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“ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson.
VOLUME XXII
ATLANTA, GA,, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 t 1871.
NUMBER 6
PUUMSHS-) DA.ILV AND WEEKLY BY
JARED IRWIN WHITAKER,
I* i* o j> I «s f © r
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday. February 8, 1871.
lUnkiuu it p.f,
Tlie Chicago Tribune is continually making
sly iLirusis ai i’resuletii Gram, some oi winch
are exceedingly keen. Al one time he hits him
lor his outrageous nepotism ; at auolher lor hia
stupid intertereuce iu purely State politics, ami
again lor his outrageous partisanship. The
oilier <la$ it revived the old story ol Sir Edward
Coke, one ol Luglatai s most lamojs judges.—
W bile sitting at circuit, on a certain case being
called, in which a wealthy gentleman waspiaiu-
lill, t>ir Edward asked, •• is not this plainull the
mau who recently slut me a buck?” “Yes,
tour lordship,” he riplied, " it lias been mycus
t«ui to send a buck to whatever judge should
come down to this circuit, Ironi uuio unmemo-
tiai.” “ But I cauuot hear this case, answered
tin judge, “ until 1 have paid you 1 >r jour vem-
poii. “ Then,” said Sir Kmght, indignantly.—
l withdraw my case. 1 will not try it beiore
a judge who susj'ecls ineol briuery, tor tending
oruiuary hospitality." “ And, 1,” replied Sir
Is .vatd Coke, *“ cannot ffiord to receive even
ii ptuUiiy w here it may be mistaken tor bri-
heiV”
lne story is old but the application to the
President is most obvi us. The Tubune, need
not, how ever, have gone back so tar into history
lor an illustration. jNo President wuo ever oc
cupied the White House has been so unblush
ing a recipient ol indiscriminate gilts, or has so
opmiy Used his official patronage to reciprocate
them, as the present incumbent, imagine ouc
ol me early Presidents doing as Grant nas done
iu a huudred instances 1
_ The idea is preposterous. They all would
have resented it with iouiguation, and ii they
had not tne people would nave raised such a
ciy mat the timed use would have beeu the
last But we live m a progressive age, aud it is
no oih-use tv) the pmy oi moral ideas lor their
pics.-.. tit t i man -1 is ffiee ** pay.’ He cao pul
n price ujion his official lavora auu collect it m
the loim oi “guts. ” It is iu order to give him
au> thing, Irorn a bull-pup or a box ot cigars to
a sixty thousand dollar house aud lot. We
\ nut me the assertion that no president ever irn-
piovtd his private lortunes as rapidly as Grant
has since he was inaugurated.—Buffalo Courier.
Tbc ffi-'iicli mid ilm liar—Sim.’ Appoint
ment.
In all well ordered governments, power is
divided into three distinct departments, the
executive, leg elative, and judicial. In the
American system, it is a distinguishing feature
that the judicial department has a supervisory
power over the acts ol both the others. It has
the power to review and declare Dull and void
the acts oi either. In this respect, it differs
from the government ot Great Britain. There
the King can do no wrong, and Pailiament is
supreme.
Until lately, the judiciary of the United
States—Federal and State—has sustained a high
Character, lor ir.d pendeuce, purity, learning,
and ability. The former stood by the Consti
tution and maintained its independence until
Radicalism blew upon it, then this, its chief
glory, wilted and faded. The arm of Chief
Justice Taney was puraiyzed by the military,
and a subservient court now tTUckl s to power.
During the transition condition ol the seceded
States—the chrysalis of reconstruction -the
j udici.sry of these Buies has sadly deteriorated.
The cause ot this is plain and easily under
stood. Appointments aud elections have been
generally made ou strict oarty grounds, and as,
in these States, there were very few mem
bers of the bar who could swallow Radi
calism, tho’ the pill wh9 gilded, tenth-rate
lawyers were picked up trom the home supply
and from broken-down political adventurers
coming irom the loyal States. Out of such
material as this. Judges were manulactured,
and the degradation of the judiciary as a conse
quence lol owed. For instance, look at the
Btate of things in our sister State of South
Carolina, where Radicalism flourishes in full
^looni. A negro ol puio Airman descent sits
on the Supreme Bench, wearing the robes of
office which, iu former days, graced the shoul
ders o! a Cheves, a II irper, and an O’Nealle;
aud in all the courts, from the highest to the
lowest, with very iew exceptions, men have
been appointed who are utterly unfit for their
places
in Georgia, the condition of things has not
been so bad, but any impartial mind must re
cognize the great change that has also been
wrought here in the character of the judiciary.
The opinion ot the bar is the true test ot judi
cial learning and ability, ana when tlie judiciary
has not the confidence ol the legal profession,
it will fail to answer the ends of justice. It is
a difficult tiling tor u Judge to discharge his
duties, even if he has capacity, when he is not
on a proper understanding with the bar. Aud
if lie has no capacity, or is considered to have
none by those who practice betore him, ii they
Lave a contempt tor his opinions or his personal
character, tlie proper administration ol the law
is simply impossible. Hence appointments to
tho bench ought to be made witli the utmost care
and caution, and with a due regard to the
opinions ot the legal profession. They are quasi
officers ot the Court and have their part to per
form in administering justice. On this account
also then views and feelings should be consulted
iu muking judicial appointments.
But iliere is another consideration, still, why
the appointing power should he exercised with
a proper regard ior the opinions and feeiingsjol
the bar. They are known to be a class ot gen-
tlcmcu of high tone and character—as high as
that ot any other calling or profession, and,
next to the pulpit, have always exercised the
most wholesome influence upon the community
They have as muen intelligence and love of
right and justice, as any other class, and
a better knowledge of politics than other
classes.- Hence from the earliest times they
have exerted a powerful influence upon
the course ol public affairs ; and it has gener
ally been tor the good ot mankind. In the
Country whence we derived our fiee institu
tions, they huve in every age been the advocates
ot human rights aud liberty. They have braved
oppression aud tyranny iu defeme <>t innocence
and truth. They have been the chief authors
ol reforms in the law, and ol the improvement
of mankind socially and politically. They have
been the law-makers ui.u constitution-makers
ot the world. They have trained the Bills of
Rights and great charters ot liberty. They
have beeu and are stiff a power in the State not
to be despised and treated wiih contempt.
W e have been led to these reflections by the
appoiuiment ot the muiaito, duns, to the
office of Distiicl Juigu in Savannah, by
Governor Bullock, which has been condemned
in such unmeasured terms by a meeting ot the
bar ot that city, and whose proceedings have
Already appeared in our columns. What could
have induced the Governor to jump his own
race and disgust them aud tho profession by
this appointment t li he intended to degrade
the office, and to humiliate the Savannah Bar ;
it he inteiiued io reward party tealty aud cater
to an ignorant negro population ; it tor these
purj>o8es he undertook to reject the virtues and
talents ot the civilian iu favor oi ignorance and
incoiupetcncy, we understand the meauing olthis
act; but it he iulemk-d by the appointment ot
this mau to reward merit, to secure the proper
administrauou ol the law, and thus promote
the public good, we must confess that we can
not reconcile the motive with the act. For such
an appointment defeats these veiy ends, and
Imsides, opens atresh wounds that should he
healed. The people ot Savannah are a law-
abiding people- a community surpassed by
no oilier in intelligence, re tint men t and high
social virtues. Tne Oar ot Savannah has long
been distinguished tor learning, ability aud pro
fessional courtesy. To both the community
mid fhe bar, this appointment is extremely
offensive. It is offensive to the white jseople ol
tlie whole State, exo pt those who take pleasure
iu the humiliation aud degrauatiou ot the good
aud true.
" I am satisfied that the mass ol thinking
men of the South accept the present situation
of affairs in pood faith. My observations lead
me to the conclusion that the citizens of the
Southern States are anxious to return to self-
government within the Union as soon as possi
ble ; that while reconstructing, they want and
require protection from the government; that
they are in earnest in wishing to do what they
think is required by the government, not humil
iating to them as citizens, and that if such a
course was pointed out they would pursue it in
good faith. It is to be regretted that there can
not be agreater commingling at this time be
tween the citizens ol the two sections, and par
ticularity ot those intrusted with the law-mak
ing iiower.”
The language quoted above is from the cele
brated report ot General Grant made to Presi
dent Johnson, in 1867, nearly two years after
the close of the war, and which was denounced
by Senator Sumner, at the time, as a “ white
washing ” report. It such was the condition ot
the South at that time, what a failure has been
the plan of reconstruction adopted by Congress,
If the present condition of things in this sec
tion is what it is now represented to he by the
Radical leaders; what a change, too, has come
over General Grant since he became President
Grant. The truth is the reconstruction acts were
never intended to pacify the country and produce
a permanent reconciliation between the two
sections. Their real object was to punish the
people of tbe South and perpetuate the ascend
ancy of the party then in power. The former
was accomplished to their heart’s content, but
they begin to fear that they will fail in the lat
ter. The late elections have disappointed them;
they see that power, instead of being s< cured to
them, is slipping from their hands. Something
more must be done ; other “ appropriate legis
lation ” must be resorted to in order to enable
them to carry the next Presidential election,
aud it must be done by tbe preseut Congress
betore their great majority ceases to control tbe
deliberations ot Congress. Hence the call tor
documents iu relation to Southern outrages and
their reierence to a special committee. Whether
Congress will venture upon the high-handed
mea.-ures which are apprehended in certain
quartets remains to lie seen. The movement,
however, bodes no good to the South. But it is
the duty of our people to await coming events
with calmness, and be governed by prudent,
wise counsels. Let the laws as they are be
obeyed aud enforced. Let us not be thrown off
our guard by tbe machinations of our enemies
Violence, and threats of violence, on our part is
what they most desire, as a pretext tor further
legislation or as political capital iu future elec
tions. We have to rely upon the ballot tor
the restoration aud protection of our rights,
and we cannot of ourselves achieve this end.
We must look to the Democratic par'y, North
as well as South, to accomplish this great
work Let us go into the fight to win—strip
ourselves of all dead weight, aud depend upon
the issues, as recognized by the party, to carry
us through triumphantly.
W^clipan article from the New York Day
Book as proof of the alarm which our Northern
friends have taken at the movements believed
to be on foot at Washington. It the dernier
resort of arms has to be. taken to save the
country from despotism, let it begin in the
NorLh. We have fought that fight, and lost
all—we now look to other means—to the
“ sober second thought ” of tbe people to set
matters right al the ballot box.
Can This Be So?
A startling rumor, bearing, we are given to
understand, evidence ot authenticity, is in cir
culation in Washington, to the effect that the
supporters of the present administration have
driven the Senate of the United States into the
determination to force upon the country the re-
election of Grant, or some other prominent
member oi the now dominant parly, in 1872.
The Senate is to bring this piece of despotism
into play, by appointing irom its own body a
special committee “ to investigate the affairs ot
the Sou.hern States," which s'Tiply means to
prevent any participation by that section in the
next Presidential election 1 While we acknowl
edge that this rumor has staggered us with its
fearful import, we trankly say we have been
half prepared for some such a move on the
part ot the desperate scoundrels now in
power; and when we see what General Grant
openly attempted in the late election in
New York, we ought not, to be as
tonished at this contemplated blow by that
venal and corrupt body, the Senate, composed
as it is ot a gang of servile tools, whose infamies
in the past ten years have no parallel in the
history ot political outrages, or in the black
records of bad governments, republican or
monarchical, on this broad earth. “ We desire
to ask, gravely and seriously of the Democracy
ot tho country bow long that once rich and
powerful South is to be thus maltreated, kicked,
spitten upon, by Grant aud his party ? Do we
yet live in a Republic, or do we not? Will
the now ruling party go betore tbe people in
1372, and abide by the verdict of the ballot
box. or must the great world be forced into
the conviction that one more terrible civil
war will visit thi9 nation, ere a truly Republi
can government is again established? The
people of the United States have been kept in
turmoil and discord, in political terror, in pe
cuniary distress, in commercial prostration, in
heavy taxation, in general poverty lor the many
and in bleated riches for the lew ; this people
have, as a body, been sieeped to their chins in
social discomfort aud privation, bordering on
wretchedness in the North, and in the most ab
ject misery, political and social in the South,
tor tbe past five dreary, weary years Tbis long
and agonizing period was preceded by four
terrible bloody years of death and desolation ;
and this death and desolation, aud the five years
of "hellish peace ” which followed, all ot which
Grant and his minions have brought about, this
“ Aplia and Omega” of national woe, is the
price ot “ nigger freedom,” the snatching of the
interior race irom their normal condition and
ruining them with “equality.” To ka p up the
condition of things now existing, to complete the
degradation of the white masses, and to fasten
a monarchy ot the vilest character upon this
people, the Senate oi the United Slates now
propose to put another Bliackle upon the limbs
ol the South, and prohibit a participation, by
that section, in the great election of 1872, de
busi g them to the condition of sens. There
is but one road out ot this chao9, these politi
cal horrors, i! the rumor we have alluded to be
true, and that is, another civil war. The
men who have gotten hold of this government
must be made to let go their piratical grip
U|>on place aud power, either through the
moral agency of public opinion at the ballot
box, <>r the physical agency oi the bullet and
bayonet in the hands oi the outraged millions.
Men’s liberties cannot be trifled with. Such
shackles as the Senate of the United Stales is
said to be preparing lor a further outrage upon
the already enslaved South, it the rumor be
true, warrants an immediate rising of the peo
ple, aud the hanging of every member ot that
Senate who arc eugaged in this conspiracy to
the lamp pi-sts ot Washington. In God’s
name! has not this country stood enough
alrea ty ? Is this nation to he kept torever
bubbling and seetbing, like a boiling cauldron,
through the devil’s work of this destructive
party ? We warn Congress to add no shackles
to the South The white men there should be
permitted to regulate their own afftirs. There
has been too much ot this despotism practiced
already. The muster, North as well as South,
wnl stand it no longer. The people want
“ peace,” and what is more, they shouid have
it, it the price of permanent peace be another
war.—New Y.rk Bay Book.
“ A Slight Cold," Coughs. Few are aware
ot lue importance oi checking a cough or
°Slight Cotu” in ns first stage; that which in
Uh? oeginning would yield to a mild remedy, it
neglected, olien attacks the lungs. “Brown’s
Brouchial Troches" give sure aud almost imme
diate relief. “ The Troches” have proved their
efficacy by a test ol many years, and have re
ceived testimonials from eminent men who have
paed them. jan7-d*wlw
The New York Day Book comments as fol
lows upon remarks made by us in relation to
the Georgia election:
“ The Atlanta (Georgia) Tnwelltgunceb, com
menting on tlie e’eotion in that S'-ate says :
*Tne Democratic majority for Seymour and
Blair, over Grant and Coilax, in November,
1868 was about fifty thousand votes, aud if the
Democrats had firmly and unwaveringly ad
hered to the State and National platforms, our
success would have been more triumphant than
-o The defeat ot the party in certain coun
it is.
ties ought to teach Democrats that it will never
Horrible -It True.
In the month ol November last, one Baker,
who was engaged in working a gold mine in
Union county, South Carolina, went to New
York, and there employed a number of
“ roughs ” to proceed with him to that State.
-Upon their arrival in Columbia they had an in
terview with Governor Scott, and with promi
nent members of the Radical party, amongst
them one Crews, familiary known in that State
as Joe Crews, who is a State Senator from the
county of Lauren9. Col. Baker and his party
then proceeded to Union county. In the course
ot a iew weeks dissatisfaction sprang up in the
party, and they returned to New York. On
their arrival there, two of the leading men of
the party. Samuel Hogget and one 0>L Kerri
gan, published statements in the New York
Sun, implicating Governor Scott, his private
Secretary, and “ Joe Crews ” in a plot to assin
ate certain persons in Union and Laurens
counties. Governor Scott replied through the
public prints denying the statements—so did
Crews. Hogget came out with a letter last
week in the Sun reitterating his charges, and
also publishes tbe affidavit of himself, Edward
Harley, Mathew J. Fee, and John Cocoran, in
which they swear that Hague, the Governor’s
private Secretary, made propositions to them in
Columbia, to put certain persons in Columbia
and Union couDty to death, pledging them that
the State Government would protect them in
the act. We publish the affidavit at the foot of
this article. The Unionville Times, a paper
published at Union Court House, S. C., ex
onerates Governor Scott, but publishes facts and
circumstances which are very damaging to
Crews.
On the 17th of November, 1870, in the city of
New York, I made a contract with a Colonel
Baker, who was formerly on the staff of Gover
nor Scott, of bouth Carolina, by which I agreed
to go to South Carolina, and to serve therein
the capacity of deputy State constable, and was
to be paid during my service in that capacity
three dollars a day and mileage.
1 left the city ot New York with said Colonel
Baker and twenty-four others on the 22d day ot
November, 1870, on the steamer James Adger;
landed at Charleston, South Carolina, and went
by rail to Columbia, in the same State. Arrived
at Columbia with the rest of said party on the
25th day of November, and we were there
quartered iu the so-called Rose’s Hotel While
there, we were visited by many prominent poli
ticians, among whom were Senator Crews and
Mr. Corcoran, oi the South Carolina Legislature,
and Mr. Hague, private Secretary to ©wvemor
Scott.
On the first night after our arrival, said Mr.
Hague requested myself and three others to es
cort him from said hotel to the residence of
Governor Scott, which was some two miles
distant. On the way we passed the house of a
Mr. Smith, and were then told that this Smith
was a deadly enemy to him (Hague,) and that
it money would persuade myseli and the three
oth-.-rs to put him out of the way, he would be
willing; and that if we got into trouble on that
account, be wonld get us out ol it, Biuce he had
the Governor right where he wanted him.
And further, the third night after our arrival
I was in said Rose’s Hotel, and in the room ot
Colonel James E. Kerrigan, of the city of New
York, who was one of our party, and there were
present, besides myself, Mr. Hague, before men
tioned, Senators Cocoran and Crews, of the
South Carolina Legislature, Colonel Kerrigan,
aud Mathew J. Fee and John Burns, two others
ot our party. Mr. Hague then proposed to us
that we put three men in Union county out of
the way, and we would lose nothing by it.
Contested Election in the Fifth C'. trict.
Proceedings were begun in Augusta, Monday
last betore Thomas Robinson, the Unite^ States
Commissioner, to taka tbe testimony An the
case of the contested election In the Fifth Con
gressional District of this State. Two colored
witnisses were examined that day on the part
Beard, the contestant The gist oi their testi
mony was that the colored voters were'“ per
suaded by threats of violence ” to stay away
from the polls or when there to vote the Demo
cratic ticket. The Augusta papers—Chronicle
and Sentinel,and Constitutionalistcon -painfull
reports of the testimony. Mr. Corker is repre
sented by Col. Claiborne Sner.d, and Capt.
Roaewell King—Mr. Beard by Col. J. E Bryant.
The Cub\n Insurrection—Important
Sun lender of Insurgents.—By special tele
gram irom the Herald correspondent at Havana,
under date of yesterday, we have the important
intelligence of the surrender of insurgent Gen
eral Cornelio Porro, with a number ot bis offi
cers aud followers, aud other persons of note,
who have been aiding the rebellion. The sur
render of General Porro is considered of great
importance by the Spanish authorises; he has
great power and influence with the people who
are now in arms against the government of
Spain, and his thus coming in and giving
himself up is considered a strong indication of
an early collapse at the insurrection. Ot late
we have heard ot nothing but surrender on
the part of the Cubans. They now deem dis
cretion the better part of valor. They see be
fore them but little it any hope of ultimate suc
cess, and wisely prefer to accept the situation
and surrender while yet the door of mercy is
open to them. The humane policy of Captain
General Valmaseda is having great and good
results; it has proved of more avail than the
coercive policy of General DeRodas, and in the
end it will be the means of accomplishing the
desired purpose—the pacification of the island,
its restoration to the control of Spain and its
return to a condition of wealth and prosperity.
Had DeRodas remained in power he would
have benefited the cause ot the insur
gents. With him they knew that capture or
surrender was death by the garrote; hence they
preferred to die ia arms rather than trust to the
tender mercies of Spain when such a tyrant re
presented Spanish authority. Seeing the true
cause ot the insurrection, aud wishing to avoid
a recurrence of it in the future, the policy oi
Spain towards Cuba herealter will doubtless be
a liberal one and such as Cubans caunot and
will not find lault with. The government of tbe
island remodelled and its inhabitants once more
at peace and prosperous is a condition we hope
soon to witness.—N. Y. Herald.
Famine and Anarchy in Paris —The late
riotous outbreak in Parts irom the revolutionary
district ol Belleville, of which our special cor
respondent at Paris has furnished. a graphic
account, as a warning to the authorities that
anarchy follows close upon the heels of famine,
doubtless had the effect ot hurrying up the ca
pitulation ol the city. The maintenance of law
and order among the turbulent elements of
Paris during tne lour months ot this terrible
siege is something wonderful to contemplate.—
Had Flourens and his roughs, however, succeed
ed in their first revolutionary outbreak some
two months ago, it is altogether probable that
a Jacobin reign ot terror would have been ad
ded to tbe sore distresses of the siege. But, as
iu this second attempt ot Fiourens, after his
release trom prison by his devoted sans culottes,
so in the first, the Gardes Mobiles
saved the republic and the city from the
savage orgies and atrocities ot a Parisian mob;
aDd so we hope ihe city, without further dis
turbances, may pass through the severe ordeal
of a surrender. There is still the danger, how
ever, to be feared in the surrender, ot fearful
scenes of violence from the lower ranks of the
populace, maddened by their humiliations and
their sufferings, and striking wildly about them
in their blind revenge. We hope, nevertheless,
that the local authorities, who have managed so
well a body of two millions of naturally restless
people, and so wondertaliy, under all the trials
and tortures of war, pestileuce anu famine, will
still be equal to all the emergencies of an una
voidable capitulation. Ou the other hand, we
have no doubt that the first efforts of the Ger
mans, with the capitulation, will be not to
aggravate, but to relieve the sufferings ot
Paris—N. Y. Herald.
How John Robinson Helped Sculptor
Mills.—It may be news to some of our readers,
this iact that John Robins in, the circus mana
ger, has contributed vastly to the advancement
ot art in this country. Clark Mills, the famous
sculptor, in a recent interview with a Washing
ton Star reporter has tbis to say:
“When a boy, I spent a good deal of my time
about Wade Hampton’s stables, studying the
points ol his horses. He had a large stable ol
-race horses, and imported the famous Argyte,
that beat everything in those days. Afterward
I studied horse anatomy and action with John
Robinson, the old circus man. He had an ex
cellent idea ot a horse and its muscular action
Robinson, who was a very sharp critic on eques
trian statues and pictures, wrote iue, alter see
ing my statue of Jickson, saying that iu his
jiiu^siout it Cuuiil iiut uc improved ou, and,
in concluding, he said “tbe old General (Jackson)
was very fond ot fine horses, and has more than
once visited those under my care and manage
ment.”
“Love Hides a Multitude op Faults.’
But it tails to paint the paic cheek, to gladden
do to compromise the party or its principles.— | heart or conceal the disease that is lurking
U lorArnp tho ICC nth «ae mod.) nla n J: « _ ... . a
Wherever the issue was made plain and direct,
the party was triumphant, and it has alwavs
been so, and it will be so as long as the party
remains true to its principles and itself.’
That is the case everywhere. Selling out the
principles of the Democracy to get Mongrel
votes is a sure way for the party to cheat itself
Tbe maxim, that ‘ honesty is the best policy,’ is
never truer than when applied to political par
ties. Never.”
and making rapid inroads upon yonder rapidly
declining female beauty! Her wan features are
bedewed with tears, her pulse is leeble and her
day-dreams are growing dim, as night with its
heavy pall ot gloom settles on her brow 11 Can
she not be restored. Yes. Health, with all its
enticing charms and beauties, will send a thrill
of joy through'her feeble frame, by the use of
English Female Bitters, which are advertised in
another column. Go thou and buy them.
Tlie Port Boial itaiiroad JTob 3
The Charleston News says: “ It will be
gratifying news to every tax payer to learn that
thanks to the commendable firmness of the
Governor, the scheme to involve the Btate in
the Port Royal Railroadjob is now conceded to
be a failure. Governor Scott, it was wMl un
derstood, had taken the position that, if any bill
authorizing the issue ot bonds in aid of the en
terprise were passed by the General Assembly,
it could only be by dint of fraud and corruption,
and that under such circumstances he would
regard it as his duty to refuse to sign thijbonds.
Upon tbis determination ot the Governor be
coming known, there was some talk sffiefng the
parties interested of getting the bonds signed
by subordinate State officials; but tbe knowing
ones at once objected that such an iB^pnaiity
would have the effect of rendering the tends
worthless in the market. So that it is P »v ad
mitted on all hands that the Port Royal^tbsidy
is practically dead.
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Playing Marbles with DiAMONr-n.—The
Telegraph editors at Macon have interviewed
Dr. Stephenson, of Hall county, on the ft amoud
discoveries in that section oi the State, and have
elicited some curious tacts. The Doctor says
about forty diamonds- have been found In Hall
county alone, but the.most valuable h:jve been
destroyed or lost through ignorance of their
character and value. Some negroes b 'Ckeone
worth a hundred thousand dollars to pieces, to
see what it might be. A farmer deaciMjes one
which was given to him thirty years ago. and
used by himself as a child and his boys subse
quently for a middle man in marbles; but it was
lost about the place six months ago, a.nd they
are hunting for it now. Nothing was known
about its value until similar stones were pro
nounced to be diamonds, and then the farmer
knew that he and his boys had been .playing
marbles with a diamond which, from descrip
tion, the Doctor thinks must be worth half a
million of dollars, and be one of the most val-
uble gems in tbe world. The Doctor r ays that
labor and capital only are needed to prove that
these diamond fields in Georgia surpass, in value
those of Brazil, and are equal to ar.y in the
world.—Savannah Republican.
Inhuman.—A human fiend who resides in
Marblehead, Mass., went home a few weeks
ago in a fit of intoxication and threw his wife
out of doors and broke her leg. It was set and
doing well, when a night or two ago he
returned again under the influence of liquor,
and deliberately broke the limb ag .,n in two
places.
Death of George Ticknor.—A dispatch
from Boston announces the death of George
Tickner, in ljis eightieth year. This distinguish
ed scholar n.nd author was born in Boston in
August, 1791, and was graduated at Dartmouth
College in 1807; in 1813, he was admitted to tbe
bar, and two years l iter went to Europe, where
he pursued a course of study for five jwars, and
became acquainted with Goethe, By on, Scott,
Madame de Stael, Mackintosh, Wordsworth,
and other distinguished persons, whom he long
outlived. On his return home, Mr. Ticknor,
assumed the duties of a professorship ;a Harvard
College, to which he had been elected during
his absence, but in 1835 he resigned this position
and again went to Europe, remaining lor three
years. Again at home, be devoted several years
to the preparation of his great work c a the His
tory of Spanish Literature, which ’Jftv.tared in
1849, aud has since been regarded as k standard
authority. Mr. Ticknor was also- engaged in
other literary enterprise, and for some time was
a contributor to the North American Review.
Charleston Courier.
The Express Train Beaten.—Thera was
a novel race on the Hudson, north ot Pough
keepsie, on Friday last, the participants being
the ice-boats Zephyr aud Icicle and the Chi
cago express train from New York. The ves
sels were at a stand-still witbin 100 feet of Hie
east shore when the whistle of the locomotive
of the coming train was heard. The crafts
were at once put betore the wind and the race
commenced, the passengers on the train waving
hats and handkerchiefs and manifesting .The
greatest excitement. For a time the train had
the advantage, distancing its competitors, but
at length the breeze freshened, the canvas on
the boats swelled out, the rigging tightened, ihe
steel runners comm-nced humming over the
clear, smooth, black ice, and then the tables
were speedily turned. The Zephyr rapidly
overhauled the lightning train with bow “ dead
to the north,” and close behind followed the
Icicle, both boats flying along with lightning
rapidity. Again the waving of handkerchiefs
and hats and the blowing of the locomotive
whistle added excitement to the scene. Soon
the novel craft had passed the fast train and
were far ahead, slipping over the ice at the
rate of a mile a minute. Never was there a
prettier race, and never was there a railroad
tram, and a fast train at that, so badly beaten.
The affair has occasioned the liveliest satisfac
tion among the owners of ice-boats.—New York
Mail, Jan. 24.
Labor.—Labor is capital. Bestow good
health upon a man, so that he can labor every
six out of seven days, and no matter how poor
he may have been at the commencement oi life’s
great race, he will be certain to accumulate a
fortune, provided he takes care of his earningg.
Plantation Bitters is certain to make the weak
ones strong, and to preserve the health ot the
healthy. From four to six hours is considered
tbe ordinary limit tor brain work. At the ex
piration ot this time the phosphorus is carried
off, and the man becomes irritable and nervous.
It be is poor, and continues on at his task, as
most of poor doctors, lawyers and editors do, be
will be, certain to shorten bis days and fiil an
untimely grave, as did Sir Walter Scott, unless
he uses Plantation Bitters, which speedily re
stores his vital energy, repairs his indigestion,
and corrects the sluggish circulation of his blood.
Sea Moss Farise from pure Irish Moss, for
Blauc Mange, PuddiDgs, Custards, Creams, &c.,
&c. The cheapest, healthiest, and most deli
cious food in the world. jan7 d&wlw
Tlie Gold market In Sew York.
The New York Herald, oi the 29 h, says:
“ The gold market continues very dull and
steady. The brokers are watching the situation
at Paris, and waiting for * something to
turn up.’ ”
Steamboat Explosion Dreadful Carnage.
The steamtr, H. R. Arthur, trom New
Orleans for Louisville, on the night of the 23ih
instant, exploded her boilers, tonrteen miles
above Memphis. The boat then took fire and
burned till her bow sank. Sixty lives lost.
More Annexation.
The people of Red river country (Canada)
are asking to be annexed to the United Stales,
and on the 23th inst, President Grant received
their representative, Mr. O’Donohue, who pre
sented to him a memorial and petition on that
subject. That gentleman represented to the
President that the people of that whole section
were favorable to the idea. He also stated that
the lower provinces, Nova Scotia, Prince Ed
ward’s Island, and Bnnsh Columbia wers
anxious to come under (he ‘ best government
in the T-or! 1." Tbc P.--M h-nt w very kind,
and said that “ bis people” would regard this
as an evidence ol a desire lor improvement
and progress” Shn Domingo—then Canada
“ Manifest destiny ” is on tne rampage.
At—Where on this globs can we go be
yond the omnipresent Yankee? Landing at
Sitka, we had walked but a short distance into
the town when we reached the northern depot
of Dr. Ayer’s medicines in full display amon^
the huts, shanties and dourts of these boreal
tribes. There the familiar, homelike names oi
his Cherry Pectoral, Pills, &c., salute us from
the exterior and interior of a store which shows
more business than its neighbor, and proves that
these simple but sure remedies are even more
necessary to savage life than to ourselves where
they visit every fireside.—Cor. Alexand, Journal.
decldawlm
MEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
Washington, February 1.—The regular dis
patches tn m Havana report the surrender of the
insurgent chiefs, Andrea, Deminguez, Santa
Perez and Podumo, each with small bodies ot
men.
*The Herald’s special says the surrender of
leading insurgents continues and works pacifica
tion, and progresses rapidly.
Bourbaki and Gambetta cease operations to
day.
A dispatch from Switzerland saye, the bom
bardment! of Belfort continues.
It is stated that the Insurgent’s House has
dissolved, and each member is looking to his
own safety.
The special adds: “Don Miguel G.Guror-
rez, the Vice President of the Cuban Republic,
and his son are in the woods in the neighbor
hood of Guaymaro.”
The House is debating the bill for the repeal
of the test oath. Bingham, Platt, and Dawes
are in favor of, and Jeff Long, colored, is
against it.
The Senate passedareeolutlon recommending
organized charity for the French and German-
sufferers by the war.
Philadelphia, February L—The jury in the
case of John Ware for the killing of his father
in Camden, returned a verdict ot murder in the
first degree. The plea of insanity upon which
the defense hoped for relief, failed.
San Fbanci co, February 1.—The steamer
Colorado is reported below. The prohibition
of the hog culture in Japan, is removed, and
steamers are taking over large lots of brood
swine.
Cleveland, February 1.—Dr. Galentine,
who shot Dr. Jones for a violation of the mari
tal rights, was convicted ot manslaughter.
London, February 1.—A dispatch from Bor
deaux says: Gambetta telegraphed to the Pre
fects throughout the Provinces that he will
announce the resolution of the Bordeaux Gov
ernment alter communication with persons ex
pected from Paris. In the meanwhile, he urges
firmness and confidence, and also urges them
to drill the recruits incessantly, who arrive du
ring the respite.
A dispatch from Versailles says: Firing is
heard in the direction ol Bellville and Villette
which causes apprehension of a disturbance in
Paris.
Little Rock special says, after exciting scenes
the name of Brooks was stricken from roll,
of the Senate ami credentials referred by vote
14 to 7 and impeachment ol Lieutenant-Gov
ernor indefinitely postponed.
Lemuel Wilson was nominated for Treasury
of public money by a vote of 48 to 30.
Tallahasse’s number of Arkansas officers and
Postmasters Deputy statement shows a decrease
of four millions.
West Virginia Legislature elected H. G-
Davis, Democrat to the Senate by a majority oi
31.
SENATE.
Buckingham presented a protest New Eng
land women against female suffrage as imposing
upon their duties belonging to their sex. In
connection with aid for the poor of Germany
and France, Sherman proposed but afterwards
withdrew the following: That the President be
requested to communicate to the French, the
proposed sympathy of the American people for
the suffering entailed upon the French and
further that the President be instructed so lar
consistently with the law of nations to assist
the French people in the establishmaat of a re
public. Sherman thought we were bound to do
this much ior France or give an account of the
ancient bond between us.
The President was requested to communicate
the correspondence of Mr. Blow, Minister to
Brazil, regarding the culture of cotton and
commerce in that country.
Georgia was resumed.
Watson substituted Farrow for Hill in the
majority report, but failed by a vote of 19 to 33.
Hill was then sworn in as Senator from
Georgia.
The questien was resumed upon seating Mr.
Miller.
Trumbull gave notice that he would offer a
resolution that Miller was duly elected, and fol-
colleciion of the indebtedness of certain South
ern raihoads to tbe United States Government.
The outrage committee is in session examin
ing more North Carolina witnesses. About
fifty have beer, c xnmined so far. The commit
tee is not expected to complete their investiga
tion this session, but will make a partial report
beiore its close.
Chicago, February 2 —The reported killing
of peach -buds by frost is untrue.
San Francisco, February 2 —A steamer for
Yokohoma took eleven hundred barrels of
flour.
Mat.rid, January 31.—At a grand review,
forty thousand troops took the oath ol fidelity to
the King.
It is stated that prominent persons identified
with the foruier dynasty were employed in
Prim’s assasi-iimtion.
Bordeaux. February 2.—The Bordeau Gov
ernment has issued a decree ordering an election
for the National Assembly on the 8th February.
It disqualifies lor election to the Assembly
members ot families reigning over France since
1789, all who acted as imperial official candi
dates In past elections, or held office as Sena
tor, Ministers or Councillor of State under the
Empire, and Prefects who have accepted offices
between 1851 and 1870. Jules Simon has ar
rived here.
London, February 2.—An official dispatch
announces that Bourbaki’s army, eight thou
sand strong, entered Switzerland to day.
Gen. Chanzy accepts the armistice.
Mails have been re-established between Paris,
Havre and Dieppe.
Washington, February 2.—The expendi
tures of the Government, during January, were
a halt million.
The Tennessee Congressman, Butler, intends
sueing the Chicago Republican for fifteen thou
sand dollars for slander.
The Cabinet makers are again at work.
Reorganization after the fourth of March
is positively asserted, but tfieir intention is de
nied in high quarters.
The Board of Trade and other commercial
and financial institutions throughout the North
are taking measures to provision destitute por
tions ot France, and will ask the government
for a vessel to transfer the provisions.
Confirmations —V. King, Collector of Cus
toms, District ot Pamlico, North Carolina;
Blackburn, Collector of 6th Tennessee District.
No nominations.
SENATE.
Mr. Saulsbury moved a reconsideration of
the resolution lor. the relief ol France and
Prussia, in order to correct grammatical inac
curacies, disgraceful to the Senate and the
American people. The motion to reconsider
was rejected.
A bill suspending the use of the present
spirit metre. Several Senators spoke in favor
ot the bill, as the meter was exact in reporting
results and oppressive to distillers. Objection
was made to present consideration and it went
over. The bill has already passed.
HOUSE.
A bill dividing Virginia in two Judicial Dis
tricts pasaed, and goes to the Preaid., t.
A bill for mail service subsidy, in t’:e Gulf ol
Mexico, v?&3 discussed, without action.
A bill to provide for the collection of debts
due from Southern railroad corporations, and
authorizing the Secretary of War to compro
mise, adjust and settle the suits on such terms
as to amount and time of payment as may be
just and equitable and best calculated to pro
mote the interest ol the Government, passed.
A bill extending the time for the completion
of the St. Croix and Bayfield Railroad elicited
much opposition to land grants, and the bill
was recommitted—equivalent to a rejection, as
the committee cannot be called this session.
Vote 102 to 84.
During the discussion, Kelly, of Pennsylva
nia, said he would vote for no original grant of
land other than such as would be necessary to
to construct a great Southern trans continental
railroad. Tbe people of the South were entitled
to such a grant, and so he had said when inter
rogated by his constituents.
Adjourned.
New York, February 2.—Special telegram
from London to the 1st says : The Times in an
low it with a concurrent resolution prescribing I PH™ ^ luul V ■
form of an oath to be taken in ills case. editorial that the Bordeaux, decree ordering
An unsuccessful attempt was made to take
up the Bteamship subsidies.
The diplomatic appropriation bill was passed.
The West Point appropriation bil! was passed.
Executive Session confirmed Drumand Com
missioner General Land Office, vice W ilson.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Postmaster General was directed to com
municate information upon post route No.
6,462, between Baltimore and New Orleans.
The abolition ol the test oath was resumed.
Platte, of Virginia, favored it; Long, of Geor
gia, opposed it; Morey, ot Louisiana, favored
it; Maynard, ot Tennesee, opposed it; Porter,
of Virginia, opposed it. The bill finally passed
—118 to 89—and goes to the President.
Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, said he had
reported the bill as a mouthpiece for tbe Recon
struction Committee, but could not support it
“ Be it enacted, &c., That when any person
who is not rendered ineligible to office by the
provisions of the 14th amendment to the Con
stitution, be elected or appointed to any office of
honor or trust under the Government of the
United States, and shall not be able, on account
of bis participation in the late rebellion, to take
the oath prescribed in the act of Congress
approved July 2,1862, said person shall, in lieu
ol said oath, before entering upon the duties of
said office, take and subscribe to the oath pre
scribed- in an act of Congress, entitled an act
prescribing an oath of office to be taken by per
sons whose legal disabilities shall have been
removed, approved July 11th, 1863.”
A bill ior the relief of purchasers of lands
sold for direct taxes in insurrectionary States
passed.
A bill that a railroad company passing
through a State be regarded as a citizen of that
State and forbidden to remove causes against
citizens of said State from the State to Federal
Courts, passed.
A bill discharging convicts of fines when
their terms ol imprisonment expires, upon an
affidavit of their inability to pay, passed.
A bill dividing Virginia into two judiciary
districts, passed.
Adjourned.
Philadelphia, February 1 —Harlon, con
victed of rape, resulting in death, was hanged
to-day. No confession.
Albany, February 1.—A resolution has been
introduced in the Senate, amending the Consti
tution so as to exclude from the rights ol suf
frage persons betting on elections, or who shall
promise, give, or receive valuable considerations
for votes.
Milwaukee, February 1.—Holliday Hotel
ha3 been burned. Five perished; two fatally
burned, and others hurt by jumping from the
windows.
New Orleans, Feb. 1.—Strong opposition to
Carr, resulted yesterday in the resignation and
election of George VV. Caiter speaker. Result
is regarded success in Conservative element.
Immediately alter seating speaker Caiter, the
Democratic members whose seats being con
tested were confirmed in their p'aces.
While a man by the name of Benjamin Levy,
was engaged removing some broken gl^aa,,a
large piece fell upon him cutting his throat,
killing him almost immediately.
London, February 1.—The conference holds
another session on Friday.
Washington, February 1.—It is argued that
the^ bill abolishing the test oath in certain
cases applies only to persons elected or appointed
after it becomes an act.
Mr. Trumbull made a powerful speech in
behalf of his views, that Miller should imme
diately be seated.
In the House, to-day, a bill passed allowing
parties in certain cases to testily, making the
laws of each State govern as to tbe competency
ol witnesses in aii criminal trials in the United
Sta«e3 Courts in such btate; also to a’^w
claimants an appeal from the Court of Ulai ns
to the Supreme Court in all cases where the
consent of the Court of Claims is given for
such ah appeal.
Bordeaux, February 1.—Gambetta has
issued a proclamatisu saying: Frenehmen
“ Prussia believes an armistice will dissolve our
armies and secure^u election of chamber ready
to conclude shameful peace. It depends on
France to upset these calculations.
It is necessary to make the armistice a period
for the instruction ot our young troops. Con
tinue with unrelaxed vigor organization for de
fense, and for war, if necessary.
Washington, January 2.—In the Senate busi
ness was unimportant.
The steamship subsidy bills to come up on
the expiration of the morning hours.
The House passed a bill to provide for the
an election will greatly jeopardize the oentir
ued existence of a republican form of govern
ment, in as much as it will affoid an irresistible
stimulus to intrigue and conspiracy. The re
fusal ot the Empress of the French to sign the
capitulation is regarded by all classes and jour
nals with approval.
Albany, February 2 —A bill was introduced
in the Senate forbidding the employment of
Chinese Coolie labor.
Bordeaux, February 2.—It is reported that
Monteufiul relused to recognize the armistice
and, disregarding the protests of the French
commander, continued hostilities, forcing the
army east—to surrender or fetreat into Switzer
land.
Gen. Clenchonf, who now commands the
army of the east, made a treaty with the Swiss
Government and crossed the line with the
whole army. Gen. Bellot covers the retreat.
Berlin, February 2.—Only open letters for
Paris posted.
Florence, February 2—The Chamber of
Deputies by a vote ol 232 to 29 resolved to
transfer the capital to Rome.
Zurich, February 2 —The 74th French corps
escaped the grasp of the Germans and moved
towards Lyon.
Washington, February 2.—In the Senate, a
bill to allow the Savannah <& Memphis Rail
road Company, of Alabama, to enter public
lands was referred.
London, February 2 —The entrance of Bour
baki’s army into Switzerland was effected in
accordance with the convention between Gens.
Clinchart and Hergog.
A bureau for receiving and forwarding pro
visions to Paris has been established at DieppL
Supplies from all quarters are invited.
A special dispatch to the Times says Bis
marck is indisposed, and was visited yesterday
by the Emperor.
Lille, February 2.—The Echo Du Nord is
in lavor of peace. It calls the appeals for re
sistance made by the municipality oi Bordeaux,
encroachments upon the powers of the Con
stituent Assembly. Meetings are being called
iu the Northern departments to nominate can
didates tor the Assembly.
“ The Universal Ayer.”—On my journeys
oyer the continent—through Turkey, India,
China, Japan, Peru, Chili, Paraguay,Brazil, and
the United States—in them all to some extent
and in some to a great extent, I have the Uni
versal Ayer represented by bis family medicines,
which are often field in fabulous esteem.—
W helher they win their marvelous reputation
by their cures, I know not, but I know they
have it to such a degree that it frequently gave
me importance to have come from the same
country.—Yield's letters from abroad, janl-lm
Lcs3 op Steamship Kensington.—The
Steamship Kensmgton ot the Savannah and
Boston line, has been lost at sea.
From G. F. J. Colburn, Doctor of Dental
Surgery, Newark, N. J.; The popular dentri-
fice known a3 Sozodont, besides being a very
pleasant addition to the toilet, contains ingredi
ents, that, if used according to directions, will
prove of the greatest utility to the health of the
mouth and teeth.
“ Spalding’s Glue,” with .Brush, ready for
use. jan7-d*wlw
' ^ The
Madison Springs Buildings Burned.
Chronicle and Sentinel states: By a private let
ter we learn that the Madison Springs property,
consisting of twenty-seven buildings was de
stroyed by fire on the night of the 23d inst.
Tbe New York Herald gives the religious
press of th-t city, a lecture on their duty—up-
raids them for their “ languor and inactively.”
Wed, that will do for old Bennett.
Death of Samuel McCombs.—We are pain
ed to hear ol the death, on Tuesday morning,
in MilipriorpuilJp. nf Mr. fiamnfti Mnilnmha IaIa
in Mil'edgeville, of Mr. Samuel McCombs, late
a member ot tbe Legislature, and for many
years one ot the proprietors of McCombs’ Hotel,
in that city. Mr. McCombs was well known
throughout the entire State, as a gentleman of
large heart and generoos impulses. He was
very popular in Baldwin county, and was much
beloved by all his neighbors. His death was
caused by being thrown from his boggy in the
Btreets.—Chronicle & dentinel.
Pimples on the Face.—For Comedones,
B.ackworms or Grubs, Pimply Eruptions and
blotched disfigurations on the Face, use Perry’s
Comedone and Pimple Remedy. Depot 49
Bond Street, New York. Sold by Druggists
everywhere. dec30-eod3m.
Cblc&go Tribane Letter.
l.eiiiE8ireet.
I met General Longstreet a few evenings ago,
and had a good opportunity to determine wh&t
manner of man he is, so far, at least, as his con
versation abd appearance went. Longstreet Is
one of the most perfect types of a professional
soldier. He was born in South Carolina, but is
of Georgia extraction, and he says that his fam
ily name is German. He is a nephew of the
celebrated Judge Longstreet, author of the
“ Georgia Scenes,” which, in their day, were
considered to b8 a unique contribution to our
periodical literature. Longstreet is a man con
siderably above the medium size, fleshy, but
not fat, and his iace is particularly of a hard,
lean texture, apparently indurated by exposure
to long training. His address is 30ft, amicable
almost modest, and he speaks in a quiet tone of
voice, never rising above a tete-a-tete conversa
tion, and while not seeking to be vivid inhis de
scription or narrative, there is a truthful, well-
bred, worldly presentment attending whatever he
tells. He seems to be about 55 years of age, but is
probably some younger than he looks, having
suffered partial paralysys of his right arm ever
since he was struck at the battle ot the Wilder
ness, when a musket ball took him fairly under
the throat, stunned him absolutely, and travers
ing his ribs came out somewhere near his hip.
He was taken Irom his horse, covered with
blood, within a few rods of the place where
Stonewall Jackson had met his death wound
the previous year. Longstreet has brown hair,
somewhat turned in color, and not very thick,
and gray mustaches and whiskers, cut like those
of the King ol Prussia. He has a flue head,
which indicates the possession of executive
rather than suggestive properties, however, and
a small, deep-set eye of blue, with short eye
lashes, a long straight nose, and clearly cut and
prominent chin, rather low cheek bones, and an
ear which has an extraordinary loDg lobe,
reaching about an inch from the orifice to the
bottom, but which is not yet, in other respects,
a very large ear. He wears plain dress, and bis
whole presence has a nameless self-possession
aDd seiF-respect which is not unfrequent
amongst Southern men. He told me that he
never cast a vote in his life until last year.
Longstreet discusses with calmness and good
judgment the military ability of his old
associates, and it is not palpable that
he has lost any of the zest and hearti
ness which used to distinguish him as
a member ot the “ lost cause.” He says nothing
which indicates his regret at the part he took,
but on the contrary, seemed to have a docile sort
ol fondness lor his military life and prominence
during the rebellion. He evidently considers
Joe Johnston’s to be the first military reputa
tion of the South, and he speaks of all the’ Fed
eral Generals with respect, accounting even for
McClellan’s failure in the Peninsula. I asked
him it it were true, as had been related, that at
Gettysburg he advised the turning of the Fede
ral position on Cemetery Ridge. He said “yes,"
that on the third day he had proposed to Gen.
Lee to extend his lines so as to cover the roads
leading back to Maryland, and thi3 would com
pel an evacuation ol the Federal position. “No,”
replied Lee, “ the enemy is right there, and we
must fight him.” Longstreet says that he sat
upon a fence and watched with a field
glass, Pickett’s Division making that
celebrated but fatal charge, and that
he felt satisfied that the Cemetery Ridge
could not be carried. I asked him what he
would have done had Lee permitted him to turn
Round Top to the right, and he replied that he
should have moved by forced march directly
upon Washington City. Longstreet says that
both sides in the civil war committed mistakes
when they put engineer officers at the head of
large armies, and that the properties which
make a Field Marshal are not those required in
an active General. He does not believe that, if
Meado had pursued Lee’s army after Gettysburg,
Lee would have been beaten, but says he wanted
to stand at Hagerstown and make a fight. He
always speaks oi the Federals, in discussing
these war matters, as the eDemy. He does not
believe that McClelland could have got into
Richmond if he had been bolder in his Penin
sular campaign, but says that at a later pe
riod oi the war, there were several occasions
when the city might have been easily captured.
He thinks Gettysburg was, on the whole, the
best fight of the war ; thinks it fortunate that
Meade had replaced Hooker in the command of
the Federal army there. He spoke of a number
of instances where the Federal troops had be
haved as well as anybody could expect soldiers
to behave, and that bis own troops, which were
collected from nearly all of the States, were as
good as he wanted. He has not a particle ot
bitterness for anybody in the South or North ;
seems to admire General Grant, and talks over
the whole subject philosophically.
Remarkable Affair of Honor.
In August, 1809, three young gentlemen were
dining at Crockford’s in London. It was get
ting late. They had sat long over their wine,
and were bolstering in their mirth as they dis
cussed the merits of a v a termelcn just set be
fore them. In the midst of their talk, a stran
ger—an elderly man, wearing a gray sartout
closely buttoned up to the throat, and a shabby
hat—entered the room, and seating himself at
the end of an unoccupied table, ordered a mut
ton-chop and a glass of ale. There was noth
ing sufficiently peculiar about him to attract ob
servation. He might have been taken for a
country magistrate" or a county attorney. The
expression ot his countenance was serious, hi i
manners were quiet, and his bearing that of a
gentleman—impoverished, perhaps, but still un
mistakable of gentle breeding.
As he was eating his chop and sipping his ale,
apparently unconscious of the rather boisterous
merriment of bis neighbors, a melon seed struck
hia right ear. Raising his eyes, and seeing that
the seed had been purposely though sportively
snapped, and that no apology was made for tlie
petty impertinence, he picked up the seed, and
wrapped it in paper, put it into his pocket. Re
suming his repast, a second seed shortly struck
him on the right elbow. This was followed by
a shout ot laughter. With scarcely a change of
the grave expression of hia face, the stranger
stooped, picked up the Eeed, and carefully de
posited it with the first. A third followed, with
some derisive word, as it speed Irom the half
drunk young blood, which, striking lliestraDger
on the breast of lii3 coat, was aiso picked up
and put with the first two, when rising, walking
calmly toward tbe offender, and, unbu'toning bis
coat, he laid his card on the table. He had on
an undress military suit. His card showed bis
rank. Of course, there was no room for retreat.
A lieutenant colonel in the British army requires
no certificate of gentle blood. No words
passed, the youDg gentlemen offered hb own
card in exchange, tbe officer returned to his
meal, and the young men, somewhat sobered,
shortly withdrew.
The next morning a note arrived at the
aegressor’e residence, conveying a challenge in
form and one of the melon seeds. The truth
then flashed upon the challenged party, that
his unwarrantable frolic was iikely to be a
somewhat serious affair. The code, however,
admitted only duel or disgrace. Accepting the
challenge, naming pistols as weapons, aud win
ning by toss the first shot, the young man fired
and missed hi3 opponent. The captain leveled
his pistol in return, and sent the ball through
the flap of his offender’s ear -the place the first
melon seed, snapped the previous evening, had
adroitly hit. . , ,
A month passed. Nothing more had been
heard from the Colonel. He had had satisfac
tion for an insult, which, however unprovoked,
was thoughtless, aud which it was hoped he had
forgiven. Not so. Another note, presented by
the same friend, conveying in courteous phrase
a second challenge, with another of those
accursed melon seeds, arrived with the Colonel a
apology on the score of ill-health for not send
ing it beiore. They met again. This time the
fire was simultaneous. The aggressor’s shot
failed. The Colonel, on the contrary, shattered
with his ball tie right elbow ot his antagonist.
This was terrible. The romance of exquisite
skill was turned into a drama of slaughter. The
third melon seed was to come, and it was that
which aimed at the breast of the unoffending
stranger, had struck, amid cheers of derisive
laughter, directly above his heart. What in
structor ever taught good behavior like this ?
The note arrived at laat. It contained the mel
on seed, but no challenge,
... _ j _».„♦ <=?-» asked the young man of the
“And what, sir,” „„
messenger, “am I to understand by this ?”
“You will understand, sir, that my friend for-
He is dead."
gives you.
Suicide in Savannah.—A young man named
Augustus B. Wynn, destroyed himself by. a pis
tol shot in the city of Savannah, last Sunday.
He was a native of Florida, and at the time of
his death was connected with the Advertiser
office, a. a
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