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LETTER FROM HON. D. WYATT AIKEN.

OOkESBURY, .. ", April y, 1877.
Messrs Hoyt d Co., anderson, s. @.
GENTLEMEN-Your note of the 9th inst
was received Saturday afternoon, and as re-
quested reply at once.
You write me thus: Give us for publica
tion your views as TO President Hayes
Southern policy whether it is proper that
Democrats should seek or accept office at his
hands, and what will probably be the result
upon the destiny of the two National par.
ties from this chang, in policy by the Re-
publicas party 2"
AT present it is difficult to define Presi-
dent Hayes Southern policy, but as the lat.
ter portion OF your inquiry implies that, by
consent of party, he will assume concilia.
tory policy towards the South, think we
-uppuinrmsmy prohefed us |s country
does not belong to the Republican party,
neither should any of. these National ap-
pointnents be construed to be partisan pre-
ferences imagine United States Dis
trict Attorney in the South nowhere finds
Republican rather than Democratic laws to
be administered, because, fersooth, he holds
office by the will of Republican President.
Neither does collector of the ports at the
South recognize any thing peculiarly Re-
publican, rather than Democratic, in his rev.
enue collections because Republican guards
the threshold of our National treasury
For the same reason l can see no partisan
ship in the Office of post master, or mail
agent, or any other strictly National appoint
ment "
If in accepting an appointment South
erner (Dem.) were required to compromise
in any way his political creed, of course he
should reject the proffered position. For
this reason regretted to see Southern
man, regarded as Southern Democrat, 60
into the Cabinet. Not that he would com
promise the South, but because he would of
necessity be mere figure-head, or become
identified with the administration in party
fsefings The Cabinet are the Presidents
counsellors, and should be in sympathy with
him in all his political views. His South
erp.appointses are agents paid for doing SER
vice to our common country, unbiased by
party exactions, and in tho case of Demo-
cratic appointees unswerved by party afili-
alton.
believe President Hayes received his
Office through fraud, but am far from be-
lieving that he is himself fraud. And
what effect his policy (Which seems to fore
shadow that of the wrong man in the right
place. may have upon the two National par
ties, am unable to foresee Should it
shatter both of them throughoSSthe North,
it would be God-send,to the South. We
are under oaablisatiopss sajthar of sthAssl
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MAGpIEs.-A magpic was in the habit
of hiding bits of food, not Immediately WAN
ted, i'll some long grass at the bottom of
row of iron hurdles. This hoard was discov-
cred, and often robbed, by favorite terrier
One morning Mag was observed in great ex.
element, hopping and chattering incessant-
ly, rapidly repeating every word in his vo-
cabulary at the dog, who was busily engaged
in rifing the storehouse. In his Search
however, he passed over tuft of grass in
which piece of beef was concealed Mag
was at the spot in an instant, drew forth the
treasure, and securely fixed it on the highest
bar Of the hurdles, far above the dogs reach
He then, at little distance, began pluming
his feathers, chattcring to himself with a
very self:satisfed air, and occasionally hop
ping back to take another look at his recov-
cred meat, evidently priding himself in his
skill. The conducc of this magpie is quite
in keeping with the old adage of "Set a
thief to catch thief" His pilfering hab-
its are notorious. He is also sad poach.
er. Not only the eggs but the young of
pheasants, partridges, and other game, are
destroyed by the magpie; nor are the un-
flodged chickens or ducklings Of the farm
yard safe from his mischevous attacks. In
captivity nc is very amusing, and notwith.
standing his thieving propensitios, no one
can contemplate his dark, arch eye, his in
quisitivencss, his familiarity, and hear his
efforts at mimicry without interest. That
he is not wholly devoid of grateful feeling
the following anecdote shows A favorite
magpie had been accustomed to receive
dainty bits from the mouth of its mistress.
One day it perched as usual upon her shoul-
der, and inserted it's beak between her lips,
not as it proved, to receive, but Gas ono good
turn deserves another) the grateful bird
dropped an immense green fat caterpillar
into the lady's mouth. h.-LcisWc Hours.
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TIME 20 ME,

Time to me this truth hath taught,
Tis truth that's worth revealing;
More offend from want Of thought,
Than from any want Of feeling.
If advice we would convey,
There's time We should convey it;
If we've but word to say,
There's time in which, to say it!
Many beautious flower decays,
Though we tend it e'er so much:
Something secret on it preys,
Which no human aid can touch
So, in many loving breast,
Lies some oanker-grief concealed,
That, if toach'd is more oppressed,
Left unto itself-is healed. a.
Off,, unkuowinsiy, the tongue 80
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Pains the heart almost to breaking.

Many u tear of wounded pride,
Many fault of human blindness,
Had been soothed, or turned aside,
BY quiet voice Of kindness
Time to me this truth hath taught,
'Tis truth that's worth revealing;
More offend from want Of thought,
Than from any want of feeling.
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A Vicious FIsH-Right whales frequent.
ly find their way into the Bay of Fuudy,
and are there captured. The bay is also a
favoritc resort for the thrashcr aud the
sword6sh. l have heard old coasters say
that they had seen thrashers forty y.fve and
fifty feet long, moving with great velocity on
the surface of the water, their heads raised
ten and twelve feet above. Bay of Fundy
fishermen, in speaking of them, say they are
the greatest Of sea villains. Twenty odd
caught on sandbar, where he was left by.
the rapid falling of the tide in the Cumbcr-
land branch of tho Bay Of Fundy, and was
killed by the people on shore after an excit.
ing struggle. He measured forty.six feet
in length. AS Capt. Memo says, the head
is fiat and scrpent.likc, the eyes almost rcd,
with ugly white circles over them. Indeed,
nothing could be moro rcpuls.ve than the
head of this sea monster. The only other
sea villain they are known to fratcrnize with
is the swordGsh Both are well known to
old coasters and fishermen as tho deadly
enemy of tho whale and it is the common
belief that they hunt ir couples, and on find
ing the whale make immediate war, the
swordfish attacking beneath and the thrashcr
on top.
The common belief is that the thrashcr
has huge weapon, very like slcdge ham
mer, protruding from his mouth, with which
he administers on the whales back those
terrible blows you can hear ten or twelve
overlooking the Bay of Fuudy, and witnessed
three of these terrible battles between
whale and his enemies, the swordfsh and
the thrasher. The swordfsh did his deadly
work Underneath, while, as Capt: Meme says,
the thrasher coiled himself half over tho
whale. and applied the blows with his pom
derous tail. In the distance, however, the
thrashcr seems to raise and let his weapon
fall very much as blacksmith s helper han
dies his sledgc. You could see the weapon
rise and fall; you could hear the blows dis
tinctly, although the distance was believed
to be not less than ten miles from shore, ard
you could also hear the whale below and
sec him blow. On one Of these occasions
the terrible contest lasted nearly three hours,
the water in the vicinity being red with
blood. About every fifteen or twenty min
utes the whale would disappear in an attempt
to escape from his enemies but they would
quickly pursue him and force him to the
surface, where the combat would be re-
ncwed.
These two sea villains, the swordfsh and
thrashcr, invariably kill the whale when
they get him into close quarters and as
soon as the combat ceases, which can be
clearly seen by the whales body floating,
motionless, the thrashcr will proceed to clear
water, where, raising his serpent-like head
in triumph, ten, twelve and fifteen feet above
the surface, he will continue for fifteen and
sometimes twenty minutes lashing the sea
into foam.
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NUMBER Is.
A PACING RACE.

From 1880 to about 1s4S there used to
trade in stock to South Carolina Kentuck-
ian named VIM. Myers, commonly, and by
himself, called Bill Myers. During tho last
years of his trading he made Abbeville one
of his points. lie was jolly aud rollicking
fellow, and besides those looking to his cou-
ing for fine horse or pair of them, his arri.
val Was hailed with JOY by the boys, for he
was 'cne Of them, although in his last visits
he had reached over his fifty birthdays by
several. Ho was full of jokes and stories,
telling them we'll and without, at all times,
special regard to truth 90 that he secured
the title and answered to it Ct lying Bill
Myers; He Qed 70 tsllQf biz 6ntiHlsod9o..
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Quickening the marble breast OF Art
Were not more strange TO one VINO ntst
Upon its ghOstly silence burst
Than this vast quiet where the tide
or Life, upheav'd on ciCher side,
Hangs trembling. ready soon to beat
With human waves the Morllns street,
Az soon the glowing morning food
Breaks through the charmed solitude;
This silent stone, 70 music won,
Shall murmur 10 the rising sun;
The busy place. IN dust and neat, ,.
Shall rush with wheels and swarm win ieet;
The Aracine-threads OF Purpose stream
Unseen within the morning geam
TIE lfc shall move, the death he plain
The bridal tlrOng, the funeral tralu
Together. face 10 face shaii meet
And pass within the Morning Street
Professor Harrison, of the University OF the
South. has added another to the many English trans
lations Of the Odes of Horace In his very modest
preface he only cams for his work the character of
an attempt 70 present the English reader with the
same poetical form and flavor which the original
text possesses for the reader of Latin and eonsd-
ering the restrictions he has thus imposed upon HIM
self we must adm, that he has been remarkably
successful. While his inevitable diversions and
omissions are distinctly Latin in character, they are
rarely so forced as to produce an awkward elect III
English The form of stanZa has been very nearly
retained and the added rhyme strikes the ear, IN
some of the odes as simply carrying out the sugges-
ton of the original We are inclined TO think that Pro-
fssor Harrison has discovered the best method ofren-
dering Latin lyrics into English verse. Something
Of the almost inexplicabe charm of Horace Is neces-
sarily lost in any translation. That breezness, as
Of the Sabine Hills that freshness, as OF Apulan
fountains that tonic property as OF waves Oh Pom
tic or Sicilian shores-thcse cannot be quite repro
duced TO the reader who not, at least familiar IN
fancy with their sources but Professor Harrison
has so absorbed them into his own mind that his
lines exhalo the true Horahan atmosphere We
quote his rendering Of the familiar Qids mai'a grdc'-
lis te pr IN rosa, because it may readily be compared
with Milton's unrlymed translation
What slender bov, believed with moist perfume,
Is WOOng thee midst many roses bloom,
Pyrria. meath the pleasant erott
For whom thy yellow hair dost knot
In simple sweetness An how OFT shall he
Thy IOth hewa and changd gods, and the sea-
ROugh'nc be- the gloomy wind,
Behold with rapt, unwonied mind,
who trustful now enjoys thy golden hue,
Who hopes thee ever free and ever true,
Needless OF the treicheT0us air
wrctchcd they, tO-shOm so talr
Thou seem'st untrled: but I, with tablet vowed
The sacred wall declares, my dripping STROUD
Have suspended ~ his fame
Unto the god who rules the man.
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GALAXY.

The number opens with a lively, readable
sketch of Italian travel describing the experience Of
Five DAYS in the Tuscan Maremma" locality not well
understood by the rapid tourist. The name merely
contraction OF Marittma maritime meaning IL salt
marsh or country along the seacoas The Tuscan Ma
remma southwark along the border OF the Med
ite1ranean until it touches the Roman territory, the
northern limit being the town of PitiglauO 1t
not province, district, or country, but merely the
EXPRESSION of certain peculiaTties Ofcnate and scenery
throughout considerable tract OF land, and therefore,
without precisely defined boundaries. The writer relates
one OF the whimsical incidents which not of
unfrcauent occurrence in the quaint Italian hos
telries ~ will not innict on the reader fun de
scrplon of the principal hotel Of orbetelIo Suffice it
saw that it presented the exception have elsewhere
aluded TO- TO the general rule of clean beds IN Italy
Sleep was impossible Every description Of insect which
preys upon humanity, from mosquitoes downward, ap
peared 10 have established popuOns colonies in our bed
ROOM And what the ablutionary habits Of the place
may he can family guessed at from the fact that when
IN the morning T asked that a little warm water
might be taken to the ladies' the waiter stared in amaze
ment and SAID Watcrl Hot water aoncl ShGn't put
n h1le c,1ce IN uF" Mr.. X. Williams contrib
utes sensible article on The Organization
Of The United Army" expressing surprise that
"he great capacity Of people does not prompt them
10 treat the army with practical common and
that Congress legislatng Tor ii does not apply more
frequently the ordinary business principles used in every
day life" Mr. Gideon Welles has chapter on The
Administration Of Abraham Lincoln discussing certain
alleged radical plots intended 10 undermine his ntu-
ence and Illustrate the accomplishment Of his
purpOses In paper on "Civl Service Reform"
Mr. John T. Plat tnot the President OF the recent
Rochester convcntOu argues against the divorce Of The
public service from politics, and the prohibition of office
holders from engineering elections. The panaeea which
be suggests the evils that have invaded the civil ser
vice is 10 let alone II the service is what 1t should
be, ii viii neither he dem0ralzed by contact with PARTY
machinery, Will parties be dem0razed by IL, but
both will ber being brought into mutual sympa-
thy and cooperation" One OF Mr H. James. rs agree
able papers English scenery and character Is devoted
this time the stately homes" Of WarWicshre; Mr..
Grant White in The Federal Language comes 10 the
rescue OF certain alleged Amcricansms and ~ l.. W. 8.
In an attractive novelette, "Ftz james and the Widow"
exhibits not little ingenuity IN preserving quiet do
nestle romance nom becoming tragedy.
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