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Revolution in Tentieee.
Our Nashville exchanges are filled with
repor sot meetings, formations of military
companies, &c., all indicating rapid change
in the course ot public opinion throughout
the State since the call was issued for troops
hy the Federal Government. The follow
ing is the telegraphic correspond* n.e he
tween ihe U. S. Secretary of War and Gov
ernor Harris :
To Ihs Lxct Uenc.y Ishorn G. Harris , Gov
ernor of Tinnessee :
Call made on you by to-night’s mail for
two regiments ot militia for immediate ser
vice. Simon Cameron,
Secretary of War.
Executive Department, )
Nashville, Tenu., April 17, 18fil. ) 7
lion, billion Lamer on, Stcretar y <>f fTar,
Washington , />. C.:
Sir:—Your dispatch of the 15* h inst.,
informing me that Tennessee is called up
on for two regiments of militia for imme
diate service, is received.
i ennessee will not furnish a single man
tor purposes of corrofon, but 50,000, it nec
essary, for the defense of our lights, and
thuse ot our Southern brothers.
I sham G. Harris,
Governor of Tennessee.
1!i Nas 11 \ 111 *■. meetings have been held
evt-i y successive night during I he week, and
late prominent L : ni<*ii men, Bell ‘electors.
Douglas electors, and men of all parties,
are all urging, unanimity and concert of ac
tion on tlo 1 part of Tennessee with theCoti
federate States. Memorials urging the call
ing of the Legislature were pouring in up
on the Governor thick and fast. In Mem
phis, on Monday night, 16th, an immense
meeting was held, and the following among
I oilier resolutions, unanimously adopted :
llesolved, That the war which Abraham
Lincoln, claiming to he the President of
ihe United States, lias precipitated upon
the country, in the fact) of the express pro-
g ot the Constitution exclusively vest
ing the war making power in Congress, bv
ius base ai u tieacherous course, is a 2'r*'Ss
act ot ty.anny and usurpation, and will he
1 opposed by our dauntless determination to
usist his threatened invasion.
Uesolved, i hat we respe-cttully hut earn
estly urge upon the Governor ol Tennessee
the importance *-t immediately convening
the L* gislat me in 1 xtrao)dinarv session,
and that > ur u*. legal* s troin this county,
and ihe and Floater he, and rln*y
ue iieiehy Jfistrueteil t*> vote torn bill call
ing a convention immediately, with the
\iv oi j’.ussing tor-i,\ri.ii ati ordinance
wit Infra wing fr<ni th * Union.
’ 1:* salved, i iial in the jinlgtn* lit ot this
meeting it will he the du v of the State
Joiivvmit n, w henassiMubied, without nu
tiveessi. 1 \ d* lav *0 dehatt*, to ] ass sucli or
dmalice, resuming tin* delegated powers *l
ttie Siiile aiid jUaei-ng ia lin her appr**pri
aej* si i.-u in 1 i:*’ haiin in C-*lll* delaev
in accoiiiaiiee wi h what we believe to he
the title lnitHSis *>l the Slat**.
li* fc>o 1 ved, 1 hat 111 view <>t tin* pending
war, liie line* j iuinty *<t tii** (iirection whieti
In stiie movements may ti-.k**, and tin* du
j.licit \ w inch has iieieti f re charac’erii *d
the coi-thict of 11s** Lincoln < L Vei turn nt.
Mem plus, aud the county of Slndby, should
b*- imuudiatety j lit in an adeipia'e state of
and teiiee, ai.*d so oceuj ied as to piev*-nt the
p t'-srig** of t!o*psiu:d muniti .ns of war
inr<ugii “i ly tin-city, to operate against
lh* S* nth, and ti a; the proper authorities
of the city, to *q orate against the S u’n,
and that ihe proper authorities of the city
and the couniy ol Shelhi le requested to
adopt immediate financial measures to that
end.
K-solved, 1 hat in dase of all efforts by
an organic act ol the State, to place our
city outside lie* palv? of Lincoln's authori
ty tali, we shall be compelled to assert the
law* of self-preservation and to defend our
lives, property and families by our own ef
forts and arms.
Afterwaids, Col. E. \Y. Mnnford came
out, and though having been a co-*op*rat*>r
witli the Union party, lie said that the day
of divisions at the South had passed. 11 is
heart, s<*ul, and worldly means were now
enlisted in the defense of4S**nthern rights
against Northern aggression. He offered
tlie following resolution :
Kesolved, r i hat a c**mmittfe ot tlireebe
appointed by the chair to inform President
Davis that the city of Memphis has sece
ded from the late United State*,forever —
and that she places hers.elf under the Gov
ernment of ihe Confederate States, and will
respond to any call tor aid from hi n
It is impossible to describe the wild en
thusiasm, as evidenced by the deafening
shouts ot approbation and the rapid wav
ing to and tro ot hats and hands, that per
vaded the assembly upon the reading of
this resolution. The shout that went up
from near three thousand throats, pro
claimed its unanimous passage.
The Union gives the following extracts
from letters :
Slielbyville, April 17.—A1l hail! Ihe
people of Lincoln county are united to re
sist and declare themselves out of the Un
ion, and for the Southern Confederacy, and
sending members to the \\ ashington Con
gress.
Clarksville, April 17. —There was an im
mense public meeting here last night
Three hundred volunteers have enrolled
themselves. The War feeling is intense.
The flag of the Confederate States floats
from the top of the Court House with uni
versal approbation.
Gallatin, April 16.—1n order to give you
an idea of the public feeling, it is only nec
essary to say that the flag of the Confed
erate States is floating proudly to the bieeze
from a hundred feet hickory ma6t planted
•THE UNION OF THE STATES: —DISTINCT. LIKE Ts-F BILLOWS; ONE, LIKE THE SEA A
TIIOMBTON. GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL 27. 1M
on the Public Square, and that every one j
buprreeting it. Party feeling has bpen ig- 1
nored, and at last we are brothers in ac
tion. Don’t this look right ?
Two military companies have been rais
ed, one as a reserve, th** other for imniedi- j
ate action. At Harfsville another fine com- ’
pjfny is being organized while at Castaliafi
Springs, the old stamping ground of the
heroic settlers of th* country, a company
of cavalry, already equipped during ihe
last fall, is fully organized uuder Capt.
Humphrey Bate, brother of Gen. Bate. We
learn also that a company is mentioned in
the Western part of the county.
If President Davis wants Five Hundred
Fighting Men from old Summer he can get
them. Just let him send around the “Fie
ry Cross,” anti never “Malise” sped faster
over Scottish heather to arouse the moun
tain clansmen, than our gallant boys will
t > rally the descendants of the warriors of
New* Orleans and Pensacola. B.
PIIOCL \M \TION—BY THE GOV
ERN* HI OF VIRGINIA.
Whereas, seven of the States formerly
composing a part of the United States
have, by authority of their people, soleoin
ly resumed the powers granted by tin m to
the United States, and have framed a Con
stitution and organizrd a Government for
themselves, to which the people of those
States are yielding willing obedience, and
have so notified the President, of the Uni
ted S'ates by all the formalities incident to
such action, and thereby become to the
Pnired States a separate, independent and
foreign power:
And whereas, the Constitution of the
United States lias invested Congress with
th*: sole power “to declare war.” and until
such declaration is mad.*, the President
has no authority to call for ari extraordi
nary three to wage offensive war against
any foreign power ; and, whereas, <ni the
15th inst., the President of the United
States, in plain violation of the Constitu
tion, issued a proclamation calling for a
force of seventy-five thousand men, to
cause the laws of the United States <0 be
duly executed over a people who are no
Linger a part, of the Union, and in said
proclamation threatens to exert this unu
sual force to compel obedience to his m 111-
dates ; and whereas, the General Assembly
of Virginia, by a maj >ritv approaching to
entire unanimity, declared at its last ses
sion, that the Mate of Virginia would
consider such an exertion of force as a vir
tual derl.nation of war, to be resisted by
all the power at th** command <>f Vir
ginia ; and subsequent lv the Convention,
now in s* B>ion, representing the sovereign
ty <f the State, has re-affirmed in sub
stance the same policy, with almost equal
tinuuimi ty ; and, whereas, t h** State of \ ir
ginia deeply sympathises with the South
ern Stai'S, in tin* wrongs they have suf
fer'd and in the position they have assum
ed, and having mad** earnest efforts peace
ably to compose the diff* rences whi<di have,
s 1 ved the Union, and having failed in that
auenmt, through this unwarranted net on
the part of the President ; and it is
believe*! that the intiuenee which operated
to produce this j r clatnation against, the
seceded States w ill he brought to heai up m
this Commonwealth, it she should exer
cise her undoubted right to resume the
power grant'd by her people, and it is due
t > ‘lf* honor of Virginia that an improper
ex* r ise of force against her people should
Ir* repelled- :
Therefore, I, John Letcher, Governor of
the Commonwealth of Virginia, have
thought proper to order nil armed \ ohm
teer Regiments or Companies within this
State forthwith to hold themselves in read
iness for immediate orders and upon the
reception *>t this proclamation, to report
to the Adjutant-General of the State their
organization and numbers, and prepare
themselves for efficient service. Such Com
panies as are not armed and equipped will
report that fact, that they may be properly
supplied.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto sel |
inv hand, and caused the Seal of
[l. S.] the Commonwealth to he affixed,
this seventeenth dav ot April, 1861,
and in the eighty-fifth year of the
Common wealth. John Letcher.
GOVERNOR LETCHER’S REPLY TO
THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
Executive Department, |
Richmond, Va., April 16, 1861 )
Hon. Simon Cameron , Sec ctary of War :
Sir: I received your telegram of the,
15th, the genuineness of which 1 doubted.
Since that time 1 have received your com
munication, mailed the same day, in w hich
I am requested to detach from the Militia
of the State of Virginia “the .quota desig
nated in a table” which yji append, “to
serve as Infantry or Riflemen for the pe
riod of three months, unless sooner dis
charged.”
In reply to this communication, I have j
only to sa*v that the Militia of Virginia
will not be furnished to the poweis at
Washington tor any such use or purpose
as they have in view Y*>ur object is to
subjugate the Southern States, and a re
quisition made upon me for such an object
—an object, in my judgement, n**t within
the purview of the Constitution, n*>r tin*
Act of 1795, will not he complied with, j
You have chosen to inaugurate civil war,
and having done so we will meet it, in a
spirit as determined as the Administration
has exhibited towards the /South.
Respectfully,
John Letcher.
Look out foi squally times for they are
coming
PROCLAMATION. !
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFER- 1
Ell ATE STATES OF AMERICA.
\\ hereas, Abraham Lincoln, the Pres- j
ident ot the United /Statts, has, by proc- j
lamation, announced the intention of in-;
vading this Confederacy with an armed
force, tor the purpose of capturing its for- |
tresses, and thereby subverting its inde- s
pendence, and subjecting the free people !
thereof to the dominion of a foreign pow
er ; and, whereas, it has thus become the
duty of this government to repeal the
threatened invasion, and to defend the
rights and liberties of the people by all the
means which the laws of nations and the
usages of civilized warfare place at its dis
posal \
Now, therefore, T Jefferson Davis, Pres
ident of ihe Confederate /Skates ot Amer
ica, do issue this, my proclamation, invit
ing all those who may desire, by service in
private armed vessels on the high seas, to
aid this Government in resisting so wan
ton and wicked an aggression, to make ap
plication for commissions, or letters of
marque and reprisal to he issued under the
seal of the Confederate -Skates. And Ido
further notify all persons applying for let
ter of marque to make a statement in writ
ing, givfng the name and a suitable de
scription of the char act et of the vessel, and
the name and place of residence of each
owner concerned therein ; ahd the intended
number of the crew, and to sign said state
ment, and to deliver the same to the Sec
retary of State or to the Collector of any
port of entry of the Confederate States to
be by him transmitted to the Secretary of
/Skate. And Ido further notify all appli
cants aforesaid, that before any commis
sion or letter of marque is issued to any
veftfiel, the owner or owners thereof, arid
the commander fol* the time being, will be
required to give bond to the Confederate
States, with at least two responsible secu
rities, not in any Way interested in such
vessel, in the penal sum of at least five
thousand dollars ; or it such vessel be pro
vided with more than one hundred and fifty
men then in the penal sum of t**n thousand
dollars with condition that the owners, offi
cers and crew who shall be employed on
hoard, such commissioned vessels shall ob
servo the laws of these Confederate States
and the instructions given to them for the
regulation of their conduct, that they shall
satisfy all damages contrary to the tenor
thereof, hy such vessel, during her corumis
sion, and deliver up the same when re
voked by the President of the Confederate
Slav** ** r
And I do further specially enjoin on all
persons holding offices, civil and military
under the authority of the Confederate
/Skates, that they be vigilant and zealous
in discharging the duties incident there
to.
And I do moreover solemnly exhort tin*
good people of these Confederate -Skates as
they love their country, as they prize the
blessings of our government, as they feel
tlie wrongs of the past, and those now
threatened in aggravated form, by those
whose enmity is more implacable, because
unprovoked, that they exert themselves in
preserving order in promoting concord in
maintaining the authority and efficacy of
tht* laws ; and in supporting and invigor
ating all the measures which may be ad
opted for the common defence and by which
under the blessing of Divine Providence,
we mav hope for a speedy, just and hon
orable peace.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of “the
Confederate States to he affixed, this 17th
*hn of April, A. I)., 1861.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
By th** President:
R Toombs, Secretary of -State.
Prnrlumation of Govonor THlis.
Gov. Ellis, of North Carolina, has issued
the following patriotic Proclamation, de
nouncing the war policy of Lincoln and
convening the Legislature of that State, at
Raleigh, on the first day of May next:
A PROCLAMATION BY JOHN W. ELLIS, GOV
ernor of north Carolina.
Whereas: By Proclamation of Abra
ham Lincoln, President of the United States
followed hy a requisition of Simon Came
ron, S’-eretaiv of War, I am informed that
the said Abraham Lincoln has made a call
for 75,000 men to be employed for the in
vasion of the peaceful homes of the South,
and for the violent subversion of the lib
erties <*f a free people, constituting a large
pa*t of the whole population of the lute
L nited States: And, whereas, this high
handed act ot tyranical outrage is not oulv
in violation of all constitutional laws, in
utter disregard of every sentiment of hu
manity and Christian civilization, and con
ceived in a spirit of aggression unparalell
ed by any act of recorded history, but is a
direct, step towards the subjugation of the
whole South, and the conversion of a tree
Republic, inherited from our fathers, into
a military despotism to be established by j
worse than foreign enemies on the ruins of!
our ou'.e glorious Constitution of Equal
liiglits.
Now, therefore, I, John XV. Ellis, Gov- j
ern*r of the State of North Carolina, tor
these extraordinary causes, do hereby issue
this, my Proclamation, notifying and re- !
questing the Senators and members of the ■
House of Commons ot the General Assem
bly of North Carolina, to meet in Special,
Session at the Capitol, in the City of Ral- ;
eigh, on Wednesday the first day of May
next. And I furthermore exhort all good 1
citizens throughout the State to be mind- i
fill that their first allegiauce is due to thej
Sovereignty which protects their hemes
and dearest interests, as their first service
is due for the sacred defence of their hearths
and of the soil which holds the graves of
otir gloriou dead.
United action in defence of the sover
eignty of North Carolina, and of the rights
of the Sjuth, becomes now the duty of
all.
Given Under my hand, and attested by the
Great /Seal of the State. Doue at the
city of Raleigh, the 17th day of April,
A. D., 1861, and in the eighty-fifth year
of our Independence.
JOHN W. ELLIS.
By the Governor,
Graham Daves, Private Secretary.
TO DEMOCRACY OF MAINE.
At length your worst fears are realized.
Civil war rages in America. That glori
ous Union which lias hitherto been your
pride and boast, is laid in the dust.—
Throughout the broad land of the fair
! South, the rising sun is no longer welcom-
I ed with the cheerful song of the husband
man wending his way to the toil of his
peaceful field,j hut is greeted with the drum
beat that summons to arms the gathering
hosts of war. From Carolina to the Rio
Grande all is commotion and hasty prepa
ration for a general conflict of arms. There,
to-day, are no peaceful, happy and quiet
( homes, for the invader is on their soil, nod
the government, which was created to pro
-1 tect and defend them, has ruthlessly turn
!ed its guns against their alters and fire
sides. Grey-headed fathers, stout-hearted
1 husbands and fair-cheeked youths, are ta
- king a tearful adieu of their wives, their
children, their rhothers atid their sisters,
and buckling on their armor, and hasten
ing away to battle-fields from which many,
many lflav never return to gladen their
homes again. This, reader, is no fanciful
picture ;itis a stern reality. To-morrow,
lin thousands of homes, wives, mothers,
I daughters and little children will gather in
mournful silence around the family board
no longer cheered by the presence of their
natural guardians and protectors.
Why is all this ? It is because that old
Tory party, which under a multitude of
names and disguises, first resisted the in
j dependence of America, and after its Gov
! eminent had become ah established fact,
has been unceasing in its efforts to get pos
. session of it, and after having gained pos
j session of it, by hypocritically assuming
the sacred garb of freedom, it has under
taken to convert that Government into an
; instrument of tyranny, and to use all its
, powers to overturn the very bulwarks of
! liberty itself-—the sovereignty of the States.
Y**s, Abraham Lincoln, a Tory from his
birth, is putting forth all the powers of
Government to crush the spirit of Ameri
can liberty. Surrounded by gleaming
swords and glistening bayonets at Wash
ington, he sends forth fleets and armies to
overawe and subdue that gallant little
State which was the first to raise its voice
and arm against British oppression.
1 Democrats of M line! The loyal sons
; of the South have gathered around Charles
ton as your lathers of old gathered about
I Boston, in defence of the same sacred prin
i ciplesof liberty—principles which you have
, ever upheld and defended with your vote,
your voice and your strong right arm.—
Your sympathies are with the defenders of
| the truth and the right. Those who have
inaugurated this unholy and unjustifiable
| war are no friends of yours—no friends of
I Democratic Liberty. Will you aid them
in their work of subjugation and tyranny?
When the Government at Washington
calls for volunteers or recruits to carry on
their work of subjugation aud tyranny un
der the specious phrases of “enforcing the
laws,” “retaking and protecting the public
property,” and “collecting the revenue,”
let every Democrat fold his arms and bid
the minions of tory despotism to a tory
j despot’s work. Say to them fearlessly
and boldly in the language of England's
great Lord, the Earl of Chatham, whose
bold words in behalf of the struggling Col
onies of America in the dark hours of the
Revolution, have enshrined his mune in the
heart of every friend of freedom, and im
mortalized his fame wherever th** name of
liberty is known—say in his thrilling lan
guage : “If I were a Southerner, as I am a
j Northerner, while a foreign troop was lan
ded in my country, I would lay down my
a-ins — never , never, NEVER,” — Bangor
1 [Me.) Union.
Disastrous Fire in Macon.— About
three o’clock yesterday morning, the cry of
lire was raised, and it was soon discovered
to proceed from the garret rooms of that
fine building in the centre of the old Wash
; ington Block, known as Granite Hall, and
I occupied as a Hotel by Major B. F. Dense.
In a short time the whole building was
consumed, and at the hour of this writing,
(Thursday A. M.) the walls have fallen in.
Considerable loss has been sustained by
Major Dense, as he was only partially in
sured on the furniture of the hotel. The
! owner of the building, Mr. Dunham, of,
Eatonton, is insured, wo learn, to the a
mount of $20,000, which will nearly cover
his loss. Most of the goods in the dry
; goods store cf Messrs. Pruddens, and in ,
the Milinery store of 31 iss Murphy, under
the Hall, were safely removed, and their
loss will not therefore be great. The ad
jacent new store of Mr. R. P. McEvoy, on
the north side of the alley, and that of
John L. Junes, Esq., on the south side of;
the hotel, were somewhat scorched, but, we ,
believe, not materially damaged. The j
family .of Mr. D., as well as his guests and j
boarders, lout nearly all of their personal 1
| effects, in the hurry of departure at that!
early hoar of the morning.
Editor and ‘Propn'iator
Volume 3 Nnmhft
Doubtless the fire was the work of art
incendiary, hut we have not learned that
the finder of suspicion points to any one
in particular ns guilty of the act. —Maccffi
Telegraphy 19M.
A SATIRICAL SKETCH.
The Atlantic Monthly, for January, has
a humorous ami satirical article on Wash
ington City, which closes in this wise : ( . v
“The list of unique prodigies of .Wash
ington is without limit. But marvels
heaped together cease to be marvelous, and
of all places in the world, a mitlseiiin intho
I most tiresome. So, amid the whirl aod
I roar of winter life ih Washington, when
> one has no time to read, write or think*
1 and scarcely time to eat, drink and sleep,
when the days fly like hours, and the brain
i reels under the excitement of the protract*
led debauch,, life becomes an , intolerable
bore. Yet the place has an intense fascir
nation for those who suffer most acutely
from the tedium vitae, to which everyone
is more or less a prey psnd ftpd nwi>sj
en who have lived in Washington
dotn contented elsewhere. The moths re
turn to the flaming candle until they ore
consumed. • . • .>. .
“In conclusion it must he admitted thjat
Washington is the elysiurn of oddities, the
limbo of absurdities, an embroglio of ludi*
(•foils anomalies. Planned ,on a scale of
surpassing grandeur, its architectural exe*
j cntion is almost contemptible. Blessed
I with the name of the purest?of men, it has
! the reputa'ion of Sodom. ?, The seat of the
law-makintr power, it is the center of
i lence and disorder which disturb the peace
, and harmony of the wliole republic—the
chosen resort for dueling, clandestine mar
riages, and the most stupendous thefts. .
“It is a city without commerce, and
without manufactures ; or, rather, its com
merce is illicit, and its manufacturers aye
newspaper Correspondents, who tis
sues of fiction out of the wasp of rumor
1 and the web of prevarication. The site of
the United States TreastTfy, if is tfiehotife
iof everything but affluence. Its public
buildings are splendid, its private dwelJ|*
ings generally squall id. The houses afe
low, the rents high ; the streets are broad,
the crossings narrow ; the hacks are black*
the horses white ; the squares are triangles*
I except that of the capitol, which is oval ;
I and the water is ao soft jhat it is hard to
! drink it, even with the admixture of alco
• hoi. ~
I “It has a rnoDUrr. nt that will never be
finished, a capitol that is to have a dome,
j a scientific institute which does nothing
but report the rise and fall of the thermo
meter, and two pieces of equestrian staftU
ary which it would be a waste of time, to
criticise. It boasts a streamlet digflifv*d
with the name of the river Tibet, Hfid this
streamlet is of the size and much the Ap
pearance of a vein in a dirty man’s arm.—
It has a canal, but it is a mud puddle an d
ring one-half of the day, and an empty
i di:ch during the other. ,
“In spite of the labors of the Smithson
j ian Institute, it has no particular weather.
It has the climate of all parts of the hahi-;
table globe. It rains, hails, freezes and
blows, all in the space ot twenty-four hourp
After a fortnight of steady rain, the sun
shines out, and in half an, hour the street#
are filled with clouds of dust.
“Property in Washington is exceeding-
I lv sensitive, the people alarmingly cqlloui;
I The men are fine looking, the women home
ly. The latter have plain faces, but mag
nifieient busts and graceful figures.
The f-rmer Lave an imposing presence
and an empty pocket, a gnat name and a
small conscience. Notwithstanding all
these impediments and disadvantage!,
Washington is progressing, rapidly. .It,?*,
fast becoming a large city, but must pi wars
remain a deserted village in the Summer.
Its destiny is that of the Uniqq. It will
be the greatest capitol the world ever saw,
or it will be a parched place in the wilder
ness, a salt land atfd not inhabited, and
1 ‘every one that passeth thereby fchi.fi be
I astonished and wag his head." 1
A Victim of Telegraphic IDespatcU
es.—Thursday, the case of John Erskine
was called. A tall man with short whis
kers and careworn features and a peculiar
expression of countenance—a sort ot star
ing-on-vacaney-look—responded :
‘ Charged with being drunk and disturb
ing the peace/’ roared the Marshal.
“It’s all a mistake, Mr. Chairman-— I
bog your pardon, your honor,” said’ Mr:
Erskine. “I was not drink, sir, I repeat,
sir. 1 was not drunk. (Mr. Erskiue spoke
very resj ectfully, and <_esti ulated in most
approved style. It was manifest that he
was not unaccustomed to public speaking.)
“I will admit, sir,” continued Mr. Erskine,
“that I may have acted fprengely.” But
great heavens, sir !” said Mr. Erskine, in a
very excited manner, “has your honor read
the latest telegraphic despatches? Has
anybody in this room read the latest tele
graphic despatches ? Mr. Erskine paused;
A general sensation was manifest among
the spectators.
“I have read tire latest telegraphic deg*
patches,” continued Mr. Erskine, deliber
ately, “and my brain is muddled, fuddled,’
I may say addled, twisted, turned and in<
extricably snarled. I presume I acted
stiangelv, but I wasn’t drunk, fir I am a
victim of the latest telegraphic despatches
—that’s all, your honor.”
The Recorder, after this doleful state- f
ment, regarded Mr. Erskine with'a look of
the utmost compassion, and, after consul
tation with the policeman who caused bid
arrest, intimated be would consider hid
causa by and by.— St, Lev > Republican,