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BY ?BBISOE, SEES? 4 to. EDG-EFIELD, S. G., F?BMJAEY 28, 1866. " ^ v?T nu* 9. "_' _:___ ^ _;_:_'_:_:_?_ S YL VE3TEH CA?rLL. GBO. H. H^TPOCK. CAHILL & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND Commission Merchants, HO. 185 EAST BAY, Corner of Lodge Alley, CBBE??gfc T tTWTOJT, JS? C. Office ia New York, 51 Coortlandt Street. Peb IS .Sm 7 S W. WILLIAMS & CO,, Merchants -AND Bankers, S?To. 3. emd 3 Hayne St.. CHARLESTON, S. C., KEEP constantly on band A fall assortment of GROCERIES, and will sell them at the { lowest prices possiblo ia this market. They will receive and seil on Consignment COTTON and other PRODUCE, and will advance liborally on Cotton consigned to their House, or to WILMAMS, TAYLOR <* CO., 147 Maiden ?Lane, > NEW YORK. Jan 25 3m 4 WILLIAM G. WHILDEN, FORMERLY OT HAYDEN & WHTLDEN, I? King St, Corner ai -BtaoMiie St., CHARLESTON, S. CT, .Has opened a large and complete 3tock of J Crockery and Calna Glass Ware, PLATED GOODS OP EVERY VARIETY, Clocks, Watches and Jewelry, POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY", B?CH8TS, BASKETS, BROOMS, ?o., Sic, ko. ESP^WATCHES and JEWELRY repairtJ, Old Hold uni Silver purchased. Orders prompt1.; Glied and forwarded. Jan 14 ?iaeow 4 D. F. FLEMING & CO. Wholesale Dealers IN i mm, ? 2 HAYNE STREET, Corner of Church Street, CHARLESTON, S. C., Having Resumed Business, AT THEIR OLD STAND, 2 HAYNE-STREET, CORKER CUT KC ll ST., ARE NO W RECEIV ING A LAR*? AND WELL ASSORTED STOCK OP SHOES, TRUNKS, &c, Wiiioh will be soldat tho LOWEST MARKET PRICE. The Patronage of former friends and the pnb Yi4 ia respectfully solicited. D. P. FLEMING,. SA.M'L. A. NELSON, JAS. M. WILSON. Charleston, Dec 25_tf 52 Dry Groocis. -o-r THE UNDERSIGNED "i OF THE LATE FIRM OP ROBERT ADGER & CO., Has this clay commenced the WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Dry Goods Business (. JJ- "' * ' \ ' AT .At 25?;, King Street, . - * (In tho Send,) CH A? IL EST 05, 8. C., And offers a Stock adapted to a first-class trade. Tim btifttnesi will be conducted strictly opon t?o C&'K PRICE SVSTSM. Th? patronage of tho friends of bis late Firm, ami of the public genera'ly is respectfully solici JAS. B. BETTS. Charleston J?n 10 Sm5 MRS, S. J. GOTCHETT, FASHIONABLE E AND Fancy MiTlirtery Goods, TTHOLJESALE AND RETAIL, JSTO 2Q?, K^g Street, CHARLESTON* 8. c., OVER READ'S LAOS STORE, OPPOSITE I1ASEL STREET ?^.Country Orders lilied wiib Neatness and D.ipneh. Charleston. Jan -? 4toowo A. C." D?C >rriesi p- Sita?. Late Cashier Bank of B*n?bnrg. DECOTTES & SALAS, Cotton Factor & Commission MERCHANT, CU AU LES? TON, S.C., vrr f GIVE PROMPT ATTENTION TO THE OF COTTON, LUMBERAND OTHER COUNTRY PRODUCE. Charleston, Jan I tf I P,, CONNER & CO., 78 East Bay, CHARL?STON'.S. C., C03?3U8810S Ali? FOBTVARDINC MERCHANTS, Wholesale Dealer? in ?S0CESIES * H??JMQflS, yrmr#T* P?*P? ?A pg* attaaii? b-aU Jess Si > HP * The Jolly Old Pedagogue. 'Twas a jolly old pedagogue long ago, Tall and slender, and sallow and dry ; - His fora was ben t.and his gait was slow, His long thin hoir was as white av snow, But a wondorfol twinkle shone in his ? And he sang every night as he went to ! " Let ns be happy down hore below ; Tho living should live, though tho dea< dead," Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago. n. He taught his scholars the ride of three, Beading and writing, and history too ; ? He took the little ones up on his knee, For a kind old heart in his breast had he, . i And the wants of the littlest child he kn? " Learn while you're young," he often SJ There ismuch to enjoy down here belc .Life for the living, and rest for the dead !' Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago. iii. - With stupidest boys bc was kind and cool Speaking only in gentlest tones ; The rod was hardly known in bis.school Whipping, to bim, was a barbarous rule, And too hard work for his poor old bon< Besides, it was painful, he sometimes said : " We should make life pleasant-down h< below, .The living need charity more than tho deai ?Said the jolly old pedagogue; long ago. IT: He lived in the house by tho hawthorne lar With roses and woodbine over the door ; His rooms were quiet, and neat, and plain, But a spirit of comfort there held reign, And mado him forget be was old and poe " I need so little," he often said, ' ^ " And my friends and relatives hero belo Won't litigate over mo when I am dead." ...... "... r. ? .. ' But the pleasantest times that ho had, of a] Were the sociable hours he used to pass, With bis ohair tipped back to aneighhor's wa! Making an unceremonious call, Over a pipe and a friondly gloss; Tl is was tho finest pleasure ho said, Ot the many he tasted here below : u Who has no cronies had better bo dead !" Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago. VI. Then thc jolly old pedagogue's wriaklcdfaci Melted all over in sunshiny smiles ; He stirred his glass with an old-?chool gract Chnckled and sipped, and prattled apace, Till the booso grew merry from collar t tiles : " I'm a pretty old man," he gently raid, . " I'vo lingered a long while, hero below, But my heart is fresh, if my yonth is fled !' Slid tko jollj old pedagogoe, tong ?go. rn. He smoked his pipe in the balmy air, Every night when the sou went down, Whiie the soft wind played in his silvery hair Xeavrnj; rr.< Tenderest ici'sw tr qi;.,,_ On thc jolly old pedagogue's jolly old crown j And feeling the kisses, he smiled, and said; " 'Twas a glorious world, down hore below ; Why wait for happiness till wc are dead?" Said tb'? jelly old pedagogue, Lng ago. rm. He SM at his door, ono midsummer night, After the sun bai tunk in tho West, And the lingering to.ua, of golden light, Made hts kindly old face look warm and bright, Wkilo tho odorous night-wind whispered " Rest !" Gently-gently-he bowed his bead There w<re angels biting for him, I know ; He was :ure of his happiness, living or dead, This jolly old pedagogue, long ago. . . [Round Table. -t-t-i--- . THIS DAUGHTER'S STRATAGEM. A STORY FOUNDED ON FACT. Judge Rose ?Tcd in Belleville, on the banks of a great river in the West. Every year he "vent to Washington, and his voice was often heard in tbe balls of Coogress. Yet, though he was called great, he was not good, because he was very iond of drinking wine, brandy, kc, and frequented the gamb ling room.; so numerous in that city. These babita gained upon bim daily, until they conquered all his moral strength. Hts towns men refused to send him as their delegate any longer. ' Judge Roso had an admirable wife and three pretty daughters. Mary, the eldest, was an especial pet. He thought more of her than o( himself, and no wiall of hers went ungratified. She was of a sweet dispo sition, ard so olxedrant and respectful to her parents, atd kind to every one about, that she was beloved by everybody. And. though her father's dwelling- was the moat elegant, and they bad beautiful grounds, and servant::, and horses and carricges, and fine clothe.1, she nercr out on airs as many do, but was modest and retiring. Mr. RoS'? and his wife and daughters were all members of a Christain Church. He was often- suspended from its fellowship, and on promises of repentance.received again. His influential position in atciety, aud tho"pious conduct of his wife and daughters, caused mach pity for them, sud elided much pa tience. They hoped by love and forbearance to restore him wholly- Rut all the love of his .family and of the church could not stop thU erring nian in his dowowar.t coane. At last so low did be fall as to lose all self respect, and frequent theiowest whiskey sb- ps in the town. i>aily he went out unpaved, . unwashed, - ragged and almost ^ske^, mid when drank would sing a low song, which would draw around him a crowd of b*>y* to jeer, and laugh, and scorn the once dignified i and respect id judge. lu personal appearance. I be was now the lowest of th? low. ? J? is not io be supposed tbat Christiansand temperance mon allowed such a man to ruin himself without efforts to him. Earn^tand p<jr3evoriug endeavors wore put forth, prayers y?Te offered up sud hi? family left no avenue to hi? heart ur.fnU red. Rut Jl were alike uieiees and bopeles-t. His wife and daughters wept and prayed, but despaired entirely. Mary, hi? pet, often labored to save bec father from open disgrace, fr not from private sin. She became Tery sad, and refused to at tend church, or go into society. Whan ber father was sober, he had sense enongh to per cebe tho sorrowful change in his once happy Mary, and seemed to -egret his course more for her sake than his own. Ono morning he started as usual for tho drinking shop. He was a horr?le object, in decent to look ot, as well as filthy. HU wife trad tokold bim back and get him, at least, to put on some decent clothing, but ho Would not yield. Mary made her appearance by his side, clothed in rags, low at the neck, bare sxined and lionnetieas, with an old whiskey bottle in her hand. Taking ber father's arm she saic, " Come, father, I'm going too.',' GOUT, where?" said ho. staring at her as if horro/'Struck. ? To the dram shop. .What is good for you I ls goo I for me." Tho i she began to flourish her bottle and ito eing one ol the low songs she had heard bim- sing io tl?e~8treet*. " Go bade, gM Mt?afrake 0?& I " Bot I em going, father, with yon, to raia my soul aad body. It is of no ase for me to bo good, while, you are going off to the bad rjjace.^ You'll be' lone.tbere without your Go away, girl you'll drive jae mad." " But you have been mad for a long time, and I am going mad too. What do I care ? my father is only a poor old despised drunk ard.; his daughter may as well drink and lie in the gutter too." So Mary palled away at her father's arm, and went to open the gato. He drew bick ; still she dragged on and sung louder. A few boys began to run toward them, and then her father broke from her hold, and went into the hons1. There he sat down, and putting 1?3 face in his hands, wept and sobbed aloud. Still Mary staid out. u "What is the matter?" said Mn. Rose. , " Mary is crazy, and I bavc made her so. I wish I was dead. Db go and gel: her in. I won't go out to-day." Mr?. Rose went out "and told Mary what ber father had said, and then sh? went in. She sat down with her battle in her hand, and all day she kept on the old raga. Mr. Rose was in a terrible state fer want of his'accus tomed stimulus, and frequently would go to the door, but Mary was ready at his side, on every occasion. Mrs. Rose prepared her meals with extra care, and gave her husband cups of good, strong-coffee, and the latter part of the day he laid down to sleep. When he woke up Mary was still there in her rags, and her bottle by her side. With mach trembling and shaking he put on a good snit of clothes and asked his wife to 6end for a barber.' Then after tea, ho said, ' " I am going out." "Whore?" u To the Temperance Hall. Go with mc and see if I do not go there." So Mrs. Rose went with him to the door ot the hall, Mary still saying : " I must fol low, for I'm afraid he'll go to the whiskey shop without me." But bis wife saw him go up stair* and enter the meeting room, and the door clof d upon him. Then she and Mary went home to re joice with trembling at tho suecess of the strategem. Surprise, joy and soae distrust, pervaded the minds of the assembly of temperance brothers when Mr. Rose walked in. Ho was invited forward and asked te apeak whatever he wished. He rose and told tba tale of the day, and added, M when I saw how my ansel daughter was transformedinto a low, filthy creature; when 1 knew how much lower she would have to descend if ?he went with me, I ab horred myself. She vowed to go everywhere I weDt, and do everything I did. Could I see ker do that? Her loveliness stained-her character ruined-she, pure as an nogel ! No, sirs I if it kills me, ? will leave off aud never touch, taste or baddie more, from this night henceforward nod forever. And now, gentle men, help mc to be a man again." The building vibrated with the cheering, stamping and clapping, and a gush of song roso from these manly hearts which might have been beard for miles. Oh, '* there is oy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth," Wc bope God converted the soul of Mr. Tl u n ?- ?-~ ... ? --, ?, ... wi* i nnu ino - nmily were very happy. But we hope na )ther daughter will have to resort tu so pain ui a remedy to save a father. Prom tho Lacrosse (Wig.) Democrat. Tbe Auctioneering of Massachusetts Girls in Washington Territoiry. a PIQUANT ntsciur-TioN or IT. SWEETMEATS FOB CANNIBALS. "A Pacific coist editor protests against ihi Mercer project of shipping Yank&e girls to that region, and desires the press east of the Rocky Mountains lo 'speak out and put i stop to this business.' He says : 1 Let na more unprotected females be expssed to thc perils of these shores.' " People have wotidered at*the sense of this Massachusetts abolition philanthropy for some time. It is much like the olden style of deal ing in the handsome girl* ot Caucasia, when hundreds of their " school marms " were hud dled together and shipped off to parts un known for thc pleasure of " Harem " ucarera Turks. We suppose the mode of disposing of these Yankee girls on their arrival to the Paci6c coast is something like thia : The ship ha*, arrived in port. Notice has been sent to the long haired miners and rough bachelors of that auriferous section. The girU have bten bathed by squads, platoons and hrigades, in the mouth of some ".water fall" from the mountains; their best raiment bas been put on. Standing on the poop deck, the charge oV affaires, with hair pushed back from his receding forehead; an . a sharp nasal twang, thus hoi d d forth :"' * Neow ysou wild beasts of this ere Pacifio strand, I've brought you a whole passel of genuine ladies, right nice and fresh from Bvs?ng and along the shore. I stave a picked lot of gals, fresh ta a daisy and lively as a balterfly I I won't sell the entire lot to- one man, for that would be too muan cf a good thing, but I'll sell eash of yon a little charmer, warranted not to cut in the eye, big enough for ike tallest miner, and Email enough for the least there is among you ! Walk up, fel ler*.' Stand up to the taffrail, gals. No crowding on the hauser I Git eont yer dust and select yer gal ! " The first I'll offer, filers, is a freckled facedschool-marm, named Betsy Jane. T'other name aiut no matter. You can gin heryeourn 1 She is nineteen years old by the Bible, has. good teeth, twenty-seven inches round the waist, and is warranted kind in harness. How much for Betsey ? Sold to Jack Luneieard for five hundreri~dcllarR. Good by, Bet I 41 The next gul, ladies and gentlemen, I ineau fellers, is a sly puss, named Philla Ma lura! She is a choice gal, raised in Bostiog _poor but honest parents-early "inurvd to the Gospel and Abolitionism, and warranted perfect as far as heard from ! She can dara a stocking or make a pumpkin pie, in the twinkliug of an eye, and she can heave a (jgh, yoq bet j She is goin on twenty yea?* -has a check like a spit^nborg, tho sweet est lips and most dainty breath you ever tas ted-all for-six hundred, make it nine, and down sha goes to Captain Bull of tho Woods for'nine hundred 1 '" The next euimile- oh, sweetheart 1 fel - lers, is a blue-eyed Yankee gal, named Ji?ru sha Jane-never mind her other name. She is a bus tin' gal. Knows all her letters-baa a constitution like a tea-kettle, which is good after it* nose is knocked pff for all it will fetch, and is an ornament to her sex or any other man !-She ia twenty-five years old-aint so awfully handsome, bat is heavy on the hug, and is warranted to last a lite-timo, if she don't die first. How much for ber ? Come, wake up, y ur fellers ! Massachusetts wast* to enlighten you I Hore ia thc best chance for happiness-only a few more left I Sold to dare devil tom far fifty ouuees of dust I ! " Now, fellers, stand up close. Hera is a stunner. Tabi thia Marier, as was her moth er before lier, also her grandmother. She is nineteen years old, poor but honest parents, eats but little ; a pine gam 'unch will last her a Keek- Sold for no fault, but Massa chusetts has no farther uso, and take? this means to pay her wac tax ! Come np fad-feel of this lot.. She never scolds except mon ger, and like George Washington, never chop ped a tree with her little hatchet.. She is warranted genuine, and if not sold will -be thrown a&boro for yon fellers to play with sad over ?ha goes, for its all chsncCj JOB laxwnf [From tb* N. T. Examifer and Ohroniole.] ? A SOUTH Canoi^iJfiEw OP JT."-The letter under thia heading, ou oar ?rat page, was written by ReyWDlikm Williams, D. D., Professor ia the Baptist Theological Semina ry at Greenvillle, S. 0.' 3fie is not onlj, ar we are assured, a man of-learning' and abili ty, bot also one whoii'e' rainions will be, as influential in deter ra in ing the coarse of South ern Baptists on the question of " Co-opera tion," as those of Atry^ifcher person in the denomination. He is.;Widely known and highly respected throughout all the Southern States. His letter is published without abridgment or change, and vre hope it will be attentively read, and deliberately weighed by our pastors ?nd brethren of the Nerth. It is the most comprehensive and outspeak ing yet made, through these columns, by any Southern mai), on the subject of what is sometimes called ""Bapt?sj; Reconstruction ;" and if it fails to make a profound impression on the minds of our Northern brethren, we have misinterpreted its'.?mport and the in terest our churches feel ?r/tne subject of it. We add no comments on the letter itself, at this time, for the reason that we wish it to make its own impression on . ail who read it. [For tho Examino: and Chronicle.] A South Carolina View of lt. Mr Editot - Mach has beon said in our re ligious papers about Northern and Southern Baptist co-operation. I hope that this letter win not be considered improper, or uncalled for. I think that my experience and obser vation have taught roe that candor and plain ppeakiog, though not always the mos', expe dient and politic so lor ns tho speaker is con cerned, is yet always tho best so far as tbi cause of truth is concerned. . Waiving expe diency and policy, I shall uso candor and plain speech-yet not conscious of being un der the influence of aoy improper spirit; ? Co-operation seems to be urged principally by Northern Baptists. Eereand there an in dividual may ba found at- the South who thinks it desirable, and would be glad to see it effected. But I am sure that I express the J feelings of nine-tenths of Southern Baptists,* wheit I say that they do not?hvn?eii desirable; and that they would with kindness, yet with firmness, say to the Baptists of the North, as Abram said to Lot : " Let there be no strife between ns and you ; if you ?will take the left) habd, then wo will go to the right 5 or if you depart to the right hand, then we will go to the left." Under these circumstances, the question appropriately arises, Why dq the Northern baptists, urge it, pr desire xi, even t With regard to the Episcopal and Methodist | Churches, and I may add also the Presbyte rian, we can ce reasons, from their forms ol church government, which ?night make it de sirable that there should be. in each case, an organic union embracing the whole coun try. But our independent form suggests no such reasons, whilst it has always been al leged as one of its excellencies, that it admits or rejects union, without impairing efficiency. Again, the question appropriately arises, how can Northern jitptistti ^.consistently pro pose co-operation ? Before the war, we sep arated upon the question of slaveholdicg. We S^f?StsfoTan en?7mo1lri^.^^the?: ticular, which, notwithstanding some admit ted excellencies, vitiated Chrirtian character and forbade Christian fellowship and co-ope ration. But it is known, I presume, by North ern Boptists, that we have chatged no opiaion or principle upon that mattet Tf any sup pose so, let me assure them tbit wo still mai tain that slaveholding is mordit/ righi. We deeply regret its sudden aboltion j not mere ly from the feelings of loss of poperty, (though an atrocious wrong has been done to us in that respeet,) but from syrapthy -with the poor negro, whom we alwaysbved more than the so-called philanthropist of tho Nerth, and tclwse min is incvilabl We just as much as ever believe and tsert that we may nghtfully hold slaves. Andi is not merely what a man does, h\\t what b believes and 11 assert* he may rightfully dq'tbat establishes j character. We assert thatbe result ot the ? war is no more an exprcssio of God's disap- t probation of slavebolding, tin the burning e by lightning of a man's hose' is an expr?s- 1 6ion of God's disapprobation houses, or of c the man who owned the he."?. (It is to bc s regretted that mon do not Ihink and talk a scripturally about divineprridenco.) Now, s if Southern Baptists do notdesiro co-opera- p tion, and if consistency shod lead Northa n I Baptists not to desire it, thequustion recars, p with double force, Why do c loller urge il ? a. May I bo permitted, in a connection, to tl say a word or two, suggestoby the letter of Ij your correspondent, G. W.f, tn your paper S of December 1 ?th? It is remqrk&blo fet ni ter on several accounts, t intensely hates I slavery. If anybody hates'with a deeper sj hatred than he; he would ,ci pleased*' to see hi tho - M psychological toondi But yet he ut " love* slaveholders." He les M them belter di than he ever loved any pcopl upon the face bi of tU earth f (The italics la mine.) ? We Of the ^orth," he says, " hf always made a 01 clear and sharp distinction gtween tho sin re and tho sinner." (The lat) phrase he docs not use, to avoid hurting f??ng3, but that is the idea.) Now there is, ila certain sense, " a clear and sharp dislinch" between the pe sin and the sinner, ami ia certain other H senso thero cannot be. Heay hate the sin, B,< bat not hate tho sinner ponally.. In ihm qi senso thore is a " clear andjrp distinction." pe But he cannot hate tho simd not hato the ne charaotcr of the sinner. Ht distinction is tri a little too "sharp" for % old-fashioned bo book, THE BIBLE, to recog?. If I intense- bo Iv hate polygamy, I must enscly hate tho no character and principles 06 man who prac- ou tices it, or think* it right 'practice it. I die c.\n wish no affiliation wirlin. I may wish pe; him no harm personally, b[ cannot consis- thi tcntly desire any associatif fraternization Wi with a man of such priucijj .His brother, su; too, it seems, intensely lil it, yet, from soi somo peculiar circutnstanewas guilty of it. ?sn Alas for such morality 1 ie worst thing wb that I could desire to say cn enemy would hai bo, that ho had, under circumstances .ind its ?/orwhatever reasons, kuotly and dclibcr- wh ately done that which ho jisely bated, and to which was contrary to thong and decided the convictions of his con6cict bat Oivtbe bther hand, if (thorn Baptists, of on consistency, ought noflesire co-opera- des tioa, Southern Baptists, 0-incipU, cannot. Ge You will oak vhat princip involved 1 Tbc the question deserves anans^nd you will ab ord low me to be candid. coe lt) The Rev. Pr. Bitaridgo, in the to 1 early part of the war, saiibstantially that lati secession must be put doit whatever ex- sim penditure of the blood ofmen, women and bay children of the South 1 he sentiment, or bo 1 the spirit that could actuj, ever met with bra any rebuke or condorans from Northern Am Baptists, I am not awarj it. Wo must, tho on principle, be allowed tand aloof from gra tho "BO-calleo" Christi that can find Gei no word of condemnatior a sentiment so viet horrid to that. tba (2.) War, undor acypmstances, and the when every effort ia usejoiten its asperi- and ties and to.mitigate its jr?, is yet a ter- rea? rible evil. Bat when ijondacted upon effo the avowed principle ofjnatized robbery Cap an? orson; when imple of n^iculiure to s aro* wantonly burned,' growing crops cou ruthlessly destroyed, anily supplies for the women and .children th'fcway or burned min bp, with the avowed objat tho horrors Bur of starvation at home ri added to the yea horrors of tho battle fijrhen aged and th?i defenceless 'men are draj-om their houses fish i and ia tho presence of tflrightcd wires j Bar cruel torture, jost to get money from them : and all this, not as the result of occasional and unauthorized excesses which may occur tn any war, but as a part, an avowed part, of the mode of warfare-we must; on principle, stand aloof from the Christianity that can not only find no word of protest against, but can find words of exultation over such' outrages npon civilization and humanity. (3.) When it is remembered that Northern pulpits, of every denomination, Tor the last four years, have been, to a greater or less ex tent, turned into political rostrums, and that Northern Baptists, like others, forgetting the Apostle's example to " know nothing but ! Christ and him crucified," have preached ha voc and hounded on the dogs of wir against us, we cannot, on principle, receive into our arms and hug to our embrace these " dear" brethren. Perhaps fifty years from now such an embrace may be effected. But, in the writer's humble opinion, not till then, if South ern Baptists preserve their self-respect. Char ity and forgiveness are Christian virtues, but not much understood. (4.) Northern Baptists maintain towards us the air and tore and assumption of supe riority. Therr civilization is higher, and their Christianity porer, than ours. The damning gin of slavery has contaminated everything 'here. The whole country presents an invit ing field for missionary efforts to enlighten and evangelize. The Negroes, too, must be taken under their special charge. Wc of the South have never done anything for them, and if anything is ever to be done for them, they must do it. In a word, the North muBt lift the degraded South into the light of a pure Christianity and civilization. Wc can not, on principle, cooperate with those who act on this assumption. . Ordinary self-res pect forbids it. We arc bad enough. We nope to feel it, ?nd are willing to confess ifi We hope wo do not indulge any of that spirit which can thank God that we are " not as other mean are," but rather that other spirit, which can, Bay, ''God be morcifulto ns sin ners." Nevertheless, nothing could more deeply wound onr pride* of character, than to compare our civilization and Christianity with tbat of the North. . " (5.) In the Examiner and Chronicle of the 14th December, it is said editorially, that no w dnst-and-ashes" humiliation is required of us as a basis of co-operation, but what ts re quired is, that accepting tho fact that we have " an undivided free and glorious coun try, we go Jar ii-Hie country, ike whole coun try, andi\ofliii}g builhe'country-with a hear ty and unwavtring loyalty. We must givo our hearts to tho Country." (The emphasis is not mine.) Now, we cannot, on principle, admit the application of any political test as a basis of Christian co-operation, and even if we could, we cannot, on principle, admit that lest. ? Let mo not be misunderstood or misinter preted. We accept the fact of an " undivi ded'' country. How "free and glorious" it may be, we must bc allowed to have our own private opinion, whilo we cheerfully ac cord to othors^h'e unrestricted enjoyment of their opinons. We accept the issues of the war, and moan to abide by them, faithfully and hcuorably We mean to be good and true citizens--law*maintaining and law-abiri -p ... .uc pt net TSCTTSC, myal err ?zens. But our hearts aro our own, to give or not to givo, a3 may be our private opinion of the worthiness of the 'object demanding them. We have no pecans ot glory to sinp to the country. In deep humiliation of soul, our harps ars hung upon ?bc willows. We do not demand that others shall hang theirs up, and we cannot allow-others to demand that wo shall take ours down. And shall wc be anathematized for I his ? Then let the ful minations go forth. But, living or dying, our unfettered hearts will assert thc freedom of :heir own affections. >ir. Editor, 1 have written plainly and can ?idly. It has seemed to me, tiiat Nortber;i ind Southern Baptists onght to understand ?ao'a other. Thc only way they can undvr itand each other, is by a free and frauk ex nesbiou ou both sides of their views and feeling*. I have been waiting end hoping hat some one would speak ont, and frankly iiprens the views and feelings of Southern ?aptists generally. lu the absence of any mo elso, I have attempted it myself, lt is tated in your columns,' that tho Examiner nd Chronicle is open " lo t he frank expr?s ian of thc views and feelings of the differing arties" upon this question of co-operation am encouraged to hops that this '.'frank ex rcseion" may find publication. I bog to ssure you that it is not the expression ol ie " viows and feelings" of th? writer inero r. There are thousands and thousands oi outhcru Baptists (I wilL not say a large ajorily, lecnuse I might be mistaken, though think I would not, if I wcro to eaj' so) who rmpathize with-the "views and feelings" sre expressed, aud will be glad tu see their iterance in your columns, Jj_c-t us he tan d with each other, end lei all sidos be heard I all sides. . Wishing ''graco with all them that love ir Lord Jesus Christ insincerity," I am very spectfully, WM. WILLIAMS. Greenville S. C., Dsc. 29, 1865. Wo note a paragraph from the Boston pa rs in which we arc told that Major Gen. oward, in a recent address to the people o' )ston, stated that the South was ruby can kered-was as oomplolely drubbed as thc opie o? Boston even could require-that it. edod no more kicking, and that their pa otic heroes who staid at home to use their ot tees might save themselves and their ots any further exorcise in a cause which, doubt, they considered very heroic, glori s and patriotic. The General, we confess, i not exactly use the.-.o phrases-he wa*, pimps, loss emphatic; but this was, no doab', i substance of what he meant to convey, a are not told of the precise effect of these rgestions, but we fear that they occasioned ne disappointment. Tin re is sort of hero l which is never so resoiuto for fight ss len the enemy is down, especially when he 3 been floored bytany other agency than own; and those who never took tho fiel 1 en blows were exchangeable, aro the last forbear the exorcise of their valor when ry aro quite satisfied that their enemy has I enough. The cry of peccavi, on the part a fallen enemy, usually provokes them to ipcration ratocr than, forbearance. Thc oeral further assured bis audience " that late slaveholders only came into the new er of things gradually,, and as the.' were apelled to." Precisely; tho world ought inow"that all we have done-all oi pgis on-4a not becauso of our love of it, but ply under the persuasivo instance of the onet. This, however, wo acknowledge to a moat potent influence, and one that no ve man among us has ventured to gainsay. 1 this assurance, to a vain pcoplo like sc of the North, must afford the most leful sensations of pride and pleasure. The ieral, however, might have added his con dons-which we see nowhere oxpressed-. b, however reluctant, our submission to inexorable logic of force, it was thorough made in good faith, and that he had no ion to suppose that there would be any rt made, on tho part of thc South, to es e or evade tho pledges which it had given ubmit meekly tatu?se decrees which it bl no longer combat. When, however, General intimated that 41 with wise ad istration he thought that the Freedmen's eau could be dispensed with in a few rs, he argued gratefully to the ears of a isabd eager candidates for the loaves and es. A few years more of tho Freedmen's eau iu the Sooth will scarcely leave white j hxk MfistaSsatfoes for daily porridge, I I unless provided from the national pap-boat. By the end of that time no white man will be capable of work and no negro willing. South Carolinian - The Soldier** Widow. It was all over. One more J^art was broken never more to bo bound up on earth. The light bud gone from one more hearth stone. One more victim to the cruel hand of Northern oppression had fallen. Th?* young widow sat alone with her grief. She had given up her heart's best treasure. Pa trioiism had triumphed over affection; now affection was predominant. She had given him up like many others, so noble, so promi sing, combining brave and soldierly qualities with the highest culture nr,d refinement. The 6rst days had been full of the poetry ot war ; the gay moonlight camp, the music and long walks, the dress parade, the easy life j then it grew more real and earnest. There was hard fare, then weary marches and exposure, yearnings for home, battles, wounds aud death. He had come home in bis coffin, pale and ghastly, and she' had buried bim out of ber sight. It was so bitter I Why should bc ol all others be ! aleen 1 ? sweet childish voice was hcflrd in the next room singing a hymn : " My Jo?Ui, as Thou wilt; ' Though soon through many a tear, Let not my star of hope Grow dim or disappear." Her tears started afresh. She might live wearily on, but what would her poor father less children do ? She was weak and frail, and yet she must guide those young footstep* Life seemed dreary and darb, but she must live for their sake. Aa she listened to tut voico, she thought of the words it was sing ing. They seemed meant for hrr. She wa? a Christian. Bat the star of ber hope bsd grown dim in all th?3 great rorrow. She could not see through her blinding tears 1 bi glorious face of love bfcndiug over her. Ob. hut it was there, that blc??ed face, cud Ht who afflicted her, loved ber, tenderly-fui lb fully. Wai it not that abe might love Him moro lhat He had taken away her idol? Aud another wave of sorrow passed over her soul. She thought of her great loss, thc sad, lonely way, the aching heart. If she might go too. Shs could not bear the burden alone 1 Where va? the widow's God ? Had she not just had a glimpse heavenward ? "Leave thy fatherless, children; I will pre serve them alive, and let thy widows trust in me." She thought of that verse, and her faith grew stronger as she leaned on the Al mighty arm. There are widowed hearts all through this land. There are hours when all earthly con solation fails, and the bereaved one must bear the burden of gloom and^aintne3s which only the voice might dispel; and that voice ie hushed iu death. The thought of the bright fatherless faces clustcrod around too ernptj chair, and of tho now and heavy responsibil ity which the broken heart must sustain sends a weary pang to thc sufferer, and awnk ens unutterable longings to fly away and bt at rest. God loves ?nd pities these widowec ones. Ho will be their refuge, and strer.gthcr and cheer them, and give them daily gno. and consolation, if they trust Him. - -A^Hroji?eor*o?rHorror. The wreck of the Australian emigrant sid* London, with the los3 of over two hundrec lives, has .-.Iready been recorded. The Eu ?li?h papers received by tho Africa furni-1 ietails of tho catastrophe, excelling In borroi Mid interest anything of tho kind that hes oe jarred in Europe siuo Ile less of the Roya ^barter. At 2 P. m., the few ccu who were desi in ;d to survive to bring*thc sid story home ixteen of the crew and three of the passen rcrs-determined to*trust themselves to ike. b.nnce.3 of tho sea, lowered away tbe pinnace, ,nd launched !.er ?lear of the shi,*/. Thin: ucD called to tho Ca; tain to c-.mo with thea, mt this brave and et-n?tot-t English seamen leclined, saying "No, 1 will go down with he passengers; but 1 wish you God speed, nd safe to land." The boat then pulled way, no-T five minutes after t e London, with wo hundred and aevejtTSQuUcn board, went own, and all was ticer. Among the passenger? were two stout old eoplo who bad become favorites on board, nd who had been sent for by their orly sou. he poor creatures, on learning that they iu-t drown, took a small quantity of brand) nd.wor.i btluw to die together In the cabin. G. V. Brooke., the tragedian-, exerted kim df incessantly. One of the passengers who tw bim, ha.i said : " He h;ia worked wyn ?rluily, aud, in fact, more bravely than noy an on board ul that t-hip." To the steward, ho made himself known, Mr. Brooke s?d : If you sneered ia saving yoorf elf, -jive my rewejy io thc people of Melbourne." One of tb,u passengers iu the bent-Mr. din Wilson,-a uati;e of Montrose-went .wa iiito tile cabin and endeavored to par ado a friend-Mr. John Hickman, from iliarat, and brother to Mr. Hickman, solid r, of Southampton;-to attempt to save bia a by going into thc boa: ; but, af;cr bein? treated, he said, u No ; 1 promised my wife d children io stay by them, ard I will do Tho water was then a considerable pth on the leo side of tho saloon, indeed, er the tcp of tho berths ; ai:d he a*.ked \ WiUou to help him i.i retnov cg bis four ildren to the windward side, out of the wa '. Thu was doue, and then he shjok bauds th Mr. Wilson, wi!b '.Goodbye, Jack," J parted from Iiis friends forever. Vi'hen t seen Mr. Hickman was standing in a row th birt wife ar.d children. The captain, who was walking calmly up 1 down the poop, had refused to leave the p, but just bolera the boat put oil' be had ' eonsideratioa aud presence of mind lo e those i:i tho boat their "course." Tl-\ ft them that it lay east northeast lo Brest. ?eh was correct. Before tho boat could got pf? it.v. asia f-rcat danger of being suck down with the ship, which was rapidly Liing beneath the water. ! it that moment those in-tho bc?t were pite ly called upon by a lady aboiit twentj m years of age, who, ..with a face which i, It is stated, livid with horror, shrieked an ofLr of a *. thoasjj?d-puiii?n? if you'll e me in." Bat in that ?oleum hour ruU 3 cf monoy wosj?d haye beeu ac ounted ie!oss, and te*return must have rcaultod in ! ruction to ail. 'wo passengers were seen with lifo boats, probably uone were alive when they came he surface., The spectacle was only, tb leen, for in tho din of the tempest no cry i the sinking multitude could be heard, soon not a vt-atige was visible. As the > sunk, it was seen that all on deck were en forward, netty water, but b- a tre ;3ous arid overpoweritfj rush of air from w, which, aa it escaped through thc deck rell as the batches, impelled all on deck ?ard with violcnco, and their dreadful ggle must havo been soon ended. It was nrked that the third officer, who was ed Angel, stood to the last at his post at donkey ongtue, which was employed in king the ship, and that his hands wero ou engine even as the veeael disappeared, everal revolvers were seeu in the hards of ?engers, who- did not conceal their inton of shooting themselves when the last lent came, preferring to meet their death, n inevitable, by a bullet rather than by fning. Tho steward, indeed, overheard ffor by the owner of a pistol, .to a friend, be would shoot.him if he desired. Tho m san t offer at that tim? was .declined, whether these intentions wero carried execution ia not known., but no reports rearms arert? fceard as tho steamer foan 4; ... ... SWS . I Am Weary of Earth. BT MRS. MTJISBV? cor EL ?ND. I am weary of earth, with its hopes and it? fears ; I am weary of earth, with itu hopes and ita tears ; I am weary cf watching, and waiting, a nd.cr. re, That furrow the oheek, and that stirer the hair. I om weary of pleasure, where pleasure will fade; I am weary of trusting, where rfeut is betrayed ; lam weiry of friendship, whero friendship will die; I am weary of smiling, when grier bids me sigh. I am weary ci tormoil, of haired and strife ; They have slain thoso I loved best, and darkened my life; I am weary of sadness, I'm weary of mirth : I am weary, oh, weary !-so weary of earth ? Idaho. ? The message of Governor Lyon to the Legislature of Idaho contains some points of interest to Eastern people. During the past year, it seems over $17,000,000 worth of gold and silver has been produced in that Territo- . ry. and thc yield is rapidly increasing. The fallowing paragraphs from the message reads like an wcuact from tho -'Arabian Nights:" A bird's-eye view of the accumulating dis coveries in our mineral resources, reveals that vre have no less than 3,000 gold and sil ver-bearing quartz ledges, graded in their value aa in their richness, and new discove ries and new locations are bein g made almost daily. The width cf these lodes, or leads, varitis from three to thirty leet, and they prospect from twenty to five hondred dollars per ton. Located usually where wiiter-power aud timber are in abundance, they offer the highest inducements to the enterprising cap italists, whose investment can rarely fail of being of the most remunerative character. Among the other useful ores which have been discovered within the last year, tin, cin uabar, copper, lead, and iron in many forme, are of the first value ; yot platina, antimony, nickel, bismuth, irridura and rhodum, simple, or compounded with other minerals, are found ia various localities; but this is not all. Beds of th? best of iron, both anthracite and bitu minous, with rock salt, sulphur and gypsum, ((better known os the fertilizing plaster of commerce,) while the moat precious of gems, the diamond, has reen discovered in oar gulches, all give you a feeling foretaste of the illimitable extent of Idaho's varied mineral wealth, when tho hand of man sholl have unbosomed her biddon treasures. The wide extent of our aurift rous placers, only a moie ty of which has been well prospected, check red as they are by auriferous quartz lodes and leads, aro rivaled only by argentiferous mountain ledges, striated, lutninated and 'oliated with silver in chlorides sulnhurets arsenical, antimonial and virgin. This pre sents a fabulous array of marvelous deposits, which will require tho icdastry of ages to. develop and exhaust. Itt view of these facts, and of the increas ing production of the precious metals, Gov ernor Lyon thinks ihat Congress ought to .iivc them a milt and assay office in the Territory. Several will be needed, if the above statements are correct. ?i -? * ? Thc Legislature of Delaware on Polit ical Equality. Among tho measures pending nnd which .ve cannot bul regard as tending to prolong the period of bitter strife' and to be fraught with ibo constituents of misrtiU; and discard, ts the Bill which lias passed the House of lif-prcsentativt-ft, erecting universal-negro mf irage in the District of Columbia, ll isa varty experiment'upon the ri<jJtts of the legal :oters of the Diitrict. Thc-o have, with great unanimity, and with, we believe, but itxtcen dissentients, expressed thtir convie rons through the ballot box against the ex lediency and wisdom bf conferring upou the rolored race the elective franchise, and ad oittiag them to the exercise of the highest i:itl most sacred of political rights. Their ?quality ns to civil rights is not deputed. Ia his avowal the citizen-- of the District hive mt followed tho example of Connecticut, linnesota, Colorado and other States of the sTorth. These had repudiated negro suffrage, i'aese who, under tho Constitution, were tho nly legal voters, expressed their will in the ame way and by virtue of tho samo power, od their utterances should bav? been as po int In the full right of this prctcrt and in -ic face of this proclamation of public senli lent, one branch of the legislative depart ?ent has, by a large mnjority, declared vari nt mci's political equal?. The Legislature of Delaware, now ra ses on, has spoken on this subject in no tmccr li it iones. It3 Sonso of lu preventatives has lopted the following resolutions: Jtiesolced, By tho Se?ale and House of ..?presen tari ves of the State of Delaware in entrai Assembly met: That we, the Gtne .1 Assembly of the State of Delaware, do .-reby express our ur.qualiiled disapproba 3n of the ll II lately passed by the lower ouse of Congress, now pending before the '.unte, conferring upon tho negroes of the istrict of Columbia tho right of Guffrage, id consider that tho passage of such a law juld be a lasting stigma and disgrace to the ?ewhite menofthiscountry,and a sad com i'utary upon their intelligence. Ucsolttd, further, That the immutable laws God have affixed upon the brow of the lite races the ineffaceable stamp of superi ity, and that ali attempts to elevate tho gro to a social or political equality with tho lite man is futile aud subversive of the coda d aims fur which the Amer:-an Govern >nt was established, and contrary to the strines and teachings of the fathers of tho public. Resolved, further, That in our opinion the 'sago of such a law. by Congress is but the 7 noie of other wrongs and outrages to be reafter ie?icted upon tho white people of i States. Resolved, further, That we tender to the ile people of tho District of Columbia our rp and sincere sympathy for them in their ire>-8, and denounce the ad as a violation their popular rights recently manifested an election. .'hese resolutions speak for themselves. If i power be conceded, thea Congress may irge or abridge the sui frage. As was said Mr. Kerr, of Indiana, "It may impose a perty -qualification ; it may give suffrage .lack mon, and take it from white men >n it pleases. It can annul provisions on subject of suffrage at its own pleasure." t docs not fellow, because there is juris icu in legislation, that, therefore,.thora is >lutu and illimitable power. The views he President on this point we will h?re r allude to. In tho meontin.e, we would mond to all who are really io favor of a ored Republic, the following ai peal made President Johnson in a spe-tch delivered dm in the Senate of the United States, he 12th of December, 1850 : " The time arrived whet; encroachment; should cease, we ask is that as brothers ol' the same it Confederacy, you will understand and y out the Constitution aa it is. Lot na c agitation and stand tepon tJie Constitution :he common altar, and maintain all its antees, and swear by our father*and the who made us, that the Constitution and -uarantees fhall be preserved, and m do so, wo shall preserve the Union, and in erring, the Union, we shall bavo peace harmony,'aud unexampled prosperitr,v _ rleslon Courier. -i-T-;--1- . *. Sr- Tho loboT- prosp'eots en Xt? f d-Sirer fati?ns aie more' clfeorteT" th* ,{r*tf[uYen Imposed to giro their employers befar satis