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THE TELEGRAPH.
MACON, FRIDAY, APRIL JC, 186D.
A Little Knelt left.
Georgia is going to escape a third reconstruc-
tkm this session. That is the first piece of good
poiMieal uck which has hapened to ns for ten
years. No elections—no Legislatives—no fuss.
qb this summer—nothing to disturb the tran
quility of the State—the growth of com and
cotton, and the progress of agriculture general
ly. . It is a piece of good fortune which wo
hardly dared to hope for, and wo congratulate
Ota people upon it Evidently somo strong in-
finances have been at work in the Republican
party to foil the settled purpose of reconstruct
ing and punishing Georgia, the existence of
which was clearly manifest so late as a month
ngo. Wo doubt not that Gen. Grant has sedu
lously discouraged it, and we nre not disposed
to undervalue .the efforts of Nelson Tift, Gen.
Young, and such of tho Georgia Republicans
who threw themselves into tho breech to pre
vent another disorganization of tho State. Tift
*nd Young have displayed immense industry
pertinacity—hayo exhausted every recourse
to avert the threatened catastrophe. The peo
ple of Georgia owo them much.
Amly Johnson in Xasliville.
'Tho Nashville papers devote several columns
to an account of ex-President Johnson’s recep
tion in that city last Thursday. All along the
road from Chattanooga tho people thronged to
meet him. At Murfreesboro a Nashville com
mittee in fivo cars met him, one of which con
tained a committee of colored men. In Nash
ville he was received with great pomp by all the
•ocioties and people. Jndgo Gant delivered a
welcoming address, and Mr. Johnson responded
substantially as at Knoxville.
The Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama
Railroad.—The Griffin Middle Georgian of the
Tttli instant learns that the early completion of
this road is now quite probablo. The recent
choice of Mr. A J. "White as President, and his
acceptance of the position, coupled with tho
fact of his being backed up by a very efficient
and thorough-going board of directors, is a mat-
tor which will inspire every friend of tho enter
prise with fall confidence in its success.
The same paper further lcaras that the city
authorities of Griffin will at an early day sub
mit the question of an additional subscrip
tion of twenty-five thousand dollars to this road,
to the voters of the city. Tho Middle Georgian
declares itself qualifiedly for subscription, but
promises to have more to say on the subject
.hereafter.
The Middle Georgian requests persons having
stock in this road to an advertisement of the
Treasurer, who will be in Griffin on the 11th and
Kith, for tho purpose of issuing new stock for
-old.
Precociocs Knavery.—A dispatch from Uti
ca says that four boys, the eldest only seven
teen, have been arrested in that city for the
robbery of freight on the Central Railroad.
They have been in the habit for a year or more
of -concealing themselves on the trains, and
.-/ihen"breaking into the cars while they were in
.-DttA’on, robbing them of valuable goods. It is
thought that since they first commenced, they
< have-plundered the trains of upward of ten
thousand'dfiilara’ worth of goods, a large por
tion of whfjh they subsequently destroyed.
They all plead guilty, and implicated a man
named William" Terry as tho instigator of the
robbery.
Rhode Island State Election.—The election
for State officers and members of the Legisla
ture of -Rhode Island took place on Wednesday
X last. ‘ITSra -vote was a light one. The Repub-
V?lcan ticket, headed by Seth Paddleford, candi
date for Governor, was elected by almost 3,000
^majority. Returns from all but four towns give
Paddleford G858, and" Pierce, Democrat, 3000.
The Senate will probably comprise 27 Republi
cans and six Democrats, and the House sixty-
one Republicans and eleven Democrats.
Gin House Burned.—On Sunday night last, a
-gin house was burned on the place occupied by
Nathan Toomor (freedman), belonging to Wil-
Tiam M. Haslen. It contained nine bales of cot
ton and involved a loss of about two thonsand i
dollars. There was no insurance on the prop-
■ erty. The fire is supposed to havo been com
municated by on incendiary. Tho gin house
-was located about four miles from Marshal villa.
Heavy Robbery.—St. John’s Safety Fund
Building, corner Twelfth and Chestnut streets,
Philadelphia, was robbed on Friday last. The
watchman left' at C a. m., and returned at 5 r.
ii., when he found the safe broken open and the
contents, from §800,000 to §1,000,000, carried
- off. Of stolen funds, over §000,000 consisted
valuable funds, greenbacks, etc.
Another Attempt .to Assassinate the Vice
roy op Egypt.—Dispatches from Alexandria say
: another attempt to assassinate tho Viceroy of
‘ Egypt has been discovered and frustrated. A
loaded bomb was found under his choir at too
theatre, and was withdrawn before it could ex
plode. A largo number of suspected parties
have been arrested. ,
The- Story op Ned Foroeron.—"Wo have not
published this story for ten years, and it is time
to printrit again. To some it will be new, and
to all welcome. See first page in to-day’s im
pression of tho Dairy Telegraph.
Tee Georgia Bill.—Somebody prints in the
National Intelligencer of the 3d, a powerful ex
pose of the Butler bill. It is probably from the
pen of Mr. Tift,—but tho Butler bill is dead.
West Georgia Gazette.—Our friend, B. T.
Costellaw, editor and proprietor of the West
• Georgia Gazette, is in town on business connect-
V cd with his journal, the recognized exponent of
•truth and justice in Talbot and adjoining coun
ties. ___
Eatonton Press and Messenger.—W. M. Jef.
fOrson, Esq., of tho Press and Messenger in onr
• good old county of Putnan, is in town soliciting
patronage for his journal, which we hope he will
obtain abundantly.
A Talkino Baby.—A Dr. J. H. Sudduth, of
St. Charles, Minnesota, writes to the editor of
the St. Charles Herald, about a baby who talks
at three months old—accosts his mother from the
cradle and say “mama, take baby np,” or “ba-
• by wants dinner," as plainly ns a child five.or
six years old.
'Gold in Coweta County.—The People’s De-
• fender, of Newnan, has in its possession a
piece of ore taken from a mine three and a half
miles from that place, which, at tho lowest esti-
- mate, will yield .one thousand dwts. to the ton.
/Iris said an effort will be made in the House,
whenever the Reconstruction Committee report
- on either the Georgia, Virginia or Texas cases,
to postpone further action on all of them until
the December session, as was done in the case
of Mississippi. A motion to this effect; it is
“ The Imperialist” anti what it Jfeansl
“ The Imperialist” has appeared—we have
not seen it—but the New York Commercial Bul
letin 1las, and discourses upon its advent at
length. Says the Bulletin j
The Imperialist, a copy of which is before ns,
presents tho appearance of something more than
an April joke. It is a handsome sixteen page
paper, published evidently without regard to
cost, and containing, among others, the adver
tisements of several of the leading publishing
and banking houses, and financial institutions of
the city. We cannot, of course, predict its suc
cess, but whether it is sustained or not will de
termine tho sentiments of tho people. Judging
from its appearance, the publishers are either
regardless of expense or else aro assured of a lib
eral support from tho public.
And now tee ask, what does aU this mean?—
Can it be that the people of the United States,
sick of official corruption and seeing no hope.of
reforming the defects and abuses that have crept
into our system of government, are willing to
accept with apathetic indifference any change
that will be forced on them by nmbitions poli
ticians. Possibly this is true ; if so, we have
ourselves to thank. Legislative corruption
would not have existed if corrupt legislators
had not been placed in office and kept there ;
and official dishonesty would havo been un
known if tho American pnblic had vigilantly
watched and held to strict accountability those
who wore entrusted with resjionsibility in the
administration of onr civil service.
Wo do not believe, however, that tho affairs
of the country aro in a condition too bad to bo
remedied: or, that an imperialism offers the on
ly refuge from the fraud and corruption that is
eating out the very heart of republican institu
tions. If the people will once rouso themselves,
and, realizing the importance of a reform in the
administration of our Government, weed out the
irresponsible and dishonest officials and elect
honest and honorable men in their stead, we
need have no fear for the perpetuity of the Gov
ernment, and the cry of ‘imperialism for Ame
rica,” will find no echo in the hearts of the
people.
“The Imperialist ” comes out very squarely,
and does not mince matters. “ For the first
time in the history of the United Stales," says
that paper, “ an American journal dares to pro
claim, as false and pernicious, in tlitir influence,
the democratic dogmas of popular sovereignty
and equality, and to demand that on the ruins
of this unfortunate Republic, shall be reared the
firm and substantial structure of an Empire !"
“ And now we ask,” says the Commercial Bul
letin, “what does all this mean?" Well, without
laying claim to any particular astuteness, we
think we can tell tho Bulletin what it means. It
means simply a reactionary state of the pnblic
mind, growing out of the abuses and prostitu
tion of Republicanism and popular sovereignty,
so-called.
It seems to be the ordination of Providence
that whatever is most valuable in its legitimate
use and application, shall be most deadly and
destructive in its abuse and maladministration.
No theory of government certainly can be sound
er, fairer and better, in itself considered, than
that of a constitutional republic. Here the will
of the majority is the power, subject inexorably
to fhose great overruling principles of private
and public justice recognized, ordained and
established in the fundamental law J
Now, just so long ils the Constitution of such
a Government interposes an insurmountable
barrier to the injustice and oppression of ma
jorities everything is safe and equitable. The
personal and political rights of every man and
every minority, however unpopular, are amply
shieldedby the fundamental law. The majority,
as is their due, control and administer the gov
ernment according to their tastes and opinions
in all subordinate matters, while the minority is
safe in every essential right of person and prop-'
erty under the shelter of a fundamental law
which cannot be invaded.
Thus, just so long as the Constitution is
maintained, a Republican Government is bound
to be the most equitable, liberal and secure form
of government known among men. Even if
the ballot becomes to some extent ignorant and
corrupt, no irreparable mischief is done, so
long as the Constitution, like a wall of fire,
guards and secures the grand and inalienable
rights of-the freeman. The Government might
be managed unwisely, corruptly and wastefully,
but just so long as it should be restrained with
in its appropriate sphere by the limitation of
the Constitution, its citizens would be secure,
and it would be subserving all the essential ob
jects of a free government.
This is the reason why all intelligent Ameri
can politicians insist so much upon the Consti
tution. It is, as will be seen, the whole story
of liberty, security and tranquility in a nutshell.
It is the Alpha and Omega—the beginning and
the ending of everything of any value in the
Grand Republic of tt-s United States of Amer
ica.
Now, in order to reduce this government to
the most wretched imposture under tho sun, you
have to do but two things: The first of these
is to destroy the authority of the constitution.
No man is then safe unless he is in the biggest
crowd. To be in a minority is to be stripped
of all defence and protection; and we see that,
to a considerable extent, this is the case with all
men in the minority at this time. Nor, in fact,
is tho majority safe from itself—for it is con
trolled by no law except its own caprice. No
other protection is then left to anybody, except
wbat may be found in the force of habit, tradi
tion, popular good nature and forbearance. The
usages of freedom often survive for a time the
legal muniments which protect and enforce;
them. .
The second thing to be done in order to facil
itate and complete the work of ruin, is to cor
rupt and debase the ballot. By these two pro
cesses you strip freedom of all her defences
and arm despotism for tho onslaught. The
rapidity and fatality of tho progress of mischief,
misery and ruin bejeome then questions only of
time and the chapter of accidents. The work
of degeneration is sore. The road you have
entered upon can lead only to a certain catastro
phe.
No reader need be told that the American
people have entered upon and ore industriously
pushing forward on this fatal highway. Every
body knows it, although very few see the dan
ger. Everybody knows that the Constitution has
been set aside and tho suffrage debased. But
the mass of the people aro wholly indifferent to
the Constitution, and ridicule those who think
anything about it as a set of old fogies who are
behind tho times. They neither know nor care
for any Constitution. Their ideas of Govern
ment go no farther than the direct motive and
aggressive power—the ballot—and they shut
their eyes to tho patent fact that in all systems
of government, from tho simplest in mechanism
and physics up to the grand system of moral
government ordained by God himself, restraints
and counterbalances are os essential as motive
power. The simplest machine constructed alone
upon the naked principle of propulsion would
work its own rrnin in a moment, and it must bo
unreasonable to look for better results from tho
American system when remitted solely to the
mere prophlsivo power of the ballot.
Now, without the smallest stretch of the im
agination, wo can conceive that the “imperial
sts” in America see tho manifest direction of
public affairs, and nre more than willing to fore
stall a plunge into the abyss pf popular tyranny'
(which iVnatirc/ty) by substituting the Empire.'
The rule of one man is better than ihob law.
Moreover, to say nothing more about their
own time, we havo seen trial by jury in our
frontier States, whistled down in contempt, and
lynch law established, owing to the corruption
of juries. Contrast the popular estimation of
the Congress of the United States at the present
time with what it was but a generation ago!
Then it inspired a universal and profound rev
erence—now it is viewed only with apprehension
and disgust?
Abuse unfortunately misdirects popular oppro
brium to the thing abused and perverted. The
Radicals debase suffrage as they tell us to edu
cate and elevate the negro. The result is, and
must be, to inspire a contempt for the suffrage
and to break the lever by which they propose to
elevate the negro. The human mind cannot
respect that which is not respectable either in
its operation or results.
Now, tho whole of this talk about an Empe
ror, whether it amount to more or less, is the
offspring of popular disgust and re-action. It
is a natural result of the Radical labors to pros
titute and pervert the government, which have
inspired a growing conviction among the people
that it is on the high road to ruin, and is neith
er safe nor worthy the confidence and respect
it once inspired. The prediction of anarchy or
imperalism as the inevitable result of existing
causes is heard on all sides and everywhere;
and, in truth, it seems to us there is but one es
cape from it: and that lies in retracing onr
steps and a return to Constitutional Republi
canism.
A Yankee Spinster Slashing Hound
Down South.
HEE EXPERIENCES IN FLORIDA.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican prints a
long letter from a Northern woman in Florida,
who writes from St. Augustine, March 13:
V “We left New York on the 20 th of January,
a party of three spinsters. I hope Madge and
Louise won’t bo angry at my frankness; I quite
readily admit that I am tho senior, and conse
quently most hopeless spinster. * * *
As wo came up tho river on the Hattie, we made
the acquaintance of Mr. B , of Brooklyn,
a most agreeable gentleman, who introduced
himself in the usual and always acceptable way
in these Southern wilds, through the medium of
a late New York paper. These traveling ac
quaintances ripen rapidly into something nea *
akin to friendship. Mr. B was very po
lite and kind in coming frequently to call upon
ns, while we were living on the Hattie at the
dock at Enterprise; and often expressed his re
gret at onr inability to obtain rooms at the hotel.
The evening that we were to start on our return
trip he astonished me with the following propo
sition : ‘ ‘I really want you to stay here. I know
you’ll like it. There is one room at the house
for your friends, and if you won’t mind trunks,
and guns, and boots, and fishing-rods, I’ll take
a bed in tho parlor, and yon can sleep in my
room; in a day or two some one will be going
away, and you can get good quarters. " Now
think about it. I really mean it, and I want you
to come.”
“Of course, I refused, but my first ‘No’ wasn’t
accepted, and I did think about it. I was al
most ill, excessively fatigued, for six nights out
of seven I had been on the boat. It was selfish,
I knew; but ‘Yes! I would go!’ So our bag
gage was taken off, and at last we went up to
the Brock House. Well for me that we did so,
for I was unable to go down stairs for three
days. I passed the nights in the apartment of
my good angel, for such I shall always consider
him, fitted betimes in the morning to my friend’s
room and back again at nightfall to my angelic
dormitory. Heretofore I have always hated
that detestable little song, T want to be an an
gel,’ but now I shall love it, for instead of ‘tho
crown upon the forehead, the harp within the
hand,’ I shall see a beaming, kindly face, with a
soft felt (a little rowdy, just delightfully rowdy),
upon tho forehead, and a fishing-rod within the
hand. It may be difficult for yon, who haven’t
seen him, to imagine an angel in rough gray
clothes, and high boots; but for me all I can say
is, that if there are a great many like him in
Heaven I hope I shall go there.
“While I was lying one day in my friend’s
room, with the door ajar for better ventillation,
I heard a tap, tap, tapping up the stair and
across the hall; a pair of soft eyes peeped in at
me, and straight up to the bedside walked a lit
tle deer. He gazed at me for a while, put his
nose in my hand and then trotted around the
room on a tour of inspection. Not finding any
thing to eat, he departed abruptly in great dis
gust, not even having the civility to make me a
farewell bow. Apropos, I suppose you would
like to know on what we support exhausted na
ture in Florida. We havo plenty of venison,
of course, shad, trout, and on the seaboard, oys
ters, crabs, turkies and fresh fish of all kinds ;
young, crisp lettuce, small onions, com bread
and sweet potatoes ad libitum. In ordinary sea
sons we should have fruit, green peas, tomatoes,
and all summer vegetables, hut the cold snap at
Christmas made sad havoc in this State. Every
where, except in the interior, the vegetables
were killed and the fruit blighted.
* * * “ At Picolata we sat for three hours
in a coach without any horses, and it was there
I wanted a man—to swear! 1 went to the stable
at last nnd walked up to tho negro driver. The
horses were brought out and taken back again,
brought out and taken back again the second
time. At last wo smelt a rat—we were rather
stupid in not smelling him sooner. ‘How much,’
I said to the driver, ‘can you make by this
;e?’ ‘Fifteen dollars.’ ‘ Well, we represent
twelve with our extra baggage.’ 4 Yes, ma’am.’
‘ Pdt in the horses and be quick about it—we
will pay tho other three dollars.’ At last we were
off. The day was balmy, delicious—the 15th of
February. We lode almost the entire distance
to Augustine, eighteen miles, bareheaded.
On our arrival here, we obtained, after some
little delay, comfortable qunrters at the Florida
House, kept by Mr. Bradley, of New Haven, a
most obliging but ninch enduring landlord.—
Night after night he cheerfully gives up his own
room and takes a ‘shake-down’ on the floor, but
yet he’s constantly scolding because he cannot
mako bricks without straw. Unfortunately
there’s only one hotel in Augustine, and not
more than half tho peoplo who come hero can
b6 taken in and done for; bnt they will come.—
Mr. Bradley makes them beds in the parior, hall
and office, does his best to accommodate them,
and they ungratefully scold, scold, scold, be
cause his best is not better.”
thought, could be carried.
Contents j apprehensions, the prejudices and disgusts of the
Blackwood for M^bch is at hand.
—Historical Sketches of the Reign of George peoplo aro aroused and excited by abuses, even
I—Doubles & Qnit's. New Zealand and its against the best of things. Religion itself, has
Gold Fields. The Northmen, Heathan and j at times, been made odious by the cruelties and
Ohnstian. A Whist Remimsoenee. Stage Mo- j tyranny of its representatives. Republicanism,
rality and the Ballet The Arts in the House- j for many years, rtunk in the nostrilR of the moat
hold, or Decorative Art Applied to Domestic J enlightened advocates of human freedom, from
^•es. The Leonard Scott Reprint the atrocities of the French Revolution. In our
lion. A. II. Stephens— Ills Health and
Views on Public Affairs.
A travelling correspondent of the Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel called upon Mr. Stephens
at Liberty Hall, on tho 2d instant, and says:
I found Mr. S. still unable to stand or walk,
nnd only able to move from the fire-place to the
bod, from chair to chair, without any assistance,
except somo one to arrange them. For several
months previous to the accident which prostrat
ed him, he was so weak as scarcely to be able to
raise himself when down. Ho now thinks there
is not sufficient vitality.in the organ nffected to
reenpernte. and has little hope of ever being
able to walk again. The burden of his anxiety
is the completion of the second volume of his
history of the war between tho States. '
The material for the work is all ready, nnd
nothing lacking but physical strength to put it
together. I learn that fifty-seven thousand
copies of this work have already been sold,
through the agents of the publishers.
Mr. Stephens deplores the demoralization
which prevails, and thinks all good people should
unite in suppressing the mobocracy and insub
ordination which threatens the usurpation of
civil government and the rain of the country.
He has confidence in the virtue, intelligence
and patriotism of the peoplo, and hopes they
will not be blinded to their great interest, in a
wise, just and strict maintenance of law and
order. On taking my leave tho next morning of
Mr. Stephens, ho cordially invited me to come
and spend two or three days with him, and al
ways to stop with him when on business engage
ments in tho town. He said his house had two
names, “Liberty Hall” and the “Wayside
Home,” and in every respect I think it answers
to the appellations. I am loath to believe that
the “ great star of the South” should cease to
shine in his civil heavens, and the people be de
prived of the counsels of one of their wisest and
purest statesmen ; huthope that the more genial
seasons may revive nnd restore, and wo shall
soon meet little Allick again, upon the arena of
activelife-i l a..*!.,
A French Sjory.—The other day X. called
on Madame Q.
“ Madame, can I see your husband?"’ •,
“No, sir; lie is out tit present. He went out
to kny a cigar.” ■ \ "■ ' • a 1 ; . .,-‘7 ..
“ Did he say when he would return, rnadame?”
“No.” ...... ,
“Has he been gone long ?" rUqfiU «
“More than twenty years.” ;
“Ah, I see,” said X., “he wanted to get a
good one."'
A GEORGIA STORY. ]
BY THE HON. J. B. LAMAR.
CHAPTER I.
At the entrance to one of those gorges, or
gaps, in the great Apalachian chain of moun
tains, in their passage across the northern por
tion of Georgia, a blacksmith had erected his
forge in the early settlement of that region by
the Anglo-American race, and drove a thrifty
trade in the way of facing axes and pointing
ploughs for the settlers, and shoeing horses for
wayfaring people, in their transit through the
country to examine gold mines and land.’
As he was no ordinary personage in the affairs
of his neighborhood, and will make a conspicu
ous figure in this narrative, some account of his
peculiarities will not be uninterresting. Hav
ing acted through life on a homely maxim of his
own, “pay up as you go up,” he had acquired
some money, and was out of debt; and conse
quently enjoyed “tho glorious privilege of be
ing independent,” in a degree that is unknown
to many who occupy a larger portion of the
world’s attention than himself. He was a burly
well-looking man of thirty-five, just young
enough to feel that all his faculties, mental and
physical, had reached their greatest develop
ment ; and just old enough to have assured suf-
ficent experience of men and things, to make
tho past servo as a finger to his future journey
through life. With a shrewd, but open, bold,
and honest-look, there was a gleeful expression
in tho comers of his eyes, that spoke of fun.—
The “laughing devil in his eye” was not a ma
licious spirit, however. His physical conforma
tion was that which combined great strength
with agility; and if he had been fated to have
been a contemporary of his great prototype,
Yulean, there can bo no doubt but the Lemnian
blacksmith would havo allotted to him a front
forgo in his establishment, to act as a sort of
pattern-card, and to divert the pnblic gazo from
his own lame leg to the fair proportions of his
foreman.
Now, although Ned Forgeron, for such was
the name he inherited from some Gallic ances
tor, was a good-natured man, yet the possession
of great muscular strength and courage, and the
admiration which a successful exercise of thoso
powers never fails to command, had somewhat
spoiled him. Without meaning to injure any
mortal, he had managed, nevertheless, to try liis
prowess on sundry of hi3 neighbors; and from
the success which always croTmed his honest
efforts in that way, had unconsciously acquired
the character of a bully.
With very early advantages of elementary ed
ucation, he had, nevertheless, at different pe
riods, collected/! mass of heterogeneous informa-
'tion, jvhich ho was very fond of displaying on
occasions. He was a sort of political antiquary;
and could tell the opinion of Mr. Jefferson or
Mr. Madison on any subject; and was referred
to on all disputed points, on the theory and his
tory of the government, that arose among the
candidates for the legislature, and county politi
cians. This he studied on account of the con
sequence it invested him with. But why he had
treasured up an old and well thumbed copy of
Paine’s “Age of Reason,” and affected skepti
cism as to the veracity of the story of Jonah
and tho whale, Balaam and his ass, would be
hard accounting for, unless it proceeded from a
desire of a character for singularity and erudi
tion. When vanity once gets the mastery of
a man’s reason, there is no telling the absurdi
ties it will lead him into. He was fond of speak
ing of Yolney, and being found with a copy of
Taylor’s “Diegesis” in his hand, although few
of his neighbors had heard of the “Ruins,” or
knew what Diegesis meant.
This peculiarity, together with the pertinacity
of the missionaries, Worcester and Butler, which
carried them to the penitentiary, may account for
the great aversion of Mr. Edward Forgeron to
all preachers of tho gospel.
His dislike for them was so excessive, that he
could scarcely speak of the “hypocritical scoun
drels,” as he colled them, without flying into a
passion, and using indecorous language. But a
circumstance occurred which gave his zeal a dis
tinct and sectarian direction. A Methodist
preacher over in Tennessee,' who was fond of
jjpicing his discourse with anecdotes, once made
him the principal character in a long sermon.
His peculiarities were dilatedon, and his heresies
dealt with in severity. He was ridiculed, and
his literary acquirements disparaged by the
preacher. All this came to the ears of Forgeron.
with such additions and embellishments as sto
ries usually receive in passing to a third person.
It would be as useless to attempt to describe a
mountain storm as to picture the wrath of this
mountaineer. But if we cannot portray the stonn,
the consequences may he easily told. The black
smith swore in his wrath he would whip every
Methodist preacher that passed tho gap, in re
venge of Ms insult.
Forgeron was a man of his word, as the bruis
ed features of many of John Wesley’s disciples
could testify. His character soon went abroad,
and the good old matrons of the surrounding
counties on each side of the mountain trembled
at his name. In short, the mountain pass,
wMch was really as romantic a place as a land
scape painter would seek for a picture, and was
just the spot to remind a youth fresh from his
classic studies of the place where Leonidas and
his three hundred Spartans fell, in attempting
to defend Greece against the army of Xerxes—
in despite of the grandeur of its beetling cliffs
and the beauty of its verdure, was associated in
tho minds of many pious persons, with the broad
gate that leads to destruction. And Ned Forge
ron, tho handsomo blacksmith, was invested
with the attributes and hideous aspect of his
Satanic Majesty, by many a mountain girl who
would doubtless have fallen in “love at first
sight ” with him under any other name. The
preacher whoso circuit lay on either side of the
mountain, at the time Ned’s direful edict was
promulgated to tho world, was a meek and lowly
man, who approached nearly in his natnral dis
position to willing obedience to tho mandate,
relative to turning the cheek to tho smiter. The
poor soul passed many sleepless nights, in view
of the fate that awaited Mm at the mountain
pass. In his dreams ho saw Forgeron, with a
huge sledge-hammer in Ms hand, ready to dnsh
out his brains, and would start with such vio
lence as to wake himself. He inquired if there
was no other place at wMch the mountain could
bo passed, only to learn Ms doom more certain
ly. Being a timid man, but withal devoutly im
pressed with a sense of duty, ho Tesolved to dis
charge Ms duties faithfully, be the consequences
what they might. Like lambs going to tho
slaughter did ho wend Ms way toward the gap;
as he came in front of the shop, the blacksmith
was striking the last blow on a shovel, and sing
ing away, to the tune of “ Clear the Kitchen ”—
“Old Georgia is a noble State,
Her laws aro good, her people great.”
, Op catching a glimpse of the poor parson,
who had flattered Mmself that ho was about to
pass’with impunity, Ned sung out—“stop there,
you eternal shad-belly, and pay the penalty for
an injured reputation!” Tho* holy man pro
tested innocence of having ever intentionally in
jured him, by word or deed.
The man's subdued looks and earnest voice
had half dissuaded Ned from Ms stem purpose,
when the giggling of Ms striker, and the cheer
ing of two or three idlers, nerved him to do
what he felt was moan. Let any one pause a
moment, and reflect if he has never been urged
on to acts his conscience smote him for by the
opinions of others, before Mr. Forgeron is sen
tenced as a devil. The preacher received sev
eral boxes on Ms ears, and heard many denun
ciations against his sect before he was permitted
to depart; and when that permission was re
ceived, he was not slow in availing himself of
the privilege.
At the next annual conference, when circuits
were assigned to the different preachers, this
one made Ms appearance punctually, but by
somo process of casuistry convinced himself
that Ms duty did not call for a revelation of Ms
sufferings. "Whether he was too sensitive of the
blacksmith’s character to expose it to rude re
mark, or had a preference that some worthier
brother shonld occupy that healthy station
among the mountains, it is difficult to conjec
ture.
Bnt Forgeron’s reputation had extended be
yond the circuit, and was done ample and se
vere justice to by others who had heard of his
fame. It soon became the subject of animated
conversation, and there was no little wincing,
each ono fearing it would be Ms cruel fate to be
sent b victim to appease the wrath of tMs human
minotanr against toe Methodist Ohoreh.
. After a time, itwas decreed that toe Reverend
Mr. Stubble worth was the doomed individual,
and when the annunciation came, many an eye
of mingled pity and curiosity "was turned on Ms
! ruddy, good-natured face, to see how toe dispen-
! sation was borne; but hot a muscle moved.
With a quiet smile he professed a perfect will
ingness to go where he was sent He was “clay
in toe hands of the potter,” he said. If he
piqued himself on a stolid indifference to toe
blacksmiths’s pummelings, or if. he relied- oh
liis ample dimensions to protect Mmself, he
never disclosed'it, but appeared as self-satisfied
and content as ever. His predecessor looked
for all tho world like a mouse just escaped from
the fangs of some terrible grimalkin.
Mr. Stubbleworth arranged his few sublunary
affairs, and bidding his mends adieu, mounted
Ms old roan and departed for his new home of
trials, with a song of praise on Ms lips. Let us
hope the best for him
CHAPTER IT.
The Rev. Mr. Stnbbleworth was very much
pleased with his new situation. Having been
transferred from a level pine wood’s country,
near the confines of Florida, the novelty of
mountain scenery and a pure, bracing atmo
sphere seemed to inspire Mm with new life.
Complimenting all toe mothers on toe singular
beauty and intelligence of their .children, with a
delicate allusion to their own personal appear
ance; he soon became a general favorite. Mr.
Stnbbleworth “knew wMchside of the bread Ms
butter was on.” The time arriving for his de
parture to visit the tramontane portion of his
pastoral care, he was warned of the danger he
was about to encounter; but they were heard
with the same placid smile. Tho worthy ladies
pictured to him “chimeras dire,” sufficient to
have abated the zeal of any other individual.
But that gentleman quieted their fear by ap
pealing to toe power that “tempers the wind to
the shorn lamb,” with a countenance as lamb
like as could be imagined. 'And he departed,
singing—
“ At thy home, or abroad, on toe land, on tbe sea,
As thy wantB may demand, shall thy strength ever
be.”
They watched Mm until his portly person and
horse grew dim in the distance, and turned away,
sigMng that such a good man should fall into
the hands of that monster, toe blacksmith. For
geron had heard of his new victim, and rejoiced
that Ms size and appearance famished a better
subject for his vengeance than the attenuated
frame of toe late parson. Oh, what a nice beat
ing he would have! He had heard, too, that
some Methodist preachers were rather spirited,
and hoped this one might prove so, that he might
provoke Mm to fight. Knowing the clergyman
must pass on Saturday in the afternoon, he gave
his striker holiday, and reclining on a bench, re
galed himself on the beauties of Tom Paine,
awaiting toe arrival of the preacher. It was not
over an hour before he heard the words,
“Ilnw happy are they who their Savior obey.
And have laid up their treasure above,”
sung in a full clear voice, and soon the vocalist,
turning too angle of a rook, rodo leisurely up
with a contented smile on his face.
“ How are you, old slab-sides ?” Get off your
horse and join in my devotion,” said the black
smith.
“I have many miles to ride,” answered toe
preacher, “ and haven’t time, my friend; I’ll
call as I return.”
“Your name is Stnbbleworth, and you are the
hypocrite the Methodists have sent here, eh?”
“My name is Stnbbleworth,” he meekly re
plied.
“Didn’t you know my name was Ned Forge
ron, the blacksmith, what whips every Metho
dist preacher that goes through this gap ?"’ was
asked with an audacious look; “and how dare
you come here ?”
The preacher replied that he had heard Mr,
Forgeron’s name, but presnmed that he did not
molest well-behaved travelers.
“Yon presume to presume so! Yes, you are
the most presumptuous people, you Methodists,
that ever trod shoe leather, anyhow. Well,
what’ll you do if I don’t whip you tMs time, you
beef-headed disciple, you ?”
Mr. Stubbleworto professed his willingness to
do anything reasonable, to avoid such penance.
“Well, there’s three things you have to do, or
I'll maul you into a jelly. The first is you are
to quit preaching; toe second is, yon must wear
this last will and testament of Thomas Paine
next to your heart, read it every day, and be
lieve every word yon read; and the third is, you
are to curse the Methodists in every crowd you
get into.”
Tbe preacher looked on during these novel
propositions without a line of his face being
moved, and at the end replied that the terms
were unreasonable, and he would not submit to
them.
“Well, you’ve got a whaling to submit to,
then; I'll larrup you like blazes! I’ll tear you
into doil-rags comer-ways. Get down, you beg
gar!”
The preacher remonstrated, but Forgeron
walked np to the horse and threatened to tear
Mm off if he did not dismount; whereupon tii9
worthy man made a virtue of a necessity, and
alighted.
“I have but one request to make of yon, my
friend; that is, that you won’t beat me with this
overcoat on. It was a present from the ladies of
my last circuit, and I do not wish to have it
tom.”
“Off with it, then, and that suddenly, you
basin-faced imp you!”
Tho Methodist preacher slowly drew off snr-
coat as the blacksmith continued his tirade of
abuse on himself and his sect, and as ho drew
his right hand from tho sleeve, and threw toe
garment beMnd Mm, he dealt Mr. Forgeron a
tremendous blow between bis eyes, wMch laid
that person at full length on the ground, with
the testament of Thomas Paine beside him. The
Rev. Mr. Stubbleworto, with the tact of a con
noisseur in such matters, did not wait for Ms
adversary to rise, but mounted him with tho
quickness of a cat, and as he bestowed his blows
with a bounteous hand on the stomach and face
of toe blacksmith, continued Ms song where he
had left off on his arrival at the smithy:
“Tongue cannot express toe' sweet comfort and
peace
Of a soul init8 earliest love.”
Until Mr. Forgeron, from having experienced
“first love,” or some other sensation equally
new to him,responded lustily, “’Nough! ’nough!
take him off. ” But, nnf ortunately, there was no
one by to perform that kind office, except the
old roan, and he munched' a bunch of grass and
looked on as quietly as if his master was happy
at a camp meeting.
“Now,” said Mr. Stnbbleworth, “there are
three things you must promise me before I let
you np.”
“What are they ?" asked Forgeron, eagerly.
“The first is, that you will never molest a
Methodist preacher again.” Here Ned’s pride
rose, and he hesitated, and the reverend gen
tleman, with his usual benign smile on hi3 face,
renewed his blows and song—
“I rodo on the sky, freely justified I,
And the moon it was under my feet."'
TMs oriental language overcame the blacksmith;
such bold figures, or sometMDg else, causing him
to sing out, “Well, I’ll do it! I’ll do it! ”
“You are gettingon very well," said Mr. Stub-
blewortb. “I think I can mako a decent man
out of you yet, and perhaps a Christian !*’ Ned
groaned.
“The/second thing I require of you is to go to
Pumpkinvine Creek meeting" house, and hear
me preach to-morrow.”
Ned attempted to stammer out somo excuse—
“I—I—that is—”
When the divine resumedhis devotional hymn,
and kept time with too music by striking Mm
over the face with toe fleshy part of Ms hand—
“My soul mounted higher, on a chariot of tire,
Nor did envy Elijah lus seat.”
Ned’s promise of punctuality caused toe par
son’s exercise to cease, and the words, redolent
of gorgeous imagery, died away in echoes from
the adjacent crags.
“Now, tho third- and last demand I make of
yon is peremptory.” Ned was all attention to
know what was to come next “You aro to
promise to seek religion day and night, and never
rest nntil yon obtain it at the hands of a merciful
Redeemer.” The fallen man looked at the de
clining sun and then at the parson, and know
not what to say, when toe latter individual be
gan to raise his voice in song once more, and
Ned knew what would come next.
‘•I'll do my best,” he said, in an humbled
voice;
“Yfell. that’s a man!” Mr. Stnbbleworth said.
“Now, get up and go down to the Branch and
wash your face, and dust your clothes, and tear
up Mr. Paine’s testament, and turn your
thoughts on high."
Ned arose with feelings he had never experi
enced before, and went to obey the lavatory in-i
junction of the preacher; when that gentleman
mounted his horse, he took Ned by toe hand and
said, “ Keep your promises, and I’ll keep your
counset Good evening, Mr. Forgeron, Ill look
for you to-morrow,” and off he rode with toe
same imperturable countenance, singing so'loud
as to scare the eagles .from their eyries in tho
overhanging rooks.
• “Well,” thought Ned, “this is a nice busi
ness ! What would people say if they knew that
Ed. Forgeron was whipped before Ms own door
in the gap, and by a Methodist preacher, loo?”
But his musings were more in sorrow than in
anger. }’<-■'?- »• ■ sd as I . 1 ?".
• ’•chapter m.
The disfigured countenance of Forgeron was
of course the subject of numerous questions that
night among his friends, to which he replied
with a stem look they well understood, and the
vague remark that he had met with an accident.
Of course they never dreamed of the true cause.
Forgeron looked in the glass, and perhaps" com
pared the changing hue of his “black eye from
a'recent scuffle," to the rainbow in toe ship
wreck scene—“blending every color into one.”
Or perhaps he had never read that story, and
only muttered to himself, “Ned Forgeron
whipped by a methodist preacher! ”
His dreams that night were of a confused and
Grant, Alei^',
disagreeable nature, and waking in toe mom- j A ProHtaMe ami F... rHnDq <t TtTr~'
mg, he had an indistinct memory of something Convicts,
unpleasant having occurred. At first he could ! j; ; s i™™, r _ . ,,
not recollect the cause of his feelings, but the ! ». rv. , , " nt ’
braises on hisface and body soon called them to ' ’’ contractors on the Macon and Brunswig
m * n< ^ . as 88 Ik® promise. He mounted his | Railroad, have effected an arrangement with a*
horse in silence and went to redeem it j county authorities of Richmond countv v
From that time his whole conduct manifested the convicts in that rmntv tnr lnk«.
a change of feeling. The gossios of the neigh- , “ “ . . comlt y for labor «pon n,
borhood observed it, and whispered that Ned ! rallroad - P 1 ® stipulations of the contract
was silent, serious, and had gone to meeting ev-; tlraB c^P^ned in the Augusta Chronicle ^
ery Sunday since the accident. They wondered: Sentinel of Friday: J
at Ms burning the books he used to read so much, j TMs contract was made on the 26th of Mar.-
Strange stories were circulated as to this meta- and contains the following provisions: ail
morphosis of the jovial blacksmith into a convicts sentenced under the laws of the Sn
gloomy and taciturn man. Some supposed, for a term of thirty days or longer, and all
very sagely, that a spirit had enticed Mm into may be sentenced hereafter, shall be turned ^
the mountains, and, after giving him a glimpse to Grant, Alexander A Go. n •
into tho future, had misled him to a crag, where ’ "
he had fallen and bruized Ms face. Others
gave the Prince of Darkness the credit of the
change; hut none suspected the Methodist
preacher, and, as the latter gentleman had no
vanity to gratify, the secret remained with Ned.
This gloomy state of mind continued until For
geron visited a camp meeting. The Rev. Mr.
Stubbleworth preached a sermon that seemed
to enter his soul, and relieved it of a burden,
and tho song of
‘ How happy are they who their Saviour obey,’
was only half through, when ho felt like a new
man. Forgeron was from that time a “shout
ing Methodist.” At a love feast a short time
subsequent, ho gave in Ms experience, and re
vealed the mystery of his conviction and con
version to Ms astonished neighbors. The Rev.
Simon Stubbleworth who had faithfully kept tho
secret until that time, could contain liimself no
longer, but gave vent to his feelings in convul
sive peals of laughter, as the burning tears of
heartfelt joy coursed their way down his cheeks.
“ Yes, my brethren,” he said, “ it’s all a fact;
I did maul tho grace into his unbelieving soul,
there’s no doubt.”
The blacksmith of the mountain pass became
a happy man, and a Methodist preacher.
Sprague, ol Rhode Island.
Mr. Sprague rose to a personal explanation,
and said: The people of toe United States
will suspend their judgment on all newspaper
articles bearing on mo to my disadvantage.
The telegraphic summary of my recent speech,
as well as the report in toe Globe, has some
material errors. They may be assured that my
words and courage do not rest on wine, or whis
ky, or any other stimulant, but upon knowledge
of toe shrinking of property, and the loss of
virtue going on around me. My great anxiety
is to effect a cure now. Tho remedy is now ac
cessible. A year hence it may be beyond our
reach. My leading idea is to correct the condi
tion of things of which the following is per
haps an aggravated case, but it is a substantial
illustration of the condition throughout the
country:
A man in "Washingtonhas§20,0001oanedoutin
sums of §50 to the poor, at 10 per cent, per
month, secured by chattel mortgages. When
the victim is exhausted, demand for payment is
made, and in default of payment the property is
sold at a quarter or half its value. The plan to
correct this, and to place witMn toe reach of
every man of ability and industry capital at a
low rate of interest, upon which he can labor
and make profits, is the one I have in view,
and is substantially the one in nse in England,
Belgium, Holland, *and France, tho most pros
perous nations of modem times. I wish to
adopt that plan here and to eschew the plan the
results of which are best exMbited by Spain,
Mexico and the South American States. Mr.
Sprague called attention to the State of Ken
tucky, which, he said, was the most prosperous
farming State in the Union, because she adopted
a plan similar to that which he advocated, tons
bringing within the reach of the-people the cap
ital necessary for the transaction of their busi
ness. Speaking of the way in wMch tMs plan
could be applied to the whole country, he said:
This is to be effected by tho Treasury of the
United States, which is to be first made strong
in means, and then is to use that strength on
the market to unlock and distribute hoarded
capital.
The present danger, inmy judgment.is greater
than when the rebels fired on Sumter and march
ed almost on WasMngton. I use no words which
are not properly considered. I have made no
attacks on individual Senators prior to attacks
on me. I wage war upon the legislative nnd ex
ecutive power exercised by thi3 body, and on
the disastrous results of its action. If any one,
here or elsewhere, attacks me, I shall “ move on
the enemy's works” to tho best of my ability.
Following out this idea, I shall undoubtedly
antagonize myself to those who have been favor
ites with the people, as was the case in my last
remarks before the Senate, on wMch some part
of tho press has commented adversely. But let
it be so. I will not longer sit and hear incor
rect statements concerning our condition—our
drifting condition—come from whence they may.
To euro the evil we must know its character and
not mistake it. Letthose who think I am crazed
do as I have done for three years past—examine
patiently and without prejudice into onr exact
situation, and ask those around me if there be
any substantial difference between tho opinions
I now avow and those I have heretofore indica
ted. My present work is to show that the plan
I advise will remedy toe evil. This will take
time und investigation. It is as clear as the
noonday sun to my own mind, bnt to prove it
logically and with satisfactory reasons is the
work to be accomplished now.
The demand for my several speeches will be
speedily met. I have not time to write a word
in answer to the multitude of letters I have re
ceived ; but I shall send my speeches into every
city and town, and on them I stand. The posi
tion I have taken would have failed to effect
anything if token heretofore; but let the people
take it now. That their action may not have
been too-long delayed to effect a wholesome
cure is the wish of the speaker, who, being under
no obligation for what he is (except as hereto
fore indicated), asks for nothing now bnt to
servo Ms day and generation.
A Virginian Retrospect.
The history of Virginia for the last four years
can never be written so that it can be fully un
derstood and appreciated by posterity. 1 The
events that have happened, and their terrible
bearing upon, onr people in all their relations
aro not known and understood outside of the
State. "Wo know and feel them alone—and
most of them-have been borne in silence. "We
pass over toe oppressive and mortifying politi
cal measures that have in rapid succession been
leveled against us. Such a mixture of buffoone
ry and gravity, of farce and tragedy, of igno
rance and sharp cunning, of wretched imbecili
ty and pompous pretension, as has been ex
Mbited by those who strut their brief hours
upon the stage, was never seen in any preced
ing age. Should the sayings and doings of the
mongrel convention and of the mock cdhrts of
justice go down to posterity, they will be read
and laughed over as men laugh at the ludicrous
but malicious pranks of a cage of apes.
Bnt there is a part of that Mstory that is truly
mournful—that relating to the ordeal through
which nearly all of our families have passed.
Without bread or meat, without farming uten
sils, work animals, fences, stock, fowls, or even
seed for planting, and with our whole labor sys
tem destroyed, and the former slaves turned
against us as enemies, we commenced a terrible
struggle, not for wealth, nor honor, nor office,
bnt for the commonest necessaries of life.
Those accustomed from their birth to all the
luxuries of life were in a moment deprived of
everytMng and roduced to abject poverty.
Language cannot describe, and those without
a similar experience cannot comprehend, the
continued and oppressive heart-sickness, the
misery and despair felt by us—nor can the out
side wotid, unpitying_ and vindictive as it has
been, oven feel a joy in onr distresses commen-
Borate with their extent.
There is another toing that will never be
known except to us, and that is the moro than
k Co. promise to assume charge of each of tlT
convicts as soon as they receive sentence «bj
convey them to their place of labor, and if th
nre not immediately removed, the firm ig to m
their board at the jail during the interval ofV
lay. Grant, Alexander & Co. agree to take e
ery convict, and if the term of service in an"
case be so short as not to warrant the expend
of transportation, the firm is to pay jafi hoTj
of such convicts, it being expressly understood
that after the sentence of a convict the conaf
is not to be at ^ny expense on Ms or her J
count, but that all expenses are to be paid yl
the firm (the term short not meaning a tenn ‘f
less than thirty days). The firm is to transnon
the convicts to their place of labor, to
them, and respond in damages for such as nn
escape through the negligence of their rniard^
They are to be furnished with full rations t'f
meat and bread, good and sufficient clothinc
proper housing nnd medical atttendance ani
they are to be discharged from custody whenever
terms of service may expire. TheOrdinarvW
the right to send a visitor or inspector at stated
times to examine into the treatment, condition
and security of the convicts delivered to the
firm, and the expenses of tMs visitor shall be
paid by the former. /Grant, Alexander & Co
agree to make a monthly report to the Ordinal
touching the conduct and condition of the con.
victs, and also to report every one discharged at
the expiration of Ms term. Grant, Alexander
& Co. agree to return at their own expense
every female convict entrusted to them tothis
county, or any other place in tho State which
the convict may select; and they shall return all
male convicts after the expiration of their term
at their own expense, or shall hire them at fiftv
cents per diem until they shall have earned "a
sufficient amount to defray their transportation.
The articles of agreement are to bo of force from
the date of signing, and may be terminated bv
either party giving three months’ notice, i
failure to comply with any of the provisions of
the bond to- be given by Grant, Alexander & Co.
shall constitute a breach of toe same, the dam
ages for wMch are to be assessed by a jury try
ing the cause. Mayor Russell was also a *partv
to tMs contract, representing the city of Augus-'
to, and Grant, Alexander & Co. gave an indem
nifying bond to the county of ten thousand dol
lars and to the city of two thousand dollars.
Important Decision.
Frnm the Griffin iSfnr.]
From a gentleman just from Clayton Court,
we learn that Judge Pope made the following
important decision upon a case, in wMch the
facts were about as follows: In 1850 or I860, an
execution was obtained in favor of A against B.
B afterwards—about 18G2—sold his land to C—
toe claimant in the case. In 1808, A had his fi.
fa. levied upon too property of C, wMch he had
purchased from- B. It was admitted that C had
been in possession of toe land for , more than
four years, and’A bad not disturbed it with his
fi. fa. After argument, Judge Pope held, That
toe statute of Georgia wMch provides that where
a party holds land four, and personal preperty
two years, undisturbed by judgments against the
party from whom he (the purchaser) purchased,
was not a part of the statute of limitation, and
had not been suspended by any legislation en
acted during or sinoe tho war: and thnt real
property held for four years, and personal prop
erty for two years, undisturbed by judgments
against a party from whom such property was
purchased, was relieved from the liens of such
judgments.
Should tMs opinion be affirmed by tho Su
preme Court, and it doubtless will, it will be
substantial reliof to a very Largo number of onr
citizens, who have bought property over which
old judgments were hanging.
Judge Pope, although quite young, is an or-
nament to the bench; and, as he always does,
presided with dignity, and gave satisfaction to
all parties.
Judge I.ocltranc on Informers.
In onr hurried review of yesterday, we did not
as fully as we desired, refer to the argument of
Judge Lochrane in the Macon ArmoTv case, in
the U. S. District Court.
Tho Judge commenced by a review of the po
sition assumed by Mr. Stone, for the informer,
and reviewed the law quoted, and scattered itl>y
blow after blow of logic and law.
The Judge paid an eloquent tribute to the
government, and said he represented its power
and prerogative to pardon all offenders and
offences, and protested, in manly invective,
against informers raising their voice for the
paltry pittance of private interest, to stop the
machinery of justice and overthrow too power
and policy of the nation. He commented on tho
laws of England as to too rights of informers,
demonstrated its source, origin and power, and
showed that they had no vested interest against
the property to defeat tho policy of the govern
ment in its restoration until after judgment of
record. "We cannot follow toe Judge in his.
strong and overwhelming argument in this case,
carrying conviction to every mind by Ms copi
ous and eloquent illustrations of the law, bnt
we shonld like, had we space, to give Ms elo
quent invectives against informers as a class.
We will say, however, that he denounced them
as being the meanest things that stood under
the protection of too American flag, and had a
right to claim in tho protection of its laws—that
they breathed pestilence, dissension and discord
among the people, infected the atmosphere of
justice with their presence, festered the body
politic with their sting, hatched here to crawl
over the loyalty and allegiance of the people,
etc. His words burned and blistered as they
touched, and at the conclusion he poured a
broadside into tho case wMch seemed to be over
whelming.—Savannah, Republican.
Abont Money.
Frost Harper's Magazine.}
My chum pulled out of his pocket a half sheet
of paper folded like toe back of an old letter,
and began reading notes there, in a slow and
sententious way: ‘“Money is the concentrated
essence of Labor. A man who has a thousand
dollars has a thousand days work in Ms one
hand. If he knows its valne he can move abont
men with the force of a thousand laborers—that
is, with a hundred and twenty horse power.
“To know the force of money, one must know
Labor.
“When one man has money and another has
not, they contend for its possession. This is
trade, or robbery, according to circumstances.
“There aro three uses of money—the use of
getting it, the use of keeping it, and the use of
spending it. _ Consequently it classifies the bulk
of mankind into money-getters, money-keepers,
and money-spenders. Except the misers we
read of in noveLs, men do not love money for
itself any more than soup tickets, or baggage
checks, or promissory notes, or title-deeds. The
‘love of money’ is the pleasure of mental func
tion in getting, or keeping, or spending. The
sponge and the spendthrift are equally guilty
with the miser.
“The class of money-getters includes mer
chants, gold-miners, pickpockets, politicians,
and professional beggars. Americans are great
money-getters, but they do not care to keep it-
Hence this is a country of great income but
small fortunes.
“The class of money-keepers is small. Lit
erary men are not found in it. Lawyers are
superhuman efforts we have made to procure kee P* n «. mo , n ®L particularly ‘Smother
the means of subsistence, and to reduce ^
consumption to the lowest point of econom£
b«,£
. . , ;ia a condensing instrument wMoh enables a
foundation for a j raoney w t it We are M born to
S « has h®® 1 ? T em - ; this, knd cost a great deal before we earn any-
J 5 com ™ ercsal ®°- ! thing. The power to get into debt is essential
S and ore m success-: to ^ of alTshiftless people, inclnd-
thBt ^r w in 8 most of the Governments of Eniope. Col-
rvnl R?.r d - ^« lfdiiT been r ®-? 8tab , b8ll< 4 lege students and married women, who have no
^ is.n°W liberally supporting its van- legal capacit y to bind themselves, satisfy this
ous religious institutions, colleges and schools, - pr0 p en8 jty b y getting their fathers and hus-
and every succeeding Say witnesses the maugn- ; ^ debt, if powible.
ration of some now enterprise. "We have borne) “Money is like gunpowder. To make it car-
enough and acMeved enough under our troubles „ ^ ' should betoarefullv measured and
to mve us strength to endure more and accom- well down. Its explosive power de-
phsh more. Let us be as patient as we may,» ds on the tightness with which you hold it-
and continue to work unto theend, whatsoever Scattered loose; it fizzles away with no effect,
that end may be. Richmond Whig. , “Xo become wealthy, one most both get and
— j keep. To be useful, the wealthy man must be
A Slight Difference.—It was once a ques. *1*° 8 judicious money-spender,
tion down South about the right of officers to "
hold negroes; now the point is, have the ne
groes a right to hold offices ?—AT. T. Herald, ■
Anthony hasoonfiaeA his observations to the
Indiana.—It will be seen that the Indiana { snonah wfll be raised to supply J
