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Publishers and Proprietors.
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dwnfckratc Union
If pyblPhcd Week!y, in Milledgevdlc, Ga.,
Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts.,
(opposite Court House.)
At $10 a year in Advance. v ” ***»!
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, A P R IL 26, 1864.
Oi X SEW TESJIK.
On nrt.l nfl<"r March 2.1,18t>4. tiie Tfrins oi Snb-
•cliptiuB to the Confederate Unioi ” '
i iK>. inv.iribly in tvlvnnce. All indebtedness lor
/ulivViutlm to this paper, previous to .Juno let, 18G3,
at t!io rate of T'lree Dollars per year.
duties as American citizens, and trust to
the grateful hearts of an enlightened peo
Te.n Dot- ; P^ e > nnd a kind, and beneficent providence,
for your reward.
ABDIEL.
ADVERTISING.
TRANSIENT.—Two Dollars per square of ten
lines for each insertion.
rribat'-s of rsspeet, K««o!nfions by Societies, (Obit
ujrum exoeeding six lines.) Nominations for oflioe,
t;,. n nauication. or Editorial notices for individual
bjaefit,charged as tranoent advertising.
Bv Special Reidest.
Polly Peablossom’s Wedding.
BV JOHN B. LAMAR.
I.F.OAL ADVKRTISINC.. - r
Sheriff's sales, ptr lew of ten lines, or less, $5 00 i sf . ara I ’ t!lat P er f° n ,s powerful slow I
Mortgage fi fa sales, per square, 10 00 j a =°. m,n K • I reckon he wa’nt so tedious
Tax Collector’s Sales, per^quare, 5 00 S ,ttln S *o Il18 »»»i wedding as coining
Citations for Letters of Administration, 5 00 I ^id one of tnc bridesmaids of Miss.
.. .. «. Guardianship, f> 00 : * °“y I eabloasom, as she hit her lips to
Letters of application for dism’n. from Adm’n 8 00 ™ a . k ? tl,e | n ro8 y* and peeped into a small
“ Guard'n 8 00
Anpl'n for leave to sell land and negroes, 8 00
6 00
8 00
2 00
5 00
2 00
Notice to Debtois and Creditors.
Sales ot land or negroes, per square,
perishable property, 10 days, per
Mray Notices, 30 days, /
Koreeiosuro u[ Mortgage, per square,
LEGAL advertisements.
S.Vs of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex
ecutors or Gaardiarts, aro rciuiicd by law to be held
on the first Tuesday in the month
of |0 in the forenoon and
Coart h6us<
mutated. , . ,
Notice of these aales must be given .n a public pa
lette 40 days previous to the day of sale.
Notices for the sale of personal property must be
given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
* Notices to the debtors and creditors ot an estate
must also be punished 40 days. _
Notice that ardicatiou will be made to the Court oi
Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be
publirtliefi b»r t “
between :he ht
lire.e in tiie afternoon, at tlife
the couuty in wi.ich tne properly is
.OlltllS,
• tnlinatlm letter-, i AdministrationGuardJAuahip,
Ac must be published 00 days—for dismission from
Administration, monthly six months—tor dismission
t rout Guardianship, 40 days
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
„,aUg for four won*A*—for establishing lost papers,
<\,r the full spore of three month*— for compelling titles
front Executors or administrators, where bond has been
given by the deceased the fall space of three months.
Publications will always be continued according to
thc*f*e, the legal requirement*, uult*t*8ofherwiseor<ier4*d.
To Tax Keceivfrs.
The Comptroller General furniahea each
Tax Return* Mith three Books. if any Receiver
n iftlie* an Extra book, or blieet* i'or a blotter, we will
furnish him at the rate oKi ! cents a sheet. One dollar
ultra if the sheet 8 are bound.
looking glass for the twentieth time.
•‘He preaches enough about the short
ness of a life-time,” remarked another
pouting M iss,‘and how we ought to improvb
our opportunities, not to be creeping along
like a snail, when a whole wedding-party
is waiting for him, and the tv a files are
getting cold, and the chickens burning to a
crisp/
“Have patience girls, maybe the man's
lost his spurs, and can’t get along any tas
ter,” was the consolatory appeal of an
arch-looking damsel, as
last of a bunch of grapes.
“Or perhaps the old mans fox-eard horse i
has jumped otlt of the pasture, and tli« ;
old gentleman has to take it a-foot,” sur
mised the fourth bridesmaid.
The bride used industrious efforts to ap
pear patient and rather indifferent amid
ttie general restiveness of her aids, and
would occasionally affect extreme merri
ment ; but her shrewd attendants charged
her with being fidget;/, and rather more
uneasy than she wanted folks to believe
Baldwin County blazed away, and made
the little boys aforesaid think they could
bear thunder almost and the liiles from
Putnam made their patriotic young spirits
long to revenge that gallant corps. And
the squire was astonished at the narrow es
capes h is friend had of falling iuto the
lianus ot V» ateford and his savages, when
he was mirsconsly rescued by Timpoochie
Barnard the L'cliee chief.
At this stage of affairs, Floyd {not ike
general, but the ambassador) rode up -with
a mysteriroiis look on bis countenance.
The dancers left off in tire middle of a set,
and assembled around the messenger, to
hear the news of
ladies crowded up
and the squire were eager to hear. Bpt
Floyd felt the importance of his situation,
and was in no hurry to divest
A.X
I NT KICK ST INC I.E1 TER TIE on
THE NORTH.
A special correspondent of the Char-
Manna did not come in better time to
the childien of Israel in the wilderness,
than did the discovery of the worthy cap
tain to the company assembled. It was as 1 leston Courier, writing from Montreal,Can
vivifying as a shower of rain on corn that ada East, under date of March 27, gives
is about to shoot and tassel, especially to j some interesting facts and speculation con*
G. W. Hodgkins and his lady-love. cerning matters in Federaldom. From
Squire Tompkins was a newly-elected i bis letter we cull that pprtion which refers
magistrate, and somewhat diffident of his | to things to come, leaving out that which
abilities in this untried department. He ; gpeaks of the past, and which only gives
expressed a hint of the sort, which the ! information already known by our rea-
ciptain only noticed with the exclamation, : Jers:
“hoot toot 1” I Q n fj ie of November next the elec-
Mrs. Peablossom insinuated to her bus- tim for Prt sident of the United States
t f , baud, that in h^r da// the “quality,’' or i will occur. The contest has alieady com-
D.e parson. 1 be old j better sort of people in North (Ja’lina, had j menccd, though the candidates have not
.00, am. the captain j a prejudice “agin" being married by j been formally nominated.
magistrate; to which the old gentle-j The new issues raised by the war have
non, | nian replied, “none of your nonsense, old i completely metamorphosed Northern poli-
“°* | lady ; none of your Duplin County aristoe- tics. The “Republican” of I860 is the
Abolitionist” oflS64, and the man who
I Among the so failed War Demo
crats, who doubtless prefer peace,
though from motives of policy they
sustain the war, are S. S. (.'os, the lea- .
dec of the Democrats in the United .
Srates House of Representatives; Sen
ator Richardson of Illinois; Gav.
Seymour, oi New York; Janies Brooks
nod Senator McDougail, of California.
Tw» distinguished clergymen have
stood by the South ever since the war
■ began—Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont,
vention will, however, be powerfully influ- ; ^ 1 Dartmouth
enced by the events of the military cam- ; College. I he States of New Jersey
paign. Should the South gain great vie- ■ ,,n d Connecticut are supposed-to be
torics before July, McClellan will be ' the abode of tlie largest number of
thrown aside for seme one whose anti-war 1 “Copperheads”.—as the peace men are
record has been clear from the beginning- ! called by their opponents. The coun-
~ i.l„ 11 u Seymour, of i fy c f Bergen, New Jersey is so bitterly
and so overwhelmingly opposed to the
war that k is dubbed “Little South
NUMBER 49.
some one like -Thomas H.
Connecticut, or ex-President Pierce.—
Should the South merely hold its own and
the Federal Government fail to make any
decided progress, McClellan will surely be
nominated, and lie stands equally as good
a chance incase we meet with serious de
feats.
Carolina.”
The Y'ankees have had quite a suc
cession of great heroes. They have
creek, then—
‘Oh. the devil !” ejaculated Captain
For tbo Confederate Union.
I uK-ilrrtnnt Trnisinj; ol tho Voi«t»“.
Messrs Editors:
I fear too many of pur people, are asleep
to the consequences involved, iti the edu
cation of our youth. It is true, the war,
with its untold calamities, weighs heavily
upon their hearts and minds, and all their
energies are taxed to turn the scale of
fortune in the great conflict, and but little
time is left to devote to other interests,
however urgent their appeals to patriot
ism, and humanity. But there are a few
left at home as the special guardians of
society, upon whom devolves the respon
sibility of looking after the moral and in?
tellectiial interests of the young, and
moulding the character of the coming gen
eration.
Will they prove unworthy of the trust
and confidence, reposed in them by their
Government, and the people,—the grati
tude or posterity, and the reward that
awaits the good nod faithful, when the
libors of earth are overpast ?
We trust not.
What a vast field is now open to the
Christian patriot,and philanthropist. Nev
er in our history did the exigencies of the
times make such demands upon us.
Out of the sixty five thousand indigent
children in Georgia, three hundred are in
Baldwin County growing up in ignorance.
And to what extent a protracted war will
swell the number, Heaven only knows.—
When we view this uprising waste wilder
ness of mind,—the darkness with which
it threatens the future,—the imperiled
liberties of a bloc 1 bought nation,— vve
insist that this is no insignificant matter.
Neglect the education of our youth, and
we will send down upon posteiity a flood
tide of iniquities that will sink them be
neath the respect of the civilized world.
Criminal courts, jail houses, and Stata
prisons, will be crowded, xvith the victims
of crime.
you may take all night to tell the bal
ance, if you like, afterwards.
“I saw—” continued Floyd, pertinaci
ously.
“Well, my dear,.what did you see?”
he fudshed* the ! asko ^ Mrs. Peablossom.
j “ 1 saw that some one had tooken away
some of tlie rails on the cross way, or they
had washed away, or somehow—”
“ Did anybody ever hear the like V
said the captain?
“ And so, I got down,” continued Floyd,
“ and bunted some more, and fixed over
the boggy [dace—”
Here Polly laid her hand on hir. arm,
an l requested, with a beseeching look, to
know wjiether tiie, 'parson was on the
way.
“Hello, Floyd !”. shouted old -Captain I , , f 11 y°- n a T 51 about it preecntly.Pol-
Peablossom, out of doors, to his copperas- j - , , w ^ *° " 10 ' rUQ tbe
trowsered son, who was entertaining the
young beaux of the neighborhood with .
feats of agility in jumping with weights— I ea ilossom, “stalled again . .
Receiver “Flovd, throw down them rocks, and put i 1>e still, honey let the child tell it his
the bridle on old Suip, and ride down the | 0WD "’ay—lie always would have his way,
road,ami see if you can’t see Parson Gv^nn- ou know, since he haa the measles,
bev, and tell him hurry along, we are all ' in terposed the old lady,
waiting for him. lie most think weddings ! Da " iel ^ ew 1 I1 “ 1 eaUossom.at this junc-
are like bis meetings, that can be put off j " ,r, “ facetionaly lay down on the ground,
to the ‘Sunday after the fourth Saturday ' with the root ot an old oak for his pillow,
in next month,' after the crowd’s all gath
ered and ready to hear the preaching, il
you don't meet him,'go clufin to his house.
1 'spect lie’s beard that Bushy Creek
Ned’s here with his fiddle, and taken a
scare.”
As the night was wearing on, and no
liai son had come vet to unite the destinies ,,
of George Washington Hodgkins and “the j niS (edrous route to Parson Gy in psey s,
amiable and accomplished” Miss Polly K lt u h . ™ 1,ttle P ros P ect o^cachtog the end
Peablossom, the former individual intima- 0 = ls 8 ^ry as (\(i.
ted to his intended the propriety of.passing ^blossom tried to coax him to
off the time by having a dance. sayif the parson was coming or not.
Polly asked her Wa, and her Ma, after ' begged him and a ! the, bridesmaids
argmnglbat it was not the fashion m her, y. ,, J J
time, in North Car’lina to dance before the | re ^T^ r I i U ^'
. i * * l “When
ceremony, at last consented.
him
the momentary digit.ty. j racy about here now. The better sort of
“W ell, as I rode on down to Boggy Gat. people, I think you sa> ! Now, you know
I saw—' ! .i._ t—»
Wlm cares what the devil you saw ?”
exclaimed the impatient captain; “tell us
if I he parson is coming, first, and
and called out, yawningly, to liis pa, to
“wake him when brother Floyd had cross
ed over the run of the creek, and arrived
safely at the parson’s.” This caused loud
laughter.
Floyd simply noticed it by observing to
his brother, “Yes, you think you’ie mighty
smart before all these folks !” and resumed
.... - - . » ,, . i conunueu, “oiu ■'nip sec
I he art.stirom Bushy Urtek Mas called t]o d sh - d dean out
and aftei* much tuaing and spitting Oil
t screws, lie struck up “Money Musk
th,
a.id away went the country-dance, Polly
Peablossom at the head, with Thomas
.Jefferson Hodgkins as her partner, and
George Washington Hodgkins next, xvith
Polly’s sister, Luvina, for his partner.—
Polly danced to every gentleman, and
Thomas Jefferson danced to every lady ;
;ame to tho Piney-flat,” lie
continued, “old ‘■'nip seen something white
j over in the bayg-all
o’ the road, and ” where he would
have stopped would be bard to say, it
the impatient captain bad not interfered.
North Ca’lina ain’t the best rttate in the
| Uuiuii, nohow, ui.d Duplin’s llie poorest
| county in.the State. Better sort of peo
ple, is it/ Quality, ch! Who the devil’s
j better than xve are ? Ain’t xve honest l |
; Ain’t we raised our children decent, and j
| learned them bow to read, and write, and I
j cipher? Ain’t I font under Newuau and j
j Floyd for the country ? Why, darn it / |
| we,are the very best sort of people. Stuff’! i
! nonsense / The wedding shall go on ; j
! Polly shall have a husband.” Mrs. P’s
j eyes lit up—her cheek flashed a.s'sbe heard
j ‘the old North State’ spoken of so dispar-
; agingly ; but she xvas a woman of good
j sense, and resolved the castigation for a
future curtain lecture.
*1 kings were soon arranged for the xved-
! f bng ; and as the old wooden clock on the
! mantlep ecu-struck one tho bridal paity
| were duly arranged on the floor, and the
I crowd gathered round, eager to observe
| every txvinkle of the bridegroom’s eye, and
j every blush ofthe blooming bride,
j '1 he bridesmaids and their male attend
ants were arranged in couples, as in a co-
i tiilion, to form a liolloxv square, in the cen-
J tre of which were the squire and betroth
ing parties. Each of the attendants bore
a candle ; Miss Tabitba held hers in along
brass candlestick, which bad belonged
j to Polly’s grandmother,in shape, and length
j somewhat resembling “Cleopatra’s nee-
j die ;’ Miss Luvisa bore a flat tin one ; the
I third attendants bore such an article as is
usually suspended on a ur.il against the
| wall; and tho fourth bad a curiously de-
j vised something cut out of wood xvitli a
i pocket-knife. Forxvantofa further sup
i ply of candlesticks, the male attendants
i held naked candles in their hands. Polly
| xvas dressed in xvliite, and xvore a bay floxv-
! er xvith its green leaves in her hair, and
the xvliisper xveut round—Now don’t sbe
| look p r etty ? George Washington IJodg-
j kins rejoiced in' a xvliite satin stock,
an.l a vest and pantaloons of orange
color; the x-est xvas straight-collared, like
1 a continental officer’s in the Revolution,and
bad eagle buttons on it. '1 bey xvere a
tin -looking couple.
When every thing xvas ready, a pause
1 ensued, and all eyes xvas turned on the
| squire, who seemed to be undergoing a
I mental agony, such as Fourth of July
calls himself a “Democrat” may be for “a
vigorous prosecution of the war,” or in fa
vor of recognizing the. *South; or he may
beliex'c “slavery is dead,” or “that it is
tho normal condition of the African race,
and therefore, never can die.” But a
broad line of distinction may be drawn be-
txveen the great parties-—the “Ilepubli
changed their idol every six months..
After the candidates are in the held, j Each of these sunshine Geuerals, was
the varying events of the war will be jfor the time being, the greatest mili-
watched by politicians with the keen
est interest. Lincoln will strain eve
ry nerve to crush our armies, for upon
his military successes will depend his
fate as a candidate. Should the cam
paign on the part of the Federals
tary genius of his age, the Napoleon
of America, the destined subduer of
the “rebellion,” &c., &c. First it
was Scott, then Buell, then McClellan,
then Burnside, theu Hooker, then
! Meade. Now, the wonderful man is
break down completely, nothing short j General Ulysses Grant, who has so
of a suppression of the ballot box can ! t ickled the fancies of the people, that
prevent the election of a Democrat to
the Presidency. Should there be a
popular Democratic majority in the
can,” (or as it ealis itself now, the “Union j Northern States, and, at the same time
should Lincoln claim an election,
through the means of the bogus elec
toral votes of the Confederate States,
there will just as certainly be a civil
war inaugurated throughout Yankee-
dom.
The importance to the South, there
fore, of beating the. Federal armies
this summer is apparent. Nay, if we
but hold our own until winter; if we
preserve intact our lines from Rich
mond to Atlanta and Mobile, the new
year will bring us a glorious and tri
umphant peace. This is not my view
alone. Many Yankees I have met
have admitted their despair of carry
ing on the war'another year, if they
fail th.s summer. Some of the papers
talk the same way.
The “financial embarrassments” are
enough in themselves to prostrate the
i .• ii- | United States before the campaign is
re-eiectiou. His first object is to get t
nomination at Baltimore. His myr- ! ovei ‘ 1 h « ,s rl ° w *4,000,000,-
Paitx',”) and the “Democratic.” Both
of these may be divided into txvo fac
tions.
There are the regular Republicans or
supporters ofthe Administration, and-the
Radicals or discontented Republicans of
wbotit Freetnont is the Chief. Thentheie
are War Detnocfals, xvho propose to “sub
due the rebellion,” but oppose the Admin
istration, and peace Democrats, who xvant
to make terms with the South with a view
to i».Uninn, but if that is impossible, with
a view to quiet separation. So far the
Ivepublicaii factions and the Democratic
factions have openly quarreled among
hemselves, but the action of the Republi
can National Convention at Baltimore in
June, and that of the Democratic Nation
al Convention at Chicago in July, will
determine whether there will be two or
four candidates in tho field for the Yankee
Presidency.
Lincoln is using tho vast poxver at bis
control, in every possible xvav, to secure
bis ' ' - -
the _ ,
muluns are at work for him, with tiewspa j G0U* 1 currency is becoming more
pers, electioneering pamphlets aud Gov- | inflated every day. Chase lias $300,-
erinnent funds throughout the North. Fat j 000,000 worth of “greenbacks” in cir-
contracfs, commissions in the army, promi-I culation. He is organizing a New
That gentleman with a peculiar glint 0 f I “"ton feei when they forget their speech-
tlie eve, remarked, “well, {here’s one way « a boy at an exhibition, when he has
’ I can'bring him to a showing,” as lie took : <o be prompted from behind the scenes-
a large horu from between the logs, and
run a “wood-note wild.” that sat a pack
. i i • -jri i u of hounds to veiling. A few more notes,
then up and down in the middle, and nanus , _ n j memory
,, 1 , -v c , w 1 • as loud as those that issued from lvoland s c / T .• .i , , c
allround. N ext came George \\ aslnngton , » ... ‘Georgia Justice, or any other book from
, . . . . , ° . ° horn at itoncesvalles. xvas sufficient invi- , » . . ,
and bis partner, wlio underwent trie same . , c which to read the marriage ceremony, and
1 , • ,, tation to every hound, foist and “cur or ! ... ° .
process: and “so an through the xvhole, , „ V , . „ , ,, ,
1 . ... - ° low degree,’ that followed the guests, to
as I Jaboll s Arithmetic says. ! i m.l , -
J , r join in the chorus.* I he captain xvas a
I be yard xvas lit up uy three or tour J , , , .... “ , , .■/
, , • , .. I • i • . man of good lungs, and “the xvav be aid
large lighLwood fires xvhicli gave a pictur- : ° ° „ c rf, v• „
” ° % , I blow xvas the xvav, as bqmre lompkius
mt»pnrnni*p. to the jrrouD outside.— « , v 7 •• -* 1 .1 i •. 3
The truth xvas, Squire Tompkius was a
man of forms, but had always taken them
from form-books, and ne'er trusted bis
On this occasion, he had no
was at a loss hoxv to proceed. He thought
over every thing he had ex r er learned ‘by
heart,’ even to
csque appearance to the n roup outside. j afterwards very happily described it ; and
On one side of the house .xvas Daniel Nexv- . j ir j
Thirty days hath the month of Septemb,-
scs of office, aresome ofthe means used to
secure the support of influential politici
ans. His partizans have so skillfully engin
eered the State Legislatures that most of
them have passed resolutions, nominating
him for a second term. He has bought
off’a formidable competitor, General Grant,
xvith the Lieutenant Generalcy. Tb® ad
roit and unscrupulous Sex^ard is his friend
and adviser. Then should Lincoln suc
ceed at Baltimore, the machinery ofthe
Government xvill be worked to secure his
1 e-election.
I have no doubt of the nomination of
Lincoln at the Baltimore Convention.—
The friends of Chase and Fremont will
make an • effort for their respective chiefs,
and t he name of Beast Butler will proba
bly be entered, in view, of a possible quar
rel among the partizans and the need of a
compromise candidate. But Lincoln and
Sexvard have been too sharp for their ri
vals, and the re-nomination of the Presi
dent is a foregone conclusion. When that
is settled I look fora bolt.
Fremont has unquestionably made up
his mind to run, whether he is regularly
nominated or not. Not only has he perso
nal wrongs to avenge, but be represents a
party xvliich
, , c , „ 1 as there xvas in the canine choir some thirty
mu, Peablossom and a bevy of youngsters ; of every key , ,h e music may beim-
" lio either could not nor did not desire to : bette / a ,^ d( gcr i bed . Miss Tabi-
mnst proceed with sovnetliir
and in the agony of desperation he be
gan, ^ „
Know all men bit these Presents that
i ~ * ’ i the
prolix personage in copperas pants, wa.H j co j]ing, while an audibie voice in a corner
seen to take Poliy aside, and xvhrsperec, j 0 f [ be r00 m xvas heard to say. ‘He’s draxv-
souictliing in her ear. m I ing up a deed to a tract of laud,’ and they
“Oh, Floyd,you arc joking; you onghn t j a jj ) auffbe( ]
An't you joking, bud ?”
ot matrons sat under the trees, in chairs
and discoifrsed of the mysteries ot makin
but all in vain ; he could recollect nothing
that suited such an occasion. A suppress-
*•* i-v"■« *';° 1 *" ovsr " ,or “ m •*""*** lmn
and xvho amused themselves b7J«n*ping j ljands to her eare and cried outf . lM y stars ! tUt
And wrestling. On the other side, a group j ^ ^ a] , ge , hhjw , (l away ... ^
The desired effect of abbreviating the
, . , . , ... . ‘ 1 -.-Pi messenger’s story xvas pronounced, as that ; 1 M.P..P r.p n o, 1S p d and looked un to
butter, curing chickens ot the pip and chil l ° J . } ! 1 —uere ne pausea a.ia looKeu up
dren of the croup, besides lamenting tbe |
misfortunes of some neighbor, or the in- |
discretion of some neighbor’s daughter, i
xvho bad run away and married a circus- j
rider. A lew pensive couph s. eschewing |
the “giddy dance,” promenaded the yard .
and admired the moon, or“xvondered it all j
them little stars were worlds like this.” Per
haps they mqy have sighed sentimentally
at the folly of the mosquitoes and bugs,
xvhicli were attactcd round the tires to get
Drunkenness, pauperism, and vagrancy, their pretty little wings scorched and lose
and society xvill be their precious lives; or they may have
talked.of “true love,” and their voxvs, lor
aught xve know.
will til! our streets, and society xvill be
cursed with all the disorders and degra
dations of ignorance.
The evils too tedious to mention, result- d uring the xvliilc. xvere the centre of a cur
ing from the inadvertencies ofthe present clein the front ofthe house who had gaih
will till the future xvith pestiferous ele
ments, disastrous to all worth Jiving fur.
When xve consider that rich, and poor,
are ail alike involved in encountering the
fearfully augmented responsibilities of
tbe future, and the qualifications indispen
sable to meet them, xxc xvould urge to
noble generous, and philanthropic efforts,
in behalf of tho latter ciass in our midst.
The rich are enjoying ordinary educa-
014 Captain Peablossom and his pipe,
ered around the ool man’s arm-chair to
listen to ins “txviae told tales’ ot “hair-.!
bicadth ’scapes.” of “the battles and sieges
lie had passed ;” lor you must know the
Captain xvas no “summer soldier and sun-
to serve me so.
asked Polly, with a look that seeuied to
beg he*xvould say yes.”
“It’s true as preaching,” lie replied—
“the cake’s all dough !”
Polly xvispered something to her moth
er, who threxv up her hands, and exclaim
ed, “Oh, my!” and then xvhispercd tbe
secret to some other lady,and away it went.
8uch whispering and throwing up ofliands
and eyes, is rarely seen at a quakcr meet
ing. Consternation xvas in every face.—
Poor Poliy was the very personification of
“patience on a monument, smiling green
and ye.lloxv melancholy.”
The captain discovering that something
xvas the matter, drove off the dogs, and
inquired what had happened to cause such
confusion. “What the devil's the matter
now '?” he said. “You all look a« down in
... defence of bis beloved country
• At the especial request of Squire Tomp
kins, the Captain narrated the perilous
adventures of Newnan’s little band among
the Seminoles. How “bold Xexvziau and
his men lix'ed on alligator flesh and parched
tional advantages, while the poor, depend- corn - atld marched barefooted through saw
° 1 1 palmetto: how they met Bowlegs and firs
Prairie, and lvliat
I j | IlllW . lie 'iUU. I vll all iUUIV a ■ u if HJ tv tn
hine patriot lie had burned gunpow er i mouth as xve did on the Santafee (St.
eat on public munificence are neglected.
It is true appropriations are made for
them, but they are so far below the exor
bitant prices ofliving, that none car, teach
them to airy great extent except those who
have other resources for support. The
public treasury is already heavily taxed
to feed and clothe the army, their orphans
and widows, and to mitigate as far as pos
sible tbe suffering and distress of tbe conn
try
xvarriors near Paine’s
fighting was there. The amusing incident
of Bill Cone and the terrapin shell, raised
shouts of laughter amoLg the young brood,
who had fi eked around to hear of the
xvatS. Bill (the “Camden bard, peace to
his Ashes), as the Captain familiarly called
him, xvas sitting one day against the logs
ofthe breastwork, drinking soup out of a
terrapin shell, when a random shot from
the enemy broke the shell and spdt ns
he raised his head over
consequently .,k n„,l.i„ s icon, ,»„g net. -(Mr.you
that quarter. vi l lian> you couldn’t do that again if you
I xvould propose to the schools iu our tried forty times.” Then the Captain,after
city, (to have conceit of action if they repeated importunities, laid down his pipo,
like,) and take just as many of these chil- cleared bis throat, and sung #
Wc murcliol on toonr next station,
TUe Ineeus od before did hide,
They siiot and killed bold Newnau s niggur,
AnJ two other white men by Ins side.
The remainder of the epic we ha\ e for-
ilren for gratuitos iustrftction as they
possibly can. It is true some are already
doing this to a limited extent, while others
are not.
Let all participate in this work of charity g°«« n ^ ^ mt for a c / iunk 0 f fire and
and set a noble example of patriotic devo- j rel f_ bl ; n „ bis p ipe> dashed at once over
tion to the most exalted interests of society. 1 j nt0 Alaliama, in General Floyd’s army,
father up these outcasts, and instruct, and fought the batles of Calebee and Otas-
- = •- detail. The artillery from
and prepare them for the discharge of their
see over again in
Fe), when the quarter-njaster said the
provisions had all give out. “What’s the
matter—won’t somebody tell me ? Old
’oman, has the dogs got iuto the kitchen
and eat up ad tho supper, or what else
has come to pass ?”—out xvith it!”
“Ah, olilman, badnexrs !”said the wife,
with a sigh.
“Well, xvliat is it ?’’ vou are all getting
as bad as Floyd, ‘terrifying' a felloxv to
death.”
“Parson Gympsey was digging a new
horse trough and cut his leg to the bone
with the foot-adze, and can’t come—Oh,
dear!’’
“I xvish he had taken a fancy to ’a done
it a week ago, so xve ‘mout’ a got another
[■arson, or as long as uo other time would
suit but to-day,I wish he had cut his durned
eternal’head off !”
“Oh, my! husband !” exclaimed Mrs.
Peablossom. Busby Creek Ned, standing
in the piazza with his fiddle, struck up the
old tune of
XVe’ll dauce ali nigiit ’tilt broad day tight,
Aud home with the gals ju the uioruiug.
■ Ned’s hint caused a movement towards
the dancing room .among the young people,
when tho captain, as if waking from a
revery, exclaimed, in a loud voice, “Oh,
the devil ! what are we all thinking of?—
Why, here's Squire Tompkins, he can per
form the ceremony. It a man can’t marry
folks, what’s the use of being squire at
all ?”
‘In the name of God, Amen /’—be began
a second-time, only to hear another voice,
in a loud whisper say—He’s making his
will, now. I thought he couldn’t live
long, lie looks so powerful bad..’
tlje people is John C Fremoot, who is sup
posed to be able, energetic and popular,
aud who xvill take the stninp in their sup
port. lie can count on the German vote
to begin with,
liny me tloicn to deep, | After all, the difference in ‘principles’
/ pny the Lonl— f between the Radicals aud the regular Re-
was the next essay,when some erudite gen- I publicans, is not very marked. It °uly
tleman remarked, “He is not dead, but Evolves a question of fidelity to the Ad-
sleepeth.’ * I ministration. I ho last named faction
■ * - would readily agreo to the radical codo,
xvith the exception perhaps of not going
National Bank system. Already up
wards of two hundred of his National
Banks have been authorized. One of
those in New York city, proposes to
start with a capital of $70,000,000.
All the issues of these banks are to be
added to the currency x«
Then there are in addition, the issues
of the State Bauks, which refuse to
die at Mr. Chase’s bidding. And to
inflate the bubble still more, are the
Government o 20 bonds, (to be paid
in five or twenty years, with six per cent
interest, payable in gold,) and the 10
40 bonds, and the “Certificates of In
debtedness,” all of which are in cir
culation like Treasury notes.
The Chicago Times estimates that
by the 1st of August, there will be
not less than $1,300,000,000 worth of
paper money iu circulation in the
North. It is easy to reckon what gold
would be worth under those circum
stances, when a circulation of $300,-
000,000 “greenbacks” lias put it up
to 50 per cent, premium. Nothing
would so much conduce to make tbe
war unpopular as a rise in the j>iice of
articles of prime necessity, to the ex
tent indicated above. Our people
have submitted cheerfully to such an
inconvenience, it is ti'ue, but in the
United States the masses have uo holy
motive for endurance; the war is an
. I aggressive one; it is not necessary to
doctrine, and a thorough reorganization of j [-^ liberty, honor and happiness; it
t ie ini it ary poxxerc tie country. o ^ a jj an( Joned at any moment, and
these doctrines Eiearly all tho younger and ... , . ; ,,
more vigorous Republican politicians will j therefore, as long as it does not hurt at
subscribe. Their representative before home it may be permitted. W lien the
faction iff the Republican
The same may be said of Juno, April,November, j goes^to the extreme ot radicalism. 1 his
faction has started a powerful organ in
Nexv Y'ork. called “The New Nation,”
and irvthat paper the principles of the
new party are set forth as follows: “Im
mediate and absolute emancipation xvith-
or.t distinction of race, consolidation ofthe
Government and abolition of State lines,
tho absolute maintenance ofthe Monroe
‘Oh yes ! Oh yes !’ continued the squire.
One voice replied, ‘Oh no ! oh no ! don’t
let’s ;’ another whispered, ‘No bail !’—
Some person out of doors sung out, ‘Come
into court!’and the laughter xvas general.
Tbe bridesmaids spilt the tallow from their
candles ail over the floor, in the vain at
tempt to look serious. One of them had a
red mark on her lip for a month alter-
wards, where she had bit it. The bride
groom put his hands in his pocket and took
them out again : the bride looked as if she
would faint,—and. so did the squire /
But the squire xvas an indefatigable man,
and kept trying. His next effort was—
•To all and singular the shir—’ “Let’s
run ! he’s going to level on us,’ said t xvo or
three at once.
Here a gleam of light flashed across the
face of Squire Tompkins. That dignitary
looked around all at once, xvith as much
satisfaction as Archimedes could have
felt, when ho discovered the method of
ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies.
In a grave and dignified manner, he said,
“Mr. Hodgkins, hold up your right hand.’
George Washington obeyed, and held up
his hand, ‘Miss Polly hold up yours.’—
Polly in confusion held up her left har.d.
‘The other hand, Miss Peablossom.’ And
the squire proceeded, iu a loud > nd com
posed manner, to qualify them: ‘You.
and each of you do solemnly swear, in tile
presence of Almighty God, and the present
company, that you will perform towards
each other, all and singular, the functions of
husband or wife—as the case may he—toi'ie
'best of your knowledge and ability, so help
you God !’
‘Good as wheat!’ said Captain Peablos-
soifi. ^ v
‘Polly, my gal, coma and kiss your old
father; I never felt so happy since the
day I was discharged from the army, and
set out homexvard to seo your mother.’
quite so far in favor of consolidation. But all
Republicans, whether they follow Lincoln,
Chase, Fiemoiit, cr Garrison, are agreed
upon these points—the Confederate States
must be subdued by force, tbe negro must
bo emancipated and elevated to the social
aud civil status of the Caucasian. If nec
essary to accomplish thi3 every white mau,
woman and child in the South must be ex
terminated, the entire property of ‘rebels’
pocket nerve really begins to quiver,
the discontent of the Yankee will man
ifest itself.
There is wide spread dissatisfaction
with the new draft, ordered by Lin
coln. He called awhile ago for 300,-
000 men. Now lie has issued a call
for 200,000 more. If thuj demands
are not satisfied, there is to he a draft
about the middle of April, provided
the authorities have the courage to
enforce it. Pennsylvania has been be
hind bund with her recruiting, and
1 owes tbe President 74,127 men. New
i York is in debt 57,230, and Maryland
I 21,72S.
j The possibility of a re-construction
I of a Union is still a fori 1 hope among
: even the most forward of the advo
cates of peace. They cling to tbe
must be confiscated to pay the war debt, j j,] ea with an earnestness that no pro-
and an army ot negro troops must be or- j testations nor arguments of a South-
gamzed to occupy the conquered country j em mau can shake .
and maintain quiet. 1 licse arc tue ax oxv-; . , , ,
ed intentions of the Republicans, and as j . T ! ,e Y ^e w.llmg to acknowledge
sure as xve succumb to Luicolu so surely \ independence of tbe Confederate
xvill xve see them put in force. i States* even to pay all the expanses
The Democratic Convention xvill be j the boutheruers have incurred in de-
hcld at Chicago on the 4th of July. The i fence of their liberties; but, I am told,
advocates of peace and the apologists of j we arc all to live under one Govem-
war xvill both be represented. Connecti- ment again, though that Govern-
cut has already chosen a delegation of j lnen t has its capital it Richmond, and
peace men. Nexv Hampshire, under the . j s administered under the Constitution
influence of I rankiini.erce, has 0°nc the I a d 0 pted at Montgomejy. The idea
game. luefnenasof v r aliandi«rham will { .. f , i ° i
be largely represented in the Ohio delega-1 that the Potomac and Ohio can perma-
tion. At the recent New York Democratic \ n^ntly ui\iuc us, seems to these good
State Convention the peace faction, led by i people an absolute impossibility. Tbe
John McKeon, got control of the proceed- Peace Democracy number amongst
ings, and the Tammany xvarriors seceded. ^ them many men of ability and prouii-
Tbc prospect is that the peace men xvill j nencc. Chief Justice Taney, ex-Pres-
l.ave a majority in the National Conven-| K ) ent ’ pj erce( Mr. Yallandigham, ex
tern. 11 thev do, resolutions in favor or ; r . . /,
stopping the war xvill forma part of the . kf, • ° ’ ontiee ic , your own.
platform. Almost the only person now j 0 ^ on °G ex-beiiator Bright, of Iu- ; Wbc[| an eitrava gant friend wishes
snoken of in connection with the aomina- ! diaiMl ; CX-feeuator Dayard, ot Dela- f - •* 1 • 1
they are thanking Lincoln for appoint
ing him Coinmander-jn-Chief of all the
armies. But I am told that, amotfg
military men Grant is not regarded as
a genius. The new Fremont organ in
New York, the “New Nation,” devotes
a considerable space in every issue, to
a denunciation of the policy which
has placed the whole military opera
tions of the Federals in- the control of
a “second-rate General.” One Gen
eral Cluseret, an old French army of
ficer, now iu the Federal service,
writes a series of articles to this pa
per, on Grant. He shows that Grant
blundered for months over an unneces
sary canal, opposite Vicksburg, wast
ing thousands of lives thereby, and
abandoning the project eventually;
that the victory at Chattanooga was
due to the previous disposition of the
Federal troops by General Rosecranz,
and that General Buell really copi-
manded at Shiloh.
General Cluseret pronounces Rose
cranz the only eminent military gen
ius in the Federal army. Just now
Rosecranz is on the retired list for his
Chickamauga disaster. Probably the
next most popular Federal General af
ter Grant is Beast Butler. StraDge as
it may seem, be is really an idol with
the war party. His popularity is not
based upon famous victories won on
tbe field, for he has never shown his
cowardly face to the enemy, but upon
precisely those reasons which make
him abhorred by the rest of the civil-
lzc<\ u. t,,.,,!! Ul uiu; Ji Y4mk.ee
expression, “he knows now to nanoie
rebels without gloves;” that is, to
make war on women and old men and
children. The Beast’s administrative
abilities arc much lauded. Some of
the Republicans want him to be made
Secretary of War in place of Stanton.
The Democrats profess to believe that
McClellan is a great General as well’
as a very ill-used mau. His report on
the Peninsular campaign, just publish
ed, has elevated his reputation. Fre
mont has his ardent admirers. So has
Bauks. Burnside is thought better of
since bis defence of Knoxville, and
Gillinore’s fame has tumbled since his
disasters on the Southern coast. Dan
Sickles is pronounced a very gallant
fellow with a p«oneness to blundering.
“Fighting Joe” Hooker has never re
covered the reputation he lost at
Chaucellorsville. Meade is rather pop
ular, but is thought a trifle too slow;
Old Ilalleck, the late Commander-in-
Chief, seems to have earned the exe
cration of all parties. He is made a
cats paw of all the blunders ®f the
war for (lie past two years.
The Yankees do not hesitate to ad
mit the superiority of our Generals
over their own. After the idol of the
hour, (it is Grant now) they award
the merit of great generalship to Lee.
European military critics always speak
of Lee as tbe ablest soldier developed
by the war on either side, and so far
without his equal in the present armies
of the old wu.i 1. Stonewall Jackson
commanded the admiration of the Yan
kees as well as of the rest of man
kind. Even Beecher made him the
subject of uu elaborate eulogy. Beau
regard stands high with the Yankees
for his defence of Charleston and his
admirable retreat from Corinth. The
other Confederate Generals best known,
and whose merits are handsomely ac
knowledged, are Joe Jchnston, Long-
street, Magruder, Hardee and Polk.
Portraits of all these officers can read
ily be obtained at the book-stores in
New York and Boston. At Freder
ick’s show windows on Broadway, are
displayed two splendid photographs,
one of Lee and the other of Jackson.
During my stay in New York I fre
quently met with photographs of our
“Stonewall” displayed in public places.
President Davis is thought to be a very
able man, but O so wicked ! “If we
had a mau like Jeff Davis in the Pres
idential Chair we would lmve put
down the rebellion long ago,” is a
00mmon remark.
Four things to resist: a hasty temper,
extravagance, idleness and the devil.
If people would take half tbe trouble to
be happy that they do to be miserable, it
would be better for them.
Shut your eyes to the faults of your
neighbors, and open them very wide to
to
spoken of iu connection with tbe aomina- j » ca-oeuaior D«yaru, «. xsci*- . m0IM5 y.“consider which of the
tioa is General McClellan. He is popular i ware; ex-benator 1 ugh, of Ohio; | two u | ja< | rat j, er lose,
xvith tbe people, aud it is thought that he ; Fernando Wood, William B. Reed, of'
il tbe only man who would share the | Pennsylvania ; W. W. Eaton, of Con-
soldier’s vote xvith Lincoln. j n ecticut; Robert C. Winthrop, John
I presume it will make little difference j McKeoo, of New York, and Senator
to him what platform be Btands on as long Wall, of New Jersey, may be meu-
as he secures tbe nomination. The Con-' Honed, *
Nothing is more common than to try to
reconcile onr conscience to our evil
thoughts by our good actions.
A wise man knows his own igno
rance— a fool thinks* he knows every*
thing.