavoring to attract immigration to their states. The English laborers'union is in active correspondence with the.Arkansas state grange on the subject. i. . The proposed amendment to tho con stitution of tho national grango making the founders of the order life members of its supremo ccunoil, has been re jected by tho state grange of Calif ornia, which followed the example ~ of HUhois and other states. Bird's Ofeek grange, 104, Texas, re fused to tolerate members who loan money at from' th'reo to eix per cent, a month, and instructs its representatives in the state legislature to use their in fluence to pass a law making all interest over ten per cent, prr annum illegal. -^TBo^ntrnnn of Iiowna^eonnty^MiiH}. * are doing some good work.. They" nave secured a line of steamboats between Oolumbns and Mobile, whioh will bring down the rates of freight so low that there will be a saving this winter to the farmers of the county alone of from $50,000 to 8100,000. The Arkansas grange warns the ne groes against an import er who is driv ing a thriving trade in the way of or ganizing new granges among the colored people. ? He makes no restrictions as to the number of charter members, and, in consideration of the hard times, has re duced the fee to fifty cents a head. In many granges an effort is being made to render their organizatiouj*noro complete and permanent. Some are building or renting halls, furnishing them nicely, and ornamenting them with works of art; some are establish ing libraries, and some providing read ing-rooms. All this is as it should be. ?Jiural World. There may bo' live granges with dead members in them, but there can be no dead granges with live members in thorn. A half a dozen live, vigorous, energetic, persevering Patrons will keep any grange in tho country in a healthy condition, and are worth a a hole regi ment of cold, lnke-warm, half-and-half members.?Ohio Fanner. O. T: Quiaenberrv having registered as treasurer of the Missouri state grange, the executive, committee have selected thoOentral national bank,of Boonevillo, Missouri, as tbo depository for the money belouging to the state grange. Tho president of the bank, Capt. J. L Stephen*, has given n bond of $50,000 and will act-- as their financial agent under the directions of tho executive committee. Ono of the grand features of tho order of Patrons of Husbandly is that of temperance. Unless a man is tem perato in his habits, be enn have no abiding-placo in tho granpe. Let him be temperate in all things?eating, drinking, language and recreation. In his dealings, he must' bo honest and just. So tho grange inculcates temper ance, sobriety, charity and meioy.? Rural World. In Ju*4t 1872> Dr. Wyatfc Aiken, of South Oarolina, speaking of tho order of the Patrons of Husbandry, said : "It proposes to impress upon tho farmer the mournful but potent truth that ho has been tho paok-korso for .all other parties ; that ho has rights, which from ignorauoo ho has novor dared maintain, and that if ho has tho energy and pa tience to labor from toed time to har vest, ho should know what ho has never, known?the truo marketable value of his hard-earned products." A committee of Columbia (Tennesscef Igrange, appointed to make suggestions relative t? tho wiutering of stock, eta, in view of the short crop caused by the drought, recommended all to prepare at onco for tho Rowing of wheat, oats, rye and barley on every uare that can bo spared from their other crops. Thoy also emphatically adviso every patron to prnotiou vihutho preaches, by making an earnest effort, if in debt, to get out of debt, and in no event to go in debt for anything, but practico the theory, " pay as you go." . ?? ?? ?I-!?:? ..* ? I Ti?e; 8?ngo movement in .Toxa^.hBB made rapid progress during the Ia&t twelve ;mohtInv APhere are now over six hundred organized granges in the state, arid ? number of'deputies in thd field organizing more. It is estimated'that the present cotton crop of that state be 1 longing to the patrons will -be^fittidled for .pne-third less than-, last year.,and that the business men who propose to sell at these prices are among thd best in/.the state. Col, W. W, Lang, of ?Marlin, Texas, a native of Wayne coun ty,-.Mississippi. ?ad for mafiy .years)* resident of that state, is master of tho state grange of Texas. ' ? " The secretary of the Iowa state grange conducts a, paper, in a recent number of 'which lib leads to Patrons of that state ?i ?arero lecture.- for their, drowsiness "and doubting. Among otherrcauses as signed by him for 'lack, of progress, is that too many were attracted to tho grange wholly by considerations of mer cenary character, expeoting that through it they would be enabled somehow'to get book on the -morrow $C for.':that $1 they invested yesterday, Disappointed in their expectation .of a large rewAi for - their Small investment, -without effort on their part, they have lost thpir interest in tho grango, and vote it"a failure; 1'? The Northern Granger has tho follow ing pn the subject of less work and more profit: Farmers work top many hours in a day, too many dayB a Week, and too -many weeks in. "a* year.. > Nothing i is ' Si nod in tho end by thus slaving ^tho e away. Though most farmers regard it as necessary, yet it is through tfio grange we learn bettor; nnd. tho .sooner we seo about it the sooner shall we sec that we might have done SO before'.' Let us get together in tho gyango, and, by thinking a little, devise some plan of dividing Our hard work With the sleek and weel-fed middleman, and of sharing a portion of bis elegant leisure. Of pouree ho will objeot to this shov/of generosity on our < part, but we muot press our courtesy upon him until-there shall be something of a fair distribu tion of the-good things Of this world between us. . We do not demand extra ordinary privileges; we demand justice. We1 do not labor to pull others down; we do but labor to build ourselves up. Six thousand [ years of single-handed efforts has failed to accomplish any sat isfactory result-in that direction, and it is but the part of common .wisdom to try other means tn lighten our labors and enhance our profits." Since the Patrons of Husbandry came out of tho late political campaign witu the ihtetfriiy nt their order unimpaired they should be and prODnory are ?StSS^ than ever hopeful of realizing the great est benefits that may flow from tho or ganization. The time could not be said to be wasted if the members met at stated periods for no other purpose than social converse. The meetings, however, should be. made to yield tangible re sults. This, much is preliminary to a suggestion. It is desirable to know the exact number of acres sowed to wheat last fall. With one to three granges in each township it should not be a diffi cult matter to collect accurate statistics if each grange would .appoint a com mittee for that purpose. We will not presume to suggest a plan, but hope steps will be taken to gain the desired information, and we ask -the secretory or some member of each' grange' to furnish us the -results for publication. The statement should be comparative, showing whether larger or smaller than last year. From the best information we can gain from inquires we nrb satis fied the breadth sown this season fully equals that of last year, and ihe grow ing orop is in excellent eondition.? Leader % Spritiqfleld, Mo. I would like to offer a few suggestions on the transportation question, Which is so agitating the minds of the best men in the conntry, particularly of the Pat rons. I see that' your correspondents all agree with me that transportation ought to bo made subservient, to the fublio good. But the ways and means would use to make it so,-differ* "very materially from any I have keen sug gested. For an illustration, I will tako the oaco of opening the mouth1'of the Mississippi river. If this is done by the government it will cost not less than ten millions of dollars, nnd lobbyists will secure tho job, not for' tho; ablest engineers, but for the parties who are corrupt enough and willing to pay tho largest amount for securing the con tract. Are the patrons blind- to such corruption ? Will they, after the expe rience we have had with the oredit mo bilicr swindle, still follow the old plan to secure internal improvements, and thus open a wide door for government thieves ? I would suggest that all the Patrons of tho states directly interested in the matter, should form a stock com pany for the purpose. Let oaoh eleot one direotor, and lot these directors eleot a president, vice-president, secre tary and treasurer. Let this directory goto congress and any, " Wo Are' the representatives of a company embracing one million of tax-payers, representing nn actual capital of five thousand mil lions of dollars; we ask you to give us tho job of opening the. mouth of tho Mississippi river. Wo ynl?i tho govern ment to isauo to us its bonds to a cer tain amount, payable at a certain ? time, with semi-annual interest; in short, tu extend to us the same oredit which nan been extended to the Pacific railroads." This Patrons'directory will then be able to employ the most competent engineers and see tho work done in tho best inter ests of every citizen. In ^ conclusion, I would say, let all internal improvements bo mado on this,,or some similar plan, and, my word for it, the woik will bo dono quicker, better and with far les* exnomo to the tax-payers,?Cor. Rural World. ?