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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.