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Number 37.
pnre and bright
Hworilofl^!
eadly fight.
:1).> canao of right,
a beacon light,
era full long
h scabbard! all in vain !
Uahcd the eword of Let
no ? in its hbeatli agaii
„1. ep of cur nob!o slain
SATURDAY NIGHT.
;ruve in n couutry t-huch-
tho shadow of the steeple
c the mu plea—tinder the
little bell up there
! pews nml tho pulpit
us but retired to change
e into his allotment of
d in tho broad lasting
A noble man. There
is than roses in the gar-
' life, but he worked well
edinjj not tho brambles,
lie roses, till many the
eked to gladden hearts
•men. Narrow than the
of silence in which the
n which he onco lived
e the ideas taught him
i. Hut there was in bis
• light and truth. And
: v mgs of intellect beat
on-bars fastened across
n, till at Inst they broke
shaken brain on the morrow. Or we
cun so live to-day that our rest to-night
will bs sweet, and to-morrow we will
waken refreshed, ready for the work or
tho journey, as duty calls or inclination
leads the way.
‘Why not go now ?” yon may ask.
Why does not fruit fall before it is ripe
and yet be good? Why does not the
babe become a man at once ? Why come
bud and flower seed-time and harvest—
tho ripening of manhood os of grain?
It is not all for U9 alone! This life nor
tho next is for us in selfishness!
There is work to do tlierous here, and
we shall be called to that work when
waited, and they who begin at the elev
enth hour will be rewarded. We shall
be changed from darkness to light, as our
bodies are changed from corruption to
earth when we are through with them,
a3 houses no longer fit to live in.
Death is but moving out from a kitch
en to a parlor—from a hovel to a house.
There is no more danger in the night
than in tho day—the darkness than the
light—if wo know how to walk and go
not yon and thither only to return to the
truo light. It is less work to drop a
heavy load than to carry it, so is it easier
to part with a' life Well *$631* t68K to
guard it carefully over dangerous roods.
“Come to me all ye who are weary and
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
How beautiful that in tho Great I\
erfnl ! All who are laden! We are
have rest—not agony. And when tho
time comes, we will go as onr friend
went. Bruvo, hopeful, confiding. If we
take care of ourselves here. He will take
care of as There! That is His business,
and wo are as ready to trust Him and to
appear in His presence ready for such
work as the manner of our life will have
fitted us for ; os we are to dip this dry
ink and continue this sentence to
that completion which is not-the comple
tion of our labor.
And so our line of duty is plain.
When wo went ou a visit to our friend,
thought for a mqment of the
fare In; would set beforo ns. He had
asked us to come—to come to his home,
and visit with him and his loved ones.
Ho wo went. Dress well, and acting
like a gentleman, ior thus he would ex
pect us. There wo re many way by which
we might have reached there. By the
cars—tho river; by stage, by carriage
elosed or open—by one of onr own or
io hired ; by riding or by walking.
And so there are many ways to reach
the great work of tho future. Wo may
dread to tell those who caunot go just
now, “good-by.” It may seem impos
sible that the walls of the house should
part,.but when comes the time to go, a
door will open—wo c.in pats out and
know that we are still safe. Then we
will take care not to loiter by the way
—to arrive iu good shape, and all the
rest Ho will care for.
Thus weut onr friend—aud thero shall
we find him. And the dear one he left
will be carou for till she, too, will be
ready to tee the door open, and cau step
il new Horae so
when we sat by
a a visitor, mid
sofa just there,
1 beautiful dar-
il gentle literaade
■. wo almost cn-
enjoyed
r..c. Ii.
it lv differ
and
his love there ns she was here,
be pure and deserving, as all who
good intent will bo or strive to be. But
a little while longer, then we, too, can
go. It. will be hard to part with those
wo love, but thank God there will be
others there to welcome ns as we will be
ready to welcome the one who is our life
and solace here, while working to earn
the reward which comes with the Satur
day Night.—Jlriek” Pomeroy.
The Georgia Election Law.
ongago. Wo once expeg-
tirst Over There, for his
.eahli. And he asked us so
drew so close to his heart
darling* all liis own—lie
mes such light yet lasting
itv blow aud lips ns she
atching for tho words that
• looked again and saw her
An Act to provide, for an Election, and
to Alter and Amend the Laws in Rela
tion to the Holding of Elections.
Sec. 1. The Geperul Assembly of Geor
gia hereby enact*, That an election shall
be heiil in this State, beginning on the
-lull day of December, 1870, and ending
on the 22d of said mouth of December,
1870, for members of Congress to serve
during the unexpired term of the Forty-
second Congress ; for Senators in the
State Senate from each district number-
i the Constitiou with an odd number;
for members of the House of Itepreseta-
. c-f the General Assembly ; for Sher
iffs, Clerks of the Superior Court, Tax
Recti vers and Tax Collectors, and County
managers to prevent all rioting, distur
bances, and crowding at or near the
polls, and, to secure this end, it shall be
their duty to prevent more than one per
son and he only while voting, approach
ing or remaining within fifteen feet of
the place of receiving ballots; and the
said managers may, if they see fit, re
quire that persons desiring to vote shall
form themselves into a line, and when a
line is thns formed, said managers shall
prevent any person not in the line from
approaching the polling place nearer
than fifty feet, but iu no case shall more
than one voter at any time bo permitted
to approach the polls nearer than fifteen
feet
Sec. 10, It shall be the duty of the
sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, bailiffs, town
marshals, and police officers, the whole
to be under the orders of tho sheriff or
bis deputy, to attend at one or the other
of said places of voting during the elec
tion, and obey all lawful orders of said
managers, or either of them, and to act
as conservators of the peace, aud for the
protection of voters against violence, in
timidation and all unlawful attempts to
influence voters or to interfere with the
perfect freedom of eacb.yoter to cast his
ballot accordingly his own wishes.
Sec. 11, The said managers, or any
two of them, shall have power, by parol,
to order the arrest and confinement da
ring the day of any person disturbing the
peace at or near the polls, or disobeying
any reasonable orders for the enforce
ment of these provisions for the preserva
tion of order and the protection of vo
ters; and the sheriff or his deputy shall
also have power, without warrant, to nr
rest or order the arrest of any person for
tho causes aforesaid.
Sec. 12, It shall be the duty of said
managers to receive each ballot and de
posit tho same in a ballot box and it shall
not be lawful for either of them,
any clerk to open any closed ballot until
the polls are close 1 and the counting of
the votes is commenced.
Sec. 13, It shall be the duty of said
managers to prevent any person, except
themselves and the three clerks by them
to be appointed and sworn, to remain in
the room when the lmllota are received,
the ballot-box or the polling
place os to examine the tickets or to han
dle any ticket, and they shall have the
some power to enforce this as other du
ties herein cast upon them.
Sec. 14, The said managers may select
threo competent persons to act as clerks
in keepiug the list of voters and tally
sheets, hut said clerks shall not be per-
mitted. to handle any ballot or examine
the same.
Hec. 1">, One of said managers shall
receive the ballots from the voters and
hand them to a second, who shall deposit
the same iu the box, and at no time shall
auy vote be received unless there be at
least thi ee of said managers present.
Hec. 16, Said managers, clerks and
officers, except police officers actually
duty, shall receive from the county treas
urer three dollars for each day s duty
at said election.
Sec. 17, It shall be in the power of
said managers, or any three of them, to
fine auy sheriff, deputy sheriff marshal
or police officer not more than one hun
dred dollars, as for contempt, if he fail
to obey any lawful order of said mana
gers, or either of them, for the enforce
ment of the law, for keeping the peace,
preserving order and protecting the free
dom of election on the day of the elec
tion.
Sec. 18. Said managers shall each of
them take the following oath: “I do
swear that I will faithfully, fully and
partially hold the present election; I will
prevent uo person from voting who is of
apparent age, a resident of the county,
and who has not previously voted at this
election y I will not open any closed tick
et until the polls have been closed, nor
will I divulge for whom auy person voted
unless called upon by Borne legal tribune;
I will permit no one to challenge, delay
or hinder any voter from the free and
speedy casting of his ballot; I will, in
good faith to the best of my ability, en-
At last i
nd still closer, lock-
'; :;.t interlocking the souls of yon who
'l'i.oiI, kind, nml truo to each other
lie m.iv soon follow you to the Land
t! i U«l. where you shall indeed
riu»n her arms drew still closer about
•neck, and ho Lent low to kiss tho
•<icti hair and to kiss away the tears
:a tho eyes of her he loved. Ah, good
ends—that simple home of u fellow-
>orerwas rnoro of a palace than many
'vie with wauy mansions.
Dio!:, after all was still a few moments
Pr y° had looked out of a window to
■ v. i:t*re was the star we learned to call
Is yours ago—after she who rested
ctly on the bosom of a true,
1 her hei
res, he said :
sit
•ouaties of this
That the said election shall
uk the d;
ill not
dy to go—but
for my Dari
•** long, und I
!i ut—tmt who w
- r i Ids is all that holds mo to life
lhe work I am to do be done. Who
‘‘ rare for her as I do ? Who will
id her life as I do ? W ho will protect
11 one for w hom I will be waiting, and
lose life must l>e with mine to com-
to it fo r na both, Over There ?
*00 will protect her ?”
Then I am ready to go at any time.
:1 * all that held mo here. I am
d of life here, and long to enter it-
u ‘ r o- To be sure, it is beautiful here
r ft d wish .to stay hero, but it will be
'-re beautiful There, and to our new
* am ready to go, and anxious to
^ her. Sometimes—yes, ofteu, when
i: bora my home—I feel a momentary
ead of death as I think of old lessons,
u lae cloud soon floats away, and I
'■ tiie hky beyoud, as now. Tell me of
1 “Vp ' v ‘‘ lj°th will listen.”
is so much to tell! You will
'?.’ v 11 ai l before we cau tell you. But
'i:is you uo well. Clouds come, and
'■ ‘ u* rests thereon. If you make
1 ’•* '.vt; to follow and rest on "tho cloud,
' u d jour gazo trackless * journeys
‘‘■’l; ” J°u look only for the Light in
.Litst—for the fcky beyoud—the cloud
Push away, and you will look upon a
V- - with onr lives—if we look
• mostly, and thus do strive, a reward
1 » ours all ir. due.and good time,
or m i * S /"Thing to be dreaded—no
io , “good night” parting at
L “ nn ~ leave a crowded party,
home, 4 just a little'
State.
Sec.
commence ou the said 20th day of De
cember, und continue between the usual
hours new fixed l»y law, for threo sepa
rate days.
Sec. 3. That said election shall be
managed and superintended at the sever
al court houses at the county seat, and at
any election precinct that may exist or be
established iu any incorporated and or
ganized city or town, by managers chosen
as follows:
Sec. 4. And it shall bo the duty of the
Governor of the State, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate,
soon after tho passage of this act
possible, to appoint three, and tho Or
dinary of each county two, fit and prop
er iKTsons, of intelligence and moral
worth, for each election precinct estab
lished at the county court house,
auy city or incorporated town in this
State ; and said five persons, or any three
or more of them may aid shall hold tho
election at said court house andprecints
in such city or town,
Sec. 5. It shall bo tho duty of the
Governor to cause the said appointees
to bo and appear at the said court house,
1 at said precinct* in said city or town,
the day fixed by this Act, for tho said
election, within .tho hours heretofore
prescribed by law, und hold said elec
tions. .
Sec. 0. It shall be the duty of the Govr
ernor to furnish each of the judges of the
Superior Courts with a list of said ap
pointees in the several counties of their re
spective circuits, ami at tho next term of
said courts in each county, after the said
election,it shall be the duty of the judge
to inform himself if said appointees have
appeared ns required by this Act and
held the said election, and if any such
appointees have failed to appear, and
that the absence of his signature to the
returns required by law to be made to
tho Clerk of said court, shall be pruna
fade evidence of such failure, it shall be
the duty of said judge forthwith to fine
any such appointeo one hundred dollars:
Provided, That said fine maybe remitted
on said appointee satisfying said jndge
that liis failure to attend was caused by
severe sickness or other unavoidable
cause, or that he was legally disqualified
from serving: And provided further,
That said appointees shall each of them
be citizens of tho county for which they
are appointed nDd voters of the same.
Be<'. 7. In addition to tho duties, now
prescribed by law for the managers of
sa. .1 ii il.~
ay til
beauty #
-owgh the darkness. We do not
,° sio( “P' for we waken again. And
P[ resting, and awaking is much
make it. We — '
ake dnrin-lv 'J 0 ca ? 80 Ut0 P*** or interfere with any other person in
r <™Uo..» drei, ^ JC tKe “ d ' pe0dj aatme 0niUb * ll0t
elections, it ahull be the duty of -said,
managers to preserve order at of near the
polls, but they sljall lrave no power to re-^
fuse ballots of any male person of appa
rent full age, a resident of the county,
who has not previously voted at stud
election. ' s ? ' > ’ />
Sec, 8, They shall not be permitted to
challenge any vote, o* hinder,, or delay,
or interfere with any other person in tbw
free and speedy casting of
SwofO, It shall be the 'duty of said
deavor to carry into effect the provisions
of this act, and the other laws for hold
ing elections; I will make a fair, correct,
and honest and impartial return of the
result of the election. Ho help me
God.”
(Any manager may administer this oath
to the others.)
Sec. 19. Nothing in this act prohibit
ing challenges at the polls shall be con
structed to authorize any one to vote
who is not under the Constitution a
qualified voter in the county of the elec
tion; but all persons not duly qualified to
be, subject to all the pains ana penalties
fixed by law in case they vote illegally.
Sec. 20. Each of the said clerks shall
be sworn fairly impartially and truthfully
to keep the list of voters and fairly and
honestly to keep the tally sheet at said
election.
Sec. 21. It shall be the duty of the
Ordinaries of the several counties of this
State to furnish stationery for tho pur
pose of said election, and also to have
ready, and furnish for each of the sets of
managers provided for by this act, a bal
lot box sufficiently large to hold the bal
lots likely to be cast at said polling place
—said ballot box to be made so that it
cannot be opened without serious damagd
to the box on all sides except one, and
on that side to have a movable lid with
the opening therein sufficiently large to
admit the pushing in of the ballots one by
one—said Ud to be so constructed as that
it may slide into grooves in the box, and
have a lock thereon; and it shall be the
duty of the managers to open and ex
amine said box at the opening of the
polls, and then to lock the same; and at
the close of the polls on each day it shall
be the duty of each manager to put up
on said lid a strip of paper with his name
thereon, and affix tho same by adhesion
to the Ud and l>ox so that the box cannot
be opened without the rnptnre of said
paper; and this being done, the box shall,
for the night, bo entrusted to the keeping
of one of the managers, and another of
the managers shall take tho key; and it
shall be the duty of such managers en
trusted with said box or key, to peimit
one to tamper in any'way with the
same; and if such tampering be done,
the manager entrusted with the same,
shall be deemed prim a facie guilty of
having done the same, and on conviction,
shall be punished as provided in section
4608 of the Revised Code, for the punish
ment of misdemeanors.
Sec. 22. An election manager or dork,
or other officer on duty in the holding of
any election, who shall bo guilty of. any
fraudulent practice in changing any bal
lot, or in nsing any trick or device by
which any false return is made, ot any
ballot box is tampered .with, or who ahall
in anyway be guilty of any false, or
fraudulent practice or act by which any
vote actually cast is not fairly counted
and returned ahall be guilty of mis
demeanor, and on conviction, shall be
punished as provided in section 4608 of
the Revised Code, j *»
. Sec. 28. All laws militating against or
inconsistent with this act, are hereby re-
Letten from General Lee—A History
of the War.
The Hew York World of the ICtU con
tains a very interesting article on “Au
tographs,” presumably from the pen of
John R. Thompson, of Virginia, in which
the following allusion is made to General
Lee:
Resolute to abtsain in these illustra
tions from any reference to the living,
some that are very precious have been
laid aside with tho chance that he who
pens these notes may be among the de
parted before the writers whose words
he cherishes should be called away. But
as this little essay has been in progress,
a knell from a distance tells mo that in
cose the reason for reserve has ceas
ed. The great soldier of America—for
such history, when our miserable bick
erings are forgotten, will pronounce him;
the Christian gentleman; tho knightly
leader of chivalry not less glorious be
cause unfortunate: the man whom in his
grave all mourn and honor except custom
house officials and treasury lackeys and
their master—Robert E. Lee, of. Virginia
~~ dead; and. *a-these lines are written,
going to his grave by the aide of Jack-
son at Lexington. His autographs lie be
fore me ; their penmanship graceful and
delicate, almost like a woman’s, and his
words those of modesty and simple
truth.
As early as the 10th of November, *65,
he writes to a friend:
I concur with you entirely as to the im
portance of a true history of tho war;
and it is my purpose, unless prevented,
to write that of the campaigns in Vir
ginia. With this view I have been en
gaged since the cessation of hostilities in
endeavoring to proense the necessary of
ficial information. All my records, re
ports, returns, Ac., with the headquar
ters of the army were needlessly destroy
ed by the clerks having them in charge
on the retreat from Petersburg, and such
as had been forwarded to the War De
partment in Richmond were either des
troyed in its conflagration or captured at
the South in the attempt to save them.
I desire to obtain some vouchers in sup
port of my recollection, or I should h^ve
made some progress in the narrative.
I have not even my letter or order books
to which to refer. I have thought it pos
sible that some of my official correspon
dence, which would be of value to
might be found among the captured
cords in Washington, and that General
Grant, who possesses magnanimity as
well as ability, might cause me to be
furnished witu copies. I have, however
hesitated to approach him on the sub
ject, as it is one in which he would nat
urally feel no interest.
On the 28th December, 1SGG, he writes
and this is given iu justice to the liv
ing :
If you see Mr. Davis, I beg that you
will present to him my warmest regards
and, if you cau find fit words to express
it, my deep interest in his welfare. You
say rightly, that nothing can be done by
his friends for his relief, aud that adds to
the bitterness of my distress ; for I feel
that any attempt only sen es to arouse
afresh the slumbering iro of his oppo
nents. We mn9t, therefore, be hopeful,
but patient
As Into as the 11th of June, 1869, he
says;
I feel more strongly than I can des
cribe the importance of a truo history
of the events of the war between the
Northern and the Southern States, aud
had resolved to prepare a narrative of the
military occurrence in Virginia. I have
not changed my purpose, but at first
thought the time was unpropitious. The
passions of neither section had sufficient
ly cooled to hear the truth, the only thing
I cored to relate. I do not think that
the time lias arrived yet, but it is ap
proaching. I have been collecting facts,
but am at a loS3, in consequence of my
records, papers, &o., having been des
troyed, and have been so situated as to
be incapable of supplying them. Still
I am doing something und hope to
ceed.
These were almost liis last words ; aud
they speak as a legacy to the South to
complete an unfulfilled duty, which a
reconciled people will have a right to
demand. As for him, though it mny be
that
‘Li* triumph* will be eaug
V Modem English.
It is^rell enough to talk about the last
eighteen centuries, but the nineteenth
century is the century after all.
Although immeasurably superior in
evety thing, it is particularly so in the ele
gance of its language. To illustrate what
is meant, we saw two young men meet in
Water street - ami , heard them converse.
The, way _it done, and the conversa
tion, was as follow*. For convenience
sake, wp call tlieir names Thomas Green
and James Blue :
Blue—Hello ! Tommie, Low’s your
dog 7
Green—(Extending his hand)—Bully,
Jammio. put it there!
Blue —Well, Tommie, how’s things ?
Green—Pretty tart, see my new cigar
holder? (exhibits cigar holder.) How’s
that for high ?
Blue—(looking at the cigar holder)—
Pretty IxW: it ain't meonehanm, though,
for stamps.
Green—(excitedly)—I’m your oyster !
My ducats talk forty dollars’ worth.—
Come and see me 1 I straddle that blind,
my son. (Stick finger and thumb into
vest pocket)
Blue—Go it with you ?
Green—Ke-rect!
Blue— Your’e another. What ails your
[From the Halifax (NorsSootis) Morning Chron.) force immensely superior in numbers.—! TELEGE A PTTTf!
iahall i
tho sternest knight
eye ?
Green—Man stuck all his fingers i
But then I bust his suoot and wrung his
ears till he came to tea, now you bet. Is
she very black ?
Blue—Block ! You look like a coal
harvist.
Green—Go there yourself 1 Keep off
my toes or there’ll be a nigger funeral,
that’s what kind of a man I am, ain’t it ?
Blue—Wall, who’s doing this crowd
ing. I don’t want auy of your lip, either.
If you wasn’t fuller’n a little wagon, I’d
make it red hot for yon.
Green—Augb, what you giving us—
fullern’ a little tick yourself.
Blue—You’re a lawyer.
Green—You’re a liar, am IV What do
you take me for ?
Blue—You’re u shoutiu.’
Green—Give us a rest, Jimmie.
Blue—Domino— domino.
Green—Shoo fly. Jim, I’m off. (Exit
both in different directions.)
Imagine some ancient philosopher
wiine-sing such nil exhibition of the
English tongue. IIo woulJ probably
think it was “pretty tart. ”—N. Y. World.
some unmouhleu tongue,
Far on in summer* that we *h*N net ate,”
that duty of surviving contemporaries is
to prepare the record for the future.
Aud who can better do this work, illu
minate this holy scroll, than the accom
plished scholar and brave soldier who,
I see, helped to bear the pall of Lee, and
in whose veins flows the blood of the
great General who fell at Shiloh ?
pealed, hat other laws not militant or in
consistent therewith; are hereby-declared
of force, and to be obeyed by said mana-
^Jt'pprbred Ootober Sd 1876.
Paris—Rome—Constantinople.
Among all the cities of earth what
others awaken such memories as these
three.
History is stubbed with their names,
finishing like stars from its most bril
liant pages. Illustrious in past ages,
their destinies again astonish the world ic
our day, and the mind pauses in aston
ishment at their wonderful careers.
Paris, the focus of human civilization,
containing within herself the concentra
tion of all that science, art learning have
created—carrying within her bosom the
elements of all that is best and worst on
earth—herself a complete a microcosm,
is for the third time in sixty years sur
rounded by liosiile armies, und while the
Teutonic shells threaten destruction to
her palaces and monuments, her
turning against each other the weapons
frliich should present a united front
against thefinvader. Whether sh«
ignominiously through treachery and
dissension, or come out triumphantly
from the fiery prdeal, woe and tribula
tion must bo her share before the camp
fires of foreifp foes laid away from the
ide, October llUi.)
IN MEMORIAL!.
“All, &ir Lancelot,” ho said, “tho .
of all Christian knights; and now, I ilare
said Sir Ector, “thou Sir Lancelot, there Won
licet, that thou wert never matched of earthly
knights’ hand: and thou wort the courtliest
knight that ever bare shield; —«
» head
r ladies; and thou wert
thy mortal too that ever
he Morte D’Arthur of Sir
Them Good Old Daze.—How I do
long (once in awhile) for them good old
daze.
Them daze when there was more fun
30 cents than thero is now in S8 50.
Them daze when u man marrird 145
pounds of woman and less than 9 pounds
(owl told) of anything else.
How I do long for them good doze
when edekashnn konsisted in what men
did well.
Them doze when dekons ware as aus
tere as hoss redisli; and ministers preac-
ed to men’s souls instead of their pock
ets.
Them daze when politics was the ex-
S tion and honesty the rods.
’hem daze when dogs wurnt known
and when good bread and baked goose
made a good dinner.
Them daze when a man who wasn’t
bizzy was watched, and when women
spun yarn to knit stockings.
How I do long for the good old daze
when now and then a gal baby was name
Jerasha, and a boy wasn’t spilt if lie was
named Jenymier.
And ye who have the.feathers and fuss
of life, who have the codfish of wealth
without sense under your nose, cum be
neath this tree and long for an hour witi
me for the good old daze when men were
shamed to be fools and women fraid to
be flirts. Josh Billings.
Oax Amr Ose Tell ?—Can any one
teQ bow men that cannot absolutely pay
small bills, can always find plenty of
money lo buy liquor and treat when hap
pening among friends ?
Can any one tell hd w it is with some
men why owe their batcher, owe for rent,
owe for tailoring, shoes, the printer, etc.,
can have everything that is nice, eat
oysters at night, wear fine clothes and
have all the delicacies ?
' Can any one tell how men live and
support their families, who have no in
coma and don’t work, while others who ‘
are industrious and. always employed al
most starve ?
sight of her inhabitants.
While Paris is trembling with fury,
with terror, almost with maduess, Rome,
still vigorous, notwithstanding her tweu-
ty-six centuries, is • preparing to renew
her youth iu the atmosphere of liberty.
There all is joy and hope. The effete
yoke of the old theocracy is forever bro
ken, and tho blood of young Italy cir
culates freely and oxnltingly iu the veins
of the ancient capital. A new era is open
before her, and she may yet astonish the
world by achievements worthy of her an
tique fame.
Imperial Byzantium, the Queen of the
Levant—seated on the Bosphorus, is lis
tening from afar to the murmurs of the
North wind. For more than four hun
dred years tho Turk has been encamped
upon her shores, but nevermore thau en
camped. What is four hundred years
in the life of the world V The Moors
held Spain for eight hundred and were
driven from it by the Spaniards as the
Turk will now be driven out by the
Muscovite. The “ sick man” may make
last spasmodic effort, but it will be of
o avail. The hand writing is on the
wall. Already the armies of the Czar
motion, and resistance will be in
In this war, at least, we can all
sympathize. Away with the Turk! He
has never done anything for the progress
of humanity. Let him go back to Asia
aud let a Christum empire arise over
those fair regions which ho has too long
polluted with his presence. Tho Chris
tiana of European Turkey have always
outnumbered the. Turks, aud to them
belong, of right, the regions in which they
dwell.— Wilmington Journal.
TnoroHT He Knew Hkh.— Old Jndge
— of New Hampshire, was what
Artemus Ward would have called a “ so
ciable cuss” off the bench, and was noted
for claiming acquaintances with any one
whose appearance happened to please
him. Entering a crowded car on the Bos
ton and Maine Road one. day, liis honor
found the only unoccup ed seat to be by
the side of u smartly dressed and rather
good looking young woman. Ascertain
ing that the seat was engaged,-the Jndge
settled himself comfortably in it, and
turning with his accustomed blond, fath
erly smile to his fair companion, said :
“ Yoar foco seems familiur to mo, 'ray
dear; I think I must know you.”
“I should think you might,” said the
unknown, in horse voice, whiskey,
tralto voice, turning a vindicative pair of
eyes ou the astonished judge “I should
think you might; you sent me to tho
House of Correction for three months last
Winter, you infernal old scoundrel”
The Judge, did* not press claim for ac
quaintance any further in that quarter.
Mr. Jefferson „D*vis arrived in New
York by the Canard steamer Cuba from
Withreverence aud regret we repeat
to-day Sir Ector’s words of sorrow for
the great Sir Lancelot, and apply them
to the man who died yesterday, the nob
lest knight of our geueration. Tho hero
of the Arthurian legends 03 ho lay dead
in Joyons-Gard with-the record of a life
made splendid by great deeds, might
have revived other than kindly or en
nobling recollections in the mourner’s
mind-? for the wronged, king amtethe
breaking up of the goodly fellowship of
the Round Table could not be forgotten,
but lay like shadows upon the dead
knight. But in tho life of Robert Ed
mund Lee there was no reproach of man
woman ; his deeds were dimmed by
wrong dono or duty unfulfilled; there
s no staiu upon his honor and uo un
righteous blood upon his hands. He
was, indeed, a good knight, noble of
heart and strong of purpose, and both
a soldier and a gentleman. The age that
knew him, if not the age of chivalry, will
yet be remarkable for having produced
' him a man os chivalric as any that lives
history. He, too, was one, and the
greatest ones, of a goodly fellowship that
was broken up and scattered about the
world. Some of these Southern knights
have gone before him, and with him de
parts the last remnant of tho cause for
which they fought aud the strength that
> long upheld it
Only niueyeara ago he wu3 a Colonel
of cavalry in the United States army, and
yesterday he died the greatest soldier in
the world. Four years service iu the
field at the head of an army gained for
him this reputation, and though he was
worsted at the last, it was a reputation
that he did uot lose with his losses. It'
strong praise to give to him, but nor
the less undeserved, for even his former
enemies must concede to him tho first
place m the civil war, and we know of i
living European General who possess
to the same extent those attributes, of
soldier which so distinguished tho Con
federate leader. It w true that Europe
has yet Napier and McMahon and Von
MolUte, and that America has also Sher
man and Sheridan and Longstreet, but
all these men aud all their fellow sol
diers lack the grandeur which was in
herent in Lee.
In every particular ho possessed the
requisites of a true soldier. Ho was
brave; his whole military record and his
life-long scorn of danger alike bear tes
timony to bis bravery. He. was wise;
his great successes against great odds,
and his almost constant anticipation of
the enemy’s movements were proofs of
his wisdom. He was skilful; liis forced
marches aud unexpected victories assert
Iris skill He was patient and unyield
ing; his weary struggle against the
mighty armies of the North and his stem
defence of Richmond forever [>reservG
the memory of his patience and resolu
tion. He w’os gentle and just; the sol
diers who fought under him and who
eamo alive out of the great light, remem
bering aud cherishing the memory of
the man can one nml all testify to his
gentleness and his justice. Above all he
was faithful; when he gave up liis sword
there was no man in his own ranks or in
those of tho enemy that doubted his
faith, or believed that lie had not doue
all that mortal could do for the cause for
falls which lie had made such a noble, strug-
gle.
In the history of those terrible four
years there is no more prominent figure
than that of Geueral Lee. It may bo
said that he sustained the war after failure
seemed inevitable, and wheu other men
weie ready to give up the fight. His de
fence of Richmond iu the face of such a
mighty foe will forever remain one of
the greatest events in history. His stra
tegy, if not liis presence, influenced al
most every Confederate victory, and
Only a king of men could have possessed
suoli courage and endurance, aud liis
whole life is a proof that among tho
brotherhood of men Lee was indeed a
king.
When tho last chance was gone, and
all hope was at an end, the old hero bow
ed to a higher will than his own, and ac
cepted the fate of the South with calm
grandeur. But he was done with all liis
wars. . He could never take tho field
again ; he knew that it w as not for him
to sec the Act of Secession upheld by tho j
South and recognized by tho North, aud >
after the failure of his own countrymen j
too old aud war-worn to draw his!
sword in a foreign quarrel. He passed:
from the fever of the camp into tho quiet
of the cloister, and as the President of
Washington College, in Virginia, spent
the remaining portion of his sixty-three
years iu working for the good of liis na-
Stato.
’e caiin^express all the truth that
could bo tolfr about Lee, nor can wo do
justice to his worth aud fame, but per
haps the few words of Sir Ector are the
best after all. He was .ajjood .knight, .a
true gentleman: knowing this, let ns
leave him with fame and posterity; with
the rest, the light, the Resurrection and
the Life.
f American Prees Association Dispatches.
The new county of McDuffie will have
Thomson^on the. Georgia Railroad, as Europe on Wednesday. He is nt the
its county rite.
him he cheered
diers and encouraged them to farther aud
greater efforts. They spoke of him as
“Old Bob Lee” they liked to talk about
his manners and his deeds ; they told
each other stories of the greatness of his
heart, and, although their commander,
always looked upon him as their friend
and fellow-soldier. He won the love of
his friends aud the admiration of his
enemies, and now that he is dead lie has
not any euomy at all.
Whether the cause for which he fought
was just or otherwise, is not a question
for us now; we only know that in the
fight he did not war with his own con
science, but like a truo man stood up for
what he bcleived to be tho truth. Ho
was a Virginian by birth and teachings,
and the son of Henry Lee, a geueral of
the Revolntiou. He inherited the creed
ns well as the profession of his father,
aud it is a strange circumstance that the
United States troop?, Rent to quell the
insurrection of John Brown, at Harper’s
Ferry, were under the command of Col
Robert E. Lee, who was shortly after
wards to lead one people against another,
which sang with such enthusiasm of the
martyrdom of old John Brown. Nobody
doubted the sincerity of Lee when he
left the army of liis country, for which
he had been trained and in which -he
passed the greater part of his life, and
fought against that country to the best
ot his skill aud strength. The man was
too noble to have done vxong, and too
gentlo to have aided ia sacrificing tho
lives of thousands, merely on account of
the locality of bis birth. IIo was not
alone a patriot—ha was a just man, when
he weut into the war ho did bait.'
the South ; in the firm hope that he
upholding the right.
His military genius derives its most
important proof from the fact that, from
the time of his appointment to the posi
tion of Confederate Commander-in-Chief
until the close of the war, the appoint
ment was never changed. There were
many talented and brave men in the
South—men Hko Longstreet and Folk,
and the two Johnsons, and that one who
took with him to a soldier’s grave the
love of the whole world and the name of
Stonewall Jackson. But there was only
one L«e, and to him the South knew
inu9i her safety and her hopes be com
mitted. He failed to realize these hopes,
but ho gained, if not . for his cause, at
least for his country and himself, a glory
imperishable and nnclonded by his de
feat. On the. other hand, the army of
the North was compelled to endure: a
long succession of leaders, one as incapa
ble as the other, until men of real worth
were discovered at last It seems incredi
ble, on looking back to that war time,
that Lee should have held his own ah
Angier and the Governor.
Tkeasuker’s Office. ♦
Atlanta, Ga., October 24,1870. f
Editor Constitution : There appeared in
the Atlanta Daily New Era of yesterday
& letter from Rums B. Bullock, purpor
ting to be addressed to me, (though this
was the first notice 1 had of such a letter)
founded upou a short note sent by me to
Mr. Olios. II. Clavtou, New York*
The poison of the reptile, and the ma
lignity of the evil oue, with which this
letter abounds, I shall not deign to
tico, further than to remark that they do
not add auy very great laurels
Chief Magistrate of a great Sto
he ueed uot think to extricate himself
from his unwarrantable acts by personal
abuse.
I shall hasten to give simply the Act
upon which the bonds referred to were
issued, and the law in relation to State
bonds aud coupons, aud a few facts per
tinent to the snbjcot, leaving the public
to draw their own conclusions.
An act to anthorize his Excellency the
Governor of this State to borrow suffi
cient money on the credit of the State or
such terms as to him shall seem best, to
pay off the members and officers of the
General Assembly:
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly, That liis Excellency the Gov
ernor be and ho is hereby authorized and
requested to effect a loan to the State,
by bond or otherwise, upon rucIi terras
us to him shall seem meet, of a sufficient
amount of mono}' to pay off the
bers aud officers and other expenses of
this General Assembly; and that the
Treasurer of the State meet aud jjny off
the debt thus contracted aud iuterest
thereon out of the first funds coming i
to his hands.
Approved August 27th, 1870.
The unpaid expenses of this General
Assembly at the time of the passage of
this bill, extending to its adjournment,
could not exceed a qnarter of a million
dollars, and when 1 learned the Gover
nor was insuring State Bonds, having re
ference to this act for his authority, and
sending them to New York by tho mil
lion, with my name upon all the coupons
without my knowledge or consent while
the law required that the Treasurer
should sign all the coupons. (Erwin’s
Code, paragraph 919.) “They may be
fore or after issuing be presented to the
State Treasurer, who shall sign in his of
ficial capacity all the coupons thereto
attached.” (I felt impelled by a seuse of
duty and a desire to protect myself and
my secretary from securities that might
aecrue, to write tho note I did, which
was not intended for the public but made
so by Rufus B Bullock.
Notwithstanding the Code (unless oth
erwise provided, which was not in this
casej mokes it the duty of the “Treasurer
to sign in liis official capacity all t^e
coupons,” the Governor in his letter re
marks : “The lithographing of your
name, to tho coupons for instance, is a
matter of form, it might lave been that
of John Smith, or of your clerk, or of
any other person whom I might have
chosen.” This is a sample of lii3 knowl
edge and regard for law. Itefering t to
the bonds to pay off tho members and of
ficers of the General Assembly, the Gov
ernor further states : “ But fortunately
for the iuterest of the State, neither of
these statutes involves the necesity of
the bonds passing through your hands
either directly or indirectly.”
Irwin’s Code, section 90, reads thus :
‘The Treasurer shall keep a book in
which he shall record a description of all
the bonds heretofore or hereafter issued
by this State, and in said book shall note
au bonds paid and the date of payment,
and all coupons paid on each, and the
* TAXIS AND METZ.
DOTH CITIES TO BE STARVED OCT.
THE CORDON TIOHTENINO.
)E TRACE STILT. PURIOT'S.
CAPITULATION OF !
SURRENDER OF BAZAINE !
IE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND PRIS
ONERS.
[Special to the Daily Journal.
London, October 27.—The English
ministry is annoyed by the absolute re
fusal of % Russia - to join in efforts for
peace.
Prinoo Napoleon denies disloyalty to
the Emperor, or that lie has had any in
terview with Bourbaki or Boyer.
Verduu refuses to surrender and de
fies tho Prussians to take it
Bad weather has almost put a stop to
military operations on the part of the
Prussians, though they still closely invest
Paris and Metz with the hope of starving
out those cities.
In order to make tho investment of
Pails more perfect, the Duke of Meck-
lenburg-Schwerin. with his army corps,
has abandoned the seige of St. Quentin
and is marching rapidly ou Paris.
Thiers has been granted a safe conduct
by the Prussians, only us far as Versail
les, for fear tho Parisians may learn the
true state of the feelings of France in re
gard to a humiliating peace.
The following are said to be tho terms
of peace proposed by Russia, Austria aud
England :
No cession of territory ; the fortifica
tions of Metz and Strasbourg to be razed;
Franco to pay 200,000,000 francs indem
nity; tho neutrals to guarantee peace.
Berlin, Oct. 27.—Queen Augusta has
received the following dispatch frorq
King William, announcing the surren
der of Bazaine with his army, at Metz :
Metz, Oct. 27.—Gen. Bazaine surren
dered Metz this morning, and this after
noon, Ills army consisting of 140,000 men,
laid down their arms. Of this number
20,000 are rick and wounded.
God be praised tor this most impor
tant event of the war. William.
date of their payment.” 8till the Gov
ernor states there is uo “necessity of the
bonds passing through the Treasurer’s
hands either directly or indirectly.”
Where the authority or necessity of is
suing currency bonds to the amount of
twelve hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, and perhaps .more, and sending
them to New York to meet an expense iff
only two hundred pud fifty thousand dol
lars, being a million more than required,
or authorized by the bill ? The inference
is that they were sent there to be used
for other purposes thau those authorized
bylaw. It could not have been to pay
the bonds and coupons of the State, for
there is another octwequiring that these
shall be met by the sale of gold bonds,
which the Governor is having, or has haa
prepared. It could not have been to
meet tho “Civil Establishment” of the
State, for this was not included in the
original bill, and the bonds were issued
beforo the amendatorv act, and bear no
reference to it; aud the amendatory act
requires all bonds issued under it, or af
ter its adoption, to bo gold bearing, and
the general State tax which is now being
collected, and will soon be in the Treas
ury, is ample to meet this branch of the
government, including the “incidental
expenses of the Executive Department
I could pursue this subject at great
length and show many errors in point of
law and facts, but I dislike to devote the
time'to it or worry the public with it,
and will simply state in conclusion, aside
from my official sworn ddtieo andrespon
abilities. Ism a tax pajer L mid have s
right to feel some interest in common
with the people of Georgia in staying
the illegal, baneful hand of extravagance
and plunder, while hjs Excellency has
not condescended to notice these little
Democratic Circular.
The following has just been issued :
Room* of the National Democratic Rr-
eeutire Committee, Washington, D. C., Oct.
21,1870.—The National Democratic Con
gressional Resident Committee tciubr
their congratulations to the Dem<vr»'.c
and Conservative voters of the three* gr--.it
States of Pennsylvania, Indiana, mi I
Ohio for their recent successes over ill.*
corruptions of Radicalism, aided, tu> tin*
Radicals have been, by a profligate *nd
desperate administration at Washington.
In Pennsylvania a gain of five mend *
of Congress has been secured. TheR.di-
tul majority of last year haa been lnr*:( l v
reduced in each branch of tho Legisla
ture, and thero is a decided majority in
the State on the popular vote against Hit-
administration. In Indiana the' S'.nse
has been redeemed from further Radio *1
misrule, by the eloction ot the D tn-
oeratic and Conservative State tick. :,
carrying with it a gain of two memb.-s
of Congress and a majority in each branch
of the Legislature. Economy and re
form are thus made sure to the people of
that State in the immediate future. J i
Ohio, the Radical majority of two yem s’
ago has been reduced more tiian half,
and the leader of the Radical corruption
in this present Congress has been de
feated. We no w appeal to the Democrat -
ic aud Conservative voters of the States
in which clectiuns are about to Be held
to make further and more determined
efforts in behalf of a restoration of an
honest administration. We ask that they
disregard threats from any central source,
and pay no.attention in any respect to
the proposed use of the military'power'
of the Government in the local manage
ment of elections in the States. Let the
doors of our organization be thrown wide
open for the admission of all who. desire
economy and honesty in the manage
ment ot the public treasury, so that the
present burden of taxation may be there-'
by mitigated, regardless of former issues
or past politicial associations or names,
and bring about entire co-operation
among all who seek a restoration. of the
Union founded upon i>cace and good will
among their fellow-men, and a return to
strict integrity among tho public officers
of the nation.
[Signed] Samuel J. Randall, Chmu.
N. L. Jeffries, Secretary;
long and so bravely, alien ho was op-
matters, making no return bt income and -T**? 1
paying no tax in Georgia.- '
^ ♦ Respectfully,
poeed to every changing tactics and a from the Order.
At. a . solmn meeting ■ of,, the. Grand
Lodge qf Free Masons in Paris, King
William and the Crown Prince of Prus
sia, Frederick William, were expelled
Adjournment of the Legislature.
Last night the General Assembly which
had been m long protracted session ad-
;onrned, the House sine die, and the
! Senate to convene in Executive session.
We bid the representative branch of it,
we trust, a final farewell, and have only
to remark of ik as the eminent Cardinal
Woolsey is said by Shskspeare to have
remarked of himself,
FsrpweU^s long farewell, to *11 my (it*) great-
for that consisted only in its authority,
backed by bayonet power, and not in (ts
inherent' virtue. May the farewell we
gave to it be a) lasting one l Like “Al
exander. the Coppersmith,” they have
“much done evil, the Lord reward” them,
“for hr* There were in the body “good
men and true,” but these were so “few
and far between,” and so little of organ
ization prevailed among them; so much
did they need a leader, and so many of
them attempted vainly to lead ; that all
their efforts combined to save the State
from the nnwiae and extravagant legisla
tion which. has taken place, proved abor
tive. Weaye glad*therefore, that the
,b<S4y baa -adjourned, and trust that the
forthcoming election will give to the
State an able, pore, and better legislative
body. With the one just adjourn
ed. therefore, we part with no regrets.—
vka at*** 1naA s nothing,- but gains in its
* Intelligencer 26th
B@- New York. is determined to be
second to no city in the world upon
tho score of attractions. It lost enter
prise is the construction of Crystal Pal
ace thirty-six hundred feet long and ono
hundred and fifty wide, bnilt in the form
of a square, with a garden in the centre
of eleven acres. Tho cost of the whole
affair is expected to be $7,000,000.