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I . - v PIN' ,1. 'VIII. THIRD SERIES SALISBURY. N. C, JUNE, 28, 1877. NO 36 - ITTnl TI JL J16 f 44.Mmt4iiHMUi I . ...... wdLl Ulllldl - ' - . ..... .-..,.' . - -- Mt. Vf.rxox, N. C. Slxuay, April 15th, 1877. f Wakhmin.: , A horse may nave ex- jonaHy good . and even superlative t action and disjiosition he may be odel of fine qualities but one ugly t may spoil them Perfectly en- ntingiifthe-caws and docility which carries you in theWldle and works to , niovr, lie may be balky to the wagon ; IllflV lOSe Ills JMtrono an iiavriici uc- ase he blunders badly now and then; - 1!IV lx 6o wild and vicious in his hab t tiiiit, iu spite of symmetry of limb and a'scle, great natural strength and noble yiree, be may le a terror to the bost r ami all who have to approach him. It is justthe ame way with men. jie lwne of genius is often a single weak pssa solitary besetting sin. ' . -iTliere was but one crack in the lan fern," says Spurgcon'-nud the wind has mini it out arid blown out' the candle, low great a mischief one unguarded point f character may cause' us J One spark jew up the .magazine, and shook the rliolc country for. miles around. One ak sank the vessel and ..drowned all on loan!.: Ouc wound may kill the body. )d'mi'i may destroy the soul.'7 Alexander the Great was cut short at e very summit of his career by the wine yp t'a sar, by thirst for regal honors llauuibal, by procrastination Ilonaparte, v overweening confidence in his own uu jwragoncd and almost invincible military plans. Samson had his death-siren in the lovely but false Delilah the son of the Trojan king, in the fair and fatal Helen Mark Anthony, in the wily and splendid f Jlcopntra the Earl of Somerset, in. that j beautiful demon and fascinating fury," the Countess of Essex. Kichlieu wasted iway under a mortal malady, which Inuliiallv sapped his vitals, in" the midst pf that consummate glory aud high-tide of statesmanship, wherein he made his king jlay the keeoudiiry part to himself. Maza jinjiu an era of grandeur inheritwl from lie wonderful prime-minister, Kichlieu, iuik lH-neath a fatality of disease not un like that of his predecessor. The Duke of piu'kingham, albeit a man of mark, was ruined by his blind, infernal bjgotry, ihieli would even make love to the"queen ud subvert the whole kingdom to the iatih''atio'of his" lusts. Lord liacon, fuilty of political baseness, loses our es Sii'iii, in spite of his eminence asa philoso pher. Haleigh lost his all by attempting theu failing to find the El Dorado he infortiuiately volunteered to discover. Aii insulted nation laid the Earl of Straf jonl's head on the block for taking a bribe to give away their liberty. Doctor .Dodd, resit divine and eloquent reacher though was, sull'eml the highest enalty of law, and was hung for forgery. Arch ishop LjuhI, Ht. 'Dominic and Toi'que iiadu were self-sacrificed by their own ex treme stand for ' high-chnrchism -and Sorvisni. Milton and Drvden, amid a 9ntli:tte and degenerate peojile, cast ieir pearls- Wforc swine, and never lived ;o liear of their own just fame. Charles .In- Fifth, over-reaching for self-aggran-jizfinent, onenel the war for the mailt 6riH-hery of Maurice, and his own humil iation followed. Cardinal Wolsey fell from the pinnacle of power by being uif llile.to gratify his sovereign in one par ticular, after he hat risen on the shoul iers of that sovereign by humoring his laprires.;' Iord Uyron, by unbridled pas ftion, which his position as an Euglish ;er'gave him the wealth ami power to Sajtisfy to'the utmost, was plunged liead frtig into an overwhelming gulf of re Aiorse. j'Aaron lUvrr, by, .that insatiate inibitioTi which would annihilate its rival t all hazards, sent his name down to ihs terity staimMl with a crime little less than nimler. Benedict Arnold, brave though ic was, lKM'aihe a traifor and a disgi-.ice foreyer to the' escutcheon of America by ji ving way to the devilish promptings of tinoihid jealousy. John l?aptist Kos I'luij the eminent French poet, possessed f fine genius ; bnt "an unhappy temper embittered his life by stimulating liim to ibuse those whose friendship would have pijnciired him a place above dependence.71 Hubert Hum's bane was strong drink. Iean Swift and Cowjxir were both vic jjhns to a melancholy iminia. Turgot, the fiieat French statesma n could mt stand he ridicule of the profligate and vicious who rioted on the miseries of the people," inu he retired from public life. Queen Elizabeth's treatment of Mary Quecii of cotts, and her almost; innumerable foi bles sadly tarnish her fame.) Mirabeau, the distinguished French revolntionist, J'jfts 4 debauched man, Ayhose private vi fes stained all.: Spain has never recover ed from the loss she snstainel:'-by one rash net of Philip the' Third-thc banlsh jnent of theMoors, n million of peaceable i)d useful artists, from his dominions. pVul, the Latin poet, permitted impurity tj delile the sweetness of his numbers, and fits finest productions are sullied with li centiousness. -Lord Chesterfield was an Excellent scholar ; but hitffefftivrinsidinns ?.v 'inculcate tlie loosest principles. Fer dinand of Spain by founding I that fearful tribunal, -the Iuqnisitioii,4; licclondetl his sWy as the king who sent jColumbus to fml a new worlds : f We might continue this ; list ad iufini f"w, but enough. have been cited to show fiowRurely one sinowe weakness, or one Jfgleet Hdots everything else alont a mau.' Several of the characters above lientioued lived to point the melancholy 3toral that the singly besetting sin of Pidecan cause much ruip j . a'nd that the freater Jhe levatioi to which unlawful itjihitioii can raise a man, the greater H be .hi subsequent humiliation ;-- tbat jhide goetli bxfore destnictiou, and a aaughty spirit ,l)efore a fall." Others, ijpun, were victims of misfortnne or dis sise, tbr winch they were not prepared or Waniahle ; showing ho v utterly vain and Hil.v blasteil are all earth's hopes how Jid humbles us, in his inscrutable wis jun,by attlictioiisand privations, show J' that divine grace and due submission divine will are the onlr 6hio and ali tor worth having Even the favorite of IV1 une is not secure agauist her caprices no one can b:iv. u-Iumi life id closin'r- fortune has always trailed on mc.n But cumtian alone can say : "OHleath, t here is thy sting? O grave where is -n.V-victnrvT" A1 l.ut ic tlftf., mr. nan need wish to lo able t y at H;li an hour. IV II. tWm. Smith colored, was up for1 v Charlotte. Heplead the sta "oigamy statute of Ritation. savin? he thnnsrht if a man-had 0t lived with his wife for seven years ho "l iioerty to marry again. TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL- INTER NATIONAL" CONVENTION OF THE YOUNG MEVS CHRISTIAN ASSO CIATIONS: i The Twenty-second Annnal Convention of the Yonng MenV Christian Association of the United States and British Provinces assembled in Library Hall, Lnisville, 4xm eunesaay, June d, at II a. sr., about three hundred delegates being in attend ance. The Convention is a fine looking body of active Christian yonng men, rep resenting associations from almost every State arid Province, and coming as they do, from every Evangelical denomination, it is a body the 4ike of which is seldom gathered together. , The hall is beautifully decorated wilh flowers, mottoes span the stage, such as "All from the Father," "All in the Son,n "AIJ by the Holy Ghost," and over the. stage gracefully entwined are the English and American flags, emblems of the two great, Christian nations of the earth. The most luxurious homes of the city are occupied by the delegates, and the pastors and churches of the city are heart ily in sympathy with the Christian Asso ciation of Louisville; u its efforts to care for the Convention. . The Convention was called to order by Russel Sturgis, Jr., of Boston, President of the Toronto Convention. After de votional exercises in a brief address he spoke of the success tliat has attended the association in every phase of their work in all parts of the land during thierjrear, and ofthe increased responsibility resting upon them for a faithful prosecution of theirwork in future. In closing he said : But, dear brethren, wre work for the Lord Jesus Christ. He has promised us the presence and power ofthe Holy Ghost; and 0 that God may grant in this conven tion what has been so manifest in our con ventions lately the presenco and power of the Holy Ghost; ami that we may have this power let us realize that the burdens that are laid upon us are such that we can not personally carry, and that we miuit roll them upon Him, the sin-bearer, and the care-bearer, too; for our course as Christians is to be without let or hindrance: we are to run with patience the race that ' is set before us, iMay God grant then, to us, as vre are assembled for the Lord's name, and iu the L6rd's work, such a guiding of His Holy Spirit in every thing that shall be done in this convention that there may be no mis takes made, but that all shall be eventua ted to the honor and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. A committee of one from each State and Province was appointed to nominate per manent officers for the convention. Pending their deliberation, Thane Mil ler, of Cincinnati, conducted interesting 1 devotional exercises, in which Rev. Drs. Mnipson, Chadwick, Aemer, Jones and j ana otner pastors 01 Louisville tooK part. The committee reported the following of- : the South; 5, In States without State Sec ficers who on motion were elected : retaries. For President John V, Farwell, of III. How I use the Bible. 1, For my -Chicago, 111. - elf J 2 WithX'hristiau Workers; :i, AN ith ForVico Presidents T. J. Wilkie, Tor- , the Uncon verted, onto. Out.; J. C. C. Black, Augusta, Ga.; I The Evangelistic Work of the As AVilliam P. Armstrong, Sclnin, Ala.; AA ' sociations, its Limitations, and the quali Kj Jennings, Pittsburg, Pa.; Rev. AV. A. rications of those who engage iu it. Lipse, Omaha, eb.j-tjreorge Aoung, Mon- treal, Que.; H. 31. McDonald, Piinceton : I nd. J. H. Cheever, Cincinnati, Ohio. For Secretary T. C. Horton,'lndianap- ' olis, Ind. - i r or Assistant secretaries r.. . napin,j Davenport, Iowa; J. S. Palmer, Little ' . . , ' -ir ' . ,r Rock, Ark.: W. A. Davis, Montgomery,' Ala.- NV. EtLewis Ware Mass. , r or Assistant secretaries r.. . . t.napin,j Mr. Farwell madea brief address, thank- session, it gave a nenuieu siaremem oi sires-the retention ot l'owers in .North Car ing the convention for the honor coufered the work of the c"nittee for the past iia. in electiuir him to the position of nresid- .year aml of tl,e ',,e,'s1 association work. John L. Bailey, of North Carolina, de- ing officer. In the evening a welcome meeting was held. Library Hall was crowded to over flow. Eloquent addresses of welcome were delivered by Mr. Frank D. Carley Presideut of the Louisville Association, Charles D. Jacobs, Esq., Mayor of the city, and Rev. Stuart Robinson, D. D. The lat ter gave a most unqualified, endosement of the Association, and ofthe work in which they are engaged. He said : I esteem it no ordinary honor to have been called 'to the very pleasant duty ot extending to the International Convention of the Y. M. C. A. the distinctive welcome there are 48, valued at $2,KX),(KK), and of the evangelical churches to our city. wjth other proi,ertv owned bv the associ And now, in their name, I say, brethren, 1 &1 nM. ,r. "NVelcome, welcome thrice welcome!" And you may rest assured this is no mere empty word of formal politeness on the one hand, nor gushing sentimentalism on the other, but a word that comes from our hearts just because we like you, and that lecause,fronrcarm, sober conviction, these churches honor and appreciate your efforts to bring honor to the Great King Jesus, whom thev all recognize as their adorable Head. While the Y. M. C. A. seeks to use the secondary influence ofthe Gospel as the great agency for promoting the social and temporal 1 welfare of yonng men, this l3; no means the great end of its 'efforts but, even the galvatiou of their souls, and to lead them to become co-workers with Christ iu the salvation of other souls. And it is to vou as laborers in the service of the church m that sublime, work for which the church has been established on earth to carry on that I come as the mouthpiece of tlie .evangelical churches to bid you a "welcome, which menus "well done, good aud faithful servants;" ye scouts aud skir mishers and vanguard of the "sacrament al hosts of God's elect." Allow ine now po state more distinctly the points of ap proval iu your course which call forth this welcome from tlie evangelical church of God. Well, now, the first grounds of our ap proval of and affection for the Young Men's Christian Association is that, though a voluntary association, without any sort of denominational connection, you show thoeiMrciiVicwofyour principles by de clining to set up any other interest apart from the church, and have steadfastly maintained that ground for many ycai I .' - ... i ' past. In the very admirable little manual to guide your official workers a model, as t conceive, of a tract, keeping its one pur pose in view I find, in capital letters, this rule: "Advise touxg converts to join some etaxgelical CHURCH." And added to thisj the observation : Ifonr work is to be lasting, it must tend to $trengthcHt build up and increase the poicer of the church ofChrUt" Thns the Y. M. C. A., recog nizes fully the visible church. In the second place, these evangelical churches give you approviug welcome be cause of your labors and your success in bringing the. word of God.to the front, and bringing the minds pf unconverted and converted alike to the word of God as the only reliable guide to inquirers and rule to the conscience of the con verted. If you had done nothing more than devise "and establish all overthe country the scheme of Bible reading, now become so popular and useful, you would have established a claim to the highest regard of all evangelical Christians. In the third place, the honor given to the Holy Ghost, as well as to the Word of God in all your efforts to bring the awa kened sinners to the knowledge of the gos pel. In thenfrianual already referred to, I find it said, "The result, of our work will be more lasting if we honor the spirit and Word of God iu -speaking simply and in plain language the great truths of the Bible. , In the fourth place, this approval of the evangelical churches rests upon the ground oftfi at singular wisdom ami prudence dis played in the history of your work for so many years past in keeping your clear of the hobbies of one idea ism, the sensational extravagances, aud the fanaticisms which have wrought the ruin of so many volun tary organizations in time past. I attribute this wholly to the fact that you have been under the guidance of the Word of Gml with the enlightenment ofthe Holy Spirit, whom you have so earnestly sought to hotior. Allow me to say, in conclusion, Mr. President and members ofthe convention that, in my judgment the fact that through so nianytyears of labor, having to deal with so many varieties of human na ture, and exposed to so many temptations to go astray, yon have yet been able so wisely, with so much Christian modesty and humility to achieve so magnificent a success in . this great Christian work, en titles you to the confidence of all evan gelical Christians, and therefore sjieaking again, as trom the depth of the heart, I say for them, "Welcome, brethren, wel come. Addresses in reply were made by Mr Farwell, President of the Convention ; I. D. Patterson, of Montreal ; Mr. Pinkerton, of Alabama, and Mr. Thane Miller, of Cincinnati. The following are the topics that have Ikhmi discussed : I. The International Work intrusted to the Executive Committee. I, At the South; 2, On Behalf of Colored Young Men ; 3, At the A est ; 4, In Canada ; .", Among Railroad Men ; 0, Among the Uer- i mans, I II. The Work intrusted to State and . - - - - Provim.ial c01J1Illittees.-l, In New Kng- j.,,,,!. o Iu tjK, West: 3, In Canada ; 4, In ym Association Work in its Peculiar Alaptations to tlie AVants and Tempta- Kncn ss0 8 opened by a Bible read- ing or half hour of devotional services. The most important item ot business The most important item ot business ... 1,, ii .vnntiv. -mmtii- w as tlie repoi 1 01 tne executive commit- ,., 1 i 1 tee, which was presented at tlie first day s j In 1864 there were but 60 assoc iations, rlines the consulship to St. Paul DeLoren which were isolated organizations. Now do, Lower Guinea, there are over 1,000 organizations bound together under interational, state and provincial committees, with over 100,000 members. The work then was indefinite; now it is largely in the interest of young men. Then moral men were admitted to active membership, aud the work was largely benevolent and superficial ; now professing Christian young men control the societies, and the Avork looks to the rm a 1 conversion ot young men. 1 nen mere was not an association building; now "" "lu,,Bl expemiiuire ox tne column ie? 101 wsls $IH,(KX), and added to this the state and association expenses jaid amount to $500,000. Eightv-three hundred - . , men were provided with employment, -The avenige weckly attendance on the as- g0ciation Bible classes is 8,138. Then two general secretaries were employed ; now there are 12.'1 general secretaries and agents. Mr. Robt. ANeidensal and 1j. V. Mnnhall presented reports of the work in the West ; Thos. K. Cree, Geo. A Hall, io 'r.,'.,,,. f -n.. j work in the south ; Georgo D. Johnston, 0f the work for colored young me n in the south; Thomas K. Cree, in Ontario; E. D. Ingersoll, among railroad men, aud R. C. Morse as secretary of the committee. The committee thank the secular and religious press for the assistance given the work during the year, and recommend that $20,000 be devoted to the work for the coming year. The following telegram was sent to the Convention of the Woman's Christian As- sociations at Montreal : Louisville. Kv., June 6, 1877. To the n ir. .k-::.. i m m M vi m n r r iiir 1 1 it 1114 1 it jc 1 11 1 isi 111 it 1 mi 1- The Yonng ciation, Montreal, Canada Men's Christian Associations. ' m con ven - ! tion assembled, send Christian greetings. Read Acts ii., 17, 18, and Heb. xin,20. Jxo. V. Farwell, President. The following reply was received : Montueal, June 7, 1877. John V. Fur- veil, President International Convention T. M.C'A., Louixrille: The International Conferences of Women's Christian Associ ations in Montreal send greetings to their brothers Ephesians i, 1520. Miss S. E. Frrcn, President Conference Women's Christian Association. The following dispatch was presented: London, June 7, 1877. President of wnrenimH j on no Mens Christian Associa tion, Isottitvillc, Ky.: I am with you in spirit as I was in ierson last vear. May your deliberations le attended with di vine presence and blessing. Geo. Williams, London, Eng. A communication was also read from I. B. Couve, President of the Y. M. C. A., of Bordeaux, France. The topic that elicited most enthusiasm was the one on "Work among Railroad Men," a large number of railroad men were present and the discussion was en thusiastic and interesting. The topic, "Work in behalf of Colored Men" was one in which the Convention evinced a deep interest. The addresses were entirely from Southern men, nil of whom were deeply interested in the question. The topic "How I use my Bible" presented by Rev. James H. Brooks, D. D., of St. Louis, was one that interested all the delegates more than any other question, and the questions which came from all over the house showed how real was their interest in the subject, Deeply interesting and encouraging re ports were made by many delegates, of the work carried on by the international Committee in the South, in the West, in Canada, among railroad men, among the Germans, and for colored young men. The time of the convention was natural ly taken up with the work of the State and Provincial committees, and the very important and growing International work, conducted by the committee of the con vention. The distinctive work for young men of the individual associations, though considered here, is more thoroughly dis cussed in the twenty-four State and Pro vincial conventions, which have grown out of this parent convention. The ques tions considered were all practical and full of interest. The subscription to the International work amounted to six thousand dollars, which will be largely increased by pri vate subscriptions. The convention concluded its business sessions Saturday evening, and .Sunday a children's meeting, a meeting for young men and the farewell meeting were held. Many ofthe most prominent association men of the country are in attendance, and I have taken a prominent part iu tliedclib- I ......t:....-. i.'. f the convention. The conven i! t: ir i a. a turn adjourned Sunday night, to meet in Baltimore in 187D. T. K. C. NORTH CAROLINIANS INGTON. IN WASII- Wasiiix;tox, June '20. The Republi cans of North Carolina are not harmoni ous. Major William A. Smith, ex-mem- ber of Congress, protests against' the ap poitment of llvmau as collector ofthe ; fcecomi Aoitn l aioiina oistnet. Secre- fary Sherman does not favor Hyman, but i-s tMn,i good, and the President seems TO desire that Hvman should nualifv. TO desire that II Hvman is an cx-in .m.ii ituha commissioners ot c-member of Congress. The internal revenue, de- The Louisiana State Auditor Jailed for lief using to (lire Information.. , New Oim.eaxs, June 20. Ex-State Au ditor Johnson wa.s sentenced to a fine of fifty dollars, and imprisoned in the parish prison for ten clays, for refusing to pro duce certain books, and to answer certain questions as to their contents, propounded by the grand jury. Johnson says that some of the missing documents were de stroyed, and others were taken away when they were expecting an attack by the white league in January last. In a peti tion to the court, Johnson savs that he could not answer the questions for fear of criminating himself. Ixiugxatiox Meeting. The citizens of Goldsboro' held a meeting Monday niht for the purpose of "indignating" against the recent action of the authorities of the A. & N. C. Railroad and NVilmington Sc Weldon Railroad in forming a collusion as charged, by which freight tariff" will be largely increased at that point. Resolu tions of severe censure against Maj. Hughes, Receiver ofthe A. & X. C. Rail TiM& were abided for proposing the col- lusion and likewise against the liming- ton & AVeldon Railroad for accepting the same. A resolution appealing to His Excellen cy Gov. A'ance to interfere, was also passed. As to what will result from this upris ing of the people, Time, the fortune-teller, alone d" te1- iIn3' rint an j,l8tice prevail. Amen. Raleigh Observer. ( , . . ' Tlie Statesville American says, "the The Statesville welfare of societv demands that the law be strictl v enforced." AVe think so too, but what in tlu' nation would become of the Republican party ? They could not be ac commodated in one penitentiary. Raleigh Xeirs. GOVERNOR TILbEN SPEAKS AT LaST." He Denounces Republican Fraud, but is Hopefnlof the Republic' By telegraph to the News and Courier. New York, Jnne 12. Governor Tilden made a brief speech at the reception of the Manhattan Club to-night. After al ludiug to the departure of Governor Hen dricks to-morrow, rith his best wishes for a prosperous voyage and safe return, he said: "Everybody knows that after the recent election the men who were elected by the people President and Vice President of tlie United States were 'counted out,' and men who were not elected 'counted in' aud seated. I dis claim any thought of the personal wrong involved in this transaction. Not by any act or word of mine shall that be dwarfed or degraded, into a personal grievance, which is, in truth, the greatest wrong that has stained our national annals. To every man of the four and a quarter mil lions who were defrauded of the fruits of their elective franchise, it is as great a wrong as it is to me. And no less to every man of the minority will the nlti? mate consequences extend. Evils in gov ernment grow by success and impunity. They do not arrest their own 'progress. They can never be limited except by ex ternal forces. If the men in possession of thjs government can in one instance maintain themselves in power against an adverse decision at the elections, such an example will be imitated. Temptation exists always. Devices, to give the color of law, and false pretences on which to found fraudulent decisions, will not be wanting. The wrong will grow into a practice if once condoned. In the world's history, changes in the succession of gov ernments have usual! v been the result of fraud or force. It has Wen our faith and our pride that we had established a mode of peaceful change to be? worked out by the agency of the hallot-ltox. The ques tion now is, whether our election system iu its substance as well as form,. is to be maintained T This is the question of questions. Until it is finally settled there can be no politics founded on inferior questions of administrative Hdiey. It in volves the fundamental right of the eo ple. It involves the elective principle. It involves the whole system of -popular government. The people must signally condemn the great wrong which has leen done to them. They must strip this ex ample of everything that can attract im itators. They must refuse a prosperous immunitv to crime. This is not all. The people will not be able to trust the au thors or iHMieficiaries of the wrong to de vise remedies, but when those who con demn the wrong shall have the power, they must devise the measure which shall render a repetition of the wrong forever impossible. If my voice could reach throughout our country and be heard in its remotest hamlet, I would say : "lie of good cheer, the Republic will live, the institutions of our fathers are not to ex pire in shame; the sovereignty of the peo pie shall be rescued from this peril aud re-established." Successful wrong never appears so triumphant as on the very eve of its fall. Seven years ago a corrupt dynasty culminated in its power over the million of people who live in the City of New York. It had conquored, or bribed, or flattered, and won almost everybody into acquiescence. It appeared to be in vincible. A year or two later its mem Imts were in the penitentiary or iu exile. History abounds in similar examples. AVc must lelieve in the right and in the future. A great and noble nation will not sever its political from its moral life." Patterson, N. J., June 20. There is great excitement among silk factory hands. 500 or 600 are now out. The llamil mill has shut down and several mills are without hands. At a meeting of strikers in the -Military Hall to-day, Gus tave Kinrich favored returning to work. The women attacked him. tore his eoat. One woman threw salt and pepper in his eyes. He drew an empty revolver, but was chased out of the hall and pursued a half mile, hundreds of persons joining in the chase. It having leen reported that he had shot a woman, he was captured and taken before Justice Hudson and dis charged. -He made a complaint agaiust the woman who assaulted him with salt and pepper. She was arrested aud held to bail in five hundred dollars. The op eratives are determined to stand firm; so are employers. The police were called upon to protect the hands at work. The feelliug runs high. 1 . r tn(, gtrfke is ill advised. Nine tenths of o , the hands are still at work Nokkistowx, Pa., June 20. Five tramps were sleeping in an old lime kiln, when the walls fell, killing four. The fifth will die. The survivor, who is from Massachusetts, thinks his companions, whose names he does not know, were from New York and Massachusetts. Honors to Hampton at the Xorth. Aubckx, N. Y., June 20. Gov. AVade Hampton, of South Carolina, arrived this ' morning, and was escorted to the Ross homestead. Governor Hendricks sailed for Europe , 1 n 1 , n.nl.f I., if he lives he will be the next President of the United States. Petersburg Post. TEXAS -THE NEW DOMINION. 6 -Extent of Territory Take the map of the United States and look at Texas. If you could move the State east ofthe Sabine river, its eastern boundary, it would stretch from that riv er to tlie Atlantic occean and extend from the peninsular portion of Florida to the State of Virginia. Texas is so vast that it is difficult to gain an adequate idea of its more imperial domain. It is larger than France, more than five times the size of England, and nearly five times as large as the State of Georgia.' tTlie "Lone Star State,'? as it is called, has an area of 274,363 square miles, Or 175,593,560 acres. This area would be embraced in a terri tory five hundred and twenty-five miles square. If the entire population of the United States were put on Texas soil, the State would noLthen be as densely peo pled as is Massachusetts, nor would it have half as manv inhabitants to the square-mile as England has. Give Texas population in proportion to Belgium and the New Dominion would have more than 120,000,000 inhabitants, or three etimcsthe population of the United States. It is estimated that only one-twentieth of the arable land of the State is iu cultiva tion, while a yearago 55,000,000 acres of land were still vacant, awaiting pre-emption and location. Cotton, corn, and wheat are the main staples, though large quan tities of oats, rye, sugar-cane, rice, and tobacco are raised. Texas has an area of cotton laud sufficient to produce the en tire crop now raised in this country. This State is the greatest cattle produc ing regioiriii the world, aud here arc to be found the largest enclosed pastures and the largest cattle owners. Ten of her stock men alone own over one million head of cattle and have 682,000 acres of pastures under fence. It is estimated that about 350,000 beeves are shipped from Texas annually. One cattle monarch sold 64,000 head to a single purchaser last year. Texas may be said to have her cattle up on a thousand plains as well as on a thous and hills. Xotwithstund all this, I was re peatedly told, while in the State, t hatTexas stands first in the amount of condensed milk consumed. It seems strange to see cans of condensed milk on the breakfast table in this great cattle State ; and yet it be comes a familiar sight after awhile. The idea in Texas is not to make milk and butter, but to raise eattle. The surface of the State is an inclined plane rising gradually from the gulf to the west and northwest, where there are mountains of moderate elevation. The immense prairies of the- Lone Star State look like the ocean on land-- indeed, if I were to attemptcto give any one who IkkI seen these prairies and not the ocean, an idea ofthe latter, I should use the prairies as the first and best illustration. These vast level and rolling prairies stretching out as far as the can eye? reach, present one ofthe grainiest siguts to be seen iu Texas. Prof. J. Jj. JJrchcr in Colleaian. GEORGIA "COLONELS." Tlie Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution contains the following : "NVe want it distinctly understood, be fore we proceed any further, that we are a friend ofthe colonel if he is not a mili tary colonel. A military colonel has no right to the title, lie may have earned it in the war, right in front of the can non's mouth, but more peaceful days have dawned upon us, and now we have the insurance colonel, tlie sewing-machine colonel, the dry goods colonel, the com mission colonel, the grocery colonel. You may pick your colonel from any pile you choose, and we'll stand up promptly and say we admire him. There is honor in the title, and we take pleasure in bestow ing it upon friend and foe alike. To be a man, and not lw a colonel (unless, you, were promoted during the war), is some thing preposterous. AVe can conceive of no sucli misfortune as that which prevents a man from Incoming a colonel in his own right. There is no law on the statute book against it, and if there were it would be a dead letter. Every county, every community, and every family would cry out against the injustice of an enactment depriving them of their usual quota of colonels. For our part we think, thrre ought to be a law passed conferring the title of colonel upon every male child ov: er twelve years of age, without regard to color or previous condition. In that case j all men would be colonels and the women j would le colonejesses. Here is the true j line of progress. AVhile colonels are in tasliion let us make tlie most ot them. Let us utilize them, as it were, for the purpose of advancing civilization. It is idle for men who have no titles to sneer at those, who luive. Wiint would liciivri-i , ... . , x. , 11.. 1 do without her one hundred thousand f itlifitir ir2 ft Jin! what a weak and vapid body the legislature would be. Ah, no! let us cling to our colonels. Instead of weeding them out, let us en- deavor to nurture those we have and in- vite others through the medium of.immi- gration agents. nat Georgia needs is more colonel s-" British Population. The population of Great Britain-has, since 1801, increased from 10,000,000 to 2.000,000, and the London Times estimates that it will be doubled in fifty-four years. How to feed it will be the great difficulty, for a leading Pritish agriculturist said in a trereut speech: "It appears, to me, and it has been .1. : i 1... . '' ..c 1 -ouscivcuo mam 01 our jc.miug iuco, that a steady deterioration is going on in the producing jMiwers of this island."' LISTING THE SLAVES. There is an impression prevailing, ip; the country that the slaves will be; paid for. We felt the pulse of a few old slave holders in Caswell county tlie other day. Mr. Hnnt, who owned three hundred be fore the war, said ho believed such a thing probable, and that ho had preserved a list of all his negroes, names, ages,' and re spective value. Turning 'to3Ir.lN. jM. Lewis, a venerable slaveholder,, who had also owned his hundreds, re asked if ho had the same sort ofjit. f He replied yes, that he had all their nanie.j and could set their value any time. An ld confederate) soldier injhe crowd said h6 hoped to live long enough to see pensions given to the rebels. Drive on the Govern men t.A'cwf. ri7c Times. v WELL SAID. "Young Geutlemen in Search of Employ ment," was the captiou of an article in a late number of the New York Sim, front which we make the extract that follows. The class to which the JSun refers deserves all, and more than it has said of them, They are nnworthyjhe recognition of re- spectable people, and should be made to feel the full force of public condemnation. If they are too lazy to work they should starve y if they are too proud to earn their bread they should not be allowed to eat the earning of honest industry. Out upon that man42) that will filch the pittance from a hard worked father, mother or sis ter to enable him to sjwwt in idleness upon, the streets. The Sun says: --When" wo see men able to work for almost any wages, roaming from place" to place in search of occupation, we cmnot but condemn acer tain class of young men here in New York who, without means themselves, are will ing to live upon their relatives, and would rather take the last penny- from their mothers or sisters than gain an honest livelihood by means which they deem derogatory to their dignity. These young geutlemen dress well, wear boutonnisre a simple violet or a modest rosebud smoke good cigars, and may be seen ah- -most any fine day in Uroadway or in Fifth avenue. The sooner such creatures are driven to- work-by absolute want, the best will it be for themselves, their families and the country. They are drones in the hive. AVo consider auy able-bcMlied American who deliberately levies contributions . on the scanty pittance of a sister or a mother, a miserable apology for a man under any circumstances ; but when he docs it to maintain himself in semi-luxurious idle ness, the ease is a thousand times worse.' ALL SORTS. A licentious press makes complaint be cause .John Sherman has had a private eheck-look engraved for himself at a cost of .'X) (government money). Has a Sec retary ofthe Treasury no rights I Spring field liepublivan. An ingenious girl up on North Hill, who has never ua feller'" in the world, goads the other girls in that neighlorhood to madness by lighting up the parlor bril liantly and then " setting her father's hat where its shadows will be lxuMly 'marked against the curtain. Separation. A meeting has latelv been held iu the St. Alban's church, IIol born, London, at which it was agreed to form a church league for obtaining the separation ofthe Church-from the State. A proposition to confine the league to an agitation for the repeal of the Public. NVorship Regulation act was voted down. More than l,(MM clergymen have given their adhesion to the lcJiguc. The Gatlin gun, used by the Rusians, consists of several cyliudars under a drum containing the cartridges. As e:i h c 1 indar comes into position under tlie ori fice in the bottom of the drum, a car tridge is forced in, and as the revolutions are caused by tin ning a crank, the faster the crank is turned the faster the , gun jires. Its capacity is 400 shots toh Lthe-minute, ami .is so arranged as tojnove from side to' side, that at a 1.0(H) ards it will just cover a regiment. Col. 1. Donan got his license topractico law in Kentucky after eight 'weeks' lead ing. He either learnt mighty fast, or they don't rcuiie much law in the Tluc Grass State. Dorian is n-allvTm intellec tual, til st-rate fellow. Ve hope he will -ha vc troops of clients. Rut that eight weeks business beats French in eight easy les sons." After all. 1'. I), can learn more law, or anything else, in eight weeks than sonic 'Titiios" v.e have known could lenrij in eighteen years. Vihi,inifto,i Star. Snggrslire Statixties. Thr-re have been 2,540 emperors and Jiings who-altogethcr have reigned over (4 nations. Of these. 1 Were driven from their thrones, 1 re- ! Kj,,m.,l llln vft tu. throne, 21 committed I sui,.ide, and thus ended their reign, 12 lost their s nse and became insane. 100 wmj ki(Mj VV;U. W(.le t;lk(.n pil, ollf.r o-, ;l I11;linrv death, 02 were poisoned, Ml were murdered with weap ons, and RW sentenced to death. A man on West Hill has brought peace iifto his family circle forever. Last week he moved into a newliouse, containing a bay window and twenty three closets, ami j he bought his wife nine miles of c lothes line, a cord of clothofr line props, and 01:0 hundred and twenty-four dozen clothe., 'pins. And the angels just come down aid I jf .!, ni , tiili fonw iiiul iiv- the. - on n m. .... j j woman's perfect happiness.-PuxlaujU ., j Haieleyc. t -. ! IN - i Hi HI J Al