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BILL ARP”-SO CALLED.
LETTi.II THOM THE 41 THOU.
THE BOOK ROW IX I CE A.
y,,«n the Mctropolitaa Recur j ]
It is with great pleasure we prevent out
reader* with a letter from out um Iwr* si
lest friend. Hon. Charles 11. Smith, or
* lhll Arp,” the name by whuA be te m..r«
familiarly known, lint letter exp en*
itself, and we here only n lew sards u> w.Jd.
The book will be issued in about a month
from the present date, will be sold f..r «.r
dollat and a half a copy, will contain a lara
number of bumorout iliuslratiorv eteectrd
ia the best style of art, and will a so have a
life like portrait of the author engraved on
steel-
As to the request of the distinguished
author in regard to ti.e reconstruction of
the orthography, we have only to sav that
we have done our best ; but if we bare not
always succeeded, it must t>e attributed to
ilia rebellious character of the language.—
We have tried bard to make it “ harmonize"
with the strict rules laid down bv Messrs
Murray and Webster, and trust we shall l-e
acquitted front any complicitv in ih« design
against “ Her Majesty ’* English," if in some
instances the ** spell” Las not been elo-raUier
broken :
IO IIIF. PTBLISHM.
Yonrs, requesting copies of my humor
o’Js letters for publication, is tiefore me. I
have thought that they were liardlv worths
of being placed lief ire the public in lunik
form. At the time they were written tl.ev
rate appreciated, Lecsuse the Is of the
people needed relaxation from the moment
ous and absorbing interests of the war.—
The fountain of thought was tired,and tlie-e
were its rest. The humor that is in them
was entertaining t* en, for it was peitmenl
to the occasion that provoked it, and verv
impertinent to those it held up before lb*
public eye.
i do not think that such humor will l-ear
tile wasting aeverily of time. It was nnev
considered sparkling smi exliileratiug, but
like good write it hss become stale fiuiu
having been too long Uncorked.
Nevertheless, these letters tnav be worth?
of preservation, as illustrative of a part of
the war—as a aide show tu the Southern
side of it—an tudeX to our feelitigs atcl sen
ini cut*, and for tins reason only I place
■ hem at your disposal. I must r>qUi-al,
however, tlmt in compiling them, you will
lliutoughly revise mill ir until uni tin' or
llivfjrujilif. W Lcn 1 Ingati writing umh-r
(lie signature ii» |(>ll a\r;t. I |i,.i,.-kilY
ideal'Z>ng 'lie language and liiinnar of an
unlettered count 1 t Ilian who l»e*t» that limnr
1 tried t>> write as !•« would, coui<| he bare
written at all. Ill* earnest, hnti.*l wit at*
IraCti-d III V attention, «n>l lie ( |ea Uici In
tliis day tlmt 1 lime laiililui y ex| re-aed bin
sentiments. I lm»e who know Imn can fee
more of liim in ttiv letter* than liter can ol
me, hikl in this view of my UUua i mar be
tmqiecicj of playing It •»well to an un du
eated am) liUMinra<tts man. whose name is
not Johnson, but Arp.
Reflection lias, liowrerer, convincei! me
tlial w hile good taste would not c rndetun
one or twro letters for muideriug her Unjas
tv’s English, yet a frequent repetition of the
offence can hardly he jusl'fifal. It It ile
inurahz ng to language. The truth is, no
wit is good w it that will not brat to be cor
rectly written, and I therefore direct a la*
construction of the orthography, even at the
peril of Mr. Arp’s reputation.
For the sentiments that j ervade these
tellers, I have no apology to make. At Hie
time they appeared in the press of the
f-oith, these sentiments were the silent
echoes of our people’s thoughts, and this
accounts in the mailt for the popularity
with which thev were received. <»f course
they contain exaggeration*, ami prophecies
which Were never fulfilled; hut both sec
tions were playing “brag” a« well as “ bat-i
tie,” and though we could not compete with
cur opponents in the former, yet some of as
did try to hold our own. At both games
we were whipped by overwhelming forces,
and we have given it up. Conquered, hut
tu t convinced, we have accepted the situ*
tiun, and have pledged ourselves to abide hy
it. We have sworn to do so. We have
declared it most solemnly in convention.—
We have asserted it in every act and deed ;
and Southern honor, which our enemies
cannot appreciate, hut which is untarnished
and in.perishable, is the seal our good
faith. Whoever testifies to liio existence
among us of an association designing are
rmwal of the rehcdlior, it either the victim
of his own cowardice, or else the author of
a selfish and heartless lie. I say this with
feeling and indignation, for we see in such
testimony a willingness, nay, adesiieon the
part of our military rulers, to retain over us
their power and their tyranny for malicious
or avaric’ous ends. We have long felt,
sad we still are feeling their insults, their
black mail, their rotbeiies. Ours it she
Stranded ship, and the Federal officer*
among us are the wreckers; ours the car
cass, and they the vultures who are nicking
cur denuded bones. The little that was left
our people is seised, and released on paying
a part into private pockets. They gel rich
and resign, and a fre-h corps of vampire*
take their places, to renew (he opperalion.
I hsve even known them to steal by niglit,
and haul away the poor pittance of damaged
corn that our generous (?) Government had
stored for distribution to our starving poor.
II is for such purposes that niilitaiv domin
ion is to be continued. Would that this
were all ! Hut not content wiirt even this
exhaustion of our scanty means, they are
annulling our contracts made with the la
borers who were content to work in our
fields fur fair wage?, and are tolling then off
to parts unknown under false pretences.—
Our ploughs sre s ending in the fields Idle,
our farms w.ll go untilled, and the land
swarms with agents who a-e bribing tbs
poor Degrees away under promises of higher
wages, *r.d under the sanction of a Bureau
as rotten s« the pronrse* of I’haroab.
SOUTHERN HERALD.
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II D. 1 mm & (A
I e wrlir. list slid •• visit all ibv*e
»»J results, and !«mk spot it ns a pan of
the war, and ia keeping a Lb lit# chars.-!er
of thus* eln base so lo«g been osr nmir*.
They Imt ex bit..( tie ansmwa sf ape -pfe
wl-use hale aa J at ars e irdaced tc« r I
Ima. Attrb « p|«.*» us ban tail’d i.om.
‘he* almort the lent opponent of secession,
sad ranted them to regret that they did not
tbrow thoir lives and bwtane* into the figbL
iVrbepa this ia all (or the beet. We
rewaol ■ ell. We have almost rvnel to
phi **so|-b as *|ea if. for m» base no tune to
tbisk The woik of art’sai recoastrectise
atoot be t-er time and energies. I mesa (be
reeowstru- tins «f uar islusivsl foil jnes.
••or bouses, nor heirs and form*, our rail*
manufacture*, gfaveyards, schools
sad rbovebea. We bare no time to atop
«i<d mourn over the !••** of lilierty.
_ Im* I ran find Ohm to ask. What has tbe
Noriu gained t.y the osr f What piinci
p'ea bare been established f Wbat great or
vital quest.one base been settled l I* tbe
-ocertignly of s Stale b-reset st.i.olled ! -
Tbeo let I lutuis lake dona her deceitful
• gn, obliterate ber great seal of State, sod
cb -se anotber. for (lie one alio now lias is
obsolete—< a r««/c pro«.//f pvivrnf V* fee
•« srrej//, riM ** iitale soieo lys/y” upo it.—
I* it tbe fir—.loin of slates tba! bis In j sc
eomp isbmil Alas! tbe t*ae and a balf
•moron* who Imt perished in the w*r, are
certainly ‘ree; the temsindec are rapidly
real air.g ih« same liberty, or finding anew
I «mdage ia other climes. I.ike tbe poor
Indian, the race in deuii—l. and the mighty
Vo th still triumjd.s in the g ut) of >u *c
. oinpltsliiirnl. flat | will not s|>eak more
of this. To tl-e rhartlable trslif let ir.e
*ay, Kurgite me if you find something to
condemn tu Ibe following pages. It is nut
■ n my brail to o(i-i <1 « g,,,«| man, whether
he live North or So vlb ; aid there !•* licUer
judge* than lof wl.st shouSd bare, nr have
nut, l-eeu wfitten. It mar lu sac] th it (lie
cbatacler us these letters l.as un Itiidi'Di t lit
•often the su.mowiiea e iger.de! «and by the
late iiiibappi ill f*. I <an only answel,
that it i* not in lelnd t.atur* to Iw h'ltnUe
I to those wli-i Won!- ; pu; the heel of tyranny
I upon u*. I lur people a’e a unit upon the
I moral of the fight they Ilia-!#. TlieJ SHI*
• elely leei tbs; I lie proi «aat iiut us ll •w *r
aas not of their begetting. Malty • tune
and oft hav« men and nations Leer con-
qoeted, but no* C’lil lined. The Story cf
|lleland, I‘oland, and the “llcro of the
Lakes." l as U—t: often reprcnfucC’l. to il’tl*
jtralu that wrot gs at# imt irn-edtoi, nor
I rights M-. use-l, by wages v s b stllss.
\\ bi •* iitouii.ii g ibe in-1 of tliotisitiiia us
| the i nb'rsl of our lace, wbi’e SufT.'iing the
ipov.rty and des*< atiem witb which our ion
* ipietols have V-iil-d U* a while to*iliory
lit ug* with the rain- and at —iu * Mi It ha*ln
run* u> der ai.i * el force>| a'.*l hr irile-s ofti
lirte |o-i miltul, it is not in human uaiure to
Miiolbir le-eiilmeiit against those who
would siill j..*y tt,e tyrant aui gt'itid us
into iluat.
I ui to veu, k mi reader, who ran speak
gently to the riring (,f ac have errnl,) who
would pour oil op « the troubled waters,
*n I pies.-r the ha nd ol kindred !uve, U-l me
mi that, ihougli tnsad'i drtianf of our »«e
lilies, the Hob!# ii’Siilihttra *d rtf t>eop'e wilt
un el you iiNdtnlly st the fi>*l stncein i ffnrt
toward an (■•o.oiab e (eronclil ilton. Other
wise we will ch a- up the avenue* of ottr
hearts, and l.ke tbe r-d man of the forest,
transmit our bitterness and our wrongs as
a tier it ago to oin cbihlrvn.
Vepulrii an*, sfurilatis, Pharisees, Sa'utK
—you wlo were suckled with songs us pity
for the charcoal rai e. >» boas by |iOcntical
sympathies have been for years playing
leap-frog over (lie poverty and dittr«s*
around your nw ti .loot*, and alighting far
off in tbe sunny land; who have ascii and
ate seeing thousand* of your dusky pet*
pci mliing atnl pcssing awav, from the lack
of fic’d sod the Inst of freedom ; you whose
morning hymn is, “ I Into my !cve with a
If, boc*u»e lie is black," and whose evening
p-wyer, ” May the Lord send freedom, with
out money anj without price;" vod wiio
look upon our people a- a race us turbulent
I devil*, and a foul blot upon the good name
of the laini—to toy ! commend axis the coin- !
fort that yon rail find within these page*. —
Small though this volume be. il w ill neve>
tlielcs* save von tbe exclamation, “Oh that
Ikiu* advcisarr bad afitten a book !’’
('ll ikles 11. Smith.
Tun Cotton Tax.—**The proposed tax
on cotton of fivo i-en i per pound, ” says tlie
the New York Mercantile Journal, •* :s in
accordance with tue lecomine.idatioii of
Revenue comtni-aioner. It ia expected that
an income ut fso.fMro.ooo will lie derived
from this source. We find no reason, how
ever lo recall our condemn*', on cf the poli
cy of taxing cotton. Thera never w»s a
lime when ii a o more desirable to pr. uiote
the cultivation of tbi* staple. The exhaus
tion of the Sou’ 11, and tbe want of capital, j
render il a matter of neceasitv for the plant-
era to obtain as quick ret tin* as possible,
ami the imposition of thi* tax will render
sale* dependent on the necessities of the
market. Capitalist* will not advance the
heavy tax us f2l per bale .unless they see *
pro*port of immediate aa'e*. Cotton, wli:cb
was lorimerlv almost aa good as gold, msy
remain for mot. tba io the hand* of the pro
ducer SPA siting ti-e chance* of tue money
market and the aaiita of consumers. For
these and other obvious reaaoi s, it is dffi
cult to res *t ibo com 'aa’.oa that this tax is
most injudicious, '-p«-ra!i ig as a direct houn
ty to tine fore gn rowipeUti-m, which Great
Britain is straining avery effort to stimulate
The exjroit duty on cotton is a departure
fiom the settled pract:c* of our Government.
It is doubtful whether i; is constitutional,
and *e trust that Congr .» will hesitate to
impose this I urdeo ojh>o the struggling
iuJustry of l! o South'.”
A CoiScrDSHCE. —Alexander 11. Stephen*.
is said by many “ to lie ilia representative of
I Sou tli era sentiment"—while James Ste»
uhens ia lire •* head-centre ’ of all ll a Feni
ans—and Tbad Stevens the heartless cen
tre of tbe RaiicaU.
ttlFfL\, GEORGIA. THEM MOItNIXG, HI 17, WW.
Our C’ouutijr—Brasil,
Pis- tba Macon T«!-g-*pb cf May Sid.)
Mu.roan, H**«k Cocstt, |
April (Bth, 1800. )
Mr. KJitor: If I do not trespass upon
your roluroot, an occasional notic'd of cur
rent events and such local matters as are of
merest, may form ibe subject of conimenl
from time to time, during the intervals of
leisure and observation, in this my new
b’wwe, r sir the conclusion of the war.—
Passing from a sect.on of country, which the
progress of a oeninrv of refinement *nd
■ v. ration, had embellished and enriched
w.ib the sr's and comforts of life, but which
baa been fearfully desolated and made <i«SO
- by the tavages of the war, ill ibis more
favored section, I anxiously watch the
■ "liras us evenla and patiently await the so
lu ion of a great problem, our destiny. The
• ier lining which so recently tinged the
«fk cloud on our political horizon, and
presaged Lone to the friends of constitution
al lib-rty. lias suddenly vanished, and the
pas-age of the “Civil Rights Hill” and the
result* of recent elections North, have over
shadowed tbe country with a pail of funeral
g oom. If the Radical party are determined
to rule or to ruin, and will not respect tbe
ii 'ir I lines of a brave but unfoi tunate peo
ple; if they arc determined to trample out
ti e very sp.irl lcs of our ashes; then this
unnatuial Union can never bind willing
hearts, and any other clime that can shut
out the memory of our wrongs, w ill be a
grrteful asylum to the oppressed.
This les'ln me, ill. Editor, to speak, of a
meeting in this county, on the ICtli inst.,
addressed by Major Robt. Meriwether, re
<-entlv from a tour to lirazil. Major M., is
roin Edgefield ilistiict. S. C., but mole ro
ent’.y s planter in this county. li t was
ciimiiti-sioned by the people of Edgefield
! tistricl, to v : sit lira/. I, and report back
unon that country, ile enjoy s the reputa
-1 nun of a discreet and reliable gentleman,
and Ids report was highly interesting, and
encouraging to emigration, lie represents
the Government to be liberal in it« princi
ples, and doing all in its powpr to develop
ila agricultural inti rests. With this view,
it encourages and will assist emigration —
pay ing one third of the passage money to
the Empire, Bud furnishing transportation
to anv point upon arrival, and one year’s |
s..l>sikteiice. The taxes are inconsiderable;
l iiid* are abundant, cheap, and of unsurpass
ed fertility. They can be jnirchvsed St one
dollar per acre, payable in six years, and
mu! produce sixty Ln-liel of Corn, ami three
thousand pounds Colton, (super.or to that
raised here in quality,) per acre. The set
tled Coffee p! illations cannot be bought,
but lands of like quality in a slate of nature,
are plenty, and can be cleaned at an ex
pence cf fcl 50 per i.c e. A'l manner ol
Tropicd fruits abound. Tho climate is like
that of the same latitude in the North Tern
derate Zone.
The people are kind, honest,, and very
. hospitable, and are aho desirous to have our
people come among thorn. Religious litter
!tv is allowed and enjoyed. Major Meri
wether endorses Ills statements by his acts,
and is making preparations for n removal,
ile is very confident with our superior
knowledge of agriculture, and improved
implement.-, in tluit very rich countiy, ruined
fortune- can be mended. Thus it is we
si.all be rilled to witness valuable citizens
i leaving li e r old homes, tmless a more mag
tiNiiiinous spirit is cherished than we have
ioa*ou to believe exists at this time towards
the South. May we not yet trust that
President Johnson, upheld hy the conserva
tive element of the land, will be able to vin
dicate the cause of oppressed humanity, and
: roll back the tide that threatens to sweep
every landmark of constitutional liberty,
and extinguish the last hope of the patriot
and the philanthropist, Ai.piia.
Rbplt of Jicrr. Davis to a Tendxß
or SvvirvuiY rnoM North Carolina. —
Wuthinyton, May s.—The following letter
appears in the Southern papers;
Fortress Monroe, April 22, 18GC.
\frt.J. II Kyle, Fay< ttevilUe A r . C.:
Ml Dear Madam—l have the honor to
acknowledge yours of the 1 till instant,, in
closing a check to he fowarded to Mrs. Da
vis aaapresent from tlie ladies of Fayetteville.
Sadly remembering ho w your homes vtere
desolated during the war, I could not h*' - e
expel led you, in the midst of ruin to have
been mindful of those at a distance. Noth
ing could add to my admiration for the he
roism and virtues of my countrywomen, for
the measure was full to everflowing, nor
could anything increase the gratitude with
which I will ever recur to their confidence
and sympathy. It only remains to assure
you snd the ladies whom you represent that
I am. most gratefully and respecifullc.
Your friend ynd obedient servant,
Jefferson Davis.
Forcey’s Washington Chronicle, of
tlie 2d, says: ‘-If auy two men at the South
have earned the saUnie title to supreme di
ahol.srn, these two are A. 11. Stephens, of
Georgia, and ll E. Lee, of Virginia.” A
year ago these two prominent leaders Tn an
overthrown cause might well Lave expected
to be he'd indefinitely under the ban, at
least, to have only expected vindication at the
hands of history. But Forney’s abuse it
evidence that they are likely to receive a
len .-ut judgeinen' at the hands of a just and
enlightened public sentiment even iu this
generation. It is only those whose public
ai ts are entitled lo a candid healing from
the good and generous and just, that this
venal lihe'ler asperses. Men who have a
care for their reputations avoid hi* praise a*
they would the touch of a leper.— Union
and American.
BHF* Thomas J. Kelly, “ Adjutant-Gener
■-1 1. R. A.,” desire* to announce to all
friend* of Irish freedom, that James Ste
phens, C. K I. ii. wou’d positively sail from
Havre on the steamship Napoleon HI , on
‘-aturdav. the 28t!i uit., due at New York
ao"ut We Inesday, the Rth j>V. Mr. Ste
phen* will address the people of the and Ifer
’ cut American cities.
A Vnet Hold FsrNK- Stncisikn.—
There is a journal publish* 1 »t Portsmouth;
New Hampshire, cal '’d T’i e Siates and l is
ioh, that evidently < oes i ot care a fig for
provost marshals ol “ tbo military.” Re
buking a radical p«per lamorous for the
blood of vx-Preside t Di vis, in iu issue of
the 20tfj it says :
“ If a jury can be «-rgan zed who will, like
the Journal’s party I- adcr i, commit perjury
and damn their own sou s. to appease the
African Moloch who sits nthroned here iu
New England, and iii the halls of Congress,
why then let Mr. Dswis >e tried. Other
wise “he ought to b • set t out us the couits
Iry ” without judge, jut r, law, decency or
ahvtbing eise. They wi lit Mr. t)av:e tried
by a military coinin’ ’.sic of packed Jaco
bine*. and then they ou and he sure of their
victim. Hut they cvn’i quite play that
game. That sort of rib nal has played out,
and tiiose who liav > h retofore been en
gaged in them, and r nd' rml their infamous
decisions, stand a bitter chance of being
hung than does Jetfei *'j;; Davis. Davis was
a lawful belligerent aid Tas committed no
crime, and can he co «vi< '.td of none whilst
these scoundrels are mi tv of every crime
in the calendar. Si g illy are they that
their fellow conspira or in Congress are
now at work making a ew to shield them
from tbe judgement w icb is ii|>on their
Hack. This law it ii ’ ;ned to protect not
only the members of ree military inqui
sitions, but scoundreit if every grade and
hue who have been co: milling all manner
■>f crimes under order • i II over the country
for liie past five yean. It is ex jtoet facto
and unconstitutional, »ni, if enacted by
Congress, will probal 'j neet another veto
fiom the President.
We allude -o this bid ncidentally to show
the lawless aims and ch acts of those perjur
ed men who have Sie-ia ed tlieii country
and their (jckl in the Federal Legislature.
These lire the men th H would murder Jef
ferson Davis, rrganll • sos every principle
of law and justice kt wu among civilized
humanity.
The Vandalism oi Aikn. Sherman.—
The New York World commenting on the
Irltcr of Gen Hampton say- :
When history come? to make up its ver
dict on 11>is, as on otlm questions of the war,
il is not in the “Story if the Great March,”
or the official liullelii «, that it will search
for its facts. And th se are too notorious
and too v.ell ealablisln Jto require the aid
of even Hamilton's le .limony. Thousands
of people in Columbia knew for the sol
diers told them so—t s; their city was to
he burned and sacked; that General Sher
man had promised tw Ttv-four hours’ loot
lo his soldiers ; and that three rockets,
i thrown up from the hi :Ms on the wed hank
-of thn Cot’garep, wot id he the signal for
'commencing the «or s of pillage and de
i striiction. They rente i iher liow.at the con
| cerled signal, ail the devils in hell seemed
jto have been turned oosa in their midst,
and how , after twent four hours of untold
and unutterable liori »rs, the repetition of
the same signal lierah ei the return of com
parative order. They 1 now, and their coun
tiymen know, and tin world will one day
know, that William '7. Sherman is alone
responsible for tbe h irning and sacking of
Coinin' ia, snd all it ilteudant atrocities;
ft his name lives in l lnury, the infamy of
the deed will cling to it forever. The mem
ory of tlie spirit of ccld blooded cruelly and
unrelenting ferocity in which he conducted
his campaign will ou lice the recollection of
the success which alt 'tided it; bis merits as
a soldier will but solve to point the moral
of liis cruelties as a in .st; and lie can hope,
at best, but for tin) sane of a Syll* or an
Alva.
The Puoii(.tßß < k Usurpation. —Tbe
Nashville Union ifc American, of tbe Btli
ilist., under the aliov i heading, says :
it becomes our lut;r this morning to
clironii.de the passag , by the Senate yester
day, ol a bill to take tbs city governments
of Nashville, Meinpl it and Chattanooga re
spectively, out of tliii hand* of tbeir people
and vest them in tin hands of commission
ors, appointed by thn Governor. Why it is
done ive have not the remotest notion.—
There ia not oily i u tin world of like size
that is better govert ed, nr in which offences
and offenders are More promptly noticed
and arrested than ii Nashville. The onH
assignable reason f< r this tyrannous action
towards this city i» a wanton disregard of
popular rights, and r> disposition to exercise
a petly despotism o er ai inoffensive people
under color of statutory--enactments. We
sre ignorant of the merest shadow of pre
text for this extraoidinary interference with
the municipal authorities of a peaceful and
well-ordered city, ind can ascribe it alone
to passionate parti in mdignitv.
It will pass the House, as a matter of
course, and then w : shall see what we aiiall
see.
Historical Fact.—lt s a fact that the
Democratic party I as always sustained every
incuitil'eiit of the preside.itial chair who has
defended the Const tulion, and th# anti-Dam
cicrats have heartily oppoiod all such. Th*
only three Preside at* ever elected by th*
*nti-D«mocrate were Llarriaon, Taylor nml
Lincoln. Each died in lie Presides tin! of
fice, and were succeeded by Vice Presidents
e 1 , ted by the sam t party. In eaek caae the
anti-Democrats qjnrreiei witr the Vice
Presidents Wonts they trould Insist on be
ing guided by tin Const tutidi—and they
each, ijs Turn, had lo thro'V themselves for
support on (he 1 eitiocra’ic party. These
are significant his oiical facts. What do
they teach?—We" Jlitveu JleyisUr.
—The Deparlu ent of State at Washing
ton has received informaion that the first
detachment of Alt' trian trc ops have sailed for
\ era Cruz, and ll at othei s will toon follow.
Itie Austrian Mil iater at Washington lias
perfected a'l his ar --angements for leaving the
Capitol, and will lepart it is said, ir. about
two weeks, w.ilho it waiting for Mr. Seward’s
disruistal. lie ig uudersloid la act under ex
plicit instructions from his own government;
Everything now looks unfavorable to a pea
oc.i' ln adjusttnoti of tlie Mexican and ffietilty.
VOL 1. XO. 21.
NEWS AMD FACTS.
Mobile ia looking forward to the finishing
of her great cethedre!, begun in 1839.
Three month* moto will probably se* the
work completed.
Panama advices, receiver! in Wellington
on tlie Dili day of May, state that matters
have been quiet since the bombardment of
Valparaiso.
The President hss approved the bill fa sn
courage telegraphic oommu..i**ii’;ri between
the United Stales and the West Indies, Md
the Bahama I.lands.
The Monts has passed that section of the
Tax bill fixing tho duty on cotton at five
cents.
The Uoi'sd States Court met at Norfolk,
Va., on the Bth of May. Judge Under wood
delivered a charge to the Grand Jury, in
which he dwelt on the necessity of bringing
tbe leaders of the rebellion lo trial.
U is estimited that the shipments of tim
ber and lumber from tbe port of Brunswick,
Ga., the present season w.ll exceed twenty
million feet.
A writer in a Columbus paper urge* the
completion of the gap from Thomasinn to
the Muscogee Railroad, a distance of twenty
two miles. This connection, it ia asserted,
affords a route lo Atlanta, end a connection
with the West, several ii.iles shorter than
that by Opelika, over a rout* of easy grade
at.ti uniform guage.
Sumner shows a disposition to abuse the
American flag. If justice were done, he
would exhibit more stripes than ever the
old flag did.
Tho following Georgians are buried in
the cemetery at Columbia, Teim :
Lt. E. R. Bonrquin, cos, 541 h Ga. In.
Lt. 11. M. W’yley, 42d Ga.
Lt. S. A. Boyd, co. K. 43d Ga.
A case of that most horrible disease, the
leprosy , it is al lodged, exists in New Or
leans.
Quite a telegraphic feat was recently ac
complished hy the American Telegraph Coin
pany in transmitting message* over a cir
cuit of one thousand miles without the usual
method of the employment of repealers.
Tliis was performed bv the application of
the new telegraphic invention, called I-efl
eralt’a Open-circuit Instrument, which, bv
its successful operation on this occasion,
provos that a desideratum long wished for
by tli a telegraphic fraternity has been fully
I attained.
The citizens of Columbia, S. C. li\ve call
ed a public, meeting, for the pm pose of
taking affidavits on all points at issue be
tween Generals Hampton and Sherman’,
touching the burning of that city.
It is now a violation of the laws of Wis
consin for minors to etner billiard rooms, or
piaces where iiquors are sold.
Queen Victoria’s health h*s become im
paired again recently, and it is rumored iliat'
she is threatened with insanity.
The crops in Texas are excellent. The
Red river is falling, and all danger of an
overflow is past.
The Ilonerahle I). W. Voorliees of Indi
ana announces, in the Terre Haute Journal,
that he will not he a candidate under any
circuni«tance* for re election to Congress.
He will, however, canvass the district for
the Democratic nominee.
Il is slated hr some medical writer that
Cholera never visits the vicinity of Sulphur
Springs, and that an application of the flour
of Sulphur lo the feet is a preventive of
the disease.
One of the salt bed* : n Nevada will yield
two million tons of salt per annum.
she city of Philadelphia, recently, in one
week, exported to foreign countries over one
hundred and eighty-five thousand eight
hundred and twenty-eight gallons ot petio
leum.
The entire population of New Y’ork city,
including its sul uilw—Brooklyn, Jersey
City, <fec., — lar k hut a small fraction of be
ing two millions and a half.
Washington, May s.—The President
this morning staled lie should veto the Col
orado hill.
Washington, May 7. W. M. Owin has
been released on parole from confinement
in a fort below New Orleans.
Pardons Granted. —The whole number
of pardons granted hv the President under
the twenty thousand dollar clau*e in the
amnesty proclamation, is seven thousand one
hundred and nine!v-aeven.
tW The freed men’s bureau fer th# dis
trict of V\ est Tennessee have given notice
to the ci'y authorities of Memphis that the
bureau will no longer relieve the city from
the responsibility of burying it* own colored
paupers.
IU
Ikterkstivo Experiments. —Experiment*
in England have demonstrated that Udey
fed to caul* proday more value la Htilk
and meat than IkjT barley ia wortk JClnw
converted into inan and wait dual. < ,
tW Proaaia objects to the disarminWafi
her fore*, wk*lo Austria continues to main*
tain hei r armaments on the Italian borders?
■—YhfoMcCormick, inventor of the reaper
and ino*er, lisa sent to General Lee 910,-
000 \9 establish a professorship of practical
tnedranlc*.
Tba next General Conference will be
held at Memphis, Tenn., ou lh« first
Wednesday in May, 1870.
tW Mr. Joseph Jones, of Cordon, On.
and proprietor of the Gordon Hotel, was
waylaid and murdered, a few miles from the
village, on
—The General Conference lias changed
the name of their church from the M. E
Church, South, to the Methodist Church.
The dwelling of Dr. Josiah Florney,
near Fort Valiev, was consumed by file on
Friday n'ght. This is the second dwelling
the 1 *r. has lost l>\ fire.
SOUTHERN HERALD,
SATBB o* nKxirrwa MS isitsnais,
Oa# oopy on# year J* OR
Osssopy tii mouth*,. l tm
Uns espy three Month* i Oil
INraausLt i« asw a NCR
If* A# papet* stepped at the end of the lie*
psidfor if M pr.iNry mwveJi
f}r<rthMM*ta Ussrted at the r*tes efOws
bniar and fifty Coots psr aoosrc id Tea Isa«#, f.r
tli* first tn#er*mn, and 4fo*«cty-fir# Caff* for
LikensT^eJcel loos wait Ten anlmcU for adver
tiseroen'* rnenfog this* months asd(eager.
|ii
Poor Tennn*iibr !—Tbe Loutsv l'* Cou
rier alluding lo the ** Franchise Bill," recent
ty passed by the Brownlosr faction. Id th*
reconatinoted Legialatur* of Tsaßsaao*,
say*:
"It diafranohisea oino-t»»lhs of the peo
ple of Tennessee, ..nd la oao ot the moat
reckless and unprincipled outrages ever
perpetrated upon lha liberties of a people.
Eternal infamy will oting around the names
of those who have liras tramplod »poa tho
right* of the people, end so ruthlesaly defied
and a«t at naught the spirit of oar fr<s« fn-
A
ntlemen by the name of Talbot Groan, of Ten*
neasee, alCsrwards aa ofliosr in tho lata rslnd
army, pobtislwd a popular wot It entitled ** A
Wiat*r ia the Federal City," la which hs
positively asserts that ** Andrew Johason,
in spite of the fst-a, would be Chief Magis
trate of the United States before the eM>*«
of the vesr IMA,” that'** his administratiou
would he slot toy ; that he would labor ua'der
extraordinary embarrassments, hut ha would
eventually mak* one of the moat popular
Preside*** M t ever ruled in America."
A ft' vi m von an Ouvrk.—Forney
(dead iß'k l p hlishee an srconnl of the
murder of* »yro in fieoreia, and aaks,
“ Where writ at.ylhing l«e found lo surpns*
this f” The Richmond Di*|vatch retolla hy
asking ; *' Why can’t he swear that the
eight people killed near Philadelphia, a fort,
night since weie Mark, and that I’rob*t, thn
murderer, is a SoHtkrra rrhed f
I’krtii.rntial.— We have falien tm pesti
lential d.'iys. Cholera in the Orient, Italy
»nd South France; Tric.hifil* in German^;
Rinderpest in Russia, Holland and Ragland,
whereupon tbe Sheep I’lagn# is added.
‘ foVrir To rk Tribune
Greeley forgot “ Jacobins in America •"
a worse pest than Cholera, Rinderpest,
Prichinia, Slieep Plague, Nitro-glycerln*
and Ben. Butler — £m. ■
Ciianok thn Cauinet. — President Jordi
*on ia Irginning his reconstrtcii.Hi of the
Republican party at ill# wrong end. It is
all very well to remove radical postmasters
and Chase revenue officers; but these
change* will Ih» oniin|>ortant unless thev
are accompanied hy the removal of the radi
cal members of the Cabinet. The way to
kill the hydra of Northern rehellion is to
chop off ila head, instead of wasting time in
trimming off the little end of its tail.—-AT.
T. Herald;
Order mox nut Was IJu'aktvkxt.—A r-'tent
order. No 25 from Washington, is great luler
>»t and reads os follows;
|. All person* engi*ed in th* cultivation of
lands, who may have llic ginvrs us United .State*'
Soldiers located iq on tlicir land*, are hereby for
bidden to miitilnt* or obliterate the 1 1 Hers of siteh
graves bv pln'tgliing or otherwise, or disturb tho
Uvadlxiard*. stoke* or fence* around them.
2. All officers on duty, ns I'rovost Marshal*.
l*o t Oommanders. or ollicrwi»e cmiuected with
tbe military service, sre requested lo send in for
mation of lli« looality and condition of tiwti
graves, and of any breach of this order, to the
Quartermaster General.
Pocthk** Haitist Conikntiok.— We are author
ized n’ld requested to say so the delegates elect to
the Southern Baptist Coavcalfon —is bieh rate's
in Russclville Ky.. On Tuesday before the till
Sunday iu May —iliat the Southern railroad com
panies will grant them return tivltda free of
charge, with the exception ol the Mobile A Ithlo.
which will pass minister* ** usual for half price
Imt Ii ways. The deb-gstes will procure certifi
cate* of membership from the Convention, and
these will Ik- received by llic several conductors
a* sufficient vouchers. Southern papers please
copy. — Atlanta Bulletin.
FoBTHKeh Monroe, May 3. Mrs. Jeffer..
son Gavin, accompanied by two servants
and her youngest chihl, a little g.rt, arrived
this morning. She wee escorted by L f sm.
Fessenden into the fortress. Tb< uoadiUwws
of her visit are unknown. She brought a
large quantity of baggage with bar aa jf ev
idently designing to remain some length Os
time ; in which event, sbo will probably
make her boom at tho residence of Df.
Cooper, the l'ost Surgeon of the fortrew.
The second volume of the History of
Julius Cicsaf, by the Emperor of the French,
will be published in about a month. It will
tie occupied with the Gallic wars, a subject
with which Napoleoo has made it a favorite
pursuit to liecome acquainted, and for which
he has had more numerous and vailiaUo
matrrial* than ti.ose which were used for
tl.e first part of Ida work. Excavations and
explorations have been marie by tb* Empe
ror’s command on the sites of the event* to
be narrated, for the purpose of further light.
Ai.iirkt Sidney JoHswro*. — The New
Orleans J’icay une saye : “Ilia high time
the grave of Albert Sidney Johnston, buried
in tl-o St. Louis Cemetery, should bo marked
and honored as becomes bis rank. There
was no man in the wliolo country, North pr
Sooth, certainly no officer of the pU arm),
who was more beloved and xeeMMMAjUMMt
Albert Sidney Jobo#toiK|irf,tb3ijjjp lowom
are almost daily *U«»n upon b«e I |rar« b .. ft
has as yet no suitable mi uuinent
JNT One of tee meat /faaspoa f
baokera, ktoes WNMMTsTVv -
lag of tjie ffrst fiiAwWrs of the Capital to
SUOfnft tbrtliem a plan of an undertaking of
hflNUovwfTtinH. He is desirous of getting up
a company whose aim and shall be to advance
money to author*, dramatic and others,
musical oomposers and artists of acknowl
edged talent, wlto may not have the means
of luakiug lueir works known to the public.
The Pikectoky’s Flan-.—The New York
Times Special Washington Dispatch of tlio
Ist, reports that the President m a Calipet
meeting delivered himself most pointedly
against the Central Directory report, and
the only member of the Cabinet who was
present and did not concur with him. was
Secretary Harlan. Attor nev General Speed
was absent in Kentucky. .
Knoxville, May s.—The Convention of
East lennessce ndoj te<i resolutions petition
ing the Legal attire for the act allowing
East Tennessee a separate State Govern
ment. There tv.xa only four dissenting
voti s.
