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VVr •*»••' V £j£ Our view ion the results of universal suf-
' ■■?..' : 7M ’ j frageon practical liberty and good govern-'
.. . Savannah Herald oi Wednesday, ment j, nve becn sc■ often given in these col-
R. K. CTroftor*, long in com- nmns tlmt it is wholly unnecessary to repeat
j-jran^al*. IrftfiK New \o-h M >tcr " them at this late day. Wc regard it as the
great entering wedge tlmt is to burst asun
der the government, and, though a probation
of anarchy, prepare ns for a political system
that shall derive its power from a more po-
steamshipLet, <>n a briefioave
He will noon return, by way of
> lake
command of the Post of
u. r.ow not Dear.—R. G. Barnwell, tent source than the peaceful voice of the
iior of Dcllow’s Review, writes J people. We have no hope of liberty ami na-
Ork-ans Pioaynnc, stating that tional and individual prosperity in tbis un-
‘ ohio report ot the death of J. D. happy country until an entire reaction shall B,,t the nahlag of Romc «w »>« Una-
— «—* ii.«t i.i< htntLir U .-» 1—2 -iiA: chu* of property than offreolom. Their in
Incorrect, bnt tliat hia brotlwr, i have taken place in public sentiment, and the
. . ■ ’in DeRow, died in New York n whole system ot measures that have sprung
He adds: *• TheifriHtbr isi still j from the fanaticism and passions of the pres-
I fall of stat istical energy.” Mr.
‘ nt least had an opportunity of
‘ , v (U vn obituary mid knowing what
0 t him. It is gratifying to him,:
j mat the general verdict was in hia
— !*•*
iu! , jUnT.—The lew Virginia papers
,••1 urging the Legislature of
, (o call a convention, like Governor
been brought up standing by
..,', rr .*hm*l Supplemental Bill. The
, rrn completely takeu out of their
, .j lf y rest dismayed in a dead calm,
, c (or them that they rushed into
■ r 1 dilemma in such hot baste.—
. , n l i' made and they cannot blot
, , y have been saved from dishonor
bur their declarations of inten*
, t ind. Let all take warning irorn
,;un lt^son.
. ; : i-rrvn Fire.—We chronicle with
'ret, the calamity that befell our sister
."vlbany, Wednesday night. The fire
. | i n the very heart of the city, and
. ■ i property, according to the estimate
mteuiporaryof the News, to the
: nearly two hundred thousand dol-
.aiing at the time it did, this visit-
,id indeed. The particulars, as given
Ji<tra of the News, will be lound else-
r .-Tho Monroe Advertiser,” a very neat
. dl filled weekly, published in the
, r i DK mwn of Forsyth, is t-efere us.—
,»nedbyJai P. Harrison aud edited
r ',, J loo’ll. The Ad vertiser is si step in
’ o nr porsyth, more than it could
. of iu the past, and we hope our enter
-in > friends will *w rewarded with suc-
Caatcu DEiur/vTioN.—The Rev. W. J.
iir, < fjitftnta, will preach the dedicatory
mon at the ceremonies ot the dedication
m iv Methodist Church, at Montezuma,
'Uren county, on next Sabhuth morning,
far. PbksidbkT’s Vetoes.—A list of tbe
,*s of President Johnson, of bills passed
fosjticss, shows that during the first scs-
• returned without his sanction six
.,iod during tbe second session five. Of
c fievcu bills, six were passed over the
ad four failed (or the want of a two-
majority. The President caused one
:< fail, which had not been presented to
viihiu ten days of the end of the first
by refusing to sign it—this being
called a “,<ocket veto.” Four bills
laws without his sanction, by Ids
: a to return them to the chamber in
:i they originated, within ten days,
the tnuy appropriation bill) be signed
a prolast. •
Hon.
ant day shall have been overthrown. Until
that period shall have arrived, wc sliall he a
doomed people in the saddest sense of the
Word. If the policy of the great statesman
who is now nominally at the bead of affairs
should be permanently defeated, our consti
tutional system will be gone, and like tbe
children of Israel, we shall he left to wander
in the desert until the Almighty in hismercy,
acting through the means of Hi? own ap
pointment, shall point out a way of deliver
ance.
We have, by no means, yielded tbe hope
tliat the iniquitous and revolutionary meas
ures of the Radical Congress may got be put
into practical operation against tbe Southern
people. It is our duty to test every peaceful
experiment for their overthrow, and we be
lieve if oui people resolve to bo united they
will yet accomplish it. But they may. fail,
and though we may look forward with cer
tainty to a disastrous future, it is none the
less our d ity to put off the evil day as far
as possible, and by wise and discreet action
mitigate its terrors wben it arrives.
We regard tbis radical change of policy
and sudde i investment of on ignorant and
credulous 'ace with the power of the ballot,
us pregnant of evil to tbe whole country,
and more especially to the black man him
self. This time will surely prove. Ho has
now every security of person and property
that Ms* can throw around him, and he
can get nothing more, increase his power as
"•fFur flio TclcsrapS.'
History Hcpcating Iticlf.
■ “When Augustus resolved to establish a
permanent military, force lor the defence of
his government against foreign and domes
tic enemies, he inatitufed :i peculjnr treasury
for the pay of the' soldiers, the reward of
the veterans, and the extraordinary expenses
of the war. The ample revenue of the excise,
though peculiarly appropriated to tl> osu uses,
was found inadequate. To supply the defi
ciency, the Emperor suggested a new tax of
five per cent, on all legacies and inheritances.
JL Soar Hunt on Sledges in the Polar
Region.
[from dk. haves’ “open IMI.AK SEA.”]-
dignaut murmurs were received by Augustus
with his usual temper. They were divided
and perplexed. He insinuated to them %UaT
their vUtinucy would oblige him to propose
general land tax and capitation. They aoqui-
e*ted in-eUence."—Giblton'e lioine, cot 1, page
181 r. .
“They (tbe uioru radical wing of the party)
also desire to place us under military gov
ernment till State governments can be or
ganized upon their plan.
“In addition to this, it is believed to be
their ultimate design to confiscate thu prop
erty of the Soutli for the payment of the
war debt of tlio United States, so soon os tbe
popular mind North can be educated, or ex
cited, to tbe proper point; and to obviate
constitutional difficulties, if any are admitted
to exist, l>y amendments, conferring tbe ne
cessary power, ratified by three-fourths of
flic loyal States. This class is not believed
to be a large one at present, but if we con
tinue to reject the terms proposed by Con
gress, i; is believed it will grow rapidly in
popular favor in the Northern States, and
that politicians, now disposed to be inure
moderate, will be obliged to bend to tbe
storm.
“They tell us that‘our rejection ol'the con
stitutional nmendpteut creatly irritated the
people of the ftycUi, ami effused them to de
mand of us, not only the constitutional
amendment, which we have rejected, but to
add to it universal suffrage,’ aud that ‘the re
jection of these by .the Southern people w ill
be followed by increased rigor, and the gen-
. . , , ... ; era! exclusion of rebels from all political
yon tnaV: and the change, instead of contnb ... ._ , , . . .
1 privileges, if not by tbe. appropriation of
1MANS OF THE OlP STOCK
Oold, of Richmond, Va., spoke in the
n'i Senate on Wednesday last, against
,U to call a Convention. Tbe Enquirer
;*:rs it to some of the fiuest efforts ot
<iJ Webster, and cites it as an assu-
(iliit the spirit of Virginia’s once boast-
. rr has not taken iU eternal departure
3 her legislative halls hut lingers yet
tile tn echo buck in the golden eloquence
nuh and honor the teachings of her
:.jnum-sons. ,
M the Hon. R. T. Daniel, in a letter to
It legislators of that State, counselling
;a s *. the call of u Convention in acconl-
inth the late *ct of Congress, nobly
• “I believe I know my own heart, when
« as I do, that sooner than aid in any
itf fix this damning, ineffaceable stain on
self and those who will come after me I
aid go forth homeless and houseless to-
rrow—uuy, would rather bo led be. ore a
if soldiers and shot to death.”
’nr.ss over the Cable.—A New Itork
utinglo bis happiness and advancement, will
be the deal ruction of both. We place a weap
on in his hand of tbe use of which lie has no
thought.»nd clothe him with a power of
which he has not the slightest rational con
ception. Instead of making him a man, it
will convert him into a machine, and finally
n victim Indeed, it is for this purpose
alone tha' tbe power is sought to be granted.
Does tiny man in bis senses believe for
a motile >t that the Northern Radicals
would have conferred the franchise at
all but with the belief that they
were dealing with the blind and ignorant
whom they could bend to their will and use
for their purposes? It is to thwart this
wicked a id cruel purpose, and to prevent this
premeditated antagonism between races at
the South —between capital and labor—that
the Southern people should now direct tbeir
thoughts and efforts. Tbe interests of all our
people, both white and black, are the same,
and thdr prosperity and adversity must be
6bnred in common. If there ore disadvanta
ges, they are on the side of the laboring class.
their property to the uses of tiie Government.’
“It our people improve the time and act
promptly, we may save something; if we do
not, all is lost.”—Ex-Gov. Brown's Ixtter on
Reconstruction.
Daring the decline ot the Roman empire
there were men who were “more tenacious of
property than of freedom.” So in tbe de
cline of the United States, a similar class
still exists, Historiccs.
(For the Macon Telegraph.
What Quantity of Cotton Seed is re
quired to Manure one acre of ground
for Corn ?
From present indications, cotton seed, as a fer
tiliser, in a few years more, will be used only to a
very limited extent, on account of iUsrsrcity. For
this reason alone an exceedingly small quantity, if
any at all, was used as a fertilizer during the war.
Although the cotton crop of last year was short,
there will be some seed used, as manure, (hisyear;
and the inquiry is frequently made: “What
quantity of cotton seed is required to manure an
acre of ground, far corn T’ Few persons have
taken the trouble to measure the quantity required;
Capital can always take care of itself; it can j &u<l any information obtained ou the subject Is
change its agents aud instruments whenever ' generally the result of oil-liand guess work. By
interest may dictate. But not so with labor; j «little figuring, some approximation,- to the actual
it has permanent control only over itself. I qasuMy required, may be arrived at. For ex-
Two antagonistic classes can never work to- j nm [ >le K : CorD , row ‘\ r< ; nana !* made *'T ;
, 5 1 , . ' and the corn dropped is each row, 3 feet apart—
getber. Interest will compel a separation, ejlc i, drop being known among the sons of Ham,
and ull history proves that it is tlie laboriug , n# hill.”
class that 1ms to give way and seek new ave- There are 41 corn rows in on acre: because, 5
nuus of subsistence. If tbe black man cm-1 fcvt, the disUuce betweeu the rows, will go into
„ , , . , _ . , 203 feet, the width of an acre, 41 times. Accord
not find them in tbo South, at his old homo, j. ^ to D ^all, or some other vulgar fractlonist, an
among the people with whom he was i acrc ground contains 48K) square yards; and is
born and reared, whither will he go (j therefore a fraction over C9 yards square.
Is the Radical prepared, after he uccoin- There are69 hills, so-called, in each row; bc-
pbsbos tbe separation lie tween the colored ! * &•*. thc dls,MCC ■**«“ the wns . int0
* ... 1 , , r . , j 30? feet, the length of the rows, will go 69 times:
man and b.s present employers and fnends, j ^ ^ .. sU * nUng sronnd „* OV£r * t the cnd of
to offer him a home, a welcome and a living f the enabling the field officers ol the immortal
at the North? Very clear of it. Soma of : Ham to changetbeir base. ( .,
the Northern States have laws prohibiting his In an acre of ground containing 41 rows, with
emigration thither, and in all of them he is Oil hills in each, there are 2529 hills. Will a half
set aside by public opinion and crowded out! !’>“* ° f £ ‘ he ** muc ( h ?
, . .. , , will require 23 bushels and 3 quarts to manure
by tho evcr-iucreasing tide ot wliite pauper. one #creofRround for corn . becau8e the
labor from abroad. | number of bills in an acre, divided by 128, tbe
Let os then deal fairly with the colored j number of half pints In a bnshel, make abont that
people of the South, whatever relations they j quantity.
may sustain toward us in the future.' If agUl to the hill be sufficient, it will take only
Teach them honestly their rights, even under | ^ tha < ! nauUt *; or doubl «* u a l' int * u3cd -
the decrees of despotic power and tho com-, ! ' B,TOrB ^ *K2pecUuily n 8ubmitted,
piete overthrow of law; but above all, show \ Terry Tekhias, of Georgia.
them their danger in this hour of their great
[per says: “We are aUthorbed to state ^ ^ ^ ^ ru;n TJje
csnel i,« boenrece«vedfr^Mr. meD tmon „ „ s w|lo wouId diBtU ,
uuton, as represeutativs of the English
m players, wherein live entire strength of
i United States, wiriiout any exception, is
>ited to contest a match for two hundred
-KM, through the medium of tbe Atlantic
temptation, and how a privilege may be
There are bad
among us who would distil poison into
their minds, wickedly inflame their hearts,
and for selfish purposes of their own seduce
an unsuspecting people to their destruction.
Let every true hearted Southern man con
sider himself a missionary against these work-
Destructivc Conflagration in Albany,
IMMENSE I.OSS OF rROFEIITT—ONE-HAEF OF
TIIE BUSINESS FORTIOX OF ALBANY IN RD-
INS—LOSS OVER $1.50,000.
plcipJ cm of iniquity, and witli the weapons of troth
In IIahpsuibb.—It w worthy of note
J it the election in this State on Monday
die Democrats gained two thousand
w upon the poll at the last election. At
J nte Connecticut will rout the Radicals,
X feet cud dragoons. In the three New
* towns of Rochester, Troy and Lansing-
■7. the Democratic gain is 1.988.
^ifltST Convention.—The Baptist. Con-
: jo# of Georgia will meet in t his city in
-fiiptist church, on tho Friday before the
•“tli rimday in April—tliat is ou tho 20th
**t month. Arrangements arc being
‘-t U the various families, members ot tbo
fxgatioo, for tho accommodation of the
"tWK who may attend, and also to have
paged over' the various railroads on
; w. The promise is that the Conven
t'll be largely attended.—Col. Sun.
&*T 1C New York Herald advises the
•i(rn papers to nominate Gen. Grant for
ttniand Gen. Leo for Vice-President, as
I —f bat our pcoplo are really loyal.—
**th*8outhern papers desire the advice
ttlritpr an enemy of the South as the
^tby will call for it.
jTTte United States authorities have
tt return the “Jell'. Davis” mansion
J**bty of Richmond, and ns the “Souih-
Association” is thereby prevented
”**t>mj : ying with the contract made with
[jMidtjj of certificates iu their proposed
'nterpisc, tho agents have been noticed
^“**#1300 the nalo of certificates till fur-
rionltnd, and to refuud the money for
** »lr«.dy sold them.
'J?* J°h ton and Hardee were on j
• dr cf the Loaisiana House of Itepres- !
*«tts6stnrdi iv, and were invited to scats '
w. Truly L juisiana must be disloyal,
l 3 ““n't tin fear if the military bill before
Sle'Pope, is the two liun-
, “ : -t! iii - ■ venth pontiff who has sa. in
! *1 c i. Ho now in his sever,ty-
tii had been for twnntv-one vears
‘'jlC.
foil their heartless schemes and drive them
from our borders.
Death of “Uncle Dauney.”—Wo find
tho following correspondence announcing the
death of the well known and everywhere es
teemed Apostle of Temperance, Rov. Dabney
P. Jones, in the Atlanta Intelligencer of yes
terday:
Rev. D. P. Jones, so Jong and favorable
known by the people ot tbis State, died at
liis residence, near Palmetto. Georgia, March
8,1867. in the 76th year of his age. lie lias
labored in the cause of Christ for over fifty
years, being a very acceptable minister of tbo
M. E. Church, always ready to do hi3 _Mas
ter’s will; lias also, 1 r many years of his life,
been an earnest and faithful exponent of the
great temperance movements. Many times
his voice has been beard in warnings to the
inebriate, portraying tbe dreadful influence
of intoxicating drinks. Upon tbe whole, few
men ever labored more zealously in tbo cause
of humanity, temperance and religion.
But Uncle Dabney is gone. No more shall
wc hear his warning voice. No more will
his eloquent appeals be heard addressing the
Throne of Grace in behalf of fallen man.
Ho is gone “where the wicked cease from
troubling, and the weary are at rest,” to live
with Christ “in that land of pure delight,
where srints immortal reign.”
Our prayer should be, that his mantle may
fall upon some of our young men, who may
as ably and ns faithfully labor in the vine
yard of the Lord. Friend.
55 5 ” The “Star Spangled Banner” was
liisse-: a few nights since in Portland, Me.—
probably on account of tho bad music. If
this had happened in a Southern city from
anv cause, there would have been a commit
tee appointed forthwith by Congress for in
vestigation.
i SfT'Mr. J. W. Gerard, in a lecture on vol-
, canoes and earthquakes, in New "iork, spoke
of one vdiich he said Lud never been men-
tioued b v ■ roographen. It is called Sc»pta
Joke] in Iceland, and is more terrible than
Heels. At. one time it sent forth two rivers
ol fire each one hundred miles long.
From tbo Albany Nows, Extra, 14th iustj
It is our painful duty to record one of the
most destructive fires our city has ever wit
nessed. The loss of property is immense,
and at tbis particular season fails with crush
ing weight upon a largo portion of our busi
ness community.
At tbis writing we are unable to obtain tbe
amount of damage sustained by individual
sufferers, but tbe full loss will rot fall far
short of $200,000.
Last evening between half past seven and
eight o'clock a fire broke out in the back
room of (lie dry goods store of Raine & He-
wett, on Washington street, supposed to have
originated from a kerosene lamp, and in spite
of the almost superhuman exertions of our
firemen, citizens and freedmen, the Ore soon
consumed the store of Rainc & Hewctt, and
spread rapidly up Washington street to the
corner of Broad, and then up the north side
of Broad street, consuming all tbe wooden
buildings on that side of Broad as far as
Hines & Hobbs’ law office and directly oppos
ite the office of the News, where, about
eleven o’clock, it was arrested. The follow
ing is a list of tbe sufferers :
Rainc & Hcwett. dry goods and clothing.
James H. Hill, dwelling house.
Barber shop, colored man.
Grimes’ shoe shop.
Walker's bar room.
J. F. Merrill’s shoe shop.
L. E. & H. E. Welch, drug store.
Veal's harness shop.
L. E. Welch & Co., book and jewelry
store.
J. Ncundorffcr, confectionery.
Albert & Bork, dry goods nnd clothing.
Bush, groceries.
S. Strauss, jewelry store, with dwelling.
Cordell & Co., confectionery, with dwell
ing.
T. II. Clark, bar room.
Drs. Cromwell «fc Connelly.
M. Fleishman «fc Co., dry goods.
Rich & Co., dry goods.
Gardner & Kirkman, dry goods.
Ivey’s Hotel.
Kidd’s bar-room.
Richardson.Talbot A Cp., groceries.
Murphy Lindsay, dry goods and groce
ries.
Postoffiec. ;
The greater portion of the mat erial of the
News office, which was only saved by the
greatest exertipns, being removed, and con
sequently very much disarranged, we are
compelled to postpone our regular issuountil
Saturday.
Wben a little way above Cape Hatberton.
they struck the trail of a couple of bears;
an<L, g'ving chase, tile animals were overtaken
and captured. .They, proved to be a mother]
and her cut*. , {
'Sonntag has givpn mo a iively descnption
of th<rchase. The hears were started from;
tbe margin of a ridge of liummocked ice;
where they bad been sleeping; and they
made at once fjL.jJie open cracks outside;
distant about Tour mile?. As soon as the
dogs discovered • t)nj trail, they dashed off
upon it into.thehuniqiocks, without waiting
to be directed by tt-eir drivers, and utterly
regardlesa'of Ho- fcHi'efp of the sledges or of
the. persons.sealed upon them. Tim lmm-
uioeks were very, high, and tbo passages be
tween ther f ) rough am} tortuous. Had tbo
(tears kept to them they might have baffler}
pursuit; for tbe progress ot the sledges was
much interrupted, and the track could not
always be followed. But the ridge was not
above a quarter of a tiiile in width, and the
bears, striking directly across it, evidently
preferred seeking safety Iteyond a crack, over
which they could pass by swimming.
The first plunge info the hummocks was
rather exciting. Jensen’s team led tbe way,
and Hans' following after, rushed up pelf-
mell alongside. Jenson’s sledge was nearly
capsized, and Sountag rolled off in the snow;
hut ho was fortunate enough to catch the
upstander, and with its aid to recover his
seat. The tangled ice greatly'retarded the
impatient dogs, bringing them several times
almost to a stand ; but their eagerness mid
tbeir drivers’ energy finally triumphed over
all obstacles, and'they emerged ar length, af
ter much serious embarrassment, upon a
broad and almost level plain, where for tin:
first time the game,came in view. . t
The delay of the sledges in the hummock?
had allowed the bears to get the start of
tally a mile, and it appeared probable that
tiiey would reach the water before they could
he overtaken. Tho dogs seemed to be cou-
seiopsot the danger, as well as the hunter?,
aud they laid themselves down to the chase
with all the wild instinct of their nature.
Maddened by the detention and the prospect
of tile prey escaping them, the bloodthirsty
pack swept across tne plain like a whirlwind.
Jensen and Hans encouraged their respective
teams by all the arts known to the native
hunter. Tin: sledges fairly flew over tbe hard
snow and Iwunced over the drifts, and tbe
occasional pieces of ice which projected above
the otherwise generally smooth surface.
It' was a- wild chuse. The dogs manifested
in their spec.! and cry all the impatience ol a
pack of bounds in view of tbe fox, with ten
times their savageness. As they neared the
game they seemed to Sountag like so many
wolves closing upon a wounded buffalo.
In less than a quarter ot an hour, the dis
tance between pursuers and pursued was les
sened to aft-w hundred yards, and then they
were not far Irom the water—which to the
one was safety, to the other defeat. During
all this time the old (rear was kept back by
the young one, which she was evidently un
willing to abandon.
The poor beast was in agony. Her cries
were piteous t« hear. Toe little one lagged
on by her side, frightened and anxious; and,
although it greatly retarded her progress, yet,
in full view of the danger, she would not
abandon it. Fear and maternal affection ap
peared alternately to govern her resolution;
but still she held firm to her dependent off
spring. One moment she would rush forward
towards tbe open water, as if intent upon her
own safety—then she would wheel round
and push on tbe struggling cub with her
snout; and then again she would run besides
it as if coaxingly encouraging it to greater
speed. Meanwhile her enemies were rushing |
on and steadily nearing the game. The
dogs, forgetting their own tatigue in the
prospect of a speedy encounter, pressed hard
er and harder into their collars. The critical
moment was rapidly approaching; and to add
to the cmharra.vsmunt of the bruin.lamily, the
little bear was giving oat.
At length the sledges were within fifty
yards of the struggling animals. Leaning
forward, each hunter now siezed the end of
the line which l<ound the traces together in
one fastening, and slipped tbe knot. The
sledges stopped, and the dogs, freed from the
load which they had been dragging, bounded
fiercely for their prey. The old bear heard
the rush of her coming enemies, and, halting,
squared herself to meet the assault, while the
little one run frightened round her, and then
crouched for shelter between her legs.
The old and experienced leader, Oosisoak.
led the attack. Queen Arkadik was close
beside hitn, and the other twenty wolfish
beasts followed in order of their speed. The
formidable front and defiant roar of the in
furiated monster split the pack, and they
passed to right and left, Ouly one dog faced
her, and he, (a young one), with more cour
age than discretion, rushed at her throat. In
a moment he was crushed beneath her huge
paw. Oosisoak came in upou her ilank, and
Arkadik tore at her haunches, and tiie other
dogs followed tbis prudent example. She
turned upon Oosisoak, and drove him Irom
his hold ; but in tbis act the cub was uncov
ered. Quick as lightning Karsuk flew at its
neck, and a slender yellow monster, that we
cal! Schnapps, followed after; but the little
bear, imitating the example of its mother,
prepared to do better, Karsuk missed his
grip, and Schnapps got tangled among its
legs. The poor dog was soon doubled up
with a blow in tho side, and escaped bowl
ing irom the melee. Oosisoak was bard
pressed, but bis powerful rival, Erebus, came
to his relief, and led his followers upon the
opposite flank, which concentrated onslaught
turned the hear again in the direction of her
cub in time to save it; for it was now being
pulled down and worried by Karsuk and his
pack. For a moment disregarding her own
tonnenters, she threw herself upon the assail
ants of the cub, and to avoid her blows they
quickly abandoned their hold and enabled
her once more to draw the frightened though
plucky little creature under her. She had
come to the rescue at the critical moment, for
the poor thing was weakened with the loss of
blood, and was fairly exhausted with the
fight.
By this time, Jensen and Hans had drawn
their rifles from the sledge, and hastened to
the conflict. The dogs were so thick about
the game that it was some time before they
could shoot with safety. They both, how
ever, succeeded at last in getting a fine chance
at the old bear, and fired. One ball struck
her in the moutli. and the other one in the
shoulder; but neither did much harm, and
brought only a loader roar of pain and an
ger.
The dogs, beaten off from their attack on
tbe cub, now concentrated upon tho mother,
and the battle became more fierce than ever.
The snow was covered with blood. A crim
son stream poured irom the old bear’s mouth,
and another trickled over the white hair
from her shoulder. The little one was torn,
nnd bleeding from many ugly wounds. One
dog wns stretched out crushed and almost
lifeless, and another marked the spot, where
his agony was expending itself in piteous
cries, with many a red stain.
Sountag now came up with a fresh weapon
A well-directed volley from the three rifle
brought her down upon her side, and the
dogs rushed in upon her; but though stui.-
neu aud weakened by loss of blood, yet tiie
was not mortally hurt; and, recovering heroelf
in an instant, she once more scattered the dogs
and again sheltered her offspring. But the
fate oftlie cub was already sealed. Exhausted
by the fearful gashes and the throttlings
which it had received from Karsuk and his
followers, it sank expiring at
feet. Seeing it fall, she forgot, fora moment,
the dogs, in hernffection, and stooping down,
licked its face. As if unwilling to believe it
dead, she tried to coax it to rise and make a
still further light for life. But at length the
truth seemed to dawn upon her, and now,
apparently conscious that the cnb no longer
needed her protection, she turned upon her
tormeuters with redoubled fury, and tried to
escape. Another dog was caught in the
attack, and was flung howling to join the
unlucky Schnapps '•
For tiie jfirsetime she row sigpcajed to re
alize tha t she was beserby oilier enemies thfin
tiie dogs. Hans’ rifle had missed fire, and
he was advancing with a native spear to
hand-to-hand encounter. Seeing him ap
proach, the infuriated moijster cleared away
the dogs with a vigorous dash and charged biiu
He threw his weapon down and wheeled in
flight. The bear bounded after him, and i
an instant more neither speed nor dog6 conic!
have saved him. Fortunately. Sountag, and
Jensen had by this time reloaded their rifles,
and with welf-tlircctcd shots they stopped
her madcarecr. A tiftll, penetrating the spine
at the base of the - sknlt, rolled Tier over on
the blood-stained snow.
The skins being, restored, and .a portion of
the flesh of the joung bear prepared for car r
rying home, the dogs'Were allowed to gorge
tiieipselves, and the party pitched their tents
and camped. Thu next run brought them to
tho vessel.
XtatT of the Southern People.
From u very sensible and t uielv editorial
in this week’s Southern Christian Advocate,
we extract the following excellent advice.:
Another lesson for the times lias reference
to our ecouomic policy. Let the Southern
people now give up all idea of being a rich
people. Let every man who bah been gov
erned by the hope of growing wealthy, while
adding to the wealth of tbe nation, now
abandon tbe thought as a delusion. VVe live
in a country where the climate makes it easy
to subsist on comparatively little; and
where wc can produce everything wo need to
supply our wants. There is no occasion to
go beyond our own borders lor anything to
eat. or wear, or for food for the mind or heart,
iVhat there may be lacking just now in any
respect in arts or manufactures, may be very
easily supplied in a few years, by the judi
cious use of the very little surplus capital
that we may accumulate. As to luxuries of
every sort from abroad, let us eschew them—
whether in eatables or drinkables, or in dress,
furniture or equipage. Let us return to the
days of republican simplicity, that wo may
be a simple, hardy, virtuous people.
And here we appeal to our heroic women,
who so recently proved their patrioism by
self-denying labors, and who justly earned for
themselves a better fate than has befallen
them, to set the example. Let tjiem turu
with disgust froth all imported fibrics and
fashions, and rely upon tbeir own skill, in
dustry and taste. Let them at once revolu
tionize the boath, by discarding all gaudy
trappings, tinsel, ornament and extravagant
dress for themselves and their children.—
The last year has been one of wickedly fool
ish expenditure iu silks and ribbons aud gay,
not to say ridiculou-.a.tire—until every con
gregation of ladies looked like a gathering of
tropical birds, in Which all rainbow lilies
were intermingled. Let it be so no wore.—
We wish someone, having influence to direct
the popular taste, wouid invent some simple
costume, which might become the fashion in
the South.
But if this may not be done, let plainness,
simplicity, propriety, naturalness and comfort
be the fashion, so that tho millions now spent
lor dress may be put into Lome manufactures,
that there may be no wants left to be sup
plied by commercial dealings, beyond our
own borders—and that we may become au in
dependent people.
So, too, let our men bend ‘heir energies iu
the same direction. Make everything, first,
that is needed by our own people—and if
they should have a small surplus of Southern
staples for sale, let the income therefrom, be
used not to pamper themselves and their
families, not to hoard money and grow rich,
but to diversify the labor of the country, to
introduce manufactures, to educate nnd
christianize society. Let wlmt wealth is left
be diffused. Pay the school master and the
preacher to go into every nook and corner of
the land, with learning and religion.
Let us be content to be a poor people—but
let us make ourselves an intelligent and a re
ligious people. If we are rich, we invite
heavy taxes—if we hoard wealth, we invite
extortion and spoliation. But we cannot be
despoiled of intelligence and religion.
Herein, then, lies our true policy; to labor
for dear life, and then disseminate the fruits
of our toil, not abroad, but at home, among
our fellow subjects. And this, too, is scrip
tural—for thus we shall lay up treasures in
heaven, where neithci’moth nor rust can Cor
rupt, and where thieves do not break through
aud steal.
BTwo States “Gone dp.”—The Charleston
Courier of Thursday publishes the follow
ing: t i . ■
H’dq’rs Department of the South, i
Cbarle3tou, S. C., March 13,1867. j'
[General Orders No. 27.]
An official * copy of the law, entitled “An
Act to provide for the more efficient govern
ment ot the rebel States,” having been re
ceived at these Headquarters, it is hereby an
nounced for the information and government
of all concerned, that the said law is in force
within tbe Military District composed of
North Carolina and South Carolina irom this
date.
By command of Bvt. Muj.-Gcn. J. C. Rob
inson.
Joan R. Myrich,
1st Lieut. 3d U. S. Art, Bvt. Maj.-General
U. S. A., Act. Judge Advocate and Act. Asst.
Adjt. Gen’J.
Official: F. A. Whiting, 2d Lieut. 8th U.
S. Infantry, A. D. C.
Gen Lee and Game Chickens.—A cor
respondence is published between Mr. J. Q,
Arrington, ot Nash county, North Carolina,
and Gen Lee, in which Mr. A., with many ex
pressions of admiration and esteem for the
General, offers to send him a pair of game
fouls. Gen. Lee replies :
Lexington, Va., Jan. 25,1867.
My Bear Sir :—I am obliged to you for the
sentiment of esteem expressed in your letter
of tho 18tli inst., and am very grateful to tho
former members of tbe Army ot Northern
Virginia lor their kind remembrance. I need
not assure yon that the memory of all who
belonged to that army is cherished by me,
and that tbeir welfare and prosperity will al
ways be to me a source of happiness.
I should be glad to receive a pair of your
fouls which you offer to send me, and would
value then os a mark of your esteem ; bnt do
not think they could be transported with
safety during this inclement weather.
With sincere wishes for your happiness,
I am, very respectfully,
R. E. Lee.
55F* The programme for religious services
in Baltimore, during the session of the 51. E,
Conference, for Sunday the 3d, shows the
number of Georgians to be engaged as fol
lows:
Bishop Pierce, who ranks among the most
eloquent pulpit orators of the South, will
preach at the 5Iaryland Institute in the mor
ning, and tho Rev. Dr. Means, of Georgia, at
the same place in the evening. At the New
Assembly Rooms the pulpit will be filled in
the morning by the Rev. Dr. Lovick Pierce,
of Columbus, Ga., and in the evening by
Bishop Doggett, of Virginia, or by tbe Rev.
SH. Roszel. At Trinity Church, 51adison
Avenue, the Rev. Dr. 5Ieans, of Georgia, will
preach in the morning, andtheRev. Dr. Lov
ick Pierce at the same place in the afternoon.
Dr. Livingstone, the Explorer.—A cable
telegram informs us that news has been re
ceived in England of the murder by Caffre
savages, in South Africa, of Dr. David Liv
ingstone, one of the most famous of African
explorers. The extraordinary length of the
its mother’s [ period which had elapsed without news from
' him gave rise some time since to fears for his
fate, and tbis final intelligence is the first
that has made its way to Europe since. Of
course no particulars of the traveler’s death
are transmitted, and we are puzzled to know
what can hare stirred up the natives to this
— . 23c-bnte oa Impeachment.
, In the Hmisi*, tirfTlrurs.lsy, after Mr] Ask-
Icy had gone on for some time ln n senseless
trade :vg4$nst tile President Unci tbe-Southern
people, hea poka of ttte'President as the moral
jhenhus which has blotted our history with
its foulest, blot.and ^hall be removed. In tbe
name of loyalty betrayed, of-law, violated, of
-the Constitution trampled upon, tine.nation
demands tbe impeachment and. removal of
Andrew Jnliqson.
The Speaker here' interrupted Mr. Ashley,
and. said , that while be knew there was a
lkerian of debate on a resolution in regard, to
impeachment, be thought the gentleman from
Ohio was proceeding beyond that limit.
Mr. Randall (Democrat) inquired whether
there wn* an insane asylnm, near here. .
1 Mr Chandler, (Democrat) suggested tliat
there was one over the liver. [Laughter ]
, Mr. Boyer expressed the hope that Mr.
Ashley would,, be allowed tq go on, without
interruption, because lie was doing the Presi
dent service, and they appreciu!<dl his efforts
very much.
Mr. Ashley said tliat lie was glad that tho
gentlemen so regarded it, wid proceeded tt>
commence few remarks again: Well. 51 r. Pres
ident—
51 r. Eldridge again called him to order
amid much laughter, whew the rqieakcr inti
mated to him that he must address the Chair.
Mr. Garfield suggested that perhaps the
mistake was prophetic.
5Ir. Eidridge said he thought )he gentle
man irom Ohio hud President on the brain.
Mr. Ashley continued.:- It is well known
that the civil rights biff has not only notbeen
enforce- 1 , but that the va-->tmilitary power at
the dispo-.nl of the President has- been used,
not to protect loyal men, but has been used
either by his indifforuucu. or with hia guilty
knowledge to crush thu loyal men of the
South.
Mr. Eldridge remarked that he understood
Mr. Aslilev to censure tAe President because
certain parties had not been brought to trial,
and he now desired to a?k him ifjne blamed
the President because Jefferson Davis had uot
been tried upon the iudictuient found against
him ?
Mr. Ashley said in reply : I am unable to
answer the gentleman's question, but I know
tliat iu military, departments where the Pres
ident lias command of the army, and where
lie does interfere, lie has used tbe military
power to crush the loyal men, instead of sus
taining them.
Mr. Eldridge asked Mr. Adder to favor the
House with one single instance where the
President, had neglected bis duty in regard to
the trial ot any person.
Mr. Ashley replied : Yes sir, in New Or
leans aud in Memphis, in every city m :be
South where there are no civil governments,
aud where, hy his repeated acts, lift lias rec
ognized the supremacy of the rebel power.
Mr. Eldridge inquired of Mr. Ashley wheth
er the Presideut ot the United States could
institute courts there aud try parties charged
with crime.
Mr. Ashley, without auswering the ques
tion directly, siid : I uiay, refer the gentle
man to the case, of Watson, of Virginia, and
to other cases which it is uot necessary for
me to particularize. I say that, in view of
all the facts which we have before us, if this
investigation be not pursued, and if tbis man
lie not put upon bis trial and impeached, the
provision of the Constitution providing for
tbe impeachment of the President is value
less to the nation. If this man is not im
peached, if lie is not tried and deposed from
the high place which lie lias disgraced, no
man who succeed? him need ever fear trial
aud convictiou, no matter what may be his
crimes. I hope this Congress will not be de
terred from doing its duty; but that it will
do its whole duty in the matter, and proceed
to the investigation. And I am convinced
that if pursued with the energy which attend^
ordinary criminal cases, tho trial and convic
tion and impeachment of the President arc
as inevitable as death.
Mr. Spalding (Radical) said: 3Ir.
Speaker, I do not boast of possessing any ex
traordinary degree of courage, either moral
or physical; but I thank my Creator that lie
lias so constituted me that I can rise on the
floor of this House yet and declare my con
victions, although they differ with the ma
jority of the party with which I act. Sir, I
differ to to coeto with my colleague (3Ir. Ashley)
and I stand hero in this very place from
which, more than two months ago, the Ex
ecutive of this nation was charged with high
crimes and misdemeanors, to denounce the
whole scheme one of consummate folly.
I trust we have not yet arrived at the same
state ol feeling as that which existed during
the revolution of Oliver Cromwell, or that
which lived in the days ol Robespierre and
Murat in France, when those who one day
advocated the most extreme measures were
the next day brought to the scaffold because
they were not far enough in the advance. Is
that to lie our position in this country ? Sir,
I have voted for every Radical measure of
reconstruction proposed in this House, and
yet we have not adopted Radical measures
enough to suit the purposes of some gentle
men around me. They now cry for tbe head
of the Executive. [“They want more blood,”
suggested Mr. Wood, in liis seat.] For wliat
good purpose ? Is it to make way for some
other mau, or set of men 1 Is this whole na
tion to be convulsed, is our public credit to
be trifled with, are our stocks to be brought
down to thirty, twenty, or ten per cent, sim
ply to gratify this anxiety to remove the
Executive head of the nation ? Sir, I cannot
go for that proposition.
Mr. Niblack rose to ask Mr. Ashley whether
the newspaper charges that lie [Mr. Ashley]
had been guilty of official bribery and cor
ruption were true 1
Mr. Ashley—I do not yield the floor to
have the gentleman come here with any such
impertinence.
Mr. Niblack remarked that lie bad no per
sonal matter to settle with Mr. Ashley here.
He always settled his persenal matters out
side of this House.
Mr. Ashley said: I waut to say to the gen
tleman from Indiana that I should perhaps
not have used the words I did. I mean to
say that liis suggestion was not pertinent to
the question before the House. But I will
answer it. •
3Ir. Niblack—Does the gentleman with
draw the expression ?
Mr. Ashley—Certainly I do. I wish to say
to the gentleman that tho point which he
raises against me has no possible connection
with this case, and is not pertinent to it.
When those charges were first made against
me, I came into the House and asked an in
vestigation of them. A committee was ap
pointed—two of them Democrats aud three
Republicans—and thecommittc unanimously
exonerated mo from auy improper motive
whatever.
3Ir. Butler (Beast) made a speech, winding
up as follows:
I am willing to take up the gauntlett
thrown down by the gentleman from Ohio,
(Mr. Spalding) and I say that if any man
stands iu the way of this great country to
honor, to glory, to peace, to unity, or happi
ness, to liberty, and to law, he must be taken
out of the way by a constitutional method.
Sir. Sillier [Radical] spoke in favor of mod
eration, calmness and regularity in such a
grave matter as the impeachment of the
President. He was opposed to prejudging
the case, or pronouncing on this floor as to
whether or not the President wa3 guilty of
the charges before the evidence was laid be
fore the House. The President should be
tried fairly and impartially, and the House
should not be hasty iu declaring him guilty
of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Mr. Brooks spoke. He said that Mr. Ash
ley had asserted that five thousand Union
men had been killed and wounded in the
South. Now he [Mr. Brooks] was an atten
tive reader of newspapers, and kuew what
was going on, and he pronounced the decla
ration as a mere fiction—a figment of the
gentleman's own brain. There was no
more in the Southern country, iu propor
tion. to its population, than in the State
of New York, aud no crime had been
crime committed i *i ten Southern States than
iii »<*ii- Xi-Klft r.. State? of (ike popul l ion.
Girjme existed everywhere, in every form—
Jtiufdyf,'ftlson. etc.—tiiKf wt
eri ikes commftti*il iii the’Southern country
ore mentioned lo re to aronau the- people to
thei inipeqchoK i !. «lf .tins P-rcsident,
thousand kilted and wounded ! r;,,. ro -■
no such proof on record-at all. : or he
any committee, that in TVkas three hundred
Union men hail boon- killeft. - > - *•
He would Say to thn'-gcnt&maa from Odin
[Mr. 8puUli»ur„[ whpi stood here as a Giropd
aguinatthe Jacobin?, that the history of the
Girondists wiq, in t(i!s place to be Written ;
and although inch men ns be attempt to ar
rest the-revolution, ho [Mr. Brooks] did not
think tin? revolution was here to stop. He
ffid not believe it was half written,'or half
acted put; oaks* all Ib- sory was atTauR. V/e
are now repeating the Iftmnin history of Au
gustus and -Julius t'si-s-ir, and the Govern
ment is passing from a Republic to a Despot
ism. Revolutions pe^er stop, Tbe Giron
dist? (tbe ConsciViUiv. s) are to be over
whelmed ; bj‘ tho Jacobins; and when wc
shall have Inst al’ On' liberties, some future
Napoleon, yet unknown, will rise up from the
chaos, and rescue the country from anarchy
through a military despotism. Hence the
resistance of the gciiflemai) from [Ohio Mr.
Spalding] and tbe partial resistance of tho
gentleman from P*»nsylvanla [Mr. .Miller]
were all in vain. Morn than oue.lialf ot the
territory of t}iy old republic was already
under a military despotism, rtiid there was no
more protection in the Southern States for
life, liberty or property, than under the do
minions of the Sultan or the Czar. The mili
tary government bill now oyer ten millions
of people, white and black, was to he'ex
tended over tlio North and West before the
revolution was finished. While he greeted
the voice of the gentleman Irom Ohio [Mr.
Spalding,] and welcomed the calmly resist
ing tones of the gentleman from Pennsylva
nia [ Mr. Miller,] fin*knew, if his was cotoryr-
rect, there was to- be no escape for any of
us.
The gentleman from ilas^achusetts [Mr.
Butier,] in Ids specifications of impeachment,
•said that this House would be false to itself
if it shrunk from impeachment now. The
gentleman was right. The ball ot reyolu-
t«on which hud been set. in motion was not
to be stopped, but was to roll ov«M the House
aud the Country. They who embark in rev
olutions can never shrink. They must «!v -tvs
go on.
a other specification of impeachment
by the gentleman from Massachusetts v;ac
t.lfc surrender by the President of Certain
army and railroad materials to the rebels.—-
Was the gentleman really- serious on tbat
point? Why, ii that was criminal, what would
become of hint, from whom tiie rebels have
taken a hundred dollars worth of all species
of material while the President has surren
dered one 1
We have heard loudly what is whispered
in the inner circles of tiie caucus, The Ex
ecutive branch ot the Government is in oar
way, and tho Executive must I .e removed.—
Tliis wus revolutionary talk. This was what
reminded him (Mr. Brooks) of the French
conventions. No matter wliat the Constitu
tion said—no matter wliat the form of legis
lation—no uutc r what the precedents ot the
country were—no matter whether the Presi
dent i? right or wrong, he stands in the way
of our party, and lie, therefore, must lie re
moved 1 Tnu was the whole secret or the
process of impeachment. Let him appeal to
his Republican friends, aud remind them that
they were establishing a precedent.' At some
future day those iu the majority will be in a
minority, and if their President stands in the
way, the majority could impeach him and
remove him out of the wny.
We are no longer a lree people, with a con
stitutional government, if the gentleman
from Massachusetts is a leader of his party,
and his principles and declarations can be
carried out.
We are all indebted, however, to the gen
tleman from Massachusetts for the great free
dom and frankness of liis speech. There was
no disguise in him. He told tho House ex
actly what lie wanted. Whoever, lie says,
stood in tbe wayot the glorious march cf the
times, must be taken out of tiie way, or strick
en down. That was plain English, and all
could comprehend it well.
If there is no respect, however, in this House
for constitutional principles, let me beg, gen
tlemen, as one of the representatives of a great
commercial people, to bear in mind what are
the financial consequences of this prolonged
agitation. Even the first movement of the
gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Ashley] has already
cost the merchants, capitalists, bunkers and
manufacturers full one hundred millions of
dollars. He has inflicted immense losses on
those who hohl stocks, bonds, and other ob
ligations —Federal, State anrl corporate.—
And now he proposes to keep up tbe agita
tion much longer, and to crucify these great
interests more and more. It the bears of
Wall street, who have profited by the public
calamities to ttie amount of millions ot dollars,
and who have ridden rough shod orer the
railroad stocks and bonds of the State of
Illinois, Iowa, and other Northwestern States,
had given him,a million of their profits, they
would not have more than compensated for
the large amount of money they were enabled
to put into their pockets. And uuw, as if itll
of these calamities were not enough, it is pro
posed to continue this fearful and alarming
agitation.
The resolution before us provides the Ju
diciary Committee with indefinite amounts of
money t-o trump up evidence against the
President oftlie United States; to arouse and
excite detectives, spies, informers, and others;;
to suborn perjurers; in short; to develop
here .the whole infamous system <». Tiberius
and other Ctesars: Wc are entering upon all
this, too, upon the eve of a financial crisis
when the wages of labor ai*c cut down in such
States as Rhode Island; when hundreds of
men are thrown out «f employment in Con
necticut, and when thousands of them parade
the streets for want of something to do. New
York is but the heart of the Republic: tbe
business pulsations which are now felt there
will soon be felt everywhere. If this revolu
tion is pushed on ; if the excrutsve branch of
the government is broken down, the fever
which follows these pulsations of trade will
be fearfully felt tbrouhgout the whole West.
No longer can money be raised in New
York to buy and lay rails in Iowa, Minneso
ta, Nebraska, Missonri, and elsewhere; end
produce must continue to rot in the barns of
the farmers Northwest in default of the means
to take it to market. Revolutionary and
financial agitation is death to .commerce,
manufacturers and agriculture. But go on,
and go on now. The quicker the work of
death is over the better. Eject the President
from the White House. Instal your new-
made President oftlie Senate forthwith. Let
us feel all the horrors of revolution without
delay.
butchery of a man from whom they never had
anything but kind and just treatment, and j committed so offensively atrocious as in the
who had always before hademiaent success I nojahwest of Jlissouri. During the past year
in his dealings with them. I and a half there had been no more crime
The Opinion of a. Freedman.—Wc copy
the following from the Albany, Ga., News of
Saturday last:
The more intelligent of the blacks are no
little concerned about tho state of the coun
try. The other day two men of color were
talking upon this subject to one of our citi
zens. They said they deplored the condition
of affairs as they now stand. They could
sec nothing but ruin and constant confusion
and turbulence for their race under the Mili
tary bill. The enfranchising act they regard
as *the greatest misfortune befalling them.
They feared future developments, for they
knew that designing men will operate upon
the more ignorant and credulous of the raw;.
and under the combined influence of bad
white men and bad black men, they can see
no escape from utter ruin. The bestowment
of the electivo franchise is, in their opinion,
just ten years too soon. Or.e of the negroes
was a mechanic. Be remarked tint lie saw
now more necessity tor being polite and re
spectful to the whites than ever beiore. “My
own race,” said he, “cannot furnish me with
labor by which I can support my Jamjiy,
therefore I must look to tne whites for em
ployment. They will not hire me unle- I
behave myself and merit, their esteem, i here
is philosophy, there is good K-u.-e in this
statement.