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VOLUME XXXVI.]
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BABY CANTI.lt.
Baby owns a tirfv castle
On the carpet plains at home
.And it* walls are woven widow,
Fine within from Boor to dome
Snowy curtains at the window ;
Downy couch where baby dream* ;
L ices, too, that softly glimmer
In the sunlight's golden beams.
That's the heritage of baby,
And he’s held in slate so grand,
Slot her says—if no one else does—
“He’s the king of iiabydand.” «
■Here he bravely fight* his battles,
When ohlpuss would -lily creep,
Over guarded moat or turret,
J ust to curl herself in sleep.
All is stillin baby’s ea-tle.
Not the slightest noise we make ;
Surely, now the rogne is napping;
Peep! the blue eyes wide awair* 1
See! the dimpled arms are round us,
Hear the “cooing” inild and low :
May tbciiiigei* keep vou darling,.
Everywhere, vonr feet may go.
Baby’s man-at-arms is mother,
And she watches-all day long;
When his babvship would slmnber,
Then site sings a loving tong.
Soon comes “papa” home at evening,
Storms the castle all so gay,
Makes a prisoner of baby,
Bears him joyfully, away.'
visit to South. Carolioa. There is a wide
field of discovery here. If the entire
truth could be gleaned, President Johnson
would not hesitate one moment in with
drawing the last vestige of an institution
that has entailed misfortunes on white and
black, ever since it was established in the
South.
'A he correspondents above named, were
in the Federal Army, and like all true sol
diers will doubtless bear testimony before
the country, that the much defamed
South, through ahich they are now jour
neying, is in reality more fit for the Union
tliau those portions of the North which are
represented by such men as Stevens,
Sumner, and their radical clique.—Caro
linian 10 th.
NUMBER 42.
yfr. nnd Hie*. Jeff. Dari*.
Fortress Monroe, May 4, 1866.
Mrs. Jeff. Davis has taken up her quar
ters inside the fort. She remained there
last night, having previously sent for her
baggage and man servant. Dr. Cooper,
Post Surgeon, and by virtue of such po
sition, the medical attendant of Mr. Davis,
1ms given her apartments in the bouse oc
cupied by himself and family. The Doc-
forenoou and three iu the *tturuuuii, titihe Court house ; t0I . f ; t w m be remembered, is not only the
in the county iu which the property is eituuteii | ,. , , . r rv • , J .
Notice of these sates in ust be given in a public gn- i mcuicsl adviser ot Mr. Davis, but also
•ette 40 days previon* to tbe day of sale.
Notice* for ttie sale of personal property must be
given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors aua creditors of nil estate j
mast also be puiii.-hed 40.days.
Notice that application wiU be made to the Court of !
Ordinary tor leave to sell Land, & c., must be publish- |
ed for two months.
CUuUont tor letters of Administration Guardianship,
&c , must be published 30 days— for dismission from
Administration, monthly iu months—Tor dismission
from Guardianship, 40 nays.
Rules for foreclosure ot Mortgage must be published
monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers,
for the full t/tnee of three months—for compelling lilies
from Executors or administrators, where bond has
been given Oy the deceased, the full space of three
months. *
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SPRING & SIMMER GOODS !
A NEW Stock, just received, at
H. TINSLEY’S,
Agent.
Milledgeville, March 12th, 1666. 34 tf
J. W. RABUN & CO.,
AND
140 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
J. W. Rabun,
P. H. Wood.
April 24tb, 1866.
36 tf
L. CARRINGTON,
General Agent at MilledgevHIe,
I AOR the transaction of any and ail business
' connected with the SEAT or GoVBRNMENT-
He will furniah certified copies of any Acts passea
by the Legislature, will examine and give correct
information of the Land Books, Ac., Ac. Terms
information of the
m< Mifledgeville, April 2d, 1966.
35 1y
REMOVED.
DARIEN BANK BUILDING,
where he can be found at all boors, ready**Lv'the
any claims due him. oni receive proceeds^ ot the
same, many of them being old enongh to J®* *
am an x ton a to settle all old acconntsandhave my
Books balanced. I shall timet and insist on my
old friends calling on me, as I * ni *ince
eo them, not having been out of m v
Ust Christmas day. A ’ C L
April 9tf», 1866- JD ’
furnishes him hi.s meals from his own ta
ble.
Mrs. Davis obtained permission to visit
her husband direct from President John
son. Put the permission was given under
certain restrictions, though with a liber
ality of indulgence that greatly surprises
very many lie^e. The restrictions are
that she is not to use any iutluence or con
tribute any aid to the rescue of Mr. Davis
or his release otherwise than through the
proper Government channels. The iu-
; dulgence granted her admits her to uncan-
( strained interviews with her husband, and
at all hours of the day between reveille
and sunset. It is not enjoined that an
1 officer shall be in the room with them,
neither is it forbidden. In the absence
of such injunction, General Miles to day
allowed her fo visit her husband unatten
ded by an officer A sentinel, however,
walks back and forth continually in front
of the barred windows of his room. Last,
and not least, no limit is placed upon the
length of her visit.
In answer to a question how long she
proposed to make her visit, Mrs. Davis
said emphatically, “I intend to remain
until M. Davis is ordered away for trial, or
he is released from prison or dies.” And
she is a woman of that decision and spirit
that she will do just what shesaya, unless
some intermediate interdiction occurs to
prevent it. She evidently has no such
fears, and it is believed she knows too
well the tenure of her sojourn, to allow
herself to entertain any such apprehen
sions.
It is natural for women to he enthusias
tic, particularly when their strongest af
fections and more cherished hopes are in
terested. Mrs. Davis is probably not au
exception. It is certain that she is enthu
siastically hopeful regarding the future of
Mr. Davis. She expressed the sure be
lief that he will very soon be released on
his parole. It is possible that the wish in
her case, is father to the thought, but she
talks with that degree of assurance on the
topic carrying conviction of a stronger ba
sis for the belief she expresses than
idle surmise founded on delusive hope.
There might he persons, she says, who
would like to rescue Mr. Davis from pris
on, hut she scouts the idea of his accepting
any such release. He will not go away
from here, she declares, unless in a man
ner comporting with his sense of high hon
or; and she claims for him a punctilio of
honor partaking of the chivalry of the old
knights of tbe mediaeval ages. On the
subject of parole she insists with equal
emphasis that he would sacrifice his life
before violating his parole.
It is confidently stated here that the
visit of Mrs. Jefferson Davis to this place
promises to be of long duration. During
yesterday, Major-General Miles, acting
under instructions from Washington, di
rected Lieutenant McElratb. the Post
C^uarteruiaster, to turn over for her ac
commodation one of the casemates of tbe
Fortress. It is understood that Mrs. Da
vis applied for a room in Carroll Half,
where her husband is confined, but was
refused by General Miles. The condi
tions of the visit of Mrs. Davis, which
were made known shortly after she arri
ved here, permit her lo have free inter
course with her husband during all hours
of tlie day, and strictly enjoin upon her to
use no illegal measures in attempting ei
ther his rescue ux release.
The Freedmtn s Bureau Investigation.—
Aiuong the visitors in Columbia at tbe
present time, are Major-General J. B.
Steedman aud General J. S. Fullerton.
Accompanying the above named officers,
are Col. McCiesky, and Messrs. T. R.
Davis, of Harper’s Weekly, E P- Brooks,
of the New York Times, and H..C. Clarke,
of the New York Herald. .
The first named gentlemen have been
commissioned by the proper authority to
visit the principal cities of the South, from
Virginia to Texas, learu the condition of
the Freedinen’s Bureau, ascertain its uses
and abuses, and report accordingly. W T e
are informed that they have already seen
enough iu Virginia aud North Carolina to
induce a report to Washington recoin-
mending that the Bureau iu thnee States he
promptly abolished. From tbe searching
character of their investigation, and the
earnestness of effort they ara putting forth
to discover fraud and oppression, we pro-
same a similar report will result from their
Foreign TV iocs—Their Spariuns Nature.
A correspondent of the Chicago Post
writes very sensibly on the subject of
foreign wines. Having quoted FalstafTs
panegyric on “your excelieut sherries,” he
predicates that if Sir John had lived in
oar day, and drank the compound sold as
$herry, he would have sung a very dif
ferent song. Says the writer:
The juice of the grape coutains proper
ties of the highest medical value; and
when fermented and scientifically convert
ed into wine, constitutes the most rational
beverage that has been vouchsafed to
mankind—next to water, the universal
element for the use of all things, animate
and inanimate, it is, however, scarcely;
possible to get a pare, unadulterated ar
tide of foreign wine in this country, and
this difficulty is not confined to the Uni
ted States—it also extends to the very
country where the wine is produced.—
Having found it impossible to procure any
pore sherry iu this city, though I bad
come near poisoning myself with several
samples which the venders prononneed
“pure,” I wrote to a hiend in England
to send me a package of pure sherry, pre
suming it could be obtained there. To
show you aud your readers that getting
rnouey under false preteDses is practiced
in Europe as well as here, I will give you
the answer to my request:
England, March 4.
* • * I do not believe there is such
a thing as genuine sherry wine to be had
in cither England or Scotland. It is all
adulterated with bad brandy aud objec
tionable materials. I have long siuee
ceased to drink it. Port wine is still
worse, yet immense quantities aro drank.
I am told it is almost impossible to pur
chase either sherry or port, pure and un
adulterated, even in Cadiz or Oporto.—
They are first adulterated there, and then
a second dose is added here, from some
horrible compounds. In much of the
sherry that is sold, I am assured that
there is not a single drop of grape juice.—
There are large manufactories in Hamburg
where sherry is made without a single
drop of the juice of the grape. Such
stuff is enough to poison people. For this
reason those wines which were from time
immemorial the accustomed beverages of
the higher and middle classes of Great
Britain, have come to he shunned ns pois
ons. Our strong ales have come to he
substituted as the common table bevera
ges. 1 doubt if it would be possible for
you to get pure sherry, even if you im
ported direct from Cadiz to America—
certainly none of it comes to England, so
far as my observation goes. We at e be
ginning to use the light French wines.—
There is no wine I like so well as pure
Burguudy.
Leaving Europe to, herself, it is more
than we can do successfully to cope with
tbe adulterators of wines and liquors in
this country. The extent to which it is
practiced among liquor dealers as a class,
would be incredible were it not a well es
tablished fact, knowu to thousands in
every large community, besides the deal
ers themselves. Wines of foreign growth
are too little used in this country to hare
their true flavor and properties apprecia
ted ; hence frauds are most easily prac
ticed. They are daily prescribed for
invalids, who confidently take into their
stomachs a poison worse than the disease
they wish to eradicate. Few can detect
the spurious character of tbe article.—
Were it the water we are accustomed to
draw from our hydrants here in Chicago,
the cheat would be at once detected—you
can’t pass the stuff of for pure water upon
man or beast. I should like to witness
the joke if any liquor dealer has the cheek
to try it.
Were not this article so long already, I
would show you what vile stuff goes under
the name of braudy, wine, cordials, gin,
&c., and add a few recipes for making
brandy, sherry, Ac.
The Credit of Georgia.
We see it stated in a telegraphic dis
patch that at a meeting in London of
bondholders of the State of Georgia, it
was resolved that the offer of the State to
refund tbe coupons and over due bonds
into a new debt, carrying seven per cent,
interest, be accepted. This prompt ac
ceptance of the offer of our State, on the
part of its foreign creditors, speaks well
for its credit abroad, however extended
the efforts tnay be to discredit it in North
ern financial circles, by, up to a very re
cent period at least, a refusal to negotiate
for the bonds sHe has authorized to be
put upon the market save, at a most out
rageous discount for “greenbacks.”—
Georgia has ever maintained a high credit
abroad and at home. She is perhaps at
the present time less encumbered with
debt than any State in, or out of the
“Union,” if she may be 60 considered by
the South’s radical foes. More than this,
her resources, aside from taxation, are
not only more than abundant enough to
meet her liabilities, but they can be con
verted, were it politic and wise to do so,
into gold more than sufficient in amount
to relieve her from all her liabilities.—
What other State, North or South, can
claim so much for itself? In London
thin is well known to capitalists, and ap
preciated by them; in the North it is
well known, and were it not the fact, that
a set of malicious and crazy politicians,
in the ^badness of their ambition and
thirst for power and place, stand between
tbe President and tbe work of reconstruc-
’ — 1 — '
W« ChallMT Ik* CiaiutM.
Gerf. Ilood ean’tbeot the full-blooded
chivalry. He has refused to receive mon
ey raised for him by subscription. It is
the first instance we have ever seen recor
ded in a “Southern gentleman” too proud
or self-reliant to accept filthy Inefre, come
from what source it way.—Albany Even
ing .Journal. -'-•••
Then, says the Petersburg Daily Index,
you are extremely ignorant of cotempo-
-rary history—that’s all. Hood has only
done what Lqo did a dozen times, what
Beauregard did, what Magruder d^d, what
[Correapondeuce of the Madison (Wisconsin)
State Journal.)
Shrll-A***—Bora aa«l CIprMtemcd mN (hr
- Baltlefleld.
It was during the celebrated flank
movement of Shermrn from Atlanta to
Jonesboro. The day before we got to
Flint river we had been having a right
lively little cavalry fight for abotn six
miles, when the enemy got a good posi
tion, formed a line of battle, and posted a
battery upon a rise of ground that was
annoying us considerably. Geu. Logan,
iu order to silence their guns, brought up
a light battery of 24 pound brass Nape-' T - — ... ,
leons, which soon quieted their clamo* and Longstreet did, and what no Federal Gen-
• - - — r 1 esal has done.
the whole line moving forward, compelled
the rebels to fall back toward the Flint.
The whole country here was thickly
wooded, and in many places a dense thick
et, therefore the only guide our gunners
could get iu order to make their shots ef
fective, was the flash and smoke of the
enemy’s guns through the timber, and of
the course of their projectiles. After the
Johiftiies had fallen back, and we were
pushing our column forward, it was my
fortune that day to be riding with Dr.
Woodward, Medical Inspector of the 15th
corps. We passed in front of the spot
where our battery had been stationed, and |
just doubled a point of timber, when we
came suddenly upon a small house, and
for that country, very neatly inclosed
with a “stake” fence; but what attracted
our attention was a yellow cloth hanging
on one of the shrubs in the yard. I said
to the doctor. “Halloa, there is an impro
i vised hospital, let us halt. There is
tion, Georgia Bonds would rate as high in j 8 ;‘ bly ^me‘wounded" reb there!” Vpon
New lork qr Loudon as any other securi- which we lode up to the cabin . Hearing
ready sa e. »j tj ie tramping of horses, an elderly woman 1
made her appearance at the door. Iiecog '
nizing ns as Yankees, she retreated. We
called to her and asked if she had any
wouuded robs in the house. On being
answered in the negative, we asked why
she had the yellow flag out.
“Why yer see, stranger, my darter
is sick and 1 sot o’ reckoned you’ns
woulndn’t pester he’yer if ye seed that
thar flag.”
“What is the matter with your daugh-
Tbe Albany Journal made a most un
fortunate mistake in calling attention to
this matter. It suggests a comparison be
tween the representative men and chief
officers of the two armies, which is not dis
creditable to the South.
R hen Robert E. Leo was receiving four
hundred aud one dollars per month in
Cpnfederate money, at a time when that
sum would not purchase a half barrel of
flour, the w.riter of this paragraph moved,
in the Legislature of Virginia to present
him, in view of his actual necessities* with
a hundred thousand dollars. He would
not receive it.
A member of the Legislature, in view of
the General’s known unwillingness so ac
cept presents of any sort, proposed to ac
complish indirectly what it was impossible
to achieve directiv. Gen. ?.e« V** fnr
ties, and command as ready sale,
are proud of our noble old commonwealth;
proud of the statesmanship of her sons
that has placed her in so enviable a poni-
tion ; proud of the enterprise and integrity 1
of her people. The time, we trust will
soon come, when her securities in Europe
and America will attain the point they
had reached before the war, and be sought
after as they then were, not as stocks 1
thrown upon the market to be speculated 1
but as permanent investments by |
upon, but as permanent investments
capitalists, for it is fact that they had ter f* we asked „ We
reached that point, and had been with- and perhaps we can do
drawn from tbe financial markets on this ] ier /’
and the other side of the Atlantic.
Intelligencer
are surgeons,
something for
Views of the Cabinet.
The Washington Republican of tbe 8th
inst. says: “As there appears to be a dis
position on the part of some of the leadiug
presses of the country to doubt the truth-
fullness of the published statement of tbe
expressed opinion of the different mem
bers of the cabinet on the subject of the
Congressional plan of reconstruction re
cently reported, we will state that the au
thority for the publication was of the
highest source.
“The chief among the doubters appear Collin
to be the friends of Secretaries Stanton A 011 *®*
and Harlan. That the former was quite over the head of the bed, Te
as unequivocal in his position against the narked: “Right when my gal was the
Constitutional programme as any member sickest, then two of you all s cannon balls
of the Cabinet there is no doubt. come clar through the house, kiverin’ the
While it is true that Secretary Harlan
was “reticent” in the meeting proper of
the Cabinet, we presume it is no secret
“Wal, now, if ye are doctors, jest ye
come ’long in an’ look.”
We dismounted and entered the eabin.
The woman went to the bed, which was
posted in the center of the room, and
turning down tbe sheet, displayed to our
astonUhed vision, lying upon tbe clay-
colored breast of its clav-colored mother,
a small specimiue of boiled lobster-looking
humanity, abont a foot and half long,
evidently a stranger to the country and
surroundings, whose span of life could be
measured by minutes, it having not yet
lived an hoar.—“Jist ye look thar, stran
ger; see what you’bs all did with your
and sbootin’ right through the
and pointing to two shot holes in
achieve directiy. Gen. Lee was for
several months in the employment direct
ly of the State of Virginia, and he receiv
ed his pay for that service in Confederate
money. It was proposed to pay him for
that duty in gold, deducting tbe gold
value of tlie Confederate money he re
ceived.
A resolution to that effect was passed
and communicated to him. He immedia
tely replied that he had given a receipt in
full t° the State of Virginia, did not ecu-
sider himselt entitled To further compen
sation, and, therefore, respectfully decli
ned tbe sum tendered.
At that time General Dee and stajf were
destitute of the commonest necessities of life,
and frequently without animal food.
All will remember likewise, how vainly
the people of Richmond endeavored to
force a present of a residence in that city,
on General Lee, at a time when bis family
were fugitives from their beautiful home.
The money was subscribed and the house
selected when tbe General wrote a per
emptory letter of refusal, respectfully, but
in language that left no room for tfonbt,
declining the gift Yet, at that time his
family were occupying one of the hum
blest residences on Leigh street.
It is not necessary to enlarge npon the
contrast between these acts and the coarse
of Gen. Grant, who has accepted, since
the war closed, one hundred and seventy-
five thousand dollars’ worth of presents,
carriages, horses, books and what not. So
much for the fling at chivalry.
Whatever else may be said of Southern
Generals, the charge of being mercenary
does not lie against them. The noble re
sponse of Magruder to the people of Tex-
tbat before leaving the Cabinet chamber;
he freely expressed himself as being
strongly on the side of the position taken j
by Secretaries Seward and Stanton. If
we misrepresent the true position of the
honorable Secretary of the Interior on the
subject of reconstruction, we will prompt
ly aud fully make the amende honorable. >
We are curious to see what those who
have endeavored to throw doubt on the
original statement will say now.
Q1HT.
Departed this life, at Turnwold, near
Eatenton, Ga., in the twenty-first year of
his age, of a surfeit of political indigna
tion, “The CountbyAian.” The father
of this interesting youth—always an ac
ceptable visitor—gives up his pet child
with great tribulation, lie was a prom
ising personage—a fit representative of
the proud family of Southerit Planter, who
“sleeps with his fathers. We are truly
sorry for tbe sad result, but honor tbe no
ble principles that preferred death to dis
honor. May the turf press lightly on thy
breast, my “Countryman,” and thy memo
ry be cherished till eternity grow* old.—
No more expressive'memorial need be
graved on thy tomb than the simplo one—
ILIUM FUIT. “Hope on, hope ever,”
is a good motto; Bro. Turner, for a man
of nnsnbdned patriotism and fervent aspi
rations like thee to cberish. The “silver
lining” will soon appear.
(Georgia Citizen.
——
ff/^Ilappincss is a pig with a greasy
tail, which every one runa after, but no
body ean hold.
A faabionable party ia bow called a
'daughter cultural ahow”
Good advice to Freedmen.—The South
Carolina Ledger, which is the organ of the
colored people of Charleston, is doing
much to strengthen mutual good feeling
between the races. Instead of leading
the colored people into collision with the
whites, aud equal rights, the Editor adopts
as his motto the scriptural philosophy :—
“First the blade, then ear; after that the
full corn in the ear.”
In a late number, the Editor thus
alludes to tbe mischievous agitators who
have tforust themselves upon the negro,
for the purpose of making mischief and
money :
“Col-ired people of the South, listen to
our advice—listen to the dictates of com
mon sense. Beware of false teachers,
who come to you in the clothing of theep,
but inwardly arc ravenous evolves. These
men have no desire to see you on amicable
terms with your white neighbors. They
come to widen the breach already exist
ing, ami to make capital out of tbe dissen
sions in our midst. The moment a good
understanding exists between yon and the
whites, tha moment their ‘occupation is
gene,’ bat if these speculators in ruin at
tain their aims, we tremble for your raoe !
Cultivate peace with whom your lot is
cast.”
We commend this timely advice to-the
intelligent colored people of our city. It
is not from a “secesb,” or a copperhead
paper, bnt from their own organ, pnblished
in Charleston.—Augusta Chronicle If Sen
tinel.
bed all over with splinters and pine knots. aS ’ W ^° c P n ^ r i^ ute fl a handsome purse to
I tell yer, stranger, it was right skerry for | P rocure hira a . fina plantation during the
a speli.” i war ’ w . as 80 lz npulsive and utterance of
The house completely hidden among ) ^g ra ?* Vel6a ^ Southern aol-
the thick growth ol timber, happened to j u
- - - - rr - - 1 No, gentlemen, when I espoused the
cause of the South, I embraced poverty,
and williugly accepted it.”
Such, also, was the conduct of Mr. Da
vis, who, shortly after his arrival in Rich
mond, was presented by tbe generous
citizens of our capital with th« mansion
which he occupied during tbe war. He
declined, respectfully bnt positively, to
receive it on any other terms than being
permitted to pay rent for it at the usual
per centage of cost for which such proper
ty is rented. A«d Mr. Davis* salary per
annum was not equal to Gen. Grant's per
month -
If the contrast thus presented between
distinguished men on the opposing sides
of the late war is not creditable to our
Northern brethren, let them remember
that we did not provoke it.
TVho will be President f Johnson Dies l
—By a law passed and approved March 1,
1791, it is provided that if the Vice Presi
dent, acting as President, die two months
previous to the time named by law for
choosing electors of President and Vice
President, the Secretary of State shall
issue his proclamation for a Presidential
election, te be conducted in tbe same man
ner as if at a regular election, and tbe
President so chosen by the eleetors, shall,
be sworn in as President on the 4th of
March fallowing, and hold his office, not
for the residue of tbe term, bat for tbe
regular term of four years, thus changing
tbe time for commencement of the term
of office of the President.
be in direct range of oar battery, and tbe
cabin itself and tha surrounding outbuild
ings, had been hit no less than six times
during the short action, but fortunately no
one was hurt about the place.
In answer to our inquiries, tbe woman
informed us that the young stranger be
longed to the “sex divine.” So we asked
her if she would like to have it christen
ed.
“Which ?” said she.
We explained as well as possible the
signification of the term christen.
<r Oh, yaas; I recon I would like to have
it baptized if you’ns got any preaeher
'long with yer?”
So went an Orderly back to one of the
Indiana regiments which boasted a chap
lain, and he wassooD on the ground. We
explained to him what was expected, and
he, nothing loth, commenced services.
The General commanding tbe brigade
getting wind of the matter came up, and
together with some of bis staff, were mas-
[ tered as witnesses. Dr. W. and the sub
scriber acting as spongers.
The grandame remarked, “What ar’
yergwine to gin it for a name? I want _
sut hin’ right pfeart.”
We told her she should be satisfied with
tbe name. The chaplain squared him
self. We (the spectators) took our sta
tions. The old woman held the gourd,
the nearest we could come to a baptismal
font, and the yonng female chivalry was
christened “Shell-Anna.” The ehaplaiu
made a prayer respectable for brevity and
appropriateness. The General kdded an
amen that sounded like tbe explosion of
a shell. We raised some $20 in green
backs as a christening gilt, and left them,
the ofd woman remarking, “I never seed
the beat o’ them Yankees.”
On oar return, some four days later, af
ter the fall of Atlanta, we called to see
onr protogee. Found it more like a boil
ed lobster, but otherwise the baby ami!
yellow-haired mamma were, iu the par
lance of the old lady, “right smart.”
Historically yours, His
• Skkicus ^ Wilkins.
Mark.
Be Careful.-— Persons who are fo the
habit of slandering their neighbors in a
load tone of voice, would do well to first,
ascertain whether that neighbor is in the
adjoining room or not. It might save un
pleasant feelings. The safest and best
plan, is to mind yonr own business and let
other people’s alone.
iyDo not judge a person from first
impressions; it is not liberal; often your
warmest friends prove to bp those that
yoa are prejudiced against.
7 he President and the Democracy.—The
Washington Constitutional Unton, a Demo
cratic journal, in a long and cheerfully
written editorial article on tbe relations of
tbe Democratic party to tbe President, in
its issue of the 7th inst., uses tbe following
significant language:
“President Johnson is the natural and
inevitable leader of the Democracy in the
great battle now going on for constitution
al liberty. There is, on the part of the
Democracy, the most cordial* feeling-to
ward such Republicans as shall break
loose from tbe trammels of faction and
take their stand with us for the constitu
tion. We know no difference between
such men as Cowan, Dixon, Norton, Doo
little, and others of like character and our
own accepted leaders. They deserve to
be sustained and honored in their poeitiona,
and they will he. We repndiate every
idea that the President looks to the forma
tion of a third party to aupereede the
Democratic organization, or that be sep-
'poses that snch a scheme is capable of ac
complishment, even if it were desirable,
Still less can we believe that he cherishes
any purposes of so distributing tbe honors
aud patronage of his Administration that
the tabors of the conservative organiza
tion in the land shall be permanently ex
cluded from all participation therein.—
Rome was not built in a day. The Demo
cracy are not striving for office, nor need
they be in a burry. They as all aanafble
tnen know that the President be* hardly
yet begun to consider, atill leas to act on
these questions; hut we have aaaurances
that he will not overlook that great party
on which he now leans for support,”.
Tbe oil developments of Oil Creek,
Pennsylvania, makes property there worth
$250,000,000, four times as nmeh as the
whole taxable property of East Tonne*see,
