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ID 1826.
The Family Journal.—-News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affairs.
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING
MACUN, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1871.
A Sail.
BY EDWARD RENAUD. •
« nii-lit in tha golden Summer,
1 \nd wo ssilod tho Indian eeas,
•\'e*tli a c!ond of swelling canvas,
' Before a favoring breeze.
That T-*ftel the good ship homeward,
As it bent our taper spars ;
Whilo tha broad bright moon sailed o’er us,
Through a sea of shining stars.
rr 0 gtood on the deck, and watched her,
A, she felt the favoring gale—
tho watch on the lookout forward
shouted, **Ai«il! aettii!"
\nd ftraisht on her larboard quarter,
‘ “yyjth a crowd of canvas set,
Wa sighted a stately vessel,
Where tbe sky and the water met.
qii-n down on the balmy breezes,
Ana ever the long sea-swell,
dm ■■ ating, in solemn echoes,
fii fotnd of her clear ship’s bell;
cj titen d she, and so sailed she,
* straight in cur eilver wako,
Wi.ii the white foam ’neath Ijer forefoot,
.Uid each sail a snowy flake,
On her deck there stood no mortal,
At her peak there ehone no sign,
As tha he wed before the trade-wind,
’ And cleft tho seething brine;
Vow rising and now falling,
her taper mast-heads dip,
While calm, in the flood of moonlight,
Floated tho phantom ship.
But lo! as the night waned slowly,
While tho great, bread moon sank down
And the solemn stars dropped seaward,
Like gems from her golden crown,
The sound of a silver whistle
Swept down on the midnight air,
For the boatswain of yon strange vessel
Was piping her crew to prayer.
As the moon’s bright disk dipped lower,
We heard her creaking brails,
And tbe fair ship floated from os,
As she furled her ghostly sails;
And oft, ’twixt the night and morning.
As wo neared our rock-bound shore,
We looked for tho stately stranger,
But no eye saw her more.
Happy tbe ship that meets her,
Sailing from unknown lands,
Freighted with unknow treasures,
And steered by no human hands;
Happy tbe bark that sights her,
For she—the sailors tell—
Will woather the storm and tempest,
And reach her harbor welL
Swiftly onr bark swept homeward,
As a queen in her regal state.
Till we ploughed the surging billows
That roll through the Golden Gate;
And, wherever that lonely stranger
May sail the moonlit sea,
Still I pray that soft airs may waft her,
That a blessing may with her be.
Tlie Beantifal Land.
There are brighter skies than these, I know;
Lands where no ehadowa Ho—
Fields where immortal flowers bloom
And founts are never dry;
There are domes where tho stars aro never dim,
Where the moon forever gleams,
And the music breath of tbe radiant hills
Sweeps over the crystal streams:
For often I've caught in the time of sleep
A gorgeous glimpse of the hidden deep,
Away in the land of dreams.
When night lets down her pall of mist
On slender cords'of air,
And the purple shadows of dying day
Are teeming everywhere;
Whilo unseen fairies chant a lay
In the lily’s silver cells.
And the solemn voice of tho harmless winds
Breaks np the dreary fells;
I know by the cry of my soul within
There's a place whero they shut the gates on sin,
And whero tho God of glory dwells.
The wail of tho wind, the river’s voice,
The arch of the Western hills,
The beamy spread on the living earth.
In slumbrous twilight, stills
The yearnings of each human heart,
For a holier, better clime—
A higher life than thls'mortal course,
Bearing the seal divine!
Ah! sure there must be a beautiful land,
Whero the white-robod milHons ransomed stand,
Chanting their songs sublime.
VOL. IXIV-KO 40
A Black Picture of South Carolina—
The People Can’t, Pay the Taxes.
The Charleston News, of a lata date, draws
a most gloomy picture of the financial future
of unhappy South Carolina. Completely tinder
the heel of the brntal gang of barbarian blacks
and their tools and allies—a few infamous
whites—the tax payers of the State, without
representation in the Legislature, and their
properly completely at the mercy of these
thieves, are on tha brink of utter and irremeadi-
hie ruin. Tho Nows states the case as follows:
In 1858, when tbe expenses of the State Gov
ernment was less than $500,000, the property
of the whites W03 valued (and the estimate was
ridiculously lowj at no less than $489,000,000 in
gold. Now tho real and personal estate is val
ued, for taxation, at a far higher price than it
world bring at publio sale, and yet it is only
set down at $183,000,000 in currency. Tho
value of property is thus reduced from $500,-
000,000 to $183,000,000, but the taxes are in
creased from $500,000, in 1858, to $4,000,000
for 1871. Tho State and county taxes for both
1870 and 1871 are made payable during the
present year. It is plain, therefore, that the
taxation is increased nearly ten-fold, while the
basis of taxation is reduced two-thirds. This
is the question in a nut-shell.
Can the people—tho unrepresented whites—
pay the taxes levied upon them? It is not a
matter of expediency or policy. It is not an
open question whether tho whites will pay
tribute to the common enemy. Six months ago
immense areas of land were advertised for sale
for the unpaid taxes of 18C8 and 18C9. In Wil
liamsburg, one-sixth of tho whole country was
to bo brought under the hammer; in Fairfield,
one-tenth; other counlies told the same sad tale
of destitution and suffering. Upon the top of
t!> unpaid and paid taxes of 1868 and 1869
come the State and county taxes for 1870 and
1871, which ore made due and payable before
November next These taxes, payable in less
than nine months of time, are:
State tax, 1870. .....$1,648,000
State tax, 1871 1,281,000
County tax, 1870. 618,047
County tax, 1871 549,000
Confiscation total.... $4,096,047
ltd proportion of this huge amount of money
cannot, we believe, be paid by any one county
in the State. In 1868 the entire tax was $1,-
860.000. The people were comparatively rich,
but even this tax conld not be paid. The State
tax for 18CD was $1,014,901, but for that year
the total collections were only four hundred
oni eighty-seven thousand dollars—abouteobtx
rns cext. on the whole. This year the taxes
are FOUR MILLIONS, in addition to Ihotm-
Paid taxes of 1868 and 1869. Theso taxes can
not be paid. The people have not the money
wherewith to pay them. It appears to us,
therefore, high time that there be some concert
of action, nr inaction, among the unrepresented
property-holders and tax-payers of the State.
Unless this be had, lasting ruin stares the peo
ple in the face.
Another Yah* on Gbeelev.—A sod sight was
witnessed on Broadway on Saturday night A
“‘tie street beggar accosted a gray-headed man
who was shnf&ing along with a bundle of Tri-
--03 .sticking out of his pocket, and asked him
for a penny. Horace gazed at him a moment
*®d said: “You little devil, why don’t yon go
"*st and bny a iarm ?” Another boy here in-
^rposed, saying: “O, Johnny, what’s the good
j* axin' him?” He’s Just got basted playing
keno."—Democrat.
Weather Prognostications.—The reader, no
doubt, has noticed how frequently the weather
prognostications of the Signal Bureau are veri-
ued by facts. On Thursday it telegraphed to
r 0Ilt for rainy weather next day in the
"“f States, and it came sure enough.
Asrlcnltnrnl Gossip.
Running through the pages of the Rural Car
olinian for April, we pencil-marked seme ex
tracts which are repeated below. The first is
from an article on the price prospects of cotton,
and presents a very forcible reason why
COTTON WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE.
To prove that cotton has a tendency to fur
ther decline in price, I am compelled to make
a slight digression; the quantity of clean cot
ton imported into GreatBritain in tho year 1860,
was 1,390,938,752 pounds, of this amount 1,-
115,890,608 pounds went thither from the
United States, 204,14I,16S pounds fro*m India,
44,036,608 pounds from Egypt, and other points
on the Mediterranean Sea, 17,286,864 pounds
from Brazil, and 9,583,504 pounds from other
parts; if the reader will take the trouble to com
pare tho amount from the United States with
the total amount from other places, ho will find
that the importations to Great Britain were in
that year nearly five to one from tho United
States, over and above those from all other
parts of tho world. In 1869 the importations
were as follows:
India 481,386,344
United States 457,858,944
Egypt and the Mediterranean 159,887,616
Brazil 79,641,968
Other Parts 42,952,184
Total 1,221,227,056
It will be seen by this statement, that while
the total importations to Great Britain in 1869
were 169,711,636 pounds less than in I860, tho
importations from India had considerably more
than doubled during that period; from Egypt,
more than trebled; from Brazil, more than
quadruple; and, that from other parts, the in
crease was nearly quintuple. The enormous
decrease of tho importations from the United
States, is owing to tho vast increase of thehome
consumption; but this fact does not affect the
most important point, which is that cotton is
being very extensiody and successfully cultivated
elsewhere than in the United States.
To realize tho force of the above, it mnst be
remembered that Great Britain consumes a
great deal more cotton than all other parts of
Europe combined; tbe total consumption in
Europe for the year ending September 30th,
1869, was 4,503,000 bales, of which 2,687,000
were consumed by Great Britain; tho number
of bales on hand, on tho same date, was as fol
lows : '
Great Britain 489,000 bales
All other parts of Europe 94,000 bales
It may not bo generally known that cotton is
now extensively cultivated in Greece, Turkey
in Europe, the Island of Cyprus, Asia Minor,
and in nearly every portion of Africa and
Southern Asia, to which modern civilization has
extended. In view of these facts, then, it may
bo safely asserted that tho price of cotton will
continue to decline, and, indeed, it is very prob
able that it will go to a much.lower figure than
it over reached previous to tho late war.
I must not be understood to condemn the cul
tivation of tho cotton plant, far from this is my
intention, bat I do most emphatically condemn
the cultivation of it to the exclusion of other
products. That country is least affected by fluc
tuations of the markets whose inhabitants raise
tho greatest variety of crops.
An article upon fences and stock pecs presents
the following estimate of the
COST OP FENCING IS SOUTH CAROLINA.
An estimate of the fencing, in South Carolina,
nearly thirty years ago, placed tha number of
miles at 100,000. Take this as a basis of calcu
lation, although, probably, by one-half, under
the mark. The number of rails required for a
(10) ten-rail fence, with riders, is about (9,000)
nine thousand for one mile, and for all these
miles, nine hundred millions (900,000,000.)
Their value, taking into account the worth of
the timber, tbe splitting, hauling and putting
np, would bo very moderately placed at'($100)
a hundred dollars per mile, amounting, m the
aggregate to the astounding sum of ten millions
(10,000,000) of dollars. The State interest be
ing seven per cent., and the annual decay of
these fences about (13) per cent., or their dura
tion about (7) seven years, the annual interest
on this investment is (20) twenty per cent., or
two millions ($2,000,000) of dollars.
All this immense outlay of capital, more than
sufficient to purchase all the live stock in tbe
State—for by the census of 1850its entire value,
at high rates, was ($15,000,000) fifteen millions
of dollars, and its cumbers are reduced now to
about one-fourth, with prices little, if any high
er, is incurred solely to allow our cattle and
swine the benefit of a generally poor range. If
tho labor required to build and repair these
fences were withdrawn and applied to the crops,
it would increase them sufficiently to enable us
to buy the largest part of the meat for plantation
consumption, while, if the necessityfor keeping
them up no longer existed, we might dispose of
tho large reservations of land lying idle, other
wise than to supply timber for rails.
A letter from a Louisiana sugar planter to
OoL Aiken gives a discouraging view of
NEGRO LABOR IN LOUISIANA.
The labor question is of the mostseriou3 con
sideration with the sugar and cotton planters of
for the mere gathering in the Florida and Lou
isiana forests, thus command almost the price
of low ordinary cotton. If there is any per
manent demand for them In Europe, it will be
the basis of a very profitable new industry.
This first consignment is worth about $1,200,
of which, at least, $1,000 is clear profit. The
labor of gathering these leaves oould not have
occupied a man more than 30 or 40 days.
A rLENTX OP CUCUMBERS FROM THREE HILLS.
A correspondent of tho Horticulturist de
scribes his way of making a cucumber crop as
follows:
“I had a narrow border, not more than two
and a half feet wide, on the edge of a high fence.
I planted three cucumber Lilia in the border,
and laid some brush, (such as is used for pea
vines,) between them and the fence. As soon
as they crept np to the brush, I pinched off the
ends of tho vine, which thickened rapidly around
tho roots, and in every direction, throwing out
tho most vigorous foliage and profusion of
flowers.
i I did not allow the encumbers to grow, but
i watched them, and such as I wished to reservo
' for the table I picked as soon as they became of
proper size; au the rest were gathered every
day for pickles; every day pinching off the
buds at the end of each shoot. In this way the
hill continued fresh and productive until they
were touched by frost. Some judgment can be
formed of the value of this practice when I add
that more than a barrel of pickles were made
from three hills, besides allowing a supply for
the table.
Stranger than Fiction.
Readers of Miss Braddon’s lurid fiction, Henry
Dunbar, will remember that it turns on what
seems to be the extravagant hypothesis, that
one man may murder another, assume his name
and identity, enter into possession of his estate,
and be unsuspectingly received by his family
and the world at large for the individual he
personates. This is so glaring an improbability
as to tax tho faith of the most credulous of
novel lovers. Nevertheless, in all its essential
features, Miss Braddon’s startling invention has
been realized by a recent remarkable case in
Chicago. The details of this curious and suc
cessful deception show so much perverted in
genuity and readiness of resource, as to entitle
it to take rank among celebrated crimes.
As the story is now revealed, it begins with
the arrival in New York of one Gumbleton, an
Irishman of good family, in the spring of 1870.
With him he brought a letter of credit for £1,-
600, which he sold soon after his arrival to a
New York banking house for a little less than
$9,000. He then went to Baltimore whero he
made the acquaintance of a young German,
named Alfred Ziegenmeyer, with whom he soon
became intimate. Togother the two friends, in
November of last year, traveled to Chicago,
where Gumbleton placed on deposit in the
National Bank of Commerce the sum of $300.
Boon after, accompanied by Ziegenmeyer, ho
shipped two boxes containing clothing to Man
hattan, Kansas. From that time nothing defi
nite appears to be known of him, until on the
2d of January of the present year his dead body
was found in the lake, with a rope around his
neck, and showing other indications of violence.
Ever since that date the detectives have been
untiring in their efforts to unravel the mystery,
which have at last cnlminated in fixing the
crime on Ziegenmeyer and cansing his arrest at
Bremen, where he is now held awaiting a re
quisition from Washington. If the police the
ory of bis movements subsequent to the murder
is entirely correct, it is necessary to credit him
with surprising coolness and enn ning in villainy.
Assuming the detective version to be true,
it appears that Ziegenmeyer, immediately after
the murder, presented himself at the bank with
Gumbleton’s certificate of deposit, and stated
that he was his victim’s partner, and that Gnm-
bleton had gone to New York, leaving him fnll
authority to draw the $300 The bank refused
to deliver the money without the owner’s in
dorsement. This Ziegenmeyer promised to get
from New York, and after an interval of six
days for that pretended object, returned with a
forged indorsement, which secured the money.
This was, apparently, his last appearance in the
character of Ziegenmeyer. From that time
forth he adopted the name and identity of the
murdered man. Indeed, at his lodgings he was
already known as Gumbleton, although the two
had lived there together under their proper
names from the lGth to the 19th of November,
when Gumbleton disappeared; moreover, in
personal appearance tho two men were as unlike
as can well be conceived, Gumbleton being a
man of forty-five, of about the middle height,
with dark complexion, black hair and beard,
and an Irishman, while Ziegenmeyer was bnt
twenty-one, tall, light, fair-haired and beard
less, and a German, speaking English only im
perfectly. That under these circumstances the
deception conld have been successfully carried
out seems only less wonderful than the audacity
which inspired it.
As Gumbleton, Ziegenmeyer then procured
the rotnm of the boxes sent to Kansas, which
he at once sold, and turned his attention to the
great prize, the eight thousand and odd dollars
in New York. To obtain this, he forged to fhe
banking-house, with whom the money was de
posited a letter so skillfully executed as to sat-
this State. Free negro labor has rained many them;that itwaa thejennine QnvMetoda
ntnntpra the rwist season. Labor is now more handwriting. The balance was promptly for
warded to Ziegenmeyer in a draft on Chicago.
There still remained the diffionlty of identifica-
planters tho past season. Labor is now more
scarce than the last year, and higher prices de
manded. I cannot understand how the large
plantations can be made remunerative without
a change of system. I have looked closely into
this matter the past season, and will here state
a few reasons why a change mnst take place
in regard to the arrangements of large planta
tions.
Most of the large plantations extend a mile or
more from the quarters, many over a mile and
a half, and the custom here is to turn ont to
work about sunrise. In about one hour and a
half the bell is sounded for breakfast. One
hour is allowed for that meal, from time of ar
rival at tbe quarters. -The bell is then sonnded
again for work. Slowly, lazily, the gang of sixty
or eighty free negroes commence a second walk
of a mile, or a mile and a half, to work, or
rather to kill time. Only those who have esti
mated particularly, can know the full amount
of time consumed in these morning walks of
tion, and the trick by which this was surmounted
is not the least ingenious in this singnlar record
of rascally astuteness; The pretended Gum-
bleton entered into negotiations to bny a farm,
bnt when the time came to dose the sale he had
no money but his draft, whioh he oonld not
cash. The anxious seller took the bait, and
obligingly identified him at his own band, and
even went so far as to add his own indorsement
to the draft. Tho bank officials, to be quite
secure, wrote to the New York house, and were
assured there that everything was right. Bo
the draft was paid, but the farm was cot bought,
and within a day or two afterward, on the 21st
of December, Mr. Ziegenmeyer-Gnmbleton van
ished from Chicago, to be no more heard of un
til his arrest in Bremen on the charge of murder.
Regarding all the circumstances of.this elab
orate villainy so oarefolly planned and bo skill-
«W wo, k toa«,*>.
Lie, and they are presented on the respectable
authority of a well known Chicago journal.
fiV r . T. Times.
most nniversaUy. Now. this gang of sixty or
eighty are divided off, one or two to each cane
row. As it is gang work, It would be very un
reasonable to expect those arriving first at the
field to set in before the very last man or woman
is ready. Then the work begins. This goes on
slowly for about three acres in the length—the
end of the cut. Now those who are at the end
of the cat first wait for the last man again.
Then the whole gang moving np to take other
rows. If aixty rows are taken np at a time, it
involves the necessity of a walk of fonr or five
hundred feet before the allotted row is reached.
Yon are a planter, you know the movements of
the free negro; you can judge of the quantity
of work done by the rime the bell sounds for
How a Shrewd Man Got an Office.—The
following conversation between a well-known
official and and his friend took place recently in
front of the Custom House
“Where have you been ?’
‘•To Washington, to see the President, for
tbe purpose of securing an appointment to of
fice.”
“Did you got the appointment? ’
“IdicL” . .
“Well, sinco yon are an official, I advise yon
dinner. The walk to the quarters, the necessary ' to go and get a new stovepipe hat; if yon and
and unnecessary delays, with a little more time yours friends can t afford tho expense, I will
Villi™, winds up the day, and the dollar per j lendyoufiftycentstogetthecornscationsironed
dav, par hand, is ont of the planter’s pocket, out of the shabby one you now sport Itlooes
Whero tho old time slave overseer is employed, j a* though a Britton, u hill, or Horace Greeley
tho attempt to push matters through, by brute had fallen on it.
force, is persisted in. You know this must re- | * No, I will not smooth away * wrinkle; I will
suit in failure and ruin. Scientiflo agriculture, wear it as it is, and bequeath it to my heirs as
is regarded as a humbug, (book farming,) by a rich legacy. It was the cause of my appomt-
tho old slavo overseers, and they can generally ment.”
find parties that can be humbugged into their “The cause of your appointments! How so ?
way of thinking. But this will not last many , “WeU, you soe, when the President saw me
ye ^ r8> • with this hat on, he mistook me for a relation,
* I think the Chinese labor has not been as sat- andfmmediately gave me the position I asked
isfactory as wa had hoped. They were unaccus-, for.” .
tomed to our work, and did not take to it as “He thought you his relative on aocount of
readily os we had anticipated. They are im- your hat 1 How?” _ .
proving, however, and I trust will makegood “Yes; he saw the ‘dents’ in it.—Eh Louts
and reliable Iiborers. A thoussnd more will -Oupatch.
arrive hero in a fow weeks. , Kr-Ktrx legislation drones along in the House
"Wo copy from the same periodical the follow- to empty galleries, and probably empty benches,
iDg items : too. We are confident this political speculation
Palm Leaves.—The steamship Orescent Oity 0 f the Radicals will turn ont a greater failure
lately took out 50 bales of palmetto leaves from p om ingo. They may pass the bill, but
% tZ£ m■»>“ ““”8 *■*<«■ <•
per pound. These leaves, which can be had out of it. . . • • *' ‘
My Violets.
MART L. BITTER.
Would thou wert growing ’mid the whispering
grasses ...
By some sweet shadowed stream, .
Whose tranquil tide the slow cloud dimly glasses,
Faint, dying, like my dream.
Would that the day dew upon thy leaves were lying.
And not this rain of tears;
Tho breeze above thee—not my bitter sighing
For tho lost bopo of years.
Would that the Hps whose passionate caressing
Gave to tho leaves a sweetness not thine own ;
Had faintly murmured “Farewell” and a blessing,
Ere they bad silent grown.
O perished blossoms! lost, lest friend and lover I
O light of day, shaded in swift eclipse!
Soon may thy sister blooms with beauty* cover
he
My sUent heart and lips.
—Galaxy for April,
WHERE TUB SHOE PINCHED,
A Bridesmaid at tbo East Brllliar t Wed-
ding: Becomes a Bride before tbe Basra of
tbo Next Day—“Two Hearts,” etc.. Joined.
The splendors and magnificence of the recent
brilliant wedding in high life are stiU fresh in
the memories of our readers. The gallant,
manly bearing of the groom, the radiant beauty
of the bride, the elegance .of the toilets of the4 Republican party can only bo healed by the
bride and her attendants, and tbe brilliant re
ception given the happy couple, are fruitful
themes for the gossip of a thousand tongges.
Yet few of the many spectators are aware of
the romontio affair which followed close upon
the heels of that happy union of hearts and
hands. A retrospective glance is necessary to
the full and complete understanding of our lit
tle story.
A few months ago the highest circles of soci
ety were startled out of their usual dignified
equanimity by a little scene, which was the talk
of the town for weeks. A young man, Mr. J.
W. Van Cleave, of poor bnt,honest parents, and
a clerk in the house of J. S. Lithgow & Co., had
dared to raise his plebeian eyes to Miss Kate,
the daughter of the aristooratic house of T. L.
Jefferson, Esq. For reasons satisfactory in
themselves, his suit was frowned upon by the
parents of tho young lady, who interdicted all
intercourse between the young couple. The in
cident above referred to took place in the Broad
way Methodist Episcopal Church, wherein the
mqst aristocratio portion of that denomination
worship. Tho young lady, in company with her
mother, and perhaps other members of the
family, attended the church one evening, and
at the close of the services young Van Cleave
walked up and asked the privilege of escorting
the young lady home. The request was over
heard by the mother of tho younglady, and nat
urally indignant at such presumption, she gave
vent to her feelings in a very expressive man
ner. The young gentleman was treated to a
series of not very gentle taps on the cheek
with a fan in the hands of his prospect
ive mother-in-law. The young lady, terribly
excited by the indignity offered her lover, faint
ed, and was borne to her home in an uncon
scious state, which gave way to convulsions of
an alarming nature, and for a time her recovery
was extremely doubtfuL However, Time, the
great soother, superior only to Mrs. Winslow]s,
applied its healing balm, and the young girl
was restored to health, if not happiness. The
young mau was sent out upon a drumming ex
pedition to Texas, and for months past has
been extolling the merits and virtues of Louis
ville hollow-ware, and it was fondly hoped that
the rebuke he had received had effectually ob
literated his ambitions aspirations. Such, how
ever, was not the case. The young lady had
been solicited to assist at the nuptials on
Wednesday night, and had consented to accom
pany the newly-wedded pair on their bridal
tour, and the necessary outfit for the trip had
been prooured and snugly packed in numerous
trunks, and tho young lady assisted at the wed
ding in a role second only to that of the bride.
To those who witnessed the ceremony it was an
embarrassing situation, but to her it was bnt the
dress rehearsal of the grand drama of her life,
which was to be enaoted a few hours later.
The young gentleman, strange to relate, bad,
by a fortunate chain of cironmstanoes, returned
from Texac just in time to be an invited guest
at the wedding. The ceremony^nded, the bri
dal party filed out of the church to the sugges
tive notes of tho Wedding March, and repaired
to the residence of Hon. J. S. Litbgow, and in
the midst of the festivities and congratulations,
tho principal bridesmaid, Miss Kate Jefferson,
complained that her shoo pinched, and retired
for the purpose of changing. Time rolled on
and she did not return, and there were eager
questionings and hurried searohings. In tho
meantime the solemn marriage service of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, which a short time
before had been listened to by such a vast au
dience, was being repeated in a dimly-lighted
church in the hearing of a Email bnt deeply in
terested audience.
Miss Kate, upon leaving tbe room to change
her shoes, slippod ont of a Bide gate, entered a
carriage with her Iovet and a few friends, and
hurried to the Twelfth street M. E. Churoh. All
the necessary preparations had been made. The
license had been procured late in tho afternoon,
and the minister of God, Rev. J. McKendree
Riley, was in waiting, and in the presence of
Messrs. J. S. Griffey, Wm. Middleton, and one
or two other friends, the silken bonds of matri
mony were united upon the two loving, con
stant hearts. A few hours later the happy pair
thus romantically united joined the first biidal
party at the depot, and together they proceeded
upon a tour through the Eastern cities.—Louis
ville Ledger.
The Republicans of Ohio are Against
Grant.
From the Cincinnati Commercial. I
A point or two of significance in this history
of tho recent Republican caucus at Columbns
has leaked ont. It was proposed to endorse the
administration of President Grant by tho adop
tion of an unqualified resolution, but the move
ment, originating in a few feeble Federal office
holders, was frowned down. Tho sentiment of
tbe canons was entirely opposed to burdening
the Republican party of the State with the
President andhis relatives, during the approach
ing campaign. The President had certainly
not consulted the interests of the party in the
distribution of his patronage, bnt had bestowed
it among his favorites and relatives according
to his caprice. The party will therefore take
care of itself and allow tbe President to regulate
his own private affairs—with which he con
founds the discharge of his official duties—in
his own way.
The hit of the evening was when a prominent
Republican said that if he had occasion to speak
to tho people this fall in behalf the Republican
party he did not propose to trouble himself in
vindicating tha Grant and Dent families, of
whom bnt twenty-three held office, nor would
he devote himself to illustrating the glories of
Ban Domingo. He was not aware that it was a
part of the creed of the Republican party that
the whole of the family of the President and
his wife should be provided with fat places, or
that it was necessary to annex a tropical island
in order to obtain a fresh supply of earthquakes
and yellow fever. And the speaker did not ex
pect either to give any portion of his time to
showing why Charles Sumner conld not be per
mitted to remain at the bead of the Committee
on Foreign Relation in the 8enate. These were
the utterances of tho evening that excited an
uproar of applause. . : •
Some of the papers are seeing what they can
do in tho way of turkey stories. One tells of a
fanner in Scipio, New York, who has a turkey
that has laid one hundred eggs in one hundred
consecutive days, never missing a day on ac
count Of sickness or a oirous in town; another
PROSPECTS OF OEJT. GBASTS BEXOM-
NATION.
Opinions and Speculations of Politician*
In Washington
Washington, March 22.—A great dealof quiet
discussion is going on among prominent Repub
lican politicians here upon the question of who
is to bo the nominee of the party next year for
the Presidency. Last December, when Con
gress met, there was but one opinion on the
subject, and that was that Gen. Grant was soro
of renomination, and more sure of election than
any other man who could be named. Since then,
and especially within the last few weeks, a
marked change has taken place, and it Is now
apparent that a strong opposition to Gen. Grant
exists, which includes a number of Senators and
Representatives of large influence and national
reputation. This opposition is no doubt caused
in some part by recent political events, bnt it
results, also, to a largo extent, from tbe mani
festation of the latent hostility that has been
accumulating daring the two years of the pres
ent administration, and which naturally shows
itself about a year before the time for holding
the nominating convention.
The chief argument of those who oppose the
renomination of Gen. Grant is that defeat would
be certain if he should be the nominee. They
maintain that the dissensions that exist in the
nomination of a new man, against whom no por
tion of the party entertain feelings of ooldness
or animosity, and that, in view of the increased
strength, vigor and confidence of the Democrats
any other course would be suicidal.
To this the friends of Gen. Grant reply that a
President always becomes most unpopular about
the beginning of the third year of his term,
owing to the disappointments of office-seekers
and the quarrels of politicians who strive to
control the distribution of patronage; that this
unpopularity is chiefly manifested in Washing
ton, and is no true index of the sentiment of tbe
people; and that from now on, Gen. Grant’s
popularity will steadily increase, so that he will
be renominated next year without serious oppo
sition, as unquestionably the strongest oandidate
that conld be selected. They refer to Mr. Lin
coln’s experience as a proof of their position.
In 1863 there were scarcely a dozen Republicans
in Congress who favored Lincoln’s renomination,
and yet, in 1864 the tide had so turned in his
favor that there was no question of any other
candidate.
The anti-Grant men reply that Lincoln’s case
was the exception to the rule in politics, caused
by the fact that the people were averse to mak
ing a change in the midst of war. Every other
President, they argue, since the time of Jaok-
son, steadily lost his popularity from the be
ginning to the end of his Administration, and
after the renomination and terrible defeat of
Van Bnren, neither party ever ventured to at
tempt to re-elect a President until 1864, when
the war set aside for the time all. established
political axioms. They insist that when parties
aro nearly evenly balanced; as at present, it
would be impossible to re-elect any President
in the face of the jealousies, disappointments,
and animosities he necessarily causes in the
course of his Administration, be he ever so wise,
even if he has been so successful as to get
through his term without creating any divisions
in his party upon questions of public poHoy.
The opposition to Gen. Grant is not united
upon any candidate, and no names are men
tioned except in a suggestive way. Some think
it wonld be well to take a public man of un
doubted strength and force of character, like
Blaine, Sohenck, Colfax, Bontwell, Morton,
Wilson, or a dozen* others who might be men
tioned ; others, that snccess wonld be more cer
tain with a military candidate of great popular
ity like Gen. Sherman; others, that a splendid
war record, followed by a successful career in
politics, would make such a man as Gen. Logan
the strongest possible candidate; and still oth
ers, that a candidate who has kept ont’of the re
cent broils of politics, bnt who has marked tal
ents and high reputation, wonld best insure
success.
These are, in brief, the opinions expressed in
political circles in Washington. The opposi
tion to the renomination has, as yet, little force
or direction, and none of the strength of combi
nation ; bnt there is enough in it to insure an
active canvass of the question among the peo
ple during the coming summer and fall, and
when Congressmen return next December, fresh
from their constituents, the active work of or
ganizing and maneuvering to control the Nom
inating Convention may be expected to begin
in earnest.—Tribune Letter.
OKANT’S H. H. MESSAGE.
Common Sense Notions from Another Rad
ical Organ.
Referring to Grant’s recent massage to Con
gress, magnifying a few local disorders in the
Senate into an organized rebellion against the
United States Government, and asking for au
thority to put this whole section under martial
law, the New York Commercial Advertiser (Ra d.)
speaks these words of soberness and truth. We
still confess to a feeling of surprise how such
ideas can penetrate a Radical skull and not burst
it asunder, and still more that one who holds
such views can remain a member of the Radical
party. The editor is certainly not of the trooly
loil species, as we know it down here. Says the
Advertiser:
It is as though the oases of assault and bat
tery which occur daily in New York, should be
regarded as indications of the unruly character
of all onr citizens—or the resistance of the
illicit distillers in Brooklyn to the demands of
the Revenue Assessors as a proof that riot reigns
supremo in the county of Kings. While the
roving bands of ruffians who undoubtedly infest
a few districts in the South, hare committed
serious offences against the laws, it is not yet
proved that they are sustained by the mass of
the people; and until the actual existence of an
organized movement to defy Government and
order shall have been established beyond ques
tion, it is manifestly unjust to subjeot a whole
community to the rigors of martial law. We
believe that if the Southern States were restored
to the privileges of other States in the UnioB,
with the power to make their own laws and to
provide for their execution, and with their citi
zens freed from onerous political disabilities,
order and prosperity wonld be established.
Wise legislation means freedom; bnt the fac
tious extremists love power rather than justice.
Let Congress remove the disabilities which now
tie the hands of Southern men, and give them
the opportunity to govern their own affairs
under the civil law, and the President wiU have
no occasion for farther Messages concerning
disturbances in the South—and, better still, no
future temptation to exalt local oximes to the
rank of a general and open insurrection.
Thebe is ft remarkable minister at Waynes
boro, Wayne county, Team, tbe Bev. W. w.
Kimbro, of whom the Columbia Herald says:
“During the year 1870 he constituted three
ohurohes, with a membership about 200;
preached over 250 sermon®; was the regular
pastor of four churches- Ife has not been known
to spend an idle a*y, when well, in six years.
If he is not preaching, he is among the high
hifis with bts trusty rifle. The number of deer
by him killed each year for the last seven yearn
has never been less than sixty-five. In the year
1870 he killed eighty-six deer, and sold venison
hams and deer ckins to tbe value of $230.
Since 1865 he has paid for a small farm valued
at $1,000 by selling game.”
A New Orleans judge riding in the cars re
cently, from a single glimpse of the ooontenance
gives an account of a flohk ofjiixty turkeys in 1 of aUdy by his aide imsgtoed he knew hej
gives - - v. -untnred a remark that the dav was pleas-
Vermont, that flew so high that they became
dizzy, and come down so heavily that twenty
of them we.ro killed; but .both of these • are
eclipsed by a correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, who writes from Texas that a
small detachment of United States cavalrv, a
few mile3 northwest of Victoria Peak, kuled
in one night fifty-seven turkeys and Sam
Keechie Kosb, Big Chief of the Keschie In
dians. »-■. yz-vf At'
and ventured a remark that the day was pleas
ant, she only sayin? “Yea.” “Why do you
wear a veil?” inquired the dispenser of justice.
“Lest I attract attention.” “It is the province
of gentlemen to admire,” replied tha gallant
pii» of law. “Not when they are married.”
“But I’m not” “Indeed!” “Oh, no: Fm a
bachelor!” The lady quietly removed he* veil,
disclosing to the astonished magistrate the face
of his mother-in-law.
The Weeping Willow.
(dueost )
Beneath a weeping willow.
Rich with its finds in flower,
A violet bed her pillow,
The drooping leaves her bower.
Darling! she was lulled to sleep,-
By tho murmur of .the deep.
Her gentle body presses
With a thousand tendernesses
Upon the violet bed;
The jealous branches tremble.
With a love they can’t dissemble,
In deep fringe overhead.
And now, as she reposea,
The tinge of snmmer roses
Glows deeper on her cheek—
’Mid her rich tresses straying
The careless winds are playing
At merry hide and seek.
The loving wavos have caught her
Soft image in tho water,
With many a tender thrill ;
So I, when we are parted,
Tho’ weary, broken-hearted,
Shall see her image still.
Her balmy breast is heaving,
And some sweet dream a-weaving
Round her its potent charms;
WiU she be much affrighted,
At waking, half benighted,
In her own lover’s arms ?
Half waking and half sleeping,
From silken laslios peeping,
Her soft eyes on me beam;
And then I draw her to me,
Each sweet touch thrilling thro’ me,—
“Dear one, what was your dream?”
Soft cheeks and white neck flushing,
Half smiling, and half blushing—
“I dreamt, my own, of you,
“That Islept beneath a willow
“With your fond breast for my pillow,
“And, Sweet, my dream is true!”
fi-Vom “French Love Songs.”
Foreign Notes.
(prepared for the telegraph and messenger.)
The reign of the Commune is established in
Paris, and the Thiers administration may be
considered as virtually overturned, the elections
in the capital having resulted in a decided vic
tory of the revolutionary Central Committee.
The government has given, orders that Garibaldi
who has been appointed military Governor of
Paris, should be promptly arrested whenever he
would set foot on French soiL Nothing is known
as to his whereabouts, bnt as the bold partisan
is always to be found wherever the red flag of
revolution is raised, we may presume that he
will soon hasten to the center of the insurrec
tion. What a pity that Garibaldi, who certainly
possesses a noble and lofty nature, is so utterly,
wanting in sound common sense! The mob
republic being onoe firmly established some of
the socialistic systems will be, probably, put
into execution. Proud’hon’s celebrated “La
propriete e'est le vol” promises to play an im
portant part in the coming events, and the hands
of the resuscitated sans-onlottes may bo lifted
against all possessing classes.
The Emperor opened the first German Parlia
ment by a speech from the throne. After hav
ing alluded to the war just brought to a suc
cessful issue, he proceeded to speak of the pres
ent and future position of Germany. “The
spirit animating Germany,” he said, ‘^pervades
her culture and morals, and the constitution of
her armies guards against the abuse of acquired
power. Independent Germany respects the in
dependence of others. This fiery ordeal of
war through which we have passed is a sure
guaranty of European peace. Powerful and
self-reliant Germany now bequeathes to you the
regulation of. her own affairs as a satisfactory
heritage.” The rest of the speech chiefly
dwells on legislative measures, whioh, concern
ing pensions for the soldiers and support for the
widows and orphans of the war, “should be
made to apply to the whole Empire; for all
fought with equ^l devotion, and deserve equal
honor and reward.”
Alsace and Lorraine will remain intact in
stead of being parcelled ont among the three
Southern StateB. They will be administrated by
the central government in Berlin. The laws of
the Empire are those of Alsaoe and Lorraine
since January 1. We consider it a great gain
that these provinces will not be cat np and di
vided; for one of the main reasons why those
populations have beooma so enthusiastio
Frenchmen was their proud feeling of belong
ing to a great united Empire, while they might
well point contemptuously at the German body
politic—a slowly decomposing corpse, without
power at home and despised abroad.
Fifty-six Gatholio deputies of the Prussian
Landtag have petitioned the King to use his in
fluence in restoring the temporal power of tbe
Pope. There are altogether one hundred
Catholic members in the Prussian Landtag.
The traditional policy of Nicolaus the First to
Russify all foreign nationalities in bis vast em
pire, is proseouted with unflinching energy by
Alexander the Second. The measures to accom
plish this objeot have been most arbitrary and
oppressive in Poland. The parish magistrates
in that kingdom have been recently directed to
use only the Russian tongae in offioial docu
ments and correspondence; but as very few of
them are conversant with Russian, they are al
lowed to employ a Russian scribe to be paid ont
of tbe publio treasury. Since the enforcement
of this law, there are many complaints of forged
documents and missing publio funds, the scribes,
who thus almost entirely control the affairs of
the parish, not being possessed of very exalted
views of honesty and Integrity.
The German tribes inhabiting the Russian
provinces of the Baltic have not escaped the
same process of being gradually denationaliaed,
though they have been treated more leniently
than the Poles. When about one year ago the
Imperial authorities undertook to introduce in
the universities the Russian tongue in place of
the German, the situation of those scattered
tribes attracted publio attention in Germany,
and a motion was made in the Prussian Parlia
ment to inquire of the Government, whether
any representations on the subject had been
made to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. After
Bismarck had pointed out, however, the inop
portunity of suoh a step, the motion was with
drawn. Since Wawra, a Czech writer, has been
appointed tho editor of the “Riga Wiestrick,”
an offioial organ, by the Russian authorities, he
has published the following programme, whioh
clearly defines the position ana intentions of
the Government. “The Baltic provisoes,”
Wawra says, “form an integral part of the
Russian Empire, and their right* are entirely
dependent on the will of the £***. The “pro
vincial righto” are only in *>ree by the giaee of
the Czar, and may be repealed at any moment
The population of the provinoes in question
belonging to toe Russian family, the Russian
language a to be the offioial organ in all spheres
of jwbfio life, and the perfect assimilation of
rnose districts with the Empire mnst be the
constant aim of the authorities. ” It must be
borne in that the Russian prorincee of
the Baltio were settled by German tribes who
have ever continued a distinct nationality
there; in the course of centuries the inhabitants
changed their sovereignty several times, and
lived for a while under Swedish rule; they
finally acknowledged the Russian Crown, the
Czar, in return, pledging himself to respect cer
tain constitutional liberties and privileges they
were enjoying.
' and Lorfcine being secured,the Russian
provinces of the Baltio axe believed by many to
be next oovoted by ihe Chancellor of tho Ger
man empire. Bismarck has onoe seized an op
portunity of expressing himself concerning the
folly of incurring the implacable hatred of tho
Muscovite, for the sake of a few square miles
of detached territory. Altogether, we do not
share the views of those who predict that the
Gorman empire will pursue a policy of violence
and oonquest at the cost of its neighbors, though
liberty at home and power abroad may render
it an irresistible magnet for all scattered Ger
man tribes which are dissatisfied under another
sceptre.
The Cabinet of St. Petersburg denies the ex
istence of a secret treaty with Prussia, yet it
cannot be doubted that King ’William and the
Czar had come to a positive understanding in
Ems last summer. It appears that a Russian
army was to invade Austria, if Francis Joseph,
to avenge Sadowa, wonld form an alliance with
Napoleon. The English Government was prob
ably aware of the agreement and refrained,
therefore, from interfering; whether the wav
ering attitude of Italy was due to the same mo
tive is not apparent, bnt before the terrible
drama had opened in earnest, Bismarck had al
ready won a great diplomatic victory by defeat
ing the favorite Napoleonic plan of a Franoo-
Austro-Italian alliance, by a Prnsso-Bnssi&n
treaty. Daring the lifetime of Alexander H,
tho relations between both courts will remain
very friendly and cordial; his death, however,
may change all this, for the heir presumptive
hates the Germans bitterly, and this feeling is
shared by his wife, a Danish princess, on ac
count of Schleswig-Holstein. Russia allied with
France, is in fact the greatest danger that can
ever threaten the German empire.
The Government of Portugal is making prep
arations for depositing the remains of Vasco ae
Gama with great solemnity in the Chnroh of
San Maria do Belem, in Lisbon. The sword
and several other relics of the great navigator
will also be preserved there.
The Spanish clergy have not expressed them
selves yet, concerning their position toward the
new dynasty. Only the Bishops of Almeira,
Orihuela and Malaga have issued pastoral letters
acknowledging, without reserve, the new mon
archy of King Amadeo the First, and exhorting
the faithful to obey its commands. Tho Cleri-
cal-Carlistio papers have passed upon this aot a
most severe oritioism, which does not even re
spect the high rank of tbe Prelates. Tbe Sec
retary of the Bishop of Almeira has replied to
these attacks by a very dignified letter, full of
lofty sentiments; he affirms that his Superior,
obeying the Church in the old Christian spirit^
was also obeying the magistrate, according to
the commands of the Holy Writ; his Superior
felt sorry for the journals, which, perhaps with
a good intention, by blaming the faithful and
the Bishops remaining true to the Constitution,
tempted ignorant people, holding the cross in
one hand, the torch of discord in the other, to
array the Ohnrch and oivil society in the name
of Jesus Christos in deadly strife against each
other.
In Rome the Liberal and Papal parties con
tinue as hostile as ever. The Roman* aristocracy
is beginning to take a more decided stand in
favor of the Vatican. Pins the Ninth held a
secret consistory where an allocation drawn np
by three members of the Society of Jesus was
read. The document violently attacks the forc
ible occnpation of Rome by Italian troops, la- ’
menta tho war between France and Germany,
and the sad position Rome has been plaoed in,
and finally comments on the recent inundation
of the Eternal City. The allocation closes by
Shanking for the many proofs of sympathy on
the part of the faithful and declaring t? trust in
Divine Providence.
The commercial treaty between the United
States of America and the Kingdom of Italy has
been signed and ratified. On the authority of
the Economists, it is stated that the treaty
guarantees the inviolability of private property
on the high seas in times of war.
There is much activity in the Italian ministry
of war. New breech-loading rifles are being
tested, and the experience of the Franco-Ger
man war shall be utilized by a formidable in
crease of artillery. Also, the papers allude fre
quently to the necessity that “Italy must keep
her powder dry.” We cannot see why Italy
should be compelled to arm; against a Papal
crusade, perhaps? The “Biforma” and “Na-
zione” are advocating an alliance with Germany;
bnt the “Opinione,” the organ of the Cabinet
Lanka-Sella, says “that it is not worth while to
trouble one’s self already respecting the future
ally of Italy.” JA3NO.
Tire FlaUormisls Once More.
We have but little to say on the platform
question, except to deprecate the wrangle into
which some of our Democratio confreres have
permitted themselves drawn, and onoe more to
enter onr solemn protest against the continued
discussion. If there ever was a time when si
lence oould be accounted wisdom, that time is
now. The great leading principles oontended
for by the National Democracy, are silently, yet
surely regaining supremacy, and the argument
for1872is being developed by the logio of events.
The party is anchored upon the constitution, and
so hedged in with truth and the love of liberty,
that opposing factions mnst inevitably break
and fall to pieces as they are dashed, by passion
and mad ambition, against onr battlements.
The work of disintegration and death is already
telling fatally upon our monstrous adversary,
and if we can but possess our souls in patience
and avoid the scyila and oharibdis of unneces
sary controversy, we shall have no difficulty in
constructing a platform for the contest of 1872.
While we regard the coarse of Judge Stephens
as ill-timed, unnecessary and productive of evil,
and the opposite view presented by Mr. Hill as
equally hurtful and more mischievous in ten
dency, we hold it to be impolitic to controvert
the abstractions or hallucinations of either.
The Democracy of Georgia can accept neither
of the gentlemen as its leader, and inasmuch as
both have, unbidden and uninvited, thrust
themselves before the country as extremists,
both should be regarded as firebrands and al
lowed to simmer down, by being severely let
alone in tbeir unenviable glory.
Neither the impudenoe of the True Georgian
nor the insolenoe of the New Era should betray
the Democratic press into controversy. Tha
people understand the issue#—dead and alive—
that divide them from oaorpexs, and no bugle
blast will be necessary to rally them when the
time for action arrives.
Liberty may be lost in a day, bnt when a rev
olution of popular sentiment is the means of
regaining it, time is the beet argument; and
the party that ignores its teaching and its phi
losophy, and attempts to jump to conclusions
and enforoe the solution of practical or theoret
ical problems in government, by a moral coup
d'etat, spends its strength for naught, and is
doomed to disaster. It is much more difficult
to discipline the minds of men and guide them
safely book from despotism to liberty, than from
liberty to despotism; and therefore we may not
hope to oonrinoe the world in a minute that wo
are right and the world wrong. It may be that
we shall find it absolutely necessary, for harmo
ny and success, to hold in abeyanoe some of tbs
principles we regard aa essential to a fall and
perfect restoration of eivil liberty and constitu
tional government; and yet who so foolish ax
to beoome recalcitrant and refuse oo-operation
simply because ail the good is not piled on the
Mmubffd eii.ilU te ejsiaAcnj mS v-vea
We would make no compromise with Radical
ism—the veiy nature of things forbids it. As
well might we imagine a compromise between
the powers of light and darkness; bnt In onr
own household such a thing may not only be
feasible and just, bnt of tbehighest importance
to the suooeesful conduct of the oampaigm The
whole discussion, therefore, is premature, and
the ultimatum theorizing of indiscreet writers
is a fallacy so apparent that its adjournment,
till after the developments of the next session
of Congress, is a proposition worthy of the
gravest consideration.—Albany Jretcs.
Sol Hewzs Sanborn, an eoeentric old hatter
of Medford, Mass., has made one of the oddest
of wills, and, anxious to enjoy the notoriety of
it in his lifetime, has published it. He gives
his body to Prof. Agassis and Dr. O. W. Holmes
to be placed in the museum of anatomy at Cam
bridge. But he wants two drum heads made of
his skin, on one of which shall be indelibly writ
ten “Pope’s Universal Prayer,” and an the other
the Declaration of Independence; and on these
drum heads shall be beaten the national air of
Yankee Doodle at tha base of Banker HID mon
ument annually at sunrise on the 17th of Juno.
The parts of his body nseleee for anotamloal
purposes are to be composted for a fertiliser
“to nourish the growth of on American elm,
to be planted or set oat an some rural publio
thoroughfare, that the weary wayfaring man
may rest, and innocent children playfully sport
beneath the shadow of its umbrageous braabhss,
rendered luxuriant by my eeroasa.
