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Hun was in liis sea) and voted lor
Ithe bill. Mr. llill was absent,bn)
Haired with Mr. Harris,win* would
have voted for the bill.
A GREAT Congress of the Moth
odists of the world will take place
in New York next month, with a
view te restore the Clmrcli to its
primitive simplicity and unworld
lines*. The subjects <d fashion
able dressing, eostlv church bail
ding, street-preaching, dancing,
etc., will be fully discussed and
acted upon. Bishop Simpson is
arranging tor the preliminaries.
Senator Him. wants a gold and
silver currency, but he does not
want silver a legal lender above
one hundred dollars. One step j
' further, Mr. Mill: make it a legal
tender without limitation, and
you will be all right at home and
all right in finance.
The Tax ox Lupous. This is.
excessive, and the whole cause of
all the illicit distilling of the
country. It does not diminish
whiskey drinking, but it stimu
fates men to evade the law. A
moderate tax would destroy illicit
distilling, and save the govern
ment the enormous expense of its
surveillance.
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Robinson's Outers has been
compelled to leave Macon, and
other Georgia cities, out of its
I route, owing to the heavy slate
1 and city taxes imuosed. Ilouie
had for popular inusement her
f gladatorial exhibitions. Spain her
bull fights—all bloody orgies.
f\Vc bad reached the innocent a
inusement of the circus, relieved
of any odium attaching to it. by
the accompanying managerio—a
school where we can learn more
of natural history in an hour than
from books in a lifetime. Why
tax these.exhibitions to prokihi
tion (
Burned'to Death.-- A telegra
phic despatch dated shangai.t’hi
ua, and published in l*aris, on the
k3d inst., announces that an asv
■uni for women and children at
Hftna
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The Income Tax.
The hill hefpfe l tongre'S j pro
ving fg#the whfttinnof incomes
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JK The Whipping Cost.
led in tin- House of the Kentucky
Legislature on the 6th inst. hy a
vote of Od to 21. The liill pro
vides that the offense for stealing
money, chattels or goods, where
! the value is less than ten dollars,
shall he punished with JO stripes
or a line in the discretion of the
n iry. The argument advanced hy
•hose favoring the measure is that
■t will save the jails from being
Evercrowded, and :it the same
time carry such terror to the petit
■nrecnists that that phase of crime
[which so burdens the dockets of
the criminal courts, will he in a
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I great measure diminished.
We see that one Stephen Mc
i l ''il l;!", an educated colored man-.
is now canvassing the state of
< leorgia wit h a view to re estab
lish the whipping post as a pun
ishment lor misdemeanors and
the establishment of penitentiary
systems, within close walls, that
will not bring convict labor into
competition with free labor, lie
lias canvassed several stales, and
; met with great encouragement.
Lincoln, the Liberator.
The speech of Mr. A. 11. Nlo
| phens in theTfouse of Congress,
|on the presentation of Carpen
! ter’s painting of the “ Reading of
the Declaration of Emancipation
bv I'resident Lincoln to bis Cabi
net," affords a freer and more ele
vated expression of Mr. Stephen's
real views of secession than any
thing w ritten or spoken by him
since the war. In iljustration of
this, we submit some extracts;
Mr. I’resident and Speaker,with
reference to the subject of the
painting, 1 propose, if strength
will permit, to submit a few re
marks. First, as to the central
figure, the man, and after that as
to the event commemorated. 1
knew Mr. Lin* nln well. We were
together during one Congress. I
was as intimate with him as with
any other man of eongress.excepl
perhaps one. <>f his general char
acter 1 need not speak. He was
warm hearted; he was generous ;
he was, as he afterwards said, pos
sessed of a heart which had “mal
| ice to none and charily to all."—
In bodily form, lie was above the
average, and so in intellect. He
was not highly cultivated, but had
native genius far above the aver
age of his fellows. Every foun
tain of his heart was ever over
flowing with the milk of human
kindness So much for him per
sonally, and so much the deeper
from attachment to him was the
pain in my own breast as well as
in those of millions, at the man
ner of Ids horrible taking off. That
was the climax of our woe, of our
trouble, of the spring from which
! came afterwards unnumbered
woes. But of those events no
i more now. Asa friend, I mav
sav,
| -No farther 'tvk hi' merit' to ,IN,-lose.
Or ilraw hi* frailties from their
,1 read altode;
: I'here they alike in (remitting ho)*e ro
iw>'e—
I'he bosom of his father and his Ood."
So much 1 have felt it my duty
on (hi* occasion to say cn behalf
of my triend. Now as to the great
i historical event which this picture
j commemorates, and w h : eh we are
j here to day to commemorate.—
This is a subject, perhaps, as re
marked by mv friend from Ohio.
(Garfield) which the people of
this day and generation are not
exactlv in the condition to weigh
TIIE VIE L D AN 1) FIJR F SIDE.
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lightly and judge <cß'i-ect!y. < )ne
thing has been renuhked : Eman
cipation was not the chief object
of Mr. Lincoln. What was his
chief object—the myth—the idea
with which his whole soul was
concerned.was the preservation of
the union. Now let not historv
confuse ‘'events.'* That proclama
tion. pregnant as it was, initiative
as it was, in point of fact, origi
nated more from the necessities
of war than from any purely hu
manitarian views. Let this he
noted in our historv.
The question of the relations
of the races was one of the most
difficult problems, that statesmen
or philanthropists, legislators or
jurists ever had to solve. It is
past with ns. Ido not think it
inappropriate on this occasion to
; indulge in some remarks on this
I subject. Since the south has
been released from all her res
! ponsibility a Don t it, it lias been
common to speak of the colored
| people as the “ wards of the
nation." Ma,v*[ say with appro
: priateness. and with due rever
ence in the language of Georgias
greatest, intellect, that they are
rather the wards of the Almighty'
They are committed now under
the new state of things, to rulers,
the law makers, tlio law ox poll n
•lei's, and the law executors
throughout this broad land, in
their respective constant spheres,
to take care of and provide for
iin this complicated system of
| government under which we live.
[ I ai/i so inclined to regard them
I I speak of them, not in excep
' tional cases, hut as amass. Why
!in the providence of God they
| were permitted to come here ii is
not, for us to say. Brit they have
a location here, and I can say for
myself and for those of my im
[ mediate circle of acquaintances,
and for the whole southern peo
! pie, that there is not one who
would now ehange the condition
-of tilings, lesiihjugateThe colored
man or put him in the condition
he was in before. If there is one
in all the south who would desire
such a change, I am not aware of
it. Men of the north and of the
j south, of the east and west, I
j would to day, on this eoimaem
i orative oceassion, say ; -Let us
one and all, within our sphere of
duty, whether in public or in pri
vate life, see to it that we do not
violate that divine trust commit
ted to us.” We live in anew era.
During the conflict of arms J
frequently almost despaired of
t lie liberties of our country. War
always menaces liberty and often
results in its overthrow. 1 have
always thought that the union of
these states at first was founded
on the assumption that it was
the best interest of all to remain
united, faithfully performing each
for itself and for its own people
as well as for the people of all the
states, their constitutional obli
gations : but secession was resort
ed to as a remedy.
It was only to avoid, as 1 then
thought, a great evil that 1 went
with my state holding that to be
my duty, hut believing all the
time that after the passions of the
hour and day were over the great
law which produced the union at
first—mutual interest and recip
rocal advantage would necessar
ily bring us together again in
some mode or other. The Missis
sippi could never he dammed up.
The Ohio would continue to flow.
The people of the south, and at
the west and at the east had all a
community of interest, and I he
lieved that after a while there
would be a restoration.
War News.
Till IIKITISII FLEET ANCHORS IN TIIE
SEA OF MARMORA.
London. Fob. 14. — The Stand
aid announces that the transport
department has commenced ne
gotiafions with large contractors
for the immediate delivery, if re
qaired, of a considerable quanti
ty of provision* for troops. The
independent liberal members
have formed a committee to
watch the progress of the eastern
question and prevent the govern
ment from drifting into war. The
movement lias already received
thirty adhesions. The conserva
tive committee which met at
Carlton club yesterday to organ
ize to support the government
have summoned a meeting at the
Carlton to-day. There is consid
erable excitement in Malta in
consequence of telegrams from
the admiralty that all ships un
der repair shall be hurried for
ward and sent to join Admiral
Hornby. The Devastation will
leave Malta to-day.
The Standard’s Vienna corres
pondent says the Russians are
provided with a number of tor
pedo boats at Rodoste and intend
I a ---w
taiu'-ist on the elpsiii the ftos
phorus as a preliminary c<ili|
tion to the granting of firmans
for the passage of ihe Darda
nelles. A special to the Times
•luted St. Petersburg. Wednesday,
contains the following: -Late
last, night the government re
I ceivod information that the sYtl
tan had refused most positively
to grant a firman for the entrance
of the British fleet. Russia main
tains an expectant attitude, and
has taken means for the advance
m part of her troops now before
Constantinople as soon as any
foreign men of war enter the
straits, 'flic entrance of troops
is not intended as an act of lios
j tility, but anxiety is felt lest an
; accidental collision might occur.
If the troops enter it is thougld
the sultan will retire to Borousa.
In that event it would he ex
tremely difficult to reestablish
even the shadow r,f Turkish em
pire in Europe. The Russian
government does not for the pres
ent desire such a radical solution
of the question. In view of all
this, negotiations for the assem
bling of the conference have, for
the moment fallen into the back
ground. An Anglo-Austrian al
liance is now spoken of as a pos
sibility. The'l'inies* Vienna cor
respondent reports that torpe
does have actually been ship
ped from Odessa for the Russians.
; presumably for use in 'he Bos
phorus. The prohibition against
the shipment of war material in
the armistice is a mere form. The
Paris correspondent of the Times
telegraphs: It is believed in
competent quarters that matters
will be arranged peacefully. A
letter from St, Petersburg af
firms that the Russians, on enter
ing Constantinople, will promise
to resume their present positions
[on the assembling of the confer
ence. It is known that Gei ina
| ny, within the last few days, has
J arged'-niinderation in Austria"! 7T
Times Vienna special, however,
j says the excitement is daily in
[ creasing. The word “mobiliza
tion” is oil everybody's lips, but
as yet it is only as rumor. The
Daily 'Telegraph says the British
fleet entered the Dardanelles at
daybreak Wednesday. The pas
sage thence to Conit ant inople
would occupy from 12 to 16
hours.
The following appeared in
Count Andrassy's organ, the i’es
ther Lloyd: “The non occupa
tion of Constantinople is the
foremost and most weighty in
terest of Europe, and if Kussia
understands by regaining her
freedom of action that she lias
the right to hoist the czar's (lag
of victory in the Bosphorus, then
it is time for the powers to aban
don their different categories e!
neutrality, and an end must be
put to the policy of accomplished
fact. The occupation of Bulga
ria and the exaggerated exfen
tion it is proposed to give that
province will never be tolerated
by Austria. Action and energet
ic action alone can now save Ku
rope.
Constantinople, Feb. 14.—The
British Meet passed through the
Dardanelles at 3 o'clock. Wednes
day afternoon. The Turkish
government concluded that a
mere protest would meet the no
cessities of the situation. The
Russians still declare that they
will enter the city, and fears of
considerable disturbances should
t hey do so are now entertained.
’The destination of the lleet is
said to be Prince’s Islands in the
sea of Marmora, 13 miles south
of Constantinople, which it is re
ported England intends to occu
py-
The admiralty has a telegram
from the English consul at Chan
akkalessi, Anatobia, on the Dar
danelles. “3 miles southwest of
Gallipoli, confirming the report
of the passage of six ships of the
British fleet up the straits yester
day. The Turkish pasha made a
formal protest, at Chanakkalessi,
but no active measures were
taken to prevent the passage.—
The admiral's orders were to en
ter the straits with or without
leave and make arrangements to
secure his rear. The ships were
prepared for action.
In the house of lords, alluding
to the claims of Russia, that
should the powers send ships to
Constantinople. Russia would lie
compelled to send troops to that
city. Lord Derby *aid that the
British government has protested
against thi* view, declaring that
it can see no pamille! between
the two courses proposed. ( Loud
cheers.) Lord Derby also read
a despatch from Prince Gorfscha
kotf. the Russian premier, inform
ing him of the Russian occupa
tion of Constantinople, which.
.y- -S ——- wm p-®-
I’riiice p (iurf adds, is
merely a paciti® measure.
The Times’ ’ second enttion
prints the following dispatch,
dated St. Petersburg. Feb. 14:—
The government ha- information
| that the British fleet ha- arrived
at Constantinople. The admiyal
-Ity has received a telegram that
tiie fleet ha> passed through ihe
Dardanelles, bm has no advices
• Tits arrival at Constantinople.
Paris, T’eb. 14.—The Repub
liqiie Fraiicaise counsels Eng
land to remain tranquil. The
Journal des Dehats declares that
it is too late for England to act.
The majority of the papers hold
similar language, and hope the
wisdom and moderation of the
powers will prevent further com
plications.
A Reuter’s telegram dated
Constantinople. February 14, 7
jp. in., says : The Russians will
shortly enter the city, but no of
ficial notification on the subject
has yet been received. Consid
erable Russia forces have pushed
forward to Tchalaldja.
The Times'second edition prints
the following dispatch from Pera,
February 15: It is generally ex
; peeled lliat the Grand Duke
Nicholas will enter Constantino
ple with a portion of his army,
but will come as a guest and
friend of the nation, with the
consent of the sultan, the Rus
sians considering that this will
give England no castis belli, es
pecially as her ships are near the
capital, against the express wish
of the sultan and porte. A
Times' telegram dated Tchatald
ja, Feb. T 2, says: In the Russian
army a renewal of hostilities is
j discussed as more probable than
peace, and every measure is be
ing adopted to consolidate the
Russian advance. The entrance
of the British fleet into the Dar
danelles before the conclusion of
j the armistice would have been
answered unhesitatingly by a
| Russian declaration of war, but
whether such would now be the
i case is doubtful. War with Eng
land w ould he very popular with
the army, though officers speak
of it gravely as a terrible strug
gle. “In this state of feeling, if
we have to begin again,” say the
! Russian officers, “nothing could
j save Constantinople from us, and
jwe would not leave one stone
; upon another."
Vienna, Feb 16. —According
| to intelligence from a trustworthy
! source, a congress, not a confer
ence. is certain. 11 will probably
jbe held at Baden Baden, which
place Austria has proposed.
A Young and Jealous Wife.
In Pickens county about six
teen months ago Mister Robert
Southern was married to Kate
Hambriek. Southern is represent
ed as a young fellow of rather
wild habits, but clever enough at
the bottom, handsome, popular
and brave. Miss Hambriek was
of the prettiest girls m the up
country. She weighed 135 pounds,
had a line supple figure, blue eyes,
auburn hair and handsome fea
tures.
The marriage was for a time
a happy one. In a month or so
however, Mrs. Southern began to
grow jealous and restless. There
was a Miss Narcissa Cowart a
young lady of highly respecable
family, (as indeed were all parties
toward whom her suspicions were
directed.) It is said that young
Southern had been quite attentive
to this lady before his marriage
to Miss Hambriek, and the latter
always looked upon her with a
wife's jealous fear and disfavor.
Nothing occurred however to
make an outbreak,untill on the
fatal night of the killing. On this
night there was a country ball,
held at the residence of Air. Ham
briek Kate's father. Miss Cowart
wa* invited and was present. It
is said that when the ball opened
Mrs. Southern went to her hus
band and asked that he would not
either dance with or speak to
Miss Cowart during the evening,
lie appeared to agree to this, and
everthing went on smoothly
until late in the night.
At about 1 2 o’clock young South
ern appeared in a cotillion, with
Miss Cowart as his partner. This
seems to have enraged his wife
who at once walked up and said
that he had promised to dance
that set with her. or that she
wanted to dance it with him. He
made some resistance, and it is
said that Mi** Cowart protested
that she had a right to dance with
Southern, as she had known him
a long time. \Ye learn that it i'
denied that 'he made thi* state
ment. In any event Mrs. South
ern was turned away, and her
husband remained to dance with
Mi :- Cowart. She watched the
•laie fora while, and then left
the roon. She went to her father
who was outside of the house, and
asked him for his knife. He ask
ed her what she wanted it for.
She replied she wanted to cut a
tooth-brush. Her father remind
ed her that it was too late to do
that. She reiterated her request
Iler father then gave her his kaife
she took it and returned to the
dancing room. She {found that
the dance in which her husband
had been engaged w as ended, bat
that Miss Cowart was just then in
the act of dancing across the floor.
Without a word she rushed up
on her, and seized her dress by
the right shoulder. She then
said “You have danced enough!”
With this she drew the knife
from the folds of her dress and
plunged it into Miss Cowart’s
neck, cutting a frightful gash
down towards the region of the
heart. Her victim_\vas very
much heated and The
blood spurtetGlroin her neck to
the wall a of fully five
feet. She staggered under the
blow and fell. As she was falling
Mrs. Southern dealt her another
blow, this time cutting her in the
left breast. As she fell she slash
ed at her again, this time cutting
through her belt, her clothes,
and making a terrible wound in
her stomach. Of course the vie
tiin was dead by this time. We
believe she did not speak after
she was attacked. Of course con
sternation seized the crowd, mo
one seemed able to comprehend
what had happened. One ©f the
men present rushed forward and
said, “Where is the man that
struck that woman?”
At this Mrs. Southern arose and
shouted. “I am the man that did
it!”
The crowd then gathered about
the doors and declared that no
one should leave the house. Bob
Southern at once took his wife
by the arm, and whatever his
carelessness toward her might
have been formerly he now show
[ed his devotion to her. He stode
Ito the front and said.
“Gentlemen, I’m going to leave
this house, and take my wife with
me—and we are going through, if
we have to shoot through.”
With this he drew his pistol and
: started toward the door. The
crowd, still dazed and bewildered
gave way before the man and wife
j and they were lost in the dark
ness. A hasty pursuit was orga
nized, hut it was unavailing.
Southern and his wife were gone,
and could not he traced. Miss
Cowart’s family ottered a reward
of $250 for the capture of the fu
gitives. The governor supplement
ed this with a reward of $l5O.
Despite this, however, a full year
passed and nothing was heard of
the runawavs.
Mr. \V. W. Findley, ex sheriff of
l’iekens county, hearing of their
whereabouts, proceeded to North
Carolina, and captured the ftigi
lives near Murphy, while they
were on the move to Alabama,
and brought them back to Pick
ens county, and lodged them in
jail there.
It ts said that nine million peo
ple are reported destitute in Nor
them China. The Foreign Relief
Committee appeals to England
and America for aid.
•• What is to be done with the
devil — Brooklyn Eagle.
You had better wait and first
see what the devil is going to do
with you. — Courier-Journal.
The Turks have played out their
trumps, and England thinks she
will play Iters now.
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GARDENaSEEDS !
AND
FLOWER SLEDS!
White and Yellow Onion Sets!
Genuine Kasteru Potatoes.
Peas anil Beans by measure.
fcWGarileu Seeds in papers to dealers,
at wholesale: also, Hoes. Rakes, Manure
Forks, &e.
t’eti 1 2-2111 WILLIAM ROOT.
Back Again!
to :m:y old sttyhstud i
ON CHURCH STREET.
MV old Friend' and the Public gen
erally are hereby informed that
my Bakery on Church street is in full
operation again. A liberal patronage
i' solicited.
Very respectfullv,
jan 15 R. .1. T. AGRROI.A.
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