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•w’ The National Banks threaten to fol
low suit with the Van Buren pets. Gov
ernment lost $547,000 by the recent failure
of the Merchant’s National Bank in Wash
ington.
Conservative Convention in Ken
tucky.—The Louisville Journal of the
wth contains a call for a convention of men
of all parties who sustain the President’s
policy, to meet in mass convention at
Louisville, on the 30th inst.
Demoralized.— The New York corres
pondent of the Charleston Courier repre
sents the rank and file of the Republican
party in that city as anxious, low spirited
aud demoralized. We hope they will see
occasion to preserve that frame of mind,
if they have fallen into it.
The Mountain Resurrected.—His
tory is constantly repeating itself. We
have repeatedly drawn attention to the
diligence with which the radicals are fol
lowing in the footsteps of the Jacobins of
the French revolution. The step of de
claring the sessions of Congress en perma
nent** is now on the tapis. The Radical
Central Committee of Missouri have called
upon Congress to do it. In solemn con
clave they have declared:
That we hold it the duty of Congress
not to adjourn before the fourth of March,
1867, unless the reconstruction of the
Union has been settled before that time in
the sense of the principles laid down in the
Declaration of Independence.
Go it, radicals. You will evidently ar
range matters before you get through.
“Spotting” a Rascal. —A business
firm in Memphis recently detected a thief
quite udroiily. They had missed money
from the till for some days, amounting to
$350, but could not detect the guilty party.
The cashier, a few nights since, emptied
into the drawer a cup filled with nitrate
of silver. The thief went to the till to
make hie erening’s capital, and in ab
stracting the money covered his hands
with the nitrate, which he was unable to
get off. An examination of his paws in
the morning proved the faux paws, or
thief's, and the guilty party was arrested.
The Successful Secessionists.— The
Charleston News proves the radicals to be
the only successful secessionists, in this
handy manner:
“It seems that radical logic has decided
t hat successful secession is iight. Western
Virginia is a proof in point. That seced
ing portion of the Olu Dominion is not
only recognized, but is allowed to have
Senators ami Kegrcsontatives in Congress.
Now it is certain that if a State has no
right to withdraw from the Union, a
county luu* less right to withdraw from a
State.
Revenue—Present and Prospective.
—The Controller of the Currency makes a
statement which shows the actual receipts
for the current fiscal year to April Ist are
$410,041,132; and at the same ratio for the
next three months will amount for- the
next year to five hundred and forty mil
lion dollar*, to which may be added $20,-
000,000 for income tax. Increased taxes
are expected to be laid next year on sever
al important articles, and some revenue
will be derived from the Southern States.
Mr. Clarke therefore estimates that next
year's revenue will not fall below this
year’s, and that, deducting the expendi
tures as now estimated, there will be a bal
ance to the credit of the government of
$*49,000,000 on the 30th of June, 1867.
fc>uch a surplus as this is unnecessary.
It would extinguish the whole debt in fif
teen years, when twenty to thirty should
be soon enough. The scheme of Secre
tary McCulloch contemplates a sinking
fund of only thirty millions per annum,
which is sufficient. Let the country rest
as much as possible and recuperate. ' Why
put on a needless burden of taxation,
when with ever}’ year or carrying ability
will be largely increased?.
Four maiden sisters, whose united
a«e« amount to 313 years, dwell in the
house ot their nativity at Marlboro, Mas
sachusetts. They probably will not mar
ry now.
W&. Paris having already two great ar
taaian wells, another is being sunk. It
has reached a depth of eighty-two metres,
or nearly twenty-three metres below sea
level. A good deal of difficulty has been
experienced in dealing with a number of
subterranean lakes met with.
lA.A Madrid leker states that a Mr.
Monturial, a Spaniard, has solved the
problem of submarine steam navigation,
by the invention of a vessel which can re
main for hours at a considerable depth,
can discharge cannon from below, and
act as a rain for piercing the hulls of iron
cased ships.
I^.A Washington letter-writer tells
a droll story of the President, bv which it
would ap)>car that he was shavedthe other
day, when the twirber accidentally tweak
to° har,L ‘‘Son
me, <*aid the barber, very naturallv
"Put your baud iu my coat pocket and
pull out one- rojoinetT the Chief Magis
tnte," and 1 .1 till it for you when you’ve
A Point host and Made.
In the disscussion of the Reconstructs
Committee’s Constitutional Amendment
in the House on the Bth, it appears to us
there was a point surrendered by Stevens,
which would, in the event of the adoption
of the amendment, make it practically
valueless to the radicals. We quote from
the report a conversation between Mr.
Blaine, a radical member from Maine, and
the High Priest of the sect:
Mr. Blaine called the attention of Mr.
Stevens and of the House to an objection
to the third section of the amendment.
That section provides that until the 4th of
July, 1870, all persons who voluntarily
adhered to the late insurrection, giving
aid and comfort, shall lie excluded from
the right to vote for Representatives in
Congress, and for the electors for Presi
dent and Vice-President of the United
States. It appears to him that was a
violation of good faith in reference to
that large class of people in the South
who came within the terms of the amnestv
proclamation of President Johnson, and
were, thereby, restored to all their civil
rights. He asked Mr. Stevens for an
explanation on that point.
Mr. Stevens admitted that the pardon
extinguished crime, after that there
no such crime in the indl^ ldual, .
who were fully pardoned did not come
within the operation of the third sec
' Mr. Blaine understood then the gentle
man from Pennsylvania to say those who
Came within the terms of the proclama
tion of amnesty would not be considered
as having voluntarily adhered to the late
insurrection. * , , , ....
Mr. Stevens assimilated their condition
to that of a person convicted of felony,
and thereby rendered incompetent to tes
tify, but who, if pardoned, and if his tes
timony were challenged would produce
his pardon, thereby showing compe
tency*. ~~ ~
Blaine suggested that if that was the
proper construction to be given the sec
tion, it should be amended so that there
could be no question about its meaning,
and he should at the proper time move an
amendment to that effect.
The point made by Mr. Blaine and vir
tually admitted .by Stevens to be well
taken, seemed to create considerable stir
in tbe Republican ranks. Members drew
near and listened to the colloquy witbin
terest as if recognising the issue as possi
bly fatal.
Now the object of the amendment, is,
of course, either to prevent the Southern
States from voting at all in the next Presi-'
dential election, or to cut down the vote to
such small dimensions that a few new
comers and a little fragment of Unionists
so-called, In contradistinction from those
who will be disfranchised by the amend
ment, can carry these States for the radi
cal nominees. But if pardoned rebels
can vote, a general proclamation of pardon
would make the amendment practically
worthless; or the President could easily
issue pardons enough to defeat the schemes
of the radicals. Indeed enough have been
pardoned under special acts already, to
make the amendment of no value to the
radicals, and if we add, the great body
of the Southern people, who came in un
der the amnesty proclamation, by which
they were pardoned and restored to citi
zenship upon taking the oath of allegiance,
then all the exclusion from suffrage which
this great Constitutional Amendment of
the Reconstruction Committee will work,
will be the few thousands exceptional
cases, which have not yet received a spe
cial or general pardon. Is it worth while
to amend the fundamental law of the
United States to accomplish such a result
as this? This incautious admission of
Mr. Stevens may have been provided
against in subsequent amendments by
the House —we shall see. As the case
stands, this admission adds vastly to the
self stultifying character of the Commit
tee’s scheme.
Trades Unions—Eight Hour System.
The strike of ship carpenters, joiners
and caulkers in New York, which was in
augurated five weeks ago to put in force
the eight hour system of labor still con
tinues, with no prospect of a satisfactory
understanding. The men receive aid from
the various trade societies throughout
the country, and are thus enabled to hold
out against the old regulations of ten
hours.
Nothing, we feel certain, will be gained
by labor strikes this year, if anything w r as
ever gained, in the long run, at any time.
The whole range of pursuits, interests and
prices, all over the country, are now in
that uneasy, unsettled state, which clearly
portends anew adjustment on a lower
schedule. Great disproportions exist, as
they always do at such times. The na
tional currency is at a discount of 25 per
cent., and yet prices of merchandize and
provisions are snore than twice what they
used to be, with a great abundance of both.
Markets are glutted and struggling to hold
up. They cannot hold up long. Nearly
everything must come down in spite of
fate, and it is a bad time for mechanics
who,like these strikes,are getting $4 50 per
day, to strike for an advance in the shape
of less labor.
Unexpected Liberality. —Senator
Chandler, of Michigan, who has not here
tofore displayed much liberality, is report
ed, in a special dispatch to the Intelligen
cer, to have expressed sentiments in the
Senate on the 10th, which do him infinite
honor, and which ought to be reprinted
by the Southern papers. Expressions of
kindness to the Southern people, particu
larly from the radical side of Congress, if
there be no reason to question their per
sonal sincerity are very gratifying to us.
The dispatch is as follows:
Washington, May 10.—The Senate was
occupied to-day in discussing the Presi
dent’s policy, Senator Chandler remarked:
“I want no more blood—no more confisca
tion, and none of the Houses and lands of
the Southerners. I mean to give both
acts, thought. nnrt everything T have 111
the future to elevate, improve andbuijdup
the South. I believe what I say of myself
is true of a great many men of the free
States.
Gen. Jno. B. Gordon was in Atlanta on
Thursday, and the Bulletin says we were
gratified to meet and shake by the hand
this gallant and skillful soldier, who,
though a novice in the art of war when he
assumed command of his “Raccoon
Roughs,” rose by the force of his genius
to be second only to the greatest General
of the ag:e, the beloved leader of the glori
ous Army of Virginia.
General Gordon is now engaged in the
lumber business in Brunswick, and, we
are glad to learn, is doing a remunerative
business. May he live long, and rise to
the position his pre-eminent abilities en
title him to.
*@“ The Republican party has issued a
call for a mass meeting Tuesday, May 8.
The Indianapolis Herald says that it has
not transpired for what purpose the meet
ing has been called, without it is to subject
the party’s backbone to the operation of
moxa. The abolition hulk is rapidly going
to pieces.
Washington Items.
From tbe New York Daily News.]
Washington, May 8, 1866.
incidents of the reconstruction
debate.
The incidents of the debate to-dayin the
House Indicated plainly the strong and
wide-spread opposition that exist among
the Republican members against the plan
of reconstruction as reported by the Com
mittee of Fifteen. There is little doubt
that the platform will be knocked all to
pieces if the debate is allowed to proceed.
The atrocious sentiment avowed by Thad
deus Stevens that he intended the propos
ed Constitutional Amendment to be rati
fied by the Northern States alone, as he
scorned and repudiated the idea of permit
ting the Southern States to vote upon it,
was received with a universal expression
of disgust.
SENATOR STEWART’S REMARKS.
The remarks of Senator Stewart, yester
day, are incorrectly reported in the New
York papers to-day. He spoke strongly
against the disfranehiesement of the
Southern people, and against the plan of
the Committee of Fifteen, which lie de
clared to he partial and unfair. lie de
clared that the Congress, in its contests
with the President, was not a strong one.
The Committee had called upon the South
ern people to disfranchise themselves.
Mr. Stewart declared that any man who
would vote to disfranchise himself was
less than a slave.
PROSPECT OF A RECESS.
It seems to be agreed among the mem
bers of Congress to take a recess from
about the first of July to the first of Octo
ber. and then continue in session until De
cember.
THE COLORADO SENATORS.
The gentlemen who expect to be the
Senators from Colorado had an interview
with the President yesterday, and tried to
prevail on him to sign the bill for the ad
mission of that State, but they came away
convinced that he would not do so.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The matter entered briefly into the Cab
inet discussions to-day, but it is understood
that the greater part of the session was oc
cupied in the consideration of foreign af
fairs, particularly as regards the expected
arrival of large bodies of Austrian troops
in Mexico. The matter is a very gerious
one, in view of Mr. Seward’s dispatches to
Mr. Motley.
General Steedman is evidently pry
ing diligently into the drawers of the
freed men’s bureau in North Carolina, and
is daily discovering some contraband de
posits. The Northern press reports say
that dispatches from North Carolina re
port further acts of malfeasance on the
part of agents of the freedmen’s bureau in
that State. Col. Whittlesey, the Commis
sioner for the State, and several of his sub
ordinates with the assistance of some Mas
sachusetts philanthropists, it is alleged,
have been discovered running plantations
on private account, and workingdelinquent
and disorderly darkies on them for pun
ishment. Several arrests have been made,
and more will be, it is reported.
Really, although this business is not ac
cording to law, we think the “delinquent
and disorderly darkies” were better em
ployed in making cotton for the “philan
thropists,” than in vagabondizing round
the old North State. Besides, the “Massa
chusetts philanthropists” take so much
careand concern about other people, “dar
kies” especially, that the darkies ought to
reciprocate.
A Curious and Circumstantial Va
ticination. —The National Intelligencer
publishes the following prophecy, whicli
wc hnpo and irustwill be as perfectly veri
fied in what is to come, as it what has
passed:
In 1859 a gentleman by the name of Tal
bott Green, of Tennessee, afterwards an
officer in the late Rebel army, published a
popular work, entitled “A Winter in the
Federal City,” in which he positively as
serts that “Andrew Johnson, in spite of
the fates, would be Chief Magistrate of the
United States before the close of the year
1865 that “his administration would be
stormy; that he would labor under extra
ordinary embarrassments, but would even
tually make one of the most popular Pres
idents that ever ruled America.” Whether
lie be “tm projita or the son of a prophet,”
the prediction has become so far literally
true.
Tiie Amiable Fellows.— A gang of
discharged negro soldiers are inaugurating
a reign of terror in Louisville, Kentucky.
Scarcely a night passes but they murder
some one, and indiscriminate shooting is
theircommou pastime. Seventeen of theQi
were arrested on Monday, but owing to
the fact that no one could or would swear
to their identity in any violation of the
law, they were discharged.
Malignant Infection of Cholera.—
The pilot who brought the pest ship Eng
land into Halifax has since died, as also
two members of his family. He said, be
fore his death, that he did not board the,
vessel, but merely towed in her wake,
whence he gave the necessary directions.
The effluvia, nevertheless, sufficed to com
municate the cholera.
How Doctors Differ.— Dr. Hall, in an
elaborate article in his Journal of Health,
on cholera and its 'treatment, takes the
ground that calomel is the only proper
remedy, and that to employ any other is
to trifle with human life. Dr. Scott, in a
long article on the same subject, published
in the Universal Journal of Heath, says :
‘‘lt cannot be denied that great fatality
attends the treatment of cholera by calo
mel.”
B®, “Out of sorts” expresses the feel
ings of many that cannot be otherwise
described. Languor, weakness, enerva
tion, listlessness, sleepy ness, melancholv,
w r ant of appetite, etc., compose a class of
ailments greater than all others combined.
It is exactly for these indescribable com-
Jlaintsthat Plantation Bitters are prepared.
t is for the relief of these same complaints
they have become so famous. Hence it is
that they are so extensively used by cler
gymen, merchants, ladies, and persons of
sedentary habits. They ere as pleasant to
the taste as they are beneficial to the stom
ach. The extent of their sale is almost in
credible.
*@“The Clarion says that Meridian,
Mississippi, has increased within twelve
months from an insignificant village to a
smart town of 1,500 or 2,000 inhabitants. .
The New’ Orleans Picayune says
that the gas works in Shreveport are pav
ing so well that the price of gas been re
duced one dollar per thousand feet.
B§?* A Senator asked Mr. Seward, the
other day, when the numerous renomina
tions of postmasters and others, whose
four years’ terms of service are expiring,
would be made. The diplomatic Secre
tary replied by inquiring: “When will
the Tennessee members be admitted?”
Tout. Hours of Stonewall Jackson-
Narrative by his Medical Attendants.
Dr. Hunter McGuire has furnished the
Richmond Medical Journal with a de
tailed account of the last hours of Stone
wall Jackson. It is especially interesting,
as the writer was Jackson’s medical at
tendant.
He says that after the fatal wound was
received, and Jackson was being support
ed from the field, he pushed aside the
men who were holding him up, stretched
himself to his full heighth, and cried
feebly, yet distinctly enough to be beard
above the din of battle, “General Pender,
you must hold on to the field, you must
hold out to the last.” This was his fiffifi
order upon the field. He was then placed
upon a litter and taken to the Wilderness
Tavern, which was used as a hospital.
Chloroform was administered, and as he
begau to feel its effects, and its relief to the
pain he was Buttering, he exclaimed,
“What an infinite blessing,” and contin
ued to repeat the word "blessing” until he
became insensible. The round ball (such
as is used for the smooth-bore Springfield
musket) which had lodged under the skin
upon the back of his right hand, was ex
tracted first. It had entered the palm,
about the middle of the hand, and had
fractured two of the bones. The left arm
was then amputated, about two inches be
| low the shoulder, very rapidly, and with
slight loss of blood, the ordinary circular
operation having been made.
There were two wounds in this arm, the
first ami most serious was about three
inches below the shoulder joint, the ball
dividing the main artero and fracturing
the bone. The second was several inches
in length, a ball having eutered the out
side of the forearm, an inch below the el
bow, came out upon the opposite side, just
above the wrist. Throughout the whole
of the operation, and until all dressings
were applied, lie continued insensible.
Two or three slight wounus of the skin of
liis face, received from the branches of
trops when his horse dashed through tile
woods, were dressed simply with isinglass
plaster.
During that day and the two or three
next following he seemed to be doing
well, but on Thursday a change occured,
and pleuropneumonia of the right side
followed. His w*ife and children were
sent for, but he began to sink. On Satur
day lie was still worse. We quote the
closing description, verbatim :
When his child was brought to him he
played with it for some time, frequently
caressing it and calling it his “little com
forter.” At one time lie raised his wound
ed hand above its head, and closing his
eyes, was for some moments silently en
gaged in prayer.
He said to me, “I see from the number
of physicians, that you think my condi
tion dangerous ; but I thank God, if it is
His will, that lam ready to go.” About
daylight on Sunday morning, Mrs. Jack
son informed him that his condition was
very doubtful, and that it was better that
he should be prepared for I lie worst. He
was silent for a moment, and then said :
“It will be infinite gain to be translated to
Heaven.” He advised his wife, in the
event of his death, to return to her fath
er’s, and added, “You have a kind and
good lather, but there is no one so kind
and good as your Heavenly Father.”
He still expressed a hope of his recove
ry, but requested her, if he should die, to
have him buried in Lexington, in the
Valley of Virginia. His exhaustion in
creased so rapidly that at 11 o’clock Mrs.
Jackson knelt by liis bed and told him
that ere the sun went down he would be
with his Saviour. He replied, “Oh, no;
you are frightened, my child ; death is not
so near; I may yet get well.” She fell
over upon the bed, weeping bitterly, and
told him again that the physicians said
there was no hope. After a moment’s
pause he asked her to call me. “Doctor,
Anna informs me that you have told her
that lam to die to-day; is it so ?
When lie was answered, he turned his
eyes towards the ceiling, and paused for a
moment or two as if in intense thought,
then replied, “Very good; very good; it
is all right.” He then tried to comforthis
almost heart-broken wife, and told her lie
had a good deal to say to her, but he was
too weak. Col. Pendleton came into the
room about one o’clock, and he asked him
“who was preaching at headquarters to
day?” When told that the whole army
was praying for him, he replied, “Thank
Ctod they are vary kind.” He said, “It
is the Lord’s day; my wish is fulfilled. I
have always desired to die on Sun
day.”
His mind now began to fail audwander,
and he frequently talked as ifincommand
upon the field, giving orders in his old
way;-then the scene shifted, and he was
at the mess table in conversation with
members of his staff; now with his wife
and child ; now at prayer with his military
family. Occasional intervals of return of
his mind would appear, and during one
of them I offered him some brandy and
water, but he declined it, saying, “it will
only delay my departure, and do no good ;
I want to preserve my mind, if possible,
to the last.”
About half-past one he was told that he
had but two hours to live, and he answer
ed again, feebly but firmly, “Very good, it
is all right.” A few moments before he
died he cried out, in his delirium, “Order
A. P. Hill to prepare for action! pass the
infantry to the front rapidly! tell Major
Hawks”—then stopped, leaving the sen
tence unfinished. Presently a smile of in
effable sweetness spread itself over his
pale face, and he said quietly, and with an
expression as if of relief, “Let us crossover
the river and rest under the shade of tl>e
trees and then without pain or the least
struggle, his spirit passed from earth to
the God who gave it. -»
The Richest City in the World. —
The taxable valuation of Boston in 1865
was: Real estate, $201,628,600; personal
property, $170,263,875; total, $371,892,775.
The real wealth is probably $450,000; but
say it is $400,000,000. This would give to
every man, womankind child, $2,000; and
and if the wealth of the city was
was invested in 7-30 bonds, each person
would receive per annum, of interest
money, $146, or 40 cents each per day. Di
vide the population into 40,000 families of
five persons in each, and they would re
ceive $2 per day. The valuation of New
York is about $600,000,000, and its popula
tion 800,000. To make it equal with Bos
ton it should be in taxable valuation sl,-
600,000, or one thousand millions more.
The spring election in Virginia
occurs on the 20th of May, when the fol
lowing Adundment to the constitution of
the State will be voted upon: “No person
who since, the Ist day of June,’: 1861, has
given or shall give voluntary aid of assis
tance to the rebellion against the United
States shall be a citizen of this State or
shall be allowed to vote at any election
held therein,' unless he has volunteered in
to the military or naval service of the
United States, and has been, or shall be,
honorably discharge thereform.
The Flordia Courier, published at
Marianna, speaking of the crops, says:
“In consequence of the failure in many
instances of the cotton seed to germinate,
farmers have, for the want of seed, planted
in corn the land designed for cotton. The
weather has not this season been propit
ious in obtaining a good stand, and thus far
the hopes ofthe farmer are lingeringon the
tide of succesful experiment. The stand
of corn Is good and the plant looks well.”
#6?” The remains of Bishop Embury,
who organized the first Methodist Church
in this country, at his own house in the
city of New York, in the year 1778, were
recently removed from an obscure grave
yard located about three miles from Cam
bridge, Washington county, New York,
on the line of the Rutland and Washing
ton Railroad, to Woodland Cemetery, near
the same village.
Singular Love Affair.
“ The Course of True Love Never did Run
Smooth" —A Young Lady of Lenawee
County the Subject of Bitter Rivalry —
Strange Denouncement.
Correspondence of the Adrian (Mich.) Expositor.]
An amusing incident in “ love life ” has
transpired in the town of Lenawee
county, which is too good to be kept from
your readers, as it embodies some valuable
facts and suggestive hints, that may, per
chance, prove useful to the rising genera
tion and especially those contemplating
matrimony. , . ,
Mr. K., a steady and industrious young
gentleman, at peace with his neighbors
and most everybody else, has been pay
ing his devoirs to Miss B. for some time,
and with varying success; generally,
however, possessing a modest degree of
hope. But alas! for human expectations-!
He, too, like all who “love not wisely, but
too well,” was destined by capricious Cu
pid to taste the bitter cup of sorrow'. Boon
the black clouds of adversity grew dark
and lowering over his devoted bead,
threatening to obscure the hitherto clear
and bright horizon of his life, and shut
out the dazzling star of his hope and future
anticipations. .
M. H., a brave young soldier, having
just returned from the wars, covered with
fame and victory, made the acquaintance
of Miss 8., and was deeply impressed by
her uncommon beauty. Thinking every
thing fair in “ love and war,” the gallant
son of Mars “ went in to win,” and his
handsome person and dashing air soon be
gan to tell upon the susceptible heart of
the fair one, much to the annoyance and
perplexity of Mr. E., who now' kept him
self secluded and aloof from his lost love,
ami in an abstract and bewildered manner
was often heard reciting Hamlet’s solilo
quy, and mumbling something about pis-
tols, arsenic, laudanum, etc.
Meantime the “ hero of a hundred bat
tles” woo ouaooodiug finoly with Ilia at
tack, and seemed likely to capture the cita
del of Miss B.’s affections. But matters
were soon to take a different turn. Mr. E.
rememoering that “ faint heart,” eh'., de
termined that his cup of happiness should
not be dashed to the earth without one ef
fort on his behalf to turn the time of af
fairs. With this object in view, he gained
an interview with the young soldier, and
regaled him with a few observations on the
moral character of Miss 8., which were
certainly not to her credit. Os course this
piece of information astonished the young
warrior, and he was loth to believe the as
sertions of Mr. E., until he w r as told that
Mr. E. was personally acquainted with the
facts which he had just revealed.
The result of the interview was that Mr.
E. returned homeflushed with his success,
and was once more a happy man But as
all roses have thorns, so' new-found happi
ness soon took wings and flew away.
The ardent love excited iu the heart of
Mr. H. was not of a trifling nature, and he
determined (which determination was af
terwards broken) that the world never
give her up.
“Though storm on storm around him burst
And waves dashed high and tierce.”
With this resolution firmly fixed in his
mind he visited Mr. E. and told him that
he had become convinced of MissCi.’s
impropriety, and that he (E.) would bitter
ly repent the day if he should marry her.
This announcement fell like a thunder
bolt on the heart of E., for he had manu
factured his statement out of whole cloth,
and now the same testimony came to
him from H. Shocked beyond description,
lie declared that he would never look up
on her face again; and H., rejoicingat
having beaten his antagonist at his own
game, immediately repaired to the home
of the inamorata and offered his heart and
hand, which offerwas duly accepted. Ar
rangements were made for the wedding,
and the young lover, with a devotion un
surpassed, and a heroic magnanimity
worthy so good a cause, gave the blushing
bride-elect $25 to defray some of the ne
cessary expenses.
As might be expected, this was a stun
ning blow to poor E. But with a tenacity
unparalleled he directed his steps to the
residence of the object of his heart’s devo
tion. Here he encountered Mr. H,. who
was present making the final arrange
ments for the coming nuptials. The scene
that followed baffles the power of our very
limited vocabulary to describe. They
stared at each other with the greatest
amazementdepicted iu their countenances.
The young lady’s friend-, fearing hyster
ica or finc winer demonstration, inter
fered, requested Mr. E. to be seated, and
said the young men had better settle the
matter personally, and come to some defi
nite anu rational conclusion. The young
gentlemen, recognizing the justice of this
parental advice, consented to an amicable
settlement by referring the question to the
lady herself. With this in view the con
fused trio went into the parlor, and being
rested the gallant soldier said :
“Now, Miss 8., you see us both ; which
will you have?”
Mr. E. thinking his case rather doubt
ful, chimed iu :
“Miss 8., remember that fine house I
built last summer on purpose for you.”
“.Recollect,” broke in H., “that I have
followed the flag of your country over the
sunny battle-fieids of the South to serve
you and your friends, and now will you
cast me off?”
“Bear in mind,” said E., “there is one
hundred and sixty acres of land; it shall
all be yours if you will only say the
word.”
This was too much for frajl human na
ture to stand unmoved, andthe bewildered
damsel declared in favor of her old lover,
Mr. E., contrary to all expectation. A
smile lit up the countenance of the sol
dier, as he coolly said:
“Mr. E., will you have the kindness to
hand me that $25 I gave Miss B. ?”
“Certainly,” said E., and putting his
hand in his pocket, he paid over the
money.
Thereupon they all shook hands and
separated firm friends. Mr. E. and Miss
B. are married now, and undoubtedly
happy. A. N.
Won’t Have his Freedom. —Among
the few State prisoners now in hands of
the Federal turnkeys, is the Hon. Win.
M. Gwin, late Senator from California.
From the following it appears he had
rather stay in prison than give up his
country.
We learn that the Hon. William M.
Gwin, late Senator from California, and
formerly a member of Congress from Mis
sissippi, now in confinement as a State
prisoner in Fort Jackson, but upon what
charge has never yet transpired, or seems
easily to be divined, was offered his liber
ty, the other a«j-, upon condition that he
would give his parole to leave this country
and never returne, and that he imme
diately declined, preferring to remain a
prisoner in his native land rather than go
into banishmet elsewhere. — Picayune.
Job Work of all kinds neatly, cheaply
aud quickly executed at the Journal &
messenger office. Our prices are war
ranted reasonable and satisfactory.
unknown woman, too poor to
pay the fare across the regular bridge
at Troy on Sunday evening, attempted to
pass oil the long railroad bridge, and be
comming dizzy fell through into the water
and was drowned. No one knew her
name or history, but it is supposed that
she was the mother of a little boy who
was found crying in the streets for his
motheron the same evening.
This item pases through the country
without note or comment, but had it
happened at the South to a negro, it would
havebeen commented on in Congress, and
in the newspapers as well as in religious
and political meetings, as an evidence of
the ill treatment of the blacks, and neces
sity of legislating in Congress for their pro
tection.
Well and truly said by the Boston
Courier, Pity that charity does not begin
where it should.— jEds. Recorder.
The Mockery of a Faded 'Woman’s
Success.
U. Y. Correspondence Indianapolis Journal.]
The “Menkin” has arrived here She
brought her flying steed, “Haidee-ul-
AzGtn her diamonds, her funds, her
femme de chambre , and all her costly
wardrobe with her. An engagement has
been effected with Mr. George Wood, of
the Broadway Theater, by the terms of
which Adah Isaacs Menkin will appear
twenty-four nights at that place of amuse
ment, and receive for the same $-500 for
each appearance, or $12,000 for the season.
Having netted £17,000 in London, and re
ceived $125,000 in gold for one hundred
nights in California, she may expect to
find but few managers in the United
States who are able to er.joy the luxury of
her presence upon their boards.
The Menkin stops at the Hotel Saint
Dennis, where she has luxurious apart
ments, furnished in the most magnificent
splendor, servants by the dozen, and hand
somest, most bewitching little maid who
ever laced a stay or brushed a lady’s hair.
Several of the actress' gentlemen friends,
in point of fact, have made her very jeal
ous recently by mistaking the lady’s maid
for the lady. But still the maid is a ne
cessity, and is retained. She goes with
her mistress to all the theaters, where
Adah .goes resplendent in jewelry and
court dresses, jeweled fans, and immacu
late kids—her hair, neck, and bosom pow
dered with dust of ••eal diamonds, and ac
companied generally by a gentleman in
the uniform of an American officer. And
the three attract a great amount of atten
tion, and receive the homage and admira
tion of all the gay and festive young men
of their circle.
But behind all the rich, successful and
handsome actress’ gay ety and cheerfulness,
there lurks a great unrest. You see it as
she sits in her box at the theater; you see
it at her rooms, surrounded by smiling
and obedient slaves ot the .opposite sex.
The great unrest is this: She sees and
knows that it is not her mind, heart or in
tellect, which attracts, but her person, her
riches, her gaudy plumage, and the bold
ness that caused her to set society at defi
ance upon the stage and away from it.
(She looks about her for some one to be
stow her heart upon—if she has one—and
generally finds the being thus selelected a
hollow sham and a grand deception. (Sev
eral persons in this city have been her fa
vorites. Some spent her money at the
gaming table, and finally deserted her.
Another meanly used her as a tool to work
his own advancement, then left her and
married another woman. A third married
her and then left her to seek fortune where
he could find a soul. Another married her
and she found he had two other ladies at
tached to his fortunes, both of whom
should have been in her place. So she
sent him away. Yet the Menkin is, out
w'ardly, as bright a creature as are but
terflies that flit in the sunny air of June.
Not quite as fresh as she was, many years
ago, in New Orleans, when her poor moth
er labored for her and cared for her, before
her beauty had been discovered by man,
and before she had ever appeared upon
any stage, but still of«most exquisite shape
and most suple form.
Fales Calves—lnstability of Saw
dust Contour. —False calves have made
their advent in Cleveland, Ohio. The
Plain Deatej says:
“We have a very startling arrival to
chronicle, ‘Falsecalvas has come to town!’
They arrived a day or two ago. There are
two kinds. One is stuffed with hair—the
other w'ith saw-dust, the latters of course,
being the cheapest. Yesterday afternoon,
a young lady w'ith tilting hoops and false
calves was perambulating through the
park, w hen suddently one of the calves
burst. Our readers can imagine the result.
The poor young lady could be traced by a
trail of saw-dust from Rouse’s Block io the
Post office. (Excuse a tear.) Thus the
maiden, who entered the park in from re
sembling Venus de Medicis, and emerged
therefrom in a state of spindleshanked
angularity! Her great mistake consisted
in not getting hair-calves—they being less
liable to burst, and of a more pliable na
ture. Beleive us, dear ladies, if you will
wear the new-fangled improvements on
nature’s pattern, that the hair style is the
cheapest. We presume the young lady
fainted when she learned the extent of her
misfortune. But, as an exchange says,
what’s the use of railing at false calves—
they are a mere matter of form.”
B@-The Baton Rouge Advocatesays that
out of four thousand negroes in that town,
the mortality is one hundred per month or
twelve hundred per annum.
Bgi, Napoleon 111 has presented a com
pletesetof his w'orkstotheNew Hampshire
Historical Society, with his imperial auto,
grabh upon the fly leaves. *
Jehu BlaTr, a resident of Jackson
county, Wisconsin, wilPbeone hundred
andeightyears old on the 15th of Maynext
He was a soldier in the revolutionary war,
as also the war, of 1812. He never received
a pension, can walk ten miles per day, and
keeps his eyesight.
is rumored in fashionable circles
at Washington that Hon. Edward Cooper,
member of Congress elect from Tennessee,
and private secretary to the President, will,
before long, wed Mrs. Stover, the widow’ed
daughter of the President.
BgL At a ball of the Duchess of Bojano’s
in Paris, the other evening, the Princess of
St. El la appeared as the Press, in a robe cov
ered with thepagesandtitles of several jour
nals printed on satin.
Professor Newman says, contrary to
the generally received opinions, birds pre
fer to fly against the wind. The quails of
Europe almost invariably start on their
passage of the Mediterranean with a head
wind, and if it chops round and blows fresh
from the southwest, they are drowned by
thousands,and theirdead bodies are washed
ashore for weeks afterwards. When the
wind is abaft, it gets under the bird’s feath
ers in the most aggravating manner, and
upsets his equilibrium and equanimity at
the same time.
A bill has passed the House of Rep
resentatives reviving the grade of General
in the United States Army. There were
only eleven negative voters. It is expec
tod thnf Gen. Grant will received the ap
pointment of General. In thatevent Gen.
Sherman will probably succeed to the
Lieutenant Generalcy.
JB®”Two acts of Parliament have just
been issued, granting annuities to Prin
cess Helena of £6OOO on her marriage with
Prince Christaiu, and £15,000 to Prince
Alfred, subject to such conditions as her
Majesty may direct. Both annuities are
to be free of all taxes, assessments and
charges. The annuity to Prince Alfred is
to date from the 6th of August last, .when
his royal highness came of age. .
An exchange says there is a feature in
young ladies’ dress that has puzzcld many
—what is the significance of wearing long
ends of ribbon round the neck? When
they wear ends hanging in front, It means
that the “lady is married,” over the right
shoulder, that “she is engaged,” over the
left shoulder, that “she has a fellow com
ing to see her, but is not engagecT,” down
the back means, “boys come on, I want a
beau!” If she does not wear any, it means
“she is engaged,” and don’t want to have
anything to do with any other fellow.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE JOURNAL AND MKSBENOER
COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
Washington, May 12.— General* Steed
man and Fullaston, Commissioner*, who j
were appointed by the President to Inves
tigate the operations of the freed men’s
bureau in the Bouthern .States, have re
ported as to Virginia and North Carolina.
They give instances of the dishonesty and ;
the arbitrary power exercised by some of
the officers and agents of the bureau In
making arrests, imposing flue* and inflict
ing punishments 'ordisregarding the local
laws, and especially the statute of limita
tions, and thus creating prejudices against
the Government. They, therefore, re
commend the withdrawal of the officers
of the bureau, and the transferren-re to
officers commanding the troojrs of surh
duties, as it may still be necessary to per
form iu connection with the freedmen.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
New York, May 12. —Cotton firm at 34
@35 cents.
Gold 129 J.
MARRIED,
In Macon, May 10th, by R<*v. ft Witts, Mr. I). H
Pedes.', of Pike county, to Miss J. M. Wriolki,
of Maeon.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
The friends and ac'iualntanren of Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Irwlne, are respectfully Invited to attend the
funeral of their Infant daughter from their resi
dence on Plum Street, THIS AFTERNOON, at 4);
o'clock. rnayKMt*
List of Consignees per S. W. R. R.
w Macon. May 12. ISM.
Jno Brantly. Seymour AJ, J N Seymour, E C
Cox, J H Anderson, H P Redding, McCallie, J A D,
D J Baer, A Ayres, W S Holt, J W Knott, H Cobb,
J H Wolfolk, C G Wheeler, Hardeman A S, H
Crutchfield, F M Long, tathariue Harris, U E
Evans. T J Lane, W T Alford, J B Rom A Son. T K
Bloom, liussell A P, Burdick A It, Win Thompson,
Carhart A C.
List of Consignees per M. & W. R. R.
Macon, May 12, IsfiH.
II P Redding A Cos, Russell A P. Andersen A
Woods, Destitute of Bibb county, T Hardeman,
J W B A Cos, Jno Cobb, J W p, Seymour A J, II N
Ells, B A Wise, W II Robert, Kirwin, McK A i.' o,
Massey A J, Appleman A Ft, P P Pease, D Dally A
Bro, Henderson A B, Hardeman A S.
New Advertisements.
To Country and City Merchants.
FLOUR ADVANCING RAPIDLY
in the
WEST.
'VfT'E are offering YOU a fine selection of choice
\ V FLOUIt at far less than you can lay It down
for. Look to your interests and buv at onee.
WITHERS A LOUD,
mayl3-2t Cor. Cotlon Avenue anil Cherry St.
NOTICE TO PUNTERS.
CORN AND BACON ON CREDIT, payable tn
the fall from cotton crops
Those desiring to contract, will do so Immedi
ately, or during the present month. For terms,
address or apply to
WITHERS A I.OUD,
Cor, Cotton Avenue and Cherry St.
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COTTON GINS.
COMBINATION OF SKILL
AND
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE.
rpHE undersigned having eomp’et.-.l their Shops,
_L are now ready to receive orders for tXJTTuN
GINS. They flatter themselves that their Gins
will compare favorably with those of any estab
lishment, our Mr. MASSEY having been etn plot ed
with Mr. Samuel Griswold for ten years, iroin |s .i
to 1811, and sineeltdl a successful tuanutaeturer on
his own account. We have at work for us many
of the men brought up by Mr. Griswold In the
business Horn bovhood, thereby seen ring a com
bination of skill And practical ex |>eiletter. We
will spare no pains in strl\ lug tngtve satisfaction,
ns our success ileiKMids on the merit ot our t.ln*
Our Works are convenient to Macon. 3 miles die
tanf,) on the Central Railroad, und easy of access.
Repairing done with Dispatch.
Gins sent by rail to Maeon, for repairs, will be
taken to our Shop by u». ami returned to Maeon.
Orders addressed to us at Mucon will r. reive
prompt att> ntton, and as we do not expert to have
traveling Agents, persons intending to purei.ase
of us w ill please send in their orders as early e*
practicable. We maild say to the former patrons
oi Mr. Griswold that, in eonscqnence ol advanced
age, he has given up ihc manuiHcttirc of Gina en
lirely, anil lias kindly extended to ns sll of ids ex
perience and advice. We respectfully a.-k a share
of patronage.
O. W. MASSEY.
„ D. S. JOHNSON,
Bibb County, Ga„ May 2th, 1808.
d-6t-w-2m.
Uncalled for Freight
Valuable Packages for the following nam
ed Parties remain in the South* rn Ex
press Office., Macon, Oa., uncalled for to
date.
Macox, May I2th, UM.
Beny, Wilson O, Karannugh, M,
Boifeulllel, H W . Moore, i Has A,
Chapman, A W, Rich. V* tu.
Cheatham, E F Rogers, w T,‘
Hazlchurst, G H Mpratt, W L,
Holt, 1’ S, Thompson, [ V,
Johnson, Mrs E Walker, Mrs 1.,
Williams, Mrs M E, Will.ami..n, i,*,> W
TulUuhan, Mrs. L. Hurt, Miss M.
*3. Strangers must bo idem Hied.
. E. si. MITCHELL.
mayl2-2t .Money Clerk.
nSTOTICE.
T'HE Southern Express Company nre now i ro
-1 .ured to receive anil forward ireight tor Y* ay
Stations along tin- M. A W. K. K.
W. W. HL'LUERT, Am’U
Maeon, May 11th, 1968, d-tw.
SSO 00 REWARD
~\\T ILL he psid for the apprehension and dellv
>> ery of Mill ETON ». V\ ARE to the kut>*cnb*r,
within the next ten days. The said WAKE broke
Inmi the uixl.reigned u y Jumping from ti.e tar
windows at Craw lord station, on the Macon nnd
Western It. it., last Friday morning ati o'clock
Cause of humanity requires every ciii/hi to arrest
said Ware, as he is chn rged w ll h inuitler, client inn
and swindling, and that lie will sw.udteuu unsus
pecting citizen by Ills looking at him.
J. JOSEPH UOIXiES.
inayl2-2l bhertir.
lJurial Ca^ON.
CALLAWAY, FEARS & CO.,
IN FERNITTRE,
lit door above J. B. Knee A Bon,
HAVE on hand, and sell at reasonable WjM*. •
splendid lot of Metalie, Rosewood. Wain lit
and Mahogany Coffins We keep
hand a fine assortment of all aim in\ lie an
examination of our articles# and prices.^^
Cotton Seed! Cotton Seed!!
1 nnn h l’ sh - received, w hich we
I,UU</ guarantee to be sound, and of the
Growth of the Year 1865.
Fcr sale by
mayil-3t McCALLIE, JOKES * DAY.
Jlew Adverfisemei^'
MORE 6008
TII I > N
W* are bound tn hq, ~.
and have recently perfWv.i %r -_
to get weekly shipment* «f n „
oar line, and now have ( n „
! sorted Htnek aver offered , n
! A part of which m
Twenty bbU. of “MITt Ml ' ;
1 l< rated
KENTUCKY
It is very superior and old »*.
than market value, and win i*..
•y-
Kifty Cnees of
Pure California
< ALL KINDg
One hundred thousand f
Domestic
SEGARs
Borne of the old favorite brat. . .
NA BA JO, ETt.
At least one hundred new „
■“ m a- M „
Borne of the finest
MEEKS If A t\|>
AND I Ml.
NEW IDEA.
with Cattndffe.
We defy competition in
PURE WINES AND UQto*s
Our Stock is uneurpa*-*d r.
assortment, and we sell any • i
from a quart bottle t«. ala « «
them are
FRENCH BRANDY, there-
OLD PEACH BRANDY. „
Honey to go in it ,
HOLLAND and ROSE GIN ' r
tails ,
OLD JAMAICA RI M, f«r P.-
PURE BORDEAUX CLARI 7
ner).
FISH OF ALL KINDS
srrw as
Mesa Mackerel, kite, E y a
number*.
White Fish. No. 1. large and V
Cod Fish, (the Cape ( mi k -d
Then we have the
BONELESS SARDINES.
COVE OYSTERS
LOBSTERS
AND
FRESH MACKERI'-
Sugars- A, B, C, Crushed. !
Granulated,
Coflee-oM Jtvtutil!
Teas— Young Hyson, Inif-' >
Double Kxtra fan- and
- A Son'i, JetTrra' and A
-
Hilbert s. Bar. lay's andttuinr.- «* •
Colgate's Honey, Glyeerir. * ,
Soups,
Patent, Fprrtn, Adauaatcis. *r. '
dies.
Pearl Starch,
Black, Grain, Ground sad W :,.**•
CLOVES,
NUTMEGS,
MACE,
RAISINS,
CANDIES.
NUTS.
CURRANT
CITRON
DAT»
MCI.TAN I
CRACKERS OF ALL Ds>
| Spices and Extrac - -
nr VARIETY
Metfna Oranges and L*w<r
fine order.)
“Neplus Ultra Hour.
From the Oaklj MUU, Marita. On. A
of which win ba sold «oon tar Cash
Coroe now when we hare time
“"" GREER & LAKE
No. I, Granite Range, 3d Si
MACON, OA.
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