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OONSTITUTIOtfALIST.
A TIGHT ST A . C*A.
FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 10, 1868
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Columbus Enquirer lias been making
calculations with regard to the Legislature
of Georgia, that extraordinary thing which
Gen. Meade uses as a shuttlecock and
over which his Drum Major labors to bring
forth truly loyal results. The Enquirer
thinks the Senate will consist of twenty
one Democrats and twenty-three Radicals.
The Radicals were driven to the necessi
ty of nominating, in a number of instances,
men who are not in strict accord with
them, and who, it is supposed, cannot be
used for base purposes. Upon such specu
lations and ciphering, our Columbus con
temporary deems that all looks well, thus
far, for the Senate.
Concerning the House, some doubt ex
ists as to which way the pendulum of power
inclines. As in the case of the benate, sev
eral members elect, classed as Radical on
the ticket, are really Conservative, and, if
anything, lean to the Democratic side.
The Sumter Republican is quoted as classi
fying Messrs. Lee and Page as Democrats,
though elected on the Radical ticket. The
Enquirer continues:
" Counting these two gentlemen as Demo
crats, and putting also on our side a gentleman
elected on the Radical ticket in a county adja
cent to Ibis, but who, we feel satisfied, is no
Radical in principle, and claiming also Mr.
Hamilton, of Screven, elected as an ‘independ
ent,’ but who, we are told, is a Democrat, we
can now count on 74 Democratic Representa
tives, which is fully as many as the Radicals
can count.”
Reports from Emanuel, Bulloch, Tatnall,
Ware, Effingham, Rabun and Union claim
Democratic representatives. So, says the
Enquirer ,“ we now have 81 Democrats sure,
with Berrien and Montgomery, that have
given majorities for Gordon ; and Tellair
and Irwin, in which the election has not
been held, but which are considered certain
for the Democracts, yet to hear from. Be
sides these, there is the Representative from
Coffee, designated as ‘neutral,’ but whose
county gave majorities against the consti
tution and for Gordon and Fitch; and the
county of Elbert, electing a Democrat,
which we had ornited in our table.”
Arguing from these premises, the En
quirer forecasts a Democratic majority in
the House.
For our part, we have not troubled the
returns, believing that prediction is a poor
guest at General Meade’s board of investi
gation. If others are more sanguine, we
refer them to the consoling figures of our
esteemed Columbus contemporary, and
fondly hope they may be gratified in their
great expectations.
A Northern View. —The Hartford
(Conn.) Times thus speaks of homestead and
relief:
“ The Georgia State constitution exempts
from the claims ol creditors all the property of
the State, and $3,000 of the property ot each
individual, $2.000 in real .ft.ate and SI,OOO in
estate. This feature gl the constitu
klPn is one at out which thu*<:nas been great
difference of opinion among the Georgia vo
ters. It was inserted to gut. ‘ laborers,’ and
‘sells’ that class. Few laborers in Georgia
are possessed of $3,1X10; but I lie speculating
and cheating carpet-baggers will probably get
that amount in their hands, hire laborers tar
work on their $3,000 farm, and then cheat
• them out of their wages, under the exemption
Jaw. The laborers of Hut South will, ere long,
suffer from the schemes of the lazy and un
principled sharks who are locating among
them.”
“ All the Decency.'’—Horace Greeley
claims that the Radical party contains all
the decency, all the respectability and all
the religion of the North. He is not so
blatant as to its contents further .South. In
another column we give the debate between
Donnelly and Washburne, in which Pot
and Kettle are shown up in their densest
sootiness. Here are two leading Radicals
photographing eacli other, and one of these
great artists of smut is the keeper of Gen
eral Grant.
[From the N. Y. Express.
Butler aa a Falsifier-
The notorious Butler on Friday last
thought proper to defend himself for his
agency iu the Alta Vela claims by asserting,
as we said, on Saturday, a downright false
hood against the N. Y. Express and J. & E.
Brooks. We have already branded the
untruth and its author as the offeuse de
served. But to make it still more palpable,
we now place before the Express and other
readers the following card from Mr. S. T.
Clarke, whose name Butler used not only
without any knowledge of the case referred
to, but knowing that every word stated by
him was pure invention. Mr. Clarke has
authorized us to state all that he has ex
pressed in his card, avid whatever else may
be necessary to stamp Butler’s statement as
a sheer invention and falsehood.
HERE is tiie falsehood about the
BROOKSES AND CLARKE,
as paraded editorially in Sunday’s Herald
after a previous publication in the Herald
of Saturday:
“ Some time ago there was a case where
one Clarke sued a fellow by the name of
Brooks for part ownership in the New
York Express, and there was a difficulty be
tween Erastus Brooks and the other part
ner about a division of the spoils. They
brought him (Butler) the case, ana showed
him that the two Brookses had robbed this
Clarke. He (Butler) said kg did not love
the firm. He would have‘nothing to do
with it. It was a nasty affair, and not so
fertile as guano. He saw the case in court
and saw the Brookses beaten.”
And here is the card of Mr. Clarke, as
voluntarily written by him after a verbal
assurance to us that Butler’s statement had
not one word of truth to rest upon:
New York, May 4,1868.
Hon. Erastus Brooks:
Dear Sir: In regard to the “Express
Suit,” alluded to by Gen. Butler on Friday
last, allow me to say that it was never offer
ed to Jam by me, directly or indirectly, and
that I never heard his name connected with
it until Saturday last, on reading the de
bate of the day before. His entire statement
has not the shadow of truth to rest upon.
Yours, truly, S. T. Clarke.
The Southern Cultivator—The May num
ber ot the Cultivator is one of the best we have
had nnder the new arrangement. We were
much impressed with an article from the pen
of Mr. Geo. W. Gift who is striking valiant
blows for the resurrection of Southern indus
try and its application to anew system of labor.
The Press Banquet.
On Thursday afternoon, in accordance with
previous arrangement, the members of the
Southern Press Convention repaired to the
Planters’ Hotel, where they were joined by a
number of prominent citizens and proceeded
to the Banquet Hall.
Henry Moore, Esq., presided over the festivi
ties; on his right was seated Col. Jarecl I.
Whitaker Editor of the Atlanta Intelligencer ,
and on his left Col. A. R. Lamar, of the Colum
bus Sun.
At the request of the presiding officer, Hon.
and Rev. H. W. Hilliard offered up grace.
In a few pleasant words Mr. Moore directed
the attention of the guests to “ the subject be
fore us.” When it is remembered that the
steward of the Planters’ had prepared the fol
lowing “ business for the meeting,” it will be
readily conceived that the discussion thereof
was a pleasant duty :
BILL OF FARE.
Thursday, May 7, 1868.
Soup— Mock Turtle.
Fish.
Baked Shad, Madeira Sauce.
Boiled.
Leg of Mutton, Caper Sauec ; Ham, Chicken,
Egg Sauce; Bacon with Greens.
Relishes.
Gheikins, Lettuce, Radishes, French Mustard,
Walnut Ketchup, Tomato Ketchup.
Entrees.
Boiled Shad Roe, ala Maitre d’Hotel ; Kidney
Santa, Maderia Sauce; Boiled Maca
roni, Cream Sauce ; Lamb Chops,
Breaded, with Juice; Calf
Brain, Fried in Batter, Rice
Cake Glazee with Rum.
Roast.
Beef, Chicken, Stuffed, Giblet Sauce; Pork,
Apple Sauce ; Leg of Veal, Tomato
Sauce; Mutton, Baked Ham, Port
Port Wine Sauce ; Ro ist Beef.
Vegetables.
Baked and Mashed Irish Potatoes, Sweet Pota
toes, Rice, Beets, Green Peas, Spinach,
- Carrots, Turnips, Onions.
Pastry.
Farina Pudding, Peach Pies, Sweet Potato Pies,
Coeoanut Pies', Vanilla Ice Cream,
Strawberries, Cream Pufls.
Desert.
Oranges, Almonds, Raisins, Pecan Nuts, Crack
ers, Cheese.
Coffee.
Having given the solids due consideration,
the guests were called-to order by the President,
who proceeded to read the
REGULAR TOASTS :
Ist. 2ur Country : No North, no South, no
East, no West: The Country of Forefathers—
distinct like the billows—one like the sea.
Respondent— Hon. H. W. Hilliard.
2d. The Union: The prayer of every patriot:
Esto pervetua: Not a Union ot force, but a
Union of Fiaternity—May the Sword be turned
into the Sickle and the Bayonet into the Plow
share. May the winds of November bear South
ward, and from the East and from the West,
that the memory of Washington and of Adams
still lives and breathes in the hearts of our
countrymen.
Respondent— John E. Hayes, Esq., Savannah
Republican .
3,1. The President of the United States :
In the hour of misfortune he stands more no
ble, more truly great, than in the day of pros
perity.
Respondent — Judge Whitaker, of Atlanta.
4th. Our State : Although her precious
guarantees as a member of the Old Thirteen
have been almost annulled, may her true sons
treasure the relics, which, like the Syhilline
leaves, are all the more precious for the partial
loss.
Respondent— Major J. B. Camming.
sth. The Press : The oracle of the many sides
of thought—the medium of communion among
the civilized. Its mission is to instruct, im
prove, enlighten and reform. Tyrants and evil
doers may fear it. bat the faithful ■»»<! ti-uo ora
sustained, when its mission is honestly aud
honorably fulfilled.
Respondent— Col. A. R. Lamar.
6th. The Judiciart: May the. day be
hastened wbeu Justice, clad iu her robes of
State, shall reign supreme aud bid (he life and
drum be still; and the martial court be dumb
in the presence of civil law.
Respondent — Hon. Geo. T. Barnes.
Till. The Medical Fraternity : Quacks in
health; in illness ministers and friends; the
priests of the body, as ministers of the Gospel
are priests oi the soul.
Respondent— J. Ganahl , Esq.
Bth. Commerce: When commerce fails the
world stagnates. May Southern agriculture,
support and sustain her.
Respoudent —Wm. Stevenson, Esq.
9th. Manufactures : The guardian ot agri
culture nud commerce. May the next decade
inaugurate the South as a worker as well as a
producer. Hitherto we have supplied raw
meat to those who malign us; let ns cook it at
home.
Respondent— W. E. Jackson.
The Telegraph : It transcends the dreams
of fairy land. It has captured the lightning of
Heaven and harnessed it to the car of thought.
Respondent— J. A. Brenner.
11th. The Craft : The champions of the
art preservative of all arts; the sturdy co
workers with the members of the press.
Respondent— L. P. Ashby.
13th. The South : Always true to the Con
stitution of our Fathers. If desLmed lo perish
she will exclaim in the language ot the gladia
tors—
Dying, we salute thee.
Respondent—A. W. fiessc, of the Macon
Journal 4, Messenger.
. 13th. The New York Associated Pres3 :
The great connecting link between the sections.
May it be in future, %s io the past, a Prime
affair. May our interests be always identical.
Respondent— P. Walsh.
14th. The Ladies : God bless them.
The earth was blank.
Creation was a wild,
And man, the Herm t sighed,
’Till woman smiled.
Respondent— Col. Thompson, of the Savannah
Ifetos $ Herald.
The response to the sentiments were happily
conceived and eloquently delivered, and we re
gret oar inability to report them all, but must
content ourself with giving the substance of
the very appropriate remarks of the newly
elected President of the Southern Press con
vention—Col. A. R. Lamar :
Mr. President and Gentlemen :
The history of the world is filled with monu
ments commemorative of the services and
triumphs of the great leformer just toasted by
you. Every niche in the long corridors of time,
running back to the day when the brave barons
of old won at the dagger’s point the precious
boon of personal liberty, free speech, and a free
press, contains garlands twined in honor of
the Press. While I feel that some gentleman
more competent than myself should have been
selected to respond in behalf of the profession
to which many of us are attached, yet I should
be the veriest craven that crawls amid the
crowd cf cowards who desecrate this fair laud,
if I should fail to say something in reply to a
compliment so handsome and 60 just.
I should be unworthy of the position your
kindness and partiality have assigned me, if
now I should fail to speak for the men who
have spoken for us all, not in hours of peace
and security, but in the perilous moments when
it took stern hearts and strong arms to stand
and strike for the right.
But how shall I speak of the glories, the hon
ors and the triumphs of the Press? Where shall
I find words to tell of its labors and services?
Shall I tell of its honors when before me sit
Steele and Whitaker, veterans of the “old
guard,” wto have come from an hundred fields
of intellectual combat 41 covered with wonnds
and with glory ?”
Shall I refer to its record of wit and huffiwr
when Thompson fronts me, who has made the
wit of the American Press familiar to the
people of two continents t
Shall I gather the laurels it has cnlled in the
gardens of poetry when I look upon Randall,
whose jjrand and matchless war hymns enthused
thousands of hearts that now lie cold and
pulseless under the sod from Maryland to the
Mexican border ?
Shall I t.ell of its fearless honor and integri
ty, when Hayes is here to show how a man
born on Northern soil, reared with sentiments
antagonistic t-o those livid by many of ns, may
conquer passion and prejudice, and in the face
9f threats, violence and persecution, rally to
the standard ot justice ?
Sir, when under ray eye sits Hilliard, who
has honored the press and been honored by an
association with it, when to the right and to the
left of me on cither side of this festive board
are ranged gentlemen who have given assur
ance to the world ot the truth of the noble lines
of one of the brlghtest lights of literature :
“ Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword.’’
When Hi i brave, the virtuous and honest peo
ple of our country are filled with apprehension,
lest the last palladium of liberty shall be struck
down by its natural and mortal foe—the sword —
my heart swells under the impulses which rush
to its very core, and yet I cannot find language
to do justice to the high calling which com
manded the labors of my earliest manhood, and
to which the most arduous intellectual labors of
my life have been devoted.
As the gentle Cordelia replied to the petulant
Lear, I can only say,
“ My love is richer than my tongue.”
Mr. President, the swift falling shades of
evening remind me that you have yet to hear
from lips more eloquent than my own, but I
cannot close without a word to those whose
guests we are to-day, the true men of this beau
tiful city of Augusta. Within bow-shot of
where I now stand I was born. Near by are
scenes hallowed by the happiest reminiscences
of my boyhood. Though like others, I have
turned my back upon my birthplace to seek
fame and lortune among strangers, I remember
with pride aud pleasure that 1 have not stepped
heyoDd the borders of this proud old Common
wealth. I beg to assure yon, gentlemen, that I
have not loi gotten Augusta in the days of her
prosperity and happiness, and that in the hour
of her disgrace, at the hands of ignorance and
vice, my heartstrings have reached out to share
in a desolation that came without dishonor. In
conclusion, permit me to offer you :
The Beautiful Women and the Brave
Men of Augusta : The first will see to it that
the race of renegades dies out with the present
generation ; may the latter be found willing
and able to assist them in the interesting and
patriotic duty.
From among the volunteer toasts we remem
ber the following, not only on account of the
sentiments themselves but for the eloquent re
sponses which they called forth:
By Mr. Walsh—
The man who through evil and good report
has upheld and defended thp true principles of
constitutional government —Major Steele, of the
Southern Press.
This brought the Major out in one of his
characteristic neat little speeches, which was
loudly applauded.
By Mr. Reese —
The unity of the Southern Press upon the
only safe line —Conservatism, as opposed to
the Radicalism of rule and ruin ; Radical, as
opposed to the Bourbon Conservatism, which
neiilier learns nor forgets.
Responded to by J. R. Randall.
By Gen. A. R. Wright—
To the Memory of the Hero Dead:
Those who fell on either side defending their
conscientious views of right.
Drank standing and in silence.
By Mr. Ella—
The Rightful Governor of Georgia—
Exiled yet honored—Charles J. Jenkins.
Major J. B. Gumming responded with an
eloquence worthy the sentiment.
The concluding sentiment was proposed by
■judge Whitaker, who prefaced it with a pleas
ant. review of some memorable facts iu the his
tory of our city. The sentiment was:
The City of Augusta : May the memories
of her great men aud past glories cause her not
to despair of the future.
The hour having arrived for the evening ses
sion of the Press Conveution, the party separa
ted in the best of humor with all the world and
the rest of ruaukind.
Tiie Old GflijuD.—This staunch
magazine Jjjfjtfny contain) the
1. of the Rump Revolution,
bv the editor.., 3. “ Astorre Manfredi ” (con
tinued!. 3. “Dead Under the Roses”— chap
lets XI and XII. 4. “Thine Ryes” (poetry);
“ The lev and the Oak ” (poetry); “ Epigram”
(poetry); “Those Eyes” (poetry). 5. “Types
of Mankind” (by Dr. Van Evrie); “ The Es
quimatix.” 6. “ Sub Rosa,” a maiden’s love
story. 7. “ Moral and Intellectual Characteris
tics of Savage Races.” 8. “Horrible Persecu
tion in the South.” 9. “ Pendleton’s Plan.”
10. “Is the Democratic Party United?” 11.
“ History of the Tenure-of-Office Bill.” 13.
“Our Book Table,” which is very well done,
and the~“ Editor’s Table,” which is pungent
and piquaut, as usual, complete one of the
most readable numbers of The Old Guard that
we have yet seen.
The Maryland Farmer.—The Maryland
Farmer for May is, as usual, richly freighted
with intellectual stores for the benefit of the
agi icnltnral community.
Modern Speaking with Tongues.—A
friend ot mine called on a celebrated German
philologist here who “speaks English/’ Thus
the conversation opened : “ I believe you talk
English, professor ?” “Guess,” said the philo
logist, “ a few.” Many of the stores here ad
vertise, “ English spoken here.” I called at
one of them, and the Englishman of the estab
lishment said, “ although Ia teacher of Eng
lish been have, I have it much oblivirt.” 1
thought he had, but 1 groaned inwardly as I re
flected, “Ia teacher of German been have also.”
Another English speaking bookseller, who
also speaks our language, as a general thing,
fluently aud correctly, rather startled me the
other day, when 1 called to inquire for a cer
tain boolc that he was to procure for me, by
saying, “ I have not got it now, but I have sent
my angel for it.” It was with difficulty that I
kept my countenance, but I was sobured by the
reflection that probably I am every day taxing
the politeness of my German friends to the ut
most- tiy just such blunders as this. In the
Berlin gallery is a fine picture of Jacob wrest
ling with the angel. It is photographed, as are
most of these masterpie ;es of art, on the
hack of the photograph is the subject in three
languages. In German it runs thus : “ Jakob
riugeud mit deni Engel,” which is translated
into English thus : “ Jack ringing with the
angel !” Prof. Rice was informed by a German
student in the natural history department that
he was “ travailing, on fishes." It was some
little time before. Prof. Rise got'the idea that
his friend simply meant that he was hard at
work on Hie study of fishes \—Prof. Newhall.
Pr actical Education.—We have frequently
adverted to the necessity lor making training
for the duties of real life a principal feature in
our public school management. A writer in
Lippincott's Magazine, describing a school in
Germany, follows a description of the pupil
writing competitive compositions on slates
with the following :
“ In all this proceeding there is nothing very
new, perhaps, but it is so admirably done that
the spectator cannot help takii.g an interest in
the process. Every item entered is made a
matter of discussion. The price of fowls;
how much a fat fowl should weigh ; how much
a lean one ; a reasonable price. What food
fattens fowls best. What sort of fowls they are,
and how old. The price of cabbages, of car
rots, of appies; their sort 6, the quantities pro
duced—everything to bring the school home to
the life-wants, interests and duties, is done;
the scholars themselves contributing each their
mite to the store of information the letter con
tains. The expenses, too, of the day, the bar
gains, and the shops, are all discussed. After
one such display as this, I went home looking
at the baskets in the market, at the donkey
carts laden for return home, at the buyers and
sellers, and at the good things in the little shop
windows, with more interest than ever I had
in such things before. I felt that in this Ger
man village school the Children were in train
ing for the real duties of their lives.”
A fond mother in Boston, the other day, de
termined to whip her nnrnly son, but tempered
justice with mercy by giving him chloroform
before administering the rod.
Congressional Solons.
SPECIMEN OF MODERN AMERICAN I.I.OQUEeC’E.
In the House of Representatives, on Saturday
last, personal explanations were made by
Messrs. Washhurue and Donnelly, both mem
bers ol the Radical parly, in response to a letter
written by the former about the latter. We
make the extracts bom the report ot the pro
ceedings as indicative of the depth of indecency
to which the Amerieau Congre.-s is rapidly
sinking:
TTw~d>V>r nf Mr. Wasliburne having been
read Uophe Clerk,
Mr. ijnnnelly remarked that lie was certainly
justifieif jn the declaration he had made, that
the auuafc of Congress presented no parade).to
that lettS; aud he thought he should establish
that thew were in the letter twenty-three dis
tinct stafpmeuts which were twenty-three dis
tinct falsehoods. He should attempt to deal
with theii as rapidly as possible. Mr. DouocUy
went onfto explain that he had only received
the draL of the bill on the 2d of March ; that be
asked leave to introduce it ou the 20th; that
Mr. Washburne had objected; that he (Mr. Dou
nelly) had then gone to Connecticut to aid the
Republican party in the canvass of that State.
He expressed his belief that the objection made
by Mr. Washburne had sprung from personal
and malicious motives, and remarked that that
gentleman eould not speak the truth, even when
the truth would best serve his purpose. Hav
ing referred to and answered other points in
Mr. Washburne’s letter, Mr. Donnelly went on
to speak of Mr. Washburne, of Wisconsin, as
“ mousing around ” in reference to some other
bill.
The Speaker interrupted, aud said that that
was not parliamentary language toward a mem
ber who was absent, and who was uot involved
in the controversy.
Mr. Donnelly said he would withdraw lue re
mark.
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, expressed the
hope that “ the party ” would be allowed to go
on.
Mr. Donnelly, after passing from that point,
referred to the charge in Mr. Washburne’s let
ter that his (Mr. Dounelly’s) opposition to the
bill offered some time since by Mr. Washburne,
of Wiscousiu, to reduce the fares on the Pacific
Railroad, might be attributed to the fact that
lie bad a free pass to ride over the road, de
clared that be had never riddeu over a mile of
the road, and did not expect to until it was
completed from the Mississippi to tbe Pacific.
It would be a consolation then to know, he
said, that that mighty work had been resisted
and opposed by every blatant, loud voiced, big
chested, small beaded, bitter hearted dema
gogue in all the land. [Laughter on both sides
of the Chamber.] Referring to the charge made
against him in Mr. Washhurne’s letter of his
being “ an office beggar,” Mr. Donnelly said :
“An office beggar !” And that from a gentle
man bearing the name which he does, El tu
Brute! “An office beggar!” Why, Mr.
Speaker, when I entered the Slate of Minnesota
it was Democratic. When I entered the county
in which I live it was two to one Democratic.
I asked no office. I expected none. But the
charge comes from such a quarter tb it 1 cannot
fail to notice it. The gentleman’s family are
chronic office beggars. They are nothing iTnot
in office. Out of office they are miserable,
wretched, God-forsaken, and as uncomfortable
as that famous stump tailed bull in fly time.
[Laughter.] This whole trouble arose lrom the
persistent determination of one of the gentle
man’s family to sit in this body. Every young
male of the gentleman’s family is born into the
world with “ M. C.” franked ou his broadest
part. | Laughter.] The great calamity seems
to be that God, iu his infinite wisdom, did not
make anv of them broad enough to make room
for “U. 8. 8.” f Laughter.J There was room
“ U. 8.,” but the other “ S ” slipped over, and
“U.B. & Cos.” is the firm. [Laughter.]
The Speaker interrupted Mr. Donnelly, and
reminfi»d him that his language was beyond
the usual limit of parliamentary propriety.
Mr. W ash burn e again intimated his desire
that “ the party” should be permitted to go on.
Mr. Donnelly said he was sorry to transgress
the proper limits of debste, but the House
would perceive that the character ot the letter
on which be was commenting made him speak
under some feeling. 1 was drawn into it, he
said, by the charges made against my personal
character by the vile insinuation contained in
that letter that I was a fugitive from justice,
and that I fled from the city of Philadelphia
“ uu4hr suspicous circumstaucee, between two
days,!’ This, Mr. Sp aker, is an absolute, nn
« lined, unmitigated falsehood, and but for
■■greet which I have for you and for the
would Use -Stronger language. [Mr.
anrfiy then went on to refute that charge,
had read the clerk a letter from the At
torney General of Pennsylvania, with whom
Mr. jjtopneily had studied law, speaking iu
strong'terms of the probity and purity ol bis
character, and of the public esteem in which
he is held in that community.
Mr. Donnelly then went on to say: I stiyul
here repeating the challenge, that il anywhere
on God’s earth, down in the mire of filth and
all nastiness, the gentleman can pluck up auy’-
thing which touches my honor, let it come ; I
shall meet It on its merits.
I have gone through the entire catalogue; 1
have analyzed the entire contents ol the gen
tleman’s foul stomach ; I have dipped my hands
in its gall, and I have examined the half
digested fragments which I lound floating in
the gastric juice. But if it is possible for the
gentleman from Illinois, by his perietalic
action, to bring us) anything more loathsome,
more disgusting than he has vomited over me
m that letter, in God’s name let it come.
The Speaker again interrupted Mr. Donnelly,
and reminded him that his language was out
of order.
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, again repeated
the hope that the “ party” might be permitted
to go on by unanimous consent.
Mr. Donnelly went on, and stated that the
charges were not original; that they had been
got up by one of the editors of tfie St. Paul
Press, a man named Driscoll, who had been
to Philadelphia and played the detective there
for some days, and had returned, having found
nothing affecting his (Mr. Doinelly’s) reputa
tion. Bnt it seems, he continued, that these
charges are brought up here again.
Mr. Donnelly then went on to refer to the
charge that he had changed his politics, and
declared, in answer to it, that he had become a
Republican twelve years ago, and that his Re
publican politics were almost coeval with the
birth of the party.
The bonr allowed for debate having expired,
a motion was made that Mr. Donnelly be al
lowed to proceed.
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, again expressed
the wish that the “ party ” might be permitted
to proceed.
There being no objection, Mr. Donnelly said :
I thank the House and “ that other party ” for
the courtesy. [General laughter.] 1 will Dot
notice ail the charges which crawl over all the
surface of the letter as vermin crawls over the
body of some beggar. But there is one other
personal charge—that I have changed my name.
The intention of the gentleman is to give out
not only that I was a fugitive from justice, but
that I was traveling under an alias. Mr.
Speaker, I was, within a lew hours after my
birth, baptised Ignatius Donnelly ; I am Igna
tius Donnelly to-day; and, with God’s help, I
expect to remain so until the end of my career.
If I should ever be inclined to change my
name, it seems to me I would take that of
Eiihu. [General laughter and enjoyment of
the scene on both sides of the House.]
Mr. Washburne was understood to say that
then he would change his name.
Mr. Donnelly retorted : If I thought the gen
tleman would change it, it would be an induce
ment to me to retain it, but what is the mean
ing of that atttack ? It means this : The gen
tleman has cracked his whip over members pf
this Homeland has been the natural successor
here of those old slave lords who used to crack
lheir whips here. His vaulting ambition over
leaped ittelf. Not satisfied to assail ns here,
to vituperate ns here, he is going to mould the
next Congress, and he is sailing iuto our dis
tricts to tell the people whom they shall select
and whoii they shall not select. My friend,
Mr. Price, meets ip the newspapers of hjs dis
trict the assaults of the gentleman. He is rang
ing the whole vast amphitheatre. Why does
he do this ? There is a simple explanation
which is given out in my district, and which is
one of the great arguments why they should
send the distinguished gentleman’s brother to
this House—namely, that he owns General
Grant; that he carries Ulysses 8. Grant .in his
breeches pocket.
Why sir, he already feels on his shoulders
the cares of empire. He is already forecasting
cabinets, dispensing foreign missions, setting
men np and putting them down. We can ap
ply to him the language of Cleopatra to Mark
Antony : ««In his livery walk crowns and
crownets ; empires and islands are like plates
dropped from his pocket.” Has he not lived in
the 6ame<towa with General Grant, and should
he not, therefore, perloree, be the Warwick, the
king maker, the power behind the throne ? I
never conld account for that singular fact that
he lived in the same town with General Grant
except on that great principle of compensation
which runs through tb? created world. The
town of Galena having for so many years en
dured the gentleman, God Almighty felt that
nothing less than Ulysses S. Grant could bal
ance the account. [Laughter. | Josh Billings,
talking of compensation, says : “Itis a ques
tion whether the satisfaction of scratching will
not pay a man for the punishment of having the
itch.” I leave the gentleman’s constituents to
apply the parable. I bow in profound admira
tion before the genius of Ulysses S. Grant; I
recognize him as the greatest, broadest and
wisest intellect of this generation. I cannot
think that he will degenerate into becoming a
puppet to be played by wires held in the bands
of the gentlemen from Illinois, or that he will
degenerate into a kind of hand organ,
to be toted around ou the back of the gentle
man from Illinois, while his whole family sit on
the top ot the machine grinning, and catching
pennies like a troop of monkeys. [General
and continuous laughter.] I would say to
Ulysses S. Grant, if it was in my power to
whisper anything in his ear, to take counsel by
that profound remark of Aminidab Sleek, when
he said, “ You all expect to get into Heaven
by holding on to my coat tail, but I shall fool
you all; I’ll wear a rnoukey jacket.” | Laugh
ter. | General Grant has got to wear that polit
ical monkey jacket. We had General Grant
up iu Minnesota, and of course the distinguish
ed gentleman from Illinois was with him, and
when General Grant was serenaded the gentle
man from Illinois stuck his head out of the
window and thanked the crowd ; and when
they rode in open barouche together, and the
crowd hurrahed, the gentleman from Illinois
laid his hand upon his heart and bowed his
profound acknowledgements. The people out
there were in great doubt which was Grant and
which was Washburne, and they came to the
conclusion that the quiet little gentleman must
be the fourth class politician, and that the pre
tentious, fussy individual must he the conquer
or ot Lee. [Laughter. | Old Jesse Grant, it is
said, remarked on that occasion, “ ’pears tome
that Washburne thinks he owns Ulysses, but
he don’t own me—not by a darned sight.”—•'
[Laughter.J Shall the two names go flown
into history together—Grant and Washburne?
Why, Mr. Speaker, the intellect of Grant is
like some of those ancient warehouses in the
great cities of the older world where floor rises
above floor and cellar 'descends below qpllar, all
packed full to overflowing with the‘richest
merchandize. The intellect of the gentleman
from Illinois is like some of these establish
ments that we see on Pennsylvania Avenue,
where the whole stock in trade of the merchant
is spread out in the front window, aud over it
a label “ Anything in this window for one dol
lar. [Laughter.] He is the Cheap John of
legislation, and that he should attempt to rule
and sway General Graut is not. consistent with
probabilities. Lord Dundreary was once asked
why it was that a dog wags his tail. “ Why,”
says his lordship, “ the reason is, because the
dog is greater than the tail.” “If it were other
wise,” says that profound thinker, “the tall
would wag the dog.” [Laughter.J Here was
an instance, Mr. Speaker, where (he smallest
kind of a rat terrier’s tail attempts to wag a
New Foundiand dog. [Laughter.]
Mr. Speaker, I tremble for my country. Is it
true that eighty years of Republican govern
ment have reduced us so low that there is but
one honest man in this House, but one Lot in
all this Sodom? [Laughter.] Does no voice
but. his ring out against cliques and conspira
cies and “ kings ?” Will no voiee be heard in
the future assuring the House that its members
are all a pack of knaves, that the country is
going to ruin, and concluding with that favorite
question of his from the vast stores of his eru
dition—
“ fill ike not thy gory locks at me,
Thou const not say I did it,”
—given with a roar like a wounded gorilla, and
a rush into the cloak-room, amid the shouts
and laughter of the House
Mr. Donnelly then went on to draw a fancy
sketch of Mr. Washburne as he might appear
in the Congress of the heavens, addressing the
nrch-angels and angels. How he would “sail
into them—horse, foot and dragoon ! How he
would attack their motives and fling insinua
tions at them ! How he would declare for
economy—that the wheels of the universe must
be stopped, for they consumed too much
grease, and that all expenditures Bbould be
stopped except that which would construct for
the gentleman an extra water closet.
Mr. Speaker, I need enter into no defense of
the Fortieth Congress. In point of intellect,
of devotion to the public welfare, of integrity,
of personal character, it will compare favor
ably with any Congress that ever sat since the
foundation of the Government. It is illustra
ted by names that would do honor to any na
tion, in any age of the world. If there lie in
our midst one low, sordid, vulgar soul ; one
barren of mediocre intelligence; oue heart
callous to every kindly sentiment aud to every
generous emotion ; one tongue leprous with
slander ; one mouth which is like unto a don of
foul beasts giving forth deadly odors; if there be
here one character which, while blotched and
spotted, yet raves and rants and blackguards
like a prostitute ; if there lie one bold, had,
empty, bellowing demagogue, it is the gentle
man from Illinois.
The Speaker, with severity in Ins toues, stated
to Mr. Donnelly that his remarks were not hon
orable to the House of Representatives, of
which he was a member, and that, although the
House tolerated them, the Chair could not con
sent that they should go on the record except
with his protest.
Mr. Dounelly begged pardon of the House,
and said he had no desire to trespass on its
rules or to offend its sense of propriety ; hut
the House would acknowledge that no man who
ever sat in this body had met with so vile, so
extraordinary, so cruel an assault as that of
which he had been a victim. lie called the
House to witness that he had never before vio
lated its rules nor said a discourteous word to
any member. He hoped the House would par
don the natural heat which he bad exhibited.
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, said: During
my e'ntire time ol service in this House I have
never asked leave to make a personal explana
tion, and I never expect to.
The party from Minnesota has had the letter
I wrote to a gentleman in that State read to
the House, and it goes upon the records of the
House and on the records of the country, and
there it will remain for all time. Every asser
tion made in that letter is true; and whoever
says it is not true, states what is false. If I
was called upon—and I desire only to say this
—if I under any operation oi circumstances
was ever called upon to make a personal ex
planation in reply to a member, it would not
be to a member who had committed a crime;
it would not be to a member who hadrun
away ; it would not be to a member who had
changed his name; it would not he to a mem
ber whose whole record in this House is cov
ered with venality, corruption and crime.
Georgia. —-A special dispatch from At
lanta to the New York Tribune states that
over 44,000 whites voted the Republican
ticket at the late election in Georgia, In
the same dispatch it is conceded that some
15,000 negroes voted with the Democrats.
Now, the majority for Bullock is between
six and eight thousand. The registration
list shows that there are more white than
colored voters in the State. If, therefore,
the Republican ticket received over 44,000
white votes, it follows necessarily that
nearly 40,000 negroes cast Democratic
votes.
This is decidedly a sorry showing for the
Radicals, whose programme was laid down
upon the assumption that they had a sure
thing with the freedmeu. Nearly 40,000
white men in Georgia were disfranchised
by the reconstruction acts, and did not vote
at the recent election. But henceforth
there will be no restriction upon them in
this regard, and it may be reasonably pre
sumed that all, or nearly all of them will
vote with the_Democrats. This will give
the State to the Democratic party by from
thirty to forty thousand. Should Georgia
be admitted into the Union under this re
constructed constitution, we venture the
prediction that the Democratic majority in
that State at the ensuing Presidential elec
tion will be greater than the Republican
majority in any State ift the Union.
[Montgomery Advertiser.
Beards have served as professional distinc
tions, especially in the case of the priest, the
physician and the philosopher. Fenelon tells
ns of a priest of Apollo with a beard down to
his girdle, and Aaron and bis beard are familiar
and inseparable. ASsculapius, the ph.vsiciaD,
with the golden beard, is universally celebrat
ed. Almost all the old philosophers wore long
hair on their chins. The Gymuosopliists, ac
cording to Strabo, were careful to let theirs
grow long enough to “captivate'' the venera
tion of beholders, while Socrates was called by
a pupil, Bearded Master, as a title of respect.
Euphrates, a Baconian sage, on being asked
whv he allowed his snow-white oeard to attain
such a length, replied, “ that having my white
beard continually before my eyes, I may do
nothing unworthy of its whiteness.
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
a-shington.
Washington, May B—Noon.
The American Medical Association meets
next year at New Orleans. Dr. Wm. O. Bald
win, of Montgomery, Alabama, has been elected
President. Receiving him on behalf of the As
sociation, Dr. Gross said : “ I welcome you us
the representative of our long lost brethren.
May God bless you ; God bless your people ;
God bless all of us.” Dr. Baldwin replied at
length and was frequently applauded.
Judge Chases’ connection with adjournment
was misstated last night. The adjournment
had been fixed at eleven (11) o’clock Monday.
Chase said it would place him in an embarrass
ingposition to form the questions, and there
fore he should like to have the advice of the
Senate on the subject, and would he obliged to
them iffthey would adjourn until ten o’clock
on Monday, instead of eleven o’clock. Adopted.
Senate not in session.
The South Carolina Committee will protest,
against the constitution before' tlie Reconstruc
tion Committee. Stevens received them with
a chilling remark, that what the protest claim
ed as grievances they regarded as virtues.—
Col. Thomas addressed the committee, making
points that tbe white people would not jvatiently
submit to negro supremacy, and that while
they would be compelled to submit to the yoke
there could he no real pence until it was re
moved. The question of taxation seemed to
impress the committee socially. Stevens sug
gested the plan ol allowing the properly hol
ders to tix taxation. Miluy Southerners were
present in the committee room, and the com
mittee are hopeful of some modi float iou of most
objectionable features of the constitution. The
committee are favorably received and, their
views lIIII3' eudorsed by representative men
here ot the Northern Democracy.
Washington, May 8-P. M
In the House private bills were considered.
Stevens reported a hill admitting Arkansas.
He considered the constitution unexceptionable
and did r.ot desire to debate the hill. Several
members complained they had never seen the
constitution.
Baker, though favoring the provision, doubt
ed the constitutional power to enforce the
stipulation regarding suffrage'; business of this
kind should not be done hurriedly nor should
the bill piss until the constitution is examined.
Stevens said there was not a clause in the
constitution objectionable to a man who favored
freedom.
Stevens demanded the previous question.
The previous question was seconded, and the
main question was ordered.
Stevens having the floor, yielded fifteen min
utes to Woodward, who, never having seen the
constitution, decliued speaking.
Beck stated, if time was allowed him, he could
demonstrate that the constitution never received
the vote ot a majority ol tbe people of Arkan
sas. A few days would show this; therefore they
rushed this bill through. He said the franchise
and .educational clauses are particularly ob
noxious.
The bill finally passed—llo to 32.
Baker, Loan, Spaulding and Williams, ol
Pennsylvania, voting nay.
Shanks introduced a resolution declaring offi
cers recently elected in South Carolina to he
the provisional government of that State. Re
ferred to the Reconstruction Committee.
Paine reported a bill admitting South Caro
lina. Ordered to be printed.
Adjourned to Monday.
The Cabinet had a full meeting.
The Radicals nominated Saylcs J. Bowen,
city Postmaster, for Mayor.
The Republican Congressional Committee
have adviees from Florida that the constitution
has been adopted. The Legislature is Radical.
~V irginia.
Richmond, May 8.
The Conservative Convention to day nomi
nated Roht. E. Withers, of Lynchburg, for
Governor ; Gen. Janies Walker, of Pulaski, for
Lieutenant Governor; J. 1.. Marye, Jr., of
Spottsylvania, Attorney General, and Marma
duke Johnson, of Richmond, Congressman at
large. The vote for Governor was: Withers,
52; J. B. Baldwin, 49. Withers and Walker
are eligible to office under the reconstruction
acts of Congress, but not. under the test oath
of the new constitution. J. S. sfocock, Jno. B.
Baldwin, Fayette McMulken, ifeo. .Blow and.
Thos. Flournoy were appointed delegates at
large to the Democratic National Convention.
A resolution was adopted thanking natural
ized citizens for their heretofore unanimous eo
operation with the Conservative party.
The convention adjourned sine die.
No platform was adopted.
Gen. Schofield appointed Francis Delord.y
Mayor of Norfolk vice the last appointee, who
could not take the oath.
Some of the A\es(tttsfied members of the
Republican convention have gotten up a ticket
—II. M. Bowden, of Norfolk, for Governor ;
Dr. Bayne, negro, of Norfolk, Lieutenant Gov
eonor, and T. R. Bowden, present Attorney-
General, for that position. The movement is
not likely to amount to anything.
Two hundred and eighty-three municipal offi
cers have been appointed by Gen. Schofield
since January first.
(Georgia.
Savannah, May 8.
TANARUS! e Protestant Episcopal Convention met
yesterday ; about 20 churches were represented,
Bishop Beckwith presiding. It will probably
adjourn to-morrow and will meet in Augusta
May next.
No business of importance transpired.
Alabama.
4 Selma, May 8.
A man named Gregg, arrested at Tuscaloosa
by the military authorities for shooting and
painfully, though not dangerously wounding a
negro, was brought here to-day in irons.
Mississippi.
Jackson, May 8.
The convention is revising the constitution,
making no material changes. There is no pro
position to adjourn.
Foreign.
[by the cable. I
London, May 8.
The remainder of Gladstone’s resolves passed
without division. u
London, May 8.
Abyssinian advices state that Napier is ex
pected to start for the sea with the entire army
about the 25th of May. The city of Magdala
was burned by the British forces.
Dublin, May 8.
Gen. Nagle and the other Fenians captured
on the Jacmel packet, have been released, hav
ing given the pledges required. They called on
Train, in jail here.
By Havana Cab)e.
St. Thomas, May 8.
The French mail steamers oail here. Santa
Anna’s property has been sold at auction.
Port au Prince, May 8.
Haytien finances are daily growing worse.
Salnave is expected at the capital. The meet
ing of Congress is postponed.
St. Domingo, May 8.
Business utterly prostrate and the country
is unsettled. Baez brought no specie with him.
Marine [News.
Wilmington, May 8.
Cleared—Fairbanks, for New York.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. .
London, May B—Noon.
Securities unchanged.
Liverpool, May B—Noon.
Cotton steadier; sales, 8,000 bales; prices
the same; sales ol the week, 48,000; exports,
7,000; speculation, 0,000; stock, 542,000,
whereof 842,000 were American. Breadstuff's,
Provisions and Produce quiet and unchanged.
Liverpool, May B—Afternoon.
Cotton dull and heavy ; sales, 7,000 bales;
prices the same; afloat, lor England, 418,000,
whereof 96,000 were American. Corn, 89.
Flour, 345. Cd. Lard firm. Pork and Sugar
quiet. Tallow, 445. 9d.
Liverpool, May B—Evening.
Cotton heavy and % lower ; uplands, spot
aud afloat, 12%; Orleans, 12%; sales, 6,000
bales. Manchester advices are unfavorable.
Fabrics aud Yarns are heavy and lower. Tur
pentine, 31s. 6d.
Paris, May 8.
Bullion has increased 14,000,000 francs.
New York, May B—Noon.
Gold, 139%. Sterling, 10,%. Old bonds,
8%; new, 9. Virginias, 50%. Tennessee, ex
coupons, 68 ; new, 67.
New York, May B—F. M.
Gold strong at 139%@159%. Governments
in good demand. Sterling unchanged.
New York, May B—Noon.
Flour s@loc. lower. Wheat l@2c. lower.—
Corn l@2o. better. Rye 3@se. better. Pork
declining; mess, S2B 70. Lard drooping at
19t3)19%. Cotton quiet at 32. Freights steady.
Turpentine declining— Rosin unchang-
New York, Mayß—P. M.
Cot ton dull and drooping ; sales, 2,000 halts
at 82; some sales reported at 81%. Flour
active and irregular ; Southern, slo@l4 75.-
Wheat lc. lower, hut active. Corn steady;
Southern yellow, $1 27; straw color, $1 22.
Mess pork—new, S2B 65; old, $27 65. Lard
heavy at 18%@19%. Groceries quiet aud firm.
Turpentine, 56@60. Rosin, $3 20@7. Freights
firmer.
Baltimore, May 8.
Cotton dull at 51%@32. Flour more active
and unchanged. Wheat dull ; Maryland, s3@
3 10. Corn active; white, $1 15@1 17; yellow,
$1 25. Oats active at 87@90. Rye dull at $2.
Provisions quiet and unchanged. Virginia 6’a
of January and July, inscribed, 44%@43%;
ditto coupon, 50%; North Carolina 6's, ex
coupon, 04% hid.
St. Louis, May 8.
Flour dull Corn firm at 90@94. Provisions
declining. Mess pork, $29 25@29 50. Bacon
heavy ; clear sides, 17%. Lard quiet.
Louisville, May 8.
Superfine flour, $8 75(30. Corn firmer at 90
@92. Lard, 19%@20. Mess pork, S2B 50@
28 75. Bacon—shoulders, 14%@14% ; clear
sides, 15%@18%.
Cincinatti, May 8.
Flour dull and unchanged Corn declining,
90. Mess pork declined to S2B. Bacon dull;
shoulders, 14 ; elear sides, 17%. Lard dull at 19.
Wilmington, May 8.
Spirits turpentine weak at 47. Rosin dull ;
strained, $2 20 ; No. 1, $4 50 ; pale, ss@7.
Window Glass, SB. Cotton dull and nominal ;
middling, 30. Tar firm at $2 70.
New Orleans, May 8.
Cotton dull ; tending down ; middling,
@3l ; sales, 800 bales ; receipts, 1,266 bales ; ex
ports, 6,760 Imlcs ; exported yesterday and not
rei'orted, 5,163 bales ; sales for the week, 7,400
bales ; receipts, 4,916 bales ; exports--foreign v
12,871 hales ; coastwise, 508 bales; stock, 41,97(1
bales. *.
Savannah, May 8.
Cotton flat ; no sales ; middling nominal at
31 ; receipts, 399 bales.
Charleston, May 8.
Cotton declined lc, but at the close there were
no sellers at the decline,; sales, 158 bales ; mid
dlings, 31 ; receipts, 236 hales ; no exports
Augusta Market,
Office Daily Constitutionalist, f
Friday, May B—P. at. ]
FINANCIAL—
GOLD.—Buying at MO and selling at MIX.
SlLVEß—Buying at 132 and selling at 137.
COTTON.—There was a light demand this morn
ing, when middling could have been sold at 29)6, bnt
i the afternoon there was not a buyer in the market.
Sab's of the day, 112 hales. Receipts, 74 bales.
BACON-Shoulders, 15)6 ; B. B. Sides, 17X@18; O.
R. Sides, 18)$ ! Clear Sides, 19; Dry Salted Shoulders.
16,; Dry Salted C. It. Sides, 18.
Vs H EAT—White, $2 60(g)2 7fc; red, $2 4002 60,
OATS—OO.
CORN— Prime White, $1 15, and Mixed, |ll2®X Id
from depot.
CORN M EAL—Granite Mills Meat $1 wbi>!s
sale, and $1 30 at retail.
FLOUR—Granite Mills, sl4 00016 CO ; at retail,
$1 jo' barrel higher.
l'KAS—sl 4 V&I 65.
—, . » *- ■
Church and State-
Father Becker, of llie Catholic Church, de
livered a lecture on this subject in Chicago, u
few days since, which was numerously attended.
The fallowing is the gist of his discourse :
Some men imagine that religion is not ne
cessary to political institutions, hut religious
sanction, all will agree, is necessary to the sta
bility ol political truth. An examination of
political truth will reveal religious truth us es
sential to political success. Witness ancient
Rome; the emperor was ruler and ponttfex
maximus, and to deny the existence of the gods
was a great crime. With them religion and
patriotism went hand in baud. Coming down
to Christianity, the relation was the same—the
support ol religion was deemed indispensable
to the perpetuity of the state.
In the 16th century, the relation between
church aud state was changed ; the innovations
of Protestanism gave the supremacy to the
state. The |lounders of this Government did
not believe in the supremacy of either church
of State, they believed in au identification of
both. An oath to support the Government, a
recognition of religion, was required of all.
In America, religion cannot be separated from
our political condition. Christianity permeates
everything, and cannot be separated from our
institutions. The, church and state cannot be
divided. Our forefathers believed this, and
Gregory XIX. exclaimed : “ Among all coun
tries, the exercise ot Catholicity is not so free
as in the United States.” Washington was in
favor of the identity of church and state, and in
his farewell address alluded to them.
Plato said : “ Another religion, and you de
stroy the state.” Religion is the foundation of
the state. Political investigation comes in con
tact with religions dogmas. What form of re
ligion then comes in contact with our political
institutions ? This Government was founded
upon the principle that man has the inherent
quality of self-government. Henee in this
country the freedom of election and of fran
chise. All that distinguishes} America from
other countries is the confidence which she
places in the capacity of mankind. The ques
tion then arises : What form of Christianity
teaches those principles most in accordance
with our political institutions ?
Some person had said that Protestanism had
given us onr religious freedom. In examining
this the speaker desired to be regarded as un
biased or impartial. Protestantism tells us
that by the tall man become thoroughly de
praved and incapable of penitence. This Is
Protestanism; none can deny it. Luther said:
“ Sin is not a phenomena of our nature, it is
our nature itself.” Melancthon said: “It is
sufficient for a Christian to know that all en
deavors of man are sin 6.”
The lecturer then went on to quote asser
tions from Protestant theologians in support
of his principles, adducing Calvin, Wesley, aud
many others. In the recent Evangelical alli
ance in England, it was essential, according to
one of the tracts of the organization, to believe
in the depravity of man. It man Is utterly de
praved, and Protestantism is true, how can mas
he capable of self government ? One elimi
nates the other. If one is true, then the other
is false.
The lecturer then alluded to the civilization
and growth of America, and the decay of Pro
testauism, because its tenets were incompati
ble with tbe institutions ol the country.
The devotion of some scientific men to tbeir
profession is illustrated by the testimony ol a
medical expert in a poisoning case lately tried
in France, lie found no difficulty in detecting
poison in the stomach of the deceased, and ac
knowledged that he had observed symptoms
which he attributed to this cause before the
death of the gentleman whom he had attended.
Ou being asked il be had administered anti
dotes, ho replied : “No, lor their presence in
the stomach would have masked tbe presence
of the poison, which could not, therefore, have
been proved at the inquest.” Thus, an extra
ordinary devotion to his profession had proba
bly prevented the administration of antidotes
that might have saved the patient’s life.
An exchange has the following good fb{og ;
We yesterday henrd a couple of colored gpntfr
discussing the question of impeachment, when
one of them exclaimed: “ WJiat de use of
’peaching old Andy—he’d veto it
