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THE NEWS AND FARMER.
LOUISVILLE. JEFFERSON COUNTY GA.. NOVEMBER 2, 1876.
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MY WIFE AND CHILD.
BY HENRY B. JACKSON 1 .
The tatto beats; the lights are gone;—
The camp around in slumber lies;
The night in solemn pace moves on ;
The shadows thicken o'er the skies;
But sleep ray weary eyes hath flown.
And sad, uneasy thoughts arise.
I think of thee, oh I dear one!
Whose love mine early life hath
blessed; —
Of thee and him—our baby son—
Who slumbers on thy gentle breast;
God of the tender, fr il, and lone,
Oh! guard that little sleeper's rest!
And hover, gently hover near
To her, whose watchful eye is wet—
The mother, wife, the doubly dear.
In whose young heart have freshly
met
Two streams of love so deep and clear
And cheer her drooping spirit yet!
Now, as she kneels before thy throne,
Olt I teach her, Ruler of the skies*
That while, by thy behest al ne 1
Earth’s mightiest powers fall or rise,
No tear is wept to thee unknown,
No hair is lost, no sparrow dies.
That thou canst stop the ruthless hand
Of dark disease, a id soothe its pain ;
That only by thy stern command
The battle's lost, the soldier’s slain ;
That from the distant sea or land
Thou bringest the wanderer home
again.
And when upon Iter pillow lone
Her tear-wet cheek is sadly pressed.
May happier visions beam upon
The brightening currents of her
breast.
Ivor frowning look, nor angry tone.
Disturb the Sabbath of her rest!
Wherever fate those forms may throw,
Loved with a passion almost wild—
By day, by night—in joy or woe—
By fears oppressed, or hopes be
gu tiled—
From every danger, every foe,
Olt ! God ! protect my wife and
child 1
Camargo, Mexico. 1846.
HEAR A COLORED PREACHER.
The Testimony of an Ex-Slave. '
Rev. Silas Curtis, of Concord, N.
H., wrote to Rev. John W. Dunjee, a
leading colored clergyman of Rich
mend, Va., urging him not to vote for
Tilden and Hendricks. The letter was
ot the most bigoted and partisan char
ac er. Tlie Rev. Mr. Dunjee replied
in tiic calm, dignified leiter which fol
lows :
Richmond, Aug. 21, 1876.
Dear Brother Curtis: —Yours of
the 2tith is before me. asking me about
rumors which 301 have beard in re
gard to my going over to the “rebels.”
First, I would state that I have tried to ,
fulfil ray whole duty while here, and
have not at any time neglected my ,
mission duties, No man is more in
terested in all that pertains to the best ■
wel areof the colored people and their 1
highest developement, 80 I have tried
to conduct myself and teach my peo
ple that it is their Christian dutv to
make friends witli the white people of
the South, among whom they live.
This can be done without sacrificing |
any principle of manhood; in fact, tlie
Southern people do not ask the colored
people to compromise a single right.
But we who live here see the great im
portance of a full and manly
RECONCILIATION BETWEEN THE TWO
RACES.
This ean be done by dividing the
colored vote between the two parties.
As soon as it is thus divided they will
cease to be an ohj ct of ostracism and
a bone of contention. Both parties will
then treat them with respect. Take
Virginia, and the white people of th.s
State are as friendly to tlie colored
people as they are anywhere in Amer
ica; the most friendly feelings exist
between the two races. What we, who
are interested in the great cause of hu
manity, are endeavoring to do, is to
break down all color Hues, aud alto
gether forget slavery, the war and the
past, and go on to higher attainments
and a broader Christian manhood, 1
believe the
WHITE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH
are true ip tlie,professions they are now
making. They do not desire more slav
ery ; they will stand by ail the results
of the war; they are in the Union to
go out no more forever. They are la
boring nobly in our ~ tate for public
education, without regard to color. I
have every right in Richmond th it I
would have in Boston. They are doing
all for the colored’people iff a benevo
lent way that they can do. You know
the late war laid its withering band
upon the South,. and there are many
poor people, both white and black,
notwithstanding there are many of the
white gentlemen who have contributed
largely to mission work far onr people
in Richmond and other plooea in the
South. There are 31,000 cofared peo
pie in this city who are depending on
ib<* whites for the bread they eat
O, ’ poor people of color would starve
wL th here but far the kindness of
t\V tes in giving them shelter and
fo\ *fou can have no idea of the
truT dition of things hero. Now,
n face of all these (acts, I do not think
-he white people of the South ate very
iaugerous rebels. Just a word about
some of our trouble. You have heard
much talk about
‘•carpet-baggers.”
You have no idea of the amount of
trouble these men have given us. Men
who were the worst characters in the
North, who were of the lowest haunts
of New York and Boston, men as hail
as crime could make them, who Weiu
negro-haters at the No-th, have come
South and takeu advantage of the ig
norance of the colured people and
hkve been elevated to places of high
trust in our State governments, for the
sole purpose ou their part of plunder
ing the public. This same class of men
have arrayed the colored people against
the whites for political purposes, and
when trouble comes, deseit tiietu. All
the mobs which we have had in the
South have been gotten up by had
men. 1 know we have some lawless
white men here, hut the good people
of the South must not be olatued for
tbe.r acts. You have them at the North
with you.
THIS WILD AND FRUITLESS CONTEST
has been going ou for years, and who
are the sufferers':’ The colored men,
being the weaker party, always lose
ground, and must at last go to tne wail
if the fight is kept up. 1 know you iu
New HaiLShtre may not see this matter
as I do, hut i teli you that the negro
of the South must go under if the policy
of the last tew years is to be continued.
Now, if the Home Mission Board dis
charges me for these sentiments, I re
gret it, hut cannot yield my honest con.
victions. lam sorry 1 cannot make
them see the rightluluess of my posi
tion. Yon ask me wnat the persons
who have contriiiuted from time tij
lime for my support, would think. To
this I would say, if they understood ray
true position, they would I think, maAe
those contributions more readily than
ever. The negro is now passing through
the mo t critical period of his history,
and bis destiny for good ot evil, will he
j sealed by his action. If he arrays him
self against the white people, tne—moss'
I sooner or later, be ground to powder.
There is
NO NATURAL ANTAGONISM BETWEEN
THE TWO RACES
in the South; the whites and blacks
j were brought up together, and must
live aud die together. The late trouble
at Hamburg,' South Carolina, and other
i troubles we have had iu the South since
| the war, have not been the result of
any ill feelingou the pari of our home
people, but are the result of the action
of oad men who have come South aud
kept up f. om year to year the most bit
ter political contest, aud have used
every effort to keep the wiiite aud col
ored people fiom making friends. One
of the principal means is the wholesale
use of bad whiskey—also appealing to
the vevy worst passions of the igno
rant, No stone is left unturned on their
part to exasperate and excite the feel
ings of our poor people, which might
at any lime be kindled into a flame
which might result In bloodshed.
I ONLY WON DUE WE HAVE NOR HAD
TEN RIOTS
where we have one. Now. I say that
every good man in the South, white
ami black, ought to join hands and rid
our fair section from this terrible state
of things. I hope you will not misun
derotand me; these charges are not
against the good people of the North.
VVe will give the most hearty welcome
to any good men of the North who
may come amo,.g us for any good pur
poses. I think that if you were to live
uere for a lew years, you would take
- the same stand I have. We have sume
men from the Noitn who are highly re
spected, but all of these take the same
stand, and are not the men objected to.
The coloied men, if they are to be citi
zens of this country, must differ just as
white men du on all the grea, questions
of the day, such as finance, tariff', taxa
tion, aud questions of law trade, etc.,
etc. Until we arrive at this point we
will be mere machines, and not men,
in the true sense of the terra. In con
elusion, 1 would call your attention to
the report of Hon. B. B- Douglass, of
Virginia, on
THE SAVINGS BANK FRAUD,
and the speech of Hon. W. S. Sting
er, of Pennsylvania, on the same sub
ject. 1 would also call your attention
to the large am unt of money stolen
from the widows and orphans of the
colored soldiers and sailors. The Dis
trict Ring a ud many other things might
oe meLtioiied, but tune aud space will
not allow it. TllO colored voter of the
South, as ruled by tlie Radical*, has no
liberty in the use of his ballot; which
liberty we claim, and must have or con
tinue slaves, lie should be taught in
dependence >nd self-reliance. Plea*e
answer me a few questions.
WHO SHOULD BE TUE BEST JUDGE
of the true condition of the Southern
people, I who was born and brought
up in the South, as I have been, and
se.'ved twenty-seven years of toy life a
slave (when a boy I played with white
boys, and know tnere is no natural bail
feeling between the two raoes), or your
self? What can you in New Hamp
shire or Maine know of our condition
do#a liere? "en you call our people
“rebeL” you do them a great wrong.
I believe the.people of the South are as
loyal to the Union as those of the
North.
( ASK YOU AS A CHRISTIAN,
do you think it right to be constantly
abusing the Southern', people? They
have come back to the Union and fully
accepted all of the amendments to the
Constitution,-with all the results of the
war. The only reason why they have
made such an effort to get hold of their
own State governments is to protect
themselves from the wicked plunder-j
mgs and robbery of the carpet-baggers,
and every good man, white and black,
ought to join hands to emancipate our
section from this fearful state of tilings.
Ruracmber, that our homes ii the South
are as dear to us as yours in New
, Hampshire. Now
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR STATE TO
BE INFESTED
with a gang of political thieves from
another far country, plundering the
pu lie treasury and leaving a tax on
the people too heavy for them to bear,
exciting riots and -causing bloodshed?
I ask you, would you help them to con
tinue the work of destruct.ou against
your own people? I tell you this is our
condition, and the colored people are
the main agency by which they are en
abled to do their work ; and in my
judgment, nothing but a division of the
colored vote can bring peace and pros
perity, which we so much need ; and I
feel that no pulpit work or mission ef
fort will enable .. e to do as much for
my race as this work, i have
GIVEN THIS MATTER ELEVEN YEARS
THOUGHT,
and for years I have taken great pains
to inform mysell as to the true feeling
of the people of the South, aud these l
are my conclusions: First, that the
whites desire to live with the colored
people in peace and quietness, and are
doing all they can to gaiu that object.
They do not want all the colored peo
ple to vote the Democratic ticket, biit
believe it would be best to divide their
vote between the two parties. This
point would have been gained years ago
but for the terror of the Radical party
and its loyal leagues. There has
BKSX NO INTIMIDATION IN THE SOUTH
worse than that practiced by the carpet
bagger party of the South. I do not
charge the colored people with _this
cruelty ; they are not to blame ; tlKV}'
are only tools m th s hands of these bad
men. I have known some colored men
to be whipped, some turned out of their
churches, and all kinds of intoleraut
abuse have been heaped upon those col
ored meu whe dared to vote the Demo
cratic ticket. In some parts of the
South the life of a colored uiau (Demo
crat) is not very safe. I submit these
facts to you as the honest convictions of
m3' heart, and must say 1 car not accept
your advice, because iu doing so I would
not do justice to 1113’sell'and my race.
Yours with respect,
John W. Dunjee.
Tcojimumicated.]
THE FLATERER.
“Of all wild beasts, preserve me
from the tyrant; of all the tame—a flat
terer.”
Where, and when flatterers had their
origin, we are not informed. But be as
sured of this much, that they have ever
flourished most aiming weak-minded
people. Then, when men. and we were
almost ready to say women, grow weak
in thoug.it, and obtuse in perception,
these sycophants increase in number.—
The luina that is unable to make any
d.splayiuthe litdrary world, is ever
ready to receive app l use, which, other
wise, c >uld never have beeu attained,
Tue musician willingly receives the
commendation of tlie deaf. Beauty is
admired by the blind; aud yet that
compliment is not misliking.
W iien a man is ignorant of himself,
the flatterer finds a splendid instru
ment on which to sound his ecoiuiuins.
ue is very eloquent, and certainly very
earnest, n. drawing out and showing
tue many splendid qualities pooessed
by his best friends. So. he, who thinks
himself an expert in all things, rejoices
to hear his deeds, aud his sayings, for
they are more numerous, mentioned in
glowing terras. The sciolist, by no
uiea.is, detests the musical voice of
tlattei'3’. He listens attentively to the
the Siren, till she transforms him into
a beast, something worse than bis
original form. This superficial scholar,
praised and landed by the edchanter,
increases in wisdom till his maxims
become very profound, and frequently
very dark.
Xhe flatterer ever aims bis palaver at
that class, composed of smiles and
tears—wtio dance under the shadow of
trees—who sing with the birds—who
learn cheerfullness from the grasshop
per—whose voice tolls in lull melody
of young joy and his laughing train—
whose steps are as high on the tnrf as
the dew or the sunbeam—whose shad
ows even bring j3’ and pleasure.
Wli„t fair maiden has not caught the
honeyed words as they fell from the
mouth of some parasite? She receives
it too often as a sweet morsel; but soon
it cankers, and the possessor is far
from the standard of true praise. He
praises her accomplishments, for she
has many, he admires her beauty, and
strives to gain her heart by unfair
means. So soon as he gains his end—
gains her affections, creates her a ve
nus in her own estimation, he proves
himself what every oue, w hith open eyes
knew fang ago—a vile vagaboud, and
a pest tu society. The credulous youth
is quick to believe all that is said by
the smiling multitude. If the jeers of
the rubble fall upon his cars, be sadly
mistakes it (bribe trump of fame or hon
or. Off he hastens to join the van,
pressing forward to wiu the wreath of
fame and write on memory’s sc.oll a
deathless name. But soon he discovers
the emptiness ot the Siren’s song. Af
ter he has journeyed long in the paths
of life, he is read3’ to exclaim :
•‘When young, life’s journey I-began,
The glittering prospects charmed my
I eyes;
I I saw along the extended plain,
Joy after joy successive rise ;
But soon I founu ’twas all a dream.
And learn the lond pursuit to shun,
Where few can reach the purposed aim,
Amd thousands daily are undone.”
The weapons used by the the flatter
er are keen; his thoughts are fuii of
guile, deceitfully combining contrarie
ties, and he is leagued with traitorous
self-love. Even when oue person bold
ly and most assuredly unmannerly
praises the actions of ano her to his
face, he is fiishing for an undeserved
compliment. The one that is first to
greet jou with sweet words, will be
the first to slander when misfortune
frowns. Flattery sticks like a burr, a
vital, natural, subtle seed, every where
hardy and indigenous. If you go the
st r.* house of memory, and take what
is readiest to the hand, it will be the
noble deed, the clever phrase, for which
your pride was flattered. Thus this
sweet solace is dwelt upon in solitude,
ano comforted the heart in crowds.—
It has made you to walk as in adieam,
and lifted your head above }’our fellows.
It his compensated for months of
gloom that minute of sweet sunshine,
drying up the pools of apathy, aud
kindling the fire of ambition. Yea, the
flower of that spice mingled in the cup
of life, shall linger even to the dregs,
and still be tasted with a welcome. The
dame will tell her grandchild of her
coy and courted youth, and tlie gray
beard will prate of a stranger that
praised his task at school. But the ]
most detestable ofall flattery is that of
the egotist. He is very fond of I, and
frequently uses the reflexive myself. —
Wlien the young girl imagines herself
very amiable and beautiful, she is sure
to over-estimate herself in others opin
ions. She thinks that all would like to
sit beneath her smiles, and worship at
tlie shrine of her perfection. Such self
periectiou is not ouly hateful, but des
tructive. The young aspirant who
deems friaael*'quite t'acinating, is apt
to think too highly 01 himself. He ira
agines that everyro i;' 1 is crazy about
hin and that even one'%fflU£j v will suffice
to appease her inflamed heart. '-. „
It'ail flatteq - be true, many would !)*j
not only conceited, but wise to an au-!
vantage.
“I would give worlds could I believe
One half that is professed me
Affection! could I thiuk of thee.
When flattery has carressed me.”
Let all be wise, and gain nothing
seemingly from the sycophant’s glib
tongu,
And thou affectionate, 9neaking
neighbor, remember that, “Minds by
nature great, are conscious of their
greatness, and bold it mean to borrow
aught from (latte y.” “Never flatter
the people ; leave that to such as mean
to betray them.” Rure.
CUREING MEA T.
Nearly every year a consideable
quantity of meat is lost, or becomes so
tainted as to be unwholesome as food.
Perhaps, from excessively warm weath
er, immediately following the slaugh
ter of animals, it is almost impossiple
to escape some loss of this valuable and
costly article, but I apprehend it is
more often caused by hasty and defect
ive preparation. Some, after hogs are
killed and cleaned, begin in a few hours
to cut them up and salt down as if it
were a job to be gotten rid of as speed
ily as possible, when it is much tbe saf
er plan to do this furt3'-eight hours af
ter they are killed. It may be well
enough to seperate tni parts after the
expiration of twenty four hours, and if
in liaste, to then salt down the midlings
as they are much more easil3' preserved
than hams and shoulders, but the two
last mentioned should not be salted
down, or pickled, short of 48 bouts.—
They should, however be slightly sprin
kled with a little saltpeter within 15 or
20 hours after the hogs are cleaned.
There is some delay and trouble in this,
but it is bettor to iucur it than the loss
of the meat.
I wih now proceed to give several of
the best receipts and the first is the
best I ever tried, it Is not my own
but was writteu out from a paper, l do
not recloleet what one, or at whose sug
gestion. I call that
No I,—“Put in a gallon of water one
and a halt pounds of lt, one halfpound
of sugar, oue half pound of powdered
saltpeter, aud one half pound of potash.
In this ratio the pickle to be increased
to any quantity desired. Boil these to
gether until the dirt, arises to the top
and is skimmed off. Throw it into a
tub to cool, and when cold, pour it over
ttie beef or pork, which must have beeu
freed from every particle of. blood. —
Let it remain the usual time, say lour
or five weeks. The meat must be well
Covered with pickle the whole time,
but should not be poured down, espe
cially hams, shoulders aud bony parts
of beef, for at least two days after kill
ing, during which time, as already sta
ted, it should be slightly spriukled with'
a little finely powdered salipetrc, which
removes all the surface blood, &c.,
leaving tbe meat fresh and clean. Some
omit boiling tlie pickle aud find it to
answer well, though the operation of
boiling purifies the pickle by throwing
off the dirt always to be found in suit
and sugar. H this receipt is properly
tried, it will never be abaudmoL
. There is none that su'passes it, if so
I good. We wilt give the other receipts
111 your next number. J,
THE TOES Y OF AN HUMBLE
LIFE.
“Sing to my soul the song that thou livest;
Road me tue p tem that never tvas peunt-d”—*
B’e live poems in our lives, and sing
songs l>3’ our deeds ; were it possible to
give them permtueut form in books they
would rival, or excel the most elaborate
effuts of our tragic muse.
. ‘Every life that consecrates itself to
dutj’, tl.bugh that duty be of the sim
plest kind; every life that seeks 110
Higher adornment than the graces of
Christian rectitude; that labors for the
good of others, rather than for person
al gain ; that is beautiful iu charities un
known to the world, no matter if these
Consist only in kind words, or the touch
of a plesaing hand —every such life, we
say is a charming idyl full of heavenly
harmony', and fragrant with the odor
of perennial flowers, far sweeter than
any growing upon the margin of Arca
dian streams, or that hold their golden
■caps, filled with morning dew, to the
lip of tne poet as he meditates his song
ou some breezy hillside, “his eye in a
fine frenzy 1 oiling.”
Every life that truly holds itself to
some noble purpose, and that has not
shrunk from martyrdom, no matter when
or where Duty, “stern daughter of the
skies,’’may have called for the cruci
fixion of the dearest hopes of the heart,
and decreed the demolition of the state
liest temple which the soul had built for
the worship of its ideals ; eyery life up
on whose concience beams the star-like
splendor of some heroic deed, of which
the world may pe iguorant, aud which
are recorded only by the pens of the
angels.
Every’ such life is an epic, sublimer
than any which down the sounding ais
les of time stili pour their ravishing
music, from the cloudy heights of Ro
mance, or the ruined altars of antique
gods.
The humble heart, that finds it more
blessed to give than to receive ; that
hallows its sequestered home with gen
tle ministrations : that labors in silence
for the good ofall ;thatgathers the choic
est floweret that grow in the sunny nooks
ot its spirit, to strew them at our feet,
thereby striving to hide the rtiggedness
of the road before us ; that happy' heart,
jvnose faintest smile is an Inscription,
an’’ transmute even our
a dictions
thought—such hearts* sliig
sougs in the hidden paths of earth than
any that have aver been breathed by
the lips of harping bards, whose names
are synonyms of deathless Lame.
A perfect life is, in essence, a per
fect poem ; its art is the harmony of the
Enr.ial; eveiy et.vnza is the revelation
of some celestial truth, its rhythm is the
same to which the stars move in their
everlasting cycles; it is the crystalliza
tion of spiritual Beauty, through whose
prisms the light of divine Love falls iu
mellowed glory upon the hearts of men ;
it is the embodiment of that which is
Christ-like in our living; it crowns even
the abborent brow of Death with ineffa
ble majesty and heavenly rpose.
Charles W. Hubner.
AD RE AD REVENGE.
Many long years ago, the cheii of the
district, Maclean of Lochbuy, in the Is
land of Mull, had a grand hunting ex
cursion. To grace the festivity his la
dy attended, with his ouly child, an in
fant. then in a nurses arms. The deer
driven by the hounds, and hemmed in
by surrounding rocks, flew to a narrow
pass the only outlet it could find.—
Here the Chief had placed ono of his
meu to guard the deer from passing;
but the animals rushed with sutL ira
petuos ity that the poor forester could
not withstand them. In the rage of
the moment, Maclean threatened the
man with instant death, but his puuisL
meat was commuted to a whipping or
scourging in the face of the clan, which
'it tuose times was considered a
degrading punishment, fit only for the
lowest of menials and the worst of
c.’imes.
The clansman burned with anger and
fieroe revenge, lie rushed forward,
plucked the tender infant, the heir of
Lochiiby, lrom the hands of the nurse
and bounding to the rock, in a moment
stood upon an inaccessible cliff, pro
jecting over the water. The sci earns of
the agonized mother and cheif at the
jeopardy in which their child was plac
ed, may easily be conceited. Maclean
implored the man to give back liis sou,
and expressed his deep contrition for
the degredation he had iu a moment of
excitement inffheted on his clansman.
The other replied that the only condi
tion on which he would couseut to the
restitution was.tbat Maclean hiinsell
•should bate, his back to th’i .cord, and
be publioly scurged as be had been.—
In despa r, the cuief consented, saving
he would submit to an3’teingif his child
were but restored. _
To the grief apd astonishment of the
clan, Maclean bore bis tesult and when
it was completed, bogged that the clans
man might return from his perilous sit
uation with the ypuhg chief. The man
regarded him with a smile ofL demoniuo
• revenge, aud.'.lirtii4g,higJh' Ihe child iu
tlie air ' plunged with him into the
abyss beneath. The sea closed over
them, aud neither, it is said, ever cm
merged from the tempestous whirl
pools and basaltic caverns that yawn
ed around t ion and still threaten the
the inexperienced navigator ou tU
shores of Mali.
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