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MACON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1868.
YOL. XLII.---N0. 47.
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CHARITY.
“Lobe is the fulfilling of the Lave.”
I -v ,r there are these three: faith, hope, charity; hut
I '-natcit of thete ts charity.'’
I jjj healing vision! dearest, best
Ihat Earth or Heaven knows;
I ?j faints and angels first confest,
"Whoso smilo disarms all foes!
I Sat wept o’er Adam as he stood
Ihrust out from Paradise,
I pi turned aghast from Abel’s blood-
jin's earliest sacrifice:
let. piercing thro* with prophet eyes
Ibe Futuro’s threatening veil,
| jjv Earth’s Deliverer arise
And Powers of Darkness pale;
That broke the chains of Israel
And smote the surging sea:—
I £uk 1 still its chanting billows tell
•Who triumphed gloriously 1”
Ibat led where milk and honey flowed.
To that long promised land,
| Where faithful Abram onoe abode.
Where David’s throne should stand:
| That breathod o’er man when Justice spurned
And cried aloud, “ spare not 1”
-Oh. turn ye—to the Lord be turned,
With all your sins forgot.”
An i bending o’er a ruined world
With reconciling eyes.
I:; banner of lost peace unfurled,
Ited-crossed with sacrifice.
That jladdened Cana’s wedding feast.
And -tilled the troubled sea.
Till ail it* angry clamor ceased;
That cheered Gethscmane 1
Whose gentle looks best mirrored lie
In the tear-drop free from guile;
| 5o Magdalen’s humility
Grew hallowed in His smile!
Omnipotent the tomb to break 1
Sec Lazarus pallid rise,
Churmcd from th’ embrace of death awake
By Christ’s compelling eyes!
That fillod with fiery zeal the heart
Of that enduring band.
Called by tho Master’s voice apart,
Against a world to stand,”
proclaiming Ills undying fame,
Till Earth, as Heaven above.
Shall glorify a matchless Name—
For God Himself is Love!
Latiekse.
Humors of the Campaign—From Donnelly’s
speech against tVasbburue, delivered at
•it. Paul, Minn., August 28.
Ren. Butler istroubled with strabismus, and
: is related of him that when he was a boy
,e was assisting a butcher to kill an ox. The
::cher wns holding the horns, when Ben.
usto strike him with an axe. Glancing
p, lie caught Ben’s wandering eye, and
iked: “Do you strike where you look?'
it replied: “Certainly, I strike where 1
k,” when the butcher begged to be ex-
atd from holding the horns.
Now for Elihu Wasbburne, to whom I ai
ded when I addressed you last. I believe
Sod never made a baser man, and, indeed, I
raetimes think that God never made him,
r let him out to the lowest bidder, like the
ctom-liouse, and that the devil was the
jircst bidder. [Applause.] My opponents
we tried to drum up candidates to run
ninstme. Why, my tried and true friend,
acral Sanborn, was urged to return to this
Strict and become an opposition candidate.
: is said that the great Indian chief, Thun-
ierbird, was once assaulting the position of
pe of our troops in the mountains. The
Ilians were pressing forward to almost cJr-
uia victory, when, in the haste and confu-
ion, some one touched off a swivel gun that
fastened upon the back of a jackass.
The tebound sent the animal heels over
:ud rolling down the mountain side among
it Indians, upon which they beat a hasty
d disordered retreat. Afterward, in treat-
sg for peace, the chief was asked why he
-treated on that occasion, and replied: “Me
:Uad white man’s knife and pistol, but In-
fin no stand when whole jackasses are fired
t‘. him.” I can stand gallant Gen. Hubbard,
>.*C. C. Andrews, or any of my other op
ponents, but I can’t stand to have a whole
teka-s fired at me in the shape ot one of the
ffashburne family. [Roars of laughter.]
A Practical Joke.
An eccentric French nobleman traveling to
*ri» before the time of railways, made the ac-
t i»mtance of a young man on the road, with
•torn he became very iriendly, and who Informed
fim that ke was going to Paris to present himself
-or the first time to the family of a merchant, a
patch hiving been arranged by the two families
>et ween himself and the eldest daughter. Arrived
they went to the same hotel, and after a
mindly evening separated lor the night. The
, ? orniD fr. to his horror, the nobleman fonnd
'■ “is yonng friend had died suddenly in his
1 he nobleman considered it his duty, un-
5 the circumstances, to call on the father of the
man’s intended bride, and inform him of
melancholy termination to her matrimonial
• 800ner did he present bimselt
•• 'he house than he was taken for the anxiously
•rwted future husband, hurried In, seated to
■“kfast, and all without having a fair opportu-
■7 allowed him to declare hia real errand. At
•'•the hour ot departure came. The nobleman
desired to speak privately with his host, who
bihed to detain him till dinner-time, and between
-* dining-room and the door of exit, the spurious
■ a-in-law solemnly declared that he was very sor-
te could not comply with the invitation; the
* was that he died last night, and was to be bu-
-td at three that afternoon, and it would he hlgh-
: impolite and irreverent of him to keep the funer-
ojrteje waiting, and disappoint the lriends who
'bid assemble to see the last of him. The host
srned to his family, Iauzing uncontrollably at
iii:or of this soon-to-be new member of bis
-mily, and congratulated his wife and daughter on
secession to their circle of one so happily gilt-
■■ Jn the course of the evening, however, hav-
occasion to send a message to his future son-
~’*w, his messenger was informed that he had
--I the previous night, and was bailed at three
very day. Imagine the horror and the won-
r at this grim confirmation ©f what was supposed
k« only an exuberant joke. Imagine the as-
-uding retrospect that he had been convivial
a dead man, and that his daughter had, with
’•} tide glance, taken measure of a corpse 1
doses.—One fertile source of jest is misplaced
'tapa’liy—fellow-feeling bestowed on the wrewg
**• Thus, when Lord Sydmouth said one day,
V -F brains are gone to the dogs this morning,”
. ;r II- Nicholas at once ejaculated. “Poor dogs 1”
•French lady, hearing how a Capuchin had been
I'v-nrcd br wolves, exclaimed: “Poor beasts;
;-3; r er must be a terrible thing.” And Peter Pin-
, ar on a stone being flung at George III, and nar-
, J *ly missing his head, celebrated the “lucky es-
5*01 the stone.” Akin to-this topic of mis-
,‘Ccd sympathy, is another of misplaced choice.
.3 things may be inseparably joined—one evil,
other good. To shuffle their characters often
? » whimsical effect. A young fellow was talking
time to come—“a hundred years hence—
we shall all be in Heaven.” “My dear,”
5- a h:s mother, “don’t talk of such horrid things.”
; J ;h writes, “Did I ever tell you of the Calvanist
who, being asked about the Unlversalists,
JJ; ‘Yes, they expect that everybody will be
but we look lor better things!’ These are
; "'-initially the same as the sentence of Sir, An-
Aguecheek’s challenge: ‘God have mercy
XJ 1 one of onr sonls 1 He may have mercy upon
jjywt my hope Is better, and to look to tby-
> the Toledo Directory of 1858 there were
!; J J names. In the Directory of 1868 there
J --,500, an increase in ten years of 260 per
'if; The increase of streets and avenues
the same period was seventy-four per
&AMJE.
The cultivation of ramie as a substitute for
cotton has been thoroughly tested in Louis
iana and promises to equal, if not surpass, the
hopes of those who ventured upon the experi
ment. As the Southern planter is contend
ing against an unruly system of labor, he must
seek to escape the embarrassment by getting
from the soil as much as possible with the
least practicable demand from hired help.
The Ramie plant seems to fulfil the first ne
cessity, and machinery must be called in to
supply the second.
The New Orleans Bulletin publishes two
letters which throw much light upon the
new textile staple, its virtues and profits.—
The first letter is from Mr. Lefranc, who has
given this subject the closest attention. He
says;
“New Orleans, September 7, 1868.
“ Wm. M. Bunnell, Editor Bulletin ;
“Dear Sir: Devoted as you are to the in
terests of our Southern resources, you will
no doubt find pleasure in calling the atten
tion of your readers to the facts contained in
the following letter regarding the Ramie pro
duct. Samples of tissues, yarns and textile
will show you the progress of this new indus
try.
“You will also perceive that the price of
2s.6d., or 62 l-2c. in gold, is splendidly
remunerative for the planter; for, according
to Mr. Ferry’s calculation, the yield of clean
fibre is over 1,500 pounds per acre. Mr. Ferry
has largely engaged in Ramie planting, and
his report is reliable. There are now about
fifty large cultivations of Ramie in Louisiana;
the growth is magnificent, and there will be
a market open for the Ramie fibre next year
in New Orleans. Some gentlemen of wealth
and progress have resolved toliave the proper
machinery established here for the purpose.
September and October are good months to
plant; so as to have a full propogated stock
for March. I have planted largely myself,
and good creole roots can be had at §25 per
100, at the Renaissance office, 48 Conti street.
“Truly, yours, E. Lefranc.”
The other letter i3 from Messrs. Joseph
Wade & Sons, English dealers:
“Bradford, August 22, 1868,
“Bear Sir: We are in receipt of your favor
of July 28th. We enclose your sample of
China grass as we buy it in London at from
45s. to 55s. per ton; also, sample of the same
dressed, which is worth about 2s. 6d. per
pound—the price being rather low at present,
owing to our trade being somewhat de
pressed.
“We cannot judge your sample as to price,
Ours, you will see, is much better got up
than yours. We have used China grass many
years, with increasing success, and have no
doubt, in time, it will become an important
article of commerce. We enclose you swatches
of goods. We are making Cotton warp of
China grass weft, also China grass yarns. We
shall at all times be mo3t happy to give you
every information in our power.
“We are, Sir, Yours truly,
“Joseph Wade & Sons.
“E. Lefranc, Esq.”
The Bulletin says the samples of Ramie
cloth are fine and beautiful aud look as if
they would wear like tin.
The Steel-Capped Rail,
From the Rochester Union.]
The destruction of iron upon railways is
enormous, and the cost of upholding the
rails is the great drawback upon the profits
and earnings of the railroad stockholders.
Motives of economy, as well as of safety, are
constantly urging railroad men to look for
something better than the common T rail,
which is the best that was known until a
recent period.
What is to be done for rails ? If what lias
already been invented will not present suf
ficient advantages to enable it to supercede
the rails in present use, then ingenuity must
be further taxed, and continue to be taxed
till it does yield what is demanded. We are
persuaded that a rail has been invented that
will meet the want in most or all respects,—
It is the Duplex Steel and Iron Rail, invented
by J. L. Booth, of this city.
Mr. Booth's rail is nearly in the form of a
common T rail. The bottom, upright stan
dard aud a small head is made of iron; over
this head is laid a cap or tread-piece of steel,
which forms the face of the rail, and is held
in its place by clenching the head under on
either side. The steel caps are rolled into
place when the iron rail is cold, and are as
firm as though the rail was one solid piece
instead of two. If the caps are laid loosely
upon the rail, experiment has demonstrated
that the tread of the car wheels will in a
short time make them tight. The iron rails
and the steel caps are brought here from the
factories and put together, and the rail is
finished, ready for use. The bars are put
into acid, and the scale removed before they
are put together. The ends are then ground
and made true, thus producing a finished rail.
But in rails, as most all else, theory is of
little use without practice. Thi3 rail appears
to be what is wanted, but will it stand the
test of use ? Some eighteen months since a
couple of those rails were laid in the Cen
tral track, near State street, where they
would be subjected to much use. They are
to-day apparently as perfect as when first
laid, while the opposite rails of iron have
been four times renewed. A similar experi
ment was made on the Lake Shore track at
Buffalo with similar results. The caps of
these rails are not laminated, and the ends
are not flattened or depressed. Such results,
with such tests, would seem to settle the
question as to the value of this rail.
The economy of this rail is found in its
long endurance. That it will wear fire or
ten times as long as the iron rail is already
proven, but to determine how long it will
last is impossible till years have passed away
in making the test. Assuming that these
steel caps may wear out at some day, however
distant, the iron part of the rail, the body,
will be sound and fit for a new cap of steel,
or if abandoned forrails, it may bo remoulded
under the hammer and rollers into other
forms, while a steel rail cannot.
The cost of this rail is about 50 per cent,
above that of iron.
The Question Between the Races.
From the Charleston Courier.]
In the electian abont to take place Republican
institutions are on their trial. Disguise the fact
as we will, the single point to-day presented to
the American people is the choice between a Dem
ocratic government, with all of its blessings, In
cluding ampng the number light taxation and
equality ot the States, or a centralized govern
ment, with all of its attendant woes. Between the
two the people of the South can have but a
single choice. They must select the principles of
the Democratic party. Crashed to earth by the
Republicans, groaning under a system of taxation
unequalled for its oppression in the history of the
world, deprived of their rights in the Union, de
nied their true position is the sisterhood of States,
made the slaves of military masters, they can
hope for no relief in any other way than by a
change of rulers, a return to the true principles of
the Government, and by placing the Democratic
party in power.
It may be argued that thia is true with regard to'
the white man, but not true with regard to the
colored race. It may be said, and Radical leaders
constantly urge that the colored man will he ben-
efitted by Radical rule, and that the white race
will eventually recognize that the true theory of
government is the one which places power in the
hands of the majority.
The proposition would be true if the majority
consisted of members of the same race, but it is
absolutely false when it means to say that where
two races stand side by side, as they do in these
Southern States, that a majority taken from the
two races must govern. A Government thus
formed is an impossibility. Either one or the
ether race mest recognize that it is inferior, or
amalgamation or extermination must ensue. Man
clings to his race. It is to him a matter of pride.
The tie is almost as strong as is that of family.
God’s mark points out the difference, and man
will and must follow the law of his being. All
history proves the truth of this. The Jew remain
ed in Egypt for ages.- He could not amalgamate
with the Egyptians, and he remained in bondage
until the day of his redemption had come. When
that day came he did not strive for equality with
the Egyptian in the government ol the country.
He was led by too wise a man to make so stupid
an attempt. The Egyptian belonged to a different
race, and amalgamation was impossible. To re
main side by side asserting equal political rights
would have been to produce a war of extermina
tion. The Jew desired political rights, and under
the wise leadership of Moses, he abandoned the
land of Egypt, and sought a country where he
could create a polity ot his own, develop his race,
and perforin his mission. He reached Canaan,
wjiicn was then inhabited by races differing from
■ his, who desired to retain, or rather refased to
surrender their political existence, and it became
a part of the Jewish mission to exterminate those
tribes from the face of the earth. Centuries
rolled on. The Jewish civilization gave way to
the Christian, and the Roman Empire was con
quered by the moral law taught in the Catacombs,
and promulgated from the lowliest of places,
The Homan Empire fell, but only fell to pieces af
ter Europe bad been Cbristanized. In the East,
a driver of camels, meanwhile had promulgated
a new religion, which succeeded wherever it
reached people of a race kindred to the founders,
The apostles of that religion led tLeir hosts into
Europe, and sought to obtain a foothold on that
continent. The two civilizations represented by
the Asiatic and the European races clashed, and
Christianity and Mohammedanism stood on trial at
Tours. Christianity was victorious, and Moham
medanism was hurled, back. When the Moor
clashed with the Spaniard the same story was told,
The two races could not live 6ide by side, both
claiming palitical power. Sloslemism in Turkey
has been for ages a thorn in the side of Europe,
and has been and must continue to be a source ol
constant trouble and of war. In all of these in
stances civilization clashed agaiust civilization-
one warlike race clashed against another. In the
United States amalgamation would be impossible.
The white man and the black differ too much
for that, and the white man is too strong, too nu
merous, too cultivated, to desire to yield his iden
tity. He has too much pride to do anything
which would impair the purity of his blood, or the
prestige of his race. In addition to this, if the two
races should overcome into collision, apart from
the fact that there are eight white men on this
continent who would be arrayed against one col
ored man, the white man ba3 on his side both civ
ilization and the warlike proclivitlesof generations,
to oppose to almost absolute ignorance and want
of knowledge of the art of war. If the two races
should lay claim to equal political power, the his
tory of the world would repeat itself. Jealousy
would produce collision, and no one can doubt that
the colored race would share the fate of the Amer
ican Indian, who attempted to place his race in
antagonism with the European. The Indian is
gone; God forbid that the descendants of Africa
shall imitate his folly, or share his fate.
If, however, the colored man could be benefited
by political equality, would it be wise for him to
seek It In the manner in which it Is now offered by
the Radical party? obtained by force from a people
unwilling to yield such rights, he ought to be
aware that it cannot be long retained. The Radi-
ical tells him that the election of Seymour and
Blair will produce war. Their election would
peacefully settle the law of race on this conti
nent, and in that settlement the civil rights of the
colored man would be preserved lor all time to
come. The election of Grant aud Colfax would
unsettle the law of race, and in the contest which
would ensue, begun by Northern and perhaps by
Radical prejudice, the colored man would not only
be eventually exterminated, bntwohld long before
extermination lose both political and civil rights.
The colored man has, even from this poiDt of
view, nothing to gain by the establishmsnt of
Radical despotism. The white man has all to lose.
In the triumph of Radicalism, American liberty is
jone forever. In the victory of Democracy the
;ost liberty of the country will be restored. The
American people will decide in November in favor
of the preservation of the equal union of States,
in preference to a central despotism.
Sale of a Splendid Residence.—The
residence of Mr. James L. Day, at Stoning-
ton, Ct., was sold a few days since for $45,-
000. It is one of the finest in New England,
and is said to have cost full §175,000. It is
located one mile north of the village of Ston-
ington, containing ninety acres,and was pur
chased by Geo. S. Scott, of the firm of J.
Cooke & Co., of Philadelphia, the well known
bankers. -Mr. Scott is a fortunate man, and
if he does not enjoy himself in this lovely
country retreat it will be because he does
not appreciate the beauties of nature and art
in their most attractive phases. The estate
combines water and land scenery which is
rarely united, and the views from the house
are beautiful in the extreme. It is the inten
tion of Mr. Scott to reside permanently at
this place. The negotiations were effected
by Mr. I. H. Palmer, of Stonington, whohan
had supervision of the place for some time.
A reverse of fortune compelled Mr. Day to
reluctantly abandon the estate. He is now
living in New Orleans.
Thebe is a ledge of alum rock opposite the city
which becomes pcrpectly white ou the approach
of rain.—Lynchburg Hews.
The Brilliant Future of Virginia.
The Richmond Dispatch looks through the
darkness which now enshrouds the old Do
minion, and says:
"When we pass through the present gloom—
when we traverse the dark forest In which we now
grope, filled with monsters in human form—what
a grand time there will be for Old Virginia 1 Radi
cal reconstruction is death to confidence, poison
to enterprise, and a plague to all the interests of
the community. It must have Its end here in Vir
ginia, as it will in our sister States; hut it will die
iere first. That dead, confidence will be restored,
enterprise will be lifted up out of the grave and
brought to life, industry will be encouraged, peace
re-established, and contentment and joy take the
place of discontent and misery.
Millions of dollars intended for investment in
Virginia only await this auspicious moment.—
There is no country which at this time is so wide
ly reputed as a field for enterprise as Virginia.—
Her mineral riches, fertile lands, water-power, and
gentle and genial climate, have excited the admira
tion of the people In this country and abroad.—
There will be a two-fold influx of men and capital,
and the State will take a new start on her new
destiny to power and prosperity. The moment
the present uncertainty is dispelled Richmond will
be the center of the projects and enterprises in the
line of manufacturing—it will be the center from
which will radiate the speculations in real estate
and schemes for improvement. Her river shorts
will become alive with industry. They will be dot
ted with factories,' and at night her horizon will be
illumined with the beaming fires of a hundred
forges. These manufactories will bring their
thousands of operatives to swell the population
and increase the demand for all the means of sub
sistence, increase the demand for houses, and en
hance the value of lands.
This is no fancy picture. It is a prophecy based
on tacts. The best-informed and most practical of
Northern manufacturers, from their knowledge of
the resources of Virginia and her extensive advan
tages for manufacturing, especially at this locality,
have predicted this. One of the greatest iron
mongers of Pennsylvania said a few weeks since
tnat Richmond was the mosteligiblespotforman-
ufacturing injthe Union, and there were millions
of dollars ready to come down here for investment
as soon as the political status of the State was set-
11 AVe can command the great elements of iron and
coal in a larger degree than any other Atlantic
State and we have the ready means ef communi
cation both with the interior and the ocean. For
manufacturing and for the shipment of our fabrics
to any direction Richmond has facilities not
equalled anywhere else. Iron and coal are the
vital agents of national power, and are no less the
means of local thrift. So, with an unlimited sup
ply of these, and the best lines of intercommunica
tion and foreign shipment, who can donbt that
Richmond is to become one of the greatest inland
towns in the Union? ...
A Russian Bible Society, but five years
in existence, has distributed fifty thousand
New Testaments in the Russian (modern)
language, at an extremely low price. They
could uot publish the Old Testament, because
no translation of it, authorized by the high
ecclesiastical dignitaries of the Russo-Greek
Church, has yet been made.
The Jewish. Temple Emanu-El, in New
York—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Wise, of Clu
clnnatl.
The new Jewish temple Emanu-EI, on Fifth
avenue, New York, was dedicated on Friday, with
the solemn and imposing ceremonies peculiar to
that relgiion. The templeitself is one of the most
costly and elaborate edifices in New York, and is
doubtless the finest synagogue lu the country. Its
prevailing style of architecture is Gothic, though
the rules of that order have been so frequently and
widely departed from as to make the building, as
a whole, almost a nondescript. It has traces of
the Byzantine, SaraceDie and Flemish styles, all
appearing in different poitions, and the combined
effect, to a strict disciple of architectural schools,
is not in every sense pleasing. Its architect is
Mr. Eidletz, from whose plans the Cora Exc~
Id New Yerk, and the Brooklyn Academy of
were built, and he regards this temple as his mas
terpiece. The extreme length of the synagogue is
164 feet six inches; its breadth at‘he transepts, 92
feet; and the breadth of the nn4£j»d aUles 84 feet.
The spires will terminate led ;e\t ffmr. the earth,
and the height of the main roof iit)5 feet. The en
tire cost of the temple will not be. less than half
a million of dollars. The intereet to witness the
dedication ceremonies of Friday was vety great,
and in some cases fifty dollars is said to have been
offered fer tickets, which were not to be obtained
on any terms. At three o’clock the exercises
commenced, the interior of the templs being mild
ly illuminated and closely filled by atastfaudience.
The formal ceremonies ol consecratiai, the recep
tion the building from the hands of the building
committee, and chants by the choir composed the
first part ot the services, alter which a sermon in
German, by the rabbi of the congregation, Rev. Dr.
8. Adler.
The principal discourse of the occadcnwas then
delivered by Rev. Isaac M. Wise, rabli ot the con
gregation B’Nai Jeshnrun, of Cinciinati, and is
spoken of as a very powerful and significant effort.
After Invoking the Divine blessing ujen the build
ers and all engaged in construction of the temple,
Dr. Wise said that the Lord had againrevealed the
mighty arm of Israel, and under this era ef freedom,
under this heaven of justice, the temple of Israel
rises from its ruins. He praised in high terms the
spirit of progress and reform which had led the so
ciety to the erection of this magnificent temple,
and predicted that their honorable exartple wonld
be followedby other congregations throughout the
country. He declared the object of the Jewish reli
gion to be three-fold—the elevation of the human
being, the faithful discharge oi duty toward every
member of our religious community, aid, finally,
the elevation of mankind and the bringing of truth
to the whole human family. In the deration of
the human being Dr. Wise* did not hestate to in
clude civil and religious liberty as essertial means,
and used this strong aud honorable language;
“ Israel Is a people saved. And politically,
thank God, we are redeemed. Overhead shines
the sun ol freedom; over our head is the flag of a
free country; under the blessings of tbs free gov
ernment, Israel is redeemed and may sing; and the
redemption which has begun on this virgin soil is
fast overflowing upon the world.”
Regarding the elevation of the huuan family,
Dr. Wise was still more explicit and luiversal in
his views, and rarely have more doquent or
proudly benevolent words fallen iron Jewish or
Christian pulpits than these on the purpose and
power of the Jewish religion:
“The religion of Israel is the religion of mankind.
It was delivered to Israel first, not iorthe sake of
Israel, hut for the blessing of the hunan family,
its Israel included. This is the doctriie of Moses
and the prophets, a cardinal principle fa the creed
of Judaism, the substance of Israel’: historical
mission, and distinctive character as the Messiah
nation, the covenant people, the light of humani
ty. This is the only cause of our wonebrful pres
ervation in all ages of authentic bistort, and our
rock of hope in the future. It is the iceal which
has borne us aloft in all the storms of dark cen
turies and leads us onward and forward to the
bright noonday of mankind,of redeemedhnmanity.
The proud fabric of civilization was constructed
with materials taken from. Zion’s sacred shrine
and all religions oi civilized society res; upon the
sacred columns from the sanctuary ol Jerusalem.
Therefore with us the religious question is not
merely individual elevation to human perfection
and happiness, not merely tho elevation of Israel
in this aud every other country; it is theperfection
and happiness, the redemption and salvation of
the human family, with God and »AUth, justice and
love, freedom and virtue.”
In closing his discourse Dr. Wise spoke of the
temple as “the great reform movement in the
American Isreal,” and predicted great and increas-.
ing prosperity to] the congregation worshiping in
[From the Cultivator, 10th Vol., Page S3.
Dr. Cloud's System of Cotton Culture
f A correspondent is so favorably impressed with the
following; that he has taken the pains to copy it from
an old file of the Cultivator, and send it to us for pub
lication.]
I commenced the preparatory operations
for planting about the 1st of March, by
spreading, broadcast upon the land, two to
three hundred bushels of manure'per acre-
light stock yard and stable compost. I then
run off the land in rows of three feet with a
scooter, opening a good furrow, some three
or four inches deep. This done, I take a large
size shovel and plough across the scooter
furrows at right angles, making the rows
fire feet apart. Thi3 will give me 2940 hills
on each acre, and will require nearly 184
bushels of the above manure by putting a
half gallon of it to each hill, making from
four to five hundred bushels of manure to
each acre—an infallible insurance for 5000
pounds of a superior staple per acre.
As the manure is placed in the hill by
rows, the wide way, a short distance in ad
vance, a good plough-hand follows with a turn
plough, which should run into the soil six or
eight inches deep at least, and turn well, with
which four furrows are thrown together on
each row. This gives me a large bed, to lie
until about tbe first of April, when the cotton
seed should be planted. This is done by
The Most Remarkable Swindle ou Record.
From the Oswego [N. Y.) Palladium.]
Yesterday a rural looking lady and gentleman,
of Sterling, Caynga county, called upon one of the
justices of the peace and expressed a wish be mar
ried. The pair were made min and wife. This
morning they reappeared and each in turn desired
that the proceeding might be annulled. The lady
wa3 particularly urgent. She charged that she had
been entrapped into marrying the man who stood
beside her by a piece of unpirralleled deception.—
She had been corresponding with her cousin in
Iowa, whom shehad not seen since she was achild,
and during the correspondence her relative had
wood and won her affections. He wrote her that
he was coming on here in December to claim her
hand and take" her to his home in the West. On
Monday last the swain to whom she was to be mar
ried made his appearance, claimed to be her cousin
said he could not wait until December, etc. On the
strength of these representations, she had reluc
tantly consented to wed. She had Elnce learned
that the man whom she had married was not
her cousin, but a wretch who had secured a wife by
base deception. The man acknowledged his cul
pability, but pleaded in extenuation that the Iowa,
cousin had read him the letters of his Intended;
that these had influenced him to do as he had
done. His conscience smote him so greviously
since the accomplishment of his treachery that he
made a foil confession to the lady he had shame
fully wronged. He had hoped to reconcile her to
the fraud, but she wonld not. He was willing to
make the only amends he know of, viz: have the
marrisge contract annulled.
The magistrate suggested he had not the power
tonnmarry them. He advised that, as matters
had progressed thus far, it would be better for the
lady to make the best of a bad bargain and accept
the situation. After a good deal of persuasion on
the part of the bridegroom, the lady finally decid
ed to aceept the advice of the magistrate, on the
assurance that the said bridegroom would “make
it all right” with the genuine consin away off In
Iowa. Upon this happy settlement the lady dried
her eyes, and the happy pair departed.
General Howard In Mississippi.
A correspondent from Mississippi writes: On
Thursday General O. O. Howard visited Jackson.
The General has a theory that the rising generation
oi negroes, with the blessings of liberty, education
and the Freedmen’s Bureau, must be rising up far
superior to their slave-born ancestors, ana he is
traveling to collect faot6 to support his theory.—
In pursuance of his object the General waited upon
the Mayor of Jackson, who, being a military ap
pointee, it was presumed would be found ieliable
and Republican. That fanctionary received the
Chief of the Bureau with all courtesy.
“I have called,” said the General, “for informa
tion as to the condition of the freed people of this
district—I mean as to their morals and general
conduct.”
‘Bad, sir—very bad.”
‘I mean the younger people,” remarked the
General.
“Bad, sir; d—d bad,” returned the civil Fal-
staff. _
“In what respect do you mean, Mr. Mayor?”
“The men are all thieves, and the women are all
no better than they should be.”
“You mean the older women, do you not?”
asked the General, anxiously.
“No, General, I don’t. I mean from twelve
years old and upwards.”
General Howard leit by the next cars for Vicks
burg. A mass meeting was being gotten up for
him by the negro leaders, but he did not wait for
A Novel Piece of Naval AffcmTEciiRE.—
On South Commercial wharf, now occupied by the
United States Quatermastcr’s Department, the cu
rious can see a rare boat of most beautiful model
and finish, made of paper, with all appurtenances
complete, wrought up to such a high state of pol
ish and completeness, that it is almost impossible
to recognize the material ot which it is constructed.
She bears the name of Pittsburg, which is
I Minted on a scroll on either side, anals forty-four
1 eet long, eighteen inches wide, and ten inches in
depflt of hold. Her cost was four hundred dollars.
She was originally sent to Savannah, Ga., where
she made several trial trips in the river success
fully. Was bnilt by Messrs. Walters, Blacb <& Co.,
of Troy, New York, under patent right taken out
by them in September, "1S67. Her weight is only
ninety-eight pounds—carries four oarsmen, and is
steered by the hew oarsman, who regulates the
route by his feet, which act on wires leading to the
helm. Inside, as well as outside, she is handsome
ly gotten up, while her surface is as smooth as
glass .—Charleston Mercury.
first opening the bed by a small instrument,
such as that described by M. W. Philips,
Esq., ninth volume of “The Cultivator.”
The bed thus opened, and the seed previ
ously rolled iu sand, or in ashes and salt, are
carefully dropped over the manure. Eight
or ten in a place will answer to secure a
stand. There will be no difficulty in drop
ping the seed over the manure in the hill,
when it is recollected that upon the unbroken
space of some two feet between each row,
the scooter furrows will be found an unerring
guide to the manure in the bed at the dis
tance of three feet. The seed should be
covered with a hoe, lightly and carefully.
Immediately after planting, the middles
should be ploughed out.
The crop of cotton thus planted should not
exceed four acres to thekand. In a faw days
the cotton will be up, presenting a most
healthy and thrifty appearance. The next
operation, to be performed as early as con
venient, is to plough out the middles well,
the wide way, with a good shovel plow, hav
ing first run round the young plant with a
scooter plough. Then the hoe hands follow,
and thin the cotton down to two stalks, giv
ing it a small quantity of soil. This opera
tion well done, the plant is at once placed
beyond all danger, either from grass or weeds.
The entire subsequent culture is performed
with the sweep and hoe, the cotton being
thinned to one. By the first of July my cot
ton stands from o to 6 feet high, aud I have
it topped by the 10th at farthest.
After this, and by this time, frequently in
places the Cotton will become so much in
terlocked, and the ground so shaded as to
keep down all other vegetation; yet it may
be found necessary again to chop about in
places with the hoe, when the cotton may
not have locked so early.
My land is high ridge land, readily recog
nized and its quality distinctly unclerstood
in our Southern country under the name of
"forTced leaf black jack pine barren,” a deep
porus, sandy superstratum, lying upon a tol
erable good clay, at a distance of two to
three feet below the surface, a true picture to
nature and naturally poor enough.
This laud, under the treatment above
detailed, grew my cotton from which I have
gathered a greater number of pounds per
acre (indeed almost double) than I have ever
seen recorded, is in its natural state, inferior
to the average quality of cotton land, by at
least one-half. I might refer you, if neces
sary, to more than one hundred gentlemen,
planters from Georgia and Alabama, who
have examined my experiments carefully and
several of them at various stages of its
growth, and with one general consent, pro
nounced it a fair test and a great improve
ment. I have from several stalks that grew
on three acres, in the proper places, taken
three and one-half to four pounds of cotton
carefully weighed. At the same rate, what
yield may be calculated on per acre of 2940
stalks each 1 N. B. Cloud, M. D.
Planter's Retreat, Ala., December 26,1842.
Atlanta, Ga., September 22,1868.
Col. Carey TF. Styles, Editor Constitution :
Dear Sib : In the false and mischievous
report of Brevet Major O. H. Howard, Sub
Assistant Commissioner B. R. F. and A. L.,
to Gen. Sibley, Commanding, etc., published
in your paper this morning, the following
statement appears:
“It is believed that the arms brought to
Albany recently consigned to RuBt, Johnson
& Co., were sent to Camilla.”
The impression attempted to be created by
Howard is a gratuitous falsehood, and has
no foundation in fact, or in the semblance
thereof. No guns have been consigned to, or
received by Rust, Johnston & Co., except four
that were bought on private account, and
which are now, and were on Saturday last,
in possession of the owners in Albany. They
have never been out of the city of Albany
sinefe they were received, and the owners
will keep them there to assist the civil author
ities in keeping the peace. So far from fur
nishing arms, the members of the house of
Rust, Johnston & Co. had no knowledge of
the meeting at Camilla fill the news of the
fight was received.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
Y. G. Rust.
Hotels and Hotel Clerks.
There are certain traps laid for Americans at
London hotels, which a little friendly counsel
from a resident of the metropolis, it you are fortu
nate enough to know one, will teach you to avoid-
For example-: there is a hotel atWest End, very se.
lect, very fashionable, very expensive, and not
very large. Some Americana go there because the
house has a fine reputation; others, because it is
a favorite resort of the aristocracy.
The Americans who atop at this hotel are hon
ored as Boon as their nationality is discovered, by
having as an attendant the servant who waited
upon ex-President Van Bnren, when he was the
American Minister at the Court of 8t. James.
This waiter amounts to $h0 extra In the bill. He
is very old, very respectable, wears a white wig,
and a pair oi white cotton gloves, and has a con
firmed habit of spilling the soup. During our
stay at the hotel he devoted all his energies to
silent appeals for spare cash, and usually succeed
ed iu extracting from us half a crown a day. We
would gladly have doubled tbe douceur to get
rid of him, for he was only dear to us in the pe-
cuniary sense. But we were told that It was “the
thing’’ for Americans to submit to this infliction,
aBd we submitted; tmt i nave bo.or .u.
determine why we did so, nor why we willingly
allowed the old humbug to fumble about the ta
ble, and make a bad pretense of performing duties
which were really discharged by onr own servants.
There is another hotel to which many Americans
are recommended, the landlord of which was once
famous as a cook. He lives as hundreds of other
people do in England, upon the reputation of
what he did ten years ago. The guests are expect
ed to excase all delinquencies, on the ground that
the landlord Is a man of talent, and could easily
set everything right, if he chose to attend to busi-
A Minister Ordained by Women.—A new in
cident In the history of the church occurred at
Marbleheadjln this State, on the 2d. At the or
dination of William Garrison Haskell os pastor of
the First Universalist church of that place, Rev.
FhebeA. Hanaford, of Hlngham, delivered the
charge, and Rev. Olympia Brown, of Weymouth,
tho prayer. This being, so far as I am aware, tbe
first occasion when women have taken a leading
part in the ordination service of any chureh. it has
seemed to me worthy of notice in the Revolution,
and as matter of interest to the world.
A novel incident of the service was thelayiDg on
of hands, Mrs. Hanaford and Miss Brown partici
pating. The charge by the Rev. Mrs. Hanaford
was as beautiful as the eloquent words and forcible
manner of that spiritual woman could make it.—
She commenced by saying: “George, my dear
brother, you bave chosen, •Phene,, servant of the
church of Hlngham,” to give you the solemn
charge, and to deliver unto you the oracles of God;
one ol which is your belief that there is neither
tribe, nor caste, nor sex in the religion of Christ
Jesus.” Near the close of her remarks she ex
pressed her assurance that he wonld succeed; be
cause, among other reasons, “he had shown, by
choosing a woman to take this part of the service,
his views, and had thrown down the gauntlet to
those who would place women and idiots side by
side on tbe statute book.” As a whole, her charge
was masterly, womanly, and more impressive than
usually listened to on such occasions. Tbe prayer
of Miss Brown also deserves especial notice for its
terror aud eloquence.—Revolution.
There is this difference between happiness
and 'wisdom: he that thinks himself the hap
piest man, really is so ; but he who thinks
himself the wisest man, is generally the greatr
est fool.
A boarder looked very discontedly at a
beefsteak, and the landlady having observed
him, said : “Don’t the steak suit you?” “Yes,”
said the ’boarder, “it’s good enough, what
there is of it: and there is enough of it such
as it is.”
That wonderful character, an American hotel
clerk, is almost unknown in England. At only
one house in London can he be fonnd, and there
he Is shorn of his lair proportions, and shines
with diminished glory. English landlords prefer
a girl, who knows nothing, bat will coquette with
everybody, to a clerk of the American school, who
knows everything, and will waste his time with
nodody. In America, if you wish to learn when
to ride, where to drive, what to buy, where to
shop, when the trains start, what theatre to atten d,
how much are the hack fares, who is worth hear
ing at the opera, what institutions to visit, where
to procure the requisite tickets, who is the fash
ionable tailor, what is the last new thing in neck
ties, whose acquaintance to make or avoid, where
to spend your evenings, what is the rate of ex
change, in short what to do in any emergency, and
how to dispose of yourself generally—you consult
the clerk of the hotel. He expects no fee; he
would resent the offer of a bribe as an insult;
be is salaried by the landlord, aud it his duty to
answer any question yon may ask. Like a news
paper editor, no kind of knowledge is unnecessary
tohim. He is a guide book, director, calendar,
railway time table,fashionable gazette,trade list and
merchant’s manual combined and incarnated. He
gives you the benefit of aU he has gleaned from the
fen thousand other guests, and distributes among
them the information he has managed to extract
from yon. Education only develops his natural
abilities; like a poet he is born, not made.
Indeed, in the clerk you see the future proprie
tor embryo, before age has dimmed his discern
ment, or riches blunted his faculties, and impaired
his activity. He stands at hi3 desk in the office,
conversing with a hundred persons a minute, send
ing them all away instructed and satisfied, and ap
parently managing the affairs not only of the
whole hotel, but of the whole city. You are com
pelled to pay homage to a memory so tenacious
that it loses nothing, and so fresh that the slightest
remark leaves an indelible impression; to an
eye which observes everything without appearing
to wander from yon; to a tongue which talks
as rapidly, yet as distinctly as the telegraph; to a
manner which is polite but reserved; to a bearing
which invites and inspires and justifies confidence;
to an energy which seems constantly overtaxed
and still never tiree. In the English hotel there
is no such “guide, philosopher and. friend” for the
poor traveler.
Getting; and Spending Money.
QUESTIONS FOR ALL PEOPLE.
We find in tbe London papers tbe follow
ing interesting letter from Raskin:
Sir: You terminate to-day a discussion
which seems to bave been greatly interesting
to your readers by telling them tbe “broad fact
that England is no longer big enough for her
inhabitants.” Might you not in the leisure
of tbe recess open with advantage a discus
sion likely to be no less interesting and much
more useful—namely, how big England may
be made for economical inhabitants, and how
little she may be made for wasteful ones?
Might you not invite letters on this quite
radical and essential question : How money
is truly made, and how it is truly lost, not by
one person or another, but by the whole
nation ? For, practically, people’s eyes are
so intensely fixed on the immediate operation
of money as it changes hands that they
hardly ever reflect on its origin or final dis
appearance.
They are always considering how to get it
from somebody else, but never how to get it
where that somebody else got it. Also, they
very naturally mourn over their loss of it to
other people, without reflecting that, if not
lost altogether, it may still be of some reflec
tive advantage to them. Whereas tbe real
national question is, not who is losing or
gaining money, but who is making and who
is destroying it. I do not of course mean
making money in the sense cf printing notes
or finding gold. True, money cannot be
made so. When an island is too small for
its inhabitants, it would not help them to
one ounce of bread more to have the entire
island turned into one nugget, or to find
bank notes growing by its rivulets instead of
fern leaves. Neither, by destroying money,
do I mean burning notes or throwing gold
away. - •
If I bum a five-pound note, or throw five
sovereigns into the sea, I hurt no one but
myself; nay, I benefit others, for everybody
with a pound in his pocket is richer by the
withdrawal of my-competition in the market.
But what I want you to make your readers
discover is how the true money is made that
will get them houses and dinners; and, on
the other hand, how money is truly lost, or
so diminished in value that all they can get
year will not buy them comfortable
houses or satisfactory dinners. Surely this
is a question which people would like to
have answered clearly for them, and it might
lead to some important results if the answer
were acted upon. The ribbon-makers at
Coventry, starving, invite the ladies of Eng
land to wear ribbons. The compassionate
ladies of England invest themselves in rain
bows, and admiring economists declare the
nation to be benefitted.
No one asks where tbe ladies get the money
to spend in rainbows (which is the first ques
tion in the business), nor whether money once
so spent will ever return again, or has really
faded with the faded ribbons and disap
peared forever. Again, honest people every
day lose quantities of money to dishonest
people. But that is merely a change of hands
much to be regretted; but the money is not,
therefore, itself lost. The dishonest people
must spend it last somehow. A youth at
college loses bis year’s income to a Jew, but
the Jew must spend it instead of him. Miser
or not, the day must come when his hands
relax. A railroad shareholder loses bis
money to a director, but the director must
some day spend it instead of. him.
This is not—at least, in the first sense of
it—national loss. But what tbe people need
to know is, how a final and perfect loss of
money takes place, so that the whole nation,
instead of being rich, shall be getting grad
ually poor. And then, indeed, if one man in
spending his money destroys it, and another
in spending it makes more of it, it becomes a
grave question in whose hands it is, and
whether honest or dishonest people are like
ly to spend it to the best purpose. Will you
permit me, sir, to lay this not unprofitable
subject of inquirv before your readers, while,
to tbe very best purpose, they are investing
a little m'oney in sea air ?
Very sincerely yours, t. Ruskin.
Denmark JBiU, July 30.
*he Debt.
Prom the If. Y. Journal of Commerce.]
Some credulous reader of the speeches
made from the political rostrum may ask
what has become of the vast resources of rev
enue from which “one-third of the public
debt has been paid since August, 1865 ?”
There has been no such payment, and the
pretence is political fraud. The last detailed
annual statement ended with Jane 30,1867,
bnt we have at hand from Mr. Wells the
totals in round numbers of the financial
movement since that date. We present this
first to clear the way for what follows:
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1868.
Receipts United States Treasury—
atoms, cold *163.500,000
Internal Revenue, paper— ... 196,000,000
Vfisoellaneous (mostly cold premium) 47,000,030
I>mViUu linuJe.,. ft_aiv\ t /yys
Total income— *406,300,000
Expenses for the year—
Interact on the debt. *14i.635£51
Other authorized expenses 229,914,674
Total authorised expenses 371,550,225
Apparent surplus— — *34,749,775 ‘
It is well known that the actual expenses
for the year run far ahead of what was
authorized, and had to be provided for by
“deficiency bills,” so that no payments of
the debt were made last year. Now, let us
go back one month beyond the date when
these extraordinary movements are said to
bave begun and bring down all the receipts
and expenses to the beginning of the year
above cited:
FROM JUNE 80, 1865, TO JULY 1, 1867.
Receipts United States Treasury-
Customs $355,464,462 46
Internal revenue — 575,254,350 85
Direct tax 6,174,987 82
Publio lands 1,828,606 79
Miscellaneous 109,944,222 41
Total income *1,048.666.630 33
Expenses United States Treasury—
Civil list #27.873,318 10
Foreign intercourse-... 2.8S6.977 44
NavyDepartment 74,358,129 56
War Department 379,674,117 45
Pensions 36,541,904 03
Indians - 7.889,596 33
Miscellaneous.... 61,406,293 27
Interest 273.849,333 60
Excess paid loans - 13,393,788 21
Total expenses..
Surplus
S880.873.858 02
- $167,792,772 31
Th© balance of cash in the Treasury, June,
30, 1865, was only $858,309 15, while July 1,
1867, it was $170,146,9S6 47, so that every
dollar of “unliquidated” indebtedness paid
since August, 1865, is to be found in the ex
tra items charged to the War and Navy De
partments’ account as above given growing
out of unascertained previous engagements 1
Thus the great hulk of the eight hundred
million story vanishes into thin air! We
have included, in the payments, the excess
paid on loan account in order to make an
exact balance of that item. The securities
were changing their character all the while,
and there were received $1,353,278,46334,
and paid out $1,366,672,25155. This dis
turbs tbe cash balance, their being a slight
discrepancy in the official figures, but the
difference is unimportant.
If the income represented above could be
maintained without overtaxing the industry
of the country, and both political parties
could be induced to unite in reducing the
entire expenses of the Treasury, for tbe sup
port of the Government, to a sum consider]
ably within one hundred millions annually,
then, indeed, we might see a rapid reduc
tion of the public debt, but there is no pros
pect of suen a consummation.
All that any new administration can do
will be to provide immediately for new and
heavier taxation. A system of retrenchment
in expenses, if begun at once, could not be
made operative before there would be a large
deficiency in the resources of the Treasury.
Has the Summer Enfeebled Tout
Nine out of every ten to whom this question is
addressed, if they answer it candidly, will answer
it in the affirmative. Some may reply to it from
a sick bed; others of a stronger constitution and
greater powers of endurance, may only experience
a slight lassitude as the eonsequenoe of the torrid
season. But some portion of the vitality oiaU human
beings oozes out of them under the pressure of great
and continuous heat, and the sooner the loss is com
pletely repaired, the less susceptible will the system
be to the unhealthy influence of the Fall malaria.
The most genial and wholesome tonio that has ever
been offered to man—-as a means of recruiting his
exhausted strength, and fortifying him against the
attacks of disease—is HOSTETTER’S STOMACH
BITTERS. Taken at this season it is a perfect safe
guard against intermittent fever, bilious affections,
and all the epidemios which follow dose npon the
expiration of the Summer. It is an invigorant and
alterative without any of the drawbacks which attach
to mere stimulants, and is the only preparation of
the kind which a conscientons physician wonld feel
inclined to prescribe for ladies in delicate health.
Nothing ean be more pore, more harmless, more
certain to restore the vigor of the system permanently
and thoroughly, without exciting the pulse or the
brain.
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