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ATLANTA, GEOEGIA,
Wednesday, July 4, 1866.
The Call for a National I nlon Con- The Cotton Crop.
ventlon. 1 The attention of our readers is inTited to the
Our AN ashington City correspondent “Inside ; following communication.addressed to this paper
demotes a large portion of his letter, which we j from an intelligent source—one who has had
Used Up.
publish in another column, to the proposed “Na
tional Union Convention,’’ to be held in Phila
delphia on the second Tuesday (the 14th) of Au
gust next. In order that our readers may fully
understand what is proposed to be accomplished j
by this Convention, and of whom it is to be com- {
posed, we take occasion now to publish the
“cali,.’’ It has already become a question with
1806.
I'rlnou Life of Jefferson Davit.
Dr. Craven’s book which gives an account of
the prison life of Jefferson Davis, i3 creating
quite a sensation in the w hole country. Y'e have *
quoted largely from it, and may hereafter again j
do so. Our present object in referring to| this re-1 - . ~
markable book, is to correct a misapprehension lhe South ' ‘‘ whetlier il wil! be represented, or j excellent journal that I may say a few things ! man y years, in this place.
send delegates to that Convention ?” It is called 1 - - —
large experience in the cultivation of cotton in
this State, “to the manner bom" as it were, and
upon whose judgment as to results, after personal
j observation, we place much reliance .-
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Jcxe, 2\
Editor Atlanta Intelligencer :
YTill you allow me a small space in your most
[COXJCCSICATXD.]
Palmetto High School, June 29,1866.
Mr. Editor: Allow me, through your valua
ble paper, to say a few words in regard to the
examination exercises of the above named insti
tution, which came oft on the 21st and 22d in
stants. The exercises of this veiy flourisliing j present “used up’’ condition,
school were opened in January last, by Captain
BY KITTY CLYDE.
Well! here I am at last, bag and baggage, af
ter six months of the most brilliant belle-dom.—
Oh! Vincent Park, com me je t'aime, eomme je
t'ainie ; and thou art doubly dear now in my
Used up emphat-
that may exist in the minds of some of our read- |
ere in regard to our opinion of it, for the reason
that we admitted into our colums on yesterday a
communication from a respected friend, which
embraced a severe denunciation of it We in
cline to differ with our aforesaid correspondent.
We did not deem this necessary at the time we
published his communication, for we hold to tlie
rule, that Editors are not responsible for the
opinions of others that may appear in their jour
nals, in the absence of their endorsement, by
them. Lest, however, we repeat, misapprehen
sion may exist, as to our opinions of this work of
I)r. Craven, we pen these lines. The spirit of
the work, iu our judgment, and the same view is
taken of it by Southern journals of the highest
respectability, is commendable; and says the
Charleston -Yew, “reflects the greatest credit
on the author’s heart. An anti-slavery man all
his life, and a Republican from the very inception
of that party, Dr. Craven proves himself true to
the noble instincts of humanity in so thoroughly
divesting himself of the prejudices of a life-time,
and publishing this book in the teeth of his fierce
brethren of the Radical press and party. The
book lias been very well received almost every
where, and it is only such ultra sheets as Forney’s
Chronicle, Churl Schurz’s Pont, and others of that
ilk—that are lost to all sense of shame and de
cency—who carp and pretend to sneer at this
spontaneous exhibition of good feeling in a man
ner that can redound only in disgrace on their
own heads, and on the heads of their entire fac
tion.”
We agree with our Charleston cotemporary
and cannot, therefore, join in the denunciations
of Dr. Craven’s book which appeared in our cor
respondent’s article.
Deatructlvo dale In AiigUMta-
Jaiiiltlcn.
-Sad < a-
The Augusta Constitutionalist, of Friday morn
ing, gays that “yesterday afternoon, at half-past
four o’clock, a hurricane visited our city. It was
one of brief duration, but was very severe.
Scores of trees were uprooted or snapped asun
der like pipe stems. About one-fourth of the tin
roofing of the Waynesboro Railroad Freight De
pot was blown off and landed in the yard adja
cent. Fortunately no one was injured.
“Two hundred l’ect of the building known us
the Government Press Warehouse was com
pletely demolished. Several persons had takeu
shelter in it from the rain and were more or less
injured by the falling timbers. Mr. L. B. Davis,
the Broad street merchant, was seriously, if not
fatally wounded. The gentleman who was in
charge of the litter bearers that were conveying
Mr. Davis from the scene of the accident in
formed us that it was supposed that the unfortu
nate gentleman’s back was broken. We hope
that his fears will not be confirmed.
"Two other white persons were injured, but, as
wc learn, not seriously. Their names are Mr.
Jerry llanlon and Mr. O’Hara. When we
arrived at the wreck these gentleman had been
conveyed to their homes, and we were unable to
gather any particulars as to the extent of the in
juries received by them. A negro man was also
injured, but we could ascertain nothing of his
whereabouts. A horse, which was attached to a
buggy, and under the roof of the warehouse at
the time of the sad occurrence, was killed, and
the buggy entirely ruined.
“A cotton shed on McIntosh street, the prop
erty of Mr. A. Scranton, was destroyed by this
gale. No one was iu the building at the time.
Po«tinnNterM In GeorslM.
We arc indebted to P. II. Woodward, Esq.,
Special Agent ol the P. O. Department, for the
following list, of Postmasters commissioned in
Georgia since May 22d. Two hundred and five
Georgia offices are now filled by commissioned
postmasters:
COITNTT.
Wilcox,
Troup,
Lumpkin,
Jefferson,
Glynn,
Pierce,
Talbot,
Tatnal),
Mitchell,
Walker,
Harris,
Folk.
Newton,
Putuani,
Madison,
Hart,
Hanks,
Irwin,
Clinch,
Columbia,
Tatuall,
Tw.ggs,
Oglethorpe,
Warren,
Campbell,
Liberty,
Meriwether,
Oglethorpe,
Pickens,
Troup,
Wayne,
Meriwether,
Johnson,
FOBTMASTER.
H. L. Davis.
11. II. Cary.
J. Williamson.
J. W Carswell.
M. T. Gordon.
W. Brunt.
D. 11. Funderburk.
D. Barnard.
C. M. Burtz.
J. C. Lee.
MissM. W. Pitcliford.
11. W. Watts.
W. E. McCalla.
Miss S. J. Prudden.
Catherine Andrew.
H. N. Mulky.
Mrs. E. P. Dodd.
D. J. Penn.
W. H. Clifton.
Mrs. E. Wood.
M. J. Moody.
Mrs. A; Jordan.
J. K. Beil.
J. T. Whaley.
Miss M. (x. Burch.
P. R. Lyons.
W. H. Lofton.
W. Brook.
Mrs. N. Coleman.
G. M. White.
Miss A. Hiphsmith.
J. T. Lawrence.
ML E. McNayat.
nrrioE.
Abbeville,
Antioch,
Atirarin,
Bin tow.
Bethel,
Blackshear,
Box Spriup,
Bull Creek,
Camilla,
Cassandra,
Cataula,
Cedar Town,
Conyers,
Eatonton,
Port Lamar,
Hartwell,
Homer,
Irwinville,
Lawton.
Lombardy,
lamp Branch,
Marion,
M axey.
Mayfield,
Palmetto,
Kiceboro,
Rocky Mount,
Stephens.
Talkiug Rock,
Vernon,
Waynes ville,
Woodbury,
Wripht rifle.
Lieutenant General Wade Hampton.
Of this “ Bayard ” of the late Confederate
army aud, in peace or war, of the South, the
Memphis Argun says: “ Ten or twelve miles be
low hero, at Lake Washington, lives, in quiet re
tirement, Lieutenant General W tule Hampton,
the second greatest cavalry chieftain of the late
Confederacy. He owns two or three extensive
plantations, upon which he divides his time, de
voting himself chiefly to the congenial pursuits
of a representative Southern gentleman—books,
planting, and the chase. Jlis former slaves, of
whom he owned several hundred, true to their
ancient allegiance and their own interests, re
main with the General, aud are represented as
contented and industrious.”
“The New Era.”—Our friend Little, of Fred
ericksburg, iu reviving his paper last year, called
it. iu acknowledgment of the new order ol things.
The New Era. But as the new era, bad enough
in the outset, has been all the while getting worse,
he has wisely determined to exscind from his
popular publication what is suggestive only of
unpleasant reflections, and accordingly announces
that the paper will be known hereafter as The
News.— Whig.
Our neighbor on Peach-Tree, whatever its
opinions may be in regard to the new era, still
adheres to its cognomen, notwithstanding, we
take the liberty of presuming, that, like its Fred
ericksburg’s late namesake, it will be willing tc»
concede, “the new era was bad enough in the
outset” and “has been all the while getting
“Whai'a in a name?
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
The Cholera Progressing:.
Recent advices from the North represent this
plague as slowly but steadily progressing. There
were six deaths from cholera iu New York city
on Sunday. On Friday there was one death
from the same cause in Albany, and during last
week the pestilence is said to have killed three
victims in Schenectady. Mr. Win. II. Mann, of
Baltimore, being in New York on last Saturday,
was Liken sick and started home by the first train.
He arrived in Baltimore on Sunday mornin
; ujion to do so, as are the States of every other sec
tion, and upon its decision much depends.—
For Georgia we are not authorized to speak, save
to affirm, with confidence, that it will, and does
heart and soul, sustain the President, to
whom the people of the whole South owe so
much ; and, as it is the avowed purpose of the
proposed Convention to sustain him, also, in the
war made upon his measures by the radical re
publicans, we cannot but wish it success. As a
unit, however, the Southern States should act
upon the question of representation in the Con
vention. There is time for deliberation, and no
haste is necessary in its determination. The
Press of the South, in this matter, should be
exponents of the people's will. The people should
determine the question, while the press should
cast such light before them as will clearly indi
cate the “political situation” and bring them
soon to a patriotic determination in regard to
their course of action.
Below will lie found the “call” to which we
have referred:
A National Union Convention, of at least two
delegates from each Congressional district of all
the States, two from each Territory, two from
the District of Columbia, and four delegates at
large from each State, will be held at the city of
Philadelphia, on the second Tuesday (14th) of
August next.
Such delegates will be chosen by the electors
of the severaPStates who sustain the Administra
tion in maintaining unbroken the Union of the
States, under the Constitution which our fathers
established, aud who agree in the following pro
positions, viz:
The Union of the States is, in every case, in
dissoluble, and is perpetual; and the Constitu
tion of the United States, and the laws passed by
Congress in pursuance thereof, supreme, and con
stant, and universal in their obligation.
The rights, the dignity and the equality of the
States in the Union, including the right of repre
sentation in Congress, are solemnly guaranteed
by that Constitution, to save which from over
throw so much blood and treasure were expend
ed in the late civil war.
There is no right, anywhere, to dissolve the
Union, or to separate States from the Union,
either by voluntary withdrawal, by force of
arms, or by congressional action ; neither by the
secession of the States, nor by the exclusion of
their loyal and qualified representatives, nor by
the National Government iu any other form.
Slavery is abolished, and neither can, nor
ought to be, re-established in any State or Terri
tory within our jurisdiction.
Each State has the undoubted right to pre
scribe the qualifications ot its own electors, and
no external power rightfully can, or ought to,
dictate, control, or influence the free and volun
tary action of the States in the exercise of that
right.
The maintenance inviolate of the rights ot the
States, and especially of the right of each State
to order and control its own domestic concerns,
according to its own judgment exclusively, sub
ject only to the Constitution of the United States,
is essential to that balance of power on which
the perfection and endurance of our political fa
bric depends, and the overthrow of that system
by the usurpation and centralization of power
in Congress would be a revolution, dangerous to
republican government and destructive of lib
erty.
Each House of Congress is made, by the Con
stitution, the sole judge of the elections, returns
and qualifications of its members ; but the exclu
sion of loyal Senators and Representatives, prop
erly chosen and qualified, under the Constitution
anil laws, is unjust aud revolutionary.
Every patriot should frown upon all those acts
and proceedings, everywhere, which can serve no
other purpose than to rekindle the animosities of
war, aud the effect of which upon our moral, so
cial and material interests at home, aud upon our
standing abroad, differing only in degree, is inju
rious like war itself.
The purpose of the war having been to pre
serve the Union and the Constitution by putting
down the rebellion, and the rebellion having been
suppressed, all resistance to the authority of the
General Government being at an end, and the
war having ceased, war measures should also
cease, and should be followed by measures of
peaceful administration, so that union, har
mony, and concord may be encouraged, and in
dustry, commerce, and the arts of peace revived
and promoted; aud the early restoration of all
the States to the exercise of their constitutional
powers in the National Government is indispen
sably necessary to the strength and the defense
of the Republic, aud to the maintenance of tlie
public credit.
All such electors iu the thirty-six States and
nine Territorries of the United States, and in the
District of Columbia, who iu a spirit of patriot
ism aud love for the Union, can rise above per
sonal and sectional considerations, and who de
sire to sec a truly National Union Convention,
which shall represent all the States and Territor
ies of the Union, assemble, as friends and broth
el's, under the national flag, to hold counsel to
gether upon the State of the Union, and to take
measures to avert possible danger from the same,
are especially requested to take part in the choice
of such delegates.
But no delegate will take a seat in such Con
vention who docs not loyally accept the national
situation and cordially endorse the principles
above seth lorth, and who is not attached,in true
allegiance, to the Constitution, the Union,, and
the Government of the United States.
Washington, June 25, 1866.
A. W. Randall, President.
J. R. Doolittle,
O. H. Browning,
Edgar Cowan,
Charles Knap,
Samuel Fowler,
Executive Committee National Union Club.
We recommend the holding of the above Con
vention, and endorse the call therefor.
Daniel S. Norton,
J. W. Nesmith,
James Dixon,
T. A. Hendricks.
I.COJUIUNIC4TED.1
Editor Atlanta InfilRgencer :
I have noticed a call for a National Conven
tion, to be held shortly in Philadelphia. I am
pleased, Mr. Editor, with the movement, and
think Georgia ought by all means to be repre
sented in said convention. I have witnessed
with pleasure the manly efforts of President John
son to restore the Union, and now think every
lover of his country, whetlier of the North or of
the South, should rally manfully to his support.
I am satisfied the President has the good of the
whole country at heart, and if the good, law-
abiding men of the Union will only stand firm
in his support it will not be long until truth and
justice will triumph. J regard President John
son as the foremost man of the ogp; ope who
thoroughly understands human nature and the
workings of our political system. Let us hear
from you. 4- Citizen.
Note by the Editor.—We design soon to
refer to the call for the proposed “National Con
vention,” to which our esteemed correspondent
refers.
Supreme Court—The Stay Law.
The Supreme Court, which lias been iu ses
sion at Millcdgeville for the past five weeks, ad
journed on Saturday last. TV c learn that the
Court made no decision on the “Constitutional
ity ol the Stax* Law,” which iias been so elabor
ately argued before it during the session.
The case in which the question was argued, j
went oft on another ground. It was a rule against
the Sheriff of Macon county. The plaintiff in
fi.fr. in October 1S65, ordered the Sheriff to make
obout the “Cotton Crop?” and with due defer
ence to the “two feet” cotton sent you, I must
say, so far as my knowledge extends, that field
of cotton stands “without its fellow.” I have
had, in days gone by, some experience in the
management of cotton and in watching the crop,
while growing, from planting to maturity, and I
say, without fear of successful contradiction, that
the present crop is decidedly the most unpromis
ing that I have seen for the last twenty years.—
Let no one say I am a speculator. I am a small
planter, and I feel my interest identified with the
planters.
I have lately traveled from Griffiu to Coving
ton, and to Forsyth ; also to Fayetteville. I saw
a gentleman last week from Tallahassee, Flor
ida, and he says the cotton crop from that point
to Macon is the poorest he has seen in ten years.
He said take the crop as a whole and he did not
see how it could be made to yield one bale to ten
acres. I have been through some of the best
cotton counties in Middle Georgia during the
past fifteen days, and I have no such thought as
that the cotton will make an average of four
inches in bight. You will occasionally find some
higher, but then you will find a great deal much
lower, and, generally, in bad condition, both for
the want of work and the unhealthy condition I
find it in.
Do you ask me, Sir, the cause of this sad state
of things ? If you do, I will only give you my
own opinion, for which I charge nothing, neither
do I hold any one responsible.
1 will mention a few things out ot a great
many, which might be named that has contribu
ted to the great injury of the cotton crop; and
First. “ Bad preparation ot the ground.”—
Whether, under all the circumstances, the farm
ers could have made any better preparation is
not for me to say. But so far as my knowledge
extends, the preparation this year was far be
hind the preparation of former years. But
Secondly. The manner ot planting was con
ducted with much less care than usual. Cotton
planted by freedmen, was put too deep in the
ground, and that was one cause of such unusual
bad stands. Seed planted this year was general
ly old, and its effects nre now being realized.—
You can scarcely fiud a stalk of cotton from old
seed which is not diseased. The leaf is cupped,
as though it had the rust. By a further exami
nation, you will find the bark on the stalk dis
eased, aud I find the top and tributary roots are
also diseased. Black spots can be found upon
them, which injure the circulation, and I shall
not be at all surprised if all the cotton planted
from old seed will be an entire failure. Impure
seed will never yield much cotton, when highly
cultivated. My cotton now growing from seed
raised last year is nearly hand-high. Cotton
from my old seed is about four inches—and
while the former cotton looks healthy, havin,
smooth, broad leaves, the latter cotton looks un
healthy, leaves curled up generally.
Thirdly. Owing to so much rain, the cotton
crop has been cultivated very badly. Many have
been overcropped, and not one half the freed
men will, and do work this year as they did last
year. I assure yon, sir, I never saw as many
“grassy” cotton fields in my life as I have seen
this year. Many fields and farms have been
abandoned, and many more will be, I have no
doubt.
Now, Mr. Editor, if cotton will average six
inches the first day of July, how, think you, it
will average tlie first of August? and I ask
where is the stalk to come from upon which cot
ton can grow ? Dry, hot weather may help, and
it may kill all cotton growing from old seed.
Put down the crop short and no mistake, at
least so thinks your old friend, Abner.
P. S.—I may in future say sometiug about the
com crop. A.
ami ! a levy ou defendant’s property. Tlie Sheriff re-
~ ispd. and plead in justification
in, pronounced his case Asiatic cholera, lie died “ Slav Law of the prex ious legislature, xvhich
. . , , , ; bv its terms, was to operate during the coulmu-
° unJa - v cveaU3 £ al h ve o clock. ance of the xvar. The Court held that at the tirno
! the order to levy xvas given, there was no “ SUy
i Law” in existence, inasmuch as the xvar had
ended, aud the Sheriff xvas therefore liable under
The Wheat Crop.
The Columbus Sun says :
“The wheat crop, xvhcrc it has been threshed,
as we learn from almost every portion of the J
South and South-west, is turning out much bet- I
ter than was anticipated—the yield
ahead of last year. This being the case
for a decline in flour from the present figures. The*
South and the South-xvc-st has made nearly,
quite, enough to ’supply the home demaud.”
Ten tobacco factories arc in operation at Dan
ville, Virginia.
the rule.
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Editor Atlanta Intelligencer :
When the true man of the South, during the
late war, may have entertained an honest opposi
tion to the administration of our public affairs,
and xvhilst he may have had just cause for that
difference of opinion; and xvhilst a liberal senti
ment tolerated this opposing viexv, believing it to
be the result of opinions no less founded in an
earnest desire for the common good, yet, at the
close of the contest, with the cause lost, and our
hopes forex'er blasted, the true patriot threw over
the memories of the past the mantle of forgetful
ness, burying in a common grax e the conflict ot
opposing opinion. However much the writer of
this article regretted, Mr. Editor, the convictions
of duty which in you gave rise to the necessity
of a manly issue with the authorities of the Con
federate Government, xvhenever you esteemed
their policy adverse to the good of that cause we
all so much revered, we yet appreciate the mo
tive in your difference of opinion, feeling that as
patriots we were all embarked on the same sea
for a common destiny. Since the close of the
war the magnanimous spirit manifested by you
for our vanquished leader, and the generous sym
pathy in his behalf is worthy of all praise. It
xvas natural to expect a like spirit would have
everyxvfiere manifested itself, and that the oppo
sition to Mr. Davis during the war, after its close,
xvould be silenced forever, instead of degenera
ting into the petty yanity of low bom pride,
without the shadoxv of a pretext; on the contrary,
we regret to see, as exinced in the conduct of cer
tain individuals, a disposition to let Bo opportuni
ty pass of displaying a cold and callous hatred of
Mr. Davis, equalled only in meanness of some
by he who would rob the dead to secure the cov-
etted jewels of the living.
That the u authenticated statements of a mer
cenary yankee Surgeon whose ruling passion—
so characteristic of his race—to accumulate
worthless greenbacks fry the publication of his
trash—a book purporting to disclose not only the
barbarous treatment inflicted upon the prisoner
of State, as well as his prison life and experience—
should be accepted as truth and made the shal
low pretext for attacking his past administrative
policy, or for bringing odium upon the unhappy
present ot that great man, evidences a heart
less cold as tlie iceburgs, and uuforgiving as the
graxre. Whilst we detest their infamous princi
ples, we yet admire the open candor of the Radi;
pals. But the man of Southern birth xvhq dares
attempt, in this hour of his great calamity, to
add file least reproach to the conduct of the rep
resentative of those principles for which xve main
ly struggled, is a libel upon human nature, an
apostate from God, and a traitor to his country.
Sach deserves to be hunted down by the hyena
jpstincts of the savages and barbarians. With
the manifold misfortunes xvhich have overtaken
us as a people—the xyrongs endured, with no tri;
bunal to which we may appeal—--it the depravity
of human nature had one virtue left, that virtue
would embody itself into a voice harmonious as
the South sea breeze, and indignant in its mutter
ing wrath as the tempest blast and thunder peal
that startles the ear of HeaveD, it xvould utter
forth a voice of conacmuatlou from land to land
and sga to sea, "V ERItas.
■ J. A. Richardson, who has shown himself in ev
| ery way competent “to teach the young idea how
j to shoot.” The examination exercises were pro
nounced the best ever witnessed, at least for
I never saw classes
more proficient in all their studies, from spelling
to the classics. To thoroughly understand as
the pupils advanced, and to exercise the creative
energies of the mind, have been the great aims
of the principal of this excellent school. His
teachings of English Grammar are based upon
the principle of analysis—teaching thoroughly
all the principles of construction. The Latin
classes, also, acquitted themselves with great
credit The classes in mathematics xvere very
good, from the first principles of Arithmetic to
the highest in Geometry.
At the conclusion of the last evening’s exer
cises, we had two able, eloquent and interesting
speeches from C._ H. Mobley, Esq., and Professor
P. F. Smith, on the importance of education.
I am glad to see an interest manifested in the
advancement of the arts and sciences in our
snnny clime, and to see such a start made as the
last week has exhibited. The culture of the
mind is the great and imperative duty of all
countries under the most auspicious circumstan
ces, but more especially is it the duty cf the South
to-day, having just emerged from all the horrors
of a four years’ war. Let us all throw our influ
ence to this great undertaking, and we may yet
cherish the highest hopes, ere long, to boast
that there is “life” enough “in the old land yet”
to elevate our sons and daughters to the highest
moral and literaiy standard. One of tlie great
proverbs is, “ In all thy getting get understand
ing. She shall promote thee; she shall bring
thee to honor xvhen you embrace her; she shall
give thy head an ornament of grace and a crown
of glory.” A. S. W.
ily; aud Miss Flora McFlimsy’s xvardrobe, after
all and my tears shall water and nourish it j arouses her; it is repeated a second tunc before
dai’lv Alone! dll alone! in this great house, and I she responds. As she opens the door a servant
in tliis, “wide, xvide world.” No father, no announces “ a^ gentleman m the parlor to see
mother’, no sister, no brother, anil yet people *
envy me, and think I have everything to make
me happx\ Alas! every heart knoxvs its own bit
terness; and that “there’s many a face that xvears
a smile above a heart of care ” is a melancholy
truth. But fie! tie! a truce to tears and senti
mentality. Vincent Park shall be “gay and fes
tive” while I reigu here ! Let me see! I xvill
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
The Wasliineton correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Gazette says : “It has at last been dis
covered what became of the Government funds
in the hands of the defaulting ex-collector Carl-
It xvas generally supposed
Washington City, June 28, I860.
THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.
Unquestionably the readers of the Intelli
gencer have read the call for a National Con
vention, to assemble at Philadelphia on the 14th
of August next. It may not be uninteresting,
however, for the Southern people to be informed
as to the moving spirits in this scheme, other
than those whose names are attached to the
call; for, believing myself in the integrity
and patriotism of the people, 1 conceive it to be
tlie duty of those who are in the habit of com
municating with them, through the medium of
the press, to state facts candidly and explain de
tails, to the end that those who are disposed to
do right may clearly understand the right.
In the first place, then, it is safe to say that the
call meets with the hearty approval of President
Johnson, and of all his trusted advisers. It was
proposed by those who supported Mr. Lincoln
for the Presidency in 1864, and its objects and
aims are most heartily approved by such Demo
crats as Senators Hendricks, of Indiana, Norton
and Nesmith. Thurloxv Weed, of Nexv York,
aided in its preparation, and is most sincerely
enlisted for its success. And just here, a
word in reference to this sagacious, but
wiry politician, may not be amiss. He has
been suspected of halting between two opinions,
and perhaps justly, but his conduct here ou Mon
day has undoubtedly increased the chasm be
tween himself and the radicals. Suddenly, radi
cal members of Congress have discovered that
their recommendations for executive patronage
were likely to be disregarded, because of the op
position of Mr. Weed. One of them called on
the great manager and inquired if the facts were
as alleged? “Yes,” replied6£r. Weed. “Why?’
inquired the-Congressmfei^^^jBecause hfe is op
posed to the restoration policy of President
Johnson, to-wit: The admission of Senators and
Representatives from the Southern States.” The
colloquy was not prolonged. The Southern peo
ple should not be deceived by the opposition of
certain Northern friends of the South to this pro
posed convention. Local differences and person
al jealousies are perhaps at the bottom of their
strictures. Certainly the convention can do no
harm to the South, and it may, and it is believed
will, result in much good. The tact that Sena
tor Hendricks endorses it, is a guarantee of the
desirability of its assemblage. The radicals are
engaged in a desperate attempt to save the real
object of their scheme,the permanent disfranchise
ment of the South, and a denial of all represen
tation in the Congress of the nation, except on
the acceptance of negro suffrage, which they
know the South will never concede, and which
they do not really desire her to concede. Their
plan is to make a fight at the North on the three-
fifths representation in Congress. This the Phil
adelphia Convention can and will check-mate by
making the issue sharply and distinctly on its
real, merits, whether the Southern States are out
or in ? Whether we shall have “taxation with
out representation ?” Whether we shall have a
duplicate of George HI in the person of some
Northern Radical ? The three-fifths question can
be settled hereafter. The Convention wifi bring
the vital question before the people at the fall
elections. Then let Georgia send her ablest and
wisest statesmen. Two from each Congressional
District are named in the address, but ten discreet
men could do no harm. If the South does not
participate in the Convention, the Radicals will
allege the cause to be hatred for the Union, and
contempt for the President. Rut let aU. true
Southerners remember that if independence is im
possible, equality may be obtained by the defeat
of the Radicals. “Things is working”
4 TEXAS RADICAL.
The beastly Andrew J. Hamilton, Military
Governor of Texas, is here, hobnobbing with the
Radicals. It is understood that he seeks a quar
rel with the President, with the expectation of
being paid by the Rads to canvass the North dur-
the fall campaigns. The poor, abandoned
creature may thus raise means sufficient to sup
ply himself xvith brandy for a few months.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
Recent developments indicate that the Tariff
question will soon become as important in Ame
rican politics as it was thirty years ago. It is
openly charged here that New England manu
facturers and the Salt interest have combined,
and may succeed in the adoption of a tariff sub
ficiently high to amount to prohibition. If so,
the President may take it into his obstinate head
to veto the bill, and then you may expect jo hear
dismal howls from New England, and hallelu
jahs from the prairies of the IVest.
RQB5EY ON JOSH PA HILL-
John W, Forney, the Dead Duck, proclaimed
in a recent speech in Pennsylvania, that Colonel
Joshua Hill was an advocate of negro suffrage.
Of course, the man who would attempt to induce
another to commit pejjury to hlast the reputation
of a virtuous woman, as did J. W. F- in the For
rest case, would not hesitate to utter a falsehood
with reference to the position of Colonel Hill-—
The latter gentleman is now in the city, and I
Shall take occasion to recur to this subject in my
next
TENNESSEE AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT.
It is now regarded as absolutely certain that
there are not 56 Sumnerites in the Tennessee leg-
i isiature, and that, therefore, there will cot be a
j quorum in Nashville on the 4th of July.
I will write again on Saturday. Inside.
ally “doxvn at the heels and out at the elbow
a fa Mrs. Wragge, and bearing a very slight re
semblance (as far as being seedy is concerned) to
our chief delight, a hen-pecked husband, such
as is described, so touchingly, by Washington
Irving. Well, as I said before, I have arrived at
Vincent Park; shaken hands with all iny do
mestics; partaken of a delightful beverage, com
monly known as butter-milk, just fresh from my
spring house, simply to please my dairy-maid;
devoured several plates ot strawberries, just to
tickle the fancy of my gardener; led my chickens
and ducks; pulled all the rarest floxvers in the
parterre and conservatoire; taken a stroll over
the grounds; had a sail on the lake; and, to be
brief, done everything in tliree hours that should
have occupied a rational beiug one xveek, aud
finally, rushed down to the stable, saddled
“Lightning” and xvent at full tilt over my planta
tion, followed close at the heels, in regular Di
Vernon style, by a pack of hounds. I made
many wise suggestions to my overseer, none of
which he has the least idea ot putting into exe
cution. Oh! these men are abominable crea
tures, and imagine that xx’omen known nothin^
but notwithstanding they are so contrary aud
perverse,they are “right conx'enieut to hax’e about
the house,” particularly xvhen you have “bills”
to pay. But, as I started out to remark, after
having accomplished in three hours what should
have taken a week or more, without even taking
off my traveling suit, I returned reluctantly to the
house and found my maid had prepared a luke
warm bath(the beat of most people’s hearts)for me
into which I sailed forthwith, and came out feci
ing like I bad quaffed a draught ot the “ Kind
Nepenthe,” or else had discoVred the real stream
of Lethe, and its xvaters had restored the fresh
ness that I had lost in my winter’s dissipation
Then “ sleep, tired nature’s sweet restorer,” that
comes alike to rich and poor, asserted her rights,
and “ xvrapped in the arms of Morpheus,” xvhat
blissful visions floated through my mind ot the
“days that are no more”—“oh, death in lift
the day^s that are no more.” Having taken a short
nap, of about seventeen hours, I awoke! No
pardonnez moi, I xvas aroused by a rude shakin
administered by the aforesaid maid, whom xve
shall designate as “ Marie,” for short—“oh ! Miss
Clara, do get up; here’s your supper and break
fast untasted, and it is now time to dress for din
ner. Do wake up, and let us hear the sound of
your voice, for everything seems like a grave yard
xvhen you are asleep or away. We all feared you
might have taken something to make you sleep.”
“Oh, no, Marie; I will live until I die, and that’s
the last thing I intend to do; and I hope you’ll be
there to see it well done; and do dress me becom
ingly.” “Oh, Miss Clara, do don’t talk so.” “Well
how, Marie, I will not—get me something to put
on; a white Gabrielle will do, or something cool
then you can retire and bring my dinner up to
day, as I do not feel like going down.”
And, seated at a window, enveloped in a white
Gabrielle, I soliloquized thus : “ Well, now Clara
you and I have been companions for twenty
long years; let’s have no secrets from each other
—through joy and sorroxv, hope and fear, love
and hate, xve have struggled ou till this present
time. It xvas my father’s will, that I should be
brought up in a convent; not enter society un
til I was twenty, and at the very advanced age
of twenty-one I xvas to marry; and as I am the
only surviving member of the family, that xvlio-
ever was fool enough to marry me should take
my name—should 1 object to this little paternal
but tyrannical arrangement, all the property xvas
to go to some distant relatix’e. The deuce take
my guardian ; he kept me faithfully at the con
vent until the very day I was twenty; then J,
Miss Vincent, startled him into a hysterical fit
by announcing to him my determination to spend
the winter in the city, xvith some friends, and im
mediately made my exit, leax'ing the dear sisters
praying most devoutly for myfuture welfare ; and
that I might be delivered from “ the flesh and
the devil” in ail time to come. Blessings ou
their kind hearts; they did all they could to
. make my stay at the convent agreeable. But for
all that, it xvas nothing more than a prison, ancl
I tlie caged bird that xvore myself out fluttering
against the iron bars. But, heaven be preserved!
school days are over, and Miss Vincent, the heir
ess, the owner of Vincent Park, is on tlie tapis
with any number of suitors at her feet. Let me
see; at least titty have already proposed ; forty-
nine are willing to take my name—the fiftieth
one, having a little independence left, hopes to dis
cover some flaw in the will, but says it shall not
materially interfere with his affection for me. Oh !
how I loathe and hate a man xvho could so far
forget his manhood as to take his wife’s name; how
I detest myself for listening to their disgusting pro
posals ; but then, anything, pour passer le temps!
Oh! my father, how could you have had it iu
your heart to leave such a will ? What is the
perpetuation of a name in comparison to having
all the bright hopes of your daughter’s life crush
ed ? Why, xvliy, did I not die when you and my
sainted mother xvere taken ? Oh! that I could
die now, ancl be at rest! But hold ! there’s an
other clause in the will that runs thus, “If Clara
Vincent refuses to carry out her father’s xvill, the
property, consisting of money, lands, stocks,
bonds and furniture, jewelry, plate, and every
thing appertaining to the Vincent estate, except
the family Bible and $5, shall pass to some dis
tant relations, xvho shall take immediate posses
sion of Vincent Park.” Oh ! my father, you did
not love your infant daughter, or you could never
have been so cruel as to turn that lone one into
the xvorld friendless, penniless, and houseless.
Hard, isn’t it? But foolish as it may seem, I
have fully made up my mind to part with this
magnificent estate, ancl go houseless into the
streets and beg for bread, rather than be forced
to marry a man I do not love. If the right one
proposes xvitiiin the next six months, I’ll marry
him; if not., then I will go forth with my Bible
for my guide, and praying God to take me into
his flock, and guide and direct m3' footsteps
aright. Wiry, why should this cloud hang over
my life, blighting it xvith a more deadly poison
than if I sat beneath the mournful shade of the
upas? Why should every pleasure be mixed
With gal} ? Oh ! lioxv little does the xvorld know
ot the sad, sad hearts
friends, (including all mv disconsolate lovers;) a
band of music, and what a gay' time xve shall have.
The xvorld shall not know that my heart is
breakiug of unrequited love. Softly, though,
must rest at least two weeks before they come.
The two xveeks glided rapidly by, aud found
Clara feeling like a new being, thanks to a plenty
of sleep and regular hours ; and quite ready for
another season of gayety. In the interim, cards
had been sent and letters of acceptance been re
ceived. The happy day hail arrived which
should throng the halls of Vincent Park xvith vis
itors, and in tlie midst of certain household pre
parations, which devolved upon Clara, as sole
mistress, she found only time to ask one question
—will he come! aud her heart went pit-a-pat un
til she feared its loud beating would disclose her
hidden secret. Carriages had been sent to the
depot, which xvas five miles distant, and just as
the lingering rays of the declining sun xvere tip
ping tlie grand old oaks, and bathing Vincent
Park in a flood of light, Clara took her stand
upon the gallery to watch tor the coming of her
guests. Dressed in pure white Paris muslin,
trimmed with the most elegant Vallenciennes
lace, xvitii her raven hair draxvn back from her
intellectual brow, she looked regal. This simple
costume was only relieved by a cluster of crim
son geranium floxvers in her hair, and was ex-
tremely becoming to her brunette style. But be
neath that seemingly calm exterior, who can de
scribe tlie storm that xvas raging in her heart, as
she asked time and again, “ does he lore me ?”—
“ Will he come f" Sunset, deepened into twi
light, and twilight into night, before the welcome
sound of carriage wheels greeted her anxious
ear. Every tree in the magnificent park was
hung xvith red and white lamps; the illumina
tion xvas perfect, and the scene grand. As the
procession wound slowly up the winding ax'enue
tlie band which preceded them struck up one ot
the most brilliant, galops, and the scene xvas
indescribable. Then came the greetings;
kisses \\ ere exchanged; hands shaken ; com
pliments paid and received, and Clara xvith
that suaviter in modo, fortiter in re which
so few combine, made everybody feel per
fectly at home, which is at last, aside from all
formality, the only genuine hospitality. Ladies
and gentlemen retired to exchange their toilettes
for the ex’euing. In the midst of this momentary'
calm Clara sought refuge in her own boudoir to
hide her tearful eyes ami aching heart, aud to ask
again will he come ? Just then a gentle rap recalled
her to herself, ancl she wiped away the last tear
as Marie announced that a gentleman below de
sired to see her. Rushing down, thinking per
haps it was he at last, she came near running ox'er
Gen. to whom xve have before alluded.
Miss Vincent.” With trembling lingers and
beating heart she makes some little change in
her toilette and gix'esventto the following xvordsy
“Now heart be still; the only thing in this xvorld
that could make yo.11 thrill xvith joy is denied me
forex’er. Am I not alone; all alone in the world ?
henceforth thou slialt only throb xvith pain. Who
would care if I were (lead ? Have not the friends
of prosperity fled ill the clays of adversity ? li i ,
sad to think of, but nevertheless true, that I would
not ex'en lie expected to shed a tear over the grave
of any one. Of course it is only my' guardian come
to arrange some little niatterof business." With
ij her mind filled xvith these and other thoughts,
' Clara found her way anxiously and nervously to
the parlor; the room xvas darnkeued, and at first
she tliil not discox'er that he iia.l come! In an
other instant a slight scream announced her joy,
and wrapped in his arms and folded to hmnnniy
breast, her weary heart is at rest. In his rich,
deep, inauly voice he breathed his tale of love,
hopeless as he believed; he toll her how lie
worshipped her, ancl yet never could have taken
her name; of the struggle between his pride ancl
poverty, ancl how he longed to in ike a name that
she should he proud to bear ; how lie had striven
by' absence to conquer liis love, but all, all in vain,
aud now ho had come to lay name, fame, lux e,
life and all at her feet. In the midst of tears and
smiles Clara heard his declaration, anil felt that
it was no sacrifice, hut a privilege and a pleasure
to give up everything for him. Let the curtain
gently fall upon this scene, while we turn to the
last and closing one.
The same day’s mail brought a letter from
Clara’s guardian enclosing the following note
from her" father, written just previous to his death,
with instructions that it should not be delivered
until her miud was fully' made up to many the
man of her choice.
My Daughter : Long ere your eyes shall read
these lines, the hand that penned them xvill be
stiff and cold in death. I know you will pass
unscathed through the fiery ordeal xvhich a fath
er’s hand in kindness prepared for you. I know
you xvill have the courage to resist my tyrannical
will. Know noxv that it xx as false, and be happy
in the selection of the man you lov'C—and who
lox’es you for yourself alone. I lnvd rather have
seen you dead than married to a man xvho xvould
have taken your name. Having seen so much
unhappiness in domestic life, and believing llwt
it all arose from want of congeniality ancl sym
pathy, I determined to spare you that anguish—
lienee my ruse. Be happy', return with your
husband to Vincent Park, everything is yours.
From Your Father.
Reclining beneath the shade of the magnificent
oaks at Vincent Park, and basking in the love
and smiles ot my noble husband, 1 am no longer
“used up,” but resting ever resting!
Atlanta, June 25, 1866.
Tlie Small-Fox.
It will be pleasing intelligence to this conuan-
Tlie Constitutional Amendment.
Connecticut ratified the Ceutral Dirctory 1 s : , ^ n > V* 1 Memphis. — F . . . ,
being far i . , , , , , , . _ ,,__ , that the money xvas sxvainped iu the failure of ntly to know that the last case of small-pox was
we look 1 Amendul0nt ^ bclorc - V ^ UnUy ’ The GoV ‘ a bank there last November II turns out. bow- ! discharged from the remilar hospital vesterday
., xx L look | ernor Qf 0hi0i it is sta red, refuses to call a spe- ; ever, that the $700,000 or *S00,000 in Treasuiy ^, i Vi hospital y esten.ay.
cial session of the Legislature for that purpose, notes, xvhiph yyre placed in fiis bands by the' le U1 >ogi s now closed, and t e urm ure an
Indiana does the same. It is now pretty clear Treasury tpsell, were used iq the purchase of; bedding is being packed np for use again if the
.. . ... ... . - cotton. This and other transactions in that disease shall make its appearance next fall.
that whatever may be the ultimate fate of the | section have cost the Government upward of 1,- ' _
Amendment, it cannot become a part of the ^ 200,000. The Carlton case is now being investiga- . A man shot his wife in West Hoboken, New
Constitution before next spring. I tod by the Committee on Banking and Currency, j Jersey, mistaking her for a burglar.
“ That, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.”
And yet smile on in the midst of death and de
spair. Tears! Come, Clara, cheer up, thy eyes
are unused to weeping, and as “ every cloud has
its silver lining,” so may the inexplicable myste
ry, xvhich now veils thy future in darkness he
made as bright as a loug suuuy day. Well, let’s
see; here are a dozen unopened letters. Propo
sals, J dgre say, from some senseless, brainless
idiots, desiring to become Mr. Vincent, but
more especially to take charge of Vincent
Park, and be my guardian generally. Let
ter 1st, from that handsome Major, with the
dark brown eyes, desiring to visit me at my
country seat. I shall insist upon his coming;
anything to kill time, or I mav become desperate,
and kill ravself. Letter No. "2, from that killing
Brigadier-General, who hasn’t more brains than
he ought to have, but is a real society man, and
says such sxveet things that quite charm tlie fair
sex; you know women don’t care about men being
too smart; he says he pines in my absence, and can-
RQt five except in my smile. I shall tell him to
hurry on, for the dear creatures can ill afford to
lose him. Letter No. 8—from that gentlemanly
rowdy, known as Captain , who is the most
brilliant, drunken, fascinating, good-for-nothing,
sweetest fellow that ever turned the heads ofgii.1-
dy women. And he also begs permission to come,
apd so on, nod so on. I will not weary' you or
myself with any more of these billet dour, but
gpntly commit them all to the flames, and pray
for the happiness ot the writers. With eager fin-,
gers anxiously broke the seal of every letter,
but looked in vain and in an agony of suspense
iqr a name and signature which have become in
delibly impressed upon my heart of hearts, and
ydijch is dearer to rne than life itself.
Tush! Clara; hast thou fallen a victim to the
divine passion ? Art in love xvith a man who
has never, even in the most remote degree, men
tioned the subject. Yes! but then, he had such
a sweet, sad way of looking at me, and sighing
when he was near me. Oftentimes, when I did
pot dream that he saxv me, xvould he fold pr,J
shawl about me, when I left the heated dancing
saloon, for a promenade on the gallery. He ap
preciated my music, and brought me little gems
of poetry, which he read with so much pathos;
very often would he bring me a cluster of rose
guranium leaves—with the emblem “preference.”
Re did not bore me by talking about tlie weather,
waterfalls, looped skirts, empress trails, but talk-
i fid to me of books, the scieaces and art. We
freely exchanged ideas, and sometimes had a
most animated discussiou. He never compli
mented me, and for that, I loved him. He
never told me I xvas handsome, although others
raved about my charms—for that, I adored him.
In short, he treated me like I was a rational hu
man being, endowed with some aspiration above
the set of a hoop-skirt, or a “love of a bonnet,”
Yet, why do I love this man ? Love Is a tame
word for the bliqd idolatry which burns within
my inmost soul for him. My' fervent nature
knows no medium, and it is with the fondest
worship that my heart goes out to him. By day
and night, I have no thought except for him;
and yet, what agony to be kept in such painful
suspense. May j not, like “Lady Geraldine,” so
touchingly described by that greatest of all wo
men, Mrs. Browning, stoop and ask him to mar
ry me ? Oh! no—God forbid. Locked deep with
in the inmost recesses of my woman’s heart will
I;keep my bidden love sacred from the eyes of
He began by saying that in the hurry of the greet
ings, lie hail forgotten to deliver a message, sent
by Mr. , “he regretted that most urgent
business detained him in the city, but hoped to
be present at the ball.” Why that agitated man
ner? Why that paling of the cheek, Clara?
She could hardly recover herself sufficiently to
say she “regretted it, too.” Tlie General then
began by renewing his suit, and vowing by
Heaven and earth she must be his, when fortu
nately the appearance of her guests relieved her
from any further declarations; and her time, du
ring the remainder of his stay, xvas given so gen
erally to her visitors that his hopeless suit xvas
not renewed. Dancing, promenading, flirting,
with a sprinkling of ice-lemonade, strawberry
cream, “Madame Cliquot,” gotten up regardless
of crushed ice, bon bons, &c., xvere tlie order of
the evening. The following night was the mas
querade ball, xvhich was only an enlarged and
unabridged edition of the evening previous, to
which xvas added the costume ot every nation
and clime, and among them were the classic
Greek, the Roman warrior, the oriental Turk,
French and Swiss peasants, “the glorious Sor
ceress of the Nile,” supported by her mailed
Bacchus, “ Mark Antony,” Rob Roy aud Helen
McGregor, and Di Vernon, Good Queen Bess,
faithful Sir Walter Raleigh, faithless Earl of
Leicester, Queen Anne, xvith numerous attaches,
Night aud Morning, Paul Pry, Mrs. Partington,
Our Country' Counsin, and many others too nu
merous to mention, but all of xvhich xvere most
elegantly gotten up and admirably sustained.
It is needless to add that
“ Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spoke again
And all went merry as a marriage bell,”
save in one heart.f That heart xvas Clara’s—we
will not attempt to describe the painful suspense
which Clara suffered during that day, nor how it
reached its zenith as the day xvore on and deep
ened into night; and hour after hour passed, and
he came not! There are some feelings of the
heart which cannot be described, which are too
sacred to be dragged into the light of day. Those
who have experienced the bitter paug, as they
imagined, of unrequited love, when that other
heart xvas breaking because of the circumstances
which made concealment necessary, will appre
ciate Clara’s feelings. Those who have never
been in love xvould not understand them if they
were described in the most eloquent language,
so xve refrain. \\ hen Clara had finished receiv
ing her guests she retired and made her toilet as
Mary, Queen of Scotts,” and looked lovelier than
ever, if possible. But we ween tlie gentle Mary
never bore a sadder heart, even xvhen an inmate
of Loch Leven Castle, than Clara did on this
ame evening. Time llexx' by 011 rosy' xvings, and
not until the East began to be streaked with the
ays of morning, and Aurora insolent to assert
her rights once more, did their crowd think of
dispersing. Finally the hour of parting came,
and as Clara received the aaieux of her last dis
persing guests she sank exhausted upon a tete-a-
tete, where she remained for several hours totally
unconscious of the lapse of time. Fortunately
for her, her guests had all retired, and her feeliligs
were thus spared publicity. Thus the xveek wore
on, which together xvith ten-pins, billiards, cards,
horse-back rides, pic-nics, Ac., during the day,
and musie and dancing at night, seemed but a
day. At tlie expiration of a week Clara was
alone—Vincent Park looked grander than ever
and Clara walked the house "
“ hike one who treads alone
Some banquet hall deserted.’
Six months passed speedily away, unmarked
by some save by the sunshine and happiness
they brought. Wearily, xvearily, did they hang
upon Clara's hands. Her mind was folly made
up to leave the ancestral halls of her fathers, no
matter how bitter the pang, rather than yield to
the unkiud aud tyrauical dictates of her father’s
xvill. Friends interceded, suitors urged their
claims in glowing terms, her guardian did every
thing to dissuade her from this rash act, but it all
availed naught. It is utterly impossible to de
scribe his chagrin and mortification, when, upon
asking xvhat she intended to do for a support, she
coolly informed him that she had already an-
axvered an advertisement she had seen desiring a
music teacher iu some little remote toxvn in the
interior of the State. She told him she xx’ould
leave for that place on the next day, as she would
then be twenty-one, and that she hoped he would
inform her distant relatives that they wer? noxv
solo possessors of Vincent Park, aud could take
immediate possession. After returning many
heartfelt thanks for his numerous acts of kind
ness and his forbearance with her wayward dis
position, through all tlie long years that had
passed, she kissed him affectionately and said
“good-bye.” Iler guardian choked doxvn tlte
rising tear, and silently offered up an earnest
prayer for the future happiness of his ward. In
the retirement of her own room and on her bend
ed knee, God alone knows how she wept and
prayed for that assistance which comes only
from His divine throne of grace and mercy; and
liow she besought him to guide her steps in the
unexplored future. God only knew the struggle
it cost her to leave Vincent Park, the home of
her childhood—the home where, in years gone
by, her father had brought her mother-, a happy
bride—that home that xvas endeared to her by
every object that met her eye; by every' sacred
memory that can fill tlie human heart. God. give
thee Strength,thou orphaned girl,in this dark hour.
One year has passed aw ay, aud instead of the
mad-cap girl xve (hen met, we now behold Clara
a “sadder and wiser” woman. One month has
passed since she entered unun heT duties, and no
tidings of the “ loved ancl lost.”
An Interesting Case.
The following interesting case, unavoidably'
crowded out oi our issue oi' yesterday, xvas de
cided on Monday by' R. J. Morgan, special judge,
xvho was appointed to decide tlie case owing to a
legal disability of the presiding Chancellor, re
specting the case. The facts are as follows: Sa
rah Green, by George Fleece, her next friend, r,x.
Robert L. Smith and others. Sarali DeGragraf-
fenried married Solomon Green. Atthedateof
the marriage, her father by parol, gave to her
several negroes, which her iiusband took into
possession, and held for more than three years.
Afterwards her father made a written gift of t lie
same slaves to her sole and separate use, free
from tlie control and liabilities of her husband.
Her husband’s creditors obtained judgment
against him to the amount of $4,800; and had
their execution levied on the negroes. She filed
a bill claiming the negroes, ancl seeking to en
join their sale under the execution. C. C
Gleaves became her surety on tlie injunction
bond. In November, I860, tlie Chancery Court!
gave a final decree, declaring tlie slaves subject
to the execution and ordering the clerk and mas
ter to sell them to satisfy the creditor’s claims,
and if the negroes xvere not delivered to him on
demand, then declaring the complainant and her
surety on the injunction bond liable. The com
plainant appealed to the Supreme Court; that
court at the April term, 1861, affirmed llic de
cree of the Chancellor, ancl remanded tire; case
to the Chancery Court for further proceedings.—
The procedendo from the Supreme Court was.
filled July 1st, 1861. Gleaves then took posses
sion of the slaves, and tendered them to tlie clerk
and master repeatedly during tlie fall and win
ter, but lie declined to receive them. Tlie Chan
cery Court held its regular session in November;
1861, and continued open to April, 1862. Th'
negroes xvere freed by tlie Constitution of Ter
nessee in 1865, and Gleaves insisted he was no
longer bound, as the performance of his boHu
xvas 'rendered impossible by law. The court held
that the obtaining of the injunction was wrong
ful, ancl the complainant and surety liable an
wrong doers, and though i the property xvas de
stroyed by enactment of the law, yet they xvere
liable, and that the principle, that if an act is
lawful at the time of the contract, and becomes
impossible subsequently by act of laxv, theoblig-
er is discharged, did‘not apply to this case.—
Memphis Avalanche, June 21.
Horrible Massacre In Wilkinson County-.
We heard last night, from a reliable gentleman,
the particulars of a massacre in Wilkinson
county that is without a parallel in atrocity in tbit
South. The facts are in brief as follows:
Two negro men—Pompey O’Bannon, formerly
the property of a gentleman of the latter name
in Wilkinson, and William, who hails from Chat
tanooga, but both more recently from this vicin
ity—left Macon Saturday last aud on Wednesday
afternoon made their appearance at the house of
Mr. John Rollins, about three-quarters of a mile
from No. 15, C. R. R. Mr. Rollins is a respectable
citizen and a merchant at No. 15, and was absent
on a visit to Savannah. The two negroes, armed,
with double-barrelled guns and heavy clubs, en-
tered tlie house, complained of being JiunOTy an(£
asked Mrs, Rollins for something to eat. She re-
plied that something had been left from dinner-
and they were welcome to it, and was about
leaving the room to obtain it when she xvas felled
to the floor by bloxvs from the clubs in tlie hands
of the villains and beat until life was extinct.—
Her child, about 8 months old, was treated in a
similar way, together with a daughter about
thee years of age both having their heads and
faces horribly mangled and being left ior dead.—
The fiends then made after a negro girl, about
twelve years of age, who, after receiving several
Violent bloxvs, succeeded in making her escape-
across the fields to a neighboring farm bouse,
when she gave the alarm. The two children, it
is thought, cannot recover. The neighbors soon
gathered, some looked after the dead and wound
ed, whilst others procured guns ancl dogs and
xvent iu pursuit of the villains, xvho fled in the
direction of this city. After running them Wed
nesday night and the whole of yesterdav, about
dark the party came up with one of them, Pom
pey O’Bannon, a short distance across the river,
and captured him. The party were in hot pur- ‘
suit of the other last night and hi3 capture was
thought certain.
So far as could be learned, the negroes had no
cause of quarrel against Mrs. Rollins, or any of
the family, ancl were driven to the murder of a
whole family purely by a desire to rob the premi
ses and conceal their crime, it being understood
that Mr. Rollins had money about the house. To
what extent they succeeded in this part of their
object, we were unable to learn.
Hanging is to good for such demons in human,
form.—Macon Telegraph.
At first the
novelty ape) excitement of her new life kept her
spirits up, but now that her duties have become
almost second nature, what can her thoughts
dwell upon iu the solitude of her own chamber,
as everywhere else,but the object of her idolatry?
“I vowed that 1 xvould tear his image from my
heart, aud Heaven knows I have prayed for it as
fervently as I ever prayed for anything in my
life ; hut turn where I will his image greets me,
anfl with that sad, sweet look of yore seems tQ
say, x\ f e shall he happy yet. Why do \ yield to
this lingering hope, xvhen I feel and knoxv that it
is hopeless—xvhen, too, the conviction is daily
forced upon me that all my' sacrifices have been
in vain. He does not love me, and is not worthy of
the idolatry I give him, unasked and unsougiit.”
But in every woman’s heart there is implanted a
feeling of sympathy and dependence, and that
feeling must find some object upon which to
cling and twine. While xve do not indulge tlie
belief that to love and be loved is necessary to
the existence of woman. Yet xve do say God
deliver us from that strong-minded portion o}
our sex, who ridicule the idea of love, and say it j
is a myth, only indulged fo by misses iu tlieir j
teens. While Clara imagines that she is hope
lessly in the “slough of despond,” and that
henceforth tlie cypress instead of the myrtle
shall bloom alone for her, a rap at the door I
Extraordinary Speech of Hear Centre:
Stevens—Roberts and Sweeny Dorm
Dyed Traitors.—On Tuesday evenin'' 3Ir
Stephens, the Head Centre of the Irish Fenian
movement, was serenaded at his quarters at the
Metropolitan Hotel, in Washington, and respond
ed, according to the Republican of that city in
the following language:
Fellow-Countrymen; I thank you, and most
cordially, for the compliment conveyed through
me, by means of thia beautitul serenade to dear
old Ireland It occurs to me that I might noxv
tiiroxv aside all considerations of delicacy, and
speak in unmistakable terms concerning tlie
double-dyed traitors who are rniniDg the cause
we hold neaitst our hearts.
I say, aud mark the import of my words, that
all Irishmen, be they whom they may, xvho arc-
throwing obstacles in the direct way to,our coun
try’s liberation, are traitors, and are this hour
abhorred, despised, execreuted by the men in Ire
land. and they dare not for their lives sake place
a foot on the soil over wluch the green flag should
now in triumph he waving. The men xvho noxv
propose to sell the Irish vote of this country to
political demagogues are traitors, and I here .de
nounce them by mime—Roberts, General Sweeny
and the xvhole set called the Senate.
It is time ta speak out in plain language, and I
will do ft noxv, ligreafter, and forever, by voice
and through tlie means of the press. 1 say they*
are traitors to the cause of Ireland, and let them
so be looked upon, by not only Irishmen, but all
Americans who sympathize with struggling free
men. Again I thank you, my countrymen, for
the compliment you have paid me in listening so
patiently', but again I ask you to heed mv admo
nition, to be distrustful of the Senate party—the
heroes of Campobello, Canada, and 1 may soon
have to add Mexico.
Mr. Stephens’ speech was received with en
thusiasm.
A New Orleans letter ol the 14th in 4., says
that txvo men were arrested there that ir orninw,
charged with complicity in the assassination ot
President Lincoln. One admits some association
xvith Booth, while the other denies all knowledge
of the affair. Both are strangers in that city,
and it was understood’were to tie sent to Wash
ington.