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VOLIME IXXVill.]
M I L L E 9 G E VI L L E , G E 0 R tt 1 A, M A ¥ It, 1868.
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THE Hl.ll UKY OK WE WMPAi'EKlt.
From an interesting article on tin
history o< the early newspaper press,
prepared aud delivered by Col. E. A
Calkins, of the St. Paul Pioneer, at thi
annual meeting of the Minnesota Ed
itors’ and Publishers’ Association, held
recently at St. Paul, Minn , we make
the following extract, showing the
origin of one of the first newspapers :
“In the early part of the seven
teenth century, Dr. Theophraste Ren-
audot was the most popular phvsi
cian in Paris. Ilis success was almost
miraculous in the cure of diseases that
originated in disordered nerves, from
mental depression, front bad digestion,
from aching hearts and weary brains
and there is hardly an ailing in the
long inventory of our inheritance of
ills but may be traced to causes like
these. His remarkable cures, however,
were not attributable to the efficacy
of his pills, powders, purgatives, and
counter-irritants. He knew all the
scandal of the court and city; he was
genial and loquacious, and the potions
that he administered were universally
spiced with the latest gossip of the
times—the incidents of the day, the
talk of the cafes, the juicy and piquant
morsels that men and women delight
in hearing about one another. Hypo
chondria, gas tic pains, and nervous
twinges vanished, as the garrulous
leech mingled with his bolus or blis
ter the ever-welcome tale of some
courtier’s fall from power, some high
cepted by the Convention in good
faith, and it r.ow remains for the citv
to make good its part of the contract.
There is ho time to lose in getting
ready for the meeting of the Legisla
ture. Buildings have to be prepared
for the two branches of the Legisla
ture, a mansion for the Governor and
offices for the several departments of
the tytate Government.
“ The people cordially approve the
action of the Council in all that it pro
posed to do to induce the removal of
the Capital hither, and they will now
be satisfied with nothing less than the
fulfillment of the agreement. The
Legislature will meet in a short,
time, and unless Atlanta can make it
comfortable, it lias the constitutional
authority to remove the seat of Gov
ernment, temporarily, to Milledgevilte,
or otherwise, if it sees fit. We deem
it advisable to provide against such a
contingency. The meeting of the
first Legislature under the new order
of tilings ought to be held in the new
State Capital. There is no risk to
run in providing for it according to
agreement. Atlanta is bound to be
the Capital. The new Constitution
will restore the State to the Union
and the machinery will soon be work
ing as regularly as if nothing had hap
pened. Let our City Council, then,
be on the alert, and see that it loses
nothing by a failure to fulfill its obli
gations.”
When the Legislature assembles at
Atlanta, it is hoped by every man in
Maryland aud Pennsylvania, at a tiint
when the temper of the Southern
people was sorely tried. Such quali
ties as he displayed could not fail, in
a long run, to win the regard of a
manly and affectionate people; and
while we find that he was loved like a
father by all those who shared his im
mediate perils, we have not vet for
gotten that wlieu the victorious vete
rans of the North were marching home
through Richmond, they burst into a
splendid shout of enthusiasm as they
recognized, gravely contemplating
them from a curtained window, tHe
familiar form and face of Robert E.
Lee.
ldv’s indiscretion, the news from thel? e ^ ,a v ' ,, ° does not w,sb t ,,s abon| -
wars, a significant nothing from the! ’ nablt; ™ hen \ e . consummated, it will
lips of royalty. But people would! tor ! llw,th ad J oun ' to Milledgevilie,
not always be sick. Wholesome sea-1 a,,d Patently refuse to appropriate
sons, halm in the atmosphere, andif cent f ' ,r the erection of new bu.id-
“skvey influences” would for long pe- m S 8,n the ' v ould-be new capita . 1 he
riods'prove fatal to fevers and gout.L me&8 " recau U 8urel y Wl 1 be ’ d f
" would sometimes elapse, du-! feaU * d 1,1 ,hw wav * or at least, ad-
AN Ol.n NTORT
Many years ago a celebrated Italian
artist was walking along the streets
of his native city, perplexed and des-
, g iu consequence of some irri
tating circumstance or misfortune,
when he beheld a little boy of such
surprising and surpassing beauty that
he forgot his own trouble and gloom
in looking upon the almost angel face
before him.
“'That face 1 must have,’
artist, “for my studio. Will you come
to my room and sit (or a picture, my
little man?
The little boy was glad to go arid I 0 f the whole
see the pictures and pencils and curi- { ow
ous things in the artist’s room; and he
it is. Think of it often, and heed it
always.
From the National. Intelligercer.
THE Af.TA VKI.A TI ATTRK —J VF «-
HOI'S COXDK T OK THE I.Y1 FEATH
ERS.
We find the following in the Wash
ington correspondence of the New
York Tribune
“JudgeNelson, in his argument iu
the summing up to-day, took occasion
to advert to a certain recommendation
by General Butler on the Alta Vela
case. The paper was written some
time before the impeachment proceed
ings were initiated, and had no date
whatever affixed.”
ble propriety at any time, was not as
stated by the Tribune correspondent,
written “Some time before the im
peachment proceedings were initiated,
and without date, but was actually
From the Cmeimitli Commercial.
IMPEACHMENT.
“ Writing of the impeachment trial
recently, we said there were at least
ten Senators who would vote on the
dated and written alter the summons i verd,ct according to the law and the
to the President to appear and auswer j testimony,
had been served upon him, and thatU bere we,e
We meant to say that
ten Republican Senators
A bout one half the
another copy of the letter, with add.-! who would do so.
ti nal signatures, was delivered to him j senators, we believe, will vote to con-
after his appearance by counsel to de-j wet Johnson wl-t er they behtve
he has been guilty of any other offence
fend himself against the charges exhib- . - .
it, j il against him by these very mana-1f ba " differing with Ins paTtyor not.
gers, whose signatures
to the letter.
Comment upon these facts is
! needed to show the character ot , _ , . . . „ .
-p, • n ,, , i transaction, in which it appears that they ha\e a xt e ruun
Tins w a f-eble dfort, by a pont.ve uroBec „ tor8 A*H.« Pr f ,i- CO,mct. There are n dozen Senators
misrepresentation ot the tact, to avoid j
the odium attaching to the conduct of j
C * ilia lies- l y
are appended are ’ ot course > Republicans,
{partisans ot the intensest sort.
)|( t ! The Republican minority can con-
this i vict or acquit, and we do not believe
fixed determination to
those who were engaged in the trans
action alluded to. The allusion to it
by Mr. Nelson was elicited by a re
mark of Mr. Manager Boutwell in re
gard to the abandonment of the Presi
dent by Judge Black, who was origin
ally one of tiie counsel for the defense.
The exposure of the affair, made with
careful delicacy by Mr. Nelson, star-
said the tied honorable Senators, and occasion
ed earnest inquiry as to tiie facts, A
simple recital of these is sufficient ; , c , , , „ , ,
■ r •, i-. .i c , , . and unswerviuir fidelity to duty to de-
i to exhibit the disgraceful character 1
j I cinie, as Mr. Johnson diu, such over-
OeXuX w. T "a « W.d.
HgaiuBt bim. »n.l .ctuallv e.^ag.-d in **> fros.deKey will not be phmilW.
it,»refuu..do„d«vori..gto t.ke ad- Several of thew. we eiupeet. would
vantage oftbeir relative noeitimi ,„J rati,cr see Join,von tliau Made in poe-
vvards the accused to eon,pel his assia- 60581011 ol 1 lie
tance in carrying out an immense lob
by scheme, failing in which, they pro
ceeded to push the prosecution with
a degree of vindictiveness attributable
only to personal rancor, instead of de
votion to public duty.
It will hardly be credited anywhere
that the man who had the firmness
iffiiir.
Iiev are as
tnres from his prosecutors under such
circumstances can he guifty of any of
tiie charges made against him, or be
injured in any way by ^the malevolence
of the prosecution, unmistakbly
prompted by his refusal to aid its man
agers by the unlawful use of execu
tive power in promoting their great
lobby scheme.
The spectacle is presented of men
articles of impeachment
Monti
in I., x*ii 1 • i I prosecutin
letter, dated of that date, and signed 1 . •, . f , , ,,
, r c . i- • i l airamst the - Brcsulent lor acts of the
oy four of the managers ot impeach-! °
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ring which no lady’s bedside, or vale- i I oun, . e<i “"V that t,m « whe 1 " ^‘ e 1 r L al
tudmarian’s couch, awaited the phv-i T e0 I ,Ie °‘ Georgia wi" speak forth in
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ounce of physic. At such times his Radical government, from the
burden ot news and scandal accumu-j " rst to th . e last /' luU8e ° f t,,e ,nfernal
luted, till its bulk became overwhelm- f f 0,,8 ‘ Jt . ut, °"' . I( ,s , not * government
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the project with which lucky stars and j ° ln am y*_
a lazy hour had had impregnated his! From I lie Lonfton Daily Telegraph,
mind. He named the paper the Ga-\ bobkbt k. i,ek.
zettc Je Paris, and it sprang at oncej At Lexington, in the State of Vir-
into boundless popularity. It was!ginia, there is a college which bears
read by everybody that could read at; the name of the most illustrious citizen
and those that could not read;ever born in the “Old Dominion,”
fertile as that pleasant land has been
in heroes; nor could George \Yash-
eness, the happy
his news dawned upon hi
i ise or an inspiration.
add that the doctor’s professional skill
fell into inglorious disuse, and his pre-
scri.ptions became the subject of ridi
ingtou himself have wished that the
college erected in his honor should
have lor President a worthier chief
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Address hCOTl’ Sc l’ITTMAN.
Atlanta, Ga.
Jan. 20, 18(58. 20 tf
iiawley Is here !
HIS
Are Superceding all others!
ult*. He was abundantly recompen- tliau the one who quietly entered upon
sed, however, in his vanity and for- his duties just a fortnight ago. The
tune, by the success of his Gazette.— new President is still in the prime of
While nobody took his medicines, ev-j manhood, though already his hair and
erybody took his paper. The doctor, beard are gray; he has been long ac-
tiis former patients, and iiis readers!customed to command ; he is familiar
were all equally satisfied with the ex-1 with hardships as with fame—has slept
periment, and he published the news- for months amid the woods of Virgin-
paper as long as he lived. In other) is, and has crossed the Rappahannock
hands its name was changed to the! Northward at the head of a victorious
Gazette <1c France, and it became the j army; he has been proved alike by
official organ of the government. It'good and evil fortune, and whether
existed exactly two hundred and one j when threatening the Federal capital,
years, and was suppressed by the po- or when surrendering his sword to a
lice during the political troubles of; Federal captain, he has ever borne
1-831. I himself as beseemed a man noble alike
by ancestry and by nature. The des-
From tiie Journal <fc Messenger.
RE.TIOYA I. OF, '1’IIE STATE CAPITAI..
If the Democratic party has a ma
jority in the Legislature it is hoped
that it will peremptorily refuse to ap
propriate one dollar to carry out the
Cendant of “ Light Horse Harry” has
dotted the gray uniform for the garb of
a peaceful professor ; nor can we own
that change is a degradation, even for
Robert Lee.
There is a difference in the mode of
radical plan of removing the State action, but no alteration in the object,
Capilal from Milledgevilie to Atlanta, which is simply to render the best
As the act of removal is purely legis- : service he can to his native istate. To
lative, the late Convention had not that single aim he has never once been
the shadow of a right to engraft it in- unfaithful; and he will still pursue it,
to the new Constitution. The ques- vve may rest assured, with the old high
tion was sprung in the Convention j euthusiasm, tempered by a cautious
after it met, and not a word was everjbraiu. Throughout the war nothing
The impeachment resolutions were
was still more pleased when he saw passed in the House, and the managers
what seemed to be another hov looking; appointed February 2 Itli.
just like himself smiling from the ar-i The articles of impeachment were j
tist 8 canvas. laid before the Senate March 2d.
The artist took great pleasure inj The summons to appear and answer |
looking at that sweet face. When he on March 13th was served upon the!
was troubled, or irritated, or perplex-j president March 7th.
od, he lifted his eves to that lovely) On the 9th of March the following
image on the wall, and its beautiful | letter, dated of that date, and sinned j l
features and expression calmed hi
heart and made him happy again Imcut—Butler, Logan, Thud. Stevens.
Many a visitor to his studio wished tojmij Binnham—was delivered to the
purchase that lovely face; but, though President by Chauncey Black, Esq., a
poor, and often wanting money to Ison and law partner of Judge Black,
buy food and clothes, he would not { strongly urging immediate action by
seli his good angel, as he called this; the President in regard to the Alta
portrait. ; Vela case, of such nature as to amount
So the years went on. Oftentimes! to an actual declaration of war against
as lie looked up to the face on the glow-; San Domingo.
ing canvas lie wondered what had be- ! Again, on the lGthof march, a copy
come of that boy. ! of the same letter, dated March 9rh.
“Howl should like to see how lie With the additional names of Messrs,
looks now! I wonder if I should know j Garfield, Koontz, Blaine, and Moor-
him? Is lie a good man and true, or; head, the willing witness for the pros-
wicked ai.d abandoned/ Or lias lie died edition, was delivered to the President
and gone to a better land/” j by Judge Black.
One day the artist was strolling! During all this period Judge Black
down one of the fine walks of tiie; was acting as one of the counsel for
city, when lie beheld a man whose face i the President, and hi. such capacity
and mien was so vicious, so deprav-jconferred with the other counsel for
ed, so almost fiend-like, that he in- the defense, and actually prepared a
voluntarily stopped and gazed at j portion of the President’s answer to
him. I the articles of impeachment.
“What a spectacle! I should like toj The copy of the letter of March 9th, j by General Meade to investigate and
paint that figure, and hang it in mv i which was delivered to the President I report upon the numerous charges of
studio opposite tiie angel-boy,” said j March 16th, is as follows: fraud that have been made, will have
the artist to himself. j Washington, March 9, 1868. a laborious duty to perform onein-
The young man asked the painter j “Colonel J. W. Shaffer, Washington,! v °l yin g much responsibility. Ihe
for money for he was a beggar as well; D. C.
as a thief. j “Dear Sir—In answer to your. ,
“Come to my room, and let me! question relating to the validity of the ' <>ne * 1,1 man y counties of the State,
paint your portrait, and I will give j claim of the United States to theju-
you all you.ask,” said tiie artist. risdiction over the island of Aita Vela,
Tiie young man followed the pain- upon considerable consideration of the
ter, aud sat for a sketch. When it {subject, 1 ain clearly of opinion that,
was finished, and he received a few | under the claim of the United State*,
coins for his trouble, tie turned to go;;Rs citizens have the exclusive right
but his eye rested upon the pictuie of j t 0 take guano there,
the boy; be looked at it, turned pale,i “This is clearly indisputable, both
aud theu burst into tears. by the law of nations and municipal,
“What troubles you man?” said tlio law. I have never been able to under- membered, and it will ever be, that at
painter, lt was long before the young! stand why the Executive did not long . tbu bl " st; ‘- a y s t ‘ ec ^! on ln ever y county,
man could speak. He sobbed aloud, gmee assert the right of the govern- save * IJ ‘ ton > no t of voters were
aud seemed pierced with agony. J ment, and sustain the rightful claims 5 tllut tb f u allot8 of the voters
At last lie pointed up to the picture 1 0 f its citizens to the possession of the , v L ere ” ot numbered ; and that in most
on the wall, and in. broken tones which i a I a ud iu the most forcible manner | u [ “ le counties of the State this mode
deemed to come from a broken heart,!consistent with the dignity and honor
he said: {of the nation. 1 am yours truly,
“Twenty years ago you asked me| “Benj. F. Butler.
to come up here and sit fora picture, “] concur in the opinion expressed
and the angel-lace is that portrait. Be-j above by General Butler,
hold me now, a ruined man; so bloated,; John A. Logan.
so hideous that women and children; “And we concur:
turn away their faces from me; so 1 *«J. A. Garfield, Thaddeus Stevens,
fiend-like that you want my picture to, “W. H. Koontz, J. G. Blaine,
White House. But the
cry is that tiie Republican party can
not afford to acquit Johnson. That
is all nonsense. There is just one
thing the Republican party cannot af
ford do—and that is an act of palpa
ble injustice. The acquittal of the
President would show a moderation
and sense of justice, and a capacity to
do exact justice in the Republican
party fhat would be most credible;
and that would be historically famous
as illustrating tUe intelligence aud pro
priety of the party.
“ No one can say if Johnson is ac
quitted that tlie Republican party did
not dare to convict him ; for it dare do
anything that becomes men. If he is
convicted, they will, of course, be
charged with committing a partisan
impeachment. The charge will be
serious or trivial, according to the
popular judgment of its truth. If
Johnson is acquitted, the Republicans
will receive applause for magnanimity,
in refraining from the harsh exercise
of an undoubted power, when under
most trivial character, and at the same
I time privately urging him to the com-
! mission of an act which would be
| clearly and undeniably a usurpation on
his part of the war-making power ot i * reat provocation, and great tempta-
! Congress while that body is in ses-i tlo “ too. U e see no reason, therefore,
I sion: for which he would have beeD I one-third of the^ Republican feen-
justiy liable to impeachment and con >tors, who are capable of listening to
viction.
THE I.ATE EV.ECTIO.ir.
The result of the late election will
not be made known officially for some
time. Our readers must be patient,
however anxious they may be, under
this infliction, for it cannot be other
wise. The frauds to be investigated
will require time. Elections may be
ordered, where, it is alleged, none
were held; and perhaps new elections
may be ordered in counties where it
will be established frauds were perpe
trated. The Military Board appointed
election for Governor and members of
V01Jr ! the General Assembly has been a close
from the best information we have
been able to obtaiu, in which, in the
absence of fraud, the Democratic tick
et would have been elected, negro
I radicals have been declared elected
! Should these alleged truuds be substan-
1 dated, the present aspect of the Gen-
j eral Assembly will be changed, and it
I will be Democratic. When it is re
reason, and who are the real jury—
our readers know that a two-thirds
vote of the Senate is required to con
vict—should not do fearlessly what
they believe to be right.”
The Springfield Republican (Radi
cal) says:
“ No Republican Senator is likely to
vote for acquittal on the grounds af
fecting the constitutionality of the
teuure-of-ofiiee act, or Mr. Johnson’s
accountability under it; but there are
many of them who will form an opin
ion honestly and candidly, without
party bias or personal malice, upon
the question of intent; and the coun
try will support them fully iu an inde
pendent and conscientious verdict,
whatever it may be.”
said to the people upon the subject; wa s more comfortable than Lee’s per- show how ugly a mau could look. ‘Ah!; “\y. Moorhead, John A. Bingham.”
while they were voting upon the quee-: SO nal influence—the manner in which
tion of calling that body together.jheimpressedeveryouewhoapproach-
And had that clause been submitted to| ed him. That men with Jackson’s
them separately it would have been purity and earnestness, or with the
voted down by a hundred thousand debonnaire aud graceful valor of Stuart,
| | AVING been engaged in
_ ,he business for 18
_ y,.nr» in N..rtli CarTilinii, South Carolina, Geor
gia ami Virginia, we feel confident of giving
ENTIUE SATISFACTION!.
REFERENCES:
T K Farnsworth. Menq.lns.TenD.
Gen. O. T. Keauregard. Do Hoinergue, Secretary
Marine Nh’.'h.iirI Fire Insurance Co., New Orleans.
Tom King, Underwrite,. Mobile.
Glenn, Wright fit Carr, Atlanta. Ga.
Dr T F. Green, Col. B. W. Frobel, Milledgerillp.
niWLEY & LADD.
Headquarters Atlanta, Ga.
.Milledgevilie, Feb. 13Ui, 18CS. 29 4m*
majority. But it was tacked cn the
j other provisions of that instrument and
the whole document accepted.
It is certain that nine-tenths of the
people of Georgia, Democrats and
Radicals, do not want the change
should appreciate the illustrious qua:
ities of their leader, was only natural ;
but even the humblest soldiers in the
rank felt, though they might not have
been able to express the moral power
which Lee exerted. The war was, in
made. There is no necessity for it.— all conscience, sanguinary enough ; but
Atlanta lias not the geographical ad-j there would have been a very carnival
vantages lhat Milledgevilie has—the of carnage, a devilish outbreak of all
MI. JAMBS SUPPXiU,
one is no more accessible than the
< rfier. Atlanta, just emerged from
| its lies, has no public buildings in
I which to offer accommodations to the
•Senate and House of Representatives.
'The people of the State bankrupted,
'ruined, and without money, are at this
men’s fiercest passious, had the South
ern leader been of different temper.
Gallantly as the Confederates fought,
we must never forget that their armies
were often composed of somewhat
questionable raw material; that the
volunteers, with all the instinct of
of conducting the election prevailed
for two or three days; and that, in
other respects, opportunity was given
for the' perpetration of the grossest
frauds; it should excite no surprise
that the grossest frauds were perpe
trated, all circumstances considered,
and especially as the direction of the
election was mainly entrusted to one
whose “ sharp and quick work” did
I see now what vice and crime have; Colonel Shatter, to whom this letter 80 mucb to entitle him to thegradtude
done for me.” j j s addressed, was formerly chief of of the negro radicals of the State, and
The artist was amazed. He could staff to General Butler, and is now j 60 Httle to commend him totheconh-
not believe his own eyes and ears. | counsel for the Alta Vela emigrants. | donee of the people—those who are
“IIow did this happen?” he ask-| At the time of delivering this letter, to t * : . e ,nan o r born the possessors of
cd. (March 1C) Judge Black urged with Georgia s soil, the rightful guardians
The young man told his sad and 1 great earnestness immediate action in j ol ber interest ano her honor,
dreadful story; how, being an only son, the premises; but the President, at At the earliest possible moment, we
this same interview, firmly and posi- ; sba *' lay before our readers the result
tively declined to act in the matter, ! tbe olcction, as wel las the proceed-
and Judge Black withdrew, evidently * u § 8 tbe '* Military Board who are
offended at the refusal. On the 19th of 110W engaged in investigating the
March Judge Black transmitted to the j charges of fraud that have and will
President his letter ofth it date, with- j b ® submitted to it. Again we ad-
drawing from the defense of the im- 'isetbe* 11 to be patient in their tnbu-
peachment case. On the 22d of March Dtion, and w hatever that resu.t may
he sent a second letter, of that date, j be > to bear it nke ineu. Let them re-
explaining his action, and subsequent- ' member that
“ Frerdxm’a battle once begun,
Bequeathed bv bleeding eire to *on,
r a
THE SUBSCRIBER having. -
been burned nut by the l»»e fire. 1 Governments
»hn« epened hi.* shop
room of the Masonic liall, next door to P- M. Uoir.p
Inn's store, where he can be found during business
hours, and ready and willing to attend to all call* in
hi* line of bllsiuees.
March 23d, 1868. 34 3m
Blacksmith Shop.
‘il*£ou?p! | a levy of two or three millions upon
them now for this purpose is not only
folly, but a crime.
The Atlanta Era, in speaking of this
removal, says:
“ The Constitution having been
rjillE uudendgued hare opened a Blacksmith Shop [ adopted by H lurge lliajoritV of the
! at the old stand opposite the Li very Stable, for-i J e „ yotOTS of Georgia, it henceforth
inerh occupied by Mr. Janes4MM»rb»ck,where Horttes ^ r ,. .
will Be welfand carefully Shod at *>0, for Ca**!). DPCOH1P8 tfi6 fllC IHW Ot til6
They are prepared to do nil kiod* of Blacksmith d UI) der its provisionsAtlantabe-
Work; Axes. Axel*, Baggy and Carnage Spnnga re- 7 I ... . ,
paired on a* low terms as such work can be done in , COllH'S the State Capital. J 1)1S Change
‘*££££SSS3i “>» «»t of Government »«i intro-
frank Beall, . duced to a considerable extent by vol-
known in the Country by the name Frank Beecher.) . . , , .1
jakratt mitchell, | uutary propositions made by tiie Lit)
Mined S eriu^s>b ed i3!i8«. r ' 53?' | Couocil - Tb ese propositions were ac
tinic wholly unable to withstand even bravery which seldom deserts a domi-
the burtheii6ome taxation imposed up
on them by the Federal and the State
The idea of imposing
and v.:ry beautiful, his parents petted
and spoiled him; how he went with
bad boys and learned all their bad hab
its aud vices and came to love them;
how having plenty of money, he was
enticed to wicked places till all was
lost, and then, unable to work and
ashamed to beg, lie began to steal, was
caught and imprisoned with the worst
criminals; came out still more deprav
ed to commit worse crimes than be
fore; how every bad deed lie pei form
ed seemed to drive him to commit a
worse one, till it seemed to him he
could not stop till brought to the gal-
nant class, had likewise many of the
vices which are invariably engendered | lows
by the possession of arbitrary and | It was a fearful tale, and brought
lawless power. Accustomed to the; tears into the artist’s eyes. He be-
uncbecked license of authority, the sought the young man to stop, ottered
slaveholders might perchance have;to help him. But alas! it was too late,
been ready enough to give the war a ! Disease, contracted by dissipation,
character of internecine hatred; and i soon prostrated the young man. and
it was eminently due to Robert Lee i he died before lie could reform. The
that the couitesies and humilities of j painter hung Iiis portrait opposite that
civilized warfare were, on the whole, of the beautiful boy, and when visitors
observed. The gentle nature of the tasked him tvhy he allowed such a hide-
man never degenerated into weakness ; ous looking face to be there, he told
with a high hand he could restrain ex
cess, aud admirably did he exercise his
own power. There are no purer pages
in the history of the civil war than
those which relate to bis invasion of
them the story, saying as he closed,
“Between the angel and the demon
there is only twenty years of vice.”
The lesson of this tale is in the tale
itself. You who read it can tell what
Though buifluti uit, its ever wou.”
Atlanta Intelligencer.
ly another of a later date of the same !
tenor. In the meantime the counsel
had inquired of the Navy Department
the mode of procedure in reference to
sending United States war vessels upon j MojJt men work for the pre8 e ntl a
such service as was desired, and urged j fpw fur |he future . the W(8e work :
tins information to strengthen his ap- ; for bothj for the future iu the ., rCBen t.
peal to the President for immediate' d for |hepre8ent in t |,e future,
action. The President felt most keen
ly the desertion of Judge Black, and
only the allusion to it made by Man
ager Boutwell would have induced
any reference to tbe details of the cir
cumstances.
This is a plain, unvarnished state
ment of the facts. It will be seen that
this letter of ihe managers and wit
nesses for the prosecution, urging the
President, under the menace ot deser
tion by bis counsel, to do, at that mo
ment and under existing circumstan
ces, an act of at least very questiona-
There are few who at once have
thought and the capacity of action.
Thought expands, butlaines; action
animates, but narrow’s.
It may afford some encouragement
to a inind in distress, to remember
that the narrowest part of a defile is
often nearest the open field.
There are some who write, talk, and
think so much about vice and virtue,
that they iiave uo time to practice
either the one or the other.
Who is Mr. Groesbeck.—Mr.
Groesbeck, of the President’s counsel,
seems to be a gentleman who only
waited an opportunity, and needed a
suitable theatre, to establish a shining
reputation for abilities and eloquence.
He is a New Yorker by birth, and
about forty-two years of age. After
studying law, he established himself
in Cincinnati. The stauding he im
mediately acquired as a lawyer is at
tested by the fact that in 1852, when
he was only twenty-six years of age,
he was appointed a member of the
commission to codify the laws of Ohio,
his qualifications having been made
known by his service the previous
year in tbe Btate^Constitutional Con
vention.
In 1S-56 he was elected by the De
mocrats of the Second Ohio District to
represent them in the Thirty-fifth
Congress, Mr. Pendleton being first
elected to Cougress at the same time
from the fust District. Mr. Groesbeck
served but one term, and was on the
committee on Foreign Relations. In
the winter of 1S60 he was a member
of the Peace Conference at Washing
ton, and was elected the next year to
the Ohio State Senate. Although Mr.
Groesbeck has for many years been
w T ell known in his own State, he had
not acquired a national reputation ui*
til the accident ot Mr. Black’s with
drawal from tbe impeachment case
supplied the opportunity of which be
has made so splendid a use. The De
mocratic party has many gifted men
who, like him, are just entering on
their vigorous prime; and when tho
party comes into power there will be
a harvest of talents into the national
counsels.—A 7 . Y. World.
The Cincinnati Commercial says a
call has been issued for a conference of
leading men, to be held in New York,
A»n the 12th of May, in reference to re
form in taxation ; the main proposi
tion being to favor an abandonment of
the principle of protection by tariff,
and of imposing taxes for revenue only.
This looks as though the Western
men were becoming tired of the legis
lation ot their New England task-mas
ters. There is bound to be a burst
up between New England aud West
ern Republicans. When it takes place
the South will begin to see light.
Conversation is golden fruit when
suffered to grow gradually on the
tree of knowledge ; but, if precipita
ted by force and unnatural means, it
will in the end become vapid in pro*
portion as it is artificial.