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11, t: . t J. K. I HUKTUV. SlftMs, journal, Published Every Friday, lk E . & J. E. CHRISTIAN. lUI _T\,riMi Doli»r« per Btrioity in 4et*c* ,rtt iso -<'ne Hollar par aquar* of '•» *h>** '>r .w“ln*rtion and Sovenlj-iu™ deni. |*-r ,q„.re lor ' h aue at Ineertlon. '‘'iriawsal drduotton. to aOtrrt.-er. fora lon*or p« , 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.