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. .KEBTMG OF CONGRESS.
• Washlngt Dec. 3. Both I lou
ses ®f Coigresi met to-day at an early
hour. Crowd- of people wc eon their
way to the apit >l, and by noon the
galleries of both llous.s were densely
■crowded. T ere was a quorum pre
sent and punc tally, at 12 o’clock,
presiding officers of both Houses ate
peared and called the respective bian
ches to order. The Semite was opened
with priyer by its Chapla-n, Dr. Gray,
and the House by Dr Boynton. Thin
tv-seven Senators were present. The
first business was the present tfion ot
the following : Senator DoUaid, of
Vermont, elected to fill the unexpired
term of Seua'or < ‘ol am r , Oottel!. of
New Jersey, elected t- fill the unexi
pired term of A4r. Stockton , Freling.
huyse ,of New Jersey, el-c ! ed to fill
the unexpired term ot the late Senator
Wright ; Edmunds, of Vermont, to fid
the unespired term of Mr. Koote ; and
Frogg, of New llauip-hire, appointed
to till vacancy occasioned by the re
signation of Mr. Clark. These took
the oath of office and were sworn in.
Cr dentials of Messrs Burnett and
Roberts, from Texas laid on the table
Mr. Sumner moved t( take up the
bid to e tabl sh negro suffrage in the
District of Columbia, saying th t t’• e
i people of the country demit ded its
passage and would hail it with joy.
After a slight di.-cu sion the Chair de*
i eided that the motion to ti<e up the
bill was not now in or ter. Among
the bills introduced is one by Mr.
Chandler, requesting the Pres dent to
comtnun c tc to the S mate whether
’ the Kinpero- of the French had com
plied with the stipulations entered into
! with our Government relative to :he
withdrawal of the French troops from
Mexico.
’ This message of the President was
com mu n c-ated ibou r 2 P M. and read
by the S’ cretary After the adoption
us tho usual motion to [iri .tt,he Senate
a ijourned. . .
1 1 c;- By *F Ikpresrntatives. A
resol a tin was introdt>cd in tGo House
by;Mr, Elliott, of Mass., pr- viding l'or
the apfiointnieiit of Standing Conn,
mittee to be ties gnated the Committee
on Freedom.
Mr. Boutwell introduced a bib calb
ii g upon the Secretary of State f< r a 1
correspondence relative to t e arrest
of John H Surratt.
Mr Scheiiek offer-d a bill to pr>>-
vi ie tliat the regular time of meeting
of the 40th Congrc-s, and of every
subse<|uenl Congress, shall bea r 12
n on on the 4th of March, and the
en-uing sess on on t ;e Ist ol January
.The bill was made a special opler for
Thursday. .
Mr Garfield introduced a similar
measure .
Mr lvelly iiitrtiduced a h 11 to erei
ate a Department of Internal Revenue.
It transfers all the powers now exer
cised * -y the Secretary of the Treasury
with regard to Internal Revenue t
the Comiu'ssioncr. Referred to the
Judiciary Coma ittee.
Mr. Stevens presented a bill to reg
ulate removals from office It pro
vides that in all cas sot appointments
where the consent of the Senate is
necessary, the Piesident shall not
make removals while the Senat • is in
session, unle-s concurred in by that
bodv. Appointments made dur ng the
recess must be submitted, under lie
provisions of this b 11 within ten days
after the Senate assembles, for confir
mation. The bill was made the spe*
cial order for Friday next.
Mr. Boutwell introduced a bill to
authorize the Secretary of the Trea
sury to -ell out at publ c au Don, in
New York, two millions of dollars in
gold, on Monday of each we k, in 1-*t<
not exce'.ing ten thousand dollars
The following mea-urcs were als >
introduced, and referred to appropri
ate committees :
One to p'ovide, by gen nil liw. for
modes of procedure in trials for un
peaehment before the Senate.
One calling upon the Piesident for
information r -litivo to he appbeation
of Confederate General Pickett for
pa'don.
The day was consumed entirely with
the introduction of resolutions and
bills, until the arrival of the message,
b fore which Mr. Stevens ma e au im
effectual motion to adjourn.
The Postmaster General’- report
shows that th • liabilities for mail ser
vice in the late Confederate States,
for the year ending June 30th. were
only $75,383 in excess ot the net rev
enues for p'ista- e in that section.
A reception was given to the Re
pub iean members ol Congress this
afternoon, on the eastern portico of
the capitol .he procession which
proceeded th ther was composed of
more than one-half negroes. Spcech<‘>
were made by Just ce Carter, Sneak< r
Colfax, Senator Tates and Represeni
rative Kelly. Their remarks wer
ultra Radical, an 1 wer revived with
great fav- r by t!u* mived assemblage.
Mr. Elliott a-'kul leave, during the
session to-day, to intro uc • a hill t>>
repeal the loth section of t e •et of
July 17, 1862, wliieli section autho
rizes th Prcsi -cut t extend pardon
and amnesty, hy proclamation, to per.
sons who may hav * participated in the
rebellion, wtTh such exc pfons at such
times and on such conditions as he
might deem expedient for the pul 1 c
g °Mr. Finch objected to its introduc
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(toil, the ruies r quiring one .day’s
notice ; but upon motion of Mr Elliot
the rules were suspended, and the bill
passed by a vete of 111 to 29
Washington, Dee. 4. -Senate
Mr. Sumner gave notice that he would
toon Trow, intro luce re olut ns dei
daring the power • f Congress on the
subject oi reconstruction, and ih ■ right
to exclude the late rebellious States
from Congressional representati n, :d
from voting oil Constitution J umeudi
ment*,
Mr. Ch mdler moved, but tfie Sen
ate ret used to take Up the House bid
to amend the act of 18(52, so as to take
away the power of the President to
gra t amnesty.
The Senate then adjourned
House of Representatives -
Mr. (Vi ntworth in reduced resoluti ms
which were adopted, insisting on the
adopti nos the Constitutou.il amend<
incut before the House will consider
the proprietv of giving the Southern
States representation.
The Hu ‘se adopted a resolution di
recting an inquiry as to the expedi
ency of repealing „he cotton tux law
Mr Bromnall, of Pennsylva iia, of
fered a Resolution instruct ng th *
‘oiumittee on Territories to inqu’re
into the i mpri tv of extending terrii
oiial organization over tho Star, s re
ecu ly in insurrection. Adopted i<y a
v -te of 197 to 37.
On mo’ion of M . Stevens, a reso
ution was adopted for the app dnt
ment of a committee -f five to exam ,
ine i ito t e relations oetween the Go
vernment and Southern Railroad Com -
paoies
The Joint Committee on Reconi
struction is revived
The Judiciary Coin nittec of the
House have reported aga n-t r* pealing
so id ucl> of th” confiscation act as pro
hibit the forfeiture of the real estate
of the deli l i uents beyond the term of
tlieir natural lives They say that to
tbrfeit alt igether the property o. tins ■
engaged in the late rebellion would be
.the enactment of an er port futo law,
within the meaning of • Constitutional
interdiction, bv annexing to a crime
already committed anew and addi
tional punishment.
The ‘one ;-nd temper of Congress,
as xhibited in the speeehrs at the
public welcome y sterday, and by the
proceedings of both branch’ s thus far,
are decidedly radical Another in■ li
c tion of this is the passage (onlay, by
197 agams 37, if the resolution di
recting an inquiry into the propriety
of extending territorial government
over the Southern States.
Representative Bingham personally
denies the truth of a telegram, circula
ting through the press, that he was
on -aged- in preparing articles of inn
peaehment against, the 1 resid nt on
the ground of complicity in t ho assas.
sinafion ot Abraham. Lincoln. He
says he never had :-uch a design, nor
has he ever so intimated.
Washington, Dec. 4.—Orders have
been sent to Admiral Goldsborough
via the cable, to send one if the ves
sels of the United States fleet now
cruising in the Mediterranean to bring
Surratt di ect to Washington.
4 lie resolution which was introduc
ed yesterday by Mr. Laflin, requiring
the Committee on Printing to report
a bill providing for the election of a
Superintendent of Printing, will ulti
mately have the effect ot ousting Mr.
Wendell and reinstating Mr. IL-frees.
There is no loubt a bill for this pur-
P’ se will be pushed to an early pas
-age, a’ there has been much feeling
among the Rad'cals in this matter.
It is nrabable that a caucus of Sen
ators will remove Mr. Doolittle from
the Chairma shin of Indian Affairs
Mr. Cowan from that of Paten’s and
M . Dixon from that of the Post
Office.
—— -m - • •—► ■
I.ulhrr’N Hmyer for Urlnncthnn.
On a certain occasion a message was
sent to L itlier to inform him that Me
lanctho'i lay dying. lie at once has,
■ened t bis sick be . and found him
presen itig the usual premenitory symp
toms of death. He mournfully bent
• ver him. and sobbing, gave utterance
to a sorrow ul exclamation It roused
Melancfho'i from h's stupor He
1 ,oked in the face o! Lutlic and said :
‘0 Luther ! is this you ? Why d-m’t
you let me depart in peace V ‘We
can’t spare you yet. Philip,’ was ‘he
ieply. And turning round, he threw
himst If up -n his knees, and wres'l and
with Go l tor h s recovery, tor upwards
of an hour He v -wuf_fn>'ii his kneex
to the bed, and took lrs frumd-hy the
ha and. Again he sai l. ‘Dear LutKi3Yy
why don’t you let me depa- f in peace ?’
•No, iia. Philip ! we can’t ‘pare you
yet. 1 wa’ t!ie ret lv He then ordgreet
s me > oin; and when pressed to take
it, M lancthou and ”1 n- and, s lying again,
‘Dear Luther, why w II \un not let me
go home and be r rest V *W e can
not spare you yet. Philip,’ was the re
ply. He ihen added Philip, take
this soup, or 1 will excommunicate
v-m ’ He to k the soup. He com
menced to grow better. He soon re
gained bis won'ed health, and labored
years afterwards in the cause of the
Reformation ; and when Luther re
tarded h nue, he said to his wife wth
j -y, ‘God ga eme m brother Metanc
t-o-n ba”k in and rect answer t' my prav
ere.’
Thomasville, Georgia, Thursday, December 13, 18GG.
From t!ie Augusta Chronicle Sc Sentinel. • j
SYNOPSIS
OF THE •
PRESIDENT’S lIESSIGE,
|
Washington, December 3, - The
President reviews the grouuj hereto- j
fore taken, and deems it a subject oi
profound regret that Congress has thus
far fail” 1 to admit to seats loyil Sena- ,
tors and Represent fives Irom theoth- |
er States whose inhabitant*, with ,
th >se of Tennessee, ha 1 engiged in
the rebellion. In the adrni-si m of
Senators and Representatives from any
an 1 all of the States, there can be no
just grouni of apprehension that p°r>
sons who are disloyal will be clothed
with the powers of legislati in, tor this
eoul 1 not happen, when the Constitu
tion aud the laws aie ouf .reed by a
vigilant am 1 faithful Congress He j
knows no measure more imperatively
demanded by every c msideration ol j
national inti rests, sound p licy and
equal justice, than the adm ssion of
loyal members from the now unrepre- i
sented States This would j
m it “ tl e work of restoration and exert
a most salutary influence in the re.es>
t blishn ■ nt of[eace, har iiAny and fra
ternal reeling. It would tend greaTy
r o renew the confi leuce of the Am ■>
rictn f.eople in the vigor and stability
of their institutions. It. would bind
us more ct >3”lv together as a nati n,
and enable us to show to tho world the
inherent and recuperativ : power of a
Guvernment louuded upon tlie will of
the people, and establish and upon the
principles of liberty, justice and intel.
ligence Our increased strength and
enhanced prosperity would irrefragiblv
demonstrate Hie fallacy of the argu
ments against free institutions, drawn
from our recent national dissections
by the enemies of Republican Gov
ernment.
The admission of loyal members
from the States n w excluded from
Congress, by allaying doubt and ap
prehension, would turn capital now
awaiting an opportunity for investment
into the channels of trade and industry
It would alleviate the present trou
bled condition of those States, and, by
iiiduring emigration, aid in the settle
ment. of fertile regions now u ieultiva
to J, and lead t an increased prod uc
tion f those staples which have adde 1
so greatly to the wealth of the nation
and the commerce of the world. New
fields of enterprise w >uld be opened
to our progressive people, and soon
the devastations of war would be re
paired, and all traces of our domestic
differences effaced from the minds of
our c. untiymen. The President says
the report of the Se< retary of the Trea
sury presents a much more s tisfactory
condition of our financ ‘S than one year
ago the most sanguine could have an.
ricipated There seems now to bo no
good reason why taxes may not be re
duced, as the country advances in pop
ulation and wealth ; and yet the debt
be extinguished within the next quar.
f ter of a century. The President re
fers with gratification to the statements
in t e reports of the several heads of
dejuii tments. ‘
The President Says he cannot foreg ■
the hope that France will adopt the
same resolution in regard to the evac
uation of M xico, which will conform
as nearly as practicable with existing
engagements, and thus meet the just
expectations of the United St. tea It
a matter of regret that no consider
able advance has been made t..wards
the adtustujout of differences between
the United States and Great Britain,
arising out of the depreda ions upon
our National commerce and other tres
passes comm'tted during our civil war,
by British subjects in violation of in
! ternational law and treaty obligations.
The delay however may be believed
t have resulted nno smal degree
from the domestic situation of Great
Britain. An entire change of minis’
try occurred in that country during
the la-t session of Parliament
The attention of the new m nistT\
I was called to the subject at an early
! day, and ihere is some reason to ex
pect that it will now be considered in
i a becoming end friendly spirit Tlu
i importance of an eatly disposition of
the question cannot be exaggerated.
V-. hatever might be the wishes of the
two Governments it is manifest that
good will a -I fri-ndship between the
two countries cannot be established
until a reciprocity i n the practic- of
go *d faith aud neutrality shall be rer
; stored between the respective coun
tries.
i he Presi lent says in conclusion
.ur Government is n- w -;nd”r■-nipy f>--
■ Htrt-f- DfftfnroUjeal, and my earn >st
pr .yer is that the peril may be suc
cessfully and finally passed without
imi.a ring its original strength and
symmetry The int rests of the na
tion are best to he pnun ted hy the
revival of lrate r nal relations, the com,
plete obliteration of o> r past differen
ces. and the reinauguration of all the
t.u suits of peace Directing our eh
Potts to the early accomt lishoi? >t of
these great ends, let us endeavor to
preserve harmony between the co-or.
dinate departments of the Govern,
ment, that each in its proper sphere
may cordially co.operate with the oth
er in securing the maintenance of the
(’onsti utiorr,-the preservation of rhe
I riinn, and the perpetuity of our free
institutions.
E.tllUß Y TION TO BBA’/11,.
Frrr to FmigrnnU l Krazil
bv (hr United Mtntes nnd Brazil flail
Au-aniohip Uampany,
ON THE -44d OF EACH IIONTII-
The imperial Government looks
with sympathy and interest on Amer
iom Emigration to Brazil, and is re*
solved to give the most favorable wel
come. Emigrants wjl find an abun
dance of fertile lands, suitable for the
culture of cot on, sugar cane, coffee,
tobacco, ’ice, etc. These lands are
situated in the Provinces of San Pedro,
Santa Datharina, Parana San Paulo,
Espirito Santo, Bio de Janeiro, etc.,
and each emigrant may select his own
lands. As soon a- the emigrant has
eno-en his land it will be measured by
the Government, and possession giv
en
Uno cupied hinds of the nation will
he sold at the rate ot 23, 46, 70 and
00 cen’s per acre (dollar equal to 1800
reis; payment to be in five yearly in
stalments, to commence one year alter
possession.
Government will pay all expenses
for measure, transportation to houn -
ste id and free lodgings at port of ar
rival. until tlicii departure for settle
ment.
The laws in force grant many favor
to emigrants, such as exemption from
import duties on all objects ot person
al use, implements ol trade and agri
cultural implements and machinery.
Emigrants will enjoy under the Con
stittuion of the Empire, all civil rights
an i liberties which belong to native
Brazilians.
They will -nj iy liberty of conscience
in religious matters.
Emigrants may become naturalized
citizens after two year’s residence in
the Empire, and w 11 hi exempt from
all military duties except the National
Guard (militia in the Municipality.)
No slaves can bo imported into Bra
zil rom any country whatever. No
colored people permitted as emigrants.
Emigrants of agriculturalists and
mechanics is the most desired in the
Empire
Good engineers are in demard in
the Empire. Some railr ads are in
course of construe ion, and others in
project, besides many roads to build
and rivers to navigate.
The Government is in reed of no
persons lor the army or navy.
CONTR\CT OF EMIGRANTS
GOING TO BRAZIL.
The emigrant, in consi leration of
the undertaking of the Brazil Emi
gration Agency, hereby agrees to sass
lor Brazil, as emi rant, with his family
or otherwise, upon the following con.
ditions, which he binds himself to
abide by faithfully :
Ist. —Ti purchase lan 1 for cultiva,
tion or grazing on the terms specified
above. These lands will be mort
gaged t the Impereal Government of
Brazil, as a guarantee for the advan
ces made by that, Government ior
transportation, which will be the sum
of Fifty Dollars in Gold, ‘’hildren half
price, from New York ; Sixty-two Dol
lars in Gold from New Orleans, and
Fifty-seven Dollars from any other
port in the United States.
2nd. To give satisfactory security
for his debt to the Government, in case
he should prefer some other branch o’
abor than that of farming. In this
ease the payment must be effected
within one year after arrival. For
further details apply to
QUINTINO BOCAYUVA,
2G£ Broadway Room 7.
Parties seeking in'ormation by let
ter must enclose stamp for return pos
tage; also, make application two months
previous, as she carries only 240 pas
sengers.
——
Ri'h 4/oi’.< Sons. —Henry Ward
Beecher, in a sermon delivered at Ply
mouth Church, last Sunday evening,
produce 1 the foil owing picture o rich
men’s sons :
Men seem ashamed to labor, and of
ten. often yon shall fin-) men who have
trade themselves respect and in labor
have built up a business and am ssed
a fortune, wh > turn to their sons and
say : “ You shall never do as I did ;
you shall lead . different li‘e, you
shall be spared all this.” Oh, these
-ieh men’s sons! They aim to lead a
life of elegant leisnre ; and that is a
lif- of emasculated idlene-s and lazi
ness Like the polvp that floats use
less and nasty upon the 3ea, all jollv.
all flahbv, no muscle, no hone- -it
shuts and opens, and opens and shuts,
and sucks in and squirts ouf again, of
no earthly account, influence or use.
‘.’-i’j — these” poor fools. Their
parents toiled and grew strong, built
up the ; r frames of iron and bone ; but
denying all this to their song they turn
them upon the world bonebgs. mnscle
less, s : mnle grizzle, rnd soft at that.—
What if you do get your time reduced
to eight hours, and wages increased to
$•"), doe< that educate you ?
SENATOR FOR FLORIDA
The Florida Legislature have re*
elected Senator Marvin to the Senate
of the United States, for six years,
from the 4th of March next.
— 1 ■* -• • ——
A New York date says, John Mor
risgey has ‘ee'arcd for Greely for the
United Ptn'es Senat , and proposes to
spend ten thousand dollars to secure
his election.
To Ih*-.Vlnxoiiic F^nlrrtiily.
Covington, Ga., No . 27, 1866.
Brethren : — I take great pleasure
in callin ’ your attention to a subject
in which, as Masons, v>e all have a
deep interest. The B *ird of Trustees
ot the Southern Mesonir Female Col
lage, situate in this place, have sue.
ceeded (most happily, as l think,) in
reorganizing the Board of Instruction.
Prof. G. J. Orr. whose services as
President have been secured is a gen
tleman who has had much experieni-c
in instructing the young, having devo
ted se vet teen years ol his life to the ,
lusincss of teaching Dunns the
greater part of that time, ho has filled
with distinguished a! ility, the chair
of Mathematics in College, winning
for himself a reputatioi enjoyed by
few. He will have assoct't”d with
him, the Rev Wm. D. Atkinso ,
a graduate of Mercer Uniwrsity, who
comes to the Institution with the hi h
est testimonials as a man, Minister and
a teacher. Such other Profess irs and
assistants as may he needed will be
secured.
I do not make th s communication
to you Bret ren, to ask you (’or money
l kn w too well the embarrassed con
dition of the country and tho Breth
ern. Some of yu, however, have the
means left o educate your daughters.
It is to such I appeal for patronage.
Y-'U cannot make as go>>d an investi
ment ol the same a nourit. The S. M.
F College, as yon know is the only
Literary Institution under the pat
ronage of the Grand Lodge of tin
State, and as Masons, we are and
ought to feel committed to its support
It is our offspring, and 1 have every
confidence that you iei/1 give it. your
united and zealous support l honest
ly believe [and I woul . not decieve
you] that your daughters may be
throughly educated here, that they
may become “ corner stones, after the
simtlitude of palaceotherwise I
could not make this appeal to you, or
feel free to lend tho Institution my
influence. Let us, Breth rn, make ‘
united effort to sustain the S. M. F
< ollege, and make her, not only what
she once was, b"t what she ought to be
—the pride and boast of th Order —
the great benefactor to Master Mason’s
daughters The location is known to
be as healthy as any in the State ;
and board, tuition and other exp nses,
as luw.
For lull'particulars, I r fer you to the
Presid'-nt, who may be addressed at
this place. The new Faculty will en
ter upon their duties, on Thursday the
10th of Janury, ensuing.
JOIJ.N HARRIS,
Grand Master.
Appearance of the Sun from
the No -th Pole To a person
standing at ‘he North pole, the sun
appears to sweep horizontally around
the sky every twenty-four l ours, with
out any perceptible variation during it
circuit in its distance from the hori
zon. On the 21st June it is twenty*
three degrees and thirty eight minutes
above the horizon—a little more than
one fourth of the distance to the zenith
the highest point that it ever reach
es. From this altitude it slowly de.
cends, its track being represent ‘d by
a spiral or screw with a very fii c
thread ; and in the course of three
months it worms its way down to the
horizon, which it reaches on the 23d
of Bept”mbc*r—On this day it sweeps
around the sky, with its face hidden
below icy sea. It still continues to
descend, and after it has ntirejy fiL*
appeared it i-’ still so near the horizon
that t carries a brig! t twi ight ar< und
the heavens in its daily circuit. As the
sun sinks lower and lower, this twi.
light grows gradually fainter and fain
ter till it fades away. —On the 20th ot
December the sun is twenty.three
degrees and thirty-eight minutes be*
low the horizon, and this is the mid.
night of the dark winter of the pole
From this date the sun begins to ac
cent!, and after a time his re urn is
horalUd by a faint dawn, which circles
slowly around the horizon, completing
its circle every twenty-four hours. —
This dawn grows gradually brighter,
a''d on t!.e 20th of March the peaks
are gilded with the first level rays of
the six months’ day. The harbinger of
this long day continues to wind his
spiral way upward till he reaches his !
highest place on the 21st June, and j
his annual course is completed.
A Noble Example.
In conversation, a few days ago, in
, ylue -C.O v j f__Au-usfa . with one of the
oldest citizens, Mr. Jone s> who has |
been engaged in a very large whole*
sale busit ess for a number of years,
and has large sums of money due him,
spea ingof Die agitation of the ques- j
tion of Repudiation, Relief &c., said :
‘ I see no reason that the country
shou and bo so agitated on the subject
of debts, for in this section, very little ‘
disposition is manifested on the part
of cieditors to push their claims, but
on the contrary, are disposed to be
very lenient. As for uiy.-elf, I pro- i
claim it publicly, that any man indeb (
ted to me, can be discharged from his
obligations on his own terms. If he i
represents that he is abl * to pay only |
fifty cents in the dollar, or twentv.five
cents in the dollar, or even Uve cents
in the dollar, I will receive it and give
him a ciear receipt. And if he repre*
VOL. VI. —No. 49.
sents tint be is unab e to pay any por
tion of his indebtedness, without beg
p,r n<; his family. 1 “ill give him up
his papers, arid discharge him from
his obligation to pay any thin . No
man who desires to pres rvo his hon* -
esty and integrity, ne< and harbor a
thou*M of Repudiation on account of
his indebtedness to me ! f —MadisoU
(Ga ) Examiner.
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Old Bones Tiie oldest remnant
mortality extant rs the skeleton of one
of the earlier Pharaohs (encased iu its
original burial robes and wonderfully
perfect considering its age), which was
deposited, about eighteen or twenty
months : go, in the British 3lusouid,
and is ju-tly considered the valuable
of all its archaeological treasures. The
lid of the coffin which contained*the
royal mummy was inscribed with tho
name of its occupant. Paraoh Myk cri
mus, who succeeded the heir of tlio
builder of the Great Pyramid, about
twenty-two centuries bes re Christ
Only think of it! The monarch whose
crumbling bones and leathery integu
ments are tiuw cxci’ing the curiosity
and wonder of crowds of gazers in
Condon reigned in Egypt nefore Abra
ham was born, and o - ly about two
centuries or so after Mizrairn the
grand- 1 nos, 1J Father Noah, and first
of the Pharaohs, has been gathered to
his fathers! Why, the tide marks ol
the Deluge could soarcely have been
obliterated, or the ghoper-wood kucQ
timbers of the Ark have rotted on
Mount Ararat, when this man of the
early world lived, moved, and had his
b ing ! His flesh aid blood were con
temporary wi‘h the progenitors of the
great patriarch, his hones and shrivell
ed skin are contemporaiy with the nine
teenth century, and the date of the
Grucil'xion is only about midway be
tween his era. and ours. When he
flourished, “ remote antiquity” had but
just begun.
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A Man 11 is Own Grandfather.
, —A European triend of mine related
the following story : l marri< and a w’it
dow who had a grown up daughter.
My father visited our house very of’
len, fell in love with my stepdaugh
ter, and married her. So my father
became my son-in-law, and my stepi
daughter my mother, because he was
my father's w fe. Some time after,
wards my wife got a son —he wa my
father’s bmther-in'law, and my uncle,
for lie was the brother of my step* .
mother.
My wife, i. c my step
daughter, had also a son, he was of
course my brother, and in fhc.ipoau*
time my grandchild, for he was tho
son of my daughter.
My wife was my grandiinother, bei
cause she was my mother’s mother. 1
was my wife’s husband and grandchild
at the same time. And as the hus
band of a person’s gr ndmother is his
grandfather, 1 was my own grandfathi
er. — Translated for the New liavcu
Register.
Professions in the Georgia Legisla
ture The r port compiled by Messrs.
Oberlin and Cameron thus clarifies
the members of the present General
Assembly of Georgia:
In the Senate there are—Lawyers,
IS; physicians*, 0; fanners. 13; mer
chants, 4 , ministers, 3 ; total 44.
In the House there are —Bankers,
1 ; physicians, 15; farmers, G4jj. plans,
ters, 30 ; lawyers, 30 ; hotelkeepers,
2 , merchants, 11 ; mechanics, 2 ; tim
bencut'er 1 ; clerk of court, 1 ; distil
ler, 1 ; miller, 1 ; minister, 1 ; total,
109.
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e Gazi tte do France, aliud*
•n<’ to the Jewish Council which id to
O
assemble in Paris nest ear, remarks
that the meeting will be especially
called on to decide the following ques
tions : The abolition of the prohibi
tion of certain articles of food; tbo
suppression of Polygamy which exiss
among the Jews in Algeria; and the
recognition of female children as equal l
ly qualified to ‘nherit ii that country
with males. The French Government
is said to be ve y anxious lor the re.
forms relating to the African colony,
as there ate in Algeria forty thousand
Jewish fainil os, composed of industri.
ous people, who >re not subject to tho
i>eneral laws of the Civil Code.
Bar says that Dr. Geo.
Fordyce, the anatomist and chemical
lecturer was acm storned to dine every
day, for more than twenty years, at
Dolly’s 1 ’hop House, in Pater- oster
How. His researches in comparative
anatomy had led him to conclude that
man, through custom, eats uftenertlUlT’
nature requires, one meal a day being
sufficient fur the liou. lie made the
experiment on himself, and finding it
successful continued the regimen-
Methodism. —The votes which have
b on thus far taken in the several an
nual couterencs of the Southern Meth
odist®, indicate the ratification, bv a
large majoiity, of the proposed <hango
of the name of the church to Episco
pal Methodist Church, and the pro*
posed introduction of t e representa
tion into the general conference.
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A Good Pillow.— Gen. Pillow
who niadf contracts with a very largo
number of freed men to work upon his
plantation in Arkansas, is said to-have
raised 3,000 bales of cuttou this year-