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Ta* Philosophy of Shaking
Hands—-The following remarks on
the subject of hand shaking are evil
dently written by someone who has
experienced both the annoyance of an
indifferent greeting anil the pleasure
of that warm and hearty grasp of the
hand, which is the truest and ; lea
santcst welcome thltt one friend can
receive at the hands of another :
There is a philosophy in hand shak
ing. It is an indication of character.
It gives expression to the degrees in
which you are appreciated or esteemed
by another. There is a variety of
methods of shaking hands, according
to the temperaments, disposition or
occasion.
Some seize your hand with a fervent
grasp—one foot extended —and hold
ing your eye with their own. Such is
the salutation of the jolly tar, ready
to share the “ last shot in the locker’’
with the stranger of the hour. Oth
ers, again, seize your hand with as
much frenzy, and may mean as well
towards you; but they do not look di
rectly at you, but past your check,
with eyes steadily set, as if looking for
■ome undefined ghostliness beyond,
and seeming to converse with the same.
Others give too great a show of fer
vency tojhe salutation, causing your
fingers to tingle with pain; you invol
untarily glance at The Injured hand,
expecting it to have been compressed
into one horrid, bruised, extended in
dex finger. Others, again, add to this
exhibition of muscular power by swing
ing your hand up and down—a sort of
intimation that they are about to pump
you! A few come so close to you that
you can feci their breath upon your
face, others seem to be experimenting
upon the greatest distance at which
the salutation can be exchanged.—
Some daintily offer you the tips of
their fingers; it means either that they
consider themselves your superior, or
that they are not disposed to he espei
oially grac : ouß. Others, again, take
your whole hand, even endangering
the immediate whiteness of your wrist
bands.
The most agreeable shake of the
hand is that meaning, welcome grasp,
warm but not painful in the pressure,
which stands guarantee to the sympa
thetic look and kindly spoken word.
The most abominable hand shaking is
lazy, listless offering, giving no pres
sure, and adverse to receiving any.—
We have shaken hands with such per
sons, and the memory of it has annoy
ed us for an hour afterward. An em
barrassing shake of the hand is, when
the party greets you unhesitatingly,
yet slightly, as if ho felt guilty of
boldness, or was not quite sure that
he had not been misled by a resem
blance. It is as awkward as a pause
iu conversation.
Perhaps, to young lovers, the quiet,
half unintentional, contact of hands is
most pleasant —that soft, lingering
testlessness —that delicious remaining
at love’s dictation—that faint attempts
at withdrawal at propriety’s sugges
tion; that electrical thrill of contact
■which fires the veins, modulates the
voice, colors the cheeks, adds a bright
ness to the eyes and a tremulous ness
to the. lips.
Ilow many men, profonnd in philo
sophy, brilliant in scholarship, high
in position, have sat for hours in the
still moonlight, holding in their hands
the soft white hand of a woman, their
thoughts idly borne off by a flitting
leaf or the thrill of a passing bird.
Who can say that they were not all
the better for it ? Cannot the lion he
in love?
Kiss My Wife or Fight Me —An
Oscillatory Alternative. —There are
few married men who are not averse
to seeing their wives kissed, but an ex
change relates the particulars of a case
in which a newly wedded benedict felt
himself insulted because his wife
wasn’t kissed. The bridegroom in
question was a stalwart young rustic
who was known as a formidable opera
tor in a '“free fight.’’. His bride was
a blooming and beautiful young coun
tyr girl, only sixteen years of age, and
the twain were at a party, where n
number of young folks were enjoying
themselves in the good old-fashioned
pawn-playing style. Every girl in the
room was called out and kissed except,
8., the beautiful young bride aforesaid
and although there was not a youngs
ter present who was not dying to taste
her lips, they were restrained by the
presence of her herculean husband,
who stood regarding the party with a
sullen look of dissatisfaction. They
mistook the cause, however, for sud
denly he express'd himself Rolling
up his sleeves, he stepped into the
middle of the room, and in a t no of
voice that secured attention, said :
‘■Gentlemen, I have been noticing
how things have been working here
for sometime, and I aint’t half satisfied.
I don't want to raise a fuss, but”—
“Wdjal’s the matter, John ? inquired
half a dozen voices. “What do you
mean 1 Have I done anything to hurt
your feelings ?”
“Yes, you have; all of you have
hurt my feelings, and I’ve just got
this to say about it. Here’s every girl
in the room has been kissed near a do
zen times apiece, and there’s my wife,
who I consider as likely as any of
them, has not had one to-night; and 1
just tell you now, if she does not get
as many kisses the balance of the
night as any gal in the room, the man
that slights her has got me to fight—
that’s all. Now, go ahead with your
plays 1”
If Mrs. B. was slighted during the
balance of the evening we do not
know. As for ourself, we know that
John had no fault to find with us, in
dividually, for any neglect on our part.
Brownlow astonishes and gratifies
Tennessee by the announcement that
he will retire from public life at the
pJptJ* of hia term as Governor.
SEMI-WEEKLY
Jlouflicnt (Enterprise
L. C. BRYAN, : : : : Editor.
THOMASVILLE, QA.:
FRIDAY", FEBRUARY 8, 18G7.
BUY YOU A HOME.
Do not forget that we are offering
for sale a small town lot, with neat and
comfortable dwelling and out-houses,
all in good condition, and situated
near the business part of tho town,
and convenient for business. The
terms are Cash; but the price has
been somewhat reduced. Come and
look at it.
KiSyWe invite the attention of our
readers to the tact, that Messrs. Bevill
& Wragg have been succeeded in the
Book business, by Mr. J. 11. 8. Davis,
who to-day pr-sents himself to the
public, through our advertising co
lumns, and gives notice that he will
endeavor to please the tasto by keep
ing on hand the best selection of
Books, Newspapers and Magazines.
TUB LBOTURE.
It is seldom the citizens of Thom
asvillc enjoy the opportunity of hear
ing so fine a lecture as that delivered
on Tuesday night last, by the liev.
Josephus Anderson. His subject was
“Geology and the Bible,’J and the
ability with which he handled it, prov.
cd the speaker to be thoroughly ac
quainted with both in their profound
est depths. Having devoted fifteen
years of his life to the reconciliation
of Geclogy with the Bible, and becom
ing satisfied in his own mind that he
had accomplished the grand design,
this lecture is intended to communi
cate the fact to the world. We think
his audience, on this occasion, agreed
with him that he had succeeded, not
withstanding the failures hereto
fore of some of the renowned Geolo
gists of the world to accomplish tho
same object. Some of the lecturer’s
arguments were able in the highest
degree, the whole discourse eloquent
and beautiful, anil fell with pleasure
upon the ears of his audience. Tho
substance of this lecture has been in
corporated in a valuable work now in
course of publication, and we have no
doubt, will add largely to the already
well established literary reputation of
the author.
TISON K GORDON.
We take pleasure in calling the at
tention of planters and shippers to the
card of the above firm, in our adver
tising columns. We have heretofore
presented them to our readers, as one
of the wealthiest and most reliable
firms in Savannah, and it is only ne
cessary to state now, that in proof of
tho above, they have withstood the
commercial vicissitudes of forty years,
and to-day represent a living monu
ment to the principles of correct deal
ing and activity in business.
FURNITURE.
S. B. Harrington of Savannah, has
one of the largest Furniture Houses in
the city, and is at all times prepared
to fill orders for any stylo or quality
of Furniture that may he desired. See
his advertisement in another column.
CROCKERY WARE.
E. D. Smytiio tk Go of Savnnah are
the first merchants of that city to im
port and rcct from Europe the Crockery
Ware they offer for sale to the people
of this section. They cun therefore
sell as cheap as the New York mer
chants, and even better bargains, be
cause there is no freight to pay from
New York to Savannah. See adver
tisement.
DRUGS.
A. A.Solomons of Savannah, fo'lowing
in (he wake of E D. Smythe A Cos ,
j imports his Drugs, and dealers in this
I section will find it to their interest to
buy of him rather than in Mow York,
from which city they must also piy
freight to Suvunnah. See advestise.
merit.
A NATION OP PRESIDENTS.
Tho New Yor k J/erald, ever cast
ing about for the wind, but faithful to
no party or creed, first opposed the
impeachment, scheme of tiro Radicals,
then frightened by their demonstra
tion of power, went over to their views,
and, like Raymond, more radical than
rlio radivuls, e -> t-n.u-'ilqC'-l tho conspira
tors, by telling them they hail nothing
to fear. Seeing, however, that even
tire radical leaders hositato through
fear of tho people, the llerald now ca
joles the people, and endeavors to per
suade them, that even good men may
lie rightfully disposed of, if found to
be in the way ot the ambition of tho
people. Thus is instanced by the Her
aid, Charles tho First of England, and
Louis trie Sixteenth of France, both
“excellent’’ uien, says tho Herald ,
but they “ happened to stand in the
way of the people.” “ Andy Johnson,
too," it continues, “is a man of many
merits. Rut he must he got rid ot.’’
Having disposed of Andy Johnson,
tho Herald remarks that, “ tho incon
venience that wiil arise from the dis
placement will he t> ijiimj. There arc
an hundred men in any of the States
competent to fill the office. A snow
ball flung at random in Wall street,
during the busy hours of the day,
could not fail to fall on a bead fitted
for the cares cf the Presidential office,
provided it were not the head of a
lady.’’ What comment can tro neces
sary 7 Poes any patriot wonder that
the nation lias sunk so low, when the
foremost journal of the country can
exhibit before a civilized world, such ]
baseness and folly ?
A New Plan of Reconstruction.
Richmond, Feb. 6 —The Enqui
rer publishes anew plan of restoration
in an authorative shape as a Constitu
tional Amendment. The laws with
drawing from the Union to be null—
the United States debt sacred—the
insurrectionary debt forever repudia
ted —persons born in the United States
are citizens thereof and of States in
which they reside—representation pro
portioned to the whole number of peo
ple, excluding untaxed Indians —no
other suffrage qualifications than two
hundred and fifty dollars, worth of tax
able property and ability to read the
Constitution in English and to w.rite —
amendment of State Constitutions in
accordance with above, except that
none will be excluded from the fran
chise who have heretofore exercised it
by proposed restrictions.
The Democratic members have not
been formally consulted on the new
plan, neither has it transpired that tho
Republicans have made pledges bind
ing them in case thfi South adopts it.
Congressional.
KEN AT K.
Washington, February s.—The Sec
retary of War was called on for infor
mation about measures to protect the
trains across the Plains.
The bill paying war claims was
amended to exclude the Southern
States, and then passed.
The Secretary of the Treasury was
called on for information concerning
cotton seized during the rebellion, the
disposition and process, with the names
of parties interested.
The Bankrupt hill was resume-1. —
An amendment was offered, that per
sons unable to take the test oatli be
excluded from its benefits —lost, yeas
jO, nays 30; and the hill itself was
defeated 20 to 22. Senate adjournid.
Proposition to Impeach Gen'd
Grant.— Under flaming captions tho
Cincinnati Commercial publishes a
dispatch from its Washington corres
pondent in which he discloses a plot
of General Butler, Hon. Mr. Ashley,
and Thad. Stevens to impeach ” and
attack General Grcnf, as well as the
President. It was detected and du.
seated by Mr. Bingham, who ascer.
tained that a feeling of intense bitter,
ness existed against Gen. Grant, whom
these Radicals seemed to regard as
about us bad as President Johnson.
A Man Killed. —On last Saturday
the passenger train on the Atlantic &
Gulf Railroad, hound eastward, passed
over and instantly killed a young man,
who was lying on the track, some
six or seven miles cast of Quitman. —
'i'he deceased was a German, by tho
name of KcH/EFEU, and had been in
this section only a few weeks. A short
time previous to the disaster, the unfor
tunate man was seen walking in the
direction of Valdosta, and if. is suppos
ed, that becoming tired, he sat down
upon the track and fell asleep.
After an inquest was held upon the
body, he was buried in tho graveyard
at this place.— Quitman Banner.
From tl-o S-ivannali TTerald.
Tho Introduction of Emigrant
Laborers.
Editors News and Herald :
Dear Sirs—The numerous inquiries
as to the terms and mode of getting
cuiiirrant laborers out here, &o , ere.
ates a necessity for my troubling you
with another publication in your val
uable and obliging journal.
First, I wish a description of the
kind ot families that would suit, the
occupation or labor to be followed
A fee of three dollars per bead for
laborers is to bo paid to the emigration
company when they are placed on
board of steamer for Savannah, and
the passage money to the ship either
in New York or on their arrival in
Savat nali, as per arrangements —not
yet made.
Tho passage at the regular steerage
rate is (M 2 to sl3, but L hope and
think that the agents and owners ot
steamers will do as some of our Itaili
road companies have done, adopt a
very low fare (or rate), so as to facili
tate and encourage this matter. If
parties ordering immigrants will he
here, or huvo their agents to receive
and take charge of them, 1 will make
no charge ; if I receive and forward
them, 1 shall charge ouly a moderate
sum for tho labor above the aotual
expense.
I'lio information at present which l
have is, that they can be had at short
notice. I will post myself more fully
and particularly, and then, with your
consent, 1 will lay the matter more
lully and definitely before your read.
Cl'S.
Your publication of this will very
much oblige me.
Yours, very respectfully,
G. W. Gakmany.
Savannah, Jan. ill, 18(37.
The Way Counterfeiters Proceed.
The modus operands of the coimtei
leiting gently is disevibed as follows .-
“A suitable person approaches a first
class engraver with an offer of #IO,OOO
or even $20,000 for a plate. The lat
ter is seldom able to resist this temp
tation, and ns lie, uo doubt, lias a daily
engagement in some bauk-noie estab
lcshment, tho work is dune by him in
over time such as nights and Sundays.
When the bills arc printed they arc
distributed with surpris ngeoleritv ami
are “shoved” simultaneously in dif
ferent parts of the Union. In this
manner a large number is got off be
fore suspicion is aroused. The best
counterfeit greenback on record is the
#SO issue which was at first accepted
at the Treasury in Washington. Rob
erts, the artist who executed the plate,
received $20,000 for his services, but
was detected, and is now serving out
a sentence of twenty years an Sing
Sing.
A New Wonder—State Rights—
Chase with tho Majority.
The -Supreme Court of the United
States has had before them the ques
tion whether
“ If a State prohibits lotteries, can
the Federal Government, as in the In
ternal Revenue Bill, license them to
exist despite the State of New York?”
It will be perceived that this ques
tion directly involves the right of a
State to make such internal regula
tions as may protect her from the ex
ercise, within her border, of an uni
versal or illegal traffic. It revives the
great question which the war seemed
to have settled forever —that the States
had no rights which might not he de
stroyed by the action of the Federal
Congress, and denies this power which
lias been claimed and exorcised by the
President and the last Congress in
hundreds of cases.
The court decides; Chief Justice
Chase delivering the opinion ; that
1. The, license under the act of
1861, and the amendatory acts confer
upon the license no authority to curry
on the licensed business within the
State. •
2. The requirement of payment for
licenses is simply a mode of imposing
tuxes on the'bu.siness, and the prohi
bition under penalties against carrying
on the business without a license, is
only a means or mode of enforcing the
payment of such taxes.
3. The provisions of the act of Con
gress requiring such license, and im
posing penalties for not taking out and
paying for them, are not contrary to
the Constitution or public policy.
4. The provisions in the act of ’66,
for the imposing of special taxes in
lieu of payment for license, removed
whatever ambiguity existed in the pre.
vious laws, and are in harmony with
the Constitution and public policy.
5. The recognition by the acts ol
Congress of the power and rights of
the State to tax, control or regulate
any business carried on within its lim
its is entirely in harmony and consist
ent with an intention on the part of
Congress to tax such business for na-
tional purposes
It follows, therefore, that the pro
hibition of any business by the State
does not conflict with the right of the
Government to tax such business
where being carried on, nor does the
license, under the act of" 1801, give
the licenser authority to violate the
laws of a State by engaging therein
in a business rendered unlawful by
statute. There is no dissenting opin
ion in these cases ”
This is ono of tho most, chocring in
dications for the safety of the Repub
lic which we have noticed in many
months. It is far in advance of the
Milligan case, in that it is the unani
mous decision of the Court, and deliv
ered by no less a personage than the
Chief Justice himself.
The New York Express , in com
menting upon this decision, says:
“Thus States Rights prevail, by the
decision of tho Court, over Feilernl
Acts of Congress, seriously sanctioning
Liquor sales find Lotteries! States
are great institutions (are they not?)
when they maintain our ways of think
ing—hut miserable enemies when they
do not ?
Cannot Suspend tho President.
The New York Times makes a strong
case against the claims of Congress
that they can constitutionally suspend
the President, during his trial, in the
foil ..wing:
“ Mere impeachment will not answer
the purpose of those who have started
this movement; that, indeed, is the
only means by which their real object
is to be reached. That ob,ect is the
removal of the President from office ;
and that removal, to he of any service
in tl-e attainment of their political
ends, must take place at oncO. It can
not wait for the trial and convict on.—
Besides, conviction is by no means
certain. It. requires, two-thirds of the
Senate to convict, and it is scarcely
probable that two-thirds of the Senate
can ho soeured for such a purpose
An essential part of the plan, there
fore, is to remove tlie President upon
impeachment, as a criminal in custody
awaiting trial, without waiting for his
conviction
“The language of the Constitution
j seems to be explicit on this point. It
says, ‘tho President, "Vice-President
| and all other civil oilieois mav be re
moved from ofiieo upon impeachment
I for and conviction of treason, bribery,
i and other high crimes and misde-
I moaners.’ This seems to require both
J impeachment and Conviction as con
| vietions of removal. But it is now
contended that this is not a true con
| struotion. Gen. Butler, in hits Brook
: lyn speech, on tlie 24th of November
insisted, in spite of the Constitution,
; that removal, ‘or suspension’ from of
! five might take place as soon as tho
| officer was impeached. And the same
j view is held by tlie leading and active
j advocates of impeachment. They con
j tend that Congress may provide for
I this ly law, though, they have not, as
yet, introduced any bill, or taken any
; steps for that purpose, Sueh a hill,
would, of course, ho vetoed; and it, is
mure than doubtful whether it could
he passed over a veto. An attempt at
removal in the absenco of such a law,
wi uld unquestionably, involve very
serious consequences. It is scarcely
probable that tho President would
yield to it. It is certainly possible
that lie would resist its execution by
all the means at his command ; and in
the absence of an explicit law on the
subject, he might feel warranted and
compelled to use the army aid navy
for the maintenance of his constitu
tional prerogative. If-Congress should
persist iu an execution of its purpose,
the country would again encounter the
perils of civil war—not sectional iu
its character, but following more or
less closely tho division ot political
parties."
Plowing by Steam—A Locomo
tive Plow—A New and Sucess
ful Invention
The Meadville (Penn.) Daily Re
publican says :
Among the patents issued recently
was one to Mr. Thomas S. Minnis, of
this place, for a locomotive for plowing
towing boats and traveling on common
roads. After an experience of several
years of prairie farming Mr. Minnis
determined to make a steam plow, and
for fifteen years he has never faltered
in his cherished endeavor to accom
plish this end And now, after fai
lures and disappointments innumera
ble, he has at last got the Broad seal
of the Patent-office upon an invention,
which if it accomplishes one-half that
he claims for it, will certainly rank
among the greatest inventions of the
age. This locomotive, unlike any thing
before it, crawls over the ground with
an unbroken bearing surface the whole
length and breadth of the machine,
and adapting itself to the inequalities
of tho surfaeo like tire belly of the
serpent, which tho parts in their ap
pearance and movements somewhat
resemble, and instead of being called
an iron horse, might more appropriate
ly be called an iron hoop snake. It is
under perfect control, is guided with
ease and certainty, and runs as well in
one direction as the other.
A successful steam-plow is really
the want of our day. The failure of
all efforts to plow successfully by a lo
comotive heretofore has been owing
almost wholly to the want of sufficient
bearing surface on the ground. This
the Invention of Mr. Minnis complete
ly overcomes, for the bearing surface,
under any given weight, may be inde
finitely spread out, so that tho heaviest
locomotive need not compress the
smooth earth more than the tread of a
horse, and the driving aparatus will
he so constructed that, with a given
pressure of steam and motion of the
piston, power can he doubled, trebled
and quadrupled, being, oi course, at
the expense of tho speed of locomotion
so that when he comes to ascending
ground he can, by an instantaneous
change, adapt the machine to the in-
creased resistance. Conceive, if you
wiil, a leadline that eould plow, drill,
sow or plant at one op.-ration a breadth
of fiffeen and a half feet at a single
passage, leaving the ground light and
pliable; this at the rate of lour miles
per hour would make ninety six acres
in twelve hours, end elouhle that in
twenty-four; but throwing off onc
lhird for stoppages, turnings, etc., we
still have one hundred and twenty
eight acres as the result of twenty-four
hour’s labor. The same machine
coi’l-1 drive a reaper of forty feet sweep
and carry the grain to market after it
was harvested. Such a machine in
tho boundless West would produce as
great a revolution in the grain market
as did the invention ol Whitney in
that of cotton. Minnis is now engaged
in the construction of a small machine
t.o demonstrate practically that it is
capablo of performing nil that lie claims
for it. Capitalists would do well to look
to this, as the inventor is a man of
quite limited means, and such perse
verence should be rewarded.
Systematic Aid for the South —
Meeting of Prominent Citizens. —On
Saturday evening last a meeting was
held at the Filth Avenue Hotel lor
the pur; use ot organizing a systematic
movement for the relief ol the desti
tute thousands of the South. R. 11.
McCurdy, Esq., presided, and Fred.
S. Winston, Esq , acted as Secretary.
After hearing statements from persons
acquainted with the suffering that ex
ists among all classes, both black and
white, in certain sections of the South
ern States, a committee consisting of
R. 11. McCurdy, Nathan Bishop, -Jus.
M. Brown, W. T. Colman, John Tay
lor Johnson, Edward Bright, Daniel
Drew, J. A. Stuart and F. S. Winston
was appointed to call a public meet
ing, and to recommend the best mode
of organized and general effort.
The following resolutions were unan
imously passed :
Resolved, That measures be taken
bv this meeting, first, to obtain more
complete information as to the extent
of the destitution ; second, to call out
the sympathies of this and oilier cities
and communities in such contributions
as the facts may show to be needful ;
and, third, to secure such distribution
of supplies as shall embrace all cl asses
of sufferers, without respect of race or
opinion.
Resolved, That it ; s both necessary
and advisable for tho North to respond
with a liberal hand to tho claims of
the South in the great and fearful des
titution of the means o! life now pre
vailing in large sections of the South,
ern States.
It was stated in the meeting that
relief would have to he sent to the in
habitants of nearly half the State of
Alabama, half tho State of Georgia,
and to a very large proportion of the
people of the CnroKnas.
At a meeting >f the above named
Committee, it was resol ed to hold a
mass meeting at an early day, at Coop
er Institute, arrangements for which
have already been made. Several ds
tinguished speakers, among them LI.
Ward Beecher and Horace Greeley,
have signified their readiness to ad
dress the meeting —A’. Y. Times.
“Put Your House in Order.'' —The
Now York correspondent ot the Char
leston Courier writes
“You are aware that the world is to
be finally burned up this year, aec >rd
ing to the veracious Rev. Dr. Gum
ming. the English prophet. Oarlcton
has in press his new, and 1 suppose h-s j
farewell work, “The Last Warning
Cry.” The reverned author proves
from “Daniel” and “Revelations” that
1807 is the year appointed for the
winding up of earthly affairs. There
have been several disappointments on
the part of the prophets during the
past years, but there is to bo no mis
take this time.”
BY BLQUEgr.
“ there is NO DEATH !»
There is no death I The stars go down
To rife upon some fairer Bhore ;
Arid brigtit in Heaven's jeweled crown,
Th y shine for ever more.
There is no death! An angel form
Walks o’er the earih with silent tread ;
He bears our best loved things away
And then we call them ‘‘dead.”
Horn into that undying life,
They leave us but to come again ;
With joy we welcome them the same,
Except in sin and name.
And ever near us though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread.
For all ihe bouudlcss universe
Is life—there are no dead.
Gen. Wise’s Speech.
The following arc the leading point*
of Gen. Wise’s r cent speeches at
Richomnd, which.,.has induced so
much com merit from the Radical press :
Have I been spared to sec the cause
die out before we die? What evi
dence have we has died
out ? Rut when we see widows wail
or hear an orphan cry, I feel then the
cause has died out, If you let one of
them wail, you may well say the cause
is dead. It shall be to your cost
Should oveiy man and woman in tho
South give it up, I never will—never,
never. I eare not how much more
may he piled upon me, it will only be
a moment reaching to heaven to reach
I eaven’s ear. You never were worthy
the cause if you let it die out. We
arc wailing and in want. My God !
what a widow Virginia herself is!
That is an afiling agony that God
knows how I endure it. But I have
endured it. The men whom I com
manded were all my children. I look
ed at them not as Martinet would, b«t
as citizens who were defending a
noble commonwealth, and we cared
not so the vietoy was won. Never
has there been such unexampled he-'
roism. When they followed me
through disaster and defeat, tho
glory that was in my heart was that
they knew I loved them I would have'
loved them for that devotion and self,
sacrifice in any cause half as good. I
have wept over many of them whom I
saw fall by the enemy’s bullets as I
would over my own son. When I die,
let me lie where I fall,' wrapped in my
orey overcoat. Leave the noble mem
orials you have begun, which are only
vanity. The Confederate dead all, ail
sleep well, thank God. But the wo
men—the wife that never knew want
—who could not work—who above -all
that suffer now, are the ones who need
your charity. This is what, the chil
dren and widow of the Confederate
soldier now nc and. The mother will
feel proud if you educate her noble
child to emulate the heroism of his
father, to strike for the same cause.—
That enemy who undertook to conquer
the Southern people, three millions
would not cover the number who were
laid hors du combat. Ei.ht hundred
thousand will cov.r the Confederate
loss. We must provide an asylum for
both widows and orphans. We can
raise the the means Ly the plan pro
posed, and let the proceeds ho in
vested in profitable account. Let no
widow wail, no orphan want. I have
had a crumb tor myself. Don’t wait :
look out for those that want, and you
shall he blessed by heaven. If you do
not, you are an infidel people, and your
substances will he eaten up. Find out,
give and relieve. Virginia shall re
vive and he stronger than ever. Only
prove if you are not fighting, yet you
are still sublimely unconqured.
Washington, -January 28,1807. —
So conclusive are tho indications that
the President is to be subjected to im
peachment and trial, that conversation
in this city upon the i-uhject is confin
ed exclusively to speculation as to de
tails and results. Certain leading
Radicals contend that upon impeach
ment by the House ho would be liable
to immediate arrest, and if entitled to
bail, in the interim the office of the
President would necessarily become
vacant, in tact, and liable to be filled
by the presiding officer of the Senate.
Others of the same party, hypocritical
ly deferring to the constitutional pro
vision upon the point, admit that inas
much as the utmost punishment that
can be inflicted upon conviction is the
deprivation of the office lie fills and
disqualification from holding others, a
lesal necessity lor his appearance, ex
cept by attorney, docs not exist, and,
therefore, his arrest would be unlawful.
Still another set (adopting the theory
of the New York Tribune), while not
doubting the power of the House to
send it* Sorgount.at- Arms to bring the
President before its bar, entertain
some scruples whether Andrew Julin,
son would permit himself to be drag
ged by the col'ar thiough Pcnnsylva
ilia avenue, at the bidding of a set of
men who are themselves “hanging up
on the verge of tho Government
The Tariff lUU. — A Washington
letter says: The pending bill, which
was designed by Mr. Wells as a sort
of compromise between the extremes,
has brought to that city crowds of pro
tectionists and free traders, who fill
the hotels and the lobbies of the Capi
tol, button.holing Senators and mem
bers, and advocating their respective
views with great persistency.
The Gold Pill— The bill of Mr
Morrill, which passed the House of
Representatives on the 21st, to regu
lat<?*the sale of gold by the Secretary
of the Treasury, requires that the
amount to be offered and the terms of
payment shall be advertised at least
six days before the day of sale, and
proposals invited for any portion ot the
amount offered.
Lyman Trumbull was re-elected
United States Senator by the illiuois
Legislature.
Proceedings of Council/
COUNCIL ROOM,
Thomasville, Feb. sth, 1867.
A special m:eting of Council was
called this day. Present his Honor
the Mayor, Aldermen Bower, DeWitt,
Hammond and Ilanseli.
The salary to be paid to Policeman
was taken up for consideration.
Moved and seconded, that the pay
of the Policeman be fixed at revers
hundred dollars per annum, to com
mence on Ist day of February, 1807,
and the perquisites of office ; which
was carried.
Council then adjourned.
WM. CLINE, Clerk.
Correspondence Between Gen. B-
F. Butler and Brick Pomeroy.
The La Cnssc (Wisconsin) Demo*
crat publishes the following correspon
dence, as having taken place between
General Butler and its editor, Mr.
Pomeroy. It explains itself:
No. 71 Broadway, N. Y. City, |
January 13, 1867. )
M. M. Pomeroy, Editor Democrat ,
La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Slit: —When in Milwaukie last Oc
tober, I made all arrangements with
parties there toward the prosecution
of the suit I have brought against you
for defamation ol character, as per pre
liminary notification and summons.—
This was the principal object I had in
visiting Wisconsin, and my work was
done well. On consultation with a
few friends, I have decided to with
draw the suit it you will agree to stop
your personal attacks on as a man
oiid officer, which have so often ap
peared in your paper,- she La Crosse
Democrat.- I have no particular de
sire or need to collect of you the
amount eiaiuud (slUU,Ulj(l) hut do
wish to have your annoying articles
stopped, and if you do not accede to
this proposition, the law must take its
course.
B. F. Butler.
REPLY.
Sanctum op the Democrat,!
La Crusse, Wis., Jan. 13, 1867. j
Major-General Benjamin I''. Butler y
L. L D.:
Sir : —Your note is before me by
to-day’s mail, and duly noted. As at
present constituted, with a natural dis
-rust for thieves, robbers, tuni-coa's/
military blunderers, hank robbers, wo
men insulters, and evil hearted scoun
drels generally, permit me in all kind
ness to say that I have no retraction
to make to you, for I never ; üblislicd
a word concerning you I did not be
lieve true, and which you must know
to be true as holy writ, if you are at
all familiar with your own dishonora
ble history as a public being, dignified
by accident, of birth with the name of
man. I would not willingly injure
your feelings, or deprive you of your
world- wide reputation, so well aarned
in the service of Butler vs. honesty,
patriotism and virtue. Nor do i wish
>o;i to ilio jot awhile, for your name,
history, blunders, robberies, insults to
women and treason to your country,
are valuable as warnings to the rising
generation.
Believing yon to he all I have over
charged you with being, confident in
my lull ability to prove every charge,
you are politely privileged to let tho
law take its course, when tho world
will know more of your robberies, his
tory, ambitions, &c., too numerous to
mention.
'The only favor I ask of you is this —
if you concludo to go on with your
suit for libel and damages to the
amount of §IUU,(JOO, permit me to
plead my own case in court, and give
nic only time to put my spoons, silver
ware, watches, jewelry, &e., in some
; lace of safety, outside the court.room,
till the trial is over.
With best wishes for your success
and warm reception in your future
home, I am, sir,
31. 31. Pomeroy,
Editor Democrat, La Crosse, Wi*.
Helena Arkansas, in Danger
Heavy Bond Slide. —The Mississip
pi liver Iras been making another sud
den and destructive inroad upon the
foundations ol the city. At about two
o’clock last Sundry morning, tho hank
opposite the Exchange Hotel com
menced sliding in, and in a very short
time a very large semi-circle section of
the bank went in, extending back
across Main street, endangering the
hotel building and the adjoining resit
deuces. This is the largest and most
ruinous caving which has occurcd, t.nd
is truly a great calamity to oar citi
zens whose property is thus swallowed
up by the Father of Waters. The Ex,
oltango Hotel, tlio property of A. O.
Riglitor, Esq., had just been hand
somely refitted at great expense. The
loss falls peculiarly severe upon this
gentleman, as also the owners of
houses in the vicinity of the cave, who
are necessitated to tear down and re
build further back.
This continuous caving ir fast bring
ing the main portion of our town upon
the very verge of the hank, and great
apprehensions are felt that many of
our largest business houses will have
to be vacated at an early day. Could
property holders be indemnified for
their losses, wo beliovu it would be
better for the growth and prosperity
of the place to retire to the hills, where
we have a sure foundation, well adap
ted for building up the most beautiful
city in the YY est.— Helena Clarion.
England. —A recent number of
Blackwood’s Magazine contains a re
markable article in releretice to the
present condition of England. It says
the masses are reduced to pauperism,
the finances of the country are in so
critical a position that it hampers its
foreign policy, and its wavy is pro
nounced worthless It will be borne
in mind that these arc the assertions
of an English writer, speaking for an
English public.