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Southern Edltoriat Correspondence. 
SOME NOTES OF A TEFP SOUTH. 
RoiUe Traveled —Battle Ground*—Bones—Cemeteries 
—Wheat —Labor—The Jfi tg'O — tfjfects qf Kindness 
__ Present Condition— Infanticide—Their Future- 
Want of Feeling, 
I left Washington about the 13th of Febru¬ 
ary, and my route was through the interior of 
Virginia to Richmond; thence via Petersburg, 
Weldon, Raleigh, N. C. f Columbia, S. C., Au¬ 
gusta and Savannah, Go., and Charleston, 8. 
C., to Wilmington, N. C.; thence via Peters¬ 
burg, Richmond and Acquia Creek back. The 
same route was traveled bnt a small distance, 
thongh it embraced nearly 3,000 miles. 
One sees all along the evidences of a recent 
war, in dismantled forts, breastworks, and all 
6orts of contrivances of mm for offensive and 
defensive war; but as they only servo to “point 
n moral or adorn a tale,” I shall pass them at 
present—remarking, however, that at several sta¬ 
tions in Virginia, I saw piles of bones brought 
from the battlefields. 1 had heard that human 
bjues were gathered with those of the ani¬ 
mals, but could see none, though I made con¬ 
siderable search. The Union dead have been 
nearly or quite all gathered into neat, rural 
cemeteries, which In a few years will be beauti¬ 
ful resting places for the dead. Though they 
may not be regarded at present with the feelings 
which made Rachf.l weep for her children, by 
the surrounding population they will bo re¬ 
spected as the last resting places of brave men 
who died in defence of their country. 
There Is a pretty brood breadth of land through 
Virginia In winter wheat, which Is looking un¬ 
commonly well, and if it escape the insect, bids 
fair for a heavy crop. If no accident befall it 
there will be double the quantity raised over 
last year. Wheat also looks well throughout 
the South, and has come through the winter in 
fine condition. In Georgia oats were up, peach 
trees in blossom well up into North Carolina, 
on my return, which was early In this month. 
Labor is beginning to be more systematised 
and reliable, and planters are making greater ex¬ 
ertions for the cotton crop. The change of labor 
from slave to free Is making a great, change in 
cotton cultivation. I A esB land will be worked, 
but labor and fertilizers will be concentrated, 
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WILD DUCK HUNTING. 
Tub preceding illustration presents some of 
the features in scenes witnessed by the sports¬ 
man of aquatic proclivities. This species of 
game abounds along the Atlantic coast and tho 
bays aud ufliuonts of the Lakes. They may bo 
frequently seen flying in long, waving linos com- 
In hunting ducks, some sportsmen succeed 
well in boats disguised with forest garniture, 
floatinir in these gently down, upon tho flock, aB 
the ducks are feeding or engaged in amorous 
conversations or quacking. Others take up a 
screened position, within easy range of a decoy 
polled to perform without this aid. The illus¬ 
tration shows how the retriever performs his 
portion of the ducking business, but can hardly 
delineate the pride of bearing characteristic of 
the animal as he lays the trophy at tho feet of 
his master. Duck shootiug, like doer stalking, 
fba&titg loc tfic Hottag. 
ONLY A BROOK. ~ 
[A imtro child feared the ltiver of Death, hut while 
passing ovur whispered, —“ It la only a littlo brook, 
after all."] 
Dear mother, 1 tromble to think I must die, 
It is lonely and sad In tile dark grave to lie; 
Could you hut go with mo, I know that your hand 
Would guide through tho gloom of Death's shadowy 
land. 
This deep, endless river I I shrink as I fed 
Its darkness and mystery over me steal; 
I fear tts wild waveB will my soul overwhelm. 
Ere 1 reach tho far shore of the heavenly realm. 
Bnt what 1 b this music tlmt fulls on my car. 
Enchanting my senses, dispelling my fear?— 
Oh, the angels are with mo, I am not alone. 
They're bearing me safe to tny dear Father’s home l 
The playmates I loved, who have gone on bofore, 
Are waiting for mo on the beautiful shoro; 
i .losus beckons mo to him, I follow Ilia call— 
It is only a little brook, after all 1 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MENTAL IMPROVEMENT. 
Newton, on being asked how he had succeeded 
in making bo many great discoveries, replied, 
“ By thinking,” Aud it is by thinking that wo 
may all improve ourselves. Thoughts beget 
thoughts, and if we will allow ourselves to un¬ 
dergo this labor we may all accomplish great 
things. No instruction or aid from foreign or 
academical sources can tako the place of think¬ 
ing, If wo expect to become useful and re¬ 
spectable members of society, wc must exert 
our mental faculties — must strive against little 
difficulties, and press on, for those must per¬ 
severe who win, and wear bright laurels of 
purity and holiness. All who would attain to 
honor and glory—who would deck their brows 
with wreaths of knowledge—must shako off nat¬ 
ural indolence, and enter upon that courageous 
path of duty which is so indispensable for those 
who are clambering tho steps of Knowledge,— 
those who are seeking that pearl of great value, 
which,In after years, will “servo for delight, for 
ornament, and for ubillty." 
And now, my dear readers, whether you are 
' boys or girls, men or women, I hope you will 
' over consider it a mistaken idea that none but 
those who have enjoyed the advantage of a col- 
tin g towards.. ... .- -, , • ... . . r ,. 
of the older States cotton growing will prove Th ’ g( (locka arp madc np> alonf? tho H ea coast, of waterwlthoneand with the other as the frightened early autumn till tho opening of tho vernal Bea- we cannot all command the gem us of a EIbu- 
very profitable. the Canvas-back the Red-head, Ruddy, Black birds take wing. On these occasions a good dog son, ducks are ruore particularly In order, and scokl, a Shakhpeauk, ora Copernicus; but wo 
The negro population is yet very much in a R '. Kin ,, Lowr-tailed, and oth- or retriever, used to the water, is of great uae, then it is that the sportsman has an eye open for may all enter into the broad dominion of knowl- 
condition of unrest. They have not all seen the 
elephant yet, thongh thousands who went to sec 
him last year have returned to their homes, 
“wiser” and generally “sadder men." Whero 
they had KOOd mi kind n,a»lcr», M..1 those who whole ayitem, 1. w remcmi tlic tBto matter that ® *T„. dfrtlinrt 
treiited them burly the laet yeur, they have lied 5%.accumulate, thereon, by per.pin.tlon or expo- MsOCIUI! TOC t|l$ 
a Burplu* of labor at command tlilu apriog. But lYSaCHUIS ^jlH-A. sure to dust; anil uu soup end wa.ni water, with = 
fi hnd man. or one who has cheated them, can ---— \ 1 . 
a , . ,,, - - -- a good rubbing, is necessary to take dirt and For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
wm"','ie' MuTcly “ooworked 'from that cm*. Wrl ““ tor «we.t out of clollica eo «o may conclude it i. MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
This changed relation between the hch ftom M0ENIB&. J/ me/eon’InToul,°Utl. ™hlng of 1 a. eo„po.ed of » letter., 
b .m to urei servan lswor m e How many times has my heart been gladdened the person should be done in the morning be- My 8,3,20, It, 18,1, 24 Is one the United States, 
change In the temper and character of the inter- Tihosnn over the hiilsof the old fore breakfast, or a little before dinner, if not 
course between the white and black. Dyinunnuigui uwoauu, , , a«i,_, My 83,10, 84 Th a boy’s nickname. 
The sudden abolition of slavery has been most homestead, where the com and clover sparkled too <M,gucd. The feet of adults and children ^ 9 a cotljnnctlon . 
unfortunate in many of its results upon the with the dew, and tho newly headed wheat nod- should often be soaked m warm water, with a My 17 , 1C , n , 7 , 19 , 16 , 14 is a city in Nova Scotia. 
Hacks They are the prey to all kinds of ded lazily to and fro in the enchanting breeze, as little ashes in it, so as to loosen the scuri, that ^ y n, 21, 23, 5, 28 Is a county In North Carolina, 
aharners and are wandering about the country spring and summer joined hands for the coming often forms painful corns, and prevents a health- My jW( ^ ^ 4 u a county in Georgia. 
. 1 . i„_„a harvest. I looked upon the broad fields with a ful circulation lu them. My 15,26,52 is a girl’s name. 
sornne up" especially iu the Carolina* for labor- P roud c S a tbcn < for 1 thought every speckled Thc fect 6 h 0 uld be bathed In the evening, and My 30, 23,12 1 b the ruler of clay. 
corn-tassel and budding kernel gave promise of * retire to r{ , t . Many people injure their My 13 Is sometimes a vowel . 
ers. In the inland waters are found the Wood 
Duck, Teal, Blue-winged, Ring-necked and sev¬ 
eral others of less prominence. 
saving the game when It chances to fall in places 
not readily accessible in boats or on foot, aB also 
much walking which the hunter winihl 00,rL - 
this speeieB of aquatic game, and rarely fails in 
supplying Ids larder from any flocks that may 
oban^o tw crtwfl tlic v/C Hlb VWlOIl. 
^adoits Sojjics. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MORNING. 
€oi!it6p lot Holing. 
For Moorc’H Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 31 letters. 
How many 
by the rising 
sprang up, especially iu the Carolinas, for labor¬ 
ers to go to Texas and Arkansas. Much larger 
wages cun be paid there, and it is uot uncom¬ 
mon to sec agents picking up all the best hands 
to start plantations there. One agent filled hia 
complement by promising that in Texas every 
negro might go to his work on a mustang pony, 
his wife behind him, and aguu for himself before. 
Infanticide has been equal to anything wc have 
ever read of in China or India. Through iny 
whole journey I saw but two infants, or, indeed, 
hardly any children from two years and under. 
And, if possible, that is not the worst feature, 
for very few live children are born now. The 
black women have long possessed the knowl¬ 
edge of a harmless aud common vegetable, 
which, in a decoction, will produce abortion. 
While slaves they were watched, and its use 
prevented; but being freed from these restraints, 
they are fast lapsing into barbarism, and as a 
general tiling shirk the responsibilities of mater¬ 
nity. It is a horrid state of things, and will rap¬ 
idly reduce the number of blacks in the South, 
and will contiuue till they become a fixed people. 
It seems to me that their fate is fixed, and that 
rapid extermination will go on till their numbers 
equal the demand which the superior race will 
have for their services, and that will not exceed 
one-quarter what the number now is. I think 
that three-quarters of the present population 
will become extinct. It will be a great field 
lor European and Asiatic emigration, and when 
ones systematically established, the whole bouth 
will become a densely populated region. The 
Chinaman will be at home on the rice planta¬ 
tions along the Carolina coast. Few arc now 
being cultivated, for the want of both labor and 
the capital to stock them properly, though there 
aro TTrWr* ac, vnii/ih T.rnfrH ft* rli'C- fit 
much happiness. But as the brightest morning 
may be darkened by the clouds that seemed so 
beautiful wheu far away, so our lives may be 
shadowed by the approach of that which was 
wont to dazzle our eyes with its deceptive glory. 
But however darkly the gloom may gather, we 
know there is always “sunshineabove the mist.” 
It is natural for us to look back upon our 
chidliood and liken it to the morning; because 
the horizon of our life has never since seemed 
so bright, nor music of the birds by the way-side 
so sweet, nor the breath of the flowers so fra¬ 
grant; aud our friends, unmasked of our childish 
confidence by the noonday sun, have never since 
proved so true. 
There is always a charm hovering over the 
morning; and its magical presence lends beauty 
to everything we sec or hear. Would you listen 
to music ? It may be grand at night — it is sub¬ 
lime in the morning. Would you know a friend? 
Meet him in the mornig. You will then find 
him more as Goo madc him than after the en¬ 
chanted hour has passed. Would you look Upon 
Niagara, or some old silvery-browed mountain ? 
Go while yet the darkness lingers near, and Bee 
how they smile upon the morning. 
Glorious morning! Wc can almost imagine 
heaven nearer as you approach; for in heaven it 
is always morning. Ciias. 
Rochester, 1867. 
SUGGESTIONS ON HEALTH. 
Tub human system, though capable of great 
is no crop grown with so much profit as rice at endurance and recuperative energy, often uncx 
this time, . . . , . . 
To show how rapidly the natural barbarism of 
his nature develops itself in the negro, when left 
to his instincts, a single fact among a great num¬ 
ber that came to my knowledge, will eutiice. A 
man and bis wife called upon a planter in South 
Carolina this past winter to hire out. He em¬ 
ployed the man, but as the woman had three 
little children he did not reel able to employ 
her, as he could furnish no room lor her to live 
in. About a month alter he was surprised at 
her calling again for work, but on his telling 
her that he could not employ women who bad 
children, she very coolly informed him that her 
children had all “ took sick and gone clean 
dead.” Tens of thousands of children have per¬ 
ished the past year because their mothers found 
them an incumbrance. t. c. p. 
Washington, I). C., March, 1667. 
pcctcdly gives out. Men, women and children i, 
cannot toil unceasingly for a long period of time 
without intervals of rest and sleep. To preserve 
a perfectly healthful tone of body and mind, 
these intervals should be longer than some sup¬ 
pose. Un ceasing toil or excitement of mind pre¬ 
disposes to the neglect of the health of Individ¬ 
uals and families. Some never wash their whole 
person, or know that it is necessary to preserve 
health. Others do this at improper times, or in 
an improper manner, and conclude they receive 
injury, not knowing that a general hath should 
not be taken when the system is overheated 
with exercise, or soon after a meal. 
The object of a bath, or general washing ol the 
The fect should be bathed In the evening, and 
then retire to rest. Many people injure their 
health and endanger their livo& by washing their 
feet In cold water at night, after they have ceased 
exercise. Had they washed them thus In the 
morning, and exercised through the day, it 
might not have hurt them ; hut it is never safe 
to wash them thus at night. 
PnoTOOKAFH Printing. —Tho art of printing 
bookB and papers from plates taken by photog¬ 
raphy is coining into practical use. Tho New 
York Gazette says: —“We were yesterday 
shown an exact fae-simile copy of the London 
Punch, reduced in Bize about one-third, printed 
from a phototype by a new process. By this 
application of photography any book or paper 
can be reproduced at a rapid aud cheap rate, the 
Punch being afforded at three cents a copy. For 
illustrated works it is invaluable. A company 
has been formed, and several aeroB Of land pur¬ 
chased in Brooklyn for the erection of buildings. 
Messrs. Tickuor & Fields have interested them¬ 
selves in the matter, and it is understood they 
will make arrangements for the publishing of 
some rare works after this process.” 
-- i 4 — 
Where Does the Day Begin ?—The first be¬ 
ginning of the day is somewhere between Amer¬ 
ica and Asia. The precise locality of that some¬ 
where has not been determined. If the Pacific 
ocean were thickly populated with men, the 
place of the beginning of the day would be a 
matter of great consequence, and would proba¬ 
bly be settled by statute. The day would Btart 
from a meridian line extending from polo to 
pole, aud the longitude of this day line would 
' be so accurately fixed that a mau might stand 
astride it and realize tho paradox of having one 
foot in Monday and the other in Tuesday. Many 
of the readers of this wilL live long enough to 
hear this subject discussed in national councils. 
My 13 Is sometimes a vowel. 
My whole la one of Dr. Franklin’s maxims. 
Timber Run, Ohio, Monkob Smith. 
Answer In two weeks. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
ANAGRAMS OF RIVERS. 
Note.—T hose who contribute anagrams to this 
department will observe that these are genuine ana¬ 
grams ; mere transpositions of letters which make 
no sense arc 740 /.—Ed. 
Ol ’E. Ran O. K. 
Mat Coop. 
Cream Rim. 
So he had Ann. 
Batavia, N. Y. 
Answer in two weeks. 
A in a rag. 
The Sam. 
Galena H. Moon. 
Sin and Grog Co. 
Sunbeam. 
Advancement of Science in Australia.— 
Mr, Grubb, an optician of Dublin, hits completed 
au enormous reflecting telescope, which was or¬ 
dered by the Victoria Legislature, for the sum of 
£5,000, for Melbourne. The tube of tho instru¬ 
ment is four and one-half feet iu diameter. The 
hides are rnude of taperiug steel ribs-, and the en¬ 
tire instrument is not only singular on account 
of Its dimensions, but also because of its com¬ 
pleteness, accuracy uad finish. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
AN ENIGMA. 
I am a word of five letters. In me may be found— 
1, a part of a plant; 2, a tool; 3, untrained; 4, an 
evil; 5, a verb; B, an orb; 7, the product a tree; 8, an 
animal; 9, an excrescence; 10, a verb; 11, something 
used in a lady's toilet; 12, a preposition; 13, skill; 
14, a conjunction; 15, a verb; 16, sailors. 
Genesee Co., N. Y. 8. 
gW" Answer in two weeks. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM. 
Required the dimensions of the strongest rectan¬ 
gular beum that can be sawed from a log 3 fect in 
diameter, S. G. Cauwjn. 
New London, N. Y. 
Answer in two weeks. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 895. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—Good works 
will never Buve you, but you can never be saved with¬ 
out them. 
Answer to Anagram: 
Out of the deeps of heaven 
A bird bus flown to my door, 
As twice In the ripening summers 
Its mates have flown before. 
Why it has flown to my dwelling 
Nor it nor I may know; 
And only the silent angels 
Can tell whore It shall go. 
Answer to Mathematical Problem:—$8, $16, $32, 
$04, $138, $286. 
edge and gather from her labyrinthoan bowers 
Jewels that will shed u luster upon home and 
Heart mure rcspienaenv unm uie costlieet gems 
of Golconda’s mines. Metta. 
Olivia, Arkansas, Jan., 1867. 
MARBLES. 
No better indication of the approach of spring 
can be found than in the groups of marblo-play- 
| ing boys. The blue-birds and swallows are not 
more so. The sidewalks and baekaalleys are alive 
these bright days with the boys and their mar¬ 
bles. On this subject an exchange Bays: 
We passed some boys playing marbles yester¬ 
day. It carried ns back—and it ain’t often that 
wo are carried back, we generally have to go 
back afoot—to youthful days, when wc UBed to 
“ lag for the base,” when it was play for “ fun” 
or for “keeps.” 
The man is often shadowed forth in the boy at 
marbles. The conscientious boy won’t play for 
“ keeps” because he has been told that it iB gam 
bling, and therefore wrong. If he resolutely 
maintains Ids position in the face of the laughs 
and jeers of his companions, the chances are 
that he will grow up to be a conscientious man. 
The boy who continually aud systematically 
cheats at marbles we would’t like to trust, either 
as boy or mau. 
There is another kind of boy who agrees to 
play for “ keeps” and when lie loses says it was 
for “ fun.” We know numbers of men who we 
think used to play marbles that way. 
Then there Is the boy who Btic.ks to what ho 
says, and if he loses he docs it without a whim¬ 
per. He may not bo as good as the conscien¬ 
tious boy, but the principle of honor is iu him 
that will win respect when he comes to play a 
. bigger game in life thau that of marbles. 
1 There is a sharp, wide-awake boy, who watches 
I the game with the eye of a lynx, and is quick to 
5 detect u weakness in another’s game, and to cover 
' up any in* his own. He shouts “ knuckle tight” 
oftener than any one else, and if a player drops 
his marble he wiLl yell “fen slips” quicker 
than the player can say “slips,” to the lat¬ 
ter’s discomfiture, Bending him “ back to the 
severance.” The cunning diplomatist is there, 
who is skilled in the “rounds,” by which he 
takes advantage of all favoring circumstances. 
II In Bhort, very many phases of human nature are 
portrayed in the boyB’ game of marbles. 
We observed one thing in the game we glanced 
at yesterday. Each of the boys had a bit of Borne 
kin d of soft lur to rest their hands on wheu mak¬ 
ing a shot, to keep them from being soiled by 
a contact with the earth. This was a refinement 
** in the game of marbles that we never saw before. 
Dirty hands and a round patch of mud on each 
knee, we considered inseparable from the game. 
Wo would have been whipped lor lying if we 
had come home to our parents in any other 
plight aud said we had been planying marbles. 
But the world is improving. 
To love something more than one’s self— 
that is the secret of all that is great; to know 
how to live for others — that is the aim of all 
noble souls. 
