Funding for the digitization of this title was provided by the R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation in partnership with the Atlanta History Center.
About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1866)
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. 31, I*o6. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST. By reference to our new term*, it will be teen that the price of the Weekly Conbtitc ttonai.ist lia« been reduced to $3 per annum. Our weekly edition is a mammoth paper, and one of the very best family journals published, containing all the latest news of the day, re views of the markets, and a judicious selection of the daily editorials. Our country friends would do well to give It a liberal support. A CHARACTERISTIC LETTER. Immediately preceding the late war, an offi cer of the Regular Army, who sntisequently became a distinguished Confederate General, mustered his meu for the last time and deliver ed to them such funds as ha had in charge. One of the men, when tendered 1200, resolute ly declared that he was entitled to but one-half the sum. After all had been settled with, there remained in Captain ’s hands one hundred dollars, of which sum he could find no owner. Finally, he went Bouth and still preserved the money for the missing proprietor. At length, a substantial clnim was sent forward from an old sergeant who had been on detached duty at the time of settling. Unluckily, the war broke out nt that period, all mail communication wag suspended, and it became impossible to notify the claimant. Years elapsed, and at the close of the war Captain put himself in commu nication with his old sergeant, sending by ex press a large portiou of the money. Many months passed before Us reception, hut, event ually, it came to hand, and elicited from the rough, but true hearted, “boy in blue,” the subjoined characteristic letter. We make no excuse for printing it verbatim et literatim —cor- rection would spoil its individuality. There is plenty of bad grammar but an immense deal of nobility of sentiment—enough to illustrate that whether in a ragged coat or broad-cloth suit —in blue or grey— “ Tho bravest arc the tenderest, The loving are the daring.” Gere is the letter : Washington, D. C., Oct. 14, 1806. Gen. , Dear Sir, i received yours dated Augusta, G. A. Oct. 1, and also A letter from Adams Express office in Georgetown dated Dee. 3, 1805 with 120 00 en closed thnlr in .by calling thair as you ad vised mec to do i was very happy to heer from you but very sory to heer of your misfortune caused by the late acurscd war wieh has al most left evry honest man desolate and enrich ed the Newcngland fanltics who are trying to plunge onr Country in another war more bloodier then the one wee have just emerged lrom. they were the instigation of the last War hut you could never find them on the field of Battle, they were the spccultors and legislators of the land they held the reigns of the Govcr ment with the firm grasp of Tyrany but if they want more blood i say give them no chance to scrink from the Battle field lot us eary the war to thair firesides whare they must fight or have the Country they are carying the Elections East und Weast by lying to the poeple and misrepresenting the South. if tin poeple of the South and Conservatives of the north does not unite together and stand by Andrew Johnson then the days of the republic are uutnbred. iam no politicion and should not dwell so long on Pollietlcs but sir it rais my temper when i think of the Brave men who has fallen on both sides all ou account of Pollietlcs. they told us wee fought for four years to keep this Union together but when the war is over niggers let loose, proporty Confiscated, they declare that the Country is Dcvided for some acurscd pur pose of thair own i wished i had received • your letter of last year i would of known better what to do then than Ido now about oomeiug to Georgia, iam iu good employment now on the grounds but i do not know how long it will lost, if l leave Washington i will certainly come to sec you for 1 am determined not to live north of Washington any way but knoein you can let mee know what tho prospects would be if i come down thair.* i am very thankful! to you for standing mee A portion of the money but it hurts my feelings to think that my old Captain is reduced so much and i do not wnrnt you to Bury any in paying mec the remainder of the money. 1 can doo without it at present probably as well os you. nltho lam poor i know how to aprlclate honesty whare ever i find it. you wanted to know about the old solder seargent I* Pri H sadler B T aud A uuher of others were killed on the Battle field to numerous to mention Seargent lias A Comlssiou in tho 3d U s itify Seargent B has A Commission in the 3ond U S inly and several other more through influence then mer rit. the Commissions in our Army waes uulikc the Commissions in tho Confederate Army ours was by influence yours was by inerrit. James L was wounded in the nose at Gaines mills i bellevo he is still A Captain in the 2ond U S lnfy. wee were badly of for officers in this war the best soldiers went South and left such old fogies as Captains D and L Colonel was another that near smelt gun powder Captains D was cashired for coweedice at Gaines tuillj he was then Maygor of the infy wee had 3 Lieutenants cashiered from our Rcdgment for the same tiling no more at pres ent i remain your fricn and well wisher WOOLLY. 1 his man, General Woolly, who figures so prominently in organising revolution in the Suite ot Maryaud, is an imported patriot, lie hails lrom the West, but is, probably, a down- Easter. Iwo years ago, he was a Provost Mar shal iu Baltimore, and we remember to have seen n confiscated portrait of Stonewall Jack son hangiug head dou-nu-ard on his office wall. The small-potato character of his soul may be judged from this base insult to a man whom all the world is proud to reverence—all but the woolly horses. RELIEF. That our people have been impoverished, to a great extent, by the ravages of war and its revenges; that their lands have been pillaged, their slave-property wrested away, their labor paralyzed ; ttiat, superadded to these disabili ties, unfriendly legislation has imposed almost intolerable burdens upon producers ; that the very stars iu their courses and Nature in her elements have fought, as it were, against them these are truths undeniable and undemed. Acting upon these pregnant premises, cries for relief resound throughout the South, and, while moderate men of all pursuits admit the necessity of some succor, others are intent upon pushing that succor to the point of abso lute repudiation. We may as well state at this point that the last extremity is scouted by this journal and its consummation ridiculous and impossible. We are strongly convinced that a remedy for existing trouble in this matter, rests, not in the mere efTort of human wisdom, but rather among the people themselves. It is, to use the language of one of our most eminent men, “it is like certain forms of ulcer on the body, only protracted by palliatives and never thoroughly cured save by the sloughing pro cess of time and the soothing processes of good temper.” Ou* people will have made great strides toward health in this particular, when they cease hoping miracles from legislative enactment and feci that they themselves are the best physicians for their individual embarrassments. We know that a full pay ment of debt is, in many cases, impossi ble. Although willing to coucede this much for the sake of fairness, we are still impressed with the idea that few debts are impossible of liquidation, in time. Starting with this propo sition as sufficiently established or worthy of regard, the most honorable and indeed the only wise course to suggest is compiehcnded in the word— Compromise. In each compromise between debter aud creditor liberality should always be maintained; a liberal desire for equitable payment, on the part of the debtor; a liberal allowance of terms, on the part of the creditor, as the exigency of the case may de mand. We affect to be more honest than Yan kees and less rapacious. Let ns make this boast something more than mere lip-service. Many of these gentry have compounded most charita bly with their Southern debtors. It is true that they may be in a pecuniary position to do so, but, at the same time, it must be remembered that many provocations exist for exacting the uttermost farthing and a tiiousand facilities af forded them l?y their victorious party. Their forbearance, then, is a virtue which no sane man should depreciate. Many of our merchants have matched this creditable procedure by sublime attempts at a settlement; aud there can be no question that the man who does his level host to pay what he cm, will, in nearly every instance, meet with corresponding generosity. We believe that the clamor for re pudiation ooines rather lrom the indolent than from the industrious, from tho spend-thrift rattier thau the abstemious. By all means, let the Legislature do what it can consistently for relief, but let the people do all they can to re lieve themselves of burden. Got) does not promise help to the drone or grumbler ; and, although the ways ot man are seldom the ways of God, we trust that they approximate in the South sufficiently near to the divine to be just to ail men and not partial to some at the ex pense of others. Unquestionably, deeds of trust must he resorted to. If not too exaciing, popular opinion will almost compel fulfillment. It is to be expected that some loss will be en tailed upon creditors; but it is not fair that all tlie loss should thus fall. We can pay our debts in driblets, if we choose to sacrifice, for the moment, this extravagance or that superflui ty. Many who advocate the blotting out system are wedded to creature comforts aud old lux uriousness. They must be content to abandon such tliiugs, for the sake of economy, for the sake ol justice, for the sake of honor. No credi tor will push a man who manifests a laudable zeal for emancipation from debt, by practis ing a frugality which some seem never to understand or desire. The world owes no man a living any more than*- the Legislature owes him a relief which comes of “ tinkering with obligations.” But the world will give that living to hard knocks and determined importu nity in some useful employment. Some men have been brought up to planting, and can plant no more ou a great scale. It would be disgraceful to sit down and refine amid the relics of former grandeur ; it is glorious to do something on a small scale, and even drive the team a-field or spade the turnip patch. Thous ands as good, true, brave and noble men as the sun ever shone npon, perform these rigorous duties. The man who sneers at such and scorns to defile his hand with labor, is either a pol troon or a charlatan. He does not come up to any lofty statue of manhood ; he is a drone in our midst, and, it may be well suspected that while he considers it no shame to seek repudia tion of debt, ho is filching iu hie idleuess the hard earning of some laborious man or woman. The Lord has given u» all the means of obtain ing clothes and victuals, if we work for them ; but he lias not given unto any man a sinful balm for the loss of self-respect. Wherefore we must be practical, amiable and kind with one another. We must likewise be discreet. We must, above all, be honest. Debt ors must show good intentions by works ; cre ditors must not be callous or precipitate. Both must compromise aud both be discriminative. Sturdy strokes for liquidation will meet the sympathy and cucouragement of ail; disposi tion to play the Shylock will he indignantly frowned upon and recoil disastrously. The exceptional class striving for work earn estly, hut flndiug none—this class must be pro tected by every charity. This class is small, for the wants of labor, are various and increas ing. Members of this class cannot be ot the masculine gender, it they have tough sinews and museles like pugilists. There may be wo men and children in this category ; if so, their numbers are not great, comparatively, and mer cy has not yet fled the land. Private charity must step in here, stimulating and helping. But, for the great majorities of men, onr argument holds good, aud for them repudiation would be atrocious. We commend a communication on this sub ject, in another column, to the attention of our readers. Other communications (pro and con,) arc invited. THE POLITICAL LULL. The excitement consequent upon the recent elections has been naturally followed by a de cided lull The same vituperation, pro and eon, is uttered; the same predictions of suc cess and defeat mouthed ; still, the rage of par ty strife comes gaspingly from the oracles of the day, like the hot breath of gladiators after a desperate hug. Such lassitude will probably continue until the first Tuesday in November, when other States strive for mastery. Among these States the more prominent is Illinois. The following are candidates. Annexed to their respective name we append the party vote of 1864. Those in italic are members of the present Congress who are renominated : Dist. Rep. Vote, 1864. 1— N. B. Judd 15,557 2 J. F. Farnsworth 17,898 3E. B. Washburne 15,711 4 Cen. A. C. Harding 13,569 SE. B. Ingersoll 18,152 68. C. Cook 15,598 I—H.P.H. Bromwell 15,353 8— S. M. Cullom 15,812 9C. E. Lippincott 12,239 10— Gen. Henry Case 12,176 11— E. Kitchell 10,696 12— Jehu Baker 11,817 13— Gen. G. B. Raum 11,742 At Large —J. A. Logan 190.226 Dist. Dem. Vote, 1864. 1— Col. F. Sherman fprob.) 14,277 2E. M. Haines 5,237 3 Thomas J. Turner 7,421 4 Judge J. L. Thompson 12,721 5 Col. Silas Ramsey 11,282 6D. W. Harris 9,980 7 Gen. Charles Black 12,027 8— Edwin S. Fowler 14,027 9 W. Boss 15,296 10— A. G. Burr 16,903 11— Samuel S. Marshall 16,703 12— M. R. Morrison 11,741 13— William J. Allen 10,784 At Large —T. Lyle Dickey 158,784 It will appear lrom this showing that but three members are Democratic or Conservative. The great effort of Conservatism will be to carry, in addition to pronounced Democratic districts, the fourth, twelfth and thirteenth. The Chicago Times speaks confidently of such a fortuitous issue, but political hopes are like stock aud gold gambling—“ monstrous uucer tain.” GEMINI. Pete Finnebtv, one of the wandering “ Southern Loyalists,” turns out to be a jail bird. When the menagerie reached St. Louis, the redoubtable Peter had to hide himself up a friendly chimney to escape the invitation ot some old friends. The invitation, says a St. Louis paper, “ set forth that the said Peter A. Finnerty did, some three or four years ago, obtain from Joiin M. Finnerty $2,000 worth of liquors and segars by fraudulent representa tions, by which representations said Joiin M. wag defrauded of his goods and properties to that amount. This invitation was placed in the hands of the indefatigable constable, Peter Berger, who searched the city high and low— visited the Lindell, and went to the mass meet ing at Lucas market, but without success.” “Judge” Tucker, another of this precious caravan, is unmasked as a second edition of our dearly-beloved N. S. Morse. The “Judge” assumed to be a Virginian; but his jack-daw feathers being stripped off, lie is shown to be as much a Virginian as Morse is a Georgian. He is nothing less than a Yankee pedler from New Hampshire. These are nice “ Southern loyalists,” but any thing will do in these days, the beastlier the better. Extremes meet; there are twins in the sky and here are twins on earth. Some of these days anew constellation will arise in Radical horsc-hcaven and be called by astronomer Butler “ Gemini.” O, jiminy! The Hon. Horace Greeley on the llon. John Morrissey.—' The Hon. Horace Greeley has been nominated as a candidate for Con gress in the 4th District of New York, and he takes great offence that the Hon. John Morrisey has received a similar compliment. Hear his pious indignation : John Morrissey has been nominated by the McKeon Convention ns Congressman for the sth District, and if endorsed by Tammany, as he hopes to be, may be elected. The fact is but an ordinary result of the corruption oi New York politics. Though there have been worse men sent to Congress, yet public decency and the dignity of the National Legislature have seldom been so boldly outraged. To elect an ex-prize fighter as a legislator is disgraceful enough, but Morrissey, should he go to Con gress, will owe his nomination to the faro bank. Cotton Packing.— The Journal <y Messenger has had occasion to look somewhat into the manner of packing, and suggested a hurtful mistake which is made by a greater portion of the planters, in this particular. While it can easily be shown that bagging and rope, when sold on the cotton bale, really brings considera bly more than when purchased of dealers by the planters, we cannot see why so much oi the staple is allowed to suffer, both from stealage and natural damage, for the want of sufficient good bagging, and proper care in packing.— And another item: Only yesterday we heard a eottou buyer remark that he was willing to give one cent per pound more for eo(ton when prop erly packed. Let this matter be looked to and corrected, and we are sure none will lose by its correction. “ Let all things he done decently and in order.” Cotton Going Eastward.— We are told, says the Columbus Sun, that trains now run di rectly through from Montgomery to Savannah, and return the same day. Cotton appears to be seeking the Atlantic coast,and it comes from as for West as Selma, Ala. The demand for shipment over the Montgomery aud West Point road is now greater than the capacity of the transportation. There is a probability that in a short time a reduction of freight from Mont gomery aud other points to Savannah will he made. This will greatly add to the latge amount of cotton which is now being moved from Alabama to Savannah. Hon. Charles Sumner was married to Mrs. Sturgis, at Boston, on Wednesday last. The happy pair are now at Newport. THE BALTIMORE IMBROGLIO. In view of the recent election frauds at Balti more and the incendiary menaces of the Radi cal press concerning the removal of the Police Commissioners ; the organization of “ boys iu blue” and other ruffians ; the seditious resolu tions to defy the State authority and threats of precipitating the “loyal North” upon Mary land—in view of such revolutionary actions, it is not difficult to predict that another bloody drama is preparing for the United States,unless one contestant or the other abandons the field decisively. The political history of Maryland, during the last five years, is the history of the triumphant Radical party and its victims. By artifice and violence the State government has been subverted; by fraud and villany five eighths of its citizens outlawed and disfranchis ed. This wholesale disfranchisement has been brought about by the tyranny of the bayonet and the corruption of the ballot. Such despot ism having narrowed the circle of voters to those claiming all loyalty for themselves, it was a fitting sequel that a Legislature elected by such men should force an instrument called the New Constitution upon the trodden people of that noble but oppressed commonwealth. This New Constitution was only adopted, it is said, by imported German votes from Pennsyl vania, and, even with such tools to work upon, ay the slenderest majority. Still, it was adopt ed; not only adopted, but pronounced by Radi cal Judges legitimate. Its scope and bearing were to perpetuate the power of a des picable minority and render any effort to destroy this power abortive. Under its pro visions and ostracism the municipal officers of Baltimore were elected, some time ago. Dur ing their term of office the debt of the city alarmingly increased,the most gigantic swindles were winked at, the Mayor became a confessed black mailer and peculator, and many members of the City Council, in contravention of a spe cific statute, contractors for public works and, as a necessary consequence, insatiate milkers of the public teat. This condition of affairs was passively borne while the vrftr and its pas sions were red-hot. But, when the election of Mr. Johnson promised something for Repub lican liberty, the people of Maryland strove, by every legal means, to cast off this detested yoke—a yoke that galled their necks as free men, and paralyzed them, while the plunderers were abroad. So wide-spread was the infamy of party, that Gov. Swann, though elected by such influences, was compelled in conscience, to abandon his former associates, and ally him self and fortunes with the Conservatives. His first act was to modify, as far as possible, the iniquitous registry law. This he did so effect- that had the late election been based upon the new list of voters, Mayor Chapman and his cabal would have suffered an utter and igno minious defeat. But, in spite of decisions by Reverdy Johnson and other of the ablest ju rists in the country, the old registration of voters was retained, and, as a matter of course, the Chapman party had everything its own way. In contempt of the law, rabid Radi cal partisans were chosen judges and cldrks of election ; the people who desired to vote against the Jacobin candidates were not only denied the right of depositing their ballots in boxes provided by tjie law for such a purpose, but driven from the polls by an armed mob, specially organized as an extra police. By such outrages, seven-eighths of the citizens were disfranchised —those seven-eights representing the city’s best and purest. By law, the Pol ice Commissioners who perpetrated this outrage can be removed by the Governor, during a recess of tlie Legislature. This law Governor Swann proposes to enforce and the Jacobins to resist. A removal of the Commissioners would ensure a peaceable election, a peaceable election would crumble the usurpers and their despotism. Hence they are being stirred up by Forney and his tribe to revolt. When that revolt hears bloody fruit—who shall tell the end ? In order that this may not seem a bald accu sation, we quote an editorial letter of Forney’s, dated October 17th, and published in the Phila delphia Press. He says : “ Swann wants to be United States Senator. Baltimore city sends twenty-one n>embers to the Legislature. To get these twenty-one votes he will drench the streets with blood. If he attempts to remove the Commissioners they will resist. Their policemen are directed to arrest as disturbers of the peace any body pretending to interfere with them. The Mayor will never suc cumb, but fight it out to the bitter end. All the Union men in Baltimore swear that they will drench the streets with blood but they will pro tect their rights and the law. The brave Gen eral Dennison and the Gallant General Woolley have both offered their services to the Mayor, and the returned veterans of the Union army are ready to fight. Swann will have a terrible responsibility if he should do this thing to de feat Stewart, Thomas and Creswell. They are all good Radical Unionists, and the people will and can elect them under the law. It is only by lawlessness that they can be overcome, and it is said that Johnson had promised some Federal soldiers to help him put down the Union men of Maryland. If he shall attempt this there will be civil war. • The men I see here mean fight. They do not mean to submit and will not submit. All they ask is that the mighty North shall stand by them in their struggle for liberty and Union. * * * * * My solemn belief is that Andrew Johnson will send the regular troops into Balt'more to sus taiu Swann, if the attempt of the latter to re move the Police Commissioners is resisted by the people, as resisted it will be. In that e /ent let the North be prepared! Let Pennsylvania be ready!” In his Washington organ he boldly avows a determination to resort to bloodshed, should Gov. Swans perform his sworn duty and re move the Police Commissioners. Hear him : Should he decide upon this outrage, the Police Commissioners, backed by Mayor Chapman and the Radical loyalists of the State, will refuse to surrender their trusts. **■»*#*# We do not believe that either Swann or John son will have the hardihood to perfect this crowning outrage, though the indications that point to it are numerous. But should this be lief be disappointed by the result, there will he but one remedy left, and that is lor the Mary iand patriots to appeal to the people of the North to keep open the gateway to tlie capital of the Republic. They responded to a similar call in 1861, and will not be backward in 1866. The feeling in Baltimore yesterday was intense. The Radicals were firm, quiet, and wholly resolved. They have possession of the field and intend to keep it at all hazards. People may object that this means nothing and the individual thus declaiming is impotent for mischief. Personally, this may be true, but when he bays out the utterances of greater men, his words mean this : ** VfTbZ no matter how ill-gotten, we have it lL?**' to keep it—even unto blood.” I{ a lntenil individual supposes that this sort of long continne pacifically in a grossly mistaken. I OUC , he a Much as we deplore the signs of the tin, we cannot avoid seeing thcra-we cannot kT ' ourselves to the fact that upon the soil of V land the great contest of Republican hbenv even now progressing, and upon its Z- U hangs the fate of what was once the •• the free and the home of the brave.” d ° f THE ERROR OF THE NORTH If, says the Richmond Whig, the Norths people could, by a miracle, be shown the condition of the South-could see into the T terior of our housholds and business affair/' could see how straitened we are in our eirco~ stances—could learn how many families tint hitherto knew, experimentally, little of to save its enjoyments and luxuries, are now brought face to face with its hardships and pr j. vations—could see the struggle that is going on in every household for the bare necessaries of life, the economy that is practiced, and the pati ent endurance of old and young, male and female:—if they could see how eager all are for some honest employment, however humble that will yield a bare livelihood— could see how tolerant those who owned hundreds of slaves who were at their beck and call, now, are of the freedmen in their newly acquired privileges and with what cheerful good humor they era form to the new order of things— treating th ese former slaves with the utmost kindness :-if too, they could see the perfect indifference of all classes to politics, their freedom from pas sion and partisanship :—if, we say, the Northern people could, by a miracle, be shown these things, they would wonder at their own excite ment and exclaim against the mischievous dem agogues who have deceived and misled them.- While the Northern people, thus deluded, are going about like roaring lions, the South is as quiet as a lamb. The Radical measures are all calculated for a condition of things bordering on revolution, when the Southern people areas free from every thought or purpose of revolution as the dead who sleep their last sleep in the ancient catacombs. We are all utterly disgust ed with politics, and desire only to be allowed to attend in peace to our business affairs. Death of Archibald Campbell, Esq, Citt Treasurer. —Our obituary column this morn ing, says the Charleston Courier, of the 23d, records the death on Sunday, 21st instant, at Summerville, S. C., of our late worthy and highly esteemed City Treasurer, Archibald Campbell, Esq., aged sixty-seven years and four months. Mr. Campbell held the office of City Treasurer for several years, and discharged its duties with a fidelity, efficiency and satisfaction to ffie community that won for him the unani m<W praise, confidence and respect of our citi zens. He had previously filled various public stations, among them Superintendent of the Charleston Orphan House and Clerk of Court for Beaufort District. Os a kind and gentle disposition, but modest and retiring, of the strictest honor and integrity, he was greatly beloved in the social circle, and his death will be mourned by the large circle of friends who knew and appreciated his worth. The Up-Shot. —Four millions of negroes, torn from their normal conditiou, have been transformed into paupers, aud the Northern la boring classes are mortgaged for four thousand millions of money to accomplish this stupen dous deviltry. Or in other words, the produc ing forces of the North are loaded down with a debt ol four thousand millioi.s to destroy the producing forces of the South! Since this world began, is there any approach to this ruin ? And yet the madmen wish to go on, and will go on, and must go on, until the ne gro is not only a pauper but a voter; thus every Northern laborer must give a certain portion of each day’s labor, not only to sup port the negro pauper, but to make him his equal in the Government! Mr. Peabody’s Means.—A correspondent of the National Intelligencer, in a short sketch of this gentleman’s life, says : “ The amount of Mr. Peabody’s means is a matter of conjecture. In 1851 he was number ed among the millionaires of London, and during the next ten years his business largely increased. Assuming the value of his property at that time to have been £1,000,000, he ought in 1860 to have been worth £3,000,000. During the last three years he has endowed charities to the amount of £BOO,OOO, and he had previously given away about £lso,ooo—in all, close upon £5,000,000. It is safe to say that he cannot now be worth more than £10,000,000. Remedy poh Chills. —A schoolmaster near Dawson, Georgia, by the name of Aldehoff, an nounces through the columns of a local paper his discovery of a sovereign remedy for chills and fever. Wc reproduce his prescription for the information of the medical profession of Atlanta: For an adult take a table spoon of Prepared Chalk, put it in a little less than a half tumbler of good vinegar, and drink while it effervesces. Take one such dose the evening before the day you expect a return of the chili, and another next day about two houts before the expected attack. Didn’t Want It. —The following is the only instance on record where a member of the P ro ' session was known to decline the acceptance of a fee in hand : “I have nothing but my heart to give y°u said a spinster to a lawyer who had concluded a suit for her. “Well,” said the lawyer, gruffly “go to my clerk—he takes the fees.” Seventh District. —There seems to be no lack of aspirants to fill the place made vacant by the resignation of Gen. Wofford. Jesse A. Glenn, of Dalton, Gen. A. J. Hansell, of Mari etta, Dan’l M. Printup, of Rome, and James - Calhoun and Dr. James P. Hamilton, of Atlanta, are announced as candidates. A Baltimorean epicure can only describe Parepa’s voice by likening the effect of and t 0 that of ’46 claret.
