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UJffKlp Jntelliflfnffr.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, March 27, I860.
“Joailee” and Mr. Stephens.
The article over the signature oi “Justice,”
which appears ia another column of this day's
issue of the “Intelligencer,” is from the pen
of one of Mn. Stephens’ warmest friends and
ardent admirers, who, we know, feels as he
writes, upon the subject of his communication.
“Justice” is perhaps right when he urges that
Mr. Stephens be let alone in his retirement for
the reasons he assigns, but anxiety on the part
of the people of Georgia, which shows itself so
often iu the calls made upon him fcrliis opinions
and counsel on political questions, is nevertheless
a compliment to that distinguished gentleman,
and which, though they may be annoying, we
are sure arc properly appreciated by him. There
is not a patriotic Georgian within the bounds of
this once proud and good old commonwealth
who would not rather suffer himself for opinion’s
sake, than that Mr. Stephens should, and no
such Georgian will ever require of him word or
sign with the slightest impression upon bis mind
that it would be unwise or impolitic to do so.—
The time, we trust, will soon come when Mr.
Stephens will feel no embarrassment when
called upon, as of yore, for his political opinions
and counsels, in freely giving expression to them.
We do not know that he feelB any embarrass
ment now; nevertheless, the views of “Justice”
are worthy of consideration.
How It Will Work.
Commenting on the act of Congress, prescrib
ing that re-organizalion in the Southern Slates
shall take place on the basis of"equal suffrage,”
the Cincinnati Gazette, a radical paper, depre
cates Lite fact that it will increase their repre
scntation, while nothing will be added to North
eru representation—the Slates of that section
having refused to adopt negro suffrage, though
tney have forced it upon the South. And the
Gazette bitterly says: “ It will be queer if w
shall have the physic which, in the name o
justice, we have prescribed lor the rebel States
returned to our own bowels through our un
faithfulness to our professions.”
We clip the foregoing from an exchange—tin
New O' leans Time*—the editor of which says
“ The commentaries of the Gazette reminds usol
a good story told us by a country clergyman
who had received lrom a happy groom a fee of
dozen fowls for uniting him with the lady of hit-
choice in the silken bands of matrimony. Si
months after the ceremony was performed, tb
husband returned, and calling upon the clergy
man, said ‘ he had brought him a dozen fowls
more to unmarry him.’ ‘ I can’t do that,’ said
his Reverence. ‘ The bond of marriage once
entered into can never be dissolved, except by
the death of one of the parties to it.’ * Strange!
responded his visitor. 4 1 cannot see any diffl
culty in tbo way, for it is certainly a bad rule
that won’t work both ways! ’ ”
We doubt very much whether the majority
in Congress, In conferring suflrago upon the
Southern freedmen, thought seriously of the fact
of which the Gazette complains, to-wit, that wliil
it must add to Southern representation in tin
national council, it will add nothing to North
ern representation in that body—that “the physic
which, in the name of justice,” Congress hai
“prescribed for the rebel States” will add to tlieii
strength in that body, and may operate ere long
to destroy the political party now in power, and
re-establish the government bequeathed to t» b\
our ancestors. If they did not, they committed
a great oversight, and have lailcd in that om
important particular upon which they were evi
dently bent, a lessening of the influence of tin
Southern Slates in the legislative halls of the na
tion, for nationalized the once “sovereign States’
of the “Union” have, through congressional en
actments, actually become. “Negro suffrage'
was designed to elevate in the political scale, tin
freedmen of the South, and it will no doubt d<
so. When elevated in this respect, they will be
come elevated in others, and will not be long ii
understanding that they have no Northern homes,
no Northern interests to advance—that the Soutl
is their home, and as it prospers, so will they
as It recedes in prosperity, so must they. Tin
"physic” prescribed by Congress, take it as the
South must, may work yet more to the injury o
the North than to the South. The luture wil
determine whether the North or the South is tin
gainer through “negro suffrage.”
Negro Suffrage.
The Richmond Times says—and says well and
forcibly, the grave question that presents itseli
for solution is—“ how shall we reconcile the in
stincts and prejudices of our people with tin
stern aud ugly facts which stare us iu the face 1
llow shall wo overcome the scruples which wil
be likely to keep our best men in retirement ?—
How will they be induced to face military sub
jection and the odors of black suffrage ? A sub
lime heroism is new required which surpasse.-
the mere physical requirements which constitutt
courage on the battle field. A lofly patriotisn
is needed which will consent even to stoop t<
conquer, which shall be williug to suffer eveu hu
miliation and indignity for the public weal. Tin
offices of public, trust and emolument which an
left us—held as they are by provisional tenure
liable to be set aside or annulled at any time b_\
that boundless and undefined authority which
the soldier can claim and exercise—no longer
present shining and honorable attractions lor thi
patriotic ambition of our beet, purest and noblest
men. The danger which besets us is that these
offices will be filled by vile reptiles engendered
by the mud and filth of civil and political strife;
men who will have neither the pride of the past,
the honor of the present, nor the hope of a
brighter future to guide their actiou.
“ Let it be the first and last aim of our states
manship to defeat the object of those who would
create new streams of power to use them foi
their own selfish end. When the negro casts a
vote let us see to it that he casts it right. Let us
not permit that union between the ignorant
blacks and the lalse and abandoned whites,
which, when once consummated, will be preg
nant with disaster to every moral and rational
iuterest in the Commonwealth. We do not say
that our high-toned gentlemen shall go on elec
tioneering tours to Cuftee’s cabin and give candy
to the piccaninnies—no. But let the benighted
classes be instructed through those of their own
color who are most intelligent and respectable,
so that vile demagogues aud political swindlers
may not make them their tools.
“ There are many old family negroes now who
go to their old masters for advice upon all knot
ty questions. Let this class, or the intelligent
class of negroes whose sympathies are all with
the Southern people, be the media by which the
antidote shall be administered.
Letter front Senator Sherman.
We notice iu the Macon Journal rf- Messenger
ot yesterday, the following letter to Col. W. K.
DeGraFFEXREID, of that city. The letter is
dated at Washington, the 12th inst:
United States Senate Chaebek, £
\VA8Hui6Tox, Match 13, lStTT. }
Dear Sir: Your letter of the 8th inst., is re
ceived, The bill you referred to was passed in
the earnest hope that it would tend to the full
restoration of all the States to all their rights in
the Union. The sixth section I think too harsh
but it was put in iu the House as the result ot
opposition trout both extremes. At the request
of large numbers from the South, we are passing
a supplementary act to provide machinery ot
reconstruction. The original bill left all this to
each State, but there was danger of double or
ganizations and conventions, and therefore, to
avoid further strife or difference, this new act
will be passed. It is tncrelv a scaffolding.
My earnest conviction is. that the South should
not forego this opportunity to be restored to rep-
reSenta ion; and you may rely upon it, that a
majority in b"tn Houses will adhere to this otter,
aud execute it in good faith and to the letter, it
your people will d<> likewise. Neither section
cm la* prosperous while the present condition of
military snrveilance prevails.
You can do us you please with this.
Vtry truly yours,
Wh«l Ki, and What Would have Been.
Commenting upon a portion of the speech
made by Mr. Conkling the other day in Con
gress, the Washington City National Intelli
gencer says as follows: “Had the Southern
States been admitted to their rightful place on
the floor of the Senate, or had the objection gone
to the character of the representative, and not
the right of the State, capital would have flowed
into the South. The land holders would have
been furnished the means to cultivate properly
their desolated estates. Its water power would
have been devoted to industrial uses; its mines
would have been developed; factories world
have sprung up on every side. The confidence
in the security of investment, which is the very
life-blood of enterprise and of an enriching com
merce, would have set a thousand springs of ac
tivity in motion, aud labor would have been
abundantly regarded and in increasing demand,
and thus bread would have been brought to the
famished, shelter to the houseless, and clothing
to the naked. The whole spirit of the business
community would have been the very opposite of
the hopelessness and stagnation with which the
Radical policy lias cursed the South. The tide
of emigration would have set in, aud the active
Irishman, the thrifty German, and the specula
tive Yankee would have contributed to the reno
vation ot a land desolated by war and dispirited
by unkindness. And, what is more, Instead of
our custom house receipts diminishing and our
internal revenue dwindling so as to excite tiie
apprehensions of our wisest financiers, the
whole nation would have rebounded from
the exhaustion ot our late struggle in a way
that would have astonished ourselves as well as
the inhabitants of other lands. But we pursued an
insane policy. The South has lelt the first shock,
but our turn is coming. The nation cannot flour
ish when in one-naif of it industry 7 is crippled aud
energy paralyzed, and gaunt 'amine hovering
over the firesides of our countrymen. Their
destiny 7 is ours. Their mislortunes are our dis
aster. Their destitution is our impoverishment.
We can no more be a prosperous North while
the South is in the dust than you can keep the
waters of the Atlantic at a higher level than
those of the Gulf of 3Iexico. If the politicians
do not soon recognize the inevitable fact the
nation will ere long bitterly . eplore it.”
What is, and what would _iave been, the con
dition of the Southern States is forcibly 7 aud
truthfully depicted in the forgoing. Obstruction
on the part of the national Congress to recon
struction, has done mucb*hann, not only to the
Southern, but the Northern States. It has baf
fled enterprise, encouraged no reward to labor,
kept capital that would have flown into, out of
the South, and most disastrously affected the
commerce and manufacturing interests ot every
Southern State. Hitherto, in her agricultural
productions, and her trade, the South has been
profitable to the North, but as yet, since the close
of the war, she has not been, and not until the
Southern States shall again occupy the same
political status in the “ Union” that the North
ern States do, can it be expected that their trade
and other relations to the Northern States will
prove profitable to either section. Well does
our Washington City cotemporary remark that
“ the nation cannot flourish when in one-half of it
"idustry is crippled and energy paralyzed, and
gaunt famine hovering over the firesides of our
countrymen. Their destiny is ours. Their mis
fortunes are our disaster. Their destitution is
our impoverishment. We can no more be a pros
perous North while the South is in the dust than
/ou can keep the waters of the Atlantic at a
.uglier level than those of the Gulf of Mexico.
[1 the politicians do not soon recognize the in
evitable fact the nation will ere long bitterly de
plore it.”
From Honduras.
The emigrating party lrom this city and vicin
ity to Honduras, will be interested in the follow
ing piece of news which we clip front the New
fork Journal of Commerce which states that it is
in extract from a letter received by a merchant
ot that city, dated at Belize, the 18ih ultimo:
No doubt by this time you will have heard of
>ur Indian troubles. We are now, however, cn-
ibled to state that they are not of the vast extent
it first reported, aud in the event of your seeing
iereafter any further extraordinary accounts
touching the subject, you may with all safety
consider them exaggerated.
We neither advise nor approve emigration
from Georgia to any other part of the world.—
Notwithstanding her present condition politically
or otherwise, we have abiding faith in her future
prosperity, and believe no country or State has
uperior advantages over her iu all that pertains
io the health, and general welfare of a people.
Yhile our heartiest good wishes will attend her
sons and daughters who may seek other climes,
>ur advice to all is to stand by their native Geor
gia now in its woe, as they did when it was in its
ceal. Time will surely cure the evil of which
iney complain, while the industry and energy of
aer people will reproduce her former prosperity.
"There is life iu the old laud yet,” and will ever
>c, though a cloud is suspended over her. Stay
it home, Georgians, rendering "‘unto Caesar that
which is Caesar’s, and unto God that which is
God’s,” and you will again become a prosperous
and happy people.
Fertile Spot In llie Bankrupt Law,
The Baltimore Sun notices some of the lertile
pots in the Bankrupt law. It provides for the
appointment in each Congressional District ol
the United States of one or more officers called
Registers in Bankruptcy. These officers are to
ne selected by the Chief Justice ot the United
States. Their business will be to act as dep
uties of the district judge in all matters relating
to bankrupt estates. Their compensation will
ae derived from fees and itinerant charges upon
a scale to be fixed by the Supreme Court of the
United States. It is calculated that the office
will, in no case,be worthless than one thousaud
lollare per annum, and in the principal towns
and commercial centers will be very lucrative.
Some idea may be formed of the importance aud
value ot the office, when it is remembered that
the bankrupt act practically supersedes the in
solvent laws of all the States. So that at the
least the fees of each register will, in number,
equal the aggregate of all the fees in insolvency
of all the State Courts in his Congressional Dis
trict, and as the rate of fees in bankruptcy may.
fairly be assumed, according to the ratio of fees
in the Federal Courts, to be four times the rate
of like services in the State Courts, it will at
once be seen that the office is a nice little provis
ion. The nomination lor these places rests with
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court exclu
sively.
United States Income Tax.
We see it stated in the New York Journal of
Commerce that the recent Act of March 2, 1S67,
materially modifies former laws respecting the
income tax. Incomes for the year ending 31st
December, 1860, should be prepared and returned
forthwith. Income Blank Form 24, has been
modified, and the department is distributing
them as first as possible, yet old blanks may be
made available. The amended law exempts
£1,000 income, the amount paid for house rents,
repairs, and taxes, aud the tax is reduced to the
uniform rate ot five per cent.
We notice in this city, that from the very effi
cient district assessor's office, blanks have been
distributed in our city, in order that they may
make their returns within ten days front the date
thereof, lire 20th instant. There are now but
five days left. All interested in this matter had,
therefore, lietter prepare thtir returns, otherwise, j
after the 30tli, they incur the penalty ot 50 per j
centum on the proper duty.
-A writer in the Ma-
w Lo lias been on a
Win. K. DeGraffeoreid.
I The Lunatic Asylum.
: con Journal «£■ Messenger,
visit to Milledgeville, writes:
There are now three hundred and t wenty-s *v -
patients in the institution, and their health lx r’’~r
than is usual at this season of the year. Ti.e
friends of humanity and the cause of Christian
civilization, will never cancel their debt of grat
itude to Dr. Green, for his indomitable energy in
planning, constructing and supervising the insti-
John Sherman. | tution, as in my judgment no other man ever
would have done.
Terrible Blot I® New York.
An unfortunate affair occurred in New York
on the morning oi the 18th. The Herald of the
19th contains the following particulars of the af
fair :
the cause of the riot.
About one o’clock in the afternoon, as the va
rious divisions of the Ancient Order of Hiberni
ans of Brooklyn were passing up Grand street,
in the vicinity of, and just previous to joining
the main body of the procession, which was at
that time passing through East Broadway, a
truck drove up Grand street in the same direc
tion in which the various societies were march
ing. Although the driver seemed to take special
care not to disturb the order of the procession,
by keeping bis horses close to the curb outside
the line of march, he was called upon by seve
ral officers of the Fourth Division to cross into
one of the by-streets. So soon as he had heard
the orders, the driver attempted to reach one of
llie by-streets; but, to do.it was necessary for
him to cross the line of march, which he attempt
ed to do. As his intention became manifest, an
outcry was raised against him by the marshals
and aids on horseback, and, in order not to cre
ate any trouble, be drew Lis vehicle up to the
curb and stopped, venturing to ask one of the
procession officials, as be did so, what they ex
pected him to do if they would not permit him
to cross Grand street, as without doing so, he
would be unable to enter one of the bystreets.
COMMENCEMENT OF THE AFFRAY.
At this, without deigning to answer his ques
tion or showing any willingness to halt their
march for a moment to allow the driver to pass,
although his truck stood so close to the sidewalk
that almost double the number of men who were
in the line could have walked on without being
obstructed iu their march by the vehicle, several
men broke from the ranks, jumped into the truck
and instantly commenced beating him with their
iron-headed staves. Not content with throwing
him bleeding to the bottom of the vehicle, as it
rendered more furious by the sight of the blood
that flowed profusely from the poor man’s
wounds, while he cried out piteously for them to
spare his lile, they kicked and stamped upon the
prostrate body of their victim until it seemed
that their intention indeed was to murder him.
In the meantime the attention of officer Ulher,
of the Thirteenth Precinct, who happened to be
standing in the crowd on the sidewalk, where he
had been stationed to keep the people front inter
fering with the procession as it passed by, was
attracted to the truck by the contusion of voices
incident to the attack upon the driver. He ran
to the spot and jumped upon the truck to protect
the object of the affray, when he was felled to
the floor of the vehicle and trampled under foot in
the most brutal manner. This dastardly act was
witnessed by officers Coleman and Kearney, who
hastened to the assistance ot their brother officer
but after a desperate struggle they fell in their
turn beneath the blows of their assailants. But
they were soon on their feet, defending them
selves bravely from the lop ot the truck, dealing
blows tight and left of them as rapidly as they
could wield their clubs. The rioters, finding
that the officers could and were determined to
make a desperate resistance as long as they were
on the truck, immediately put their shoulders to
the vehicle, overturning it completely upon the
officers as they fell to the ground, Kearney receiv
ing a fearful cut from the sword of one of the
marshals or aids as he was falling. A rush was
at once made bj 7 the rioters for the unfortunate
policemen as soon as they had rolled to the
ground, who kicked and trampled them under
their feet like so many demons.
THE FIGH* AT ITS HIGHT.
By this time officer Heiseman, who had heard
of tiie fight at a short distance from the scene ot
the disturbance, sent word of the affair to rounds
man Brown and"three or four other officers who
were distributed along the route of the proces
sion, and they arrived on the “double quick,”
rushed into the crowd, and fought their way to
where their companions lay bleeding in the
street. But, notwithstanding the good stand
they made for a short time, they were overpow
ered bj 7 numbers, and in their turn lay at the feet
ot their maddened assailants, bleeding from the
wounds inflicted by the swords of the horsemen
and the formidable spear-headed staves of the
men in front.
A FEARFUL SCENE.
The excitement that reigned in the neighbor
hood of the riot at this moment was painfully
apparent among the surging masses of men aud
women who crowded round the spot where the
officers lay trampled under foot, and bleeding
front the most ghastly wounds. Loud murmurs
were heard from the men who, though willing
to assist the officers, stood back in fear of incur
ring their fate, while several women, who were
standing near by, were borne off the scene faint
ing. Others, who had the hardihood to remain
in the vicinity, stood by pale aud trembling," and
at times weeping at the sight they would fain
shut out from their view. Meanwhile several
officers from various parts of the line of the pro
cession, to whom intelligence of the disturbance
had been communicated, arrived on the spot
shortly after the men under roundsman Brown,
aud succeeded in fighting their way to the side
of their prostrate comrades, but only uselessly
to conteud against overwhelming numbers
which closed round them, and attacked them
with stave, club aud sword, until they, too,
succumbed and fell bleeding to the earth, to
be trampled under foot. So soon as the rioters
had glutted their vengeance by cutting down
all the policemen who dared to confront them—
and not one officer who was in the vicinity
shrunk from the contest—a party of them seized
hold of officer Win. Barrett, who lay unconsci
ous in the street, aud after brutally stamping
upon him flung him down a cellar way, one ot
them remarking as the body struck heavily at
tiie bottom of the stone steps, “Let the damned
dog lie there ; he’s dead anyhow!” During the
latter part ot the bloody contest Captain Helrne,
who was standing at the corner ot Clinton street
and East Broadway, was informed of what was
occurring in Grand street, and immediately, in
company with Sergeant Barnett and three men,
whom he had stationed iu that vicinity, proceed
ed to the scene of the riot, where they were met
by a crowd of some three hundred strong, which
seemed very demostrative, but in nowise bent on
mischief, and which the Captain and his men
had very little trouble in scattering. To lollow
the Hibernians, who had already left the scene,
was the Captain’s first thought, but on approach
ing them it was found useless to make any attack
without reinforcements. He then directed Cap
tain Ulltnan, of the Eleventh precinct, and a few
men of the Seventh, whom he met, to follow the
Society, and they succeeded in annoying the
stragglers considerably with their locusts. He! me
afterwards went to work to care for his wounded
men, three of whom he found in a shanty, several
lying on the street, and others in houses to which
they had been carried by citizens after the rioters
had left the scene.
THE FIGHT RENEWED.
As the Hibernians proceeded up East Broad
way, after leaving Grand street, they, for some
reason or another, attacked a citizen named Las-
kins; and two officers ot the Seventh precint,
named Hiram Cole and David Martin, who went
to his rescue, were set upon and seriously injured,
they receiving several stabs and cuts from swords
and staves.
SCENES AT THE STATION HOUSE.
So soon as Captain He]me had gathered to
gether all the wounded men of his pre< iuct a
truck was produced on which they were placed
and taken to the station house, where their
wounds were dressed by Police Surgeons J. P.
Bliven and H. A. Pooler, and Drs. W. A. James,
J. Bergold aud A. J. Bergold, of No. 158 De-
lancej 7 street, who volunteered their services on
hearing ot the misfortune of the officers. As the
wounded men were brought iuto the station
house the streets in its immediate vicinity were
crowded by an excited crowd of men and wo
men, and in ashort time afterthe injured officers
were brought into the large room of the station
they were surrounded by their friends, the wo
men crying and wringing their hands in anguish,
and the men, particularly their fellow officers
who had been on other posts, and who had not
learned of the fate of their companions until
relieved, clenching their teeth in anger and
uttering deep imprecations against the rioters.
It was, indeed, a sight to move the most hard
ened, and many an eye that had been wont to
araze unmoistened upon scenes of blood was
suffused with tears, and the lips of more than
one sturdv patrolmon quivered with emotion at
the sight ot the brave fellows as they lay bleed
ing from their terrible wounds, though uttering
no word of complainL
ARRESTS—THE SOCIETIES ENGAGED.
Two men, named respectively Bernard Clark,
a member of the society of quarrymen, and
Thomas Newman, were arrested during the
afternoon by the Seventh precinct police, the
former of whom was engaged in the Grand
street riot, as he ireely confesses. Newman was,
as it is alleged, one ot two men who attacked |
the officer iu East Broadway.
THE SWORDSMAN.
The marshal or aid who did such fearful exe- :
cution with his sword during the bloody affray
in Grand street is said to reside in Brooklyn.
He is described as having had the appearance
ot perfectly a sober nun at the time that he
struck down several of the officers, and that he •
did more execution from his elevated position
on horseback with his sword than did any four :
ot his Bleu with their staves.
severely for it. Lender ordinary
-jjjien, it is but natural that we
;vpJeciate ar
[fob thb nrrsLLiazsczB.]
Bon. i; B. Stephen*—His Position, Ac.
Whenever any exciting or troublesome politi
cal question comes up' these days, there is a
disposition, on the part of many, to hear from
the Hon. A. H. Stephens, and to know what are
his views or opinions in relation to the same.
Under ordinary circumstances this would be
well enough. Mr. Stephens, in the past, has
proven himself a far-seeing, able and wise coun
selor, and had the people of Georgia heeded his
counsels six or seven years ago, they would not
have had their dearest loved ones killed in battle,
their property destroyed and themselves im
poverished, and their rights and privileges under
our Constitution aud laws, taken from them.
They heeded bftt his advice then, and we are
now sufferin
circumstances,
should now appfcciate and desire the counsel ot
one who has proven himself so well capable of
giving good counsel. But is 31 r. Stephens’ posi
tion at this time such that his true friends should
desire him to take part in the political questions
of the day? Are we now a tree people, and
is Mr. Stephens ITFree man? I think not. We
are now under a military government; under
the government ot a military commander, with,
wemay say, unlimited powers, and we cannot now
do as we please under our Constitution and laws,
as in days past—and wh*t is more, Mr. Stephens
s a paroled prisoner. While, then, none of us are
free, as in past days, and while many of us feel
constrained in gfeing our own views and opin
ions to the public, is it right or proper for us to
attempt to bring out and put in the lead, in the
discussion ot political questions, this second of
ficer in the late “ Confederacy,” a “ shiuiug
mark,” one whose opinions and actions are
watched and criticised l>y all, and he “ a parol
ed prisoner,” too? I think not. As true friends,
then, of this great and good man, we' should
“ let him alone,” let him do as he desires, “ in
retirement, having noibi»-g to do with political
matters.” This, I understand to be Mr. Ste
phens’ position ; Tiaving chosen it himself, none
who respect him, or care tor him, should attempt
to change it by thrusting his private convictions
or views before the public. In the future, should
we ever he free to shape our own government
and actions again, and Mr. Stephens be living,
and a free man, and lie can express himself, only
with the restraints and responsibilities betore
the war, then it will be time enough and appro
priate, to counsel with him and give his views
and opinions to the public;. but hampered, as be
is, in various ways at.this time, I can but think
that his friends, at least, should “ let him alone.”
But, let us suppose a case, A few weeks ago,
Governor Brown, having visited Washington
City, and from his stand-point, believing that it
■would be better for the people of Georgia and
the South to accept and immediately act upon
the Sherman-Shallabarger act, bad as it is, rather
than delay longer, he recommended that course.
For so doing he has been censured and denounc
ed by many in Georgia and the Southern States.
Some have suggested that he was “ unduly
frightened,” was “weak-kneed,” &c., while oth
ers again suggested that he “desired to save his
property," or ‘"save his neck,” and that he was
“currying favor with the Radicals,” &c. Now
suppose Mr. Stephens had also come out with his
views, (as he has been invited to do in some quar
ters,) aud he had agreed with Governor Brown,
would not his motives have been called in ques
tion, and would he not have been severely crit
icised, as Governor Brown has been ? And,
then, had Mr. Sherman, through policy, or some
other cause, without consulting Mr. Stephens,
used his name, too, in connection with those oi
Governors Patton and Brown, in his resolution
of amnesty, would not those persons assailing
Governor Brown have insinuated, at least, that
Mr. S.’s letter, too, was written under “an arrange
ment?” &c. On the other hand, suppose he had
come out, and very decidedly opposed Governor
Brown’s propositions, and given his views upon
the same as others have done, would lie not have
been charged by the Radicals as “still rebellious,”
and represented by them and others as preferring
that there should be discord forever, rather than
that he should be “proscribed from office ?” &c
We have already seen enough to be satisfied
that when Congress had “a will', it also has “a
way." And thus it will be seen, that Mr. Ste
phens’ counsel, if opposed to the will of Con
gress, would be ot no avail to us, neither his
good name, or rep'utation, or even^his personal
liberty is safe in his meddling with, and taking
an active part in the political affairs of the day.
Hence, he only advises the people to obey the
laws.
Mr. Stephens lias marked out a course for him
self. Last year, until the Provisional Governor
was removed and our Governor was inaugurated
and he was called upon by the Legislature to
speak, he had nothing to say as to political mat
ters. After responding to the call of the Legis
lature, he has had nothing to do with politics
save an effort to attend the Philadelphia Conven
tion, in pursuance of an appointment by citizens
of the State. Even though falsely charged last
fall with advising that the Legislature* of last
year should adopt the Constitutional. Amend
ment, yet he said not a word, and neither re
quested or authorized any one to contradict it.-
It is true that some of his friends who knew that
it was not true, denied it, but it was not at his
instance. No, he had determined not to be drawn
out in any way. This was his position last win
ter, when better days were upon us; and in thus
giving up all connection with the discussion ot
the political affairs of the day, he imposed upon
himself another work, and that was to write
history of the late war, its causes, &c. To this
work, and to his profession, his mind and body
is now wholly devoted. Under all these circum
stances, then, ought not his friends to abstain
from attempting to mix him up with the politi
cal questions of the day? I think so. Mr. Ste
pliens, not having a “ fair chance ” at this time,
he can but suffer, whatever position he may
take, and as we all know him to be a law-abi
ding man, let us obey the laws, and, for the pre
sent, not attempt to obtain and thrust his views up
on the public. No friend of his, I think, ought to
do it.
I know not whether these views in relation to
Mr. Stephens, are concurred in by any one, but
from a survey of the whole ground that he oc
cupies, I think them correct, and hope you will
give them place in your paper. Justice.
General Lee.—A dipatoh from Richmond
states it will be authoritatively announced that
General Lee is strongly in favor of the people
voting for a convention aud that every man not
actually disfranchised, should not only take the
necessary steps to prepare himself to vote, but
should also strive to induce all others known to
him, whether white or colored, to vote. He
thinks co-operation of all the people, officials
and citizens, should be prompt, and that the
chief object should be to get back into the
Union, with such rights as are left us, as quickly
and quietly as possible. He thinks the oa.h pro
posed is such as every good citizen not disfran
chised ought now to be able to take, as a simple
matter of truth aud duty as a citizen of the
country,
Destroyed by a Water Spout.—A Los
Angelos letter states that a government train en
route to Arizona, was lost on the 10th of March,
in Colorado Desert, by a water spout. The train
[bob tbx nrs*LLia*NCSB.
The Future Gentleman at a Trtmlum.
The fact has gone forth. The coming age is
destined to abound in noble specimens; nay, in
perfect models of the now degenerate race called
“ creation’s lords ”—“ the noblest work of God!
Man was made but “little lower than the angels.
His Creator’s own image was instamped upon
him. God gave to him “ a lofty countenance,”
and “ did set him over the works of his hand!
Every age has had its model men. But the
“ multitudes, the masses ”—how degenerate, how
degraded! Well, a new era has dawned. The
“Golden Age” is near at hand! None can
doubt that under the improved systems of general
and thorough education now adopted, the whole
race will be greatly invigorated, elevated, and
refined.
As a most important initiatory step toward
this anticipated advancement, that benevo
lent, noble-miaded, and far-seeing gentleman
Mr. Jerome —has founded, at Princeton Col
lege, New Jersey, a prize investment the
proceeds of which are to be given as premiums
on high attainments iu “ Gentlemanly Con
duct.” This was a happy thought, and a noble
act; and it is devoutly hoped that the contem
plated plan, so promissory of beneficent results
will be appreciated, not ouly by that institution,
but by others throughout our whole country.—
We want “ gentlemen,” dignified, refined, noble-
minded—models, indeed, of every virtue in
every department of life. Aud yet, it is only by
assiduous culture, under proper direction and
training, that attainments so desirable aiul rare,
can be generally attained.
These facts admitted, while the writer would
call the attention of the Southern public to this
important subject, he embraces the opportunity
of proposing a modification and expansion of this
plan, with the hope, thereby, of securing to the
rising generation more numerous, and far greater
benefits.
1. That this stimulating process, by proper in
centives, be applied to all schools and colleges,
both male and leinale.
2. That it embrace every department of cul
ture—intellectual, moral, social, and physical.
3. And that the highest meed of praise be
given to those instructors who present, in them
selves, the fullest measure of those desirable at
tainments.
Our limited space will not permit an elaborate
exposition ot these several points. Nor is it ne
cessary that we should. The following sugges
tive facts may serve our present purpose:
Man consists of body and mind; and the
powers ot both should be perfected. He pos
sesses both an intellectual and a moral nature.—
He was created for society; and is eminently so
cial. Systems of education are, consequently,
defective, which do not include the whole man.
The ancient Spartans erred in their almost ex
clusive culture of the physical man. Modern
civilization errs on the other extreme. How
dwarfed, pale, narrow-chested, crooked-backed,
and feeble, are many of the hot house specimens
found in all our public schools! Away with
such systems! They prevent the chief ends of
education—sin grievously against God and man.
Especially has this been true of female schools.
Night studies, heated rooms, no systems of cal
isthenics, little or no exercise in the open air!—
How unfitted for every duty of life! And what
hecatombs, Moloch-like, have thus been sacri
ficed ! It was, doubtless, over such cases that
Solomon uttered his emotional exclamation : “A
living dog is better than a dead lion /’
May we not hope, then, that the time is near
when in every system of education there shall
be a perfect equipoise—no extravagance, no neg
lect—aud every youth receive a well adjusted
perfect and thorough course of training; the be-
stowment of rewards, or the stimulus arising
from the fear of evidences of demerit, in case of
negligence, being brought to bear during the
whole course of training. Such a system is
right in itself, and it? results admirable. The
divine government is founded on a system of re
wards and penalties; and our own nature is
formed in accordance with that system—love of
approbation, and dread of disapproval and dis
grace controlling us in most of our acts.
Nor is it necessary that much pecuniary value
should attach to the rewards. A copy of Mil
ton’s Poetical Works was once promised as a
premium to the most successful contestant of
the Sophomore Class of a certain male college—
in “declamation”—the prize to be conferred
publicly, on commencement day. The conse
quence was that, for months, nay, through the
whole session, the. campus and the.adjacent
groves were vocal with juvenile voices, training
like Grecians for the Olympic contests. That
or a like prize, continued from year to year, cre
ated a new era in the history of oratorical
achievements in that institution, and is still pro
during its beneficent effects in various depart
rnents of public life.
Were a like reward proposed in any college
for high attainments in 4 ‘gentlemanly,” or “lady
like” character—who can estimate the impor
tance of its bearing among the students ? And
so iu regard to all other acquirements. Surely,
then, the vast importance of this subject should
commend it to the earnest attention of all in
structure aud patrons of learning.
Monitor.
Good Advice lrom Judge biuteed.
The Montgomery Mail learns that Judge Bus
teed, whose court has just dosed at Mobile, de
livered an address to the negroes of Lowndes
county (where he has a plantation,) recently, in
which lie gave them some sound advice. He
urged the negroes to hold aloof from politics tor
the present; attend to their labor and leave the
voting to the whites. Tliat they were not pr<>
pared to vole intelligently and, therefore, should
not vote at all. This speech ot Judge Busteed’s
was in good taste, and it is to lie hoped that the
negroes will heed it. It is much better for the
negroes to work and fulfill their contracts faith
fully than to waste ti.me at the polls iu casting
an ignorant vote. Let them follow the advice
ot true Southern men, their former owners and
present best friends, and such men as Judge
Busteed. They should work laithfully; dis
countenance the injurious advice of bad white
men and adventurers, and let political matters
take care of themselves.
consisted of eleven wagon?? accompanied by „ - , , .
, , ... . jo . . * : credit to a conquered people for accepting tin
two companies of the 14th Lmled States infant- ; conditions offered by their conquerors! Nor 1
ry. Several lives were lost. The commissary ' there any occasion for a feeling of humiliation
stores and wagons were carried eighteen miles ! have made an bonest, and I hope that I may
.. c sav, a creditable fight, but we have lost. Let us
from the scene of disastet. - - - c -
The Troubles in Tennessee.—The Nash
ville Banner man is hopeful. During the late
flood he wrote:
Nashville has had her seven years of famine.
First, we had five years of war. Then w 7 e had—
the Legislature. Then we had—Brownlow.
Then we bad the cholera. Then w r e had a
round of conflagrations. Now we have the
floods. We feel assured that the seven years of
plenty will follow. We have nearly recovered
from the war; we have quite recovered from the
cholera; we shall get over Brownlow, the Le
gislature, and radicalism; and, with the rebuild
ing of our houses destroyed by fire and by water,
we shall begin the day-dawn of that season ol
fruitful peace, from which joy and prosperity
will issue hand and hand to bind up our wounds
with the golden bands of a new era. We have
had enough of bad luck. We shall have a turn
of fortune soon, we trust. We passed through
the seven years of lamine. Lord, give us seven
years of fullness and ripeness of harvests, com
merce and government.
Gen. Longstreet.—This distinguished gen
tleman publishes a letter advising the acceptance
of the terms of the conquerors. The following
is the gist of the argument, and qll that it is
necessary to copy:
The striking feature, and the one that our peo
ple should keep in view, is, that we are a con
quered people. Recognizing this fact fairly and
squarely, there is but one course left for wise
men to pursue. Accept tiie terms that are offered
us by the conquerors! There can be no dis-
the
is
there any occasion for a feeling of humiliation.
Thesttbj* tof the publicdebts becom ng mar
mous almost beyond calculation, is
excite the apprehension of even Ra
and there are those who do not hesitate • P
an opinion that its magnitude clearly points t >
ultimate repudiation. The President has recently
thrown out some significant warnings oh
subject, and the leading press of the North is be
ginning to approach its discussion as an alterna
tive to which the government may final J
driven. The people are already taxed to the
point of capacity and endurance, yet, Congress
continues to lavish money in every direction wit
the most reckless prodigality.
Among other journals which have tone i
upon the subject of possible repudiation 's the
New York Times. In a recent at tide iliat pa
per refers to the question at somei lengthmn^con
nection with the proposition to impeacht tb
President. We quote a portion of iis remarks.
Con* 7 ress may amuse the country by tal
impeachment. 'It may to some extent thus satis
fy for a time the vague feeling of discontent
which pervades the public mind, and which lot
fastens Kp.m tbe Pr«idmt as the
“obstacle” to the reconstruction and restored
prosperity of the Union. But it cannot by anj
process long evade-the higher duties which c.e
volve upon it, and for which the country w
hold it responsible. Denunciations of the South
impeachment of the President, schemes tor the
prolongation of party power, prosecuted m reck
less disregard of the public welfare, wil not di
vert public attention permanently lrom the gath
ering perils of the nation and the utter lack of
provision for meeting them which characterizes
the action of the Government. Congress-may
simulate a zeal for the public credit by punishing
the President tor hinting doubts whether ltwil
be maintained ; but it would be much mou
wisely employed in adopting measures to dunin
ish the public burdens and to augmeut the rc
sources out of which those burdens can alone he
borne. . ,,. , , . . ,
The idea of repudiating the public debt is ab
horrent to the public sense of justice and national
honor. It will be universally scouted with in
dignation. Any member of Congress who should
rise iu his place and propose it, would be gibbet
ed by the scorn and contempt of the public.—
But many a member courts applause and votes
and a re-election by advocating measures which
lead directly and inevitably to what is practically
a repudiation of the public debt—namely, fail
ure to pay.it. General Banks very justly said
some weeks ago iu Congress that there were va
nous ways of repudiating the debt, aud that one
of them was by adding to its amount so largely
as to make its payment impossible—and in the
same speech, within the same hour, General
Banks declared that he would vote whatever
bounties the soldiers might demand, whether
that vote should add four hundred or eight hun
dred millions to the public debt. Gen. Schenck
would doubtless resent with indignation the im
putation that he favors repudiation—yet he is
foremost among the many advocates of a system
of bounties which can end only in failure to pay 7 .
The leading motive of men in Congress is now
as it always has been and always will be, a de
sire to please the men oit whose votes their ten
ure of office depends. Now and then a man
may rise above this, but the general rule is the
other way. Members w ill vote for whatever ap
propriations of money will make them popular,
and so long as this money is to be received in
stead of paid, the larger the appropriations the
more popular they will be.
It is only when the question of taxation comes
up for action that we see the reverse of this ten
dency. Taxation is unpopular always and eve
rvwhere. During the war our people submitted
to it not ouly with cheerfulness, but with alacri
ty—for they saw that it was of instant and in
evitable necessity to the salvation of the nation
But this feeling will decrease with the lapse of
time. It is already far weaker than it was two
years ago. Every great productive interest in
the country is importunate at Washington for
relief from taxation. Every manufacturing es
tablishment in Pennsylvania clamors incessantly
to have its own taxes lightened or removed, and
everybod else’s doubled. The Pennsylvania
members of Congress are the foremost advocates
for protection against competition, relief from
taxation, and an inflation which shall keep
things quiet as long as possible. This cannot
last long. Congress has got to provide for pay
ing the public debt, principal and interest, it it
is to be paid at all; and it can do this only by
imposing taxes upon the property and business
of the people sufficient to meet it. It must hus
band the public resources, for vast as they are
they will be taxed to the utmost in this gigantic
work. It must bring into activity the labor, the
enterprise and the capital of every section of the
country, for all w 7 ill be needed if this work is to
be performed.
President Johnson’s warnings against repudi
ation are timely and true. Congress will much
better do its duty by heeding aud acting upon
them than by impeaching him for having uttered
them.
“Two Sides to Every Picture.»»
The following paragraphs commenting on the
passage of the Territorial bill are both taken
from the Houston Telegraph of the 71h instant:
NO. 1—BY THE FIGHTING EDITOR.
“That the passage of the bill for the govern
ment of the so-called r^Jjel States w 7 as a crime—
a sin against every canonsaf truth and duty in
which the American peoplelftne been educated
—a crime committed consciously and wilfully,
lor the gratification of a hate which shames
Christian history, for the unlawful maintenance
of power, and for the acquisition of illicit wealth
—is a fact so clear to us that we feel hound to
denounce it in terms as strong as our convictions
of its enormity. We are compelled to denounce
it, or else stand convicted before the world ot
having taken leave of all honesty and manhood.
In so doing we represent no party, but speak in
the name and behalt of the Federal Government,
and of the governments of all the States, all oi
which are revolutionized by this bill. It is a
monstrosity without a parallel.”
NO. 2—BY TIIE PEACE EDITOR.
We do not think there is any just ground for
this fear. The course of industrial and com
mercial affairs will proceed just as though the
new regime had not gone into operation. Corn
and cotton will grow just as well, and trade and
commerce will thrive just as much as though
there were no military government. There will
be neither physical resistance on the one hand,
nor practically injurious interference on the
other; consequently there will be no collision or
convulsion, and therefore no reason for damage
to material prosperity. * * * Really, tin
reconstruction” striie in the sdnailled Congress,
having come to an eud, there will l>e si "more
settled state of affairs than before. Confidence
will become stronger, and prosperity will revive.
So we think.
New Mexico.—Indian troubles are multiply-
igg in New Mexico. No section of^the country
is safe from their depredations. The following
is late:
The Albuquerque Press says every day brings
news of fresh horrors perpetrated by tin- Indians
—murders and robberies ot emigrants, herders,
citizens, ranchmen, everybody who has anything
to steal—while those to whom we have a right
to look for protection listen to the relation of
these outrages without exhibiting any emotion.
On the 3d of February 8,000 sheep were driven
oft from near the head of the Rio Puerco, about
sixty miles from Albuquerque by a party of
twenty-five or thirty Navaljoes. One hundred
and seventeen head of horses and mules were
stolen from near Nesilla the week before bv In
dians, supposed to be Apaches. Five men who
started South from Las Cruces with a wagon
were attacked by Indians, after proceedin' 7, about
thirty miles, and three of them killed, one taken
pr sorter, and the other escaped. Their property!
which conld not be carried away, was destroyed
A letter in the Idaho Statesman gives an ac- j
count of Gen. Crook’s recent raid upon the In I
dians in the region of Stein’s Mountain. A slight
engagement took place near Owyhee ferrv,'re
sulting in the loss of sixty Indians'. Gen. Crook
is severe upon the savages.
Fashion—1Vbat
'Bear,
The following is being generally published i n
the leading papers, and is reported to have crea
ted a profound sensation:
TnE chignon anD its inhabitants.
A scientific writer in the London Lancet, h av .
ing investigated the subject, has demonstrated
by experiment that in every chignon, not com
posed of the natural hair of the wearer, there "
are myriad parasites, named gregarines, which
infest each individual’s hair. These insects are
invisible except by microscopic test, but in their
substance and habits are more offensive than t] 10
famed grayback, which made Libby Prisou such
a den of horror. On every half inch of each
hair are a thousand of these inexpressibly dis
gusting epioza. They “live, move, aud'have
their being” iu millions upon each hair of the
chignon; and when Ihe myriad hairs that com
pose these “ adornments ” are considered, the
numbeis of the minute and abominable epioza
are “ as the sands of the sea-shore, or as the
stars of heaven for multitude.” Subjected to a
moderate degree of heat, they become instinct
with life, and wander at will among and around
the capillary cells, “seeking what they may de
vour.” Each is pedivlis humani capitis, as much
so as the identical one on which Burns wrote the
o;le, when he saw it “ on the lady’s bonnet.’’—
Neither acids, alkalis, ether, nor "three hundred
and fifty degrees of dry heat, kill them. Pnoti-
cally, they are indestructible. According to the
authority" quoted, in the conditions ot°a ball
room the gregarines “ revive, grow and multiply
by dividing into many parts—called green ifld-
bules; these fly about the ball-room in millions
get inhaled, and drop on the refreshments—j n ’
fact, enter the interior of people by hundreds of
ways, and tints reach their specific gregarian de
velopment.”
In Russia the hair for them is supplied bv the
poorer people, especially peasant women of the
Mordwines and the Burlakes, near the Volga
who do a large trade in it. “ When the Burlake
goes out to work in the spring, he perhaps puts
a clean shirt on, but he decidedly never takes it
off until he returns home in autumn.” Vcrih
there is a fine chance for parasites.
A learned professor in Loudon has actually
practically tested and demonstrated the vitaliiv
of these parasites. Six hairs ot a chignon, sub
jected to 120 degrees of heat, and placed around
the neck of a hen, which had been clean shaved
tor the purpose, he placed the bird in front of a
stove for a short time. He tells the result as fol
lows :
“ At the eud of this period the ‘gregarines’
which had been placed iu felt were carefully ex
amined. They had undergone great develop
ment aud more than a score showed unmistaka-
bln signs of life. But on removing the hairs
from the neck of the hem, aud placing them un
der the microscope, most extraordinary change
in the ova appeared to have taken place. The
hairs were swarming with the released epizos;
nearly ail, indeed, were more or less detached
from the envelope, and presented many of the
unmistakable peculiarities of the pediculus hu
mani capitis. In many the mouih w as furnished
with a probosis, the antennas as long as the thorax,
and the depressed segment of the abdomen were
clearly visible. It was abundantly evident that
no process to which the hair had as yet Jtfcn
submitted had even impaired, much less uCgpgte
ed, the vitality of the ‘gregarines.’ ”
The horrible tacts of the above investigation
are of extreme concern to the ladies, who have
so numerously adopted the habit of wearing
these purchased chignons, as many will hesitate
longer to carry upon their heads a load of dis
gusting parasites whose origin is ouly less appal-
ing than their immense number, their unlimited
power of reproduction, their easy awakening
from dormancy into activity, and their security
from either detection or destruction. Let the la
dies ponder.
Brick Pomeroy.—This noted and somewhat
eccentric genius, who is now lecturing in the
South, occasionally throws out a good sugges
tion. In one of lits recent lectures he said :
Were I possessed of the alchemy to transfer
a poor man of the West into the rich man
of the East, I would take all the jewels of the
ladies, and build cotton mills. 1 would leave
the ladies without any other attractions than
their pure hearts and beautiful faooa, and with
the proceeds of their up uecesaa r y gew-gaws
could put up woolen mill's cotton mills and saw
mills, and no longer he de|>endent on people so
far away, who care nothing for you, except lor
your dollars. Put up a cotton mill with a thou
sand spindles, aud they will be better weapons f the paragraph
News, in
.Bloody and Fatal liencoatro Between
Brothers.
[C.iiro Democrat, 19tliJ
A. gentleman just from Sarcoxie, Missouri,
brings us the lull particulars of one of the most
unnatural and terrible rencontres that it has ever
been our duty to record, which occurred on
Tuesday, the loth instant, at the little town of
Sarcoxie, Missouri.
It appears tliat about three months ago James
Q. Barnack, one of the oldest, wealthiest and
most respectable men of that section, died, leav
ing as his sole and exclusive heirs his two sous,
Jacob and Johnson, and these two voung men,
aged respectively about twenty-four and twenty-
six years, aud, so far as knowu, they were the
only living survivors of any branch of the
family.
The family was surrounded with every com
fort, if not luxury, and the two young men had
been liberally educated, having attended school
together at Elder’s Ridge Academy, Pennsylva
nia, and afterward were some years at Amherst
College. After the completion of their educa
tion they returned to their home, aud had there
lived up to the time of their lather’s death, un
der the parental roof tree.
The oldest one, Jacob, married about one year
ago, and was the father of one child.
The two boys having grown up together, and
being sent off among strangers to go to school,
at a young age, hat! become remarkable for their
love and devotion toward each other; which ex
isted up to the time of Jacob’s marriage, when
all at once the eldest seemed to entirely change
in his feelings toward his younger brother. But
little is known to the world of the slow, but sure
kindling of the fatal flame of deadly passion
from its first to its final sad termination ; but it.
is known that the death of the father seemed to
give a new and powerful incentive to the gather
ing passions, and it appears from this time on the
younger brother seemed to resent with interest
and intensity lus brother’s animosity, until finally
it resulted in an attack upon the younger brother
by the elder about the 1st instant, on the occa
sion of his visiting the residence of the elder
brother. It appears the younger brother was
terribly maltreated, being cut aud very badly
bruised.
The younger brother, it seems, then sent the
elder word to arm himself; that he intended to
kill him on sight. The neighbors and friends ( ,f
the two men then interfered, and used every pos
sible effort to blo]> the feud and reconcile them,
but it was to no purpose.
The two men went heavily armed on all occa
sions, and finally they met, on the highway near
• he residence of the elder, on the clay named
above, and immediately commenced firing at
each other, and at the same time approaching.
They entpried two revolvers each, and then
clinched and beat each other in a horrible man
ner vyiiii the butts of their pistols, and continued
in this horrible work until they fell apart from
sheer exhaustion.
When loimd by some men who happened
along tin' road, llie elder brother was stii; and
dead, an ! the younger horribly wounded and
1 0’ing to dr.iir himself away from the bloody
and fatal spot where his brother lay. The sur
vivor was at once attended to, and when our in
formant left he was still alive with no hopes of
his recovery, as be was terribly wounded in live
places, and continued to rave like a maniac.
Take it altogether, the circumstances, the
standing, the strong and brotherly love that once
existed, and the bloody and sickening finale, we
have never before been called upon to recoid its
like.
How to Hold tl»e Fertility of the Soli.
Gypsum attracts. It is not only a manure in
itself, but it attracts the manure from the at
mosphere that comes in contract wi it it (which
is abundant in windy clays); but it catches and
holds the fertility of the ground tiiat in some
soils escapes. Lime will also do this—so will
clay. Clay, dried and powdered, is an excellent
thing to put on a barn-yard or to cover a com
post heap with, or work through the heap-
lienee, we use gypsum and lime in our stabler
and privies. Gypsum i.i bert, it lias the tnust
attraition, besichs other properties. A little
i should lie kept by c-ciry farmer for use, even
a high co.~t, as the benefit h someth!;; - mores
important than the high price.
But we waste ...w mmure. We not onlv
pcrm.i tls strength m e,; <pe, but we are clad
to get it out ot lht .i .
The same mklesstiWs e xtends to the land,
it is our so;] h-is ;t • proportion clay
to bold its strength. We- must conserve. The
lime is not far distant when we shall be com
pelled to do it. Already there are symptoms e>f
lack in our soil; we do not raise as heavy crops as
we used to; here and there a field; here and
there a farm, is less productive.
. It ia not so ranch that we need plaster here
m the \y est to hold the strength of the soil, as
to use it to abstract from the atmosphere, and
to save the ammonia of our barnyards and
stab.es For this, let us always keep a little
on hand. Let us save and improve our manure
and thus save our farms.— GAmanCs Bural
world.
in
Execution.—II. Coon, conv.cied of the raur-
dcr of Mrs. L irkin, in the town of Petersburg.
Xew York, in October last, was executed on the
the "22d.
deDYing his
Wise Counsel.—The Richmond TF7<;>< very
truly observes: “This is no time for division
among our newspapers, our legislators, c>r our
people; no time for crimination cr controversy.
We should all, if possible, think, feel, and act in
unison. We should all vote, and vote together-
We should endeavor to attract the support and
than ten thousand glistening bayonets Strike
New England in the head with a cannon ball,
and it is nothing, lor the foreign element is con
stantly pouring in to replace those whom she
may lose at war; but strike at her pocket, and
you inflict a terrible wound. Conld I see tacto-
Second Advent.—In Herkimer county, New i ties here, I would say that tiie dav of freedom
come forward, then, and accept the end? in
volved in ihe struggle.
York, a crazy secopd adventist has for ten years i
been feeding a big ox for a feast when Christ j
should appear,
spent nearly all his
for that ox; the ox
and liberty had come.
Justice to the Negro.—What is state:
l-.l.iw, from the New Albany
"an! to the IreedmcD of Umt locality
is no doubt true of many others:
We are gratified hi ta-mg aide to state th it.so fur
is concerned, they have demeaned
■ ]. We Imve heard ot' no de-
piantations, or any impudent
4 he uni-
Exercise Your Horses.—Farmers
He starved his other stock, and | not neglect to give their horses proper
should
LUCise.
is property in purchasing food I Do not suffer the horses to stand the whole The experience of Iasi ye:
a few davs since died of a I week . in the stable, but give, at least, one hour’s they see the folly of trying
-, ■ ; j . * e I exercise daily. Give sloppy food at least twiee work. It is true we hear oi a nemo now »nft
He made a statement on the gallows, | co-operation of all men, whatever their a niece- j surfeit, the owner having but two days before , a week> and ^ a lunjp of rock sa i t in the j then doing badly, and runnio" off but it s on^v
tis milt. j dents and whatever their color.” " j refused f1,000 for the animal. J manger. I the exception to the role, ° ' ■
as tins locali
themselves like
stations from t!
action in our ci:y among the nennv e
versa! testimony throughout t!.w sec;inn is. that
•hey "r.- delug belter this year than they did last
perfectly content to abide by the contract< mader
ir is before them, and
to get along without
we hear of a negro muv aud