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Year: 1868

The drought in England is blowing some
good TO America. Within tho past week
live steamers have gone out laden with


hay, an article almost mover before sent
asIoad; and the steamers, for fortnight
ahead, are engaged for all they can carry.
Even France must come otter us for her
fodder. Itisexpected, indeed, the demand


for hay and bread.stuifs will bo so great as
quito to change tho balance Of tralo and
bring back to us plenty of g,ll in the
natural limo of EXCHANGE.
Year: 1868

rumOr has gained considerable credence and
a wide circulation that the whisky Ring" were about
20 either fire blow up the United States Court Build
ngs in Cham for the purpose OF destroying impor-
tant evidence against prominent members OF that King
and 10 give color 10 IL further stated that


gnard WAS stationed in the edice at nights that all
tho interior room doors left Open and that an in


ense and savage dog had the run OF tho place. 10 give
timely notice OF the advent Of intruders -


Upon inquiry seems that the only foundation for hs
runor Ia that guard has been stationed in tho edince
every night for years past and that the savage d0g
belongs 70 the guard The destruction OF the records III
question would not benefit the parties whom they con
cern an iota as all the essential documents cOud De
reproduced very short notice butt documents lost or
found, tho probabilities are that the whisky Ring VIII
intact and potent IN the future as IN the pas
and that the best protection 10 the members ~ that
"Ring" from the many who affect 70 be oH OF ~ IN
Che preserv vatOn OF " al the essential documents NO
member Of the Whisky Hng IL yet poor but that some
prater Of Pecksnihan morality Is prepared TO DO MIN
n
Year: 1868

The cultivation of the soil must be
carried on intelligently, and every
agriculturalist must come to learn
the independence of his pursuit.
Year after year you are toiling as
the slave of your merchant, run
ming in debt, ekeing out a wretch
ed existence, and more than all,
raising your children to follow a
life of unrequitted toll and drudg-
cry. 1t is objectionable folly to
keep yourself surrounded by a
crowd OF lazy, capricious negroes
impoverishing yourself to feed
them only to deceive yourself into
the belief that you are making
money and that your neighbors
will think you important because
you make show of large opera
tions. If you have two or three
stout lads they will make YOU
more money in raising fruit, hops,
ground peas etc, by working be-
tween school hours, than any
score Of negroes you will find.
Let our planters open their eyes
on this subject, extend the range
OF their observation, inform them
selves by reading journals and
newspapers, take advantage of
the inventions and information of
others, and our word for it they
will be surprised to find with how
much less hard labor they can
get along, how much more ready
money they can accumulate, and
how much more time will be al
lowed themselves and families for
mental improvement and home
enjoyment. Abandon old preju-
dices and routine ways, and exer-
else your practical common sense
and sound Judgment Little
Rock Ark Gazette.
Year: 1868

H We have no more right
wantonly or carelessly to wound
the mind or heart than to wound
the bodies of our fellow-b beings,
and in many instances the former
is the more cruel of the two.
Year: 1868

planting community mas not de-
termined to abandon the cotton
cultivation. Next year no more
of the staple will be raised beyond
what the farmer can cultivate
without interfering with his crop
of grain-say a few acres to buy
groceries. Our anxiety to direct
the attention of agriculturalists to
the production of wheat, springs
from conviction that it will prove
the most profitable crop as lead
ing one. When the planter sows
wheat he will have more time to
devote to setting out orchards,
grape culture, stock raising, and
the cultivation of oats, hops, the
castor oil bean and like profitable
products,


1t is not possible III the limits
of a newspaper to more than di-
rect attention to the advantages
and profitableness of these various
products, and the agriculturalist
must look to journals which make
these subjects q speciality for full
information. We have no partic-
ular publication to recommend,
but we advise immediate subscrip-
tion to at least one. 1t is better,
however, to subscribe to the best
one published i'll a locality where
| the. climate and soil are similar
to those of the district in which
you reside. The farmer must re
collect that among at least the
million of persons who are follow
ing the same pursuit as himself,
there are many who are daily dis
covering valuable information
which finds its way into these ag-
ricultural .jouanals; and if he
would be aided in this business by
the observations and suggestions
of a million brains, he must have
access to the channels in which
they pour their information.


Merchants, manufacturers, me-
chanics and other classes in our
State have their organizations
where the observations Of each
are compared, and they all patron
ize journals devoted specially to
their branch of business. Why
should not the same be the case,
with our planters? we refer to
this matter to suggest to our plan
ters how they should start them
selves right in the new era which
is about to commence in the cul-
tivation of our lands. The price
of subscription to your country
paper, a State journal, a periodi-
cal devoted to agriculture and
religious newspaper would not
amount to what the most of far
mers spent for whisky ina month,
and the sale of hog or few doz-
en- chickens will pay the whole
bill. The money you spend for
these publications will bring more
satisfaction to yourself and family
and yield more profit than the
same amount possible could in
vested in any other way. Those
engaged in cultivating the soil
must come to understand that it
will not do in these days to follow
in the same old rut their progeni-
tors run in, or they will be always
! behind in the race. You must
profit by the discoveries and ex-
periments of others. There is no
need to wear away your life in


wrestinga scanty subsistence from


the soil by the seyerest muscular
drudgery. A machine that never
tires and never runs off to vote,


will do as much work as yourself
| and half score Of negroes.
Year: 1868

10 We believe that a young
lady by her constant, consistent
christian example, may exert an
untold power. You do not know
the respect, the almost worship,
which young men, no matter how
wicked they may be themselves,
pay to a consistent christian lady,
be she old or young. Often the
simple request of lady will keep
a young man from doing wrong.
We have known this to be the
case very often; and young men
have been kept from breaking the
Sabbath, from chewing, from
smoking, from gaming, just be-
cause a lady for whom they had
great respect requested it.-Ex.
Year: 1868

THlS Droppcr will positively save
4 one-half the tine over the old way
Of dropping corn.


1t will drop right in the cross.


1t can be set to average any number
OF grains desired to hill.


1t can be regulated to scatter the
corn more or less in the hill, or drop
1t all in close bunch if desired. In
windy weather this Dropper is Just the
thing needed, as the corn cannot be
blown about while dropping.


All 'who have used these Droppcrs
agree IN the opinion that the corn
comes up more regularly after them,
and there is less re-planting to do, be-
cause they drop more regular number
Of grains TO II hill, and every grain is
sure to be in the cross, where they are
covered alike.


Every Dropper will be warranted TO
do all that is herein claimed for them.
or they will be taken back and the
money refunded.
Year: 1868

Two young masons were building brick
wall-the front wall of a high house One of
them, in placing a brick, discovered that it was
a little thicker on one side than on the other


His companion advised him to throw it cut
1t will make your wall untrue, Ben,' said he.


Pooh ! answered Ben, what difference will
such a trife as that make? You re too partic
ular.'


My mother, replied his companion, 'taught
me that truth is TRUTH and ever so little an un
truth is lie, and lie is no trihe


%, said Ben, that's all very we'll but am
not lying, and have no intention of doing So


Very true; but you make your wall tell
lie and L have somewhere read that a lie in
ones work, like lie in his character, will show
itself, sooner or later, and bring harm, if not
ruin.'


I'll risk it in this case, answered Ben; and
he worked away, laying more bricks, and carry.
ing the wall up higher, till the close of the day,
when they quit work and went home


The next morning they went to resume their
work, when behold, the lie had wrought out
the result of all lies The wall, getting lit
tie slant from the untrue brick, had become
more and more untrue as it got higher, and at
last, In the night had toppled over, obliging
the masons to do all their work over again.


just SO with ever so little an untruth in your
character-it grows more and more, and more
untrue, if you permit it to remain, till it brings
sorrow and ruin.


Tell, act and live the exact truth always.
Year: 1868

20, dear | am SO tired of Sunday'' So said
Willie, playful little boy who was longing for
the Sabbath to be over, that he might return
to his amusements


Who wants to hear story ?'' said kind
friend who was present. II, sir,' land l."
land H., said the children as they gathered
around him. Then he told them parable
Our Savior, when he was on earth, often taught
the people by parallels


The parable told the little BOYS was ofa kind
man who had some very rich apples hanging
upon tree. A poor man was passing by the
house OF the owner, and he stopped to admire
this beautiful apple tree. He counted these
ripe golden plppns-therc were just seven of
them. The rich owner could afford to give
them away; and it gave him so much pleasure
to make this poor man happy that he called
him, and said:


My friend, | will give you part of my
fruit" SO he held out his hand and received
six of the apples. The owner had kept one for
himself E


Do you think the poor man was grateful for
his kindness No, indeed. He wanted the
seven pippins all for HIMSELF and, at last, he
he made up his mind that he would watch his
opportunity, and go back and steal the other
apple:


did he do that, said Willie, very indig-
nant. He ought to have been ashamed of
himself; and | hope he got we'll punished for
stealing that apple


How many days are there in week, Willie -
said his friend


Seven, said Willie blushing deeply for
now he began to understand the parable, and
he felt an uneasy sensation at the heart-con-
science began to whisper to him, land ought
not boy to be ashamed of himself who is un-
willing on the seventh day to lay aside his
amusements? Ought he not to be punished,
if he will not remember the Sabbath day to
keep it ?'-Sunday School Banner.
Year: 1868

A NEW FENCE.-The attention of the
n farmers of this county is requested to a
new style of BOARD F4NCE; a specimen OF
which is to be seen in the Courthouse yard
than the ordinary board fence, can be put up and
taken down with great rapidity, is firm and dura-
bic, can be prepared during the winter and pre-
sents many points of advantage for the consider
alton of the farmer.


BILE terms, either by GEO. E. PRICE or the under
signed. DAVID bOChhn'


mar 24-tf Wind copy
Year: 1868

Fifteen EOll1eS.


l. To think the more the man eats, the fat
ter and stronger he will become.


2. To believe the more hours children study
at school the faster they learn.


3. TO conclude that if exercise is good for
the health, the more violent or exhausting it is
the more good is done.


4. To imagine that every hour taken from
sleep is an hour gained.


5. 10 act on the presumption that the small
est room in the house is large enough to sleep
In


6. To argue that whatever remedy causes one
to feel Immediately better, is good for the sys-
tenn without regard to more uterior effects
The soothing syrup" for example, does stop
the cough of children, does arrest diarrhea,
only to cause, little later, alarming convul-
sions or the more fatal inflammation on the
brain, or water on the brain, or, at least, al
ways protracG the disease.


7. 10 commit an act which is felt in itself to
be prejudlclal, hoping that some how or other
it may be done in your case with impunty.


8. To advise another to take remedy which
you have tried on yourself without making
special inquiry whether all the conditions are
alike


9. To eat without an appetite or to continue
to eat after it has been satisfied, merely to
crafty the taste.


10. To eat hearty supper for the pleasure
experienced during the brief time it is passing
down the throat, at the expense of whole
night of disturbed sleep, and a weary waking
In the morning.


IL. To remove portion of the covering i'm
mediatey after exercise, when the most stupid
drayman in New York knows that if he does
not put cover on his horse the moment he
ceases work in the winter, he will lose him in
few days by pneumonia.


II. 10 contend that because the dirtiest chill
dren in the street or highway are hearty and
healthy, therefore it is healthy to be dirty
forgetting that continuous daily exposure to
the pure out door air in joyous unrestrained ac-
tivities, is such a powerful agency for health
that those who live thus are well, in spite of
rags and filth.


Is. To presume to repeat, later in life, with
out injury, the indiscretions, exposure and in>
temperance which, in the flush Of youth, are
practiced with impunity


IA. To believe that warm air is necessarily
impure, or that pure, cold air is necessarily
more healthy than the confined air of a crowded
vehicle the latter, at most, can only cause
fainting and nausea, while entering convey
ance after walking briskly, lowering a window
thus while still exposed to draft, will give
cold lnfalllbly, or attack Of pleurisy or pneu-
monla which will cause weeks and months Of
suffering, if not actual death within four days.


Is. 10 remember the Sabbath day. bv
working harder and later ON Saturday than any
other day In the week, with view to sleeping
late next morning, and staying al home all day
to rest, conscience being quieted by the plea of
not feeling very well-HaTs Journal of
Heahh
Year: 1868

There are more editors unmarried than any
other class of professional men, because, we
suppose, the majority of them are men OF fine
sentiment, and do not wish to starve anybody,s
sister.
Year: 1868

The following letter addressed to citizen of
this county was handed to us for publication =
1t was received too late for publication in our
last issue as was desired by the person to whom
it was addressed
Year: 1868

In a recent discussion at Raleigh
Court House, Rev. Sam. Young, Rad
ical candidate for the State Senate, not
only avowed himself in favor of negro
suffrage, but of negro cOmdn suffrage.
Young wants negro uomen to vote.


But a carpet.bagger from Monroe
county, named Monroe, went even fur.
ther than this. He vas willing that
mules should vote, if they would vote
the Radical ticket. Well, as asses are
allowed to vote, there can be no strong
objection to mule suffrage, for the mule
is the result OF Monroe's miscegenation
doctrine, and is of q higher grade of an
imals than the ass.


Scalawags, like Young, and carpet
baggers, like Monroe, are ready for any
extreme that may benefit their party
and enable them to occupy positions OF
trust and profit.


1t is enough to make any decent man
sick at the stomach to look over the list
of Radical office holders and Radical
Office seekers in this portion Of the
State. Ignorant aud depraved scala.
wags, and equally ignorant, depraved
and rowing carpet baggers, who, unable
to make a living on the soil csrsed by
their birth, have come among us to take
advantage of our misfortune, make ur
the array of vultures that are gorging
their rapacious stonachs with any offal
no matter how putrid or disgusting
that may come in their way.


We rejoice in the belief that the day
is not far distant when these jackals
buzzards and carrion crows will bt
driven back to their dark holes ant
filthy nests.-Greenbrier Independent.
Year: 1868

THE August increase of the public
debt is being accounted for on the part
Of the Radicals by the large army ex-
penses, which are nearly as much as
those of all the other departments of the
government together, and the decided
falling offin internal revenue collections
Why should the expenses of the army
be so large in time of peace? Because
the Radical party is using it to force
negro equality upon white men. AT
the same time they have almost destroy
ed the business Of the country; and, of
course, internal revenue collections fall
off, and the debt increases. "Let us
have peace"
Year: 1868

THE Radicals declare the action of the
Georgia Legislature, in excluding ne
grees from that body, in conflict with
the fourteenth constitutional amend
ment, which provides that "no State
shall make or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges or immuni-
ties of citizens of the United States"
Ii this he the true position, then all
State restrictions on the colored vote
must in like manner be adjudged in
conflict with the Constitution and null
and void, and Congress can inaugurate
negro suffrage in this State tomorrow,
Notwithstanding the word "white" il
IN the Constitution. This is the point
towards which Radicalism is travelling.
Year: 1868

We learn from the Washington (Pa
Rerie,c and Examiner that there will be


q mass meeting of the Democrats of the
western townships of Washington conn
ty, at Claysville, on the 25th of Sep,
tember. Distinguished speakers will


be on hand. We trust they will have
o good time and that there may be a
shaking among the dry bones" Of the
people, awaking them to the perilous
condition of the country aud the threat.
ening danger to the Constitution and
tho laws. Let there be o grand rally


We hope some arrangement may be
made with the Hempfeld Railroad Com
pany, so that such citizens of Wheel


ing as may desire to attend said meet
ing can do so. That tide in political
affairs is fast approaching, which, il
taken at its height, will lead to victory


and to the restoration of all the States
to their original position in the Union
Let Democrats work and speed the day
Year: 1868

DURING the eight years of Radical
rule they have stolen money enough to
pay all the actual exk enses and three
times the honest expenses of the late
war. And they are aking the privilege
Of stealing for four years more. All the
indications are that the people are not
willing.
Year: 1868

The Central Ohio Railroad will carry
persons to and from the demonstration
in this city on the l7lh at half fare.
We hope our friends will spread the
wold along the line rs fully as they
Year: 1868

THOSE who wish to understand why
the national debt is increasing can get
a peep behind the curtain by perusing
the following official report of the cost
of collecting, and what is received for
the District of Beaufort, South Carolina:
Expenses of collecting internal taxes. .slO,65O 90
Proceeds of the collection ............. 4O2 so


Balance on wrong side Of the sheet. siO,2i7 50


FALsTAFF's bill was ninety nine per
cent. of sack and one per cent. of bread,
and this is about the proportion of taxes
collected with the amount paid into the
Treasury by the carpet-baggers of the
South. Ten thousand dollars are wrung
from the people, and all stolen by the
Radical agents but four hundred and
two dollars. This is a picture for tax
payers to contemplate.
Year: 1868

In town near Portland, some years
since, an irreligious and profane young
man became united in marriage to young
woman, whose father was devout and
consistent Christian. The young couple
either resided with, or in the vicinity Of
the wife's father, so the young man was
frequently brought in contact with his
father-in law. This soon became disagree
able to him. The godly example, which
was continued reproef, the occasional
word of exhortation, and prayers to which
he was sometimes obliged to listen, excit-
ed in his heart such disgust, that he deter
mined to leave the place. He proposed
to his wife that they should remove to
the eastern part of the town, assigning
as one reason for the step, that he wish
ed "to get away from her orthodox faith
er." To which the wife replied, "You
may go away from him, but you can't get
array from ms prayers.


They left the place and settled in
distant town; but the wife's remark had
made an inefaceable impression on the
husbands mind. He had, indeed, sepa-
rated himself from the society of his
father-in-law, but he felt that he could
not get array from his prayers. He knew
that those prayers were daily ascending
to heaven for blessings upon him, and
especially for his salvation. The thought
haunted him for years. He could not
get rid Of it. At last, in connection with
other influences, it was the means of
bringing him to offer prayer for himself.
He became believer, and has since died
in the Christian faith.
Year: 1868

The Song of Solomon contains the fol-
lowing beautiful passage:


For, 10, the Winter is past,


The rain is over and gone;


The flowers appear on the earth;


The time of the singing of birds is come,
And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs.
And the vines with the tender grape give good


SMELL"


Reference is made to a great and pleas
ing change in nature. 1t is the remark
able and delightful transition from the
bleakness, desolation, cold, gloom, and
dismal appearance of Winter to the
brightness, warmth, life, verdure, beauty,
joy, and gladneSs of Spring. This de-
scription of the return of Spring may be
applied to certain happy changes in the
history and experience of saints, both
the Individual believer and the Church in
general.


1. 1t is applicable to the conversion of
a sinner from a state of nature to state
of grace. In spring the torpid earth is
re-awakened from the sleep and death of
Winter. There is general resurrection
unto life throug ghout the natural world.
So in regeneration the sinner undergoes
a spiritual resurrection. He passes from
death unto life. He is brought out of
darkness into light, and his sorrow is
turned into joy. This change, therefore,
is blessed and delightful, and is fifty rep
resented by the agreeableness of Spring
compared with the discom ort of Winter.
The renewed soul is in a happy condition,
enlightened, warmed, vivifed, and re-
freshed by the rays of the sun of right
eousness.


Bunyan gives the following interesting
view of conversion, which is in harmony
with the idea of its being like change
from Winter to Spring. Referring to
the conversation of three or four pious
women which he had one day overheard
in the city of Bedford, on the subject of
the new birth and the comforts of expe.i-
mental religion, he says: "About this
Year: 1868

The TRUE SpIRIT.-Says correspon-
dent of the Western Recorder:-"A
lady not long since approached a gentle
man on behalf of an object of benevo-
lence; and after stating, was going on to
plead for it. Stop, madam! you need
not waste your strength and voice on me;
save them for those who need persuasion
to do their duty; your cause is good
one, here is my money That is the
true spirit, which God owns and blesses."
Year: 1868

relating to the ecclesiastical and legal aspects of
reunion. There are some hidden rocks at the
mouth of the harbor towards which we are driv-
ing under full sail. 1t will be well for us to con-
slider these By the chart, before the conclusion of
the swift ship compels us to exclaim with the
celebrated Irish pilot, ''thatis one of them


II. j. V.
Year: 1868

The ITCHING so common to human ma
ture to do things forbidden, is well illus
trated in the remark of the French lady
who holding a glass of water in her hand,
said, 80, if it were only wicked to drink
this. how nice it would bel'