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Y IPMP ~The Georgia Weekly Telegraph and Jonrnal <Ss Messenger*. Telegraph and Messenger- MACON, MAY 80, 1S71. Review or New Books. • - Leotcbes os thk Natube or Sheit, and or Max as A SrmrruAL Being, by Cb*nncey GUos, Mmu- ter of the New Jerusalem Church, New \ork, 20 Cooper Union, 1871. p. P-206. s i ' " The lectures aro designed to set forth, the Swedenborgian theories of religion on some limited number of thepointsin the creed. They do not pretend to famish a complete statement of the new church doctrines, and we are Irft some what in the dark on many important questions. Tho nature of spirit is discussed, the nature of death, of the resurection and of the final judg ment are explained; and the state of man in • heaven and in hell is expounded according to Swendenborg’s view. These topics exhaust the volume. The brief limits of a review in a daily newspaper are incompatible with a proper judg ment of a book like this. It is impossible to do justice either in the advocacy or refutation of its teachings. We can only state briefly, for tho information of any curious to understand some- thingof the peculiar views of-this singular system a few of the points made in this volume. The author teaches: First, in reference to the human soul, that it is not a material but a spiritual snbstanoe pos sessing shape, modification of size, perhaps col or, and identity of limb and feature with the ma terial body. This spiritual substance emerges from the body at death, and enters upon a spir itual world possessing the same general charac teristics of Mil, valley, stream and vegetable growths as this world—only composed of spiri tual, not material substances. We have only a BinRle comment to make on this view. Accord ing to the accopted views of modem thinkers, form, size, color, weight, density, smoothness, aro the qualities of matter. Thought, feeling and will ere the attributes of spirit. Whatever can be outlined Is material. We know nothing of the Bubstanoe of either mind or matter. Our minds are so conditioned that we cannot con ceive either, apart from its qualities. It is therefore a conclusion in advance of knowledge, to attribute form, shape and size to a spirit. We cannot think spirit exoept under those con ditions; but wMle that may bo true, yet there may be a thousand existences in being wMch wo cannot possibly conceive. The Swedenborg idea of a spirit makes it as far as we can seo nothing but a refined and subtile form of mat ter. Admit this view to be true; it cannot be known as true; and in the absence of knowl edge, it is not safe to assert it. Second, the author denies the doctrine of the Resurrection, from the Dead. All the resurrection that is takes place at death. Death and Resurrection are the two sides of ono and the same count. The common doc trine that the soal is separated from the body is admitted; but the common doctrine of all other Christians that the body will be raised from the dead and re-united with the soul, is denied. How tMs view consists with the teachings of tho New Testament, it la not easy to conceive. Paul teaches very plainly that at the last day the dead shall be raised incorrupt ible: the graves shall be opened and all therein shall come forth; those that have done good to the resurrection of life—those that have done evil to tho resurrection of damnation.” The old Testament teaches tho same: Job declared that “ though worms should destroy this body 1 yet in his flesh he should see God.” To a plain unsophisticated judgment there would seem to be no reasonable ground to question that these passages teach tho resurrection of tho body. The book before ns makes the spirit the man: tho body is not apart of the component being, but a more agent for his energies in the present sphere, and is no more a part of the human nature than his clothing or the tools with wMch he works. The consciousness of every human being is confounded by such a notion. Third, The author teaohes that death is not the consequence of sin in any just or proper sense. Paul teaches “that sin entered the world and death by sin.” The author says that God never ponishes sin; but that sin punishes itself. The scriptures make God say “I will punish your iniquities,” and that “he will by no means clear the guilty." The writer seems to have no conception of the nature of divine jus tice, or its indispensable necessities in a system in which moral evil is not only possible, but ex isting in every conceivable variety and degree of malignity. He also denies the possibility of any atonement or satisfaction for sin. The scriptures gather all their grand remedial pro visions for the min of human nature, around this idea of atonement; and if the idea is false, there is no reoourse rationally left to tho world, but to push the the Christian revelation aside ns an unfounded fable. Indeed, one of the most striking features about the discussion be fore us, is thc^neagre use of scripture teaching to maintain the positions which are taken.— Every point Is almost exclusively maintained by a philosopMcal method. Reason is appeal ed to as arbiter in iho case, and the Rev elation of God referred to an inferior, nay to a well nigh contemptuous subordi nation. To one at all accustomed to observe tho operations of the hnman intellect, and to wonder how men can be so abiy and honestly in tho wrong on every possible subject of investi gation, this method of refining to the hu man reason for the settlement .of the grand issues of religion and the fntmo fcfe, will ap pear at onco melancholy and ridiculous. These lectures are evidently the work of .a cnltivoted and manly understanding. The style is chaste and scholarly; the tMnking evidently inde pendent and honest; yet wo do not know where we havo seen a book less reliable as a guide to safe and sound conclusions on the subject of religion. Many truths aro stated; tut always in such relations as to make them errors in ef fect ; wjiilo tho positive and clear departures from tbp teachings of the Bible, want all who reverence the Word of the Lord, from acowpt- ingtho lesrjohs which are taught in this volume. IXCTDESTS Di THE LIFE OF EDWABD WEIGHT, bj Edward Loach, author of Sketches of Christian Work among the Lowly; McKinney & Martin, Philadelphia, Publishers, 1,308, Chestnut street. For sale by J. W. Burke <£ Co. This is a well authenticated and striking nar rative of tho birth, childhood, and career of ono of the mo9fc depraved and vicious of God’s creatures, -fwho, through the power of grace, hoc tine hopefully regenerated, and an eminent minister of .Christ.- The adventures, crimes, escapes, and conversion of this remarkable per sonage, will he read with the deepest interest by all classes. They afford also another affecting example of the depth of a mother s love, and the power and efnccacy of her prayers. Let the yonng. especially take hope and com fort from the perusal of this volume. Eouthebn Aftle aPeach Cciotbist, by James Fitz,of AlbermarlQ county, Virginia. We have glanced over the manuscript of this, w ark, which is soon to appear from the press of Messrs. J. W. Burke A Co., and beliero it will occupy a prominent plaoo in the library of the farmer and fruit grower, j ~ antll0r 5,1 well known es a writer and ag- cvprienoe wm b hi “ fiagge3tions aad P ractical The work wffl *>*/ 1D S and preserving method of ea7 ' Ax Indiana men threatens to sue a cr saying he has six wives. Better use the money for divorce^ p oi i. Yallnndlgbam’s “New Departure”— Illinois and Alabama Democrat? in Accord. The Chicago Times, the central organ of the Democratic party of Illinois, expresses its hearty approval of the resolutions recently adopted by the Montgomery county (Ohio) convention at Dayton, and which resolutions were prepared by Mr. Clement L. Vallandigham, of that ilk, a gentleman somewhat famed heretofore, accor ding to Radical authority, for the.extreme cop pery hue of Ms politics, and whoeo person and utterances were so distasteful to the trooly loil during the late domestic infelicity, that they actually transported Mm from their sacred soil and set him downin Dixie. We have published Mr. Y.’s resolutions and tho salient points of Ms speech in support, thereof, so no more is necessary on that head. . Bnt, as we said, the Chicago Times cries bravo to Val’s platform, and its notes of approval cer tainly have no uncertain sound. We submit them to show, first, how far and fast the Democ racy of that State have marched towards the “accept the situation” goal, and second, that the reader may see how they are echoed by the central organ of the Democracy of Alabama. Says the Times: When Senator Morton made Ms speech on the lyncMng act of Congress, and which he has since on several occasions rehearsed, we pointed out the necessity of spiking the cannon of the Radicals, by a frank recognition of the existing political situation. A majority of the people of the United States have said that the principles relating to civil and political equality, proclaim ed in the three latest amendments to the federal constitution, must stand. That verdict will not be reversed. We do not believe it is the wish of the Democratic party to reverse the verdict. Through much tribulation and many defeats the Democracy of the country have been brought to a knowledge of tbe fact that many more than one-half of the men in the oountry have deter mined that a man’s political status in the United States shall not be decided by blood or race. There. If Radical cannon oan be spiked in Illinois by the “accept the situation” tactics, the Times has done it. The editor swallows Ms share of the dose like-a man. He hardly makes a wry face. And, as we said yesterday, that’s our notion of the way the dose ought to be swallowed, if swallowed at all. Now for Alabama. Referring to Mr. John- Quincy Adam’s late letter on the political situa tion, wMch we published a few days since, the Montgomery Advertiser—the central .organ of the Democracy of that State—in its issne of Thursday, says; Mr. Adams seems to suppose that there is a very serious opposition in the late Confederate Siatcs to an acquiescence in tho principle of universal suffrage, and the late amendments to the Constitution. There is, on the contrary, no longer any respectable opposition in any South ern State to such a platform, as Mr. Adams would himself write, covering these questions. Wo trust the Southern people will now speak out—and leave no room for doubt respecting our position toward the approacMng Presiden tial canvass. Let Mr. Adams know, as we al ready know, that it is the fixed determination of Southern Democrats and Conservatives to commit to Northern and Western men the selec tion of the Presidential ticket and the writing of the Platform for the election of 1872, and that teepropose to aettpt JPiaffartn and ClcA.cC til perfect good faith. From this time until after the Presidential election, let it therefore be understood that it is for Northern and Western Democrats and anti-radicals to declare what citizens among their own number shall be chosen for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United States and what shall be the character of the Resolutions adopted by the National Democratic Conven tion. When it is remembered that Mr. Adams’ let ter was, if anytiiing, a little in advance even of Mr. Vallandigham’s new departure in reference to those intangible, yet none the less exceed ingly disagreeable things known as “ dead issues,” the verity of the latter half of the cap tion of tMs article is folly established. Now let ns hear from those gentlemen who ore designated by their enemies as the “Boor- bon” Democracy. Two such red flags as are here flaunted by tho Times and Advertiser, ought to put them on their metal. Confiden tially speaking, we are almost sorry that Hodgson, formerly of tho now consolidated Mail, is out of the ring. He would write such a slasMng rejoin der to tho Advertiser. National Debt of Great Britain. Atthe close of hostilities in 1815, the liabili ties of the United Kingdom amounted to $4,COO,000,000 or 902 million pounds sterling. Daring the interval preceding the breaking ont of the Crimean war, embracing a period of 39 years, redactions were made to the extent of §510,000,000 in gold, leaving a total still, of 800,500,000 pounds. TMs was swollen by the two years war to .6834,000,000. Since then, a further reduction of §170,000,000 in gold ha3 been ef fected, and the debt of the Kingdom now sums np £800,700,000. Wearenot sure that Englishstatesmen ever in tend, or even desire, the entire extinction of the national debt. A sinking fund is created suffi cient to pay the accruing interest, and steadily reduce the principal, with a view to providing against the contingencies of future wars. All classes hold stock in tMs vast debt, and aro content with little more than half the inter est wMch the United States Government is forced to allow upon its bonds. Hence the en tire realm is powerfully interested from indi vidual and property considerations, in the pres ervation of pnblio tranquility. In no country on earth, are the lines more sharply defined between the three classes which make np the snm total of population, and yet each strengthens and upholds the other. The Burghers or middle rank who .own tho larger portion of the Government securities, form really the balance wheel and controlling power in the kingdom—they bnild the factories, man age the mercantile operations of the nation, and supply it with the sinews of war. The nobility respect them as the representatives of national wealth, while they uphold aristooratical prestige, as a bulwark against the encroach ments of the orown. The tenantry and peas antry also retain their feudal attachment for the lords of tho soil, but are largely dependent for employment and bread npon tbe capitalists of tho intermediate class. So the entire system works inVaxmony, and tho British Government is by far the regulated and most stable on earth. There aro somo who ^ ifl view of onr present condition, that tho littii taxon tea had been paid, and our people still unut. the wing of the mother country. Certainly nnh»o P y South Carolina would voto yea on tho question. In her case,' Russian, : Prussian, or even Otto man rule would he infinitely more preferable to her black and tan oppressors. And yet in that afflicted State only, has Radicalism and the Grant policy had free Bcope and a perfect frui tion; So much for “the best Government the world ever saw.” Tlie Paris Radicals at lire Last Gasp —Destruction ot the Taillerles. The noon telegrams, yesterday, contain, a cir cular from Thiers, the head of the Versailles government, wMch, we suppose, may f- 7 " ' *■ down as an authentic summing up of the eventB of the-past week, and of the situation in Paris up to the date of its publication. From his account it would seem that the Radicals have been thoroughly thrashed, and that'Faris is floy substantially in' the hands of* the Versaillists. He reports the palace of the Louvre saved, but that the palace of the Tnil- leries, together with one other official building wherein tho Council of State held its sessions, have been destroyed. The destruction of this splendid palace mar&s an era ip Freech Watery which will be remembered as long as the crimes of its incendiaries, are execrated by the civilized world. It was one of the most magnificent buildings in Europe, and for over three hun dred years has been tbe residence of the rulers of France. It was situated between the Seine and the Rne Rivoli, and its erection wa3 commenced in 1564, by Catherine de Medi ci, wife of Henry II, being added to success fully by Henry IY, Louis XII I, Louis XIV, Napoleon I and Napoleon IH, the late Emperor. Its front was 336 yards in length and 36 yards in depth. It was connected with the palace of the Louvre by two galleries, one built by Henry IY, and the other commenced by the first Napo leon and finished by the late Emperor. The in terior of this palace was unsurpassed in splen dor by any royal residence in Europe, and its gardens embraoe an area of fifty acres, and have long been famous as one of the most at tractive public resorts in the'eity. It has been stormed and sacked three times—once in 1792, once during the three days’ revolution of July, 1830, and again in February, 1848, when Louis PMllippe was driven from the French throne. RAVAGES OF TEIXOW FEVER IN BUE NOS AYRES. Seven Hundred and Fifty Deaths a Day— A Terrible Record. The Herald’s Montevideo correspondent, un der date of April 15, gives a fearful. picture of the frightful ravages of yellow fever In the city of Bnenos Ayres. The modern history of that dread disease has no parallel, so far as we are informed, to the loss of life that, since the first of February, has been going on in that devoted city. From that date to the date of the corres pondent’s letter, there have been over twelve thousand deaths, and the daily average mortal ity for the week previous was over 450. On’ April 3d, there were 357 deaths, on the 4th, 403, on tire 5th, 349, on the 6th 344, on the 7tb. 399, on the 8th, 501, on the 9th, seven hundred and fifty, on the 10lh, 530, on the 11th, 370, on the 12th, 427, on the 13th and 14th to 1 v. m., last day, 610. These figures were, in almost all cases, the number reported a3 entered by actual count at the cemetery, but they fall short, in many cases, as bodies were abandoned and remained for days at a time in the houses be fore they were discovered. The correspondent continues: Families are broken np and scattered; hus bands abandon their dying wives; mothers leave their cMldren to die alone, and in some cases entire families are swept away. As many as five-or six corpses havo been discovered in a single house, and there is a lack of laborers to perform the duties of removal and sepulture of the dead. There is also, as might naturally be supposed, a scarcity of physicians and nurses to attend tho sick in the various hospi tals, and where almost evoiy inhabited house is a minature hospital in itself, the extent of the suffering must be indeed dreadful. Several cf the moBt eminent physicians of Montevideo volunteered to the succor of the stricken Buenos Ayreans, and have labored with a zeal in the face of an imminent and terrible death that stamps them as heroes and pMlanthropists sec ond to none in the world’s history. Rich and poor aro alike stricken with the malady, and it is doubtful whether yellow fever ever before, at least in the New World, hold such a ghastly carnival among mankind. A new cemetery to receive the fever victims, has been opened in the campo south of tho city, toward the Riachulea—the old pantheons being inadequate. A tram railroad has also been laic i from the city to this now necropolis, and the bodies are carried ont on the trucks like so much, packed freight. There is no time to con struct coffins or burial cases. The stock on hand was long since exhausted, and the under takers have in some instances fled from the ter rible harvest of business that has sprang np. About 150,000 persons have fled tho city, somo taking refuge in Montevideo and the towns up tho river Parana, bnt by far the larger por tion are in the campo, within a distance of from ten to fifty miles from Buenos Ayres.. Peasants and gauchos living in miserable mud-walled huts, with straw roofs, have been besieged with importunate tenants from among the wealth and aristocracy of the republic, and, in scores of cases, are receiving as mnoh ea $ssn to $500 par month rent for their squalid abodes. Fami lies who lived in superb style two months ago are now cowering among the huts on the plains and sleeping on beds laid npon the floor of earth. Propositions have been seriously- considered either to bum or to evacnate the city, so impos sible has it seemed to stay the march of the pestilence, but to do either would involve an enormous loss of most valuable property, and no definite steps have been taken in either di rection. The population of the city is usually about 200,000, but death and flight has reduced it to 40,000 or less. We see by recent advices that the deaths have been reduced to 100 a day, and the prospect, therefore, seems good for the gradual disappearance of the disease. These-figures and facts suggest the most strin gent measures and active preparation in our coast cities this summer, In anticipation of the coming of the disease. In constant communi cation as most of them ore with the South Amer ican ports, it is hardly possible that some of them should entirely escape a visitation during the hot months before us. THE GEORGIA. PRESS. The editor of the Valdosta Times is an insin uating chap. He says a few more cock fights in that town will enable the town council to pay their bill at his office. The Savannah News reports the first cotton bloom of the season, received from No. 4, Jack sonville, Pensaoola and Mobile Railroad. That tidy little mare, “Queen Colton,” the property of J. G. Bliicb, of Savannah, who beat the Jones county horse, “Felix McIntyre,” oyer the track at this place' in January, 1870, for §1,000, died last Monday. - , Twenty-eight Swedes aro expeoted at Savan nah, by the steamer Magnolia, whence they will bo forwarded to Gadsden county, Florida. We clip the following from the Savannah News, of Wednesday: Dabikg Robbeby.—One of the most success ful robberies was perpetrated yesterday morn ing between two and three o’clock, atthe Savan nah Poor House and Hospital. The tMeves tunnelled the wall on Drayton street, southeast corner, entered the premises and proceeded to the ;cMcken coops, where there were about 200 chickens, stealing therefrom 50 of tho choicest and four fine turkeys. The bold scoundrels killed the ponltry in the yard and picked the feathers off. No discovery of the thieves has yet been made. Moke Malpbacticein Oeeice.—Solicitor Gen eral A. B. Smith has caused to be served upon Wm. D. Oliveira, Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justice of tho Peace, a copy of a bill of indict ment, to be preferred against him for malprao- tice in office, with a notice to the effeot that the case would be. brought before tbe grand jury at 10 o’clock next Friday morning. A faster schedule is promised on the Macon and Augusta Railroad, by wMoh the - time be tween the two cities will be shortened two hoars. So the Sparta Thnes says; Two prominent 8p**tans amused themselves, last Wednesday, by snapping pistols at each other. Mrs. Haber of Augusta, was robbed last Sat urday morning, of a tin box containing two flue gold watches, two gold bracelets, a gold chain, a pair of gold spectacles, two gold pencils, three hundred dollars in old bank bills, twenty dollars in gold and silver coin, and forty-five dollars in currency. We suppose this is the robbery for wMoh that trooly loil lamb, Moses Butler, was arrested here on Wednesday. If so, Mose’s opf portunity of feeling like Beast Butler was dis gustingly limited. We quote as follows from the Chronicle and Sentinel, of Wednesday: The Queeb.—A few days since we stated that a party named A. H. Mar tin, a tobaoconiat, or iginating from Madison, North Carolina, but more recently from New Troy, Florida, had been arrested at No. 15 on the Central Railroad, e harged with passing counterfeit money in, Jef- ioeafcrftR* fcldw fAcSeS. tier ferson county, hud carried back to that county for trial. On yesterday another letter from onr corres pondent was received, in which he states that, after mature reflection, the prosecutor, a pro mi- ment and influential citizen of the county, de clined to prosecute the case. In order to avoid a lengthy and expensive litigation in the Feder al Courts, he was advised legally, that Martin could give a small bond And be turned loose and would never return. It was, therefore, thought best to cause the prisoner to pay all the expense of the ease and sign an agreement to leave the State forever, which was accordingly done.— Since that time the United States Marshal has heard of the affair, and is telegrapMng to vari ous points to have the prisoner re-arrested. Martin succeeded in passing a great deal of the bogus money in Jefferson county. The bills were all of the denomination of §10, and are on tho Farmers and Manufacturers’ Nation al Bank, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—-similar, we believe, to the counterfeit bills passed in thi3 city a short time ago. Incendiabissi.-—From a gentleman of Col umbia county we obtain the particulars of a most atrocious pieco of incendiarism. It ap pears that there lived on the Washington road, a short distance above the Quaker Springs,^ a woman named Morris and a man named Morris, the brother of her deceased husband. A few days ago a difficulty occurred between them, wMch resulted in the man leaving the house. On last Monday morning, before daylight, Mrs. Morris was awakened by a crackling Bound, and discovered that her house was on fire. The alarm was at once given, and as the flames had made bnt little progress, they were subdued. It was discovered that the cracks between the logs of wMch the house was built had been stuffed with ginned cotton and dried shuoks, and then fired near tho roof. Tho object of the incen diary was evidently to take the life of the owner of the building. Suspicion rests jupon the bro ther-in-law, we leara, and a warrant was issued for his arrest, liut he could not be discovered by the constables. We like tbe manners and customs of the Chattahoochee river trout, much.. One of them weighing 7£ pounds, jumped into a fisherman’s boat the other day. His next jump was into frying pan. A yonng man named Hillbnrn, living at Dal ton, and only married a few days Binoe, was drowned while seining near that place on Wed nesday. The Ilawkinsville Dispatch makes the follow ing crop report: Ceof3,—The past week wa3 very favorable on crops of all kinds. Colton improved some, but its prospects are yet gloomy. Corn isgrowinj finely. A large amount of land will bs devotei to the culture of sweet potatoes. Plants and settings look well. In a fight at Colllster’s mills, Bartow county, a day or two since, between a man named Head and another named Stephens, the former was fatally stabbed. He snapped Ms pistol at Stephens, before the latter stabbed him. We quote the following account of the Knights Templar celebration at Atlanta, on Wednesday, from the Constitution, of yester day: A Gala Day.—Yesterday was a gala day for the Knights Templar. The trains had brought in large delegations of Sir Knights from the Asylums at Albany, Americas, Augusta, Macon, Forsyth, Selma, and Montgomery, Alabama, The park at St. Philip’s Church was handsomely arranged for the reception and comfort of the Knights. The tents were admirably arranged. A large head-light Illuminated the grounds last night. The Commissary Department was-placed in good hands, and there was plenty to ap pease tho appetites of the hungry and thirsty. Tho Grand Commandery assembled in the Annual Grand Conclave in the Asylum of Cceur DeLion Commandery at ten o’clock, yesterday. Cceur DeLion Commandery and visiting Com- manderies, formed into line at St. Philip’s Church Park, at ten o’clock, and proceeded to the Masonic Hall, at the comer of Broad and Mari etta streets, where they received the Grand Commanded and escorted them to the Seoond Baptist Church. Here the pnblio liturgy of the order was per formed. The exercises were MgMy interesting and impressive. The singing and music by the choir was remarkably fine, and added additional beanty to the ceremonies. Sir Thomas Harde man, the orator of the day, was introduced, and delivered ono of his happiest efforts. The im agery, figures and rhetoric wore fine; the lan guage chaste, diction elegant, and delivery un surpassed. He dwelt upon the early Mstory of the order; its devotion to duty under trials and persecution, its beneficent object, and its ele vating and ennobling precepts. Ranking BIT TELEGRAPH. one of tho first orators of the age, a mere synopsis will fail to do jastice to the eloquent speaker. We hope that ho will overcome his modesty and allow his address to be published. After the services were over, the Knights marched to Camp William Tracy Gould, where they were dismissed for refreshments. At six o’clock, the Subordinate Commandories formed into line at tho Camp, and marched to the open square in front of tho American Hotel, where they had a dress parade. This was wit nessed by several thousand persons, a large pro portion being ladies. The Knights went through the manual with ease and dexterity. The Second Baptist Church in the morning was filled to its capacity. George S. Ohear, of Macon, is the Grand Commander. Eminent Sir George (Tige) Anderson is Grand Captain Gen eral. Last night the visiting Knights sat down to a royal banquet at the Kimball House, bnt not belonging to tho fraternity, wo cannot speak advisedly of what transpired at it. This morning at nine o’clock the Bnbordinate commanderies will be formed in camp for in spection, review and parade. At twelve o’clock the Grand Commandery will assemble at tbe Asylum of Cceur de Lion Tor business. A dress parade comes off at camp at sixo’clock p. si. A grand ball at tho Kimball Honse closes the day. Friday (to-morrow) the Knights, stock holders of tho ' ir-Lino Road, and members of the press go to Gainesville. ... Kn-Jilnx Campaign. The Washington Congressional Sub-Commit tee on Outrages, recently appointed to fix np the papers and documents, and manufacture tho capital for the next Grant campaign, em braces Messrs. Scott, Fool, Blair, Poland, Ste venson, Coburn, Tan Trump and Beok. These worthies will be allowed to divide their forces and travel singly, or in small squads, in whatever direction the buzzards indicate their quarry to be. A goodly number, provided they are furnished with a body-guard, will doubtless wend their way to the old North State, not a few to South Carolina, and somo we suppose will mouse through Georgia. If however they are opposed to Southern heat and malaria, and mayhap have visions of coffins, gibbets and other deadly insignia designed for themselves, probably they will prefer to remain in their comfortable-quarters at the Capital, and advertise for first-class rape, murder, and arson intelligence. In that line, judging from lata proclamations, Atlanta can famish them-by the wholesale, and Forney stands ready, for a consideration, to mould them into approved sensational shape. How long are our people to be thu3 insulted and victimized by emtearies, who are Mred to fan the embers of discord among u?, and man ufacture falsehoods to subserve the base ends of a corrupt administration?. We trust the next elections will effect a lostrationof all such in- friTlfrifflffIH 1ml l Wirtri}. ^ The Most Powerful Railroad Cor poration In the World. • iiOi c_ i'ho Baltimore Gazette of Monday last, says The great struggle for tho possession of the New Jersey roads, has,' at last, terminated In favor ot the Pennsylvania- Central Road, and the Board of Directors of the Camden and Am boy Company have decided, by a vote of sixteen to nine, to lease their property, for perpetuity, at a rental Of ten per cent per annum, on the stock capital of their corporation. Tbe agree ment has yet to be ratified by the assent of two- thirds of the stockholders, and a committee has been appointed for the purpose of proouring the necessary signatures, which they will un doubtedly do. The Pennsylvania Central thus obtains control of a consolidated lice, not only from New York to Chtoago, but from the great metropolis of the Atlantic to the great trade centre of the Pacific, and becomes the most extensive, and probably -the most powerful railroad corporation in the world. ; Washington, May 25.—The treaty was rati fied by a vote of-50 to 12. Grant spoke half a stickfull to the Yonng Men’s Christian Associa tion* ’ ; > - -c - It is reported that the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad has subscribed §2,500,000 to the Lex ington and Big Sandy road—a sufficient sum to complete it. The Senate authorized tho Committee on the Levies to be continued daring the recess. Col fax is better. ' > , ? *“ New Yonx, May 25.—In the Foster case the jury brought in a verdict of mnrder in the first degree, with a recommendation to mercy.- London, May 25.—The latest dispatches from ■Pari3 say the Luxemburg palace was blown up. The Palais Royal is still burning. Only one- third of the Louvre has been saved. The fight ing continues at the Hotel de Ville and the ter- minus of the Northern Railroad. Yebsailles, May 25.—TMers has to-day is: sued a circular of information to the ^Provinces, as follows: “ We are masters of Paris, except a small portion, wMch will be reoccupied to-day. The Louvre has been saved. The hotel of the Min ister of Finance ha3 been partially burned. The Tuilleries and the Palais Du Guard Oisay, in which the Council of State' holds its sessions, are wholly destroyed. We have already twelve thousand prisoners and shall have twenty thou sand. The soil of. Paris is strewn with insur. gents’ corpses, but onr loss is small. The army behaved admirably. • Justice will soon be satis fied and Franoe be happy in the midst of her own misfortunes. Outside Pams, May 24.—There was furious connonading and firing of musketry during the whole of last night. The Insurgent batteries and the Arondissement des buttes Chaumont still hold out. The conflagrations are decrees ing, notwithstanding the fact that the engines, many of which are arriving from the Provinces, accomplished bnt little. Washington, May 25.—Grant has signed the treaty. The Senate confirmed Addison Low, Inspector of Steamboats, second district; Myers, Ap praiser of Merchandise, Mobile; Hunt, Collec tor, second Georgia. The Senate was engaged all day on contnma cions witnesses. Messrs. Tuckei and Kirhy, of the telegraph office, were presented to the Sen ate and their contempt will be certified to by tbe District Attorney. There was a long contest over Gray, nomi nated Judge for Texas. The confirmation is improbable. The Senate will certainly adjourn to-morrow. _ New Yobk, May 25.—It is stated that Jay Cook, in behalf of the combination of Ameriean and foreign bankers, has made a proposition for Sl30,000,000 of new five per cent, bonds or the remainder of the §200,000,000 after Jane 1. Philadelphia, May 25.—Point Breeze races. Elms won first race. Time, 2.31, 2.30, 2.33J, Nonesuch won second race. Time, 2.27J, 2.S0J, 2.28$. Cincinnati, May 25.—The money recently stolen from the Adams Express Company has been recovered. The employee who was in the office, and pretended cHoformed, is implicated. Richmond, May 25.—There was an election for City Council to-day. The ballot has not been counted. It is supposed that the conser vatives carried fifteen out of the twenty-five members. Two colored men are supposed to be eleoted. Everything*^ quiet. Quincy, D-d., May 25.—The heaviest rain and hail known for years, fell here -to-day. The crops aro injured. Stones of two and three ounces weight fell. Poughkeepsie, May 25.—The fire in the Shan daken'mountains is fearful. The flames in some localities run along 50 feet high. Santafe, May 25.—The whole of the Moon tain Apaches, in Arizona, have declared war against tho whites, because of tbe recent mas sacre at Camp Grant. London, May 25.—In the House of Commons Ryland gave notice of his intention to move a resolve that treaties mnst be submitted to Parliament before ratification. Gladstone op posed any immediate expression of sympathy with France for outrages in Paris. The gov ernment has yet received no official information, and accounts in pnblio print were doubtless ex aggerated. Outside Paeis, May 25, evening.—Since noon a strong south-easterly wind has prevailed, which blew the flames towards the Place de la Bastile, threatening the entire city with destine tion. The-govemment batteries are bombard ing Bellevile. Communication with the interior of the city is still closed. Yebsailles, May 25.—The Government troops have occupied Forts Bicetre, Roanr and Riganlt. Two prominent leaders of the Commune have been shot A cloud of smoko covers Paris and fresh conflagrations are feared. Athens, May 25.—The Chamber of Deputies voted 10,000 livres to tho widow of Mr. Lloyd, who was killed by the Marathon brigands. London, May 25.—Baron Rothschild gave the Derby stakes of 6,000 pounds to Wells, who rode the winner New Yobk, May 35.—The Commercial Ad vertiser says an offer has been made to the Treasurer by Jay Cook on- behalf of his own house and principal subscription agents, bank ers in this city and in Europe, to take, on and after the 1st of Jnre, the whole of the new five per cent, loan not then subscribed for, or to tho amount of $130,000,000. The offer is regarded favorably by the Secretary, and he is now con sidering the proposed terms. The New York World’s Yersailles cable dis patch of Thursday night says: Archbishop Darboy, ten hostages, and nearly fifty priests were murdered in cold blood. ■ • r .*• :-L Jackson, May 25.—The Yerger case came up before District Court Flea of former jeopardy was overruled, the prosecution insisting that the military court under reconstruction acts was unconstitutional, The case.will be tried a se cond time, on its merits. Beblin, May 25.—The Emperor of Russia will arrive at Berlin on the 9lh of June to witness tho trinmphRl entry of the troops on tho 11th of Jane. In the German Parliament to day, in the de bates on the bill incorporating Alsace and Lor raine with the German Empire, Prince Bismarck said the task he undertook when he become Minister tq establish the Empire, was nearly ac complished. His health was bad, and his per sonal wish was to retire from active duty. He remained only as an advocate for a complete restoration of the provinces of Alsace and Lor raine to the fatherland. He complained of the lack of confidence shown by the Parliament. Unless the amendments it had made to tho bill now before it were expunged, he would with draw tho measure and let the Emperor appoint a responsible minister in hiB place. The vote was taken and the bill was sent back to the committee for revision!" Yebsailles, May 25.—Picard read dispatches in Assembly to-day announcing that Fort Mon- trouge and the redout of Hants Brnjieres Pan theon and the wine market has been taken, by forces of the Government. Nothing is known as to fate of hostages still in the hands of the insurgents, and most gloomy apprehensions are entertained. It is rumored that the Versailleate have ocoupied Buttes de Chaumont, whence the insurgents have been bombarding the city with netroleutt Mg* tearing. Mr. Pleasants wasi^ZT^ testify to the same facts. ’ Tf 16 first question of the made the fellow start-and shiver att ^ev “Are you in disguise, sir ?” “Wh—what ?” stammered the man ^.Haveyou a Bflveivgraywig The man looked amazed and then r.-, but said nothing; and before he conia 8hte »^ his self-possession the district a* to i r6c °' , e: stepped forward and removed the ey N ing a smoothly-brushed head of hair! 1 Uat s-bto^ “What does this mean ?” he a R V«,i “Only, a fancy!” was the surly answ lCrn!y ’ worn that wig for years.” * % “Haveyou, indeed? Did von wm* . yesterday ?” * ou wcar H ullty “Where?” *** ^ Confident Spouse. . “At Norcott, to be sure.” “AU day?” “^ ta j n jJ> 1 was tberethe whole «U y - The district attorney gave me » .wink, and when he stated to the c 0 ^ Phai desired this witness to be detained fill ti of the trial, the sheriff was direct^ 6 charge of him. Mr. Caleb Wyeca me rf JL 0 , 14 * 8 the stand with his wig in hi! hSd seat by the.sheriff, looking decided!^ *“* 5 ions than I had yet seen him 016 ka * ^ M I-, PIeasant8waa n °w loudly , . the defense; but no one came forward L b * unexpected reception which the last will, met probably chilled the ardor of hircorl!,^ ate, and he wisely chose to keen in h??*’ ground. This, then, was all of the defeJi 1 ^ my evidence at once blew it to theS 811 looked directly at Mr. Wye (so callMuS 3 ’ 1 wasteffing the jury whin, wl^/fen I . _. . ixeinuie like an i»«r7 The jury convicted the prisoner withoK^’ their seats, and the witness was locked / farther consideration. ^ for Lleft Carlisle the next morning, and nothing more of this affair for Then a letter from, the District AttomS £* ing me for the assistance I had rendeiffi’ conveyed more details. “Iho witnesTW’ ne wtote, “whose real name is Nicholas Bm was indicted for perjury. A vmw c i;„u Ten Years Ago. .. r. - She leaned half ont the rustic porch, The moon was making pretty faces, We kissed adieu—you know a mac Can do that in those country places. My name is William, mark it well, - (Til show yon why I make this statement) I turned to go, she tamed again, D - * For love would suffer no abatement’. I said; “What pretty flower, sweet, What gem or sunny spot or shady. When I,-and evening, come again, Shall X, returning, bring my lady? - * _Wfld roses, woodbine, violet* blue, . Pond lilies from the drawsy shadows, The blooming bough of forest tree, ' Sweet flags, or daisies'from the meadow. The morning glory of the fields, The woodland queen, the fair magnolia, Or that bright clustering thing Miss Jane, The school ma’am, calls the multifolia ? To each her silent sign was “No,” I feared at last she meant to scont me, For “though those flowers were sweet,” shesaid, “Still—she could gather them without me.” ’Twas only a woman’s tearing way, For “yet,” said she, ‘-‘there was one flower None oould supply but I, and that She loved to greet each evening hour.” i * Still holding by the wealth of vines That climbing there had turned and run down, She bent and blushed, and whispered low, “Bring me Sweet 'Williams Just at sundown.” So “just at sundown” we were wed; Tke flower so rare was bnt her lover. Ten years ago, that was; ■ now—humph! “Sweet Williams”—os are thick as clover. How to Prove an Alibi—A Detective’s Story. Ono Sunday, about ten years ago, I found myself at Carlisle. I was considerably ac quainted there, and had been there pretty often on business; but my being there at this time was the restilt of an accident merely. I had been three hundred miles west of this, trying in vain to find a«clne to the whereabouts of an ab sconding defaulter, and, coming back to take a fresh start, I found that a flood had submerged the track for several miles east of Carlisle, and that there would be no getting away till Mon day, ot tbe least. So I made a virtue of neces sity, and telegraphing my detention and its cause to my family, I went up town. After dinner at the hotel, I dropped in at the office of tho district attorney, with whom I was well acquainted. I found him arranging the details of a number of criminal- cases which were to be tried at the conrt which began on the following Monday. “Anything of importance?’ I asked, rather carelesly. “One, at least.” he replied. “Joe Slifer, a notorious scoundrel, is to be tried for highway robbery. The victim was dragged out of his buggy on a lonely road, beaten insensibly, and robbed of a thousand dollars. He identifies Slifer positively as one of the ruffians.” “What’s the defence?” “I can’t imagine. I don't think there is any in reality.” “Maybe he'll provo an alabi,” I jocosely sug gested. He shook his head. “They’ll hardly try that,” he said. “The facts aro too clear.” After some more unimportant conversation with him, I returned to the hotel, where I spent the remainder of tho day. The next day was Sunday, I awoke early, and found the premise of a beautiful summer day, so good that I dressed myself and sallied out for a walk. Nobody was stirring yet about the ho tel, and the streets were perfectly stilL I walked around several squares, and returned to the ho tel, meeting only one person on the way. That person was standing in the door-way of a basement saloon as Ipassed. I looked around casually, and saw him standing there in his shirt-Bleeves. His hair was tumbled, and he was gaping as if jast awakened. I did not dis cover that he was doing anything particular there. I thought afterward that it was quite likely that he had been left in a drunken fit on the floor or on the bench in the bar the night before, and that waking np at this early hour, he had taken the wrong door in seeking for his lodgings, and had gone ont of doors instead of going to bed. My looks at > him was merely a side glance; but that was enough to photograph his face in mind. • It was a thin, bilious face, perfectly smooth, with a long nose, much twisted to one side, and a red scar over the left eye. I marked it instantly as the face of a ras cal. . How I could do that I can’t explain; onr business learns ns to read faces as most men read books, and the glacco I had at that face told me, that the man was a lawless fellow. His actions confirmed the opinion. Sleepy as he looked and acted, no sooner had he seen me passing than he drove back through the door and slammed it to. 1 instantly understood him. A scamp, on some “lay” or other, and don’t want to be seen, was my thought. And walked on with his pho tograph in my mind, bnt ceased to think any thing of him or the circumstances before I reached the hotel. The day passed, and bright and early Monday morning I took my satchel and went* down to the depot. But it was to no purpose; the office was closed, and a placard on the wall informed the pnblio that the road would not be opened before Tuesday. I went back to the hotel, too- much out of sorts to enjoy my breakfast. I did not under stand, till the day was some days older, that I was needed more here at Carlisle than anywhere else, just then. I went from the breakfast table into the read ing-room, and after I had read an hour I heard one may say to another: ’‘Let’s go over to the court-house; they are trying Joe £lifer.” They went out; and re membering my little -talk with the district attorney, my curiosity was excited, and I fol lowed them. "When I entered the.court-room the victim of. the robbery was on the stand. He was a plain, simple old man, and gave his evidence with ap parent truthfulness. He testified that he was stopped about sunset some months before, pass ing from Carlisle to his home with one thousand dollars he had drawn that afternoon from the bank. It was a lonely spot, and there was not a house within hail of it. He was jogging leis urely along, when a light wagon, drawn by two horses, dashed np beside his buggy, and three of the four men in it jumped out, while the fourth held the reins. They were all masked. One of them seized * his horse by the bit and stopped him; the second snatched the lines from his hands, and the third, climbing half into the buggy, and taking him by the arms, demanded his money. He said that he instantly shouted as loud as he could, when the ruffian dealt bim a aAvage blow with a slnng-shot, Bat wo .which knockeahim senseless, ana when bl came “mavtoes’’ and to himself again both robbers and money wore he nor any man by the nameTf FleasactiJ kept a store in Norcott, ana neither of ill; were known there at all. This, with yonr J dence, would havo been sufficient to eon/ him; and understanding it as well as anvbodr he concluded to save trouble and plead ‘miC 1 So he and Slifer are both in the peniteatiirv and will stay there for a term of years.” filozis Addams at Danville. Mozis Addams writes to the Richmond Y>li e an account of a visit to Danville, Virginia Hs enjoys it a great deal, bnt the darkshadowapen Ins satisfaction is the remembrance of the last days of the Confederacy, when he was them before—“them miserbal days, when tharwant no consolashun in neither appil brandy nor nuthin.” We quote from Mozis’ letter: Pepul tell me I oughtn't to repine-iti th» kant uv the present day—but I will repine. I will look back, I will remembur the Cnrfediit days, and I will be sorry much as I please. What’s the repinin feelin put in the haana brest for—for nuthin ? Then Old Marster don’t know his biziniss. They tell me to “accept the situachion,” and if I don’t believ these dij3 ia better than the days that is gone, to saysaesy way, and make ont I believ. Accep the devil! I bars up as well as I kin, bnt I acceps nnttia, and aint a goin to aecep it neither. I know what I know I kin tell daylight from darkness, good frum evil, and its no use talkin. When they pat the sword to the throte nv ole Virginyer and killed her and berried her, they killd for ej (how it mout be fur you and for others, Ideal know,) all that Vnz best and sweetest in this world. Thar may cum this, and thar may can that, but shah! what’s all the railroads and at! the big cities that could be crammed into this world compared to a single one cr the many, many Virginia country homes that I have knowed? £ don’t talk about these things—I can’t bar to, and sumtime31 forgils and acceps unthoughtedly what I hate as I do pizen, bat whenever I git out of Richmon into the cuntrj and see the homes uv my pepul flyin behind me as the ear rashes along and remember what a terrible change has corned over them, it is too mnch for me—I breaks right down. And son- how Danville, that saw the last days uv the Confederacy, brings these things back witha weight that ornshes me. £ forgiv in my hotter moments freely and intirely as I hope myself to be forgiven, but God knows I kin never, will never intirely forgit. The next day I took a good walk np the fire: and sat down under a pine tree. The wind sigh ed and moaned in the dark boughs aloft, the am- light played on the dancing waters, the low mur mur uv the river riffles wnz like a lullaby, the bushes on the hill tops bent before the breeze, the clouds, like Alps upheaved lifted their white, mighty heads ont of the deep bine ether, the black ants cralled np my legs and into my pod- eta, and I let ms; snm men past by on there shave tail mules and looked at me like I w distracted and they wnz too, and I enjoyed lie solitude and sednshon uv nature that intensely that I leaned back agin the pine tree and went fass asleep. When I woke up a 'buzzard wnz a sailia uncrunfermably nigh me, and I riz pre- sipitit and fled in terror, thinkin it mnst be din er time and maybe arfter. On my way I oft a littii nigger playing marvils with hichey nnts in a mud puddiL And I accoratcd him in those following words, to-wif: “Small friend and brother, tinst thou tell me howmnoh forder it bees to the city?” To which he responded succinctly: “Yes, maam.” “Then speak and say doth this hog pathless wit bout circumambienoy thither ?” He replied in brief: “Yes, maam.” “And what, my dear and dark little * might be your name ?” Carefully avoiding even the appearance cf re dundancy, ho answered and said: “Yes, maam.” „ Findin he couid’n say nothin bnt “yesma®! I hurried back to the city, took leve uv and returned to the dull rooteen n? asuji which I’m sick uv it. ,v a Mr. Williamson took good keer nv zns au- Paxten Hons, as he does uv evybody thar. I seen but one single thing to objecit u- Hiswaitinboy assd me ef I wood. hav ssa stoo'd tomaytoes. The fello ment reily a® . tomartuses, bnt his Yanky skool-manchadi^. him to say it that ar nther way. It fa the breth outer my boddy, for if thars a t- g this world that I do ditess it ar Rone. ’ V —■ He recognized only one of the four—the man that struck him. As he drew back to give the blow his mask dropped, and revealed the face of Joe Slifer, the prisoner at the bar. He knew it, he was positive of it, and all the ingenuity of the cross-examination could not’ weaken or shake his evidence on this important point. No other witness was called for the prosecu tion ; none seemed necessary. The prisoner’s lawyer got up and made a plausible statement to- the jury that tlio complainant was mistaken about recognizing Joe Slifer on the occasion re ferred to; that Slifer was not there at all, bnt that he waa at Norcott, fifty miles north of Car lisle, at the very hour of that robbery, and that he should prove it by at least two witnesses. He sat down and called out “Caleb Wye,’’and every body leaned forward expectantly. The witness came forward with a Isow, limp- ing gait, leaning on a cano. He was apparently a man of middle age, and dressed in a suit of sombre black, with a white choker about his neck. His hair was silver gray, and as he mounted the stand, and leaning on his cane, turned placidly to the prisoner’s ooonseJ, be pre sented an appearance which would attract at tention and respect everywhere. I saw him, and though I did not betray any surprise, I know that my .heart cava a'tremen dous thump. Fox I saw the bilious, thin face, the crooked nose and scarred forehead of the dodger whom ,T had seen twenty-four hours be fore in the doorway of the saloon. With this difference, however, the hair of that man was almost black, while this man’s was almost gray. I edged my chair quietly up beside Hurt of the district attorney, and while the man was testifying I managed to whisper in, the other's ear without attracting the attention of the wit- The latter testified that he was a dealer in ready-made clothing at Norcott, and one of the firm of Wye & Pleasants; that on the day testi fied to as the robbery, both he and hie partner were at their store at Norcott, and there was an unusual oall for goods. Joe Slifer was then in town; they knew him well, and had often em ployed him to help in the store. On this par- i footer day they sent for Mm; -he earns imme diately,. and remained at the store, waiting-on customers, from S o’olook till 8, without once is got to git usen to “stoo’d tpmavtoM much mo fum the cullud fritternity. “Righteous Retbibution.—The 1 terian Reformed Synod of Philadelphia wsolrtj last Monday that tho miseries o£ ^wri righteous retribution for the St. a « massacre. If those reverend gentlemen an others would quit the business of interpro S Divine Providence, it would beafinetmag. ’ .You Haven’t Teild TuEH.-Yicto of 3^; who is responsible for your feebleness. * self, you will s»y, for you’ve done all yon ^ * cure it. That’s a mistake on your part. You havn’t tried Hostetter’e Bitters. ^ Gloomy dyspeptic, with an uneasy do® a world-weary face, of course, yon con ^ yonreeJf responsible for yoor own tonnen- • you are. It is easy to see from yonr ccndcu yon haven’t tried Hostetter’s Bitters- ^ Bilious sufferer, it is not yonr fault, yon ^ that your symptoms grow worse day by ^ ^ pill doesn’t do yon any good. Very lit™ - you can be brought round for all that. Why havn’t you tried Hostetter’s Eittor8 jtf ir Friend, on whom fever and sgno *«' 81 y blows hot and cold, and whoeo brain ^ bursting with the effects of'seme pofftf™ do yon assume th9 responsibility ? O, no- ^ taken piles of quinine, and all the reguia* 10 irinos. What could you do more ? Ocothtefi ■the very thing that would liars exeospt from all the pangs that now rack yon. You have never tried Hostetter’s Bitters- , Nervous invalid, what have yen to say? *°° that you have taken all the nervines of jj maeopasia. If they have done you do not yonr fault. You are not responsible- all wrong. You have, in reality, nobody *° butyonraelf. - Why havn’t you tried Hoetetter'e Ktter* ^ For all the above-named complianWi “> are absolute specifies- .——- Do not neglect yew tieetih. Tmket^ 0! ^ C ^ lina Bitters. They wfi! pfovo a 'fountain sewed life. . -j anm&tosM ^ W» MfL jretefSl- .7Ill, rl&t
