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From Charleston Courier.
Washington Corrfjpondrnre.
Washington, Novemljer 13.
The appointment of Mr. Folger as
Assislnnt Treasurer hi New YorK, at
fords tjeiieral satisfaction. He is a
man of decided pbility and undoubted
integrii\. He was strongly urg ul for
the place, before General Buiterfield
was selected by the President.
The long threatened conflict between
the Federal judiciary am! Congress is
again deferred, though not settled. It
is plain that the conflict likely to aiLe
from the Texan and Missis«ipp : an
Habeas Corpus cases has been evaded
through the iact uni prudence of Pres
ident Grant. It was first thought that
the A turney General \v u!d compro
mise the qu<--tion by withdrawing his
opposition to the application for the
writ of Habeas Corpus. In that case
the Government would have yielded
WHAT THE FRiMERS OF THE FOURTEENTH
4SEJIDIENT INTENDED.
The Mongomery Mail goes back to
the ofFcial record and discussions of
Congress and proves conclusively that
ihe forced intrepretation sought to be
nut upon the Fourteenth Amendment
by certain prominent Radicals who
regard the prospects of ihe Fifteenth
Amendment as gloomy’, is wholly
wrong and without authority. Itshows
that on the 23d of May, 1566, Senator. , ,
Howard, upon presenting the joint res- I g emleme, » are self-made- men, who
olutions emhotf
expressed the
thirty two nails in his shoes, allowing ; its premonitions, and cry out that it is i Co\'Pi;xi.\r. Interest.
Jlflutjicrn lUcorkr.
The Now York Commercial Adreriiser
says:
There are 17,919 names who pay
an income tax in this city. Sixty-
seven persons who pay on incomes of
8100,000 or over. Most of the solid
dying the amendment. j hav ? come up from tne lowest round of
s views and motives f. he 4 dd « r ^ The mau wbo eat3 lhe
eti the committee. Sen- |«t, A. f. Mewart, everybody knows
which influenced the committee,
alor Howard said:
The two last clauses of the first sec
tion of the amendment disable a Slate
fiom depriving not merely a citizen ol
the United Slates but any person, who
ever he inav be, of life, liberty, or
propeitv. without due process of law, ;
pal can’t be compromised. Right can’t liability to error or mistake. By no
be compromised. They can only be othe” aritfimet’cal proc ss can the de- !
sacrificed, sufijected, set aside. Then j sired'information be obtained by so few |
comes Falsehood, arid Error, and figures:
Wrong. These arc the evils that Poli
cy brings with it. Policy’can’t help it.
Six per cent.—Multiply any given i
number of dollars by the number of i
suit was -< eu and evaded by the At
tora-\ Geueral. As he couid not car-
rv out tiie t xiieme views of the Gov
ernment, he lo.*k care that the Goyern-
meru >h<»ufti be permitted to retire
from the held with the honors of war.
I am perr»uad d tint Grant himself was
the prompter and author of the ar
rangement v‘'htch has been finally made.
\erg* r amt t»i1’exan compeer are to
remain m their present condition for
an indefinite time—that is, until the ■
Executive Government sliail see fit to
turn them over to the civil authority
lor trial. 'The Supreme Court, on its
part, is to take no order at ail on the
subject, remaining content with the af
firmation of its jurisdiction. On the
other band, the Executive Government
relaxes us eniorcemeut of the Recon
struct ion laws, but does not yield the
rigiit to it.
A collision between Congress and
the Supreme Court is thus to be avoid
ed, at least, for the present. The feel
ing o! lhe Radical majority in Congress
towards the Court is very unfriendly,
and projects for reorganizing or de-
stroving it are slid contemplated.
* ‘ LEO.
Driilgltis flic Ocean.
By the use of steam on the ocean
and as the motive power of our huge
printing presses, and a liberal subser
vience of the deep sea telegraphs, we
are rapidly and still mote surely anni
hilating space, and bringing the peo
ple of Use world into a closes and more
perfect daily intercommunion. The
Atlantic cable announces the fad this
is an Irish emigrant, who commenced
life with a capital of less than twenty-
five cents; indeed, with few exceptions,
j most of the parlies iu the list were
j scarce as well off as Mr. Stewart.—
Take Henry Keep; he boasts that he
! graduated from the poor house of Jef
ferson county. Jay Gould drove a
claware
order
. „_ ra _ f. - - - ” ri to get money enough to reach Hudson
Elates and doe» away the injustice of ^ J , r , ° , . . .
... „ o’ River. David Groseback, over thirty
subjectin'” one caste ot narsnna t« ,i ’
the point, uni tl;ejudiciary would have or f ro!I1 deriving to him the equal pro ; * ? ,.•>* - ! . T ‘ w
been opeiik sustained, and cor.slitu- tecti(in of th ' e laws of the Stale. This herd ot J aU !« lrom Del Dr
lional guara nees affirmed. This re- Lboli^hes all class legislation in the | coun ^ for 50 cents per day, ...
persons to a
code not applicable to another,
prohibits the hanging of a black man
for a crime for which-the white tnan is
not to l>» hanged.
Senator Howard continued :
Bui, sir, the first section of the pro
posed amendment does not give to ei
ther of these classes the right of voting.
The right of suffrage is not in law one
of the privileges or immunities thus se
cured bv the constitution (See Annua!
Cyclopedia for 1S6G p. 1ST.)
Nctv
it is its nature to drag these evils after j days4»f interest tlesired, and divide by
is; and when it takes the place flfj sixty, and the result is the true inter-J
Right, it becomes of itself, Wrong. It jest on such sum for such number of
doesn’t improve the condition of those j days at six per cent,
who adopt it. It would be impossible j Eight per cent.—Multiply any given
for it to do so. it may seem to relieve ; amount by the number of days upon : =
present troubles ; but that is only a de- j which it is desired to ascertain the in-: T Xi Xj ~P.X> O- E ~V ILLE:
It only serves to strengthen terest, and divide by forty-five, and the
result will be the interest of such for
luston
future
.voes. Private and public his
in this i
those who are ‘ sowing
Tuesday, November 23, 1869.
lory wilt sustain this assertion. And the lim^jrequo’ed at eight per cent.
the wind’’ in 1 Ten per cent.—Multiply the same r
How the Sontli Feel* About Hie War.
j t | years ago,
his brother, who was
this country will surely
whirlwind” in the future.
Devotion to Right will surely* avert j ten per cent,
the evil. No swerving from the Right—
no faltering in the path of duty—no de
viation from Truth—-no sacrifice ol
, fathers be held inviolate, and that justice
; right and equality be the principles of the
j government. With such a recognition
peace may le preserved to the Union-
without it, there will be fierce discord.and
I eventually another war should the North
attempt to be again aggressive. The le=.
son of the past will not be lost upon u«
for he who has been forwarned will bo
wise enough in the future to be forearmed
THE STATE FAIR.
Wa regret to learn from persons return
ing from Macon, and from the letters
of correspondents of the press, that mueh
! embarrassment, inconvenience and dissat-
■ isfaction was caused on the first day 0 f t h 8
] F * ir by the incompleteness of the arrange
ments, and, as some charge, the ineficien
i cy of some of the officers of the Society
We feel that due allowance is not made
j for inexperience and the vast amount of
We are sorry to gee such a respectable labor which the arrangement of such an
reap the 1 above and divide hy thirty-six, ancflhe 1 and weil informed newspaper as the Jour- exhibition imposes upon the gentlemen in
! result will show the rate of interest at j naL <>f Commerce speaking of the "peni charge More or less confusion is insep.
: fence of the South, and making state- j arable from . ch a task, and it is
unrea*
: meats so wide assuuder from the truth as aouable to expect perfect order and com-,
j that the Southern people have “prayed plete arrangement iu a first undertak-
I Congress for forgiveness." The Journal
wholly misapprehends the moral status
Fire in Washington, Ga.—Gen.
wi Toombs T.nsfs come Valuable Horses.—
Principle but devotion to Right, wheth- j Weleafo^ fnuo.gh private sources, says * of our people in relation to this subject,
er in public or private action, is all Augusta Chronicle of the 8th, that and, we regret to add, does us. uuinten
the barn and stables ol Gen. Robert j tioually no doubt, great injustice.
used to mend old shoes for
a respectable
| shoemaker in Albany. We all know
, the history of James Gordon Bennett can bring true peace, secure pros- * ■ . . - —
and Robert Bonner, poorgboys, lull of jly a|)( j j a ° t j n ~ happiness. This is ' Aoomi > s * <n Washington, Ga., werede- , beg to enlighten it regarding Southern
- . • V P . *i . I strnvpil liv Urn at thui, c.. n sen ti m ent an d s-aard it against similar #r-
We
_ j talent and industry. Rufus Ilatcl
when a young man, hail •an
to hold the ryins or a peddler
ambition
wagon.
E. D. Morgan commenced life with a
quarter of a measure of molasses, it
is scarce a dozen years since Henry
Clews was an errand boy in one of the
banking houses down jpwn. The
in
Arrival of German Laborers
Orleans— There have recently arrivei
in New Orleans from the West about I' 1 * his younger days, retailed pork by
a lesson which the people ®t the South j SIra J6d by lire at three o clock on
can not too often learn, or too untiring
ly practice.—Banner of the South.
A Chinese Funeral.
When carrying the body to the grave
a solemn looking individual scatters
little slips of paper with aphorisms from
mg cn so gigantic a scale. To obviate such
complaiuta in future, the Society should
fix the location of its annua! Fairs permas
nently at Macon or some equally central
point. I ban their buildings could be
made permanent, and everything neces
L, ‘ v v,v o o ■ ^ n ^ Til • t • • J o MW vta -
r , sentiment and guard it agaiust similar ar- sary^Ior tha exhibition and the accoinmo-
day’'morning last. Four valuable hor- 1 ro, A ia ^ a "i . 1°^Jjfs the ,P abli « coo,d be ranged
ses, twenty-two choice head of hogs, a i Mr ‘ C ‘” 8 . f Justlce 3 L haM - fompfeband. with deliberation and upon an ample scale.
- ” ’ conditiou, and correctly reflected
with friends
lot of forage, and a small quantity’ of
fertilizers on hand, were burned and
entirely lost. The handsome grey
mare, “Alice Grey,” well known loj sequeutly, for her there is no such
0 w . — . v,. .mu, | ^fbe General’s friends, and j as repentance. Repentance is a rt . v —
brothers Setigman started out in life jConfucius written on them ; at the lin- j highly prized by him, was one of tb&j conscious guilt—a feelingof self condem- eonsideratioa the gigantic seal
with a peddler’s pack, David Dow ^ .... _ L __i - L - ° L - l
our
it in a private interview
some days ago. The South does
not believe that she lias siuned, and, con
thin:
The above is from the Savannah News,
and is s» just and sensible, that we endorse
i the remarks. We attended the Fair and
were impressed that there was a want of
result of order and system, but when
1,000 skilled German laborers, who
have at or.ee been sent to the Teche
and other portions of the Stale, where
their labor is so greatly needed. The
cost of transporting these laborers, we
learu is but 812 per head, the railroad
(Illinois Central) charging §6 to Cairo,
and the steamers S6 from Cairo to this
point.
Of course this does not include
rations, which, we presume, may be
reckoned at about fifty cents per day.
It is asserted that our planters can
readily obtain from the West any a-
mount of skilled and reliable labor at
very reasonable rates, and the large
arrivals referred to above prove that
their eyes are being opened lo the fact.
Iri every way these white and intelli-
the half pound and n oiasses by the
gill. H. T. Helmbold was first cabin
boy on the sloop Mari/ Jane, that navi
gated the Delaware River. We might
go on through the list, and show that
nearly every one of these solid men
were the architects of their own for
tunes. Young men, who. are battling
for place and position, should remem
ber that these individuals had to battle
with life just as hard as they arc doing.
Let them take heart, and never say ! d ]ev very
die.
tels of the doorways are strips of red four horses burned lo death.
Owing to the unseasonable hour at
which the fire occurred, the building
and fences adjoining were quite envel- i
we took into
e upon
paper, on which are marked similar
wise sayings. Upon the grave is
placed a roast fowl, some rice, a bottle
of “Chinese wine,” after which the
mourners depart, never looking behind
them. There is, however, another class
of gentlemen who are concealed near ,
at hand. No sooner do they see the Uignedly set by some one unknown,
last pigtail ot the retiring mourners dis
appear from view than they make a
'rand rush for llje edibles and drinka-
uation—which no man in tha South,whose .1 - , .
: , , . . • n which it was gotten up, and th# laexper.
; heart was in the late war, entertains. Uur or r
status toward the Federal government is
simply this
oped in flame before any available help j believed » c , ia u a ..guw w * uugul .
was on the gtound, and the rescue ot : for independence, heeau*? we believed we ,
any of the stock was impossible. ^ - -■ —v. -—u """U
euce of the managers, and tha tardiness
with which the goods were sent in, we had
to be ei-
of Anglican clergymen in different!
bies left for the"benefit of Joss* and ! P a,ts °[ En S land have prepared a peti-1
soon make short wJrk- of j l j T nnl ° b * f nt to ^Council of the
them, Joss, no doubt, getting the cred-1 , aU ^ n ’. lh ® P ra >' er °[. ^ h,c h 1S » ‘.‘‘hat, |
Description of Clirist.
i !?•
grave, the bones are dug up and care
Peblius Lentulus' Letter to the Senate of\ f u [| v cleaned and polished with brush- j'} n,,t ‘^P^hable it wiil be) to the val- , world ever saw.” wa are neither sorry nor
Rome.
Conscript Fathers:—There appeared
bundles, which are nicely labelled and j
gent labores are preferable to Asiatic in these our days a man of great virtue, ; stored away in a small tin coffin in the
importations and it affords us pleas- i named Jesus Christ, who is yet liv- particular hong or commercial house
ure to
note the setting of the tide of i m2 a
emigration from the West to the South.
Our lines of transportation and our
mg among us, and of the Gentiles is
accepted for a prophet of truth, but his
own disciples call him the son of Gad.
He raiseth the dead, and curelh ail
a man
morning, that the French trans-Allan- Southern people should encourage it,
tic mail steamship Periere, which left for the South needs millions of sturdy manner of diseases; a man of stature
Sandv-Hook on Saturday, the 30th of yeomen to till the ferule fields and to somewhat tail, and comely, with a rev
minutes past | convert our wilderness into agricultur
al paradises. To the laboring men ol
the West, the S mill extends a hand of (the color of a filbert full
October, at twenty-five
three o’clock in lhe afternoon, arrived
at Brest, France, on Monday, the Slh
of November, at eight o’clock in the j welcome. Here they will find a soil
richer than they ever dreamed of, and
cheap, and oeople with whose customs
ynj.un
c So
morning, having run across the Atlan
tic in eight days, sixteen hours and
thirty live minutes apparent time, or thev can readily
eigtit days, eleven hours and thirty-\ Pi
five minutes actual time, and landed
mail deuils of faille telegrams and
written commercial advices to her day
of sailing. The general reader will fie
able to estimate the rapidity of this
passage more accurately
state that, owing to the
tance of Brest, it is equivalent to a run
of seven davs, twenty-one hours and
thirty-five minutes from Sandy-Hook
to Queenstown. Ireland—a feat which,
we believe lias not yet been accom
plished. Science and energy, aided
bv a liberal cash outlay and directed
with judgment, constitutute the actu
al beneficial propagandist!? of the age ;
that which will eventually secure a
assimilate.—JV. 0.
world-wide peace by the redempt
and t
isinthralment of the
N.
Death Among the Great Men.—The !
death .ot Secretary Rawlins a few I
weeks ago was followed by the decease j
of Senator Wm. Pitt Fessenden. A |
few days afterward, France, which j
further dis- ^ ,H< ‘ hardly recovered from the loss ot
M. Berrver, was thrown into mourning
bv the ileath of Marshal Niel. Ex-
President Pierce followed Marshal
Niel, and then England lost her veter
an Tory statesman, the Earl of Derby, j j
Within one week the American Navy
has lost its battle scarred Admiral
Stewart. Hardly had he been consign
ed lo the tomb when the army lost that
gallant veteran, Major-General Wool, j t ra ted Times says :
And while the bodies of Peabody, —
W ool and Stewart were being lowered j
into their graves, the telegraph announ- j
erend countenance, such as the behout-1
ers may both love and fear. His hair;
ripc) to his j
ears, when’er downward it is more"
orient of color, somewhat curling or
waving about his shoulder?. To the
midst of his head is a seam or partition
of his hair, alter the manner of the
Nazarites; his forehead plain and deli
cate ; fair without spot or wrinkle,
beautified with a comely red ; his nose
and mouth exactly formed ; his beard
thick, the color of his hair, not of any
great length, but forked; his look in-
! nocent ; his eye grey 7 , clear and quick.
In reproving awful ; in admonishing
j courteous; in speaking very modest
(and wise; in proportion of body well
Imped. None have ever seen him
augh, but many have seen him weep.
A man for his singular beauty sur
passing the children of men.
wmcli is responsible tor them. When
a sufficient number of these interesting
mementoes haVe accumulated, a ship
is ch frtered, and the coffins dispatched
with their contents back to
according to Mogul theologians
go hard with them in the future world j
unless they repose on native soil.
We went out of the Union because we no great fault to find. It was to be
we had a right to go—-we fought p« c t e d, under the circumstances, that
•ncenee, hecau*? we believed we , , , , , ,.
1, , , 1 j .here would he more or less of disorder
—, ; ued a right !o be independent, and could:
It is supposed that the tire was de- j be neither happy nor safe in the Union— aud coufusion, but we feel assured that
! we did our best, fought like men in a each and every year {hereafter will be an
cause which we belli 6acred—we were improvement upon the last. Evils will Le
avoided at the next that was patent and
almost inseparable to the one just past,
aud as we have said, there will be a con
tinued improvement on each one bereaft
ter.
If the Fair was permanently located at
Macon, where it ought to be by all means,
a" great error to regard j we would have several suggestions to
contrite sinners on our make, for we flatter ourselves that we have
the gift of order and system about us.—
However, as it will be at Atlanta next
year, the good people of that place will
doubtless profit by the experience of the
last aud be better prepared for the emer
gencies of the case in every respect. By
all means, let there be a street railroad to
the next Fair, and a double track at that,
It is slaleit that “a very large body” i whipped and defeated in uur plans, and,
‘ ’ | n different! brave and honorable men, acknowN
edge the defeat and submit in good faith
toallitsjnst aud legal consequences.—
TYe are thia and nothing more, and who-
.u- I . . , , , - . . ... ^ jever thinks differently of us makes ft mis-
After lying some months in ihej 8 1 t ecision ot the Council be : ta ij 0> So far as concerns any wrong com-
. unfavorable (a? the petitioner? believe : mitted against the “beat government the
es, then tied up, and each put in little ! idil ^ ot , A *S lica, l ° L r(,er f’ , tlie petition- psniteut, and it is
icelv labelled and ! ers and othcrs of the,r bo(j Y who haVR “ 8 M 4 “* tl . on 1 ......
kuees begging for merey. Haying fallen
in the war, r/e now ask only for peace,and
such measures as are likely to reinstate
✓-,! 1 , • , - . . us in harmony wfith the North. We do it
Criutch, ordained as priests, employed
as such, and allowed, if married, to
continue so until the death of their
entwred the ministry of the English
Church through religious motives
should be received into the Catholic!
in goad faith, and are ready to perform
our full part in the work of restoration, in
. fact and spirit But we come not as infe- j
Canton, for ! P resent wives—those married not to j riors on guilty suppliants, hut as brave,
ians it Will • h* 6 em f’^°5' etd as confessor's.” This is j high-minded Americans, iu all respects
1 I a very extraordinary storv, but >t is re- equal of our conquerors, and with con
[ Correspondence of ike Xcir York Herald]
\ Ctibitiri Minister's Brauns for 3iot Favoring; Favorable to the petition, and will urge
flip Annexation of Cuba and St. Domingo.
Washington, Nov, 14,’69
I heard a Cabinet Minister remark
the oifter day that “Cuba would not
be a desiroble acquisition for the Uni-
pnrted^ on good authority, as being en- : scieuces vc dd °f oflence. If the North re- with at least twenty cars funning coutiuu
tit-61/; true ; and it is added that “many 1,8 as au y‘biug else, it will be j a jiy prevent confusion and crowding.
Bishops are
if the English Catholic
As to the Fair itself, though we do not
badly cheated.
We kuow there are miserable servile crea* ,, , ,
, tures and hypocrites in the South who ; look u P oU ll 88 8 S re8t success ’ 11 was tar
1 would make any humiliation of themselves : from being a failure, and will do remarka-
tbat "thrift may follow fawning” but 6nch i bly well for the first since the war, con-
tod States.” Said the Cabinet Minis : lo have
ter: In the first place, it would destroy VV iH work
our revenue derived from that jsland. I consists of a small conlrivanc^ which]|
its adoption by the Holy Father and 1
the Council,” and that “the signature
eftf j ““l | not the teui P er u L i t L Lo 6 reat body of tha j ei( j er i n g w h at we , as a people, have pass-
merous, and are increasing every day. : Southern people. They are honest, high- ; . , • , , , . . ,
—— ; . j , r 1 1 1 ; ., 0 r ed through, and the opportunities we nave
A ,u„ r,_ i - (toned, honorable and lucapaule alike ot , B
A captain in the Italian army claims on ,i i, vr , nri .; sw For i had to recuperate in the past few years.
", J ‘ - . , 1 servility and Lypocrisy. For them we
invented an instrument »b,ch j k th ,/ d .. Amon .. t0
k a revolution in warfare. It ; all we have Wli tteu.
The display in horses was fine, quite
so. Cattle only passable, and if it bad not
We now obtain from her some fifty or according to th7"i'0^^010^'can insure ! We eudor6e tbo above from tbe Savan ' I b<fen {oT Mr 1>eter '“ stock lhat we saw ' h
sixty millions of revenue. That would such precision of fire for lar^e g Un s | nab Republican, for it is the sentiment of would have been a failure, though we
be all lost to us by acquisition. In the j an J small arms, that the mos'ignorant truo nien seceded from a principle j learn that a gentleman from Baltimore en-
seconti place I dont think mingling ; mart will be able to calculate, without ; and fought for priuciole. The think tered, during the Fair, a large number.—
with the Latin race, and " ’’ ’
trie
ie Latin race, and particularly difficulty, the distance of the object he j ing men of the South never questioned for
in,art., ->* , ene C! c,a !' j aiming at, and the height ot the tra- a moment the right to secede from the
Just look at toe ( history ol the^South , jectory, and also be certain that he Federal government, but there were thou-
will hit tbe mark
American republics and of Mexico
Has it not been a series of revolutions, j
which prove their inability for self gov-:
The “Lounger” of the London Ulus- *rnment. I ask you honestly if that is
a
sands who questioned the policy at the
time and the reason* for secession. If
human mine;
Y. Herald.
Remedy for Bone Felon.—Take the
bloom or root, (bloxn preferred,) of there ia a “y‘b>ng the intelligent men of
not a fact now? I wonld like to see I the Winter Pink, make a strong decoc- | South flatter themselves that they are
Cuba independent; but, after all, I am tion bv boiling in water, Add to this, j posted upon.it is upon the genius and spir- !
lard, simmer down to consistency of it of the Federal compact as handed down
By the way, speaking of waterproofs,
1 think I can give travellers a valuable _ ^
hint or two. For many years I have Cubans to succeed. They never soft pace, apply to the affected part, to us by our fathers and the rights dele- ter idea of the display in every depart
s •/111! 11 rrnvprn t ri p m ao t uiu! tvarn ...III L^. t .1 !„ — 1 * _ • _ _ _ _ _ . • . .1 _ u • L!
iot satisfied it would be better for the
The hogs what few we saw, was very
good, though not enough of them. The
agricultural impleiaeuts made a very good
show. We have not room ia this article
to enumerate. The ladies department was
very good,aud did credit to the ladies ; we
saw much to admire, but as we shall pub
lish the list of prizes, they will speak lor
themselves, and the reader will get a het-
cctl the decease of Rob’t J. Walker and worn India rubber water proofs, but I coub i £ overn themselves; and were ; and relief will be had in a few minutes, j ^ a ted to it and the rights reserved by the ment than we could give him
Amos Kendall, both veteran politicians j will buv no more, for I have learned I llie y 10 become aunexed to our Union, j This has been tried by parties of our s taU , 8 since the <”reat work of Mr Stes i Tbe amusements were va
and leaders during Jackson’s Adminis-| that good Scottish tweed can be made ^ dunk it would be 110 advantage, j acquaintance, and recommended in
tration. Truly, death is busy with the j entirely impervious to rain, and more- b:| L -* or iusft:
Many years
Andelusiati town a German tov maker
The Papacy.—A Paris paper, La
Liberie, gives a curious sketch of the
individuals who have filled the Holy
See since its inauguration by St. Ptter.; silver-haired veterans.—Sac. Repub.
No throne ir. Europe furnishes so many ! —
violent aud bloody deaths.
From St. Peter to Pius IX. there
have been 293 Popes. Of these 31
are considered anti-Popes, or usurpers
in the same sense as the Bourbons re
gard Napo'eon as an intruder. Of the
262 leeitnalo Popes 29 met violent of the young son ofthe Count Montijo. j and let it be in for twenty-four hours,
She met his advances with the cry—j and then bang it up to dry without
Marriage before love.” His affection J wringing it.” Two of my party—a
over I have learned how to make it so :
—— | and for the beneGt of my readers I will
ago there lived in an j give the recipe : “In a bucket of soft
water put a half pound of sugar of lead
who bad a charming daughter. The ! and a half pound of powdered alum;
young maiden w as famous for beauty i stir this at intervals until it becomes
and virtue, both of which attracted the'clear; then pour it off into another
attention and eventually won the love I bucket, and put the garment therein,
nice, would we do with ; the highest terms. We cheerfully
their negroes. They are not of the i place before our readers tbe remedv,
same kind as ours. They don’t speak : believing it is worthy of trial.
poisoned, 4*assassinated, and 13 b^v
various means. Stephens was strati-
of his lather’s obstinate refusal, he
married her. The old Count refused
deaths under circumstances that enti
tied them to the repute of martyrs ; the
other 35 also met violent deaths ; 18 for her was an honest one, and in spite j lady and a gentleman—have worn gar
ments thus treated in the wildest storms
of wind and rain without getting wet.
The rain hangs upon the cloth in
globules. In short, they were really
waterproof. The gentleman, a fort
night ago, walked nine miles in a storm
of rain and wind, such as you rarely
see in the South, and when he slipped
off his overcoat, his underclothes were
as dry as when he put them on. This
gled ; Leo III. and John XIV. were the youue pair any assistance, so that
multilated, and the latter starved to
death, as also Gregory XVI.; Luke
was stoned ; Gregory VIII. was confin
ed in an iron cage ; Celeslin V* was
ended by a nail driven into bis tem
ple; Boniface VIII; committed sui
cide ; Clement V. was burnt on his
sick bed ; Urban V!. was killed by
a fall from his horse ; Pius died from
erotic excess.
Sixty-four Popes, then, died by ex
traordinary means, without
20 others who died suddenly
chagrin, caused by reverses.
Twenty-six Popes have been depos- 1
ed or exiled, besides the Popes of i
Avignon. splitting the wood that has it in, and j every human action. But, do they?
Thirty-five Popes were heretics. 1 j )( , a | ^ th e fingers. It has to Is the world, in its superlative wisdom
The first 12 did not believe in the Di-1 | )e rubbed up with the hand, and ap-J of to-day, battling for these sentiments
plied to the wound without any prepa-
I ration. It will stick itself to the wound
tfteir suffering promised to be very
great. But the two eldest brothers of
the young husband dying, the old
Count had but the prodigal child,
whom he took back to his heart and
purse. This Countess of Montijo was
the mother of Eugenie of France.
To Stop Bleeding—A correspondent
ofthe Ohio Farmer revives this old and
excellent remedy : I have noticed va-
countmg ; lions ways lor stopping blood. The
ri' from aiiide you will find enclosed is as ea
sy and sure a remedy as l ever saw
our language, and a great portion- of
them are pure Africans. Our negroes !
have, to some extent received the ins- !
press of the American characler. They
are advanced in civilization, compared
with those in Cuba.
“If we were suddenly lo became pos
sessed of Cuba I don’t know how we i rectors for the ensuing year :
should get along wilh such an element
phens, the “War between the States” has
been put in circulation, the people of the
South feel doubly strengthened in their
convictions, and instead of feeling “peni
iDawson Journal.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of tbe South Georgia and Florida Rail
road was held in Thomasville on Friday, no sins to answer for, and that all the
the 12th inst., and the following named
gentlemen were re-electod a Board of Di-
varied and en
tertaining. Upon the whole, we were
quite pleased, and have no cause for re
grets, and feel that, as a State, we have
. ! laid the foundation for a great annual dis
tent” or asking for “forgiveness,” they j P 1 ®? hereafter, that will be of immense
feel that tbe North is in error, and will, at b « Debt t0 onr P eo P le in a11 calliugs.trades-
no future day, admit that the South has fl Q * arts, &c., &c.
blood that was shed lie3 at the Northern
door.
man’s Bureau, and 1 don’t think our
people would relish that. We would
find them a difficult class to manage in
an enfranchised state ; undasto keep
ing them in a stale of bondage, of
course that is out ofthe question. Now
if we could get Cuba on a sort of | ro-
bation, it would be well enough ; that
is, if we could exercise a sort of healthy
protectorate over it and keep it so for
is, I think, n secret worth knowing, for i ‘ e!i (,r twenty years, until the African
cloth, if it can be made to keep out
wet, is in every way better than what
we know as waterproof.
We would have to revive the Freed- J ac h son ' J°hQ A. Davis, B. B. Lockett, L.
L. Welch.
Mitchell county—R. J. Bacon, J. B.
Butler.
Thomas county—J. L. Seward, P. S.
Bower, S. B. Spencer, John Stark, R. H.
Hardaway, R. W. Heath, A. T, McIntyre,
M. C. Smith.
At a subsequent meeting of the Board,
R. H. Hardaway was re elected President
and P. S. Bower, Treasurer.
A correspondent of the New York Sun,
writing from Constantinople on the occa-
Devotion to Right.
Devotion to Right and hatred of
fried. It is called punk and is found J Wrong, are sentiments which should i
in oltl trees. It can be obtained by j govern every human heart, and guide j
vinity rtf Christ; 19 rejected the wor
ship of images, and 3 anticipated Lulh-
Is it giving Right the first place, and
trampling Wrong in the dust? Does
element might become civilized, or un
til the Anglo-Saxon settlers might neu
tralize the pernicious influence of the
Spaniards and Africans, then we might
safely say, “Welcome, welcome, to
our free Union !” But until then, I
think we are belter as we are.
The Minister alluded to St. Domin
go in the same way, saying that we
wonld htive to encounter the same dif
ficult ies by its annexation, though not,
perhaps, lo such an alarming degree.
He thought, loo, lfiat the possession of
Dougherty !county—Nelson Tift, John ^We are in the Union, not by our own
free will and conseut, but by force ; but so
long as we are in it, we intend to protect
our own rights and interests, aud as we
have sworn to support tbe Constitution,
we will see to it that others shall not open
ly violate it. That all outside legislation
shall cease, and we intend to bring back
the government, as far as we are able, to j 7
its original purposes, if we remain in it.
We do not feel eurselves the inferiors of
any section, nor do we feel at al! disposed
er in his doctrines. Many have been j afl( i ?l0 p the blond immediately, with- it reward Right and punish Wrong?
accused of murder. Leo V. was a |
woman. Twenty-eight Popes invoked
foreign aid to keep them on their
throne.
out pain or irritation.
There is said to be a young man in
j Fa*,cite, Missouri, who, though unable
It does not. Right meets an approving
smile, here and there, hut Wiong is
boon companion everywhere, and if I Cuba and Si. Domingo, in such an
* . . . . : lmnt no tno tfist Ahioot* *%¥ L
o ._ ( not a bosom friend, at least an agreea
153 Popes of the 293 t f) r( , a( .j ar ,j knowing nothing ot written ; ble acquaintance. Oh! the world is, .. .
unworthy of th-ir pern-: arithmetic, can solve any mathematical very wise ; but it isn’t very good ! It i 0 riictc a, a,gt eet,. san ie irns
To sum up
were adjudge
tion. “What Dynasty (ask the Lit)- j p ro b[ e (n fo a wonderfully short space : patronizes Right wjien it is its interest
las such a hisloiy. And J el of time. Some instances of his facility to patronize Right; but it seems to
erle) h
the act
which
Inal Pope has called a council, j are „j ven>
is going ft) declare him infallible.” ,-y
£.Richmond Whig.
Diamond engagement rings nro going
out :»f vogue—emerald and pearl being !
substituted.
Amos Kendall, in his bequests to his ;
Tne number of flax seed
to reach the sun, allowing
six grains <•! fUx seed to one grain of
wheat, and thirteen grains of wheat to
the inch : Answer, 469,497,600,000,-
000 was answered in two minutes.
Another problem: What would $3000
amount loin ten years, compounding
erand children, gives to each twenty five , . - • , .
f|, ousan d dollars, excepting one. to whom | interest at ten per cent ? he worked it
1.0 gives blit ten thousand dollars, because j <H)1 m three minutes, absolutely correct
was in the Uvuf'tderate army
What would a horse bring, there being
patronize Right; Dut it seems to
think it oflerier its interest to glorify
Wrong—and so Wrong holds the first
place and Right is forced into the back
ground of obscurity.
Men temporize, and time-serve, and
fawn around Power; and sacrifice
Principle to Policy, and Justice to In
justice; and Liberty to Tyranny. And
when Right steps in between, and lifts
Us warning voice against Wron<”, they
sqoru its teaching, or turn a deaf eat to
commander of the Turkish troops :
“Abdul Aziz bears a striking resem
blance to Mr. Toombs of Georgia, of Bun-
kes Hill and Confederate fame—tbe same
imperious air and tawny complexion and
tinge of aboriginal blood—carrying about
him that impregnable and immeasurable
sense of power, which marks great slave
and land owners, as well as absolute sove*
reigns.
The Secretary of the Treasury has fixed
the salary of the Assistant Treasurer at
New York at S8.000, which includes his
St. Domingo would require to keep up ! salary for ’services as treasurer of the as-
a powerful navy for its jirolejlion irj|«*/ office. The salary of deputy assists
ease of »i foreign war, and that both *nt treasurer is fixed at $4,500 per annum.
It is fouud from official records that the
collector of customs in New York receives
about 840,000 per annum as moities or
perquisites. His salary besides is $6,000.
Mr. Bouiwell and Assistant Secretary
Richardson have certainly informed finan
cial men iu New York and Boston, that
offers from the most responsible sources in
Europe have been made for any amount
of money to take ap our six per centum
bonds at four and a half per eent.
The bonds purchased by Secretary Bout
well have been counted and the result
shows that up to November 1, 817,844,500
bad beqo purchased on account of the
sinking fund, and $45,000,000 as special
purchases, subject to the future action of
Congress.
sion of Eugenie’s visit, thus describes the to apologise for what we did in welcoming
; our invaders “with bloody hands to hospi
tal graves” when they invaded onr territos
ry. We believed then that we had a right j X —
J i David W
to secede, and believe it now still more
strongly ; and in fighting, we were thrown j
upon the defensive. Had tbe South seri- i
oui
lowed her action, she would have been j pride humbled ;
Pick Pockets were about, and were quite
lively in their businees, for we learn that
a number of pockets were picked, watches
taken, pins lost, and even ladies bracelets
were taken from the rists. Several of the
! light fingered gents were caught and are
j uow in jail, and will have a taste of Geor
gia law pretty soon, upou the subject of
; stealing.
1 At a meeting of the Society, held at tbe
j Fair Ground, on Saturday, after the traus-
1 action of some other business, the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year were elect
ed :
j President, Col. B. C. Yancey. X ice-
j President—1st, Wm. Schley; 2d, Benj-
j Locket ; 3d, Felton ; 4tb, Henry D-
j Capers ; 5th, Joel A. Billups ; Gtb, Darii
! C. Barrow ; 7th, C. W. Howard. Secretary,
Lewis. Treasurer, Wm. Da-
zlehnrst.
Prayer :—-The petition of a penitent ,
sly believed that war would have fol- j the essence of faith ; hope made visible ,
! vent, would be the fir si objects of hos-
: tile attacks. “We would Imve to send
isdom abashed ; strength
armed to the teeth, and prepared at every | brought to naught. He who prays earn
point before she took the 6lep. But not j estly will not sin wilfully, for prayer 1=
que£oning her right, she went out un* the breast work from behind which
prepared, aud only regrets her folly in not j fire upon onr sins and wicked des.rts a»
having armed herself in advance of her j they approach. By prayer, doubts a.e re
moved, fears allayed, troubles forgotten,
We do not wish the people of the North i ^°P e streD ff t ^* ne ^» temptations
• * -1 • 1_ — _ 1 J ■ntAbaJ ♦ b An whr
actiou
ter, “which might be better employed
in protecting our own extended* sea
coast.”
Such are the views of this member
of the Cabinet, and I have the best
reason to know lhat they are shared by
at least two other members.
Three hundred and sixty-eight import
ed fowls were sold in New York recently,
averaging $8 25 each. The highest price
paid was for a trio of partridge cochins,
$80. Three Honda ns brought $86', and
three dark Brahmas, $5$.
desires checked, wicked thoughts banish”
tified.
lized. I {
to misunderstand or misinterpret us; and, .. . . ,
we therefore speak plaiuly and truthfully 1 ^ f ^ u
when we say—that we as a
proud ot our war record as it was forced
upon us, and glory in its achievements,
and will teach our children to be proud of
what we accomplished against the fearful
odds that eventually overwhelmed us.
We deaira now to live iu peaee with
the North, nt>t as repentant sinners, not
a| humiliated rebels, not as pardoned trait
ors, but as a people sensitive, brave and
fearless with no favors to ask, but simply
demanding that tbe Constitution •£ otw
people ^eel : raan justified andI heaven rea
V is the sure aud ready pilot that guide.
into the opportune port when tbe soui s
tossed upon the angry billows of tempi*'
tion and passion, and we find there a »*
and sure anchorage from tbe rocks t
threaten our destruction.
‘•Prayer ia the soul’asincere desire,
Unuttered or expressed,
The motion of a hidden fire
That tremble i in the brerst.
Prayer is the Christ* V» vital breath.
The Christian’s native rir,
Bis watchword at the gate of desjri
Be eaters heaven with prayer.