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THE FEDERAL UNION,
( Gorntrof Hancock and IFilliinsorstrccts.)
Tuesday Morning, April 21, 1868.
FOB. aOVESieCR.
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON,
Of Fulton Cotsnlv.
FOR CONGRESS:
HON. 0. A. LOCHRANE,
OP BIBB COUNTY.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE OP BALDWIN CO.
SAH’L. McCOMB.
Democratic Nominations.
Far ('ougrrsn t
First District-—HENRY S. PITCH, of Chatham.
Second District—NELSON TIFT, of Dougherty.
Third District—P. W. ALEXANDER, of Muscogee
Fourth District—O. A. EOCHKANE, of Bihb.
Fifth District—No nomination..
Sixth District—JOHN H. CHRISTY, of Clarke.
Seventh District—GEN. P. M. B. YOUNG.
TIIK NTORtI, THE FKKSnST.ic.
All nature seems to be in confusion
and uproar. The elements in the
physical, the political, and the moral
world, are all in commotion. Radi
calism is rampant in Congress. Rob-
eries, murders and arsons are of daily
occurrence, and sympathetic nature
weeps and blows her nose over the
depravity of the times. For two or
three weeks past we have had a con
tinued succession of lires. Then
commenced hail storms, with thunder
and lightning, and such a deluge of
LET THE ( onSCKVA't'IVEM TAKE |
COCRAGE AND WORK. j
From all the indications the white!
men did well yesterday. Many of our j
colosed friends voted with us in spile
of the threats of the demons of the
League. Take courage and work un
til the polls are closed. Watch the
polls and see that no tricks are played,
and if any illegal voting is practiced
let it be reported.
The Tournament at the Race
Course.—As we announced in yester
day’s issue, the grand Tournament,
which has been so much talked off,
and so anxiously expected, came of on
yesterday at the Race Course, near this
city. Being the first amusement of
this character which has ever taken
place here, we feel that it is worthy of
mention—and not on this ground
alone, but also because of the grace
and skill of the riders, and of the chari
table purpose for which it was inaug
urated, and the large number of our
citizens who thronged to witness it.
Barring the unfavorable nature, of the
weather, there was nothing to mar the
pleasure of the spectacle. From 12
o’clock until 1 the road to the Race
Course was literally packed with car
riages, buggies and other vehicles,
conveying their fair freight to the
Tourney. Naught that grace and
beauty could lend to the scene was
wanting.
At half-past twelve the various
Knights, clad in becoming and pic
turesque costumes, and mounted on
their noble steeds, rode in front of the
“Umpire’s” stand and announced their
dilFerent characters. First was Mr.
West, as the “Knight of the Lost
Cause;” then Mr. Dugas, as “Jockey;”
Mr. Bisell, as the “Knight of the Red
Cross;” Mr. Heard as “Ivanlioe;” Mr.
Clarke as the “Citizen Knight;” Mr.
Martin as the “Chevalier Bayard;”
Mr. Reide “Knight of Roanoke;” Mr.
Walton “Knight of the Blue-eyed
Lassie;” Mr. Holt as the “Black
Prince;” Mr. Ridgley as “Ccieur de
Leon;” and Mr. Creswell as “Lochin-
var.”
After this they retired to their post
at the extremity of the Track, and the
trumpet sounded the call which sum
moned them to the lists, to commence
to * 0 ]
eo je to orders withdrew, notwith-
gtjnding these orders were contrary
Prom * v
JOHN B. GORDON.
General John B. Gordon, whose
name is now before the public as can
didate for Governor under the Con
gressional Reconstruction acts, is of
Scottish descent. General Gordon’s
ancestors came originally from Scot
land to Virginia but subsequently re- — -- .
moved to North Carolina. The father tlf brigade, is known to every one, and
~ - - - — ’ tfce recognition of his services on that
- dt y is fully recognized by all as one of
tje most gallant exploits of Southern
a( hievement, commanding the admira-
t enetrated the enemy’s lines j An Arabian City.—The sun was
Cemetery Height,” but in obedi- iyet two hours’ distance above the wes-
’ ' ■’•*' tern horizon, when we threaded the
narrow and winding defile, till we ar
rived at its further end. Here
of General Gordou, the Reverend L
H. Gordon, was born in North Caroli
na hut emigrated to Georgia in 1829
The General’s Grandfather entered the _ _
army of the Revolution of ’76 a mere ti ,n of Federal and Confederates. In
boy, at the age of fourteen, aud served tl® wild Wilderness of Spotsylvania,
throughout the entire war. A Great
tlll ,uu Q ,1VU U O IIII I ^ ** U» . AA Wl 1 VII .
Uncle, a Captain Gordon, especially ai^ shattered the left of the “army
distinguished himself in a charge at 0 1 Northern Virginia,” in the confu-
the battle of Kings Mountain by seiz- gjm and darkness of
ing a British officer aud carrying him handling the division of which he was
oft successfully adown the mountain commander, with commensu
side. Captain Wiley Gordon, an Un ‘ 1 ‘ - LI
clp of the present General Gordon
raised a company in North Carolina
to aid Texas in her war for Independ
ence.
John B. Gordon is a native Geor- jypjor General John B. Gordon. In all
gipn—born in Upson county on the C( nflicts Gordon always bore hj^iself
si*th day of February, 1832. At the a true soldier—ever obeying orders
eaHy age of eight years he became vv ith alacrity, never downcast but ever
profoundly impressed by religious r ^solute, always reciiless of his iite in
truths chiefly through the influence of Jgcharge of duty, but ever careful of
i- rf te skill, struck a blow upon the weak
points which his acute eye discovered,
Tdiich called forth the approbation ot
t}at noble hero, Robert E. Lee, and
npved him to nominate in the lield as
maternal teachings. Not long after
ward he was added by Baptism to the b s command. Always recognized as
rain as lias been rarely experienced
since the days of old Commodore j the different feats prescribed; then, af-
Noah ; and last, though not least, we ; ter the trial on the Course, at taking
have been visited with a negro elec- I ^ r ^ n S ^ * ,l U speed, cutting'the head
,. mi • i .■ - and lumping the hardies, the target,
tiou. t its last affliction is sti l upon 1 , , , • ,
1 | was brought out, at wmch tliey all
us, and il we survive it, the afflicted rode, firing in succession while at the
people of Georgia will have passed , horse’s utmost velocity, aud we know
through lire and water, and radicalism, i not which to admire most, the dexteri
ty of hand, or the wondrous horse-
manmanship which the riders display-
Never before have we seen such a
commotion of the elements as withiu
the last few days. On last Wednes
day night and Thursday morning there
was one continued thunder-shower
which lasted for many hours. The
rain fell in torrents and the sky was in
almost a constant blaze of lightning.
The damage to railroads, bridges, &c.,
must be immense, but a3 the mails are
stoped we can not yet give the par
ed.
When these feats were over the Um
pires announced that the “Chevalier
Bayaid”had taken the first prize; that
the “Bold Lochinvar,” who came out
of the West “Hall, the Good Knights,”
was declared second best. That the
“Citizen Knight” had taken the third
prize, and the “Knight of the Lost
Cause” the fourth. The “Chevalier
Bavard,” having taken the first prize,
ticulars. We fear also that the farms j was appointed to choose the “Queen
of Love and Beauty.” which he did in
the person of Miss A. C. C. C. k.
The other three Knights chose the
“Maidsof Honor,” who were Misses F.
W n, R. D v and F.
W r. After this ceremony was
have suffered much.
CBN. IIAM Ol H 8 I.El TUB TO GOV
ERNOR PEASE.
We hope that every man in the
United States will either read it him
self or get some one to read it for him.
It will be found in our present issue,
and we beg all of those into whose
hands this paper may fall, not to be
over the large concourse returned to
town and wound up the festivities of
the day with a ball at the residence of
Mr. 1’- s, where, until a very late
hour, or rather early hour, the fair la-
detered by its length, but read care- ] dies and gallant Knights “tripped the
fully this able and patriotic letter from i bght fantastic toe, and lemembered
,, . , , : more vividly their triumphs, or forgot
a ga ant soldier of the Federal army I J . ,, ^
8 * ! more successfully tneir defeats, in the
to the reconstruction Governor of genial j oy a nd happiness which per-
Texas. The sentiments contained in ' vaded the scene. So ended the first
this letter are worthy of the purest
patriot of the purest days of the Re
public. Gen. Hancock’s reputation
Tournament given in this city, and,
judging from the pleasure of the large
number of enthusiastic spectators, it
,h a soldier is extensively known, and " as “ com P ,ete Bucc ^'
Citron. 4* Sent'l.
Bullock Stock Hardly Quotable.
The Atlanta Intelligencer of the 15th
day has the following :
It is said that a prominent Radical
of this city gave it as his opinion the
other day that Bullock stock is not
In many a hard contested worth 25 cents in the dollar; while
Hancock fought the men ! another prominent member of the same
persuasion is said to have remarked
that the Union Leaguers are split all to
the d—1 and we can do nothii ig. The
confounded negroes are ruining us.
Upon tiiis latter, uDemocrat remarked:
“Well, we are not particular in need
of him as matters stand now, but if your
elephant is becoming troublesome we
can probably manage him. Send him
over.’’
T ex DKii Co RR e s po n den c e.—Mak i P
love by letter i« u dangerous beau
When the calenture of passion is ».
—and like other fevers it does b ...
itself out—it is very unpleasant to the
convalescent to have the evidences ol
his delirium cast, as it were, into his
teeth. Recovered madmen do not like
to be confronted with the ravings they
uttered while in a state of hallucina
tion. Still less do they relish having
their rhapsodies submitted to the in
spection of third parties. Society
makes no allowances for the state of
mind in which they were written. It
hoJds the writer accountable for them
just as strictly as if he hadn’t given
vent to them when iu a ntateof “moral
insanity.” So also does that palladium
of liberty, a jury. Jurors laugh at
the wild" words upon which actions of
breach of promise are sometimes found
ed, but none the less do they mulct
the repentant lunatics in exemplary
damages. Poor fellow, he suffers both
in pride and pocket. It therefore be
hoves impulsive men, with a constitu
tional tendency to make proposals, or
what may be construed into proposals,
to the other sex, to school their ar
dent temperaments severely, and to
practice total abstinence from pen, ink
and paper as a sentimental medium.
universally admitted. This letter and j
other literary productions show that |
like Julius Cicsar, he can handle a
pen as well as a sword. But the great
crowning glory of this letter is the
pure patriotism which pervades every
part of it.
field, Gen
of the South like a Lion. In open
manly fight we had no more danger
ous or impiaceable foe than Gen. Han
cock. But when the war was ended,
and he was sent to govern a conquer
ed people, we find him as humane and
generous in peace as be had been brave
and dangerous in war. This admira
ble letter shows that Gen. Hancock is
as well informed in statesmanship and
the science of Government, as he is in
the theory and practice of war. The
principles contained in this letter is as
applicable to every other State as to
Tuxes and commend themselves to
every other military commander. Gen.
Hancock’s logic is as irresistible, in
his controversy with Governor Pease, as
his sword in war. He has completely
demolished the Texas reconstruction
functionary, and left only a very dirty
greasy spot to tell where he stood.
This letter proves conclusively
that Gen. Hancock is not only a wise
statesman, and a pure patriot, but
that he is a real gentleman and a i
scholar. No man who Jias read the
puerile productions of Gen. Grant,
but must have marked the contrast
between them, ami the massive logic
and eminent, statesmanship displayed
by Gen. Hancock. We do not be
lieve the Northern Democracy can do
better than to nominate Gen. Hancock
for President. None would be more ac
ceptable to the white men of the
South.
membership of the Baptist church, of
which his father was an esteemed and
zealous minister. He completed his
educational course in the “University
of Georgia” at Athens, receiving high
mjirks of distinction in all the classes
of the college and becoming particu
larly distinguished in “oratory,” car
rying off the highest prize awarded,
th e “gold medal.” Subsequently se
lecting the profession of law as his
avocation he entered upon its study
u pder the guidance of Judge E. Y.
Hill, of LaGrunge. Having been ad
mitted to the Bar he removed to At
lanta and entered upon the practice of
) a w as a partner in the established law
Him of Overton & Bleckley. Not
{ 0 ng after his removal to Atlanta, lie
w as united in marriage to Miss Fannie
Haralson, the beautiful aud accom
plished daughter of the late lion.
Hugh A. Haralson, of CuGrange.—
Mrs. Gordon is one of those charm
ing ladies of which every Georgian
f e els proud. Her genial tenderness is
vividly re-called by many a sick and
wounded soldier as a “ministering au-
, r( d”, and claims and receives their
in'atitude for unwearied kindness. At
ft t ,
the commencement of the “secession
agitation” parental obedience aud
f a mily interest demanded Gen. Gor
don’s assistance for the development
0 f a coal mine, the chief part of which
l a y in Alabama, just across the Geor
gia line. Here he remained until the
outburst of war—his family still re
maining and claiming residence iu
Georgia. Brought up in the old line
■\Vhig school of politics so far as lie
took any active part in politics, he ad
vocated the doctrine of the Bell and
Everett party. The preservation of
tpo Union can only be maintained by a
faithful support of the Constitution
.,nd laws. On one occasion when ask
ed his opinion upon the exciting top
ics of the day, he said “I would sub
mit to no wrong, sutler no injustice,
f,ut I would faithfully execute all that
nominated in the bond. Let us all
jo that which is right. Stand by the
Constitution and laws until we see
(hat there is no hope but in resistance.”
jtfter the rejection in the United
otates Senate of the propositions of
t he Georgia Legislature, he simply
s iid “I shall go with my section. I
v as born and reared in the South and
E hall never desert her. Her fate shall
pe mine.”
At the outburst of war, he was
quietly pursuing the pursuits of civil
jife. He had not received a military
Mucation. His tastes were wholly
.omestic, amid the quiet of a happy
norne. His pecuniary interests urged
.tndivided personal attention, and
.vould necessarily suffer greatly, alike
rom the want of such attention and
oy a state of war. But this tloc
.werve him from what lie believed to
T
jama aud Tennessee, their services
Vere tended under a vote of the com
pany to the Governor of Alabama as
kvalry. This company was declined
La cavalry company, but accepted as
sixth Alabama regiment. Repair-
to the appointed rendezvous, at
organization of the regiment lie
,s elected Major;
ining its Colonel, be led his regiment
!t those terrible field
*nd Malvern Ilili,
Section of his men,
1 enmmfl
UiiHii) aucA
of his superiors
claimed him as her son, an 1 his renown
as liM - gjory. Next at bharpsburg he
held the *position assigned his com
mand, until, • streaming with blood
from foir desperate wounds, he was
taken from the field. Upon his re
covery, upon the recommendation ot
his superiors in command,-.his name
was preferred for promotion to the
rank of Brigadier General. In the
apportionment by the Confederate
Senate his name was placed by Sena
tors from Alabama as one who should
be appointed from Alabama. I he
Senators from Georgia had also put
his name in nomination. A deoate
arose as to which of these two States
Sudden Death of Commodore George
A. Prentiss, U. S. N.—The Augusta
down night trai* was the scene of a
melancholy incident on Wednesday.
toboth°his judgment and desire—thus rived at its further end. Here we! One of us passengers, Commodore
p^r recognizing duty and obedience ! found ours^Tvefon the verge oi a large \ George A. Prentiss, of the United
beth in civil and military life. The plain, mJny miles in length and States Navy, without exhibiting any
history of his dnring charge at the | breadth, and girt on every side by a j signs of indisposition suddenly tel!
b ttle of the Wilderness, with his lit- J high mountain rampart, while right in j dead. The Commodore embarked on
front of us, at scarce a quarter of an the frrain a|^ Augusta, and occupied the
hours’ march, lav the town of Hayel, first class coach. When the train ar-
surrounded by fortifications of about; rived at Aiken he passed into the sec-
twenty feet in height, with bastion |ond class car, and there remained un-
towers, some round, some square, and ; til Windsor was reached, when he
large folding gates at Intervals; it of- | returned, and after pacing once or
ferud the same show of freshness and j twice up and down the car, which was
even of something like irregular ele-j not in motion at the time, he took a
gauce that had before strdek us iu the 1 seat near the door and a moment af-
village on our way. But this was a
ffill grown town, and its area might
readily hold three hundred thousand and raising him
x\hen Hancock had shook the centre
He lives of his men and the wants of
atrue Christian, his inen reposed in
him the fullest confidence, and he led
tlem as by parental command.
Faithful to the end—resolute and
courageous to the last, when Lee pro-
nrunced the struggle useless he gave
up his sword. True to the wisdom of
his chief, and the plighted engage
ments of his chief, he, as did his broth
er officers, counseled the warworn vet
erans whom he had so often led amid
He storm of battle, that the “su
preme test of nobility is adversity,”
“the true test of the soldier is devo
tion totheplightedfaith of their chief.”
It is to the influence of such men as
Gordon that the termination of stttong
and so bloody a war lias been not only
without the bloody anarachy of guer-
rillaism, but an immediate, absolute
and complete return of the blessings
of peace. The most remarkable event
in all history.
Modest and retiring since the close
of the war, General Gordon has chief
ly sought to repair his shattered for
tunes. Recognizing the sudden ele
vation of the colored race, he has
sought to forewarn them of the dan
gers which menaced them in the
struggles of life by the competition of
the white race—their superior In num
bers, and their superior, for untold
centuries, in intelligence, and has given
to them counsel full of wisdom, urging
them to strive for the highest intellect
ual development, but to take no part
in ephemeral strifes, which will engen
der bitter antagonism, without bring
ing to them any possible good.
Pure, gifted, and courageous, honest
and honorable; devoted to principle,
yet not lost in the abstractions of
political theories, not wandering after
the delusions of lost rights, John B.
Gordon, as Governor of Georgia, will
administer the State government with-
qutfear or favor, and in all impartiali
ty and bring back the days of peace
a^nd prosperity.
niOltK ABOUT THAT SIOOO RE
WARD.
1 The Atlanta Intelligencer of yes
terday contains a letter from Hon. B.
jl. Hill in reply to Farrow’s famous
reward for a condemnation of Bullock
ip his own handwriting. Among the
papers communicated, is the following
letter to Col. Carey W. Styles,
y/bicli looks very like the individual
jiforesaid was cornered on his own
ground:— Telegraph.
Atlanta, Ga., March 4, LS6S.
Dear Cary:—I am playing a heavy
fland, and God knows I am seeking
t ny country’s good more than my own
aggrandizement. I will go, to the
yerge of the precipice, but will never
t'ake the damning leap; I will go to
(the mouth of the yawning gulf, but
Ivill not throw myself into it to be
wallowed up. You will barely have
read this until the die will have been
! terwards fell on the floor. The Con
ductor, Mr. Duffy, ran to his assistance
up for the pur-
,ie his duty. Raisiag a company of
•order-men from North Georgia, Ala- icast. The Treasury of Georgia, the
‘ J f I.mih oofifiont. tiimoanf unrl lilhl IkAiiPU nf *4 rPPlinDr.
present and future hopes of a recuper
ating State, cannot and shall not, if in
my power to prevent it, be surrender
ed to those whose only object 13 to
plunder a people with whom they
mtry arid assigned subsequently to . are in no way identified, and of
whose State they are not bona fide
citizens!!
Should the Augusta clique succeed,
afterwards be- the Opinion will suspend immediately.
It can be bought on reasonable terms,
of Seven Pines for ifl fail to whip the fight, it will
so as to seul the not issue even next week. Come here
hi3 coolness immediately, and don’t let it suspend
1 ediiif-' for a single day. Let it, in tiie event
Alabama I fail, ruu straight on, but in the new
line. I will make a full hand, in the
tight if I enter. I herewith send you
a slip which 1 have been sending out
by the thousand, and it is now germi
nating throughout the up-country. I
will try to prepare the Union for the
swindle and make a general stampede.
—You may predict Bullock’s defeat.
You are at liberty to quote the first
paragraph of this in your Tuesday’s
issue if Bullock succeeds, just saying,
it is from a Radical, and not intima
ting or insinuating from whom, but
saying they may look out for squalls.
Yours, in haste,
II. P. Farrow.
P. S.—Quote the above paragraph
he should be assigned. Reference was as in a letter to a gentleman of Alba-
i had to General Gordon as to his place ny, and not as directed to you—
of residence and citizenship, without would it not have more effect that
reference as to the object ot the iuqui- way.
ry. His reply was I am a Georgian j n a ] e tter, if the paper is small
—I have never surrendeied my citi- ^ r *
zeushipaud he was 1 1t ’
according!" ana we ^ ave muc ^ *° wr i Ce > we write
— ,closer, so let us learn to economise
'comind $ Lawton-; >“‘‘. f ™P rote th » raining momenta
brigade,-x\ r hose commander lay disabled
by wounds. He led the charge which We are seldom angry with that
re-took Marye’s heights. At Gettys! which despise.
inhabitants or more, were its streets pose ot placing a cushion under his
and houses close packed like those of head, discovered that he was a corpse.
Brusseds or Paris. But the number of An effort was made to obtain the ser-
citizens, does not, in fact, exceed twen- vices of a physician, but, it proved un-
ty or twenty-two thousand, thanks to successful, and the train moved on to
the many large gardens, open spaces,
and even plantations, included within
the outer walls, while the immense
Williston, where Dr. Brooks was
called in an I after examining the body
Tonounced that death had resulted
Lilt; Ulltt-l Wtllio, W1IIIO “iV , V-.WCI
palace of the monarch alone, with its from apoplexy, and so certified.
pleasure grounds annexed, occupies
about one-tenth ot the entire city.
Our attention w r as attracted by a lofty
tower, some seventy feet in height, ot
recent construction and oval form,
belonging to the royal residence. The
plain all around the town is studded
with isolated houses and gardens, the ;
Upon the arrival of the train, Coro
ner Whiting was summoned and held
an inquest, and the jury rendered a
verdict in accordance with the facts.
The body of Commodore Prentiss was
committed, together with his personal
assets, to the military authorities
Charleston Courier.
A Toad
ates that
Undressing.—Andubon
he once saw r a toad un-
propertv of wealthy citizens, or of
members of the kingly family, and on
the far-off skirts of the plain appear
the "roves belonging toKafar, Adwah 'dressing himself. He commenced by
and other villages, placed at the open- pressing his elbows hard against his
ino-s of the mountain gorges that con- | sides and rubbing downwards. Af-
duct to the capital. The town wails ter a few smart rubs his bide began to
and buildings shone yellow in the 1 burst open along his back. He kept
evening sun, and the whole prospect on rubbing until he worked all bis j
was one of thriving security delight- ‘ sk'iii into folds^ on his sides and hips* |
ful to view, though wanting in the then grasping one hind leg with his j
peculiar luxuriance of vegetation of-j hands, lie hauled off one leg of his j
tered by the vallev of Djowf. A few pants the same as anybody would; j
Bedouin tents lay clustered close by then stripped off the other hind leg j
the ramparts, and the great number in the same way. He then took his
of horsemen, footmen, camels, asses, cast of skin forward between bis fore
peasants, townsmen, boys, women, and legs into his mouth and swallowed it;
other like, all passing to and fro, on then by raising and lowering his head,
their various avocations, gave cheer- swallowing, as his head came down,
fulness and animation
.London Spectator.
to the scene.— lie stripped otf his skin underneath,
until it came to its forelegs; then
grasping one of these with the oppo
site hand, by a single motion of the
head, and while swallowing, he drew
it from the neck and swallowed the
whole.
tin
long run.
•»v»
EXPRESSIVE
ON THE
CUB SENTIMENTS
SUBJECT.
Speaking Out.—In
the habit of keeping back much o
what he thinks acts destructively on
the man himself. The practice dims
his conscience, and alters his very
creed. He suppresses so much that
in the end lie blots out pare of him
self, audharlly knows what he believes
as a man, and what as a partisan.
While the process of decline is going
on, the mail’s utterances lack the
warmth, the clear ling, the sliaip way of staple or fanev dry goods,
edge, which we find la the ideas that T
come straight from the heart and brain.
G. Washington Bricks, of the
Louisville Journal, gets off the follow
ing, to which we subscribe :
If there is anything on earth, in
That-is why partisan speeches sound
so hollow. " That is why the writing
of able men in the leading colums
even of (lie chief journals so often
lack edito and distinctness, and seems
the work ot an intellectual machine,
rather than of a living intellect. It is
for the same reason that most men are
so much smaller than Nature meant
them to be. Nature meant them to
be bi" and well formed ; but they are
that I absolutely adore, it is a white
; petticoat—a very white one of course;
and if there is anything in the same
line that I absolutely do not adore,
but “so far from it, on the contrary,
quite the reverse,” it is a colored one.
I have always thought that a snowy
petticoat and a pair of snowy stock
ings, with a pretty girl concealed in
them, possess more gilded and sugar-
coated enchantment for the refined and
poetic soul than any other objects up-
-- - o on which the sunshines, or has ever
stunted and ^proportioned, because 0f course this pre-supposes a
some of their faculties have never been
exercised at all.—They will not say
what they think; so they become like
unto the thing they worship—the God
of Corporate Action, whose gospel is
that of Suppression, whose hymns are
made up of abstract phrases punctua
ted with winks, and unto whose throne
goes up, day and night, the incense of
pretty foot and ankle with gaiter boots
—not slippers—to match. Not one in
a thousand of heaven’s last best gift
can, in the presence of artistic or crit
ical taste, wear slippers with any de
gree of safety. The foot and ankle
must be the perfection of symmetrical
beauty, or the slipper is a nuisance
,, i which should be abated, it it cannot
hvnocrisv. Mr. Mil! believes this lack , . .
-U , , , ,. . , . be (lone otherwise, by legislative en-
of individuality to be the most danger- , .... J ®., .
u . . J j .... . 3 ., actment. When my appetite is unirn-
ous sign m modern civilization. At . r + i „
, , » ... . . n .. paired, I can take a drink ot well ad-
east, if men won hi dare to lead the 1 . ,,. u . .
. ’ . j , r ., , . „ vertised bitters—not such as every va-
lives marked out for them by nature, . . ~ J „
u i-i i ■'in- „ 4- i grant plank-fence and vagabond wall
they would speedi y be very different ^ , 1 . „
f 1 e J . , J constantly call upon me to “try’—
from a race ot mental and moial , , C ■> ,
I r t- x. , .1 , and enioy a good dinner very comfort-
dwarfs. Iveats spoke the truth under , J J ”, , , M f , .
, .. c J .- . , ably upon a colored table-cloth; but
the vet of poetic exaggeration when ... / ? . . , , ..
. . . -V , , it l were to marry the loveliest of
he said that if each would express rum- .
° , iii „ „ : gir s and should detect her in the act
self each would be jrreat, and » . , , . . . .. ^
, , ,, ,, „ i ol wearing a colored petticoat, there
humanity won r c ni g j is not the slightest doubt, especially if
democracy of forests trees. I we happene ° d to be living in Chicago,
that we would find ourselves involved
in a divorce suit before we were ten
Two Pictures of Death.—In a
scantily furnished chamber lies an old y ears 0 ld e r. A girl who is habitually
Scotch minister with thin, gi ay hair, at ] f ]i C te<i to the habit of wearing a
and wrinkled ^kin. Butins jrow is 0 f that sort, would, on going to
high and broad ; his deep-set- eyeslare ; i 10U8e k ee pj U g, have all her plates and
bright and piermng ; a smile plays C(|p? and saucers of a copper color to
hide dirt.
piermng ; a smile plays cu and M ^era of a copper color to
round his lips; and though feeble and as Ibave already inti-
dying, he looks calm aud happy. Let j (p a ted,I would’nt give a canceled two-
us speak to him and say—
“Do you think yourself dying, dear
sir?”
He fixes his eves calmly upon you
and slowly he replies—
“Really, friend, I am not anxious
whether or not; for if I die, I shall be
with God; if I live, He will be with
me.”
Now let us step into yonder man
sion. Entering a richly furnished
chamber, we find a dignified person
enfolded in warm robes, and seated in
a large easy chair. He, too, is feeble
and dying; but the light in his eyes is
unsteady, and lie looks like a man
ill at ease with himself. Let us also
ask him a question—
“Mr. Gibbon, how does the world
appear to you now ?”
The eloquent historian of the Ro
man Empire—for he it is—closes his
eyes a moment, then opens them
again, and with a deep sigh he re
plies—
“All things are fleeting. When I
look back I see they have been fleeting;
when I look forward, all is dark and
dou b tful.—Protestant Watchman.
In the intercourse of social life, it is
by little acts of watchful kindness,
recurring daily and hourly, and oppor
tunities of doing kindnesses, if sought
for, that are forever starting up—it is
by words, by tones, by gestures, by
looks—that affection is won and pre
served.
cent postage stamp for better grounds
for a divorce, ifl were in want of such
grounds, titan the introduction in
to my family of a colored petticoat and
a pair of blue, gray, or lead-colored
stockings. They are a part of a young
lady’s wearing apparel which neither
gods nor men are said to permit, and
and girls should be educated to know
it. The.e is not a more beautiful
accomplishment, when it is once
known.
A Proposed Two Story Street.—
A bill for tunneling Broadway, in
New York city, has passed one branch
of the State Legislature, The plan
proposes not simply to tunnel Broad
way, but to take up the whole street,
in its whole width—carriage way,
sidewalks and all—and to a depth of
fifteen or twenty feet; then it is to
be reconstructed by building a roof on
the level of the present street, and
making a basement story for a second
Broadway under the present one,
through which six railroad tracks are
to carried ; the traffic of the present;
street to be carried upon the roof of
the street below. This stupendous
plan, it is said, cannot possibly be
completed in less than ten years, and
will cost ot least ten millions of dol
lars per mile. New York is naturally
very much excited over the scheme.
Duties fufilled are always pleasured
to the memory. —*
TOR SWORD OV ROBERT I,EE.
KV R»:v. A1SKAM J. KYAR.
Forth from its scatburd, niire and bright
Plnalied iheaword of Lee!
Far iu tho front oftha deadly fight.
High o'er the brave, in the cause of Right
Iu stainless sheen, like a beacon light,"
Led as to victory.
Out of its scabbard, where full long
It slumbered peacefully
Roused from its rest by the battie-soug
Shielding the feeble, smiting the slron*
Guarding the right, avenging the wrong
Gleamed the sword of Lee.
Forth from its scabbard, high in air,
Beneath Virginia’s sky—
• Aud they wl o saw it gleaming there,
And knew who bore it, knelt to swear
That where that sword led, they wouid darn
To follow and to die.
Out of its scabbard! Never band
Waved sword from stain as free,
Nor purer *w..rd led brsver band,
Nor braver bled for a brighter land,
Nor brighter band had a cause as grand.
Nor cause a chief like Lee!
Forth from its scabbard! how we prayed
That sword might viemrbe!
1 And when our triumph was delayed,
And maay a heart grew sore afraid,
He still hoped on, while gleamed the blade,
Of nobie Robert Lee!
Forth from its scf.bbard! all in vain!
Forth flashed the sword of Lee!
‘Ti* shrouded now in its sheath again,
It sleeps the sleep of our noble slain,
DHeatcd, yet without a stain,
Proudly and peacefully.
A Beautiful Legend.—A chanti
ng tradition is' connected with the
iite on which the Temple of Solomon
,vas erected. It is said to have been
vvned in common by two brothers one
t'vvhom had a family; the other had
one. On the evening succeeding the
rnrvest, the wheat having been gather-
(1 in separate shocks, the elder brotii-
r said unto his wife: “My younger
rotlier is unable to bear the burden
pf the day; I will arise, take my shocks,
,uid place them with his without his
knowledge.” The younger brother
peirig actuated by similar motives, said
within himself. “My elder brother has
^ family, and I have not; I will arise,
pike oft’ my shocks, and place them
Vith his without his knowledge.”
'ludge of their mutual astonishment,
Vffien, on the following morning they
found their shocks undiminished. This
course of events transpired for several
tights, when each resolved, in his
Viind, to stand guard and solve this
Jtiystery. They did so, when on the
following night they met each other,
half way between their respective
shocks, with arm full?* Upon ground
hallowed with such associations as
these was the Temple of Solomon
erected—so spacious aud magnificent,
r he admiration and wonder of the
world! Alas! how many in these days
Would sooner steal their brother’s
whole shock than aid to it a single
^heaf.
THE|DTIIVG IKFIBKIL.;
One morning Dr. Fletcher, of Step
ney, received a request to visit a man
who was a professed skeptic, and ap
parently near his end. On entering
the chamber where he lay, he beheld
the attenuated form of one who had
been a tall, athletic man, struggling
under the ravages of a disease at once
the most painful and incurable. The
doctor addressed him by sundry kind
inquiries and expressions of sympathy,
reminding him of the sufferings of
Christ who gave himself a ransom for
sinners, that through His atoning sac
rifice they might obtain the forgive
ness of sin and be restored :o the favor
pf God.
Hearing this, the dying man said:
“ Sir, I don’t believe that; I wish I
could, as my dear wife there does; she
believes all you say.”
“ Well,” said Dr. F., “ but you say
you wish you could, and that is a great
point towards attaining it, it you are
sincere. Now, what do you believe
concerning Jesus Christ ?”
“ Why,” he replied, “I believe such
a man once lived, and that he was a
very good, sincere man; but that is
nil.”
It was a principle with Dr. F., when
reasoning with unbelievers, if they
acknowledged the smallest portion ot
truth, to make it a position from
which to argue with them. This
imode he now adopted, and said:
“ You believe Jesus Christ was a
a good man—a sincere man. Now do
;you think that a good man would wv-'n
to deceive others? or a sincere man
use language that must mislead ?”
“ Certainly not,” he replied.
“ Then how do you reconcile your
admission that He was a good man
with his saying to the Jews, ‘land
my Father are one.’ When they took
up stones to kill Him He did not un
deceive them, but still maintained the
fact of His Godhead, adding, * My
sheep hear my voice, and they follow
Me, and I know them, and I give unto
them eternal life?”
“Stop,” cried the dying man, with
an excited voice. “ Stop, sir; I never
saw this before; a new light breaks in
upon me. Stop sir!”
Holding np his emaciated hand, as
if fearing that a breath might obscure
the new light breaking in on his be
nighted soul, and with a countenance
lighted up with a sort of preternatural
expression quite indiscribable, btu
with eyes intently fixed on Dr. F. he
exclaimed, after j* short pause, whi.e
big tears rolled down bis cheeks—
“ Sir, you are a messenger of mercy
sent by God himself to save my pu° r
soul! Yes, Christ is God, and he died
to save sinners! Yes, even me!”
A Spirited Epitaph.—Said Con
vive to Bontemps, both being Bohemi
ans, “What would you do, Bon, ill
were to die ?” Replied Bon, “Do, my
boy, why I’d write your epitaph.
Rejoined Con., “If you wrote it, old
fel, I hope you’d write it strong.’ 1°
which his friend replied, “Never fear,
old chap, it should rival that of Keats,
and would read: “Here lies oud
whose name was writ in whiskey.