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Newspaper Page Text<'j, A< REID & 00.,] A Family Journal for the Dissemination of General Intelligence, Miscellany, Agricultural, Commercial, Political and Religious Information. [PROPRIETORS 0 SERIES.} MACON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1868. {YOL. in.—NO. 27 GEORGIA TELEGRAPH POLISHING house A' 11KID & CO., Proprietor*. SNEED, I Editors. Boykin, Term* of Subscription : ’.Vitti-v T*i.*cnAPH—yearly. $ 3 00 f Pjut T*tso**rH—yearly *0 00 JOB PRINTING. .jlities enable us to exccnto every description •■IsD BOON WORK, and wo guarantee satis m, .11 who favor o». rffF, TELEGRAPH HACOK, FRIDAY APRIL 17, 1803. get Jkskiss.—'The letter of Governor UiDj. with reference to a rumor started in . i:»te some weeks ago, will attract atten The matter turns out just as we ex- • l it would, and places the author of the haata telegram in no very enviable light, I ! he can show that he w^i iqijpowd op| l! others who had a purpose in view. Have You Atcesded to It ?-Our friends v , CI1 in reminded of the importance of at- J udin'' to registration. If Georgia is to be Led from degradation and rum, the votes 1. her true sons only can save her, and hence |;:, ecsa be no question as to the duty of [;; v man. If you have registered yourself, ,bat vour neighbor does not neglect Let your watchword be “Georgians shall -e Georgia’’—and bend all your energy to I" , the fight on the 20th. This is the last theCittElections take Place? ,luc to the people that General Meade M make some authoritative announce- . M t 0 whether the municipal elections I! u shall not take place on the JlOtb, as I ■ reel hy the Convention. True, he has I r;D private assurance that they shall not, Lis recent order fails to include those ;[ioM among those to come off; but will .. private assurances, and public omissions, against an express ordinance of the tfBtion 1 AVe think they will not, and ; as matters now stand, should the peo- dcclioe to hold such an election, or ! one p irty bold it and the other not xpite, the latter will have no valid plea .itc in the premises. [.'this reason, we hope General Meade ;*t the importance of issuing an order :irith and settling the question one wny :Ltr, that the people may know what gpttt Should no such order appear, we r friends in the various cities of the t to prepare their tickets ffuftwhen. the of April arrives go into the election— wise, they may be entrapped. runow’s $1,000 Reward—-A Gassy |ka—In one of Mr. Hill’s recent letters, ted the opinions of Henry. T. Farrow x Bollock and his party managers, as by the Albany News, and ns the -p»"e, or a portion of it at least, appears aw been copied by the News from a let • cr other paper over the signature ofFar- ~ Mr. Bill spoke of it as the “testimony of | .to*'’ "reduced to writing,”.. This Farrow , charges Hill with forgery and false 's and with a great flourish of trumpets - a reward of one thousand dollars for production of such a paper “in bis hand- pi",” •' w, farrow may or may not.have written rcli thing, though the inference that ho rite it is clearly inferable from the man- which it is given in the News'; but it mirely immaterial whether he did or not. question, and only question with all , sincere men who wish to know the is : Is (he language used toward Bul- m.d his party the language of Henry P. w, either ttriUen or spoken f We never heard of a gentleman’s drawing a dis- n between what he writes and what ho 2nd always supposed he was quite as ,- risible for the latter as for the former.— Mr. Farrow deny that he uttered the tge and sentiments ascribed to him by •Uany News, and quoted without change Mr. Bill 1 That is the question. If ho ’•l>c amply makes up an issue of vcr.aci- himself and Colonel Styles, edi- •HieNews, which he can settle to suit If he agrees that he did use the "•^c quoted by Mr. Hill—that he cither »;>oir« it—the public will be at no ^ : 'determine upon the merits of a column e in the Atlanta New Era, the effect 'PPttent object, of which is to impress public with the conviction that it is not : ?nage either written or spoken. From Washington. TESTIMONY FOR THE PRESIDENT IN IM PEACHMENT OPINIONS OF ROBERT J WALKER AND REVERDY JOHNSON—THE ARGUMENTS, ETC. Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.] Washington, April 5.—To meet the alle gation that tb.e removal of Mr. Stanton whilst the Senate was in session was in violation of law and the custom of former administra tions, it will be proved by the President’s counsel that Judge Holt, when Acting as Postmaster General, removed three impor tant postmasters at a time when the Senate was in session, viz: in June, 1800, the post masters in New York and New Orleans, and in January, 1801, the postmaster at Mil- waukio. Judge,Holt wo* himself appointed Postmaster General during a session of the Senate, and continued to act as such for some time, though his nomination was not sent to the Senate. In response to a fesoln-^ tion in the Senate inquiring about the ap pointment, President Buchanan cited one hundred and fifty-nine cases of removals by former Presidents during the sessions of the Senate. Gen. Emory testified in the impeachment trial, it will be recollected, that Hon. Robt. J. Walker advised him that lie must obqy only the orders coming through Gen. Gran?, and that the other officers had consulted Hon Rcverdy Johnson, who was of the same opinion, etc. It will be proved that Mr. Walker has written a letter to a friend, in which he says he advised Gen. Emory that an inferior officer could not question the orders of his superior, whatever the source of com munication, and notwithstanding an act of Congress which provides that orders shall be sent through the General of the army. It will also be shown that Gen. Sherman consulted Hon. Reverdy Johnson on the subject, and Senator Johnson advised, him that a law abridging the power of the coiquiander-in- cbief, .which power had been given by the Constitution of the. United States, could not otherwise be regarded than as unconstitu tional. The law underconsiderationnotonly directed how the- President should give his orders, but prevented him from exercising his authority in directing what he might con sider his duty in the distribution of troops and of assigning officers to command them. This opinion is directly the reverse’ of what was attributed to Senator Johnson. There are mnnv points to be made in evi dence by the defence which aro not antici- lated by the public possibly; but neverthe- ess they arise legally and pertinently in the trial, and will make the defence so complete that even wore not the case presented by the iinpcachers so flimsy and utterly devoid of proof of guilty knowledge or criminal intent on the part of the President, the Senate would be compelled to render a verdict of acquittal. It is, however, the general impression among the public, and especially among mere superficial observers, that ne matter how thoroughly and entirely the defence may be mode out, the Senate will convict as a party measure. This is believed by many, because the im- peachcrs unequivocally proclaim to outsiders that there is no doubt of a conviction, and yet it is known that these same impeacliers arc seriously exercised because of tbeii - failure to obtain assurances from certain fourteen Re publican Senators that they will convict without reference to law or testimony. To the credit ot these reticent Senators, be it known that they liave not agreed to any rc- oult, and that they propose to try the case upon its merits and the law and testimony as presented in the trial. Such has been their response thus far when approached by the schemers. Nothing undaunted, however, the extreme Radicals have organized for a vigorous and what they say will be an irresistible move ment upon the obstinate Senators, and they expect this week to send to each particular member their supposed influential constitu ents, to threaten or entreat a promise to con vict. Such is their plan, and wo have it from an authentic source. It is more than probable, however, that the besieged Senators will administer proper re bukes to their besiegerp for such disgraceful attempts to tamper with the.Scnate. All the defence demands is that the case may be tried and determined upon the Constitution, the law and the facts that may be adduced in General Gordon- and the Colored People. The following correspondence occurred a year ago between General Gordon and the Trustees of the Colored School at Brunswick, of which he was a resident at the time. As evidence of the friendly sentiments and feel ings of General G. toward the colored people, and bis interests in all that concerns their practical'welfare, we commend it to that class of our population, simply remarking it should be borne in mind that the letter was written early in the past year and when lie had no thought of becoming a candidate for office of any kind.—Eds. [CORRESPONDENCE.] *j’"‘ Brunswick, Ga., April 17,1867. Gen. J. B. Gordon : Dear Sir—A Convention of the colored people of our State will bo held iu Macon on the 30th instant for Educational purposes, and the colored people of Glynn county have elected Mr. Hosea Sherman to represent them in said Convention. Believing that you, in common with many other Southern gentle men, take an interest in our welfare, we would be pleased to have an expression of your views in reference to our Educational and Political interests. Hoping that you will favor us with a reply, we are, very respecfully, your obedient servants, John Morrison, ) Trustees of the Henry Bird, > Brunswick , James Blue, ) Colored School. important element in .the community. I am verv respectfully, and truly your friend, .. . . John B. Gordon. To Messrs. Jack.HofrisOu, Henry Bird and James Blue, Trustees of the Colored School. Judge Black and Secretary Seward. Brunswick, April 17, 1807. My Colored Friends : Your note of to r day has just been handed to me. I appre ciate sensibly the compliments you make mo by this expression of your confidence. That confidence is neither mistaken nor misdi rected. You are right in your belief. I, in common with all the Southerners, with whom it has been my lot .to exchange expressions of opinion, do feel a lively interest in the welfare of the colored people. Born and reared together, and accustomed from in fancy to reciprocate the services and kind nesses of social life, it would be most unnat ural did we feel or had' we ever felt, other wise. •*: 1 evidence. General Sherman nrrived here to-day in response to a subpoena-requiring him to testi fy for the defendant. Judge Curtis will make the argument for the President on Thursday next, and, as now arranged, the other speeches on the same side will be made by Messrs. Everts and Stanbery, jin the order here named. It is understood the two re maining speeches for the prosecution are to be made by Boutwcll. and Bingham, the lat ter to mako the closing argument. Data. Antediluvian Monster.—Wo learn Ihn, Capt. O. O. Boutelle.ol the U. S. Coast Survey whilst making explorations in the neighbor hood of St. Helena Island, S. C., recently, unearthed a huge Mastodon, lying in a bed ol marl. When discovered, the huge monster was fixed precisely in the position it is be lieved to have been when it laid down to die before the flood. The skeleton was perfect, but a portion of the bones very soft, while other Darts are petrified. The bones-are of „— . . — ... - , enormous size. Prof. O. U. Shcpperd, of the fresh from States that eveu lorbid your rest ^1 am in favor of extending, by every pos sible means, every aid towards the moral and intellectual advancement of the colored race; and think that peculiar circumstances au thorize me to assert, with the most entire confidence, that such is the almost universal opinion of the Southern people. It was my fortune during the late war, in the Southern army, to command young men from almost every section of the South. They and their parents are my friends, and have been in the 'mbit, wherever I have met them, of unfold ing their views with great freedom to me, on these and all kindred topics. ' I assert with out reservation, that I cannot recall an in stance of exception or dissent to the unifor mity of these expressions of kind wishes towards yourpeople. Nor have I found one who, when questioned as to his wishesin this regard, has not emphatically declared that he would not vote you back into slavery, had he the power to do so. They who assert or in sinuate the contrary are themselves tho vic tims of the blindest delusion, or actuated by the worst motives in seeking to make a differ ent impression. Associating with you from childhood, we have not to subdue the prejudices and antip athies to your race, that belong to other sec tions. The white men of the South ought to be, is, and ever .will be, (unless some strange delusion should enter the brain and poison tho counsels of one or the other party) in the same section. AYhy should it be other wise ? Acquaintance, past association, in many instances mutual gratitude and affec tion, as well as tho mutual dependence of daily business relations, all conspire to bind them together. He who teaches you to re gard our interests as conflicting, is not a friend to your race. Our interests nre identi cal. If the white man is oppressed, his col ored neighbor must suffer with him. They are embarked together, and the one cannot swim if the other sinks. H the Federal leg islation should discriminate against the labor of the South—if for instance the Congress should exempt the great Northern staple, wheat, and place a tax of three cents per pound on tho cotton of this section, is it not obvious that the tax falls on the bale raised by the colored man, as on the ten bales grown by his white neighbor? If discriminating legislation oppresses and impoverishes the one, does it not thereby, and to that extent, impair his ability to employ or aid the other l These truths arc too obvious to vour own good sense to make it necessary that I should dwell upon them. You should regard him as your worst enemy, whether born on Nor thern or Southern soil, who seeks to sow dis trust or to alienate the one race from the other. The people of the South aro not hos tile to the Northern man who comes among them to identify himself with the interests of our section. Nor are they so illiberal ns to ask that you should not appreciate the efforts of Northern men, who honestly seek your permanent welfare. They will welcome such to their section. But I cannot tooearn- cstly warn you against those agitators, many •f whom make loud professions ot friendship for your race, who at home cannot brook, your presence as neighbors and perhaps arc -'iMu ■is Hit,ed Out of tiie Free is Connecticut.—On Monday Hartford, a town meeting was ! ''dually to decide whether negroes “''•aright to attend these schools.—' ’ C *U xiu signed by leading Radical* as ” democrat*. The meeting was -held, 7: voted unanimously that on and ■~ e 2<l day of May next “it shall not be f°t colored children to attend any • *chooi3 than the designated negro ■ *nd an effort to vote permission to ^ildren to attend white schools in • 'be districts in the outskirts of the 111 qualified so that such permission • 0n ‘y by the “consent of such dis- And this, not bocauso they aro “ig- • "f degraded,” but solely because they The friends of the Or- uae arc invited to attend the annl- I ' ^ ltr ciw:8 of the children this morn- , j c * n J *ith them cooked provisions ^ 8 ,T tog tlic poor little ones an anni- • winner, . -tttd preferable the provisions may Von* ^ W. Freeman who will send South Carolina Medical College, and his son the Professor, who recently returned from Europe, will exhume the monster and bring it to this city. It is the first Mastodon yet discovered on the Atlantic coast, though it has heretofore been met with in the West. [ Charleston Co urier. It is stated on good authority that oyer two thousand freedraen, mainly in Geor gia and Alabama, have sent in petitions to tho Colonization Society to bo sent to Libe ria. Their leading motive seems to be a con viction thnt the future relations between the whites and blacks of the South will be £0 deuce on their soil. The friendship for your race, of which I have spoken, as alike the conviction and sentiment of the people of the South, is con firmed by a very tangible proof to-day. The grand jury, of which I am a member, (and the burden aud confinement .of whose official duties prevent a more careful expression of these views,) before the reception of your note, recommended unanimously that all the funds in the Treasury raised or to be raised for the purpose, be equally and impartially expended for tho education of tho two races, irrespective of color. No more emphatic proof of the kind sentiments of the white “ •> i V _ -_1 JS 1- llinn unfriendly as to render their own prosperity community towards you could be given, than and even their existence, a matter of the greatest doubt and difficulty. While the support of the General Government might give them tho right to vote and some sortjof security against violence, it will only embit ter the feeling of the whites toward them ; and with thnt hostility, affecting as it must tlicir chances for employment and of acquir ing property, they do not feel ablo to con tend. These arc rather sad and discouraging representations, but there is probably a good deal of foundation for them. KST’Scnator Yates’ condition, from the excessive use ol strong drink, has been such that, since the impeachment trial begun, lie 1 mnture. is furnished by this single fact. As to tho subject of “Political Interests” on which you ask an expression of my views, it would perhaps at this timo be premature to give advice. The enactments of Congress, imposing military governments on tho States and divesting the most distinguished citi zens of the South of the right of suffrage, are, by the constituted authorities of those States regarded as unconstitutional. The Gover nors of these States have, therefore, appealed to tho Supreme Court—the final arbiter to decide this question. Its decision will be speedy. In the meanwhile, all speculation would be idle, and, as I have observed, pre- lias been rarely in his seat and has not once voted. His friends, both at home and in Washington, are insisting that lie shall re sign. My colored friends, the plain paths of comfort, of respectability, of moraland intel lectual improvement are before you; and you may rest assured that none will guide you , more willingly or lend you a safer hand to lead you to these ends than the people of pgfTho Grand Republican Excculivo . _ . „ ... , ..j.jii,. tho South, amongst whom you were reared. Committee at M ash.ngton lias for \ «. - "Witli submission to the laws, industry and snug sum of one hundred thousand dollars to j econ0 my, with union among yourselves and the party in Florida for electioneering pur- courtesy and confidence towards the whites aes 1 vou will reach these ends, and constitute an Judge Black, of Pennsylvania, has written a letter to Gch. Garfield, member of Con gress from Ohio, giving his account of the Alta Vela guano squabble, which caused his withdrawal from the list ofcouisel forthe President. He attacks Secretary Seward severely for his diplomacy in the matter, charging that he has volunteered the in fluence of his office to defeat justice, and had made untrue. defences for a foreigi nation that bad outraged onr citizens. H' charges him also with having pretended that the President had decided against the claims of Mr. Black’s clients, when in fact he had known nothing of the case and made no de cision in the matter. Of tho island in ques tion Mr. Black says: Alta Vela is a small island or key, half mile wide and three quarters of a mile Ion It lies about sixtccu miles south of the south ernmost cape of St. Domingo.- Directly be tween it and St. Domingo is thelarger island of Beata, which belongs to and is occupied by Hayti. Alta Vela is destitute of water or vegetation, and was never inhabited or used by any nation or people for any purpose be fore the discovery of guano upon it by Capt. Kimball, as hereinafter mentioned. It was regarded as useless, aud it is useless except for the guano. You will see from these facts that the island in question was not “within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government,” nor was it “occupied by the citizens of any other government” previous to the American pos session of it. An earlier occupancy by any other nation or individual is not asserted even at the State Department. The pretence that its situation subjects it by mere con struction of law to the jurisdiction of St. Do mingo will not bo set up by any intelligent person who has a decent respect for truth.— Of all nations on the earth St. Domingo has the least show of claim to it; for it not only lies outsido of her territorial waters and is wholly unconnected with any part of her do minioD v but the territory of another nation- (the Haytien island of Beats) is between it ami her. - t.. I On this desolate, unoccupied and appa rently useless key Captain Kimball, then cn gaged in the service of Messrs; Patterson <£ Murguiondo, of Baltimore, discovered a de posit of guano. By the law of nature and of nations, as well as by the act of Congress, they had a right to appropriate it They did so. They took open possession in the name of the United States, hoisted the American flag, sent down a large force of men and ships, and invested their whole capital in the business of working it. They had been seven months on the island when the Dominicans came upon them, ‘presumptuously with guile,’ captured their workmen, whom they kept for a month in cruel captivity, destroyed the property and broke up the business of tho American owners. Messrs. Patterson & Mur- gniondo and the persons associated with them are entirely ruined. They are all nofr bank rupt, solely in 'consequence of this .outrage ujrnn their rights. •. 4 But the guano trade was so_ important to the agricultural as well as commercial inter ests of the country that it was thought wor thy of special encouragement. -Therefore the act of August 18, 1850, was passed, which se cures to discoverers an exclusive right in the guano they may find, provides a mode of making their acts matter of public record, and expressly reaffirms and pledges over again the faith of the government to pre vent crimes and protect the owners against foreign aggression. Many guano deposits were held and worked by Americans under the principles of public law before 1850, and many more have since been taken. We have now fifty-eight in all. In no case, except this one, has any department of the govern ment shown the least hesitation about en forcing the rights of the owners. <i;. '. . Judge Black then proceeds, in an able ar gument, to defend the rights of the Balti- .morcans, and to controvert the arguments and views of Secretary Seward. Mr. B. concludes his letter as follows: , A large part of Mr. Seward’s papers con sists in an effort to show that Columbus dis covered the West India Islands, including Alta Vela, whereby Spain became the sover eign of it, and St. Domingo succeeded to the rights of Spain. To a man of common un derstanding, it is not necessary that a fallacy like this should be exposed. Precisely the same proposition was asserted by Venezeula in the case of tho Aves Islands; and this govern ment then treated it with contempt. Mr. Marcy and General Cass not only did not make such an argument against the rights of their country, but they repelled it with in dignation, and put it down as an insult which could not be borne. I have selected his strongest points and stated them as fairly as I could in a space so brief. Perhaps diplomacy is a business in which a ranu is not required to be per fectly honest. It may be that some allowance ought to be made for the tricks of tho trade. But surely it is discreditable to the United States that they should have a Secrotary whose principles are so loose that he vol unteers the influence of his office to defeat justice, aud employs his time in making false defences for foreigners who have wronged and dishonored the nation. Col. St. Legcr Greufcl—His Escape. The telegraph informs U3 of the escape of Col. St. George Leger Grenfel from his place of confinement on the Dry Tortugas. We are heartily glad that this bold rough rider has thus once again become a freeman. Ho is a most singular man. Born of aristocratic parentage, he entered the British army, and distinguished himself in several campaigns. He was through the warfaro iu India, tho Crimean and Danish Schleswig-Holstien dis turbances. In each of these he distinguished himself, receiving honorable .wounds. At the inception of domestic troubles, scen ting the battle afar oft’, lie joined the troops under the leadership of Gen. John H. Mor gan. His great military knowledge and ex perience made him at once a favorite in the command, and his keen leader placed him in the posilioa of Adjutant to his forces. During Morgan’s first daring raid in Ken tucky St. Leger GrenfeV was especially useful. Iu tho attack on Cyntbiana, in 18G2, at the head of the 2d Kentucky, with Col. James W. Bowles, of this city, he led a charge which for dauntless courage, has never been equaled. We are gald that the gay, proud, noble old Britisher is away from prison bonds. There are other fields where he may fight and win stillgreaterhonors. Long may his red cap and flowing saber-tnsh flare in the forefront of battle.—Louisville Bern. The Impeachment Trial—Butler, Stevens Co—Tiic President’s Counsel—Tire Wit nesses. Special Cor. of the Baltimore Gazette.] Washington, April 2.—The impeachment proceedings have been of no special interest to-day, the testimony having all been pre viously published. Butler attempted an cr tiro disregard of all the rules of evidence, but was cheeked by the President’s counsel; whereupon he resorted to impertinence, but only became vulgar. If in nothing else, the Managers have exhibited but little tact allowing Butler to assume tho leading part. His coarse manners, not less than his want of moral character, render him positively offen siveto a large portion of ,tbc Senate. His management of the trial appears'to give entire satisfaction to the small pbliti ci-ns, while Senators of the higher order are evidently astonished at the want ot wisdom displayed by the House of Representatives the selection of their managers. Stevens a galvanized corpse—brought into the Senate daily for scenic effect. Logan’s only mark in the Senate will be where he expectorates on the fine carpet Bingham has subsided like a pricked soap-bubble. Boutwell and Wil son are treated by Butler ns two over-grown school-boys made to read aloud their compo sitions, and Williams sits quietly behind But ler, apparently pleased at being allowed to remain in obscurity. Here you have a fairly drawn picture of the seven individuals who sit at the table on the left of the Chief Justice, and who, styling themselves Managers on the part of the House of Representatives, speak “in the name of all the people.” Turn to the right of the Chief Justice and scan for a moment that other table aud those who surround it. Do I hear you sav those are tho President’s lawyers? Yes I They are the counsel for tho respondent; and what a contrast!— Here we have Stanbery, Curtis, and Evarts —these are the men who conduct the de fence. Groesbeck and Nelson are advisory in their positions, and are needed to do much of tho drudgery of the defence. An Impeachment Court.—The Quincy Commonwealth revives an okl story concern ing Hon. George McDuffie, of South Caro lina, which we think we have seen published in a somewhat different form. The story is a good one, however, and we give the sub stance of it, as follows: • He was On one occasion counsel in a law suit which he had good reason to believe had been already prejudged by the court.— This, of course, excited his indignation, and he walked into the court-house with hat on head and hands in pockets, and presenting himself before the astounded Judge, said: “You never heard of Radamanthus, did you ?” The court did not reply, probably thinking how bestto punish this gross contempt of court, when McDuffie astonished him still further by adding, “Of course not; he was a Judge of Hell, and always decided the case first and heard the testimony afterwards.” Tho Commonwealth thinks the practical application of this story to the present action of the Court of Impeachment is not hard to make. Married Women -and Maids at Dances, The Imperial Review i3 troubled with the question whether married women should dance, aud it expresses its opinion in a long article, from which wejmake an extract. It says : There is something almost unseemly in tho spectacle of a half dozen young married women walking off with some of the best partners in the room, while a row of girls are sitting neglected against the wall. Neither ignorance nor thoughtlessness can be plead ed in excuse. Women thoroughly know women, whatever else they know; and there is not one of them that is not vividly conscious of what heart burning it causes a poor girl to hear the music and watch the many twinkling feet of a ball room, and play the most ignominious part of passive spectator. Grown up women clutching all the toys or sweetmeats off a Christmas tree at a juvenile party, would not bo a more unnatural spectacle. Grown men, eager to win the skates at a round game got up-for lads at homo for the holidays, would not be more cruel or inhuman. Wo are constrained to plead for tenderness ancl consideration on the part of voun, women who are married, toward youu women who are not. Might not Sidney’s words, as he handed the draught of water to the dying soldier at Lutzen, be profitably re membered? “Tby need is greater than mine.” The Health of the Pope.—There is prob ably no European potentate whose health is an object of such various and wide spread interest as that of the Pope, as there is none whose death would give rise to greater or more sweeping changes in the politico-religi ous world. His Holiness is well known to suffer from occasional epileptic fits, a disease to which he was subject in his youth; but which he seemed to have thrown off after the development of a varicose ulcer in the le The fits have now, however, reappeared; and whether tho exciting events of the last few months, or the unusual exertion he has just put forth in giving audiences and assisting at ceremonies, be tlio cause, he had a violent at tack of his old malady on Friday, the Gth in stant. His physician, Dr. Vialo Prela, was in stantly in attendance at the Vatican, aud His Holiness . recovered. Complete abstinence from administration of business, and from the fatiguing occasions of religious ceremonial, has been peremptorily cpjoincd on him by Dr. Viale Prela as the indispensable condition of his health.—The Lancet. g-5g°° Charles Sumner was heir to an estate of a near relative in the South (Virginia it was.) His deceased relative owned a large number of slaves, and, notwithstanding Sum ner’s.professed hostility to slavery, he caused the poor negroes to be sold, and pocketed some $G0,000 from the sale of them; and now, while he is making speeches on the barbarism of slavery, etc., he is living sumptuously on the money he received from his traffic in hu man flesh! ’ Dan. Rice vs. Beast Butler.—Dan. Rice as running his circus in 'Washington on the day Butler made his impeachment speech, and completely laid the Senate show in the shade. When the “House of Representa tives” was announced by the Sergeant-at- Arms of the Senate, it is said that the mana gers entered the chamber followed by a procession of seven Representatives. Butler spoke to empty seats, and Dan. had an over-p flowing house. GAMSKING. RESORTS IN EUROrE AND AMERICA. The fashionable gambling headquarters of Europe are situated withn such territorial limits that we feel almost inclined to call them a Rhenish Institution. To begin at the top of the column, we have? first, Ems on the River Larne, about fifteen milesirom Coblentz, one of the most beauti ful spots in Europe; second, Weisbadcn, a few miles above Bingen, at the great elbow of the Rhine;^ third, Homburg, only two hour’s ride from Frankfort, ou the dark slopes of the Taunus Mountaihs;/our<A, Badeu-Baden, hid den away in' tho fastnesses of the Hartz; the holy ground of German legend and tradition; ever beautiful, ever fatal Baden! As in all of the other great gambling capi tals,, the Kursaal or Casino of Ems is situated in the most central part of the village, and is surrounded by gardens, which are the great resort of visitors at all hours of the day, It is also near the sources of the hot springs, which,'according to the Galens of Ems, cure everything from corns to consumption. The building is maintained by the profits of the game, which is conducted by a regularly or ganized] company, M'ho receive their license from the Duchy of Nassau, or more lately from Berlin. The ground floor of the building is devoted entirely to tbe pleasure of the guests wbo visit tbo Casino, except on opera nights, when a portion of it is turned into an opera house, by merely closing the large folding doors which conduct to tho hall where the tables Faro is never seen here. Roulette and the war have increased in New York to au alarming extent, and though descents by tho police arc often made, especially on the small ones, the evil does not seem in the least to abate. A CHILD’S DREAM OF A STAR. BY CHARLES DICKENS. Mrs. Burdell Cunningham is a clair- oyant physician atMazatlan. fjf’The Black Republic of Liberia is try ing impeachment of its Chief Justice. A Washington dispatch says that at the earnest request of our Government, _Min ister Adams has consented to remain in his position for the present, although he desires to return home at an early day. dfTlie Memphis Avalanche has informa tion that General Gillem telegraphed to Lit tle Rock thnt if fraud be shown iu the elec tion a new election will be ordered. rouge-et-noir are tbe only games in vogue, The apartments are fitted up in the most gor geous manner. Baden-Baden, Weisbadep, and Homburg present to the eye tbe same scene of beauty as Ems. It must not be for a moment believed that gambling, which in this country devol ves upon a certain class of the community, is carried on in the same system on the other side of the Atlantic. It is a recognized fra ternity there who conduct tho kursaal men in many cases of position and standing. They are frequented by the best blood Europe, and Amercans, as well as English are found to be frequenters ot the -fascina ting balls of the knrsaals. During the “exposition days” crowds of players were day and night around the tallies of the different kursaals in Ems, Weisbadcn, Baden Baden, and Homburg. A good story is told of Homburg—In which tbe bank suffered very severely. It was at the time of the last German war, when the Prussians were hourly expected to enter Homburg, and put a stop upon, all gambling. Suddenly a cry arose in the street that the Prussians were coming, and at the same mo ment a gorgeously dressed officer, in the Prussian uniform, followed by six of his staflj dashed up to the door of the kursaal, dis mounted, and entered the large gamblnig sa loon, where the play had not for a moment ceased. Walking up to the table, he seized the gold, notes, drafts, etc., etc., in the name of the King ot Prussia, ordered all gambling to cease, and returning, mounted bis horse and disappeared. An hour or so after his departure it was found to have been a bold robbery, for the Prussians were not within twenty miles of the city.' The effect upon tho gamblers can be imagined, but not described. Gambling in this country is a very differ ent affair from what it is in Europe. Here it is not licensed, it we except the City of. New Orleans, and proprietors of gambling houses never know at what moment a descent may be made upon them. New York is full of these dens, there being hardly a street that has not some kind of a gambling crib in it. The locality, however, generally regulates the game. For instance, the Bowery and Chatham street present on a large scale the games of sweat and chuck-a-luck. The former is played by betting on cards called a spread, the winner being the party who throws the uicc to match the cards. The other is purely a game of dice, the winner being the person who throws tbe highest number in three throws. They are both, what are called by u amblers, “dead beat games” as loaded dice arc often used for the purpose. Howard, and some of the side streets, are where the game of “Try your luck” is played. This consists of a large leather cloth filled wtih numbers which are marked to pay from $1 .to $500 to the man who throws the number with dice that he bets upon. The more unlikely he is to hit the number the higher rate it pays, and the chances have been so well calculated by the owners of these tables that they offer with impunity as an inducement for men to “try their luck,” the most exhorbitant rates. These houses are generally very poorly fur nished, and the refreshments to be found in them abominable. The patrons aro also the lowest and poorest grades of gamblers, as any stake i3 received, from a penny up- ard. Broadway, Fifteenth, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-seventh streets contain the fashiona ble hells of the city, and the places in which fraudulent clerks “most do congregate.” to spend the money that is not theirs. Most of these places are gorgeouly fitted up, and the suppers, which are served at eleven o’clock P. M., are not surpassed by our best hotels. The games played in these places are generally faro and roulette, though in some of them the games of rouge-et-noir and vingt et Une are played, and when business is dull in this line “short cards,” as they are termed, such as poker, seven-up, and cribbago are resorted to by the frequenters of the houses. In most of the “first class” places, it re- quires.one to be well known before lie is al lowed" the entree of the saloon, and it is a miserable fact that more than one young man who is in tbe habit of visiting these places, •onsiders himself highly favored, if he be fa miliar with the proprietor. In most of the first-class saloons, all that can delight the eye and fire the imagination, is to be found. The game of faro is not only injurious to purse and reputation, but also to the mind. The writer of this article remembers to have once heard a veteran faro player say, that after an hour’s hard play, he was so exhausted in mind and body, that it required several hours of rest to fully recuperate him. Men who make a living by this business rarely ever play oyer thirty minutes at one sitting, though they may play several times during the night. The large games on Broad way have their checks ranging from $1 to $50, with a limit for betting Jfrom $3 50 to $500, though, with few exceptions, the limit is rarely ever bet. Gambling differs in this country from the European houses in this re spect—that there tbe limit suits the player and not the proprietor; nor are ladies allowed in American saloons. The largest winning at a single sitting wc have heard of in New York was $10,000, won by a prominent poli tician of this city, but he continued to try his luck, and at the end of tbe week he was $40,000 ahead of the bank. There is also an instance of a prominent merchant of this city, who, in the course of a year was declared winner of one bank to tbe extent of $1G0,000. These cases are excep tions, however, and the nightly average of the largest players will not exceed, either in win- aiog or losing, $300. Gambling saloons since There was once a child, and he strolled about a good deal, and thought of a number of things. He' lmd a sister, who was a child too, and his constant companion. These two used to wonder all day long. They wondetd at the beauty of the flowers; they wondered at the height and blueness of the slcv; they wondered at the goodness and the power of God, who made the lovely world. They used to say one to another, sometimes, supposing all the childeren upon earth were to die, would the flowers and the water and the sky be sorry ? They believed they would be sorry. For, said they, the buds are the children of the flowers, and the little playful streams that gamble down the hill—sides - are the children of the water; and the smallest bright specs playing at hide and-seek in the sky all night, must surely be the children of the stars; and they would all be grieved to see their playmates, the children, of men no more. .. . , There was one clear shining star that used to come out in the skv before the rest, near the church spire, above the graves. It was larger and more beautiful, they thought, than all the others, and every night they watched for it, standing hand in hand at a window. Whoever saw it first, cried out, “I see the star 1 ” And often they cried out both together, knowing so well when it would rise, and where. So they grew to be such friends with it, that, before lying down-in their beds, they always looked once again, to bid it good night, and when they were turn ing round to sleep, they used- to say, “God bless the star 1 ” But while she was still very.youug, oh very, very young, the sister drooped and came to be so weak that she could no longer stand in the window at night; and when the child looked sadly out by himself, and when he saw the star, turned round and said to the patient, - pale face on the bed, “I see the star 1 ” and then a smile would come upon the face, and a little voice used to say, “God bless my brother and the star I” And the time came all too soon f when the child looked out all alone, and when there was no face on the bed; and when there was a lit tle grave among the graves not there before; and when the star made long rays down to wards him, he saw through Ills tears. Now, these rays were so bright, and they seemed to malic such a shining way from earth to heaven, that when the child went to his solitary bed he dreamed about the star and dreamed that, lying where he was, he saw a train of people taken up that sparkling load by angels. And the star, opening, showed him a great light, where many such angels waited to receive them. All these angels who were waiting, turned their beaming eyes upon the people who were carried up into the star; and some came out from the long rows in which they stood, and fell upon the people’s neck, and kissed them, tenderly, and went away with them down the avenues of light, and were so happy in their company, that lying in his bed he wept for joy. But there were many angels who did not go with them; among them one he knew.— The patient face that once had laid upon the bed was glorified and .radiant, but his heart found out his sister among all the host. His sister's angel lingered near the entrance of the star, and said to the leader among those who had brought the people thither: “Is my brother come ? ” And he said “No.” She was turning hopefully away, when the child stretched out his arms and cried, “O, sister,I am here 1 Take me!” and then she turned her beaming eyes upon him, and it was night; and the star was shining into the room, making long rays down towards him as he saw through his tears. • From that hour forth, the child looked out upon the star as on the home he was to go to, when his time should come; and he thought that he did not belong to the earth alone; but to the star, top, because of his sister’s angel gone before. * There was a baby born to be a brother to tho child; and while he was so little that he never yet had spoken a word, he stretched out his tiny form on his bed and died. Said bis sister angel to the leader: “Is my brother come ?” And he said, “Not that one but another.” As the child beheld bis brother’s angel in hia arms, he cried, “O, sister, X am here 1 Take mel” -A-acl she turned, and smiled upon him, and the star was shining. He grew up to be a young man, and was busy at his books when an old servant came to him and said: “Thy mother is no more, I bring her bless ing on her darling son.” Again at night Tie saw the star and all that former company. Said his sister’s angel to the leader: “Is my brother come ? ” A mighty cry of joy went forth through all the stars, because her mother was returned'to her children. And he stretched out his arms and cried, “O, mother, sister and brother, I am here! Take me I ” And they answered him “Not yet,” and the star was shining. He grew to be a man, whose hair was turn ing gray, and he was sitting in his chair by the fireside, heavy with grief, and his face bedew ed with tears, when the star opened once again. Said his sister’s angel to the leader, “is my brotherlcome ? ” And he said, “Nay, buthis maiden daugh ter.” And the man who. had been tbe child saw his daughter, newly lost to him, a celestial creature among those three, and he said, “My daughter’s head is on my sister’s bosom, and at her feet is the baby of old times, end I can bear the parting from her, God be praised.” And the star.was shining. Thus the child became to be an old man, and his once smooth face was wrinkled, and his stcp3 were slow and feeble, and.his back was bent And one night as he lay upon his bed, his children standing around, he cried, as lie had cried so long ago, “I see the star!” They whispered one another, “He is dy~ ing.” . / And he said, “I am. My age is falling from me like a garment, and I move towards the star as a child. And O, my Father, now I thank thee that it has so often opened to re ceive those dear ones who await me! ” And the star was shining; and it shines upon his grave. A writer complains that Gen. Grant’s father left off his paternal and pious perform ance just before coming to that critical point in his career—his first drink. The man that fergets a deal that has happened, has a better memory than hs who remembers a great deal that never happened. Impatience under affliction eats out the life and comfort of all our mercies.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869, April 17, 1868, Image 1