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From the Troy (N\ Y.) Times.
CURIOUS FBFAK OF SATIRE-
The Heart of a Turtle Found ai'et. Hen s
Egg ’
We Imve just heard oi one ol Ihc
most wonderful freaks ot nature that it
has ever iieen our lot to record. It;
seems that one ilav last summer a
little irirl, living on Beaver street, was
ua Irom a former generation, hss al-1 ninety-one thousand dollars
wavs been in moderate circumstances,
lived upon a plain, coarse*-vegetable
diet; that he has never drank any liq
uid hut spring wa'er, and bids 'lair U>
live many years longer. He enjoys
perfect health, possesses all of man
hoods attributes, and wants to marry.
He has survived seven wives, and j
having lost his last one about sixty i The
The re
ceipts for 1S70, will be one hundred
and ten thousand dollars. The Trus
tees were entertained here by the Pres
ident, and also by Secretary Fish, ami
will he received to-day wiih marked
attention in Baltimore. ' LEO.
>flu%rn $Uf0rkir.
the publi&.iuterest, be inquired into and State uuritjt exclusive military surveillance^
decided by the Supreme Comt. That And, lastly, we would appeal to Bullock,
Wa shingtox, February 19.
President has the Mississippi
down near the Island creek playing years ago, he now begins to feci cjuiter i Admission Bill before him, anil lias
lonely.
Remarkable Robbery.
A robberry that has just been done
with one ol her mates when she chs
covered a uery small turtle, ol the land i
species. Thinking it woule be nice lo,
have the shell for a plaything, the j ... - ...
child pu ked il up, carried it home and ; in England , is the most remarkable
aave it to her mother, who first cut offj and audacious piece ot rascality of this
The turtle’* head and then proceeded j wicked and ingenious age.
to dig it out of the shell, in pieces.; A clerk, with $50,000 m a bill case,
After awhile the heart was taken out j chained lo his body, stood at the coun-
atm eWired no little curiosity from the ter ol a bank to deposit the money,
fact that it was beating still, although waiting bis turn. Some person touch
some time had elapsed since the turtle’s ed him on the (shoulder, ami said he
life was supposed to be ended by i had dropped a paper. He sloops to
NEW BOOKS.
We have received from that excellent
| body is iu truth aud in fact,^theoretically , liimsell.il be had uot already aeknowldgN publishing bouse, D. Appleton & Co., thro’
j and essentially, the custodians—tbe body j ed the truih and correctness of our asser tbe politeness of J. M. Cooper Sc Co., Sa-
; guard of the Constitution—-and whenever '< tious, (by bis report or message now in , vannah, book dealers, the followiug late
: the President conceives it;to be violated] print, and properly criticised and quoted publications.
. by Congress, no honest foinded man. no j by the press as proof positive of his trick-i “Search for Winter Sunbeams in the
patriotic heart, would object to its invest!' I ary and unprincipled conduct.) that no Riviera, Corsica, Algiers and Spain,” by
jj|h i gatiou by that tribunal. There are nice such lawless conduct on the part of his Samuel S. Co*, author of the “Buckeye
subjects,” had ever occurred, but that the Abroad, ’ “Eight Years in Congress, ’ Sc^. t
been urged to delay its approval till
: Congress pass some act for the remov
al of political disabilities, under which
some ol the Mississippi Representatives
elect now labor. These Representa
tive* cannot lake their seats until re- ,
lieved from disabilities. Congress is j
slow to act either on the Bills relieving j
three or nr four thousand persons by
name, or on the general Bill providing 1 _ ========
a mode ot relief by application to RADICAI DOGMATISM AND CON- j
and delicate questions, we admit, bat none
i the less important, practicable and imper- . whole ,wasonlythe doings of a few
i ative ; aud it is only necessary to reflect, less ayd. disreputable characters!
; upon the doings of Congress, its blunders
• and its many high banded measures of leg
| islation within tbe last past few years, end
rorth-
General Terry Incompetent.
That there was an under current to all
, which are still progressing—still accumu- 1 superficial manipulations of* 4 horrid
MTLLEDGEVILLE:
Tuesday, March 1* 1870.
with numerous illustrations. The book
is beautifully aud elegantly gotten up t
embracing 442 pages. It gives the travels
of Mr. Cox, in tbe countries above named,
and is written in a pleasant, easy and
flowing style. Just such a book, as one
who enjoys reading travels would delight
Courts.
A disposition is manifested by thr
! lating—to satisfy all that the “drag chain” a o d damuiug crimes ’’ designed aud
I should be applied to its headlong.reckless j concocted to make oat a fictitious case and to peruse, as it gives an insight into man-
| strides, or else every section of our once j to institute a plausible issue, for Congress ners, customs, ideas and peculiar notion*
j happy country must prepare to accept any to hang a loop upon, there can be no doubt> j of the people met. There are forty-oue
and every alternative that irresponsible ; —R circumstances have any force whatev illustrations gotten up in a better style
GREbblON AL TERRORISM. J body may deem to be for their interest or er ; yet will have nothing to do with thau are usually seen, with several beauti-
1MC wa.-. — J . , moupv vani-hpel « disposition is matlliesieu me ! J —J -• — ‘'■'“"•'"I ° e ’*
taikine off his head. \\ ishing to m pick it up, . < - c , s . " Republican politicians to give as much I Wo have been am? are still alarmed, j advantage to promulgate. We say irre- such conjecture. What our own private folly colored. Price $3,00, and well worth
: .... „ CitU mi.I qpp inst bow i out of the case. Alt ettotta to nnu tne . . .... ., . .... . > -i ■ i .l ’ 'j- . i i. • m •. . r- , ; _
experiment a little and see just how j out of the case, i
much life there was in a turtle’s heart rogue /ail.
* i * i • I I . .ii/wtn S
" I eclat as possible to the consummation at the interminable phases which tbe domi- j sponsible, because both co-ordinates are li- opinion may he is sufficient lor our own sat- I the money.
_ ! of the Fifteenth -Amendment by some j cant faction of the Uuited States, iuclu a ble 10 punishment aud removal, while .’sfac tiou. but we would prefer to demou-j “The Origi
• V h-. 'h.ll the mother nierced it The London Standard thus com_ ; r i.teetiMi Ameuumeut uy some ; cant taction ot tne United Mates, iuclu
i " ,l.i. condition ! menu on the affair; j appropriate celebrat,on. fto ? e suggest j ding Terri,oriaa. P,<rn.ee, and waste pi,.
This is the very legerdemain of! connect ion with the
jberv. allowed of no preparation— 11 ( * a y °* ^ asbl
it wilha needle, and in this
it showed life four and a halfdays,
when it was thrown out m the back i robbery, allowed ot no preparation
yard and finally disposed of bv being i the deed bad lo be done quickly or not
swallowed whole by at. old g.ay hen,! at all. It was done, and in the face of ,
were a crowd at the very elbow of the unfor- -
tutiaie collector, and no trace remain
ed. The rogues were off with their
celebration of
ngton, but the
cP9, has given to itself', tvei since it be-
..... Pi -.-i came possessed of power. We might tru'
ofhcial annunciation of the ratified , . . , ,
. . „ , , , , | ly say that bhakespeare ought to have
amendment will not be made bv that \ . r °
.I.,, . audea one more process fur gaining great-
in and Development of Re*
they seem to defy every summary convic- strate from facts pateut and unquestioned,: ligious Belief,” by S. Baring Gould, A M. (
r laws. They are a self \ before making statements intended to con*
, and fear neither judge j vinee our readers. Notwithstanding, we
there
But as this amendment is the
_ j crowning triumph of the party, and is
which, with a few other fowls,
kept as a *ort of pets for the children.
Not many day after the heart had
been thrown awav, and all recollection j booty, leaving him helpless,
of it had vanished, old -efray “Biddy’
took it into her head to lay an egg.
Arid now comes the niarvellou
an ««. the itbe'rerr,lory of Utah, the orgjn orj-' tl.e Republicar. party may hecottsi,I-
— Young at Great Salt Lake i e r e « as ended. 1 he party will become
process
for pertainly the
gaining great-
lladicai party
retied upon as its tulure basis, some ; were ,i0t own to so great height—they
tiou known to
const it uttd ]/v
nor executioner; indeed, it seems
are uone to make them afraid.”
But we will euntner&te an instance or
two which more specifically consigus their
author of ‘‘Carious Myths of the Middle
Ages,” “The Silver Store.” &c. In the
can argue yet mote from the record, and ; preface, tbe author says: “This book is
present some features that may at some written from a philosophic and not from a
religious point of view. I have therefore
subjected Mosaism, as I have Heathenism,
THE MORMONS.
In regard to the terrible Culloin bil
in ^d of the execution of the laws
mode will be adopted lor bringing it
into the political calendar, as a nation
al holiday.
This is the completion of the recon-
i struction measures, and the “mission”
time or other he. worth the trouble.
And, 1st. We would inquire if Georgia
representative element, aud how] By i fhetr declared rights of assumption. The ! Gmit an(] Geueral Sherman ordered Gen-
,i n o, to settle lh« coffee,
,ik “Biddy’s” egg, opened it
the
t j,e. Brigham
City, the Evening News, has declared divided upon other questions ol public
what means was it secured 1 Simply by ■
assumption—by usurpation ; by fraud ; by |
vilJainous^corniption ; by theft,
“ reconstruction of Georgia” is frongh 1 .j rj j
with errors aud incousistences, and with
and all i A a g rant > palpable abuse of honest legis-
very center of it instead of I »» b eh a |f ofthe Utah saints that they 1 pobev. Moreover, there is always a
she (bund tne very identical j h * ve no objection ; o the passage of this | react ion against any political party that
iiimivn utav <,r nny bill—the more obnoxious the has long held power, and made some
ich had been thrown awav . . . . , . ,
v and in a* perfect a condf-! better; that it will not injure the peo- : unaVfm * a ble mistakes or ventures and
•’* 1 ’ ’ pie of Utah, though il may give them ! personal aniirosities and antagonistic
trouble, but that there is on resolve, ; interests against the “spoils ot office
the known shifts of robbery and plunder 1 tl0n ’ 8,1,1 unconstitutional usurpation of
that ever gaiued a footiug in the affairs of | P ower - AH deliberative assemblies, it is,
men or nations! They have assaulted ^ rue ’ are l' a h!e to mistake ; but they should
and carried the citadel of rational Freedom j j U( ^e e( ^ rightly for the exercise of pow-
-they have entered its sacred walls by j ers forei S n t0 lheir a «Hiority. It is for
erry to inquire iuto their outraged
aud imperiled condition, was not a Mili'a
ry Department with Terry,.and troops al
ready in the field, to guard and protect th e j
hardly believe her eyes
called her husband And j however, which we have
■it Id
sh**
h 11 of whom Jwere satisfied
as the same heart, as the nee-
still plainly visi- ! or 0,her vv,se » ghal1 ever
heart! ex-
m the Federal and Slate Governments
•lures were
uadis- l ^e Federal Government are vastly
greater now than they were in the
Adams’, and Jackson’s, and Van Bn-
There is now on exhibition in
Leipsir a s|>enUins maclwne, invented
by Lal'or, which is a masterpiece ol
art. It is m imitation of all the parts j shall find that reward for their villany !
of the human organs ot speed), exeeu- ' n olir possessions.
never achieved it, nor has it been thrust ] nsur P e,i taiperteDances to just ,nd, g ,,a '; at ^ ver} . time s euator Wilson howled and as I shall, in the next volume, subject
upon them iu the usual understood sense t,oa ’ t0 the dread of 8ti11 greater en 0 ut his iamentatior.s in behalf of the “ lov- 1 Christianity to criticism. Tbe reader i 3
of .iiose terms. Bu, ,h.j „o Sses . i„ m . in | •“*• «P»", '»
*' '' * ■ i. That the existence of a God is not
assumed.
2. That tbe truth of Revelation is not
assumed.
3. That hypothesis has been avoided,
people in their rights of liberty, life and j and the argument based on demonstration-
propei ty 1 W £ « not Governor Bullock as Consequently, the Bible is quoted not
sured by General Terry that he was will- a8 authoritative, but as an historical record
open to criticism. I have been precluded
from using the Bible in any other way, by
the exigencies of my argument.”
Judging from the glance we have given
the book, it is to the enquiring mind deep
ly interesting. We give the beads of a
few chapters, viz : The Seat of the Reli*
gious Sentiment; The Religions Instinets;
jug and readv to defend the people from
the use of bribes and by perjury-by ly- j tli0Se tbat tbe F a " d a »> ' ali manuer o{ vIo ] euce j A nd did not de-
ing and by treachery ; by false issues and j dunouuced a8 usurpers and tyrants. A\ e tachment a
after dotachment, here aud there’
and executed in all by Governor Bullock
pressed, which we trust will never be | cannot long be monopolized by one false standards—by iutimidation, aud by I wsa F uot hi n g about the first Provision- j Either aud thituer, led by Attorney Gene'
forgotten—no mob, sanctioned by law j party. The patronage and pr< ills of arms; in fact, by all the several and known I al or g anlzatloa under James Johnson, j ra { j’ arrow . j„ gom# instances, and planned
Plljoy — — -II- I I Vts» {ZeW'C* r»> rriAtlf nrfX Vflftl iu *• < > « .I. . _ ! Per, *• mnen I lion mknt n , n I I _ . _
i tttrbcd the fruits of nur toil. We
would rather see this land (Utah) con- j *, * -• — anv people,few or many, Christian or bar- !
verted again into a wilderness an<l the r co a linieu when they were touqht lor , . . . I
labors of iwenty-fi
: in a few liouts th
. V.. ... nnvuu I ^
appliauces of unholy, illegal, uncoustitu | ^ s 4 r -* “ore than what we belive will be
t i • > n a I aud unjust power, perpetrated upoa; accorded at no distant day ; which is that traversc> State in search of evil doers’
any people,few or many, Christian or bar- , n sbou,d bav ® been accepted as jrnt and , dioUubeis of the peace, disloyal rebels and
barian, over whom the sun has ever shone H honorable by Cougross, aud made die j tbe Kuights of Klu-Klux? And did no* Tbe idea of Imnaortality; Tbe Dame of
Vi-nli to miK'ii nl mmMinml.i.is imrinir, u,ei »ooiu I ue sun lias evei SUOne ! i s ■ ; tUe JVO lg!l tS ol iVIU-iXlllX ! AnflOlUDO 1 , “
ivc vears swept away joi . , ides. Senator Car nentef re -They have ahpUsLed law and its customs precedent for all the other States in like | Geiieral Terry receive all possible assist- God ; the origin of Polytheism ; of Myth
*JU U131 OUT CIICIIjI^ , K - _ ^ * J HI.. 2 I v ponrlifinn tn i»f» tn fnrmni' ! ^ * Tkanaenaiac . rkctrvin
ted in India-iuhber and wtxxl. A key
board, like that of a piano, played by a
young lady, puts the part* in motion,
while bv a pedal and bellows the re
quired air is sent through the wind-
fCorrespondenep of th** Charleston Courier.)
Our Washington Correspondence.
Washington, February 17.
The Mississippi Admission Bill, with
marked in one of his aide soeeches, the defiled its rights and its usages, and
other dav. that there was no reason erected, instead, au idolatrous fabric, cum-
why the Republican [tarty should now pared to.which “ Bels Dragon ” were bat
die out. He has himself given some
good reason for it, and they tnnv be
a pigmy to a mountain. Are not all
tbe.‘e charges patent ? Aro they not too
condition to be
relations with the General Government.—
We will not even review the present situa
tiou of our hybrid government of Military i
Dictator. Provisional Governor, CoDstitn
admitted to the former j Rnce from lhe Jadiciary and its officers in ol °gY i Idolatry ; Theocracies ; Origin of
aid of his efforts to catch some body offend - ! Monotheism; Pantheism; lhe idea of
, or who had .fmdtd 1 Now all these ’ Evil i Sacrafic* ; Sacrament* ; Human
questions aie in point, and will go far to
i prove or disprove the necessity which was
ideals, dec.
The Pursuits of Holiness.” A sequel
pipy. The key-bord has only fourteen 1 conditions, has passed the Senate by a ;
keys, representing the sound of a, o, u, ■ strict party vote- But the proposition
i, e, j. r, w, f, s, b. g, d, sh ; the oilier
sounds ol the alphabet tire produced
bv the same movement, and the adm
sion of more or less air. The sounds
of the Judiciary Committee lo admit I. , , . .
„l j (he Stale without eo,Millions, failed by i ' rre « s ‘' We ' 1 lhe power -l i.ut.i
is- I imlv live votes. The time will come 1 f rs ’. Ihal »•« s,m ' sh '' ,k<> ’ ,lle
found as plenlilhl as blackberries in COU i m „„ am i too notorious lo be denied or, liollal (?) Legislature, with Cougress as au i ,n tdgeJ to . (j eor6 i a - s being remanded to to -Thoughts on Personal Religion." la
the assumption by Congress ol power. M r >q 0 i re demonstrative proofs 1 Nav. I Overseer still, and President Grant and a p° lvUi „ n ,| l)e„,, 0 denoy. and another carry the reader someebat for.
over State Legislatures. Bui there are ! ^ • «-•*- * *■ - —- 1 r - ' 1 -* , «... ■ . «
aiising in - the West, according lo Sen
ator Carpenter, political combinations
have they not reached that frightful cli- J Geneial Sbe r m a o to pa.ss Word of com- j IltCOn) . tr , K . I i ou A ct,” hastily prepared to ther onward in the Spiritual Life, by E
1 m o n/1 Si riAiun the ai ■ — — — D until * V. n mimL * C C 1L T\ T \ TIT _ ^ f t-
t »»V> UlUV III WWIV. I I ... j
wh'en Congress will repeal those condi- <io ?” nan ’e i 4rt ''’ ,, « t
» i rv a o a n i tr'gxr* i f 111 irvii o I 'I’lva I 1-Alllltciry Cl
oi tn ami b are produce*! by closing the i tions as unconstitutional. The eondi-
lips, a and I bv pressing the tongue tions imposed are based upon thr. as-
agaiii-l the roof of the mouth. &c.! sumption that Congress may legislate
The French nasal sounds are produc- for the Stares in any maimer it may
ed bv a separate contrivance. The deem expedient for the purpose ol de- , , .
JaugliniJ. savs the German General In- : tending or upholding what il mav deem i a, „ 1 , al 1 ,R
sounds ‘truly diabolical. I a Republican form of Government in
the same. Tlius it mav alter orestab
leiligenLer
and very comical is the
roosier.
crowms ol
tbe entire Union.
Jominittee r>t the
House will make thorough work of the
investigation into the alleged traffic
with the members of Congress in pre
sentations to cadetships at West Ptunt,
^ piO' l J eo ([jieypgj
of the earnestness with which the Com
mittee will pursue the examination, it
max where they receive.condemnation on
ly l»r failures or a waut of success; o
where exposure is threatened by a disap
pointed partui r, because he has been
cheated or robbed ot his share of the lev-
ies ? The faculties of men mast be clouds
ed like the beasts, if they do not see all J
these things.
maDd “ dowD tbe wires ” until tbe right
ring of the mettle is beard from Wilson and
coiisiimate what that “ undercurrent ” so
cautiously and stealthily concealed, yet so
G. Goulbum, D. D. We tecommend it to
those who are striving lor a better inherit-
Butler and the other wh-ifflers of tbe two | gure! ^ nnprrin „ ly borc t0 it , destined • aDee be ? CDd the E rave ’ aod 88 aD aid t0
-f n 1 J ° J 1* • 1 i* r
houses of Congress
The Georgia Outrage.
First of all, we arraign for tbe benefit of
history, their remanding Georgia to a da.
| goat All these questions will prove o r
disprove that Cougress usurped the power
| for it bad no reasonable or honest pretext
whatever, to disannul the existing organi-
reli gious belief.
“What is Judaism ] or a few word* to
the Jews by Rev. Raphael D' C. Lewin.
Tbe author says in bis preface : “The
! al Satrapy. As the record presents the zation of Georgia, and haul her into chao* v0,ce of Reason is the voice of God.
* * * ... i ll7 !*L ski#. on an An* AAntfl AflAn ai.nl tt VTY1 _
Washington city has indeed become a i caU se or causes, for this outrage nr double again, other than perfecting their party
Legions swarm and in- j beaded monster, Senator Wilson, of Mas- ! machinery, and strengthening Radicij
feet and choa.e up those spacious avenues j sachusetts, while calmly enjoying his hours 1 ful®- Yea, they will do more , they will
!i?h systems ol education or land ten
I urres, or judicial tenures in a State.
The House, by a vote on a re.solu
Reduction of Postage.—The provis- !
ions of Mr. Bingham’s bill, amendatory j lion tor an issue of greenbacks to the i sa,lfl dollars lo pay the contingent ex
of the postal laws, may be summed * ’ *
as follows :
First, to reduce the postage on let- j rency j (1 that mode
ters t«) two cents per hall ounce and
one cent for every additional hall ounce
ll P ; amount of fitly millions of dollars, si*;- investigation,
j nified a disposition to increase the cur-; e Uommutee directed
‘ | is to be noticed, that besides power to which once lad lo the Ualls of honest, pa- ! 0 f recreation from public cares and labors- j shew that General Terry by accident, or
1 send for persons and papers, they have i tr ' ,) bc legislation to the 1 orum of nn ; aw ay ofl' in the far depth of New England' j knowingly and wiliingly, contributed to
'writes to President Grant or General 'disorganization for party political purpose*.
Sherman, early in last fall, that Georgia wheu as a military conservator of quie 1
is yet a waste howling wilderness, a most i and order, he ought to have treated with j
disloyal, unsafe and rebellions State,— | mdignant contempt the .treasonable and
where tLe lives and liberties and property ! se!fi8k aim8 of Bullock RBd Ll8 j nnt0 - If
of loyal citizens were disregarded, and in j is P 08sble tbat tbo General, surrounded as
olitaiued an allowance <»f three iliou- Camelled investigations, aud a pure dau
of firm and independent executive control
of the constitutional laws oi the land.—
that the Where now are those pillars? A Radical
The resolution ^ esl ' mori y taken from day today should faction—a conclave of unprincipled usurp-
1 will come up again next week, with ! 1)e ke l H . secret * Il will be time enough j ers—a mere fraction of a moiety of the
But the late to consider the facts when thev sba”
. some prospect of success.
or fraction thereof ; second, to impose j decision of the Supreme- Court mi t | ie be re I wleit by the Committee. lhe fair . nd stalwart proportions, like tbe fa- I General Shermw to interoose what! presuming, bv “witnesses”
up „„ »*W,paper, ant, penodta.., 1 .egal-teeder <««««» plainly forhitl, an-1 “a“h^nS.’l t ^ ** i ! ^L e and ^ „4 by
sued daily, weekly or monthly, or at) other Legal-Tender Act, especially in
any [other stated period, and not ex 1
ceeding four ounces in weight
cent postage, and one cent for
additional two ounces or fraction there
of; third, on drop letters and unseal- j ,j on 0 f a reasonable time,
ed circular, one c<-nt postage, and one (Jourl
cent to. every additional half ounce or
fraction thereof; fourth, to exempi
from postage all newspapers, circula
ting in the relate or Territory where
published, or within one hundred miles
of the pLice of publication
free transmission of excha
tween publishers; and
scripts intended for pub!
exceeding two ounces in weight, to be ; [
three cents postage, and one cent inr
every additional ounce.
i time nt peace. The necessities grow-
one i i,,„ (>IJl or the war is the only argument
every i by which die pieseui issue of green- !
liacks is sustained, and alter the expira-
a reasonable time, the Supreme . . . ,
will probably decide that lbey ; many instances, it. may be conjectured
L legal-lenders in the discharge ! lbsl ,he Si,le has beeM 50 m
the
ous, are liable U) contradiction on an
explanation; It's quite certain, how
ever, that these offices have been sold
for money by Representatives, and
though the fact cannot be proved in
American citizens, arc wound around their j daITy per y > and caIIing npon tbe p resi aent | be WR8 ’ aff - 01lter y tbe “ nst nnblushing
r_: s . .? ■' ' 1 ' ' ’* the most
official “ posi- i
the most commanding and honorable
are not legai-ienuers in tne discharge
jot debts contracted since the passage
j«»t the Act of 1S62. A new Legal-
[ Tender Act al this lime, or any subse
other instances, as to avoid publicity
ll these military and naval offices were
the only one« in which there was a
i traffic, it would be well for lhe riiim-
possible authority they possessed to inquire
w.tnenng lotas an that is vital to UepuO- j into , be fact8 . General Sherman refers
lican government, and all that is virtuous J the mat(er promptIy to GeneralTerry at ! mi S bt bave beun >®POse d upon-might
aud bo!y of social aud religious iustitu. ! Atlanta , wifh or d er9 to investigafe und re- i ba ve had palmed upon bis attention for
port to him concerning the grave charges- * f ac * s ar,d indubitable testimonies, tbe mos*
We pretend not to give the exact words j skillfully coined lies aud the most ground
but hope our memory will serve us in stat
or by a hasty resolution, or other hurried ! j n g ^ be ma j n particulars substantially and ;
sentence, called an “ act or by the die f truly—our purpose being not lo confuse or ■
turn of a chairman of a standing committee, mislead, and not intending if we can per i such actually happened to him. and des-
or worse still by the intimation of a sub com j ceive what ift : U8t and proper l y ,] ue to any P ite his * ffort8 to bold the 8cale8 at
tions. The army and the navy, those
wings of a nation’s body, are controlled
by a wag, a nod. or beck of their head .
less circumstances that ever deceived mor
tal man. We thiuk such possible—nay>
we are almost constrained to believe that
Sprrrli of $r. Bird, of Nrw Jersey, asaimi
: propos
ution, authorizing the Government to i
O 1
ssue 1 rcasury notes, ami make ttiein
egal tenders fir all debts.
The tarifl i? lo he the great bone ol
ot Congress generally have the seleet- serva: N of the ‘President, ara now the urea
• ion ol the revenue hihI other profitable tures of Congress, and not his assistants or
offices within their Districts.
Her Britannic Majesty’s great new
be the
pe°I
out
Gonstitulional advisers ; in fact, tbe role
of each seems to point tiiem out as only
dancing attendance to the loaders of the
ouse of Representatives !—
pised at the submissiyeness and
Senator Wilson’s letter thns referred to
was
return to a Provisional government. L p
We think he lent too willing an ear to
. men • • V snch ex i iarle evidence that lacked of itself Drec i at i 0 n of tbe members of tbe
the vnmum mobile of Georgia s second , , ,, , , , r loc . ... . , .
the fullness and consistency of the com- , narrating of Ins personal known
:n to a Provisional government. Lp-; r r v. •
. - . contention in the House next month— j * l , eam sb, P’ be M< / fiarcb , , 6 „„ u<
thr Gfor»ia Bill. There are signs of a decided opposition! 0 ^? 1 P^> ! « c ^Im.ratton for the next ( Senate and H
JH understand the temper of tl c ; to the protective features of the Bill j " a e f * S‘.e xv.U be about lour miles | r
ople, this strange, unnatural, ar;d : reported from the Committee on Ways ! °^ r °! n lbe sbore aL An,,a .P ob f. - .‘l be nanance of Pr
trageous interference with the right?; aud Means. It will be remembered , ls * aK lbe n,0il ^Pjeniijd ship_ P"
a free people will never be accepted j that h week or tr >re ago a declamatory ) aboat ’ 1,1 ever y respect. \ ery lull de-1 . erman, e ^ .
■jy those who sincerely love a constitu- resolution in tavor of a tariff based ; \ 1,6 ar i P“ bl ' sh ^’ '^e. ought to think and^act as _ i BO Solomon we confess-onr gensrsi infer* j ^
:ional iorm of goverement honestly and upon strict revenue principles, without 1 ' >st ot , !' R ^ pi1,11 England k.aiserf to be the Chief executive Magis- j . g ^ other man ; *> d
faithfully administered. Youmayappen j regard even to incidental protection, ncar .*y ” .™ 1 , . 11,011 ° f*° la ! s > an(i * sUC '*' , tra f« »f die whole country—created co- . y , , upo
his change to the. Constitution, but the obtained a large vote, being defeated ! !l ?b, P‘ 1 * 10 cuu 1 ’‘r buib « a r<ned and e ,j Ua ] with Congress, aud above and be ma y m ° Ve an er ' 88 we 8 w ? ° ’ n ” r 0 i a b
of a free people will never be accepter
by 7 those who sincerely love a constitu-1 resolution in
tional
fait hi
th
people of many States will neillioi res- j by a majority of only twelve! This in-
peci nor obey it. It will bedenoun ; dicates a great change of opinion on
who j the subject, and promise* a further ad*
vance in the same direction. The
Connecticut Democratic State Conven
or! which we remark with all due defer
ence to President Grant and General Sher
man, that under the circumstances it
President Grant and General 1 formfld the m08t P«erile and weakest pre
The former, we h
; raonest kind of proof, such a* he ought, iu
our opinion, to have reqired before he gave
; to his superior officer the solemn and mo-
With this earnest conviction deeply im-
, pressed upon my heart, the following
pages have been prepared, and are now
respectfully presented to the public.” A
very readable little book, especially to
those fond ol theological discussions and
views. Mr. Lewin is rather progressive in
bis ideas, and 6teps somewhat oat of tb*
old beateu track of old Judaism.
“Book of Snobs;” by W. M. Thackeray,
also “Filz Boodle’s Confessions,” by the
same. Price 50 cents each.
‘ Mrs. Gerald’s Neice,” a novel, by
Lady Georgians Fnllertou, author of “Too
Strange not to be True,” a “Stormy Life,”
Ac. It is No 13, Library of Choice Read
ing. Price GO cents.
Also the Monthly Parts of Appleton's
Journal, Nos. 9 and 10. nicely bonnd.
Price 50 cents per No. Excellent read
ing ; full of tbe very best kind.
D. Appleton & Co., 90, 92 and 94,
Grand St. New York, do a large publish
ing basiues, and we recommend them to
onr Southern reader* as gentlemen who
can supply most any want in tbe book
line. We take pleasure in giving Bishop
Beckwith's endorsement of the publishers.
“That tbe house of Appleton Sc Co., is
worthy of al! confidence, and shows his ap
firm by
knowledge cer
tain of their acts of kindness. We note
150.000 volumes of school books given
to the South ; several thousand copies of
religions works given to tbe different
: mentus opinion that a stronger power was Southern dioceses ; 310,000 given to the
■ needed than had been committed to his De- Bishop himself for the erectiou ot an Or-
urably be- i tpxt for the of it8 consequences j enU , dnlieg> or could be manafactare d phan’s Home in Georgia, besides S500 per
■ if he felt j of wllicb we have a,, y knowedge. We are oQt of tbe Recon8trnct ; on acts to ga ; d e or a " D “ m for hve ? eua t0 sn PP° rt the ° rpb “ 1
guide
him in bis business! Here teas the stone
upon tchirh Gen. Terry blundered, and it was
. j--j— - n i .. a blunder we think he must hereafter admit
cqu.pped here, w„ul,l be not less than yotld its colltro1 c , direction, in all matter, j [™\[° im J\ e6a j and ever condemn. His powers, we be
ced as ilU*gitimalc, and those
stand as its sponsors to day will in the
hour of its peril llee from its vindica
tion. It will be ignored and resisted. ' lion has pronounced in favor ol a reve-
Greal and sovereign Stales will not : nue tariff! aod other political and con»-
yield to an intolerable degradation al mercial organizations will follow in the
the dictate of force, whether it be aim- ; same track,
ed at them through a Congressional
t wen tv or thirty per cent. more.
LEO.
Gen. Butler failed twice iu
on Friday, tn get the floor to reply to Mr
which tbe Constitution has assigned to
President Grant lias the privilege, and it is
j Iieve, were ample; and God know* he bad
j that we. of ouselves know if a certainty that
his department ; and General Sherman j Senator Wilson wrote upon matters and j tbe assistance of the blood hounds of Bal*
the House ■ should know no other ruler than bis chief ^ b ' D S s which he was individually and j j ocb 6ee4) % ou j an j bring to bay all who
personally, most profoundly ignorant, bat | defied ^ ]avs Qr putraged
: we appeal to common sense—to the many '
Dawes speech of Tuesday, and to defend , • , , . , n ... • j .
, , “. . / , r Ins duty to read the Constitution and to
the administration lrotn the charges ot ex- J
fravagance which the latter made so glar-
majority directly or through the action
of a far ofF Stale. * * * *
The end is not yet.
reconst melon is a monster which will
create storm tempes , and disorder,
ingly. Mr. Dawes, notwithstanding the
abuse heaped upon him by some of his
to stand by his record,
interpret it, as his judgement suggests, if newspapers, daily aud ateekly, that were
that judgement honestly conflicts with the | Pushed all over Georgia at the time, if
foil.’
the “ trooly
It, however, uone could be found,
children.’
Such acts of liberality should be remem
bered by our people, and if books are
wanted of any description, school, religious,
historical, scientific, travels, novels, Ac., a
letter to tbe house will give tbe writer a
full catalogue of all tbe books, published
by them, and the prices.
BP Mr. J. C. Derby has established a
wise, overthrow the authors. There
ii no snfety from despotism but in pr<
A tariff, framed upon the report of "P*™
Commissioner Wells, will be offered ' 0W V '/• ten ' 8 . , , f ,.
„ * * ■ i . i and will make a speech In defence ot hia
. . j J- e a'Ri-protectionisU ss a substitute , 0Pe jj a bas rcce i ve d letter's from
ns s^ sit ni o j tor lhal ol the Committee, and there is J Rorace Greely- the editors of the New
; Y’orkPost, Boston Traveler, and other Re
publican journals, warmly commending
his expose of extravagance.— Tel. ^ Me is.
On tbe opening of tbe Ecumenical Conn
cil on December Sth, Monsoigaeur Gan
judgement raid action of Congress, he can
what the Senator wrote, was even the sem
forbid, or veto, and in case he is still bprue ^ aIaH(e of truth ?■ We appeal to the citizens es ^ cnt and m(lg t damaging negative tba t
down, we do not think he is even tlieu ol our ^ State, if what he wrote as only inti* ^ General Terry’s “ Report ” can or will ev-
it is but reasonable to presume there were Sonthern p ab lj s king Agency at Augusta,
| j none !-aad we regard Governor Bullock's Qa <nd degire8 good canvassing agents.
deQlaratien to that extent, as the unkind- Tbe fh#t wi „ ^ jsgned will CODta in
an immense amount of interesting and in-
souie chance lor its success in the
House. At any rale the revenue and
Until the people, by the ballot, nr other- i anti-protection 'principle is undoubtedly
to prevail in our legislation on the lar-
iff, at no distant day. As lo ihc man*
altogether powerless, or at the end of his<
row. The Supreme Court in such case, is
remark coald have been justified by actual eircum
mating the amount of erime unusual,
alarming, and perilous to loyal citizens-:
structive reading matter, besides a number
to arouse. The followiug is the list offer-
ourselves anil this great political inher-1 earnestly as they do for a stable and
itance, we must Jo it through the just permanent system of duties, to which
and fearless vindication ot those rights they can accommodate themselves.
pa rat ion to reject tin? flagrant wrong ;: ufaetures the more intelligent anti skill* j dolfi was prepaiing to enter the Vatican,
and let the issue come. It we save , ful ol them ask not lor high duties so when two strange priests assisted him to
dress. He afterwards discovered that the
stranger had taken a magnificent gnldeu
cross set with diamonds, which the Pope
had presented to him.
Tbe statistics of the Methodist Episco
pal Church South 6um as follows : There
are nine bishops, 2.495 traveling preach
ers, 4 413 local preachers ; white members
503, 596 ; colored members, 32, 0S5. Tbe
aggregate of members and preachers is
545,000,
tbe constitutional umpire. But most
able of all, is the fact, that this co-equal >u “ cea ’ more than hav ? WP« u « d Iu « ve
and co ordiuate “ estate” ol the govern
meat is snubbed hy Congress, qnite as
by some so long despised and rejected
-—the rights of the State
The 'Trustees of the Peabody South
ern educational fund, have just held
theie annual meetin^here. Eulogiums
North Carolina Ahead.—There j mid resolutions in honor of memory of
is a man living in the mountains of the distinguished benefactor, and the
North Carolina, not more than forty report ol the operations of the Board
miles from Greenville, South Carolina, for the last year was received. It la
aays the Tarboro’ Carolinian, w ho has staled that the use of the fund has been
reached the extraordinary age nf one productive of much good, chiefly by
hundred and forty three years. the stimulus and encouragement it has
time ol liradlock’s defeat he was twei;-, given to the Committee in the establish*
ty veai.- old, aud bad a wile and three j ineniof schools. The receipts fronj the
children: A aeiilfetnan at Greenviile ! fund for the last year were' ninety-six
states that this man has cotpe. down to thousand dollars, and the expenditures
ry State in tbe Union for the last qoartar
l of a century ? We would appeal to Gen-
arrogantly and dictatorially as has been | eral T ' Bn y* the *® ca,1 ® d c * 8eB preSL . n ted, and add or correct any
the President. The exclusive province of j reported to him after he received the order ception we ma y bave ma ^ e . t b*t
the one, as well as tbe honored prerogative ! f rom Sherman were such unmistakable
facts, a* would have determined him to ar-
| er receive ; but our remarks have acquired
’ too much space for onr column* this week ; tQ tbe pu blic. as agent for Appleton Sc
* j we will endeavor to add other circumstan* £ 0 ^ ew y or fc.
| ces in a future number. In the mean time, Appleton’* New American Cyclopedia,
we trust all our reader* will reflect upon ifivol*.; Appleton’s Annual Cyclopedia,
! the train of circumstances which we have S vols.; Burton’s Cyclopedia of Wit and
V r V _ — C ■ ■. ■ * Ift I Y a a* ft iftti a f t na
Humor, 1 vol.; Smith’s Dictionary of tbe
L u “°'' u “ Bible, 1 vol.; Cyclopedia of Commercial
the truth AnecdoteSf i v ol.; Curtis’Life of Daniel
of the other, have been alike entrenched
upon by tbe Jack Cades of tbe legislative
branch. We moreover believe, that it is
President Graut’a business and duty, as it
certainly should be his pride and pleasure,
to maintain and sustain the Federal Judi
ciary in all its constitutional rights, as
and nothing but the truth may be under,, waster, 2 vols. ; Maybews’ Illustrated
, stood and respected-; it will ultimately tri- Horse Doctor, 1 vol.; Beard’s Home Pby-
rest the persons accused of these crimes ; bf am j it8 ho , fires wa ibould nol al- sician. 1 vol.; Wariug’s Farmers’ and
..d murder,, of hi. ... mure mo,mu. .ud ^ . Iti „ BaU h.d o, .mothered. 1““.^ \ '.°lf SSrtW
iug of the Grey, 1 vol.; Greeley’* Ameri
can Conflict, 2 vols.; Chamberlain’s Coro-
, from a belief that conviction would or
j should unquestionably follow ? and wbeth j
! er he as the military head of affairs in j
! Georgia at tbe time, and for months pie- ,
We see from a published list of ,
r ■ i t f t t.pir«15«bilitiea the mercial Law, 1 vol.; Richardson s Beyond
Georgians relieved of their disabilities, tbe ^ Migfiiggippi| j voJ . M?fk Twain ' 8 I n .
The citizens of Corinne, Utah Territo- it encumbent to have auy
ry. have built an adobe Church, the first
Christian edifice iu Utah.
It is estimated iu London that the fetes
at the openiug of the Suez canal have
cost the Viceroy the enormous figure of wnat he believes to-he au ttm-onstitutionsal',
*6 000.000 gold.
much and tu eve,, l„ e .l e.tuut, he feel. | vim», Aft »AI «.liuof Georgi. ! folh..iug from B,ld.,u co. ■ W. G. Me- i ^ Vin«'. PuUic.-
... - , , i_ tnrhiilnhf rebellious lawless ar.d ' Adoo, L. H. Briscoe, B. B. deGraffennad. | 10 ns, in Monthly Parts,
constitutional act i to be of a tnrbuleht, rebellions, lawless and
Peter Fair, A. J. Pool. Thos. W. White, See advertisement in another place.
of Congress executed. We deny tbe as*, ungovernable character, that with the Jn , g _ w
diciary Department, organized and officered ^ Can.ngton, and Geo. M. Lncaa. We
by Governor Bullock himself, to aid and , a ™ to state, that they ara all gen-
assist bis military Pope;, he conhl not have | tleuieu of character and position, and wor-
act, if that act can, without detriment to i corrected the evils without placing the | thy of public confidence.
sumption that a mere partizau majority of
Cougress can order the President to do
I is estimated that there are three hun
dred thousand women in the State of New
York, with ao. proepeetdof ^airkop otf-^uo^
men enough to go around-