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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1869)
L THE WEEKLY OOHSTITUTIOHALIST f WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 12,1869. 1 Croat tbe London Saturday Review. | English View of a Southern Statesman. B A. H. STEPHENS ON STATE SOVEREIGNTY. I Mr. Alexander H. Stephens, the Vice | President of the ill-fated Southern Confed ■ eracy, is perhaps of all American public ■ men the best qualified fairly to represent ■ and discuss the conflicting theories of State m rights and Federal authority which, after a S political struggle of more than a quarter of 1 a century, were at last brought to a de ft- cisive issue on the field of battle. It is true I that there must always be a deficiency of || practical interest in the reopening on paper of a controversy so decided ; for there is a tr feeling in both the reader’s and the writer’s # mind, that it is useless yet again to dispute p with the pen the verdict once recorded by | the sword. Nevertheless, in justice to a ■ brave, high minded, and most unfortunate people, and in dueregaqito historical truth and to the interests of political science, it is ■ even now worth while to hear what a JF scholar, a man of deep political learning, of : profound knowledge of constitutional his | tory, of moderate opinions and temperate I spirit, has to say in defense of principles 5 which, however generally repudiated in | 1866, were as generally entertained ten years ago, and which the South deemed worth , upholding with her whole wealth and her best blood. Mr. Stephens, if any one, may be expect ed to speak and think fairly said impar tially on the subject. He was more con sistent than any Northern opponent of se cession—nearly all of whom had, at one g, time or another, declared in favor of it; lie | is less embittered and exasperated than | any Southern secessionist. He opposed se | cession from the first on Southren grounds; I he upheld, on the same grounds, the right ft and duty of every Southern citizen to abide B by the decision of his State ; he was true to B< his cause to the last, yet the only part he H took in the war was that of a negotiator maud peacemaker; he is neither unpopular filwith the North nor distrusted by his own |jwpeople. The opinions and arguments of .such a man are entitled,*a priori, to re spectful attention; when they are so just, so clear, so well reasoned, so amply sup ported by authorities of the highest char acter and of every class as we find them in the volume before us, they cannot but as sist us greatly in forming a true judgment upon the nature and merits of the contro t versy. | The plan of Mr. Stephens’ work is sim i pie and somewhat trite, but convenient for I his purpose. It is written in the form of i conversations with Northern visitors at R his Georgia residence; each of the three H interlocutors, representing and stating, k with great distinctness, the idea of ■ one of the principal Northern parties, Hand defending them by authority and reasoning, while the chief part, of course, His played by Mr. Stephens himself, as the |Hassertor of the defeated doctrine of State Sovereignty, to which subject exclusively uHlic present volume is devoted. The argu- is well arranged, with regard to both Historical order and logical sequence, and Pie propositions which the author under gfekes to maintain are as well and as con clusively supported as any propositions ad mitting of controversy well can be. Mr. Stephens is.superior to to the common arti fices of advocacy, or is too confident in his causes to need them. He never stoops to weaken or misstate the opposite view ; he } ' takes the strongest points of his autago- Ignist’s case, as stated by its most eminent K. advocates, and meets them with arguments ■ and facts about whose relevancy there can ■.seldom be the shadow of a doubt. * * F A sovereign can have no judge and the ■ Federal Constitution provided no means by K which one State could bring another to jus- Bitice for wrong doing or non-fulfillment of ■engagements. In like manner there existed sftno legal mode by\ which the Federal Gov- Hernment could coerce a State which should ■exercise the right of sovereignty to redress Hits wrongs uhder the compact by denounc mang the compact itself. A sovereign power ■ the judge of its own rights. Its subjects obey it, and defend it, right or wrong, ■t follows, therefore, from the sovereignty the States that they were entitled legally Hb secede if they chose, and that their citi xPrens were bound to follow and to fight for |Hic choice of the State. m This was the view on which Mr. Stephens aßcted ; and in its support he quotes the fMuthority of such eminent lawyers as SgJ'ucker and Rawle, and the conditional ad aftiission of Story himself. He shows that ■fassachusetts and the other New England States lu*d more than once asserted the , Tight of secession, and threatened to exer jiSise it; that Mr. Lincoln himself asserted, ’*ln general terms, the right of any people, or portion of a people, "locally distinct, to choose its own government; and that Horace Greeley, up to the very last, insisted that, if the South chose, she had a right to # go in peace. He himself disapproved the "4. policy of secession, but asserted to the degree the absolute nature of the |H*ight, and the sufficiency of the provoca- Htion ; and he calls Webster to testify, in ■very distinct terms, that the systematic gsviolation of the Constitution in the case of If fugitive slaves was alone a sufficient vindi ■ cation of the total repudiation, by the ■ South, of a compact with the North, ob ■ served only as far as she pleased. It is impossible, within our limits, to ■give a fair idea even of the outlines of such Han argument; much more to convey a just ■ impression of the lucidity, power of thought, HI vast and appropriate reading, and vigorous ■reasoning by which it is sustained. It IS would be difficult to name a more perfect gpjnasterpiece of constitutional reasoning and disquisition; work which might ■with greater advantage be placed in the glptands of the young lawyer, who desired to Spee how those high questions which are the .common ground of the lawyer, the historian, yttnd the statesman, can be treated by one j®dio combines the qualifications of all three.. ■Hhe book is perhaps hardly suited to the HJHneral reader, but it may be confidently re- IttMnmended as indispensable to every one Bbo wishes really to understand either the ■federal Constitution or the Civil War; and Ipwill be ranked among the most valuable cc those materials which the writers of this |. age are accumulating for the future his ■ torians of America. —- Simon Short’s Son Samuel. 1 Shrewd Simon Short sewed shoes. Sev- Bntccn summers, speeding storms, spread- B„g sunshine, successively saw Simon’s B»nall shabby shop still standing staunch, B-aw Simon’s self-same squaking sign still ■winging, silently specifying: “Simon ■Short, Smithflcld s sole surviving shoe- Hnaker. Shoes sewed, soled superflnely." ■imon’s spry, sedulous spouse, Sally Short, f wed shirts, stitched sheets, stuffed sofas. Simon’s six stout, sturdy sons—Seth, Ham %»**], Stephen? Saul. Hhadrach, Silas—sold Sundries. Bober Beth sold sugar, starch, I, Spice ; him pie Bam sold saddles, stirrups, I s« rews; sagacious Btephen sold silks, sat- A tins, shawls; skeptical Saul sold silver sal- LVers, silver spoous; aelflsh Hhadrach sold B* h< * strings, soap, saws, skates ; _ slack Bbl'a. sold Sally Short’s sttUfcd soft*. Some seven summers since Simon’s sec ond son. Samuel, saw Sophia Sophronia bl)nggs somewhere. Sweet, sensible, smart Sophia Sophronia Spriggs. Sam soon show ed strange symptoms. Sam seldom stayed, storing, selling saddles. Sam sighed sor rowfully, sought Sophia Sophronia’s socie ty, sung several serenades slyly. Simon stormed, scolded severely, said Sam seem ed so silly, singing such shameful, sense less songs. “ Strange Sam should slight such splen did summer sales!” said Simon. “ Strut ting spendthrift! shatter-brained simple ton !’’ • r ,■ “ Softly, softly, sire,” said Sally; Sam’s smitten, Sam’s spied some sweet-heart.” “ Sentimental school-boy!” sullenly snarl ed, Simon. “Smitten! Stop such stuff!” Simon sent Salley’s snuff-box spinning, seized Sally’s scissors, smashed Sally’s spectacles, scattering several spools.— “ Sneaking scoundrel! Sam’s shocking silli ness shall surcease!” Scowling Simon stopped speaking, starting swiftly shop ward. Sally sighed sadly. Summoning Sam, she spoke sweet sympathy. “ Sam,” said she, “ sire seems singularly snappy; so, sonny, stop strolling streets, stop smoking segars, spending specie super fluously, stop sprucing so, stop singing serenades, stop short! Sell saddles, sonny, sell saddles sensibly; see Sophia Sophronia Spriggs soon; she’s sprightly ; she’s stable, so solicit, sue, secure Sophia speedily, Sam.” “■So soon ? so soon ?” said Sam, standing stock still. “ So soon ! surely,” said Sally, smiling; “ ’specially since sire shows such spirits.” “ So Sam, somewhat sacred, sauntered slowly, shaking stupendously. Sam solilo quises : “ Sophia Sophronia Short, Samuel Short’s spouse—sounds splendid. Suppose she should say—Sho! she shan’t she shan’t!” Soon Sam spied Sophia starching shirts, singing softly. Seeing Sam, she stopped starching; saluted Sam smilingly. Sam stammered shockingly. “ Spl-spl-splendid Summer season, So phia.” “ Somewhat sultry,” suggested Sophia. “ Sar-sartin, Sophia,” said Sam. (Silence seventeen seconds.) “ Selling saddles still, Sam ?” “ Sar-sar-sartin,” said Sam, starting sud denly. “ Season’s somewhat -sudorific,” said Sam, steadily staunching streaming sweat, shaking sensibly. “ Sartin,” said Sophia, smiling signifi cantly. Sip some sweet sherbet, Sam.” (Silence sixty seconds.) “ Sire shot sixty sheldrakes,. Saturday,” said Sophia. “ Sixty ? sho !” said Sam. (Silence sev enty-seven seconds.) * “ See. sister Susan’s sunflowers, said Sophia, sociably scattering such still silence. Sophia’s sprightly sauciness stimulated Sam strangely ; so Sam suddenly spoke sen timentally : “ Sophia, Susan’s sunflowers seem saying, ‘ Samuel Short, Sophia Sophro nia Spriggs stroll serenely, seek some se questered spot, some sylvan shade. Spark ling springs shall sing sonl-soothing strains; sweet songsters shall silence secret sigli ings ; superangelic sylphs shall—’ ” Sophia shrieked ; sr Sam stopped. “ Sophia,” said Sam solemnly. “ Sam,” said Sophia. “ Sophia, stop smiling. Sam Short’s sin cere. Sam’s seeking some sweet spouse, Sophia.” Sophia stood silent. “ Speak ! Sophia, speak ! such suspense speculates sorrow.” “ Seek sire, Sam, seek sire.” So Sam sought sire Spriggs. Sire Spriggs said, “ sartin.” Northern Capital Coming South The schooner Florence H. Allen, which ar rived at this port from New York on Tues day last, consigned to Messrs. Joseph A. 'Roberts & Cos., brought among her freight the entire machinery for the working of a large manufactory which is to be'establish ed at Midvllle, No. 9J£, on the Central Rail road. The machinery was manufactured at Patterson, New Jersey. The water wheel is but 8 feet in diameter, of the Chase pat ’tern, which is said to be superior to all oth ers, it being adapted to the smallest heads of water, and has a capacity of 60-horse power under a fall of only six feet of water. The factory, it is expected, will be ready and in operation in about three mouths, at an entire cost of about $30,000, and will be the means of giving employment to upwards of 100 hands. In addition to this establish ment for the working of the raw material into fabrics of every description, we learn that it is the intention of .the company to shortly erect, as an adjunct to the present projected establishmentjknachinery%r card ing wool and manufacturing cotton warp and wool fillings. The gentlemen connect ed with this enterprise are 8. D. Gould and W. H. Munson, of Patterson, N. J., and J. McKinne, of Emanuel county. Messrs. G. and M. are gentlemen of theoretical and practical experience, having been connected with some of the largest and most widely .known factories in the Northern cities, and having a desire to invest their capital South they made a tour of several of the Southern States, and finding that Georgia, from her geographical position and resources, offered superior inducements and facilities to manu facturing interests of every kind, have con cluded to*locate the site of their intended enterprise on the line of Emanuel and Burke, having selected that location for its conve nience and adaptability, there being a splen did pond, formed from several small lakes, which is of sufficient power aud fall for the operations of their machinery. We learn that it is the intention of several other gen tlemen from the North to seek an invest ment for their capital in the South, and have concluded to erect similar manufacto ries in other portions of the State. [Savannah. Advertiser. $300,000 Unearthed. —A Schenectady gentleman, on a visit-to New York, writes back to the Union: Mr. May, a retired merchant, related to me an anqcdote which may not be uninter esting to your readers. A wealthy widow died recently, and divided, before her death, all her estate between her two children, a son and daughter. The son removed her lurniture and papers from her home stead on Broadway, and on looking them over one day found a memorandum sta ing that in the corner of the cellar were buried two crocks with money. He pro cured a laborer and dug in the place in dicated and found the two vessels, one filled with gold coin, the other with greenbacks, the whole amounting to $300,000. Mr. May knew the party and assures me that the above is true in every particular. Had the property been sold, it would have been a nice question of law as to whom the trea sure would have belonged, the original owner, the purchaser, or the finder. S«alps Rising.—Who wants to go on a profitable scalping expedition. A Texas paper says: “ The price of Indian scalps has advanced since the notorious outlaw Glanton made a contract with the authorities of Chihuahua, Mexico, to tarnish them at ten dollars per head, aud attempted to ring In Mexican scalps at tins aame price. Colonel Iluok Dairy, of Bosque coo<,ty, In writing to a gentleman of Corsicana, aars that a pars* Os SI,OOO ha* bes» made up for the scalp of esc! and every Indian or killed In that I section’" [From the Charleston Courier. The - Mayoralty Contest—Decision of Judge Carpenter—Mr. Pillsbury to be Inaugurated. In the Conrt of Common Pleas, on Satur day, at ten o’clock, Judge Caipenter ren dered a decision in the case of the contested Mayoralty of this city, a copy of which will be found in the supplement of this morning’s Courier : Pf n this the necessary amendments to the pleadings were at once made, and the following order entered : The Slate ex rel. the Attorney General vs. (he Acting Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Charleston—Quo Warranto. On hearing the arguments in the above named proceeding and upon mature con sideration thereof, it is ordered that the re- s l x ?P de / P t l s ' the acting Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Charleston, do forthwith, and upon pain of contempt of this conrt, vacate the several offices of Mayor and Aldermen of the said c ty, now by them held, and do forthwith deliver to Gilbert Pillsbury and the other relators named in the above stated case, all and singular the books and prop erty, and all other things pertaining to these several offices as aforesaid, and that they do henceforth abstain from doing or performing, or assuming, or pretending to do, or perform any act or acts whatever, in any manner pertaining to the said offices of Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Charles- Let a copy of this judgment be served on the respondents. Witness my hand and the seal of this Court, this Ist day of May, A. D. 1869. | Signed] B. B. Carpenter. By the Court: A. C. Richmond, C. C. C. P. May 1,1869. In the afternoon a certified copy of the above judgment was served on Mayor Clark, and upon each of the Aldermen, whereupon a meeting of Council was called to discuss the course proper to be pursued under the circumstances. At this meeting, through the advice of their counsel, it was resolved that no further opposition should be made, and accordingly, later in the evening Mayor Clark received a note from Mr. Pilis bury demanding, in obedience to the man dates of the court, a surrender of the office, and books and papers pertaining thereto, at 12, on Monday. An Old Superstition Revived. WITCH HUNTING, HANGING AND BURNING IN MEXICO. The Brownville Ranchero says that one of those barbarous acts, the execution of witches, was recently consummated in the town of Ahualtecco. On the 4th of Janu ary, 1869, iu the town of Ahualtecco, dis trict of Matamoras, State of Puebla, a woman was hung and burned, said to be a witch; another woman was flogged most cruelly for the same offense, the son of the latter figuring among those who flogged her. The mere annunciation of this deed needs no comment, filling with shame and sorrow and covering with dread the de fenders and perpetrators of the crime. T(je following are the versions of the affair: Regarding the first, which was communi cated to the press, the missing of an ox was the cause of the tragedy. A woman, who professed to be a witch, was asked to reveal the whereabouts of the animal, which she failed to do; she was taken and hung to a tree, shot at, and then plunged into the flames until she expired. Tue body was buried in the cemetery, but on tlie following clay was exhumed by order of the curate of the town, who protested against having the remains of a witch in terred in consecrated ground. The hus band of the unfortunate woman hid him self, fearing that he might be made to share the same fate. The mayor of the city had not only authorized this proceed ing, but had also been the principal perpe trator. According to the second narrative, which emanates from the Governor of Pue bla, a man by the name of Manuel. Roj in, anxious to know if Maria Clara Austusia was’a witch, took her out to the outskirts of the town and beat her severely. Here he was joined by four other individuals, and to nuke the unfortunate woman con fess her supposed crime, hung her to a tree, at first by the arms and then by the neck. Being thus tortured, Mafia Clara admitted that she was a witch, and denounced two other women as her accomplices, after which she soon expired. The perpetrators went in search of the other two women, but one of them was bravely defended by her husband. The other was taken out and flogged bv the party, and among the number was tier own son, Manuel Roj an. The Governor of Puebla has taken the ne cessary measures to have the perpetrators of this crime punished. The History of the Tune of “ Dixie.” —The Memphis Post tells this story of “ Dixie In the first place, the song and chorus of “ Dixie ” was composed and arranged by Dan Emmet, a member of a traveling min strel party, who, while at Mobile in the winter of 1847-48, heard some negro labor ers singing on the levee while loading a steamboat with cotton. The thought struck Dan that, with a little, change of measure, it could be made a good song and “ walk around,” which generally winds up a negro minstrel concert. Dan arranged it and produced it. It became a success, and was sung and played ail over the country by all the bands. In the Spring of 1861, Mrs. John Wood came to New Orleans to play an engage ment at the Varieties Tijeatre. During the tilde, she appeared in Brougham’s bur lesque of “ Pocahontas.” At the first re hearsal of the piece, everything went well until near the close of the second act; Tom McDonough (now agent for Lefflngwell), the prompter, got up a Zouave march and drill by twenty-two iadics, led by Susan Denin. Everything ran smoothe, but the music for the march could not be fixed upon. Carlo Patti was leader of the or chestra, and he tried several marches, but r-one suited McDonough—one was too slow, another was too tame, another not enough spirit. At length, Patti struck up the negro air of “Dixie.” “That will do, Patti—the very thing,” said Tom, and “ Dixe ” was played, and the march gone through with, and the chorus by all the characters. At night it received a double encore, and “Pocahontas” had a “run,” and from that time out the streets and par lors rang with “ Dixie.” The war broke out that Spring, and the military bands took it up, and “Dixie” became to the South what the Marseillaise Hymn was to the French. And that’s how “ Dixie ” be came the popular war song of the South. Man Drowned.— While the steamer Dic tator was stopping off Tybee for the pur pose of landing some seamen belonging to the ship Devonshire, one of the men who was under the influence of llqnor, fell from the gangway, striking the small boat which was waiting to take film aboard of the ship. The tide at the time wae running very swift and carried the man under tits steamer; he was seen to rise about thirty yards oa the other side. Every effort was usds to save Hlto bat all to no avail. [AeeenneA Muss, Hd. A Buffalonian Rides a Mule in Flor ide.—Bring forth the mule. The mule was brought. He was a meek looking cuss—a perfect “ Lriah Heep " of a mule, so far as urableness was- concerned. At least that was the view I took of him. He was sad dled, and I mounted. For a mile or two he paced beautifully. X thought those old I had read about knew what they were domg when they traveled on mules. t * ,respect for thelr judgment. Just then my mule showed symptoms— symptoms of what I did not know. I found out. Dropping hi* head between his legs, his heels described a parabolic curve, or a diabolic curve, or some other infernal curve, in the air, and I got off aud sat on the ground. I got off over his head, and I did it quick. I’m not so old but I can get °6 on animal of that kind as quick as a boy. Then 1 looked at the male to see if he was hurt. He didn’t appear to be. Then I inquired around to see how I was. I re ported an abrasion on the left hip and a contusion on the lower end of my back. Then I thought I would pronounco a left hauded blessing on that male, and on his forefathers and foremothers before him,and on his children after him. But I didn’t. I wondered if he would stand fire. If I had had a pistol I would have put the mozsle to his ear and tried him. Not that I was hostile towards him, but I was afraid some body might take a ride on him some day and get hurt. But I-had no pistol; so that benevolent and sanguinary idea was frus trated. Then 1 got up and shook ttie dust off my feet, and brushed the sand off my trousers, as a testimony against that place. Then I led the mule carefully home, aud stated my case to the livery man. But when I looked that he should otter to send for a doctor, or a Samaritan, to.do me up iu a rag, and pour olive oil and champagne on my bruise, he only laughed. And his man that he had to hold him laid down on a bench and laughed—then he rolled off the bench and laughed—and I stood holding the mule —then 1 laughed. It was ridiculous. But I’ve learned a little wisdom. Next time I ride on horseback it will be a differeut kind of beast from a bogus jackass.— J. B. S., in Buffalo Commercial Advertiser. A New Cotton Manufactory. — We were informed yesterday that Mr. J. J. Grant, an experienced manufacturer and leading citizen, and others, are projecting the building of another cotton factory of the capacity of 10,000 spindles. The or ganization is to be known as the Coweta Falls Manufacturing Company. A charter was secured at the last session of the Legis lature Incorporating the company and au thorizing it to employ a capital of $500,000. It is thought tlie mill can be erected and stocked with machinery at a cost of little over half this amount. The projectors own three desirable water lots, just above those of the Eagle and Phrenix Mills, have a race already completed and will use the large river dam. Enough rock has been blasted in building the race wall to erect founda tions. That factories will pay largely, and can be worked cheaper in the South than the North, lias often been demonstrated, and that the people are desirous to invest in such enterprises, when there is a certainty of success, ia equally apparent. The way. to build up Columbus is to build manufac tories. The water power of our river and facility in controlling It, are unsurpassed on this continent. The prospects are that this new enterprise will succeed—indeed there is not a doubt of it. Already large subscriptions have been promised when the books are opened. If many manufactories are built along our river, and It is certain they will be, Columbus will have a popula tion of at least 30,000 people in ten years— a result worth working for. f Columbus Sun, 2d. The Pigeon-Shooting Match.;—Yester day the great pigeon-shooting match, which was postponed owing to the interference of Prof. Henry Bergh, took place in Secaucus, New Jersey, in presence of about 250 per sons, all members in high standing of the sporling fraternity. The match was be tween John Taylor, of Jersey City, and Edward Tinker, of Providence, Rhode Island, for SI,OOO a side. Over a hundred thousand dollars were wagered on the match, which was for the championship of tlie United States. The birds were shot from a2l yards rise and 80 yards bounda ry, the ground trap being used. Double barrelled guns were used, one barrel of each gun only being brought into action. The weather was’unfavorable andfthe track was muddy, but tlie interest in the match was very great. The birds were given the wind, but Tinker was unlucky in having some of them fall outside the boundary line. The Rhode Islanders were willing to bet any amount of money on their favorite. Taylor was cool and quiet, however, and did his shooting, as he always does, in a splendid manner. Tinker killed 88 birds and Taylor 85. Smith & Rand’s Orange Lightning Powder was used in charging the barrels, and great precision was attain ed thereby. The score was as follows: Taylor was 4 ahead on the 10th bird, 3 on the 20tb, 3 on the 30th, 4 on the 40th, 6 on the 50th, 2 on the 60th, 2 on the 70th, 2 on the 80tb, 1 on the 90th, 2 on the 100th. •A match will take place at the Secaucus track to-day, for SSOO a side, between Ward, the champion of Canada, and Paine, of New York. The match played yester day was the first lost by Tinker out of thir teen played by him.— N. Y. World, 30 th ult. Love, Murder and Suicide. — Paris, April 10th, 1809.—The lovers of the sensa tional among us just now have an unusual treat iu the exciting details of two affairs of murder, adultery and suicide that have just occurred, one in Nice, the other in Paris. M. Poulevoye, the proprietor of one of the fifty hotels of Nice, the Pension Basse, has the misfortune to be married to a wo man ignorant or forgetful of her duties as a wife. Suspecting something wrong, he suddenly aud secretly returned from a pre tended journey, and, surprising Madame P. in flagrante delicto, with a Mr. 8., of Paris, shot at them both with a revolver, killing B. on the spot. Madame P. rushed into the street in her night clothes, and of course the scandal was terrible. The other affair took place here in Paris, Rue de Tournon, at the barracks of the Guards. On Sunday the detonation of a pistol was heard In the quarter of Commandant Thcvet, and on breaking Into the apart ment, a woman, half dressed and dishev eled, rushed to the door in an agony of excitement. On the bed lay stretched the Commandant, Thevet, and with a bullet through his heart. The lady turned out to be a person ol aristocratic distinction, Mde. la Marquise X. Her husband was immediately sent for, and she was taken away half crazy with excitement and fright, or, as the French say, britee demo tions! Various rumors are current con cerning the affair, and the fact that Mile. X. had several slight wounds and severe bruises upon her person, particularly about her shoulders, gives rise to various con jectures,—Cor. Hartford Timet. Mamho bad been whipped for stealing bis masur's onions. «Oue day he brought a akuuk In hla arms. Hays ha t-J* Massa, (j* l and" onions, Whew! small hla bnf I" The Sentinel Guarding the Dust.— We were much pleased yesterday by the in spection of a design for the monument to the Confederate dead of the Washington Light Infantry. It is a volunteer design, to be offered by onr fellow-townsman, John 11. Deverenx. He has seized upon that poetic thought of the gifted poet-priest, Rev. A. J. Ryan, of “ The Sentinel Guard ing the Dust”—one of the best poems from his fluent pen. The idea is expressed by the architect as follows: Upon a square platform of stone, some forty feet across, and approached by a flight of steps from each side, he has raised a temple some fifty two feet high, and of octagonal form. The corners of the square are relieved by pal metto trees, to be of uatural size, ond en closed in a balastered square, with archi tectural enrichments surrounding and sup porting the tree. The temple will be a magnificent structure in itself, being an oc tagon of unequal sides, with disengaged coiumns projecting from the lesser sides, and raised to a height of twenty feet to the entablature. On the inner columns is rais ed a dome, fifteen feet in height, and sur mounted by an equestrian statue of Gen. Pettigrew, a distinguished member of the corps, who was killed in the war. The structure thus raised forms a penetralia, in which is placed a reliquary on a sarcopha gus of marble, in which the ashes ot the martyred dead are to be deposited. In each of the projections or wings formed by the disengaged columns is placed a sentinel in the uniform of the Washington Light Infantry, guarding the dust of the dead. Over the sentinel, and surmounting the wings, are allegorical figures representing Fame, History, Fidelity and Hope. On the ceiling of the .iome, which is divided into thirty panels, are Inscribed the names of the members of the corps, a panel being dedicated to eacli battle iu .which the corps was engaged. The structure is to be of the Corinthian order of architecture, and is to be built of bronzq. We trust that the drawing will be completed in time for the Fair.— Charleston Metes, l«f. Lamartine as an Orator. —He made his maiden speech on the address to the throne in 1834. It may console timid can didates for oratorial honors to know that this speech was an absolute failure. It was loose, rambling, Illogical and rapid. Rut, like Sheridan, Dc Lamartine felt ’twas in him and should come out. The audieuce were unfavorable to him. His opponents affected to disdain his speeches. They said “ ’twas poetry,!’ and passed them by as something unworthy answer. It seems in credible he should not at once have taken high rank as an orator, for a glance-at him would have told you he was cast in the mould of an orator. Ills voice was deep, mellow and musical. Tall, erect, dignified, he added to these characteristics a mien which enhanced them. He commonly wore a blue frock coat, buttoned up to the throat. He always palcl great attention to dress. IBs attitudes, seemingly studied; were always graceful and striking. His face was In a particular manner strik ing; the eyes were blue and lighted with fire; the nose was prominent and well shaped; there was a sad expression of countenance which arrested attention,— How was It possible this gifted man failed to make a deep Impression on an audience ? Incredible as this fact is, it is not only well established, but it is also certata, his progress as a speaker was slow. Every speech he made showed progress, and at last be became a most potent orator. Du ring a speech ho made in the open air, at Macon, a violent rain arose, which drench ed every listener tq the sklD. Not one of them was conscious of the storm’s occur rence until De Lamartine had ended his speech. Was not that eloquence ? M. Guizot, in his “ Memoirs," says M. De La martine was a never-failing source of won der to him ; he could not understand how so gifted a man could produce so little; how such a tree could bear only flowers— no fruit.— Prom a recent sketch or Iximartine. Stopped his PAPEu.»The following anecdote of the late Mr. Swain, from the Philadelphia Press, is not without its moral in other latitudes than Pennsylvania : Many years ago, Mr. Swain, then editor of the Public. Ledger, was hailed at the cor ner of Eighteenth ond Chestnut streets by a very excited Individual, who Informed him in the most emphatic terms, “ I have stopped your paper, sir," and proceeded to explain the why and wherefore, all the time gesticulating wildly. “My gracious, sir, you don’t say so. Come with me to the office, and let us see if we cannot remedy tlie matter. It grieves me that any one should stop my paper.” Down Chestnut street to Third the two proceeded. Arriv ing at the office, Mr. Swain said : “ Why, my deai 1 sir, everything seems to be going on here as usual; I thought you had stopped my paper.” Then and there the excited gentleman, whom the long walk, by the way, had partly cooled, said that he had stopped taking his one copy of the Ledger. Mr. Swain was profuse in his apologies for having misunderstood the meaning of his late subscriber’s words, and regretted that he had given* him the tramp from Eigh teenth street to third, down Chestnut. The gentleman went on his way home, a wiser If not a better roan, marvelling at the stu pidity of editors in general, and of Mr. Swain in particular. Before he left, how ever, he ordered that the Leager be stilt sent to his address. lloßiyiiLE Death from Hydrophobia. —A horrible death from hydrophobia oc curred at Chicago on Monday. The victim was a young man named William Good wlille, of that city. A, few weeks ago a friend brought Into the shop a little dog picked up In the street. GoodwiUle, in fondling It, was bitten in the thumb. Lit tle notice was taken of the wound, which healed over. The first symptoms of bydro phohia appeared on Sunday morning, when he arose and attempted washing himself. The sight of water threw him into par oxysms. Medical aid was summoned, but the malady increased during the day, and at night he foamed at the mouth, snapped at members of his family, and was seized with convulsions. Every few minutes he realized, during his lucid intervals, bis sit nation, and begged his friends to keep away for safety. Monday attemoon it was determined to Sthe effect of a sulphur vapor bath.— e patient was handcuffed 1» a bath for half on hour, at a temperature of one hun dred and thirty-six degrees. When taken oat and laid on a lounge he was at first bet ter, bnt fifteen minutes aftcrexplred in hor rible spasms. lie leaves a wife and chil dren. The deceased was much esteemed. The total eclipse of the son on the 7th of August next is the only one that will be visible In North America during the present century. The centra of the line of totality will paw through Bprlugfield, Illinois, and near Des Moines, lowa. Both of these sta tions, as well as many others, wtll be occu pied by coast survsy parties. Congress hss appropriated $5,000 to defray ths ex pens* of oltservallon*. Professor Wlnlock, director of Harvard Observatory, Is making arrangements for vtewlug the eclipao, and noting IU features, at HlislbyvUis, Ky.— The observation will last between two and three mluutee. Barbarities in a Circus.— The Cincin nati Gazette tells the following: The other afternoon, under the tent which is pitched on the Asylum lot, quite a large audience was invited to witness the riding of a little girl, who, it was announced, wasonly seven years old. Mr. Dan Rice .introduced both her and her horse to the spectators, eiying, as he did so,■at the horse was r omewhat unnsed to the ring, and if it should happen that the rider should fell no one need en tertain any apprehension of serious acci dent, for the arena was soft, and injury would be impossible. It was surely an as suring introduction for the child, and cal culated to inspire her with well-founded co.ifldence. • The child whirled rapidly round the ring two or three times, using neither rein nor binding strap. Bhe stood on one foot, and then changed to the other. Auer this, she was called upon to jump the streamers. Had her horse been well trained, the feat would have been no very difficult one. But she became entangled in the cloth and fell to the ground under the horse’s feet. She was placed again on the back of the horse, and compelled once more to try the feat. Her fall had not given her new confidence, and she fell a second time. Evidently much against her igetination, and in spite of her trembling and ’her tears, nature’s protest against barbarity, she was tossed again to her place. But her nerve had node. She was Utterly demoralized. Judgment of dis tance and faith in herself were lost. Again she attempted to execute the leap. Again ghe fell to tho ground, this time striking heavily upon her head. She rolled directly under tlie horse’s feet, and only by shear chance escaped a horrible death. The au thorities—more merciful than those within the ring—by this time had become thorough ly aroused and indignant. Cries and shouts were heard from all quarters t “ Shame,” “ Shame," “ That’ll do.” “ Take her out," “ Take her out,” came up from every side. It would not answer to disregard such commands, and with a smile the ringmas ter went to the child, raised her from the dust where she lay, crying and sobbing, and carried her to the dressing tent. Then the clown proprietor, Dkn Rice, stepped out. With an exquisite sense of propriety, he made the accident the occa sion for a dirty pnn, of vulgarity too inde cent for publication. Remarkable Case.—A correspondent of the Detroit Free Press, writing from Lan sing, jn Michigan, relates the following, which, he says, can be authenticated by the best medical testimony: “ About nine months since a daughter of one Mr. Collins, living a few miles north west of this city, was suddenly taken with a violent aching of the first double tooth in the upper left jaw. This continued for ■some ten days or two weeks, growing more violent, although the usual remedies were administered, until, as it seemed, the little girl (onlv nine years old) would be driven crazy. The girl slept in the same room with her parents, but In a separate bed. One night her father whs aroused by her frantic screams of pain, and, running to his bedside, the girl told him that the tooth had dropped out, holding It out in her hand as proof. The pain, however, did not cease, and It was only a day or two before an ex amination of the jaw revealed the growth of something that looked like a boil in the place occupied by the tooth. In a couple of weeks the father became alarmed at the strange appearance of the swelling, and brought his daughter to this city for a medical examination. This resulted in es tablishing the fact that a cancer had taken head under the tooth, grown so as to push It out of the jaw, until finally the child died, having been smothered to death by the growth of the cancer over the throat.” Railroad Matters.— From the Macon Telegrhph, of yesterday, we copy the fol lowing items: One hundred miles of the Macon aud Brunswick Railroad had been completed up to the Ist lust., and trains are*now run ning that distance over the road. There remain but eighty-five aud a half miles to build, and from the energetic manner in which tiie work is being pushed along, we may safely rely upon it, Wat trains will run over the entire road by the Ist of No vember next. We hall the completion of this and the Macon and Augusta Road as tlie beginning of anew era In the commer cial importance, progress and prosperity of the city. Messrs. Maxwell, Grant & Cos., of thla city, have the contract for building a bridge for the Macon and Augusta Road, over the Ocmulgee at Napier’s old field, Just below town. It will be a wooden structure^of the Howe's Patent Truss description, and its construction will be entered upon at an early day. ** Destruction of the Methodist Church in East Macon. —About ten o’clock Sun day night, one of the hardest blowing winds we have heard visited this vicinity. It shook the house and blew things around generally. In Ehst Macon, the Methodists were erecting anew house of worship, and had, by hard labor, succeeded in raising the ne cessary funds to cover it in. The work had progressed to a point where the con gregation felt sure they should soon be al lowed to occupy It. Manyoftbe congre gation were poor, and had given liberally for this house. One side and the end were weatherboarded, and the roof was nearly completed. Unfortunately one end was left open, and the wind blowing furiously on the unfinished part, the whole struc ture was blown down. The frame was not only blown down, bnt much of the lamber was broken to pieces, and several of the brick pillars of tlie foundation destroyed. Indeed, the wreck is complete. • [Macon Journal & Messenger, 3 d. The Cotton Gold Movement.—The Mobile Register, of Saturday last, In its weekly review of the market, says: In our remarks of two weeks since we stated that the Board of Trade would take up the question of “ Gold for Cotton,” to take effect from tbe first of September next. . Since then the Board has held its regular monthly meeting, and appointed a commit tee of five of the leading bankers and mer chants of the city to take the matter under advisement, and to open correspondence with tbe Boards and Chambers of ail the Southern ports, in order that co-operation aud unity of action may be secured In case the question should be considered favor ably. This committee will not report be fore the first of June, and In the meantime It would be well for the press throughout tbe State to discuss the question tally and freely, so that a clear understanding rosy be had of the change proposed. A Rousixo Rumor —lt wss the topic of general conversation on our streets yester day afternoon, that Gen. Bullock had ab sconded with ot tbe State’s funds. Wo conversed with more than a dosen prominent gentlemen on the euhJeet, bnt could trace the rumor to no reliable source, We think It wss musely a huge hoax, and mention Has a tonal Item that prodaoed some ieusatiou and a vast deal of talk. Telegraph, U.
