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NEW YORK. 15T AOB.nST'TS lefiJ books are most completely represented in our Grand Combination Prosprct.is by .ample page, bindings. I lustrations, etc. A are picked, popp ar wmks on everv subject. Why risk ail ou one doubtful book when you can make sttecesa sure by off-ring oitstomeis a choice of 150 7 Oor agents have the inside track, and are delighted with their quick sales. Fail tu t to send lor partcu-ars and litioial terms at once, or, if iu haate tu begin work, .tend $| s*t for complete outfit to SCAMMKLL 4k CO. THE NEWS AND FARMER. LOUISVILLE. JEFFERSON COUNTY GA.. NOVEMBER 2, 1876. |attrg. 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. NO. 25
