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From the Pall Mall Gazette, Sept. 10.
The European Drama.
M. DE MOUSTIER—MEXICO, <&C..
We hear from Paris that the appointment of
M. de Moustier to the French Foreign Office is
by no means, as is supposed by some Prussian
and English papers, a sign that the Emperor
has given up his design of extending the
French frontier on the side of the Rhine. M.
de Moustier is neither a iriend of Prussia nor
an enemy of Austria, but, above all, a zealous
Bonaparlist, and would not even hesitate before
a war if he thought it necessary for the main
tenance of the present dynasty. He is known
to be on much better terms with Prince Napo
leon than his predecessor, with whose Orleanist
leanings the Prince had nothing in common,
and his attachment to the Imperial family will
make him a ready instrument for carrying out
any policy the Emperor may wish to adopt.
His appointment, therefore, seems to show that
the Emperor is about to enter on a policy for
the execution of which he will require a Minis
ter who will blindly and unscrupulously carry
out his wishes. That Napoleon is about to
take some important and decided resolution is
further indicated by the calling togetuer of the
principal French diplomatic agents at Paris, for
the purpose, it is said, of giving the Emperor
full information respecting the political situa
tion in Europe.
The private accounts received in Paris from
Mexico give a lamentable picture of the state
.of that country. Anarchy prevails everywhere,
and the Juarists already have more authority
than the Government of the Emperor Maxi
milian. Even the Mexican in the regular army
refuse to fight. The United States Government
is openly supporting the Republicans, and no
one doubts that the Imperial Government will
be overthrown before many months are ever.
The State Treasury is almost empty, in conse
quence of which the Government officials have
not received any pay for the last twelvemonth.
' The military funds, too, are quite exhausted,
and the Emperor is obliged to supply money
for the payment of the troops from his private
purse.
The Emperor Napoleon has lately shown
peculiar condescension to the new liospodar of
Roumania. M. D. Bratiano arrived in Paris
last week on a mission from Prince Charles,
and was very graciously received by the Em
peror, who assured him of his sympathies for
the Prince, adding that he will always look
with great interest on Roumania, and will use
his best efforts to assist the Rouman Govern
ment in obtaining a loan, M. Bratiano ex
presses himself nighly satisfied with his recep
tion, and has now left Paris on another mission
to Berlin, where he is to see Count Bismark.
This journey has given rise to much specula
tion in Paris, where it is believed that some
thing is being concerted between Prussia and
France iu regard to the Eastern question.
[From the Dublin Freeman’s Journal. 1
THE POSITION OF THE POPE.
In accordance with the directions of his Emi
nence the Cardinal ‘Archbishop, special devo
tions were observed in the principal churches
and chapels of the diocese of Dublin on Sun
day, to implore the Almighty to arrest the dan
gers which threaten the Supreme Pontiff. In.
the Cathedral, Marlborough street, the ceremo- ]
Dies were conducted with more than nsunl
solemnity. At 12 o’clock a grand pontificial
high mass, at which the Cardinal Archbishop ;
was present, was celebrated. Most Rev. Dr. i
Whelan, Lord Bishop of Bombay, celebrant, ]
assisted by Rev. Father O’Reilly and Rev. !
Father Donnelly. Rev. Mr. Irwin acted as j
master of the ceremonies. A vast congregation !
thronged every part of the church. When the
procession, headed by the cross-bearer and
abolyte, proceeded up the sanctuary to the altar,
the choir sung the “ Ecce Bacerdos.” At the
conclusion of the mass his Eminence ascended
the pulpit and delivered an appropriate address,
taking for his text the gospel of the day. Hav
ing expatiated on the text and explained its
meaning, his Eminence proceeded to observe
that since his return from Rome, the capital
and centre of Christianity, he had been desirous
of an opportunity of addressing his flock. The
faith of Ireland was spoken of with praise
throughout the entire world, and the Irish peo
ple were looked upon as worthy
children of their martyred ancestors. Their
virtues, especially their spirit of obedience and
of subordination, were brought out into strong
relief at this day by the insubordination and
revolutionary doctrines that everywhere pre
vailed in Europe. Irish Catholics had lost
much—they had lost their property and their
independence, but they retained what was infi
nitely more precious than any earthly blessing,
the gift of the Catholic faith. Asa Catholic
nation, Ireland still held a high place among the
nations of the earth, and the Sovereign Pontiff,
to whom all her trials and sufferings were well
known, looked with affection on our country,
as one of the brightest gems that adorned the
universal Church. They were assembled that
day to show their love for the Holy Bec by
uniting their prayers with those of their breth
ren throughout the length and breadth of Ire
land to implore the protection of Heaven on
behalf of the Sovereign Pontiff in the danger
that at present menaced his liberty of action.
His Eminence then proceeded to set forth the
claims which the Pope has upon the love of all
Catholics, the perils which at present encom
passed him, and the way in- which the love of
his children might be most profitably exhibited
toward him, which was by prayers and material
aid. — Freeman's Journal. .
THE FRENCH TROOPS TO LEAVE ROME BT THE
9th OF DECEMBER—DEPARTURE OF THE
FRANCO-PONTIFICAL LEGATION—ILLNESS OF
THE KING OF ITALT.
The 15th of September was the second anni
versary of the Paris Convention for the evac
uation of Rome, and the London Times says
that it is understood that the evacuation will be
completed by December 9. Meanwhile the so
called Franco-Pontifical Legion, 1,200 men, was
to embark on the 13th at Antebes for Ceveta
Viechia on board a French steamer. As the
General in command at Rome objects to his
French troops coming in contact with those of
the Pope, the legion would be sent to Vitorbo,
in spite of the strong remonstrances from that
place.
The King of Italy had been ill.
AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.
[Correspondence of the London Times.
Vienna, September 6.
If one were to judge of the position of Aus-
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1866.
tria from the tendency of the press of Vienna,
he might really believe she was about to gravi
tate towards Pesth, and that her face is turned
towards the East and her back to the West.
Hungary is now more important than all the
rest of the world to her: next comes Candia
and its insurrection. The list which has been
published of the Hungarian Ministry is not to
be relied upon, but if—and there is au immense
potency in this if—the Emperor’s mind remain
unchanged, there will be a Hungarian Ministry
soon announced, of which M. Audassy will be
the head, and of which the men named bclorc
will, with the exception of M. Lonyay, be mem
bers. If Austria did not possess so much vi
tality of a negative kind in the external inter
ests which keep her alive, one might despair of
her lasting much longer if he formed his opin
ions from those of the consulting physicians
about her bed. The death rattle will be heard
in her throat, say the German, the moment the
Hungarian eljen is heard over their dualismus ;
and that is the cry which will raise her from her
couch and restore her to strength say the Mag
yars. The demand for a constitution will, no
doubt, be made with greater vigor from all the
various non-Hungarian Provinces, and the want
of any definite statement respecting the views
of the government—of the Emperor and his
Ministers—encourages the discouted.
It may be doubted whether the accession of
power to be derived from the contentment of
the Magyars would be any adequate compensa
tion for the agitation which will arise among
the Germans, as well as the Croatians and
Slaves for representation and sell-government.
But if the Magyars get what they want, or as
much as can be given to them with any regard
to the maintenance of Imperial power, it is
much to be hoped that they will apply Iheir en
ergies to the civilization of their people, to the
reclamation of their wastes, the making of
roads, and to other improvements which would,
il effected, remove from Hungary the reproach
es that may justly be addressed to her in her
present condition. In fact, all the efforts to
open communications through Hungary are
due to the Austrians during the period of their
so-called usurpation, and the last thing a Mag
yar Diet seems to think about is any great so
cial reform, or any real improvement in the
condition of the people. Brave, subtle, inces
sant iu politics, strenuous for their rights, they
are apt to treat other races with hauteur and ir
ritating condescension, and they have made the
Slaves feel that they ought to have the same
guarantees for their political safety that the
Hungarians obtained from the weakness, rather
the good will of Germanic Austria. The proro
gation of the Hungarian Diet, as soon as the
news of the battle of Custozza reached Venice,
aroused suspicion aiid anger iu the minds ol the
Magyars, which caused them to hear of the mis
fortune of Koniggratz with sullen indifference,
and have inspired them with a resolution to
take now or never the privileges they have de
manded Irotn the weak hand of Austria. The
report of Prince Moritz Estcrliazy’s retirement
from the Ministry is contradicted by the Aus
trian Zeitung, but the Presse, which originated
it, declares that the news will be found true after
all, and as the Prince has got leave of absence
lor some weeks, secs in that circumstance a full
vindication of the story. For the time Italy is
lost sight of, but it is remarked Gen. Menabeea’s
mission has not been so speedily accomplished
as men expected, and, it is said, questions aris
ing out of the disposal of the materials of war
in the forts have more to do with the complica
tions that have arisen than any real difficulty in
the appropriation of the Lombardo-Veuetian
debt, or of the principles on which peace is to
be based.
Death of llon. Henry C. Burnett. —Intel-
ligence was received here last evening of the
death of Hon. Henry C. Burnett. He died near
Hopkinsville, of cholera, on Saturday last. He
had been at Hopkinsville attending court.—
Feeling a little unwell he rode out to a friend’s,
about five miles in the country, on his road
home. About seven o'clock he was attacked
with the disease aud before twelve o’clock he
was a corpse. Mr Burnett was born In Cadiz,
Trigg county, and resided there the greater
part of his life. lie was the son of Dr. Burnett,
who was for so many years opposed to Hon.
Linn Boyd lor Congress. Mr. Burnett was, at
the time of his death, about fourty-four years of
age. He was elected Circuit Court Clerk of
Trigg county in August, 1850. In 1853 he be
came a candidate for Congress against Hon.
Linn Boyd in the First District, but yielded the
track to Jeff Brown, who was defeated. In the
next election he again became a candidate and
was elected over lion. W. G. Hughes. He was
re-elected in 1859 and again in 1861. He served
with distinction, but upon the breaking out of
the war, he linkea his fortuues with the Con
federacy and raised a regiment, which he com
manded only a short time, when he was elected
a Senator in the Confederate Congress from
this State, and served in that capacity until the
conclusion of the war.
His manners were social and friendly, and
won for him hosts of friends and secured for
him a wide popularity. Asa publje speaker Ills
style was flowing and easy, and his quick and
sagacious mind had gathered up a large amount
of political information. He was much above
the average of men in point of naturul talent
talent and scholastic acquirements. He exercis
ed an influence upon Kentucky politics which
was felt in every contest. Before the people he
was omnipotent and he was the idol of his
friends. He was possessed of wonderful tact
and energy and made himself formidable in any
enterprise in which he engaged. He was an
earnest man, devoted to liis friends, for whom
he was ever prepared to make any sacrifice. He
was a man of mark, and his death will cause
wide-spread regret.—Louisville Courier , ‘ld.
Important to Billiard Players.— The last
number of the Billiard Cue contains an an
nouncement from Mr. Phelan, of on important
change in the by-laws of the game of billiards.
Heretofore, when the cue-ball was in contact
with another, or “froze,” the player must
strike another ball before the one with which
he was in contact, in order to count. Mr. Phe
lan announces that after the first of January
next, a player. If his ball be “ frozen,” can
count, provided he plays away from the ball
with which he is in contact, although on the re
turn of the cue-ball from the cushion or massee
it touches that to which it was frozen first.
The new rule will be favorably received by all
players.
Mr. Bertali, the well known Parisian artist,
was recently made the happy father of three
girls at one birth. The Gazette des Etragers an
nounces that mother and children are doing
well; that the latter weigh nine kilogrammes
altogether, each beiDg about the same size; that
they” are so alike that it would be impossible to
distinguish them but for a silver plate on the
arm of each, inscribed with her name.
(From the Louisville Courier.
For Business Men, Wholesale Dealers and
Retail Dealers—Students, Clerks, Ac
countants and Book-keepere, Yon are
Known.
September 23,1866. —Noticing on the second
column of the second page in your issue of last
Saturday [the 23d) an article headed “ An Evil
that requires Checking," and relatiug to the
present reckless course of young men, I deem
ed a duty to write a few words for the benefit
of those and other young men, and ineu of
business generally, relative to a surveilance
that is kept over them, not by the officers of
the law, but by the protectors of mercantile In
terest ; and they never suppress a name, or an
evil or an honorable deed connected with it.
In the United Slates at the present time there
are between seveu hundred aud seventy-five
thousaud aud eight hundred thousand men and
women engaged in the various branches of
trade, as manufacturers, wholesale dealers, re
tail dealers, commission merchants, newspaper
proprietors, contractors and speculators, to say
nothing of the innumerable host of lawyers,
doctors, authors, teachers, insurance agents
and pedlera, that live and thrive in every city,
village and township in America. And yet, al
most countless ns is tlielr uumher, spread out
as they are over a vast territory of country,
shrewd, cunning aud retired, and to the world
unknown, as many of them confidently believe
themselves to be; they are watched, their
birth into the business world is recorded.
Their every deed of mark, whether it he an
exploit of heroism, 6iich as might well and de
servedly cast the mantle of well-worn fame
upon the hero, or the achivemeut of a noble
purpose, in the accomplishing of which, is re
ward sufficient for the truly benevolent, or
whether it lie a deed of fraud nnd dishonesty.
Os deceitfulness and cunning trick, it Is alike en
rolled upon the book. Not only, ns one might
suppose, it is inscribed upon the great nnd ever
open ledger of the heavenly archives, to be
seen by man only when he may be called upon
at tlie last great day to haluncc his long and fi
nal account; but upon a book in the hands of
man, where the eyes of the initiated may at
any time see, in alphabetical order, written
down the name and character of every rann do
ing business in the United States; aye, not only
are his name and character therciu recorded,
but his business history and his business talent,
his age, his reputation and his wealth and re
sources, his private, social and business hnbits,
and, in many instances, the condition of his do
mestic relations are put down, and that with
such method and care that, to know but a name
is to know a history.
Now, so complete is this vast net-work of in
formation, and so reliable are its resources,
that men, on the strength of it, daily and hourly
risk thousands and hundreds of thousands.
Some, when told of this, will shake their heads
with incredulity, and, no doubt, ejaculate, im
probable, impossible, nnd hard to believe. But,
notwithstanding all of this, it is so ; and, for
the information of those whom such informa
tion may benefit, I will give the inside working
history of this great machine of mercantile in
, telligonce.
1 Prior to the year 1841 the wholesale mer
-1 chants of Now York City, Boston, Philadelphia
• and other prominent points discovered that
each year they were losing immense sums of
money by the sale of goods and merchandise to
] parties who were Insolvent and dishonest, nnd
for a long time it seemed to the business men
ns though each successful fraud tended but to
increase the number of the plunderers. They
were appalled. The system of credit that had
extended so rapidly and so generally over all
the States was one that eouid not be done away
with in n day, if it ever could. And yet a check
must be put upon the scoundrels and swindlers
that infested every city and State ; who were
robbing the pockets of the manufacturers and
wholesale merchants, and at the same lime
ruining the credit nnd reputation of good men,
who, but for their rascality, would be above
! the lightest breath of suspicion.
I To accomplish tills check, a number of the
| leading merchants of New York city, Boston,
and Philadelphia, led on by that prince of the
mcrchantile world, A. T. Stewart, resolved to
cast such a net-work of Information over
America as would completely crush out the
systematized swindling o[ierations that had be
-1 come so general. An agency was formed under
the stylo of B. Douglas & Cos., now R. G. Dun
& Cos. Secret agents were then sent out to
establish an agent for each principal city In the
Union, and a general chief agent for each State.
The State agent in turn appointed in every vil
lage and township an agent, whose duty it was
! to learn and transmit to headquarters the name,
1 age, reputation, wealth, and pecuniary resource
: of every man and woman engaged in trade, who
might reside within his prescribed territory,
and in six short months the record was corti
i plete, and so far as the piojectors of the great
work were interested swindling as a business
1 came to a sudden end. But now, anew ques
tion of importance presented itself. How should
the system be maintained f It had required the
expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to even start it; the advantages It offered
were indispensable, and yet the burden, of
maintaining it would each day become heavier,
and many were In favor of abandoning it. But
now came the financiering ability of Mr. Dun.
Said he: You may abandon, but I will not.—
This may be made a matter, not only of self
defense, but It may be made profitable; and Mr.
Dun knew very well the ground he took in
making this assertion, and in thus assuming
the whole responsibility. His first step was to
have his work printed and placed in the hand
I of every wholesale dealer in the country, both
North and South. Instead of one agent In a
I city or township, he placed from five to five
hundred. He made it obligatory upon every
: subscriber to be an agent, and has now reduced
1 the price of his book from one hundred and
twenty-five to seventy-five dollars per annum.
At Cincinnati he has from one hundred and
fifty to two hundred responsible business men
who are in constant communion with Mr. ,
the chief agent at that point. In the city of
Louisville alone there are from forty-five to fifty
business men of responsibility who are in daily
communication with Mr. E. L. Beichrist, at the
Hamilton Bank Building, who is tlie. gentleman
ly and indefatigable general-in-chief of the Ken
tucky, Indiana, and Illinois forces.
Now if any man of business in this or any
other city should still have any doubts, and at
tbe same time should have forgotten the date of
any of the marked portions of his business
career, he lias but to repair to tbe nearest agency
office to Dud the lost dates, and also to learn
who he is and what he lias been during tbe last
twenty-six years of his mercantile life.
Young man, beware. Rememiier that your
name is down and will not be erased. Remember
that you are writing your own history in block
and while, and that as you depart from the paths
of rectitude, or follow the true and even course
of an honorable man, you are credited or charg
ed, as tbe circumstances may call for. And
though you be never so cunning, remember
that Argus eyes know your every move.
And to those who are advanced in life, and
are still engaged in mercantile pursuits, remem-
ber that you arc not uuobscrved, aud in propor
tion to your shrewdness nnd your cunning is
the shrewdness nnd cunuing of others exercised,
to obtain a knowledge of your movements, to
be recorded in the ledger where your name Is
registered.
Reader, if you be a country merchant or a
city merchant, If you be a wholesale dealer or
a retail denier, or If you boa clerk just gradu
ating into business life for yourself, remember,
when yon set out from home to buy your first
stock of goods, or for the hundredth time, to
make your monthly or quarterly purchases,
that in every wholesale establishment of any
magnitude that does an extensive or limited
credit business in which yon may set your foot,
you will there find your uamu nnd staudiug in
the book of R. G. Dun & Company.
Hoping that the foregoing may boos benefit
to the many men nnd women of this vast World
of business, ns well as interesting to your many
readers, I will luy aside my pen for awhile, anil
Remain yours most respectfully,
Saddle Chief.
Curious—ls True. —A foreign newspaper,
which devotes much attention to the motives
and movements of tho Empress Carlottn, re
lates that when she was ou the eve of leaving
Europe for Mexico, where she expected to reign
and whence she did not expect to return, she
paid a visit to her grandmother, the old ex-
Queen Amolle, widow of Louis Phillippe, at
Claremont, and dutifulty asked Iter ancient Ma
jesty to give her a blessing—which was done,
with a great deal of solemnity, many tears and
several pious exclamations. Site bade adieu to
iter uncles, the Princes of Orleans, but observ
ing that the Due d’Atimalc, to whom she was
most attached, was very silent, If not sad, gently
rallied him on his reticence.
He answered, “Well, my fair niece, what shall
I say to you ? You wished to occupy a titroue.
You have it. I pray God that yon may keep It
—but in our family that is not tho custom.” It
is not, on cither side of the Orleans ltouso.—
Louis Phillippe died in exile. His eldest son
was killed by a fall out of a chariot, nnd his
heir, now Count do Purls, lias not the slightest
chance of ever reigning in France. Queen Marie
Ainelle was a Neapolitan princess, and Francis
IL, ex-King of Naples, who is cousin to her
children, is now so poor that ho can no longer
afford to live In Rome, where ho is expected to
maintain a sort of royal state. Wheu ho quitted
Naples, in 1860, lie bore with him a very large
amount of treasure, his prlvato property, but
he lavished most of this upon the gallant hut
fruitless defense ol Gaeta. With his wife, a
member of one of tlie Junior branches of tlie
royal house of Bavaria, lie had a dowry of youth,
beauty, and—ten thousand dollars! At present
the utmost income of those “monnrehs retired
from business” U thirty thousand dollars a year.
They could live quietly upon It in England, and
richly in America, but will probably remain In
Europe, waiting for “something to turn up."—
The King of Ilanover, who Is virtually deposed,
is said to have made ample provision for wlmt
Dr. Franklin calls “a rainy day.” Besides hav
ing sent the crown jewels over to London,
where his father had left $3,000,000 invested in
tlie British funds, Ills own savings, also securely
invested, are said to amount to $35,000,000,
which makes him wealthier than even his care
ful cousin, Queen Victoria.
[From the Baltimore Bun.
Ootton—The Supply from the United States
and from India.
The report which has Just been made by Dr.
Forbes to the English Government upon tlie
cotton crop of tlie United States, uftcr an ex
tensive tour through all the cotton States, Is
probably a vet y accurate estimate of thearoount
which will be secured during the preseut year.
Dr. Forbes estimates the entire crop at 1.200,•
000 bales. Tills testimony is confirmed by the
most intelligent gentlemen from tlie Southern
States. Governor Pickens, of South Carolina,
himself a large cotton planter, has published a
letter on the same subject, In teliicli he estimates
the whole crop at between 1,8000,000 mid 1,400-
000 bales. His calculation is made by a com
parison witii the crop of 1800, and the quantity
of labor engaged iu the cultivation ol cotton
prior to the war. About 4,000,(KM) bales were
thrown upon the market in 1850, the product of
1,200,000 laborers, black and white. He esti
mates the number of laborers to have been re
duced, by tbe desolations of war and tbe change
of location of tlie negro population, to 400,000,
and the same average production now aa before
the war would be 1,833,000 bales, but 188,000
more than the amount conjectured by Dr.
Fsrbcs. Before we can estimate tlie effect upon
the price In England nnd in this country by the
short crop, It Is necessary to compare the cot
ton supply which is now drawn from India
with that of 1860. In that year we sent to Eng
land 2,250,000 bales, nnd India sent 400,000
bales. Under the stimulating Influence of our
civil war, the India supply rose steadily from
400,000 to 1,000,000 bales In 1864, while that
from the United States was only 30,000 bales.
According to the London Times of September
6,1865, India now occupies, in regard to the
cotton supply, a place scarcely Inferior In pro
portion to that which was occupied by the
United States. The small export In 1865 of the
surplus cotton which had been stored during
the war has hardly caused any dlraunitioii in
the crop of India, and, as 200,000 bales is pro
bably the extreme limit of that which can be
spared from tlie domestic consumption of this
country for English manufacture, it may bo esti
mated that the development of the culture and
' production in India has been constant, and more
especially os tbe agricultural production of
India has steadily increased in like ratio for
several years in the great staples of Jute, wool,
tea nnd coffee. It may, then, be fairly assumed
that India will always lie able to compensate
for the deficient crop of the United States. At
the same time the change in the labor and social
system of tnc Southern States renders U pro
bable that a large part of their agricultural In
dustry will be permanently directed to the pro
duction of grain aud the raising of cattle and
those tilings which make a country self-sustain
ing. Tlie plantation system favored the mono
poly of tlie producer of cotton. Tbe farming
system which will now take its place, will tend
to do away with monopoly, and Introduce a
greater variety of crops. Hence, even should
the negro population be a* sedulously occupied
in productive industry as they were before the
war, the amount of cotton produced will be per
manenilv less than under the old system; and
the price in the markets of the world leas de
pendent upon the crop of the Uulted States,
white it most be constantly higher than it was
when we raised the enormous amount of 4,000,-
000 bales annually. It will then be long before,
if ever, the price recedes to 8 and 10 cents.—
Making up by the Increased price for tbe di
minished supply, and entploylnga large amount
of their agricultural labor in producing for their
own consumption much of what they formerly
bought, the cotton States will add to llicir sub
stantial wealth, which will hereafter be measur
ed by some more general standard than the
mere export ol cotton.
VOL. 24. NO. 41.
Wondrous Autumn Time.
O Ruler of the waning year 1 *
How calm while summer Ungers here
Is thine enchanted sleep—
When murmuring woods are full of songs.
And all green leaves are whispering tongues,
And fields grow rich and deep,
Till wakened by the shrilling round
Os the sharp scythe along the ground,
Through Nature's flowering heart,
Or shouts of jocund harvest home,
That down the echoing valleys come,
From laughing hills npart.
How calm a splendor ever lies
Within tho royal waking eyes.
Os wondrous Autumn tlmul
I.tko the glory round a good man's head
When angels light about his t>ed,
And waken thoughts sublime.
And who could dream yon soft, sweet light
Were herald of the year's dark night,
And north winds stormy breath -
That all these tents of rod aud gold,
Burning through every starry fold,
Were signs of nature's death I
Ah, me I thy coming stirs the sense,
At every portal calling thenoo
Tho troops of awe nml fear,
We think per so coos days gone by,
And days that all as swiftly lly—
Knowing thy errand here.
Wo cannot with the swallow flee,
And shun the g'oomy days that bo
• Ho Dill of winter snow;
We pass Into our Orient 'and
Across dark sens, where some bright hand
Calls from the deeps below.
Thou art the gloomy spirit of all
Tlie wondroun years that rise and fnll
Within the glass of Time.
Thou wort in fair creat ion’s bound *
When first tlie chltd-llkn earth swung round
Kxultlug in hur prime.
Born when tho lils-k pine e-ownod the hills,
And violets pierced tho soil that Ill's
Tho olrn-troe’s nigged spurs;
When won* tho thorn nor snow-white crown,
And chestnut spires fell softly down
Among tho golden furze.
Still thy dread pinions, as of old.
Thy sylvan hills and vales enfold
O’er all, tho spreading land :
And earth's sweet luce, once bright nnd mild
As the fair forehead of a child,
Is seared us with u brand.
And still man’s conscious spirit fools,
While Car nml wide tho oast wind pouts,
’TIh God’s Almighty hronth |
(While as In prayer all ficavon Is I .owed,)
O’er hill and valley blowing loud,
Tho Autumn blast of death.
Hon. A. J. Requier.
Tho New York Herald, congratulates tho
Nqrtli upon n new emigration of Southern geni
us. Among other names specified, we select
that ol
A. J. ItEqiJIBR.
Our community is fortunate in tlie accession
oi this giited son oi the South, Distinguished
as a jurist, a pout and an orator, he is known
throughout the country, lie is a native of
Charleston, 8. 0., where he studied law and
made his first appearance in public life. At tho
ago of fifteen lie wrote and published a blank
verso plnv, entitled “ Tho Spanish F.xllc," and
shortly after a drama, “ Moreo BoMrrls,” which
was played in many of tlie lending: Un-atuM ni
the United Status, and a local novel called “The
Old Sanctuary.” ills subsequent literary efforts
have been numerous. Many of his exqulslto
poems have appeared from time to time iu tho
newspapers, but have not, we believe, been col
lected in book lorm. Ills Ode to Shakespeare
was reproduced and warmly commended in
England, and great interest was excited by his
Crystalline, nn epic argument, maintaining the
Divine Personality, on purely rational grounds,
against tlie Pbnnthelstlc .theory. Mr. Kequier
moved to Mobile In 1850, and was shortly after
wards appointed District Attorney of the Uni
ted States, which function he exercised up to
tlie breaking out of the war, having lit tlie mean
while become prominent by his official action
nnd arguments Iu suppression of tlie Cuban and
Nlearagunn expeditions projected from tho
Gulf, lie contlnncd iu the position during tho
Confederate regime, but was pardoned by the
President at Its close. Ou the occasion of his
removal North, the Mobile Tribune described
him editorially iu glowing terms.
Internal Revenue Decision.— Tbe Com
missioner of Internal Revenue having been
asked “if curringo makers are allowed, under
the present law, to deduct from their returns of
sales the value of such articles entering into tho
manufacture of carriages as may hare already
paid the manufacturers’ tax,” has replied os fol
lows :
The new law exempts spokes, bubs, bows and
felloes, poles, shafts, arms uud wheels not Iron
ed or finished ; springs and wire made of steel;
axles made of iron or steel, rivets, nuts, washers
and bolts used In the manufacture of vehicles
or carriages, and also paints. But the iron and
steel from which many of these hi tides arc
made arc subject to on Impost or excise duty,
also Hie leather, cloth and trimmings. And the
finished carriage is liable to a duty of five per
cent, ad valorem, without any deductions what
ever oi articles or materials, taxed or uutaxed,
wh'ch enter into the construction of the car
riage. Il any assessor lias allowed deductions
of any kind from the value of the finished car
riage before assessing tlie tax, he has done it
on ills own responsibility and without authority
ol law, and measures will he taken Immediately
to correct the erroneous assessment.
Reported Death or Ex-Gov. Ciias. 8.
Mokkhhad. —We mentioned yesterday the re
port at Lexington of the death of Ex-Gov.
Chas. 8. Morebead, of this State, at his planta
tion, near Greenville, Miaa., and expressed the
hope and belief that It was incorrect. Wc now
fear, however, it It but too true, aa parties from
the South yesterday brought the tame report.
If it la correct, then has Kentucky sustained a
grievous loss. Gov. Morebead was one of our
ablest, best, and purest public men. He exer
cised a large influence, and had the entire re
spect and confidence of ail the people, friend
aud foe alike. Since bis Imprisonment in Fort
Lafayette and his return from Enrope, be baa
remained comparatively in seclusion, giving hla
entire attention to his private bnalneaa, which
suffered so seriously by tlie war. In our State
and national affairs be bore a conspicuous part
for many years, and his death will be univer
sally lamented. — ljouisville Courier.
Pius IX the Guest of Enoland.— The Brit
ish Government has offered his holiness an asy
lum In the Island of Malta, in case be should
feel inclined to leave the “ eternal city," but
latest accounts lrom Florence state that a much
better understanding hetweeu the King ol Italy
and the Sovereign Pontiff’now exists, and there
Is every possibility of an amicable solu'.loa to
the long standing Italian quarrel.
