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s.GS4 ia, tho weeds,
BY II. q. X.

EF II. Z. X.
10th your brothers and YOUR brother-in-
law are excellent at making their way
through the bush, and as each carries a
pocket compass, they are in little danger of
being lost. Just before we came here the
whole settlement had to turn out in search
oi settlers wife, who had gone to look for
her COW one fine afternoon with two of her
own children, and two Of q neighbours, who
coveted the pleasant walk and the chance of
perry-picklng. AS evening came on and they
did not return, much alarm was felt, and
when the night had passed, it was thought
best to call cut all the men. Accordingly
twenty men were soon mustered, headed by
a sNi!i.Gl trapper, who has been many years
here, and knows the bush well. They made
"trapper's line" which means placing the
men in straight line at considerable distances
from each other, and so beating the bush in
all directions as they advance, shouting and
firing Off their guns continually. At length
towards the afternoon, the trapper himself
came upon the poor woman and the four
children, not many miles from her home,
sitting under tree, utterly exhausted by
hunger, fatigue, and incessant screaming for
help. Her account was, that she had found
her COW at some distance from home, had
MIXED her, and then tried to return, but en-
tirely forgot the way she came, and after try
ing one opening after another became ut
terry bewlldercd. The forest in summer is
so unvarying that nothing is easier than to
go astray. AS night came on, she divided
The can of milk among the poor, hungry,
crying children, ard at length they all slept
under large tree, the night providentially
being fine and warm. In the morning they
had renewed their lruitlcss efforts, getting
farther and father astray, till at leng 9Th they
had sunk down, unable to stir from the spot
where they were found.-Ftom the March 1T
laHf;c.
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Negro Supremacy.

1t is said that the whites in South Carolina
are about to try to overcome NEGRO SUI
premacy" by offering every attraction to
the white immigration. There is a good.deal
that is unintelligible about this matter OF
NEGRO supremacy" Where it refers to the
existence OF large preponderancc of igno-
rant colored voters who are able to control
legislation in spite of an intelligent minority,
it is conceivable that the minority would
make every effort for relief. They would
naturally strive to make the ballot-boX some
thing more than a mere tool for the worst
form of tyranny. There are districts in the
South where such an undesirable condition
of things exist. The ignorant colored men
are largely in the majority. But the instances
very rare where such a majority is not
anxious to avail itself of the best material
that the minority can furnish.
South Carolina has been one OF the States
held up to public pity for being victim of
NEGRO supremacy" But the majority sent
a Cain aud an Elliott to Congress. They
belong to the ''dcspised race" they are
descendants of Ham," they are denounced
as far below the standard of Caucasian
intelligence" they are men who owe their
elevation to NEGRO supremacy" at the ballot
box. All this must be admitted OF them
but what is their conduct in Congress: Their
names are never mentioned III conueCtioii
with charges of venality or corruption it is
not claimed that their habits are of that
convivial, not to any dissipated, character to
which many Congressman of the "Cau-
casian" type are addicted; in attention to
business they are believed to be industrious
and steady. In recent debate where the
conservatives" of the South were repre-
sented by their strongest men, it was adj
mitted on all hands-by those whose pre-
JUDGES rebelled against the admission-that
the two South Carolina colored Congressman
utterly vanquished their opponents. Chatting
under their manifest defeat, some OF the
Southern Democratic members asserted that
Elliott's speech was written for him. they
declared that colored man was not intel
lectually or mentally qualified to make such
an oratorical effort. But this nonsense was
disproved by Cain, who few days ago made
running notes Of the debate, and, rising &c
his feet, answered in turn, every argument
that the representatives of the Southern
Caucasian" had brought forward. South
Carolina may have. to endure negro SUI
premacy," but she certainly has no disgrace
to bear in her Representatives. in the lower
House.
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IL mas always been n favorite dogma with
tue southern whites that they were the col.
ored mans best friends, and that tbe latter
would so confess. 1t has been f1rtbermore
Claimed that, if left to themselves. the freed
men would always vote as their old masters
wanted to have them. This has peneraIjv
meant that if the latter once obtained the
upper hand, they would take good care to SO
IN things that the freedman would have to
vote as the white. man dictated But. in
view ct the implicit confidence and unbounded
anection which the newly-enfranchised are
SAID to feel for their old task-masters. what
DO the latter fear from NEGRO supremacvo,;
II there is any just cause for fear, they owe
IL an to their own perverseness.
Why is it that there should be any suc)r
thing as negro supremacy WHY do the
party lines put the black on one side, the
white on the other? Simply because when
ever the whites have gained the opportunity
they have never failed to so legislate rs TO
give the freedmen to understand that if il
were possible, his rights Of citizenship
should be so restricted as to be Of very little
use or comfort TO him. 1t is not a spirit of
opposition that impels the black man to vote
against his former masters. He is driven to
IL by every consideration Of self.respect and
protection. Nor can it be shown that the
abuse its power, as the minority is very sure
to do upon every occasion.
1t is certain that desirable emigration is
not going to seek the section of the country
where the whites are necessarily dwelling
upon the horrors of NEGRO supremacy
Better fields are offered for the cmicrant,s
investment. 1t is not through him that the
Southern white man can ncutralize the black
mans power. The way to accomplish that
is for the so-called Conservative" to prove
to the colored voter that it is not necessary
Tor him to vote against the whites to be per-
lectly secure in the exercise and enjoyment
OF equal rights of citizenship. So long as it is
the white voters aim to keep the colored man
his inferior, as far as he can do
so without violation of Federal law, so long
will the colored men unite and make common
cause at the ballot-boX. If they have
majority Of the voters they will select as
their representatives. and rulers men whom |
they know to be true to them and to their
interests. The much dreaded bugaboo of
negro supremacy" will disappear when the |
whites show that they are ready to do as
they would be done by, and when they ad- |
NIT that the citizenship of the African is en-
titled to the same rights which are accorded |
to that of the white man.-BuGalo COM
ReTcim .idcertizr.
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TIL Z S U n.
WEEKLY, SEMI-WEEKLY, AND DAILY.

THE WEEKLY sun is too widely known
to require an extended recommendation; but
the reasons which have already given it City
thousand subscribers, and which will, we
hope, give it many thousands more, are
as follows:
II is a lirst-ratc newspaper. Allthe news
OF the day will be found in it, condensed
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the most delicate and scrupul0us taste.
1t is n irst-rate story paper. The best
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pages.
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department.
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1t fights for principle, and Tor the election of
the best men to Office. II especially devotcs
its energies to the exposure Of the great
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our country, and threaten to undermine
republican institutions altogether. II has
no fear OF knaves, and asks no lavOrs from
their supporters.
1t reports the fashions for the ladies and
the markets for the men, especially the cattle
markets, to which it pays particular a.teu-
ton.
Finally, it is the cheapest paper published.
One dollar year will secure it for any sub
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in order to have THE WEEKLY SUN at
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dollar will get the paper for Il year.
THE WEEKLY SGJg.-Eisht pages,
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The child that cried for an hour did not
get it.
The oll--Murder will out. The new
Murders will out.
\ great many children get on the wrong
track because the switch is misplaced.
has gained enough to pay for itself in six
months.
When WAS beef,tca first mentioned in his
tory? When King Henry VIII. dissolved
the papal bull.
Johnny assures us that railroad con
ductor punches a hole in your ticket to let
you pass through.
Some young chap thinks it easy to enteran
old mans house, because his gait is broken
and his locks are few.
Out in Montana, when they start man
down hill in a barrel, they speak of his APP
pearance in new role.
The railroad train that is run into by another
is telescoped; the man who is run into by a
Texas OK is stcoroscoped.
A spiritualist before committing suicide
made memorandum: 81 have purified my
soul twenty-five or thirty years. / think
must be rectilied spirit"
A Maine woman ate agallon of oysters the
other day for 500. She cleared SIS, the
funeral expenses amounting to sS5.
Wheat seeds can bear for several hour as
temperature rs high as the boiling point of
water without losing the power of germinat-
ing.
A Dubuque, Iowa, citizen paid police
man So a night to watch his wife, and the
wife paid the guardsman 81 to wacth her hus-
band.
-Bisulphdc of carbon vapor is recon-
mended in the place of chloroform or other
volatile liquid when used for the purpose of
killing chronological specimens.
A missionary among the freedmen in Ten
nessec, after relating to some little colored
children the story of Ananies and Sapphira,
asked them why God does not strike every
body dead the tells a lie, when one Of the
least in the room quickly answered, "Because
there wouldn't anybody left.
A fact of interest to wood engravers is the
discovery that plates of polished slate may
be used as substitutes for lockwood for en-
cravings. These plates will furnish over one
hundred thousand impressions without loss
of detail, do not warp, and are not affected
by oil or water.
The exhibition Of appliances for the eco
nomlcal use Of fuel, which was undertaken
by the Manchester Society for the Promotion
of Scientific Industry. has been opened in
Peel Park, Stafford. Although some import
ant practical appliances do not appear to be
included, the assemblage of coal-consumng
apparatus is very valuable.
Not long since a very nervous lady took
passage at the Tip Top House, White Noun
tains, to descend by the almost perpendicular
railroad. Her fears were apparent to every
one, and the following unique dialogue took
place between her and the conductor:
Lady.-Mr. Conductor, how do you hold
these cars when you want to make a, stop ?
C.-Madam, we apply the brake, which you
see there. Lady Suppose, Mr.. Conductor
that brake should give way, what would you
do then? C.-Madam, we then apply the
double-acting brake, which you see at the
other end of the car. Lady.-But, Mr.. Con
ductor, suppose that break is not sufficient tc
check the speed of the car, where will we
90 then? C.-Madam, that depends entirely
upon how you have lived in this world.
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BY HOWARD J.. SMITH.

Our dear young friend Mary has gone,
And left this vale Of tears;
She's gone to live in Heaven above,
Where there's no pain or fears.
She's gone, we miss her at home
Well see her face no more
Until we reach the lovely plains
OfCanaan's happy shore.
She is not dead but is asleep
In the arms of blessed Savior;
But then above in Heaven we'll meet
Our much loved sister Mary.
a sister Is gone from among our midst.
Gone to the world above
Gone to dwell with the angels pure
In the Far of land of love.
Mary, We long TO see thy face,
With dear smiles ever bcaming:
But thou hast gone the vale of rest,
and are with the angels singing.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. II, 1874.
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