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WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER
ATLANTA, OEOBOU.
Wednesday, August 2JJ, 1885,
“Sabbath Desecration. —We are
pleased to see that the Pastors of five of our
pbqrches in this city have agreed to present
the subject of Sabbath desecration to their
congregations on next Lord's day. Some
months since the writer of this, had the priv*
ilege of calling the attention of our people
to this important matter ( and of urging a
stricter observance of that sacred day. It is
painful to the Christian,-or even to the non
professor upon whose heart the instructions'
of childhood in reference to the fourth com
mandment have made the slightest impres
sion, to witness the nttcr disregard of the
sacredness of the day upon the, part of a
large portion of our population. No people
can expect the favor of the Almighty who
habitually violate any of his command
ments.
The best interests of society temporally
would be promoted by the due observance
of at least one day in seven, and if there
were no sacred injunction to this effect, it
wonld be a wise economic regulation, the
observance of which wonld conduce to the
happiness of society Jn general, and be pro
motive of the public health.
We say again that wc are glad that this
subject has been taken up by the pastors of
our churches, and we hope that all of our
people who can do eo, will on next Sabbath
throng our different churches and listen to
and heed the teachings of those men of God
who have been set as a light for the people.
Let us search for the old paths and mend
our ways. *
Thebe was some excitement on Deca
tur street yesterday norning, caused by a
lively rattle of pistol ry in the vicinity ol
Masonic Hall. In the confusion incident to
such an occurrence, we did not get full par
ticulars, but learn that it originated with
some drunken dismounted Kentucky infan
try who have been diBbanded, and are pass
ing here en route for home. From the best
information we could gather ,the following
are the facts: Our much esteemed fellow-
citizdh, Judge Butt, was passing the street
iu company with ladies, when one of these
men attempted to put his arm around one
of their waists. The outrage was at once
resented by tbe Judge striking the scoun
drel with his cane, when pistois we#drawn
by several of these men and their contents
discharged at the above gentleman. We
arc not apprised ot the extent of his inju
ries, but learn he wa9 wounded in the hip,
while endeavoring to escape the murderous
assault. As many as seven or eight shots
were fired at him. We are pained to re
cord as flagrant an outrage as this upon our
streets in open day, but no efforts were
spared by our vigilant Provo9t Marshal to
arrest and bring the offenders to justice.—
We cannot speak iu too high terms of the
promptness oV Capt. W. G. Baknes, com
manding the Provost Guard, iu appearing
on the spot with a detachment of men to
suppress the disturbance and restore quiet;
and ot his * if ms to arrest all perpetrators
in the shameful act. Iu justice to the troops
garrisoning this place we will state that
none of them had any participancy in it.
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Business opened on Monday morning
with more animation than we have seen
tor some weeks. The stocks of goods in
every branch are much larger than a simple
“looker-on in Vienna” would be apt to im
agine. Stinted for house room, the busi
ness community avails itsell ot every nook
and cranny Tor storing away that whicl^
cannot be exhibited on the shelves and
counters, and as the display oh the latter is
borne away by purchasers the reserve force
is brought up in time to meet the steadily
advancing column of customers. Our mer
chants generally are sanguine of success,
and are hopeful that the approaching Au
tumn will witness an activity still more in
creased. Kents are high, and many diffi
culties are to be encountered, but we see no
cause for despondency, but on the contrary,
much to encourage us to persevere in o«r
work of restoring business and society to
its former status. The travel through our
city has become almost as great as before
the war, and the arriving and departing
trains are freighted overwhelmingly with
the animate and inanimate. All are admon
ished to be up and doing; there need be no
drones; society wants no superfluous appen
dages hanging to its skirts. Mr. Longfel
low remarks :
* In the world’s broad field of battle—
la the bivouac of life—
Be not dumb and driven cattle,
Be a hero In the strife," Ac.
W«t
Particles of powder were
biown into his breast and around the region
of his heart, showing that the muzzle of the
weapon was held wiihiii au inch or two, if
not actually touching Mr. Sumr. Mr.
Smyth had sufficient p-csence of mind to
close.his door and lock it after the occur
rence, and call for help, which came to him
from across the street. He is represented
to os as a young man of good character and
industrious habits,having many friends, and
giving no cause for such a gross outrage
For a long lime he has occupied this little
house alone as a sleeping apartment and
boaided in the neighborhood. During the
war he was engaged in the manufacture of
spars, and had a little shop on the corner of
the lot occupied by Mrs. SouBiETEs,at whose
house he now remain?. The affair is envel
oped in much mystery, which it is hoped
will be investigated and tbe guilty parlies,
brought to j ustice.
Hunter street was the scene ou Satur
day night of one of the most deliberate and
diabolical attempts at murder that has come
under our knowledge in a great while, and
if the assassins failed iu tbe execution of
their hellish designs it was not for the want
of that boldness end audacity we are led to
believe is characteristic of the devil himself.
The circumstances as related to us by the
victim, Mr. Wx. D. Smyth, of the foul cut
rage are substantially as follows: At 10£
o’clock when about to retire for the night in
his small house on the left hand side of Hun
ter street, and nearly opposite the residence
of Mr. Purse, a rap was given at his door
accompanied by the statement that “I have
a letter for you, sir, from a friend in Au
gusta.” Upon opening the door Mr. Smyth
found himself confronted by two men in the
uniform of U. S. soldiers, one of whom dis
charged the contents of a pistol in his breast
and fltd. Such was the close proximity ol
the parties, and so deliberate wos his pur
pose that tbe mission should not tail, that he
left doubiles- iu the inti belief of its success
ful accomplishment. The weapon U3cd we
should judge, from the size of the ball shown
us, to have been a four-inch barrel repeater.
The ball entered just above the heart, and
passing through, came out about the centre
of the back, infl.c'mg a most serious if not a
Su8ncioN has rested for some time upon
Harry Stevens, 4th U. 8. cavalry, oi ab.
stracting money from letters in the post-
office. This man was detailed by order of
Gen. Wilson, when his command was on
duty here, and put in the post-office, where
he has ever since remained as kind of clerk.
His conduct while in the office has been
such as to draw the attention of other de
tailed men who have been assisting in the
mail matters, but no positive proof could be
had of his rascality. Finally it was deter
mined in order to establish his guilt, that one
of them should affect to become au accom
plice and share the spoils. A proposition to
this end was made to Stevens, and accepted.
A third party wa9 finally introduced, and
the scheme was successful. .Oa Sunday he
was found to have opened the letters of the
Macon mail bags, and handed them f or con
cealment or destruction to the accomplice
who Lad become particeps criminis to the
transaction. Here the third party was called
in to share the spoils, and le grande denou-
ment was the prompt arrest of Mr. Stevens
by Capt. August Steuernagel, Adju
tant ol this post, and his confinement in
jail, with ball and chain around his leg. It
is not known, and perhaps never will be,
the amount that this light fingered chap has
extracted from letters during his sojourn in
the post-office. We are assured that the
«ase will undergo investigation, and as the
proof is ample, the offending party -will re
ceive that punishment his infamous conduct
entitles him to. It is proper, perhaps, to
add that onr present post-office officials not
having been duly installed, it has not been
in their power to dictate who the assistants
should be, andtherelore they cinnot in any
way be responsible tor the transaction.
Two gentlemen of ebony hue and pug
nacious predilections, met in mortal conflict
on Sunday near Jones’ livery stables. A
tent-pole was brandished in the air by one
of them, and allowed to descend with such
velocity upon the head of the other, that se-
riaus doubts are entr Gained 1 of his recovery.
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From our sister in troubles and sorrows,
Alabama, come cheering accounts of the
prosperity of her people. A cotemporary
in'that State says that all at once evince a
strong and determined disposition to collect
the shattered remains ol prosperity, and
from them rebuild wealth and happiness.’
As each returned from the army, he lost no
time in useless and Yam repinings, but forth
with entered upon the great work before
him; and in this way those who have served
the States with such heroic gallantry upon
the field of battle, in a comparatively short
time, substituted the plow and hoe for the
musket and sword. There was no one who
seemed n&t to thoroughly understand the
condition, and that from the sweat of their
own brow in the future must corne a sup
port.
The result of this industry is, from every
State, recently trembling beneath the
weight of war, comes reports so encoura
ging as to clearly establish the fact that our
people, despite their losses, are still deter
mined to be a great' and wealthy people.
This they can easily become, for no country
on the globe possesses more advantageous
means for the' accumulation of wealth and
the growth ol prosperity than the States ot
the South, and, although slavery has been
abolished, the prospect tor riches and hap
piness lies quite as plain before us as it did
four years ago. If the task before us be
entered upon with the determination to
succeed, it will be but a few years before
the return of comfort and ease will be in
evitable.
Ours is a business country, we are a busi
ness people. Business must needs be for
a loDg while yet, what it has been for a *ong
while heretolore, “the chief concern ol mor
tals here” in the United States. Oar mate
rial resources are still comparatively un
touched, our commerce, however prodigious
and commanding, is yet iu its infancy, while
the mines of wealth that are hidden in the
earth, and in the avenues of trade, remain
unexplored.
‘ When we contemplate the opportunities
that are in store for the business man ot the
luture, we are impressed by their magnitude
and dazzled by their brilliancy. The skies
over us are not more thickly studded with
stars, thao is the earth udder us .with dia
monds. The rising generation of Ameri -
cans have an unprecedented prospective.
Never did the wits, the tact and talent and
the inventive ingenuity ol the “eye for bu
siness” have so iuviliug or so immense a
prospect.
Iu the presence of such a prospect our
youth may well give at ten don to what will
enable them to appreciate if. Tbe business
succers of the future depends on !he educa
lional improvement of the prestn*. The
future race for riches is going to be the
swift of wif, and the battle for mercantile
pre-emiaence hereafter is going to be the
strong in l usine33 culture. Tfl*-rough-and-
tumble days arc numbered. The headlong
-scramble for the golden apple must present
ly come to au end. As refinement progress-
es, brain will become more and more the
test of merit, aud the article that wiDS in
the wrestle for supremacy and success. The
lottery may always have a numerous sur
rounding, and the shrine of chance may
never.want for worshippers; but in the
long-run, and in the main, they who are
educated for business and schooled in the
science of finance and commerce, w.i se
cure the goal of independent i fitaence and
wear the crown of success.
THE itmESAL RESOURCES OF
UPPER GEORGIA.
More than thirty years ago ; bejore the
red men, the Cherokee?, had removed their
hunting grounds from the beautiful valleys,
or turned their eyes from the pictu.asquo
mountain scenery, of what has since been
known as the Cherokee country, it was dis
covered that the north-eastern portion of the
country inhabited by those children of the
forest, contained rich deposits of golden
treasure.
Traditi -»n Jiad long told of treasure s, au -
riferoua an>l argentiferous, hid away in the
dark recesses of some mountain cave, whose
locality was known alone by some gifted
seer ot that tawny race, who seemed to feel
that it was a religious duty in him t*> c m-
ceal the secret from the keenest scrutiny of
the Whiteman. «
Id wa9 not until ab >vt tbe year 1830, that
any tangible or reliable 'discoveries were
made by the whites. Then it was found
out that the branches, creek i and rivers of
that portion of territory now embraced iu
the counties of Rabun, Habersham, Towns,
Union, Lumpkin, Dawson, Forsyth, Chero
kee, a part of Cass, and Carroll, abounded
in rich deposits of gold, and that the hills
of the same region were filled with veins ol
gold bearing ore. Tbun it was that a furor
seized the public mind in reference'to min
ing, and many supposed that the El Dorado
long dreamed of and sought for, had at last
beeu found. Thousands thronged the ways
that led totheseinvitingaudpromising fields;
and for a number of years the production of
gold was such thit the government of the
United States fjplt the necessity incumbent
upon it of furnishing facilities to aid our
citizens in developing the rich golden treas
ures, which it was no w known, were imbed
ded within our limits. This led to the estab
lishment of a branch mint at. Dahlocega,
that commenced operations in February,
1838. This institution was continued witfl-
ont interruptiou until the spring ol 1861,
when it was suspended.
For many years after the establishment
of the Mini at Daulonega, the mining ope
rations were prosecuted with more or leas
of success. Many veins were louud which
promised rich results; and many mines were
worked with eminent a jvaa'»nge to the pro
prietors. Among others, the Franklin
Mine on the E .owah river and the mines
about the Sixes—all in Cherokee county—
the Strickland Mine in the county of For
syth, and the celebrated Calhoun Mine in
the county of Lumpkin, were found to be
rich and prcfbable. The last named, tire
Calhoun Mine, the properly#)! the great
Carolinian, was kuown to have yielded the
stjm (f sixteen thousand dollar) in the
space ot twenty-six days.
Alter the acquisition of California, the
glowing accounts of the extraordinary yield
of the precious metal from the mines of
that far eff Western land, so fired the imag
inations of our people, that many who had
beeu engaged iu mining enterprises here,
and thousands throughout the State who
had never seen a miue, „wore induced to
abandon our .ruining grounds and their
homes, and wend their way r.o that distant
land with the expectation of accumulating
fortunes in a brief period.
While many of these were successful aud
were well repaid for their perilous adven
tures, it is well known that many others
Would have done better Lad they never
gone thither.
The California fever haying subsided, or
rather exhausted itself, the attention of our
cil-z .ns was again turned to our own mines.
Many enterprises were started which prom
ised good results, and many improvements
in mining were being introduced, particu
larly the Hydraulie system of sluice wash
ing that proved so successful in California,
when the political disturbances of the coun
try put a s'op to all such undertakings.—
During the war mining was almost entirely
abandoned, and the rich deposits ol mineral
wealth so lavishly stored in the valleys, hiil?,
and mountains ot Northern Georgia, were
permitted to lie.in uudistuibed repose.
Siuce the dawn of peace, however, we
learn that much activity is being exhibited
in the mining region ot our State ; that al
ready capital is there seeking investment.
Some of the vnterprises which were com
menced before the war on a magnificent
scale, and suspended in consequence thereof,
have been resumed ; and it will not be long,
we imagine, until our mines will be yield
ing rich fruits to those who operate them.
We noticed some time s^ce an account.of a
recent discovery by which the process for
separating the gold from the quarlz rock
has been greatly cheapened, and from a
somewhat intimate acquaintance .with the
wants and necessities of the gold region, we
haz ml the opinion that if this discovery
shall prove a success, it is just the desidera-
tinn *n our mines; and that its introduction
there will insure the mod profitable returns
to those using it.
We are satisfied that the gold field of
Georgia has only been prospected as yet,
and we anticipa'e tl at for years *o come
the yield of the precious metal therefrom
wiil continue to increase as improved
methods < f working are introduced. We
designed, when we commenced, to speak
cf the c >pper, the irn^t^d other minerals
with which the upper portion of our State
abounds, but the leng'h of this arUcle ad
monishes us that we must defer to another
day what we had intended to say on this
interesting ponion of our subject.
isagggMi
THE
The Attorney General if Alabama, Col
M. A. Baldwin, died at his residence in
Montgomery on the ICib instant..
ni\eril resources of
UPl'ER GEORGIA.
(Continued.)
Iu our issue of the 20;h inst, we gave a
short account ol the discovery and working
of the Gold Mines of Upper Georgia; and
we pvoposj this morning to take a “ bird’s
eye” view of some other mineral interests
in this interesting portion ot our Slate.—
About tea years since, iu the neighborhood
j of Ducktdwn*in Uie Slate of Tennessee,
and near the Northern line of this State,
extensive and apparently inexhaustible de
posits of copper ore were found to exist.
In a short period that hitherto secluded re
gion, almost surrounded by mountains, and
bat sparsely inhabited, b.came the theatie
of a most active industry. Where but.
lately were seen the hardy mountaineer, or
tbe descendant of Nimrod as he pursued
his gam,) over those rough and barren ac
clivities, now might be seen the mineralo
gist, skilled-in detecting the things hidden
away in the earth; the capitalist and the
speculator, who having amassed their thou
sand:', were now striving to count their accu
mulations by millions ; ami these were ac
companied by many whose Jives had been
spent in delving in the great depths of the
mines oi Corn wail. Heze forturus were
now made or lo-it. The deposits of copper
ore proved lo he rich and extensive, and in
the invest.igiiidns that ensued i* wa~ ascer
tained that the copper -leads ran into our
State, a number of valnal.de mines were
opened iu Fannin and Gilmer countits, par
ticularly, afai valuable and interesting dis
covciits were made in other localities
The copper interest with us is in its in
fancy, and vast stores of wealth arc doubt-
lees involved iu ir, needing but the hand of
energy and enterprise to developc and bring
1bcm forth, and make them subservient do
the war.t« « f man. We hope -s x n to see
this interest proj erly prosecuted, feeling
assured that in its development the public
as well as private interest will be advanced.
Before the Cherokee country was opened
to settlement i»y the whites, it was kuown
that extensive districts ot it Abounded in
rich iron ores. For many years a number
of furnaces and forges, particularly in old
Cass county, have been in successful opera
tion. Luge quantities of pig iron, bar iron
aud castings were there pro ’.need ; and all
these found ready sale. The faciliiies for
shipment to distant portions of the country
all >rded by the great State Ra'Mroad were
a great advantage to these work; ; enabling
them to get, rid of their surplus productions
not required by the wards ot ttu-ir immedi
ate home market, and furnishing the means
ol procuring such supplies as their necessi
ties compelled them to bring from a dis
tance. Located in a healthy region, sup
plied with txcelient water, surrounded by a
fertile aud productive country, and abound
ing in ore lied?, rich and inexhaustible, and
furnished with the railroad Ihcdities above
mentioned, being situated near and upon
this great high way from the Mississippi to
the Atlantic., Uie iron region of Cherokee
Georgia, t seems to uq presents greater in
ducements for profitable investment iu this
branch of industry thai any other por
tion of our broad laud that we have any
knowledge < f Twen'y years since a
specimen box of the iron ores of this
region, was forwarded lo the Ordnance
Department at Washington city for ex
amination aud test, and we understood, at
the Mme, that the result was ol the most
satisfactory-character, aud that these ores
were pronounced better a tapled to the man-
ufacture of cinnon and heavy ordnance
than wete any other ores exhibited. Some
years since a very txiensive Killing Mill
and Najl Factory wore established about
three milts above where the Slate Road
crosses the E owah river, and it was ccn-
nrcted by a branch railroad with the former
at the E owah bridge. We have never
learned whether or not these valuable works
mot the fate that befell, lajt year, so much
that was valuable and serviceable in that sec
tion. Iu addition to the ores of copper and
iron, above alluded to,and which aretliought
to be of immense value, it is believed that in
the North western portion of the Slate ex
tensive coal fields wili be found to exist. A
few miles from the locality now referred to,
and within the limits ot the neighboring
Stale ot Tennessee, it is well known, that
extensive and valuable coal beds have been
opened and worked for a number of years.
From thi3 source, it will be perceived,that
an •article almost, if not wholly, indispensa
ble in the conduct of large manufacturing
establishments can be easily procured.
The section ot country to which atten
tion has been called by the reasaiks we have
made on this au! ject, is also highly blessed
in the possession of fine water-pow* r. The
rivers, Chestatee, Chattahoochee, Coosawat-
tee, Conasauga, Etowah, and Oostenaula,
with their tributary branches and creeks,
which traverse it,probably possess 9uffi dent
uuf filing water-power to move, we had al
most said, the machinery ot the world ; we
will say, however, without ihn fear of sue
cessful contradiction, that it is sufficient to
move the machinery of the Western Hem
isphere.
A country so rich in mineral weaLh ; so
bkesed in point oi health; possessed ot such
advan'ages for manufacturing purposes, and
so acc rssible to all parts of the world by
reason ot its railroad facilities, cinnot fail to
attract the attention of capitalists; and we
hope that before many moons sbail wax and
wane that we shall have the satisfaction of
announcing to cur readers that the interest
in these matters which their imparlance de
man is has been manifested, and that step?
are being taken on tbe part of capital and
enterprise to make this interesting section
of country what i.s capabi ! itie3 are suscep
tible of, the garden spot ot the whole coun
try.
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Ex Qcv. Brown passed through Chatta
nooga oa Thursday, en route for Washing
ton City. The Gazette says the Governor
speaks hopefully of the future under the wise
and liberal policy of the President, He
talks like a man of sense, and seems thor
ougbly in earnest in nisi IF iris to induce the
people to re-enter cirdialiy iat > iheir new
relatio-3
Brazilian Emigration.—Evidences are
daily multiplying going to prove that a large
number of persons throughout the Soule,
who have participated in the rebellion, de
sign expatriatingUiemselves tor the purpose
of finding 6 home , in Brazil. Chief among
the promoters cf this Brazilian emigration
scheme is commander M. F. Maury, who, it
is said, has procured frotn the Emperor ot
Brazil, the graut of one th rasand acres oi
land to each emigrant. Ia one respect Bra
zil affords-at least one ieature congenial to
the views of the Southern people—that ir
slavery. But let u* examine the basis upon
which the hopes of those who w ; sh to f x
patriate themselves is founded. The Gov
ernment of Brazil is a monarchical aud
despotic one. The laws that support the
institution ol slavt ry being the wid oi the
ruler, may any day be changedj aud slavery
disappear from Brazil as it has from the
other South American nation?, hei i ies the
negroes in Brrz.l are not like the negroes in
the United States. It he is free he has just
a9 many rights as the E tropean ; indeed,
one ,.f the ministers of the Imperial Gov
ernment, at the present time, ia a negro, it
wc are rieht'y informed.
Besides, suppose the Emperor was to
grant a thousand acres of land to each eniis
grant, could not tbe gitt be revoked very
soon, it the sovereign desired it ? By what
tenure would property be held under such
a grant? Could there be a reasonable as
surance of security iu the possession of real
estate so donated? Would there beany
difference in a country, other things being
the same, wh'en the negroes, if free, have
equal chances? But there is a difference
between Brazil and the United States—a
marked difference. Here the people par
ticipate in the government of the country,
therd they do not; here the will of a major
ity of the people is supreme, there the dic
tation of one man controls.
The advantages of Government, location,
climate, and everything connected with a
successful prosecution of agricultural pur
suits, is greatly in favor of the United
States. Why, then, do men wish to render
their condition worse? Perhaps their feel
ing of hatred to the successful Government
of the Utliled States has warped’ their bet
tor judgment. But have they a right to ira
pose burdens upon their posterity ? Have
they a right to “make a bed ot tliorns” for
generations yet unborn.? We have an idea
that we have a country only partially de
veloped, but which, when fully developed
by industry aud enterprise, will be far su
perior in every point of view to Brazib
Memphis Argus.
The- unwholesome state of r ff,irs in Lnt
iavilte is thus made mention of by the Jour
nut Ir, gives us pleasure to record the iuci
that crime in A'lanta has been on the de
crease for month We have not had oc
casion to make mention of any gross viola
tion of law and order for weeks. We can
congratulate ourselves upon having as
healthy a slate of society as can be found iu
the whole country. Tue Journal say? :
“Some means must be adopted at or.ee to
protect citizens where business keeps them
o:i tbe street after dark. It is m >re dan
gerous than a pitch battle to walk a dozen
squares in Louisville after the street lamps
are lighted.”
: —:——
The ravages 6f wat having swej>t Away
the fortunes ol the Siamese Twins, Chang
and E g, they announce their intention to
again appear on public exhibition. For
years these remarkable people have been
living in quiet retirement iu North Caroii
na, enjoying the fortune cecumulated by
them in this country.
The Exchange Hotel has undergone a
change of proprietors, having been leased
by B. M. Branner & Co., of Tennessee.
These gentlemen inform us that they shall
at once set to work and remodel the estab
lishment, and as “new brooms sweep clean,”
the travelling public may look for improve
ments. Success to them.
AT REST.
“Two hands upon the nr. a-’,
is past.”—Tiusswi Proverb.
Two hands upon the bresu-.:,
And labor's done ;
Two pale feet cosaed in ro.-it.
.Tile raee Is won !
Two eyes with coin-weights shot
Ami all tears cease ;
Two lips wher • grief is mute „
And wrath at peace.
So pray we ottentiraes, m urning our lot,
(fio.i in Ills kiudue»3 answereth uot.
Two l ands to work addressed,
*J'e for His praise ;
Tw.< feetphat never rest,"
Walking His ways ;
T> o eye i that look above,
Still thr ugh ail tears ;
Two lips that breath but love,
Never more fears.
So cry we afterward low on our ' uees,
l’ardon those erring prayers; Father, hear th-
lai or
Capt. S. H. Whitsill was murdered
by Jas F. Torrey in Memphis oa the 10th
inst.
NORTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS.
The Raleigh Standard, Governor Hol
den’s organ, btrougly protests 'against fbe
misrepresentations of ibe Associated Press
correspondent from that State iu regard to
the management of public affairs. It denies
the sweeping charge in regard to the reck
lessness ot lltt: pardoning power. . Only
thirty-one pardons had been signed by the
President and returned, and ot those par
doned only four had been spoken of for the
convention. Three of these, Messrs. Edwin
G. Reade, R. S. Donnell, and R. fcL Kings
bury, we happen to know, are sterling
Unionists. W. A. Graham has not been
pardoned, and had not filed his application
tor a pardon when the statement was made.
It is denied that the rebel State debt amount
ed to forty millions, and that anybody in
the State thinks of assuming it. We are
not iutormed whether Messrs. Graham and
Russ made the obnoxious declarations at
tributed to them by the Associated Press
c irrespoudtint. The Standard lays down
the following programme of p. inciples:
The following are landmarks by which
all good Union rnen in this State sbouid be
guided:
1. Unconditional, cheerful submission to
the national authori'y.
2 The prompt insertion in the S.ate Con
stilutiou by the approaching Convention, ol
the ordinance of ’87, forever abolishing
slavery or involuntary servitude iu this
State.
3. The prompt non-recognition of debts
contracted by the S'ate iu aid of the rebel
lion ; but an equally prompt determination
to pay every cent of the Slate debt contract
ed previous to the war.
i Tae inviolability of private contracts,
and such action by the convention as will
cure all defects in bargains and titles, since
May 20,1861, and provide fs*r the payment
ot private debts contracted sinco that date
on a j ust basis.
5. The right of the skates to determine
the questions ot suffrage for themselves.
6 Unqualified opposition to what is call
ed negro suffrage. -
BT ‘ Father, did you ever have another
wile betides mother?" “No, my bov’*
’•’bat p< tssessed you to ask such a queslionV”
“B» c iuee 1 saw in the old Family Bu ie
where you married Anno Domini 1835
and that isn’t mother, for he* mine was
Sally Smith.”
SIJ .11 n E It RAIN.
/ II day fierce heat had held the quivering earth
In irun grip. The grey sky from red to pale
Had burned w th fear ; and white and st\U
The clouds had or. pt aw Ay. In masses to the North
The meadow haz Is, ’neath their c ustered load
Of satin and green-ruftied nuts, had drooped ;
'Sweet ferns had knelt to die ; and.choked and mute
Since morn had lain the cricket,, hid below
The fallen spears of water fiags. In dumb
Amaze the patient cattle to their bars
Had crowded wa tine help. All nature gasped ;
all life seemed sinking into death !
Then ri se,
Jn distant sunset, depths, a solemn sound :
The wheels of God’s great ehari t, ro ling slow !
»n instant more, anil with sharp blaze and boom,
His signal guns lit up anil shook the sky,
With word of succor on the way ! * nd then
The still small voice of rain, in which He- was ,
And cooled and lulled his fainting world to sleep.
* * Oh iron-ha-:ded grief, which holds toy soul
In searing grasp, and leave my stifled days
No voice no life—will t^.ere a sound of help
Ar se in sunset depths fo>- me? Does God
Remember? Will his chariot wheels draw near--
Will he command this cloud to break in rain
Of healittg tears ? And Z'iii lie give to me,
At last, as unto his beloved sleep ?
Washington Items.—We glean I nun our
latest Northern exchanges Wa: hington gos
sip like the !i>!l >wi. g :
Publications have recently been mat'e
about some d.iff‘fences between the Presi
dent and hid Cabinet in regard tef Uie policy
iu restoring the rebel Stales to their old re
lations, and inv living questions of negro
suffrage. The proceedings are slricily pri
vate, and it is u>i -known that any members
are in the ii b.t of revealing them. There
fore rumors ot what occurs in the ‘Cabinet
are unreli d>h-; but it may be said with con
fidence there is not, now any material dii-
ferencc beuveon the President and bis Cabi
net with regard to the restoration of the
Southern 8 ;iitA
One of the reasons for this assertion is
the fact that a!! Ibe proclamations appoint
ing Provisional Governors are in precisely
the same Wvrds as those founded on ihe
TencjCisee arrangement, and were maturely
considered by the President and approv* d
by the Cabinet, showing a carefully c msider-
ed plan, ilie ani'ies'y proclamation being in
accord w.ii.h iflat document. The President,
it is known In m representations of his, has
intimated to his friends that he is dolt r-
mined to pursuo lies substantial re-con
struction policy thus lain down.
The lion. George E. Pugh has leceivcrt
au intimation that tbe trial of Jill'. Davis
will soon take place in a civil c tin, and Le
has commenced preparation lor tbe delcticC,
which promises to eclipse, in criminal pro
ceedings, fitly del'uus ; ever known i t tlii-t or
the old country. ;»• r. I’ugh will join Mr.
O’Connor, of New York, in Wnsinegiou iu
a lew days.
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E.x-President Davis—The following
statement is perhaps the most correct ol the
many newspaper rumors afloat, in regard to
the condition of Mr. Davis:
Dr. Craven, Medical Director at Fortress
Monroe, under whose special care Jeff. Da
vis is placed, gives accounts ot the eondition-
and deportment ot his prisoner. He repre
sents Davis as iu excellent health, but troii'
bled in spirit. Guards are regular in their
attendance upon him. Free conversations
occur between Davis and Dr. Craven, hut
no one else is permitted to engage Davis m
conversation. The other .lay Davis»audC.
C. Clay met in the grounds and ha J a brief
conference in French, of 'which the guards
understood nothing.
With this exception, Jeff’. Davis lias had
no communication with any one but his
medical adviser. -He frequently attempts to
allude to hi3 own case, to discuss the
chances of his trial and punishment, and
get.some idea ot the purpose ot our gov
ernment towards him, but such efforts are
always fruitless, for Dr. Craven immediate
ly changes' the subject.'
Lira in Java —A traveller writes Lorn
Batavia, island of Java:
The Hotel desfl ides, at which I &m stop
ping—the main building two stories high,
with an immense pit zza iu front—is con
flicted ou each side by buildings like rail
road depots,Three or four hundred feet long
Each suit ot rooms c mraiua room enough
to make two, three and even halt a dozen
ordinary rooms such na wc get at hotels in
the United Stat -s. Its front and back are
bath house?, fountain, flower gardens, and
outhouses, for cooking and for strvanis,
marble floors, tiled roots, ceilings from
twenty to twenty-five leet high, no carpet;
and but few curtains.
Meals are served up iu about the same
style as at the first class hotels in New York.
The habits ot living are.quite different.—
At daylight, coffee and tea are taken to
your room; at eight, fame, with light re
freshments; twelve, breakfast, and at seven
dinner. Coffee and tea are always ready,
day or night, same as baths. No exira
charge; take them or not as you may
choose.
The hotel is situated m the new upper
town, some half a dozen mileB from the
water. Ii is a fair specimen of five or six
others, within a haifa mite of each other —
Hotel and grounds cover ten acres. The
whole ground, like the rest c f the city, s
one immense forest of trees and canals.
The Monroe Doctrine.—The Chicago
Republican is of opinion that the Monroo
Doctrine will enforce itself, and gives the
following reasons for the conviation:
“The Monroe doctrine will enforce itself.
Let Mexico alone. How can Maximilian
stay there 1 ? 1 When he landed at Vera Cruz
he had two supports to rest on. One was
the French 4rmy; the other was the Mexi
can clergy. The ecclesiastical dignitaries
counted on his annulling the decree that
confiscated the lands of the* church. They
were doomed to disappointment. What
ever his private wish may have been, he was
compelled to maintain that decree. To
have revoked it would have left him utterly
without money. Accordingly, the sale of
the land was continued, and Lhe clergy be
came his embittered enemies. Now, for-,
eign bayonets are his only protection. It
is precarious. The French people are not
willing to add from fifty to a hundred miL
lion of francs yearly to their public debt for
the sake of keeping an Austrian Prince tor
Mexico. If we let Mexico alone Louis Na
poleon must soon recall his array. He is
already anxious for a decent pretext to
bring Lis legions home. When they go,
Maximilian must.go with them. Why will
we interfere to keep them here?''