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the telegraph.
MACON. FRIDAY, MARCH 0, 1803.
Tiurm «.Kvr mail cojstracts-a
VEKACIOI S COMMITTEE.
In -Krtcing over the Congressional Globe
of UnTilst instant, containing tlio.prpceed-
-Cs of Congress on the day prevtous,.our
—« , „ n w»nnrt of tllO “Select Com-
eves fell upon n report °
Cy ... -m Railroadsfrom which
mettce on Southern
we extract as follows.
KHUI.L-LK.VT MAIL CONTRACTS.
Mr . MsOlntjr. 1 r..e to a privileged1 report.
r>rc*rilt U
Southern BwNro^i
, rt from the select Commit we on
,0rt ‘ r and ask that It be road by the
•ive their attentlont to t he
^r^oln.iJnupou which 1 shall aak for action
witharofolution upon
.
» course of the exAiinn
j£scicct'Commiuoeon'southern Railroadsre
The select lom ■ > CO nrse of the examtn
spectrally report ,iro»ceutlon of tlie dulic
auon of witnesses to t >o i ro Btat ,
Imposed JiJ “r| ltr ;dl [,. lU . corruption in, or at least
were niadt MWCni ^ postoffleeDepartment,
throw essplcionupo . thepower, under
They tthis "^'^i^Tnvestieation.
in ThcV«timony relates to the transportation of
the maU on certain road^ mony ^ nQ/ , g[
Extracts from . statement* madu demand
merely to showstanding or select
further mvestlgat.on hJ n 6 °“ ^ rcmoved lf , t bc
committee, t P lllcia i trusts have been
ffifi and abused, the guilty may be exposed
M Th^V'sHmonV^-me''''‘ hnt «>•» is
T , he . iidiinVhnPost-oflice Department regn-
lalnm . outr.cis ior mail transportation on South
ern railroads. • V(> s second session
On Pj'ge Oi A __ jj iiar'.ehurst, Presi-
denfof the Maeon’and Brunswick ltailroad, teati-
flC ‘'Qncsiion. Do you carry the mail over your
road f
“Question. How much do the Government pay
y0 4ns r wer. ne Eight, thousand dollars a year for
fl It will be perceived that this Is a local mail; that
Is it cannot be so large and Important as the mail
on the roads constituting ttjyfongh for
Udsloea'l"maii *100 per mile
same report, Thos U. Uaffawav,
TtSm or the East Tennessee * Ceo^ia Rafb
road testifies: “Wc have only received $100 a
mile’for one hundred and twelve miles, nnd for
twenty-eight miles on the branch road we gel
scvenfy-tlve dollars a mifo. If the price has been
raised recently, I have not bad anynotlce of It.
On page 114,’ John R Branner/President of the
E\st Tennessee A Virginia Railroad, and it win bc
perceived one of a continuous throughi line front
Washington city to New Orleans, tcotihCa. The
ITIUUIIIL,IUU V.. . I ..
road receives $160 per mile now
It will bc seen that the point made by the
committee is, that while the Postoftice De
partment contracted for mail service on main
lines of railroad at from $.5 to %>100 P er
mile, they contracted with the authorities of
the Macon & Brunswick Road, which b but
fifty miles in length, and besides running
through a sparsely settled country connects
with no other road at one of its termini, at
$8,000, or $100 per mile.
Now, if this were true, it "would require
explanation at least. But the statement was
so extraordinary that we concluded to. see
the President of the Macon & Brunswick
Road and satisfy ourselves on the point.
Upon a conferenco with that gentleman, he
informed us that no such contract was made
with the Department, and that Jiis testimony,
as reported by the committee, is wholly dif
ferent from that which lie gave in when ex
amined before them. His contract is one
thousand, and not “eight,” as stated by the
committee, which is twenty dollars per mile
instead of “one hundred and sixty.” Mr. E nzle-
burst informs us that he stated the figures
several times to the committee, and it Is a
mystery how his testimony could have been
mittee'siifi'tnii ifiW "tSude' euch h £ "eporf Wit
fully, for all contracts arc on file in the De
partment, and all such errors or intentional
misstatements can be readily exposed. The
circumstance at least shows how this commit
tee to gather reliable information for Congress
did their work, and how much confidence is
to bo placed in tbeir statements.
The truth is, this Congressional pilgrimage
to look after Southern Railroads was a use
less tax on the Treasury, and in some of its
aspects a disgrace to the body they repre
sented. Four or five Radical Congressmen,
with about tbc same number of ladies, dr
women, and four or five soldiers to protect
them from personal responsibility, fly over
the country at a rapid pace, drinking whisky,
making game of our misfortunes, and speak
ing their minds on all questions, without re
gard for the feelings or opinions of others,
and frequently in a manner that was insulting
to Southern ladies who happened to be
thrown in such ill-bred company. As
a specimen of the manner in which
they discharged their official duties, it is only
necessary to say that without notice they
arrived in Macon, a great railroad centre, hy
the 8 r. m. train from Savannah, rode to their
lodgings, got supper, which brought them to
a late hour, and then aent round the city and
Woke up the railroad officials, and summoned
them to appear forthwith before their royal
highnesses. Business commenced about mid
night, and the whole party were ofT for At
lanta by the 8 a. m. train next morning.—
Everything was hurried through, and, of
course, much botch-work was the result.—
Under such circumstances, and in view of the
large amount of whisky consumed by these
gentlemen travelling at the public expense,
It is not a matter of surprise that, in making
up the record of tbeir doings, they should
mistake one thousand for eight, and twenty
for one hundred and sixty! Such men
usually see double, and magnify the objects
of vision to even a greater extent according
S3 they have more or less of this extraneous
Influence mixed up with their party objects.
Tire Greorgia, "Weekly Telegraph..
TELEGRAPHIC
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
From Washington.
'Washington' Febroary*T.-Gcncfal Thomas lays
tounUrt Stanton at two handed and fifty
thousand dollars. Thomas appUcs for a </»o xearranto-
against Stanton. The President took no part in the
proceeding."-
Washington. Fcbrnary 27.—The rccont fire at iho
corner of Fifteenth and F streets destroyed a larso
amount of proofs and documents in cotton cases,
principally from Savannah and Charleston, and the
owners and counsel are inconvenienced.
Western markets not materially changeU. Provi
sions vory stiff and tending upward.
The Iowa Democratic Stato Convention elected
dclcfatc? favorable to Pendleton, and instructed them
to vote as sneli.
The impeachment matter made no progress to-dav.
Several parties interested in Alabama s admission
wet a beforo the Reconstruction Comiuittoo to-day,
urging promptness.
The Radical Congress.
Washington. February tff.-SttxATH.-Nothiui; gen
erally interesting.
House.—A bill was presented for bridging the Ohio
at Paducah. Mr. Rainc, of Illinois^ opposed tho bill
because the wholo railroad system South was guaged
differently from Northern roads, expressly in view o.
a separation of tho two sections. Tho bUl pa»»*
A bill constructing a postal bridge over the Ohio at
Licking river was passed.
The Civil Appropriation bill was resumeu.
Mr. Colfax read to the House a letter from tho Chief
of the New York Polico to the Chief of the Washing
ton Police, containing a statement that Tat.P. Shaff-
ncr reported that one hundred and sixty pounds of
nitro-plyccripcwas in unauthorized hands.^ The >ow
York Chief feared it was intended for Washington.
Tho communication seemed to create more alarm
than merriment, and tho House adjourned.
Negro-Radical Conventions.
Georgia.
Atlanta, February 27.—It was resolved in tho Con
vention, to-day. that tho Stato Capitol ho removed
from Millcdgovillo to Atlanta-ycaa S9,JUJ*SD^ ^
Hereafter tho Convention will — 1 »*
adjourn at 1 r. if- •
llion am 0 : ,
.uernoon session, from S to o
° AnAnti-Relicf party was inaugurated last night
BT The Democrats had a caucus on the
J5th in the Judiciary Committee room of the
House, which was largely attended, nearly
all the Democratic members of the House and
Senate being present. The general situation
was discussed and arrangements were made
with regard to the coming campaign. In
view of the action of the House in limiting
debate on the forthcoming impeachment ar
ticles, a line of action was agreed upon, anti
the minority is now thoroughly organized
to act with unanimity on every question.
Mr. Jefferson Davis and lamily arc
going to Louisville, Kentucky, on a visit.
Tun Canvass in New Hampshire.—Tho
news from New Hampshire is most gratifying.
The Democrats are confident they will carry
tlie State, and at worst rednee the majority
to a mere tong. Pendleton’s great speech on
the finauce has been sent there, and is doing
good work.
t3TTbe business men of Vicksburg are
taking legal steps to contest the payment if
the Convention tax, and the Commanding
General has declined to interfere in its col
lection, cither for or against it. Tho effect of
this is nearly the same as if he had directly
refused to sustain the Convention in this (to
them) vital matter.
by thirty delegates in caucus. It proposes to nomi
nate a candidate for Governor and to ask all opposod
to repudiation, whether in favor or not of ratification,
to support its nominee, and to request Congress to re-
asscmblo tho Convention with instructions to strike
out the relief clause in tho Constitution now forming.
Adjourned. ^ c » rotIna .
Raleigh, February. 27.—The Convention met and
adjourned at an early hour to attend tbo Radical
Nominaling Convention.
That body, up to-S’$ o’clock, had made the following
nominations:
Governor-W. W. Holden, of Wade county.
Lieutenant Governor—Todd It. Caldwell, of Burko
county. *■
Secretary of State—N. J.Mcningcr, of Ohio.
Auditor—Henderson Adams, ofDavidson county.
Superintendent of Public Works—C. L- Harris, of
Wnko county.
Superintendent of Public Instruction—Rev. S. S
Ashley, of Massachusetts.
Judges of Supremo Court—R.M. Pearson, present
Chief Justice: U. P. Dick, of Guilford county; W. B.
Rodman, of Beaufsrd—perhaps two uioro Superior
Court Judges.
First Circuit— C. C. Pool, of Pasquotank.
Second Circuit—E. W. Jones, of Washington.
Third Circuit—C. R. Thomas, of Craven.
Fourth Circuit-D. L. Russell, Jr., orBrunswick
Fifth Circuit—R. R. Baxton, of Cumberland. Seven
othors to be nominated.
,The following nominations wero made bythedis
trict meetings held hero:
First Congressional District—JohnFrench,of^Wash
ington city-said not to bo a citizen of this State.
Third District—Ool. David Heaton, of Ohio.
Fourth Distrlet-Col. J. T. Dowces. of Illinois. It
is said that J. n. Harris, negro, was first nominated
but declinod, giving ns a reason that tho Radicals in
Congress did not wish negroes elected to that body.
South Carolina.
Charleston, February 27.—Tho Convention yester
day passed seventeen sections of tho Judiciary arti
cle. Judges to he elocted by tho'Legislature, and
Equity, District and Prohato Courts abolished. A
strong effort was raado for tho election of Judges by
the people, bpt failed.
A resolution was adopted tendering tho (hanks of
liftteVBhOgr"V!A%gflB^.Congress. Grant
A committee of two colored delegates returned from
Washington with information that the Republicans
did not wish the election of colored Congressmen.
The State is to be redivided into Congressional dis
tricts, with.six Representatives, instead of four.
Tho Convention is now holding two sessions daily,
and expect to finish by the 15th of March. Tbcro is a
great rush for office.
Miialitippi.
Jackson, February 27.—Tho Convention last night
considered and adopted tho Tax ordinance as far as
the 15th soetion.
A resolution was adopted thanking Congress for
impcaching the President.
To-day tho Bill of Rights is under consideration,
and soctions adopted prohibiting duelling, defining
treason against tho State, and prohibiting property or
educational qualifications for electors.
The Tax ordinance was taken up and adopted as a
whole, and a committee appointed to carry it to Gen.
Gillem.
there thallboa District Judge and a District Attorney
for each Senatorial District in the State; said Court to
determine all offences not punishable with death or
imprisonment in the Penitentiary. Paragraph one.
section eight, provides that Judges of the Supreme.
Superior and District Courts, tho Attornoy General
and District Attorneys, Sbpll be api«'iuted by the
Governor, a minority of the Benate consenting; one
Justice of the Peace to each Di.-triet, to bo elected by
thf people—term of office four years.
North Carolina.
Raleigh, February 28.—The Convention to-day
was engaged ou the article on the Judiciary. It was
determined to ele:t the Judges for eight years.
Louisiana Matters.
New Orleans, February 28.—The City Couueillast
night adopted an ordinance providing for the issuance
of four millions of seven per cent, twenty year bonds
for tho purpose of funding the present city currency.
Grant’s order reinstating members of City Council
removed hy General Hancock has unsettled public
confidence in city finances, and city notes declined
three to'fivo per cent.
In the Convention a resolution of thanks to Con
gress and Gen. Grant for their efforts to secure recon
struction was laid over.
A substitute for Article 95 was adopted, which re
stores all to suffrago except tho.**e who held ofiico un
der the Confederacy; for urging secession in any
State; editor* and proprietors of newspapers advo
cating secession, and all who preached soeossion ser
mons.
Tho Constitution is adopted to article 110.
Gen. Hancock Revokes Order No. 28.
Njtw ORLEANS, February 28.—Tho following was
issued last night:
'Hkadouartkbs Fifth Military District,l
New Orleans, La., Feb. 27, lSt>8. J
General Orders Ifo. 4t : '
EXTRACT.
By direction of General Grant, so much of para
graph 4 of Special Orders No. 23, current series, from
these headquarters, as removes tho Aldermen and As
sistant Aldermen of the city of Now Orleans, thorcin
named, for contempt of orders from these headquar
ters, and appoints others in their stead, is hereby re
voked, and the members of tho Boards of Alder
men and Assistant Alderm.B removed by it are
hereby reln*i*teu, and will resume their duties
tho sanio as if tho said order had not been
issuod. So much of paragraph 2, Special Orders No.
41, current scries, from these headquartes, as appoints
certain persons members of tho Boards of Aldermen
and Assistant Aldermen of the city of New Orleans,
in place of previous appeintees who had declined or
failed to qualify, is. in consequence, also revoked.
By command of Maj. Gen. Hancock.
Geo. L. Hartsitf, A. A. G.
people, and to keep our friends of theliorth advised
of the stato of affairs in Alabama.
Resolved, That the friends of tho causa aro earnest
ly advised to maintain an active political organiza
tion in every town and county of the State, with a
view to be ready to support a white supremacy and
Con.-titutional government under whatever contin
gencies may arise.
Peter M. Diz, of Madison; J. J. Giers, of Morgan ;
L. E. Parsons, of Talladega; H- P. Randall, of Dallas;
and John Forsyth, of Mobile, were appointed a Com
mittee under the third re.-olution.
General News.
Nkw.York, February 2J—An immense anli-im-
pencUment meeting took place hi
*t night.
HOME MATTERS.
Well Conceived and Kiecnted.
Inquiry has put us into possession of particu
lars of the robbery of the Periodical, Cigar and
Tobacco establishment of W. B. Moses & Co., in
the Brown House, which show3 conclusively
that the job was accomplished not only by some
one well acquainted with the premises, but by
no novice in tho cracksman's line. The way the
thing was effected was about in this manner:
There is a night watchman on duty in the
Hotel all night; a light is kept burning all night
in the apartment robbed—which is only sepa
rated from the sitting room of tho Hotel by a
PniLAHKirnu. February 29-The' ^{jgiass door; and in addition to this, there is
of Powers A M cigbtman wa3 burned last night, ami I 6 >
it i? rcpsrted that several persons wero kiilcd.
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Old
The Alabama Election.
Montgomery, February 27.—Tho returns from
all counties In which elections were held have been
received, bnt their publication is still forbidden.
A negro man who was known as opposed to the
League, nnd mod his influence to keep negroes from
voting, was killed by a violent Radical nrgro, last
Monday night, about twenty miles from this city.
From Washington.
Washington. Cebruary 28.—The Impeachment
Committee hopo to be able to submit articles to the
House this afternoon.
Rev. Mr. Tyng, found guilty aDd sentenced, has re
ceived public admonition from the Bishop.
The Herald's special rays impeachment cannot pass
tbs Senate—Mcasrs. Trumbull, Fessenden, Anthony,
Sprague, Tipton, Van Winkle, Willey and Sherman
will yoto against it.
Washington, February 28.—The following is the
^rueedure in impeachment: Tho day after articles
are pre-ented, the Senate will resolve itself into a court
St one o’clock. A quorum of the Senate constitutes a
quorum of the court. After the trial commence! the
court ritj daily- Legislation will proceed during re
cesses of the court. The final argument by two on
each side, the House having the opening and closing
speeches. All orders and decisions to be made by
yeas and nays, without debate on tho part of Senators.
Judge Chase presides. The Pre.-idcnt need not ap
pear in person. The oath of Senators is: ‘Tn ali
things appertaining to - the pending impeachment I
will do impartial justice, according to the' Constitution
and lnwi, so help me God.” The eourt com pels at ten
dance and punishes contempt, and may call the army
tnd navy to its support. The court sets with open
doors.
The Senate rejected W. N. Wisewell as Commis
sioner of Revenue.
Stanton answers the warrant for false imprison
ment and will attend to it by attorney.
Charles Von Winkle is nominated for Marshal of
Virginia, vice John Underwood.
Leading Alabama Radicals were before the Recon
struction Committee yesterday. The Democratic
members of the Committee urge the immediate pres
ence of leading men from different parts of Alabama
to explain foots regarding the late election. They
call for affidavits at once regarding fradulcnt voting.
Conservative Nominations.
Raleigh. February 28.—The Stato Convention Ex
ccutive Committee met hero to^ilajv the time being
too short to call the Convention, nnd proceeded to
nominate candidate* a* empowered to do by tho Con
vention. The-followiDK aro tho nominations made up
to the present time :
For Governor—Z. B. Vance, of Mccklonbunr.
For Lieutentact, Governor—E. P. Hall, cf Xew
Hanover.
For Secretary ofState—R. AV. Best, ofGreeae.
For Publio Treasurer—K. P. Battle, of VTafce.
Auditor—J. W. BurgCD, of Buncombe.
Superintendent of Pnblio Works—S. B.Patterson,
of Caldwell.
Superintendent of Public Instruction—Rev. B. Cra
ven, I). D., of Randolph.
Judges of the Supremo Court—R. M. Peamn, Chief
Justice; W. II. Battle and B. G. Readc, Associates,
and two others whose nominations not yet announced.
From Washington. 1.
Washington, February 29.—Great interett is man
ifested about impeachment articles, but tbcro is no
excitement.
The qvo warranto papers are withheld. for further
examination of tho law, but will bo certainly filed
early next month. Under the present ruling Stanton
will have a month to prepare his answer.
Washington, February 29.—Tho Maryland Legisla
ture, after protecting against the rejection of Mr.
Thomas, resolved to meet on Monday to elect an ac
ceptable Senator.
It is stated that Stanton has restored the Frccd-
men's Bureau to Kentucky.
Tho galleries of tho House wore not crowded to-day.
Stanton remains at tho War Department constantly,
The debate on impeachment articles concludes on
Monday, and will be'presented to the Senato on Tues
day. Probabilities ofimpeachment weakening.
Articles ofimpeachment.
Washington. February £9.—The following are the
T — -..i-hmeut articles presented by tho House Com-
Firal?^femovai”oi ,, Sccretarj' Stanton with intention
to violate the Constitution and laws.
Second. App.intmont to the War Secretaryship, with
like intent, of one Lorenzo Thomas.
Third. Conspiracy with Thomas, and others un
known. toliinder Stanton, by intimidation and threats,
from executing the duties of his office.
Fourth. Conspiracy with Thomas and others to pro
vent and hinder tho execution of tho Tcnure-of-office
bill.
Fifth. Appointment of Thomas whilo tho Senate
was in session.
Sixth. Conspiracy with Thomas to seize properly of
tho United States, contrary to act of July, 18G1.
' Seventh. Conspiracy with Thomas and others to
eject Stanton from the War office.
Eighth. Conspiracy to take possession of property
of the United States in tbo War Office.
Ninth. Giving a let ter to Thomas authorizing him
to tako possession of tho War Office.
Tenth. Persuading Gen. Emery that the law requir
ing orders from Iho President and Secretary of War,
should come through tho General of tho armies.
The House reserves the privilege of presenting other
charges to sustain impeachment in replying to tho
President’s antwer to tho above ten'charges. Nine
charges are simply ring charges, on Stanton’s removal
The tenth applies to Gen. Emery’sinterview, where
in tho President asked: ”Ara I to understand that
the President of tho United Slates cannot give an
order but through the General-in-Chief and General
Grant!’’ Afteraajing “yes,”flen. Krnery withdrew.
New York, February 27, noon—Fluurb)a20 lower.
Wheat drooping. Corn lc better. Mess For* better
at 2500. Lard firm at ISXzlGX- .Turpcntino72Ma73J4-
llosin firm.
Gold 41’5. Sterling 9M. Bonds, old, K'.Y.
Cotton drooping at 2-’a2-’ j-
New York,''February 27. p.m.—Cotton dull;
easier; middling* d'J.G-dsales dS'o.
Breadstuff* heavier, but prices unchanged sinco
noon. Naval stores unchanged. Ireights dull.
Gold 4U4a41!J. Government’s closed steady, ex
change, OMaOJlj.
New York, February 28, noon—Gold 41-K.
Bonds 16?J. Stcrlinr
Flour drooping. dVheatheavy. Corn l dulo lower.
Pork 25c lower. Lard drooping. Turpentine a shade
lower. Rosin'firm.
Cotton dull and lower. 22c.
New York. February £8. r. x.—Cotton dull and J-j
lower; sales 3000 bales at22 cents.
Flour dull and furors buyer?: Stato8 50al0 oO; South-
em 9 S4al0 75. Ylieat dull. Corn heavy; white
Southern 118»1 23. Mess Pork 24 C2. Lard 15,' salt%
Coffee buoyant, eal jd higher. Naval Stores un
changed. Frights quiet.
G*Iil4L\'. Bonds, old 107*. Sterling unchanged.
N’zw York. February 29, noon.—Cotton di ll at .
i;r mli Ui: gf
Gold 41J4. sterling CjjJ. Bonds, old. 10J4 Vir
ginia’s. 43a44.
Flour drooping and lower. Wheat drooping nrd
lower. Mess Pork 2450. Lard 15J^al6^. Turpei;
tine shade easier. Rorinstcady.
New York. Fekrua-y 26. r. m.—Cotton opened
hoavy but closed a ihado firmer; sales to-day 5000 bales
at 22a22}£.
Baltimore, February 27.—Cotton market very dull
snd drooping. . . ’
Com declined 2aS. Provisions very active. Bacon
firm. Shoulders 121^, Clear rib 15. Lard lG7£al
Baltimore, February 2S.—Cotton very dull.
Flour quiet. Wheat firm. • Whilo Cornl 15al 17.
Provisions strong. Lard is bcldatl7.
Wilmington, February 27.—Cotton quiet; middling
uplands 20J£. *
Turpentine Go. Rosin weak; No. 2,250, Tar steady
at 235. ! „ . '
Wilmington, February 2S.’—Spirits Turpentine
steady, 65. Rosin steady but low—No. 13.
Cotton firm. Middting20u2OjZ.
Charleston, February 27.—Cotton casior; declined
JZol; middling uplands 22; sales 1000. Sales of the
week 6150; receipts 11.500; exports 10,963, of which
5016 go to Groat Britain and 5947 coastwise:’Stock on
hana 24,900.
CIIanlestos,*Fe’oruary 23.—Cotton firm; sales 1200
bales; Middlings, 22.
fimpt.Tiyr.vw. FjVimnrv 29.—Cotton in good demand;
lie. decline; sales 1000 bales; -Middlings, 21 j£-
Savannaii. February 27.—Cotton quiet nnd declined
li\ middlings 22; sales 725; receipts 2760; receipts for
tho week. 170 sea island, 22,653 uplands; exports to
Liverpool,"SOI sea islands, 19.2S2 uplands: coastwise,
10.506 uplands; stock, 1907 sea Islands, 0051 uplands;
receipts for the scason81C3sea islands.395,349nplands;
exports to England 2477 sea islands, 150,194 uplands;
continent 74 sea islands, 11,588 uplands; coastwise,
3827 sea islands, 173,553 uplands.
Savannah, February £8.—Cotton opened firm and
advancing; closed dull and declined J^c: middling up-
la»ls21K: sales 629; receipts 2012. Exports of the
week 13,642, of which 11.06$ go to Liverpool; continent
2574.
Savannah, February 29.—Cotton closed firm; mid
dlings 21K»22; sales to-day 519 bales; receipts 1143
exports, coastwiso 3014.
Augusta, February 27.—Cotton dull and easier;
sales 425; receipts 1032; middlings 2034-
Acgcsta. February £3.—Market quiet, sales 700
receipts I960: middlings 20a£0>4- Sales of the week
•it/" ^ receint* Slfiu.
The Radical Congress.
Washington. February 28.—Skxatk.—A bill was re
ported abolishing the Bureau of Statistics.
The rules of the proceeding in impeachment
were presented, but consideration postponed.
One hundred thousand dollars wero appropriated
to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to defend
against claimants for captured and abandoned prop
erty in the Court claims.
The bill covering proceeds of enptured and aban
doned property Into the Treasury was passed. Ad
journed.
House.—A bill reimbursing for certain bonds de
stroyed by fire was passed, after considerable op
position. The proof in this case was clear. tlioSccre-
tary of the Treasury boing able to identify the bonds
from theebarred remains,
A bill regulating the enstody and expenditure of
public moneys was passed. It forbids tbo transfer
from one bureau to another and the application of
sarplus in the appropriation to the deficiency in an
other. Tho penalty is imprisonment and fine. The
Civil Appropriation bill was resumed.
The Speaker announced, that the Impeachment
Commjtte* would probably report articles to-morrow.
Adjourned.
Negro-Radical Conventions.
Georgia.
Atlanta, February 28.—Section third of the Judi
ciary Department, as adopted to-day, provides that
until the General Assembly shall otherwise direct.
The Radical Congress.
■Washington, February 29.—senate.—Tho pro-
codurein impeachment was under consideration all
day. Considerable difference of opinion on details
was manifested, but repeated motions to adjourn were
defeated by decisive majorities, showing a disposition
to push the matter lo completion.
House.—After private bu,incss, impeachment arti
cles were introduced and discussed.
Negro-Radical Conventions.
Gcsrfta.
Atlanta, February 29.—The Convention resolved
to-day to request Congress to make a liberal appro
priation for the buildingof an air line railroad from
Atlanta to Charlotte, North Carolina, which was
unanimously adopted.
A motion to adjourn sine die was lost.
A motion to rjeonsider the action of yesterday in
tabling a resolution endoring the course oi Congress,
in reference to impeachment, was lost—yeas GO, nays
62.
Mr. Holcombe moved that this Convention do now
adjourn, to meet again on the third Tuesday in May,
and to remain in session so long as it may be necessary
for the protection of "loyal” Georgians and the Con
gress of theUnited States. The Convention will prob
ably adjonrn on the seventh of March.
Virginia.
Richmond, February 29.—The Convention to-day Is
still discussing suffrage. Monday is fixed to take a
vote.
Miaataalppl.
Jackson. February 29.—Last nigbt a resolution
was adopted setting forth the oldoharges against Mer-
riman and an additional charge of a slanderous pub
lication in tbe Clarion. The matter was referred.
To-day was another do-nothing day, and the Con
vention adjourned to Monday.
Louisian*.
Nkw Orleans. February 29.—The resolution au
thorising tbe Printing Committee to print and issue
ten thousand copies of tbe Constitution os adopted,
lies over.
Tbs Convention adopted articles of the Constitution.
a« revised by a special committee, to cumber 112, and
adjourned. J
The Conservative! of Alabama Prepar
ing for the Campaign.
MoTgomkky, February 29.—The Executive Commit
tee of the Stato of Alabama met in this city to-day.
The following resolutions were adopted :
Resolved, That a Convention of the white people of
Alabama, without distlaction of old political parties,
opposed to negro domination and Radical misrule in
the Government, be called to meet in the city of Mont
gomery on the first Monday of June, for the purposo
of taking measures to sustain and oo-operatc with tho
National Democracy of the Union in the approaching
election for President and Vies-President of the
United States. <
Resolved. That if. in tbo opinion of tbe Conscrva-
tivefitale Executive Committee, events should trans
pire to render expedient or necessary that the said
State Convention bo callod at an earlier day, it shall
have the power to convoke It.
Resolved, That five citizens bc appointed to repair
to Washington and te remain there as long as is
■seasasry te represent the political interests of this
receipts 5tit).
Augusta. February 29.—Cotton market steady:
sales 345 bales; receipts CIO; stock 12.600; middlings
20a20J£
St. Louis, Fobruary 28.—Bacon advanced—Shoul-
dors ll!4all>£; Clear Sides 14}£ala for packed.
Mobile, February 27*—Cotton closed quiet; mid
dlings 20><a21; sales 2S00; receipts 10.000; exports
4145.
Mobile. February £8.—Tho markot opened firm at
21 cents and closed quiet undor Liverpool advices at
2DJ4«21. Sates 1500. Receipts £809. Exports 8536.
Sales for tho week 9100. Receipts 15,420. Foreign ex
ports 18,830. Coastwiso 5160. Stock 59,409.
Mobile, February £9.—Market closed firm; mid-
dlinzs 21; sales to-day £800: receipts 1936.
New Orleans, I'obruary 28.—Cotton quiet; mid
dling uplands 21M; talcs 8000; receipts 3591; exports
2169. Sales of tho week 23,400; receipts 2357: exports)
coastwise, 6496; foreign 2G.S60; stock on hand 99,118.
Sugar, Louisiana, unchanged; Cuba do.. Nos. 12and
13,12Ja»13. Molasses, prime Louisiana, S0a52: Cuba
do.. 53.
Nkw Orleans, February 29.—Cotton quiet and
steady; middling 21}& sales 4900; receipts 5100; exports
5712. Sugar and Molasses unchanged. Bacon, shoul
ders retailing dear, 17. Lard firm; ticrcsl7; kegs 17%.
Sterling51%a53. New York Sight % discount. Gold
41%ii42.
generally an officer of tho City Police force out
side tho building.
Notwithstanding this, an eutrauce was c iTectod
through tho end window, looking out upon the
vacant lot that has been excavated for an ex
tension of tho building.
This was accomplished by cutting out one of
the slats of.tbe blind, drawing tlie bolt and raising
the sash.
Alter getting In, the thief or thieves made a
raid upon tho money drawer, from which they
took $10 or $12. Securing this, they next turned
their attention to the trunk of Mr. W. B. Moses,
which they forced open. with the chisel used in
effecting tho entrance. From the trunk, in addi
tion to two line meerschaum pipes, they took over
$30 in specie—mostly old and rare coin, which
Mr. M. had acquired previous to and during the
late war.
Though the trunk'contained valuable clothing,
yet nothing has been missed, nor cm the propri
etors tell how much if any of tlicir stock of line
Tobacco and Cigars was taken.
The chisel and screw driverU3ed by-thcburglars
were found near the trunk that had been plun
dered, the morning after the robbery, and recog
nized as tools that had bceD used in the house, but
which had been missing for a week or ten days.—
With this clue wo should think some of our smart
officers should be able to work the case to a suc
cessful issue, and we hope to have the pleasure of
so announcing in a day or two.
KAYTON’S OIL OF LIFE—Cures Sprains,
Bruises, Swellings and Corns.
And What Would You Do 1
We heard, incidentally, yesterday, that a lady
residing in Ea6t Macon had presented her husband
with no less than three pledges of her affection (?
of the female persuasion, at one pop. Mother and
gals doing well.
We heard the question asked of several “old
stagers,” as to what they would do uuder similar
circumstances, and their unanimous opinion was
that they could not “stand the pressure, but
should cut out.”
We never believed in too much of a good thing
and should muchly prefer our infantile treasure in
“One package,” and at extended periodical sea
sons. Any such conduct as the above, on the part
oi the female portion of the firm matrimonial
should form the strongest ground of divorce.
Tlio Withdrawal of the Assent of New Jer
sey to the Fourteenth Amendment of the
Constitution.
KAYTON’S OIL OF LIFE—Cures Rheumatism
and Neuralgia.
Foreign markets,
London, February 27. noon.—Securities unchanged
Liverpool, February 27, noon.—Cotton quiet; sales
10,000 bales.
Liverpool, February 27, afternoon.—Cotton duff
and declining; middling uplands 9%: afloat 9%; Or
leans 956.
Laxd 61s.
London, February 27, evening.—Bullion decreased
one hundred and fifty-seven thousand. Securities
unchanged.
Liverpool, February 27, evening.—Cotton closed
dull, but s(eady; middling uplands 9%; afloat 9%; Or
leans 9%af9f.
Breadstuff's and provisions quiet.
London, February 28, noon.—Bonds, 71/*. nsols
927ia£». A
Bullion increased £18,000,000,
Paris, February 28.—Bourso heavy. Rentes weak.
Liverpool, February 27, noon.—Cotton dull; sales
to-day 8000 bales: sales of the week 51,000; exports
9000, speculation 70004 stock 292,000, of which 169,000
are Amerionn,
Breadstuff's quiet.
London, Feb. 28, evening.—Securities unchanged.
Frankfort, February 2S, evening.—Bunds 75.
Liverpool, February 18. evening.—Cotton closed
heavy, under unfavorable Manchester advices: mid
dling uplands 9J& Orleans 976: sales $t09.
London, February 29, noon.—Consols 93a93}*. Bonds
'OlWWe.
Liverpool, February 29, noon.—Cotton duff and un
changed; sales 8000.
LivgRPOOL, February 29, afternoon.—Cotton heavy.
Sales 7000.
Romance from a Pit.—A Paris lady with
an Italian title, who mores in the first society,
owes all her good fortune to an accidental
tumble into a pit. The story is romantic, if
not creditable. Some years ago a French' no
bleman, huuting in tbe forests of_ Brittany,
fell into one of the pits used for storing winter
vegetables. Unable to get out, he .remained
there until a band of peasants approached, to
whom he appealed for assistance. They re
quired that he should first hand out his val-
uablss, And when he was complying with this
outrageous demand a young girl, leaning for
ward to take something from b:s hand, fell
into his arms. Ho held her as a hostage, but
the peasants fled,finding themselves outwitted.
The Marquis and his companion spent three
days in the pit before assistance reached them,
in which time he discoverd that the girl was
intelligent and agreeable, und when released
he took her to Paris, educated her, and at his
death left her a milliouairc.
fST' Chief Justice Chase is said to have
spoken in contemptuous terms of the im
peachment question. .
Another Victim.
’Another country innocent was taken .in and
done for, on Thursday, under tho following cir-
cb instances:
An old colored man, from tho country, who
had come hero to obtain supplios, was accosted
in a storo where ho was purchasing, by one Topi
Thompson, a brown-colorcd.youth, who claims
to hail from Atlanta, who called the old fellow
one side, nnd offered to sell him a lot of bacon
sides at a figure much below the market rate.
Tho bait took. Gathering his bundles, tho old
man put them upon his wagon and set out with
tho cheap meat vendor to hunt the bacon. Ho
lead tho old fellow into an alley oh the outskirts
of town, and dismounting told him to wait a mo
ment whilo ho ascertained if the meal had been
sold or not. He entered a house, but returned
in a few momonts to say that it was all right—
at tho same time requesting tho old man to givo
him $7, and he would bring out tho meat.
The" money was forked over, but neither the
meat nor tho rascal wero forthcoming, and after
waiting a long time, tho victim nosed a hu
mice, and returned to ti»o store wli" 0 ho nad
purchased his supplies to make inquiries about
tho itinerant meat vendor. Hero ho soon aseer
latned sufficient to conyinco him that he had
been victimized.
Though tho old man had to return to the
country, tho colored shop-keeper kept a sharp
look out, and had tho swindler arrested. He
confessed his guilt, was coundly lectured by the
Mayor, and tent to the guard-house lor twenty
days.
KaYTGN’S OIL OF LIFE, Magic Cure and
Dyspeptic Fills should be.iu every household.
The GanzjmlffUR of Gen. »'. B. Forrest and
of Forrest’s Cavalry,
Blelock & Co. have' issued a very handsome
volume ot 700 pages, beautifully illustrated. It
contains not only a life of.tbe General, but gives
ail of his campaigns, and those of his command,
from the commencement of tbe straggle to their
encounter with the forces of Wilson in Alabama.
In addition to the narrative ot the campaigns,
written in plain but forcible style, tho work has an
appendix containing the names of all the officers,
both field and line, composing Forrest’s forces.'
jt is an extremely interesting work, and fojms a
much needed volume in tho Southern war library,
for the dauntless deeds of the great cavalry leader
of the West cannot hut prove a source of pride
to all true Southrons.
The work cau only beobtalned.by subscription.
Mr. Wm. Hicks is tbe agent for tbe work in Geor
gia, and will wait upon our citizens for signatures.
He lia3 already met with marked success.
SEND TO ZEILIN’S for Circular of Kayton’s
Medicines.
Acruwstleall,
Sweats naim it iys moste doer tow mee,
Xorrkann ittuthery’s ear bc.
0, u shud bare itt wel inn mynd—
O, u sbud sea mi hart and fynd
Kno uther friend iyt bat so deer.
‘‘Soe thynk my kart iy« berried hear.”
Ever choiwoo ov brix, mart Eddard Hix.
AYKNCTUUR.
Oa. iff u du knot no mi ticks.
Understand that he, Edd nix,
Remayncs a fyxtur whecr i rite.
He iz theo saitn frum morno tyll nite,
Ov awl thys riling, yew mai ‘‘bett’’
Unles hes ded, hex styll thnr yett.
Soe thar att thee gad Our Hour,
Eggspeck tow fynd a mann—not mom.
T.Tocs Nilmot. Leoj. D. D.
KAYTON’S OIL OF LIFE and Pills and Magic
Cure, for sale by all Druggists.
J3T A story is told of a jolly good fellow
pbo resided in Chicago about four years,
anti while on an Eastern visit was asked how
lie liked the water out West. “By George,
Mr. ,” said he, after a moment’s reflec
tion, “I never thought to try it!"
CuiuiFott Neuralgic Headaches, Face aches,
and Toothaches.—About ten years since, write*
a correspondent of the Builder, I was laid up with
an excruciating neuralgic headache, which aeemed
to encircle tbe car of that side of the bead alone
affected. The idea that the headache bad some
thing to do with tbe ear as a centre occurred to
me, although in the ear itself there was no pain.
I had a little almond oil, and alBO spirits, dropped
into the ear, but without any good etlect, when the
thought suggested itselt that perhaps a little of
the anaesthetic ether (not the nitric) might do good,
by deadening the nervous pain. I had some drops of
rectified sulphuric ether, therelore, put into the
ear, and, in the course of an half an hour, my head
ache was entirely gone. I have since found, both
from my -own occasional experience and that of
others, that ether, so applied, is In ail cases an ef
fectual cure of those very painful headaches, face-
aches, jawaches, and toothaches, which are com
monly known as neuralgic and rheumatic. If a
very severe case, two or three tUys’may elapse,
during which tho pain may be apt to recur, especi
ally lrom new and even slight exposure to
draughts; but repeated application of a halt dozen
drop#, or less, ct ether, at a time, seems certain to
subdue the most violent attack, sometimes in a
very few minute’s. A drop or two of almond or
olive oil afterwards put Into the ear, I have
thought, tonded to protect from a new attack. As
the ether sometimes gives pain in the ear fora
moment while being applied, a single drop should
first of all carefully be put in, and them more, as
the case will allow; hut 1 have never suffered the
least bad effect, either in my hearing or otherwise,
form the nse of ether in this way, nor have I heard
of any from others who have tried it at my recom
mendation.
That our readers may know the views en
tertained by sound thinking men of-the North
as to the policy and propriety of what is
known as the four’eenth amendment to the
Constitution of tlie United States, the adop
tion of which is one of the requirements of
the Southern States to secure the readmission
of their representatives in Congress, we in
vite their attention to the following preamble
and resolutions adopted by the New Jersey
Legislature, withdrawing the assent of that
State from the amendment:
Joint Resolution withdrawing the consent of
this State to tlie proposed Amendment of
the.Constitution of tho United States enti
tied Article Fourteen, and rescinding tlie
Joint Resolution approved September 11,
Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-
six, whereby it was resolved that said pro
posed Amendment was ratified by the Leg
islature of tliia State.
The Legislature qf the State of New Jersey,
having seriously and deliberately considered,
the present situation of the United States, do
declare and make known. That the basis of
all government is the consent of the govern
ed; and all constitutions and contracts be
tween the parties bouud thereby; that until
any proposition to alter the fundamental law
to which all the States have consented has
been ratified by suclj number of the States :t»
by the Federal Constitution makes it binding
upon all, any one that has assented is at lib
erty to withdraw that assent, and it becomes
its duty to do so.when, upon mature consid
eration, such withdrawal seems to be neces- 1
sary to the safety and happiness of all. Pru
dence dictates’that a consent once given
should not be recalled for light and transient
causes; but the right is a natural right, the
exercise of which is accompanied with no in
justice to any of the parties; it has, therefore,
been universally recognized as inhering in
every party, and has ever been left unimpaired
by any positive regulation.
' The said proposed amendment not having
yet received the assent' of the three fourths
of the States which is necessary to make it
valid, tlie natural.and constitutional right of
this State to withdraw its assent is unde
niable.
With these impressions, and with a sol
emn appeal to the 8earcher of all hearts lor
the purity of our intentions, and under the
conviction that the origin and objects' of
said proposed amendment were unseemly and
unjust, and that the necessary result of its
adoption must be tho disturbance of the har
mony if not the destruction of our system of
self-government, and that it .is our duty to
ourselves and our sister States to expose the
same, do further "declare
That, it being necessary, by the Constitu
tion, that every amendment to the same
should he proposed bv two-thirds of both
Houses of Congress, the authors'of the said
proposition, for.the purpose of securing the
assent of the requisite majority, determined
to and did exclude from the said two Houses
at least seventy representatives from ten
States of the Union upon the pretence that
there were no such States in the Union; but
finding that two-thirds of the remainder of
said Houses could not be brought to assent
•to the said proposition, they deliberately
formed and carried out the design of muti-
lating tho integrity of the United 'States
Senate; and'without any pretext or justifica-
cation other than the possession of thepower,
without the right, and in palpable violation
of the Constitution, ejected a member of
their own body representing his State, and
thus practically denied to New Jersey its
equal suffrage in the Senate, and thereby
nominally securing the vote of two-thirds of
said House.
The object of dismembering tlie highest
representative assembly in the natioD, and
charges those tribunals with duti' S * ,7^-
performance of which they, from th ■
turo and organization, and their r ^
from tlie people, arc unequal.
It makes a new apportionment of *
sentation in the natimial councils f^ 1 ' 1
other reason than thereby to secure! r:
tiott a sufficient number of
servile and ignorant race to outweigh
telligent voices of their own. ° u "•*;
It sets up a standard of snfirarr* i. i
ent entirely upon citizenship nmi • I
habitancy and manhood, and an J v • ^
ence whatever by the State, imij,// r :: : I
other reasonable qualification, as tim" i: -'
habitancy, causes a reduction’of (g
representation. * " '““Vi
But the demand of the 'supporters nf«
amendment iu thisState tbatOonffrcsA?*
compel the people of New Je-sey •' i .V" :
what is called “impartial suffrage'’ a s w‘
•apparent that this section was intcChj ^
transfer to Congress the whole Control? 1 *
right of suffrage ia the State, and to ,i5V
the State of a free representation 5^
stroying the pbwer of regulating
within its own limits—a power whichii? I
have never been willing to siuTt-;/
General Government, and Which was ** I
served to the States as the fundament,)^'
ciple on which the Constitution it=.i:\ '
constructed—the principle of telf-V/ H
ment.
This section, as well as all others of.
amendment, is couched in ambiguou~. v- .
and obscure language—the uniform re: ?'
those who seek to. encroach upon -
liberty. Strictly construed, it dispense^,
tirely with a House of Representative /
less the States shall abrogate everv qu ,
tion, and especially that of time of j n T/‘
ancy; without which the right ofsuffra/t
worthless.
The Legislature, feeling const-:,: K3
support of the largest majority i f,
that has ever given expression to is Civ
will, declare that the said proposed
ment, being designated to confer, or to c - I
pel the State to confer, the soverebm rHt'
tho elective franchise upon a race
never given the slightest evidence, st s-"j
time, or in any quarter, of (he globe, of j»
capacity for self government, and elect u 'I
impracticable standard of suffrage, tr’'/
will render the right valueless to anv j
ot the people, was intended to overthrorb,
system otself-governmentunderwhichthep^’
pie of the United States have for tight: ^
enjoyed their liberties, and is un5r. from.iu
origin, its object and its matter, tot* j^.
porated with the fundamental lav af a fret
people; therefore, be it
Besotted hy the Senate and General Au~' ,
Of the State of New Jersey, That the joint rts>
lution approved September 11, Anno Dotni
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, relsdre u
amending tbe Constitution of the United
States, be and the same is hereby rescind^
and the consent on behalf ofthebtateofbn
Jersey to ratify the proposed fowteeri
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States is hereby withdrawn.
Aud he it resolved, That copies of the for
going preamble and resolution, certified toij
the President of the Senate and Speaker of
the General Assembly, be forwarded to the
President of the United States, the Secretiij
of State of the United States, to caclvof cu
Senators and Representatives inOougrev^id
to the Governors of the respective States.
And he it enacted, That these rescind*
shall take effect immdiately.
Cannot Work ou Farms.
humiliating a State of tbe Union faithiul at
all times to all its obligations, and .the object
of said amendment were one: to place new
and unheard-of powers in the hands of a
faction, that it might absorb to itself all ex
ecutive, judicial and legislative power nec
essary to secure to itself immunity for the
linroustltutional acts it had already comin.it-
tptl, and 1 those it lias since inflicted oa a too
patient people.
The subsequent usurpations of these once
national assemblies in passing pretended laws
for the establishment in ten States of martial
law, which is nothing "but the will of the
military commander, and therefore incon
sistent with the very nature of law, for the
purpose of reducing to slavery men of their
own race in those States, or compelling them,
contrary to their own convictions, to exercise
the elective franchise in obe’dience to the dic
tation of a faction in those assemblies; the
attcmpt.to commit to one man arbitrary and
uncontrollable power, which they have louud
HSF* The^Kausas'Senate has passed an act
to allow any qualified person “without regard
to sex or color,” to practice law in the State.
necessary to exercise to force' the people of
those States into compliance with their will;
the authority given to the Secretary of War
to use the name of the President to counter
mand the President’s orders, and to certify
military orders to be “by the direction of tbe
President” when they are notoriously known
to bc contrary to tho President’s direction,
thus keeping up the forms of the Constitution
to which tne people are accustomed, but
practically deposiug tlie President from his
office ot commander in-chief, and suppress;
ing one of the greatjdepartments of the Gov
ernment that of the executive; the attempt
to withdraw from the supreme judicial tri
bunal of the nation the jurisdiction to ex
amine and decide upon the conformity of
their pretended laws to the Constitution,
which was the chief function of that august
tribunal as organized by the fathers ot the
Republic; all are but amplified explanations
of the power they hoped to acquire by the
adoption of the said amendment.
To conceal from the people thtj. immense
alterations of the fundamental law they in
tended to accomplish by the said amendment
they gilded the same with propositions ot
justice drawn from the State Constitutions;
but like all the essays of unlawful power to
commend its designs to popular favor, it is
marked by the most absurd and incoherent
provisions.
It proposes to make it a part of the Con
stitution of the United States that natural
ized citizens of the United States shall be citi
zens ot the United States; as if that were not
so without such absurd declaration.
It lodges with the legislative branch of
the Government the power of pardon; which
properly belongs, by our system, to the Ex
ecutive.
It denounces and inflicts punishment for
past offences by constitutional provision, and
thus would make the whole people of this
great nation, in their most solemn and sov
ereign act, guilty of violating a cardinal prin
ciple of American liberty, that no punish
ment can be inflicted for any offence unless it
is provided by law before the commission ot
the offence.
It usurps the power of punishment, which
in any coherent system of government be
longs to the Judiciary, and commits it to the
people in their sovereign capacity.
It degrades the nation by proclaiming to
the world that no confidence can bc placed
in its honesty or morality.
It appeals to the fears of the public credi
tors by publishing a libel on the American
people, and fixing it forever in the National
Constitution as a stigma upon the present
generation, that there must be constitutional
guards agaiust a repudiation of the public
debt; as if it were possible that a people who
were so corrupt as to disregard such an obli-
tion would be bound by any contract, con
stitutional or otherwise.
It imposes ntw prohibitions upon the power
of tbc State to pass laws, and interdicts the
execution of such parts of the common law
as the national judiciary may esteem incon
sistent with the vague provisions of the said
amendment, made vague for the purpose of
facilitating encroachments upon the fives,
liberties anti property of the people.
It enlarges the judicial powerbf the United
States so as to bring every law passed by the
State, and every principle of tbe common law
relating to life, liberty or property, within
the jurisdiction of the Federal tribunals; and
Tiie following sensible remarks, from ik
New Orleans Picayune, we commend to that
clases of readers to whom they, are applies-
ble:
It is an unfortunate fact, that there areigra!
number of youns men here, not to fpcakoi tle
middle aged ones, who are not only out of emjkj-
ment, blit insist upon it that they cannot enpjt
in that which all admit is the fonndation ofd
prosperity, and lt)e decadence of n Inch is tlie cad
causa of o ir misfortunes, the culture of the fol
Quite a number of those who thus ditcliimap^
ity to lotlow the best examples of patriot# of good
men, of all past ages, who have turned irom tie
forum aud the marts ef trade to the plow, trad
their latter days, are themselves the sons ol ta
mers and planters. •
To such as honesty distrust tlinr abilitytota
cess fully work the’ toll, for want ol prk--^
knowledge ol agriculture, we vrtmld sngg.ft m
wisdom of allying th:msnlves with those whok
aud those who are engaged on fa: ms, and to lean
thereby the art of farthing. Those who net '•»
learn thus w ill nuke no objection to this, tia
tyros cau have a thare in tbe crops thus ie--'- (
It seems strange that men who live from !x4
to mouth, and never lay up a dollar, should objrft
to a farmer’s file because they are not snreof ml-
iDg more than a living, while of the latter theya*.’
be sure, unlcqa they pitch their crop lor sdokj
making, rather tbau lor a living making one. lift
uvmy of these clerks and poorer proftRaioimaa
have a dollar over at the end of the year, or eW
a square foot of "land at the end of a life ,iiae ’
l et the larmer can, iu his garden and pou-sj
yard, ten acres of farming lots,.to which
readily acquire an indefeasible title, make * -
ample living for hlmseif and lamily, “
have only an ordinarily healthy wife she esnootaj
his income without as much weariness as she
experiences in attemptlngtokecpupappears'-: -
town. The experience as how to do thisU a----
acquired it the will to be industrious, pkiftj--
and frugal, only exist and is carefully nnttand.
Men who stead lastly and successfully cn owX-
ed the heat of summer and the cold ot Winter W’
ing the four years ol war, who camped in swiff
morasses, who fought and marched at'
ou the great battlefields of the South in ite fta
mer’s solstice, need never fear that they cn=3
bear the labors and exposure of Soutncma^i-k "
turo. ... _ ’
As to thoso whose constitutions aro rea y --;
equal to the tatk, neither need they lounge
the corners, seeking lor employment with tt
yard stick or counter scales, tho making .“ft
account sales, or hunting patieifts on c,iact t 1 "
‘•tho vasty deep,” whence they come not. L”
all these apprentice themselves at once ™ *°“
honest and useful mechanical tra.ie, ac<*
that which will, in the country, make them#
welcome if sober and quiet citizens, auJ ^‘
never make their intrinsic value less anyw. •
It was made a reproach to England once^ J
rival, that it was “a nation of shop-keepera, --
ono ever thought less ofon.e which .
M
it
nation of farmers and mechanics — -■_
creditable to be known as a man of indu 5 • • -
wlllfnllv (
scorn and contempt follow the willfully > £ i
though tho eye only, and not the fingC’,
pointed at them.
How to Teli, the Length of yocr
iLtMJ i XltS iJlhdlVt a IA V* - .
La9t evening Dr. T.- S. Lambert lectured .
fore a large audience in Stein way Halt up
Longevity and “Brevevity,” the BuH .
being rather unlawfully coined by him.® ,
thetic to the former. The Doctor main . -
that the age to which any man corn:
even with the utmost care, was de c .,
within very narrow limits by that to ■ .
h>s ancestors had arrived. He treatei v
his ancestors had arrived., xae m**—-
throughout as a quantitative f orc ^. .
person inherited a certain amount, w
r . • _ sifta time ffl*;,
spent in a certain time, and this
be short, although health was goo^
strength great. The natural periot 1 .
however, could of course, be shortene
attention to the laws of life. rC
He claimed, furthermore, that tber
personal indications by which one . c0 i: TS d
termine whether he was probably, lo"-'
or short-lived in the absence of kno =
of his inheritance in that respect or ,.
firmatory of such knowledge. Tlie9 f,, jcet -
tioDS he did not consider to be as wen -,
tained and defined as they might h e ' *
its
would be—the science was yet in ~-
—but from observations in thousands
he had discovered a portion of them* ■ j
Indications of longevity ^weretob^^
in depth of brain between the cy~~^
a long bo*
the opening of the ear, in a long
in a large nose, in hazel eyes, V'^rooF
relatively to tlie limbs, in moderate . ^
ing shoulders nnd moderately J ou ~ - n ia
“brevevity,” in shallowness ot *Hj.., r0 pof"
the region mentioned, in brnos ““^ or to0
tionately king to the body, in too
short a neck, and in a peculiar D
ci r clc to be seen round tlie pupi 3 • ) e ntlJ
persons’ eyes. The audience was . ] t ctu-
much interested in the theories o
rer.—New York A\orld, 19fA.
pgy"A witness spoke of apari^J^jj M
aa having seen him “partially -couns* 1,
not quite nude?” asked the ei.am■ ® pair ol
“No,” replied the witness, “he wore a I
spectacles.” „ . ^
A “fast man about town, w ett iog
aged thirteen, has been arrested tor 8
drunk and whipping bis wue.