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' ■ . - JL -- "MUi i. U"'l THE WASHINGTON fETTIL JAS. A. WRIGHT, AGENT THE WASHIN6TON GAZETTE. Jck» —Three Dollar* a year, in advance liOOD ADVICE. “ A abort time ago, we took oocasioa to tender a few words of advice to the young men of Georgia—touching a subject o' paramount importance to them. Subjoined, the reader will find extracts from ao article which lately appeared in the Griffin Star —all of which we heartily endorse and commend ; Not a week passes but what we are vis ited or written to by able-bodied young men, asking us to recommend them lor a situation is some business in town. We propose, then, to give a little advice to these young men we love so well. You look upon the pleasures of town life as extremely desirable ; you visit town with sun-burnt face, brown, bard Lands and homespun dress, and probably with little cash in your pockets. You see the auosejjoui cltijks dancing attendance upon beautifni ladies—bantering compliments and exchanging soft glauces, while they sell them lace and ribbon ; you see the law and medical students indulging in appa rently elegant leisure ; you bear of balls, parlies, and other exceptionable amuse ments. You see these town bucks dress floe, and talk large, and bear of big sala ries they are getting, and yon fancy it a glorious life to live, but you are mistaken. Becuuiarily, physically and morally, your chances are far better at home on your lather's farm, or even on rented land. Go to your father, and ask him to lay of 100 acres of bis plantation for your use; ittwkp snob terms with bitn as will secure yen the title eventually, so that yeu can sail from the start Go atjd emyloy you a good freedmatt. You and the freeffmta go into the forest with axe upou shoulders ; cut dp»o the timber, and put up a cabin. Go-to work rtgjit away to put your ground in order for a crop next year, but don’t over crop yourself. Don’t go every thing on cotton i! any other one crop, j comes in the Spring, and will bring a ready sale at #1.50 to #2 00 per bushel. You can raise 200 bushels. Do your own cooking ; you learned that in the army. Make your little cabin your borne ; you can make it partially attractive even without the light of woman's smiles. Take one or two agricultural papers, and experiment cautiously upou their “book far ming" which some old farmers speak con temptuously of.. Take a good literary ps j>er (the Gazette for instance.) Onrainv days, store your mind with useful knowl edge. (Asa parenthesis, we would here say, driuk coffee or tea, instead of liquor, as a stimulant, lie temparate in all things.) Study the history and politics of •your own country, and then of other coun tries. Go to see the girls occasionally, but don’t court them. Such a course for five years will find you “master of the situation.’’ You can then win the heart of the sweetest maid in the neighborhood. You can even go to town and marry the gayest of the gay butterflies that throng the streets, if you perfer; and if she isn’t much account, then you will have afrength of purpose to mould her to your standard. This is the kind of men the women love. A true woman, be she town or country bred ; wouldn’t give one stout, healthy, industri ous, intelligent man, for a cowpen full of fops and dandies. English Workmen. —“An operative who knows what it is to hare the screws pnt on him” makes a curious statement as illustrating the coercive power of tbe work ingmen’s associations of England ; For myself, and such of my fellows as I could name, if I durst, I may truthfully a vow that we would not give sixpence for tbe right to vote, knowing well that we should stand as much chance of being allowed to excercise it freely at an election as we bare of using our descretion in join ing or withholding our selves from a strike in our trade. A word about that. Let a skilled workman, with a wife and fam ily dependant on bis exertions, receive notice, that unless be conforms to the laws pro mulgated for lus guidance by the managers of tbe So-and-So-*erike,'he will be looked as a “black sheep," tad dealt with accord ingly, and where is bis independence ? Why, sir, it is a mockery and a-shame to talk about it We hold out, perbapt, for a time, and dowit go our names and we join. Some, perhaps, even of tbe better instructed among us, may think this is all right; but] what I mantain is, that we have no option given ns of declaring oar real optniona. We must yield to numbers. WASHINGTON, WILKES COINTY, GA JWDAft « laiift CROKWELL’S DISSOLUTION OF THE RUMP *»■ Parliament. The 20th, 1653, is the date of the memorable event. Tbe Parliament by which Char'es I. bad been met and over-- come, had dwindled by various purgations to about fifty-three members, who aimed at becoming a mild oligarchy for the ad ministation of tbe commonwealth. They were deliberating on a bill for future repre sentation, in wbioh they should have a permanent place, when Cromwell resolv ed to make an end of them. It was the. last incident in tbe natural series Os a rev olution, placing military power above all other. Cromwell, baring ordered a company of musketeers to follow him, entered tbe bouse in“plaiu black clothes and worsted stockings,” k and, sitting down, listened for a while to their proceedings. Hearing the at length the question put, that the bill do pass, be rose, put off his hat, and began to spoak. In tbe course of bis address he told them of their self-seeking and de lays of justice, till at length Sir Peter Wentworth interrupted him with a re monstrance against such language. Then blazing up, be said, “we have had enough of this ;>I wiH put au end io your pra ting.” Stepping into the floor of the house, and clapping on his hat, he commenced a violent harangue, which he occasionally emphasized by stamping with his feet, and which came mainly to this : “It'is not fit you should sit here any longer—yon have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately. Yuu shall give plane to better men. “Call them in !” he exclaim ed, and bis officer Harrison and a file of soldiers entered tbe House. Then pro ceeding : “You are no parliament f Some of you are drunkards-bend tog a atom eye upon Mr. Cbaloner ; “some of you are ,”a word excessive of a worse immorallitv, and be »w©k*3 at .Mar tin and Sir Piter Wjptvjsoftk 'f- ’-‘‘jpog •»In open contempt Sometof you, aMMKfiaf i-arilament for Go'tfa people ! Depart I say, and let us have done with you. Go !” He lifted his msce from the table and gave it to a musketeer, to be taken away, lie caused Harrison to give bis hand to Speaker Lenthal and lead him -down from the chair. The members, cowed by his violence and the sight of his armed men, moved gloomily out of the house.' “It is the Lord that hath caused me to do this,” he said, “I have sought that he would slay me rather than put me upon doing this work” Sir Harry Vane ventured a lemonstrance. “Ob, Sir Harry Vane,” exclaimed the lord general, “tbe Lord de liver me from Sir Harry Vane!" When alt had gone out, he came out too, and locked the door. From that time he was master of tbe three for about five and h alf years. t . USEFUL SOLDIERS. In the French army every recruit is sup posed to know a trade on joining the army. If he has not learned a trade he ie taught occupation after joining hie corps. Should be be ignorant of reading and writing— or knowing these, should he wish to im prove his education so as to qualify him self for promotion—he goes to the regi mental school for four hours each day, when he is not on guard or fatigue duty. Once his school is over he is put to learn one. In every French regiment gangs of butchers, bakers, cooks, carpenters, masons, gardeners, buildeis, laborers, cart drivers, watchmakers, silversmiths, tailors, shoe makers, blacksmiths, and what not. All there traders of hand icraft are under their regular head men, and every soldier, when be can work, may and does gain a certain sum per day by working in the shop at his trade. In Algeria the whole of the gov ernment work is done by these military artisans, who, at well as the state, are gain ers thereby. Tbe man thus earns extra pay, and tbe government gets work done better and cheaper than they could do by eropioyiog the people of the country besides treasuring up tbe advantage of always liav. i«g a corps of workman at command. The system of regular organiz ed workmen is the true secret why the French army get on so well when on service. In tbe English ar my we hare nothing of this kind, except as regards tbe tailors and shoemakers, and (in every cavalry regiment) tbe saddlers and farriers. There are many good work men who enter our ranks, but through want of practice they soon forget what they knew. In Algeria I have seen a whole pile of barracks, large enough to contai 0 three thousand men that was built entirely by a regiment of the line, from tbe digging of the foundations, to the making of du glass for the barrack windows, and not a day’s drill or masueuvering had beep nag footed while the work was going on Throughout Algeria miles upou miles oi excellent roads hava been made entirety bj the troops, the men being paNsa smal additional sum by the State wK'esoemp’oy ed. Thus the government gained by gab tiug the work belter and very mufch cheep «r done than could have been affected by private contractors, while the troops gain ed a very comfortable addition to their reg ular pay.—AM the Year Round, *| stjhlit memories. \ Memories of the past steal gently back-? ward over the long lapse of years, and cheer my lonely heart this dreary Meeeim her ere. The ourtain of time, which bn so long shrouded the bright scenes oj youth, as lifted to night, and again I am a merry, laughing child ; onoe more I chase the gaudy-winged butterfly, or pluck tk« fragrant flowers at dear old Lmgrovfj Two fair companions are beside me. Thi first is Essy, our rompiog, joyous sistta with her dark, glowing face and play fit] ways, more beautiful in her artless in am eence than words can tall. The other h Pearl, our fair, gentle darling, whose Uue eyes and golden hair made ua think of In angels, and wonder if they are not all thul fair and lovely. Then, to complete the group, there is our rtately mother, aud od| dear grandfather and grandmother. Iloat well I remember them ell, as, seated in little -parlor, we were deeply iuw->*Aed /is— toning to grandpapa as be tt&tad e&wfl wondrous ed venture of his yonder days—- bow be was captured by tbe tot’j how the night before he was id m burned at the stake, when the last of savage captors had sohgbt *epoae,h* maMf his escape, and wandered for mrlma the lonely forest, until at last, teaching pf settlement on the banks «fihe Ohfes he (aimed and (ell at the door ot.-arfej .^iiful leave this pleasant asylum, because he had learned to love tbe fair girl who had been so kind to him when he was sick Then he told us if we would ask grandma, she could give us tbe sequel to his story, but she only smiled sad said, “Yon ota guess the rest.” How happy we were, uc til a dark faced mao came and told us that our home was no longer ours. Then we left Lingrove, with its birds, its flowers anl its green woods, and to the dusty old city, where in a few short months, our grandpa rents were called from us, and, for the firit time, I looked in childish wonder upon the marble brows of the dead. They robed is all in black, aud gloom aud sorrow seem ed to gather around us. As years passel on, my other loved ones were taken fron me; thus do sunlit memories lade and lifes dark realities'rise up before us. I an alone now, and patiently waiting! lo job my beloved ones in a better land. “Sun lit Memories” will revive no more to fade. la a brighter world, radiant with visiois fair, Where angel musie Wakes the perfumed air, There will I meet with the loved and tbs lost, Whose banks have long since o'er the river crossed: There sunlit memories again will davn, And beam forever in that radiant fonn. The Pope.—lmportant Statement.— According to the preseot temper ot the Vatican, tbe departure of the Holy Father it more probable his continuance at Korns in the event of tbeFreuch withdrawing, ia December. It is persistently said that he will go either to Malta or to England.— There is a talk of tbe approaching arrival of Mr. Gladstone, and it is thought that this stateman’B visit to Rome ie not without relation to tbe Pope’a departure. The Bri iah Government ie credited with encoura ging the Holy Father in hie resistance to the counsels of France, and with promising him assistance—assertions which, 1 need not say, are wholly devoid of foundation. Indeed I have reason to believe that Mr. Odo Russell has distinctly told Cardinal Antonelli that England will not meddle an the Roman question. While preparing lor the eventuality of flight, the Pope is also* contemplating tbe possibility of bis being detained a captive at Rome, and, as a pre caution, has drawn up a secret bull, dele gating his full powers to a cardinal whom certain reasons prevent my naming at pre sent Directly the Holy Father Is taken captive, or deprived of his “apostolic” the said cardinal will repair to Vienna or Lon don, and there publish tbe bull, which is pfrr' l ’. bis fjfcffog the; .Mlbe be tbc taforpiWe-r v>h jester in mF"^ jp'fo si fej)hjaiv* » »nn ; y the Cardinal Vicar of the CSurclr and tbe tee departure of the power. This Fbommitfoe, which is kety powerful and po -1 ssesses great resources, does not oonfine its j actioixto Rome, but bat just sent off a crowd of Romane to Y% ! .(yi,*,*o secure, by (bar participation in tha universal vote, AfeMM'torof Veoetia kingdom of .Italy. The other djjy ljhflO persons star ted (fttacefer the Anoona rail- W* .The Liberal party are in great fear H sMtis will not pronounoe in favor h|r-*!»»tawny.— Route Cor. Rbll Mall Qp.~ An y of tire following! “t • •'* cases out mtjm f Te Endeavor to walk on bolfy tides of MygStt. , T’> seewn individual try to snuff t 0 li6bt 8 e<J K ar at the* the o!d fel fow to 'MtaOjU. To sf»hitffetr!ving to hatter the pave ment wfßr hack of his head. To see hipl step high-in order to clear tlasbgdpw of-a lamp-pgat. own shadow. To see him put tbe spittoon ou his head and kick his hat uuder the table. To see Lira try to walk through a pior glass and curse tbe darned door because he can’t get out. If he sees a couple of easy chairs where there should be but one, and calls a ser vant to put them out. If ho tells the waiter to black his Load and comb his boots. In short, if be puts the candle in bed and attempt to blow himself out, you can generally set it down that he is drunk. RADICALISM » WISCONSIN. A friend has shown u* a letter which he has received from a Red-Republican bjother, who write* from La Crosae, Wisconsin, and who he assures us is always only a few months ahead of his party. We make the following extract which is a fair sample of the animus of the party and of its ulterior objects. “Impartial suffrage” is a tine qua rum, which they are de termined to force upon the South. What folly then to urge the adoption of the Constitutional Amendment by the South with any hope of thus appeasing the demands of the Radicals! “The majority in Congress will bo over whelmingly sustained throughout the North, (what your papers and politicians may tell you to the contrary notwithstanding,) and the acts of the l’reeident will be set aside ae null and void. “The people of the North were never more determined and united than to-day, and they are aa fully bent on sustaining Congress now as when the rebellion was in full progress. The Fresideot has acted like a fool, end done the South greet berm by hie course, and will be impeached if lie does not alter his course right speedily. “If your people and Legislature will sustain the majority in Congress they can gat nil they want, otherwise they need not expect any fs vopS* Take no offense at what I say. It is proper that yov should know tbe facts in the case. Your Legislature did well as far as they went, but they would have done better to have come out in favor of impartial suffrage,’' —Abbeville Preu. Some of what are designated as ‘the more advanced politicians of the time,’ are advocating the election of women to Con gress. Should their wishes he carried out, it is probable that tbe custom of ‘pairing off 1 by members, which has already be comes great evil, would be very much aug mented. CmteOBAL PcxisoMEßT.—We find the follow ing in the Charlotte Timet, of Friday : “Yesterday, three prisoners, convicted of , larceny, were whipped—one white man and , two negroes.” lowa has gone Republican by an increased rmjority, probably over 25,000. General Beauregard arrived in Baltimore on Scndav. «w™bS»S^w^t»nal^mehd: : -\ le P*Wd the Lr&Bfcfty N votes ™*S"wbick,rt l trt&T»^«tfi , hy ttireq-fowths of ' the. SMtW.h*fce*;jt cai hrt&e a pari- of the i,V'!.«ti*tltion, Ass already been ratified by; Ver- Rhode Isl»oJ, Now'Jereev, * *9* Texas and' Ttentasky (pave rejected tho Amendment, and ||nelr exsfop}# era sure Witt J-e followed by s»«ry Souihaß (KeW ' - ■ • ' The lYjeait.os sis ffjfiWSMutysre, \e well to the mode of Us paaa’itgß, sj> to tho State* for ratification, a* tfffiiifotpeoecriptlve «h*rgrt4fc«f the rtessore ‘t&Bs striking 8s H dp*s.*4tt«.;jy blow at tlie. rigUi of the States, , £»ar. it £ .most unotijeotionnne C, #“ The Amendment was paawd by two-tffiiflw of a body Wnioh assumed to be the Congress, yet from.whieh nearly one-third of the States was from representation in both Hou ses, StotoeWtSo, which w*re above ell others interested in the questions at such a body b®arded a CongressfjHfeie view of the poDstittttiqp'f If-pot, its. ami, wfosthcr in the passage of Oaslitulional Amendments of otherwise, is nugatory. Again, the pro posed’ Amendment' not submitted to tfie Tresidept fsfejjjdfipproval, and except through him qp4wi2pt be submitted to the States for * jAhw snd 3® vital objections are groun tbe Pforioious of tho Amendment ’ imP’"' wat ' on ! ooufer * the rights of oit- MHmyfil Native-born or naturalized fffjjjllHQagtufcftstraijis tho States from abridg ifomuqilieo, whilst tire' tajpHHßMEfototypoq Congress tho “power iegiidutioii the pro «od uia "‘rfot sec jff wlfich msjt^JSlh orn voting the bash of ropfesoßta-- tion, is to foyte negro suffrage upon us,or weskss wVa)|wgtb of ota repross|ts tion. . ' l-v > The third ot hold ap Mnjßj support dbtVtUnr to ll -.- raliWitipii a r Vtf.tltwS3shH .^isfrsuobisemeu^fe^pJ^fhjhari^^S^W resentation would boa mere mookeryT^T| Such are the main provisions of the pro posed Amendment, which tbe New York Her ald end Timet are now urging upon the accep tance of the South as the only mode of restor ing the Union. Better remain forever unrep resented than ascept terms so humiliating.— But even did we accept, it could avail us nothing in securing our admission into the Union. Tbe Radical leaders,Stevens, Sumner, Banks, Wade and others — the Tribune, the Independent and other Radioal presses, insist upou “impartial suffrage” as a condition prece dent. This is their ultimatum—nothing Icbs will satisfy them. If we are to be enslaved, let us at least not assist in forging our own fet ter*.— Abbeville Prett. IMPEACHMENT OP THE PRESIDENT. As tbe Radicals have the two thirds of the members of each House of Congress they have the full power to get up an impeachment of the President, and (here is no question as to their desire to do s6.' But as well stated by the Auguste Chronfe/ft& Sentinel, There is one material difficulty fii carrying out tbe design. The impeachers must agree and reporta cause of impeacl.meut which will stand the test of legal scrutiny and satisfy the judicial sense of the world. It will be coDeeded that an im peachment will not lie for mere errore of opin ion, even if tbe standard of opinion could be agreed upon. Buch an attempt would arouse the sympathy aud justice of the people and consign its authors to merited oblivion. Nei ther party rage, thirst for vengeance, nor lust for spoils, has discovered on impeachable act in the life of the President. He keeps within tbe Conetitution and lawa, enforcing both, and violating neither. Henoe no impeachment will be undertaken. Without a conviction, it is clear that they can not deprive him of his office, or interfere with the proper exercise of its funetions. This is apparent from Section IV. of article 11. which declares that “the President Vice-President and ail eivil officers of tbe United States, shall be removed from office, on impeeehmeut for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Apart from ths express words of the Constitution, it is ev ident that any other construction, would be en tirely inconsistent with the maintenance of s proper equilibrium between the different de partments of the Government. The veto pow er would be a mockery, and the executive a mere nullity, if the mere presentation of ar ticles of impeachment could direst ths Presi dent of his office, or suspend the exercise of its functions. Tbe matter is too clear for argu ment. And that anything can be foaod in tbs past conduct of the President which osaaeeure his conviction even by a Radical Senate is ex ceedingly problematical. —Abbeville Prett. w The Attorney General in response to n communication ot the President states his opin ion that no obstacle exists to the trial of Mr. Davis by tha Civil Courts of Virginia, and that there is no necessity of any further action on the part of tbe Executive. Hs is held in cnatody ready to be delivered np at any mo ment, on the demand of the Civil anthoritios. The delay in bringing him to trial does not rest with ths President. The New York papers say 6,000 Fenians are going to Mexico. : ' A - > . on.lli<mlr instant, in tb« States of PeisosylVs sin, Ohio, Indiana aud off jj»ry qoietly. Stonuy weather prctXHad in SUM of the States, but appeals net-W have affected the result to any appte&hla oegrae. jQis Republicans seem to baste carried tb# $Nr States by easy victorias over, their opponents, und claim increases, majorities in Ohio sad lowa, while they hold their own in Pe»n*yl van is anil Indians: Pennsylvania is carried hj about lwauty thousand majority, Ohio by - abouPforty-five.thousand, Indiana by twotfSp? or<’#e:ity-fire thousand, snd lowa by twenty five or thirty thousand its-savor ot the 00-eali- * ed Radical.pfi-ty; for members of Congress, concerning wnioh the greatest ex- ■„ citement was felt, su'd which forms the most important feature of the election, has resultml in. ft decided victory Iter the Rfj»t&foS»*. who bavw-euifered few, if any, losses m *py of OBr Ai.wost a PKornEcr.— I The National Inlelti- , ffcuctr says: Mr. Calhoun, as far bock as 1887, proclaimed a great truth when b* said ; ''Emancipation itself would not satisfy these fanatics that gei &**he. next step would bs to raise the negroes to a social and political equality with the whites, and tbst being effec ted, we should find the present condition of the two races reversed. They and their nor thern masters would be the matter*, and w* the alavea; tbe condition of the whit* race in tbtaßritieh Vest India islands as bad Bl it is, nW be happiness to ours. There the mother country is interested in sustaining tbe suprem acy of tbe European race.” If Mr. Calhoun had been a prophet, he could not more exactly bar* predicted what is now taking plsoe. . Tint §OUTUEBN Pusss ON TUX AwSpMSM.yA' —The Charleston Courier, of Thursday, t* t - "The Savannah Republican it the in tne'.SpMJb wbioh wo h*ve|«t|#,q''/#9rins.: • -tjiy adqpffta jM tbSqoD4tiUH|MHBBStejUjL Tho 1* meu li _ ~ ' , Tlte flfoshfe^^'r^ronlcJe the J, E -.fMtrnS Lfleiton Davis, uOpdored rents whiohhave accrued since the date of his pardon, amounting to nearly twenty thousand, dollars, will also be paid him. Tue Result. —Tbe Republican] papers sr* somewhat hilarious over the result of tha elec tions in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indians lest Tuesday, and claim that it is an endorsement of the radical programme throughout, and, per consequence, the “conservative coalition” is broken to pieces General Grant’s pay is #18,678 s year, and Lieutenant General Sherman’s #18,618. Each is allowed fifty horses. A Major-General gets #5,800 a year, and is allowed five horaet. The pay of a Brigadier ii 3,940 60. The proceedings of the Catholic Council st Baltimore are held entirely in Latin and with closed doors. Ons or more of tb* eminent Bisbops present, however, preach e sermon ev ery day. Died, on tbe 20th of Auguat last, near the Cowpena battle-ground, at the residence of William Cubba, Mr. Matthew Skates, aged 108 years, lie was n soldier of the Revolutionary war. A National Convention of Infidela assembled at Philadelphia on th* 30th ulb' Tbe organi zation dates back to 1845, but only 30 dele gates were present at the recent meeting. The Government has commenced to iaaus ra tions to the freedmen again in Alexander, V*. Many of them without wood and in s starving condition. A despatch dated New Orleans, October 10, soys: Colton advices ore very diaeonraging. The general estimate of this year’s crop now amounts to less than 1,000,000 bales. At the Harlem bridge every ear load of pas sengers en route for (he Jockey Club roc** wes inspected by detectives to gourd against thieves. A model house, consisting of ten stories, be sides cellars, is being built in Paris It will have no staircase, bat, instead s hydraulic lift. The remains of Genual Turner Ashby, snd of hi* brother, Captain Dick Ashby, will be re interred in the “Stonewall Cemetry,” at Win chester on the 26tb instant. A baby waa left on an editor’s door step in Cleaveland, with a note requesting that it be taught to be an editor. The big lion in Coetello’s Circa* died of lung fever on the way from Washington to Rich mond on Friday loot. It it said ex-Secatary Harlan, who tan years ago wot not worth |6OOO, has accumulated s fortune of nearly half a million of dollars. Ths largost Government depot in the coun try it at Jeffersonville, Ind., where over #SO, 000,000 worth cf good* is said to be stored. , * Th* freedmen of Charleston, & C. are mak ing «» effort to build a Presbyterian Church in that oity. The Vermont Legislature will meet on Thurs day. It will elect two United State* Senators, snd ratify tbe Constitutional Amendment. Casw Cbakoxs.—We lean that the eeble tariff is eoon to be reduced, perhaps one-hsit Ik fifty-five ifet tbe cable earned £46,000.
