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! (For The Sunny South.] LADY LENORE. BY HRS. M. LOUISE CROB8LEY. Oh, Lzdy Lenore, you hare trifled, 1 see, With one who loved you most fondly and true; Tou will barter your hand for gold and for lands. And bitterly, vainly, the deed yon will we. When standing beneath the old l eechen tree, _ ' ontlg Allen knelt down at yurr beautiful feet, ' <mr heart was there drinking the liquid love-notes That flowed from his lips so tender and sweet. Your fair oval cheek with crimson was flushed W hen Allen's warm lips press'd your lily-white hand; Oh, Lady Lenore, you have trifled with one As noble and true as lives in the land. What if the pure hands and beautiful brow Of him yon now scorn with suns are embrowned ? Better reign the loving queen of his heart lhan be lonely and loveless, tho'jewel-crowned. But, Lady Lenore, you will wed the old Karl, And gilt-laced vassals will wait at yonr feet; But in yonder halls so stately and grand, You 11 think think of those words, so tender and sweet, Yon heard once beneath the old beechen tree: You will weep but hear their low music again— Your heart will cry out for that passionate love; But, Lady Lenore, 'twill all be in vain! You feared the on dit of the proud, vain world You murdered a heart most true to the core; Your years will all die in gilded regret, And Allen la dying for Lady Lenore! [For The Sunny South.] LAY SERMONS. BY KIRWAN. NO. VIII. Whatsoever a mau soweth that Bhall he also reap.—Epis tle to Galati ans. “Tne administration of God is marked by in finite mercy, conjoined with infinite rigor of 1aw.” This saying of a German writer finds a striking illustration in the doctrine of the text. Events, whether in the material or moral uni verse, are not the results of tickle chance, but the outgrowth of inexorable law. There is a re lation between sowing and reaping as uniform as that between cause and effect. SL Paul's declaration, when applied to the operations of natural husbandry, meets with universal acceptance. A man would be ad judged of doubtful sanity who should sow wheat in his held and expect as the product of such at seed-time to gather barley into his gar ner. But are the laws of vegetable re-pro»iuc- tion more invariable than the laws of moral re production? May not a man with equal certainty forecast the results of bis moral husbandry ? Buch is the apostolic teaching, ancLjsuch is the practical truth. To question it is not only to discredit Revela- tion—it is to subvert the basis of natural reli gion itself, and to leave us to the caprices of a fitful fortune more to be dreuded tban the stern est theory of Fatalism. Wordsworth’s aphorism, “the child is father of the man," is not simply a sparkling paradox—it is a world-wide and far- reaching truth. Childhood is -o after-life what the laughing spring-time is to the golden autumn with its creaking wains loaded with ripened sheaves and its merry harvest songs. The piofane swearers and Sabbath-breakers of this decade are the rogues and murderers of the next. The records of otir Sing-Sings and Bed lams, the statistics of our Newgates and Ty- burus, bear witness to the fact that a youth of sin and profligacy is followed by a manhood of shame and an old age of disease and dishonor. We take no account of exceptional cases, as they do not affect the validity of the general principle—a principle of such momentous sig nificance that it ought to be inscribed on the walls of every nursery, and should be thor oughly appreciated by all who are charged with the training of our youth. But we hold that St. Pa til meant much more than our previous statements imply. He re ferred chiefly to the harvest of eternity. In this sense every individual of our race is sowing either to the flesh or the spirit, and will infalli bly reap either corruption or life everlasting. The Latins had a maxim—QuisqueeSt suae for- tunaefaber—which well expresses the scriptural view of man’s eternal destiny. Whatever be our lot in the life to come, we are singly and ex clusively responsible for its bale or buss. “ The bitter pains of eternal death ” are not the inflic tions of an arbitrary power; they are rather the garnered fruits of wickedness and rebellion against the majesty of heaven and earth. If a man were cast down to hell for no de merit or default of his own, he would walk un hurt amidst its hottest flames. Like Prome theus bound, he could hurl defiance at his op pressor and endure with the constancy of a martyr. But the bitterest ingredient in the unrepent ant sinner’s cup of trembling will be the reflec tion that his ruin is self-wrought—his own hand kindled the unquenchable flame which consumes him, and his own breast warmed into life the viperous worm which feeds on his immortality forever. He reaps that which he has sown. The dem onstrative pronoun is here fearfully emphatic. His own heart may mislead him with the false hood that although he sows to lust and avarice, he shall reap glory and honor and eternal life. It is the old, old story of a tempting Devil that beguiled Adam of his Paradise, and which has deceived and damned a multitude of his pos terity. But sooner far may men gather grapes of thorns or tigs of thistles than the drunkard and idolater and murderer inherit the kingdom of God. Yet, men whose philosophy is never at fault in secular matters, overlc r forget this com mon-sense truth whenever they think or reason concerning their relations to the infinite here after. It will be readily perceived that this consid eration strips the popular argument against fu ture punishment of its plausibility, and fully “justifies the ways of God to man ” even from the orthodox stand-point Indeed, the accepted scriptural view can be vindicated od no other theory. We can well nnderstand how some of the Greek fathers, and such modern divines as John Foster, shuddered and recoiled from the once-prevalent belief that God consigned men and women and children to a bottomless hell as an act of simple sovreignty. Such a spectacle of divine cruelty was alike dishonoring to God and demoralizing to men. The ever-rebound ing atone of Sysphus; the revolving wheel of Ixion; the tormenting thirst and gnawing han ger of Tantalus, by which the classic Greeks symbolized the sufferings of the lost, was less revolting than the meditations of the Puritan Mather on the justice of God in the damnation of little children. The reaetion in consequence of snch religions teaching was alarming. It not only transcended the limits of sober orthodoxy, but it culminated in the coarse infidelity of Paine and the scoffing scepticism of the whole herd of the encyclopae dist. Nor is it going too far to say that the po litical and ecclesiastical anarchy from which Continental Europe has been slowly recovering itself for the last half century, was largely due to these heretical indoctrinations. Fortunately for the credit of Christianity, these extreme views are now repudiated by divines of every i school. We remark again, that not only is it true that men will reap that which they have sown, but, furthermore, they will reap proportionately. St. Panl, in another epistle, tells us that “they who sow sparingly shall reap also sparingly; but they who sow bountifully shall reap also bounti fully.” In natural husbandry, the husbandman reaps according to the breadth of his sowing. Other things being equal, the product of ten acres will exceed an hundred-fold the product of five acres. The analogy holds in this respect in reference to spiritual husbandry. We may not accept literally and specifically the circles of Dante’s Inferno, or the spheres of Swedenborg’s Heaven. There is, however, a sub-stratum of truth underlying both of these theories. Every pian shall be rewarded accord ing to bis deeds. Our Savior speaks of some who “shall receive greater damnation,” and of others that shall be thrust into the lowest hell. There is also a class who shall be saved so as by fire, and others that shall have ministered unto thorn an abundant entrance into the ever lasting kingdom. This view harmonizes with Revelation, and accords with the plainest principles of natural equity. The sinner, therefore, by every transgression, is treasuring up wrath against the day of wrath. The righteous, by every virtuous deed, is laying up in store a good foundation against the time to come. Herein we find a powerful incentive to industry in the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts. Sow beside all waters—broadcast the seed of kindness on every side, and let no opportunity to do good pass unimproved. We may at times fear that our labor is lost because there is no immediate fruit, but the germinant power of moral goodness is imperisha ble. It is said that grains of Egyptian wheat, taken from the cerements of a Tffeban mummy I after the lapse of centuries, have been as pro- j ductive as though they were harvested but yes- | terday. So of our good deeds. They may be forgotten and overlaid by the rubbish of years, yet they await a resurrection morning when they shall come forth in resplendent beauty. Not only the evil men do lives alter them, but the good likewise. The bones of Wickliffe were dug up ami burned to ashes; the ashes were cast into the Wye, and thence were carried to the Severn, and then to the main ocean, whose multitudinous waves wash every shore—thus beautifully, us it has been said, typifying the progress of that truth which he proclaimed. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but the widow’s mite shall live in story and in song ( when the Stewarts and Astors are no more heard of in the marts of business. Be fired by a holy ambition to win a distin- guished place in the Kingdom of God; emulate the flaming zeal of Wesley—the sturdy courage of Luther and Knox—the gentle enthusiasm of Martyn—the deep piety of Fenelon and Oberlin. By so doing, you shall reap a full reward; your harvest will not be meagre, like the scanty glean ings of Ruth in the fields of Boaz, but you shall “ thrust your sickle into the standing corn, and gather abundant fruit unto eternal life.” A contemporary poet has both truthfully and beautifully expressed our leading thought in the annexed stanzas: •• Life, the seed-time of our being, Swilter than the shuttle flies; But the good or evil flowiDg From our couduct never dies. All who live are daily sowing Seeds in distant Helds to fall; And the harvest from them growing We must gather after all. “ Gather, when the light has faded— When life's fleeting scenes are o’er— In some clime by sorrow shaded. Or where sorrow's known no more; From the memory unfailing Of our actions, great or small, Perfect bliss, or weeping, wailing, Everlasting after all.'' {For The Sunny South.] SCIENTIFIC CLEANINGS. BY B. C. WORD, M. D. Comparative Psychology of Man.— Herbert Spencer, in I'opular Science Monthly, says upon this subject, that “ throughout tiie animal kingdom the union of varieties that have become widely divergent is physically injurious; while the union of slightly divergent varieties is physically beneficial. Some facts seem to show thut mixture of human races extremely unlike, produces a worthless type of mind. Natures respectively adapted to slightly unlike sets of social conditions may be expected, by their union, to produce a nature somewhat more plastic than either. The best genius of Eng land resulted from a union of Celts and Anglo- Saxons. ” Chemical Discoveries.— The new and useful compounds, both in med icine and the arts, introduced by modem chem istry are truly wonderful. Tue once useless and ill-smeinug coal-tar has, perhaps, yielded a greater and more useful variety of compounds Umu uny substance known. From coal-tar has been derived benzole, toluole, xylole, mmole, cymole, etc. Benzole possesses great readiness for form ing new compounds, by uniting with other bodies. By varying its component atoms, an almost inhnite variety may be produced. With nitric ucid it forms nilro-benzole, a poison re sembling the oil of bitter aluionds. This sub stance, by distilling with iron filings and acetic acid,produces analine. Anaiine was first obtained trom indigo, but is also found in coal-tar. Car bolic acid is obtained Irorn coal-tar; and from carbolic acid has been recently derived salacylic acid, a substance likely to prove exceedingly useful as a medicine and as an antiseptic. Picric acid is likewise obtained from carbolic acid, and is useful as a yellow dye. With certain alkalies it forms compounds that are terribly explosive. Leathers— A new fabric, cuir-liege, has been introduced into France as a substitute for leather. It con sists of sheets of cork coated with rubber and a textile substance; said to be lighter, cheaper, and more durable than leather. Conflict ot Science and Religion.— Touching the conflict between religion and science, Dr. Le Conte, in a late article, remarks that, some centuries ago, great theological dis gust was produced by the announcement that the sun, and not the earth, was the centre of the planetary system. Recently, some annoyance has resulted irow the finding of human remains in situations where they ougut not to have been, according to present theories; and, yet more recently, great dissatisfaction is expressed at the possible derivation of man from some inferior organism. Yet all these facts, bat the last, have been accepted after much bitter controversy, and the lountain of spiritual truth remains un clouded and undimimshed. The Spectroscope.— It has been ascertained, by spectroscopic ob servation, that the sun and all the visible heav enly bodies are composed of the same elements which are in the earth, with the exception of a supposed element in the sun to which the name of helium has been given. Snow as a Fertilizer.— The opinion so common among agricultural ists, that heavy snows are generally followed by fine crops, finds confirmation in recent observa tions, wnich show that the dust gathered in the atmosphere and brought to the earth by the fall ing snow yields, on analysis, 53 to 61 per cent of ash, and 47 per cent, of organic matter. [For The Bunny South.] ART. BY M. A. E. MORGAN. NO. XIII—EARLY CHRISTIAN PAINTING. The strong aversion of the early Christians to imitative art. led to the purely representative style, the belief prevailing that art was con ducive to idolatry, thus overlooking the idea it self and attributing an ultimate object, which was entirely independent of it. This feeling prevailed several centuries after the use of im ages was tolerated and encouraged by the church, the people feeling awe and dread at the idea of approximating the appearance of the Pagan idols. In early times the image was not wor shipped, but what it represented. All works of art were produced, not as art, but as a symboli cal inculcation of religions principles. The ancient schools of art were sensuous —fine forms and beautiful colors conveying pleasant emotions being the object. Christian artists never dreamed of contributing to such a pur pose; and they would have regarded it as sacri lege, and as sinful as the changing of the forms of prayers. The painted seeming would at once have become to them a pngan image. Man is naturally inclined to imitation; the ab sence, therefore, of this quality in the works of the artists of this period shows the presence of some feeling against it, some antagonism that could arise so strangely earnest against all imi tative art as to amount to a positive prohibition. The typical style, therefore, became sacred from habit, though it may have been adopted at first from prejudice. The monogram of Christ was at first used; to this was added the fish, the dote^the lamb, the palm, the vine-branch and otlvts. Christ him self was first represented as thY^ood shepherd; later, with his right hand raislrt in the act of blessing. The best early Christian paintings were discovered in the Roman catacombs, under the church of St. Sebastian. On the wall oppo site the entrance, in a niche/*, is “Orpheus;” over the arch in the middle is,the “Adoration of the Kings,” of which, however, the Madonna and child, and Bethlehem in the back-ground, are all that remain. On the right hand is Moses striking the rock to obtain water; on the left hand is Daniel in the lion’s den. Several other events in both Old and New Testament history are on different parts of the walls. On the ceil ing, within a circle, is a bust portrait of Christ, which is supposed to be the first one painted, and from which subsequent portraits have been taken. There is, however, according to church tradi tion, a miraculous portrait of Christ, the Sancta Veronica, of which the following account is given: “Abgarus, King of Edessa, who was confined by sickness, having heard of the mira cles performed by Christ, sent a messenger to Judea, to invite him to come to him nnd cure him of his complaint. This messenger was a painter, and he determined if he could not bring Christ to Abgarus, to bring his portrait. [For The Sunny South.] SKETCHES OF TRAYEL. THE VOIRONS. Twenty miles from Geneva is the Voirons, one of the Alps, environed by snow-clad peaks, and affording from its summit one of the finest views in Switzerland, if not in the world. We started, not comfortably seated, bnt perched on top thevoiture, that we might lose nothing of the landscape. Day was just breaking in the eaRt over towards hoary Mont Blanc, as we left Geneva. The morning air was clear, crisp and bracing. One is surprised on passing through the little villages of Savoy, to see the absence of cultivation and material progress. Old and enriched with historic legends, they present but few traces of that high moral anil mental power with which one is accustomed to invest the ideal Switzer land. Reverence for obi things does not license such utter disregard for modern improvements. The simplicity which the world admires is that which is guided by culture aud taste—not the offspring of ignorance, whether rural or urban. Hence we did not admire these villagers. The valley which our road traversed is very fertile aud refreshing to the eye. Clear and rap becanse he was too honest! These two men wanted their associate to be that absurd and im possible anomaly—a man who would never steal a dime from them, bat would steal any amount from others, and put into their pockets, or into the firm. This, my “reliable man,” could not get his consent to do; if he could have done so, he, no doubt, would now be in a prosperous condition, instead of persistently and wearily “looking for a situation,” only to find that a “reliable man” is not “wanted." This gentle man also does what scarcely any one else will do these “hard times”—pay his debts, so long as he has a dollar with which to pay. When he had any money, and for which he had labored hard, he has been known to deprive himself and fam ily of necessary clothing, wholesome food, and remedies indispensable in illness, in order that he might liquidate his indebtedness, far as his money would go. A gentleman in Atlanta, who had given this “reliable man” credit in small amounts, from time to time, remarked a short time since, that among all his debtors, rich or poor, none had treated him so honorably and hon estly as this oue had done; and that scarcely one man in a thousand would deprive his family of comforts to cancel debts the law could not com pel him to pay. For such a man, should not his idly running brooks course through this glacier- | shabby coat and neatly-darned hat, be a roba ■ and crown of honor ? He has not been a resi dent of Atlanta for a great while, but he has a few friends there who have known him from boy hood, and a few others to whom he has become known since he has been in the city. These friends are men of character and good position in society, and they have tried again and -t '‘in to get this gentleman into any business flp. n he was fitted, but he is never “wanted.” * 7 as the applicant states that he is strictly > .it and faithtul, and a Christian gentleman in ciple and in his every act, the answer is, “ we do not want him.” Thus, this “reliable man ” has found that it is no recommendation for one to be endorsed by gentlemen —to be connected with families of probity and intelligence, and to be honest aud “reliable.” He has seen men who were known to be drunkards—men who were known to be tricksters —who were dishonest, de bauched, aud daily frequented haunts of vice valley—now a torrent, then a cascade, leapin from height to lesser height, until the stream winds away to the Arve or the Rhone. Arrived at the foot of the Voirons we com mence the ascent. The upward course—about five miles—was a steep ascent, at times almost perpendicular, was at all times marked by the varied scenery so peculiar to the Alps. Descrip tion is powerless to portray it. The critic who exclaimed, “ See Naples and die!” was an enthu siast about a most enchanting seene, but it can not compare with this. Nor can Comeo, Loch Katrine, nor Kiilarney, nor the mirrored sur face of any lake compare with these grand snow- covered peaks that kiss the skies and look down upon the floating cumuli. Each coup d'oeit is a triumph itself; each view differs from its predecessor exceeding, yet adding to it. How wonderful is the human eye, 'yhich can thus receive at once the most varied impres- Here the seasons lose their force, obedient to the “higher law” of the Architect of the Universe. At different elevations we found the blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, whortleberry, etc., etc., all growing wild and lusciously sweet. To-day is September the twenty-second ! Let the reader reflect upon the period when these fruits ripen in the Sunny South. The ascent increases in interest, and each moment adds to the beautiful prospect. It is more than the realization of highest hopes. We halt, and examine the old convent whose Bene dictine monks of the mediaeval period held their priestly vigils, and ruled the surrounding coun try. Here the fine old ruins—sentinels of the The painter endeavored to come hear enough to I p as t centuries, with laws anil customs that have sions, aud stamp upon the retina paintings I uu d shame—he has seen these men put into grander than those of the great artists called , places he was fitted to fill, and for which he had “ The Masters.” As we ascend, the atmosphere I vainly sought, uutii he was forced to believe that grows more rarefied and effects each inhalation. J a man must do “something bad” betore he could Ht»r« the Hensons lose their force, obedient to the : be oue ot the “successlul people.'’ Is this any people." is tbis any encouragement for a man to try and he moral, upright, and worthy of trust ? And yet how much we talk of the “demoralization of the people !” NEWS OF THE WEEK. “What is yonr business, sir?” asked the court, in a sharp voice. “A conchologist.” “What's that?” asked the judge. “ I open clams.” deliver his message, but could not for the crowd. Neither could he make a drawing of his face. Christ accomplished his purpose for him. Having called for water to wash his face, he wiped it with a linen cloth, which he gave to the painter with nn answer for Abgarus, who found the likeness of Christ imprinted upon it. Ab- garas was cured by the touch of this portrait, which afterwards became an object of adoration. It was carried to Constantinople in 964 a. and afterwards removed to Rome. There are other traditions about this portrait, and it is mentioned in church documents. The Mosaics of the Basilicas are among the monuments of early Christian art, the subjects taken mostly from the Apocalypse. These were executed from the fifth to the ninth centuries, and are similar to the illuminations in the man uscripts ot thfffjieriod, luake up the only remains of art, of 5ke times. As these designs are from those of distinguished artists, they may be considered as representations of the quality of art then. The “dark ages” embrace the period between the fourth anil fifth centu ries, and the “revival of the arts and letters,” though even in this dark period painting was much cultivated by the monks. The Convent of St. Gall in Switzerland deserves mention for the good quality of works in gold, its sculptures and mosaics. A golden crucifix is mentioned as wonderful, so marvelously beautiful as to be called a miracle. There is a picture of the vir gin, which has long been an object of veneration at Metz, believed to be the work of the same monk—Tutila— who made the crucifix. The chief exception to tho works^-n mosaic and '”’1- mination of this period, is the series of portraits of the Popes, in the old Basiirca of St. Panl near Rome. This remarkable series consisted of the portraits of two hundred and. fifty-three Popes. Painting was in a higher degree of excellence at Constantinople than at Rome, as seen in the By zantine manuscripts, which are vastly superior to the Latin. There was more security for artists in Constantinople than in the west— more freedom of choice in selection of subjects, less annoyance from court influence. Manuscript illuminations nad their full value during the dark ages. They were beautiful and effective, and were carefully preserved by the monks, to whom we owe a debt of gratitude, since they have been that link uniting ancient and modern art, and but for their preservation we should have known little of the state of art in that period. The manuscripts and their il lustrations are too numerous for recapitulation here, and though interesting to the artist, might not bo so to the general reader. The painting of miniatures may be included in manuscript illustrations, as it was universally employed in the lives of notch persons. Roman ces contained miniatures of the heroes and hero ines and other notables. All sacred history con- t lined miniatnre pictures of the characters spoken of; indeed, either fanciful or true, a pic ture representation of the iiilportant personages must always form a part of the “book.” passed away—have been converted into a church Dorn Pedro started for the East from San Francisco, via Chicago, on Saturday, April 29. The California Republicans, April 27, elected Blaine delegates to tue Cincinnati Convention. New York, May 8.—The case of Moulton vs. Beecher was by consent put down for Thnrsduy next. Mr. Belknap’s replication filed, alleging that for Church of England worship, and the finest be did not resign in order to avoid linpeaoh- tower in all the ruins is almost shut out from ment. view in order to furnish a steeple for this so- called church ! Even an American feels indig nant at such profanation of historic landmarks. In pleasing contrast were the ruins of an old Roman tower, surrounded by fortifications co temporary to that period. Ascending still higher we stood upon the loftiest peak, whence, says DeSaussuro, the finest views of the Alps in all Switzerland is obtained. DeSaussure might have added, the grandest view in the world. Scotland, with its Ben Nevis and the beautiful lakes at its hose, is tame in comparison. To the north the beautiful Lake Lemon, with its broad bosom gradually narrowing till, passing Geneva the Rhone rushes its blue current rapidly through a gap in the Jura mountains, anil glitters in the sunset like burnished gold. The deep blue tinge of the long Jura range which treads to the north-northeast, forms a pleasing background, while the undulating summits of the snowy Alps jut over and enclose the beautiful bason of Lake Geneva. The Deut du Midi, far away but prominent among the snowy range, at sunset gives to the beholder a wonderful scene. Its peaks of ice look like rocks seamed with strata, and tower ing higher stiii, like the monarch of clouclland, stands imperial Mont Blanc. The sun has made its lofty height, where no human being can lin ger and live, owing to the extremely rarefied air, resplendent with the reflection of the sunset upon its walls of ice and snow. Now the sun has gone behind the horizon, dipped below the earth’s rim, so to speak, when a wonderful vision greets our deliguted eyes. Slowly Mont Blanc begins to glow again; a faint blue, then lighter, then merging into color after color until all the hues of the prism are seen to glow upon those pure white peaks of snow. It is a mysteri ous but beautiful fact, this re-glow of the sum mit of Mont Blanc, just when all the earth has bidden adieu to the last rays of the setting sun. We do not believe that scientists have ever yet satisfactorily explained the phenomenon, but to the eye that loves the beautiful in nature, no explanation is necessary. Francis Fontaine. Mr. W. H. Jardine, of Point Moullere, Mich., is said to have educated five wild ducks to so very fine a point that they fly when and where they please, come at call, and accompany their master to the hunting ground, either perched on the side of the boat or swimming by its side. Arrived at the marshes, they act as decoys, splash and call, until they attract flying ducks, which come down and are shot, while the tame ducks “stand up” in the water, shake their wings and scream with delight. The day’s sport over, they either Hy home or ride on the boat, as Mr. Jardine directs. Preposterous Expectations.—In a Woodward avenue street car, a short time since, a man’s breath smelled so strongly of whisky that a gen tleman moved across the car to get oat of the circle. “Any zing wrong?” asked the drunk ard, as he observed the change. “Nothing, ex cept your breath smells of whisky enough to knock a horse over.” “ ’Spect she does—she does,” was the candid reply; “but you don’t ’spect poor man like me can bay cologne an’ whisky, too, do yon ?” Charles Glosson, a Memphis negio, sued Ella Dailey for kissing him. The prosicntor has a wife, and he stated that Ella’s malce did not consist in the mere act of kissing aim, which ordinarily he did not object to, bnt ii persisting in kissing him in the presence of his vife, which had a tendency to make things unpleasant at home, and was expensive when tie broken crockery and frying pans that had to le replaced were taken into the account. [For The Sunny South.] NOT WANTED. BY PUBLIUS. A short time ago, I read an editorial article in The Sunny South, entitled “Reliable Men,” in which was stated the kind of genus homo we now want to set against the many demoralizing agen cies at work among all classes of people. With due deference to the opinion of The Sunny South, I think I can demonstrate that the kind of men spoken of are not “ wanted,” and merely by one illustration. I happen to know a gentleman in Atlanta, who is emphatically, and in the highest and fullest sense of the word, a “reliable man.” He is one “in whom implicit confidence can be placed,” and What he says You may believe and pawn your soul upon It." I am persuaded that “neither curiosity nor fear, neither love of money nor power, could in duce him to break the faith he has once plighted, ” and that the ermine would sooner soil its snow- white fur, than he would bring a stain upon his integrity. He has been known to endure, and still is enduring poverty, neglect, and affliction, rather tban listen for one moment to the voice of temptation, or swerve “just a little” from the right path. I, who know him so thoroughly, would be willing to stake my own reputation upon his immovable integrity. He has been tried ; men have attempted to buy him, and met with such resistance as if they had thrown themselves against a rock. They have come to him, and counted the money down before him— thousands and thousands of dollars—all his, if he would (not steal, not be at all dishonest), but only pat one principle of his on the shelf for a short season, and give his influence to what that one principle condemned. What was the result? Though he had been for months seeking em ployment, and without success; though he was without a dollar and his afflicted family with scarc^v bread to eat, never for a moment did he listen*o the insidious proposition, bnt turned his back upon it promptly and decisively. In the ante-bellum days, this “reliable man” was the possessor of an independent property, gained by his own effort", and gained hon estly. Since the war, he was, for a short time, a co-partner with two other men in a profitable business, and had to withdraw from the firm Hatiett Kiibourne was released on five thou sand dollars bail by order of the United States Supreme Court. Over twonty thousand dollars have been col lected for the General Lee Monument, to be erected at Richmond. 1 Augusta, May 8.—James McEvoy, who killed | James G. Gregg, at Gramteviile, S. (J., is to hang I on J une 3(1 at Aiken, S. C. When a dock of wild geese was passing over j Idaho recently, a goose egg fell to the ground. It has been secured Dy an Indianapolis base-ball nine. A bill introduced in the English House of Commons to remove electoral disabilities of women, was rejected, April 26th', by a vote of 239 to 152. Mrs. Boggs, the wife of General Grant’s for mer business partner, disclosed the sale of a pension agency in Missouri, by herself, for $100 per inontn. There are $14,000 tame ostriches at Cape Town, Africa, and during 1875 there were sold at Fort Elizabeth alone $600,000 worth of os trich featners. Charges were published against Senator Mor ton, accusing him of having, while Governor of Indiana during tue war, misappropriated $250,- 000 of a Government appropriation. The New York Democratic State Convention at Utica, April 27, elected a lull delegatiou to St. Louis, re-indorsed the platform of 1874-5, and presented the name of Samuel J. Tilden for President. A canned-meat panic is imminent at Boston. Two or three cases of poisoning nave lately hap pened from eating this kind ol food, the laswa pretty serious one, aud there is a growing lack of confidence in it. The Treasurer of the Ladies’ Memorial Asso ciation in Augusta forwarded last week twenty- one dollars to the widow of Stonewall Jackson. At this time last year, tue same Association sent from that city $302. General Rufus Ingalls, U. S. A., testified be fore the investigating Committee that the charges against him 01 aiding in the introduction of a patent motn-extermiuator into tne Quartermas ter b Department were fafse. At the regular weekly meeting of the New York Methodist Minister Association, a com mittee was appointed to report at tne next meet ing on the desirability 01 using unfermented wine in communion in place of fermented wine now in use. The people of San Francisco, who revolt at Chinese emigration, are being warned that any act of violence on their part will caff down upon them “the interference of the Federal Govern ment.” For luff particulars of what that means, apply to Gen. Sheridan. The Republican State Convention of Massa chusetts elected E. it. Hoar, Kicnard H. Dana, Jr., J. M. Forbes aud Fresideut Faul A. Cnad- bourue delegates at large to Cincinnati. Tue delegation wus left unpledged. Resolutions commending Mr. Bristow aud Mr. Blaine sever ally were offered, but not aoted on. A Texan disciple of Izaak Walton struck a pleasant little bonanza the other day. He had gone down to the neighborhood of Cottonwood Spring to gather some fish-bait, and while dig ging around struck a bag of gold containing be tween $2,000 and $3,000, whicu had been buried there some years before by a gang of robbers, who left their estates to be administered upon by a vigilance committee. Boston, May 8. —It is now qnite certain that Piper was tne assailant of Mary Tina, wno was mysteriously beaten on July first, but recovered, und is now an inmate of a lunatic asylum. He confesses that Ue attempted to kill her, and says the murder of Mabel Young and Bridget Landregan were both prompted by the use of stimulants, under the influence of which he had an insane desire to shed blood. The three meetings in Augusta, on Snnday, conducted by Mr. Moody, were largely attended. Tne service in tne Baptist Church at nine a. m., embraced a lecture upon the cuaracter of Daniel, and was one ot, il not the ablest, efforts made during the labors of thi? wonderful evangelist in that city. There were times during the lec ture when the audience were held with breath less attention, and looked as though they sap Daniel passing in review before their eyes. W M