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Mr Horace Greely Defends
Himself.
Hinoe the appearance of Mr. Gree
ley's name as one of Mr Davis’securi
ties he has been the object of innume
rable attacks from a portion of the
Radical press. Wendell Phillips is
out in a long letter, written in his
usual vituperative style, in which he
abuses in turn both Mr. Greeley and
Mr. Davis. Finally, the Union League
Clpb of New York city sent him an
invitation to attend a meeting, at
whioh his oonduct will be thoroughly
discussed. This last assault provokes
the following reply, which is taken
from the Tribune of the 23d ;
IT THESE PRESENTS, GREETING .•
To Messrs. Geo. W. Blunt, John A.
Kennedy, John 0. Stone, Stephen
Haytt and forty others, members of
the Union League Club :
Gentlemen :—I was favored on the
16th instant by an official note from
oUr ever-courteous President, John
Jay, notifying me that a requisition
had been presented him for “ a special
meeting of the club at an early day,
for the purpose of takihg into consid
eration the conduct of Horace Greely,
a member of the club, who has become
a bondsman for Jefferson Davis, late
chief officer ot the Rebel Gevernment.
Mr. Greely then goes on to rehearse
the principal incidents of the war, and
the course of the Tribune in relation
thereto, down to the time of the Lin
coln assassination. “That appalling
calamity,” he says, “ seemed in an in
stant to curdle all the milk of human
kindness in twenty millions of Ameri
can breasts. At once insidious efforts
weTe set on foot to turn the fury thus
engendered against me, because of my
pertinacious advocacy of mercy to the
vanquished. Chancing to enter the
club-house the next evening (Satur
day), I received a full broadside of
your scowls, ere we listened to a cVr
ical harangue intended to prove that,
Mr. Lincoln had been providentially
removed because of his notorious loam
ings towards clemency, in order to
make way for a successor who would
give the rebels a full measure of stern
justice, I was soon made to compre
hend that I had no sympathizers—or
none who dared seem such —in jour
crowded assemblage. And some mala
droit admirer having a few days after
ward made the olub a present of my
portrait, its baro reception was resisted
in a speech from the chair by your
then President—a speech whoso vigor
ous invective was justified solely by
my pleadings for lenity to the rebels.
At once a howl <Jf derisiou and rage
was sent up from every side against
me by tho little creatures whom Go ),
for some insorutable purpose, permits
to edit a majority of our minor jour
nals. echoed by a yell of “stop my pai
t— O' f — rr, thousands of UUDP.rfcctly
instructed readers of tho .tribune. Unc
impudent puppy wroto me to answer
categorically whether I was or was not
in favor of hanging Jeff. Davis, adding
that I must stop his paper if I were
notl Scores volunteered assurances
that I was defying public opinion
that most of my readers were against
me—-as if I could bo induced to write
what they wished said rather than
what they needed to be told * * *
Gentlemen, I Bhall not attend your
meeting this evening. I have an cn
gagemr nt out of town and shall keep
it. Ido not recognize you as capable
of judging or oven fully apprehending
mo. You evidently regard me as a
weak sentimentalist, misled by a maud i
lin philosophy. I arraign you as nar
row-minded blockheads, who would
like to be useful t> a great and good
cause, but don’t know how. Your at
tempt to base a great and enduring
party on the hato and wrath neccsarily
engenered by a bloody civil war is ns
though you should plant a colony on
no iceberg which had somehow and. iftcd
into a tropical oocan. I tell you here
that, out of a life earnestly devoted to
the good of human kind, your childron
will select my going to Richmond and
signing that bail-bond os tho wisest
act, and will feel that it did more for
freedom and humanity than all of you
were oompetcut to do, though you had
lived to the age of Methuselah.
I ask nothing of you then, but that
you proceed to your end by a direot,
frank, manly way. Don’t sidle off in-
to a mild resolution of uensure, but
movd the expulsion which you purpos
ed, aod which I deserve, if I deserve
any reproach whatever. All I oare for
r as that you make this a square stand
up fight, and record your judgment by
1 y-ea-i and, hays. I care not how many
vote with me, of how many vpte against
me, for 1 know that the latter will re
pent it in dust and ashes beforo three
years have passed. Understand, onco
for all, that I dare you and defy you,
and that I propose to fight it out on
the line that I have held from tho day
of Lee’s surrender.
1 give you fair notice that 1 shall
urge the re-chfranchisement of those
now proscribed for rebellion so soon as
1 shall feel confideut that this course
is consistent with tbe freedom of the
blacks and the union of tho Republic,
and that I shall demand a recall of all
now in exile only for participating in
the rebellion, whenever tbe country
shall have been so Aorougbly pacified
that its safety will n*>t thereby be on
dangered. And so, gentlemen, hop
ing that you will henceforth compre
hend mo somewhat better than you
hate dong, I remain.
Horace Greeley.
farmer wrote as follows to a
distinguished scientific agriculturalist,,
to whom he felt under obligations lor
introducing a rarity of swine : “Res
pected sir ( went yesterday |o tho
cuttle show. I found several pigs of
your species. There was a great variety
of hogs, and I was astonished at not
seeing yog there,”
Hottljieni Enterprise
(SEMI-WEEKLY. 7 ‘
L. C. BRYAN, : 4 ; . : Editor.-
THOMASVILLp, GA.:
FRIDAY, MAY 81, 1867.
TO THE COLORED VOTERS
OF THOMASVILLE.
We are requested by Mayor Har
ris to state, for the information of the
colored people of Tbomasville, that
under the law of equality, they are en>
titled to vote at the election to be held
in Thomasville, on the First Wednes
day in June, on the question of City
Bonds, for tho South Georgia & Flo
rida Railroad.
This Railroad is of the utmost im.
portance to the future prosperity of
Thomasville, and will affect tho inter
ests of every citizen, white or black.
If it is built all will be made better
off—if not built all will bo made infi
nitely worse off than we are at present.
Every sensible colored man knotos the
importance of railroads, and wo believe
they will vote as unanimously in this
instance a9 the white man. Let every
man vote for the railroad.
SOUTH GEORGIA & FLORIDA
RAILROAD.
We publish elsewhere a meeting
held by the citizens of Thomasville, on
Wednesday last, and the sensible and
very decisive resolutions adopted on
tho occasion with but one dissenting
voice. We were present at the meet,
ing, and noticed with great satisfaction
the enthusiasm of our people on the
subject of this Railroad, and we be.
lieve the ball is now in motion, that
will roll on until the completion o/ the
grand enterprise. Col. Seward’s re
marks were peculiarly suited to the
occasion, and set tho whole matter in
its true light. He says wc can build
the read and every sensible man an.
dorses it. Thomasville will issue bonds
for 650,000 and the County 6200,000
moro, which will boa very lair start,
and when- we come to add the enthu
siastic interest of Mitchell and Baker
Counties, with the private subscrip■
tions that may be obtained, we have
the full assurance of the final cunplei
tion rs the road.
Macon, Atlanta, and even Nashville
and Cincinnati, arc intensely intorcstcd
in the construction of this road, as the
great transit route of their provisions
to Southern Georgia and the whole
State of Florida. Let these largo cit
ies become aware of the importance of
tho road to their cominerco, and let
them see that wc have resolved upon
its construction, and they will come
to our am at tho proper time. Our
duty now is to press forward and show
them that we know our intorests, and
have the will and the courage to pur*
suo them. The roan who would hold
back and throw cold wat“r over the
efforts of his neighbor, is willfully
blind and ignorant, or reprehensible
careless of his own interests, and an
enemy to tho prosperity of his section.
Let the frionds of the enterprise bo.
stir themselvos, and beforo eighteen
months shall pass, thny will havo tho
satisfaction of hearing tho whistle of
the locomotive on the South Georgia
and Florida Railroad.
HORACE GREET FT
We hope every one of our readers
will carefully peruse the noble lettor
of Horace Greclny, wc publish to-day.
If- that docs not cure tho disease of his
Radical enemies, their case is hopeloss
indcod. Tho South will fully appre
ciate the noble stand taken by the edi
tor, philosopher and statesman of the
Now York Tribune, and whatever may
have been her former opinion of his
political tenets, tho bold, defiant and
statesmanlike stand ho has now taken
in the caaso of truth and justice, will
blot out tho past aud endear him to
overy Southern hoart. Mr. Greeley’s
dofianoo to the extreme Radicals rises
to tho proportions of a sublimo virtue,
coming as it doos, opportunely for the
South, and at a junoture when Radi
calism risen to the height of powor,
controls tho political affairs of tho
nation.
His enemies are waging a relentless
war against him, beenuso of his stand
in favor of the South, and aro using
all their powor to destroy the influeuoo
of his paper-; but they will fail, and
Mr. Greeley will havo the satisfaction
of prcaohing the funeral of the Radical
party, if thoy do not poekgt his insult
and smooth over tho breach, lie asks
no mcroy at their hands, but invites
and dares them to tho worst, assuring
thorn that ho will “tight it out on that
line.” Ho leaves no voopj for recon
ciliation, but declares them a sot of
“blockheads,” unable to discern the
times, and nothing can save them but
speedy repentance They must aban
don the-r position and come ovsr to
Mr. Greeley, or continue to widen a
breach in the party, whioh will un.
doubtcdly destroy its political power.
In qither case, Mr. Greehy has tri
umphed, and proves the powerful
champion of truth and justioe, and,
consequently, the truo friend of the
South. Let him persevere —he will
more than regain in the South all his
losses iD the North.
LETTER FROM EMIGRANTS.
In another place \- p publish a lengthy
letter from an emigrant on the way to
Brazil. As some of our readers are
interested to hear from that country,
wo may favor th-*m with an occasional
correspondence from tlio colony.
Oh, fcr a lodge in some vast
wilderness of icc Hot weather
[FOR THE ENTERPRISE.]
SOUTH GEORGIA & FLORIDA
RAILROAD.
At a meeting of tho citizens of
Thomasville, held this day, for tl e
purpose of considering the location of
the South Georgia & Florida Railioad,
the following resolutions wore adopted
with but one dissenting voice:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
meeting, that it is to the interest of
Thomasville, and the Railroad enter
prise itself, to have the Road to com
mence at Thomasville and build direct
to Albany.
Resolved, That we hereby pledge
ourselves to moot cheerfully such taxes
as may be necessary to pay the inter
est on such Bonds as may be issued
by the Towq of Thomasville, and that
we recommend the Mayor and Alder
men of Thomasville, to pass an ordi
nance for that purpose upon the ad
valorem system.
Resolved, farther, That toe will sub
mit to such income and capitation
Tax, as may bo necessary to make the
said Bonds available.
Resolved, That the Thomasville,
.Savannah, Macon and Albany papers
be requested to publisn the above
proceedings.
R. J. BRUCE, Chair'n.
[FOR THE ENTERPRISE]
Mr, Editor: —ln the Secretary’s
report ot the Public Meeting, held last
Saturday by the colored population, I
am made to say that I endorsed the
speech_of their principal speaker, J.
W. Toer. Now this is a'mistake. I
have not tho slightest idea that the
Scoretary wilfully misrepresented me,
but meant to say that 1 “endorsed”
what Col. Seward said, which I did
say- I never heard Toer’s speech —
not getting into the house until Col.
S. had commenced speaking.
Very Respectfully,
W. M. IIAYES.
[FOR THE SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.]
LETTER FROM THE BRAZIL
IMMIGRANTS.
New York, April 22,1857,)
3J o’clock, P. M. j
Tho North America with steam up;
bang goes the hell, significant to leav.
ing the wharf. Col. McMullen, late
of Texas, with about 150 persons, Dr.
Gaston, late of Fort Gaines, Georgia,
with about 32, and Rev. S. M- Pyles
with 82 head, all aboard, an adieu was
bid to tho shores of North America.
Many looked back uprn thoir native
land the last time, forever! I was
possessed of a feeling somewhat of
sorrow and gladness, at one and the
time. Sorry that my former
country nad been ruined, ana tnai so
many noble sons of tho ruined South
were prevented from accompanying us
by a lack of means. Glad that such a
respectable number was now on their
way to a country unsurpassed in natu
ral advantages by none on God’s earth,
and where they could enjoy all the
rights and privileges ot any other citi
zen ot the government. Some tilings
tended to mm- the enjoyment, as it
was too inanifo3t that the contract, us
made with Garrison, Allen -V Cos., was
not likely to be carried out. And,
then it had been too manifest also,
that the officers and crew were want
ing in capacity and disposition lo re
speot the immigrants. Harsh and dic
tatorial expressions, with au unusual
indifference to all inquiries made as to
baggage, quarters, etc., at once fixed
tho impression on all minds, that we
wore on board a genuine Yankee ves
sel. Brazil was our destination. This
was tho only practicable route at pre
sent ; and but for the faot, that we did
not wish to do any thing *o retard our
onward march, I do not know that
bi th officers and crew would not, havo
found a watory grave.
As we niovod off the lightning's
flashed, the thundor’s roarod, the winds
blew and tho waves rose and dashed.
The result was, that we had confusion.
Women and childron Roon began to
oast up accounts, as well ns some of
tho men and boys. I was rather for
tunato, as my business—looking alter
my own personal matters, as also that
of about thirty others—had left roe no
time to lake either breakfast or dinner,
and no supper being furnished, 1 had
I no accounts to oast np; consequently,
I spout most of my time in attending to
| others. Just hero again Wo began to
j feel the want of accommodations. In
Sain no had tried tu learn lb-3 real oqji-.
iti-bn of things before gping on-board.
No admittanoo could" be had to our
apartment previous to sailing, either
to ascertain tbe condition of tho vos
sel or to make preparations. Having
previously engaged berths (six weeks)
and boon informed thrft we would need
to make no preparations for ourselves,
but would be furnished, we hod de
livered our baggage to the proper offi
ocr, our bedding being included, and
i we being debarred from it until fho
1 next day.
11 o'olook, A. M. Tho thunder
atorm having passed, and the wind
having now assumed -its seat in the
North, blew cold enough to produce
fearful sensations. But it must be
endured. It was also distressing to
hear twenty or more of Col Frank
McMullen's crowd, who had taken se
voro colds from inclement went her and
a want of neoessary clothing which
had settled on and seriously affected
the lungs, coughing all through the
night; as also one of my own crowd,
who had left Florida scarcely able to
ride. Aiuitist tho oul 1, the oastiug up,
the ooughingand nursing, hungry and
disappointed, i spout one of tho most
unpleasant night’s taown iu modem
history. Morning came and found me
hungry till To th-* id. I presume
it did seem strange that I was hungry.
But so it was.
Tuesday Mornino, 9 o'clock, ")
158 Miles Out, [
On Lat. 37° 55', Long. 73°. )
Breakfast over and about two-thirds
sick. A strong North breeze, sails
spread, inclination of the wind a little
to S E., vessel bearing a little to N-
W. The sail was pleasant and rapid.
Nothing of interest occurred during
the day, except much contention about
water lor the sick, and efforts to pro
cure some softer bread for those want
ing teeth. These efforts were treated
with an unprecedented ahd unwarrant
able degree of indifference.
3 o’clock, P. M.—Wo were again
summoned to the eating board, where
we found hard bread, hard boiled beef
and Irish potatoes. This to suffice for
the day. Having had access to the
baggage room, between 11 and 1
o’clock, I succeeded in getting out
some bedding, which answered a very
valuable purpose.
A goad sail, with a good night's
sleep for the well, brought us by 9
o’clock in the.morning of the 24th,
to lat. 34° 75' and Long. 78° 38', and
370 miles fYohi starting point. Fori
breakfast this morning we had tolera
ble coffee, some molajses, pickled pork,
and the usual hard tack. Probably
one hundred and twenty of our crowd
reported at the table The larger part
of the remainder boing convalescenily
tending. This morning one of the
crew used Home insulting language to
a lady on board, which drew a blow
from Judge Dyer, from Texas, which
must have proved serious, had it not
been warded off by others. Breakfast
being over, we were ordered to leave
our quarters, to-afford au opportunity
for the crew to jsweep out. The con
duct of the crow had been such, that
I suspected it best for someone to
watch a little, consequently, I told the
steward when ha ordered mo out, that
I must be allowed to remain, that I
would not only not be in the way, but
r if necessary, assist in clearing up the
rubbish. I succeeded in keeping all
safe directly under my eyes. But I
afterwards learned from one of tho sick
ladies, that she noticed several ol the
crew whilst engaged, passing down
the gangway with cup iu hand. On
the next morning it was ascertained,
that about half the contents of a demi
john of fine brandy, and owned by
Esquire Fenley, was missing. This
transpired out of my sight.
At 1 o’clock, after a very favorable
sail, we were agaip summoned to the
table, to partake of similar faro to that
of tho past. In vain.l tried to get
bread that was adapted to scattering
teeth. In every effort I was either
treated with indifference or manifest
contempt. I asked, I offered-to buy,
but to no purpose. Finally, I gave
over in despair. A pleasant day, in
fined. except the little contentions be.
tween passengers and crew. Tno eve
ning boing pleasant, we decided to in
stitute a sooial prayer meeting. The
Captain boing consulted, permission
was obtained, provided we would not
ask him to attend. He as&ighed as a
reason for granting the privilege, that
he thought it would not hurt us. We
were of the same opinion, but were
glad to know that tho Captain of our
Salvation entertained n different not’on
of us, to what hr, did, and was dis
posed to treat us quite differently. To
which latter fact, we wish over to feel
humbly thankful. The prayer meet
ing was held, and many seemed to take
an interest. The night passed pleas
antly away.
Thursday morning 9 o’clock, found
us in lat 31° 23' and long. 70° 24',
and 564 miles from New York. Break
fast being over, it was ascertained that
perhaps three-fourths of our crowd
were convalescent. The faro was »s
usual Much harmony and good will
prevailed amongst the immigrants.—
Still efforts were being made to pro
cure softer bread for the aged and in
firm, but in vain--love nor money
could not procure it. At 10 i o’clock,
we wero again ordered out of our quar
ters that tho floor might be swept. On
this occasion I was engaged on deck,
and consequently, as most of the crowd
wore out tho crow had a better chance
to pi Ter Tho result was, as after,
wards ascertained,, that a second demi
john, which had not boon previously
opened, was drained of about half its
oontonts—this of fine brandy, procured
and carefully preserved for medicinal
purposes. Complaint was made to the
steward, to which he replied, that there
was but him and one man engaged in
sweeping, ftnd consequently it must
have been gome ot our own party. But
tliis.iyag a_ppo( plea, for two. reasons.
First—the steward had driven out all
but those Tut desired to keep-in-?- and
second, he had a guard placed at the
open door of the stairway, so that none
oould steal without his-knowludge, and
again, some of tho sick ladies saw one
or moro cany ng a tin aup, perhaps
more than once, from the front or near
there, where the stolen property was,
te the roar, whe.ro it was to them dark.
The must legitimate inference is, that,
thoy wero removing the Contents of
the vessel, to appropriate it to their
owu uso. The evening passed away
as nsual. Supper, consisting of hard
tack and tua, was served up this after
noon. Prayer meeting at half-past 6 i
o’clock Smoking, chewing, and oon- j
vorsation as usual, when all quieted j
down about 9 o’clock. At half-past 1
11, I was awoke by some ladies, who j
said that the vessel had stopped, and
they were solicitous to learn the cause, i
1 immediately went on deck, and
learned from an old engineer, that a 1
hole had made its appearance in a pipe, j
Forty minutes sufficed to make repairs,
and again wo wero off southerly. Tho
night passed away pleasantly A good
shower having fallen, the air was soft
and comfortable .
April jfoth, 9 o’clock, A M—Still
making g-j-wt headway Now <>ft to
the North East of Cuba. At 9A. M.,
31° 23' North latitude, long. 7D° 24'. j
Wind from South West quite soft, :
with slight mist. All up and cheer- j
ful, except about two, who have been j
quite unwell from cold contracted since
their return from shipwreck, on the
coast of Cuba. Os these I will speak
in due time. As yet we have found
no favor with cither officers or crew— i
they seem bent on putting us through
upon a programme of their own man
aging, irrespective of the former agree
ment. Indeed, we cannot be heard ;
and yet, our people only resent insult
by words, and with the exception men
tioned above, have not attempted to
strike a blow. I trust the good Lord
will still preserve U 9, and prevent our
doing wrong. 11c says, “vengeance
is mine, l will repay.” A fearful
doom surely awaits a people so ctuel,
and so very destitute of common hu
manity. It would- be but a small job
to thro*? thorn all overboard aud move
on to our destination. But wc are
not thus disposed, although they are
our practical enemies. The Lord’s
will be done, is all I can say in the
matter. Thursday afternoon’and night
passed away pleasantly.
Friday morning, all up as usual, and
j cheerlully looking out upon the pure,
i blue expanse- Now iu lat. 27° 57'
| and long. OS'* 30', we of course en>
i counter a fine soft atmosphere. Break*
[ fast as usual. Nothing occurred of
any peculiar interest, except one of
Dr. Gaston’s crowd, (quite a nice gen,
tlen-anly fellow) wis insulted by a sai
lor, who abruptly ordered him off a
hatch box, where he was sitting. This
gave c-ffence, and for a time things
assumed a serious aspect. But, for
tunately, blows were not struck. One
o’clock dinner was announced, when
we appeared, and in vain I attempted
to masticate some of the raw beet set
before us. Not one particle #F meat
or bread could [ chew or swallow. I
made some show in the Irish patatoe
line, the only thing that I could use.
’ Four o’clock this evening we are mov.
ing on well, and have the promise that
we shall have cooktid beet far the next
meal.
Col. Frank McMullan, ol Texas, is
sitting up this evening, and is inter
esting those around him, in rehearsing
the advantages and disadvantages of
our contemplated homes, as wefl as
teaching to them the Portugese lam
guage. Dr. Gaston is also engaged
systematically in teaching a very re
spectable class Prayer meeting again
tliis evening as usual
O! how beautiful the scene around.
The little flying -fish skate upon the
water; the blue waves roll softly by,
gently rocking the vessel, and the re
freshing breeze as it passes between
the jibs, seems to whisper peace and
prosperity to the new anxious.
Another Caudle Lecture
Mr. Caudle has not Acted “ hike a
mtStianU" utthe It/ ettJimj.Ttinner, —
“Ah tno! It’s no use wishing—none
at all; but I do wish that yesterday
fourteen years could come back again.
Little did I think, Mr. Caudle, when
you brought me home from, church,
your lawful wedded wife little, l say,
did I think that I should keep my
wedding dinner in tho manner l have
done to day. Fourteen years ago !
Yes, l sec you now in your blue coat
with bright buttons, aud your white
watered satin Waistcoat, and a moss
rose-bud in vonr button-hole, which
you said was like me. W hat ? You
never tallied such nonsense ? Ha ! Mr.
Cardie, you don’t know what you talk
ed that day—but 1 do, Yes you then
sat at tho table as if your face, as I
may say, was buttered with happiness,
and—What? No, Mr. Caudle, don’t
say that; J have not wiped the butter
oft’—not I. If you above all men, are
not haopy, you ought to be, gracious
kuows! •
“Yes, I will talk of fourteen years
ago. Ha! you sat besido me then, and
pioked out all sorts of nice things for
me. Vou’d have given me pourls and
diamonds to oat if f could have swal
lowed ’em- Yes, I say, you sat beside
mo, and—What do yml about?
You conldy’t sit beside rue to-day ?
That's nothing at all to do with ft. But
it’s so like you. I can’t speak but you
fly off to something else, lla! and
when the health ol the young oonplo
was drank, what a speech you made
them! It. was delicious! llow you
made everybody dy, as if their feints
were breaking; and l recollect it as if
it was yesterday, how tho tears ran
down dear father’s nose, and how dear
mother nearly wnt int> a fit! Dear
souls! They Utll-j thought, with all
your fine talk, how you’d use me!—
How have you used rpo? O Mr. Han
dle, how can you ask that question !
It's well for you l can’t see you blush ?
How have you used mo ?
“Well, that tho same tongno eou}d
make a speech like that, and then talk
as it did to-day ! How did you talk ?
Why, shamefully ! What did you say
1 about your wedded happiness . Why,
nothing. V\ hat did you soy about
your wife ? Worse than nothing; just
as if she wore a bargain you were sor
ry for, hut were obiigod to make tho
best of. What do you say ? And
bads the beat? If you say that again,
Handle, I'll rise from my bed \ou
didn’t say it? What, then, did you
say? Something very like it, l know.
Yos, a pretty speech ot thanks for a
.husband! And everybody- could sco
that vou didn’t care a pin for me ; and
that's why you had Viu here ; that s
why you invited ’em, to insult me to
their faces. What, l made Vtm invite
’oui ? O, Caudle, what an aggravating
man you arc l
“1 suppose you’ll say next I made
you invito Miss Prottymau ? Oh, yes;
don’t tell mo her brother brought her
without your knowing it What ?
Didn 11 hear him say so ? Os course
l did ; but do yog suppose I’m quite a
fool'? Do you thhak I dort know that
th** n,*» *>tfkd h> tw* *n you? Aod
sbe must be a nice person to come un
asked to a wojnan’s house ! But I
know why sbe came Ob, yes; sbe
came to look about here. What do I
mean? Oh, the * meaning’s plain
enough. She came to see how she
would like the rooms—how she should'
like ray seat at the fireplace ; how she
—and if it isn’t enough to break a
mother’s heart to be treated so !—how
she should like my dear children .
“Now, it’s no use your bouncing
aboutaabutt —but of course that’s it; I
can’t mention Miss Prettyman, but
you fling about as if you were in a fit.
Os course that shows there’s something
in it. Otherwise, why should you dis
turb yourself? Do you think I didn't
see her looking at the- ciphers on the
spoons .as if she already saw mine
scratched out, and her’s there ? No,
I shan’t drive you mad, Mr. Caudle ;
and if I do, it’s your own fault. No
other man would treat the wife of his
bosom in—What do you sny ? You
raight-as well married a hedgehog?—
Well, now it’s come to something !
But it's always the case! Weoever
you’ve seen that Miss Prettyman, I’m
\ sure to be abused. A hedgehog ! A
! pretty thing for a woman to be called
‘ by her husband ! Now-you don’t think
j I’ll lie quietly in bed, and be called a
: hedgehog—do you think Mr Caudle ?
“Well, I only hope Miss Prettyman
! nad a good dinner, that’s all. I had
I none ! You know Ih id none—how
j was I to get any ? You know that
the only part of tho turkey I care for
Si’s the merry-thought- And that of
course, went to Miss Prettyman. Oh,
I saw you laugh when you put it on
her plate! And you don’t suppose
alter such an insult as that, I’d taste
another thing upon the table ? No I
should hope I have more spirit’than
that. Yes, and you took wine'with
h r four times. What do you say?
Only twice ? Oh,, you were so lost
fascinated, Mr. Caudle; yes, iascinated
—that you.didn’t know what y< u did.
However, I do think while L’gi alive
I might be treated with respect fit tny
own tabic. I say, while I’m alive / for
I know I sha’ut last lorig, and then
Miss Prettyman may come and take it
all. I’m Wasting daily, and no wonder,
I never say anything about it, but
i ev§ry week my gowns -are taken in.
\ “Pve lived to learn something, to bo
sure ? Miss Prettyman turned up her
nose at my custards It isn’t sufficient
that you’re always finding fault your
self, but you must bring women home
to'sneer at ray own table. What do
; you say ? She didn't turn up her nose /
I 4 know she did; not but what it's
needless-—Providence has turned it. up
quite enough fur her already. And she
must give herself airs over ray custards!
Oh, l saw her mincing with the spoon
as if she was chewing sand. What do
j you say ? She praised my plum-pud
: ding ? Who asked her to praise it ?
j Like her impudence, I think !
| “Yes, a pretty day I’ve passed. I
j shall - not forget this wedding-day, l
think ! And as I say a pretry. speech
I you made in the way of thanks. No,
Caudle, if I was to live a hundred
years —you needu’t groan, Mr. Caudle,
I l shall pot trouble you half that, time
J —ls 1 was to live to be a hundred
yeais, I should never forget it. Never!
You didn’t even so much as bring one
of your children into ) our speech. And
j —dear creatures ! what have they done
Ito offend you ? No, I shall not drive
you mad. It’s you, Mr. Caudle, who'll
drive me mad. Everybody says so.
“And you suppose Id dn’t see how
1 it was managed, that yon and that Miss
Prettyman were always partner's at
whist ? Haw was it managed ? Why,
plain enough. Os course you packed
the cards, and could cut what you lik
ed. You’d settle that between you.—
Yes, and when she took a trick, in
stead of leading off a trump—she play
whist, indeed !—what did you say to
her, when she found it was wrong ?
Oh—lt was impossible that h< r heart
should mistake! And this, Mr Cau
dle, b -foie people —with your own wile
in the room !
. “And Miss .Prettyman—l won’t
hold my tongue. I will talk of Miss
Prettyman : who’s she indeed, that: I
shouldn't talk of hc-r? I suppose she
thinks she sings ? What do you say.?
Sho sip- s like a mermaid ? Yea ver
very like a mermaid ; for sho never
sings hut she exposes hcrf.elf. She
might, I think, havo chosen another
song. “I love somobody,” indeed ;as
if I* don’t know who was meant by
that‘somebody;’ and all the room knew
it, of course ; and that was what it was
dono for —nothiug olse.
“However, Mr.-Caudle, as «jy mind’s
made up, I shall say no more about
tho matter to-night, but try to go to
sleep."
“And lo my astonishment andgrnt -
tude,” writes Caudle, “she kept her
word.”
A Paying Ji:on<c.tnw— -The fGwte
Road paid into the Treasury 6t»0,-)U | l
of net earnings for tho month of A pri!
The Intelligencer saas the road is o- •
ter managed at present than at any
former period of its history. The se
cret is, it has business men and not
politicians at the head of affairs.
Attorney Gk\eual Sta.ybf.by s
Opinion. Tb-? Attorney General
presented his completed opini n on
the liiafrachising clauses of the Recon
struction Act to tho Cabiuct on Mon
day, and it will he at once forwarded
to the comaianders of the five military
districts for their official guidance.
At a fashionable wedding at Nor.
folk, last week, the bridal presents
wore valued at 610,000. Among
them were n 85,000 ro'lof greenbacks,
two setts of diamonds, a -camel's hair
shawl, and large quantities of silver
plate. • _ _
Thai. Stsvens’ luggage when he
travels .—One dozen cotton shirts, two
pair* of. flannel drawers, six pairs Ol
stockings, an overcoat, and a of
cursvr. —La ("r>- /Em •>
Proceeding* of Council.
Thomasville, May 20th, 1867.
A resolution was passed forbidding
any person or persons,, white or color
e-1, from buihin - in any of the ponds
or streams within the corporate limits
of the Town, under penalty of the se
verest application of the Ordinances
in such coses made and provided.
May 27 —The Marshal made u
verbal report that he had gathered up
all the old Fire Apparatus belonging
to the Town, and deposited tho same
the Market House.
Ordered, that they bo tui ned over
to the Fire Company; and that i*
Committee, consisting of Aid Hanacll
and DeWitt were appointed, to act
with a similar committee from tho
Fire Company, to superintend all uoc
essary repairs, the cost to be defrayed
by Council.
On motion, the Committee on Health
were instructed to see that all lets or
parts of lots within the corporate bin
its be cleansed and kept clean from all
filth or other offensive matter; and,
where necessary, that they be purified
by the owner or at his or her expense
by the Marshal.
The mat'er of nuisances on the
main street was referred to a special
committee, consisting ot Aldermen
Hanscli, Reid and DeWitt.
WM. CLINE, Clerk.
CLIPPINGS FROM BRICK
POMEROY’S PAPER.
If next week's issue of thi« paper
don’t make Radicals squirm it will be
because they are too far gone in infh
my to be worth saving.
The result- in Kentucky docs not
scent to suit the Radical Cincinnati
Gazette, and it desires to know why
that State should be exempt from the
punishment inflicted on other rebelli
ous communities?.
An exchange says i— il Forney has
joined the Temperance Society, is go
ing to Europe, and has come out for
negro suffrage in ’ Pennsylvania.—
What will he do next?” The Mobile
Register answers—‘Let us hope that
he trill hatrg himself next,’”
The chain gang is an institution, or
was, of Georgia, it appears, of military
creation, having been established at
Augusta by General Stee.dman in
1865, and yet the Radicals would
make, the impression that the chain
gang was a relic of Southern barba
" ristn.
The (lincinnati Enquirer says —“not
in many year* lias there be ui so fair a
prospect of the Democrats carrying
Ohio as there is now. All over tho
State the impression widely prevails
that the Radicals will ho routed, “horse,
foot and dragons,” and that both the
neero suffrage* amendment and tho
State ticket, which sustains it, will bo
badly beaten.
In the Thirty-ninth Rump Congress,
Connecticut wus represented by fuu-
Republicans, and Kentucky by four
Republicans and five Democrats—in
the Fortieth, Connecticut will-have
three Democrats and one. Republican ;
an! Kentucky nine Democrats,a Dem
ocratic gain of seven votes, or a chance
of fourteen against Radicalism.
A Radical paper in lVnnsylvan’a
pays the following tribute to the lately
defunct Radical Legislature of that
Slate: “With Heavy hearts and so:--
rowing Countcunnce, they bent their
steps from the scone of t:eir debauch
ery, and after casting a long, 1 ngei
ing look upon the venerable capitol,
they padd'ed homeward to meet their
constituents.
In Ban Francisco a barrel of flour
can bo purchased for .-$6.50 ; here in
La Gr-iSeo, close to tho great wheat
growing country of Minnesota, a hat
: rel ot Hour costs front 811 tp 617.
i lu the one caso it in bought with Dem
ocratic money, in the other with the
; fraudulent applogy for money, Lin
coln-Uhase rags! If poir men like
this . sort of entertainment all They
, have to do is to kfiep on voting the
i Republican party in power. Eight
' hour laws nor frequent strikes will
not remedy the o- il a return to Dem
ocratic rule, Democratic principled and
Democratic money -.vill do the Inki
ness.
Commenting on the new.q-apcr an
nouneenent that Gen But let’s daugh
! ter will he belle of Wfcshmgtpn next
winter, the .ftosbih- Tribune says :
I “The papers all over tho country ar--
publishing th > paragraph, a* if it w: *
t.he iu .fit afijoiu-hing circumstance that
| -ueh a hiddoas monster as Beast But-
Ibr eoirid be the father of a pretty and
neeotnpl-fih-.d young Indy They for
get that the gaudy 1 utterly is born of
an jinsu-htlv and h-athsomn grub
Neither in the physical uor moral
w ,rld dor s like always produce likt
we should not be at all surprioed
U> learn that th. young lady tn true:
I tion is not only pretty and aeoowp'isr
cd. bu; virth >tv» and bonrw*., uv-fir ■■
of her dad.
NOTICE.
- |rjl i, heret -I- >r» «-a iouo* utxW
I the .tvL- ami tins ot BROWN. A C !> .
for It-* -rtf' of MrrotKWfiliire. at satiny Hill,
la--.il County. FlotM*. fe thl. day disonked h>
mutual --on-towr Tin- -.-*e»-«*snni, W. (; IVn
dor. Wot U and A. <Nmi« Brown, art- mr
nowor-d to wMl* all ost-Uandisy (-Jain.* either
in favor of or trail no the lot*- nnn, lliey h.
fug .iV ini. and all t!>« Hat.ißiir. of tbe fintt
BROWN A CO
Mayrßl - _ o*.
MtMl * T“—T— « MUM?.
To th* Hf>n Ordinary of Hid County
THE IVtUioßof T .1 Br-wn, KXMWor f
the r>*tate of Strnh Brown. de«ea*od,.hev rth
that Hid rsSn-e conti... in part of and
tkut it in no< -wry for the ;nrpo«e of dt»'t:h-i
tion, that the ho*- .h wild ho .add-—Perttiouer
then-fore makes apph.vatoa to sail tie sect,
and pray, that mu artier tr.ay U gCMM-ad. an
thom-Ok- bias to »(i Hid Lands in la-us at tie
law. aa ra tfiitv betroa, -tie
T. J BBOWN, Et r
<?J tOROTA—TV -w. Oomruj.
Court of Ortinary. Hay 3D. HUT
t'F-OX hennaj- the fo recauig. npshoat->3 •»
1. yrdeu-d bv the Coer* tn»t md FmiMo ind
fbiS Order be pobJi.h-'.| j„ »h. Sot;--tero K.ntr
priV for *»sH‘day*. H H Tr ’ OKr