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MpPIm.S I! fIOKIKMf, <rfT«»on.
™ JOHN T. CLARKE, of Randolph.
alternates :
\V. T. WOFFORD, of Bartow.
TIIOS. M. NORWOOD, of Chatham.
FOlt THE CONOKESSION AL DISTRICTS :
(Tt District—J. C. NICHOLS, of Pierce.
Alternate —J. H. HUNTER, of Brooks.
:id District—CHARLEST. GOODE, of Sumter.
Alternate -WM.O. FLEMING, of Decatur.
3d District—R. .1. MOSES, of Muscogee. 4
Alternate—W. O. TUGGLE, of Troup. jj
4th District—A. O. BACON, of Bibb. |
AlteniaL—H. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. I
sth District—J. B.GUMMING, of Richmond. j>
Alternate—D. M. Dt BOSE, of Wilkes. I
6th District—H. P. BELL, of Forsyth. |
Alternate -G. McMILLAN,of Habersham.l
7th District—J. D. WADDELL, of Cobb. >
Alternate—V. A. G ASKILL, of Fulton. I
FOR CONGRESS, - ’'
Ist Districts HI on. HAN SELL, of Thomas
conrrty.
3d District -Hon. NELSON TIFT, of Dougherty
county.
3d District—Hon. HUGH BUCHANAN, of Coweta
county.
4th District—Hon. THOS. G. LAWSON, of Put
nam county.
6th District—COL. WIER BOYD, of Lumpkin
county.
7th District— P. M. B. YOUNG, of Bartow, county
MR. LAWSON’S APPOINTMENTS.
Eatonton, Oct. 9,1868.
Mr. Editor: Please publish the follow
ing appointments. I will address the
people of the 4th Congressional District in
the following order :
At Griffin, Thursday 15th inst.
“ Bartlesville, Friday 16th inst.
“ Forsyth, Saturday 17th inst.
f “ Indian Springs, Monday 19th inst.
“ Macon, Tuesday evening, 20th inst.
“ Jeffersonville, Thursday 22d inst.
“ Milledgeville, Saturday 24th inst.
“ Covington, Thursday 29th inst.
“ Conyers, Friday 30th inst.
Thos. G. Lawson.
< death of gen. cobu.
SL Athens, Oct. 9, 1868.
Jtmtuc Jackson: Gen. Cobb died this
mornffkat New York. Lamar leaves this
afteVrtoonj, D. C. Barrow.
York, Oct. 9, 1868.
Judge JacktodMLien ■ Cobh died this
morning. D. Moore.
The dispatches communi
cate intelligence that
the most poignant to a 1 afg« cirew'fPwpt
tives anti friends, and clothe in moOrniligjj
the hearts and homes of the people of his|
native State, who have known and hon-l
ored for so many years, their distinguished!
fellow-citizen, Howell Cobb. We havej
not the heart to say many words uponj
this event, so sad in it? surroundings, sol
sudden in its happening. From childhood]
we have known, honored, and loved Gen.|
Cobb. He always was one of the truest]
of friends to all his friends, aud to the]
writer of this his kiudnesft and
aoiSrwtMW" . - • -- -1
generously given. He never faltered non
grew weary in the work, either, hut was
always ready with heart, and hand, and
brain and purse, to prove his devotion
As husband and father, there was scarce
jy His equal anywhere. His domestic
relations were of the happiest, aud he
himself was never so happy as when in
the bosom of his family, surrounded by
those he loved best on earth. To them]
liis loss is indeed irreparable. Across the]
threshold of their sorrow we will not pass.J
May He who doetli all things well ad j
minister consolation unto
~~ I
Os Gen. Gobb we sliali
not speak. : how well be
loved his State>i*BpPWntry ; the honors
lie won; and the>h!li positions lie illus-J
traled by his his maj
tured wisdqm’alln99loqueuce that was]
indeed i.W of the
noughts! khtfc ItaKMStaF 1 usnd ti
tha* written in men’s
mln«t und the pages of American
histkgßsome pen abler than ours will,
day, do iiim fuller justice than
'is possible for us, and in our limited space.
■Uierefore we forbear.
Cobb ut UlO itHUi of bAs death was
the North on a health and pleasure
tour, accompanied by his wife aud eldest
daughter. We suppose liis remains will
be brought to Athens, and there buried
with those of his motheFaud father, and
that noble brother whom he loved so de
votedly. May the eartli ever rest lightly
upon the ashes of oue whose loss to his
family, his friends, his State, and his
country, eaunot now be properly estimat
ed or expressed in words !
THE ( OMiHKKHIOWL ELECTIONS.
It seems that there will not be any Con
gressional elections in this Htate till Feb
ruary. At least many newspapers say so,
and the Democratic Convention in the
Fifth District acting upon that supposi
tion, adjourned on Thursday, without
making any nomination.
We have not seen in our reading of the
proceediugsof the Legislature any defln
ite and concurrent action to this effect.
Presuming it to be true, however, we can
only dissent from its wisdom, and regret
that it is so. There were reasons, plenti
ful as blackberries, why we should have
made one job of this whole election busi
ness in November—not one that struck us
with any force why we should not. There
will be the strife, and excitement, and de
rangement of business, and labor, and the
drinking and quarreling, and the idle,
strolling, vagabond negroes to be endured
in February, before the stomach recovers
from the November debauch.
It may have a very serious effect, too,
upon the chances of success in certain
Districts. The Legislature has not acted
wisely, at all in this matter, judged with
reference either to its efieet upon the best
interests of the State, or perhaps upon the
LfprtuimM4j{ the party whose ascendancy is
o«&Knry to its well-being.
ATK Aci'ihknt on t he Central Raii.koai*.
BwHkteuja tin- particulars of the late accident on
tfe* k.iilroutl from th> < ondnetor of the
train mi Thur-ijpy was run
near belougimMo the
of M,c
i niuotftoe tMiilh
out of one oflta rcc or four
.■an- in it- front uIhH » all but three off iu
its rear. EbnrifeaiaßßWWll were thrown off tint
l rack, and niw»aßwbß| <’a«H> damaged; nobody
Mufttuiued the
The disabled cM ■•sr,-t| away from tlie
track thwuext day, M# jjjjMhj ll - on the road run
regularly.
OF THE BAYONET.
BWom the language of Generali
published on Saturday, that!
be * nt *®MJ* hike charge of Georgia ballot!
3d of November, notwitli
the fact that the State has been
—we believe that’s the word—
to the Union. We do not understand by
what authority he thrusts his bayonets
into the faeeß of freemen, now, and after
such an insolent fashion, except upon the
infamous Radical plea of might, and be
cause its need is so great that a fair election
must not be had.
One thing we do understand, though,
and that is that every Democrat in the
State intends to vote. They intend, too,
to carry Georgia by at least ten thousand
majority for Seymour. If he desires to
prevent that result, lie had better make a
requisition £ ouce upon Lis master m
Washington^* - more troops. The hand
ful he has tfrlared to be distributed about
iu the State eau’t do the job. If, as he
announces, lie does not intend to be “re
strained by technicalities of law,” neither
will those whom he seeks to bully, be re
strained from to maintain
their rights. do not mean any me
nace, nor would we be so understood. We
simply wish to announce a determination
that we know our people have formed,
and which it is not only their right, but
their bounden duty to make good. > Gen.
Meade’s smooth words deceive
| We have heard them before, to
|.Y fair election, in .his parlance, mean I
[cheating registrars and managers of elo |
[lions; Democrats k£pt from the polls;
[negroes iu full possession; and of course a
[Radical triumph. The time for that sort
■of thing has played Meade.
■ You had as well it now
later.
ALL PAPERS PLEASE COPY.
All who lost friends at Elmira Prison
during the war, and wish to get informa
tion respecting tbeir bodies, the chances
and charges for removing, etc., can do so
by addressing Mr. R. A. Harrison, of
Sparta, Georgia, at Elmira, New York.
Mr. H. went North last winter to look
after the bodies of prisoners, and goes now
to remove them.
At Elmira Cemetery, he noticed that
most, perhaps all the Southern States are
represented, aud knowing from pressing
inquiries received, that many would glad
ly hear respecting the bodies of friends, he
promises to answer all letters aud inquries
which may be sent to him, at Elmira, by
the 15th of October. He is making special
arrangements with railroads and trans
portation companies, and will be prepar
ed, on arriving at Elmira, to let those in
tvrc&tt.><J know the least cost for removing;
a body. Mr. Harrison makes no charges
ror ms services, ana will be glad to assist
in removing Confederate dead from Elmi
ra. The graves are well marked, and dead
bodies can be identified. Persons will
please enclose a stamp to pay return post
age.
All railroads, transportation companies,
and others granting favors, will be liber
ally noticed by the Southern Press.
[ Knoxville Press.
Explained.— lt is a cause for head
shaking and long faces among some, that
the Radicals carried more towns than the
Democrats, at the late election in Connec
ticut. We have a word or two of expla
nation and comfort for them. What was
“rotten borough” system in
Ilftown with, say half a
labSien represcniuti v<-
|as the city in
[Connecticut The town of UVHfcMMidtfl
[ample, in that State, With Hit vb4< rd AVitl til
[jacobin majority of 5, has jus! the weiglft j
[politically, with New Haven with 9000|
[voters and more than 2000 majority. Itl
|will readily be seen that under this system J
|the Democrats may have a popular major"-]
lity in the State, and not be able to elect a[
legislature. Last Spring the Democrats]
■the Legislature by the working of this]
■system. This is all it means. When theJ
■State votes for electors in November, it]
■will be as a State, and not as a lot of rotten
■ boroughs. (
•
I Infamous Advice.—That notorious and]
■infamous specimen of the gepus ckrpet-l
■ hugger, Bryant, from
■present at the
■held in this cUc. out that
Lgijj “participate in its de
■RmnnkytMp"TWPWesuppose Bryant’s being
IRmsnWml as good as a negro, gained him
■admittance. Being admitted, of course he
|-ipoke. The matter of his speech may be
■judged of from one or two expressions
lused, aud certain advice given. Said he,
■in speaking of Democrats : “I tell you not
[to consider, or treat any man, white or
[black, who is a Democrat, as a gentleman;
and if any of the white livered scoundrels
come whining around you on election day
with suggestions or advice as to how you
should vote, knock their teeth down their
throats.”
And yet this is not a country of free
speech for such and worse villains! The
people of the North this day believe that a
Radical cannot open his lips in any South
ern town or city without danger of his
life. It should be so for such men as this
miserable incendiary, but fortunately for
them it is not.
“Phat Takes.” —The office of Inter
nal Revenue Collector in this State is
well expressed by the above term, so fa
miliar to printers. When Mr. Mcßurney
gets tired of his office, we would not mind
trying it for a “spell.” From the Rlue
book for 1868-9, we learn that the salary
of the Collector for the Second District is
$11,914; for the Third District, $10,713;
and for the Fourth District, $19,838.
Welcome!— The Savannah Republican
reached us last night enlarged by the ad
dition of one column to each page, with
many typographical changes andimprove
ments, aud looking as handsome as its
face did in its palmiest days. Mr. Sneed
greets its patrons and his old-tiino friends
in this issue with a few well-chosen words,
from which we make the following ex
tracts. We say again, and right heartily,
to him : Well done, and the fullest mea
sure of success:
The ItejuMicati, under my future direction, shall
not be a political journal in' the party sense of that
term. In politics, as in all things else, it will he in-'
dependent, and the representative of truth and the
public good, as they appear to the mind of the edi
tor. A restoration of the Union upon the principles
of justice and equal rights—the only cement that
dan bind it together as a harmonious and permanent
whole—will be the end and aim of my political la
bors. A constitutional U nion, with the rights of all
the States unimpaired, and the liberty of the citi
zen held saered, as contradistinguished from arbi
trary government, and the concentration of all
power in the Federal arm, shall be taken as my
polar star in the present and all future struggles.
The political party that shall represent these views,
and is pledged to give them a practical effect, by
whatsoever name it may be known, and without
reference to the past, will be considered the cham
pion of popular rights aud free institutions, and as
such command my cordial approval and best efforts
for its success.
Railroad Business.— The various lines of rail
road leading to the city are doing a tine busiucss In
trade and travel. They are rapidly bringing for
ward aud carrying away the cotton crop of 1808
and bringing the planter upon his regular fall visit
to the city to look alter its sale, pay off his indebt
edness to the Factor and merchaut, and, aftei
squaring up his account, to make purchases of such
plantation another supplies as may be neccessa
r> . tVragit 1 them to our city, and hope they
"ill tl.eir ancient attachment for it.
Hosed in New York
The cotton market closed
quiet and sWRIy, with sales of 1,200 bales
at 26i cts.
GEORGIA JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
From the Galveston News.
CLOUDS.
BY MISS MOLI.IE E. MOORE.
Misery springs from much besides crime,
And grief from other than sin ;
Alas, it drives me wild to know
The things that might have been!
He questioned her one shining night,
“My love, dost thou love uie ?” !
“1 Vhy nay," she answering said, but smiled,
A smile lie did not see;
A smile he did not see; oh, blind ! 5
The smile belied her nay ;
Oh, fool, and In that moment Fate
Passed on, (Fate makes no stay.)
They parted thus; he won his way
Along the years; he gained
Tlie things men sigh for ; but with each
Fair tmoii from Fame attained.
He heard that gentle, imickimr v>*”“(
ItJ mnbtry for want of that
One smile he did not see.
She from her wreathed lattice leaned,
Leaned sighing blind with tears,
“Oh, give me back one moment, Fate,
One word !”—So go the years. \
11 almost drives me wild to see
Tlic tilings that are daily seen,
Grief breaking the hearts that do no crime,
Yea, those that do no sin!
THE PEACE OF DESPOTISM.
From the New York Journal of Commerce, Oct. Jd.jg
There is a peace that is worse than nol
peace. It is the peace of despotism. It isl
bad for the ruled, aud, when the whirligig!
of time briugs about its revenges, it is bad!
for the rulers also. The peace that despot-■
ism effects is uo peace, but only suppressed!
1 rebellion. It is Samson hound, out still!
possessing the latent strength to pull down!
emples. Napoleon preserves a faultless!
and lovely peace—viewed outwardly—by!
the aid of a million and a quarter of breech-l
loaders; and there are shrewd surmises!
that bis object in raising this immense!
force was to keep down the elastic un-l
springing Frvueli jnjoj.i*. us inucljl
„„ i« ~«■>, t the Prussians. Our national
good friend, the Czar, maintains a serene
death-in-life in his Polish provinces by
planting bis bilge mailed foot squarely on
the breast of Polish liberty. In Austria,
while the Kaiser is paying complimentary
visits to nearly all parts of his mongrel
empire, and throwing himself on the
bosom of bis people, he keeps his ranks
full, aud is ready to trample out the lirst
spark of revolution that shows itself. All
these governments—and that of Turkey,
too, which should not he omitted iu the
roll-call of European despotism—never
cease to felicitate themselves on the peace
which reigns within their borders. So
did the King of Naples boast of tiie com
plete subjection into which lie had forced
itis people, until one day they rose, aud
with Garibaldi’s aid, drove him into per
petual exile. The Queen of Spain bas|
tlattered herself several times on the pacific]
state of her kingdom. She has thought]
that by powerful armies and navies, that]
she could suppress the spirit of liberty]
which is inextinguishable iu the Spanish]
breast. The miserable experience of re-|
peated revolutions, which have bare)y|
missed success, could not rid her narrow]
mind of this delusion. To-day she is pay-]
ing the penalty of her mistake by the loss]
of her throne. Thus powerful ami terrible]
are the agencies for mischief which mon-j
archs only foster into strength and action
when they put standing armies iu every
province, and call the deceptive quiet by
the mocking name of peace. That is not
peace which is preserved by standing
armies. It is really war—war iu all that
is deadly toiudustry and enterprise, to the
free scope of human endeavor—but war
without the few compensating qualities of
patriotism, national enthusiasm and ex
alted courage. In the revolutions which
burst forth aud sweep away the incubus of
standing armies from the breast of na
tions, and substitute real war for its base
counterfeit called peace, is the only hope
of human progress agaiust tyranny.
Heaven save us from a peace of despot
ism in this country. Such a peace could
he had temporarily all through the South
by quartering enough thousands of troops
there. It is only a question of men, can
non and muskets. There is nothing
different between human
■MMMP United States (especially
Pfw.atfilaMH we have had of recent
■“fetronggovernments”) and human beings
masses of soldiery
■could icans down as well aw
■ Frenchmen, dt
■troops might be reqiffred to do it, but it
■could he done—temporarily. The experi
■ence U*&UMMk£* v< *'bie. of military govern-
out of us whatever con
-129 we have oa tliat BU bject. This fact of
i BflUiJi results
Hw chief soTtrce of our present dagger. A1
HBty which believes in strong gov-|
m centralized administration,!
Bad opting the very lan-l
■guage familiar to European tyrants fori
■centuries past, might easily be led to insti-J
Btute the experiment on a greaterscale thu.nl
Alias hitheKtju beeiLj,tfempteil here. If ne-l
Hgro suffrage, negro suprem-j
Hacy, wo joay call it, is persisted!
Bin as the omnaatnm to the South, and i»|
rested by tiie whites of that]
wVegiorv, natural for a “strong!
to secure “peace” and]
■torpid acquiescence in Government policy]
Bby the means of bayonets ? To some ex-|
tent this has been done already ; but not
to the extent to which we now refer as
among the possibilities of the future. If
Louis Napoleon finds it much easier and
pleasanter to overawe the discontents by
his repressive military system than to
placate them by a kind and moderate civil
policy, why should not the “strong Gov
ernment” here do the same thing? The
temptations—the great prizes to be gained
—are the same iu both cases. Napoleon
keeps himself on the throne by his stand
ing army. A party which was unscrupu
lous enough to resort to the same means in
this country, to the same extent that he
does, could secure itself, fora long time, a
continuance of power. It is because tlie
opportunity to do this is so inviting—and,
stranger still because so many thousands
of American citizens are so warped in all
their ideas of real liberty and its blessings
—that we are obliged to look the contin
gency iu the face.
The only* security against an event so
fatal to the republic is to bring about
peacefully a change in the present policy
of the Government towards the South.
The scheme of forcing unqualified negro
suffrage on the South, while it is refused
by the people oijtbe North, must be aban
doned. It is illogical, unjust, totally un
tenable. The Southern whites should not
feel that they are invidiously discriminated
against, but should be treated In a spirit of
kindness and magnanimity, instead of
suspicion and distrust. The military
power and the Freedman’s Bureau should
gradually be withdrawn, and the South be
left at an early day to stand alone, on the
same footing and with the same dignity
as tiie other States of the Union. If the
Southern States are not competent to gov
ern themselves, if they violate the Con
stitution and tlie laws of the United States,
then a Radical majority in Congress will
tiave some show of reason better than the
present for coercing the South. Until this
experiment has been fairly made and
proved to be a failure—as it has not yet
been we shall not cease to regard the
Government policy towards the South ns
unnecessary, unwise, and fraught with
still greater dangers to the republic.
.Meeting ol' the Macon Bar.
Macon, Ua., October 10,1868.
At a meeting of the members of the Bar of Ma
con, held this day at the office of Hon. C. B. Cole,
to take some action in reference to tlie death of the
Hon. ilowEu. Cobb, on motion, the Hon. E. A.
Nesbit wits called to the Chair, and Jno. B. Weems
was requested to act as Secretary.
On motion of Judge Cole, a committee, consist
ing of Hon. James Jackson, Wm. K. deGraffenried
Samuel Hunter, James T. Nesbit, Jno. Rutherford
and A. O. Bacon, was appointed to attend tlie
funeral of the deceased, at Athens, on Tuesday
next.
On motion, Messrs. Poe, de Graffenried, Ander
son and Hill w ere appointed a committee to pre
pare suitable resolutions, expressive of the appre
ciation of the Bar of Macon, of the life and char
sc ter of the deceased and <*f their unfeigned sor.
row at hip death, to be reported du-iing tlie ensuing
session of the Superior Court of Bibb eounty On
motion, Hon. E. A. Nesbit was made Chairman of
the committee. The meeting then adjourned.
Jno. B. Weems, Secretary.
Negro Sui-kkstition.—As soon as tlie execution
was over last Friday there were many applications
for bits of tlie ropes by colored people present
One man said he wanted a piece long enough to
go around the neck, that lie had a son who had fits
and that tying a piece of a hangman’s rope around
his boy’s neck would cure him. When receivin',
it lie expressed great gratification, firmly believing
he bad secured an infallible remedy.
The ropes were all then cut into little pieces and
given out as mementoes, guards against witches, for
luck, and for various other reasons,_all the veriest
supers titiou.
[From the New Yoj[ Tribune, October B.] ■
NEW YOIU FASHIONS.
Millinery onapinaat several first-classß
houses took p%fie lit week. The
for the autumn shot no remarkable varia-ga
tions from those of it year, except in the||
high diadem front phich transforms anS
unpretending fau<{j*» or Marie AutoiuetteH
bonnet into a h* (piece of formidable!
dignity. 4. little in one of these!
bonnets looks as t ipropriately dressed as!
lliadocia jmuld h, re been iu a Valeucien-H
ties lace cjfff bw he low fanehons, wiih|g
Marie Stqart fro g, will he fashiouable|§
enough to suit tb' » who tiud the tiarraß
too majestic for ll jr brows.
One thing will « heard with pleasure!
by young ladies: J’hey as a class are toB
discard the fanHj|i or bonnet and wear!
the pouf, a small |roue-crowued low hat,®
raising sufficieOtlyfrom the head to justi-j|
fy its name. Itishsually seen in niuckH
velvet, the crown ljtideu wilh plumes or!
witli a lace quillinm aud a great spray ofß
roses.
Black velvet Ijaaand bonnets trimmed!
with golden green (of the most hrilliantß
shade, with sbadet|>rimßon or white, willß
he the choice for thi winter. Few colored*
velvet hats are seen and these are the Sul-1
tan, hears ear gurnet, or the new Reginafs
purple, and for matronly la w
dies. But the l!ck velvet hats are by im|
means sombre inVifect, f,,r facing, twist!
and pipings are d6\is-d to give the relief!
80l the most brilUantLd strikingcontrastsl
I Large roses of deeper blush, shaded ex I
■quisitely, with sprays of their!
■own foliage and buds ire favorite adorn-I
■meats, and are worth tn artist’s attention!
■for the skill with whidit they are brought!
Ito life. I
I Tile fashionable red kno longer scarlet,!
■buterimson, tinge of brick red]
■about it, softeuing aud shading into love ]
Ely ruse-pink—the mAt blissful eoloriii the]
■ world. This shaded eiimson suits blonde
Band brunette alike, and is chosen forgar-
Initurfts in llowers, .-wmrfs aud plumes.
■ Wreathsof marguerites, cßrjwHUtheinums,
land large rosebuds of many colors make
■a gay, adniirtW trimming for velvet
■to¥ 17 rTUtrfes are all small, hut sevetui
■arc (rni n on a hat, CAJKeiuily hiding the
material. Black, m!*ir garnet are usu
ally chosen, though on colored hats they
should he of the same shade. Tbe algrete
is indispensable on a fashionable hat—a
little tuft of skeleton tlbres starting from
a small curled plume giving a spirited
touch to hat trimmings.
Less satin is used on hats ; it principally
servdk for facingand piping. The mantil
la vali is still part of the honnetand worn
longer than ever. The scarf vail, braids
of quilted lace, and bread lace strings, are
also seen on elegant hats. Thread vails
are square, and long enough to fall below
the chin. It has been mentioned in these
articles before that the lace embroidered
in colors is simply vulgar.
Evening bonnets are of white uncut
velvet or laoc, with velvet folds, aud are
seldom seen without the large mantilla of
|white Spanish lace wrought with lioss in
[large figures, stars, wHeat ears, sprays of
|tlowers and ferns, with border of rich,
■sparkling, white blonde. The vail often
|talls from the diadem backward over the
[bonnet and sweeps tlushoulders.
| The bonnet frames are narrow across the
[top, but come well ov r the ears in length,
[and with their diadem fitting closely over
[the hair, and vail faling in full folds he
[low, are really more jrotection to the head
[than their size woud show, and are all
that is necessary iu the present style of
wearing the hair.
the new shades art a pure faint gray
called Star of the Moiling, like the mist
broken upon by eaiiy light, a natural
shawdow tint that tombines with any
color, but esjiecially veil with blue or rose
crimson. Sear Jet is too hard a contrast.
Absinthe takes its naug from the green
ish olive of the beverage, and is a dull sap
green, needing gold and emerald trim
mings to enliven it. Kegitia purple is like
blue llatne, the most iuteuse purple, with
uo perceptible tiuge of red as in tbe royal
purple, but belonging to that class, a deep,
intense splendid color These notes from
Male. Ferrero.
The Bergen is a pretty shape for all—a
low, round hat, with no defined brim,
covered with circles of quilled black lace,
Ihe edge bound with crimson velvet, and
a velvet spray of field-vine and berries, the
same color lying carelessly on the almost
level top. A jet pin at the hack, and
brides of quilled lace and velvet, finish
this graceful affair, which would be pretty
with any color.
Louis XIII. bat, “resembling a sugar
scoop of drab felt,” sunk in a brim ; nar
row velvet binding, half wreath of gray
velvet oak leaves and liny acorns, a large
warm hued rose to the left; triple loops iu
one how, and single streamer of broad,
heavy, gray ribbon at the hack.
The Norma hat is distinguishable by its
flying down the hack, the side corners
folded hack en revers to display the rich
edge. The hat is something of the Marie
Antoinette shape, and the outside is
trimmed with a large rose and dull foliage
From Petiguy-Meurisse, East Ninth St ’
The new styles of gloves are out, the
fruit of much thought on the part of the
energetic and thorough personage who su
perintends the design of all Alexandre’s
gloves, which, by the way, are all shipped
to Stewart’s, not a pair of that brand being
found in England for sale. The shades
fashionable for morning w'ear are lilac
stope, reddish brown, opposed to the
snuff-browns worn before, and Sultan.
Persons of delicate taste will choose the
titst color; the bright red gloves border
ing on the eccentric, though oue grows
used to anything in time. The ordinary
length of glove wilh two buttons has eight
studs on tiie hack, and tlie embroidery
line on the back runs between them The
cord aud tassel laces once in the centre of
studs. A longer wristed glove has twelve
studs, aud is welted with white. Anew
lasteuing has been irveuted for which
glove wearers will be grateful, a moveable
stud, or stud with chain and anchor,
which will outlast maay pairs of gloves,
and graduates itself t» uuy fit. Tljese
fastenings are silvered and cost 50 cents a
pair.
Among the usual shades for visitiDg
gloves, designed to natch suitH, are the
red tan, blue purple, aone-drab and dark
green. Evening shades are straw color
and cream.
Cashmere or cloth gloves are of good
quality aud extra lit this season, and are
almost as nice as kid glove, the price is
nearly as high too. Stone colors are em
broidered on the hack fitted with studs
and volants on the mist-like duchesse
gloves. A warm mixed gray glove has
laced hack, and scarletor purple cuff trim
mings, and wrists as deep as tuousquetaire
gloves. The price of these fine woo)
gloves ranges from iufants’ sizes at $1 10
to ladies’ at $1 35 aud $1 50.
The neckties in vogue for gentlemen are
the plain and striped Windsor—diagonal
striped; scarfs, square, crossed and pin
ned ; the Dane, a large folded scarf, folded
in knot and pinned, with string to pass
round the neck; narrow ties iu stripes
and spots, Scotch and Turkish stripes and
plaids, and the large white spotted blue
ties. Sleeve-buttons are of square stones,
or dogs’ or hordes’ heads of large size iu
oxydized silver; large English initials in
tiie latter metal are also worn. Charms
for the watch-guard are small lockets with
crystal face; 011 pressing a spring a rou
lette ball, diceor roujjeetnoir flies in sight,
spins round and stops; complete games
can lie carried thus at the guard-chain.
Canes are slender switches, imitating nat
ural wood, knotted and ribbed.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Total Amount for the year ending Slut August, 1868.
1868. 1867. 1866.
Louisiana 579.231 702,131 711,629
Alabama 360 193 239,516 429,102
Texas U 4660 186,919 174,985
Florida §4 039 58,349 149,1:49
Georgia 495,005 256,965 263,37!
South Carolina 340 335 162,247 112,273
North Carolina 38,587 38,522 64,559
Virginia 187,487 123,627 37,531
Tennessee, Ac 374,860 185,713 811,885
Total Crop U. 5.’67-8. 2,4:*), 893 1,951,988 3,154,476
COMPARATIVE CROP STATEMENT.
1 >■43—l.. .bales. 2,030,409
1842-3 2,378,875
1811-2 1,683,574
1840-1 1,634,945
1839-40 2,177,835
1838-9 1,360,532
1837-8 1,801,497
183(5-7 1,422,930
1835-0 1,360,725
3834-5 1,254,328
I 1833-4 1,205,324
1832-3 1,070,438
11831-2 987,477
11830-1 1,038,848
1829-30 976,845
11828-9 876,415
1827-8 727,593
1826-7 957,281
1 1825-6 720,027
1824-5 560,240
I J. 823-4 509,158
1822-3 495,000
11821-2 4.55,000
1820-1 430,000
1867-8.. .ba1e5.2,430, 803
1866-7 1,95L988
1865-6* 2,154,478
1864-5..(E5t.). 300;00ll
500,000
1862-3. .(Est.) .1,500,000
1801-2. .(Fst.) .4,800,000
1860-1 3,656,080
1859-60 4,669,770
183&-9 3,851,481
185 1- 3,113,962
1856-7 ,3,939,519
IS-’ 4 -’’ ‘2,847,339
1853-4 2,930,027
1852- 3,262 882
1851-2..., 3,015*029
1850-1 2,365,257
1849-50 2,000,700
1848-9 2,728,506
184 (-8 2,347,0:4
1846-7 1,778,651
1845-6 2,100 537 I
1844-5 2,394,500 j
♦Estimated ijrovth iu 1865-0, 500,000 bales.
Good men to attend auctions —men
whose faces are forbidding.
A SPICY LETTER.
“John Paul” on Saratoga, Lake fieorge, the
clan lleud, and Other Thing*.
| Chas. H. Webb has resumed his “John!
[Paul” letters to the Springfield (Mass.)B
\RepubUean, From the last one we takefl
[this extract concerning his watering-place!
[experiences:
| Lake George is chiefly famous for bury-ra
[itig grounds and the Fort William Henry*
[Hotel— the conduct of the latter largely®
[contributing to the population of the
[former. I arrived there (at tike hotel—not
|the burying ground) at 12 o’clock o’uight,
[after riding sixteen miles on the top of an
[uncomfortable coach, my legs the while
[twisted up under my long and lean body,
[in grasshopper fashion. A room had been
[engaged for the companion of my sorrows
[and myself; but on our being shown to it,
[four pairs of boots were found outside the
[door. Being opened with a skeleton key,
|(there is many a skeleton in that house)
|no one was found outside; the beds were
[unoccupied. But the air waa close, and
|ahove all there hovered an astounding and
[perceptible mustiness, a smell of old
[cheese. Soon after, falling into a persist
|ent and impertinent troubled sleep, I was
■ roused from dreams of Indians by stings
land arrows of some most out rageous mis-
Ifortune. Striking a light and an attitude,
ll examined things, and uncovered and
■ discovered 9,999,901 (I like to be exact and
I particular about numbers) comarades de
I -lit. Evidently they had been there all
■ winter, and intended to light it out on
■ that line all summer; so, as they had
■ priority of claim as well as the advantage
gin point of numbers, J wrapped up what
■was left of me in my overcoat, and with
Bmy valise for a pillow, camped the night
lon a floor.
§j li) the morning we made a thorough
■investigation, and such a sight you never
saw, an l never may you, I pray Heaven.j
The mystery of the hoots at the door, the]
night before, became clear to our minds at|
once. The body and breeches belonging]
to them had been eaten up by these terri
ble things—aud the hoots would have been]
hud they mu Keen »n outside. (Scooping
Up as many of them ikffigs, m»t bootnj a» J
pillow-case would hold, 1 tied up the
mouth securely and sent it to the office
with a card attached, hearing the cornpli
meats of room 181. The result was that
we got another room (somewhat better
than our former company,) but the mat
tresses even there seemed to be stulled
with corn-cobs and broken crockery, and
like a traveler who has once been attacked
by tigers, I dreaded the jungle of sleep!
with terror; comparing notes with others,
1 find ail declare that there is not a bod fit
to sleep on in the whole house. •
Spring beds one might dispense with,
but why don't you put in a few summer
ones ? “Entertainment for man and bea-t”
should not he construed to mean that]
the beasts are to he entertained on Un
man ! !
(Saratoga this year is the same as ever—|
only a little more so The opening of]
Congress Hall—gorgeous caravansary, with]
its wide aud famous corridors, (into which
you set your hoots at night and never see
them again)- has brought out all the Mo-
Fliuiseys and O’Flanuigans, and and ill
iools generally who have nothing to do
and want some place logo and doit in.
Congress Hall fias much to answer for in
the splendid facilities it a fiords for the dis
play of affluent and effluent folly. Its
spacious piazzas and its roomy parlors are
provocativeof promenading, and tlietemp
tation to attract attention and show off,
no matter in how ridiculous a guise, seems
irresistible to the fair votaries of fasiiion.
Much exhibitions one seldom sees iu this
work-day world, and never out of Harato
ga.
And above and beyond all, the pannier!
Never saw I such a sight before (nor be
hind, either, for that matter.)
The slypk-like maiden of the present
season is humpted like a camel, and not
altogether unlike a whale.
Vannier, you must know, is French for
anything that slicks out. Bteel, whale
hone, and stuffing, enter into its composi
tion. Regular as evening sets in, the curi
ous and meditative guests seat themselves
in position to view the pannier-ama.
Indeed there is much to see and consid
erable to learn. Grecian bend first at
tracts attention. This is achieved by hois
ting the shoulders into the ear, throwing
the chin upward, the chest forward, and
tbe trunk backward, and dangling tiie lit
tle hands from the waistband like a kan
garoo’s short fore paws. It is rumored
that a species of martingale is worn to
bring about the most stylish Grecian,
while others absolutely hold that sticking
plaster is used to maintain the unnatural
position. Practiced in the wilds it would
he bad enough ; hut “oil it is pitiful near
a whole city full.”
Crook, take the Grecian bend in hand?
I noticed that very many young ladies
who were not ailing when they came to
the Bpriugs, showed symptons of the
Grecian soon after their arrival, and se
cured it chronically before leaving.
It surely was put on; I cannot believe
tis the natural effect of the waters. To
tell the truth, I’ve sometimes felt that
way myself, but I generally took |>epper
mint for it, and got some oue to rub my
stomach with warm red flannel
sit definitely settled that the Girl of
! ri m „ ust .., distreMa ht;r color with
—ll* wAif &n .i W ** l tl,e coming woman
n£% f! Ihe gcing one—wear a pan
nier . Can nothing he done for them ?
"LET Is HAVE PE.WE.”
Arrival of 4,02 $ Stands of Arms for the
Radical Loyal Leagues of Arkansas—
m Char % °f Tw <> Notorious
(ah pet - Luggers— Packets Refuse to Re
ceive Them.
r l he Memphis Avalance, of the 27th
says:
In Saturday’s Avalanche we mentioned
the mysterious shipment, from the North
for Arkansas, of several thousand stand of
arms. The announcement excited no lit
tle comment, and their arrival at this port
was awaited with considerable interest.
Yesterday the boxes—l 67 in number, and
containing 4,028 stands of arms—reached
here on the Belle Memphis. They were
in charge of a notorious carjiet-bagger
named Wm. Hodges, Arkansas peniten
tiary contractor, and a bird of the Clayton
feather. Tiie boxes were consigned to “E.
G. Exon,” since ascertained to tie either a
myth, or a pass word of the Loyal League,
and it was the intention of tiie sanguinary
Hodges to re-ship them on the Liberty
No. 2 for Duvall’s Bluff this evening.
Hodges was accompanied by one Mc-
Donald, Radical United States Senator
from Arkansas. McDonald keeps a one
horse hank in Little Rock, and ownsstock
in a couple of packets. It is stated that lit
procured the arms in the North, aud ship
ped them, Hodges taking charge at St
Louis. During the trip from St. Louis
both were quite reticent relative to the
contents of the boxes, declining to furnish
any information concerning them. No
information could be obtained from them
yesterday.
Whether these Radical peace makers
will speedily reach their destination is not
clear. No steamer in port would receive
them yesterday evening. The White
river packet line the Des Arc, and the
Arkansas river packet Ozark refused to
accept tiie boxes, which were piled late
last night on the levee guarded by a de
tachment of police.
Everything connected with this matter
is suspicious. The arms were not ordered
by or shipped to the United States or State
Government authorities in Arkansas.
There is no such person in Little Rock as
“Exon,” the reputed consignee. The fact
that Hodges and McDonald are engineer
ing the matter is more suspicious than all
else. For our own part we have no doubt
as to their destination. The liadicals are
playing a game emboldened by desperation
in Arkansas. They feel that the people
are turning against them, and that their
power can be | erpetuated only by intimi
dation or violeuce. These arms are un
doubtedly designed for the use of the Loyal
Leagues, in which McDonald, Hodges <&
Cos., are prominent. It is proposed to hold
Arkansas in the ltadical interest by
bloodshed, if necessary. Last night Mc-
Donald, was endeavoring to procure ship
ment for the arms on the Ozark. It was
not thought probable that he would
succeed.
What more natural than that sentimen
tal young ladies when they get married
should cease to be pensive and get expen
sive ?
If a gentleman marries, the lady must
be won before they are married—after
wards they are both one.
Was any barber ever applied to to shave
the beard of an oyster ?
A popular work of art—Drawing one’s
pay-
The lady who took a fancy, concluded,
lon second thought, to return it and
did so. ’
TIIK “MTATH” OF “RABIN.”
From a letter to the Chronicle <fe Sentinel,
we extract the following:
Most of the farms in Ihis valley are esti
mated at two or three lots of land of two
hundred and fifty acres each, of which J
should estimate that not so much as one
half has been cleared and put in cultiva
tion. There are a few beautiful meadows
producing a line, rich blue grass which is
called herds grass. This grass, however,
abounds In the coves and rich plats upon
the mountain ridges, and it is upon grass
that, upon the mountains, the cattle (the
chief article for trade) thrive and fatten
during nine months of the year, and sheep
the year round. The farmer’s first ambi
tion is to raise corn and oats sufficient to
winter his cattle, and hogs and horses
during the winter mouths. His next
effort is to produce the needful supplies
for his family. The sale of his cattle
gives him whatever he may choose from
abroad. His sheep furnishes wool foi
the warm, durable “butternut’’ suits,
(which war correspondents have made
■ widely known as distinguishing these
■ hardy mountaineers in the late war.
■Around each mountain home you will
■always see plenty of chickeus, ducks,
■geese and turkeys, and he has al ways an
■ample supply of haeon for the year, in a
■drove* of hogs in the mountain, range,
■thriving upon chestnuts and other “masts”
■until lie needs thepi. There are al
■ways plenty hee gums by the garden
■ fence and plenty of splendid cabbages and
■rich “Fall beans” and onions within the
■garden at this season, and you will seldom
■fail to see a large sweet potatoe patch, a
■ large Irish potatoe patch, a Korghum or
Wfmphejj patch, a tobacco patch and a
■nourishing apple orchard. The growth
■of apples heretofore has been relied upon
Bus furnishing when distilled, an article
■ for export next to cattle, the proceeds of
■ which is brought hack in sugar, coffee,
■salt and Iron, and like articles for con I
fsumption. But the heavy excise uponl
and the products of tiie stilij
•flias destroyed this resource, inasmuch asl
small dtetitiers are unable to pay the taxi
■ imposed, as it amounts to lucre than thej
■ products of the still would sell for In mar-l
■ ket. The consequence is, hundreds o!
ySbushels of beautiful apples now lie rolling
■upon the ground. I witnessed, a few days]
■since, the sale of an entire crop, estimated
jig at three hundred bushels, at 8 cents per
■ bushel.
ks The most of tiie trade of this section and
■tiie adjacent parts of North Carolina and
Tennessee finds an outlet by the BlutJ
Ridge Hoad, meeting it at Walhalla, thej
present terminus of the road In Southl
('arolina. For a longtime their market]
was Augusta, reaching it through Athens,]
the eastern terminus of the Georgia ltail ]
road. A considerable amount still find-]
its way to Athens, but the built, determ |
ined by cheaper freights and greater con I
venience, goes to Waihalla, although the]
[people, so far as I have observed, prefer!
their old trading |M>ints.
It is curious to hear these people talkl
whenever the railroads leading into Kabunl
leounty are s|>oken of. They invariably]
[say, “ When the road from (icorgiaeome
[iu“ when the Tennessee Road i
[i i nislied to Rabun “when South Caro
[lina finishes her Blue Ridge Road;”
[“when the United States imposed on tin]
[farmers of Rabun the infernal revenue
|iax," just as if Kahun was no part of
[Georgia, or of tiie United States, tut a sep
[arate, distinct and independent sovereign
ity ; and she is pretty nearly so, if iier little*
hiendence of the “ Bureau ” ami dislike of
|“ekil nigger rights,” and of “Red
[strings,” tiie sobriquet by which tiu
|llabu cites designate Radicals, afford a just
criterion.
Rabun county is thoroughly Democratic,
and her vote for Seymour and Rlair will
be almost a unit. ’ M.
“DIXIE.”
THE PERFORMANCES OF BRICK POMEROY’S
ORGAN GHINDER.
From the New York Democrat.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. l’omeroy left
the city to till engagements on the stump
in tiie interior, and has played us a nice
trick. Finding a returned soldier on the
street with an old hand organ which he
pays ten dollars a year license, which goes
to the support of the bondholders, he
hired him to come to the office of theDem
oerat, and from one till four every uayi
play “Dixie.”
And here he U under COT Window. Wq
like it, but lhe edffrfwef the Bun are out-]
One of them says it is a a —d nun
since! Another say it is damnable! And
there he sits and grinds,
“Oh 1 wish I was Tn Dixie; I
“our after hour. The man won’t movefl
l*l^j^tj^_thd
sSjeoyp|rofrlicf’ fc w fn the thunder he]
Hkinge iils tune. One man from.]
Goshen, Orange county, stood there an|
hour to-day waiting to hear the next tune.]
Rut an other one comes out of the horrid]
instrument. And there be sits grinding,
“Way down South IR Dixie, j
* wish 1 in Dixie!” ;
Yesterday Pomfirn’about the]
matter. A Radical, whose office is close]
by, came down and ordered the soldier tcJ
move on. !
“Can’t doit,” replied the cripple.
•Why?”
“Cause I’m hired to stay here ou these
steps, under this window, and play this
'ere tune!”
“Well, I’ll see,” and up stairs came the
excited ltadical. He raved and swore,
threatened arrest, and all sorts of trouble.
“Can’t help it,” said I’omoroy; “that
man was a soldier; he fought; lie pays
ten dollars a year to grind Ids machine ;
1 have hired him for the season, and 1
shall have him play that tune day after
day, to remind the working men that
“Way down South in Dixie’’
are a lot of niggers, scalawags and earpet
baggersthey must support. “And,” said
he, ‘ it you touch that soldier I’ll smash
youi loyal head ! I rent these premises—
that soldier has paid Ids license—l r.av
want U !” UHiC ’ I>H have il
And the man is still grinding away,
“Way down South in Dixie !”
How long lie is to grind at (hat mill,
God and I’omoroy only knows. Hut its a
tunny idea, compelling us to sit here hour
after hour to listen to that soldier grind
tug out of his ten-dollar license organ,
“Way down South in Dixie.”
We tried to coax him to change his
tune, but lie won’t. He says Pomerov
in red in mto grind it till his return. If he
will hasten hack, we’ll pay the hill and
call it quits.
A Dilemma.—A young parson of the
Universalist faith, many years since, when
the Simon pure Uuiversaiism was preach
ed, started westward to attend a conven
tion of ids brethren in the faith. He took
the precaution to carry a vial of Cayenne
in his pocket to sprinkle his food with as a
preventative to fever anil ague. The con
vention met; and at dinner a tall Hoosier
oherved the parson as he seasoned the
meat, and addressed him thus:
“Stranger, I’ll thank you for a leetle of
that ’ere red salt for I am kind o’ curious
to try it.”
“Certainly,” replied the parson, “hut
you will find it very powerful; be careful
how- you use It.”
The Hoosier took the proffered vial, and
feeling himself proof against the quantity
of raw whiskey, thought that he could
stand the “red salt” with impunity, and
accordingly sprinkled a Junk of beef rath
er bountifully with it and forthwith intro
duced it Into his capacious mouth It
soou began to take hold. He shut Ids
eyes, and his features began to writhe,
denoting a very (inharmonious condition
physically. Finally he codkl stand it no
longer. He opeuedbis mouth and scream
ed lire.
“Take a drink of cold water from the
jug,” said the parson.
“Will that put it out?” asked the mar
tyr, suiting the action to the word. In a
short time the unfortunate man began to
recover, and turning to the parson, his
eyes yet swimming in water, exclaimed :
“Stranger you call yourself a ’Varsellist,
I believe?”
“I do,” mildly answered the parson.
“ Wal, I want to know if you think it is
consistent with your belief to go about
with hell-fire iu your breeches pocket ?”
The Worm. —The caterpillar is web-l
lung and disappearing iu this county. The!
cotton topped early is best.
[ Talhotton Gazette , 9 th 1
Cotton. Talbot county will make morel
than half a crop of Cotton. The planters!
seem disposed to hold for high prices.
[ Talhotton Gazette , 9th |
Corn.—The corn crop of Talbot county!
is estimated to be sufficient for home|con-|
sumption. Corn is selling here at $1 oo|
per bushel.— Talhotton Gazette, 9 th.
th When Autumu is married to Win I
ter e wedding cake is always frosted. |
[From the Boston Transcript.]
good night.
O sweet, my love, the hour is late;
The moon goes down in silver state
As here alone I watch and wait; *
Though far from thee, my lips repeat
In whispers low, goodnight my sweet.
The house is still, hut o’er the gloom
Os starlit gardens faint with bloom,
1 lean from out my darkened room;
And only hear the roaming breeze
Move softly in the lilac trees.
Somewhere beneath these gracious skies,
My bonny love a-dreaming lies.
With sluiuber brooding in her eyes ;
Go seek her, happy wind so free,
And kiss her folded hands for me.
Across this dome of silent air
On tides of floating ether bear,
To where she sleeps, my whispering prayer;
The day lias brought the night forlorn,
God keep thee, little love, till dawn.
While life is ilear, and love is best.
And young moons drop adowu the west,
My lone heart, turning to its rest,
Beneath the stars shall whisper clear,
Goodnight, my sweet, though none may hear.
HON. It. 11. Ull.l. ON THE POLITICAL HITI'A
TIOV
New York, Oct. 3, 1868.
To the Editor of the llcrahl: In tiie
Herald of this morning is an article Head
ed “.Southern Democratic Leaders in New
York,” and among the number my own
name in mentioned.
Allow me, first of all, to say I am no
party leader; never have been, never ex
pect to he.
Allow me, iu the next place, to say that
1 did not come to New York to “drink
wine or eat fine dinners,” and have not
been so engaged.
I came North to ascertain,-if 1 conld, the
exact tern per, views and purposes of the!
Northern people and the probable result
[of tiie [Kdillcal contest now being waged
|lo one who lias studied find learned to
[admire the system of American govern
[meul, Federal and Btale, limited and re-
Iseiviti with harmonious boundaries fixed
if,,r each yCitliAjpk iußfltfert
I'.he examination lias not been encourag
ling.
I htiaken to its foundation by a criminal
(war occasioned by a fanatical discussion
(about the rights and capacities of some
(-avages imported as chattels lor specula
tion from the jungles of Africa, the ques
tion now is, whether these savages, being
(now confessedly free and certainly great
|ly improved by Southern masters, this
(great system of government can again he
|?nade harmoniously stable and the free
liom of the white race maintained and ol
|ii I races perpetuated ?
I I find the Republicans meeting this
(great question by proposing to “maintain
land perpetuate” measures which are “out-
Lhle of the Conatitutiou,” which avowed
lly seek to disfranchise and degrade white
Ifieople for no reason but that of a vindic
ative hatred of section against section, and
|»nd which pretend, in the most unnatural
■way, to elevate the negro by leading him,
■ignorant and credulous, promisingly to
■“quality, hut really to ruin, as the butcher
■tempt- with his bundle of hay deluded
|-beep to I he slaughter pen.
| 1 find the Democrats meeting this most
[palpable insanity of tiie Republicans by
[exhausting all their powers upon a cent
[per cent argument about bonds, gold and
[greenbacks. I find tiie capitalists more
[insane than the political leaders, taking
[-idetf w ith tiie Republicans in this issue,
[and are lavishly spending their means to
[maintain and perpetuate measures which
J-übvert the government and destroy the
[industrial energies of the country in ordjp
[to make tile government stable and
[resources ample to pay their bonds.
[ Minister-of religion are
[noble commissions as peace ni-MjPHr Ny
[abandoning Die gospel
[bearers to join iu the *»f main tain -
[ing a policy w hose in the past
[have been, and whose Jßftjr ’fruits iu tiie
[future can lie, riots, hflßVgbd bloodshed.
[Amid ah this Rabel dSgeird of political
[and moral confusion of tlppQiof’therii peo
ple, I find but few who e- to remember
[that there is a written Co߻titution v and
[that those who are administer
[it must be sworn “tosupix*#, protect and
[defend it.” It is most significant that iu
(lie whole Chicago platform and the lat
hers of acceptance from the nominees
Luyiwvu tillsConstitußon ia’not mentioned
[nor even to. Its builder- remem
pered tbtre was a negro, but forgot there
[was a Constitution. I have heard and
[read long speeches from notorious (called
[distinguished) political leaders who, I
[do believe, have never so much as read
[the Constitution, and most certainly have
biot read its history understood its
[meaning.
abandoned tiie Consti
h»: *§V #*jWTre i.Ji'i'g
lorn and religion. Nothing in thuwNorth
—not even its great ciWesaud wonderful
material developments— stand out so
prominently to view as this startling
truth.
If the lljjfiou can be cordially restored
[and the Resources of the country thereby
tee developed, this government will be able
Wfpay the existing debt, dVeu if three
[times as great as reported, fa this con
|ti agency there need be noLdebate as to
[whether the debt shall he pad In curren
cy or gold, for then the credß of the gov
ernment will be restored JKI currency
will he equal to gold.
If the Union cannot be gordially res
tored and the resources of-'the country
thereby permitted to be dev *bped, the ex
isting debt will not he p.iln : nay, not
even ten cents on the dollar,■Dor in that
event the resources of the will be
consumed in a process of subrorling the
government, and some other gotornment
which did not contract the debt wTH take
its* place either in the form of a red repub
lican anarchy or a military dictatorship.
How can the Union be cordially restored?
By returning to the constitution. How
will the government he subverted? By
the American people deciding to “main
tain and perpetuate” a jxiiicy outside of
the constitution. Inside of the constitution
a Union, freedom, increased prosperity,
restored credit and bonds payable. Out
side the constitution Union, freedom,
prosperity and credit wiil perish t get her.
The reconstruction policy of t ..ogress
has cost hundreds of millions aI re ulv. It
has lessened the productions of the s-.nth
one hundred millions each year of Os ex
is fence. L 1“*» depreciated Ue- value of
Southern property to one-fourth it- value
in 1860. It will cost the Federal ( ; .v.-m
--ment hundreds of millions more to “main I
tatn and perpetuate” this “assured suc
cess; this wholesale destruction. It will]
essen the productions of the South morel
than one hundred millions per annum
and, wickedly enticing the poor negroes!
fiom the fields of plenty into loyal leagues!
( hateaml into armed companies of death |
will for years desolate the South. ’I
Can you maintain the Union promote!
prosperity, restore good wil "’sUmulato|
restrain'“SJS* ? ,odiry Southern temperJ
restrain rebel outrages” and nav the!
bonds by maintaining and perpetuating”!
such a policy ? But I am told that the vie I
torioua North is ready to light again .....j|
millions of “hoys in blue” will march un-l
der their great leader, General (then Pres I
ulent) Grant, and “make the conquered!
rebe.s submit to this negro equality an I
social ruin.” You will? Bravo’ Bui
stop courageous fool; answer me •' howl
will that reeto*e the Union and S3
the bonds? It is so brave for weVll
equipped and, after a long, h ar(l l
to conquer one poorly equinned »„,i e |
boast about it, a’nd Jli I
and so magnanimous to crush that on J
and force him to accept an equality \vkhl
the negro which the Northern States
pudiate for themselves. Stop all this nea!
form of treason, and stop the miserable!
policy ot reconstruction which is its fruit I
.The South wants peace. She is inipover-l
ished and needs it. She was promised it!
■on terms of equality if she would surren-l
der, and is entitled to it. She has kept!
her Appomattox bond iu good faith, aud|
every Northern soldier is, in honor, her|
endorser while she keeps that bond. Will!
they join aud will their chief lead the pol-!
iticiaus in this negro assault on the peace!
of the Soutli and the honor of the North?!
Take away these carpet-baggers and send!
us the laborers, farmers, machinists audl
capitalists of the North by taking awayl
this miserable reconstruction policy which!
sends us the first and keeps away the last.l
We have peaceful, fertile, cheap homes!
for 30,000,000 of Northern people who will!
come to help us build up the country!
■whose sky is the brightest and wbose|
■fruits are the sweetest on theearth. But we!
■have no place for a white carpet-bagger!
■ who comes to take control of the negrol
land breed hate and strife to get office. S
I Among your hundreds of thousands ofl
(readers are bankers, brokers, million-!
Inaires, merchants, skillful accountants!
land learned gentlemen. Gan you induce®
[them to consider and solve the following! 1
[problems ? m
| How effectually can the Union under!
[the constitution be restored by measures!
[outside of the constitution ?
How long will it take to pay the public!
debt by expending hundredsjrf millions!
to industry of tiie country,
iiiiu in mamttiniiig by the bayoneta policy
outside of the constitution, which the
bayonet, negroes and false courts alone es
tablished ?
How long wjll it take to improve the
tempin' of tUgtftbMjpeoph. i,v eontm
uTtig mat pmi/lC WTildfi alone lias di-.
turbed that temper since Die surrender
and which every day keeps their persons’
their property and their families ui <hu - r
of pillage, rape, and burning ?
Os what value is it to the North to tore*
upon the South governments which wilt
enable deluded negroes to select for South
Carolina aud Georgia Governors and Re,’,,
resentatives from Vermont and Mus.-acliu
setts ?
You say General Grant w ill he elected.
Possibly so. I cannot fix a limit to fanat
ical infatuation. If he shall be elected
and shall administer the constitution ac
cording to bis oath be will have no nu re
cordial supporters than the Houtheru
pie. Ifhe shall administer the Chicago
platform, as he stands pledged contrary io
his oath, he may find submissive subjects,
but no honest supporters at the South and
uo free constituency in America.
The South asks nothing but what the
North promised—equality under the same
constitution. Georgia asks no power to
make a constitution for her internal affairs
or to change that constitution, which is
not conceded to and excrc’scd by Illinois.
Will a Pieaident chosen from I Ilinois con
cede that claim according to tiie eoustitu
tiou, or will he deny it according to the
Chicago platform ?
With a pledge to carryout the platform,
witiiout even an allusion to Die constitu
tion either in the platform or Die pledge,
will the people of America risk Die rights
and the freedom of every man merely to
confer an empty honor on one man, how
ever great? 15. H. Hill.
IMC4TH ON TIIK OVLIsOU*.
Execution* of (Jokmak, J lnkiv*ahd Whites,
FOE THE MUBDEK OF JONATHAN SfIBKPTEJ.D. —Ji
ip wll remembered that on tbe of tiie '.’fiU
of last August, Jonathan Sheffield, wa> murdered,
nnUfthnt Wit.i tin: |m» salt On l -Cl
anil Provision stoja: near Vhteville. t w l ■
you! tire city Imm. The wound i..• t f r . . ,
pistol shot did not produce death until the follow
ing afternoon.
Mr. Blu-tticld in tie: meantime-lab and he hm .-. n
called to the window of his store about ‘J o't lo k
that night, and after he. had closed, and li.jt
one man seized and held him hy Uie arm and an
other shot him.
The morning after the shooting the I’.. *4
rested Levi Jenkins, Arnos Gorman and Unit.-,.
Whitus upon Rus,iicion of being tin* iwqs-trator*
of tbe crime. They were taken before the dying
man and he recognized Jenkins and Gorman a-, Ur
men who held and shot him. Upon this evidence
they were ehiefly convicted at a a called ,f
Uie Buperior Court. Whitus was , nvicb i
Aleck Tanner, who turned tstato's eviileie e, anJ
other corrolrfibrry testimony, yesterday these mm
died upon the* seaftold.
Going to the City Guard-house at 111 : . o'
we found a large Dumber of colored people ■ m
bledlu front and upon every elevated position!:,
the neighborhood from which they could ge: ,
look at the upright posts and the fatal platlorii
w ith its traj>. Mayor Obear. Chief of Poiie. (
Cunmiing, with the entire police force of 1!:, < .
were drawn up in two ranks at the front gab- i
orders were very strict to admit but few per*.oi
inside the enclosure. Getting permission from
Mayor, we passed the gate and went into tin >■,,r.;
surrounding the Guard-house. We saw in tii.-r
several Ministers of the Gospel, four or tire Pliy
sic! a us, several members of the Poiie.-, « , - ritf
Marlin and three or four of hi- Deppiie.-
he gallows had tieen c-onstruetod ■ ios ■
Mhß|he Boutii aide by Mr. A. < aatf f tlv
Dilie up-rights t vpiUa,‘ ! • *
crow .;(■■■■ irui.i
the ground.
single post from tbe a.,.- :
to be kno< ked from niutHfiftwrc word, w LI - in
brii.f the form of HA' auttiMltion. Three ro]*e,
hung from rings atlaob -ii AksAc eros- beam. Tin*
whole was veiled
At 11 f-'clock- tlcr ;at‘* ' i- o;«ued and tlire,
plain pine re passed in. At ~0 minutes
to 13 of the prison was opened and,
two of hi- Deputies,
and aeeompaplod by r- , ~n-r .-r- 1
colored ,ners ,ut.
Tiiey were ‘all^mHk a white shroud and
looked 1 ike walking gßbefey dejart' l dead. Tli
first gi imps#of UieSr flute-nances showed that
they fully Mb the do ,o. r
them. Theyfyf’TrttiiUmri M ,
prayer aud supfttMtlMl, diking
showed the traces of tears. Wslkb-.g
to Uie gallows, they ascended its Bb-pc with j W »A
tread. tVhitus lingered a moment at the jjjjfrl >\« J
jji.— o , *e , -at: ,n v..w, elv L.
thanked him eamestlv for his kindness white Vn
prison, and remarked that he hoped they w ould
ipeet in another ami
When all had. teSa&^arta^'g^fgtif^
Sheriff Martin v it
alike qat of th- names, ami each
read idMlely.
tie tllkii told tlu-m they had the privilege of say
ingtNU&iug they wished to the audience, or to any
one in |SL None of them made a formal speech or
talk, binft'hitu* called various persons upon the
pl&tibsjKE) whom he said a few words, and told
goodJeakims and Gorman had little to say to
any one* 'ffoiv to answer questions put to them
They all deifcul killing Mr. Sheffield to the very
moment of'daith. The writer asked them the
question direct) fetMjßHt' l the killing, warning
them they were n prior ■uk.ry brink <>i eternity
They all responded adding. “If 1
was as free from all other £jS)A lon from that
I would nut l.i.i.n ..lytf
1 Tli- , and
■iffttr guilty.
Robert Carter, the colored minister then requ--t
ed them to sing with him, when they sang the fol
lowing ■
Aud am 1 horn to die ?
To lay this body down ?
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown ?
A laud of deepest shade,
! I'npierccd bv human thought,
! The dreary regions of the dead,
! Where all tilings are forgot I
! Soon as front earth I go,
! What will become of me ?
! Eternal happiness or woe
■ Must then my portion he!
! Waked by the trumpet’s sound,
| 1 from my grave shall rise;
! And see the Judge with glory crowned,
H And see the flaming skies.
! The minister then offered a fervent and a solemn
Mirayer. He asked God to forgive the sins of tlie
!poor men now standing upon the gallows, and ap
!poaled to the Savior to intercede for them as hr
!had for the thief upon the Cross. It was a heauti
|ful petition to the Throne of Grace, and spoken a
|>f it eaiue from the heart.
I father Collaiino, of the Catholic Churcti. tie a
!offered to baptise them in that faith. To which
!'A hit us said : “ Well, if it will do any good “ It was
!done. They all knelt and repeated a prayer after
Hhim. Gorman was next baptised,’"hen tln-y ah 1
■knelt and repeated another prayer after the Kcvcr
lend Father.
| twenty minutes after twelve, they bade a lira',
■ulieu to all near them, Whitus seeming yen loth
■for them to leave him and to entertain ahopeth.it
■he would he saved. The doomed men now exhibit
■ed countenances of the deepest sorrow, and east
■pitying eyes upon all below, which no one who
■saw them w ill ever forget. Jenkins and Gorman
|were too deeply affected to say anything, hut
■ hitus talked to the last to those he recognised
I telling them he hail no ill w ill for any one,
■and expressing the hope that lie w ould meet them
| ln a happier world than this. Poor fellow, every
■one present felt sorry for him and the others, and
■many shed tears, illustrating how true are th.
■words of the poet—
I \monrn a lCi ! r for all wll ° die,
I The « " ° Cr tUe humblest grave.
■all tio-e 10 f' 11<>vv P u t on the white caps and plat ed
■all three of them upon the trap
|was k uv. , L t V ni,lUteS to o’elook the support
I The In, f ’'itus, went forth into— the \ u/ht '
Itrugth 1 r .' Uer diKd wiU * ont a struggle. Whites
|weree t / 0r tC i " a "‘> then waTstill. lln t
■were cut down in fifteen minutes.
torgTnmY L ° TS BATUR »av.-The city offer
•teen or twenty were sold, uearlv ..n , ■ • '
Loo to S7OO. \ an<l brought from
front of the residence un,,,, ‘' lia,< lv in
Icheaneat lot C ° f Jaaies Seymour, tlie
u ZrcV th . T“ and the highest S7OO. It was
[supposed they would bring at least twice the
tml 1n y di ;'’ bUt as b( fore stated, few persons
“f t,' “ ° aU “ thc bidding was anything but
h i sn , half cash and Un
balance in twelve months without interest
Jasper Blackburn, Radical M. C. front
Louisiana, atul editor of a paper in that
State, witto* that “as things now ataft4*.
Louisiana is sure for Democracy.”