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lirwj of A. II. Slrjilirn*. | very common practice lor most of those j choose to keep her out of her rights,
Litter ft»m Alexander //. Stephens to a * who come to slay but a short time, and these are her rights nevenheless, which
Friend in New York C>h/. when one goes out all of liis mates and ( she has incontestably become possess-
f friends usually follow. Jfan idol pro- jed of. She did not compel Congress
-, . -li * B J?. RTrtL,LL ’ l cession, or a mandarin and his retinue to propose terms of any kind; but
C-rawtordvitle, Ua., June 13. ) a re passing along the streets, or some ] when Congress did propose them of
3/y Dear Sir: \our very kind and 1 sudden or unusual noise is heard, the ilsoun choice and motion, by her corn-
high l.y appreciated favor of the Gth i boys and most of the men rush out to pliance she earned every right and pri-
inslanl was receved yesterday. Allow | see what is to be seen, after which viiege which they ought to convey.
me to return my thanks for it. I arn j some of them will perhaps come hack, i -
improving slowly, very slowly, how- ' Very few are regular hearers of the The Army Dictating the Dispos-
ever, from my hurt some four months : Gospel, and fewer still come in for the AL OF Civil Offices.—The latest in-
or more ago. 1 can now sit up part of 1 purpose of hearing about Jesus. Ai- stance of the President’s inordinatede-
the day, but can neither stand or walk ; most all who come are prompted by sire to oblige his personal friends is rela
y'd without aid of some sort. I have, : motives of curiosity. - fed bv Judge Brockius, of the Territo-
notwithstanding this afflictiop, resumed ! —— I ry of New Mexico. It appears that a
work on the second volume of the INTERESTING TO DISTILLERS, j man who was fprmerly Speaker ol the
“Constitutional View of the Late War ; Macox, Ga., June 19, 1S69. Territorial Legislature was appointed
Between the States.” I agree with Ed. Journal if Messenger:—In an- by Grant and confirmed by the Senate
you in styling it the worst and most swer to the interrogatories from your post master at Santa Fe, New Mexico,
culpable that ever look place on earth, correspondent—first question—wheth- He was one of the most prominent Re-
I greatly fear, loo, that it will in its ul-jera distiller, after having complied publicans in the Territory and was
timaa* consequences, prove to be the with the law relaiing to the distilling strongly backed by Chavez, [he Terri-
most disastrous one that ever occurred ! of fruit, can .dispose of the spirits dis- torial delegate in Congress. Upon
16 the principles of constitutional liber- tilled in large or small quantities with - j hearing of his suspension, Judge Brock-
ty. lout violating the law ? The law relai-! Ins > who was here, went to the Post-
Our Constitution, as made by the ing to distillers does not impose a spec- master General to ascertain the cause,
fathers, was one of the most wonderful ial tax upon any distiller who sells : He inquired what charges had been
political achievements ever attained by j from his distillery spirits in the origin- preferred against the suspended post
genius and patriotism. Hat! its prm-'al casks or packages, gauged and j master.
ciples been adhered to, this late terri- branded, and the tax paid stamps af- “None,” said the Postmaster Gener-
ble war never would have occurred, fixed by a United States gauger. The al
and the only hope now for the present law does not allow any distiller to sell j “Then why was he suspended ?”
and the future of the country is to bring at retail on his premises, or in any oth- ! said Brockins.
back tfie federal administration to the er wav than in original casks or pack- “Well,” said Cresswell, with his us-
true principles of the Constitution— ages. ual frankness, “all I know about >t is
This can only he done by a virtuous, Jn answer to the second question, s :—General Sherman went to the
intelligent, and patriotic people.— viz: “Whether a person who has tak-1 President and said he wanted a place
V\ hen bad men conspire to impose en out license as distiller of iruit, can for an army officer, who was left out in
their usui paiioris “ou'side” the Con- distill corn whisky under the same li- lhe cold by the consolidation of the ar-
stiiution, good men everywhere must cense ?” The law relating to distil la- my* The President -inquired what
combine to keep all such men out of tiou of whisky is almost totally differ- sort of a place he would like to have,
[lower. This can only be done by the ent than that of a distiller of fruit. A j feherman replied that the officer was
distiller of whisky must pay a special now in New Mexico, and fie would
tax of $400, keep a bonded ware- like to be postmaster at Santa Fe.
house at his own expense, also have a Grant said he believed the place was
United Slates store-keeper in charge, j fill' d. “Put him out,” said Sherman,
etc. It will be seen that a fruit dis-
proper remedy for all existing evils tiller’s license does not authorize a per-
aini ihe greater ones which appear in son to distill whisky under tlie same,
ihe tuime is at the ballot box. All license tun from the 1st of May to
Tlie great object with me in the rem- the 30th of A pril of each year. A per-
nant of my days is to do all in mv [son taking a license todisliil fruit from w
power towards the inculcation of such j the 1st of July, will have to pay 10-12 j for this suspension within thirty days
truths and principles as are essential of $-50,, and his license expires the 30tli after the Senate meets,
for the maintenance of our institutions j day of April.
as handed down from ihefutheis. To ; Ail spirits drawn from a distillery 7 ,
tfiis course the future of my life is de- i must he placed in casks or packages,
voted. And notwithstanding all that j containing less than twenty gallons,
is said and has been said about the! W. C. MORRILL,
rebellion and the disloyalty of'the reb- Collector,
els, &v., I know of but one test of true j
JSmtl|ern Jletorkr.
_ D J_. G"</,
MILLEDGEVILLE:
Tuesday, July 13, 1869.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
shell. She was indeed the friend of nei- j normal tone and ceases to afford the icbo’’ President Grant and his Appoint.
ther North nor South—neither of the Con- rous humor which keeps them sticking to meats,
federate States uor of the dis-United its surface. But it is matter for grave ^ ^ ,LI ' b alone, that the
States; but an ardent and sincere wisher, j wonderment, how aoy Southern gentle- | P obc y °f the present L.S Government i s
a generous ‘go-between,’for the destrac-j man or lady can be a subscriber to their j cause for astonishment. Jeep regret and
tion of both ! Her sincerest desire then as ‘ wanton publications, or how they can give animadversion. The North —the hitherto
as it had persistently beeu fora number of their money to be lampooned and vilified * nure North, as well as- every other sec-
years before, was to contribute all s lie fry such open, undisguised and hireling en- tion * are fast joining and echoing the al-
possibly could to the disruption and auni-1 emies. . _ j most universal horror. But we cannot
hilation of the American Uuion of soves ‘ CHINESE LABOR. sustain our Southern cotemporaries of the
reign and independent States—that being! We must he pardoned for reciirriDg to ^ >reS8 ‘ bo shown an oppeeing feel-
the kind of Government she not only ab this topic again, as we deem it so intimate ' !° EUC y maal ‘Stations of cen.-u,e by
horred but feared; and all because its ly blended with our very existence that it . . , ■ ic N. 1. World
tendency, its growing power, was every I cannot, in our*view of‘The Crisis,’ be neg- j * 8 Y eno “ nced —J«»tly and right-
day more and more weakening to her po- ; lected for even a week. Nearly all our ®° US * * nounce< * e appointment 0 f
= litical strength aud disrobing her of the ’ exchanges that come to baud daily, |j ave . Gen. Sickles to the Court of Spam, upon
j ancient prestige of Mistress of the Seas! something to say about what has occurred or reasons which, to our
j Cotton was a King, but one whose purple j i u other States—something not mere ] y -. mmd ’ 110 P at ® nt and P oteDt : jet our broth-
— j wa » ouly the down of the Eagle that over- j speculative or suggestive, but decided and ** 0 _ he “Chronicle & Seutinel” will not
shadowed and ‘cheeked at’ the British Li-1 conclusive of immediate action. From permit au >’ 8Ucb la titude, or at least hi
We use these words as a heading it is j °“' Sbe tberefore 8bouted and hurra’d’ Memphis, June 23d. we are informed that] . uuder8taud bow “ tbat the
true, but more for brevity than as intirna- 38 lu£tl1 ^ aud hoDestl * for tbe one side a8 I a meeting of the citizens of West Tennes- j . ld “ 80 pere,atent > n ,ts d enuncu,
» I r A 1 « 1 Ilf .1 . .1 f 1AMC r.T I XX a nrhan f h a mnn -
tiou that we intend making any general | for tbe otber; and when sbe saw that the | 8ee , and North Alabama, Mississippi and U ™ 6 ° f S ’ ckle8, " beD ‘be man possess
remarks upon tbe cbndition of the two j tW ° S raud dlvisioDS were fairly locked in ; Arkansas has been called for Ju i y 13tb> tbe neC088ar ^ 9 ua lficatloa8 ^uly rep-
countries. or to discuss auy question which j tbe deadl ? and “fi^pressible conflict,” in j t0 consider the means of securing Chinese * re8<5Ut th ® miserable sbam wblcb D0W con-
now threatens to disturb their peace rela- the life and death struggle when sbe 6aw I emigration. At Marion, Alabama, Col
the North intended coercion or extermin | Lee Crandall addressed the peop le on,, _
ation, aud the South resistance or death— j the 23d June, upon the same subject, and I de ? 7 t0 tb ® . ° r d ’ ° r auy . 0tber . pa P er ‘
publication of truths, and by awaking
in ihe minds of ihe people the sense of
the dangers which are threatening
them, and arousing them to future ac
tion before it is too late. The only
tions. We do purpose, however, to say a
word or two about Great Britain’s neutral
ity position during .the war for secession ;
being induced to such an effort, by tbe ra
ther strange attitude which has been as
signed to her before and during that con
test, aud is still reiterated by the North
ern Press, as a feeder to the Alabama
claims question, audja ‘ratio justi/ica’ for
the United States to take the full penalty
of the bond. Paradoxical as it may seem,
both North aud South are at cross-fires a-
gainst England—the one for countenanc
ing rebellion, soscalled, and for the in
stitutes the so-called Republican Govern
ment.” Our brother would not, sareh
when she saw fighting had begun iu ear- j was warmly welcomed. Various other ! 6Itber repeDtance °r correction of error l
nest aud upon a scale that would crush the I p l aco8 are moving in tbe same line, deter- A ° d thU is a11 We ,bink has been attem P‘-
Union then it was that she flung aloft j m ; ne( i to reme dy if possible tbe uncertainty I ed ’ and We ? ear aI1 tba ‘ w1H be atte “pN
her arms, shouted glory, and breathed per- which attaches to contracts with the freed- ^ ed ; f ° F “ 18 ° Ur Caudid belief tbat tbe
ceptibly easier ! It was then, too, that she j men , aud which are sure to befal tbe plant X ° rtb 18 “ la8t gettin S D0 better off '’ tLan
might have commenced to tamper first j e rs in the beginning of the next year, as ,be S ° Utb ’ ID her abjeCt sub j ectioB to C °n-
with the one and then with the other con- j hag beeu t h eir fate to experience in the 6 ressl0DaI ra,e ' Moreover, it would be
testant, to secure for herself any aud all | few year8 paat But what is Georgia do- aklD t0 damuin g tbe g uiIt 7 ™ ithon t
possible interests that would be presented | iug? Is sbe waiting for tbe curreu t to
every now and then, and which would cer
tainly bo desirable as well as feasible, up
on the final catastrophe. As for tbe then
: present advantages, sbe shook the fox’s
in his impatient manner, ‘he’s some
political bummer, 1 guess, and my man
is a soldier’. 4 AlF right, Sherman,’
said Grant, ‘I’ll doit’ And so he did.”
Judge Brockins is curious to know
what reasons the President will assign
fraction of international law; the other; ...
. , • i • i ta “ the agents of the South, and nossi-
tor duplicity and criminal, unmeaning eui j ” . r
bly was not maliciously inclined against
the depredations of the cruisers Sumter
and Alabama, which could only be con-
couragenieut—something akin to ‘palter-
i ing in a double seu6e’ ! To be more explL
cit, Englaud is charged by the North as
baviug aligned herself on the side of the
| South in feeling and covertly, if not de • , , •
\ r . j ,, , . , j . , commit herself against the ostensible rights
Ifacto; and further, she is charged with; VT \ lf 6
j having sanctioned, if not by a regularly
! licensed permit, at least from negligence
strued a la Grant de Cuba fashion ; but for
the eventual main chances she would ifot
loyalty in this country, and that is loy- j Chinese Labor i.v Cuba. ihe fol-
Tlte Political Schedule for 1869.
We extract from the New York
World the following list of State elec
tions which are to he held during the
remainder of the year 1S69 :
July 6. Virginia elects State officers
and Congressmen.
Aug. 2. Kentucky elects a State
Treasurer and Legislature.
Aug. 2. Alabama elects members of
Congress.
Aug. 5. Tennessee elects Slate offi-
and indifference—persons or parties with
in her jurisdictional limits, to do that
which was antagonistical to the interests
I of the United States, an open breach of
I good faith, and known to be such at the
I time; while from the South has always
of clergy ; and jthis, we are certain, would
, ,, c . c i not be the character of the sentence which
pass that she may walk over free of fer» ,cu
riage ? We do not believe that our old tbe Cbronic!e & Sentinel would pronounce.
State is at a stand still on the score of cost! “ bad j u .™» ic ‘«»i of ] b « ffi *tter.
any
•^-but we are inclined to think she puts
of the North, no how. After this, we can
not say what her real course was, further
‘ k “ to “k« care « f h " BcIf - " hicb ™ P« ! Swi.'s'or'olher’cold^clhnate people',Tho I *' feitf "' " d
enmeebe did. The mist, end smoke of! pte(er lhe Wellern or North Weelerp ' “ " b,Ch EaJlcallsm ,s clal ” ,n e a " d
is, possibly, in search of Germans,
Let them wait for
takiog over every thing and in defiance of
ally to the principles of the Constitu- lowing is from a private letter written
lion or the United States. In this, and i b Y a gentleman in Cuba to a friend res
in unswerving devotion to them, l yield] “lent m lhe vicinity of Baton Rouge:
to no man that ever breathed the vital i “With regard to Coolie labor I have
air of Heaven. j had considerable experience. I was on
I cm. say no more now, bat repeat I °n e estate, that was worked entirely by C ers and Legislature.
mv thanks tor your letter, and send Chinamen, on another where the great- ‘ — 1A aJ
yJu my kindest regards and beat | er part were Chinamen. On the cs-
wishes. Yours truly, . i tale, (Alcan.ca) most of the hands about j
Alexander H. Stephens.
, , . . ,. , , change our opinion that
; gone forth, at least, after the war waxed ] .
- - , lC , - , .J transcendentiv indifferent and proved
I warm and doubtful, an opposite, and, if ! . r *
, ■■ , | eminently successful f If things have not |
c 1 rrtin ero'r , t 3/ nni n t inn IV not ^ C7
possible, stronger denunciation. What j
war, and the blockade cordon, intercepted j States and Territoriet . _
our view and cut off our intercourse with \ n0 8ncb donbtfa [ issne _ b ut strike for the I ! 3W a ° d P r0cedent9 . of integrity or moral-
aH the woild! We have seen nothing, j Chinese whose climate is like onr owE.if 7 ’. The Northern people are themselves,
however, heard nothing, which should j an d wbo can work and wiU work f aitb f u l. ! be g inniD S to realize lts blighting and
sbe remained | , y> in .11 sorts of out-door and field labor. 1 T * ^V ^ ^ be? “?
. | plore, that they be invited to speak out
The Great SZhibition of Textile : rather than ‘‘checked for silence,” or up-
the Confederacy fondly looked for previ-
gone well with her since the South ‘went i
Fabrics” An Important Movement. I braided for their denunciations. Every
W T e gather from a few remarks which
Aug. 10. Montana Territory elects
Delegates to Congress.
Sept. 7. Vermont elects State offi-
, , ... - i i the act of violating any law of nations or I , ... r , , I an(1 shamelessness and profligacy ot that
and anon, were tantalized by,, * 7 , r.(«. l»% from .h, 4.b ! p>rty , lnt . plludit t0 tbe caMe 0 (
mg to do with the ,oe S t,on, ,x- , Jo J th> 4 , J f otere8t , are not so ; “ '? “T S ' *? troth and ,igh. ; and when it oome. from
| hibition of specimens of the various manu ; a ge]f convicte d scarce, whose main fault
the mill and sugar house, and all in my jeers and Legislature,
department, were Chinamen, and there Sept. 13. Maine elects State officers
are about one hundred tree Chinamen— j and Legislature.
that is, those whose terms of engage- ] Oct. 5. Colorado elects Delegates to
egraph, some of the proof sheets of the j ment have expired—cutting cane by Congress.
Memorial volume of General Cobb, the contract, and in all cases. 1 can say Oct. 12. Pennsylvania elects State
now passing through the press of J. B. ‘ wiilioul hesitation that they are far su- officers and Legislature.
Urmoriitl Volume of lion, llowfll Cobb.
M e have seen, says the Macon Tel-
| ously to the commencement of hostilities, tbe s P 0ut ‘ sbe bas been caught in ^ Constitution has made, that the city of' j K i, arn „i P - s
j and ever and
! has noth
j cept. to be nailed to the counter by the
] South, as she can nail many of the same
; sort tliat the North fabricated and put
! forth, and as we now believe, from a sim-
! ilar motive, and for a similar effect, if not
] from a previously concerted scheme of co
j operative action, between tlfi? leading and
| curse that is heaped upon tbe lawlessness
uess and profligacy of tLat
vengefitl or uncharitable as to refuse our I f actur
advice in her distress, which is after the j woo ] en
per saltum plan of Joseph E.—“agree with] t j r - .. j c .’ ,.
‘ . ° \ tnat a due appreciation and fair discrim
ination may be instituted upon all. The
idea, it seems, originated with the “Wool-
es of this country such as cotton, ; p 0S sibly was misapplied tru6t or overween-
hemp, silks and yarns, in order i j ng confidence, it triumphs over opposi-
thine adversary quickly.'
Oct 12. Ohio elects State officers
and Legislature.
Oct. 20. California elects Judges ot
Supreme Court.
Nov. 2. New York elects Secretary
of Slate, Legislature, &c.
Nov. 2, New Jersey elects Legisla-
Lippmcott & Co., of Philadelphia, and u^rior lo negro laborers. They
edited by our townsman, Rev. S. Bo} T - \ to stand the climate and labor re
kin. Juddging from appearances, and jquired on the sugar estates in Louisi-
from what the editor tells us will be I ana; it would, however, I think, be
the character «»!' the Volume, we doubt j necessary to have them under a proper
not tiiat the book will be alike eiedila- engagement, for it left to themselves to
ble to the publishers, and to the lament- run from one estate to another, they
ed dead. ‘ It will be gotten up in Lip -1 would lake to peddling and gambling, j tU re.
pincott’s best style, in large, clear type, to which they are much addicted.— : | N' 0 v. 2. Massachusetts elects State
elegantly bound and enriched by two ; They are here, 1 may say, not badly j officers and Legisfature.
capital steel engravings of General | treated, but under very severe restraint: Nov. 2. Minnesota elects
Cobb, one of which is from a photo- they are engaged for eight months at cers and Legislature,
graph taken just previous to his death. S4.25 per month, with rations and Nov. 2. Wisconsin elects State offi-
As yet the publishers have not an-| clothing, and made to work the same | C ers and Legislature,
nounced the size and price of the Vol- ] as negroes. Ido think the introduc-j ] n the above list, Mississippi and
ume ; but those items will be given in j tion of that sort of labor into Louisiana i Texas are not included, as the Presi-
due time. I would be the means of gendering the j dent has t ot yet fixed the time for their
T be contents of the volume will be country more praspefous than ever.” j elections, under the authority conferred
varied and interesting, and will be com- “ ■ , upon him by the Reconstruction law.
d of the addresses delivered in j The Status of Georgia—How can j He has indicated, however, that the
tion, or enlists that scrutiny which is only
another means to secure the same end.
More Evidence of “Progress.” i > d «. seems, originated with the “Wool- j We tbiuk we perceive the main point in
Great complaint lias from time to time ; en Manufactures Association” of the North our co temporary’s position, but while it is
. self-constituted diplomats both of the North : been made at the North, and is still re- West; and agents are now visiting differ true to the letter, it can do us no good
and England ! But let all such pass just j peated with new asserted discoveries, as i ent localities to make the contemplated wba t ever , to remind any one of it It is
now ; and let it suffice that the South ac» j to the inhuman cruelties and severe hard' | “Exposition” as generally understood as j a j go true lbat vesy little good can be ef»
knowledges she was thoroughly deceived-- ships which are
perhaps, the more experienced and bold on-houses, Jails
might say, betrayed—by the North, .and ; that pure and holy constituted—that re
as thoroughly disappointed in England’s fined and polished and thoroughly chris-
ultimate conduct. Let it all pass, since j tianized section of the Universe ! Nor do
such materials belong more properly to these complaints refer exclusively to cor-
prevalent in certain Pris I possible, and to invite Southern co-opera- j fected by bare deU uuciations of such ap-
and like black holes, of tion in the plan. We cheerfully join hands \ po i D tments as Gen. Sickles’, especially a f-
icilh the North West, through Cincinnati, to j ter tbey are ma de—they come too late, and
build up and cement the object in view._ Its • only serve at best, perhaps, to bring to
features are commendable ; and we trust remembrance lost opportunities or cruel
our manufacturing establishments, will ; inflictions. Vie mistake the signs of the
the historian of the 20th century. i poral punislimeut alone, but to tbe kind j promptly and generously respond. If tbe j times, however, if they do not “bear a
tale offi- I Even upon the branch we have chosen aud quantity of food, the bad ventilation effect be not really to break down, the j meaning” which many will not fail to
I to say a word or two, we intend to make ' roorris > cells, 5cc.
JK1SC_ ,
honor of Gen. Cobb at Athens and lit be u questions-— Discussing the ac-
Macon; of the sermons delivered at! lion of the President in referring the
the funeral; the able sketch by Hon. political status of Georgia to the Attor-
E. A. Nisbet; an interesting commu-1 ney General as an open question, the
location concerning the last moments j Boston Post has some very ju&t remarks,
of Gen. Cobb, by Bishop Beckwith, K asks: Wherefore this apparent
and various interesting communications
from distinguished individuals—all vol
untary tributes from friendly hearts.
The proceedings of the Bar, in va
rious parts ol the State, are given, and
all is thiovvn together in a mariner that
makes llm volume one continued whole.
Orders lor the book may be sent to
S. Boykin, Macon, Ga., and tl any par
ticular style of binding is desired that
may be stated.
Wc feel certain that each of the
many friends ot Gov. Cobb will desire
a copy of this w r ork, because of its in
trinsic value and on account of the ad
mirable likeness it will contain. We
have seen a private letter from the Pub
lishers, in which they say: “We will
be answerable lor the elegance of the
book, and think vou will be satisfied
when we are done with it.”
How thi- Chinese go to Church.—
The congregation is composed princi
pally of m»m and boys, dressed in their
every day clothes. Some of them stare
about them, or talk with eaeli other.—
Instead of sitting and paying attention
to what is said, many srana up and
walk about. Perhaps some will come
up to the speaker and try to look over
his book, it he reads from, the Bible, or
they will examine the foreign stove i f
it is cold weather and there is a fire in
it; or they will stand in front of the
clock aud watch it for awhile. Others
have with them parcels of merchan
dize, or a fowl, some vegetables, etc.,
thev have bought or wish to sell; and
if it is warm weather, very many will
strip the upper part of their bodies
naked, and tan themselves, so as to be
as cool as possible.
Oftentimes, unless forbidden to
smoke, several engage in smoking little
pipes full of tobacco, having first struck
a fire by means ot a flint and a piece
of steel and some very dry paper. Al
most every Chinaman carries about
with him his pipe and tobacco, and
materials for striking fire. Sometimes
a beggar-woman will enter the chapel
#nd bawl out Justily for cash. It is a
hesitation over a matter which is per
fectly plain f Ifthe legislation of Con
gress possesses the slightest authority,
why has not this case beeu finally dis
posed of long ago ? An act was pass- M -
ed b\ that body in June. IS63, in which nis suicidal design and prevent the pos
were distinctly recited the terms on
which Georgia, with certain other
Slates mentioned, should again he en
titled to representation. She dtrly
complied with those terms Further
more, as-the concluding and crowning
condition, she ratified the Fourteenth
Amendin' nt, as a Stale within the Un-
•on aiding to give it supreme force in
the organic law. Were she not a
Smie at the time of doing that, with
the full aud clear capacity of a State,
it is difficult to see how she could prop
erly be appealed to for such a purpose.
And having thus complied with the
terms which Congress (aid down, she
next presented herself by representa
tives al Washington.
The House admitted them on its
part, but the Senate higgled. And
simply because of that higgling, wheth
er for party reasons or any other, the
assumption is seL up that untill her
Senators are admitted to seats Geor
gia is no State within the Union. Does
the question turn, then, on the deliber
ate action of Congress, expressed in
June, 186S,—or on the non-action of
the Senate? Could the Fifteenth A-
rnendment be proposed, if there were
not a Fourteenth ? And had the validity
of the Fourteenth depended on the rat
ification ot Georgia,, would a doubt
Have been raised as to her capacity
thus to ratify and adopt, as a soveieign
Stale within the Union ? It requires no
evidence to prove that the present
question is only an alter thought, rais-
edfor partisan purposes. Georgia had
done all that ever CQuld have been ask
ed of her to do, to reconstitute herself
a Slate in the Union, or to re-eslablish
her. relations to the Union, when, 6he
cd.’.oplied with the terms proposed by
Congress. There can be no going
back on these. Whether one branch
or the other, or both branches together
elections will be called for the latter
part of August or beginning of Septem
ber next.
A Dead Failure.—Several years
ago, in the city of Baltimore, a French
man, beco.ning tired of the “ills that
flesh is heir to,” resolved to shuffle his
mortal coil, ar.d seek in another world
fbr that peace which he had tailed to
find in this. To effectually carry out
sibility of failure, he conceived the
happy idea of employing five agencies
for self destruction. So he procured a
pistol, rope, matches, burning fluid and
poison, and proceeded, in a strall boat,
to a post a short way out in the Chesa-
peak. On arriving at his destination
he climbed the post, pushed the boat
ofF, swallowed the poison, made one
end of the rope fast to his neck, and
the other end fast to the post, poured
the fluid over his clothes and set it on
lire, placed the pistol to his head and
fired it off and leaped from the post.
Now his brains were not blown out,
neither was he hanged, pqisopetj, burn
ed or drowned. When he fired the
pistol, the ball missed his head, and
cutting the rope in two, let him fall into
the water. This extinguished the fire,
and swallowing some of the brine it
acted as an emetic on the poison, and
a strong tide setting in washed him on
shore a safe at)d sound man.—Ex.
Su.v Stroke—How to Avoid it.—
The season when the sun’s rays pour
down with their greatesl intensity, and
inflict upon the head of man the dan
gerous malady known as coup de sol-
iel, is now at hand, and it is well to re
mind persons of the fact. Very sim
ple precautions will save persons from
being stezed by the malady in question.
One of the best preventives is a thin
piece of sponge loosely sewed into the
top of the hat, and occasionally moist
ened with water in the course of the
day. We have heard of a man who
walked twenty miles under a hot sun
with a damp pocket handkerchief in
side the crown of his hat, and did not
suffer any inconvenience. The pre
cautions are so obvious and simple that
people do not regard them. Were
they complicated and expensive, their
use would be more general.
nothing like an argument, for we have no ] ^ e are n0 ^ th° se who credit the cors
“brief” nor public documents to gpeak i rec ^ ness suc h statements. Me do not,
from ; and if we had, it would not be worth ! cannot believe that they approximate even
the
spies—all paid to prevaricate aud abuse,
distort and magnify the relations of own
ers and their negroes, and picture all
Southern plantations like these Prisons
aud Jails at the North are reported to be,
only ten thousand times worse, and may
be less true. And from such partial,
groundless and exaggerated accounts did
Mrs. Stowe weave her material for tbe
the time consumed. Indeed, no Southern
mau cares now a baubce for what the Gov
ernment of Great Britain did, or did not,
in behalf of the Coufederate States. If
any thing more than another, she injured
us in precsiely the way wo have hinted.
Some how or other, 6he created expecta
tions which, she never could or would
realise. But lor all that, we stand by her
aud declare, to the best of our knowledge
and belief, she was at no time tbe open or
secret enemy of the North ; uor was she,
on the contrary, the open ur partial friend
of the South during any period of the
war; and never before, that we remember.
She always coveted its great staple, but p a g es °f her Negro-log Cabin !!
dreaded the great power which that staple
had created and was rapidly augmenting
for the United States Government; and
between these extremes displayed, probas
bly a political coquetry that neither of her
suitors relished or understood. For all of
which, we frankly admit that such was
our individual feelings shortly after hostil
ties commenced, and ouch our conviction
that the South had been cozened into the
contest and lastly sold—that we would
have suspended opeiations against the
North and honestly joined in with her to
inflict deserved retaliation upon England ;
* • lUUUUiUp »» UMJLI UJaujr All uub J ull ivs
usurping mouopoly of New England—it j read arigbt . We think President Grant
will, at least, open up another source of j uo t a “free agent,” or, however free he
laudable rivalship ; and teach tnat nutshell j really may be, he is so beset and so be-
section the lesson it ought to have learned - leaguered by his many well-meaning
truth; and our main object in noticing j and practiced long ago—that when the friends— who are nevertheless tbe pro's
n ie In rominrl mil* N Artnarn ‘nralnron’ i rrrer a*u c annual! pnntrikiitA,! *1 t nr »• .».*•
them is to remind our Northern ‘brethren’ j golden egg was annually contributed to her and cons of as many cliques that he is
that in days past, just such idle and ma- ! interest by the cotton States of the old fortunate if, 48 hours after any of hisap-
licious reports were sent weekly—yes, j Union—common sense, if not common jus- j pointments, he is assuredly satisfied, that
daily, from the South, by salaried tourists. ■ tice, should have taught no fratricidal pol- ■ one out of every 50 was suitably made!
invalid sojourners, aud other squatter j icy to those States ! Had the South been j As to auy other policy, than his appoint-
left uudisturbed to grow her staples, the , meuts have foreshadowed, we are alto-
North.iu all probability, would have main- j gether iu the dark. He has none that we
tained the exclusive “rights” and sole : are aware of, or has revealed none that
“privileges" of her vast manufactures and we have seen,
machine shops, for years yet to come.— | *•*
That prestige, however, we regard as crip- ■ ^ 6 om '^ t,d t0 u °tice at the proper time,
pled—perhaps as good as gone forver.— j what may still be news to some of oar
The South will nevertheless continue to 1 readers wbo do not eD d°y tbe most aUiple
produce Cotton, Sugar, Rice and Tobacco, means of or who cannot keep
as her grand staples, while her cereal and ' up w | lb tbe rapidity of passing events
her manufactures will make her ‘free and tbat ^ was re3 °L'Cil by the late Memphis
HARPERS’ WEEKLY.
This time serving, mercenary and de
moralizing periodical endorses, or, to speak
more fitly, plays a weak second to General
Logau’s “military order” prohibiting any
notice being taken of Confederate Sol
diers buried at Arlington, upon tbe recent
occasion of tbe decoration of the Federal
graves at that place. It has also assumed
censorship over tbe views and private feel
ings of Chief Justice Chase ; and presum
ed to read tbat high officer a lecture, be
cause he recommended a forgiving and
and then resumed our resistance to the ! forbearing spirit towards the Confederate
North’s equally treacherous and selfish j dead, when a similar ceremony (at Cbarles-
professions, as well as to her open spirit of; * on » S. C>, if we remember) was being ob-
domiuation and thirst for exclusive rule
over the ether sections of the L T nion.
England’s political acts, however, as far
as we bad opportunity to judge, and we
confess to a very limited extent—were
guardedly neutral and technically non-
interventional! But as President Grant is
reported to have told the Spanish Ambas
sador recently, “I will respect my neu
trality obligations towards your Govern
ment, although I tell you candidly, 1 am
not unconcerned for Cuba,”—neither was
the Government of England a disinterest
ed or unconcerned spectator of the war be
tween the States—while the charge that
she afforded “aid and comfort” to the
Confederate cause, in any taugible or sub
stantial way, was as groundless and bar
ren as Secretary Seward or Minister Ad
ams could have wished—far less, to all
appearances, than/many believe to D6 now
winked at if not indirectly fostered, by the
United States, in behalf of the insurgents
and rebels of Cuba. The truth of the
whole is contained iu the space of a ent
served.
It is not unusual we know for bipedal
Spaniels to follow in “the train of author
ity’s tail”—but common humanity would
have inspired any but an uncommon spe
cimen of even that race, with silence at
least, albeit disapproval of such contemp
tible and petty vindictiveness, by a “great
and conquering nation” to the graves of
its foes, was incompatible with his princi
ples or policy ; and common sense, if not
common decency, should have rebuked
him for his vulgar impertinence towards
the Chief Justice! But when it is recol
lected to what order the Harpers really
belong—that of pimps or meretricious pan-
derers to the vicious appetites and deprav
ed passions of a fast and dissipated popu
lace—no astonishment whatever ought to
be felt why they joined in with the hyena
like desecration of their buried foes. They
will get their crumb tossed to them for all
such wags of their—-pens, aud at last, fol
lowing in the wake of all like “6Cahs,”
drop off, when public morality regains its
independent’-of Yaukee cupidity and Yan
kee domination. The good day is indeed
coming—and in this dawn-like streaking,
it comes from the right quarter and upon
the right , basis. Success to the “Great
Exhibition of Textile Fabrics !” Success
to onr associations commercial—social and
manufacturing,with tbe great North West !
And success to a more enlarged and honest
reciprocity in our political affiliations and
identities. Sorely, we feel as if the “right
hand of fellowship” was stretched out to
us now. •
“Journal & Messenger of Maeon"
A. W. Reese, Esq., who for some time
past has managed with such brilliancy and
power, the editorial columns of this ster
ling paper, has just taken final leave of j Bernardino or Los Angelos. This coarse,
his position. M hat he contemplates d 0 "* i however, after leaving Texas, is merely
ing we are ignorant of, but hope he will conjectural, as the road may have to be
be called to a new field in all due time— | deflected on account of natural obstacles
indeed, we dare say, he has one already ; or to create, as well as to promote and se-
in view. Success and prosperity accom- ! cure the greatest commercial advantages
pany him wherever he goes. Iu connec- J and business operations. The Eastern
tion with his retirement wo also mention, i terminus, however, is the main poiut ii*
that Gen. Wm. M. Browne of Athens, will which the South is chiefly interested ;
succeed him. Personally we know little arid we are sure that the Memphis deter-
i of Gen. B. His reputation, however, should mination on that question, meets tbe
assure the friends and patrons of the Jour ! hearty approval of each and every one of
nal & Messenger that its loss will be but the cotton States ; while other portions of
temporary—no longer, probably, than time the Middle and Southeastern States, will
Convention, to make tbe 32d Parallel of
North Carolina the line of the Sotubem
Pacific Rail route ! This road when com
pleted will be another great thoroughfare
via the Rocky Mountains, to California—
and will prove, to no inconsiderable ex
tent, a rival of the Great Central Pacific,
now in full blast, and which is having ev
erything, in tbe way of “fair, (fare) ralts
and toll gatherings,” done up upon its own
law of Tariffs. The ‘Southern’ will run
near about centrally through Texas, be
ginning at or near to Shreveport, Louisi
ana—skirtingjhe lower parts of New Mex
ico and Arizona and striking the Pacific
coast about the dividing line of Upper and
Lower California ; or, possibly higher up
in the vicinity of either San Diego, San
will require to assuage for tho one, by its
enlivening influences in the acquaintance
of the other.
We are gratified to announce, says tbe
Atlanta Iutelligencer, that tbe Western Sc
Atlantic Railroad has made arrangements
by which tickets for all of the celebrated
Virginia springs will be put on sale at
greatly reduced rates.
have choice of two equally distant and
available routes.
A fluid preparation, it is reported, has
been discovered by an English chem 16 ^
which, he asserts, will in five years time
convert human bodies into stone.
The late Derby race in Eogland ‘broke
a duke, an earl and a lord.
Again, we can well understand ho
forth toV It tie effort'in "behalf o7hergreai- 1 maD °/ C ° mm0D SeDse can be 6nddenl 7
est interest—her agricultural labor system ! ^° Use t0 '™ pend ’ D f> danger, albeit he had
Tfm,r nt.„i« ™ » . • . ■ , 1 e 11 secure bnt a momeut before, and raise
It our planters mean to sustain themselves . . ....
i j . . • j his voice in his oirna^wce.notwithstand-
tbey should at once aud in time, endeavor ■ J
. i- li ai • • j i 1D g listlessness or disregard fbr the
to secure reliable.efficient,certain and per- °
._j t ♦ , ., ! same dangers while they were menacing
manent aid. Let them not wait for the J °
— urn - - -tot -i . , , i °r actually destroying the rights of his
result ol Commissioner Weils errand—he . J ° . 0 .
_ j i • n ,, neighbors! lhe people of the North—the
may succeed only partially, or not at all. ... . .
tt . ... . „ _ intelligent, patriotic portion are arousing—
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