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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
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S|>c«-lnl an«l Continental Cor
respondence.
Paris, June 1st. isi;r,.
From llio New York Mercantile Journal.
Tin* Power* Fare to Face.
Sometime ago, in the advance of our co-i
Minute of Points
Decidedly the Supreme Court at, MiUedgni lit
Oa., J’tiir Term. 1800—(Iditinued.
| Bf.rry and others, i
TJie Change In IBnglMi Politicians
and Politics.
The London Standard.
V3.
TnE State. )
Walks]
lition of slavery.—Judgment Reversed.
Aiken, for Plaintiff# in Error.
Parrott, Solicitor General, lor defendant.
^. ‘jmpared with Brownlow, and that
* . -toald be kicked until he becomes
[ !- pit he >» going to—bottomless.
L-flie >"ew York Times says of General
more jealous of his literary
; , jr v fume. He would endure criti-
C f fffertnee to bis battles, with equan-
I in matters of taste in literature, or
^punctuation, he could not brook con
Lnon.
I „ Mu. Davis.—A wealthy Baltimo-
^ iritins to a friend, says that bail to the
. 0I -two million dollars can be procured
ft* Dari*in that city on five hours’ no-
V'tirr*iJ** 5 '000 have been quietly sub*
towards defraying the expenses
lurid, »°d that $100,000 more can be
if necessary.
- Scientific men and artillerist* would
i ^n to watch an Austro-Prussian war
. interest because the former have muzzlo
p, n5 and cannon, while the arms of
gn breech-loading entirely. It the
ufrttkt the field (or the aea rather) with
tlie Austrian seaports have no bet-
, than cascraated forts and bar-
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[, tt U.nfncs against iron clad steamers.
I Du«‘TMi°.x in Cura.—It is stated that
leCoban planters have lately offered to give
LfoHjof freedom to all their negroes
weald contract to labor for a term of
i ud many of the latter have accepted
( condition. Tire Cuban slaves, it seems,
, m hire some show of freedom, and the
rCtPtain General begins his administra-
3 it tn important moment in the history
jfthe Island.
iTmnLNo os Deucate Ground.—Ono of
: Liverpool papers, in a highly compli-
suiy notice of General Beauregard, who
in that city, speaks of him as “The
tiaguished military engineerWe believe
t General aspires to more than that, in his
ny reputation. At all events, we gave
1 offense to a portion of his staff, a year
i ago, by essaying a similar compli
ant.
! Parties to the European War.—Now.
|-tc the war may be considered as innugu-
ted in Europe, we know nothing that could
e of greater interest to our readers than an
•borate article in the Journal of Commerce,
aching the strength of the combatants,
spectirely, and from which we have ex
acted liberally in another column. In
Mat of grandeur of their armies, they seem
lure taken a hint from the big.scale which
sch matters are sometimes done up on this
t tb< water.
• com- a rppn^nizADCC £ri\rcn l)V the niftster for the « *
and putc the exact force of these States and of It- ap ‘. )t . :iriin c/ot bis slave to answer a criminal! cec ^.’ c
tria niy In arms since the meeting of the German J. * A | nn(y| . r onrmtive since the abo-! ncnt v
accepts that she may not hereafter be accused of Diet, and the open declaration of sympathies 1|ch;ir » e ' is n0 Ionscr °l* nUlT * maeB . 1 lL ' a0 °* .u m,
having done nnything to prevent a pacific solu- on either side. These are the latest and the
tion, When once at the rapis vert, she will, no . conclusive figures upon which our readers
doubt, agree to cede Vcnetia, on condition that form a correct c.-timute of the probable
Siberia i, given up to her. This will bo enough i ch 1 f- n f c ?® f th f anfl . , the to
“ which it must affect the social and commer-
, t j, c celebrated battle of: all accounts, but many shake their heads, i
Irt«rs finc ** ‘ • fancy no good will come of nil this. Aus
f| C ri!l f - _i- '■ -t
r who!** 11 * plundering of the White
W* he assassination of Mr. Lincoln,
L**, |bc creation of an officer to be
K steward of tbe President’s
jo ** . 0 j, to be responsible for tbo
r 1 who is to give bonds for the faith-
f^ofhjsduty
oF Worthies.—Brownlow calls
, h( , .‘hut-cut of original sin”—
P* ^" t< , C xt to the “ root of all evil.”
’‘‘rfsiv* the D—1 is a “ Christian gen
V»** i !il, Domnnlnti« ntwl tlinl
iuucu supporter
_ , of Palmerston in his dav, appears dreadfullr
<-rron Gordon .. ,
distressed at the turn tilings have taken since
the death of its Magnus Apollo. It arvs:
Day by day, as the Reform debates pr.
one conviction lorces itself more protni-
and emphatically upon the minds of
moderate politicians of every party
Off-lfaiiii tikctclic.H and
Rominisccnce* omiMlngnisIiert
Member* or the Georgia
Bar, No. 5.
Galt
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The State,
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Harris, J.
t« nnt ii .i™ n. j , _ .. , ... , « nicn it hum anect trie social and commer-
? a. d, *’ lon ’ at,c / arce whlch , co8t ’ cial, if not the political interests of Europe. /The
us such a pretty penny. To g.vo you an idea of It wiII bc rcmembcrcd that when Saxonv a.
me spirit which miniates Austria, it will suffice f eft - weeks since began her precautionary ar- A
to tell you that the Vienna Cabinet has just fixed moment, Prussia immediately summoned her
a loan of 21 millions of francs on the Venetian to disarm. The reply of the" Saxon Govem-
prorinccs. This docs not much look likoconcil- ment was a decided expression of her opinion
iatlon. It was reported that Italy has refused to that the question between Austria and Prussia
•end a representative to the Congress unless this should be submitted to the decision of the for retailing"without a license,
measure waa rescinded; but this again turns out Federal Diet, und a hint that her weight firmed.
to be without foundation. But you will ask me must go with tlie party making that appeal,
if war is inevitable? how it is that the farce of a | Tlus - c°«rsc, was tantamount to siding at
Congress is possible? To this I will answer that SSlSftiSES dc f C, ' nCtl
Mona do Bismark, about three weeks ago, was Thcatutude ofSax-
.. .. .. ’, A ° \ any almost became that of the senes of States
invited by a neutral to commence an attack on ; set forth below in reguhir order, after the
Austria. “You have only to strike the first name of Austria.
blow,” it was said toBismark, "Italy will follow.^ . They count as follows the forces already
Bismork, on the point of crossing, very naturally j placed upon a war looting and ready for tbe
answered : “I will willingly doso if you wiil guar- field:
Misdemeanor—From "Whitfield.
; conviction of the irreparable loss sustained
| *>y this country on the death of Lord Pal-
merston. Few, indeed, were gifted with fore
sight enough to anticipate the full consequen
ces of that event. Who, for instance, would
J dared to predict only jii-io months ago that
Lord Palmerston’s Government would be so
_ druggist, selling at his drug store, Whis- soon superseded by a Ministry whose grand
kv, less than a quart, on the statemeii of a j ambition appears to be to overthrow Lord
physician that it is wanted for medical purpo- | Palmerston’s policy, ridicule Ins safe maxims,
es, is, if not licensed as a retailer ofspirituous ( and convert his old constitutional prejudices
liquors, subject to indictment and conviction into topics for Radical mirth and jeers?
The Admission ov Tennessee.—The
Washington correspondent of the New York
piit> say#, in a dispatch of the 13th, there
s no doubt but that the admission of Ten
will be a fact accomplished, perhaps,
i the Fourth of July. The feeling in favor
lit on the Republican side of the House is
unanimous. Several Republican mcm-
iritave taken the responsibility of writing
I Gnr. Brownlow, urging him to convene
I- Legislature in extra session for the pur-
V* of ratifying the amendments. He will
|:v rably respond favorably to the request.
SiTAXXAH AND MACON- -INTERCHANGE OR
i.: r -iEs.—It will lie seen that President
■ksdley offers tocommcnce the sale of tickets
[au the Central Railroad on the 25tli instant,
-o go and return, to all persons in this
Mion of the State who desire to renew asso-
■rinions with their friends in Savannah. This
Js i liberal offer, and no doubt hundreds will
1themselves of the privilege. Wo pre-
f that parties residing on the line of the
| ted will be allowed the samq terms.
-A similar invitation will be extended to the
| ‘ il people of Savannah and low country
a-*er the 1st of July, and we shall be happy
“ ?«? many of them by tbo hand.
Star Law.—The constitutionality of the
TitUtr” wns thoroughly discussed last week
■Cite the Supreme Court. The Southern
says: Governor Brown opened the
^stanent and maintained the constitutional-
•vtffiie law with strong arguments—as
r: *g as could Ire found on his side of the
i*tion. General Cobb followed, and pre-
^‘•«1 the unconstitutionality of the law.—
! ( *' ( * himself great credit and’ made as able
Ju S«ment on his side as could well be
Colonel Hawkins and Colonel Samuel
“*** Allowed maintaining the constitution-
■ ; ;- T the law. Judge Lyon the * anconsti-
•^’ionality, nml Judge Stephens and Bernard
t • the constitutionality. Tho spcechcg^of
“ the gentlemen were able and learned. All
< . w, horities on both sides were presented,
-met tho foregoing was in type, we' learn
the Hon. A. II. Stephens will be beard,
will bq,
*rek, in support of tlia^tay Law,”
fottt General Cobb will have the right of
fcpir.
We
income Tax on Cotton.
t* 1 * permitted, says tbe Atlanta Inteili-
f-ncer. t° publish tho following letter from
• United States Treasury Department, ad-
to a well known citizen of this place,
^aswerto inquiry relative to profits on
” cotton that should be retutued as in-
TREASURY DErART-IENT,
Office Internal Rr. ence.
w
< TVashinotos, D. C., Ma- J1,18C6 W
Y °ur letter of May 24f r i r relative to
u te*es of cotton in 1- 5, purchased
and 1S02, b received. ■ .
AJjji ‘hat your profits on supb sa^es
to th. wtur ned as income, without regard
^ time wrjjen then cotton was purchased,
for snri moiult °*"Confederate currency paid
Mae n° tton » ®houl(l he estimated nt its
the curnaqy at the time of
The thx oftWo ’ cents pound , ^
the c °At°n nmv be deducted^frn:n -
for ti,r, me of t* 1 * person paying the sr.me.
year when paid. " ' * •
^ cry Rcspectflly,
f wWwiMingljrdoao if you will guar
antee me that no par t of thoPrnssian territory shall
be touched in ease I (attack. Ho was met wi th a
refusal. The 'consequence was that a Congress
was thought of to settle matters. But only look
at tho inachiavelism of these diplomatic combi
nations. Prussia hesitating in attacking Austria,
it *« necessary to give Italy time to get ready.
This power hai an army of 150,COO men, plus
60,000 volunteers; '.hut this army is not in a
position to cope with Austris, and the volun
teers have as yet neither clothes nor hrms. It
will require more than a month for Italy to be
ready. This month wilt bo assured by the Con-
gross. According to the “programme” accepted,
the representatives of the different leading pow
ers will begin by discussing—
1. The Elbe Duchess.
2. The Federal Reform.
3. In the last place tho Italian question. Before
the wiseacres, setting round the green bsise, have
come to any conclusion on the first two points,
Italy will have time to equip a million of volun
teers
PUBLIC FEELING
In Europe is, however, decidedly in favor of
peace. In Prussia the calling out of the Land-
\ctkr is "the cause of constant strife. If the situa
tion continues, the people and the soldiers will
come to blows In Austria there is general ex
asperation—ditto in Italy. It is an error to fancy
thatUhe Italians are degenerate and are only fit to
eat Afaeearoni all day. The ultra-montane
clerical papers wish to make us believe so, that
they will soon find out their mistake.
PERFIDIOUS ALBION.
Those who fancy that the policy of Great
Britain is never what it pretends to be, affirm
that the Princess Royal, the wife of the heir pre
sumptive to the Prussian throne, has been (at the
instigation of the English Cabinet) doing all she
can to prevent the King, her father-in-law, from
signing the offensive and defensive treaty with
Victor Emmanuel. However, this is all on diU
for which I will not vouch. It is, however, a
fact that King William has not yet put his hand
to the treaty, which has been ready for more
than three weeks, heport further says thst
Queen Victoria writes daily to the King ot Prus
sia, begging that he will pause before he sets
Germany'.in ablate, ner words to the King are,
"May God guide you.” Lastly, to mako bad
worse, Bosnia and Montenegro are up and doing
and on the eve of sqparating from the detested
yokeof tho Ottoman ports. Russia,like a cat, is
watching the opportunity to regain what it lost
in IS55. Time will show what this imbroglio
will come to.;
dreadful catastrophe IN PARIS.
On Monday lost, the 2Sth of May, a terrible ex
plosion took plaee in the direction of La Villette,
a suburb of Paris. It was thought at one time that
the earthquakes which have been annoying the
iahabitatas of Nice, Grosso and Cannes,from time
to time this year,had come to pey us a visit After
a short time, it turned out that a terrible explo
sion dad taken plaee at the fire-work manu
factory of Mon. Bubcn, at the time that the
workmen were in the establishment. I will not
tire you with the details of this terrible catastro
phe,which does not differ from explosions in
general. We have to deplore the loss of 29 killed;
ever so many more still lie in a very precarious
state at the Hoapital, where they were yesterday
visited by the Imperial family. The Emperor
ho* ordered a large sum from his private purse to
be distributed amongst the widows and children
of the workmen who met with so untimely an
end.
THE FRENCH DERBY
Horse racing has now become a national insti
tution in France, the mania for tho turf Utich
surpasses that of our neighbors. On Sunday last
the English were avenged’for the detests at Ep-
g on, caused by Vermouth and Gladiateur, the two
years running, by the victory of Ceylon, belong
ing to the Duke of Beaufort, so well known to
those acquainted with the Turf.
The Emperor, moreover, presented the lucky
winner with a splendid work of art in silver,
valued at several thousand pounds. Our neigh
bors were mod with delight as the victory of
their horse, and the Evening John Bull in every
shape and form, were represented at the Lai
champetre of Afobille—on excess of Moet and
Veuve Ciiquotcaused an over excitement to reign
amongst tho lovers of the Tnrf. However, we
are glad to say that the entente cardiale was in no
way disturbed. French and English, high and
low, spent the evening in perfect harmony.
The members of the . Jockey club,celebrated the
victory ot Ceylon by a banquet offered to the Duke
at thclOnd* fares. Count Dane, presiding. Toasts
were drunk to the perpetual union oi France and
England.
His grace left the next day for London.
LcSprit, a paper, infom a Its rcadeis that a great
deal of French money will cross the channel.
IIAMLKT OR .UILETO, A LA 5IACCARONI.
The splendid tragedian, Ernesto Rossi, the Ital
ian pendant to Adelaida Riitori, is now starring it
in Paris, at the Salle Yontadour or Italian Opera
House, ne made Ills debut as Ami ttor, a transla
tion of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, which has been fa
vorably spoken of by the Paris press. To Anglo-
daxon ears it seems odd, to hear the Prince of
Denmark speaks anything but rinsHsh. Two-
tblrds of the salience consisted of Britishers and
Yankees, who often applanded the 1 tallan Hamlet,
8i,"nor Rossi Intends visiting England and the
United States, tnfl will no doubt meet with the
same sdcoess as tliat in Parti, on the other side oi
the Atlantic, We are to have Othello, Macbeth
and King Lear, as well as ons or two plays of
MaozodL
Otherwise, then? Is great stagnation In theatricals
in Paris, at present, a* the public feels but little
inclined to he
•‘Cribb’d, cabin’d and confin’d,"
In hot theatres et this sultry time of the year.
Spectacle is still the order of the day, and a new
piece entitled Cendrillon, is to he put oa the stage
in a manner sons to surpass even ihc Lemter.te
:d«yi'jue, of which I spoke to you In the beginning
of the Winter, and which Is attracting Immense
houses.
Onr Parisian Artists havo been ithe talk of the
they have again proven to the public that
They have not been able
aa to whom to award
iy the (iovornmefit for
Austria -...600,000
Bavaria 200,000
Saxony '.. 20,000
Hanover - 30,000
Wurtemburg- 29,900
Baden .... 18,500
Hesse Dramstadt - 12,000
Saxe Coburg 2,200
Brunswick 5,000
Nassau 6,000
Saxe Meiningen 2,000
SaxoWeimer. 3,506
Altenburg - 1,800
Lichtenstein
The Two Reuss Duchies
Hesse Hotnbourg..-,
chaumburg Lippe
Lippe
Wald*
15*
1,500
500
500
Detmold - 1,500
deck
100
Total - 041,150
It is moreover asserted, that in cose, of dire
emergency, the Austrian alliance could put
300,000 more troops on foot, thus swelling its
entire military front to 1,241,150, of which
the Emperor Francis Joseph could claim fully
two thirds ns his own subjects.
The States that voted in favor of Prussia in
the Diet, arc : .
Prussia (of whom 15,035 are officers, 2,400
surgeons andj>)50 Urriers) 647,744
Mecklenburg Schwerin 6,000
Meeklenburgh Strellty 2,000
Electoral Hesse 15,000
Oldenbnigb..'. 4,000
Anhalt Dessan 1,500
Anhalt Bernburgb 800
8chwarzburgh-Sondershauson 800
Schwareburgh-Rndolstadt 1,000
Xubeck 800
Frankfort 1,200
Bremen 800
Hamburgh 2,000
Total 633,544
To these by great exertion the States above
enumerated could add 200,000 men, making
the grand total of the Prusso-Germanic
alliance 803,542 men, or 357,590 soldiers less
than Austria and her friends.
The populations for'the present year stand
thus, including, of course, only those that
have a right to representation as Germans in
the Diet:
Austria 12,802,944
Bavaria 4,789,837
Saxony 2,225,240
Hanover 1,888,070
Wirtemberg 1,730,708
Baden 1,300,291
Hesse Darmstadt 856,967
The two Saxes 1,142,SS7
Brunswick 282,400
Nassau 467,571
The Sixth Circle or Curies 257,343
Total T. 27,613,203
The population of Prussia and the States
that vote with her, is only 15,072,490, or 12,-
540,713 less than the other side. However,
this estimate embraces only the populations
composing the Germanic Confederation. The
number ot Prussians not therein computed,
is 5,200,000; number of non-Confederatc
Austrians, 22,210,044. Consequently tbe poli
2 of Austria north of the Alps and west of
c Russian frontier rests upon 37,288,584,
and that of Prussia on 20,272,047, leaving in
favor of Austria a difference of 17,810,044.
But there is a third grand element in this
triangular quarrel that we must now take in
to account, viz.: the Prussian alliance with
Italy, about which there is .no longer any
shadow ofdonbt. The agreement between
these two Powers is, that any attack by Aus
tria upon either, is to bc deemed an attack
upon both; that such blow is to bo the sig
nal for instant hostilities, and that once en
gaged in conflict, neither is to negotiate for a
peace or cease to strike without the other’s
consent. To begin with, then, the popula
tion of Italy is 28,600,000. and this at once
turns the numerical scale in that particular
X ’nst Austria, by 10,183.950. Let ns next
ice at the Italian army.
~ The minister of War, ntFlorence, on March,
19th, reported to King Victor Emanuel the
condition of the army on January "l«t, *18G0,
as follows: Officers under arms, 15,00'4; rank
and file, 190,325; total under arms, 204,329.
Officers awaiting orders, 1,754; rank and tile
on furlough, 148,CG0; total to call in, 150,414.
Grand total disposal, 354,743.
Aiken, for Plaintiff in error.
Parrott for defendant.
Wright )
vs. - From Richmond
TnE Ga. R. R. & B’k Co. )
Harris, J.
No motion for a new trial having been
made in the Court below on the grounl that
the verdict was contrary to evidence, <Sc., the
verdict will not be disturbed in this Crurt.—
Judgment Affirmed.
Pottle for Plaintiff in error.
Starnes for defendant.
Judge Lumpkin being a stockholdeiin the
Georgia Railroad did not preside in ths case.
Springer )
vs. Robbery—From Spalling.
The State. )
Harris, J.
If while the trial is in progress, one of the
Counsel engaged in the prosecutioi, enter
tain and protect for a night, free o' charge,
the horses of some of the jurors, a verdict of
guilty afterwards rendered will be set aside
and a new trial granted.—Judgment Reverted.
Peeples for Plaintiff in error.
Hammond, Sol. Gcn’l, for the SUte.
Holland 1
vs. > Misdemeanor. From llnrry.
The State )
, Walker, J.
Distilling whisky from the seed of m llet or
sugar cane, was made penal by tbe Act of
1862, under the terms ‘ other grain.” A leg
islative construction of these word$ tc that
effect, is deducible from the Act of 1363.—
Judgment Affirmed.
Dabney for Plaintiff in error.
Parrott, Sol. Gen. for the State.
Coulter)
vs. [• Complaint From Floyd.
Wilet. )
Harris, J.
A was indebted to B by note, and was the
holder of a note on C for nearly the same
amount He stipulated with B lex twelve
months indulgence, and turned ovtr to him
C’s note as collateral security, taking B’s re
ceipt therefor, expressing that the collateral
note was to be delivered to A whenever the
principal note was paid. A few days before
the period of indulgence had expired, B put
both notes in the hands of his attorney for
suit. The attorney sued on the principle note
as ordered, but with the maker of the collat
eral note he entered into a contract to indulge
him for twelve months at the price of forty
dollars per month. On reporting t bis arrange
ment to his client the latter disapproved of
it; whereupon, the attorney advanced to him
the whole amount due on the principal note,
less a collecting fee, and became, himself, the
owner of the note. Afterwards, the client re
funded to the attorney what he had advanc
ed, and took the note back. All tbis time
the suit on it was si ill pending: Held—
1. That B the creditor, was boand to no
diligence touching the collection af the col
lateral note; and was not even authorized to
put the same in suit
2. That he was not precluded bt tho fore
going facts from collecting the while amount
of the principal note in the pending action.
Judgment Affirmed.
Aiken for Plaintiff in error,
tnderwood for defendant.
Stanton i
tt From Newton.
Burge. )
Lumpkin. C. J.
1. A plea of non est factum rmy be filed
and sworn to by an executor. And it may
lie done after the appearance tem—even on
tbe appeal.
2. An affidavit to the truth of i plea, pur
porting to be sworn to inopcnCcurt, is good
on demurrer to the plea, though unattested
by the Cleik or any one else.
3. A charge that it was incumbent on the
plaintiff, after plea of non est factum, to in
troduce evidence raising a presumption of
the genuineness of the note, ia orler to en
title him to go to the jury, and when this
was done, that it was still incumben 1 . on him
to satisfy the jury to a reasonable jertainty
that the note was genuine, is not eroneous.
4. The verdict in tbis case, is stfficiently
supported by the evidence.
Judgment Affirmed.
Clark for Plaintiff in error.
Floyd for Defendant.
Thomas R. R. Cohb,
From tlie Tallahassee Sentinel.
Born amon g the “old clay-hills of Georgia,’’
in the bwodlul village of Athens, where na
ture seems to slu/nber, resting her head upon
the gentle slopes, and bathing her feet in the
gently flowing Oconee, that glides softly at
Personal delegates to the Provision:! 1 Congress, along
| with such men as Howell Cobb, Robert
i Toombs, A. If. Stephen-:, Francis S. Bartow,
Benj. Hill, and others. He sustained him
self as the peer of the oldest, ablest, and most
: experienced Legislators ot that body.
When his intimate friend and college mate,
Francis S. Bartow, fell gloriously nt 3ranassns,
I Tom Cobb pronounced a eulogy tliat brought
j the tears to every eye. For touching pathos,
for life-like potraiture, for sweetly expressed
affection, it stands unrivalled in the English
language. He there disclosed tlie presentiment
that Bartow had entertained, and confided to
him, that be felt that be would be killed in the
Judgment Af- Above all, who would have ventured to augur
during Lord Palmerston's lifetime that the
first to lift up their voices against their former
chief, on his death, would be his leading col
leagues—Lord Russell, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and the Attorney General ? Such,
nevertheless, is the revolution that we have »«K «»uircn mm surviving, the trait ot a
beheld. Only some six months Lo Em-Iund - p*^1 Jmppy marned We—Hon. Howell
rejoiced in the guiding hand of Lord Pahncr- tl „ ? f the f;ull ' 1 - v ; ,
ston. Almost before his ashes were cold lib ,, R » "g™ 8 ®***? ha , re
colleagues had summoned to their counsels bee . n precocious m childhood, and unlike the
his greatest detractor and inveterate foe -and “T 7 snch instance, he preserved the
now, whoever hold the reins of office, it bMr. e.irK prestige, and matured into a remarks-
Bright that suggests the course to steer, sup- } ®
plies the stimulants, and regulates the speed.
For tlie present, indeed, all our constitution
al machinery isjsuspended. Though not in of
fice Mr. Bright controles the Ministerial
policy, whilst Cabinet Ministers attend his
nod, and deem themselves honored by paying
servile court and adulation to the one onlv
relentless antagonist of Lord Palmerston—
the one only Englishman who walked
out of the house rather than pay tL» 4~
tribute of respect to the departed statesman
It seems, moreover, as though the last in this
race of servility were destined to reach the
goal the first. Could anything, however, be
deemed more unnatural than a new trumvi-
rate to consist of the Rochdale demagogue, tbe
author of the “Church in its Relations to the
State,” and the whilom panegyrist and pro
tege of Lord Lnlmerston ? But surely this is
not more strange than to sec, as was seen du
ring "Wednesday’s debate, the Right Hon. W.
Ewart Gladstone leading off the cheers for the
arch-demagogue of Birmingham, whilst Sir
Roundell Palmer delivered a labored and
vehement eulogy, at the same instigation, in
praise of household suffrage and Mr. Bright’s
elevated consistency, marvellous moderation,
and unrivalled sagacity.
All this, however, is easily explained. To
all intents and purposes a Radical or demo
cratic Government b now in office. Nomi
nally it b Lord Russell’s, virtually it b Mr.
Bright’s Administration. That is the whole
secret.
their base, the subject of this sketch seemed j first battlein which lie would be engaged—he
to have imbibed inspiration from tho scenery
around, wirli the first breath of life.
He was the second son of Col. John Addi
son Cobb, an early settler ot that portion of
Georgia, wlio migrated thence from North
Carolina, bringing with him his bride, whom
ho had “wooed and won” in Fredericksburg,
Virginia-the beautiful and accomplished Miss
Sallie Roots: who still survives, and who in
old age yet displays the charms that time
could only mellow and not steal away, like
the softened rays of the setting sun. Colonel
Cobb died in 1855, at an advanced age, leav
ing six children him surviving, the fruit of a
an
some
out the subject dominions of her great
antagonist, andjif Francis Joseph l>e tbe cn-
" mte lightened,sagacious man of modern ideas whic
lus unquestionable efforts for years to relieve
and strengthen his country have lead us to
consider him, he will listen in time to the
friendly negotiator,- who shall propose the
purchase ol Vcnetia for a reasonable .com
pensation in money and position. This done,
the German Confederation may be considered
on a basis secure anil honorable to nil parties,
and the Kauser will have gained a friend and
aUy in the young Kingdom of Italy, full of
sudden disappearance of a king. 7 gratitude land chivalrous devotion that may
Jor.ny Lg**i-. olBavurla, graml-^on of Louis. "• r ! prove lit right hand of safety in far darker
I.o!a Montcz notoriety, was someday# ago found , UV3 than even these. However, this may
jlfwfWMimieh. TwrevftHfctoHtw* todotn «*•- 1 uu ’ a -
Of the three great Powers threatening eacli
other, Prussia is financially the strongest. In
18(58, her national debt was 2G9,997,187 thal
ers of 73 5-8 cents. Her expenditures for tbe
same year were 133,301,469, and her receipts
were * 137,497,302 thalers. Her liabilities
have since then been considerably increased,
her collection of taxes meets with many diffi
culties, owing to the ill will of the people,
and her outlay this year is excessively heavy.
But she is still comfortably solvent.
Austria, however, is on the verge of utter
bankruptcy, on October 31,18C3, her public
debt was 2,528,728,041 florins, ot 49 cents.—
Her expenses in I8G3 Were 4(51,312,581, and
her receipts 435,720,381, or much below tlie
current outlay. This decrepancy has, since
then, continually grown more alarming, and
it is hard to imagine how the fearful strain
now brought to bear upon the Empire can be
sustained. _ .. Y
Italy is, by far, tjm worst involved. On
the 1st ot January, 1863, her national debt
was 3,817,470,979 francs, or about $7G3,500j-
000. Her income for that year was $124,000,-
000. and iier expenditures $187,000,000, or
nearly $54,000,000 beyond her receipts. This
annual deficiency has augmented ever since.
Vfe may. then, sum up the situation to the
effect that Prussia is strong on the surface but
weak within, having money and men, bnt no
love of her people. Austria is a giant with
mighty limbs, badly conjoined and eaten hi
internal disease. Italy is a strong man, an(
mated with a fervor of patriotic aspiration
bordering upon frenzy, but short ot supplies
unless the paroxysm of her excitement shall
prove enough fo carry her through. This is
everything to a country and an army. Pri
vations. losses obstacles, only whet the cour
age and endurance of men who have become
ShWiW* to fin <* one Ot these ‘counterfeit resern-
S& fiLS£jf tSronih ( iff poseAion of the family cook.-
mire courage and patriotism, even through- inve , ti ^ ltion into tbe ,„ a tter disclosed
the fact that she had received it from a for
tune teller in New York city, who advertised
Radical Legislation.—Here
significent questions:
“What would the bonds of tie United
States bc worth if Mr. Thaddeus Stevens were
Secretary of tlie Treasury, with tlie powers
now possessed by that officer ? Wlnt is like
ly to he the future financial histdy ot the
country under radical' legislation, judging
from the past T What is the debt worth if
the Constitution is to be amended whenever
it suits the ruling faction? These be no idle
questions. They are no party questions.—
Those merchants and bankers of lew York
who have always called themselves members
of the Republican party know very well that
it is no question l>etween Dcmocras and Re
publicans, but it is a question between them
selves and the radical men who a« leading
on to ruin. If the Congressional elections
this fall fail to give the President a substan
tial support; if the radical wingof the Re
publican party succeeds in whippiigthe Con
servative wing into tbe support of radical
candidates, ns tho Connecticut Legislature
last week, the futur l of our naticnal finances,
of our very existence as a peojle, becomes
more dark than ever, nor can any one point
to the'period when it will be any better.”
So says the Journal of Commerce, and it
talks like on oracle. There is embraced in
the few sentences we have extracted, a book
full of truth; and tbe future, dark as it is
will be darker yet if tbe event fulfills the
wishes and purposes of the Radicals.
A Funny St^ry.—The Detroit Advertiser
is sponsor for tlie following:
“About one year ago one of our business
men visited New York city, and while there
ordered half a dozen cartes d» oioites of him
self, which he distributed among bis friends
‘ a that place. A lew days ago he was sur-
rised to find one of these ‘counterfeit resein-
tlielatopictnreat the Exhibition. 8eT«nlyolatora'
laboring under clirunic modesty, gave tia-lr votes to.
themselves." < o ’, r •» 11 ■■■: <».rt .'1/
A**nnpw mainni'ui ivrr DP fc VT\T.
iiei' en* i'lv i->Zorich, to vi-'.t i.»<•: I Mtfcalc . heard
rTtiD«»wifihi jnry'r- .mm
tu v, who n.-not allowed to remain at the Bavs- ,
Flanbartrt, by thestnpffoM>w^n-*hol» " i? u> *
minagement of the
a, I days tlian even these. However, this may
t‘, r i seem to old diplomatists afe.miing of the
f2rtBftSK^f7rrt«mS? r Ana%wh*d|pakrtievoicco?admoni!i which u
from beyond the Atlantic, and
now scud hack as an (cbo from our
to forward a correct likeness of any young
lady’s future husband, all for the sum of fifty
cents, which amount the cook had remitted,
according to the advertisement, and received
her employer’s likeness in return.”
Tall Cotton—Sumter Ahead 1—Mr. P.
H. Oliver, of this county, 1ms sent to onr office
two stalks of cotton, measuring three feet and
five inches in height, and containing sixty-
seven bolls and squares. This is an .iveruj'c
u3F"We approve and endorse every senti
ment of the following article from the Eufaula
News, but must enter a protest against the
word “ bunted,” which has no existence in
the English language:
Economy.
Society seems to have forgotten all rules of
economy. Men, women and children, spend
their money with a more lavish hand and a
more reckless disregard, apparently, to the
provisions of the future, than at any former
period within our recollection. During the
war, in the South, there was a kind ot im
posed pseudo-economy practiced, and which
it was reasonable to suppose would become
real and permanept, after the unfortunate,
and so far as we, as a people, are concerned,
disastrous terminations of the war. But in
this, it seems every one has not only disap
pointed him or herself, but has surprised and
disappointed everybody besides himself or
herself; but especially “herself.” "We have
never seen or known extravagance more un
licensed and excessive, among the “her
self”. portion of society. AYe do not
see how it is possible for some one
or more persons, if not every one in
general, to avoid a fight or foot race at some
future time with the sheriff. From the forced
parsimony imposed during the war. upon our
people, they seem to have become infatuated
with the idea of the most lavish and costly
expenditures. No prices however enormous
or fabulous checks purchases, or appear even
to awaken any apprehensions of jmeuniary
embarrassment. Tbe “herself” ones are not
only enormous in their expenditures, but are
expensive in their enormities of dress. It re
quiring as much lace and ribbon now to dress
one of our fashionable women in a single out
fit, ns formerly to supply forty wardrobes, for
as many plain and respectable, as well as well
bred, fashionable women. Some body will
inevitably be bursted by this mode of extrav
agance. It is out of the question for it to last
and not work rum somewhere.
The North, flooded with money and vice,
may afford and endure such wasting daily
expenditures; but if the people of the South,
Continue to ape such prodigious outlays for
show and vapity, they will, sooner or later,
reap the bitter fruit of their folly in utter
bankruptcy and want.
It is time tor our people to quit talking or
thinking or writing of politics and public mat
ters ; and to turn their attention to the prac
tice ot virtue and: economy, (for the two are
inseparable); and to the upbuilding of indi
vidual, as well as the public fortunes. But
this they will not doj The “herself,” will
have her way; and go on buying and spend
ing, and spending and ‘ buying, nntil the
“himself” takes- his way to the grocery or
somewhere else, possibly, the penitentiary or
poorhouse.
A Very Good Story.—IVe like a gooiVsto-
ry, and the last number of Blackwood fur
nishes one as follows:
Some years ago, when all the world, were
mad upon the lotteries, the cook of a middle-
aged gentleman, drew from his hands tho
savings of some years. Iier master,, curious
to know the cause, learned that she had re
peatedly dreamed that a certain number was
a great prize, and she had bought it. He
called her a fool for her pains, and never omit
ted an occasion to tease her upon tho subject.
One day, however, the master saw in tbe
newspapers, or at his bookseller’s country
seat, that the number was actually tho £20,-
OOO prb’.e. The cook was called up, a palaver
ensues; had known each other for years., loth
to part, &c„ in short he praposed, and is ac
cepted; insists on marriage being celebrated
next morning. Married they were; and ns
the carriage took them from the church, they
enjoyed the following dialogue:
Well, Molly—two happy events in one day.
You have married, I trust, a good husband.
You have something else—but first let me
ask you where you bate locked up your lot
tery ticket ?”
She thinking tli-xt her master was only
bantering her upon the-old point, cried, | pointment of the Legislature, or- Governor
“Don’t vc say no more about it. I thought i could have elevated him and to. which he
how it would be and that I never should mi"ht liavo desired to have aspired. Hisam-
heat the end on’t, so I sold it to the banker bition was m another direction—to be a good
of our village tor a guinea profit; so you need ; and useful man in tlie more quiet and prac-
never be angry with me any more about tically awl permanently lieneficial depart-
that.” ' ment of life, and have bo-superior in his pro-
fession ia the land.
Prentice.—“Logan,” who was in Louis- Rut the speck of wav 'tio bigger than a
ville, Ky., a few days since, in n letter to the man’s hand" appeared in the horizon, and
Standard, thus writes of George D. Prentice, discerned it, and invoked his position and
the world-renowned editor of the Journal. hdents to avert it. He wrote trader the
“He is a homely and shabby looking sped- j signature of “Georgia,” a series of letters to
men of humanity; had on a pair of worn out J the New York “Joinfca! of Commerce,” in a
man, intellectually and morally. He en
tered college, tlie Georgia University, in his
native village, and graduated comparatively
young, taking the highest honor of his class.
He engaged in the study of law. acquiring
the profession with the same fadlity that he
had mastered the best books at school and
college. Soon after his admission to the Bar,
he married Miss Marion Lumpkin, daughter
of the Hon. Joseph H. Lumpkin, Cliiet Jus
tice of the Supreme Court of the State ot’
creuigm, ~-J. ,i.v ojgamzatiou oi tliat
court. The issues of this marriage were fiv
children—one, their only son, they buried m
infancy. Their oldest daughter, the univer
sally beloved Lucy Cobb, died when just en
tcring her fifteenth year. She was the village
idol—an Angel on Earth. So gentle, so
conscious, and so pure. The beautiful Fe
male Seminary building was just being com
pletcd at the time of her death, and the Trus
tees by acclamation called 5t “The Lucy Cobb
Institute,” a monument to her memory and
worth, and a delicate compliment, at the same
time, to her honored father. If there was
ever a man almost worshipped by a commu
nity, it was Toni Cobb, by the people of
Athens, and surrounding country. He was
no demagogue, and yet he was everybody’s
friend. The old and the young, the rich and
the poor, the bond and the free, alike sought
him on all occasions requiring advice, aid
counsel or comfort. He had a smile and a
kind word for every one, and time enough to
listen to every one’s story, and to give the
needed advice, or to soften the trouble, and
cheer the heart; and all went away happier
for having sought and seen Tom Cobb. How
he found time to accomplish all he did, I
ficver could understand. He was engaged in
the heaviest practice of any member of the
profession in Upper Georgia, and never ne-
;lected his business. He never went into a
!ourt room unprepared. He was the able
Reporter of the Supreme Court for a number
of years, and only resigned when his duties,
in connection with his practice, became oner
ous. Judge Cone, biinseif an able jurist,
pointing to T. R. R.Cobb, said of him, “there
goes the best lawyer in the State.” Mr. Cobb
is the author of the Digest of the Laws of
Georgia, which bears his name. He also as
sisted, in codifying the laws, lieing one of a
Committee of three selected by tlie ■ Gov
ernor for that purpose, under an act
of the Legislature. He also prepared the
work known as “Cobb on Slavery”—the first
volume of which was issued from the press
in 1858, and shows great and accurate re
search. A second volume was- very nearly
ready for publication when its appearance
was interrupted by the stirring events that
resulted in secession and war.
Mr. Cobb was possessed of great powers of
endurance, mental and physical. He could
labor almost incessantly, and yet give no evi
dence of fatigue or languor. He prepared
innumerable addresses on literary, scientific
and religious subjects—while prosecuting his
profession, and lecturing daily in the law-
school, which was established by himself,
Judge Lumpkin and Hon. W. II. Hull—and
visiting constantly alone, the “Lucy Cobb
Institute,” to which lie seemed to have trans
ferred the ardent affection ho had for his
daughter, which it represented—and exert
ing himself efficiently and untiringly lor the
University, of which he was also a Trustee—
as well as being engaged actively in every
enterprise for the development and benefit of
that community and section of country. He
was one of the most devoted husbands and
fathers I ever knew. Mrs. Cobb being of
delicate constitution, he relieved her of all
domestic cares possible..
With ail of this, be was neven morose, nor
wore the air of an over-worked man, but was
cheerful, ready for a romp or race with the
boys and girls who adored him. He always
got up pic-nics and all sorts of innocent
amusements for the young people and joined
them, and enjoyed the fun with as great zest
as tho youngest—his happiness seemed to be
fo soe them happy. He was exceedingly lib
eral nad generous. I have kuown ltim to
spend a hundred dollars for omnibus fare,out
of his own pocket, for the young ladies of
the L. C. Institute, during a series ot dis
courses delivered by the Rev. H. Joseph Stiles,
D. D., which he desired them to attend. He
was-very religious, being an elder of the
Presbyterian Church—where he always offi
ciated in the alienee of the pastor. He pos
sessed no asceticism, no bigotry,, no narrow,
contracted spirit. He was a Christian, cheer
ful and catholic. He was loved by all de
nominations, and aided actively in all the
auxiliary meetings and revivals in all the
churches. He wielded an unbounded moral in
fluence in his section of country.
While on the circuit himself and his cous
in, Hon. James Jackson, the Judge presiding,
the one a Presbyterian, the-other a Methodist,
would get up most interesting religious- meet
ings together, and accomplish an amount of
good that Eternity will only reveal. He at
tended as a delegate, tbo Presbyterian.Gen
eral Convention held int-New Orleans, some
time in 1858 or 183th Ho appeared as a
stranger, but left his impress on that body
and community, by his masterly argument in
reply to tbe Rev. Roliert Breckenridge of Ky.,
on tbe subject of the union of tho-old and oew
school Presbyterians. His speech was the
only one delivered!during tha session pub
lished in extenso.by. the New Orleans papers.
He was appointod a delegate from, the Pres
byterian Church af America, to-that of Scot
land, but the secession agitation prevented
Itis going. Ha never engaged in politics,
although ho might have attained any position
to which the suflrages of the people, or the ap-
tlien announced that he conceived it liis duty
to take his friend's place. He returned toGeor-
gia and raised the “Cobb Le"ion s ’’ and has
tened to the scene of strife. He devoted him
self to his new profession, and became a pro
ficient in the art of war, us he had done in
everything he- had ever undertaken. He
possessed great versatility of talent. Ho was
engaged with his legion in most of tbe bat
tles in Virginia, and received the encomiums
of Gens. Magruder and Lee. He was promo
ted to a Brigadier Generalship, and occupied
the post of houor and of danger at the first
battle of Fredericksburg. He commanded
the slope behind the stone fence when the
most pertinacious assaults were made by tho
Federal#, and as often repulsed, It was ttierc
that Meagher's Irish Brigade was so terribTjr
cot to pieces, and almost annihilated. Th'c
battle waa over, the victory was won. The sun-
was declining. Cobb had retired a short dis-
tasce to the rear, and had sought shelter un
der a tree, near to a small house, surround
ed by his staff, and had just remarked to-
his Adjutant, (his nephew) “Thank
God' r Johnny, the fight is over, and we
arc sate, when a shell burst near him-and a
fragment struck his thigh, and severed the
femoral artery. Hemorrhage ensued, but
with hh usual presence of mind, ho used his ;
hnndkercuier as a tourniquet, no surgeon
ucui^ •>» I..,...I. Doforc surgical aid could
reach him, his life had ebbed qgr. Tiius-
died the patriot, orator, statesman, scholar,
soldier, jurist, and Christian. For in him
was blended all of these. lie visited his
mother's birth-place, for the first time in his
life, to defend it, and to die! Strange coin
cidence ! His remains were taken home to
Athens for interment, and although that
county had been denuded of the arms-bear-
ing portion of the population, yet the old
men and women and children flocked from
the surrounding counties, and added volume
to the gathering mourners of his own county,
until the funeral cortege that accompanied all
that was mortal of Thomas XL R. Cobb, to
the grave, extended for miles. Thus-
was he loved and thus was lie
mourned. Mr. Cobb could not have been
over 42 years of age when he met his
untimely endl. He was strikingly handsome,
having been sonsidcrably above the medium
height, and of full proportions, with a round,,
beardless face, large hazel eyes, and long,
brown, wavy hair, which fell in thick mosses
on bis shoulders. The expression of his coun
tenance was kindly and amiable. So great
was the universal confidence in his judgment
sagacity, and integrity, when living, that if
his name was associated with any enterprise,,
it was a guarantee of success. Every one wlio
knew him waa willing to go into it. His-
was an enviable reputation, His loss to Gcor-
giaand humanity is irreparable. Hisoxample-
remains for imitation.
“We are tee proud by far to weep,.
Tho’ Earth-hail nought so dear
As were tho soldier youths who sleep
Upon their honored bier.
It were a stain upon their frame,
Would do their Jaurel-crowna-a-eharao
To shed one single tear—
It was-a blessed lot to die
In battle and lor liberty!”
C. P. C-
Question Settled.—The Richmond Dis
patch says r.
"We had always supposed that Richard
Henry Lee was the author of the phrase ap
plied to "Washington—“First in war,, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of his country
men ;” but our recollection as to Hie matter
was not clear.;, and accordingly when, a lew
days ago, wc saw it stated in tlie Columbus
(Georgia) Shn that Chief Justice Marshal was
its author^ and the statement fortified by a
relation of the circumstances under which
the credit had been given to Mr. Lee, wegave
currency, if not full, credence,, to the state
ment. A. reference, however, to the history
of the phrase contained ia “Marshall's Life
of Washington” will satisfy anybody that our
first impression was correct. Mr. Lee was
himself tho author of the resolutions pre
sented to-the House of Representatives by
Mr. Marshall, in which the phrase occurred.
Human Jackals.—A Richmond paper
says:
It seems that we told but half the truth
when, yesterday, we deseribed the conduct of
the parties engaged in disinterring the Fede
ral dead on the battle-fields below Richmond.
At Gaines’ Mill, Cold Hhrborand Savage Sta
tion. after searching tlie bodies for money and
jewelry, the parties pull open the mouths of
the corpses, examine if they are plugged,
and, if they are, the teeth are cracked to
pieces with stones for tho sake of the gold
filling. If the skeleton lias false sets,so much
the richer the finder, and the gold or metal
plates arc wrenched from their deposits with
avidity, and become the spoils of the grave
ghouls. These facts can be vouched for by
witnesses who have witnessed the disinter
ments.
A Curious Scientific Fact.—Had tho
people in Paris been able to hear Queen Vic
toria deliver her speech upon the opening of
Parliament, they could not have received it
as soon as they did by telegraph. Sound
moves at the velocity of three hundred and
thirty-three yards a second, consequently it
would have taken twenty-one miuutes to go-
from London to Paris-—in other words, if the
Queen said* ‘Mv Lords,’ at London, at two
hours and twenty-one minutes the acute-eared
Parisians would have heard these two words.
The whole royal speech, vras sent to Parts by
the electric telegraph in ten minutes; conse
quently electricity outstripped speech 11
minutes.
Box. B. H. Hill and ms Fees.—In con
versation with this gentleman we are inform
ed tbsA he has ac-ver received the enormous,
fees which thoughtless rumor has stated.—
Even the amounts to which lie may be entitled
have not been settled or realized. This state
ment we make by his consent because of tho
constant and innumerable applications which
are made in every shepe and frrai to Mr. Hill
foe assistance, and to which, though entirely
willing, he is utterly unable to respond.—Lu-
HiTange Reporter.
Unreasonable Demands of Fresdmen.
—"We learn from the Advertiser that a meet
ing of Freedmen was held in Cherokee coun
ty Alabama, where they bound themselves to
gether, under a penalty ui fifty lanhoa, to be
laid on the naked back, no to contract work
for any white man duri lg the present harvest,
for le.-s than two dollars, a day. The result
is, the negroes arc \ylle and white men are
doing the work at a dollar and a half a day.
2??“ At a dinner in Washington, on
Tunr-day. giver, to Count Ke^iirgurier. <
Austria, and attached to Maxmillian’s staff,
by a prominent New York merchant. Senator
aye, Speaker Colfax anil others, denounced
the attempt to establish a monarchial govern
ment on toil continent, and declared it to be
rt the
masses. I r.-gret that my curiosity ever sought
an introduction to George J>. Prentice, !or
of his entire crop for several hundred acres, while I cannot but admire him aa a ioumal-
If there is a county in this State that can i ist, scholar, poet and wit, the remembrance
beat this, we would like to hear from it.—
Give us facts, no buncombe.
[Americut Republican.
of his personal appearance must c-vi
from the sublimity of his ef
OF"ThefYmlans went to Canada to cap-
‘The viceroy of Egypt is the richest i tit re the city ofTorortn-bcfore tin y ..it there
r avs, -Strike not the dwur;. he j,. y man in the world and lus country is tbm| theywere trying to find another >, i- i.
I have a giant for a Iricnd J” ' poorest. to,
man to act, lie threw himself heart and aou. means of grace: “Weil,
into the i-ece-.-ion movement. He advocated | .Top s, “ISnprpoteanythingi. a in
it with his r.iatchle-s eloquence and towering that breaks down pride and lead
intellect. Ho carried the whole up-country | ance.”
with him. He was sent to the State C'onven- ^
tion as a delegate, by an overwhelniingvote.! _ E? -^ ,s - Heron, residing nc
He there was made Chair, of the Com. on the Noble county, < >hio, re< eiitly g
Constitution—and the new Constitution that lour children—three girl- and on
was presented to the people, und ratified by ' latter died win n a lew hours
them, was the work of his brain and pen.
near Caldwell,
gave birtli to
me boy. I he
oid. Mrs. H.j
is only thirtv-fouj years old, aud is tliemothe
The Convention
ried ’
im
it
.uildreu.