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Tlie Greorgia ATeekly Telegpa/ph..
^nm>>A DTT I Proceedings of the Supreme Court
r VO INtH 1 hL Ut K A1 11 • I 3 f Oeorgia in commemoration «
xxjxji v _ __ ftur late Chief Justice , Joseph
Henry Iiuinpkin.
MACON. FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1861
the central RAILROAD.
It is ft trite saying’omt -corporations lmvc
no souls,” anil it has become quite fashiona
ble to denounce them', as the popular sym
pathy is generally in opposition to all enter
prises that have a monopoly in their particu
lar line of business. It seldom stops to en
quire into the justice of allegations made
against them.
Wo regret to sec that our contemporary,
the Augusta Chronicle, in a thoughtless or i .
tempered moment, has allowed itse to e
seduced into a war of crimination ngnins >
Central Railroad. In hailing the brightening
prospects of the Macon & Brunswmkroad
in wl.icl. wo heartily sympathize-it takes
occasion to say some very hard, and we think
very unjust, things against the venerab e
Central, an attack which we consider wholly
uncalled for. In the course of its remarks
it says: “The Central Railroad has had a
monopoly of the passenger and carrying trade
from Macon to the seaboard for many years,
and Uns used its power with no ‘apprentice
hand. The people of Macon and )\ cstern
and Southwestern Georgia have been made
to feel the power of this huge monopoly in ft
variety of ways, and they will hail the day ot
their delivery from its clutches ns a uew era
in their trade and prosperity.”
And again: “The immense amount of bu
siness which, in past years, accumulated at
Macon, requesting transit to Savannah, made
the managers of the Central Road careless
and indifferent ns to the inconvenience and
accommodation of shippers. Like all other
great monopolies it took special pains to im
press upon the business public that it was
conducted solely in the interest and for the
benefit of the corporators.”
Now, we are as much opposed to monopo
lies as the next one, and have a peculiar
aversion for these which uso their power for
the oppression of the people, but we think it
would puzzle the Chroniclo to make good
these several charges. The facts do not
warrant tlio wholesale Indictment. If the
Central Railroad has oppressed the public, it
must have done so through its exorbitant
charges or a denial of privileges usually grant
ed by other roids. The record will show
that it has done neither. Its through freights
have been lower than those of most other
roads in the fioutli, and its tariff of way
freights will compare favorably with that of
any other road -n tbo State. The same may
be’ said of its charges for passengers: they
arc as low os on other roads—lower than on
some—and that notwithstanding the fact that
while others suffered comparatively little
from the war, its whole line was tom up aud
destroyed from Macon to Savannah, requiring
almost entire reconstruction. If business
accumulated at Macon during the cotton
season, and ot times overtaxed the capacity
of the road, it was only something to be ex
pected. The glut lasted but a few weeks in
the year, and wc can say with truth that ev
ery energy was made to relieve it; and, in
point of fact, more cotton was moved to
Savannah in a gi^en time than any other
road in tbo State could have transported.
It is unreasonable to expect a road to keep
constantly on hand an amount of rolling
stock that is required for use only two or
three months in the year.
Wo know some mistakes have been made
in the past management of tbo Central, but
probably as few as will be found with any
other similar work. Wc have no hesitation,
however, in saying that in point of liberality,
public spirit, and even charity, it has been
second to no road in the South. Wc would
enumerate cases in proof, but it is unneces
sary. It has distributed fertilizers at a nomi
nal price and thereby encouraged agricultu
ral improvement It is to-day transporting
hreadstuffs and meat at a lower rate than any
road in the Stnte, nnd its bank in Savannah
is doing more for tho relief of planters than
all the other institutions in the Stnte put to
gether. So it is a mistake to say that the
Central Railroad is managed without regard
to tho public interests and convenience.
It may be proper to sny that wc have no
pecuniary interest in the Central Road, and
enjoy no privilege upon it that is not common
to every citizen. Wo have said this much
purely as an act of justice to a noble State
work, and without suggestion or information
from any one connected with it.
Who is Commander-in-Ciuei- ?—The At
lanta -Opinion” is generally presumed to
know the views of General Pope, but we trust
it docs not speak his sentiments in the fol
lowing remarks, which wo copy from that
paper: ' _
How far an opinion of the Attorney Gen
eral, published merely “for the information
of District Commanders,” and unembodied
in a General Order issued by his superior in
command, will be recognized by Gen. Pope
ns binding, remains to be seen. When an
opinion of the legal adviser ot the President
shall have been adopted by the latter, and
the same promulgated by the Genernl-in-
Chief, in a General Order to his subordinates,
it will, under tho Army Regulations, become
tho duty (of the District Commanders to
obey such orders. But whether they can
consistently act upon the instructions of tho
President, in the form here presented, is quite
another question.
TnE Reported Resignation op Secre
tary Stanton.—Certain well informed par
ties to-day reiterate the assertion that Secre
tary Stanton lias resolved to tender his resig
nation: but accompany the statement with
tho additional fact that the offer of his resig
nation is dependent upon the future action
of the President in reference to the orders to
bo given to military commanders. If the in
structions now being prepared arc issued to
the commanders of military districts, Mr.
gtaoton, it is said, will resign. If these or
ders are not issued, the Secretary of War will
withhold his resignation, liaviug gained the
object for which he is contending—the with
drawal of the orders in question, or the de
tention of their publication until Congress
resumes its session in July.
I RWi. Cor. lie,-at.1.
itles in Brunswick.—We are gratified
t our Council have tendered to purchas-
of Brunswick Commons, who have pur
sed under sales made by authority ot the
islature, a leuse tor 099 years at a noim-
sum. These purchases were made in
d faith, and justice aud fair dealing eu-
.s these purchasers to the possession of
ir lands.
his makes perfect the titles of about 000
■s of land in Brunswick, embracing the
re of what is known as New Town, and
-<*e part of the lower portion of the city.
b 1 [Courier.
The friends of Generals Sheridan and
lies in Washington, have sent them tele-
ns giving assurance that they will be sus-
ed by Congress. The latter has also been
iscd to reconsider his determination of
dg up his command.
Reported si.ooialb for IbcGcorr.aTcIesrn
Supreme Court Room
Milledghvillk, Ga., June 2o, 1801. t
• f hU Excellency, Governor
By appointment, Ins r .
Jenkins, as Chairman of the committee ap
pointed--me weeks since to prepareame
morial in honor of our late Chief Justice,
appeared at 10 o’clock this morning and sub
mitted the following report:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
In tho davs of gloom through which our be
loved State is nowpasaing, we are called, with un
wonted frequency, to record and to lament the
doth of her wisest, best and most u.efol son .
To' that ever-lengthening catalogue we co.m.
uow. with heavy hearts, to add the name ot Jo-
l Henrv Lumpkin—a name to which even
well-earned titles can add neither lustre nor
dignity-a name which, during many ye**b«
failed to awaken hones, pride in all true
Georgian hearts-pride stilt _ und.mimshed,
thniifh saddened bv the consciousness that it
h is no longer a place on the rolls of the living.
V native 8 of Georgia, ho was educated in her
Seminaries until, when far advanced in the cur
riculum of our University, adverse events tera-
rorarfly closed its doors, and drove her youth
to seek instruction abroad. Then, with nonor
to himself and liis State, be completed his col
legiate course at Nassau Hall, at a time when
that venerable institution confessedly main-
tained a high standard of scholarship Betu™-
in - home with tho prestige of collegiate honors,
he'd e voted to the study of the legul profession
a mind of acknowledged anperioritv, already
trained to severo application, and quickened by
an earnest and laudablo ambition to do good
^Arrived < at ‘ manhood, and admitted to the Bar
in the year 182he entered zealously upon the
iinctl'cc ofhis profession. But Ids lUlow-eitizens
of Oo-letb&rpe, the county ol bis residence, quiCi
iSSfrlfil’nowMr he wielded, and the virtue
that'controlled it, promptly demanded his servi
ces In the councils of the state—no slight distinc
tion bestowed by a constituency, accustomed to
be served by a Crawford, a Cobb, au Upson and a
Gilmer, when he entered the Legislature, that
miblT Roman. George M. Trou;i, worthy succes
sor of Oglethorpe—grand exemplar of executne
parity ami abilitv held thn office of Governor.-
Aecu-tomcd to draw around 1dm, to place in pub
lic view, and to urge onward the promising joutb
of the State, lie placed Mr. Lumpkin on his mili
tary staff, and thus introduced him, to a brother
hand of choice spirits. Some ot us, then just old
enough to note intelligently passing events aud
prominent actors, arc here to aTOW* the r true
nobllitv and to mingle our regTCts, that all but
three ^Lumpkin the latest.) have followed tliclr
great Chief on that dark pathway which leads
throngh the valley of the shadow ot death.
In the interval between tbe administration ol
Governor Troup and the year 1800, Georgia grew
r >nltilv in lpopulation, in mineral wealth, and in
indicia of modem civilization;
but in the elements of true greatness, tbat earher
period—the third decade ot tbe nineteenth century,
—was her palmy day. Then, her contributions to
Vmcrican statesmanship, whether employed in our
national or State councils, was largest; then was
put forth her maximum of intellectual vigor, in
the cxnos'tion and defence ol American constitu
tional liberty. Tbe future historian in writiugthe
annals ol Georgia for that time, will accord, there
“Tt&s to*IhK&’hat Joseph Henry Lump-
klnVppeared in the General Assembly of his native
Slate 1 carrying with him a reputation rarely attain
ed so early in life, nnd encountering such compe
tition as we have indicated, he passed bravely and
successfully through the ordc-al, winning new lau
rels and gathering around 1dm a host ol friends
who, with intoxicating plaudits, ^e^d Mm on
in what they regarded a splendid political career
| us t opening. As a parliamentary debater, he
evinced varied knowledge, vigorous thought,
and captivating elocution surprising in one so
young. P He was fairly before the public, and
ill the angaries promised signal success.
His legislative career, however, was very brief,
limited to two cessions of the General Assembly,
those of ISM and 1825. In this one Instance—the
choice of his life-long arena--he disappointed pub
lie expectation. That choice fell upon the foren
sic to tbe utter abandonment of the political; and
though at intervals disturbed bv pressing impor-
tumties, was never reconsidered. Forthwith with
characteristic ardor he threw himselflnto the prac
tice of his profession. In explorjDg the intricacies
of law. as a scieuce, he found both mental occupa
tion, and compensating pleasure. praette*
there was connection enough, ol mind with mind,
to utiifV the yearnings ot an active spirit. As a
counsellor, be'was remarkable for careful examina
tion, accurate analysis and reliable advice. In
court he showed himself well fortified in the law,
and fully conversant with the facts of his cases.—
I„ unfolding the Jormer he reasoned closely,but not
coldly. Without impalrfug the logic It demanded,
bis imagination constantly broughi relief by^gar
nishing^its dull details, coldness, Indeed, was tor-
cigntohis nature. His impulses «j«
stron-— generous. Nature wove intotais tempera-
ment^hat nervous excitability which constitutes
the subtle, controlling mesmerism of eloquence.
Combined with these traits, and vastly on
hancing their practical efficiency, was the pu
rity the virtue of his life, his unbending in
tegrity in business affairs, which shone conspic
uously wherever be lived, and moved and
acted. Men admired, and trusted, and sympa
thized with him in all things.
Grouping in the mind these qualities—phys
ical, mental and moral—we shall bo prepared
to appreciate his power ns anadvocatc-a power
which impressed and moved as well tho learned
as tho simple—a power, under whose magic
spell jurors, oblivious of the stern authority of
the Bench, have at times sprung from their seats
electrified, and, at others, havo uttered audible
responso to his stirriDg appeals.
His practice was extensive, successful ana
lucrative. If he did not amass wealth, it was
because he valued monoy chiefly for its uses,
prominent among which lie ranked the rites of
hospitality and tho devoirs of charity. Not
withstanding his ability, ana the frequent suc
cesses ho achieved in the forum, he took delight
in adjusting controversies and endiug litigation
by accord-—a beautiful finish to the toutc-en—
semble of the truly great barrister.
Thus passed, after a brief dalliance with politics,
i tlie youug lawyer’s artful seducer)"twenty years ot
arduous, unremitting toil, with tlie too common
result ot foiling health. This suggested, as a mat
ter ot duty, tho Immediate realization ot a long
cherished dream of foreign travel—and abroad he
went. Thus, completely disenthralled of business,
and of care—threading the streets and art galleries
of renowned cities, aud roaming overhistoric fields
and classic grounds—with his remarkable suscep
tibilities, physical, mental and moral, a few months
6UDiced tc re-eatablibb liis health nnd to strength*
cn him for the work of future years. •
In tbe fall of the year 1845,Col. Lumpkin re
turned to his native Slate, but not to resume as be
contemplated, tbe practice of bis profession. Just
at that time the State of Georgia had come tardily
to the establishment of a Supreme Court, to the
end that the law might be uniformly and correctly
administered. Tnis Court wa6 constituted oftbreo
Judges. To Colonel Lumpkin, a3 the fit occu
pant ol the highest position on that bench
all eyes turned. To it he accccded without can
didacy aud without competition. To it be was
called, not admitted. Thrice re-elected on the ex
piration of successive terms, he never encounter
ed opposition—never looked in the face of a com
petitor. The strongest competition would but
have served to develop his superior strength. In
the Constitution ol the Court, there was made by
law no titular distinctions among its members.—
But the incumbents were elected first lor terms
of 6ix, four aud two years, severally, each subse
quent election to bo for a term of six years. I be
elective body assigned to Col. Lumpkin tbe long
est term, and this was the distinction conferred
onblm, His associates gracelully yielded to him
tbe Presidency, thus confirming his claim to pre
cedence. But whilst, In the course of time, the
seats on either side of him repeatedly changed oc
cupants, the same venerable form steadily holding
the center, came to be regarded as the impersona
tion Of the Court. So entirely did this idea per
vade !he public mind that the Legislature, at
length, made him by title, as he had ever been in
fact”, Chiei Justice of the Supreme Court.
Trained iu the law, of which he was a close stu
dent, by a practice extending nearly or quite
through a quarter of a century, be came well pre
pared to tbe bench. Perfectly familiar with the
well-settled principles of common law, equity and
criminal jurisprudence; versed in the civil law,
(from which so much lias been borrowed iu build
ing up other system*;) and long conversant with
voluminous authorities regulatiug the application
or those principles, under varying circumstances,
he was both prompt and accurate iu his judgments.
In that first, most essential requisite of judicial
character, initarUy, incorruptible—unapproacha
ble he was above question. With him, indeed,
the love of justice was a passion. If ever he
yielded reluctant obedience to the law* it was w hen
its concrete strictuets restrained him in dispensing
! equity and justice in the abstract. Tet he was
! too wise and too conscientious ever to ignore any
well-defined rule of civil conduct. But why
attempt to delineate a judicial character so broad
ly known—so generally appreciated? Tbe records
o‘t this Court, whose reports pervade the country-
in its length aud breadth, are replete with creden
tials thut will perpetuate bis fame.
Chief Justice Lumpkin’s love of law ns a sci
ence had still another development, Whilst
engaged in an extensive and arduous practico,
he usually had a class of students, and after his
accession to tbe Bench, he was ceiled to the
law-professorship in our Lniveraitr, which he
filled with distinction to the end of his days.
Many distinguished members of the P™* 88 '®?'
and many more rising young lawyers of 9 eo ri?
and the adjoining States, are proud to claim him
as their Gamaliel. He enjoyed, moreover, the
peculiar gratification, (for such it was),of having
for a time, as an associate on this Bench, one of
his own pupils-thus gathering in tho efficient
aid of this esteemed coadjutor, bread hnnseh
had cast upon tlie waters many years bef °>; e ‘
In the private and social rotations, whero ™
greater virtues and warmer a (lections find scope
—where the guiding mind and loving heart ex
ert control without the sancLion of law, Chiei
Justice Lumpkin’s position assumed the pain-
""hiT'wrs a husband and tho father of many
children. Would to God tlie Bympathy of th
brotherhood here assembled and repre-ented
could minister consolation tothe survivors of
that desolated household! With profound re
spect, wc tender the offering, and intrude no
further on the sacredness of family sorrow.
Within tho limits'of Georgia, wherever he ap
peared, numerous friends rose up to welcome,
lim. He was a man, to know whom was to love j
him. None turned acquaintanceship to better ,
account, for mutual enjoyment or advantage. I
He had for all a pleasant look of recognition
and a friendly greeting, and for many a needed
word of counsel. Having acquired large store*
of knowledge from books, and from intercourse
with men, his conversation was instructive, his
companionship genial. Ho eDjoyed and freely
promoted, in social converse, that chastened
mirth which, while it lifts from tho heart the
burden of care, inflicts no sting and instils no
,1 Tb°e'bcnevolcnce and charily of tbe Chief Jus
tice were manifested as well by personal acts as
in associated enterprises. His hand was iu all
concerted movements for the dissemination ol
knowledge, the improvement of public morals, or
the relief of suffering poverty. ..f^kaye contn-
huted as mnch of persevering effort, or -he I'O.i-
tivc influence to the temperance reform, which.for
many years, so palpably diminished the greatest
moral pestilence of the age. .
Thus far, in an imperfect sketch of a P^c ana
elevated character, wc have presented It as limit
up and moulded by a system of 8ev ere “ora lty.-
But the most rigid and searching code of human j
ethics necessarily tails short of P r °^ u ? l °- £ 1
highest type of man, bocanscit is, itself, tvork
ot man, in his fallen cstate. Divini y alonc can
restore to him even the semblance of its own last
im cifef Justice Lumpkin was of a natnre too ear-
ne6 t too far-reaching—not to bethink himself of
the wonderful dispensation which brinp human
nature under the renewing influence of that Hi-
vinity, beginning with regeneration, and effecting
a change in the aspirations, the motives, the ends j
and aims of the subject. • ■
To, tbis scheme of redemption, quite above hu
man invention, our departed brother in good
faith, and with resolute purpose, made an early
surrender of himself. He became a sincere, devo
ted Christian, and thus attained the highest stand
ard of earthly excellence. He was a pillar in that |
branch of tbe Christian church which rejoiced in
his membership. Not only was bis a life oi active
usefulness, bnt from its quiet and tranquil aspects
there were daily emanations of salutary in
fluence. . ^ ... r „
The Committee recommend the adoption ol tuc
following resolutions:
Resolved, That in the death of Chief-Justice
Lumpkin we recognize the loss of a most worthy
citizen, a Christian gentleman, and an eminent
jurist, whose memory and example we would per
petuate, to the end, that his “good deeds may live
alter him,” and the leaven of his lifogo down from
generation to generation.
Resolved, That we respectfully tender to Ws
his bereaved widow and children the heartfelt
sympathy of the Bench and Bar and officers oftlie
Supreme Court of Georgia, whose reverence aud
affectiou he so well deserved and so long enjoyed.
Resolved, That in token of these, we will,
during thirty days, wear for him the usual badge
° r Resoirod'f‘That the Clerk of this Court be re-
quested to prepare and keep open for members of
tho bar, a subscription paper, that they all may
have the privilege of contributing to a fund for
raising over the remains of our venerated first
Chief Justice, an appropriate monumenL And
further, that the Judges ot this Court be requested,
through such committee or committees as they
may think proper to appoint, to ask of his widow
and family permission to pay this tribute to bis
memory, ana to see that it be carried into cflect.
Resolved, That a copy of this report and resolu
tions he transmitted to Mrs. Lumpkin, for the
family; that the Court bo requested to have them
entered on its minutes, and that the gazettes of
tbe State be requested to publish them.
After reading tbe report, Gov. Jenkins
briefly alluded to tbe lriendly relations which
bad lor a long time existed between liimself
and Judge Lumpkin. He expressed great
sorrow, as a Georgian desiring the weal of
his State, for tbe loss of so good and so great
a man. He then read tbe following letter
from the Hon. John A. Campbell, late Asso
ciate Justice of tbe Supreme Court of the
United States, and asked that it be consid
ered with the report:
LETTER FROM RON. JOHN A. CAMPBELL.
New Ouebaxs, June 14,1867.
Mu Dear Sir:—l have just received the mel
ancholy intelligence of the death of Chief Jus
tice Lumpkin, and of the proceedings of the Bar
of Macon upon that event. _
An intimate and affectionate connection with
this great and good man, by the bonds of an in
herited friendship, and the recollection of many
expressions from him during its continuance,
impel me to share with my professional breth
ren of my native State in expression of their
sorrow, and to testify my sense of his eminent
worth. ...
He had all the qualities to make him worthy
of the station he so long and so honorably filled.
To extensive learning and a clear discernment
of truth, ho united an ardent love of justice, a
hatred of iniquity, a compassionate senso of tho
infirmities ot our humanity, an abhorrence of
oppression, and a rational detestation of the op
pressor. These qualified him to administer jus
tice between man and mas, and to form tho ju
risprudence of a State.
Ho had no ambition above and beyond his
place. He was content with the possession of
virtue, and with that independence which ena
bled him to perform his duty without fear and
without partiality.
In the walk of life he recognised the presence,
or rather tho omnipresence of law; in domestic
and social life, the law of charity; in the church,
of hope aud faith; in the State and its tribunals,
of justice. His life was tbe manilestation of
In this period of the general relaxation of
these laws, the loss of this great exemplar and
exponent oi them is a public calamity.
Veiy respectfully yours,
John A. Campbele.
Col. "Washington Poe, Macon, Georgia.
His Honor, Chief Justice "Warner, re
sponded with emotional sorrow to tbo formal
announcement made by tbe committee of tho
death of Chief Justice Lumpkin. As an As
sociate, upon tbe organization of this Court,
be testified to tbe wisdom, the integrity and
the goodness of our late Chief Justice, and
concurred in the recommendations of the
committee.
His Honor, Judge Harris, also responded
to tbe report of tbe committee with an earn-
ncstness characteristic. The personal relations,
which existed for near forty years of un
broken friendship, forbid bis commenting
upon tbe social and domestic relations of
Judge Lumpkin, yet be felt impelled to give
some expression to bis gratitude and to bring
tohistombsomememorialofbisaffection. He
He spoke in extento of Judge Lumpkin as an
advocate and as a judge, and Heartily en
dorsed tbe recommendations of tbe com
mittee.
Nothing further being submitted, tbe
Court, in honor of Chief Justice Lunplrin,
adjourned until to-morrow morning.
Register! Register!!—The apathy in
registering betokens a species of madness.—
Do the people mean to give up their country
to tbe Devil’s own rule, rcndcriug it uninhab
itable, by refusing to put themselves in tbo
only po^ible position to prevent it ? If the
people do not come up nnd register, twelve
mouths will develop the fairest example of a
political and social Hell on earth that this
world lias ever seen. Let every man hasten
to free liimself from self-reproach, and when
tbe evil time comes, be able to say to the old
men and the women and children of the
land, “thou canst not say I did it”
[Mobile Advertiser.
Col. Jack Brown at Savannah.— We
learn from a reliable source, that Col. Jack
Brown was required to give bond in tlie sum
ol one thousand dollars lor liis appearance
at Court in Savannah, an the second Tues
day in August next. Col. Brown was also
required to pay tbe costs, one hundred anil
three dollars, 1 or tbe alleged assault on R.
W. Jaques.—Col. Sun.
J3?" Wendell Tbillips says that lie “wants
words to express bis opinion of Horace Gree-
lev's action at Richmond.” W ont some kind-
hearted old fish-woman help tbe poor fellow
to tbe much-needed words ?—Prentice.
European Correspondence.
Paris; June 4, 1SG7.
To the Editors of the Georgia Tdeyrayh :
Three of Russia’s Czars have, ;»t different
periods, made the long journey from St. Pe
tersburg to the capital of Franco. About a
centurv and a half ago, Paris received tlie
Visit of the first, who lias been justly styled
the true founder of the Russian Umpire.—
Peter, tbe Great, prompted by tliat^ spirit of
investigation and enterprise wbicli was one
of the distinctive traits of biscbaracter, de
siring to see and study everything of impor
tance in a great city then, as it is now, at the
head of European civilization, determined
upon a sojourn in France, and enjoyed for
several months the hospitalities of the capi
tal extended him under the Regency. Alex
ander I came in 1815, during the reign of
Louis XVm, and passed a short time in the
city; for what particular object, I am not
prepared to say.
The great event of the past week has been
the arrival and magnificent reception, on last
Saturday, of Alexander II, who, accompanied
bv two of. his sons and a numerous suite,
comes to Paris to witness the wonders of the
Universal Exhibition, affirming by his pres
ence his friendly sentiments for tho ! roncli
Empire, nnd his confidence iuthe stability of
tbe peace of Europe. Au Imperial deputa
tion, sent forward by special train, met his
Majesty on tbe frontiers of France nnd es
corted him to the railway station, where he
and his distinguished party were officially
received by the Emperor Napoleon, sur
rounded by his ministers, marshals and staff.
The station was richly caparisoned, and was
filled to overflowing with handsomely dressed
Udies and ‘uniformed notabilities from all
parts oftlie world. On descending from tlie
railway carriage the Czar extended botli
binds to Napoleon, and then presented bis
i sons, tlie Czarewitch and the Grand Duke
I Wladimir.
Tbe Emperor cordially welcomed the royal
vis'-tors, and after the usual salutations were
exchanged and tlie official presentations over,
ibepartv drove off iu tbe imperial carriage
amid tbe enthusiastic shouts of the specta
tors. AU along tbe Boulevards and route fol
lowed by tlie cortege an immense crowd in
tbe streets, in tbe windows, on the roofs of
the bouses, everywhere as far as the eye could
reach, myriads of flags floating in every di
rection and above all tbo glittering uniforms
and banners of the lancers and gardes form-
in" tbe escort, presented a gala scene which
beggars description. Siucu tbe public de-
monstntious made during tlie luneral cere—
monv of the Duke de Morny about two years
n«*o, I have not seen such a multitude of bu-
man beings iu tlie streets ot Paris, nnd I
doubt whether any other of the crowneu
heads who are expected to visit the city this
vear will receive such an ovation as welcomed
the Czar of all the Russias in his triumphal
transit through the Boulevards on last Sat
urday. On arriving at the palace of Tuile-
ries their Majesties alighted and were re
ceived by the Empress, accompanied by the
"rand officers of the Crown and dignitaries
of tbe Impirial household, at tlie foot of the
"rand staircase, escorted to the saloon of the
First Consul, and after many presentations,
wbicli occupied something more than half an
hour, tbe Czar and tho Grand Dukes were
conducted to the Palace of the Elysco by the
Emperor, followed by the cortege which had
brought the distinguished guests to the Tuile-
ries. Splendid bands of music played the
Russian national air at the station, the Tuile-
ries and tho Palace of the Elysee, ns the Im-
periai carriages arrived. For the benefit of
the lady portion of your readers I will men
tion that the Empress Eugenie, on the occa
sion of the reception at tho Tuilcnes, wore a
handsome light blue silk dress and a magnifi
cent lace cloak. I dare not venture in fur
ther detail, as my ignorance of the names of
garments of female toilette might lead me
fnto extravagances by no means compliment
ary to the well known good taste of the no
ble Eugenie.
An incident occurring near where I was sta
tioned on tlie Boulevards caused considerable
merriment in the crowd. After the circula
tion of nil vehicles had been stopped on the
route well sanded nnd sprinkled for the
cotege, and soon after the Emperor Napoleon
had passed on his way, a funeral carriage re
turning from an interment got through the
masses of spectators by some means into tbe
street, and being unable to cxtricutc itself
front tli c forbidden ground, the coachman,
evidently intoxicated, with hat oft, and salut-
ing right and left, put whip to his horses and
went down tho crowded Boulevard at lull
speed, received with boisterous shouts ot
laughter and hisses liy the multitude -as he
passed, seemingly enjoying the fun hugely,
until the police intervened and put an end to
the sport by taking the fellow aud his funeral
equipage in custody. Another incident re
ported by the Figaro occurred laterin tho day
nnd further down the Boulevards. “ A funeral
prqcession was passing the corner of tjc
Boulevard and Rue St. Dennis just as the
cortege of the two Emperors arrived at a fast
trot. ' Prompted by a sentiment of respect
for the dead which everybody will appreciate,
tbe Imperial carriage was stopped and the
modest bcarse permitted to continue its route.
Two Majesties, who in tbe twinkling of an
eye could upset tbe world, yielded homage to
that mighty Majesty more powerful than
Emperors—Death.” , . .
The Czar aud his suite have been installed
in tho Palace of Elysee, which had been pre
viously prepared for them regardless ot ex
pense. This Palace was constructed 1758
and has been the scene of not a few historical
events. It has been successively occupied by
tbe Count d’Vreux, Madam de Pompadour,
tlie Duchess of Bourbon,Conde, Montand by
Napoleon I in 1815. During the French
revolution public ftes were held in its gar
dens. Napoleon signed his second abdication
there. The Duchess de Berri and the Duke
of Bordeaux also lived at one time in the
Palace. It returned to the civil list in 1830,
and in 1848 was used as a lodging by the
Commission of national recompenses. The
apartments occupied by tho Czar are the
same formerly inhabited by tbe Emperor, and
consists of two saloons, a library composed
eutircly of volumes having belonged to the
first Emperor and Queen Hortense, a bed
room handsomely decorated with Gobelins
tapestry, the Saloon d'Argent used as^ a study
and containing the largo arm chair in which
Napoleon I often sat, and the table on
which he signed his abdication in 1814. Tlie
Uzarcwitcli will occupy the apartments of
the Empress nnd the Grand Duke "Vyindimir
those of the Prince’Imperial. It is said
that Napoleon III intends shortly living al
most altogether in the Palace de Elysee in
preference to the Tuilerics, and will only go
to the latter for official receptions and on
State occasions.
Paris has been all astir since tlie arrival of
the Czar, and fetes, grand dinners, brilliant
I receptions, etc., are succeeding rapidly and
I almost uninteruiittingly. The Czar is niak-
j ing, thus far, good use of bis time, and JiaB
scarcely allowed himself a minute for repose
in the'day since his arrival. On Saturday
| night he attended, incognito, tho Theatre des
Varietes to see tbe Grande Duchessc dc Gerol-
I stein. On Sunday morning bo was at public
i service at tbe Greek church, iu the afternoon
| went to the races in the Bois de Boulogne,
! and at night to a grand dinner at the Tuile-
I ries. On Monday, ho visited the exhibition
during the day, and in tho evening attended
a grand dinner given him by the Russian
Embassy. To-day, he offers a grand dinner
at the Palace of the Elysee, to the diplomatic
corps, and will attend to-night a gala repre
sentation at the opera. At this extraordinary
representation seventeen sovereigns or princes
are expected to be present. *1 lie spectacle
offered will be tbe fourth act of the Africane
and the second act of Giselle. At the mo
ment of the entrance of the sovereigns in the
hall, tho orchestra will- execute a march of
the Russian national hymn.
", On Sunday the races in tbe Bois de Bou
logne were witnessed:!;}- about 500,000 spec
tators. Never before lias the hippodrome ot
Longchamps been encumbered with such an
agglomeration of different nations, and never
'before has the tribune of the Chief of State
tieen burdened with such a weightofcrowned
heads as had then assembled to see the strug
gle for the grand prize of 100,000 francs.—.
The Imperial tribune contained the Emperor
and Empress of France, the Emperor of Rus
sia, the two Grand Dukes, the King and
Queen of Belgium, the Prince and Princess of
Prussia, the Duke of Lcutchenberg, the
Prince of Saxe-Weitnar, the Japanese Prince
and the dignitaries and officers of their sev
eral Majesties and Highnesses. The first
race for the grand prize resulted in a dead
heat ofPatrician, the winner of the Jockey
Club prize, belonging to MonsieurDelamarre,
and Fervacques, the property of Count Mont
gomery. These gentlemen immediately de
termined upon another and decisive trial,
which came off soon after, and terminated in
the defeat of Patrician by a nose-length.—
The success of Fervacques was almost as un
expected as that of Hermit in the English
Derby, and bets of 40 to 1 were made against
him at the outset.
Telegrams from Berlin state that King
William of Prussia leaves that city to-day
for Paris, accompanied by several of his gen
erals, aids de-camp, etc. Several prayeiafor
the blessing of God upon the visit of the
Bung, and for the strengthening of general
peace by tlie means o£ the personal under
standing of . the sovereigns at Paris, were
offered publicly by the devout of the Prus
sian capital. Bismarck is not expected to
arrive with his royal master, and perhaps it
is best that be should not, for fear that the
pacific meeting of the sovereigns might be
embarrassed with political‘questions insti
gated by this crafty diplomatist. Prepara
tions are being made for the reception of
King William, and although tlie French na
tion have no cause to love him.be will doubt
less be welcomed with all the respect and
courtesy due the chief of a great people.
Curran.
tetter from C. t. Vallandigham.
From the Huntsvillo Democrat.]
In the speech of Senator Wilson, ol Massa
chusetts, made in Huntsville on the 18tli of
May. occurs the following passage: ■
“We have some mean Yankees up North;
nnd when a Yankee is mean, he can go deep
er and stay longer than anybody else. They
call themselves Democrats, but why, I don’t
know. They encouraged the rebellion, said
they would hold all the blood that would be
spilt in the hollow of their hands, and that
men of the South could whip the Yankees
with a broom-stick. Vallandigham is one of
their leaders. He boasted that if any North
ern army attempted to march over Ohio soil
against tho South, it would have to march
over his dead body. The war came on, and
an Ohio regiment approaching bis house, was
halted by its colonel, who told them: ‘Bovs,
wc are going to pass over Vallandigliam’s
dead body. Hold your noses! Forward,
march!’ These men did not dare even to
pray for the rebels when the war began.”
Deeming the allusion to Mr. Vallandigham
unjust to him, we forwarded him a copy of
the Democrat, containing a report of the
speech. He has sent us the following letter,
with a request that we will publish it:
Drayton, Ohio, June 8,1807.
J. Withers Clay, Esq., Huntsville, Ala.:
Sir—In the speech at Huntsville, of Hen
ry Wilson, nee Jeremiah Colbath, as publish
ed in your paper (the Democrat) of Ma}- 31,
1867, are three deliberate falsehoods relating
to myself, in just twice as many lines.
1. I am not one of those “who encouraged
the rebellion, said there would be no war,”
etc.; but just the reverse. I never expressed
or held the opinion that Northern or West-
ert Democrats would assist the South in a
war for secession and independence. So far
as the war was waged on the part of the
South, for this purpose, she never had my
sympathy. As waged by the North, I was
opposed to it nt every point from beginning
to end, for reasons which time is now vindi
eating every day.
2. I never said that the Northern troops,
should “march over my dead body.”
3. The pretended incident related by Wil
son about an Ohio regiment passing my
house, never bad an existence, nor even, a
shadow of foundation.
My crime during the warwas, that I con
sistently and persistently loved and defended
constitutional liberty and the Old Federal
Republic tbrougbont.
I beg your pardon, and my own, for con
descending to notice anything from tbis vul
gar itinerant changling. My own apology
is that lie is tlie successor of Daniel Webster
in wliat remains of the United States Senate,
and has lately “experienced religion.”
Very truly, eta,
O. L. Vallandigham.
Forihc Gc.irgia Telegraph.
Till YUl'XG SOLDIER'S'GP.ATE.
BY LBOyotu.
coming manifest. T
last be'ng seen,
rescue; they will come
TnE Czar Badly Received in Paris.—
In spite ot tho precautions taken by tbe Em
peror of Russia to render himself popular be
fore visitingParis by granting a liberal am
nesty to incriminated Poles, he has been bad
ly received in certain quarters of tho town.
When visiting the museum of Cluny, which
borders on the Quartier Latin, he was niet
with cries “Poland,” and in the Palais de
J-. stice an even stronger manifestation took
place on the part of some members ef the
bar, who'refused to listen to the appeals of.
General Fleury. who accompanied the Czar.
It should be added that the majority of the
bar blames tbis act, deeming it cowardly to
insult a foreign Prince in tbe heart of Paris.
Those who remember that Alexander H.
abolished serfdom judge his conduct in other
matters with charity. It is hardly doubted
that tho King of Prussia and Count Bismarck,
who are to arrive here to-morrow at 41-2
r. m., will meet with a different reception to
the Russian Emperor, There is a talk of his
sing tho King and hooting his Prime Minis
ter, and it is believed that this retaliation
would give but little displeasure in high
quarters.
After the races on Saturday, the Empe
ror NapoleoD, the Empress, and the Czar,
went to St. Cloud, where the Prince Imperial
was presented to his Russian Majesty. On
their return there were some cries heard of
“A las les Cossaqucs! v [“Down with the Cos
sacks.”]—Paris Cor. Pall Mall Gazette.
The Rains.—The storm of wind and rain
wbicli has been prevailing here for the last
week has swept over a large extent of coun
try. Throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania,
New York, and the Southern States border
ing on the Atlantic, the rain fell in torrents
and tho wind blew with great-violence. The
growing wheat was beaten down and the
corn ground was much washed.
In New York State tho railroad track has
been washed away at several points, trains
are behind time, barns are demolished, chim
neys are blown down, orchards are torn up,
orchards are destroyed by the score, and
some large trees were carried by the wind a
distance of four hundred yards.
Passengers by tho Central Railroad yester
day report much destruction of property in
the Carolinas, and the rapid rising of the
rivers. The full extent of the damage can
not jet be told.—Sac. Herald, 24th.
Three Freedmen Killed by Ligiit-
j,- 1KG ._On Monday evening last, a man and
two women, in the employment ot Amos
Hnys, Esq., of this county, having retired for
shelter from a shower, to a hickory tree near
where they were at work, were struck by
lightning and killed instantly. The man had
a gun, which it is supposed, attracted the
electric fluid, after striking a pine tree a short
distance from where they were found.
[Mariam (Fla.) Courier,20th.
The recent flood in Kansas was so
great that inside Fort Hayes the water was
twenty feet deep. Six soldiers and a citizen
were drowned, and the other occupants of the
Fort were compelled to remove to the roofs
of the buildings. ____
Far from his sunny home the soldier sleeps—
Here ends his power;
O’er his loneVrave no mournful willow weeps,
No saddened one her tearful vigil keeps
At twilight hour.
Yet oft at evening-time the traveler rests
Mid this repose.
To trace tho record of the patriot brave
Who died in youth’s bright morn, his land to save
From savage foes.
And wc of lator years will muso above
Tho tomb so white.
Which tells of noblo deeds, and victory won,
Ero death had set nis signet seal upon
The youthful sight.
Perhaps in that fair spot, land of thy birth,
Across the sflh,
There is & lonely heart and eyes that weep.
And lips that murmur in their restless sleep—
Soft prayers for thee.
And as the weary years roll on, doth pine
For thy return.
I mourn, young soldier, thy untimely fate,^
For never shall your loved ono cease to wait
Or ceaso to mourn.
Oft as I pass thy stranger grave a flower
Shall on it rest:
And Juno's raro roses shall at evening lay
Upon tho mound of dark and clammy clay.
Above thy breast.
Samuil,,!,. -Go.
Notes on the Situation—No. 4.
' BY B. H. niLL.
From tho Augusta Chronicle k Sentinel.]
Bavin" shown wliat every fair mind ad
mits, and what every legal mind must con
clude, that these military measures are
subversive of tbe Constitution and fatal to
the very life of all American principles of
"overnment, let us now proceed to examine
the reasons urged to justify or induce their
acceptance by our people. After careful
consideration; I find that all the reasons
which I have heard or read are included in
the following five propositions and allega
tions: , . „ , ,
1. We are helpless, it is alleged, and can
neither resist nor prevent the adoption of
these measures. .
2. That if we refuse to accept this plan oi
reconstruction, a worse one will be provided.
An appeal to our iears, and therefore a strong
or rather dangerous position.
3. That if we reject this plan, Congress
will' become more offended, and will confis
cate our property, and take tbe subsistancc
we have left, This is an appeal to our ava
rice a very dominant passion of human
nature. ,
4. That we of the South are a conquered
people, and are bound to accept the terms of
the conqueror, and that these bills are tlie
terms of the conqueror.
G. That the negro, being now free aud made
a citizen, is entitled both, for liis own protec
tion and in accordance with the principles
of popular government, to political as well
as civil equality with the white race, and that
civil equality-will be idle without political
C<1 This^ast post ion is urged chiefly by North
ern supporters of these bills and has a sem
blance of consistency and principle, and I
have, therefore, included it in the list of argu
ments or positions to be answered.
I Lave no difficulty whatever in finding the
most satisfactory replies to all these alleged
reasons. Indeed, I affirm, with absolutocon-
fidence, that all the good which it i3 claimed
will come of these measures, will come and
can only come of their rejection; and that
all the evils which it is alleged will result
from their rejection will necessarily and nat
urally result from their acceptance. But I
find it very difficult while writing, and im
possible while speaking, to exhibit what I do
not feel; and, while making the analysis, it
will be a task to exhibit any respect either for
these positions or for those who use them.
For the educated politician—the man who
has experience in public affairs, and who as
pires and labors to be a teacher and counsel
lor of the people, and who urges those teach
ings and counsels—“I am exceedingly filled
with contempt ”: because I can but believe
that such a man consciously desecrates the
truth, and recklessly, but with most concili
ating address, hazards every interest of the
people only that he may tako the benefit of
being “ on the strong side.”
Alas, what pen shall ever be able to recount
the countless horrors which have resulted
from—been wrought by—that demoniac
spirit of our political leaders to be on the
strong side, and to make issues and pander
to passions “to keep the strong side !” This
spirit made “bleeding Kansas;” rent the
Union in twain; drenched the country in
blood and clad the people with mourning;
demoralized, deceived and betrayed the most
gallant people under the cycles of the sun to
the most humiliating subjugation, and now
counsels, urges, threatens to compel dishonor
to a people who have nothing bnt honor left.
But I know there are many people who are
honest, and even intelligent on most subjects,
who commit grave political errors and mis
takes. It would be strange if they did not
when there are so many influences to deceive.
In popular governments, therefore, and more
especially now, since so much power is pro
posed to" be given to so much ignorance, it is
necessary to answer the knave in bis argu
ment lest he make "a fool of his hearer.
First, then, it is said we are helpless and
cannot prevent the .success of these "Military
Bills. Well, if this" is true, why ask our con
sent ? If success does not depend on con
sent, why beg and coax and threaten to se
cure consent? If we must be disfranchised
and have an “enemy’s government” forced
upon us, spare us the gratuitous dishonor of
consenting! If a fiend, with the power,
should come to burn your bouse, or rape your
wife, or kill your family, and should coolly
ask your consent, saying you had better con
sent, for if you did not, he would burn, or
rape, or kill any how, and perhaps, being in
censed by your refusal, do all, would you
consent ? I like the spirit of the old Roman
centurion. A decemvir—a ruler of the
strong side—became enamored of the hum
ble centurion’s “daughter.” He first per
suaded, but persuasion failing to secure con
sent, lie resorted to liis power, tbe power of
liis office. When the hour of supposed help
lessness was reached the father snatched a
knife and plunged it into the breast of bis
daughter, exclaiming, “This is all, my dear
est daughter, I can give thee to preserve thy
chastity from the lust and violence of a ty
rant.” And what was the result in heathen
Rome ? The soldiers and people honored the
father, and rose with indignation and abol
ished the dccemviral power of Rome forever,
and the guilty decemvirs slew themselves.—
And to this day this is told a3 a memorial of
the noble father, and of the glorious army
and people who avenged him. And the
daughter's name was Virginia. The virtue
of all our daughters, and the pride of all our
sons arc secure only in our sense of honor as
a people.
But are we helpless ? If we contemplate
resistance by arms, I concede that now we
are helpless. But our strength is not in arms.
Our strength is iu the Constitution. If the
Constitution is strong we are strong, aud if
we are helpless the Constitution is helpless,
I have shown if these military measures be
forced upon us the Constitution is destroyed.
On its parapets alone let us mount cur guns
and tire on. The most startling evidence of
our progress toward anarchy, is the idea with
some, I fear many of our people, that tlie
Constitution can do us no good. The very
thought should alarm every man on the con
tinent who has property, or liberty, or peace,
or who desires to get or to keep either. The
only possible hope I have in the future for
anything good or safe to the people of any
section and of any color, is founded in the
belief that tbe Constitution is not dead—is
not helpless. It has been sadly disregarded,
abandoned, and trampled on, I admit. But
its enemies are too cruel. They insist upon
dealing their blows too often, too quickly
and too recklessly. Their motives are be-
ie murderer's intent i 3 ,i
T.m people will come to thp
, . . . me in wrath, and thes!
long noting enemies will ca l on the vlf
mountains to hide them. If am mistokr
if the Constitution is dead; if the n'Jn?’
have lost the will to save it these patriot
and Christians, and all order-lovin^ n ,3
have but ono duty to perform. That dm ’
is to pray—pray earnestly—pray unceasinri;
that the Ctesar of American liistorv wouifi
come and come quickly.
Our noble Governor sought to test the cor
stitutionality of these measures before th*
Supreme Court by a bill filed in the nam*
tbe State. I am glad he did so. It 4
manly effort, for which our children
praise him. Besides, lie gave the court an
opportunity of deciding an important t,Ij c U ;
tion which may be one day involved. R
failed to get the test, because the court 3
not able to decide that it had jurisdiction ir
the form in v. nicli the question was made-
not because Georgia was not a State, but be ’
cause Georgia being a State the question 3
made, was political only. But the humbW
of the ten millions of the people of the ten
States, whose rights of person or property an
interfered with by one of these military’ofi,
cers, can make the question and make it ml
dicially; and then the court must decide it'
and will decide it, and can decide it only in
favor of the citizen. I dc most earnestly hold
that every citizen, whose property is seized oi
whose person is arrested under pretence of
these 31ilitary Bills, will promptly appeal to
the law. I am aware that our people are at
tempted to be frightened from this appeal*'to
the courts because, they are told it will h e
years before a decision can be forced! This
is not true. A decision on a writ of habeas
corpus must come at once from the District
Court, and in a short time from the Supreme
Court. But, if this delay is to defeat the ap-
plication, would not people for the same rea
son assert no right by the law, and thus sub
mit to all outrages or take the law in their
own hands ? And must the right on which
all rights depend be abandoned because the
law is slow ?
But, it is said, that while the courts are
waiting, the Congress will complete its work.
But, if the courts finally hold that the work
is completed without any authority uuderthe
Constitution, will not all the‘work go for
nothing and our existing government be
restored ?
Bnt suppose it will take one year, or five
years, or ten years, to “force the court to a
decision Would it not be better to brook
the court’s delay for even ten years than to
accept "anarchy and slavery for a century?
No, there is neither logic, nor sincerity,
nor patriotism in this argument or excuse,
that we are helpless. If we consent to and
accept these military measures, then we are
helpless, because they, by that consent, be-
come valid—become our act. If we do not
accept—if we vote against a Convention—
they never can become valid. They never
can be finally enforced. This is tlie reason,
and the only reason why every means is re
sorted to to secure our consent. Without
that consent these acts have no vitality.—
There is for these corrupt party manipulators
and bribed deserters from their own honor,
no refuge from disgrace, but in success of
their scheme of ruiu. There is no possible
way of success except by the people’s con
sent to their own ruin. Therefore, it is that
emissaries come, and renegades labor, and
original secessionists become orthodox loy
alists, and by persuasions and by threats, by
bribing some ar.d alarming others and deceiv
ing all, seek to get tbe people to consent
The wicked violators of the Constitution
would cover their crimes by calling it Pro
gress, and getting the people to tread with
them in their country’s death march.
The itinerant vender of his people’s honor
would escape the infamy of his trade by
inducing the people to join in the sale.
What'! will the people violate the Consti
tution to get strength, or abandon the laws
to find safety? Then, is the mariner skilled
who throws away his chart and compass to
find bis way over the sea; and the madman
has become wise who forsakes his shelter to
avoid the storm.
“Ono of the banished crew,
I fear, hath ventured from tho deep, to raise nev
troubles;
Santa Anna.
There is no confirmation of the story as yet
that Sannti Anna, after capture off Sisal, had
been bung by tbe Mexican liberals, and in
stead of such an end as that to his career, Dr.
Napbagyi,a Hungarian gentleman with whom
lie resided on Staten Island since being in
this country, declares that he will be soon
proclaimed' Governor of Yucatan. Ho admits
that the chief was at Vera Cruz on the Sthof
June, and says that Tampico de Tamaulipas
had pronounced in bis favor. Dr. Naphagyt
has made a formal protest to Washington
against tbe act of Commander Leroy in inter
fering with Santa Anna on board the steamer
Virginia. A protest has likewise been en
tered against the action of the .British com
mander in the premises, the claim being that
the General went to the Gulf in a private ca
pacity, and not as an official.
Du Naphagyi is the agent aud was the al
leged jailor of the General on Staten Island,
and he has given another account of tie
General’s troubles in this country. Reas
serts that the numerous suits against theGti-
eral were all concerted and brought by
gang of sharpers bent on obtaining the Gen
eral's money, and that young Antonio Lopez
dc Santa Anna allowed himself to become
their tool. The alleged confinement of Santa
Anna is admitted to this extent: Judgment
has been given against him, and. the sheriff
of Richmond county wus responsible lor his
appearance in court when desired, and thus
he remained at the doctor’s cottage. In one
case $50,000 in gold were paid, including
$5000 for the services of an obscure New
York lawyer who had demanded $27,000.—
The General was to send $75,000 to pay th®
interest on the mortgage bonds on his large
estates, worth $3,500,000, it is said, which is
prevented by Captain Leroy’s interference.
[JBdlt, aUile
Poverty of the South'
We notice that in some sections in the
North where the benevolence of the P®0P
have been appealed to, doubt has been e
pressed as to actual want among us. cer “_
ly, Gen. Sherman’s evidence ought to su
on this point, if the Northern people w
believe any one. Read what he sat ^
two years since, in his report to the beer
of War: “We have consumed tnc conran
fodder in the region of country flinty mw
on either side of a line from Atlanta - k -
vannah, as also the sweet potatoes, ca ,
hogs, sheep and poultry, and ha ve ca ' i
away more than ten thousand horse*
mules, as well as countless numbers,
I estimate tbe damage done to the
Georgia and the military resources at
hundred millions of dollars, at least tm 1
of which has inured to our advantage,
the remainder in simple waste and cte=---
Again—“ Wc have traversed the
from Savannah to Goldsboro’, with
age breadth of forty miles, consuming a ,
forage, cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry, c
meats, corn, meal, etc. The public
instead of drawing supplies from
to feed his armies, will be compelled* -
provisions from other quarters to *ec (
inhabitants.” . * pe
How could any people, thus treat i ^
yet placed, with the unpropitious sea^
year, above want ?—So. Recorder.
Fire at the Nashville
A fire occurred at the Nashville Pen. 1
on Saturday night last, which f*y. 1 9/ w itb
stroyed the west wing of the build 1 ^
the Agricultural and Cedar " are n t tb#
The military was called out to P r .® . j a [
escape of the convicts. Loss estn
eighty thousand dollars. .
At a medical student's ex^'j’^'pe
he was asked : "Do wounds olten i * t p
first intention ?” “Not ? nc3 mor-
ricli and the doctor poor. »* ie ( ,ues-
tification ensue ?’’ -‘When you p i
tion, and are answered no ?