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11, t: . t J. K. I HUKTUV.
SlftMs, journal,
Published Every Friday,
lk E . & J. E. CHRISTIAN.
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, Mo„rha. |
LIFE.
, irth j, no nay scene of plenum*
But a field of earnest strife;
Uriel-, and years our exile measure,
Sorrow* crown our littlw lilo.
Oh! the travelers toiling
O’er the loug and cheerless way,
Every stop their garments soiling
With the touch of earth s dark clay.
Oh! the little feet that wander
Heavily along the road ;
oh' the hearts that sadly ponder.
I jhy they sink h*m*Rth then load.
Karth still spreads her fruits before us,
blowing with their ruddy hue;
Ui! iiowsadtlie thought comes o’er us—
IVars have been their noisome due.
\ll the flowers that charm our vision
Have their roots among the dead;
Pleasures come like dreams elysian.
And, like them, us quick have lied.
Still, from sad experience learning,
Forward must we bravely press,
NVver from our pathway turning,
Sever yielding to aistress.
you who totter onward, reeling
With the load you scarce can bear,
And ’ueath smiles your grief concealing,
Hide within your breast a tear.
Wliat tho’ cold blasts’round youhov’rng.
Numb your limbs and chill your heai ts.
AY hat tho’ winter’s sky looks scow ling,
And no sun its light imparts?
Pleasw’s smiles and shapes of beauty
Cnuld not tempt you from the strife;
You imve trod the paths of duty,
You have truly lived vour life.
K. R. I‘.
Washington, D. Feb., 18Ho.
NEARER HOME
One sweetly solemn thought,
(Aline to me o’er and o’er,
1 in nearer home to-day
Thau e’er T was before.
Nearer my father’s home,
Where many mansions be,
Nearer the great white throne,
: Nearer the jasper scu.
Nearer the bounds of iii'e,-
W here we lay our burdens down,
Nearer leaving the cross,
Nearer taking the crown.
/tut lying dark between.
Looming up through the night,
h the dim and unknown stream.
That leads at lust to light.
Close and eloscr my feet,
Draw to the dark abyss,
t inner 1 leutli lo my lips,
Presses lilt- dreadful hiss.
Father, penVct my irvtsl,
Strengthen my faltering faith,
That I may not fear to stand
On the rocky shore of Death.
■ An Anecdote ol Palmerston.
Bl ISiJ tin- editor of tile Mexican Timer
in Liiglaad, and lie now relates
incident :
■l'nv.iie rapidly ti|i the Strand, we met
walking ivrv briskly, whom we
to bo our friend Prescott, tlieaforo
suniir broker. Passing our arm over
■ivins, we stopped the Hansom, leaped
■siiti immediately overtook him.
■'Vaikiiir aide by side with him. for
B distance, and having eved "him very
Bdv, we were sure we had' the man; so
B' iim dimply around, we slapped him
B'dv on tiie slioalder, and said :
■ii nv are von, old fellow? You don’t
B'"' me. do yon ?’
■ itU’ gentleman gave me a fits /in;;
aid :
■ sir; I don’t know sou.'
H'lrgave him another familiar slap, and
■ *V by is it possible that you iiavo I'or
■ me? Have you never been to Ba-
B k'K.gn ? Don’t you know Dan. Hiek
■‘ Han't you recollect our balls at Hilda's
■niitur? hook mme well? punk you
B’M'A. V’
■ Him great a<uuj froul lie replied at
■ \e. sir; 1 liava never I men to Baton
Bjitre; I don’t know Dan, Hickey; j
■ ( know anything about the balls of
Bil'-’s lauding; I have looked at you
Bl ( don't know A.'
■New, this was to us, a stunner. We
B» back, mid thinking Ue might possi
■ be a brother to the sugar man,
■ :
B'dir, lie kind enough to tell ms your
■He kaid quietly :
■ My name is Palmerston.’
B,’V Lord Palmerston?'
■ Hie siinie.’
■He took off our hat and said :
■ '*>' lord, pardon me for this rudeness,
■mm American, travelling for inforaia-
B pleasure, and took you for one of
pur ■ .'intrymen, nil old friend of mine. ’
■'B shall never forget the quizzical
B’ Uai played upon tiio open, manly
■T, 1 -’*'' when he replied :
■ oi matter, mistakes will happen.’
k, httle conversation passed, iu which
R, sViutd enough to invite ti» to call and
R~.,h Ir ‘P‘ numbers of Florida planters
,” He emigrating to Texas.
' newspapers are printed
ViT Whites cotton end ii-
B’lh ‘ v for the last four
I tbo . « d te s £ aix Hundred and
Bits nnd fi HIX lu dred and fourteen
E “ ind rorty-seven
BT IH generally believe*';_ \ Vn ,i i„„
K U f ’ , u - Tinian will b ‘ v of
■‘ ocs Stanton resigned.
Bp] V a ."Hington correspondent us
B. “Melphia Ledger writes that it ap
B Im ' now pretty well settled that the
"Ugrcsstonal Committee will mere-
B,’ 1 ; 1 f° r persons and papers—the formet
B generals who served daring the
Bi oy »l *and disloyal citizens of the
B' 1 correspondent?. of the press who
H- 'isitcsl the South since the cessation
B* T ur ' Doveinnient agents, such as
■jbclmrs, and, in short, till who would
‘ V 10 “■Hurd eulighteuniant on the
DAWSON, TEUREIaI, CO., <iA.„ FHIHAV, I ,», 1WG((.
j Jamaica—Tae Reality of tho Negro
Plot Affiirmod—Colonial Defense of
! the Government.
! From the Kingston Standard. Dee. 9.]
j The reviews of the rebellion taken by
I certain ‘journals of the mother country
| have lint surprised any one hero. It could
not be expected by [ hose who have so
systematically labored since emancipation
to prove the negro a ‘‘lamb” and the plan
ter a ravenous “wolf,” determined to de
vour tlie termer, right or wrong, would
give irp their prejudices so very easily and
adop. opposite convictions, however great
the evidence offered to them of their rtrst
mistake. The negroes in Jamaica had
nothing to complain of. .They enjoyed all
■•the rights and liberties equally with the
whites or browns. At all events, those
who rebelled against the constituted au
thorities .of the land an,d dipped tDeii
hands, under circumstances ofgreui atroci
ty, into tiie blood of the victims in hi.
Thomas in the East, advanced no motive,
even at the loot of the gallows, for stu b a
diabolical course, except this : “ Thnt tiny
demyitcd to exterminate the white and not
ored men in the colony and posse** tin no
selve* of the property of those men. Wo
men and children were preserved from
dvirt ti only to be asitoswi t*cd to a slavery n <!
degradation a thousand times worse. T'l a
women, when deprived of their protect
ors, were to subserve to lustful pleasures
of the digesting murderers, and the chil
dren were in he disposed of in some equally
horrible manner. These are no mere fancies.
The rebels themselves, executed at different
points, far distant from one another,
and without the possibility ot eoinmunie
tion. adhered consistently in their last mo
ments to the declaration of this plot. Near
ly ail spoke of an oath sworn to by them to
accomplish tiro end, so feuriul in its ti-ircs
and so well calculated to influence most si ■
persfitious terror in those who took it that
all refused to rppeat it. The programme
was carried out systematically. and the met
is the best denial that cun be oifered't»-
those who believe that the excesses com
mitted were only sue a as ordinarily take
place when a populace of any kinu “ break
into wiid riot.” In ilia first place the reueib
took no drink ; they kept their senses clear
for what they about: they burnt no build
ings, except by accident; they destroyed
no machinery, but simply maimed por
tions of tlie work of the estates, so that such
works might, as they stated, be easily re
stored to efficiency when they became
themselves the proprietor of the same a fior
exterminating the rightful owners. They
killed no women and children, biu inly
men. T hey abstained from touching tlie
property or any connected with tlie “ Ma
roons,” lor fear of alienating the support
which they expecting from that people.
Could a mere mob have acted so much re
serve and system? It is true tLe rebels
lied, and no where attempted to make head
ugaihft the regular troops; but this was
owing to a panic having been produced
among them, by the unexpected arrival of
the troops among them Hiid the terrible re
tribution which was dealt out without a
moment’s hesitation upon those who were
taken.
The spirit that has since man i to-fled it
self over the entire island shows clearly
that, although the troops fought no great
battles, the able dispositions that were
made of tlietn at all events prevented but
tles being fought, by encircling flic n U-ls
every where, and effectually preventing the
rallying of the dispersed bands winch
might have led to reorganization and re
sistance. it was quite true what hi- Ex
cellency, the Governor, has stated in his
speech, that any delay or reverse on tlie
part at the troops would have lit the torch
of*rcvoit lit-m -gic end of the island to the
other. Let, therefore, British negro sym
pathizers say as they like, and from a dis
ta:u e, apply to the investigation of Ihi* re
bellion the false theories by means ot v Dieli
they have already wrought so much injury
to the negroes themselves and all but ruin
ed tjie unliiUuuttte planters of those colo*
nies; the facts stated here are irresistible,
and will, we hope, be allowed lo t umd
out with all due importance befoie ;h<>se
whose province it is to decide on the prop
er remedies to be applied to our pr. sent
condition.
]’•o-ONAi. Hon. Sidney Kdgcrton-,
Governor ot Montana, is at the National,
From him we have gathered some inteies
ting facts with regard to
Montaxa,
which w,a» organized us „ Territory only
about two veins ago. and which now coii
tani' some’be.CPU uiuaHUunts. The recent
settlers are hardy, hidustrious.enterpr, sing,
and intelligent, and consists largely of faini
liee who will make the Territory their fu
ture home. During the past yearsl6,ooo,ooo
have been rancn from the mines, and the
revenue tax paid to the Government was
ad, 0-gi, Hitherto geld has been mostly ob
tained by placer mining, but more rt cent
ly ex.eo'dve mills have been erente f tor
crushing q“Hi iz, all of which are paving.
The minerals ot the Territory coitsc m o.
gold, shver, copper, load, iron and coat; and
wood, water and sloue tire sulilcieutly
abundant tor ali practical purposes. As
an agricultural region it oilers superior in
ducement 1 to settlers. Cattle fatten in win
ter on uncut “bunch grass,’’ an indigenous
variety ami almost as nutritious as grain.
The temperature is steady, and the atmos
phere dry. Little rain lulling in suiuniej
and little snow iu winter.
The two most prominent cities is Vir
ginia City and Helena, each ca>..;- r —a
from six to teu tliousund inhabitants. The
latter is but one year old, and in thy form
er ura substantial blocks of stone buildings
that compare favorably with those of
older Cities in the Mate. Goods are
abundant, as well as provision l ,. The
former are transported by overland trains,
or from the head of navigation, a dis
tance ot 125 miles, and the latter from
Salt. Lake, and hence command a high
price, flour belling at from S2U to $25 per
cwt.
The Governor is confident that the Ter- !
ritorv will be self-sustaining within two
venr i. Asa mining country he considers ,
It the best on the continent, and a country !
most favorable for the settlement of those |
who desire a healthful, beautiful, and gold
en country. —Motional Intellig&iw.
The Bagdad Raid. —The Washington j
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette!
telegraphs that paper as follows;
The Government, up till yesterday, had j
not received any otlicial intelligence rela- i
tive to the reported capture of Bagdad, ‘
Mexico, by the negro fl 11 ibusters, lnime-,
diatelv upon receipt of the report here, |
Gun. .Sheridan was telegraphed to inveati- j
gate the matter, and to summarily punish
all engaged in the unlawful enterprise. It
reoorted that the French Minister has
attlV 'vssed a note to Secretary Seward, re
quest,., r him to communicate to the
* rencu '.. Ration tlte earliest ofiiciai infor
ula‘.”u ’ 'r il ' I ve to the affair wliich may be
| received by ov,, tavern meat,
I Would it not bfc aocording to the fiines3
; ot thovus for the star* Department to imi
j tate the example ofM. Dio U j U DeLTIuy«,
i am ' refer Count Moutholonto Maximillian
gbr information ?
An Expoavire ofMormonism.
The Daily Union Vidette, a “Gentile”
I paper- published by army officers in Suit,
Lake City, Making a fierce assault upon
the Mormons la their own home, gives tho
following letter from a disgusted wx-Mor
mon, with an explanatory introduction.
The following is a portion of a letter
written by an immigrant convert
atny, ;.Wno was formerly a respectable
workingman in the employ of Lawrence A
Cos., wine merchants of 1 lertford, England.
After ii few years’ slavery in -Utah, he
worked his way to Sacramento, California,
whore he wrote this letter, hoping it would
be the means of preventing others iu that
country from being deluded by the mis
representations of Mormon prose lytizors,
tlie polutlous of whose system lie became
d.sgusted with, and thus describes :
“H vcrajhunto City, California, )
1. H. America, {September 23, lSii-Y. i
"Sir: In my last letter to my mother I
promised to send you a little of my expe
rience wlifle in Salt Luke, which 1 was
afraid to do while living there, as my life
would ha ve been endangered by so doing,
mil as 1 am now in a tree country 1 can
flutter my wings, and can send to my
Uieiids tho truth of riiintis as iliey exist
tttf re without,being afraid.
1 n my previous letters 1 have been very
9 ‘tont on the polygamy question. I tDink
a little news of that ksnd will be very in
tcrest ag to you and a few of your friends.
In the first place, old men of'seventy mar
ry girls at fourteen years ol' age, and in
some instances they give tiie parents of
toe child a cow or an old gun, or some
other trifling thing. In the next place, a
man will marry a girl, and that, girl's
brother will many her husband’s daughter,
aii*i very ireqtieuLly a man marries two or
three sisters; but, worst of ail, many go so
lar us to marry a woman and her daughter,
or daughters, as the ease may be. Again,
the missionaries from there to the ol<i
countries urge tiie emigration, especially
that©i the females; and many women
have, when they had not sufficient means
t > emigrate with their whole faultily, emi
grated with their daughters, and left their
husuamisami the restof the family to follow
them the next year, or as soon after as
they can procure the means. In many in
stance-■■iien the man gets there lie finds
out Lh.it iu - wile is married to another
man, and should he be so fortunate as toget
there with his w ifie, lie lias to keep one eve
open all tlie time, or he will loose her, es
pecially if slit has the appearance of being
a sun rt woman ; for I can assure you that
they are a set of old men with one leg in
inegiavc and the other out, crawling
round alter women, and should they see
one that they think they would like,' they
will tell the pdor woman that her husband
can’t save her, and persuade her to gel a
man higher in the priesthood than her
liUsoand, and these old cripples often suc
ceed m getting her away, and the poor
man can’t help himself. It is the order of
the kingdom of their God.
"'I have told you how iliey marry. 1
will now tell you how some of tiiem live.
I will speak of those in the neighborhood
1 lived. Three of my nearest neighbors
were polygamists—one an old man who
had no children; lie lived pretty lair with
ihs women. The other two lived like dev
il- ; they used to light and call each other
flHby names. It tlie man has means
enough lie get* a house for each of his wo
men. if not, they all live together. *
one young woman that we were acquaint
ed with went and listened one night at
the window of tlie other wife of her hus
band, and heard something that she did
not Jike. She up with her list and broke
a lino.w every pane of glass in the frame,
and for the panes she broke, her wages
were several of her teeth knocked out.
oh, /ion, when I think of thee! A sister
of one of the apostles has no less than four
husbands, and all living. Women there,
i* they don’t nke their husbands, go to
Brother Brigham, and lie gives them a Dill
of divorce, for which he charges ten dol
in'*, which her late husband has to pay,
aipi calls that his pocket money,
" Mr. W., 1 can assure you that there is
not that happy smile there upon a wo
man's countenance which characterizes an
Tin dish woman. Many of them, as soon
a- they get there begin to peep through
tt.e wool that has been drawn over their
eyes, probably for years, and some of them
come out and say, Morinonism in Ltah
and Mormon ism in England Ims no com
parison. 1 found it so long before I got to
. i.akc, but 1 would like to have found
;i out In? 'ore I left my home. At any rate,
I am quite satisfied now, and have comet?)
this conclusion, that if God owns that peo
ple, the devil owns the best.
“ '1 am, sir, your humble servant,
“ ‘\V. Haht.
“ ‘P. 8. —As T am out of danger, you can
muUe what use you like of this letter.’ ”
American Actors and Actresses.
The London correspondent of the Cin
ciniiaUi Commercial says :
It. is remarkable liow largely, of late
years, the English stage lias had to draw
upon the resources of American historic
laient. Indeed, nearly all the great theat
rical successes have latterly been achieved
by Americans. First caine Southern, a
true American, though not born on our soil.
His popularity has never beeu surpassed
by any actor of ancient or modern times,
lie has just returned to town after starring
in the provinces ; and his reception is one
Os welcome. He is acting in “Brother
Sam.” Have you ever heard what a splen
did fortune Sothern is roiling up? He
gets $250 a night; and for several years his
receipts have equaled the modest sum of
$70,000 per year. He lives in a very fash
ionable quarter.in London, not ostenta
tiously but elegantly, has the best literary
and artistic company, stands up for Amer
ica like a man, and is altogether a gener
ous and glorious fellow. In the season he
I rides, gracefully, one of the finest horses
! that is to be seen in notion Row.
Aext in theVirder of success is Miss Bale
man. She has made an immense sum of
money, and has just taken her leave of the
English stage, amid tlie most complimen
tary demonstrations. Bhe has now ro-*
tui ned to America, where she is soon to lie
no tried and leave the stage—if she can!
I hardly like to mention A ; n this connec
tion, yet it cannot be doubted that in a cer
tain low, coarse and immodest stvle of act
ing she has had great success. Last sum
i mer John E. Owens made a wonderful hit.
j Just at present Mr. Jeflerson, in “Rip Van
; Winkle,” is giving to crowded houses, for
! over the hundredth time in the Adelphi,
. a specimen of wonderful acting which
| has extorted the most enthusiastic praise
from tne whole press and the public.—
Finally, on Tuesday night, the propretor
oi the Surrey Theatre, who emulates the
enterprise of the London managers in get
ting over American talent, announced the
early Appearance of “that distinguished
American actress, Miss Avonia Jones.”
t&r A ifomns Ward tells a good sn.ry
| concerning the production of the “Lady of
j Lyons” at the Salt Lake Theatre: “An
i aged Mormon arose and went out with his
j twenty-four wives, angrily stating that he
j would’nt sit and seen play where a man
made such a sussed fuss over ene woman.”
The Now York Times on the Negro
Suffrage Bill.
From an article in she Times upon the
oas-a L i * loose bill extending suffrage
to ncgiiies il*i lie District of Columbia, wo
extract the following:
“ Least of all is there a triumph for tho
negro of the District of Columbia. That
individual was the immediaee object of in
terest, no doubt, Hoand his relatives were
in the galleries of the House in great
strength. And the promoters of the bill
were awarded w.th several rounds of ap
plause, So far, Well. But there are not a
few as sincere frienos as tiie freed man lias,
or over will have, who see in the crowding
of every 'conceivable and inconceivable
species of legislation ostensibly for tlie
black nian’s benefit, certain elements of
evi*. T'lio howling and shouting for uni
versal negro suffrage is just as sure to work
a reaction against the poor emancipated
flare as the most ordinary law of cause and
effect. Reflecting men sec with irrepressi
ble pain that tho.days of geographical as
against party divisions proper in Congress,
have not ended with the war. And they
see also, that every such vote, instead of
bringing the two classes at the South that
Hve together, into harmo
nious social Matrons, lias tho very opposite
tendency. The sectionalism which led to
the civil war had its origin just in these
geographical divisions, The thing grew
until there was scarcely (lie shadow of a
party dividing lino left, except the arbi
trary one of territorial boundary. It is
surely too soon'to bring about a revival of.
this latal practice, by lorcing some of tiie
best inion men of Maryland, Missouri,
Kentucky, and Western Virginia back
into tlie position of r.-iionai representa
tives. For such men as Green Clay (Smith,
of Kentucky, and Phelps, of Maryland,
there is simply left tlie alternative of vo
ting with their section or being politically
damned by their constituents. The geo
graphical dividing line in their ease be
comes ilie only one they rail recognize on
sin-h votes. It may be true enough in tlie
abstract that there ought to he no such
s •otional feeling, and no such geograph
ical divisions. But that does not alter the
fact. And, therefore, it is, that while con
servative Republicans cannot refuse to af
firm an abstia' t principle, such as that con
tained in the Di.-triet Negro Suffrage Bill,
they fear f% the future of tlie country
when they fit) I the elements of sectional
antagonism already brought into action
upon qu* units which are of far more the
oretical than practical'importance. Those
who would deal with this subject cau
tiously, attentat; vlv, and in a spirit of con
ciliation, see clearly how much more will
be gained for the politically disabled class
at the .South by working with a Southern
party, than by overpowering it by sheer
strength of numbers. /No decree of Con
gress can disjoin the niuiual interest of tiie
employer and the employed at tlie South,
to live together in peace, Bui legislation
in which neither class have now any voice
ought surely to be guarded, tenqierate, and
as sparing as the safety of the Common
wealth w ill permit. \
Freedman’s Labor in Virginia— Im
proved State of Feeling-
The Richmond Republic of yesterday
makes the following statements:'
“In reorganizing the labor system of the
untry, both whiles and blacks have been
o' ibatraSsed, auk,- in consequence, have
suttbred from the delays Incident to the
new order of things; but from the best in
formation we can gather, supply and de
mand are gradually correcting’ the evils
a nd restoring confidence among the classes
where strict justice is the guiding rule.
Within the |«ifl ten days we have received
private letters from farmers in various
counties, most of whom speak hopefully
of the future. Wo append a few extracts:
“A gentleman in Henrico writes : ‘I find
no dilfioiillydn employing first-class farm
hands at wages varying front fifteen to
twenty dollars per month and board, they
to pay a proportionate rate for the time
they lose, ami to be res prut si hie for the
proper care of the stock, implements, etc.
At these rates I find labor much cheaper
than when 1 owned slaves, and am quite
convinced that my neighbors will soon
make a similar discovery, if they have not
already done so. Our trouble now is to
learn the management of free labor—to
employ it when necessary, and to dispense
with it when not needed.’
“Another, from Halifax, says: ‘I pay
my best hands fifteen dollars per montli,
and they perform their work with mark
ed industry and regularity. The freed
men are learning that they must labor to
live, and I have discovered tliat they suit
me better than whites, having given them
both a fair trial.
"From Bedford, a friend writes: ‘The
negroes are learning that they must labor
or starve, and our farmers arc discovering
tiiat they must employ them or give up
the cultivation of farms. This mutual de
pendence is having a good effect, and will
soon do away with the estrangement inci
dent to the general emancipation. Where
tiie fanners are willing to pay living wa
ges, (fifteen dollars per month,) they find
no difficulty In getting as many laborers
as they wish to employ.
“We may continue our extracts to show
the improved state of feeling In the coun
try, and tne Importance of liberality to the
late slaves, At tv; hv or fifteen dollars
per month, deducted for sickness and loss
of time they may lie able to live. At a
less price they cannot save any tiling, un
less the ‘privileges’ allowed them arc very
limited,
“Our great aim in noticing those county
sentiments is to impress upon farmers the
importance of giving the freedmen an op
portunity to serve them at a living price ;
and to oonvinc# the freedmen that they,
like other people, must work or starve.
The agents of the Freedmen’s Bureau are
exerting themselves to remove all false im
pressions from the mind of t lie race under
their charge, ami to stimulate them to hon
est industry; and we are quite sure they
will succeed.
A statute of the Empress Joseph'ne
is about to t>e set up in a place in Paris,
formed by the junction of the new Boule
vard Beaujon and the Avenue Josephine,
opposite the bridge of the Alma. Tne sta
tue is by M. Duhray, and represents the
Empress in court costume, having in her
right hand a rose anil in the left a minia
ture of the Emperor, her husband. The
statue, with its pedestal, measures nearly
twelve feet in height.
The chair in which General Robert E.
Lee sat when he signed ti e articles of ca
pitulation toGeneral Oran tat Appomattox,
was secured at the time bv General Whita
ker, and is now in the ©dice of the Con
necticut Mutual Fire Insurance Corapauv,
on Central Row. in Hartford, Conn. It'is
a large easy chair, of oak, with cane seat.
B*C.. A business house at Hilton Head,
R. C., has agreed to furnish all the plant
ers about Blutllon with every thing they
require for themselves or negroes, at 20 per
cent, advance on New York prices, and 7
per cent, interest until the crop is made.
A number of American vessels ar e
among the sufferers from the recent flight"
fui gales around the English coast.
Views of tho President.
The Washington 1 i-a r responds lit of tho
New York Herald gives tiie following as
tlie policy of the President :
Andrew .rohnsouilechiro:, unequivocatly
that Congress lias no* right to keep all the
Southern Representatives out until they
can decide whether the States are en
titled to a representation. The policy which
he considers it their .duty to pursue, and
tiie only course jii-tiil'alilcv under the con
stitution,is to take ti|> the ease of each indi
vidual representative, and ascertain if his
election is legal,and if so,and lieisa Union
man and lias been such to admit him at
once. If (he representative from another
district (rotn the ii.iet o has been elect
ed by lraud, or i or h been a disloyal
man, then reject.that person, and send hint
back to his constituents to electa Union
man, and one that can be accepted. And
so on through all tDo States, deciding upon
each individual case by itself, and not re
ject them all by deciding that the (States
arc not entitled to a representation, which
Congress Imm no right to do. Tills is the
difference between the President and
Congress, and it is very marked, The Pre
sident believes that, by pursuing the policy
which lie indicates, tho people iu every
Congressional district will now elect good
and true Union men. In addition to that,
the admission of the Union men will
strengthen and encourage the loyal senti
ment, while tho rejection of those who are
disloyal, or have been in tlie front ranks of
the rebellion, will convince the people of
the South thnt the only way of enjoying
all the rights and priviliges of a restored
Union is by sending unobjectionable men
to Congress. Thus the loyal class will be
able to obtain control of the political affairs
in all the States. The plan which Con
gress is pursuing will, on the other hand,
discourage the Union men; for they will
see that they are received no better in Con-
gross than the leading seoessionsts. This
will therefore place the former at the mercy
of the latter; and give them full sway.—
Those men who have remained loyal to the
Union throughout will have but little
heart or disposition to contend with the old
secessionists at home if they meet with no
encouragement from Congress. The Pre
sident would encourage the loyal class by
admitting them to Congress, and reject the
disloyal, then, in fact, securing better guar
antees for the future than any which Con
gress asks for. Tiie radicals are determined
to carry out the theory of rejecting all
those who have been loyal, as well as the
disloyal, thus uniting the Southern people,
and giving those who were active secession
ists full control in ail the States, for the
reason that under that policy they will
soon secure the sympathy and support of
the great mass or’ the people in ail the
States. Under this state of affairs which
plan do the people of the North prefer—the
President’s ori ’ongross’ ? Can any person
fora moment imagine that there is any
doubt but that ninetv-nine in every one
hundred will say the President’s? if Con
gress lias doubt, let them submit it to tho
people with these facts, and ihey will soon
have their doubts removed.
Truth is Stranger than Fiction.
That truth is stranger than fiction is as
serted by tlie Memphis Avalanche, which
cites the following :
Ten years ago, Mr. was married to
Miss . Fora time all went well with
tlie happy pair, hut whether .prompted bv
incompatibility of temper or through the
meddlesome interference of relatives or
friends “ye chronicler” knoweth not, only
that the demon of discord breathed upon
their young love, and it withered ns a flow
er ’neath winter’s chilling breath. And,
to make a long story short, they separated.
(Shortly after the separation, a little daugh
ter was born, and then a divorce obtained
—by which party obtained, it matters not.
For nine years—long weary years—they
lived apart—never seeing, never hearing
from or speaking of each other—und vet
both remaining true to love’s first bright
dream. Tire little girl grew lip and was
taught to believe that her father was cread.
She had neverseen him, or been seen by
him. Ah, who shall say how often during
those long, dreary years, that the father’s
heart yearned for the sight of his child,
ana pined to hear the music of her voice.
And the mother—the wife that was—
was she happy ? 4V ho shall tell? Well,
on the day before vesterday the lady, ac
companied by her little daughter, walked
into a business house in this city, and met
him who was once her husband and the
father of her child, coming out. They
stood face to these, for the first time since
their separation—nine .years ago. Both
stopped and gazed fixedly into each other’s
face. The father then turned his eyes to
the child, and, stooping down suddenly,
caught her in his amis—pressed her pas
sionately to his bosom—rained a shower
of kisses upon her face, then placing her
on Die floor, he gave one glance at the
mother, and trtrned to go. Hearing his
name called in u low tone, he turned ! One
look, and they were in each other’s arms.
They were left alone for a few mo
ments by the considerate kindness of the
parties present. Then a hack was called,
and in thirty minutes from their first
meeting they were married.
New Epidemic in Berlin.
The new epidemic which is exciting so
much alarm in Berlin is called trichina.
I ]i to last accounts 320 eases had occurred,
eighty of which had proved fatal. Asa
consequence a general strike has taken
place in the pork eating line. Thefric/tma
tspiralU is a small microscopic worm or
animalcule, which was first observed by
the distinguished anatomist. Richard
Owen, iu 1836, and is found in the muscles
and intestines of various animals, espec
ially pigs and rabbits, in such enormous
quantities tftut a single ounce of pork is
said to contain occasionally as many as
one hundred thousand of these parasites.
By partaking of the meat infected with
them they are transferred to the 4itmian
body, causing intense suffering, which in
many instances, is followed by a painful
death. The first symptoms of tricliinits
were noticed some years since in Dresden,
but no particular attention was paid to it
till the summer before last, when a number
of cases occurred both in Berlin and other
parts of Germany, which led to a medical
investigation of this novel form of disease.
As usual, the doctors were of different
opinions, some of them declared that it
was nothing else than what is generally
called measly pork, which had been
known for ages and has never been thought
particularly dangerous; and although
many people refrained from eating of the
unclean animal, especially In such Ger
man delicacies as raw ham and smoked
sausages, the whole affair was beginning
to pa.ssout of memory. The pork butchers
breathed more freely, when a few weeks
ago it was suddenly revived by the an
nouncement that at Hedersleben, a small
place in Prussian Saxony, the mysterious
disease had broken out with virulence and
was spreading over the adjoining villages,
its origin being distinctly traceable to a
trichinilerous hog which had been killed
by tiie butcher ol the place and parcelled
out among the inhabitants.
Sfenator Sherman of Ohio, has
placed himself squarely and unequivocal
ly on the side of the Administration.
VOL. I. NO. 1.
A Recruit from the Grave.
, From tire St. trouts News, Dec. 27, 1505.]
The following strange elrcmnstano*.
, among the most remarkable that occurred
' during the war, is vouched forbyCol. Fills,
late of the Ist Missouri cavalry, and can
la: attested by the parties concerned:
A few days after a fiercely-contested bat
tle in tlie Hoot h a party of soldiers, belong
ing to tlie Ist Missouri, took a jaunt over
the battle-field and came up toaspot whera
tlie Rebel dead were burled. In one place
tho hair of a man’s head was seen sticking
out of the ground like a tuft of grass, arui
near by it hand was seen protruding up
wards, which evidently belonged to ths
corpse tliat owned the bead of hair.
One of the cavalrymen remarked to ht»
companions, in a spirit of thoughtless lev
ity, “Bee, there’s u dead Rebel reaching
out for something; let's see what he wants.”
In the same spirit of wanton mischief, al
most recklessness, the cavalrymen took
hold of the man's hand and hauled the
body out of the grave, the loose dirt falling
back into the shallow hole. Soon after
the man began to Btir and manifest signs
of life, to the utter astonishment and hor
ror of the resurrectionists.
The man was taken by his rescuers to
that? tent, and was rubbed down, washed
off, and In a few days became as “good an
new.” He said that in the battle Ire was
stunned by the passage of a shell, which
knocked him senseless. He was picked
up among the dead and buried like the rest.
Not a scratch was found on the body. He
said that he had joined the rebel army and
fought the Federate long and well; but as
this was his second appearance on earth,
he would now join the Federals and fight
for them. He accordingly enlisted in th*
Ist Missouri, did a good deal of tough
marching and hard fighting, and Lu&
September was mustered out of the servio*
and paid ofl'at Benton Barracks.
in relating the above tt) us last even
ing the Colonel had forgotteh the man's
name.
Too Much Importation.
A New York correspondent of the Na
tional Intelligencer presents these alarm
ing figures:
During one week recently the Importa
tions from foreign countries amounted to
over $6,000,000.
During five months of the current fiscal
year the importations have amounted to
$127,000,000; and by fair estimate—
During the fiscal year ending 30th Juna
next, the amount will reach $250,000,000.
These are gold figures.
And this at the port of New York alone.
The curious in such matters may estimate
tiie importations at Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and other seaboard and frontier
ports, If they have the courage to do so,
and*add the result to the above figures.
By the war we have spent, lost—what
you will —$3,0p0,000,000; and this amount
has yet to U: paid, either by the present
system ofinternal revenue, or by some oth
er scheme, as all the measures hitherto
adopted have been but temporary.
Can we nflbrd tills extravagance of im
portation ?
Would it not be better for the members
of Congress to devote their time and atten
tion to the study of some measure to avert
the dreadful financial revulsion which
stares us in the face, than to waste their ef
forts upon the problem of negro suffrage—
a question which will settle itself mors st
fectually without adventitious help? . .
Forney Against the Radicals.
We are surprised to see that Forney’s
Philadelphia Press is a full blown admin
istration advocate. Says that print:
The question may be narrowed down to
two points : Shall tlie President be sup
ported or not? With all right-thinking
men, who have the true interest of the na
tion at heart, there can be but one answer
—Andrew Johnson must be sustained!
Such is the policy apd purpose of the
National Unton party, as enunciated in
the able Speech of Senator Doolittle. A
more explicit statement of tho President's
plan, and the dangers which attend a de
parture from it, could not well be made.
Concise and elegant, it is -worthy the care
ful perusal of men of all parties.' Tho doc
trines of the Radical element, who ars
now so persistently endeavoring to keep
tho (southern States in the condition of
mere dependencies of the Union, without
representation, are exposed withoutmercy.
Tlie fallacy of their idea that the States
were out of the Union was completely de
monstrated. The Radicals will scaroely
dare to provoke Mr. Doolittle to another
passage at arms.
Items.
It is estimated that $2,000,000 will be re
quired to re-establish the light-houses on
the Southern coast destroyed during the
war.
Tiie Barings have taken two millions of
the five per cent, gold bearing bonds of
Massachusetts at about ninety-seven per
cent. - -
The Mexican Republic has two million
silver dollars on deposit in Washington.
Mrs. Douglass, widow of the late Sena
tor Douglass, is to be married on the'29th
inst. to Brevet Brigadier General William*.
A. A. G., U. S. A., who is now on duty at
the War Department.
A company has been formed in Wheel
ing Va., with a capital of $250,000, to culti
vate grapes on the Ohio side of the river,
near Martinsville.
One thousand emigrant wagons lately
formed a single train moving toward tha
Southwestern part of Missouri. ’ #
A little girl at Kenosha, Wis., whuC «
some of her mntes put into a bag and rolled
about, just for fun, was killed by the opera
tion.
The detectives at Washington have been
making diligent inquiries "respecting tho
Fenian movement. They allege to hava
some important information bearing upon
the matter, and that disclosures will short
ly be made which will bo damaging t»
certain parties.
The latest sensation in Chicag* is tho
elopement of a young and pretty married
woman with two married men, either old
enough to be her father.
The cattle plague lias wrought such rav
ages in England that Parisian butcher* are
now supplying John Bull with his beef
cheaper than he can buy it of his own
tradesmen.
Gen. Howard has just received a con
solidated report of all the colored schools
under the control of the Freeduaen’s Bu
reau, which shows that th?re are at present
6al schools, with 1,240 teachers aua 05. HM
scholars in the Southern States, under tho
direction of tlieF reed men’s Bureau.
Two little sons of George Shaw, 1b
East Pembroke, New York, stopped to
slide while on their way to school. A.
! chasm in the ice and a little dinner ban
ket by the shore were indications of chair
sad fate.
There ase now in the District of
Columbia at least 50,000 pegroee (tJ,OO«
more than in all Naw England? against
80,000 whites.