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■L ■■■ ) ■ “ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS AYHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COAIBAT IT.”—Jefferson. VOLUME XVIII. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY", JUNE 20,1866. NUMBER 24. I'l'ULISHKDiDAlLY AND WEEKLY BY JARED IRWIN WHITAKER, Proprlct or. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, June 20, I860. JTIr. I.lncoln in 1802. The reproduction of Mr. Lincoln’s letter to (’utlif)ert Bullitt, Esq., of New Orleans, written in July, 1802, at the present time, is, for many reasons, appropriate. It will lie found appended to this article, and to’it we invite public attention. The letter clearly demonstrates, Jtist, that the writer understood well these so-called Union m> n in the South, who, w hen protected by Fede ral bayonets, boasted largely of their never fal tering devotion to the “Stars and Stripes,” and of their opposition to the secession movement— t heir devotion in ninety-nine eases out of a hun dred, consisting in “ laying low and keeping dark ; ” on the Confederate side when it was up permost, and on the Federal side when it was in the ascendency in their several localities—doing nothing tor either, but claiming protection from both, as circumstances suggested, to save their property and to make money—Union men for sooth who acted with the Southern Co-oj>eration flirty ; who voted w ith that party ; who maintain ed with that party the right of secession, but who feared to encounter its hazards, until all the Southern States in convention should pledge themselves to secede. We assert it as an histo rical fact that the contest in the South was not between Union men and Secessionists, but be tween “ Co-openitionists” and Secessionists—the Union men, by which we mean those who de nied the right of a State to secede from the Union, and who were for perpetuating it, being, save in one of lh<* subsequently seceding States, too iusignilicant in numbers to form a political party. It was so in Georgia, it was so in Louisi ana, it was so in all the States of the late Confederacy, save Tennessee. Mr. Lincoln un derstood this well. Hence he writes in his letter to Mr. Bullitt, in answer to the appeal made by AI r. Durant, a so-called Union man, in behalf of himself and others professing to entertain Union sentiments and holding to a Union position:— “Why did they allow the ordinance (of secession) to go into effect't Why did they not exert them selves’ 1 ' Why stand passive and allow them selves to he trodden down by a minority ? Why did they not hold popular meetings, and have a convention of their own to express and enforce the true sentiments of the State? If pre-organ- izatiou was against them, then why not do this now that the United States army is present to protect them?” None of these tilings having been done, Mr. Lincoln wisely came to the con clusion, showing that he was not deceived by the pretensions of these so-called l nion men, that “the paraly/.er—the dead palsy—of the govern ment in the whole struggle is, that this clans of nnn will do nothing for the government—noth ing for themselves—except demanding that the government shall not strike its enemies lest they he struck by accident." What Air. Lincoln be lieved iu 1802, and what he was justified iu be lieving. was true in regard to the same class of men during the whole war; was true of them following the surrender; and is true of them to this day. Had the Cmiilederate States succeeded iu their efforts to form an independent govern ment, they would assert themselves to have been secessionists and boast in the name of “rebel now they are “ Union men," and are prepared to receive office, no test oath restraining them from acceptance of the same. Alas, for poor human nature, how imperfect it is! But the second point in this remarkable letter of Mr. Lincoln, is the important point; one plainly and unmistakably declarative of liis policy towards the seceded State's iu the event of their being overpowered by the armies of the “Union.” Rebuking the so called Union men of Louisiana for their do-nothing position, Mr. Lin coln suggests a remedy in their behalf. “Now,” he writes in his letter, “1 think the true remedy is very different from what is suggested by Mr. Durant. It does not lie in rounding the rough angles of the war, but iu removing the necessity for war. The people of Louisiana who wish protection to person and property have but to reach forth their hands and take it. Let them in good faith, reinaugurate the national authority, and set up a State government conforming there to under the Constitution. They know how to do it, and can have the protection of the army while doing it. The arm v will be with drawn SO SOON AS Sl’ClI GOVERNMENT I'AN DIS- t’lCNSE WITH ITS PRESENCE, AND THE PEOPLE OF the State can then, upon the old terms, GOVERN THEMSELVES TO THEIR OWN LIKING. This is the policy of President Johnson in re gard to t lie late Confederate States. He is hut carrying out wliat was, and would, were be alive, be the policy ot Mr. Lincoln. And mark the concluding paragraph of the letter : “I am,” he writes, “in no boastful mood. I shall not do mote than 1 can, but I shall do all I cau to save the Government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination. I SHALL DO NOTHING IN MALICE. WIIAT I DEAL WITH IS TOO VAST FOR MALICIOUS DEALING.” How noble these conclu ding sentiments! How rebukeful they are of the radical congress, and the radical press of the North! Beyond a doubt, Mr. Lincoln was most earnestly desirous ot restoring the Union, admitting the Southern States into it upon "the old teems," with the " privilege of governing themselves to their own Hiring." There was no "malice" in him—the subject of restoration, or re-union, was "too vast for malicious dealing.’ ” AA hat will the congres sional radicals say to this? What will the Suin- ner-Stevons men say to it? Is then' no malice in their hearts? Is the subject of re-construc tion or restoration so small an affair, as to justify their indulgence of malice in their hearts against the South? Can they not see in the restoration of the Union, upon “ the old terms," something vast, something grandly sublime ? Will they not recognize and maintain their late leaders policy, cease their opposition to President on- son’s, and banish all malic, against the South from their hearts? Let them and all others read the letter we append, that they may see aud un derstand what Air. Lincoln’s policy would have lieen towards the Southern States ; see aud un derstand that in no respect would it assimilat e itself to wliat the radical republicans would force upon them. Below is the letter to which we have relerred, and to which we again call public attention: CHARACTERISTIC LETTER FROM .ABRAHAM LIN COLN. Washington, D. C., July 2S, 1862. Cuthbert Bullitt, Esq.. New Orleans : Sir : The copy of a letter, addressed to your self liy Air. Thomas J. Durant, has been shown 1 to me. The writer appears to be an able, a dis- ! passionate, and an entirely sincere man. The j first part of the letter is devoted to an effort to j show that the secession ordinance of Louisiana i was adopted against the will of a majority of the | people. This is probably true, and iu that fact j may be found some instruction. \\ hy did they • allow the ordinance to go into effect? Why did ! they not exert themselves ? W hy stand passive, and allow themselves to be trodden down minority ? Why did they not hold popu lar meetings, and have a convention of their own to express and enforce the true sentiments of the State. It pre-organization was against them, then why not do this, now that tlie United States army is present to protect them? The paralyzer —the dead palsy—of the government in the whole struggle i-. that this class ot men will do i nothin" tor the government—nothing for tliem- The Dead of Sherman's Army Around Atlanta. We copy from the St. Louis Democrat the fol lowing letter. Appended to it is a long, long list embracing some three hundred and seventy-live names of officers and soldiers of Sherman’s army selves—except demanding that the government w ho fell around Atlanta, their last resting place shall not strike its enemies, lest they be struck by , OE eal qh marked by head-boards, or other signs 1 by which the “sleepers” may be identified. How many more of the same army “sleep the sleep I of death" around this city, “no monument, in- accident. Mr. Durant complains that, in various ways, ! the relation ot master and slave is disturbed by j the presence of our army; and he considers it is done particularly vexatious that this, in part is aone ; • tio n, stone-their race, their forms, their under covf?r of an act of Congress, while consti-i 1 ’ , ... tutional guarantees are superadded on the plea names, almost unknown, it would be impossible of militaiy necessity. The truth is, that what is j to tell. No search after their remains will ever done and omitted about slaves is done and j reveu [ where hundreds of them “sleep to know no waking” till the last day shall come, when MEMPHIS CORRESPONDENCE. omitted on the same military necessity. It is a military necessity to have men and money; and we cannot get either in sufficient numbers or amounts, if we keep front or drive from our lines slaves coming to them. Air. Durant cannot be ignorant of the pressure in this direction, nor of rny efforts to hold it within bounds, till lie, and such as he,shall have time to help themselves. I am not posted to speak understanding^ on the public regulations of which Air. Durant com plains. If experience shows any of them to be wrong, let them be set right, I think I can per ceive, in the freedom of trade which Air. Durant urges, that he would relieve both friends and enemies from the pressure of the blockade. By this he would serve the enemy more effectively than the enemy is able to serve himself. I do not say or believe that to serve the enemy is the purpose of Air. Durant, or that he is con scious of any purposes other than national and patriotic ones. Still, if there were a class of men, who, having no choice of sides in tlie con test, were anxious only to have quiet and com fort themselves while it, rages, and to fall in with the victorious side at the end of it, without loss to themselves, their advice as to the mode of conducting the contest, would be precisely such as his. He speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none, resting upon Union men. He even thinks it injurious to the Union cause that they should be restrained in trade and passage, without tak ing sides. They are to touch neither a sail nor a pump—live merely passengers (“ dead heads ” at that) to be carried snug and dry throughout the storm, and safely landed right side up. Nay, more—even the mutineer is to go untouched, lest these sacred passengers receive an acciden tal wound. Of course, tlie rebellion will never be sup pressed iu Louisiana, it the professed! nion men there will neither help to do it, nor permit the government to do it without their help. Now, I think the true remedy is very different front wliat is suggested by Air. Durant. It does not lie in rounding the rough angles of the war, but in removing the necessity for the war. The people of Louisiana who wish protection to per son and property, have but to reach lortli their hands and take it. Let them in good faith rein- augurate the national authority, and set up a State government conforming thereto under the Constitution. They know liow to do it, and cau have the protection of the army while doing it. The army will be withdrawn so soon as such government can dispense with its presence, and the people of the State can then, upon the old terms, govern themselves to their own liking.— This is very simple and easy. If they will not do this—if they prefer to hazard all for the sake of destroying the government— it is for them to consider whether it is probable I will surrender the government to save them from losing all. If they decline what 1 suggest, you scarcely need to ask what I will do. What would \ - ou d<> in my position? Would you drop the war where it is; or would you pro secute it in future with clderstalksauirtscharged with rose water ? Would you deal lighter blows rather than heavier ones ? Would you give up the contest, leaving every available means un applied ? 1 am in no boatsful mood. I shall not do more than I can, but I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as'well as inv personal inclination. I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for mali cious dealing. Yours, very truly, (Signed) * A.‘Lincoln. The Tent Oatli. The following correspondence we copy from the Charleston Courier. From other sources, too, we learn that Secretary McCulloch is deter mined to require the resignations of all his ap pointees to office in the South who cannot take the oath required by tlie law. As will be seen iu t he following correspondence, he does so “ re luctantly.” And well lie may, for the instances are numerous iu the South, where the officers of his, and every other department of the Govern ment, can be filled, in every case as well, and in most all of them, better, by men who cannot, than by those who have taken or who would take the required oath ; by men, too, who though they did take part in, and favor the “rebellion,” are more loyal now to the government, than those who have taken, or would take the oath : Treasury Department, June 4,1806. Srn : On account of your inability to take the oatii required by law, I am reluctantly compelled to suggest that I shall be under the necessity of requesting you to forward me your resignation, to take effect as soon as your successor is appoint ed and qualified. The Department will make a communication to Congress upon the subject of the compensation tor services already rendered by officers who have been unable to take the oath, and 1 trust a suitable provision will be made in some way for such payment. Very respectfully, (Signed) H. McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury. F. AI. Robertson, Esq., Examiner of Drugs, Charleston, S. C. Chari eston, S. C., June 8,1860. Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the re ceipt of your communication of the 4th instant, requesting me to forward you my resignation as Special Examiner of Drugs for the port of Charles ton, S. C., “in consequence of my inability to take the required oath.” As 1 am aware of the embarrassments which the appointment of persons to office who could not consistently subscribe to the retrospective portion of the “test, oath” lias occasioned the Department, I cheerfully comply with your re quest, and hereby tender my resignation, “to take effect as soon as a successor is appointed anti qualified.” With many thanks for your expressions of sympathy anti courtesy, I remain very respect fully your obedient servant, F. AI. Robertson, AI. D. Hon. H. McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. Stans of tlie Times. The National Intelligencer says: “Every da}' brings us additional proofs that the friends of the President will stand shoulder to shoulder in the fall elections. No matter what party they have acted with heretofore, a common enemy and a common cause will induce every true pa triot to make any sacrifice to restore the Union and stive the couutry from another war. The iron heel of fanaticism in its mad career is now attempting to crush out State rights, and it suc cessful it will soon seek to extinguish State lines. If there ever was a lime that eternal vigilance was the price of liberty it is at the present mo ment We believe that the soldiers ot the coun try will rally against any attempt at centraliza tion.” These are cheering signs. We have confidence in the soldiers, confidence in the people. Fanat icism may do its best; corruption may do its worst; but with the masses of the people North and West, neither fanaticism nor corruption, -we feel confident, will prevail to overthrow the President’s plan ot reconstruction, or a restora- tiou of the Union. Reason left free to combat fanaticism, as it must be in the North and \\ est; and vigilance exercised to detect and expose cor ruption, as we feel certain it will be; we are like our AYashington City cotemporary in the belief that the President will he sustained in his policy at the fall elections in the North, and that State Rights will still live. A Cincinnati white woman recently attempt ed to abduct front the bosom of liis family a Nashville neirro barber. the trump of the Archangel shall summon all to appear for judgment. Upon the letter itself we offer no more comment: Atlanta, Ga., May 25,1806. It is with pleasure that I am able to inform your many readers and the friends and relatives of our dead soldiers, that the ground has been selected at this place for a National Cemetery fittv acres, lying between the city limits and the battle-field of the 22d of July, three miles from the City Hall. No better selection around the city could be made, as the ground is well adapted for that purpose, and is susceptible of a great deal of natural ornamentation. As soon as the requisite order can be received from the Quar termaster General, the work of laying off and preparing the ground will commence, and it is hoped that in a few weeks preparation for re moving our dead heroes to their final resting place will he made. Will Ohio, and the other States whose dead will be buried here, evince their gratitude by the erection of suitable monu meuts ? For the day will certainly come when a better feeling will exist between the people of this broad republic, and thousands from both sections will make pilgrimages to the National cemeteries as the shrine of truth, honor and invincible, loyalty. The aged sire will point to the honored flag, and teach his children to emulate the example of our dead heroes, and that the love of country is man’s noblest duty.— Some men cavil at the Southern women for dec orating with flowers the graves of their dead. It is woman’s pride that teaches her to love and reverence the memory of the brave and gallant soldier, and I, for one, sincerely hope that the ladies of Atlanta will succeed in raising sufficient funds for the purpose of carrying out their noble undertaking of gathering together the Confeder ate dead. I am sorry though that I cannot speak so favorably of some people in the South. There are some people, but 1 sincerely hope very few, who seem to be possessed of the instincts of the hyena, and who are without respect for God, man or the devil. 1 mean men who make targets of the head-boards of Federal dead, and, as happened near Resacca a few days ago, some person or persons pulled up ten head-boards and threw them into a ditch, so that it will be itn possible to identify the bodies, and, as yet, it has been impossible to discover the perpetrators of the fold crime. The English language possesses no word sufficiently strong to express a man's contempt for the abortion on humanity that will desecrate a soldier’s grave. Stringent or ders have been issued by General Thomas, commanding the Military Division of the Tennessee, and also by tlie Secretary of AVar, forbidding persons owning lands upon which Union soldiers are buried from mutilating or obliterating the traces of such graves by plow ing or otherwise, making it the duty of post com manders to send any information of any breach of these orders to the Quartermaster General.— I am sorry to say that, in several places, I have found graves plowed over, and head boards knocked down by plowing, but, with the excep tion of a very few cases, it was not the fault of the owners of the land. A great deal of land has been rented to the freedmen, and, strange to say, that, in almost every case of the kind that I have been able to follow up, 1 find that it was tlirough their willful carelessness and indifference. The pulling up of the head boards, though, at Resaca, was not the work of the freedmen ; they may be careless and indifferent, but I am certain they have too much love for the memory and graves of the dead men who won for them the priceless boon of liberty to commit so foul a crime. I send you another partial' list, arranged by States, of soldiers buried iu and about Atlanta. E. McB. T., U. S. Agent. Western &. Atlantic ltailroad Season Tickets. AVe are much gratified at seeing in our adver tising columns a notice from the efficient “Alaster of Transportation” of this Road—John I>. Peck, Esq.—in which the public, and especially parties residents of this city, or of any point between At lanta and Kingston, whose business requires their daily presence here, are deeply interested. From the notice it will.be seen that the opportu nity is now offered them, to procure “ Season Tickets ” at reduced rates, and on most accom modating terms, which will enable them to at tend to business at any of the points daily and remain with their families at night; or be used for pleasure trips as purchasers may desire.— There are many business men in Atlanta, who, from the lack of family residences here, have been compelled to rent such at various points on or near tlie Road, as far as Kingston, upon whom the regular travel charges fall heavi ly, and who, consequently, instead of repairing to their families daily, could not afford to do so, perhaps, but once a week. These will all be grate ful for the proposed accommodation, which, in tlie end, we believe, will prove more profitable to the road than the old system. In fact, with the disposition to accommodate, sight has not been lost by the management of the road of what it deems the arrangement will prove, to re it, a source of increased revenue to it, of which we have no doubt. The offer, we notice, is also made to sell com mutation tickets at three cents per mile, and that those now holding them will be allowed the amount paid for the same in exchange for the new ticket. Now, too, that the hot dais have set in, the foregoing arrangements must prove grateful to the people ot Aliddle, Southern, and Southwest ern Georgia, who would resort for the benefit of their health, or for pleasure, to the mountain re gions of Georgia, where pure good water may be had, and cool breezes blow; where no mosqui toes prevail, and where even a blanket is notun- comfortable during the short nights of summer. All such may benefit themselves by the proposed arrangement. Sontberu masonic Female College at Cov* iugton, Georgia. AA'e have been advised that the Commence ment Exercises of this institution will take place on the 24th instant, on which day the Com mencement Sermon will lie preached by the Rev. J. H. Elliott, D. D.; public Literaiy and Alusical exercises on tlie 20th and 27th; Annual Address by General A. R. AYright ; and Liter ary Poem by Miss C. AY. Barbee. AA’e learn, also, that an address will be delivered by Colonel E. F. Hoge, of this city, on Tuesday, the 26th instant. The approaching exercises of this noble Ma sonic institution, we are advised, will be as in teresting as on previous similar occasions. The Masonic Fraternity throughout the State are in vited to be present, especially are those who will assemble in Atlanta on the 24th instant. Our State exchanges are requested, to extend this no tice. At the late tobacco fair in Louisville, Ken tucky, all the tobacco-growing States were re presented. Over three hundred hogsheads were entered. The cash premiums amounted to over $1,500. The first premium hogshead of manu factured leaf, grown in Hart county, Kentucky, sold for $550 per 100 pounds. Chas. A. Cook, of Milton, N. H., entered tlie army as a volonteer, and of course passed muster, before he was twelve years of age. He, served about one year, was wounded four times, and now at fourteen years, he draws a pension of ninety-six dollars * a year. So says the Ro chester Courier, Memphis, June 12,1866. The weather is extremely warm. A consider able rain storm last Friday', gave promise ol a change in the atmosphere, but to the discomfort of all, it had no other effect than to lay the dust —the weather since being several degrees warm er than it was before. The filthiness of the city, together with tlie debilitating warmth of the weather, suggest what a nice fix we are in for the advent of the cholera, or some other epi deinic. The late arrival of more cases of that dreadful disease on ship-board in New York harbor, and its actual appearance in that city, should be cause for preparation against it here. But our city fathers seem perfectly callous to the complaints or comfort of the inhabitants. Mem phis can certainly boast the filthiest streets and alleys of any city I know of, and to one whose business or pleasure keeps him at late hours of the night, the stench from back yards and pri vate gutters leading into the public sewers is per fectly intolerable ; this, too, in the heart of the city. I have been particular, heretofore, to say nothing in disparagement of our city officers— believing that they have already received more than their share condemnation at the hands radical enemies, in other matters, than they de serve ; but in this culpable negligence as regards the health of the city, they must bear great cen sure. They labor; I know, under many difficul ties, one of wliiebds, the almost bankrupt state of the city finances; but the present chief exe cutive has been ip power for the past five years, and may it not be through his mismanagement that the city is brought to such a strait ? Au election is to be held on the 5th of July for the qualified voters to ratify an ordinance authorizing the issuance of tame bonds to the amount of $200,000 for the fitnding of the due debt of the city, and $500,000 for the improvements of streets, etc. This is the only relief at present, and the ordinance will doubtless be unanimously ratified by the few who are allowed to vote. But, then, have we any assurance that it will place our finances in a perfectly healthy condition? I think not. The men who have impoverished the treasury heretofore, will be very apt to do so again, and under the infamous franchise law we are utterty impotent to displace them. AVhile the one-sided legislation of our law-makers at Nashville, as a general thing, keeps men in office over us distasteful to a majority of the people, I do not mean to say that our present city officers are of that class. They are all good, clever men —not radicals—but men of no firmness or stabil ity of character. The mere fact that they can vote and be voted for is sufficient evidence of this. The staunch, reliable men of the city who are qualified to fill these responsible positions, and ivho would control successfully her affairs, could the voice of the whole people be heard, are debarred this privilege, and our only hope is in the triumph of the honorable and conservative principles of President Johnson, which alone can cause a healthy re-action in this doivn-trod- den State and allow' us once more to enjoy the privileges which a free government guarantees us. As was anticipated, Messrs. Beaumont and Hepburn have been appointed, by the Governor, commissioners under the provisions of the me tropolitan police biljl. Mr. Beaumont, as super intending commissioner, has advertised for ap plications to appdmftnenVs on the police force under the new regime, and has received over 300 calls for the 108 appointments at liis disposal. Tlie names of two captains and four sergeants of this force are all that have been announced. It is expected that during the week all the places will be filled, and the new' guardians of our in ternal peace and well-being will take the place of the present incumbents. I understand, with out an exception, the present police lorce will be thrown overboard, and as an evidence of the character of the men being appointed to take their places, I learn that one ot the captains made himself particularly obnoxious to our citi zens, as a detective, during tlie war. Tlie negro stevedores on our levee attempted to force another increase of their w T ages a few days since, but although tlieir demand was more moderate than before, they did not fare so well. About fifty of them were arrested by the police tud taken before a recorder, who fined each in the sum of $10 and cost for disturbing the peace. All who could paid up and were released; the balance are retained to fill the ranks of the chain gang. Tlie shoemakers have been on a “strike” for the past month. In tlieir case, however, it is different. The “ bosses ” having reduced tlie price asked for their work, ask a corresponding reduction on the part of the journeymen, which they refuse to accede. Both parties hold out re markably well. In view of the extreme dullness iu business of all kinds, there seems to be a gen eral disposition on the part of employees to re duce the pay which has been heretofore accorded tlieir employees. If a man’s services were worth $5 a day last wintei I can see no reason w’liy they are not worth as much now, though it may be questionable whether an employee should not suffer in proportion with his employer on account of the dullness of the season. Capital and labor, however, have always been at variance on this point, and these ruptures are to be expected so long as it remains so. The Fenians In this city are not so badly dis heartened as it might be supposed from the re sult of their late attempt at the invasion of Can ada. AVe have been told to place no reliance in half we hear in regard to the movements, and that the United States Government is friendly to them ; but the proclamation of the President and subsequent arrest of many of their leaders has thrown a damper upon their hopes and spirits, which no outward show of confidence aud faith in tlieir final success can entirely obliterate. Small detachments for “the front” have been leaving almost daily, and I hear and see the pre parations of several more to leave for that point shortly; but the dispatches of yesterday and the day before are calculated to leave so much doubt as to where “the front” may now be found, that we doubt not before they are induced to start for such an uncertain locality, they will have seri ously bethought themselves of the true situation. I learn that General Forrest has sold out his plantation interests in Mississippi and returns to the city to live. I am pleased to hear, also, that the sale of his plantation realized him $200,000, so that he does not feel the effect of the war as bad as most “rebs”—having a magnificent for tune still left—and to which his patriotic devo tion and distinguished services so much entitle him. I have not heard of his intention to en gage in any business here, but suppose he will at an early day. He is at present in the city, stop ping at the Gayoso. J. B. L. Oar Cherished Dead. What, tho’ no stately column Their cherished name may raise. To dim the eye and move the lip With gratitude aud praise ! The blue sky hung with bannered clouds. Their solemn domes shall be: All Heaven's choiring winds shall chant The anthem of the’free. Tlie spring with vine-clad arms shall clasp Their hillock'd resting places. And summer roses droop above With flushed and dewy faces. For daisies, rayed and crowned, shall spring Like stars from out their dust. And look to kindred stars on high With eyes of patient trust. And vainly shall the witling's lips Assail with envious dart The fame of our heroic dead, Whose stronghold is the heart; The Nations heart—not crushed, Tho’ each throb be in pain ; For Life and Hope must still survive. Where Love and Faith remain. A sensational American is now in Paris, whose profession is that of a face-maker—in the atrical parlance a grime. He places himself be hind a frame hidden with a white cloth, and beside a table covered with wigs, false beards, and paint brashes. As soon as his toilette is made, he suddenly draws aside the curtain, and exhibits to the spectators the head of AVasliing- ton, Napoleon, Charles I, AYellington, Louis XL, or that ot a madman, an idiot, a fury, a criminal, Ac. The principal merit of this curious specta cle is the rapidity with which the artist changes his head, for each transformation is perfect in its truthful resemblance! As yet has only exhibited his powers in private, and the Paris public is waiting for him with interest. The Way to Keep Him. “Out again to-night?” said Mrs. Hayes, fret fully, as her husband rose from the tea-table, aud donned his great coat. “Yes, 1 have an engagement with Moore, I shall be in early; have a light iu the library. Good night.” And with a careless nod, AVilliam Hayes left tlie room. “Always the way,” murmured Lizzie Hayes, sinking back upon* the sofa. Out every night, I don’t believe he cares one bit about me now, and yet we’ve been married only two years. No man can have a more orderly house, I am sure, I never go anywhere, I am not a bit extravagant; and yet I don’t believe he loves me any more. O, dear, why is it? I wasn’t rich ; he did not marry me for my money, and he must have loved me then; why does he treat me with so much neg lect?” And with her mind filled w’itli such frightful queries Lizzie fell asleep oa the sofa. Let me paint her picture as she lay here. She was a blonde, with a small graceful figure and a pretty face. Tlie hair which showed by its rieli waves its natural tendency to curl, was brushed smoothly back, aud gathered into a rich knot at the back—it was such a bother to curl it, site said —her cheek was pale, and the w’hole face wore a discontented expression. Her dress was a neat chintz wrapper, but she wore neither collars nor sleeves. “ What’s the use ot dressing up just tor AVilliam ?” Lizzie slept soundly for two hours, and then awoke suddenly. She sat up, glanced at the clock, and sighed drearily at the prospect of the long interval still to be spent before bedtime. The library was just over the room in which she sat, and down the furuace-flue, through the register, a voice came to the young wife’s ears. It was her husband’s. “AYell, Moore, what’s a man to do? I must have pleasure somewhere. Who would have fancied that Lizzie Jarvis, so pretty, sprightly, aud loving, could change to tlie fretful dowdy slit is now ? Who wants to stay at home to hear his wife whining all the evening about her trouble some servants, and her headache and all sorts of bothers? She's got the knack of that drawIhty whine so pat, ’pon my life I don’t believe she can speak pleasantly.” Lizzie sat as if stunned. Was this true ? She looked in the glass. If not exactly dowdy, her costume was certainly not suitable for an eve ning with only William to admire. She rose, and softly went to her room, with bitter, sorrow ful thoughts, aud a firm resolution to win back her husband’s heart, and then, his love regained, to keep him. The next morning AVilliam came into the breakfast room with his usual careless manner, but a bright smile came on his lips as he saw Lizzie. A pretty chintz, with neat collar and sleeves of snow-white muslin, with a wealth of soft lull curls, had really metamorpliised her; while the blush her husband’s admiring glance called up to her cheek did not detract from her beauty. At first AVilliam thought there must be a guest, but glancing around, lie found they were alone. “Come, William, your coffee will soon be cold,” said Lizzie, in a cheerful, pleasant voice. - ’ It must cool till you sweeten my breakfast with a kiss,” said her husband, crossing tlie room to her side, and Lizzie’s heart bounded as she re cognized the old lover’s tone and manner. Not one fretful speech, not one complaint fell upon William’s ears through tlie meal. The newspaper, the usual solace at that hour, lay un touched, as Lizzie chatted gaily on every pleas ant topic she could think of, warming by his grateful interest aud cordial manner. “You will be at home to dinner?” she said, as he went out. Can’t to-day, Lizzie. I have business out of town, but I’ll be home early to tea. Have some thing substantial, for I don’t expect to dine.— Good-bye.” And the smiling look, warm kiss, and lively whistle were a marked contrast to liis lounging, careless gait ot the previous evening. “I ant in the right path,” said Lizzie, in a low whisper. “Oh, what a fool I have been for the past two years! ‘A fretful dowdy!’ AVilliam, you shall never say that again.” Lizzie loved her husband with a real wifely de votion, and her lips would quiver as she thought ot the confidence to his friend Moore ; but like a brave little woman, she stifled back the bitter feeling, and tripped off to perfect her plans. The grand piano, silent for months, was opened, and the linen covers taken from the furniture, Lizzie saying, “He shan’t find any parlors more pleas ant than his own, I’m determined.” Tea-time came, and AVilliam with it. A little figure in a tasty, bright silk dress, smooth curls; and oh I such a lovely blush and smile, stood ready to welcome Will as he came in; and tea- time passed as the morning meal had done.—- •After tea there was no movement as usual to ward the liat rack, AVilliam stood up beside the table, lingering aud chatting until Lizzie arose. She led him to the light, warm parlor, in tlieir pretty glow of tasteful arrangemeut, aud drew him down on the sofa beside her. He lelt as it he were courting over again, as he watched her fingers busy with some fancy needle work, and listened to the cheerful voice he bad loved so dearly two years before. “Wliat are y T ou making, Lizzie ? ” “A pair of slippers. Don’t you remember how much you admired the pair I worked for you—oh ! ever so long ago ? ” “I remember—black velvet, with flowers on them. I used to put my feet ou the fender aud dream of blue eyes and bright curls, and wished time would move faster to the day when I could bring my bonny wife home to make music in my house.” Lizzie’s face saddened for a moment, as she thought of the last two years, and how little mu sic she had made for his loving heart, graduily weaning it from its allegiance, and then she said; “ I wonder if you love music as much as you did then ?” “ Of course I do. I very often drop into Mrs. Smith’s for nothing else than to hear the mu sic.” “I can play and sing better than Mrs. Smith,” said Lizzie, pouting. “ But you always say you are out of practice when I ask you.” “ I had the piano tuned .this morning. Now open it, and we will see how it sounds.” AVilliam obeyed joyfully, and tossing aside her sewing, Lizzie took the piano stool. She had a verv sweet voice, not powerful, but most mu sical, and was a very fair performer on the pi ano. “ Ballads, Lizzie.” “ Oh yes, 1 know you dislike opera music in a parlor.” One song after another, with a nocturne, or rather lively instrumental piece occasionally be tween them, filled up another hour pleasantly. The little mantle clock struck eleven ! “Eleven! I thought it was about nine. I ought to apologize, Lizzie, as I used to do, for staying so long; and I cau truly say, as I did then, that the time has passed off so pleasantly I can scarce ly believe it so late.” The piano was closed, Lizzie’s work put up in the basket, and AVilliam was ready to go up stairs; but glancing back, he saw his little wife near the fire place, her hands clasped, and her head bent, and large tears falling from her eyes. He was beside her in an instant. “Lizzie, darling, are you ill? AVhat is the matter ?” “Ob, William, I have been such a bad wife, I heard you tell Mr. Moore last evening how I had disappointed you; but I will try to make your home pleasant Indeed I will', if you will forgive and love me.” “Love you! Oh, Lizzie, you can't guess how dearly I love you!” As the little wife lay down that night, she thought— _ “I have won him back again! Better than that, I have learned the way to keep him!” A Ncsro Empire in the South. SIKGUI.AU OFFSHOOT OF THE FREEDMEN’s BU REAU. A correspondent of the New York Herald writes from Jacksonville, Florida, under date of May 23, an account of the freedmen in tlie Sea Islands. AVe extract the following account of a negro empire that was established there: A full blooded negro, named Tunis G. Camp bell, a son of a preacher hailing from New Bruu swick, British America, possessed of some little education and much cunning and unbounded ambition, was appointed an agent of the Bureau, under General Saxton, and assigned to the charge of St. Catherines anil Ossabaw islands, at that time occupied exclusively by the negroes who had lived there as slaves and by colored refugees who had come there to avail themselves of Gen. Sherman’s order. A very simple form of gov ernment had been improvised tor tlieir guidance, and some three or four of their number Jhad been appoifed to see justice done among them. The system of government was far too simple for Air. Campbell's ideas. He at once upset and turned the old resident negroes out of their cabins, tell ing them they were only “refugees” but they (the new comers) were “American citizens.”* He then set to work and organized a little empire of his own, taking for his model the constitution of the United States, but reserving therein so strong a spice of autocratic power for himself that lie was ever afterwards known and spoken of as the Tycoon. I had the felicity while in St. Cathe rines ot looking into the laws and constitution of the empire. There was a Senate composed of eight members, four elected from the North side of the island and four from the South side of the island; a House of Representatives, compris ing twenty memtiers, ten representing the North, and ten the South; There was a Su preme Court and a court of common pleas.— There were magistrates, sheriffs, town clerks, coroners, and every officer down to a road mas ter. It has provided that all bills must originate with the House of Representatives, be passed by the Senate, and approved by the Superintendent (or Tycoon.) A majority of two-thirds carried a measure over the head of the Senate; but tlie right of veto was, in all cases, reserved to the Superintendent. This saving clause was repeat ed with emphatic iteration at the end of every important article of the Constitution. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was empowered, among other duties, to preside in the police court (in conjunction with tlie Superintendent,) and to charge five-and-twenty cents each for the issuing of summonses. Appeals from this de cision might be taken to the Supreme Court (in conjunction with the Superintendent.) To se cure the observance of these regulations, King Campbell T. raised a standing army, placed guards and pickets round the coast, and forbade any white man to land under peril of his life. Everything being thus established to his satis faction, lie convened liis Cabinet together and is sued the following: PROCLAMATION. AVhereas we, through the goodness of God, the Supreme Being, have prospered upon this island, and whereas we feel now the influence of the boon of freedom, which we believe emanated from God: Therefore I, Tunis G. Campbell, agent of the bureau of freedmen, refugees and abandoned lands for St. Catharines and Ossabaw islands, by virtue of the [lower vested in me by tlie Presi dent of the United States and Brigadier General Saxton, do issue this my proclamation, that the people do assemble on December 5,1805, at their churches, and invoke Divine aid and return thanks for His mercy in delivering us from the bonds of slavery, and all other mercies vouch safed to us. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. Tunis G. Campbell, Superintendent. Howard, Secretary. It was only with great difficulty that General Tilson succeeded in deposing Tycoon Campbell from liis throne and reducing him to the subor dinate position lie was more qualified to fill. I met tlie ex-monarch at Savannah, where he was playing the humble role of delegate to the Con vention of the African Episcopal church, as sembled in that city. lie seemed to bear his misfortune with pious equanimity, contenting himself by insinuating groundless charges against the agent of the bureau who succeeded him. I saw, also, at Sapelo island, the ex-chief justice ol the supreme court—a full blooded Congo, attired in a brown, mottled blouse, dark trousers and a dirty shirt, but bearing withal an aspect of dig nified reserve which Mr. Chase could hardly sur pass. 1 restrained my risible tendencies, not knowing whether Congress might not soon rein state him in liis judicial position, and thus sub ject me to the dire pains and penalties of a con tempt ot court. 2 50 40 60 1 08 99 1 00 33 00 From the Ouachita Telegraph. Cotton at Twenty-Five Cents—Wliat will it Net tlie Prodnccr ? Tiie following accurate figures will show the net proceeds, per pound and per bale, of mid dling cotton at 25 cents per pound. The average rate of the Louisiana bale is 400 pounds, including the weight of bagging and rope. It must be remembered that the internal reve nue is assessed on the cotton only—a deduction of 20 pounds per bale being made for bagging and rope: UROSS PROCEEDS PER BALE. 400 ths at. 25 cents $100 00 EXPENSES. River freight, ^ hale 3 50 River insurance, 1 y. cunt, on $130 1 95 Fire insurance on gross sales, per cent, on $100 15 U. S. internal revenue, 5 cents lh on 8S0 tbs 19 00 V. 8 excise tax on gross sales, per cent, on $100 13 State tax on gros^sales, X i? cent, ou $100 25 Brokerage on gross sales, K per cent, on $100 ... 25 Commissions on gross sales, 2y t cent, on $100 Government weighing and branding, a bale Merchant’s draynge and weighing, bale Six yards India'bagging, at 28 cents Six ths rope, at 16j<r cents Average cost of repairs, V hale Total expenses f) hale ($33) Total expenses. ~f>. Tb. 8>.I cents. Net proceeds, t-1 hale , ,. 07 00 Net proceeds, tt>, 10)* cents. It thus appears that one-third of the cotton i required to pay the expenses of selling tlie crop. Now let us see what it will cost to produce this cotton. PLANTATION OF FIFTY HANDS Wages of 25 men at $15 per month Wages of 25 women at $10 per month Risk of loss and value of labor of 34 mules 2500 bushels of coni, at $1 25 12 tons hay, at $30 17 double plows, at $20 20 cultivating plows, at $12 50 13 sweeps, at $10 12 Yost’s plows and scrapers; at $12 50 3 dozen Iioes. at $15 2 dozen axes, at $25 Gear for mules and harness and wagons 00 barrels mess pork, at $30 Rent of 600acres lanji, at $10 Wages of the overseer or proprietor 500 bushels cotton seed, at $1 50 Two dollars per head tax on Freedmen's Bureau Total cost $23,450 Probable crop 7 hales to the hand—50 hands at 7 balds each; 350 bales. 350 bales cotton, at $67 per bale. $23,450 It will thus appear that it will require 25 cents per pound gross on cotton to pay the cost of pro duction. The value of the corn raised, will not exceed the incidental plantation expenses and the inter est on the money invested. Who can afford to raise cotton at such figures? The House of Forney. AVe clip from the last published letter of “Alack,” the vigilant and piquant Washington correspon dent of the Cincinnati Commercial, the following resume ot the disinterested doings of the Forney family in behalf of their country. The head of the house of Forney is a matchless political scamp, aud a man of no mean ability, lie lias aquired a national notoriety, and deserves, as newsmatter at least, the attention which he re ceives from the press of the country. He is of that class of characters, like Chiffinch of English history, the [purveyor of the Alerry Alonarcli’s private pleasures and political jobbery, conveni ent and necessary to those in whose employ lie may be for the time, but so utterly infamous in himself aud in his occupation, that even those who sympathize in and profit by his rascality dare not outrage public decency* by defending him. AVe have had doubts, however, whether the conservative and virtuous journals of the day are not impolitic in their frequent notices ol this man. Notoriety is the pabulum of existence to such creatures. Conscious that they are corrupt, and that the world must be cognizant of the fact, they are insensible to shame, and become reckless in braving public contempt. They care not how much they may be loathed, so sufficient lucre is acquired to retire into a purchased respectability, when they become blaze, and impotent longer to pursue their disgusting trade. Forney is already conspicuously gibbeted iu the contempt of the nation, and, if it were possible, it would be better to let him quietly decompose aud exhale away from public notice:—Nashville Union & Amer ican. FORNEY', TIIE DISINTERESTED PATRIOT. Every once in a while the great American Toady, John AV. Forney, speaks of the party which supports the President as made up of “ hirelings,” a word which he borrows from the vocabulary of the late Southern masters. The public may like to know how purely disiutcrest ed Forney is, and has been, in support of the Republican party—how much self-sacrifice he displays in the premises, in fact. Firstly, then, there is John AV. Forney, the dead duck in propria persona, Clerk of the Senate, at $3,500 a year and stealings. Secondly. There is 1). C. Forney, publisher of the Chronicle, cousin of the dead duck’s, in pay of tlie Senate, drawing a salary of about two thousand dollars a year for work which he never performs—a clear swindle. Thirdly. There is another Forney, a brother of the duck’s, mail agent between here and Philadelphia. Fourthly. There is another brother mail agent on the Pennsylvania Central Road. Fifthly. There is a junior Forney, who all through the war was a staff officer, on duty in Philadelphia. Sixthly. There is another son of tlie dead duck’s Yvho, early in tlie war, was got a commis sion in the navy, under a solemn covenant never to be sent to sea, nor exposed to the rude tire of rebel guns—and he never was. Seventhly. Forney is carried about the City of AVasliington in a vehicle owned by tlie Govern ment, aud driven by a man paid as a laborer in the Capitol grounds. All of which may be strictly patriotic, but it is not legal. Eighthly. Forney has for a private servant a man who is paid as a laborer for the Senate, which is contrary to the law in such cases made and provided. Ninthly. Forney gets the Chronicle edited by men who are paid as clerks of the Senate, which may be patriotism, but looks like swinding. Tenthly. Forney will employ nobody as clerk or messenger, in the Senate, who will not help to edit either the Chronicle or the Press; which is good economy but bad morals in the dead duck. Eleventhly. Forney wrote a begging letter to the President about six months ago. The Presi dent did not grant the prayer of tlie petitioner, and the Chronicle immediately came out against Andrew Johnson and his poficy. AVhich may be disinterested, but doesn’t look that way ; looks rather like au unsuccessful attempt to Crook the pregnant, hinges of the knee, When thrift may follow Fawney. AVhat a self-sacrificing patriot Forney is, to be sure I AIack. ..$4,500 . 3,000 . 1,700 . 3,125 360 310 250 130 150 45 50 150 . 1,800 . 6,000 . 1,000 750 100 An American young fady was reading Don Quixotte, and came to the place where the fellow whom the Don prevented from beating the lad, promised to pay the latter’s wages in “perfumed money.” “You see he only owed the boy some cents,” said the lovely Columbian. Pious, Strategy.—The strategy by which men sometimes get into office, even in religious organizations, is illustrated by a correspondent of the Columbus Statesman, who writes from the Old School General Assembly at St. Louis, as follows : Dr. Stanton is moderator. He is a most un relenting radical. lie was recently professor to Danville, Kentucky, Theological Seminary. His presbytery ret using to send him to the General Assembly, he got dismissed from it to a presby tery in Ohio, which w as as radical as himself, and so in this way secures liis appointment to the Assembly. Nor is this all. A convention, tlirough him and others, is called to meet in this place two days before the Assembly, to cut out radical measures for the Assembly to mature when it subsequently met, and, lo and behold! one thing determined on by this ‘convention for prayer’ is the election of Dr. Stanton to tlie mode- ratorship of the Assembly. So there he now' sits by this pious strategy. His competitor was Dr. Gurley, of Washington City, the pastor of the late President Lincoln. The loyalty, piety, and charity of the doctor may be Inferred from the following: Not long since, in a public speech in his synod, he is reported to have said, ‘I hope to meet Drs. Palmer, Robinson, AA’ilson, &c., in heaven, but not till alter they have been hung, and I first having the pleasure of adjusting ' the rope.’ And this man is called to preside over the great General Assembly of the United States. ‘ O, tempora, O, mores ! ’ to w hat are we coming ? But enough.” Tlie .41 enken Eclipsed. The Detroit Tribune of the 2!)th contains the following: On Friday evening last, as Air. Levi Longley, of Raisinville, was going home quite late, ac companied by Lyman Plues, he noticed a couple of horses in his meadow, one of them being saddled. As the horses did not belong to him, their presence there at that time, ami in that condition, excited his curiosly. So Longley and Plues watched until just aLbreak of day, a woman emerged from the shelter of a neigh boring haystack and mounted the saddled horse. The men at once made their appearance and detained the damsel. She said she was in a great hurry to get to Monroe, where her father was very sick and would be alarmed at any delay on her part. The men announced their determina tion to accompany her to the city, and took her to the house. AVhile they were making some necessary preparations for the trip, slie stole out, at the back of the house, mounted the horse which was saddled, and followed by the other horse, made a break for tbe woods at break-neck speed. As soon as it was known that the bird had flown, there was burring to and fro,” and “mounting in hot haste,” etc. Soon the neigh bors were started in searclt of the missing fail- one, who was in the meantime making as much of her start as the strength and speed of her horse would permit. Away she went, over fences and logs, through swamps, woods and fields, in a style UDSurpassd, even by John Gilpin. Only once she stopped for any obstruc tion. Coming to a high fence, she ordered a man near by to lower the fence, which, as it in closed his cornfield, he “respectfully declined” to do, but the prompt appearance ol her “shoot ing-stick” persuaded him to do so, and he did it, and off she went. But all things must end, and her ride was terminated, and she herself captured about noon. It is said that her indignation and scorn at the pursuit and capture of “defenseless woman” were expressed in terms quite worthy of the original “J. D.” himself. She was brought to this city, and examined by prosecuting Attor ney Raleigh. A telegram was sent to Toledo, and an official from that place soon arrived, and identified her as a common prostitute of that city, by the name of Aliss Geiot. It seems that she was married about 15 years sinee, aud was sub sequently divorced from her husband. Her business not prospering very well in Toledo, owing, no doubt, to the good morals of the city, she determined iipon a plan for “raising the wind,” which succeeded beyond her most sau- guin expectations. It was to make a “raid” on her former husband, which she did, and abduc ted two of his horses, which she rode, one at a time, from his home in AA’illiatns county, Ohio, to tliis place, a distance of about 95 miles. She is now reposing in the county jail awaiting tlie arrival ot the owner of the animals. Adah Isaacs Alenkeu must look to her laurels. A new Alazeppa has arisen. An Important Discovery.—The Pall Alall Gazette has the following: A discovery, of at least as vital importance for Egyptology as the celebrated Rosetta stone itself, was made about three weeks ago by a party of four German explorers—Keiniscli, Rosier, Len- sius, and AVeidenbach—at a place called bane, the whilom Tanis, the principal scene of Ra-. meses II’s enormous architectural undertakings. A stone with Greek characters upon it was found protruding from the ground, and when fuliy execavated proved to contain a bilingual in scription in no less than thirty-seven lines of hie roglyphics and seventy-six lines of Greek, in the most perfect state ol preservation, and dating from the time of the Third Ptolemy, Euergetes I, in 238 B. C. The stone measures two metres, twenty-two centimetres in length find seventy- eight centimetres in width, and is completely covered by the inscriptions. Their first attempt at editing this important inscription having failed, the travelers returned to the spot, and during a stay of two days, the 22d and 23d of April, co pied the inscription most carefully, and photo graphed it three times. The next post will bring particulars as to the contents, and copies of the document itself. The “iron-clad” car ot Adams Expres C om- pany, over the New York, Hartford and Spring- field road', on Alonday night, contained about $7,000,000, on its way to Boston and the East. It was accompanied by two trusty messengers, and one of the best New York detectives. Two well-known burglars were know to be on the train, but found no ,opportunity to operate on the car during its transit. ; -* *■ ; “A man can’t help what is done behind liis, back,” as the scamp said when kicked out of, doors.