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r\ W. Alexander,
A TTO liN E Y A T LA ll’,
Thomaston, Georgia.
tier 26, lFb'.t —lv
Oi A . MILLED,
ATTO KN E Y A T LA W ,
Thomaston, Georgia.
E. W abrhn. G. T• Goope
Warren & Goode,
ATTORNEYS A T LA If
Perry, Houston to., Ga.
nov 18, ISsS—tf
THOM AS BEALL,
ATTOII NE Y A T LA W ,
Thomaston, Georgia.
febll 18C0 —ly
E, A. & J. W. Spivey,
A T T O K N E V 8 A T L A \Y ,
.. THOMASTON, GEOHCIA.
Aug. 27,155 U. n4l tr.
William G. Horsley,
ATTOII NE Y A T LAIV ,
Thomaston, Georgia.
YTTILL practice in Upson, Talbot, ‘laylor. ( rawfonl.
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April 7. 1859—1 y.
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We are to understand that the
following lines, with which we have been
favored, are from the pen of a “Friend,”
now nearing the period of fourscore. They
are exceedingly vigorous, and exhibit a
mind strong in reliance on the subject he
so reverentially treats :
PRESENT DEITY.
here is your God? an ancient prophet cried ;
And who is God i a heathen sage replied,
Y\ hatever is the object of your love ;
\ our idol gold, or lauie, or realms above,
Omniscient wisdom, that first moving cause,
I nceasing acts by universal laws.
I hitik not that God is far beyond the skies;
II is omnipresence stands before your eyes,
Each star pursues its destined orbit still;
All nature moves obedient to his will;
The lightning’s flash proclaims his instant pow
er ;
AN e see his smile in every opening flower;
Each creature, plant, anu tree, through earth
and air,
All in Has hand are moulded new and fair.
11 is word, that made the sun, still makes it rise
1 ach n.orn, to shed its light on mortal eyes;
His spirit, breached in man; becomes a soul;
1 he breath of hfe to all, from pole to pole.
Gifd i* not wr; t.> and vengeance I man alone
.Must led the pain ot errors all hi* own.
‘ian, the tree agent —Nature’s laws were plann
ed
j p‘\cc li:s destiny in his owe hand ;
And from whatewi motive .-dn proceeds,
Man wound- his own soul I y hisguiity deeds.
’1 Link not this va t machine —tins world of
ours —
Was made and left vdihout. its moving powers.
1 hat Power Supreme the cons a it impulse dves,
Hy which each atom mows, or thinks, or lives.
\et man pcrvei e, oppressed with doubts and
fears,
i.xeiaims, ‘‘This world is 1 u! a vale of tears !”
‘1 urn from that world, its changeful hues de
ceive thee ;
! hat mirror < i’thyself can no tr relieve thee,
hook to the b.g-it of truth ; its radiance pure
Shall guide 1 1 1 \ steps, and then (liv rest is sure,
Wh atev r wood - may toil, or j riesis may j rove,
Our God is Truth, and dustier, Mercy, Gove.
N•- Mt'i fIhKN JiYRK.
IGtOV r 18iONAL •; OAGKEBB
OF THE
C 0 N F E D I’ll A T E S TAT E 8 !
AN ACT
In relation to -the Clave trade, an I to punish
persons oiiending iltyiein.
iSeo. 1. r J he Congress us the Oonfedcr-r
ate Btates i-i Ann i'iea, iln enact, that do
pels <ii riiiili. lined I■. or indirectly, import
oi biing i,i any lnuntier whti'tFoext-r into
the C<uih derate B;atis or the Territories
1 hereof, tr-un am l’mvig:i Ihingdom, jdace
<>r countiy. (oilier titan the slaveholdiug
S.,.aS e! tin* l mltd Btalcs oi America,)
t tt.i from the sea r.ny m-gr* . mulat to, coo
lie, or person ot color, wi.h inlent to hold,
sell or dispose of, any such negro, mulatto,
coolie, or p< rseui ot color as a slave, or to
he held to service or labor, for any length
of tune whatever, and tiny ship, vessel, or
water ciaft, t innloyed iu any importation
aforesaid, shall he liable to seizuie, prose
cution and torteiture in any (iistrict in
which it may he lound, one halt thereof ;tt
ter the payment of aii expenses, tot lie u*e
ihe (Joiik-deruAt* Biates, and the other half
to the u.-e of li.m or them who shall prose
cute tie.* same to of fee \
Sec. 2. N > oiiize.i of h * Confederate
States, nor any o.hr ].*4s.>n or jkosoiis,
s. all 1 >r himsi if or other j-i ison, ithei as
master, factor or owm r, Guild, lit, equip,
load ot ot hot w ist, j.repau any ship or ves
sel in any port or mace within the juris
diction ot the Confederate States, nor
cause any such ship or vt sst 1 to sail from
any ]<u t •] p.ace w liatsoi. vi r, w iih.u the
im isiict ion ot the saine, tor the purpose ol
pr> curing any negro, mulatto, coolie or
poisou of col’ r, 1 l'oiu any foreign King
dom, j lace er country, (except as alore
said, to bes runs; erted to any port or place
whatsoever, to be held, sold or otherwise
disposed ot as a slave, or to bo held to
service or labor. And if any ship or ves
si 1 shall be so built, fitted oti.f, equipped,
laden or ollierw isejpreparvd for the \ impose
aforesaid, e\e*y such ship or vessel, her
tackle, aj pal'd, furniture and hiding shall
be toißiud ; one mo'iety, after the }tay
nu nt of all ♦ xiietisi.s, to the use of the
Confederate States, and the other to the
use of such pt rson as shall sue for said for
feiture, and prosecute the same, to effect
in any court of the Confederate States.
l>Le’. 3. Any person violating the Ist
section of this act, or any provisions there
of shall be punished by imprisonment in
ihe penitentiary or cuinmou jail—if there
he no penitentiary of the State where the
conviction may be had, where by the laws
of the State, such penitentiary or jail may
he used for that purpose, and if not, in
such other place as may be provided by
law, for a term not less than ten nor longer
than tweh.y years ) and shall, moreover,
he lined at the discretion of the Court, not
less than one thousand, nor more than live
thousand dollars. And if any person
within the Confederate States, shall know
ingly sell, purchase, receive, conceal, re
move, or aid and assist in ccncaling, or re
moving any negro, mulatto, coolie or per
son oi color, so illegally imported as afore
said, such person shall be guilty of a high
misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be
punished by a fine not less than one thou
sand dollars, and not exceeding five thou
sand dollars. For all offences under this
act, each negro, mulatto, or person of col
or, illegally imported, or sold, purchased,
received, concealed or removed, as kuow
ingly aforesaid, shall be held and consid
ered as a separate offence
Sec. 4. Every ship, vessel, boat or other
water craft, on which such negro, mulatto,
coolie or person of color, shall have been
taken on board, received or transported as
* THE UNION OF THE STATES: -DISTINCT, LIKE \HE C LOWS ; C: E, LIKE THE SEA”
THOMASTON, GEORGIA. SMTiIU - ; 4LMMI. MARCH ft m.
aforesaid, her tackle, apparel, furniture
and lading, shall he forfeited ; one moiety
to the Confederate States, and the other
to the informer. And all negroes, mulat
to**, coolies or persons of color, so illegal
ly imported as aforesaid, shall he arrested
and held hy the officers of the Confederate
States, to he disposed ot as hereinafter di
rected.
Sec. j Every person violating the pro
visions or any one of them of the 2nd sec
tion of this act, shall he guilty of a high
misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be
punished hy imprisonment, as before pro
vided, not exceeding live years ; and a line
not less than one thousand nor more than
ten thousand dollars.
Sec. (h Every negro illegally imported
as aforesaid into the Confederate States
shall he arrested hy the Maislml or his
Deputies or any officer of the said States.’
charged in any manner with the execution
of this act. and shall he safely kept sub
ject to the disposition hereinafter provided,
and the said officer shall immediately no
tify the President of the Confederacy of
such arrest and confinement. The Presi
dent shall as soon as possible communicate
with the Governor of the State whence the
vessel in which such negroes wa re imported
cleared, if the same he one of the United
States of America, and shall offer to do
liver such negroes to the said State on re
ceiving a guarantee from such State that
the said negroes shall enjoy the rights at 1
privileges of freemen in such State or in
any other State of the United States- or
that said negroes shall he transported to
Africa and there placed at liberty, free of
expense to the government. If such prop
osition he rejected or if the contingeneii s
specified above should not have occurred,
the President shall receive any proposi
tions which may he made by any responsi
ble persons or society who will furnish sat
isfactory guarantee that such negroes wiii
be transported to Africa and there plaeo !
at liberty free of expense to tin’s govern
ment. And if no such proposition shall
he made within a reasonable time, the
President shall cause the said negroes to
l)e sold at public outcry to the hie host bid
der in any one of the States where such
sale shall not be inconsistent with the laws
thereof, under such regulations as he mac
prescribe, the proceeds of which sale, af.er
paying all the expenses inclined by the
Government in the capture, detension and
sale of such negroes, and in the proseeu
ti m of the offenders and the forfeiture of
the propriety shall be paid one half to the
informer, (if he he bona tide such.) fii: 1
the other half into the Treasury of th
Confah rate, Stales.
Sec. 7. Aii proceedings under tins a t
and all off rices against its provision s il
be had and prosecuted in the Di trie:
Court of the Confederate States In Id in
the State in which, or in the wafers adja
cent to which, the same may occur, or into
whose port the vessel maybe carried. Arid
the waits, processes and other mandates i
- from such Courts shall nm and he
enforced in any State of this Conliah-racy
bv the Marshal or his Deputy of the Dis
irict which such State shall compose, and
in the execution of this act any Mai: ha!
or Deputy may summon as his posse
anv citizen or citizens of the Confederate
States.
Sec. 8. All proceedings for offence -
committed against tne provisions of this
nc!. or forfeit tires incurred by llie same,
.shall he barred unless commenced within
live years frotn tile time the same were
committed or occurred, or from the time
of t he discovery of t he same.
Sec>9. No transfers of title to an inno
cent purchaser with or without notice, for
or without value, shall interfere with such
forfeit tire, but the same shall be declared
at the instance of any informer. On such
trials ihe informer or prosecutor shall not
he required to allege or prove the name ot
the vessel in which the illegal importation
was made, nor the name of the mast r.
owner or consignee, nor the person iron
w hom the negro'w as purchased, hut shall
onlv be required to satisfy the jury that
such negro has been illegally imported. —
And on all such trials, the person having
s'ch negro in possession shall be coinpelh-i:
to produce such negro in open court f.a
the personal inspection of the jury. Or
failure to comply with the order of tne
court for suc;li production, judgment of
forfeiiure shall go as of course; unless sa;-•
isfactorv excuse for such failure b • offered
to the Court.
Sec. 10. AH other laws on the same
subject be and the same are hereby re
pealed.
“Prince Bob.” — Robert Lincoln, sou oi’
the President elect, who is known now as .
‘ Prince Bob, ’ is destined tQ make his i * -
culiar mark and be remembered hy the
people wherever he goes. Ut the many
good things told of this boy, in Pulim ,
on Saturday, we htard the following.:
A few days since, when'Xlrs. Lincoln
was on her way home from New \ oi*, at
tended by her son Robert, she tounu h -i
----stdf at Buffalo without a pas* ov r lie;
State Lino Railroad. For that link in in -
chain of railway between New York and
Springfield no nrovisi n had been ma -e.g - j
After Mrs. Lincoln had taken her seat iu ;
:he cars, at Buffalo, for the \\ est, her s m
Bob entered the < .lice m it. in. Brown,
Esq., the gentlemanly Superintended of.
the State Line Railroad, and inquired if
Mr. Brown was in ? Mr. Brown respon
ded and inquired what was wanted ?
llis interrogator addressed him in sub
stantially the'following manner :
“My name is Bjb Lincoln: I am a son
f kl AI! : the old woman is in the cars
raisi: g h—l i ! > >ut her passes—l wish you
would go and attend to her.”
Mr. B: ‘■•.vn very nr< mptly filled out the
requisite py ‘ as to enable Mr*. Lincoln and
family to rid* over the Road without pay
men’ of i . and delivered them to her.—
It i. : that “the old woman” gave
B b i. ) la; Jut trouble about the passes on
that trip,
A . ou his YiGtto Abraham
fJncolii.
I iff u lid s. Nary one. lam not
in the Idr If I was I sposc I should
1: dl-r v- •’ ly in the street at nite and
v > ho- n p> Bern, y Jane smelliti of coal ile
; i ;n da l 1 left'llill. I should go fTflfle
i mild stay there all day. I
h and oardy * to take the kripple, the
inn: m• n Elite indignant thar. 1 should
b 1 ;• : J l . 1 kotit for infamous lise of the
; m my. e !. he 4 electshun for per
: • i k. When all was over, and my
y . • v sel oted I should move hev
in er ; ! i —s ito speak—until I got orifice,
\ Mt-a if 1 . Mn’t yet a orifice Ishould turn
v u IE ahoose the Administration with
dl mv nd e and maine. But I’m not in
the hisn a I’m in a far more resjtectful
i ; nor what pollerfics is. I wouldn’t
giv v, “ c nta to b• a Congresser. The wuss
i :i u’; I e r f eivid was when sertin citi
7. n: p.-d ib: ville axed me to run for the
id and 1 i'. S--z i. : “My friends, dost est
■ eat tbar ?” They tiini
d - vdd eas a sheet. I spoke in most
or Ii si ..es and they knmv’d I wasn’t to
.and Tin y sluncked out of sight
at onct.
‘j b bavin no polities, I made hold
tv: it Oh! \b at his hums!id in Spring
fie’d. If nad the old feller in his purler,
surroß!.-! : hy a px-rfeck swarm of orfiee
vdn he had been captin of a
E . • u dm roaring I
and n h: iM ; ddi ss him in a sailor lingo,
co * -z I, ‘ndd Abe, ahoy ! Let out yer
main su!-. f hum the forecastle and
tor.. w yeiy'pb pooj) overboard ! Shiver my
timb r*, my harly ?” ) This is genuine
tn..doer lot! .widge. 1 know*, becauz I’ve
men pa -• acied out, hy them New York
shea re f'liers. j Old Abe lookt up quite
cross and sez : -
‘ a ; in yer petishun by & l>v. I can’t
■ ! ■ k at it now. Indeed I can’t.
It s onmamihie, sir. ’
• ■ • r. Bin ken, who do you spect I air ?”
s-.cz 1.
‘ A i. V ■ s “io-r. to he sure,” sod ho.
•A .:j, : si-z 1, “you’s never more
i nin y.uii life. You ain’tsgot a or
vc v- dor no circumstances. I’m
A. . Wax Jiggers is my perfeshun.
I’m i .A twins, and they look like
I cum to pay a frienlv
\ii i • ti- •p■ sith*nt clock of the United
. .ns. . “■ as you wants to see me,-
; y a - —.f-i. so, E I'm ors like a jug
1 \ ] i
iicUjVifO. ‘
....... . ; down. lam glad to see
you, sir.”
Em ia .khraham’s Buzzum,” sod one
- i:. m j . i kers ; his idee being to get
ors a gmik at tny expense.
“Wall/’ ml, “es all of you fellers re
j. in diai imzzum there’ll he mity poor
\ a-,dn i r .m of you S” whereupon Old
A. :• .1 ids we,skit clear up and
1m ’ . m a m tiding of sweet IG. Just
imt <• f the conversation another
■ dci bEo seekers arove & cum jiilen
ititu th parl -r. Sum want post orifices,
sum v. viited collectorsliips, sum wanted
fan ;:) miss Ens. and all wanted surnthin.—
Idi n it >ld Abe would go crazy. lie
■dm • and. ui time to shake hands with
■ irl • -f at. tdier tremenjis crowd cum pore
•ii < : o . -, ; m’ses. 1 lis house anddoor
} .m. , / *tlv oveiiiowed with orifice
h :il e a .ei uss for aii immejit inter
\ >. •noOi l Abe. One man from Ohio,
v : had 7 inches of corn whiskey into him,
id’ mEc me ; Old Abe, and addresst me
Ii; ....di .l ie Flower of the West !”
i nbd; . you wants a office putty bud.—
At m . man with a gold hejed cane and
r ;-r : oicl Old Abe he was a “seekin
\ . . a and,the Pride of the Bound -
less West 1” r
; z I “S [nare. you wouldn’t take a small
i -i it m u could git it, would you ?”
E b-, “a'patrit is abuv them, sir.”
“i liar's utty big crop < f patrits this
-■ m. ain't . i -re Square ?” sez I, when
ad. ;m . 1 and elis seekers pored in. Tin
. r. a \ami,, barn and wood-shed was
. r ...I . ii;, and when another c v o\vil cum
! f !.. .j not i go way for want of room,
: nw >s yet empty. One pa
1, a i in a small town in Misliygan, went
u ; on , ;i he lioiise, got into the oh inl
and si. 1 io.va where Old Abe was en
o -*’ ■ n to k ep the hungry pack of ofis
’ E i.i ciiawin him up alive without
.n :• >•* Em ck.-rgy. The mitiit he
i• a. . - aim place he jumped up, hr us lit
and on* i eyes, anil yelled : “Don’t
my pintment at the Sputikville post
v . ;i you've read my papers. All the
l -cii'ui m -ii in town are signers to that
thar douky.meut.”
•L .E • if’ cried old Abe, “they cum
\[ ‘ii ii- ■ iio.a the skize—down the chi in
. \ s, liii'i from the bowels of tbeyearth !”
lie hadn't moie’n got the words oat of his
aeiikil inoutii before two fat offis seekers
from Wisconsin, in endeavorin to crawl
a!v/een his legs tor the purpose of aj-jilyiu
; r the t ilgute.ship of Milwauky, upset the
President elect and he would have gon*
syrawiin into the fire place if I hadn’t
caught him in these arms. Biit I hadn’t
niorc-'n stood him up strate, ’fore another
uian cum crushing down ttie chimney ; his
head striking me vileuily again the inards
and prostratm iny voluptuous form onto
the floor. “Mr. Linken,” shouted he infat
uated being, “my papers is sind by every
clergyman iu our town, and likewise the
I schoolmaster.
Sez 1, * you ogrejis ass,” gittin up and
brushin the dust from my eyes. “I'll sign
your papers with this hunch of bonus, if
you don’t be a little more kerful how you
make my bread basket a depot in the fu
tnr. How do you like that perfumery ?”
sez I shin ing my fist under his nose,
“them’s the kind of papers I'll give you !
Them’s the papers you want ?”
“But 1 workt hard for the ticket, I toil
ed nite and day. The patrit shoohl he re
warded.”
“Yirtoo,” sed I, holding the infatooated
man hy the coat-collar, “virtoo, sir, is its
own reward. Look at me !’’ He (lid look
at me & quailed If 4my gaze. “The fact
is,” 1 continued, lookin roitn uponthohun
grv crowd “thar is scarcely a ofiis for eve
ry ile lamp earn'd rouii during this cam
pane. I wish thar was. I wish thar was
furrin missions to he filled in varis lonely
Islans where epydeniicka range incessant
ly, and es I was in Abe’s jdace I’d send
every mother’s son ot them. \\ hat air
you here for?” I continued, warmin up
considerable, “can’t you give Abe a intuits
peace ? Don’t you see he’s worid most to
.death ? Go home, vou miserable men, go
home and til the silc ! Go to peddlin tin
ware ;go to ehojqdu wood ; go to bilin
. sope ; stuff sassengers ; bla -k h ots ; git a
clerkship on some resjiecttthle nmtiurecart;
,go roun as origetial Bell Ringers ; become
origenal an old Canijihell’s Xiinsfrel’s ; go
to lecturiu at fifty doli-rs a nite ; imhark in
the peanut blsniss ; write for th< Ledger :
saw off your legs and go roun giv in con
certs, with tonchin appeals to a charitable
i public-printed on your handbills —any-
thing for a honest. livin, hut don’t cum
roun here drivin Old Abe crazy with your
outrajus cut tins uj> ! Go home. Stand
not upon the order of goin, hut go onct. —
“Efin five rninits from this time,” sez I,
pullin out my new sixteen dollar huntin
cased'watch, and hratnlishin it be4 their
eves— ‘ Es in five mitiits from this time a
single one of you remains on these here
premises I'll go out to .my cage near hy,
and let my Boy Constructor loose & es he
gits among you, you’ll think Old Solferino
has cum again, and no mistake.” You
ought, to lu-v seen them scarnjig, Mr. Fair.
They run ors as it Satan himself was arter
them with ti red hot ten pronged pitchfork.
In five rninits the premises was clear.
“How kin l ever rejiav you, Mr. Ward,
for your kindness ?” sed Abe, advancing
j and shaking me warmly by the hand. —
‘How kin I ever repay you, sir?”
“By givin the whole country a good
sound administration. By peering ile uji
on the troubled waters, North & South. —
By persooiti a patriotic, firm and just course
and then if any State wants to secede, let
’em secede.”
“II nv ’bout mv Cabinet,Mister Ward.”
sed Abe.
“Fill it iij> with showmen ! Showmen is
devoid of p-<>lertics. They ain’t gat a darn
principle. They know how to cater to the
public. They know what the public wants,
, North a nd; South. Showmen, sir, is honest
! men. Es you doubt their literary ability
look at their posters and see small hills !
Es you want a Cabinet as is a Cabinet fill
it up with showmen, hut don’t call on me.
The moral wax ligger professhun mustn’t
be allowed to go down while there is a droj>
of blood in those vains. A Linken, I wish
you well. Es Powers or Walcutt was to
pick out a model for a beautiful man, I
scarcely think they’d sculj> you ; hut es
you do the fair thing by your country,
you’ll make as pretty an angel as any of
us, or any other man. Linken use tin* tal
ents which nature lias putinto you, judish
uslv and firmly and all will be well ! A
Linken, adoo.” He shook me cordially
hy the hand. We exchanged pictures", so
we could gaze upon each others linainents
when far away from one another — he at
the helium of the ship of State, anil 1 at
the helium of the show bisniss— admit
tance only 15 cents.
Amemas Ward.
AM E RIC A N A N TIQ UITIE S.
From unanswerable facts and statistics,
it is evident that the great valleys of the
Ohio and Mississijqu were once the abode
of a mighty nation—civilized and refined,
warlike and brave—descendants of those
mighty nations to whom we have alluded,
and who settled in this country long be
fore the appearance of the Savior upon the
earth.
Near Lexington. Kentucky, are the re
mains oi an ancient catacomb, formed in
<i solid rock of limestone. This curiosity
was discovered in the year 1777, hy the
early settlers of that country. The mouth
of the cavern was caretuliy concealed with
stones, which on being removed, opened
into a cave ot immense magnitude.
The sides of this spacious apartment
were found upon examination, to be cut
into niches or compartments, occupied by
figures representing men. By farther in- •
vostigation these figures were discovered to
be mummies—persons preserved by the art
of embalming, and exhibited a state ot
per reel ion equal to thar known ar any
time among the Egyptians; and you will
b aria mind that tins art was pracci.-ed by
taut people, three thousand tour hundred
and seventy five years previous to this dis
covery in Kentucky. The catacomb was
capable of Eulding two thousand subjects.
Again, there is found on the Ohio, near
twenty miles below Wabash river, another!
remarkable work of antiquity. It is a very j
large cave with smooth perpendicular walls ;
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and a level floor. The walls are covered
with hieroglyphic figures, cut in sol id stone,
and are well executed. Among them arer
representations of animals unknown to tho
present generation. This cave is one of
the greatest curiosities on the Ohio, and is
connected with a dark, dismal cavern,
nearly the same size which is located di
rectly above it, and which is accessible
through a chimney-like aperture.
When we view the ancient mounds and
Tuimi’t of the West, we are lost in won
der, in view of the number, magnitude and
obscurity of their origin. There are seve
ral hundred of these works in the valley of
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and some
of them are found to be filled with thou
sands of human skeletons, indicating that
they were places of deposit of the dead. —
They also bear the appearance of having
been contiguous to some large and popu
| lous city.
Many sfrange and curious antiquities
have been, from time to time, exhumed
i from those mounds, and it is most signifi
cant, that in a great majority cf instances
there exists a remarkable resemblance be
tween these relics found in the nineteenth
century, and articles which were known to
have been used among the Romans, Gre
| cians, and Egyptians, before the days of
Christ ? —Cleveland Phiindcalcr.
anti Abd-rl-Kadcr.
The following correspondence has been
j exchanged between Sehayml and Abd-el
lcader :
“Salutation to him who has made him
self illustrious among all men ; to him who
has extinguished tho flames of discord, and
who has torn up by the roots the tree of en
mity which resembles the head of Satan 1
Glory be t> God who has granted to his
i servant his own safety, and the safety of
faith ! Salutation to the intimate friend, to
the just Abd-el-kader ; may the palm of
I glory and of honor flourish on thy throne!
I have heard things which the ears and the
! entrails reject. Horrible things have hap
i poned between the Mussulmans and the
, Christians, who had formeily signed a trea
-Ity of peace with the Knlifs. My hair has
stood on end, and the skin of my face, be
j fore smooth lots been wrinkled at the reci
tal of the lamentable events of Damascus.
1 then said evil has taken possession of the
: sea and of the Con! in *nt No, it is not
for the interest of God but h r their own
that the Mussulmans of Damascus have
done those things. What hands had the
governors over their eyes? Why have
they swam in crimes? Why have they
forgotten those words of the Prophet: ‘He
who shall commit injustice towards a Mon
ald (Christian ;) he who shall refuse him
his rights ; who shall compel him to do
what is beyond his strength, and shall rob
him of his property, I,’says the Proph
et. ‘will he his accuser at the day of res
urrection. How fine is this expression.—
When I heard that von had spread out the
wings of mercy and o ‘ kindness to protect
the Christians, and that you had sto]p'd
those who sought to violate the Divine tuws y
I was not surprised that y< u gained the
victory in the arena of ] raises. I was
content with you. May God be so also in
the supreme day, when neither money nor
children will avail you in any way. You
have caused the revival of the words ot the
Prophet sent among mankind by the mer
cy of (Hod, and you placed a bridle on
those who violated his decrees. May God
preserve us from him who crosses the limits
j which he has traced out ! This is why I
express to you my joy and satisfaction in
this letter, a bouquet of flowers taken from
the garden of the poor prisoner among the
infidels, by the decree of the Almighty
God. “Scjiamyl, the Stranger/*
The reply of Abd-el-Kader is as fol
| lows:—
j “Glory to God ! Praise and salutation to
the Prophet Mahomet, and to all the pro
phets ! The poor hi fore the rich Abd-el-
Kader, son of Mouhi-ed Din-el-Hossaiiu,
ito the brother in God and dear Ulemar
Schamyl ! May God protect us, him and
me, in the time of repose and in the hour
of departure; May peace and Divine
i mercy be given to you. I have received
yenr letter and your amiable praisos.—
What we have done for the Christians was
a rdigous duty and one of humanity. Our
faith the perfection of good qualities
—it comprises all that is praiseworthy and
all that ought to he dune. All these good
things must be with us like a collar round
the neck. Injustice is blamed in all nations,
and its and (veiling is sullied. The poet has
said, ‘When, the day of temptation comes
man so loses Ins head that what is ugly he
finds handsome.* We come from God, and
we shall return to Him. We live in a
time when few of the faithful cause justice
to triumph, and people have believed that
Islam ism inculcates cruelty, injustice, and
exclusiveness. Mty Gud grant us patience!
We know that you are with Emperor of
Russia, and that he give you a reception
worthy of you. We know that you reques
ted him to allow you to make pilgrimage to
Mecca. Ret us pray God that he may
grant it. The Emperor of Russia is a
•m at king, and he merits all the praises
‘which have been lavished on him. 1 hope
that the Sultan of Russia will shower
down his benefits on you as the Sultan of
Prance has done on me. Let us hope in
God, who is alone to he adored.
“Abd-el Rapes.”
London Standard ‘ Jan. ,5 1861.
Why is a solar eclipse like a woman
heating her hoy ? Because it is a hiding
of tile sun.