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8 From the Southern Home. fkom ‘‘kino’s own,'’ op. the midnight CROSS. Over the Trenches— Douglas — Cleburne. 'Tradition has it that King Bruce, in dying requested Douglas to carry his heart in a golden casket to Jerusalem, and lay it on Christ’s shrine.] The good Lord Douglas,—dead of old, — In his last journeying, "Wore at his heart, in heavy gold, The heart of Bruce, his King. Through Pavnim lands to Palestine— For so his troth was plight— To lay that gold on Christ his shrine, Let fall what peril might. By night and day, a weary way Os vigil and of fight, Where never rescue came by day, Xor ever rest by night. And day by day the valiant spears Were smitten from his side, And night by night the bitter tears Bewailed the Brave that died. ' Til! fierce and black around his track ne saw the combat close, And counted but the single sword Against the countless foes. He drew the casket from his breast. He drooped his solemn brow . Oli! Kingliest! to Christ, his Rest, Go “first in battle' 1 now! Where leads my Lord of Bruce, the sword Os Douglass shall not stay ! Thy heart and mine in Palestine Shall meet the Christ to-day ! The casket flashed; the combat clashed ; The triumph reeled away ! And dead above the heart of Love The heart of Valor lay! Loyal! the mould is worn and old! Its antique grace has grown A Star! where Freedom’s heart lies cold, Clasped to her Cleburne’s own! Torch Hill. F. O. Ticknor. Choice of Confederate States President. We find the following in the .Memphis Appeal: Wood Cote, Miss., June 17, 1870. Editors Appeal : The weekly Louisville Courier-Journal of the 15th instant, con tains an extract from the second volume of Mr. Stephens’ History ot the War, which calls for some comment. The passage alluded to is in these werds: “Toombs was to have been chosen President, but failed through a singular misapprehension cc the part cf representatives of other States, who had understood that he refused to have his name put forward. There was some misunderstanding, likewise, concerning Howell Cobb being the choice of Georgia. By accidental complications Mississippi had the first choice, and chose Jeffersou Davis, leaving Georgia the second, which resulted in the Vice Presidency of Mr. Stephens.” There is great error iu this statement, unintentional no doubt, and induced to some extent by the modesty of Mr- Ste phens, which makes him unwilling to give that prominence to himself, which really belongs to him. 1 was at that time a member of the Pro visional Congress from Mississippi. Be lieving that Mr. Davis was the choice cf the South for the position of President, before repairing to Montgomery, I ad dressed him a letter to ascertain t he would accept it. He replied that it was not the place he desired ; that, if he could have his choice, he would greatly prefer to be in active sen ice as commander in-ebietof the army, but that he would give himself to the cause in any ea; acity whatever. That was the culy letter, of which 1 have any knowledge, that he wrote on the subject, and that was shown to only a very few persons, and only when 1 was asked if Mr. Davis would accept the Presidency. I intend no injustice or disrespect to any of the gentlemen named, but I am sure Mr. Stephens was himself the fir?t choice of Georgia. There was no electioneering, no management on the part of any one, each voter was left to determine for him self in whose bauds the destinies of the infant Confederacy should be placed. By a law as fixed as gravitation itself, and as iittie disturbed by outside influences the minds of members centred upon Mr. I>avis. After a few days of anxious and intense labor the provisional constitution was framed and it became neccessary to give it vitality by putting someone at the head c-f the new government. Then Mr. Craw ford, of Georgia, approached me and said that it had been the wish of that State to make Mr. Stephens President, but he (Crawford) had become satisfied that it was the wish of ali the other States that Mr. Davis should be assigned to that position. He then asked me if Mr. Stephens _ would be acceptable to the Mississippi delegation as "V ice-President. I replied that I believed he would be their choice. W ithou. any effort on the part of the friends of either, the election was made without rhe slightest dissent. Ot the accidental complications teferied to, I have not the least knowledge, and always thought that the election of Mr. Davis aro-e from the spontaneous conviction of bis peculiar fitness. I have consulted no one on the subject, and have appended my name, only to avoid resting an important fact upon anonymous authority. Very res pectively, yours, Alex. M. Clayton. From the Troy Whig, June 15. Massachusetts Re-Establishing Slavery. Mechanics to he Starved Out - -Protest Against Chinese Labor —Mass Meeting of the Workingmen in Troy. An out door meeting of mechanics, composed mostly of cordwainers, was held in front of the court house last evening to protest against the introduction of Chinese labor in the New England States. About 8:30 o'clock the meetirg was called to or der by a Mr. J. Giilmore, who nominated T. C. Wiley of Albany, as Chairmam M. H. Myers, of Troy, was appointed secre tary. Mr. Wiley commenced by saying that the meeting was called for the purpose of expressing an indignant protest against the shoe manufacturers and other capitalists who are putting forth exertions to injure the 1 flooring classes of this country. It is unusual for me to say anything on this subject; it is my first attempt on the pub lic platform. There are other speakers present, and I have now the pleasure of introducing Dugaid Campbell, of Troy. Mr. Campbell remarked that the gentle man says he is not adapted to public speak ing ; neither am I. The last time I had the pleasure cf addressing an audience it was on this spot. I did not anticipate for a moment that I would be called out; but I will endeavor to aid the workingmen in tiiis great movement. Massachusetts has claimed the honor of' first rooting slavery from her soil ; but I am sorry to say that rhe has allowed the servile race, the Chi nese, to degrade the workingmen of Amer ica. Let the Chinese work as they piease, and before long we wiil be overpowered by them. China can send over men enough to flood the New England States, and this invasion on the shoemakers of Massachu setts is but the entering wedge. They have started the ball, and will keep it rob ing over the continent, and if we do not take active measures to impede their pro gress in attempting to degrade the work ingmen of this State they will overpower us. Itjis said, Mr. President, if we Have tl e ; Chinese alone that they will certainly clear j out themselves, but this is a falsehood. If j we permit these Chinamen to be used by i monopolists as they see fit, to degrade the I workingmen of America, there will be ! anarchy and disorder in the land just as sure as there is a God in Heaven. I am no enthusiast, carried away by visionary things, but if we remain inactive and allow the Chinamen to infringe upon us, we will have to go hand-in-hand with the Indian? und seek another homo. [Ap piause.] The following, among other resolutions, were read : “Whereas we have witnessed with our ; own eyes the introduction of Chinamen j into the manufactures of the East for the j purpose of degrading the American work- ; ingrnan and laborer, and reducing them to j the condition of serfdom; therefore be it “ Resolved , That we are inflexibly op- j posed to ail attempts ou the part of capi- j talists to cheapen and degrade American j labor by the introduction of a servile class j of laborers from China or elsewhere. ” Resolved , That wc cal! upon the work- j iDgmen throughout the country to hold mass meetings, and use all other honorable means to urge upon the Senators and Rep resentatives in Congress the necessity of, immediately passing the bili now pending in the Senate entitled *a bill to make the j importation of emigrants under labor eon- ; tracts unlawful’; and be it further “Resotced, That we pledge ourselves in the future not to vote for or support for any c£i>: any party or parties who are <li-‘; rectly or indirectly interested in the impor tation of this servile race ; and that we wiil use our utmost efforts to defeat those now in office, should they offer lor re electicn, if they refuse or neglect to work and vote for the bill now pending in the Senate of the United States.” Heavy on Akerinan. From the Cleveland {Ohio) Plaindealer. T;ie Leader , of this morning, in speak ing of Akerman, the newly appointed At torney General of the United States, says: “Durintr the war, although a Union man, he was forced into the ar r v and served on the staff of General Toombs, whom he de fended ia his celebrated court martial case i in 1864. He served in the rebel army un til the close of the war.” No reasonable man can find fault with General Grant for ' appointing an ex-rebel officer to an imper tan national nosition, due to the Southern States, merely because he had been a rebel officer, from the fact that throughout the entire South no man could be found pos sessing the necessary qualification for so important a position, who had not served in the rebel army, or in some other capaci ty under the Confeder.- te government. It • is simply the quintessence of meanness for' the Radical papers to give, as an excuse j for this appointment, that the gentleman appointed was forced into the rebel service, and served to the end of the war. It Mr. Akerman was really a “Union man” and submitted to the indignity of being forced imo the rebel service and compelled to serve on the staff of General Toombs to the end of the war. he is entirely unfi: for j Attorney General of the United States. There is some excuse for those who enter ed the Confederate service because they honestly believed they were on the side of right and justice, but there is no excuse for a man who fights against his country knowing that he is in the wrong. Such ; an one is a doubly dyed traitor, and de- i serves hanging rather than promotion to ! I office. ■ Misi m fii senm. The Privileges of Members or Con gress.—The most arrogant assumptions of power by the Radical leaders of real and acknowledged genius might be tolerated by their followers upon the plea of eccen tricity. When the pitiful pretensions of manhood, embodied in the miserable car cases of carpet-baggers, ape the position of Thad, Stevens, there should be an indig nant ery of shame from the whole of the rank and file. And especially should it be the case when such claims for dignity, and redress for fancied injury to his rights, are put forward by a sealawag Virginian, who had been in durance vile during the war for his disloyalty, with a ball and chain at tached to his leg by General B. F. Butler. Porter, the Radical representative in Con gress from Richmond, Virginia, undertook to be too familiar with a respectable man named Woods, one of the police of Rich mond; thereupon Woods, with a justifiable indignation, resented the insult and gave Porter. M. C., a very satisfactory thrash ing. When this apology fora man arrived in Washington he caused Woods’ arrest on the ground of a breach of privilege, and has the cowardly revenge of causing Woods’ incarceration in the eapitol in charge of the Sergeant-at-Arms. His sacred person must not be handled rudely by a common plebian. The Constitution wisely instituted a provision for the protection of the law-makers. It said that no member of either House should be held to account for words spoken in debate. It never contemplared the li cense to a member to do anything he pleased without fear of puuishment. There is nothing in the Constitution, stretched out of shape as that noble instrument has been, which justifies this last outrage upon the libertv of the citizen. And there should be some remedy for it. There skjuid be some compensation to the man who suffered false imprisonment, and we hope that a clear way will be pointed out in the future by the eminent counsel, R. T. Merrick, who has been employed by the citizens of Richmond to defend Woods be fore the Judiciary Committee. If the days of the Praetorian Guards are to be renewed with us, and chieftains of renown and great prowess are to lord it over the masses, their grandeur might slightly compensate a nation for the loss of its liberty. But Heaven guard us from the assumption of uch pigmies, who sap the foundations of the Constitution on every oecasio and 3-et are such cowards as to attempt the unheard of mai.gnity of sheltering their quaking bodies behind the power of Congress and shout, “Privilege!” whilst they urge that branch of Govern ment to crush an individual enemy.- JL ouiavdlv Courier. A Singular Case—A Man Lives Six Years with a Minnie Ball in iiis Brain.— The tenacity with which some people cling to life borders on the iniracu lous. Wounds which, according to all the laws of nature, are necessarily mortal, to those tenacious people are mere scratches. A case of thi3 sort is just now attracting considerable attention among the medical fraternity of this city. It is that ot a man who for over six years has lived with a minnie ball in his brain. In January, 1864, Abraham De Bond, of Washington county, Kentucky, a mem ber of a Kentucky Federal regiment, was shot in the forehead with a minnie ball in a skirmish at Fair Garden, East Tennessee. When struck by the ball he fell to the ground insensible, and it was uc first,sup posed he had been killed. He subse quently exhibited sigDS cf Ike, and was taken from the battle field to the hospital. The bail entered the forehead just above the right eye, and as there was an opening in the temple, just in front and slightly above the right car, it was supposed that the ball passed entirely through. The man did not die, as every one who saw the wound thought he would, and he soon so for recovered as to be sent home. The wound did not heal up, and there has been a continual discharge from it ever since its infliction. The man’s h-.-alth has never been good since he was wounded, and at times he has suffered terribly with pains in his head ; and il by any means the dis charge was permitted to ocas- he would sink into a stupor. Other than this his intellect does not seem to have been impair ed by the singular weight added to his brain. Recently his sufferings ir-ve been so interne that he consulted a physicao, who sa;u that the pain arose from dead bone, and that it would have to be removed before he could obtain relief. De Bond came to this city and placed himself un der the care of physicians, who decided that it was ueeesary to perform the opera tion of trephining, and a day or two since undertook the operation* During the pro gress of the operation the? detected the presence of lead, and with the forceps ex tracted a minnie ball, flattened into the shape cf a chesnut, from the man’s skull, it had entered the lateral sinuis, and frac-' tured the internal table, and was res'ing upon the brain. It is supposed that a fragment of the bail had been chipped off and _ passed out through the tem ple, leading to the belief that the ball bad passed entirely through the skull. The re moval of the ball gave great and immedi ate relief, and De Bond is now at St. Jo seph’s Infirmary, on Fourth street, with every prosrect of a speedy and perfect re covery. —Louisville Courier Journal. A? the nose is said to be as indicative of genius as any other feature of a man's face, somebody asks the question, “What great Italian genius does Dick Yates’ nose remind us of? Alfieri we should say.— M. T. Com, Ada. DR- GOODMAN S PATIENT BY LEONA. Mr. Alfred Turner, the gifted orator and aspiring lawyer of Wisdomfield, was a fortunate man. At college be carried off the highest honors, although he was not a hard student. Success attended him in his profession as well as in love matters. He had wooed and won the most charming young lady in Wisdom field, and his only child, a girl of six, was a perfect prodigy ! She could speak French and English, could analyze flowers, bound every State in j the Union and give their Capitals. She knew the populations of the great Cities. She was studying Grammar and History. Such a wonderful child! There was but one drawback to the fond parents’ happiness, and that was, in spite of all their care and pains, the lit tle girl grew more delicate each day, and seemed to be vanishing into a shadow! The gossips of Wisdomfield said the child could not live. “No; she has too much brains to live;” and they shook their heads sorrowfully. Mr. Turner determined to consult Dr. Goodman. This eccentric physician could cure any curable disease; indeed, so potent was the mail’s influence, that his name seemed to have power to frighten away disease ! His patients de clared that they felt better at the very moment that Dr. Goodman was sent for. In answer to the fond parent’s sum mons, Dr. Goodman called and found his little patient languidly reading. He seemed deeply impressed as he teok the child’s emaciated hand into his plump, brown palm. Mrs. Turner said, with a proud emphasis : “Doctor, our child is not like other children.” “Humph !” exclaimed the physician “She does not play with or care for children, but talks of things far be yond her years,” continued the fond mother. “Humph !” ejaculated Dr. Goodman, as he brushed away a tear With his coat sleeve. Mrs. Turner saw the action, and a wild terror seized her heart. Was her child dying:, that this strong man wept? The startled father seized Dr. Goodman’s arm, and exclaimed wildly : “Tell me, is there no hope for my child ?” Dr. Goodman wiped his eyes, blew his nose, and put on his glasses, as he said : “Hope ! Yes, if you follow my ad vice.” “We will do anything,” exclaimed both parents in one breath. “Are you sure of that ?” asked the ec centric physician. “Sure! would we not die for our dear little Belle ?” Dr. Goodman smiled, and seemed lost in thought, and thus soiiliquized : “Yes, they are killing her. This lit tle embryo woman will die just as my child did—just as thousands of other children die; or perhaps she mav linger through life a helpless invalid. Will they listen to me ? 1 will make the effort, but may get little thanks for my pains.” The parents gazed at the physician with astonishment. Dr. Goodman turned to them, and said: “You manifest a willingness to be guid ea by my advice. I know of no bettor way of explaining myself than by telling you a true story of a blighted life. This story is so fixed in my mind that I think oi it every hour (if my life. I will sketch it for you in the shape of a tableau. “The curtain rises and discloses a pretty picture—a young father and mo ther and a dear little child. How happy they are ! The father is teaching his wee girl to read. See how his eyes Hash as the infantile lips lisp the long words! AdruiriDg friends exclaim : ‘What a prodigy !’ ” “The curtain drops, only to rise again, ou another picture. The little girl of four years is now sixteen. Beautiful, budding, bright sixteen ? No ; pale, weary, haggard sixteen ! Her form is slender; her eyelids droop. She is tal ented. To-day is her graduation day; her examination was faultless; she is crowned with the laurel wreath ! Father and mother are there, proudly locking on. They have been rewarded for their toil and pains. Yet they gaze anxlou-dy 011 the form and face of their daughter, and wish that she had somewhat more body. “The curtain again fills, and then rises on the last scene. In a luxurious home, where wealth had contributed every adornment, lay the corpse of a woman. “Only twenty-three years have passed over her Lead, yet the drawn, haggard face had grown old with buffering. Death set his seal on the brow of the laurel, i crowned maiden. Good Christian* f crowded around the bereaved parent with consoling words. Oh, why w as their daughter taken ? Their only cliiid who had all that wealth could give ? Too bright to live 1 Too much brain— too lit tle strength. What mattered it now that she once solved the most difficult prob lems of Euclid ? That those pale" lips and that icy tongue had once spoken many languages? They are silent now happy, happy child ! A merciful God took her home. “Do not blame me, friends, when I I weep. The vision of my dying child is j before me. I have shown you three | scenes in the tableau of mv life.” When Dr. Goodman arose to go, there ! were tears ou the mother’s cheeks, and a I firm resolve in the father’s eves. Two years have past, and little Belle i is playing in the meadow with a merry i group of children, searching for the four leaved clover. See, she has found it- i the beacon of good fortune. How her i bright eyes flash as she waves her trophy above her head. She knows but little , of French, and has forgotten how to | analyze a flower; but she can tell you the working bee from the drone; the red bird’s and the wren’s notes ; and where the sweet smelling wild flowers grow. What if her aprons were soiled, and her face sunburned ? Is she not a prodigy? Certainly, her fond parents think so, as sho tells them of the pleasant play in the meadow, and the finding of the four-leaved clover. Dr. Goodman still lives, and the gos sips of Wisdomfild love to tell how he miraculously cured Belle Turner, and the little girl is always called “Dr. Goodman’s Patient !” Coming Round.— The Protestant Arch bishop of Dublin has published a small “Manual of Short Prayers” for those who have little time to pray, which contains the following : “The outward part of this Holy Sacra ment is bread and wine. The inward or unseen part is the body and blood of Christ who is there spiritually and really present.” “That by it we may show the Lor i's death till He come, (1 Cor. xi. 26 ) That is, that we may show it on earth, as He Himself is always doing- in Heaven, and so remind God, the Father, and our selves of our Lord’s death on the Cross for sinners.” “I believe that all members of the Ca tholic Church, whether living or depart ed, are one family, having one Faith an 1 one baptism—one God for their Father one Jesus for their Saviour—one Holy Spirit for their Sanctifier. We shoul 1 always feel for one another and pray for one another.” “Our Lord, who has power on earth to forgive sins, forgives us when we are baptised, when we receive the Sacrament of His body and blood, when we confess our faults and repent of them, and this forgiveness He also desires and conveys to us through the Priests of His Church PREPARATIONS FOR. CONFIRMATION. “Have I indulged in indecent thoughts ?—read indecent books ?—-joined in indecent conversation?—looked at in decent objects ?—committed indecent ac tions by myself or with others ?” A number of the Protestant clergy men have signed a protest against tin. departure from Protestantism, but the Archbishop refuses to endorse their views. Dundalk Democrat. The Cost of a Kiss--Two Thousand Dollars Damages. —Trial was Lad yes terday in the Superior Court of a suit in stituted therein by Newton W. Seibert and Elizabeth, bis wife, against John Lecsor* tor assault. The facts in the ca-e appear to have been that the plaintiff were tenants of Leeson, who, upon one casion, when the rent was due, c vile li the house occupied by Mr. and Mr-. Sci* belt, and (luring the absence of her hu band approached Mrs. Seibert with pro testations 01 love, kissing her hand again: her will. The Court granted the following prayer:- of the plaintiffs: Ist. If the jury should find from to evidence that the plaintiffs are man a wile, and that defendant seized the ban-, of the plaintiff, Mrs. Seibert, against her will, and in a rude arid insulting manner, then the plaintiffs are entitled to reecve. in tliia ue.ion. 2d. ( Agreed to by clef reel. Id und : the first instruction the jury should fin 1 verdict for the plaintiffs, in e.-ii Dating u. • damages to be awarded to th phtiiitii. they should not confine th erase! v< s to th mere corporal injury which the plain off. Mrs. Seibert, may have sustained, ou they are at liberty t > consider the insult te character of the defendant’s con itimM! ;■ rank in life of the several : urties, a id uu the circumstance of the outrage, and m therefore award sue:, exemplary damage ; as the circumstances may ia their judgment ; require. j The jury retired, and, having considered I “all the returned damages | in favor oi Mrs. Seib-rt to the amount 01 1 $2 ; 000. —Baltimore Gazette.
