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6 Instead of giving 'a direct an swer, the muddled victim continued to beat the door, and call out, Mr. B—— oh ! Mr. B I" Thinking now, that some serious accident might have happened, B , hurried down, opened the door, and to his amazement, confronted Lieutenant W • supporting himself by the door post. Anxiously he inquired the cause of this untimely visit ? whereupon the Lieutenant ip an elevated, and wolully aggrieved tone of voice, replied, “Mr. B——, I say Mr. B , cabbage aint no count, Mr. B <&c.” Here, with out a word more, he staggered to his Sleigh, and was driven home!’’ Among the most descriminating, and elegant Publishers in this country, are the Messrs. llcud and Houghton, of New York. During the last six or eight years, they have issued not a few works by native, and foreign authors, which no Library claiming to be complete, could well afford to dis pense with! The most interesting and able of their recent is«nes is entitled “Mary Queen of Scotts, and other latest English Historians; being a narrative of the principal events, in the life of Mary Stuart; wiih some remarks on Mr. Froude’s History of England, by Janies F. Meline, Ac. This book is an amplification of certain essays originally published in the “Catholic World," and as a critic in that profound, and thoughtful magazine truly observes j—“no more thorough scarification of a literary of fender has been made wjfhin our re collection 1” We shall follow this Crictics’ se lection, and lucid arrangement of a few specimens of Mr. Froude’s sins ; so that our readers may judge—as he himself expresses it—how little claim Froude’s History has to au honorable place in Literature. Ist. Mr. Froude begins early to pre pare our minds lor Mary's imputed profligacy. “She was brought up," he says, (and by the way, this assertion was made long before, by Charles Kinzley, and others) “amidst the politi cal iniquities of the “Court of Catha rine de Medicis." The truth is, that Mary never teas at the Court of Catharine 1 Catharine had no position in history, until after Mary had left France. Moreover, Catharine and Mary detested them selves - 2nd. Froude relates that Knox had labored to save Murray from the dan gerous fascinations of his sister Mary ; while the rcords prove that in this special inslauce, the “influence" was all on the other side! 3rd. Mr. Froude pretends to quote from a dispatch of Randolph's to Cecil a description of Mary's luxurious habits. “ Without illness, she would lounge for days in bed, rising at night only for dancing, and music! And in this oondition, it was asserted that Ran dolph found her. It will hardly be credited, that there is no such descrip tion in the despatch! On the contrary, Randolph represents Mary as active, energetic and capable. 4th. Mr. Froude strongly travesties the account of Bothwell's return— (ls6s) “Suddenly, the Earl of Both well re-appeared at Mary's Court She disclaimed all share in his return but there he stood, (though attainted) with no man to lift his hand against him ! And he adds, that Murray sum moned Both well rto answer at Edin boro’ a charge of high treason! What Randolph literally said was this : K J*The Queen mislikcth Bothwell’s com BANNER OF THE SOUTH AND PLANTERS’ JOURNAL. ing home, and has summoned him to un dergo the law, or be proclaimed a Rebel!” Therefore, wc see, it was the Queen not Murray who “summoned him to answer." sth. Mr. Froude speaks of Lennox as having gathered around him “a knot of desperate youths—Cassalis, Eglinton, Montgomery, and Bothwell.” Now, these persons were not the friends of Lennox, but the • strongest dependence of Murray and Argyle ayainst Lennox! 6th. Mr. Froude makes a blunder which has already excited discussion, in the statement; (oa the alledged authority of Randolph) that Mary, “deaf to advice as, to menace,” affirm ed, she would have no peace until she had Murray’s, or Chatelherault’s head 1" There is absolutely no such letter ! On the contrary, it is proved that Mary, though undecided, was inclined ! to clement measures. 7th. In the 'midst of more serious charges against Mr. Froude, or account of his carelessness, or prejudice, or malignity, it amuses one to observe his propensity to leap at conclusions ; to “go off as it were at half cock 1” Here is a noteworthy example : Ho describes Mary on a furious night ride of “20 miles in two hours," at the end of which she wrote with her own hand a letter to Elizabeth “tierce, dauntless, and haughty," the strokes “thick from excitement 1" A picturesque story! which it is a pity to spoile; but the very letter ad duced by Mr. Froude, contains the Queen's apology for not writing it with her own hand, because “she was so tired, and ill at ease!” Moreover, the 20 miles ride occupied five hours, not two // 9th. In the account of Darnley’s death, Mr. Froude accepts notoriously untrustworthy authority,' distorts evi dence, suppresses facts, and shows himself as unscrupulous as he is (his torically) fanatical! For example; Mr. Froude finds it suspicious that Mary should have “preferred to believe" that she herself was the object of the Lord's conspiracy, though a dispatch from Paris had con veyed a message that her husband's life was in danger!" This message, from the Spanish Ambassador says: “take heed your self, some notable enterprise is in hand against you /" But here we must pause. Enough has been brought forward to show Mr. Froude's lamentable short comings as an historian. It is greatly to be regretted that a man so learned, able, and full of in tellectual resources ; with an imagina tion so brilliant, and descriptive powers of such compass, and force, should make use of his abilities to be cloud facts, and misrepresent the great personages of the past, instead of en deavoring at least, to aim at that central truth, which should be the ob ject of every geuiliue Annalist! Written for the Banner of the South and Planters* Journal. The Orderly Sergeant’s Dog. When we left Georgia for the war we went to Richmond, and encamped on the outskirts of that City, at a place known ns the Fair Grounds—after wards, to thousands of soldiers as “Camp Lee," —where our our regiment was organized. Our discipline was very rigid. It was difficult for any oue below a commission to get beyond the lines of the regimental guard. All sorts of ways were resorted to by the men to evade the restriction. Some times they would succeed ; other times not. After a week or two our Colonel relented, and gave daily a limited num ber of passes to visit the City. Among other things brought into camp were a number of dogs. The dogs, not being soldiers paid no attention to mili tary rule. They would wander about the camps for a while, and, seemingly, not caring to be mustered into service, they did what their would-be masters could not do—went home. No one could keep a dog. Perchance if one was disposed to remain, the men of an other company or regiment would tie an old canteen or something else to his tail, and then shout; the poor brute would go with the wind, never to re turn. Our orderly sergeant had pro cured a sma'l purp, fat and sleek, which he christened “Jeff.” He was too young to wander far, not old enough to be pranked. Our orderly, poor Evans, sickened and died. Our company now looked upon “Jeff as an orphan; they seemed to love him for his dead mas ter’s sake. “Jeff"’ grew rapidly and soon became a favorite with the whole command. He was taught to play all sorts of antics. He was friendly with all, and like a good neighbor would visit about, but he never forgot his company. He was punctual to roll call, and seemed to recognize a member of his company anywhere and at any time, among thousands of Holdiers. When we left Richmond for Yorktown “Jeff" kept his place alongside the company with the promptitude of a ser geant While on the Peninsula, under Magruder, in the many “tramps,” for which the General was celebrated, “Jeff"’ always considered himself “fit for duty.” lie was never out of place. I shall mention only one of the dog’s traits. Like a good soldier he was not afraid of fire—qne H]>ecies of it at least. He would extinguish au ordinary camp fire in a few minutes. He would seize a billet of wood, partly aflame, with his mouth, drag it lrom the pile, and with his feet scratch‘earth upon it. He would seize another and another, until he reduced the heap, and then scratch earth upon such as he could not re move. To perform this feat the tire had to be small and the dot*constantly encouraged. When the Spring campaign of '62 opened we were ordered to Goldsboro’ by way of James' River. We embark ed on board a transport in company with a Louisiana regiment. “We took “Jeff" on board. About midway to City Point we found that the dog was missing. We never knew what became of him. We thought he was thrown overboard by some of the Louisianians to satisfy a brutal desire for fun. Whether he sank beneath the red waves of the broad river and found a watery grave, or swam ashore and found a home at some friendly farm-house, we never knew. We know, however, his fate was that of thousands of Con federate soldiers—“unknown." Os this, we are sure, poor “Jeff” never deserted, j B. A. M. [From the Atlanta Constitution, 7th.] Seizure of Georgia National Bunk. Yesterday Dr. C, T .. Redwine made an affidavit, under the provisions of the act 1 passed by the present Legislature, De- ! eember 15th, 1871 (Senator Hillver’s i bill), well known as the Recover bill, I that lie had reason to believe that the j j Georgia National Bank had in its pos- 1 ! session the sum of $122,953 59, which i was unlawfully withheld by that corpora- j | tion. An attachment was made, and the ’ I bank’and assets seized and placed in the 1 ! custody of Captain G. Whit Anderson. ! The facts, as far as we were able to i gather them, are as follows : Governor R. B. Bullock kept two ac counts in this hank—one individually, and the other a special account as Gov ernor—the last being State funds. H. I. Kimball & Cos. also kept an account ] there. After the flight of Gov. Bullock ' and H. I. Kimball, on the 31st of Octo ber, 1871, E. L. Jones, cashier of the j bank, informs Gov. Bullock, by letter, ; that he, Bullock, had overdrawn his pri ! vate account $50,000, and H. I. Kimball & Cos. theirs to the amount of $35,000, and that, by direction of the Board of Directors, he had placed $50,000 of the $122,000 to his private credit, and $35,000 to the credit of Kimball & Cos., and had also charged to the State $2,500 paid on his individual note to Shawb & Lawton, the board considering the three accounts, viz : R. B. Bullock individ ually, R. B. Bullock’s special account as 1 Governor, and H. L Kimball & Cos., as > one and the same. Governor Bullock replied to this nn-j der date of November 11th, 1871, deny- j ing that the three accounts were one j and the same, and asserting that the | Directors knew different. He denounced their action and said that what he had overdrawn on his private account he was responsible for, and that the $122,- 953 59 were State funds and deposited as such. Subsequently, he enclosed Acting Governor Conley a copy of his letter to E. L. Jones, and denonneed in un measured terms the action of the Di rectors, and expressed intense indigna tion. fie said that the sum of $122,- 953 56 was justly due the State by the bank. Acting Governor Conley drew a draft on the bank for the full amount. The bank refused to honor it on the ground that they had no funds on hanft subject to the draft. The bank claims tliat Bullock and Kimball had drawn, out all but about 835,000, and that it is Bullock's private funds ; to substantiate which Jones, the Cashier, publisher a letter, affirming that the bank considered the account—which | at the outset was apparently State funds | —to have been made up of Kimball and ! Bullock’s money. He says the whole | history of the accounts proves that lat , terly Bullock and Kimball were jointly j interested, and that at least $194,000 of ; the special account was Kimball’s own money, raised on'sale or hypothecation | of his bonds, and that the State has not any claim whatever on that as against ; the bank. If the bank owes the State in ; stead of Butloek, it iB ready and willing to pay when the claim shall be legally established. But it cannot pay checks drawn by others and charge to Rufus B. Bullock’s account. He further says that the bank is able, if not unlawfully deprived of its assets, to pay every liability. The Arlington Estate. —The Cinein ■ nati Gazette (Radical] has this manly ar | tide ; It is incredible that a great nation as this is well keep Mrs. Lee’s Arling ton estate upon such a title as it now holds by, without compensation. We do not object to the principle laid down by Andrew Johnson in that fortnight’s j bellowing after he came into the Presi i dential chair, which persuaded many weak minded good people that Provi’- ; deuce had removed the meek Moses in order to bring in the stern Joshua for a ! reign of vengeance. We mean that we Ido not object to the principle that I ‘" treason must be made odious, and traitors impoverished.” We have noth ing to say against a systematic confisca tion ; but to pick out the property of : this woman alone, aud lay the strong i hand on it, does not become a great na ! tion. Instead of making treason odious, j it will make this nation contemptible. True, there is a pretense of sale for taxes ; but, in the first place, this will not save the transaction from contempt; and, in the second place, the title is worthless for illegality, for several rea sons. If it were legal to sell this estate , for this tux, und if it were legal for the | United States to buy it in at such sale, ; still the law will not allow a great and | valuable estate of 1,100 acres to be sold j for a tax of $92.07, when two or three ! acres oft' one corner would have brought the money. The fact that the tract was bid in by the United States at $26,800, which sum the Government still holds in its hands, shows the nature of the sale as to this feature. Persons may make savage declarations against the rebels to stave oft’ reflections in this af fair, but au honest nation cannot main tain the position which ours holds to this estate. Sooner or later compensa tion will be made. The sooner it. is done the sooner will the Government relieve itself from a position which will nbt bear examination. Grant’s Pets. Not Marshal Brown’s pups, but such worthies as Leet & Cos. There are start ling revelations about the gigantic rob beries perpetrated .upon the New York merchants. The TVibune says : New revelations have come to light with respect to the workings of the Gen eral Order business and the operations of the Custom House officials. Many merchants who have felt aggrieved at the exorbitant charge of Leet & Cos., have, on many occasions, complained to Collector Murphy and to his deputy collector, and endeavored to obtain a re duction of the amounts charged, but they have been told to call again—have been put off from time to time, until, weary with postponements, they have been compelled to endure the exactions 1 of Leet & Cos. These exactions have in creased to such an extent that some im porters have been compelled to import their merchandize through other ports. The well known house of Phelps, Dodge & Cos. have, for some time past, en tered their goods at the ports of Phila delphia, Boston, and even at Baltimore, finding it to be cheaper to do so, and transport them hither by rail, than to bring them in ’at this point di- T3ct, and pay the Custom House charges, expenses and cartages. As certain car men have had the exclusive privilege of carting goods to the General Order store. I merchants have been obliged to pay from 115 to 30 per cent, of the amounts which | they charged to Leet & Cos., in order to j retain this privilege, and where goods . have been taken to bonded warehouses I it has been customary for the inspectors !to hurry them away bv the Custom House carmen before the merchants’ carts arrived, or else to tell the mer chants’ carmen to call again, and then to send the merchandise to the ware houses by the Custom House carmen ; for this service many of the inspectors have received large percentages, aud be : fore the present investigations began, j they did not hesitate to make the avowal I openly ; this can be proved by bonded warehouse keepers, to whom the carmen and inspectors have frequently spoken on the subject. * . [Here follow detailed statements from I the books of a number of merchants, ' showing an average increase of charges | by the White House ring, over the ordi- I nary warehouse charges, in many cases j of 250 per cent. ] (From the Milwaukee Wisconsin, Jan. 26.] ROMANTIC MARRIAGE. A Pretty Waitress ot the Newhall Mar i ries s4o,ooo—Speed, Safety and Com fort. I The Newhall House was the scene yes- I terday of a matrimonial* occurrence, i which, for neatness and dispatch in exe j cution, challenges comparison. On the , noon train, yesterday, there came to this I city two gentlemen from Kenosha, the : Right Rev. Father Dougherty and a ; young man bearing the aristocratic name jof Desmond. They immediately betook themselves to the Newhall House, and, as soon as they hail registered their ! names, the Reverend gentleman asked to see Miss Fanny Cary, one of the waitressess of the hotel. * Although she was at the time engaged in waiting on the table, his business appeared to be so urgent that she was summoned from the dining room and met Rev. Dougherty in the hall. After exchanging the usual compliments of the season, the clergyman, who, it seems, had long been acquainted with Miss Cary, told her, without further explanations, that a young gentleman friend of liis, who accompanied him, was about to settle down in lif% had made his fortune, and having determined to take a partner for better or for worse, had consulted him as to an eligible person. That he had immediately suggested that Fanny Cary was just the person for the place, and that Desmond, on the strength of his recommendation, had decided to offer himself to her, aud bring about, if pos sible, an immediate consummation of the matter. After stating the above facts, the Rev -1 erend Father made a formal proposal to the young girl in behalf of Desmond, i The proposal was accepted, Desmond summond, the conple, who had never ! seen each other before, introduced, and it was decided that as soon as possible they should be made “two souls with I but a single thought, two hearts that j beat as one.” Accordingly, by four o’clock the ceremonies were performed ! by Rev. Dougherty, and without wait j ing for congratulations, the newly | married couple set out for Fox Lake, the residence of Desmond. Desmond is said to be a man of con siderable means, owning property about Fox Lake to the amount of $40.000. — “ May they live long and prosper.” The Fastest Time Ever Made on a | Southern Railroad. —The Mobile licg -1 ister, of the Ist instant, says : ! The fastest time recorded on any I Southern railroad was made yesterday I by the special train on the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Road, which brought to our city Colonel Thomas A. Scott, the railroad king, and his party, men tion of which is made elsewhere.— Throgh the courtesy of Mr. W. J. Phelps, the efficient and valuable As sistant and acting General Superintend ent of the road, a special train was placed at the disposal of the party.— With a view of showing the distinguish ed railroad gentleman what a Southern road could do, Mr. Phelps placed a train in charge of Mr. W. J. Colby, one of the oldest, most careful and experi enced conductors in the company’s ser vice, and selecting the best engine, No. 12, and the best engineer, Mr. P. Quig ley, directed them to travel with a speed consistent with safety. Assisted by Mr. R. W. Gillespie, General Passenger Agent, who volunteered for the occasion, Mr. Colby started with his train from New Orleans at eight a. m., and, the track being in splendid order, the en gine was driven at lightning speed. So smooth and easy was the locomotion, free from jolts and jars that the passen gers were unaware of the high rate of speed they were traveling until the train dashed into Mobile, making the unpre cedented run, for a Southern train, of 140 1-5 miles in three hours thirty-seven minutes. The fastest run was made from Summit Station, a distance of twenty miles from Mobile, in the alarm ing time of a mile a minute.