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Th;rti r.rvd each succeeding s i 1.. - cent on above rates. - d'eaia notion fU j, ,• c • .-m-p per line in Daily and 25 WMKI.Y EaTIS. •"* ' w,v • .T.„ V *I,OO f *• ... •„ w 8,00 **iien!s .nserted in Weekly at *I,OO per v-r..oa, »nd 50 cents for each subse ; , itro- 1 prefer to pay us in produce, . i r. nr:h !>< we can uie, we will take it (iin Macon, for all dues to the office. _ho live in the country can send these •. sto u» bv express at our expense. -v * j reside near each other can club to* -i wrud their provisions, supplies corn in SIXOLt PAPRRS IK CITT. * -> paper will be •■old on the streets and at the i x at <!»•.• cents per copy. _. v o.> will not receive any money but specie, r Mrtcon md Western and South-Western ii issues at present. EVENING EDITION. lil HDW KVFM.\C, JI’LI ?‘W. IturKe County. W o anther from the Constitutionalist of .* 20th, tin 1 following unpleasant items from “old Burke:” M rp.nrrt.—Dr. Thoe. Byne. residing near i ll churc h in the upper part of Burke .:ity, war» brutally murdered on Thurs -1 3th. H** was shot early in the night, v -ording to the confession one of * ; i er slaves of his brother, Henry o I'sq. v the deed was done by a com* • i's six or seven negroes who‘fool «- ;j posed by killing him they would - :,e land. Five of the negroes are now • r *: rest and will probably suffer the i •. i'.ty of the law. We knew him as 1' the kindest and most gentlemanly Peace to liis soul. i Ha vs. —We learn that a difficulty oc at Greenly Cut, Burke county, last •* r y, between Dr. R. E. J. Thompson M Jc i.n ? ireeu, which terfhmated in • r b*ing ‘"hot with a pistol hall in . V .—,. , -sPfrr-Ma» •Tore the military authorities “ 17 , ls although severely wounded, j- w . with a fair prospect of an ■ ■ r* covuv. tmi rican Jurisprudence. , \ . -.t* Constitutionalist.Jk • process of Btutu re-organization • T arrive a day when the terms and f a < 'unsiitution and code of laws s« into primary importance. With tution to be adopted—as being i; ti than strictly legal subject— . osed here to have nothing to do. t mention will take care of that, but • laws hereafter to be in force for g Y' inance, when authority shall k v tiie month of the J udge and not .* voice of the Soldier, it may not be n- to present a few reflections. The - •! i ci-pous and the laws of things go up the great bulk of statutory in every community, and up to when the municipal law was do .id a abeyance among us, that legis ; >r this State was contained in the «* "f Georgia. As appropriate to a i. -tnte of things, this Code was of and m general use throughout the S’ ~ ..at it will at once appear that as >tance> have changed, laws must ::■ with them. Thus, for near two .1 les, there has been an immense pup il .«n in Georgia, between whom and the a ce ol the inhabitants, a wide line of demarkation has been drawn.— . a;-out the whole body of the law, is and ,-tmctiou was run, and now that, the of that distinction has been re* :k ed, the distinction itself must cease to .■. -vt. Being now free, the former slave, ueretoforo destitute of any common law glits but security to life and limb, must qc ~e into possmsion of a much larger mens in cf legal franchises, and the law a i have to be modified to meet this new • 4 ate of things ilow radical, how all pervading this t ’’.cation will be can hardly be properly f- ’..mated by anyone who has not been •. ;d to the .Bur, but some idea maybe ormed by the non-profi?ssional reader from • -* at* merit that it will affect every right per-on, every right of property, and no • v ‘iderable portion of that precedureby those rights are asserted in oourtsof - v - ’*, or their co-ordinate duties enforced. • dering, too, that this tremendous c iiige is to take place in no less than r e States <>l the Union, and that it is sheet, directly, eleven, and indirectly, no •'8 than twenty-two millions of people, it il not be wondered at that the thought uld have suggested to some of the lead legal minds of the country the proprie >f a thorough revision of all American r spmdence. The great curse of the law thi* country’ has been the multiplicity of ependent judicatures, whereby the plain* 1 best settled principles of the Gotn • i Law have been so grievously and va "v distorted that even the most thor- Jn students \iere often at a loss to ' ltie true rule ot civil conduct. Al ' ‘y. or >’ cour b too, has seemed to think * > repaired a publication of its de- I c:u 'k tyro has rushed and ' print w ith his crude ideas torn as y By the cus each year States sent forth Umes'of ad, .' : ,JJ ofcssiou their bulky vob * cases, and then, upon - * — --—.— ■ — —..- —. '•. the back of all this intolerable burden, is imposed a formidable array of decisions, emanating from the 'Supreme Court'of the TToited States and its subordinate District tribunals. What a weariness to the flesh is the study of- these . many books, what a hindrance to justice, what a clouding of principle, it would be w"eil could the people at-large of this counfry understand. The legal profession, as stated, have long seen •and regretted it, but so vast was the evil, nothing less than a tremendous revolution could afford hopes of a remedy. Such a revolution we have had. It has shaken codes of law just as it has hurled down systems of polity, aifti now, when re-' construction is the order of the day, appears the time to rebuild the stately edifice of the Law, correct in all its outlines, strong in its. foundations, and harmonious in its just pro portions. Since more especially iu the South will this reconstruction be a necessity, in the South it is that the fairest opportunity will be presented to clear away the rubbish of the past from tho temple of Jurispru- dence. A common overthrow having be fallen the laws of these States, it would seem that now is the time to reconstruct them according to some odc common stanuard of principle. To have these principles embod ied in one common code, to be of the like force and effect in Virginia and Texas, i<lor ida-and Missouri, would be a most glorious and desirable thing for the South and for the whole country. As the beginning of good, it would in time find irniiatiou iu the North, and then the day would not be far off when, as the Roman citizen, whether in ; Bithynia or in Britain, on Illyrian borders or ki African cities, was ruled by one mag ; niticent code, so the child of tho Great Re public, whethu’on the great Lakes of the Ncrth or the waters of the Gulf, might fiud himself alike under the aegis of one wise, merciful,’ well understood and homogeneous law. An Amusing Incident. The reporter of the New York Tribune relates the following amusing incident as in that city on the celebra tion of the sth : Only one fight occurred. It happened in this wise : As the prooession was being dis missed on the eastern side of the square, a pretty, but tearful lady from the Emerald Isle, was wandering distractedly among the members of the Irish brigade, to find some one who could give her information of the last moments oi her husband of whose death she had been recently apprised. Suddenly a brawny, handsome fellow approached her with open arms, when she turned as white as !uur waved . V'tV Ffae was agboak ■ " '*• “Don't you kuow rue, Mavousneen ? Don’t you know your own Terrence ?” ask ed the poor fellow, looking considerably nonplussed. “Goo awa’ wid ye ! Your're dead ! You know you are ,n she exclaimed with quiver ing lips. “Divil a Lit of it, Mavousneen !’’ ho re sponded, giving ample proof of the sound ness of his asertioDs by folding her iu hfs arms in a way that made every one’s eyeß water, and kissing her in a way that made every one’s lips water as well. It was indeed her long absent Terrence, whom she had prematurity numbered with the .dead. “It was that villain, Mike Flaherty towld me you was dead,” sobbed the now joyous wife. “Where is Mike V* asked her husband. The unfortunate Mike happened to be in sight, and, dropping his musket and “peel* mg” on the sp'*t, the abused husband drub bed him thoroughly, amid the cheers of bis comrades. The .IT. K. Church South. The ministers of the Methodist Episco pal Church South, residing in Missouri, re cently held a meeting at Balmyra, to take iuto consideration the condition, of the church, and decide w hether it was better. t« merge their organization iuto that of the Methodist Church, from which they with draw in 1814. The committee appointed to deliberate on the subject reported ad versely to such a movement. They say that the abolition of slavery has not de stroyed all the differences between them selves and the parent church ; that “ the question upon which the church divided was not whether the institution of slavery was right or wrong, per se, but whether it was a legitimate subject for ecclesiastical legislation.” .The report concludes with the following, resolution, w hich was adopted,* and which it is believed will receive the sanction and decide the action of the ministry in the other Southern States: “ Resolved, That w’e consider the main tenance of our separate ecclesiastical or ganization as of paramount importance, and our imperative duty.” There is a considerable body of thecler gy and laity of the South who do not ap prove the perpetuation of the Church South, and are anxious to re-unite with their brethren North. The action, there fore, of the Missouri Methodists will be likely to lead to further disintegration, and the formation of a Church organization in harmony with the elder Church, and con trolled by its board of bishops.—Cincin nati Commercial. is, The Vicksburg colored folks -have is sued a protest against the appointment of Judge Sharkey as Governor; they evi dently do not relish his former decisions restraining them within their proper limits, as provided by the laws of the State. They are also clamoring for the privilege of voting; Annoyance. —The regiment of negroes which is encamped pn the west side of the city are annoying the citizens excessively, by tearing down fences and committing sundry other depredations. We think their officers should control them sufficiently to prevent this in future.— Atlanta New Era. Extension or the Amnesty. —Gov. Pier jqont, of Virginia, has addressed a long mjinifestobto the President, arguing in fa vor of the extension of the amnesty and pardon, to the peop e of Virginia without reservation. The document has been placed before the Cabinel, mid is said to have received careful discussion. Kmnsflpation West Indie*. Frrnn the iiouwvilt# Democrat, 16th. J j Few examine tb«; results of emancipa tion, while many, in general jubilee of re joicing, look to it as ;t grand philanthropic measure to comma! and the approbation of the world. Yet the experiment has been tried, and the results are anything but a causu of coogratukit on or rejoicing, • There are ; now in tjje * West India Islands 150,00 U sq ; ui re/'iniles* of the most productive land, in t ie mo«t salubrious cli mate in the woi-ld, ying fallow,.a desert waste, in consequen e of this measure of emancipation. The treed negro basks in idleness and degradation in a land of flow ering beauty and fruitfulness' comparable to the garden of out first paredts/ Broad ports, in which navies might ride, are de serted and empty. Beautiful fields, over which abundant sugar-cane floated in plentiful lavishness, are, groyvn rank with weeds. The coffee plantations are de serted, and the precious beau grows wild in the places where it once was cultivated. On every side there is the mark of ruin and desolation. Tho wild grains are the sign of a past prosperity; the degraded negroj, tlie successor ot the enterprising and vigorous white. This, in an extent of territory equal to Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Cuba.takes 0ff’4,200 square miles, and Cuba, whore slavery still exists, is prosperous. 'With other deductions there will remain 54,000 square miles al most, if not entirely, uncultivated. In 1834, when emancipation took place, a brilliant career oi prosperity was fore told. « Let us pee what has been the actual results. *' ' * ' In 1800, the West Indies exported 17,- 000,000 pounds of cotton, and the United States 17,789,803 They were at this time, it will be sceen, nearly equally productive. Let us, however, examine one island, Hayti, where the re-ults of emancipation are best seen., This inland is 406 miles in length, with a maximum width of 16S. The number of square miies is 27,690, of which 10,091 are Qomprised in the liftytien or ne gro republic, and the o-ilance in the Domin ican. Its population was estimated from 550,000 to 650,000. Its climate and soil is incomparable. The. tarth abounds in jew marble, are found. The islands sits Hk* jewels in golden seas. The tall and graceful palm lifts its fringed top over plains of verdure starred with rare flowers. The spreading mahogany lays its dark shadow over velvet grass that bounds the borders of fair, bright rivers. Birds, with rare, brilliant plummage, flash like gleams of light amon* the scented foliage. Broad, fertile lagoons ibihe aniohg fhe'grovCß of orange, citron and coffee, and every hill and promontory is ro mded into a grateful outline ot beauty. To describe the scenery seems to be reveling in descriptions of poe try aud romance. Plantains, bananas, yams, mangroves, millet, ormges, maize, pine-ap ples, melons, grapes, grew in wild unculti vated abundauoe. Cultivation produces cof fee, cocoa/sugar, ind go, ootton and tobacco. In 1790, Ilayti supplied half of Europe with sugar. It was a French colony, with a population of 500,0*>9, of which 38.300 were whites, aud 28- <7O free negroes. The remainder were slay* i. Under the fever of the French revolut;dn, a spirit similar to that ojir country now feels, the doctrines of liberty and fraternity were applied to the colony. In 1793,- Hayti vas freed. There have been seventy years ts experience with the most disastrous resuts. If the negro has any capacity for free government, it ought to be shown in Ilayti. ~ Let us make a statistical comparison and see the results. In 1790, the value of the exports were $27,828,000, the principle pro ductions being as follows; Bugap—!ba ' • - 163,505,220 Coffee ' *- 68,151,180 Cotton “ - 6,286,126 Indigo K - - 930,016 Let us take a view nearly forty years after, when this emancipation was to yield such a splendid return to a philanthropic world. In 1826 the figures-stood thus: Bugar —lbs - - 32,863 Coffee “ ~ - - - 32,189,783 Cotton u - - 620,972 # Indigo “ • /* - Mono At this day there is no sugar exported, coffee and logwood being the only exports. The coffee is gathered wild from the moun tains and the abandoned French planta tions. All that is required tn be done is to cut down the tree and carry it to mar ket The cultivation has ceased. The statistics of 1849, the latest published, are of exportation; Sugar—lbs -** • . None Coffee “ . „- - - 30,608,343 Cotton .- - • 544,516 Senator Sumner, in a recent speech, esti mated the exports of Hayti at 2,683,000, and Mr. Sumner is, an abolitionist. In 1790, the exports were 27,828.000. Was such a spectacle ot decay ever witnessed before ? Hayti, wnieh seventy years be fore supplied* half Europe %vith sugar, is now supplied from the United States, or rather, was before the war. Let us now turn to Jamaica. It. is about 150 miles long by 50 in width. Its area is about 64,000 square miles, The last census was taken*in 1844, when the popu lation stood as follows: whites, 15,779; negroes, 293,128; rnulattoes, 68,529 ; The white population is dying out through the blood of the negro. The negroes'freed in 1833 were to serve twe years apprenticeship. The planters were paid $30,000*000 for the loss of ser vice. The yalue of exports, as published in MACON, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, JULY 23,! Harper & Brother’s (Vlpa?dia of Com merce, before and since euineipation, is as follows; before fmanci i|tion. Years. Vjiuo of Exports. 1509,* . . . | £3,033*234 1810, - N - - j 2,303,579 * AFTER EMANCIP^TON. 1853, - - - | .€837,276 1854, • i-- 932,316 Here is a decline of thrb-fourths. An other way is to estimate lh quantity of the productions before and soce.' In 1805, two years before the proinfition of African emigration, the productions of Jamaica were as follows: PRODUCTIONS OF JAMA! A IN 1805. Sugar—hhds - \ 150,352 Rum—punch - - . 46,8,‘J* Pimento—lbs - - 11,041,540 Coffee—lbs - - . J 7,961,938 Then the productions wen at the high est point. They afterwards declined, and in 1834 it stood : Sugar—hhds * - - j 84,75 G Rum—punch - - 32,111 Pimento—lbs - - 13.605,400 Coffee—lbs - - - ,7,725,731 The first year after emancLation, pro ductions declined nearly 1,001,000 hhds; Coffee declined 7,000,000 lbs This de crease steadily continued, and,in 1856, the productions of J amaiea stood ; < Sugar—hhds - - . 25,756 Rum—punch - . . 14,470 Pimento—lbs • • 4,848,622 Coffee—lbs - . The only article which has increased is pimenio or allspice. The reason of the in nrAiUiA iu thaf. the. pimflnr.o iu u/it Aultioatod but grows wild in many places. From a report made to the House of As sembly during theyoars 1848, ’49, ’SO, 'sl, and ’52, we find the following; Sugar estates abandoned • -128 Sugar estates partially abandoned - 71 Coffee plantation abandoned' - - 96 Coffee plantations partially abandoned 66 Making a total of 391,187 ! In the five years succeeding emancipation there were abandoned: Sugar estates 140, comprising 168*032 Coffee plantations 465, comprising 18^400 The Cyclop sedia of Commerce says that “the negro is rapidly receding iuto a savage state, aud that, unless there is a large and immediate supply of' immigrats, all society will come to a speedy end, and the island become a second Hayti.” is an indication of what we are to expect from a similar policy. We might |dd much more aboud th^Bhockni^ly are abandoned to hinq as filled widb the plauge. It is cursed ao*d avoided—a doleful example to mankind, but one which fanatics will not recognize or accept until it is too late. Educational. From the Atlanta New Era.j In the article we are about to submit to the public, we are conscious ol treading a well beaten path. The theme is liackne}’- ed, but fur all that there subject more closely allied to our social and national existence. During the four years and a half of ex citing incidents through which we havejust passed, the minds of the. people were so completely engrossed with matters of pub lic interest that the wheels of education be came clogged. All our institutions of learning, from the university to the “ old field ” school, have been suspended, and the rising generation have lost lour and a naif years of intellectual culture, lor which the future can never atone. By the inci dents of war, the Bouth has lost millions of treasure; but that loss is insignificant to the loss of education which has been entailed upon the youth of the country.— That large class of our population which were about stepping from youth to man hood have been the chief sufferers. To them the loss is irreparable, for the ending of the war has left them beyond the age of minority, and they are thrown upon the world to battle for a place ani position, and to accumulate wealth. The time when a few eo legiate years could have been invaluable to was totally without opportunity by which they could avail'themselves of the advantages of our periods aud colleges. They aud their country must he the sufferers. Bat while we are suffering from a sense ot the misfortunes that has come upon us through this channel, it were w 11 ii the public mind could be forcibly turned to this great national interest. The peculiarities of our social institutions, the nature of our government and the undoubted progressive ness of the age in which we live renders it an imperative duty to bestow upon the rising generation the most liberal education. Living as wc do, under a republican govern ment, where the horny fisted mechanic can shake the hand of the millionaire over the ballot box, a country where the veto of the meanest gcavenger counts as much as the vote of a merchant prince, it cannot be de nied that the foundation for our success lies in a full and free development of the intel lect of our people. In a country where every manas it were makes the laws by which he is governed, it is doubly important that this subject be constantly ou the minds of the people. The Bouth has always been behind tho times iu this woik. She has never availed herself of the advantages and blessings of a truly liberal system of education. Bo defective, in fact, has been her sys tem, that too frequently our mechanics and laboring men-are ignorant as regards iho I great world of letters. It is true. the children of our wealthy have been very liberally educated; but as a general thing education is almost entirely thrown away upon this class of people. The strata of papulation to which the country must look for the development ol her great resources, lies below this wealthy class. It is the manufacturing and laboring class that al ways develop the wealth of a country or community. Hence we see the vast im portance of iliis «’l;iss with the vast jeypjr pqiver of education, that they may know bo\y to discover and bring into use the wealthy resources which are de posited hither and thither throughout the South. . _ > To accomplish i*|is end effectually' is tbv question now to be solved by those who feel‘interested in the subjeet* We shall props>stV no plan, but merely suggest the material upon which we have to .operate, 'J he close < f the war has left thousand- of orphans in the country who are destitute of means, but. who are gradually advancing to their places in our social and political sys tem. Without some effort in their behalf they mils* go onward to years oPmsj >rity without that mental culture which is neces sary to 5t them far the most ordinary duties j of lite. They have not the means of self education ; they have nothing in prospec tive but a life of arduous toil. The effect of this deficiency will not only be felt iu the generation in which they act, p u t, being un lettered themselves the influence which Other wise would be exerted over their posterity must inevitably be lost. Then we pnt the question to our people. Is there not a need for a great educational reform ? V\ ill not the incomprehensive sva tem which has heretofore been fostered in our midst, wofully failed of the coveted end 1 \\ hy may we not have a comniou-scbool system which will place the invaluable boon of education within the reach <if every wid ow’s child in the land ? We hope our savorns will discuss these questions. Our columns are cordially thrown open tn all such dis cushions for we see in them only the most beneficial results to ik.e com.!"y at Let. us nave a du this matter and have it discussed fully with h view to the further ance of our intellectual developments. The Panama Review gives rt>e MJowing sum mary of news from Central and South America : , . Chile at peace, Bolivia quiet,. Peru in a row, Equador in a riot, Columbia sleeping, Costa Rica the same ; Nicaragua keeping The peace for a. time. Honduras uncertain Which way to go ; Salvador’s troub'es ended, Guatemala’s also. ltccipes. To Clean Kid Gloves. —Ladies will be glad -to learn that alcohol will wash kid glowes of all colors, without either staining them or leaving any unpleasant odor about them. The gloves are simply drawn upon the hand and carefully rubbed with apiece til tho afiil is removed, then hung up to dry, and afterwards slightly stretched, when the original color re-appoars. This we have trom one who has tried it success fully Lemon’ Carps. —Take one tea-cup of but ter, and three of powdered loaf sugar; rub them to a cream; stir into them the yolk n{ fire eggs well beaten; dissolve a tea spoonful of salaratus in a tea-cup of milk, and add the milk; add the juice and grated peel of one lemon, and the whites of five eggs, and sift in as light as possible, four tea-cups of flour. Bake in two long tins, about half an hour. It is much improved by icing. - Corn Bread— A New Becipe. —lt is as follows : One quartos sour miik, two table spooiifula. ofsaiaratusj four ounces of butter three table-spoonfuls of flour, three egbg, jxnd corn meal sufficient to make a stiff bat ter. v “Bird’s Nest" Popping. —Take eight or ten pleasant apples, and dig out the cores, leaving them whole. Prepare a custard, six eggs to a quart flavor with lemon, orange, or nutmeg, ard a little salt, and when the apples are laid iu a pudding-dish, pour the custard over them, and bake half an hour. To Make GroundnutxCandy.—Boil to gether one pint of molasses, one gil of brown sugar, and two •ounces of butter. When this is growing thick add one pint ofparebed and shelled grou'ndnuts: then boil the whole fifteen minutes, and pour it into a shallow dish to cool and harden. Cases op Cancer. —Plenty of {rood wholesome food, ti well drained, well venti lated house, pure country air, extreme elein lineps of person and clothing, sufficient ex ercise, olothing which exerts no injurious pressure on the diseased part, with mental occupation and amusement, will do a great deal toward? the formation o! healthy blood, the deposit of health) tissue* front it, and the removal of effete matter or formations of a low aplastic character To Whiten Linen.— Stains occasioned Fy fruit, iron rust, and other similar causes, may be removed by applying to the parts injured a weak solution •»! the chloride of lime—the cloth having b cn previously well hashed —or of soda,'oxalic acid, or sabs ol lemon, in warm water. The parts subjected to this operation should be subsequently well rinsed iu soft, clear, warm water, with out soap, and be immediately dried in the sun. Funs.—Fine furs should be kept in n cold place. An experienced dealer will tell, the moment he puts his hand on a piece of fur. if it has been tying in a warm, dry atmosphere. It renders the fur harsh, dry and shabby, entirely destroying the rich, smooth softness which it will have if kept in a cold room.— The Lurfy s Paper. To Extract Ink. —A domestic recipe -foi* extracting ink sjvots from colored nrti ! eles of Hnen, wool, and similar fabrics. It (is simply to "rinse the part so stained in i fretii milk, changing the hiiik as often as | necessary until the stain disappears. Asa finale, wash -out the milk m pure rain 'water. j To Clean Tainted Barrels. —The he.st 'method Jof •■cleaning' tainted barrels is to ! put one pevk of charcoal and one teacup of saleratus into each barrel, fid them up [with boiling water, cover tight, and let them stand until cold. Swearing for a FamifV» Rev. E. 8. Maclny, for thirteen years a missionary in China, delates the following anecdote: During one of our examinations of can didates for tho baptism of Nughang, I, ob served that one woman and three or four young people had the same surname. This circumstance led to the foflovvin£ conver sation bel ween mvself and one of the Voting V * men: ' • “ I observe that you all have the same surname; are you all of the >am,o family ?” I inquired. “ Yes,” one replied, “ this is mother, and the?e are my brothers.” “ Where is your father ?*’ I continue' 1. “ He is at home, attendiagrfoLnsiu^s.' “ Does he approve, of your embracing. Christianity “ Yes, he is entirely willing." “ Why does not your father himself be come a Christian i 1 ” “ He it would not answer for all tho family to embrace Christianity. “ And why,” I asked, wich some curiosi ty, “ does ho think so?” * “ He says that if we all become Christ ians, our heathen neighbors will take ad vantage of that ciroumauucp to impose upon us.” “ 11 ow will they do that?”' “ Christians are not allow ed to swear or fight; and father says, when our wicked neighbors ascertain that we have embr icc i Christianity, they will proceed to curse and maltreat jjs. Hence, father says to ns: “ You may all become Christians, hut T must remain a heathen, so as to retaliate upon our bad neighbors. You cau go io meeting and worship, but I muat stay at home to do the cursing and fighting for the faiflily.” illy Gramlmother. Vely indelible is the impression made up on uiy mind by my first and last, uiy only interview with this revered relative. The home of my childhood was at a considerable distance from this parent root, which had sent forth so many green and beauti£pl shoots, each one of wbioh had been planted io the house of the Lord, to floursh In his courts forever. When l was eight years of age, my pa rents planned a visit to my mother's child hood noiue, which was still* the dwelling place of her .own aged mother. It was set tled that I should accompanj’ them ou this visit ; for my mother was desirous that I should have the privilige of beholding my aged grand-parent, before she was called t> that land, on the very borders of whicu she had long dwelt, awaiting her sntnm<lUS t£> ~f-r t ° .» i t -.A |i.i. i .ted her from Tier eternal home.. I talked and planned of this visit to. my grandmother with the liveliest interest. Iu the first place, the spot itself was classi ground to me. It was the child home ot my mother. That venerable old mansion, with its surrounding grounds, was the veri table spot where had been enacted the scenes and events of that wonderful drama, to which I had so often been a delighted listener, and which embraced the various incidents of ray* toother’s childhood. Then there were Uncle James, and Aunt Lucy, and almost half a-score of cousins. But the chief point «>f attraction was my grandmother. I would pit for hours spec < U ing on her probable appearau on wbat I thought she would be likely to say to me, aud what I should say to her. J knew that she wafl very aged, that she was quite deal, aud entirely blind. I had often anted my mother to describe her, yes I was puz zled to make out, to ray own satisfaction, the personal appearance of this venerable relative. But the time appToaohed for reality to put to flight the dreams of fancy, as the clear and certain light of day dispels the phantoms of night. “There is your Uncle James,” said my mother, as we came in sight of the old family mansion, the Mecca of our pilgrimage. As soon as the sound of our carriage wheels was heard, th: most of the family oame out the opea door to greet us. There were Uncle James, aud Aunt Fanny, and my cousins—Juho, famrny, Julia, Sarah, and Lucy. Bat my grand mother, whom I was most eager, most curb ous to see, was not there. My mother returned the cordial greeting of each, with sincereand aft’ectunUc warm h ; but there was a peculiar touch of teu deraess in her voice when, these greetings* were over, she asked. ‘Ts mother well ?” “Very well,” said Aunt Lucy. “We tiave Utn luili tier tlaat yra ttotv uruiliig. We thought something might happen to prevent, aud then it would be such a dis appointment to mother, if she expected yon.’ “I am glad you did not tell her. 1 want to see wbat, she will Bay.” So saying, my mother walked into the house, aud made her way to nay grandmoth er’s room. She needed no Kuide to point io out, Too familiar was the sacred 6pot. — Too uiauy mental pilgrimages had she made to this blessed shrine of efUerion How many times amid the pressure of and harraaaing disquietudes, had her thoughts turned wi»hfa:ly to this retreat. I followed my mother, and when we reached the doer, the first object which met , tny eye my grandmother She w 8 seated in a large stuffed arm chair, directly facing the door, so that I bad a foil view ©t iur conutenanco as I stood just within. A j we entered the room, bhe did cot seem aware of our presence. No smile of w<»lcom* lighted up her face. \Y hat did it mean? On, 1 recollected: she was blind! She could not see us. She knew not that w«- were there. My mother paused to take one long gate at qniet, well-remembcTed features, before addressing her. This afL*ded me at. i xcellent opportunity to ec;.q the countenance of my grandmother. Wbat a counteuanco it was! eo placid, so serene. Oue might walk for many a weary u.ka through hi By I.reels, thronged by industrious Korku , and guy aud thoughtless mur.-, and bud no ooun erpart to tbe serenity of that face. It was like the calm setting of the suounerie VOL. XLin-So. lOd. ■inn. The epu-v. - ?f * ■**-« ... ; !0. r ature coni 1 bfe but ♦'hr very aubstarc'* *r«.. v : * * ,<, impress*Lon tba eotUi>»canee V. t, coc 1 funk upon it, and no* r tcimb of »h* of Holy Wrt “A Q f rtgbtf'ousneis quieter** an i s.uiraur*' for ever.'* . How pure-seemed tl.o -e -.. ~ <r I•- fd that wo. a ouM: nctner 1 Ii f * a• ■ taints remain upon it. Ti e f, leprae?* bore tipniist ikable mntk* of > rsm - • f time, ft was sadiy s»-a f err !, a■ > tl.aOf hr.d on dusso. ‘hue iMnm were Jarkmj *nd most of the voice* <. joy >n<l g a.l . . < were hushed. The 1> j, t ’•* - * symmeiryof yourh w* o forever t it., fhrrMvJ, the f-mhler. * v •' ;f age Were thote. Vet was ! f In u *. ;• % jjlory, not. of earth, Ln f or he Child as X was, X was ro‘. jusenai. r to the a once. A feeling of wonder, cl if *- once, stole purer than earth ecctn ’d tc- f. r. •c; • *:« My mother stepped up, an , fa • wof ©f the hands whi :a Ty .. . ■ . p # laid, “My dears i. . horn . \\Lyu a sndden light bver thst quiet, comntcuauv J VVt;, a r- '.U f heavenly'sweetm.-**, as the \ . wr reofr nizec.and ®ygrandmhthe »’ ‘My danti ter Mary, is di yo*?" T.-1 ax* juert. c was, “Who is wub you “My husband, and little V ill.. ,’’ «*j *U® reply. My fatthcr row stepped f rw»* to ra jeeive the kind grett ng, tio : ti.cs n v g- .ai t mother said : j “Where is Willie ?” “Come here,” Raid rr n. 1 ; I went to my gt» J mother - e. “Take held of iier har'd/’ sa'd ay ir. t!*tr I “you kuow 6hc cannot rc« y a ' I did so. The hand wa* gently rrc.-iec. • Is this Willie ?” “Yes, ma’am,*’ i answered half t rniLr. 1 “My little dear, how damn do’ la® itriad to see you ” Another s* j lighted up-her face as ehe - -‘Foil you, T ought to soy ; J can’t « you Bat lam very grateful «h.» I .» n h. . vmr voice, and know that you re lure. I mu» soo how tall ym are,” tb n my j-rtci* mother’s hand groMa hs way to r my head. “What, aot.li: I tbougnt ho was » little boy.” My ih|l m (gf&fuMf wore sad I loved to fetan i by .1, er, and answer the quenti ns r. she wouid toll me series of brr own earl- Jays. Dearly as Il>v and to t-iav with rr * cousins, 1 often Lft thc.-c tc gj ;.3 e a.; motber’s room But the time frus ' kiva time, to bid her g,«>d-by -T j-ffrd mother had tkm le-.v. i w ’ | lie's turn now. I pit mv hand in L r 4 with a ro"i-iten*<i eye, “' % | That hand was h* r d vrj-.i - her 0 act I was laid up*r ( . ~j, r. r . - k*9 eyes wire rat* t. : i\'i, • .T-y Q> ! blecgyod my dar : , , u «l ... y v » f.- tbi evil that is in thi- * j,” s My eyes filled i Tt wet the benediewun, the I» • b’ > of n.j . ~c.ei grand,u thcr. W.s 1 i, ' « m*. rratrd Cl.i’d'r Was I net, •» it'were ml apart to 'Crve and fnr the L-n - 1 . Jr..- rr n was deep and in afi r veir.-ifu' r . -d I'his vib t, to ruy grand ■’ *thcr, c old u • r ; be off..cod from my memory. i ' j seem ed to feel the g- iri- pr j-ure r»f th«; hi 1 upon my head. Sometimes when urpri -t --pled • associates tempted ms to sin, there collection of that scene would bol l n hack. I cnijld not forget tis. gran ho , r p m * that I might he kept from the ov. in in world. bi."uli such a child go with to# world, aud listen to the voic »of ti .tap er ? Whaf a blessing it is to b: ’ *c ~ *>c fr—a those who fear the Lord j who w- u ra earth w ilked wi h Ilim . a Hooch did , whi have wrestled with the God of roVCMBt that hit blc.-in? night a -.end a .Uea children and children* chi lr r i t> r mother. That I saw her once, ju*t on th© verge of heaver. That her hand was l. i upon my head, to call J wn Uf ir tno blessings of »ho O »and of Alrebam, ct Ltm * Hnd of Jacob.. b,‘ cao -ay a. w tuany, have been granted to u>.; in answer t • believing prayers, of that ir- . • • C. M T* * A Scene in a Bartuk Simp.- A errri# tlm - is Wirt 46 ‘U Tij a »io w .. m v , u “Will you hare your boou» cie-ucd, -* i; “\ca ” The boys proceeds to work Gentk-uihu, addr. -'-injr the boot tla A k, “what’s ycur came, ?” “Cato, sir.” “Cato, Cato,” rep*»t.«l ifco g»n‘lemac, “well Cato, which would y. u pr *r to ’•, Cato tbe orator, or Ca ot-e «• 111 k r The b>y cei-ed brush :rj t; - b'Xf c <• houghtfuily into th' g * mv. -a fa*#, iui tsks: “Is Coto. tbe orator, livicr*, a-r TANARUS” “No” r- “W ii, then, Id 7.*? tbt bwt olack.” Exit the gentleman laughicg. Sticrncps- RaitsoAD —\V«jtearntM trcstlo vork of the Southern ijgH Jm JBk jM %'m M