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man Une suppoon. vous revenies dEspssne pour
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que des ssneux Napoleon deux ou ro' ans sans
dimpots aures remp ses caves DOR a des
points, des paa stes des lois des vasseau1
des ports ct dspense millions dc miases ct ant ct tan
quon ma dit quill aurat payer France de psees de- cent
sous d ca await etS "a hnsse fe Eas sHaaE4 aAt
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mare de tout que Europe aendat permission pour iArs
.es besons await qdstre rereS tos II nous
dit en- maniere do conversation, lordre du jour: '"
enfan est juss que lee parents do votre Enperc
endent Non Je qu soisp asmbans eut co@ue
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pour cacun deux atm e rancas soft e matre
de tout que sodas de ID gade sseo ember 10 monde e.
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les morris sur le champ de bataille ;;
c'est lie meilIeur moyen de leloigner
pour un certain temps. Lie pierrvt es'
a coup sur un grand coupable, mais
j'ai lu Ia plaidoirie pubi6e en- sa favour
par un zele membre de la societe pro-
tectrice des animaux, lie docteur Pi-
geaux. ct je nose prononcer dune ia.
con absoluc son arret de mort ; que lie
cultivateur applique Ia peine quand il
le croira opportun. J-B. WEBER.
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E, pUMEz &T. BELOW REDACTEURs

particulier +? Aussi me permettrai.je
de dire que les degats don't on les ac'
cuse, avec quelque raisou, ne sont rien
aupres des services quils rendent.
La tomterelle, ce charmant oiseau
qui sapprivoise 81 facilement, est un
granivore mais ellie pale, ct au.dela, Ia
valeur du grain qu'elle pr6leve sur les
moissons, par Ia chasse aux plantcs pa
rasites ct aux mauvaises herbes. . la
queIie ellie us liyre journellement.
LIE coucou est innocent des crimes
qu'on lui impute on dit, les mauvai.
ses langues sans doute, les langues de
ceux qui ont rien en- poche lorsqu'ils
l'entendent au Printemps pour la pre-
miere fois de l'annee, laccusent de
devorer les eufs des autres oiseaux,
tandis quill n'a,taque que les crosses
chenilles, ct de preference celles que
la plupart des au,res oiseaux rcspectent
/ par crainte. Un chercheur, NJ. Provost,
qui a rshabilite le coucou aux yeux
des cultivateurs. affrme n'avoir jamais
trouve dams son esophage que des
cheuilles ct des sauterelles, deux in
sectes don't nous serions on ne peut
plus heureux d'etre ja,nais debarras'
ses. 'l b
L'etourneau, all dame celui.la un
trop grand fable pour le raisin que
nous aimons tous, mais je dirai de lul
CONNIE de IA pie ct du corbeau, a cote
de celia il adore les sauterelles, ct sur
tout les petits escargots qui ne respec
tent rien dams nos champs ct nos jar
dins. En- outre, l'etourneau rend dc
grauds services dams les paturages
Il il suit les bestiaux, ct cherche dam
leur toison ct jusque dams leurs excre
meuts les larves des estres, ces mou
ches 81 redoutecs des eleveurs.
CONNIE l'etourneau. Il grire ador
le raisin, nais nous aurions mauvais
grace 4 lui rcprocher &C doux penchan
puisqu'elle ne fait que grappiller ct qu
les vers nous ct les limaces font .
principale nourriture.
lie merle, un fort bon bee. celui.la
perce les coquilles des plus gros coli
Inacons ct les carapaces des cerfs-vo
lauts les mieux bliudes; colimacous e
cerfs-volants ne sont pas de nos ami,
: loin de Id.
lie bruam est friand de guepes, e
Ia huppe devore les courtillieres.
: lie nfanea1t, le pierrot du Parisier
dejeunest dine de hannetous aa prir
: temps quand Went le mois de JUN,
: visite avec soin les tetes de roster
: pour y decouvrir les petites chenille
: ct les chrysalides des pyrales cachee
:. entire les feuiles: Malheureusemeu
o par raison de sante sans doute, il q
a terne trop le regime vegetal avec
s regime animal, ct quand il eprouve
Q besoin de 90 METRE su vert tout ],
. est bon: les plants de laitue. les fsui
8 les des @iIlets, les bourgeons des PR
: niers ct tous les fruits en- general
e ressentent souvent do ses atteintes. ].
e rusS compsre salt bien que les mouli'
Q ! c,iqyrts ct les mannequins ne fol
+ aucun nal, aussi l'a.t-on WI souvent
| creuser une demeure dams Ia pam
:, bourree de chiffons dun garde en- effig
!. place sur uu cerisier, parfois meme
IS y etablis son meDage ct y elsve sa I
a mile, i portee de succuleutss prov
!. sions de bouche. Pour Get intrepi'
IS: pillard, je coucede voloutiers le fus
1t mais 4 uns condition. c'est de laiss
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LES BARBAREs

C'est bisn en- pure pertc que nous
depepsons notre temps ct epulsons
uotre dislectique dams des discussions
<laborees sur IL constitution en- lam.
bcaux. l'antagouisme de sections
broyess, Ia guerre d'Etats effaces, une
administration imbecile, repuration
dun cabinet baroquc, 10 ocuait de
pouvoirs 6ottants. les conditions dun
suffrage fausse. les announcements dune
diplomatic idiote, Ia monomanie sn'
pexiouiste, ct autres sujets qui font le
souci des divers orgsues de l'opiniou.
Uu problsne bisn plus formidable Sc
drssse dsvaut nous. Les Bsrbares soot
4 nos portes.
Les Barbarss Leur nom seul fait
frissouuer de terreur, est lepouvantail
de l'histoire. Comms le globe qui u
porte, rhumanitl subj ses cataclys-
~ss ct ses deluges Presque tous venus
d'Asie. @ bercsaa du moode, les Bar
barss oot jadis monde Europe, etei.
apaut toute lumiere, detruisant toute
civilization. Puis il . fallu des siSclel
d Tests efforts ct De ptniblss luttei
pour rallumer le haubeau ct retrouvs'
u route. Ls meme phsnoDene pertur'
Aaseur menace les Etais- Unis ct \
continent americain doat ils sont le,
posseseurs actusls ou prtsomptifs, e
ilss prodait sous b Josns h plus 10
nocesee.
Il Cir. CONNIE on nit. : bsis6 :
ssssilIa = y sen toh.ppe q lsnps
salso plus en- plus regal -
dDpjlW It maigres bandcs De four
- eui vout chercher leur vie en- ca
l6frnia Css Chinois aHames ct vicieu,
llaisss parquts dams ls Golden State,
joolt lui.meme du reste de PUnion pa
4 hautes mon.agues ct IN waste de
ssrt. ID ~ absttaieut sur les placer
ahasdoones, ss contsntaient des restes
rsmsssaisut les miettes. lis etaieot dali
lssn fsst dedaigues en- raisou do leu
sxissspcs miserable ct crapuleus .
psuplaicut Iss prisons ct les lupanar
d San Francisco. L. California. quoi
qu'ells men possedas encore que que
quss milliers, en- etait lasse deja ct d
tuuultoeux meetings dep,andaient fe,
pslsiou de ces membres dune race d.
pssvts ct abrutis, ct s'opposaient 1
qsflsn Eit debarque Dc Bouvelles cal
aaisous eur le littoral americain d
Paeilqus. Or. b California se ravi,
dspuis l'aeAeveosot d. ebemin Dc f
qui h relie aux E,ats Do lAtlantiqu
st. lois Dc periscr I vouloir chasss
90 b6sss iscomnodss, ellie propose d
monter leur immigration en- grand
do lasher l'scluss qui retiens d CHR
touts bouilioonante. Son petit calcul e
bien simple du meme coup ellie 9cou
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son stock asiatique ct s'enrichlt par lie
fait qu'elle demeure le principal lieu de
debarquemeut ct de passage de limmi-
grafton. Ellie couvoqne les Etats, no.
temment ceux du Sud ct du Sud Quest,
i une graude convention don't lie siege
sera i San Francisco, ct on seroDt
adoptees les measures necessaires pour
transvaser rapidemeut l'empire chinois
dams Ia republique americaine. Sans
penser d NAL. les proprietaires ct les
capitalistes afflueront d Ia convention
de San Francisco ct seconderont lie
movement de toute leur energie. La
mise en- cnlture immediate des terres
en- fricbe, lemploi lucratif des capitaux
en- dispopibilite. c'est tout ce quils
verront 4 Ia surface du plan. Les hom-
mes politiques ,ppor.erout egalement
leur concours ct croiront obtenir une
diversion aux embarras de Ia situation
prtsente. LIE gouvernement general
saisira avec empressement ioccasion de
paraitre bon 4 quelque chose ct de
sembler capable dune enterprise quel.
conque, ct ainsi les forces individuelles
ct collectives conspireront a lenvi, et
l'iuvasion des Barbares ne tardera
point 4 etre un fait accompli ct irrevo
cable.
Or, qu'on reAechisse un peu: Il
Nord vainqoeur du Sud > place. sor
ennemi abattu sous le jcug iuepte dime
race avsugle. ct il juge plaisant din
tervertir les r6lss de maitrs 1 esclav'
ct Dc faire regner les Doirs sur le'
bla0cs dams toots l'etendoe de lancieI
theatre Do Il rebellion. II est fort in
lssnsible aux scu6f.nces ct aux humi
liations inaigees au Sud par d bsu1nl
politiquc du TALON mais il nest pa'
Indifferent aux incouvenients qui el
resultent msintenant pour lui-meme
ct con malaise sc manifesto pa
des plaintes, des greves ct des emeu
tes. Pourtant le Sud ne colnptai
que quatre millions d'esclaves noirs
affranchis par une revolution, toutefoi
esclaves encore de Ignorance ct d
Intrigue, tandis que Ia Chine renfe'
me Quatre cents millions de brutes jau
mes qui, une fois le lit ouvert, y roule
rout CONNIE un torrent impetueux
} irresistible. Alors, CO sera le delug'
: OF les trente-sept Etats. tout q,
: tant que les treize colonies s,ront d.
, souvenirs prehistolques. A la mol
: ct ftcondante vague irlaudaise ou all
! mande qui venait periodisuemeut ba
Q tre nos rivages. aura succede locea
{ asiatique noyant tout de ses eaux tro'
0 bles. Partout l'ombre ct le chaos. ct q
= vera une de oes epoques on h fatali'
, gouverne scule. Les tristes creature
/ humaines auront besoin d'ordre ct &c
9 de tyranoie; elles 50 refugieront .
i pied des autels ct teDdront / toutss 4
. chaines leurs mains crispees. Theocr
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LES MILE EFT UNE
CONNAISsANCES UTIRES.

Cour, Jardin, Champ. Cuisine, av
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-04

Democratic party belonged to the Klan.
Among them we're: Captain J. G. Boo
Ger, D. CrcsswclI, Fletch. Hodges, Lang
don Conner Bob Stansler. Don't know
that D. Wyatt Aiken aid. The object OF
the Kan was to regulate the Republican
party break it up if they could. and
strengthen the Democratic party. 10 40
this, they were to kill out the leaders OF
the Republican party, and drive them
out Of the State. The oath taken by the
members was this TO do whatever their
lenders ordered them to do. We had q
leader in every organization, who was
known as captain Of the company, and
we were sworn to obey his orders lie
told us to find out where tho Union
Leagues met; to fire into them, and Kill
the presidents. if we could. 1t was un-
derstood that Randolph was the man that
organized the Union Leagues in South
Carolina, and that was one of the reasons
whv he was killed. We had meeting
the night before the election, and had or.
ders from our captain to come early TO
the precinct next morning armed, and
not to allow negro Republican to cast
vote. TO try to persuade them to vote
the Democratic ticket, and if they inss-
ted upon voting, to force them back, fight
thcm kill them, shoot them. John G
Boozcr was the captain. About twenty
members that l knew, but there were
more than that. W. X. ToLBERT.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-04

A GEM PAssAGE.-In a letter written
1923, I.amartne thus beautifully and re-
ligiously explain his motives for entering
political life:
When the divine Judge shall summon
us to appear before our conscience at
the end of our brief journey hero below,
our modesty and weakness will not be an
excuse for our inaction. 1t will be of no
avail to reply-we were nothing, we could
do nothing, we were but as agran ofsand.
lie will say to us-l placed before you in
your day, the two scales of beam, by
which the destiny OF the human race was
weighed in the one was good, and in tho
other evil You were not but Il grain OF
sand, no doubt; but vino told You that
grain of sand would not have caused the
balance to incline on my side? Yon have
intelligence to sec, Il conscience to decide,
and YOU should have placed this grain OF
sand in one or the other you did neither.
Let the wind drift it away; it has not
been of any use to say to you or your
brethren
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GENERAL GRANTS CABINET.
Washington correspondent of the Boston
Advertiser, whose general accuracy and
caretulncss of statement gives to his obser-
yatans some value, in recent dispatch
says:
ut should not be inferred from the Ian
guage used by Gen. Grant. in his brief
speech on Saturday, thai he refuses to
talk with his friends about Cabinet ap-
pointmcnts. He does not call into his
councils the great body of Congressman
and politicians, but there are gentlemen,
both Senators and Representatives, with
whom he frequently speaks on this subject.
He has made many inquiries i'll quiet
way about the standing Of various persons,
and has asked how the appointment of
such and such men would he received by
the country. 1t may also be said that
while he has been less bored by delegations
than most Presidents of late, he has been
ready to hear the suggestions Of those
whose position is such as to entitle their
views to weight as being the views of any
considerable class of citizens. 1t can be
properly inferred, from the remarks he has
dropped, that his Cabinet will be made up
Of men who stood stoutly for the Govern
men, during the war, and who have strong.
ly supported the Congressional policy of
reconstruction since the war. 1t can also
be inferred that certain gentlemen whose
names have been frequently mentioned by
the press in this connection will not he
called into the Cabinet, and In this class
nav be included Senators Sumner, Wilson
and Wade. The General has very high
regard for Mr.. Wilson, and it may with
ont impropriety be said that he has signi-
fled this regard lately in a delicate but
uumistakablc manner. 1t is confidently
believed, however, that he will not tender
hlm a Cabinet seat. The New England
member seems likely to be either MIR. Mot
lev or Mr.. Boutwell,, and the opinion of
well Informed men is about equally divi-
ded about the chances of these two gentle
men. There is reason to warrant asser-
tion that General Dix was rendered the
privilege of remaining at Paris, and that he
has declined the appointment for personal
and business reasons in letter expressing
the strongest confidence i'll General Grants
devotion to the best interests of the coan-
try"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-04
NOBLE ExAMpLE.-Wc have learned

NOBLE EXAMpLE.-Wc have learned
with much pleasure, that it is the purpose
of Il large number OF the members of the
Methodist Church. within the bounds OF
the Sumter Circuit, to plant, the present
year, certain crop or amount of land,
pro rata, the product of which they will
sell and apply for the support and benefit
of the Church. The idea is, in this way,
to create Church fund, from which the
preacher may be regularly paid, and all
the other necessary expenses ofthc Church
met, without difficulty, complication or
failure. The example is Il noble one, aud
if adopted throughout the country, would
at once put the Church upon an easy,
sound and safe financial basis. Itis graft
fying to know that members o! the Church
of Christ are waking up to some sense
of the imperative obligations which rest
upon them in this conncXion. They have
allowed the Church to languish and the
Ministers of Christ in many instances, to
suffer from want, whilst they enjoyed
abundance.
We trust that q better day is dawning
upon the church, in its several bracheS,
in this respect. The support of the Church
must he reduced to Il syslem-madc Il
matter of busincss-promptly. regularly
attended to, and no longer left to the un-
c.rtaintics and hazards which have at
tended the di>jontcd and irregular prac-
ticc OF the past.-Snmfcr |IWedmdh.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-04

WANT OF DEcIsIoN-A great deal Of
labor is lost to the world Tor the waht OF
81 little courage. Every day sends to their
graves obscure men, who have only re-
naincd in obscurity because their timid-
iiy has prevented them from making IL
first effort, and who. il they had only been
induced to begin. would in all probability,
have gone great lengths i'll the career Vi
fame. The !act is, that iii tiuiIS anything
in the world worth doing, we must not
stand on the bank shivcring, thinking Of
the cold aud danger, but jump in and
scramble through as well as VIC can. 1t
will not do to be pcrpetnaIy calculating
risks and adjusting NICE chances. 1t did
all very we'll before the flood, when man
would consult his friends upon an inten-
ded publication for one hundred and fifty
wears, and live to sec its success for six
or seven centuries afterwards; but at
present, man waits and doubts, and con-
suits his brothers and unclcs and particu-
lar friends, until one day he finds he is
sixty-fve years of aye, and that ho has
no more time to follow their advice
There is so little time for overSqueamish-
ness ut present that the opportunity slips
away. The very period of life at which
a man chooses to venture, ever, is SO con-
fined that is no bad rule to preach up the
necessity, in such instances, of little
violence done to the feeling, and efforts
made in defiance of strict and sober cal
cuIations. Sidney Smith.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-04

A talented young African of the
boot-black persuasion, while dancing like
St. Vitus over customers boots the 9th
er day, observed aneighbor porlng wisely
overa newspaper, whcrcupon he addressed
him thus: "JuliuS, what dc deoble you
looking at dat paper fur? 1on cant read.
"Go way, telah,'' replied the other, in.
dignantly, 'guess | can read; ASe oiS
'nnff for dat "Dat amt muffin; cows
big huff to cotch mice, but she can't do
it."
A Yankee editor remarked, in a pol
emical article, that, though he would not
call his opponent liar, he must say that,
if the gentleman had intended TO state
what was utterly false, he had been re-
markably successful in his attempt.
= sWhat's the use," said an idle fellow,
"of mans working himself to death to
get living?'
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-04
ANDERSON s. c. THURSDAY MARCH 4 1889

who honestly strivcd TO do right, but
whose extraordinary instincts were
against him. Try it, Maria, I have
thought the matter over carefully and
well it is the only chance l see for you
1t would have been a happy conccit on
the part of Caruthcrs il he had started
with his neck and broken that first but
since lie has seen fit to choose different
policy and string himself ont as long as
possible, do rot think we ought to up
braid him for it if he liked it. We do the
best VIC can under the circumstances, and
try not 10 feel exaspcralcd at him.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-04

A member of Il certain theological
academy was so sensitive as TO any sus-
picion Of plagiarism that he mover allowed
himself to make the slightest quotation
without giving his author. On one occa-
sion he commenced grace ut breakfast
thus:
Lord. we thank thee that we have
been awakened from the sleep which a
writer in the EdinbWg Rerie,o has called
the Image Of Death.
y We generally prefer new articles to
old oncs-tbc new mades to old maids
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-04

=" "That's very singular" said young
lady to a gentlemen who had kissed her.
ooh, well, my dear miss, | can make 1t
plural"
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-21
soMERsEr RAILROAD

The TEMPERANCE PLEDGE OF THE PRES
DENTs.-This remarkable document, which
we have already printed, signed by all the
Presidents from Madison to Grant, was
drawn up by the venerable temperance advo-
cate, Edward G. Delavan of New York, who
gives the following account of it ina recent
letter to a friend: lf oas
In 1888 I visited Presidents Madison,
Adams and jackson, who signed the above.
The document is on parchment, and has been
presented 70 each succeeding President, and
cheerfully signed, with the exception of Pres
idont Harrison; he died before it was sent
on. He, however, before he died, abandoned
an interest in distillery, to indicate his tes-
timony, and woald doubtless have signed the
declaration if it had been presented TO him.
The early signatures were obtained before to-
tai abstinence was fully established, as the
only platform on which the reform could rest
with hope, as 1t was found, beyond cavil, that
alcohol was the same fatal poison when used
as drink in fermented ardent spirit as in
distilled The Presidential Declaration was
handed to our present Chief Magistrate a day
or two after his Inauguration, which he
promptly signed, making thirteen signers.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-21

THE NEW PARTY MovRMENT.-In the Lew
iston Journal we find an article on this sub
ject, which, if we mistake not is from the pen
of Mr. Dinglsy, who has been mentioned as a
possible candidate for Governor in the Con-
vention which the temperance men propose to
hold before the party conventions take place.
It is stated in the article that strong minori-
ty in the temperance gathering at Richmond
favored acting inside the Republican party
and opposed making an independent nomina-
nation until the Republican party should hold
its convention and indicate purpose to ignore
the cause of temperance. On the whole the
writer seems to deprecate the formation of a
new party, his conclusions being as follows:
Whether this independent movement in be-
half of temperance and reform of political
management shall go on until it crystalizes
into q new party, depends entirely, in our
Judgment, upon the course Of the Republican
party in the approaching State convention. 1t
is in the power of the leaders to SO shape the
course of the republican party to retain the
sympathy and support of the temperance men
of the State; but the time has come when this
cannot be done, and at the same time satisfy
that small portion of the republican party
thing, unexecuted prohibition. The general
policy of the party must hereafter be either for
or against the cause of temperance. While
the overshadowing issues of the preservation
of the nation and of reconstruction were before
the public, this cause could be ignored, but it
seems to us it can be no longer. We indulge
the confident and earnest hope that the repub-
lican party, having temperance as one of
its original corner stones, and distinguished
throughout its eventful career for its support
of great moral movements, will continue TO be
true to its early principles, and go down to
posterity as not only the party that broke the
shackles of the black man. but also as the par
ty that led off in breaking the more terrible
shackles of alcohol which impose so gigantic
financial, social and moral burdens upon the
people, and which bind so many hundreds of
thousands of white and black alike with chains
that crush both body and soul.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-21

THE SUGAR SEAsoN.-Co Contrary to the ap-
prehensions Of many, the maple sugar season
is proving an exceedingly productive one in
Vermont The freezing nights and sunny
days, with the thorough soaking Of the ground
tusely. In parts of the State where the snow
is deepest, the farmers are obliged to use snow
shoes, to get about in their sugar bushes;'
but on the whole the snow Is not interfering
with sugar making In this county, the far
mers are having famous time, the sap run
ming as fast, and in some cases faster than they
collect it. On the whole, the prospect is that
more sugar will be made this spring than in
several years; which considering the high
price Of sugar generally, is a very favorable
and fortunate state of the case.-Burlington
Free Preas