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now It Happened.
IT JOIIS HAT. *
•it von. pardon mo, Elgie,
VZi imiia that frown away
2aima the light of your lovely face
u s thunder cloud the day.
..lit could not help it—
stfae I thought 'twas done—
•jthoee great gray eyea flashed bright and cold,
I£e an Icicle in the sun.
•a thinking of the Summers
not vc were boys end girls,
jnnJering in the blossoming woods,
ud the gay winds romped with your curls,
iran seemed to me the same little girl
ikitsedtn the alder-path,
geedthe little girl’slips, and alas!
litw routed a woman’s wrath.
■•tie not so much to pardon—
rsshtwereyour Ups eo red ?
^Uondtair f<31 in a shower of gold
ftta the proud, provoking head.
j |L» bcanty that flashed from tho eplendid eyes,
ijplivcd round the tender mouth,
m-ied over my soul like a warm swoet wind
!tit Wows from the fragrant South.
[u'litre, after all, is the harm done?
itfiicve we were made to bo gay,
[•iill ct youth not given to love
iuitly squandered away.
deaem through Ufo’s low labors,
Lit gold in the deeert sands,
store's swift kisses and sighs and vows
hi Ihe clasp of clinging hands.
drfcen you aro old and lonely,
jllcmory'e magic shine
sill see on your thin and wasting bands,
Lite gems, these kisses of mine,
then you muse at evening
it ihe sonn-i of some vanished name,
ghost of my kisses shall touch your lips
ird kindle your heart to flame
Words from a ‘-Plain Farmer.”
Neab Byeon, Juno 5, 1871.
Editor*. Telegraph and Messenger: If I am
ct mistaken the Agricultural Convention is to
semble in Homo in July next. Can’t you,
i, Editor, induce them to convene that highly
ijortf-ht body at an earlier day. They should
KmMe at once. Crops, many of them, are
illy in tho grass, and many seem to think
t if the aforesaid convention would assem-
in a cool room in the beautiful town of
iae, tia., and draft high—falutin resolutions,
sd deliver some few buncomb speeches, that
cjb grass and weeds would wither forthwith
•.d drop down dead at their bidding. Some
;w old logics, however, think that drafting res-
’.utions and delivering speeches in Home, Ga.,
rill not kill grass and weeds in middle Georgia.
Those who do not beliero in the power of said
invention, ore waging war upon crab grass
ad weeds with 112-inch sweeps and scovil hoes,
id they say they do not intend to wait for tho
rer.dful and oil-powerful anathema to be thun-
red forth by the aforesaid convention. And
mo assure yon, Mr. Editor, that if tho crops
those gentlemen who are apparently relying
!mo the convention, don’t get somo assistance
•■fore July, the corn and cotton will bo destroy-
3 before the convention assembles. The plain
amers are already prophecying and beginning
o speak ont (some lew of them; boldly denying
M the convention has any power whatever
ter grass and weeds. Thi3 class is regarded
iy the scientific) as fogyish and not deemed
tortbyof mnch notice. Many think the crops
‘thosewho ore nsing tho sweeps and hoes
ook much hotter than tho crops of the gentle-
ten that aro waiting for the convention to
one to their rescue. Now, if the Agricultural
■invention of Georgia can do anything for
:e benefit of those gentlemen, who believe in
ie wisdom and power of that body, they should
hit st once before it is entirely too late.
• • Plus Fabmeb.
“Tlie New Departure.”
Now that the question of forbearing any fur.
iher opposition to the new amendments is vir-
lually decided, It may not be amiss to consider
tho nature of the ‘‘situation’’ which the Demo
cratic party acoepts." Wo can best describe It
by a comparison. Suppose that, in the trial of
a civil suit, there is a mixed panel of white and
colored jurymen, John Doe, one of the parties
to the smt, challenges every colored juryman
whose name is drawn from the box, but in spite
of his opposition, tho jury as actually sworn is
finahy composed of nine white and three col-
cred citizens. Would John Doe act like a man
of sense if ho shonld thereupon petulantly give
np his case and ref age to produce his witnesses ?
The merits of his suit are not ~
composition of the jury. The „
black jury cannot change either the law or the
facts; and sinoe his case must be tried by that
jury, ho will, if a wise man, direct his counsel
to take even more pains than usual, and care
fully avoid insulting or affronting the black
j'urymen. There they are, on the jury benches;
and whether he like or dislike them, he cannot
get them away until they have rendered their
verdict.
Quite similar to this is the political situation
sinco the establishment of negro suffrage. The
political questions remain precisely the same as
if they were to be decided by the votes of un
adulterated white constituencies. -The really
important thing is to have these questions
rightly decided, according to their true merits;
not-whether tho decision is made by a larger or
smaller constituency of voters. The point for
the jury to try is not whether their own body is
properly composed, bnt tho questions of fact
between the plaintiff and defendant in the suit
before them. Wo only muddle and confnso
political controversies if wo fail to distinguish
between the questions to be decided and the
persons who are to decide them. By accepting
negro suffrage wo increase onr chances of a
candid hearing on practical issues. The
negroes are of little account if wo can
control the judgment of the white voters.
There aro ten white voters to ono negro voter,
taking tho country at largo. In twenty-two of
the thirty-seven States there are thousands of
whites entitled to tho eloctlve franchise to every
negro, and these twenty-two States contain
more than two-thirds of onr population. It is
their public opinion which wo need to Influence,
which*wo can most easily do by withdrawing
their attention from the decided question of
suffrage, and fixing it upon pending questions
of public policy. Tho misrule of tho last ten
years has been the fruit
Volume lxiv—No. 50
THB REV. WIIXIAM W.VTKIX HICKS.
Bis Reply to Charges Against His- Char
acter.
' Macon, Ga., May 29,1SU.
Sm.Vc.?®’ Emr *«*•.’*+
In your issue of the 23d Instant, the follow
ing editorial note appeared i
R*v. W. . W. Hices.—-This brilliant orator is
lecturing over the South on the life and char
acter of General Dee. Ho is a Northern wm
who came Sonih InlSGS, professed ultra South-
emism, started the XIXth Century as a Conser-
wiuce niB witnesses ° ?? tlva “fgazine, then opposed the Beform
^oi alS bTthe MSfiS* South Carolina and favored the
Che vteaenL /t Ibt Ie ^l«Son of r. k. scott. . The Pittsburg Com-
p?MO?oe of tte menial (Radical) and the Bellefonte Watchman
w^m the Southern people against him. The
farmer savs: “The bones of the dead rhl»fn>?n
might well stir in their grave at the eulogy of
this hideous hypocrite.” The latter says: “He
is not worthy to speak the great chieftain's
name, and could the latter but rise from his
grave, tho villain would be blighted by a look."
The Yankee scalawag is about as maDgy as the
Southern.
It will, of course, go the rounds, and to the
extent of such stuff will injure my character
.where T am not known) and cripple my useful
ness in the' country of my adoption. How
much truth .It contains, tho statement I now
proceed, reluctantly to make public, will show.
1. I was bom almost under the shadow of
Caerphilly Castle, In Wales, In 1838 (I think).
I am not, therefore, a Northern man, a Yankee,
or a Southerner. . , ...
2. I was bsonght to America by my parents in
1818, and my father settled In CentiaTPennsyl-
vania.
3„ I entered the ministry of the M. E. 'Church
In 1857, East BalUmore Conference, and was
assigned to a Circuit in Harford county, Mary
land, where I am well known.
4. Up to 1881,1 lived and labored In Mary
land, near the city of Baltimore.
5. When the war began between the States I
was opposed to the doctrine of secession as far
as I understood it, and I believed that the hap
piness and prosperity of tho connfry depended
on tho perpetuity of the Union. I never was an
abolilionist.
C. I was edneated in tho strictest school of
Radicalism at home, with great care and enthu
siasm, and knew nothing of the South or it3 in
stitutions from a Southern standing-point.
After the battle of Boll Ron (being under
'nils or Church Baildiag In Sew
Yorli.
"Burleigh” writes to the Boston Journal, from
st York:
h is a perilous thing for a minister to under
lie to build a chnrcb in this region. One of
vj things usually happen, either the minister
•’«ks down or a new hand is required to fill
uJ pay for the church. ‘ A pastor down town
r « several years getting his people to consent
JQove. The thing was fought vehemently, and
»ned finally by a rupture through tho centre
•'tho chnrcb. The new house is approaching
iapletion, It is commanding in position and
-go. One of the leading men in speaking of
’ casually down town the ether day, said: “Yes,
r * hsve got n fine church, and wo mean to have
star to All tho pulpit." When a lecture room
Mis $80,000, the full chnrcb, with all its an
ointments, is rather an expensive matter. It
I s qnilo common to have a church cost from
1200,000 to §300,000. One place of worship in
■<cw York has a loan upon it of a quarter of a
siUioa. As the insurance company that gave
ihe loan take no security at over half the value,
:he cost of tho concern may bo conceived It
takes from §15,000 to §25,000 to run a fashion
able church. Seven thousand for tho pastor •
choir §<:,000; sexton §2,500, with other corres-
rondmg expenses. The tc-st of a man is his
ibihty to fill the pews and raise the pew rents,
if he can do this he can stand on his head, and
psople won’t complain.
Several pastors are disabled who have been
.. rqestly engaged. Rev. Mr. Anderson, of tho
urst Baptist Church, formerly of Roxbnry, has
7-ven out, and gone on a six months’ cruiso.
; ‘«v. Mr. Pendleton, with a handful of people,
•sdertook the Herculean task of taking down
V*. Cheover’s old church and reconstructing it
;a upper New York. He was successful as far
s the building was concerned; but he fell under
*e work, and it will bo years before he regains
-is health. ___
A GORGEOUS WEDDINO.
Carriage of Scnntor Tweed’s DAnglitcr—
The Floral Resonrces of tho Country Ex-
knnsted—$200,000 In Presents. ' *
New Yoke, May 31.—The marriage of Senator
”®. Tweed’s daughter to Mr. Ambrose McGin-
tts, a leather merchant of St. Louis, was the
Sreat social event of tho day in Fifth avenue this
rite-moon and evening. Trinity chapel was
overcrowded with tho elite of tho city, and
‘•uedreds could not gain admittance. The bride
voro a dress composed of lace entirely, which
r?* §*,090. Mr. Tweed's private residence,
wiik « 0 reCe Ption took plaoe, was decorated
. flowers in a manner that no mansion ever
tore has been. The whole house was redolent
perfumes. There were archways of
,****• The stair-cases were wreathed and
wtooned with smilax and rosebuds. Balls of
overhung the halls. All wa3 festooned—
einceliers, statuettes, bronze, and pictures.—
JJ-hhoie there were rosebuds and smilax in
proinrion. Same idea of the immensity of the
^-coiation may be gained from the fact that it
y exhausted the resonrces of our fast
to i 1 ablishments, but they wefe compelled
•j order flowers from neighboring States. Tea
vosebuds were but one of the items
13 tiio account
itt of pvosents was gorgeous. A single
ear-rings, and breastpin was
t r *«fn, 8t £“?»5 00 - T* 16 aggregate value of the I
voting. Its chief support has been white majori
ties in the Northern States, in most of which
negroes have not voted at all until within the
last fourteen months, since the fifteenth amend
ment was declared adopted. It is not negro
voting bnt perverse white voting that has so
nearly ruined the country.— World.
Tho Yalcnno of Santonin.
Onr readers (says tho Galignani) havo not
forgotten, we presume, tho remarkable volcanic
phenomena which began early' in 1SG6, in the
island of Santorin, whereby great changes oc
curred in tho course of a year in the configura
tion of the bay and its secondary islands, Palaia,
—and Nea Kameni, of. old formation, beside
Georges and Aphoessa, which emerged from the
sea daring tho convulsion. One of the chief
observers of this eruption was M. Fonqne, who
was visiting tho Greek archipelago, charged wo
believe, with n mission by the Academy of
Sciences. In a paper addressed to that body
he now describes tho experiments made by him
with tho volcanic gases he had collected at San
torin during tho years 18GG and 1887, from the
fissures, which seemed to reach to a considera
ble depth, were parallel to each other, and all in
the immediate vicinity of tho centre of the
eruption. Some of Iheso gessous emana
tions issued from the, boiling sea in prox
imity to the incandescent lava; others were
evolved from the deep cracks with which the
old soil of Nea-Kamenl was furrowed between
the two eruptive centres Georges and Aphro-
essa, from whose summits largo sheets of flame,
fed by the combustible vapors with which they
were pregnant, rose to a considerable height.
In 1867 these flames had greatly diminished in
intensity; Aphroessa did not emit any more,
and Georges alone continued in very moderate
proportions. Rocks had fallen on the crevices
of Nea-Kameni, bnt by way of compensation,
enormous floods of lava were issuing from tho
principal fissure, and taking a southern direc
tion after having for some time chiefly flowed
westwards. Tho principal streams were turned,
one towards Capo Acrotisi, another towards
Balos, and a third right on to tho port of Ath-
cnco3. Tho hissing of the molten lava on en
tering the sea was fearful. Tho chief compo
nents of the gas collected at the varioas months
by M. Fouque, were found to be nitrogen in
great abundance, tho maximum being as much
as 87 per cent.; then oxygen, never exceeding
25 per cent; hydrogen sometimes entirely
uisrnio or ino last ten appointment) I set sail for India (August 18,
18GI)as amissionary, nnder^the direction of
the M. E. Church.
S. In February, 1SC3, my health had become,
as wo3 feared, hopelessly impaired, and we were
hnrried to sea and to England, with tho hops of
saving my life.
9. In September, of the same year, we ar
rived at New York, utterly broken in health and
with little hope for the future.
10. Dnring the winter of 1863, my health ral
lied, and in the spring of 1864, I resumed my
ministerial labori. The town of Bellefonte,
Pennsylvania, wa3 considered • eligible on ac
count of its healthfulness and the inconsidera
ble duties of the station; also on account of
the proverbial kindness and appreciative sym
pathies of the people. I served the Methodist
Church at Bellefonte for one year, near the
close of which time, severe domestic afflictions
visited ns and necessitated onr removal to a
milder climate at tho earliest practicable mo
ment.
I am well known in Bellefonte; as to whether
that knowledge is favorable, or no, a letter from
yon, addressed to any respectable citizen, will
bring you a true answer. If you are in the
least carious, any of the below named gentle
men will, I am sure, satisfy yon; viz: His
Honor Jndge Linn, Messrs. McAlister, Yocum,
Fursb, .prominent members of the bar; Dr.
Green, EL M. McClure, Esq., or Georgo Tate,
Esq.; Messrs. McClellan, Burnside, Wagner,
prominent merchants. v
Politically, I was known there, as elsewhere,
as a Republican; I was brought up so and had
found no cause for a change of views.
There was a paper published there, called
the Watchman (the same, I presume, from
which yon quote.) It was a very obscene sheet,
and 'of no political or intellectual significance.
I hover met it3 editor that I remember, in all
my life. He did not move in respectable society
on account of tho character of his paper, andper-
haps for other valid reasons. His paper was a
sort of police gazette, as to the substance of its
columns, without the illustrations. I remember
that the editor seemed to delight in abusing
everybody who would not speak to him, or who
was not of his way of thinking, and I believe I
was the objeciiro point of much of his wrath.
Thispoor creator j’s name was Meek, tor whom
I had a sincere pity, for I was informed ho was
respectably connected by marriago and other
tics. ‘1_
I have gone thus into dotail to give you an
_ idea of tho sourco of yonr recent editorial in-
wanting, but in one case reaching beyond 58; 'spiration, and not from a desire to defend my-
nnd in March, 1867, carbonic acid, which at self or indulge in reminiscence,
that time seemed to havo entirely superseded j 11.. In 18651 was appointed to take charge of
oxygen. . ! tho M. E. Church in Frederick City, Md. Here
1 •» "—~ my stay was brief for several reasons. My
Blow, the Indian. J ^xfe’s health (also wrecked in India) grew
A wandering correspondent who has crossed ; alarmingly worse, and onr physicians urged onr
an Indian rope-ferry in the wilds of Oregon, i immediate removal to the homo of our child-
nified Judge, the polished scholar and the mod
est gentleman—tho editors of tho News and the
Courier. The News published the address zer-
batim headed as follows:
“Education and the Ballot—address delivered
at the dedication of the Avery Institute, Thurs
day, May 7th, 1868, by the Rev. Dr. Hicks, of
Brooklyn, New York.”
I judged that the editors were pleased with
the address, because they said so, and because
it supplied them with texts for editorial sermons
for some time after.
That is the onlypolitical address delivered by
me in tho South, and the third of my life.
Its views were well discussed North and
Bouth, and, in the main, well received; and, —
while it indicated and declared a better knowl- *-
writes thus to tho Philadelphia Press:
On onr return, wo found tho terry— a rope
article—in charge of on Indian. Tte second
house beyond the river is the placo of- Blow, a
sub-chief. IHs about 8 by 12, one story high,
hood, with the hopo that tho presence of friends,
congenial climate, etc., etc., would conduce to
her recovery. The change was made accord
ingly, and wa removed to Brooklyn, New York.
12. 'While we were in Frederick City, Mr.
built of logs, and illuminated through one pane Lincoln was assassinated. There was intenso
of glass. Blow is a fine-locking fellow, forty- excitement, and I was requested to deliver an
five years old, and tho owner of tho only beauti- address touching tho melancholy event. I did
fill Indian woman I-have over seen—not merely boT I believed In Lincoln. I saw no hopo from
beantifnl by contrast, bnt absolutely so. She lfis death. I blamed the South largely for that
was the daughter of n former head-chief, who
hanged himself cot long ago, for love, a proof
that the redman is capable of civilization, and
equal to its heaviest responsibilities. To this
tender-hearted father, Blow paid S700 for hia
daughter—§500 in cash and §200 in horses, at
§20 a head.' It was all he had, except a flint
lock shot-gun, a fishing-rod and line, arid three
old beaver traps. He is delighted with his bar
gain, for iii addition to his wife, he now has a
six months old baby, that he sots down in his
inventory at §800. ,
No doubt some impecunious progenitor of a
large family of females, when-he reads this arti
cle! will wish ho was an Indian. It doe3 seem
a little hard that it generally requires more
money to get rid of an educated young white
woman than these business like red fellows re-
! calamity, (wrongfully as I now believe), and
eulogized the “Martyred President.” The ad
dress was published. There are many utter
ances in that address that appear unwise and
absurd to me sow. Whatever was said of Lin
coln as a man, I think can safely stand. In
other respects, and so far as the address is un
just to tho South, I have long since ignored and
repudiated it, and my conduct as a man and a
Christian minister will not, I humbly believe,
give color and justice to your terrible charge of
“hideous hypocrite” or “villain." If so, then,
all honest, progressive men aro hypocrites and
villains, sinco few men worth knowing have not
had occasion to repudiate' long-cherished views
and adopt jnsWr and nobler dries.
18. On leaving Frederick City for Brooklyn,
I left the M. E. Church. There was no differ-
aiizo indisposing of their copper-colored, illiter- ’ once between tho authorities and me.
ate progeny. The following equation is-not simply this : I mnst cease preaching or
It was
progeny. The following equation is-not simpiyrnis: i must cease preaexung or giro np
flattering to our pale-faced beauties: ■} the itineracy. I chose the latter alternative,
R-d squaw—§700—white sqnaw % §700 xi and proceeded, with the confidence and good
pile of new clothes x house and lot x furniture, [j will of all my brethren, to supply the pulpit of
cto. - - ■ ' •• | “StateStreet Congregational Church,” Brook-
7 ■ • .. lyn. I continued to do so for eighteen months,
The oldest of all rose-bushes is said to bo one t 0 the Christian satisfaction of the congregation
wliioh is trained upon ono.sido of tho cathedral; —having declined to become the settled pastor
of Hildeshoim, in Germany. Tho root is bnned ; after repeated solicitation.
under tho crypt, below the choir. Thestemis; 14, About this tima, I received a call to “The
a foot thick, and hMf a dozen branches nearly Lee Avenue Reformed Dutch Church"—a
cover tho eastern side of the. church, bearing prominent church in Brooklyn—to become its
countless flowers in summer. Its nge is unknown, ccttlcd pastor. I accepted, and was installed
but documents exist which prove that a Bishop in September, 1887.
Hezilo, nearly a thousand years ago, protected (Yon affirm that I came South in 1885.)
it by a stone roof, which is still extant. : | 15. During all these changes, rendered neces-
Tho largest rose-bush is a white Bariksia—so 1 6a ry for sacred domestic reasons, my shattered
called after Lady Banks—in the Marine Garden 1 physical constitution only slowly reasserted it-
at London, which was sent there, the first of its self, and with many relapses. After a year’s
kind, in 1812, by Bonpland. Its numerous labor at Leo Avenue, rcy health again failed and
branches, some of winch measure eighteen fears were entertained by^my friends of a
inches in circumference, cover an immense wall : speedy fatal issue. My congregation gener*
to a width of nearly sixty feet, and at times, in j onsly sent me South as far as Charleston in
early spriDg, as many as fifty thousand flowers ' quest of health. I reached that city during
have been counted on this queen of all roses, j April, 1868, and soon began to rally under
Feeak of Natceb.—A gentleman living in * genial oUmatio Influences.
Crenshaw county, brought into market last | 'While at Charleston, I was invited to deliver
week, a pair of fowls—said to be a mirure of, the address at the oponing of “Avery Institute,"
the guinea and turkey. They are very singular which invitation I accepted, and the address
in appearance, bnt resemble most tbe guinea;. was delivered on the 7th of May, in presence of
but a great cteal larger, and walk like the pea- ! a large au lienee of colored people and a num-
fowl.—GreentiUe CAla.,) Advocate. , her of influential citizens. The aadr«3 com-
<rr j mended Itself to tho people and the better class
McKean Buchanan, at last accounts, was play-: of the newly enfranchised, bnt gave greatof-
ing poker at the Arkansas Hot Springs. If he fence to a number of Radicals irfio were present,
mg po^er be vuo ^ opnug . u A them I may. mention R. K. Scott, just
don’t play that any better than he did Macbeth tliene £ ct: a Governor, and Colonel Millard, now
J«senia is §200*000 in solid siiver, diamonds! when in Macon he ought to have been flat broke 0 n the Bench. Among those who were particu-
Jewelry. ’ ' at the end of the'third deal. : “ Iarly pleased were Hon. George Bryan—the dig.
edge of Sonthem politics than I had previously
possessed, and a corresponding change in view
and sentiment, I was nowhere, so far as I know,
branded a “villian” ora “hideous .hypocrite,”
because I confessed my better knowledge and
advocated oranli-Eadical view.
The following notice, which appeared in a
then current number of the Christian Intelli
gencer, perhaps the most dignified religious
journal in New York, certainly one of the very
best, will give you an idea of the esteem in
which both the speaker and his speech were
held where he was intimately known:
EDUCATION AND THE UAXAOT. M
[Rev. W. W. Hicks, of the Lee Avenue Re
formed Church, Brooklyn, E. D., is'now in
Charleston, B. C. r whither he went a few weeks
ago. We are glad to learn, that he has ex
perienced great benefit from the milder climate
of the South, and hope soon to be able to an-
nonnoe his return to his - duties and labors
among his beloved people with health fnlly re
stored^ , M ‘
We find iri-the Charleston News a report of
an address delivered by him in that city on the
7th inst., at the dedication of tho Avery Insti
tute. - Tins is an institution for theedneation
of the colored population. The address is so
able and pertinent, so full of sage advice and
noble sentiment, that we regret onr limits will
not allow its insertion entire. We extract the
closing paragraphs.—[Ed. Inx.
Howfar that address will warrant yonr charge,
that on coming South I “professed ultra
Southernism,” you aro honorable 'enough to
make known to -yonr readers, I am sure, after
yon shall have acquainted yonrsclf with its
“professions.” I think it is due to truth and
to my character which yen assail, and to the
whole Southern people who are “warned
against me" in your paper, that yon justify
your words or retract them.
1G. After an absence of two months and the
partial restoration of health, I returned to my
family and people in Brooklyn, and at once re
sumed my ministerial duties. In a public ad
dress r.t a meeting of welcome, I distinctly de
clared to my people the change which had been
wrought in my political convictions in import
ant directions upon a personal acquaintance
with the Sonthem people, and announced to
them my determination to devote my energies
towards a genuine reconstruction on Christian
gronnds and not by the bitter humiliation de
manded by the partisan and vindictive Govern
ment Directory at Washington. This sentiment
was received with applause, and that large and
influential congregation joined hands with me
in sentiment and labor. They did not think me
hypocrite.” They know me we well, and
trusted me with the characteristic confidence of
true men. My change of view and of front met
with some nncourteons animadversion in the
Tribnne; hut even there I wa3 not considered
“hypocrite" and a “villain.”
17. In a short time, on account of utter phys
ical prostration, I was compelled to resign the
pulpit of Lee Avenue Ohurch, and I retired
from tho active work of the ministry, as I be
lieved, for life. This was in September, 1888.
18. Friends in Charleston, S. C., now insisted
npon another trinl of Sonthem climate, and in
December, 18C8,1 set forth for Charleston a
second time, a wreck in body and mind.
There was no plan for the future. I did not
come to plunderer kill, or to foment discord, or
to deceive anybody. I did not come “profess
ing” Lutheranism, ultra or diluted. I was not
considered a “scalawag" in the North, nor did I
assumo the hypocritical role of “Toadyism” to
wards the South. I had no introductions nor
endorsements, and never expected to be called
upon for my “pedigree.” I came a broken-
down brother, with feelirig3 of fraternity, good
will and confidence towards yon all; and chari
ty, warm, heavenly, tender Southern charity
in hearts and hands pursed me back to life,
to health and to the pulpit—my place and work.
That’s the whole, clear, simple story of my
coming South, with all its “professions" ana
objects! .
19. The proposition was made to mo to re-,
main South and become a citizen. Tho pros
pect was pleasant. Tho surroundings were con
genial. Young, ardent and having, with restor
ed health, many years to live—the field was in
viting. Tho natnalization of the. heart made
the outward decision an easy matter. The fact
that I came from tto North wa3 not thought to
mar my usefulness or render my life unhappy
in the South. Tho fact that I had been reared
a Republican-Radical ip politics, and had greatly
modified the results of early training, was not
considered an evidence of hypocricy.or villainy.
There was no concealment and no compromise.
It was riot stipulated that I shonld hold myself
ready to veer, change abont and stultify myself
to accommodateany genius of political “reform”
that might arise in South Carolina or elsewhere,
speaking to the venerablo “Body Politio”.in
the voice of Jacob, bnt offering food and pro
tection with Esau’s hands l Nothing of the sort,
I assure yon. ‘When I learned that I had
wronged tho spirit of the South, and uttered
words of honest regret therefor, and offered my
hand in token of brotherhood and union, there
was no hypocritical reservation on my part, and
I am tree to tho fnll extent of the bond, and I
Bhali stick tp it in spite of yonr warnings of the
people to beware of me.
20. At this juncture (there being no church
of my denomination in Charleston) the Rev/
Dr. Bachman, greatly enfeebled with age, pro
posed-that I should occupy his pulpit once a
week for six months. I accepted, and event-,
ually became assistant pastor in dae form. . .
21. In the meantime, Mr. F. G. DeFontaine,
a literary gentleman of versatile and genial tal
ents, proposed fo establish a literary and serai-
political magizine, and invited me to join his
hand and assume editorial control. I agreed to
dus'o. • The XIXth Century Publishing Com
pany was formed, and The XIXth Century duly
appeared in Jane, 18C9.- I was its editor from
the first number, and joint proprietor with Mr,
DeFontaino.
I remained its responsible editor throughout
its whole career, except its last issue, when it
appeared and expired under tho proprietorship
and editorial responsibility of “Livingston and
ErckmaD.”
In the editorial management I had tho confi
dence and co-operation of tho late princes in
Southern literature—Judge Longstreot and
William Gilmore Sims; of es-Govereor B. F.
Ferry, and of many of the best living writers in
the South.
“The XIXth Century" was Southern in poli
tics and net “Conservative," as you charge, and
I received a letter from you, (D. H. Sid,') com~
mending and endorsing it, etc., etc.
The XIXth Century never advocated the elec-
tion of R. K. Scott for any position, and did not,
“favor” his “re-election," as you boldly affirm*
On the contrary,tho XIXth Centry advocA^
recognized bnt one responsible citize»?nipi'which
it lodged in the white man, and -fgednpon him
bin duties, opportunities, «n_d' obligations to
wards the de pendent, y»* dominant, unthinking,
ill-advised element, suddenly raised to therights
of citizenship by arbitrary power, without pre
paration for, or a conception of, its grave re-
pponsibUitlea,
It opposed the so-called “Reform Movement"
in South Carolina, and repudiated it for what'
it was, viz: A compromise of principle (which
is eternal,) for the hope of temporary and ques
tionable gains.
These are the words written, in the August
number, 1870, by the editor •» “The platform
of the Reformers” is; to say the least, a carious
mosaic to emanate from men whose fellow-
citizens, if not themselves, fought to defeat it.
We say fought to defeat it. The thousands of
unmarked graves, from Gettysburg to the' ei-
tremo Southern border, are instinct with crying
reproaches. A monument of infamy to the dead
is being reared by their late comrades in arms,
when they co before the people of the South ad
vocating the new Constitution with its various
grants and amendments. * * *
* * * to aecept and advocate them is a
shameful abandonment of our principles and
those of our fathers, and an acknowledgement
that the cause which was ‘lost’ met its just fate.
We affirm, without fear of contradiotton, that
the‘Reform Party,’ in its published platform,
means all this, or it Is insincere, unprincipled
and 1 m.” And mnch more of the same sort
find l .aing contrary thereto. Nobody was
fonnd to contradict its statements, and the
Charleston Courier came forth with a slanderous
editorial npon the editor of the XIXth Century,
declaring just what you have affirmed, only in
stronger terms, for which libel and beoause of
which, suits are now pending in the courts in
volving claims of damages in thirty thousand
dollars !
23. The libelous article in the Courier excited
the pnblio mind against the editor of the XIXth
Century, and he realized all the vile abuse usu
ally current in each interesting events. His
personal friends—those who knew him—Btood
fast and firm, and they were indeed true South
erners. Not a single Sonthem newspaper in
Sonth Carolina uttered a word in my defense,
and so the “reformers” bad it all their own
way, stumping the State in the company of vo
luble ‘ •reformed” negroes and a few “converted”
Radicals of questionable repute wherever they
were known at alL
There was a sight for yon,, gallant General
Hill! An up-country gentleman and brave
General; a noble specimen of a Sonthem
patriot, (I need not name him,).was everywhere
presented with—a fax different specimen, whose
highest claim was an “endorsement of the bar
of Charleston,”• and with a number of wonder
ful specimens of negro quality without ability
to read a word or think a sensible thought, who,
yet, were bent, with fervent patriotism, npon
• ‘redeeming” the State. And when the election
came how was it ?
Perhaps I ought to let the memory of the
nondescript thing die. Bnt as I am on trial let
ine vindicate my disgust. The “ticket” had a
few good names on it, names of gentlemen and
good citizens, whose only disgrace or blunder
may be said to be just that—bnt there were ne
groes thickly sandwiched down the long array
of aspiring reformers.
Low-down, unworthy bangers on of the infe
rior race stood ont in bright particular relief in
strange alliance on that “reform’.’ ticket. • Tho
comliness was not enhancod by the spots,
“Black, bnt comely," cannot Bo-acceptecras' tl ^nrDed > “'
characteristic of that grand array of compro- - - “
mises. The “ticket” was beaten by oyer 30,-
000, majority! A white man’s (I mean no ill
to the negroes,) ticket on sound principles,
clearly announced and vigorously advocated,
could not have met such a defeat.
For opposing such a compromise and amalga
mation, which on ethnological-grounds alone
could only fail, the editor of the XIXth Century
was mercilessly abused in Charleston, South
Carolina, and was forced to find freedom from
insult and unpleasant circumstances, in another
State. I have never complained, and my pen
shonld be far otherwise employed now, but for
yonr signal for a change along the whole line,
Am I never to have fair play ? Most I constantly
hold myself ready, lance in hand, for the mean
and nnchivalrons onslaughts of tho.so to better
instincts bom?
Bat to proceed: The matter was injected
into my church relations, and tho excitement
became so great &3 to lead*to my resignation as
assistant pastor, which was accepted by twenty-
four votes, being a legal majority of six only!
Thus all the ties which had so closely bound
me to Charleston (except dear personal ones)
were radely snapped asunder, because I would
not yield to a jUctalorial spirit of compromise
with political principles which I had learned to
discard and throw off, and which, more than
all beside, mnst be held responsible for the des
olation and ruin of this fair country!
So mnch for yonr rash charge concerning my
“favoring Scott.”
24. In December last I visited Georgia, and
the session of the South Georgia Annual Con
ference of the M. E. Church, South, wi)h the
Rev. J. Poisae, D. D., of Baltimore, who intro
duced me into tho ministry. I came with fear
as to how I might be received, and remained
with confidence. I sought no favors and I fonnd
the greatest favor—that of Christian brother
hood and friendship. I did not seek to insinu
ate myself by fair speech; I was taken as I
stood, and to stand or fall by manliness or the
lack of it I am now a menfber of that body,
Methodist preacher, and I trust a Chris
tian man, and am ready to be tried and judged
by my words and work, and will abide the
issue. You and all others are invited to the
trial. Bat I mnst close. I have pointed put the
errors in political judgment which I blame my
self for having committed; I was honest then,
and am honest now. He' is a pigmy who does
not grow. He is not an honest man who with
holds his better convictions; and he is a mur
derer who cries “hypocrite, villain,” and thus
seeks to asperse him who, in God’s fear and in
conscious integrity, seeks to conform his con
duct to the principles of justice and humanity
in the advancing light of trntb.
25. I am not the eulogist of General Lse. I
knew him not. I have given, in a brief lecture,
at the instance of friends, my conception of his
character. An enemy could not be justly ac
cused of hypocrisy for honorably remembering
his foe. Bat I havo not touched with rude
hands the name and fame of yonr great captain.
~ have tried to awaken the spirit of emulation
in tho hearts cf men under the shadow of so
great and so manly an example. I cast my fad-
ng flower npon his grave with a sincere admir-
atiomand awe; and if I have ever wronged him
in thought, or deed, or prejudice, he, who so
grandly conquered himself and died in peace
with God and all mankind, wiil not “ stir in Us
grave at the eulogy of thi3 hideous hypocrite,”
(as you approvingly quote from an unknown
Pittsburg paper), bnt his spirit will approve,
and his brave, honorable right hand will grasp
brother’s in the unity of a good purpose and
under the added smile of heaven.
26. I have thus gone at great length into this
matter once for all. If 1 am worthy of so mnch
bitter abuse, I am worthy of having tte truth
known and told concerning me. I have seen
myself done np in snob hideous forms for the
past year or two; and so many inquiries (with
their answers) have been setup as to my origin,
snrpoEO, etc., etc., and so many terrible reve-
ationshavo threatened their appearance, that
I have sometimes been led to question my iden
tity, and to wonder “If it’s mo, myself.” I fear
that I shall not increase my reputation for mod
esty by tto publication of this letter 5 but let
every man judge of the provocation, and pK
himself in my place. I desire to live
blyand purposely here in Georgia. -udintte
communion of tte influential Cb~ 1,tl ? n body to
which I belong. . ' -* J" ’
In order to do so, I bave the respect oT
my Southern felloe-citizens, and not their sus
picions. 1 p** ready to answer to-day charge
before tv bar of pnblio opinion, at any point,
an( j without delay.. X am not a naturalized citi-
Sly Childhood's Home.
F303I TOEXtS OF N. C. StCNEOe—EDITED BY KENOBIA,
“My childhood’s Home”—thesa staple words,
Sink deep within ray heart,
And thoughts of happy bygone d»ys
From Memoiy’s tablet start;
Thoughts of dear f dear friends, who now
Sleep in tte silent grave—
Thoughts of loved ones far away
Across the dark bine wave.
My childhood’s Home, tto’ ne’er again
I may return to thee,
Yet still I love thy sunny plain,
And.thy bold mountains free 1
And oft, when slumber o’er mo steals,
In the silent hours of night* __
I see again thy valleys gre«a/ ' v ■
In all their beauty bright! -•
*U - 7 *)' -■ '
. My childhood’s Homo! oh, where are-now
The friends who once made theb so blest;
And, where, the gentle ones by whom
‘t Mychildhoodwascaresied}" -
Ail—all are gone, tho true, the braTe,
The beautiful, the fair;
Bat deep in Memory’s hidden cave, V . 7
They now are treasured there! .
Foreign Motes.
[amy» you the teleobafh and messekoeb.]
The Versailles Government in its dealings
with the Insurgents mnst be declared innocent
of the divine attributes of mercy. There is no
doubt that the orime3 committed in the name
or liberty ought to be summarily punished;
the assassination of tte Archbishop of Paris
and many others held as hostages by tte Comr
mane is an outrage which places its exeention-
ers beyond tte pale of the Jaw; and we think,
the leaders of the insurrection who have added
such unspeakable misery to the misfortunes of
their country, rightfully deserve the penalty of
death. Nor can we find a word of sympathy
for those human demons who by arson and
assassination increased the horrors of civil war
fare; but to order wholesale executions and to
proceed against all partisans of tte Commune
in the ssme revengeful spirit without almost
any distinction, is not a mere blander, bnt a
political crime. Thongh the last days of the
Commnne have been branded by a series of
revolting acts, the first demands'the Insurgents
presented to Monsieur Thiers were very reason
able, as they asked for greatsr municipal self-
government. These claims being refused, the
insurrection grew formidable, and tte ontcasts'
of society, so numerous in populous cities,
find-9 ■
^n of tte United States, and can elaim none of
tte Fourth of July right, immunities, eta, eto., ;
of which Americans are sometimes boastful.
Bat I make bold to ask for a fair field and fair
play, and tto privilege of standing for myself
and on my personal merits, whatever they may
be, and may a just God deal with those who de
ny ibis human right as leniently as tte case
will admit of.
27. I beg to thank the editor of tte Savan
nah Morning News for his kind and manly de
fence of my character and the lecture on Gen.
Lee. I do not know thee, brother, bnt here’s
my hand.
28. I have told you what I know of myself,
(since my history seems called for), from my
earliest knowledge. I have tried to declare to
you what I am. As to the future, why let us
strike hands for present duty, and the future
will deal equitably with ns all.
Eespectfally, Wit, Waxsin Hices. .
control over FStfiS and inaugural
a lawless reign of pillage and bloodshed. Thet
introduction of the savage mode of executing
prisoners taken arms in hand, is due to tte
Versailles troops; and in connection with this
fact, we must also Etate that Thiers is not
wholly free from blame in regard to the un
timely death of Darboy, the Archbishop of
Paris; After the Versailles troops had set the
example of Bhooting the prisoners falling into
their hands, Darboy, at the reqaest of the Com
mune, sent Thiers a letter declaring that hia
own life would be in imminent danger, if that
practice were persisted in; at the same time
the Paris government offered to exchange the
Archbishop with sixty other Priests for Blan-
geri, tte soul of the insurrection, who had been
arrested in Sonthem France. Thiers, declining
this proposition, contented himself with deny
ing the report that insurgent prisoners had been
executed. That tto French government has
called upon tto foreign powers to extradite all
fugitive insurgents, because tte French law
treated them as common criminals, is. a demand
open to criticism. Whatever excesses the Com
mune may-have committed the insurrection
ranks among tte political crimes, and a power
which pnt one hundred thousand armed men in
tte field can hardly be dealt with like a band of
robbers and cat-throats. Moreover, tte ques
tion whether a crime is a common or political
one mnst be decided, not by French laws, bnt
by tte laws of tte land from which the extra
dition is demanded. As no government oan
deny that tte insurrection which commanded ar
dent sympathies in Marseilles, Toulouse, Lyons
and N&rbonne hod ihe political object of estab
lishing a social republio, we cannot concur in
the prevailing opinion which condemns all ad
herents of the Commune as common criminals.
To the demand of Thiers, Switzerland has made
the very commendable and just reply that, she
would require to be furnished with proof-that
those who took refngo on Swiss soil had com
mitted a common crime. The English govern
ment will hardly accept Monsieur Thiers’ theory,
iiordoe3 the German government seem to ap
prove of it, ns Geh. Von der Tann has asked
for passports for the insurgent officers and sol
diers taken prisoners by his troops.
The Republic proclaimed on September 4,
1870, will scarcely celebrate its first anniver
sary. A strong monarchical movement is gain
ing ground, and will probably culminate either
in a restoration of the Bonapartes or the ascen-
sion of the Cotrnt of Chambord, as Henry the
Fifth to tte throne of France. The latter, rep
resenting the Legitimists, has made a compro-
ipise with the Orleans Princes, which premises
to be profitable to both parties.' Tho Count of
Chambord is no* fifty years of age, and child-,
less, shonld he grasp the scepter, ha would
therefore be succeeded by the Count of Paris.
“Lo Monde,” a celebrated ultramontane'paper,
has published a manifesto of Henry V, with
many fine promises ; and as tte restoration of
the temporal power of tte Pope is hinted at, he
may count upon the powerful support of tte
French clergy and peasantry.
Paris is still under martial law. Trade is re
viving, and. wholesale executions have ceased.
The insurrection in Algiers, Africa, continues,
and dreadful massacres had been perpetrated
by tho Arabs. Italian and Spanish iron-dads
were riding at anchor in Algiers, for the protec
tion of Italian and Spanish subjects. Aa Eng
lish man-of-war was expected from Malta. \
In tte German Reichstag the. Government
stated that the owners of German vessels which
had already been condemned by French prize-
courts would be indemnified, while other vessels
would be retamed. Von Boon, the Minister of.
"War, introduced tho law granting pensions.to
tte widows and crippled Boldiers of .the war, and
warmly recommended its adoption by. the depu
ties. Miquel.having inquired whether tha Alsa
tian and Lothringian invalids would alf»;
bene fitted by the law, Von Boon ren 1 ^
the Federal Council had discussed ^fltiestton
without, however, coming decision- Bnt
he believed that that won ‘“ not opp(Ke
such a generous A ? ^pe«»l
decree orders tb-*«“ 18th of Juno be observed
throughout esermanyea a, day of thanksgiving.
ip^g yi-nan Chamber of Deputies has resolved
to r^ss all urgent bills previous to the removal
ot tte capital to Rome. The Pope, as well as
. Ant jnelli, his Secretary of State, are said to be
disappointed at tte message of introduction pre
sented by D’Harconrt, the new French Ambas
sador. The Count is tolerant in his views and
friendly disposed towards Italy. The assurances
of Thiers are limited to the promise of bringing
about a Congresspf tte Catholio Powers for the
purpose of settling the Roman question in a
favorable manner for the Holy See. Thiers,
however, acknowledges that he has little faith
in a satisfactory solution, the’ voice of France
being no longer all-powerful.
A Russian Axohimandrit has translated Dr.
Doellingor’ff protest against Papal infallibility
into Russian. __ Jabno.
“Jess So.”—A Chicago editor thinks it strange
that the TniSinTn have no phrase to express
the word “honesty." 'Whereupon the Detroit
Free Press remarks that there is nothing strange
abont it. Does he suppose that the Indian
agents would be fooling around the past ten
years and. not pocket the word ?
Snagged.—The large, fine buggy-horse of
judge Cols'snagged its right eye out recently.
A surgical operation was performed'on it yes
terday with a view to betterlng-the looks of the
eye, as it presented fi repulsive appearance.
BUIGHAU S BOT.
An Interview with the Tonne Storm on
Cadet. ' •'*■■■
f Herald Weet Point Letter.}
He is a fine ma&ly-iooking fellow, robust and •.
tall, and, taken- altogether, the best looking
man physically among the greenies. His hair
i 3 a light auburn hue, and his complexion
rathe! brown, as thongh he had been wotting . -
in tto vineyards of Mormonism during many ,
a hot day few the glory.of his father’s kingdom.
He is frank* in speech, and has' so far con
ducted himself in such a straightforward way ' '
that he has already made no - small number of -»
friends among the cadets. -1 found him ratter ■,
desirous of avoiding the subject of the customs
of hia oountry, when I dropped a word about
how his father got on with his small and con
stantly ‘ • - . •
* * - DECREASING FASTH,Y; ,
but his views - as' to what a Mormon considers 2
right and wrong he freely expressed without
any hoaitation. When • he told me he was the
sonjpf the virtual Brigham, I smiled rather du- *
bioUsly and asked him if he did not mean that ’
Bngharn, jr.*wfis his fatter. , _ , ,
‘‘NojVfilr," he replied, “I am the son of
Brigham-Young. ’ At this as idea struck me.
Bngham Young, jr., being Brigham, sr.’s son,
not the Salt Lake plebe the former’s broth
er? I was abont to ask the. question of the
young man to settle this point, bnt on second
thought it ocourred to me that the relationship
might be so complicated, even thongh he and
the other son of his father called Brigham, sr.,
daddy, that I desisted. Besides, it wouldn’t
nave been very pleasant, you know, for tha
youngster to have to oonfess that ho didn’t ex
actly know how he stood in ihe matter of hia
relation. T • „
‘Yon have lived all your life at Salt Lake?”* -
I enquired.
“Yea, sir."
“With yonr farther’s family ?”
The young man smiled rather cynically, and J *
eyed me in a way that made mo feel as thongh --
he would haye been much pleased if I had not
made my question cover so mnch ground. He
finally said:
“Oh! yes, with tho family.”
“Who had yon appointed ?” I asked. a j . ■: „
“Mr. Hooper, I believe:; he'is the delegate, *•}
you know.”
“Did your father ask for the appointment ?” '*
VI don’t know; father liked the idea of mjr :
coining, but—and' here he stopped suddenly
and looked ratter glam—“bnt,” he continued/’ -
“I am afraid I cannot pass.” »
- “WhynotrMaskedTT, . .
“Well,” hb replied, “I was sent here all of a *
jump, and I have Rad n6 time to prepare. L .
am sorry, because I'would like.to say very
much. Hike fiapUa -and X think I could
get along well if I had a fair show.”
“Now that you are. here, tfhat will you do
abont going to church?"
‘‘Well,"replied he, good-humoredly, “I will
do tho best I can. It- makes no t difference to me
what; churchil go to, sol.dpwhat is right. The
fact is, tte Mormon principa ls, that there is
good to be fonnd in evesy church, bnt we be- '"
lie ve that we have in our chnrcb all that is
8ood;„ I believe nspay fatter believes—that it '
no difference \yhat church a man be- 1
longs to;' he can do right if he wishes to.”
“Yon don’t like to do anything that, in cadet
parlance, is wrong, then?” I c: ,•
“ NP, eir; most emphatically no.”
Here a smiling cadet came np and exclaimed, * ‘
Why yon'don’t swear or drink or chew or r j
smoko, Mr. Young, but if you stay here you
will get over all that." *
Tho Salt Lake -plebe drew himself np to his
fall height, and -looking contemptuously down-
npontheintedpeator, exclaimed, “Never, sir;
I have withstood that kind of temptation long
enough and I can withstand it now.”- " - -
Bnt,” I interposed, “you wro opposed to a »
ood many things whioh we who axe not Of
Salt Lake believe-matters of principle.
“Well,” he replied, “I believe that what is
right is right, and I am ready to stand by it.
Bnt don’t say anything abont this in tte Hendd,
please, for it is woll known ont where we are,
and doesn’t look at things in the proper light in
my opinion.”
“Yon believe in Mormonism, then?”
“I do, in every way." ■
“In the marriage idea?”
“Yes, sir, stroDgly.” , ......
“Do you believe that yon can marry one wo
man and marry as often' as you please after
ward, Young?” 7 - .: s,-
Yonng smiled grimly’ at ibis and exclaimed:
Well, I have not been married yet; but if a.
man is able to support more than ono wife - ! be
lieve that he is entitled to marry as many as he
pleases.” : <13
“Then tte woman first married has nothing
tosay?” • ' ...
“I don’t know abont that; but" according to’
onr belief”—and tte plebe'hesitated amoment,
as if in donbt what to say—“the women are
taught to obey—that is one of. tte principles of
our religion." .1- -v
“Well,” broke In a cadet, “they haye noth
ing to say, then?”
“Oh, yes, they have, but—’’and he grinned
as he said it—“they seem to like just what the
manlike.” . .
“Supposing,” I asked, “yon dp not pa6sj what
will you do?’’ "' "
“Oh, I’ll go back to school again. F was '
schooling it when I left home.’-’ *
“You’U make a few. Mormons out of tte corps
before you. leave,” exclaimed one of the cadets
who was near by daring the conversation.
“I wish I could," replied Young, “and I
think I will. There are two or three who want
to do right, and they are not bo bad as they,
might be;” and the son of his father looked
wise as he gave utterance to this old saw.
“I dare say," I made bold to say, as Young
seemed desirorato get to his quarters, “if you
do fail to pass you have a brother or two who
can bo spared from homo to replace you?”
“What do you mean?” he retorted, rather
igrily. ? . : . •:::
“Nothing offensive,-! assure you.” i. -- -
• “Ha means to imply,!’ put in my friend, the
cadet, “that yonr family is so largely composed
of boys that tteTonng family will not be the
loser in tte long-run. I heard that you had
forty brothers."", - ; ; --
The plsb» Aiokeu ratter stern at this, and said
nottins-^ 1 awhile, bnt finally exclaimed, “Well,
(I3 .w that, I know what you mean. I consider
mis conversation between ourselves. I don’t
like to get into the papers.”
Feefaee xo Due Fsuit.—The Columbus En
quirer, in. view of tte unparalleled fruit crops,
offers a few praotical suggestions, applicable in
this section, to fruit growers. It says:
As a matter of course onr people will not be
able to destroy one-fourth of what will be pro
duced, and if taken to market, peaches, apples,
pears, etc., will be almost valueless. What must
be done to turn this immense frnit crop to onr
pecuniary advantage ? Evidently, saye it ty
drying and preserving. We see the idea sug
gested in tho papers that kilns or' foresees be
built for this purpose, as the old scaffold pro
cess is too slow to meet the emergency. It is
estimated that a good fruit crop is equal to a
good corn crop, as the dried article is splendid
for subsistence, and always sells readily at from
S3 to $10 per bushel, according to the supply.
If farmers are cantiou^ they can make enough
in this way to counter-balance their losses by
cotton. Let extensive preparations be made at
once for drying peaches, apples, pears, quinces,
blackberries, whortleberries, etc. There is no
donbt but that the necessary trouble taken in
this direction will yield a very large compensa
tion, ’
Not Akbaid of It.—Brown & Co., are not al-
afraid of H. L Kimball’s Brunswick and Albany
railroad money, and will take it at par' In trade
for anything in their store. Now pitch in you
who have tins money and are “shaky” about its
value. • *,
PeTEESON fob Jcly, the favorite magazine
with may ladies, has been-received at Brown h
Co’s, and also a large lot of other late and pop
ular publication^ ,