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Beanreta itl- V* e*M»n Bar be
rue.
fi. C. F. in tluf.lu< ksop Cla
rion: Piovidcue equaling up
on the efforts of an oppressed
people, gave n», on ^fiie 2nd
inst, a bracing autumnal
breeze and an unclouded sun.
The unanimity of our p«b
ple in the great battle against
radicalism, is so striking an
to merit special attention.
Feeling that the white peo
j pic of this country are indeed
‘a band of brothers,1 strug
gling to avert, the still greater
-social,moral aud financial ca
lamities wliich the hated sway
of Ames and his followers
will inevitably entail upon us
if they are not plucked from
the flight places wh5ch they
usurp; our citizens haveopen
edr their pockets and enlisted
their hearts in the glorious
cause.
Wo appointed a full corps
of committees to make every
artangemont for the tarbecue
And night parade,and assign
ed in writiug to each com
mittee the speci’l duties w hich
it wtp expected to perform.
It would have warmed your
hearts to have sum our citi
zens labor for, the entertain
ment of the expected guests.
I>o yon suppose any cash was
paid out for labor! If you
have such an idea, you mis
take the temper of this end
of Copiah. No. Was a wagon
or team wanted! The teaui
ntors who cUan&al to lie met
in the road,laid asido his own
private business and contrib
uted his own and his team’s
services.
Was lumber wanted! The
lumberman said here it is,and
here is my team to haul it.
Did you want pits dug, and
wood chopped? Enthusiastic
democrats, white aud black,
sprang forward with spades
and axes and the work was
doue.
Did you need the services
of mechanic*? They were on
hand, aud the sound of the
spado in the grouud, and the
axe and the hammer were
heard on every side ringing
in unison to the tune of ‘dow n
with Ames!’
We remarked that we would
like to have a ship,aud White
f and Olongli and Thomas said
you shall have it; and when
we intimated that we might,
he short of meat, four or live
of our best citizens said, ‘go
ahead, and if on Friday eve
ning yon are short, we’ll slay
all our live stock rather than
that our guests should suffer.
And so, gentlemen, we could
not fail to make a great suc
cess of our patriotic enter
prise.
Brookhaven Ledger: The
barbecue ami torch light pro
cession given at Beauregard
and Wesson on the 2d was
the grandest affair of the kind
we have ever witnessed. The
attendance was large, estima
ted at twenty-five hundred,
and every thiug was conduct
ed decorously. There was no
drunkenness or bad behavior,
bnt the most unbounded en
thusiasm and good feeling.—
Copiah is to day bettor organ
ized than any county in the
State If all were organised
as well the democrats wonld
carry the State by twenty-fire
thousand majority.
At an early honr the citi
zens began to .assemble, but,
owiug to the delay of trains,
all did not arrive until two
o’clock. Grounds for the spea
king and dinner had been
prepared half-way between
Beauregard and Wesson.—
Messrs. Barksdale, Potter,
George, Seal, Rowan, Fair
man, Ohristnan, King, T. E.
Cooper, Sinclair, Jacob Coo
per, addressed the people.
The dinner, which was ser
ved about throe o’clock, was
bountiful.
The torch-light procession
was a grand affair. Indeed
vrS'-do uot believe abetter one
has over be3ii gotten up in
the State. It was headed by a
cannon that was tired at sev
orhl places along the route.
Then eamo an elegant and
beautifully illuminated ship,
with its sails flying and sail
ors aboard, named ‘The Doc
tor,’ iu honor of Dr E. A.
Rowan,one of the candidates
for the Legislature. Follow
ing this, with their torches,
banners, and' transparencies,
bearing most appropriate de
TiecR. The procession mafeh
ed around Beauregard, down
to Wesson and back. It was
about four hundred yards in
length. AH along the line of
march the stores and residen
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ees were beautifully illumin
ated.
At about twelveoelock the
crowd dispersed,each one feel
ing sauguine of successon tho
2d day of November.
* It is worthy of note that a
large number oflliepiloreci
men of Copiah tflHffpfiave
joined the deinoClafffc clubs,
amLtake as active a part in
public demonstrations as tho
whke people. We noticed
many of them in the proces
sion, all of whom seemed
proud of the badg|i they wore
«hd rejoiced* that the down
fall of Radicalism was near
at band.
"Wesson Factory.
Col. Frants, of the Brandon
Republican, speaking of his
recent visit to Copiah,says of
the Mississippi Mills at Wes
son :
To give anything like a de
tailed description would oc
cupy more space than you can
spare, so 1 will merely give
the dimensions of tho build
ings,capacity of the mills,etc.
The main building is 160 feet
long, 50 feet wide and three
stories high. In the rear of
tho main building is another
building 150 feet long,50 feet
wide and two stories high.—
Besides those there are num
erous other small buildiugs,
which are tn>cdasstore rooms,
offices, <fce. They are now
running 4,500 spindles and
108 looms, together with all
other ncccssaiy machinery
for manut^cturing cotton and
woolen cloths of every des
cription, yarns, thread, &e,
and employing 250 opera
tives. The mill consumes ov
er 2,000 bales of cotton and
150,000 pounds of wool annu
ally. The cotton is all bought
at the mill, from the planters
of the surrounding country,
and the operatives are mostly
children of the poor people in
Copiah and the surrounding
bounties. These mills make
about 150 different styles of
cloths, besides yarns, sewing
thread, etc, tor all of which
they find a ready sale. The
sales are principally made to
retail dealers in the State,
though the merchants of the
Northwest have found out
that the floods manufactured
here are much better than
those manufactured in New
England, and are making
largo orders tor them.
The company, encouraged
by past success, is now erect
ing, and will have completed
by the first of November an
other magnificent building
212 feet loug, 0 feet wide,
and four stories high, with
Mansard roof. The new ma
chinery for this building is
now arriving, and will be put
up and teady for use by the
first of January. The now
building will have 5,000spin
dles and 150 looms, and will
employ about 250 more ope
ratives.
Littlo boys and girls from
12 to 15 years of age, earn
from 30 to 50 cents per day.
Grown girls averago about 75
cents per day,and the average
laboring man about $1 25
per day. All operatives are
furnished cottages to live in
free of rent.
The population of Wesson
is about 1200, and rapidly in
creasing. It contains three
large dry goods and grocery
stores, a large hotel, several
fine residences, and a large
number of neat cottages.
The mills are owned by a
joint stock company,of which
onr old friend E. Richardson
is president, and Ooi. Win.
Oliver see’y and treasurer.
The valse of these mills to
the surrounding country is
almost incalculable, and we
hope the day 1» not far dis
tant when there will be a
similar establishment in eve
ry county in the State.
Vicksburg Monitor: Col.
Ned Richardson has given
the democratic party $4500,
and says he will raise the a
inount to $10,000 it needed.
Bally for uncle Ned.
A wag seeing a lady at a
i party with a very low-necked
dress, remarked, in a very au
‘jdible voice: “she really,oufc
j 8tij>s the whole j’urly!”
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APPENDIX
To Gen. George's Letter Pub
lished last Week.
Massachusetts. — Negroes
were not allowed to be enrol
led in the militia, but they
were reqaired to attend the
calls of the militia compa
nies and to do such work ns
might lie required df them by
the ofBoera. — Revision of
Massachusetts Laws ol 1814,
p. 886. «
Negroes and mulattocs were
prohibited from entertaining,
any uegro ormuiattosorvants
under a penalty of five shil
lings for each offence, and if
any were unable to. pay the
fine he was to work in the
house of correction, at hard
labor-, for two days for each
shilling of the fine.—lb.
The statute recited in its
preamble that great charge
and inconvenience have oc
curred to divers towns, by re
leasing and setting free ne
groes and mulatto slaves; ami
then enacted that no such
persons shall bo freed, until
bond and security bo first giv
en to indemnify the town
against such negro or mulat
to becoming a charge on the
town. Ib. p 745.
In tlic saino book p 748 it
is enacted, ihat if a negro or
mulatto shall strike any per
son of the English oi other
Christian nation he shall be
punished by a severe whip
ping at the discretion of the
J nstice.
And at same place it is en
acted that no one of the En
glish, Scot or other Christian
nation shall intermarry with
a negro or mulatto, and a
penalty of fifty pounds, $250
is imposed on any minister
who shall solemnize such a
marriage.
In the Kevisi m of thestat
utesof 1830, p 375, intermar
riage between whites and
blacks is again prohibited.
Rhode Island.—In the Re
vision of the Statutes of 1822
p 371, intermarriage between
whites and blacks were pro
hibited, and such a marriage
declared void. This provis
ion was continued in the Re
vision of 1857, p 312, and al
so iu the revision 1872, eight
years after the wfar closed,
page 325, and a person join
ing sneh persons in marriage
was liable to a fine of $200.
Whites only allowed to vote;
Revision of 1822, p 89.
The gran ting of license for
keeping taverns, ale house*,
victualing bouses, cook shops
oyster shops, and for retailing
1 iquo.*s were prohibited to
any colored or black persons,
nor shall any white person,
duly licensed suffer any col
ored or blank person in his
employ, or his agent to sell
any liquor whatever, under
the penalty of forfeiting such
license.—Revision of 1822,
p 296.
In same book, on page
444, it is enacted, “tliat if
any free negro or mulatto,
shall keep a disorderly house
or entertain any person at
unseasonable honrs, or in an
extravagant manner,” the
town conncil may break up
the house keeping of such
negro or mulatto, and bind
him out to serve for two
years.
Slavery was abolished in
Rhode Island in. 1784, but
their children were continued
under the control of their
owners until they were twen
ty-one years of age.
By Constitution of 1844,
only citizens of the United
States were allowed to vote,
(this excluded negroes as
they were not citizens then.)
Connecticut: Slavery was
abolished in 1784, by declar
ing free all born of slave
mothers after that time, but
these children were bound to
serve their owners until the
age of twenty-five years.—
Those born before wero con
tinued in slavery.
See Jackson vs Bullook, 2
Conn R 38. ♦
In Revision of 1821 (sec
Conatitution of Connecticut
Art, 6), only whites weraal
lowed to vote.
The amended constitution
of 1815, contains the same
i :
provision (seerevision of 1739
p 47), aud this provision re
mains in words in the con
stitution of Connecticut np
to the present time. A ne
gro can’t now'vote in Con
necticut except by virtue of
the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, the State consti
tution prohibits it. Sde re
vision of 1875, p 52.
Negroes were prohibited
from serving in the militia
in revision of 1839, p 426,
and in the revisi on of 1840,
p 652, in the revision of 1836,
p557, and this prohibition
was left out, only the revision
of the present year, 187b?Ip
111. \ >
Vermont: Only whites al
lowed to serve in the militia.
Revision of 1825, p 611.—
This provision continued in
the revision of 1840, p 557,
and revision of 1850, p 630,
and left out in revision of
1870, p 645.
New Hampshire: Whites
only allowed in militia. Re
vision of 1853, p 197.
1 found no statute later in
date to this.
Maine: Marriage between
whites and negroes prohibi
ted. Revision of 1841, p
350, continued in revision of
1857, p 390, and also in re
vision of 1871, p 483.
Citizens of United States
only voters, excluding olacks
as they were not citizens.—
Constitution of Maine, 1819,
article 2.
Pennsylvania: Slavery was
abolished in this State in
1870. Dunlaps revision p
126.
The Act, after an eloquent
recital of the wrongs of the
slaves, and the evils of sla
very, and a reference to the
happy condition ot the whites
in escaping the slavery to
which they had been doomed
by the nritish, and declaring
the whites, by long experi
■enqe had been wealed #fr«*n
prejudices, and that their
hearts were now nlled with
benevolence and kindness to
wards all men, and that in
justice to the unhappy 6iaves
they now proceeded to act;
then merely set free those
who shall be born within the
State after the passage of the
Act, retaining ail osiers in
slavery*. With a proviso,
however, that all so born and
set free should be servants
and bound to their owners
till they were twenty-eight
years of age.
Negroes and in ulattoes were
excluded from militia duty
till 1872. Purlon’s digest,
p 1269; Brightley’s digest,
p 1040. They were not al
lowed to serve on the jury.
Brightley’s Purdon’s digest,
820: Whites only allowed
to vote till 1870.
New Jersey: Act passed
February, 1820 for the grad
ual abolition of slavery made
free every child born of a
slave since July 4, 1804, but
provided that such child
should remain the servant of
tbe owner of his or her moth
er, as if bound to service by
the overseers of the poor un
til the male children were
twenty-eight and (he female
twenty-one years of age. Re
vision of 1847, p 360
On the 18th of April, 1846,
(same Revision, p 380,) an
act was passed to abolish sla
very finally, and every slave
in the State was made free;
but every snch freedman was
made an apprentice to his
then owner, who was only
allowed todischarge him from
service by procuring the cer
tificates of the overseers of
tbe poor and of two justices
that such apprentice propos
ed to be freed, was of sound
mind and capable of making
. a support; or without such
certificate if the owner wo’d
give bond with security tl»»t
the negro would not become
a charge on the county.
The children of these ap
prentices were to be support
ed by their masters till they
were six years old, and then,
in all cases they were to be
bound as poor children by
overseers of the poor, the
owner li aving the preference.
, Persons enticing away such
'apprentices were declared
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guilty of a misdemeanor and
fnie<F# 100, and persons liar
boring such apprentices were
made liable to pay one dollar ;
for each day they so harbor
ed them.
Ojfily whites were allowed
to bg enrolled in the militia.
Ibid 745, and #nly whites
wor| entitled to vote. Soe
constitution of 1847, Art 2.
The Constitution, as far as
I have bee able to learn, has
not been changed.
Ohio: Act passed in 1804,
prohibited after June 1st of
that year, any black or mu
latto persons from settling of
residing in the State without
a certificate of freedom, any
person employing such a per
son without certificate shall
be fined from $10 to $50 00.
Revision of 1847, p 592. In
1807 an Act was passed pro
hibiting any negro or mulat
to from settling in the State,
uuless he shall, within twen
ty days after his arrival, give
bond with two or more free
hold saretics in the penalty
of $500, conditioned for the
good behavior of such negro
or mulatto, and to pay for his
support, in case he shall ho
unable to support himself,
and if any negro or mulatto
shall immigrate unto the
State withoutcomplying with
the above, it Was made the
duty of the overseer of the
poor to remove him as a pau
per. Ib p 593. And if any
person shall employ, harbor
or conceal such a negro or
mulatto, who has not com
plied with the above, be shall
forfeit $100, and be liable to
support the same in case he
becomes unable to do so.-Ib.
In the same Act, a negro
or mulatto was made an in
competent witness in any
case in which a white person
was interested.— Ib.
Tlio Constitution of Ohio
in force, when the war end
ed* confined the right to vote
to* whites.—Constitution of;
Ohio, Art 5, Sec 1.
In 1859 an .Act was pass
ed directing Judges of elec
tion to reject all voters who
had a distinct and visible ad
mixture of African blood.—
Swann & Crutchfield’s Stat
utes of Ohio, p 549.
Judges receiving such
votes were made liable to a
fine from $100 to $500 and
imprisonment from one to
six months, and any porson
aiding or advising such vot
ing was made liable to same
imprisonment.—lb.
In 1861, (see Swann &
Savers’ Revision of 1868, p
267,) an Act was passed pro
hibiting any person of pure
white blood from intermar
rying or having illicit earnal
intercouse with my negro, or
with any pervon having a
distinct and visible admix
ture of African blood, under
penalty of a lino of $100,
and imprisonment for three
months.
In 1868 an act was passed
containing sevovo provisions
against negroes voting.
Negroes not allowed to
servo as jnrors.—Laws of
Ohio of 1840, p27. Swann’s
Revision of 1859, p 487; re
vision of 1861, p 751, and
the prohibition was in force
in 1868,
Indiana: By Statute free
negroes were prohibited from
settling in the State, unless
bond and security for $100,
in each case was given, that
ho should not becnmeach&rge
on the county as a pauper,
and it was provided that if
the negro was convicted of
any penal offence, (however
trivial, as ou affray of gain
ing,) the whole bond was for
feited.
A negro settling in the
State, and failing to give the
bond, was to be hired out by
a public officer for six months
artless ho remove from the
State, and any person hiring
or harboring su^h a negro,
was liable to be fined $100.
A negro or mulatto having
one-fbnrth negro blood eo’d
not be a witness for or against
a white person.—lb p 404.
By the first constitution,
adopted in 1816, only whites
I were allowed te vote, Art 6,
(sec 11. Marriages betwoen
whites and bracks were pro
hibited, and if snob persons
should go oat of the State to
many, the marriage was void
in Indiana; whitesand blacks
or mulattocs intermarrying,
wero liable to imprisonment
in the penitentiary from one
to ten years, and all persons
aiding in or advising such
marriage were punishable in
the same way, and any per
son concealing or hfeur’xmng
whites and negroes Who had
intermarried with intent to
prevent their detection and
punishment, were punishable
in the penitentiary from one
to five years.—lb p 595 and
870.
No want of religious be
lief in whites was a ground
to exelnde their, as witnesses;
but blacks and inulattoes
weift excluded in cases for or
against whites. Revision of
1843, p 719. This provision
was in force at least as late as
1862. G <fc H Stat Vol 2 p
166.
The Constitution of Indi
ana, made in 1851 and still
remaining, as then written
at least as lale as 1870, pro
hibits negroes and mnlattoes
from voting. Art V sec 5,
and Art 12 of that constitu
tion prohibits negroes and
mulattoes from moving to
and settling in the State,and
that constitution makes void
all contracts made with ne
groes and mnlattoes so com
ing into the State, and pun
ishes all persons employing
them or cnconraging them to
settle in the State, from $50
to $500.
In the revision of 1862 p
361, the game provision here
tofore set out as to intermar
riages between whites and
blacks was continued.
By statute, negroescoming
into the State to settle in vi
olation of the constitution
were liable to be fined from
$100 to $500. Rev 1852 p
376.
And by that constitution
negroes and mnlattoes were
excluded from the militia.
Art 12, see 1, and this pro
vision is still in force, Davis’
Supp <>r 1870, p 341.
In 1860, negroes and niu
lattoes were not liable to
school taxes, nor entitled to
the benefit of school funds in
Indiana. G & H Rev vol 1
p 542. This provision was
re-enacted on the 6th March
1765. Davis’ Supp, p 440.
Very stringent laws were
passed to carry out that pro
vision of the constitution,
which prohibited negroes
from settling in the State,
and those were not repealed
till 22nd Feb, 1867, but the
constitution itself remained
unchanged in 1870, and is
probably so at ibis time.
JUDGE WILLIS.
Thomas A. Willis was a
native of North Carolina and
came to Winchester 'vthen the
county site of Wayne county
and a very flourishing vil
lage) abmt the year 1817 or
1818 and settled as lawyer.
At that time the learned pro
teB8ions were not, ns now
adays, crowded and the sup
plyfai exceeding the demand.
He did a good practice. A
few years after he came there
lie married Miss Margaret
Holden. An incident occur
red while visiting there, that
always caased him a pang of
regret, though he felt that he
was not guilty of having wil
fully taken the life of his fel
low man. At a celebration
of the fourth of July, a large
concourse had assembled and
as was common on those days
the convivial bowl was in
requisition. A citizen ofthe
connty had imbibed too free
ly and was becoming some
what boisterous. Mr. Willis
went to him and endeavored'
to persnaite him to desist,
whereupon analteroation en
sned and Mr. Willis struck
| him one blow with his hand,
which unfortunately disloca
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ted his neck,' killing him in
stantly. The excitement ran
| high, as the deceased belong
ed to one of the wealthiest
and most influential families
in that connty and almost
any man of less nerve than
i . • •
Mr. Willis would Have fled
the country rather than con
front that powerful array of
wealth and influence against
bin.. Bnt be did not and re
ui&ined, fully conscious that
he coaid not suffer from a
verdict of an impartial jury,
and being too, a total stran
ger to fear. No one attoiup
ted to avenge the killing, bnt
be was indicted. There exis
tod good grounds for achange
of venne and be was snstain
ed in Ms motion (Hr such
change, was tried in another
county and acquitted. Many
years after that Jn the same
town he became involved in
a street fight, and though
wounded and his adversary
escaped unhurt, public opin
ion regarded.him as the" vic
tor. There was a tradition
in that county, that after he
had removed front there he
fonght a duel with a gentle
man named Smith whom he
killed.
He romoved from Wayne
county to the Western part
of the State and finally set
tled in Gopiali county where
he continued to reside until
his death.
He served as Judge of the
Circuit Court for many years
having been appointed un
der the old constitution and
elected by the people under
the new and was on the cir
cuit attending to his official
duties when he took sick and
died from home about the
year 1847.
His person was tall and
commanding. Ho was about
six feet high, finely formed,
and weighed about cne hun
dred and ninety pounds. His
hair was black as the raven's
wing, and hiseyoa dark,with
a keen and penetratmgglance
and when ho was excited they
had a fierce and threatening
expression that betokened
dangor to all who opposed
him.
Asa Judge, lie was upright
and honest, and though he
made no extravagant pveten
tions to learning and ability,
bis decisions compared favor
ably with other Judgps who
did. When the law was not
plHin and the authorities 3011
dieted, he reached his con
clusions by following tho die
bites of sound common sense
and a desire to meto out jus
tice between the parties. In
private life and around the
liouib circle he was social and
free from that, reserve that he
maintained in the crowd. He
was kind and indulgent to
his fatnik, and was a remark
ably good neighbor. He was
a man of strong natural sense
of iron will, and undaunted
courage, a truefriond an open
enemy.
His widow died manyyears
ago in Copiah and none of
their children survive them.
His son Thomas A. was kil
led at Shiln, and his eon
Aram B. was killed in a per
sonal rencounter. His three
daughters are also dead leav
ing children, one of whom,
W. M. Massie, resides in the;
city of Jackson.
i'onnany years before liis
death, Judge V^illis was and
continued to be ail exempla
ry member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South.,
—Meridian Gazette.
fifty thousand dollars has
been expended at Jackson
ville, 111., in an unsuccessful
attempt to find a bed of coal
worth working.
They are trying to accli
mate th eFkmda cedar tree
in Germany, as it famishes
the only kind of wood suita
ble for the manufacture of
load pencils.
A Mississippi professor has
cauliflowers eleven inches in
diameter solid, smooths and
without a break. He ma
nures Ills land by plowing in
ff9,
Jf Butter-makers would
all try to produce the very
best article and take it to the
m irket in good shape, there
would be more butter consu
med, the price would advance
and butter-making would pay
better than any other branoh
' offarmiug.
THE TWO ROADS. yl
There is no more perniv
cions fallacy thtftf fbe oiW sc?
frequently held H# yct!thf
that indulgence in theeffltffMr
of folly may lie (tarried oit
for a tune, and then ufam*
doncd at Brill, without loaf"
ingany permanent stain upon*
the character. Probably nrf
one, conscious of wrong do
ing, ever purposes its ulti
mate contmnance. With the
recognition of evil conduct
‘here conies a full intention
of abandoning it at some fu
ture time. It is this expect
tation that paliates the sens#
of gnilt, and leads so many
01. step hystep in the down-'
ward road to ruin.
Of all the truth* which de
serve to be firmly inculcated
in the minds of the youngs
none are more vitally iinjmr
tant than those which under-'
lie tho growth or foruiatiatr
of character. It is a com-'
mon idea that character i*r
soniotlung we can make and
unmake, mould, fashion and *•
change at pleasure, whereas
the truth is, it is governed
by immutable laws which
can never be transgressed
with impnnity. We come
into existence with various
tendencies, derived from our
ancestors, and predisposing
ns to certain inodes of action.
Fpr these of course, wo are
not responsible. Gradually,
however, we ernne to per
ceive the nature of these ten
iencies, and to distinguish^
the good from the evil, and
simultaneously with this per
ception we feal a power with
in us to obey or resist them.
From this time every choice
we make i« strengthening:
that power in one direction
and weakening it in another;
it is affoeting, in some way,
the dispositions which will
guide all oursubseqnentchoi
ces and thus influencing in
its measure our whole fntnre
life and character. Front
this influence we call no more
free ourselves than from the
tendencies wc inherit from
our parents. That is, we can
never undo the effect of a
single action, or go back iiv
character to the exact spot wer
occupied betore. Thus, he
who ont o conquers a tempta
rion to dishonesty or mean
ness will thereby increase
his power to overcome a sim
ilar temptation in future,and
the continual repetition of
this choice will in time wv
change his disposition that
the temptation loses all hold
upon him, and a love for
strict integrity takes its place.
If on the other hand ho
yields to the first enticement
he paves the way for the sec
ond, and gradually his resist
ing power loses strength and
he falls a victim to the en
tanglements which habitual ,
deceit has thrown around
him.
The Clarion states the case
♦has, eloquently: For ten
long, weary years, the down
I trodden people of this onco
great Stale, have sojourned,
weary, footsore and oppres
sed, in the desolate and bur
ning wilderness of carpet-bag
misrule and tyranny. Our
I pilgrimage is almost ended.
From the summit of Mount
Pisgah our faithful leaders
stand, and view the promised
land, beantifnl with its clear
streams of living waters, its
broad expanded vales of the
brightest green, smiling in
the golden sunlight of Liber
ty. In November next the
host will pass over Jordan
and realize the inheritance of
Liberty.
Never cross a bridge before
yon get to it.
Pat was asked the other
day if he understood French,
‘Yes; yonr honor, if it’s spo
ken in Irish.’ >
Soft-soap in some shape fl
pleases all; and generally #
speaking thejuiore “lye” yon
put m*o it the better. /
If stock aro allowed too1 f,
mnek salt it acta upon the f
stomache and intestines as J
an irritant poison, and fre#'
quently causes death.
Colonel Innis, of Colum
bus, Ohio, claims that he
ge*a rid of the green cabbage
worm bv sprinkling bis cab
bages with brine while tlie^
[dew is<m.