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How “Briok Pomeroy” Talks to
his Northern Press Opponents.
“Stooping oveb Carrion !”—The
whining God ancbmorality wretch who
would not let his dying wife have milk
to drink on account of its' expense,
now editing a ham-fat organ in Belie
villo, Illinois, accuses us of “stooping
tiver carrion .” That is good—wc take
it in at once, we don’t like the busi
ness, but a. mau who dissects the radi
• cal party, who speaks truth of the
rump faction nowin poiver—who plugs
the nigger heads in the jaw of radical,
ism as we do, must stoop over carrion
Wretch, we thank thee for thy sug
gestion. That is Just what we arc
doing, and now that our hand is in,
we intend to stoop over it, to hold it
up by the fork full, and by the spoon
ful, that the people and posterity toay
■ know whAt a robbing, swindling,, ty
rannical, Union hating, bond holding,
•la# breaking, Constitution destroying,
bigoted, blundering, plundering, whi.
■ning, canting, licentious, drunken, de
praved, Ungodly, immoral, fanatical,
office hunting, tax levying, nigger-ex
citing set of thieves, upstarts, rump'
•ites,.Human gorillas and ignoramuses,
'have banded together under the lead
of radicalism and llump legislation
The radical party is in.teed carrion
of the most putrid sort, and we shall
hold it up as long as we can, till tile
breeze of right and reason, bl iwiyg
fresh and clear from an outraged and
insulted people, shall sweep the car.
tion and its odor= into the perdition it
deserves. v
Editing a democratic newspaper,
which is devoted as this is, to dissect
■ing the radical party is indeed stoop
ing over carrion. Wc don’t like it
but thank God, we can perform a du
ty, even if disagreeable to us and not
liked by the filthy politiauj and edito
rial worms we stick our pen into and
drag out from their nasty feasting pla
ces. And we stoop to conquer —and
where we find a sleek worm witn his
head in the carcass, it is fun to prick
him a little to see if he be alive, then
drag it out by the tail so -pc.ople can
sec what sort of a worm it be.
And as wc dragged out the Belle
villian a few days since, so do wc now
drag out one wo pricked a few days
since,.now editing a nigger nose rag
in Delphi, New York—who was too
big a coward.t6 go to w;.r, was drafted
and was exempted for having the same
disease which troubled Moxa Morton,
tho govern*r of Indiana, a burning
and therefore shining horn on the
God.and-morality party’s altar.
ANOTHER WORM,
is Hon. Geo. G. Fogg, a pap sticking,
editor of the Concord (N. ID) Inde
pendent Democrat, a slihiy toadstool
on the rump of the Rump Congress
Fogg don’t like us. Poo ! that's noth:
ing. lie is and very thick wc
cau sec through lnm, and there is not
a whole-souled, liberal, high-minded
idea in his carcass. He would sell
his birthright for half a mess of pot
tage and perjure himself to obtain the
pay. He is the chief owner of that
whining bondholder’s ‘organ, and is
devoid of soul as lie is of attributes to
win love, being cold, selfish, filthy and
deceitful. He was if we mistake not,
Lincoln’s minister to Switzerland
where wc heard of his peculiarities
and experiments in free loveism, tyid
was appointed by Gov. Smyth, of New
Hampshire, U. S. Senator to fill the
vacancy caused by .the resignation of
Daniel Clark, who was appointed U-
S. District Judge by President John,
son.
Fogg is a sour, morose old bachelor
who has been jilted by no less than
fifteen girls, llis ancestors wero often
charged with stealing sheep, and nevw
could prove innocence, lie is simply
a tool for smarter men; a political
Lack used by other men for political
purposes. His paper lives, not on its
merits as a newspaper, but on govern
ment pap doled out to its eleiuoKy
nary editor, who is assisted in the
government teat-pulling .by one Amos
Hadley, a very small worm who tick
les the Fogg for niue dollars a week
and stealings.
This brace of worms live on pap,
and to-day .have in their possession
goods stolen from the South, and.
which they know aro stolen. The pa
per is the organ of the ranters, the
Puritans, the bond holders, the cliurch
members and hypocrites of Concord,
and’ is at best rotten in honor, princi
ple, virtue and patriotism—-a most fit
organ for the carrion part}', wich lives
by overtaxing poor men to support
Hump protected rich ones.
Saying of Josh Billie kb.
It costs more money how a daze t
tfeed aud clothe “et settry” than yin
.other feller in the family.
Conscience is nothing but rcat-'
more hr less edieated ; conscience is
not so Strong a natural gift as an car
of musick.
Tharc is now and then a lion puts
on a jackass skin, and for what he does
it the Lord only knows.
Looking glasses woiPt lie, but they
tell some offal plain truths once in a
considerbul while.
A dog is the only dependent that I
know uv upon whom you kau ajluz re
ly as a friend.
There is ho one who iz so certain ol
alluz feeling good as he whoso own
vanity alluz suplize his own hopper
.vith grist. '
If yew are going to help a man, be
lively about it; promised assistance af
ter awhile is considered a debt.
Don’t never possess much, for if you
get it right nobody will remember it;
and if you get it wrong, no oiic will
disremember it.
Sum people are very apt to think that
their opinion, backed up by a pair of
horses and a coachman, is omnipotens l ,
but I have, thus far put more heft of
confidence in brains than ] hevby long
odds in hose feed,
JSonijjmt (Enterprise
(SEMI-WEEKLYTT *
L. C- BEY AN, : : Editor.
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THOMASVILLE, GA.:
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1867.
SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
We understand that an officer ar
rived in Thomasville a day or two ago,
from Gen. Pope, charged with the in.
vestigatiqu and institution of a suit
for $50,000 damages, against the cor
porate authorities of Thomasville, at
the instance .of one Dr. 0. J. Jenkins,
who, some time in'the'year 1865, was
arrested and confined in prison Upon
conviction in fourteen indictments, if
we remember well, for violating the
laws forbidding the gale of spirituous
liquors to persons of color, &e. Jerf
kins was then a merchant in the dry
goods business, having moved here
from the neighborhood of tho Suwan
nee Springs, in Florida, and did buai
\ ness under the name and stylo of
| Thomas k Jcnkiiis, though we believe
I tho reputed partner, Dr. Thomas, a
I very worthy gentleman, afterward filed
an affidavit, stating that Jenkins had
|no interest in the firm. Jenkins, how
j ever, had every thing in his own hands,
ds Dr. Thomas remained at his home
; in Florida, and as there was stniioiicd
in Thotpasv lie about that time a regi
ment of colored troops, Jenkins, it was
thought, conceived tlio brilliant moral
idea of .pocketing all their change
when they Were paid off, which was
daily expected. He believed, there
was a fortune in the colored trade of
Thomasville, and itwas an easy matter
to draw it out of the herd of ignorant,
credulous creatures. Uo therefore
turned liis attention to that interesting
people became their peculiar friend
sold them liquor contrary to law and
the ordeis of Lt. Col. Bogert, then in
command, who also placed a detective
on his trail, had him arrested and car
ried before Council for trial, where he
was convicted as above stated, and
fined §SO and costs in each ease. Jen
kins refused to pay the fines and went
to jail; but, upon reflection, forked
over and cflnic out. He afterward in
stituted suit for the‘recovery of the
money, arid we believe, gained the suit
before the Supreme Court, but wo
never ascertained upon what ground.
Ife then left Tkamasville, and wc hoard
no more of him until he reccnt% eon
eluckd to fix his rcsidi nee in Louis
ville, Kentucky, for tho practice of
physic. Oil his way thither, we sup
pose, he conceived that other brilliant
idea of making tho fortune 1m failed
to got out of the nogroes, out of tin
corporation of Thomasville. lie there
fore represents to Qen. Dope that he
hail bean persecuted in Thomasville,
because of his friendly feelings toward
the colored people, and because he sold
liquor to a colored citizen. And as
suming that ho had a good chacaetor
when he came here and loft it before
lie /<•/?,'lays his damages at §SO 000.
Can’t pay it, Doctor ; Can’t pay it—■
amount entirely too largo-v-thc citizens
ol' Thomasville, to whom you sold two
or three large stocks of dry goods, are
■ not so well off now as then , beside they
ucver placed half so l|igh a value on
your -character. Your redress, if you
hayc any, is in Col. Bogert— he ordered
your arrest and trial, and said sonio
very hard • things about you at the
time—but wo will wait for further dc-
vclopmcnts.
Since writing the above we have
seen the. oflioer dispatched by (jeu’l
I’ope to investigate tho case, and wo
take pleasure in announcing that Jen
kins’ law suit lias fizzled out. Ifo wilj
fall as far sboit of making bis fortune
out of the corporation of Thoinasville,
as ho did of making it out of the “co
lored citizens,’’ by making thorn drunk
on Dican whiskey. The officer learned
that Jenkins had no interest i* tho
firm of Jenkins & ThCmas, except that
of clerk, and therefore, it was impos
sible for him to have been damaged in
the dry goods business, to tho amount
of Soli,OUt) as ho falsely alleged in his
petition to Gen. Pope, or in any other
amount.
Since he has shown a disposition to
do tho citizens of Thouiasvillo tho
greatest injury in his power, it would
be well for thorn to hold n meeting,
and give publio expression to their
sentiments in rolereneo to him. It
would be information for Gen. Pope
and all other persous who may hear
Jenkins’ story of “persecution,” on ac-‘
count of his affection for the “ colored
people.’’
RAILROAD TRIUMPHANT.
The election on Wednesday last re
sulted in an overwhelming majority in
favor of taxing tho town to liuild tho
South Georgia & Florida Railroad.
The vote stood 82 to 3; showing that
our people wero almost unanimous,
even on the subject of taxation —a
thing almost unparalleled in the his
tory of taxes. If the County will now
do its duty with the same promptness
and resolution, the work will gfi fori
ward with dispatch. $75,000 has al
ready been secured for tho commonce
mejft, and all this in Thontnsi'ilk.
Let the country now ooiuo to our aid
in the gool work.
Vi’e hope the Inferior Court will im
mediately appoint the-day of election
for the County, and let the question
be tested at once. Some say it will
be defeated—that Thomas County will
not be tyxed to build this toad, but
we think they are mistnkon. If any
are Opposed to the tux let them como
up find show their willingness to sub
scribe the stock. _
The election having resulted favor
ably to the Railroad, our proposition
is now in order,- to ascertain whether
tlic amuont proposed to be issuedln
bonds cf the corporation, will not be
subscribed in individual shares. In
doing this, we.propose to call in person
or by proxy, on each individual pro
perty holder in the corporation, to as
tain what amount each will be willing,
to subscribe in lien ol' the tax , All
must remember that they will now lie
taxed to build the road beyond the
possibility of a doubt —-and" the ques.
tion now is, how much will you bind
yourselves to pay to yet rid of the tax,
entirely and forever ? The amount
specified by each will be noted down,
and if the aggregate approximates the
proposed amount of the bonds, a meet,
ing will be called for all to meet and
subscribe the stoqk. Be ready for the
question therefore, for there is now no
time for argument —the argument was
ended by the election —right or wrong,
the fiat has’gone forth.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION.
Ml - . O. T. Lyon, Post Master at Bos
ton, and Giles .Price, (colored,) has
been appointed from Thomas County,
and A. V. O'ark from Brooks, as a
Board of Registration for the Sovonth
Distrjpt, composing -the Counties of
Thomas, Brooks and Colquitt. We
had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Lyoh
on the street a few days ago, when he
informed us that lie had qualified, and
would proceed forthwith tp arrange
matters for registering the voters in
in tho District. Mr. Lyon is from the
State of Maryland, though he lias for
more than a year resided in Thomas
County, near Boston, where he is now
carrying on a farm. Ho was, of
course, an original Union man, or ho
would not have received the appoint
ment; but his sentiments and beha
vior during his residence among us
have been kind and conciliate!y, so far
as we are informed, and therefore, qn
• exceptionable. We know nothing of
Mr. Clark, except that he is also u
Union man Hour another State, but we
have reason to believe he oompies a
similar'position to that of Mr. Lyot}.
Giles Price is a well known freed
man and blacksmith, of considerable
intelligence, and a leader among tho
colored people of Thomasville. He
was recommended to Gen. Pope by a
distinguished Southern citizen and re
ceived the appointment. Some of his
colored brelhron object to his appoint
ment, on the ground, that l’rieo vol
untarily n'uloil in the rebellion hv con
tributing money, Ac., anu that
they will not register under him We
do not know how they will make it;
but we think Giles Price a very good
selection among the colored people,
and will doubtless do as well as any.
BLACKSIIEAR CONVENTION-
Pursuant to notice given by a meet
ing of citizens of Pierce county, the
Convention assembled at lilackshear,
on Tuesday, tho 4th inst, and btgam
irfed by oWoting -Col. C. 11. liupkins
Chairman, and C. O 'pamotte, Secre
tary. Only sic counties of the twenty
odd in tho First Congressional District
wero reported as represented, Thomas
being one, and as-there was no-primary
meeting in Thomas to semi delegates,
we do not consider that she was repre
sented. The proceedings say that the
“loyal” sentiments of these six coun
ties assembled in the Blackshcnr Con
vention, and we are to infer that there
is a disloyal sentiment, which
win not represented there. They pass
cd reconstruct ion resolutions, which
wc will publish in our Tuesday’s issue,
and seleoUid the Savannah Republican
and Quitman Banner, for their organs
—;i strange association , if wc are to
judge by the past history of tho two
journals. Tho editor of the Banner
was present, and invited to a seat in the
Convention, in return for which flat
tering compliment, lie is represented
as having delivered a very able • Sher
mnn* Bill” speech, as that is all he
could mean by “holding the laws of
Congress in his
convention represented rile only “loy
alty” in tho First District, there is cer
tainly precious little, of the virtu*
among us, and wo tear thrro is but
little hope of consummating that grand
objoot sought by tho Blaokshoar Con
vention, of reoonstruoting the Union,
However, it will not do to despair or
doubt now, that, the Blackshear Com
vent ion has been held, and established
befi _ro all \ ankecdom tho fact of their
loyalty to the Union. Thatsettlos tlie
question and reconstruction is certain
—let us trust in future to their wisdom
and loyalty.
DEATH OF CHIEF JUSTICE
LUMPKIN.
Tho Augusta Chronicle Jy- Sentinel,
comes to us in mourning for tho death
-f Chief .Justice Jos. H k.nry Lump
kin, who died of Paralysis, at his resi
dence in Athens, Ga, bn Tuesday
morning, the 4tU lost., in tho sixty
eighth year of his uge ; Judge Lump
kin was universally beloved by the
people of Georgia, and his great abil.
ity gave him. nutianul lame us a jurist,
llis death is a sad calamity, and will
be universally regretted by our pcoplo
Tho Chronicle \ Sentinel says of
iiiu: —“Were a jury itupannoled to
ocidft who fs the first citizen of our
beloved State, it cunnQt be doubted
that their verdict would be, JosKPU
ljENrtv Lumpkin, and that, without
retiring from tho box.”
A Terrible tV'eapon. —Tho Paris
papers say that tho story about tho new
French gun which shoots people with
out powder or sun ke is quite true. —
Tho wen Don is really a sling, improved
up to the ninoteenth century standard.
Bullets are placed in a oircular groove
on a disc of steel, which, driven by a
wheel of much greater diameter, re
volves at a prodigious pace, and hurls
out tl 6 bullets at Hie rate of about
three hundred per minute. They
’•‘trike 8“ hard as rifle balls.
. MITCHELL AND BAKfjR. *
We desire to hear from the friends
of the South Georgia & Florida Rail,
road, in Mitchell and Baker Counties.
We know their solicitude on this sub
ject, and \fc desire to hear at an early
day, that they are acting with a spirit
cwiituchgura e with the great interest
-they have at stake. Mitchell and
Baker’ Counties know very well that
tliis enterprise, is their only hope, for
the benefits of a railroad, and that if
it fail* they will be forever debarred
those great blessings. "Let them re
member this and act now, while they
have strong help to carry out the work.
The two coupties should suhsoribe at
least §lof>,ooo, and this would run up
the capital Stock to §400,000, almost
enough to build the road.
Freedom of. tho Pross Sustained
hy Military Authority.
Attention is invited to the import
ant order below in reference to the
freedom of speech, and tho freedom of
the press in this military district. If
General Pope will now revoke his un
fortunate order depriving all officers of
the freedom of-speech, he will be con
ni?*V-iTt and to live thanks
of the country :
lleaiki’rs 3d Muatary Djst., 1
Atlanta, Gu , June ”, 1857. J
General Orders No. 28.
I. The interference of the Post
Commander at Mobile with a newspa
per of that city is-unauffiorizod and
entirely disapproved, lie will at ouco
undo whatever action lie lsi? taken.
11. It is the duty of the injlitary au
thorities in this district to secure to
the people the utmost freedom of
speech and of (he press consistent with
law ; not to restrict either.
No satisfactory execution of the late
acts of Congress is -practicable unless
this freedom is secured ami its exur
ciso protected by the usual legal
moans. . •
111. No officer or soldier in this
command will hereafter interfere with
newspapers or speakers on any pretext
Whatever.
If disturbance is feased from these
souiccs the necessary precautions to
preserve the peace will be taken in the
manner and through the agencies pre
scribed in General Orders No. 25, from
these headquarters
IV. "reasonable uttpraners are not
the legitimate exercise of freedom of
discussion, hut even such cases what
ever action is taken must, he by direct
orders from theso headquarters, and
not by any subordinate a 1 thority.
By command qf Brevet Major Gen.
John Pope, G. I\. Sanukilson,
Cupt. 33d U. S. Inf. A. A. A. G.
From Raleigh.
Uai.kigu, June 4. —This afternoon
the President and parly attended tha
State dinner at the Yarborough
H UllSr. Thfl f—1....„ I, w,Kn i „
elegant style. No toasts wero drunk
nor speeches made.
The President, in conq any with
Secratary Seward, Postmaster-General
Randall ail'd others, this afternoon visi
ted the several State charitable instL
lions in the vicinity.
The ceremonies at the City femes
tery commenced it. nnnq to-day, in
connection with the dedicatio'n of the
monument ei'ectod to tho father ot tho
President. It is a simple shaft of red
limotstone,*ten feet high, with mil or
namented oap. The inscription is, “In
►memory of Jacob Johnson, an honest
man, loved and respected by all who
knew him. Died January, 1812, from
a disease caused by an over effort in
saving the life of.a friend."
Hoads Oil'.
Mobile, June 4.—-Tho following
order was read by Mayor Horton to
the Board of Alderman and Common
Council this morning, at 11 o’doc'c :
Ilcadjiuai tcrs Third Military l)is>
trict, Atlanta, May 31st, ISG7. Spe
cial Order No. 31.—1n pursuance of a
recommendation by Gen. Swayne,
commending th • District, of Alabama,
touching recent disturbances in Mobile,
and for reasons therein stated, offices
of City 'Tax Collector, City Treasurer,
Boaril of Aldermen and Common Ooun
eilof tho city of Mobile arehereby vaca
ted by the removal of the incumbents.
The new appointees wero inaugura
ted immediately after the promulgation
of this ordor.
Katlical l y rospects in Georgia. —A
correspondent of the Press, Philadel
phia, (Rad ) who has recently traveled
through this Htnto, give* some intori
csting account* of the prospects of tak
ing Georgia into the Radical camp.
There are believed to bo in Georgia
about 75,000 negro voters, who will
vote for Radical ujen ami measures.
There are 25,000 whites enrolled in or
under tho control of tho Union League.
It is lutthcr deemed certain that the
men who sustain tho efforts of Gover
nor Grown in favor of reconstruction,*
must finally voto for tho Radical nomi
nees. It is therefore esteemed quite
certain, that Georgia will come back
under a Republican administration.—
Governor Grown, it is understood,
would like his disability removed, and
a seat in the United Stales Senate
That won’t come round just yet. • Mr.
Markham, of Atlanta, is talked of for
Governor, and Joshua Hill is named
for the Senate.
Gen. Pope's administration is spo
fbn of in the highest tenuis. It is
thoroughly Radical, while so sagaci
ously managed as to give satisfaction
to thoso who accept the inevitable,
like Gdvernor Grown. He is about to
issue his orders iu relation to registrai
(ion. ‘A colored tnsn will be on each
board, and especial instructions are
issued about explaining to new voters
their rights, and what the vote, for or
against a convention, signifies. On
tnc whole. Georgia promises well
The South Georgia and Florida
Railroad.
We published, in our issue of yes
terday, the proceedings of a meeting
of the citizens of Thomasville in re
gard to the above important underta
king, with the excellent comments of
the Enterprise thereon. The pnblio
spirited citizens of that flourishing
town nobly pledged themselves to meet
cheerfully such taxes as may be nec>
essary to pay the interest, whenever
palled upon, on bonds to he issued by
the corporate authorities in aid of the
project. The county of Thomas will
do likewise, which, with the interest
tnanifeated, by Mitchell and Baker
counties on the line from Thomasville
to Albany, give ample assurance of
the practicability and success of this
promising scheme of improvement. —
Tho rapid and firm hold it has taken
upon the minds of the communities
immediately interested, jvc are inform
ed, is almost wiihout parallel in the
histpry of internal improvements. We
are assured, too; that Macon, Atlanta,
and even Nashville and Cincinnati,
have realized its value and importance
to their prosperity Wc can assure
our Thomasville friends that our peo,"
pie will recognizp its advantages if not
; its absolute nc-ooiwity to the commerce
•of our.city.* The investigation of its
j merits cannot fail to establish the po.
loncy of its claims as a railroad con
! ncction between Florida, Southern
! Georgia and the great provision inar
-1 kets of-the West, and for this reason
will impress itself upon the pubi c
: mind as one of the most important
1 projects of the times. The projected
j road will be located in a most dcsirq
j bio region, and afford facilities Os frav
; cl and the transportation of farm pvo
i ditca ami other freight to the residents
of a populous and wealthy section of
1 country While the enterprise of the
great metropolis of Georgia seeks to
| increase its wealth by openihg new
avenues of communication with the
j rural distric's, the residents, of the
! latter very'naturally conclude that the
; increasing facilities of communication
with the city oP Savannah.is the most
| certain and expeditious method of cn-
I haneing the value ol their own propT
| erty as well as realizing the market
prices for the produce of their farms.
These and other equally striking eon
j Mcratiuns will invito the calmest co-
I operation of our city in the effort to
i accomplish the great work in hand.
We hope to see the day When Geor-
I gia will be one beautiful network of
j railroads—her undeveloped weak h dc
i uiands it, and it will be accomplished
j in due Time by the energy and cntcr
! prise of her people.—«S <o. Herald.
Orgauizini/. —Wc find the follow
ing call for a public meeting, signed
by some hundred citizens, in the At
lanta papers of the 31st ultimo :
(‘Congress shall m ko no law abridg
ing tlie freedom of speech or the flue
doul of the press, or the right of the
pnxijiW: ♦>«* «»ovo»—iuul j>t>-
tition the Government for redress of
grievances.”
Under tins article of tho Federal
Constitution, which is recognized as
tire supreme law of the land, and by
the express provisions of the Sherman
Act, which requires every enfranchised
man to vote ‘‘(junventioii”.or “No Con
vention’’ ; and by special permission of
Maj. Gen. John l’ope, commanding
Military District, No. 3, (who, when
applied to, expressed “surprise ami re
gret that his permission was thought
to be necessary”), the undersigned,
citizens of be Kalb and Fulton coun
ties, Georgia, piopose to assemble at
tho court house iq the city of Atlanta,
on Tuesday next, the 4th of Juno,
precisely at 11 o’clock, A M , lor tlie
tolloW-ng specific objects :
1. To organize a Conservative Uni on
party, opposed to tlie adoption by the
State of Georgia of tlio unconstitu
tional and oppressive act known as the
Sherman Military Ihll, believing said
act subversive of the union of the
States and wholly destructive of the
cherished principles of Mug'll a Charter
and civil liberty.
2. To urge tho people to register
and unite for tho purp- se of maintain
ing the Union as restored by the re*
cognized .policy of his Kxcellency, the
President of the IJuitcd States,
Pa Dobs It- —“You Tommie, ray*
son, what’s that you are saying ?
J.a, me ! I just said contoured it.
Why, my sou, mother'll astonished
to bear you talk so. That’s naughty.
1 say worser things than that some
times. T just cusses right out like
anybody. You know all men cusses !
Ah, myson, gentlemen do not curse.
Low trifling men curse, but gentlemen
ts good sense and good manners don’t.
Well, anyhow, my pa docs it.
Run along to play, Tommie, and he
a little man. Don’t say such naughty
things.
Kuter Father. Pa, arc you a gen
tleman ? .»
. Yes, my son, 1 try to be one but
what makes you usk such strange
questions, Tommie ? Who says other
wise.
Nobody, sir, but 1 was thinking
somebody told a story —you or ma, one
Thomas, what do you mean ?
1 just menu, pa, that you cusses, and
ma says gentlemen don’t. And you
kuow you do* cause l heard you cuss
the carriage driver the .other day and
I’ve been saying it over since.
Peggy, Peggy, come trke this boy
to bed.
N>l\v Yorm, June s.—Oottoif firm ;
sales, 1,800 bales, at 271 to 28c.—
Flour heavy; State, 89 to 11 75 ;
Southern, sll to II 50. Corn heavy;
mixed new, $1 l 2 to $1 17 ; old,-$l
22 lo 1 261. Mess pork heavy, closing
at $22 90. Laid tVvivy. Rice, sugar
and coffee steady. Naval stores heavy,
turpentine, 60 to Ole; rosin, $1 to S
60. Freight# firm. Stocks dull
Money, 7 per cent Gold. 136*. —
Five.twenties, ’62, coupons. H*9J.
* Truth in a NutshelW
The States & Union published in
Portsmouth, N. 11. gives the following'
as the reasons, why Mr. Greely signed
the bond for Mr. Davis’ relewe. He
mayor may not do Greely.injustice,
but he told a home thrusting truth
when he reviews the action -of the
Northern States in their nullification
laws, in the passing of personal liberty
bills in 1850, and refusing their jails
to confine escaped slaves. The States
is right, and a damning record has the
North for the last thirty years, and in
the trial of Mr. Davis, the past “loyal”
States would be brought in full re
view. We at the South fear not an
impartial trial; an honest judge, and
an honorabl; jury would acquit Mr. D.
without five minutes consultation.
But to the views of the States, it
saya i . .
“Avery eccentric fellow is this
Greely. What caused him.to take this
course is no mystery to us. He knew
if Mr. Davis was brought tp trial, it
would really have been the radical
leaders on trial instead of Davis. They
dare not compare records in a Court ol
Justice. Ife knew they were stained
all over with treason, extending back
through a long series of years.-' They
dreaded the Icgul proof. These nfen
in ten Northern States openly nullified
the Constitution, before tlie South at
tempted secession. That black record
would have come up before them. It
would have stared them down, conviet
| ed and condemned them all in the eyes
‘of the civilized world.
Greely Himself had.openly sdvised
j nullification and secession and defond
l.ed both in the columns of his paper.
Chief Justice Cliaso was a nullifier
.hiinsbll', and thus stands .his record in
the State-ol Ohio. Abraham Lincoln
w s a secossionists and made a seces
sion speech in Congress in 1848
Abolition Republican Legislatures and
Conventions all over the North put
tl.e-r nullification add treason into rc
, solved and upon the statute books, and
there they stand to day. What a
damning record to faoe them before a
j tribunal of law. They dared not face
tho music. There "were tremblings and
misgivings all round. Horace Greely
rather go bail than r : sk himself and
his party in such an ordeal, and ,so lie
did the tfost act of all his life at Rich
j mond.’’.
An Item which every Mason should
Read —We have probably, all of us,
met with instances in which a word
heedlessly spoken against the reputa
tion of a female lias been magnified by
malicious minds v until the cloud lias
been dark enough to.overshadow her
whole' existence. To those who are.
accustomed, not necessarily from bad
motives, but lroui thoughtlessness, and
especially to members of the Masonic
Fraternity, to speak lightly of ladies,
we reebipHleud these ‘hints’'’ as wor
thy of consideration :
“Never use a lady’s name in an iui
liroiior iilace. at an•impropeiMtiio, or
in mixed company. Never umko as.
sertions about her that you think un
true,' or allusir ns that you leel she her
self wou'd,blush to hear. When you
meet with men who do not scruple t
make use of woman's name in a reck
less anu unprineipled manner, shun
them, for they are the very worst mem
bers of the community—men lost to
every sense of honor, every feeling of
humanity.
Many a good and worthy woman’s
character has been forever ruined and
heart-broken by a lie manufactured by
some villain, and repeated where it
should not have been, and in the pre
sence of those whose little judgment
.could not detor them from circulating
tho foul and bragging report. A slan
der is soon propagated, and the small
est thing derogatory to a woman’s
character will fly on the wing* of the
wind, and magnify as it circulates, un
til its monstrous weight crushes the
poor unconscious yictim. Respect the
name of woman, for your mother and
sisters are women; and as you would
have their fair names untarnished, all
their lives unembittered by the slan
derer’s tougue, Iw-ed thp ill thnt your
own words may bring upon the moth
er, the sister, or the wife ofr some fel
low creature.”
Too Mucii for Him —A young
man who actually desired wealth was
visited by his Satanic majesty, who
tempted him to dispose of his soul
for eternity, if he could be supplied on
earth with all (lie money ho eoald use.
The bargain was concluded ; the devil
was to supply the money, and was at
last to hav6 the soul, unless tho young
man could spend more money than
the devil could furnish. Years passed
away; the-man married, was extrava
gant in his living, built falaccs, spec
ulated wildly, Inst and gave away for
tunes, and yet his coffers wc re always
full, lie turned politician,;ind bribed
his way to houor and fame,. without
reducing his pile of gold. He became
a filibuster, and fitted out ships and
armies, but his banker honored all his
drafts. Jfc eurnc to New York to live,
aiul paid the usual rate of interest for
air the money he e uld borrow; blit
though the devil made faces when he
canto to pay the bills, yet they were
aH paid. ( hie expedient after another
failed. The devil counted tho time
only two years tint bo must wait for
the soul; and lie mocked the efforts
of tho desparing man. One more trial
was resolved upon— tho man Parted
a newspaper! The devil growled at
tiro bill at tire end of the first quarter,
was savage in six months, melancholy
in nine, and broke, dead broke, at the
end of the yoar ! So the newspaper
went doWn, but the sou] was saved.
■••- —-
WF* Admiral Semitics speaks of
Rrovrtilow as tb6 “Cuttlesfisli Govern
or." To appreciate the ippositness of
this comparison one must remember
that tho cuttle-fi-h is a creature, that
can hide him-clf in a cloud <>f in
own tilth.
The Military Act Not a Finality.
There are indications, says the Rich
mond Times, of an o-ninuiw character
that, with each step of ihe South to*
wards reconstruction, and that, too,
in the very terms prescribei .by the
military act, there is a retreat to the
same extent of the Radical party from
its solemn pledges that the law in
question is “a finality.” The suspicion
is gaining ground, and is adding much
to the general gloom and ■depression
at the South, that, when wp have
drained the cup of humiliation to the
very dregs, we. shall find our restora*
ti*n to the Union indefinitely postpon •
ed upon a thousand of those pretexts
of*wbich dishonest demagogues arc
most prolific. Every day there arc
hints, - insinuations*, and sometimes
open threats, that inueh more is to be
demanded of us than the military bill
exacts. It begins-to look as if wc
shall find another “peek of dirt” ready
for as, as soon as we have been t‘re
fresheef’’ by that which we ate now
devouring.
Mr. Thad. Stevens insists upon H
“littlehanging and mild confiscation
Mr. Chas. Sumner upon “compulsory
education of (he blacks ;’V and Mr.-
Phillips upon “fdrty.acres’’ of land to
every freedtiwn. But suddenly, and
in a much more authoritative manner,
*‘the Radical Congressional Commit-*
tee’’ raises its voice and demands thad
“Congress must be satisfied by decisive
and fri»U»ortby majorities of the loy
alty of tlie South” before that body
will consent to otrr rehumission*. Wd
are also advised “that there is land
enough.at the South for ail, and «&
who desire should be permitted to ob*
tain lands.'’ Such outcroppings as
these of ihe infamous bad faith of the
Radical party, and of their ma-m-fes#
determination to make us the sport of
political und systematic deception ard
maltreatment, are well calculated to
dishearten our people, and -to teach
them that nothing is to be gained by
acquiescence in the most cruel legis*
lation.
Tho New Southern Textile.
The New -Orleans Picayune gives
additional particulars of the new tex
tile plant that is to supercede the cot*
ton plant. It is caked the Ramie.—
Rooks set out on tlie 23J of March
have sent up vigorous shot ts, which
are now five inches high. It shows
strong tendency to spread, and imita
ting in this respect the low-growinif
wild rose, called the “ Bridal Rose,”
having a 1 :af quite like it when small,
and of like color a bright light green.
These roots were nearly a month in
sprouting. The ground was a tena
cious clay, so that a suiidy soil L» by
no means essential to ids growth.—
Roots planted in oilier placessomewhat
lateT are also coming up. There will
evidently be no difficulty in rasing it.
The specimens ts fabrics made
from the ramie have been received in
Cuba, both those of ramie alone, and
those of wool and ramie united, and
the Diario; of Havana says, “ they
have nothing more to be desired.”—
They have also received in Havana
seeds of tlie plant, which have been
furnished.by the Society of Aeolaina*
tion of Paris. Whether these seed
will germinate as readily as tlie plant
grows from roots remains to be seen.
A further supply is expected from
Vera Cruz as soon us the siege of that
city i* sufficiently at an end to enable
them to be obtained. The pßce of
the root is $1 each, or one hundred for
ninety dollars. * .
To be Saved for difference —M e
present below a table carefully comj-ii.
ed by an accomplished rtafistieian,
who4ms revised and revised it until,
tliero can bo no possible doubt of its
perfect correctness. It points a molral,
and is worthy the deliberate considera
tion of all who come under its head.—
Draw your inference from it, young
men. Calculate as much as you please
but you cannot falsify it in any partic
ular, unless, talfe as exceptions, which
by the way only proves the rule, mem
bers of Congress. Here it is ;
Ten loafers make one grog shop.
One grog shop make fifty drunkards.
Fifty drunkards ruin fifty families.
Fifty families fill one poor house
and jail.
One poor house and jail makes one
great bill of costs.
One great bill of costs makes one
poor town.
One poor’ town drains the country
treasury.
One bankrupt treasury is a groat-
Slate tax.
One great State tax exhausts tho
national fund.
Two looks make one wish.
Two wishes make ono call.
Two calls make one invitation.
Three invitations make one drain
Four drams make one non scruple.
Five non-scruples make one spree.
Two sprees make one high.’
Two highs make-one booz. •
Two boozes make one how-come
yon-so.
Two liow-come-youiso’s make one
and run K.
Nine drunks make one fit of delirium
tremens.
Tbrec fils of Jelir/um tremens make
one death.
ftarfoL Robkut*(Tampi.k, of Hon
da, died in Baltimore on the 23d in*
dtant. lie was n brother-in-law of the
late William’ Wirt„an-1 son of the man
from whom “Gamble’s Ikiil" in Hich
monU took its niitfie.
STEAM ..
SAW MILL!
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j, Mcp*r* A A i; Bmkk. soar hart l^eir
Steam Saw Mill
lit tiprrali-'«. and ni'a-tl uisfc-m TWfr mill i,
1. K j.tr.l w»*«t from Ttmnuuvilte m. mile
from the ConrtlioOH- —tbw na.li mv it «h« mas*
r»uY«uu-»t u« mill tnlbr town, and -aatuta—l
by Mr Es I. Tti<Hßpnn.iilii«%a> artltanrn
lor but skill and |M*mi|*neua in ibr 1 aaiiu -
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