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O ON ST IT UTIONALIST.
ATTGURTA. dr A.
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 8.1888
Our Uew York Correspondence.
New Yokk, June 27th.
The political kaleidoscope takes another
turn, and new phases of the possible future
are offered for our view. The speech of
Governor Seymour at Cooper institute,
although a most eloquent arraignment ol
the Republican administration, is yet re
garded as being aimed at Mr. Pendleton,
whose prospects for the nomination seem
to occasion more uncomfortable feelings
among a portion of the Democrats than are
caused by anything else that can be re
garded as among the possibilities of poli
tics. Governor Seymour asserts by im
plication, if not directly, that an irredeem
able paper currency is more repugnant than
negro suffrage to the principles and tradi
tions of the Democratic party. It is quite
true, that thirty years ago, the Democrats
took ground against banks and bank bills,
and lost the election in 1840, in consequence
of that position. But afterwards, in tills
and many other States, passed laws for the
establishment of a banking system, in
which it was provided that any bank which
suspended specie payment should go into
liquidation. The panic of 1867 demolished
the latter provision, and since then the
Democrats have not been fully in power;
so that their, committal, in I his State, to
specie paying banks only, still holds good.
At the same time, negroes in this State
who pay taxes on property valued at $250
are entitled to vote. This regulation was
established l>y the Democrats, and no one
has ever proposed to abolish it. Therefore,
so far as this Slate is concerned, it is quite
correct to say that her Democracy is com
mitted to opposition to an irredeemable
paper currency, and in favor of a qualified
negro suffrage; and on tins basis, a power
ful argument is made against Mr. Pendle
ton —he being inferentiaiiy declared to be
quite as plainly beyond the pale of De
mocracy as Mr. Chase with his universal
suffrage ideas.
It is given out to-day that Gov. Seymour
lias yielded his consent to the presentation
of his name to the convention ; not, I take
it, with the expectation—possibly not the
desire of receiving the nomination —blit as
the only man of sufficient strength to hold
iu check the overwhelming strength of
Pendleton until a combination can be made
against him. Mr. Chase was intended for
that work, hut found tfneqnal to it. Mr.
Pendleton’s frinds are a good deal embit
tered by the course pursued toward him.
There will be no objection to the adoption
of the two-third vote ; each party seeming
to be anxious to avail itself of its negative
value—having the purpose of defeating an
obnoxious as well as nominating a favorite
candidate.
Telegrams from Washington report a re
vival in the Chase movement; ami many
seem to entertain llie idea tliat the contest
between Mr. Pendleton and his opponents
in the Democratic party will become so
embittered that it will be necessary to go
outside of the party for tne sake of har
mony,—trusting to time, and the influence
of candidates for minor offices, lo overcome
the objections Irom more pronounced De
mocrats. It is even said that Mr. Pendle
ton himself, if he find, his own nomination
unattainable, will favor the nomination of
Mr. Chase, as affording the host exposition
of the arguments of his opponents.
The most active parly now in this city
are the friends <>t Justice Field, one of Mr.
Lincoln's appointees to the United States
Supreme Court, lie is a brother of David
Dudley Field, of this city, a very unpopular
man, from his extreme hauteur of manner;
and this circumstance, if there were, no
other, makes canvassing for the Justice up
hill work.
I have thus given you the current gossip
oil tin: Presidency, and will dismiss the
subject with the reiteration of mv judgment
that in spite of all, Mr. Pendleton will be
nominated, with a financial platform ac
ceptable to his opponents.
TFirc “ GLORIOUS FOURTH."
We are probably to have the most bril
liant celebration of the coming anniversary
that has ever been witnessed on this con
tinent—partly in honor of the National
Convention, which is to assemble on that
day, and. partly (though it may seem un
gracious to say) to enable some amiable
gentlemen off lic Common Council to se
cure an accustomed per rentage on tlm
$30,000 appropriated to cover the expenses.'
The first division of llie State militia will
parade, and in the evening we shall have
no end of fireworks; allot which, such of
our citizens as can a fiord the luxury, most
industriously run away from, and betake
themselves to rural retreats. Still, it were
worth while to witness, on a single occa
sion, a demonstration of this character.
TENDENCY TO SPECIALITIES.
For some years trade in this city has
been tending to specialities. Merchants
have taken up and devoted their entire cap
ital and oxi orience to a single article of
merchandize. Hence, we see a whole ware
house devoted to such an article as corks,
another to sjionges, and so on. And now
we see the same tendency developed in
journalism. Even our daily pajiers have
ceased to attempt to cover the whole field
before them; they have come to the prac
tice of developing a few strong points in
their favor, to the total neglect of others.
The Tribune is now admitted a failure as a
newspaper—nothing but its Greeleyisnas
sustain it The Journal of Commerce has
ceased to have any value, except such as
derived from its shipping advertisements
and its lists of foreign importation. Asa
financial andjeommereial price current, it is
rather behind what are called the “popular"
morning journals, and yet the Journal of
Commerce is a most valuable property. An
evening paper has very little hold upon the
public, except such as is given by the list
of arrivals at the principal hotels (invalu
ble to drummers, who wish to keep
a look-out for their customers who
may come to town), and other evening
papers make a very good thing out of the
little-tattle (agreeably served up) of this
great city. Specialities are strongly de
veloped in the weekly journals. The latest
of this kind is one filled with details and
what purports to be illustrations of suicides
■whenever committed. Imagine, if yon can,
such a feast of horrors. It is gotten up
witli all the method of a shipping list, or a
directory, and a more perfect illustration of
the viciously weak side of human nature
would be difficult to find. Os course, I shall
not advertise it, by mentioning its name.
It is a natural growth of the chaotic state
of our free society, and of that soaring after
the infinite and driving after the unfathom
able which attends the little learning which,
it is a part of Northern policy to spread
among all the people. One may pity the
disagreeable record, but cannot be surprised
at it.
JntE CENTRAL PARK.
The Park, the pride of the city, is now
in all its glory. The deluge of summer
rains with which we have been visited, al
though causing serious discomfort on many
occasions, have served to bring out in ra
dient freshness the trees, shrubbery and
flowers of this most delightful resort.—
Among the crowds who daily visit it,
whether equestrians or pedestrians, the
most perfect order prevails, owing, of
course, to the efficient body of police who
are always on their post. On Saturdays,
the crowds are immense, attracted by the
fine music discoursed by Dod worth’s band.
This Park contains from eight hundred to
pine hundred acres, most of it beautifully
improved, adorned with bridges of elegant
construction, grottos, fountains, lakes, and
everything calculated to give a pleasing
variety. Besides these, is a museum of
animals and a hall of statuary. Here great
additions could certainly be made, and they
will, with time, unquestionably be added to
largely. An offer was male to purchase
Van Am burgh’s fine collection of animals,
and was refused, only a short time before
the burning of Barnum’s Museum. In
deed, the summer, in a close and crowded
tity such as this, would be almost unen
durable were it not for the delightful
and invigorating influence which can be
brought to bear upon the exhausted sys
tem by a place of resort such as this. Each
year great improvements are being made,
and although the corporation is heavily
taxed for its support, yet scarce an indi
vidual can be found who does not look
upon Central Park as a public blessing.
NEW TAMMANY HALL.
Attention is at this time attracted to the
new Tammany llall, in which the approach
ing Democratic Convention will be held,
and which is rapidly approaching com
pletion. The statue of St. Tammany lias
been duly hoisted to its exalted position
upon the top of the building, and in the
interior, only a few last lingering touches
remain to be made; and it is time, for the
Fourth is close ii|>on us. Races and yacht
ing, so lately looked forward to with eager
ness of expectation are now both things of
the past; the Schuetzeufest will erelong
be over, and the convention will then be
the centre of interest every where. For the
accommodation of the expected delegates
and the crowds attendant on them, the
new ball presents a sealing capacity for
about 5,000 persons, not a tenth of those
who will clamor for admission, and many
will be tlio-’e who will go unsatisfied away
or remain outside. The platform will
accommodate about 100 of the dignitaries
of the assembly. This hall is of line pro
portions, lofty, and what is of great ad
vantage at this season of the year, well
ventilated. In all the interior decorations,
and littiugs also, it presents an imposing
appearance, one proportionate to the growth
of so great a oily, and worthy of the De
mocratic party. One of the features most
worthy of remark is the ornamentation of
the principal hall by thirty-seven shields
and coats of arms, representing all the
States of the Union. Persons from all
parts of the Union are daily visiting the
building which, as I have said before, at
tracts, just now, especial attention.
Hotel keepers, boarding house keepers,
caterers for restaurants, and each and every
individual ot that numerous class, are in a
state of happy expectancy; and with reason,
for they will unquestionably reap a golden
hit-vest from this influx of outsiders.
W 1 IjLOUGII JSY •
I [Special Correspondence of the Baltimore Gazette.
From Washington.
The Approach in g Convention—The Elections
in the South—The Kentucky Election.
Washington, June 28.1868.
A large number of Southern delegates to
the New York Convention have arrived
here, and the question of platform and
nomination is being very freely discussed.
The determination to sink all personal pre
ferences and to unite on the strongest and
best candidate is universally expressed.
So strong is this feeling that many of the
delegates actually abs ain from expressing
any preference. They express the greatest,
confidence in being able to carry every
Southern State for the Conservative ticket,
if allowed to have fair elections. And just
here comes in an important item. It. is
understood that, there will ben declaration
by the convention to the effect that tin
purple are determined to have a fair election.
Sueli a notice being deemed necessary for
two reasons—first, that, the Jacobins may
lie fully notified in advance that they will
not lie allowed to seize tlu- Executive oil ice
by violence, outrage or fraud ; and second
ly, to arouse those who have of late years
come to think that, Radical outrages were
nob to lie resisted, to tlie tact that, the time
has come to maintain t he Constitution and
the law. There have been some indica
tions that a plot was being concocted by
which Congress Would exclude such States
as might lie necessary to secure to tin
present dominant [tarty the Presidential
election. The time lor such plottiiu tube
successful has passed. ’There will have to
be a fair election, and before the Radical
candidate will be allowed to assume tin
duties of Presidential office he will have to
he fairly elected according to tin* forms of
the Const it it ion. Such are the declara
tions one hears on every side, and lienee il
is the declared purpose of delegates to the
convention to insist on giving the proper
notice “toall whom it may concern.” Willi
a fair election, it. is believed that, every
Southern State will follow the example oi
Mississippi and roll lip a Democratic niajori •
ty. Mississippi lias the largest registered ne
gro vote in tlie South next lo South Carolina,
and yet with a fair ballot it is said lias
given a Conservative majority of twenty
thousand. The delegates from Texas prom
ise twenty thousand majority for the Dem
ocratic nominee, and more if General Han
cock is in tlie Held. The delegates froth
Alabama and South Carolina say that UK
rapid change which is going on in Iln-
Southern States will greatly astonish the
Radical party and their carpet-bag agents.
Tlie political leagues which had been form
ed are being exposed, demoralized and
broken np, and the negroes are becoming
very much divided, many of them declaring
their purpose to abandon their allies and
form new associations.
The action of the majority of the Mouse
of Representatives in allowing McKee, of
Kentucky, to take the seat which they hart
refused to John D. Young, the member
elect,mas given great dissatisfaction to the
more honest and respectable members of
the dominant party, and they are chaliiig
terribly under the outrage. Baker (Radi
cal), of Illinois, said yesterday that his
party should adopt a standing rule, that
whenever a Democrat had not more than
2,000 majority he should be considered de
feated, and his Radical opponent be allowed
his seat Poland (Radical), of Vermont,
hearing the suggestion, proposed to amend,
by declaring that whenever a State did not
give over 20,000 Democratic majority the
entire Radical ticket should be declared
elected. Such remarks show how utterly
disgusted these gentlemen are with the ac
tion of their own party. Poland remarked
in the committee which recommended that.
McKee should be admitted to a seat that
lie could perceive but one objection to it.
“ And what is that one objection ?” hastily
asked the chairman. “He has never been
elected,” as promptly responded Mr. P 6
land, “and you had as well vote Bead
Hickman into a seat as to admit McKee.”
Baker remarked in conversation yesterday
that he had not dreamed the outrage would
be perpetrated until it wasan accomplished
fact. E.
The propriety of issuing a proclamation
of general amnesty has long been a subject
of much deliberation by the President, and
has been discussed from time to time in
Cabinet meetings. The subject lias lately
been urged upon the President by persons
of ail shades of politics, and from present
indications the proclamation will not lx>
long delayed. It will embrace all the ex
ceptions made by the proclamation of
August, including all army and navy offi
cers above the rank of Brigadier General ill
the army, and Captain in the navy; but
will not effect officers of the Confederacy
now under indictment. General Lee will,
therefore, be included in the contemplated
proclamation.
One of Grant’s shoulder strapped minions
has suppressed a Democratic newspaper in
Seima, Alabama. Such is the “ peace ” that
the American parody of Napoleon would “ let
us have.”
Democratic National Convention.
The proceedings of the convention, which
assembles in New York on Saturday next,
the 4lh of July, will be looked for with in
tense interest by men of all parties. As to
who will be the nominees for President and
Vice-President, it is difficult to conjecture.
A dispatch from New York to the Wash
ington Ebpress says:
“Startling developments have transpired
in reference to the action of the convention.
It is believed by the best informed that, af
ter a complimentary vote to Pendleton,
Hon. Horatio Seymour will be chosen by a
hand some majority as the candidate for
President. It is slated that his recent
Bj»eech was evoked with this view. The
New York delegation are all present, and
unanimously in favor of Seymour’s nomina
tion. They are leaving no stone unturned
to secure it, and they say the prospects are
that their efforts wili be crowned with suc
cess.”
Tlie Albany Argus, the leading Demo
cratic paper of the State of New York, ar
gues iu favor of adhering to the two-thirds
rule in nominating candidates. Speaking
of some of those mentioned for the Presi
dential nomination, the Arvjws says:
The enthusiasm of his Western friends
prompted them to present the name of Mr.
Pendleton, and with it a financial platform.
Imagine the convention met, its broad plat
form made, and the candidate to be chosen.
What candidate could be named more pop
ular than the gallant young re presen taUve
of 1 Ik* Ohio Democracy V But strong as he
is, we do not. believe the convention will
narrow fais ’great constitutional strug
gle upon wlin-Ii we are approaching
down to a mere financial issue. Nor do we
believe- that the New York Democracy,
educated in the creed of Jefferson, and im
pressed with deep convictions upon the
subject by the long warfare under .Jackson,
will ever consent to seek the solution ol
one linnrci.ul (.roubles iu the issue ot depre
ciated paper currency.
No matter under what, indirection its
course is concealed or by wliai, sophistry
defended, 1!r depreciation of I tie currency is
Ibe direst tax upon labor. The upper
classes turn the cribs of transition of
values, which it brings about, into an op
portunity tor amassing greater wealth;
while the whole burden of loss is thrown
iqion tlu: people. We do not. deny that the
debt, is to he paid in the currency of the
country, such as it shall be when the oc
casion comes to pav it, or any portion of it.
We deprecate only the policy which for the
sake of anticipating the necessity of pay
ment should deteriorate the whole volume
of Ihe currency of the people. The remedy
for the public grievance does not lie iu that
direction. Every patriot since the days ol
t.iii Revolution has protested against tin
abuses of paper money. It lies in equal
taxation. That was the question ovci
which llie men of the Revolution fought,
ami their cause 1 hey have transmitted to
ns defend. The policy that preserves in the
Ito-oni of every community a class exempt
ed from a share in its common burdens is
fatal 1.0 the American idea of equality, and
must, he fatal in the end g> liberty.
The com nil ion, we hope, will declare this
principle in its platform and assert the pur
pose of the Democracy to restore the Union
as it was and fin-( ’oust'd at ion -is it is. Let,
it. accept the results of Hie war as declared
in the amendment to that instrument, viz :
The abolition of slavery and the extinction
ol the (’nilfederate Government, its debi,
A*-. Let our lirst lask be to restore the
broken fragments of our once glorious
system ami breathe into them anew the
breath of life. Let questions ol mere ad
ministration be reserved lor a later, day.
!i is this appreciation <•! the character of
the couh st tmd induced so many Democrats
to t urn toward.- (.’hid Justice Chase as a
candidate. In a contest bet ween the law
and sword, between civil and martial law,
between institutions and force, it would be
well to personify the element of c ivil au
thority in the pe-'sou of l.liedhief Justice as
the antagonist ic element of lawlessness had
already found embodiment in the person of
I lie < h-iK-ra tin ('hie!.
The Argv.s canvasses Mr. Gliaso as the
Uresidential candidate, and says: In the
struggle to elect him, the legislative branch
might be rescued from the destructives who
now control it. No oilier hope than these
prompted I lie suggestion of his name. From
the moment he pronounced himself a Demo
crat wc were willing to regard him as one.
Ho is no statesman who, in revolutionary
times, looks backward to find discrepant ios
of sentiment or action in men who promise
to go forward uitn him, and whose assist
ance is victory. We demand that over this
whole revolutionary p.ml. the veil ot obliv
ion shall be east.. Let its sins, and its
strifes, and its passions lie sponged away,
erased from tin* tablets of men's memories
forever.
Let ns uniie tin: party upon some- candi
date who shall represent, it best in the ap
proaching struggle. We need a statesman ;
the exigencies of the country demand one,
and the people are looking for one at tin*
hands of the convention, it. is not impos
sible to represent the soldier element upon
the same ticket; but. the first task of Ilie
convention will lie to embody in its candi
date for I’resident tin* idea of the suprema
cy of the (lonsUtut ion over fore -. That
done, we may leave the rest; 1.0 tlie people.
Their vote will confirm the decision of the
convention and save the country.
The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger writes:
Some of the Ohio Democratic politicians,
who have been most prominent in pushing
Mr. Pendleton, arrived in town on Friday.
They are the advance guard of the mncli
talked-of Pendleton escort, who are expect
ed here in force on Tuesday. These geiitie-
I men say they do not like the way things
are being shaped in New York by the op
ponents of Ohio’s favorite son, an 1 they are
here accordingly to watch developments,
and to keep tlu-ir friends at home posted ac
cordingly.
The Soldiers and Sailors’ Convention, it
is pretty certain, from developments that
have come out, will be engineered in the in
terest of general Hancock. It is, in the
main, a New York movement, designed to
operate as a foil to the Pendleton furore.—
Tammany Hall and the Manhattan Club
are manipulating tlie wires.
A correspondent of tlie Cincinnati En
quirer says: __
General Hancock is tlie real man the
bondholders will aim to put on the ticket
with Mr. Hendricks for Vice-President.
They are determined to slaughter Mr. Pen
dleton, believing that when lie falls his
greenback plan to pfty the debt will fall
with him.
An attempt will be made to have the
Soldier* and Sailors’ Convention put their
determination on record to stand by Gene
ral Hancock, and no one else. It is
ppjSPd such a resolution hy the Soldiers and
Sailors’. Convention will demoralize the
Pendleton delegate's to the convention of
the Fourth, and compel them to go for
Haycock.
A vigorous effort will be made by tlie
bonded interests to have the convention of
the Fourth to adept the two-thirds rule.
They iVol sure in that way of defeating Mr.
Pendleton. A majority of New England
delegates; will support Air. Pendleton, and
I know a'large majority of the New York
delegates favor his nomination.
Fanny Ellsler is now 57 years old, having
been born in Vienna in 1811. She. is .said to
have acquired a superfluous ness of vulgar ttesli,
and limbs very unlike those with which she
pirouetted herself into tlie affections and the
pockets of the public.
“Senator Henderson ought henceforth to
4 run ’ better than ever when a candidate lor
office, since he has but lately acquired another
Foote.”
[From tlie Atlanta Constitution.
Proceedings'of tho Military Commission
Assembled for tin Trial of the Columbus
Prisoners.
SECOND DAY.
Mcl'fißßsos Barracks, near Atlanta, )
y June 30th, 1808. )
I’ltrftnmUC suljouiumvmt the court, met at
10 o’clock, a. in.
Tlie prisoners entered tlie court room in the
same order in which they did yesterday, and
seated themselves in line immediately facing
the court. Tpe roll being called, and the
members of the court and flic prisoners all
being found present, the Judge Advocate read
the proceedings of yesterday, alter which he
requested that J- if- l’ope, of the firm of Brown
it Pope, bd p.nuni lied to assist the prosecu
tion, which was granted. Judge Wellborn
was, by request ot Mr. Stephens, permitted to
act with the defense.
Mr. Stephens then entered the following
plea in behalf of tlie defendants, which was
read and ordered to lie placed on the record:
PLEA l-'OK tue defense.
The accused, to wit: Elisha J. Kirkscey,
Columbus C. Bedi-11, James W. Barber,
William A. Duke, Robert Hudson, Win. O.
Cbipley, Alva C. Roper, James L. Wiggins,
Robert. A. Wood, nowon arraignment, each tor
himself, in answer and for plea to charge and
specification, says he is not guilty of the crime
therein set forth. In putting in this plea, as
iu their statement, llgtt they had no personal
objections to any member of the court, before
its organization, they now repeat that they do
not thereby wish to be understood as admit
ting the rightful jurisdiction of this court con
stituted and organized as it now is (under the
rules and articles of war) to try officers accord
ing to the tew and customs of war; to take
charge of the trial against the laws of the Slate
ol Georgia, whereof they are accused. They
being all engaged in pursuits of civil life ami in
no way connected with the military service,
either in the land or naval forces ol the United
States, or in the militia thereof iu actual
service. They- hereby expressly rosei ve to
i.tu-mselves, severally, their l ights hereafter to
l>e claimed and asserted if need be to insist
that. (Ids trial is not iu eonloimily with Un
laws of the land, nor in accordance with the
rights ot trial by jury as guaranteed under the
Constitution of the United States.
On tin- question, “Cfmlly or not guilty V”
being propounded to the prisoners by the
bulge Advocate, each prisoner in turn an
ti rn-d not guilty.
The first witness introduced was Sergeant
Charles Marshall, of the aruiv, who was sworn
by the Judge Advocate, who proceeded to
question him as follows :
What is your name? Charles Marshall.
Your age V Twenty-Seven. Occupation V
Soldier. In what service are ymi a solder?
United Stales. How long. Since 1861. Wlmt
company? Company <i, lGth. Where have
you been oil duly during last year? Colum
bus, Ga. Were you acquainted with George
W. Ashbnrq, late of Oolurnl.ua, (la Yes, sir.
Did he die aj natural death ora death by vio
lence? by violence. State how came yum to
lie present al. iris death. I was induced to go
there. Who induced you to go there, and
slate all the circmnsiancefi connected wifi the
death ot Ashburn as far as you know. The
first person who spoke to me about it was Dr.
Kirkscey, about three weeks before Ike oc*
ctii ri-nee took place. The niitht the affair look
piaee 1 went down about lijT o'clock, a. in.,
met the ].artv that committed I lie deed. When
w.- got there the party inside said, “ What do
you want ? Can’t let you in ; it. is too lute.”
The party Outside said, ‘-It yon don’t let me
in I’ll iueak in tlie door. The door wits
then broken open. There were three
rooms in the liou.ie Party made through
the house to where Mr. Ashburn was.
(Here l hi- witness went, on to describe
the premises, hut spoke so indi tinetly 1 fiat we
could no" hear, it ail appears, however, in
ihe course of the examination.) After tin
firing was done, one of our party remarked.
*• IIV a d—d slid me.” One of mu party stoop
ed down by tin* side ot the door aud fired.- -
Alter that was over, J went, out, of the house,
up to Jackson street, to my quarters. A e/vit
was handed to me, a tact who h 1. forgot to
mention jlt.-o- the* witness was asked to
point out Dr. Kirk.-cey, which in: did. [ You
spoke ot at) interview wilh Dr. Kirksecv.—-
Where did it lake place ? Broad street. W hat.
did Dr. K. ruv? He spoke oi a p li-I.y heir.;.;
alhi-reil up Id llie purpo e ol putting Ash
I>iiiii out ol Hi.- way. Whul. did hi-'say about
the paily? D-d noi mention any name to me.
Dill v‘"i knew that Dr. K asked anybody to
join tlu- [tarty ! lie asked me. Wh.it did In
av to you about joining the party? He told
me it would be ill right if I did Anything
else? I!.-, r-.id I could comeback to Columbus
nid live. Dili in- slate any reason why Ash
horn should he put out ol the way ? No, sir,
not directly Mu-re. Did he say anything about
the number oi the party who would dispose ol
Mr. Ashlilirn ? lie . aid there would lie a
crowd. Dili he name any person who would
be of the crowd V No, sir. lie said I would
he all right, and get anything i wanted Win n
tii«l tin- second interview wiili Dr. Kirkscey
take place? A few days before the affine What
passed between you al that interview- ? lie
told me that the party tv.is made up and
that Ipe alfair won!,l soon lake place ; when
it did 1 should know. Did yon afterwards get
notice w hen tlie nifiir would take place. ?
Yes, sir, at my quai.ers, a little before three
o’clock on the. afternoon of fie 30th. A negro
boy brought it. The note was in writing and
wrapped m t ph-ee ot brown paper. 1 tore it
up as soon a.- 1 opened it. It was a notice to
meet tonight al 12 o’clock-. 1 did not know
tin- negro boy who left the bundle. He bad on
a mask made out of paste-board. Tiler-.- mu no
signature to the notice, uoi did 1 know the
handwriting. Did you act upon the notice?
It so, when did you go and whom did you
meet? i lctt quarter:-about 1 '.ja o’clock, and
met Hie [tarty below the berry House, on an
open square. Before meeting the party i was
It-.tided a coat by Henry Dennis, who said,
“put this on.” i laid no previou.s at rangeine.nl
with him about, a coat for llie. occasion, i did
with Dr. Kirkscey, who said it would bo left.
I wanted a rig because I did not want to wear
my uniform. Dr. K. informed me, in our sec
ond interview, that, iheio.would he a 1 rig there
for me. By rig i mean a suit. It. was a gray
co.U- an English walking coat, with bone but
tons, rather large ; don’t remember the color of
tlu: buttons. 1 wore dark pants and black
slouched hat. Shortly after Dennis gave me.
the coat I met the other party—Hudson, Duke,
Barber, Bedell, Kirkscey ami Malone. 1 know
Dr. Kirkscey. Bedell’s lirst name is Columbus.
Don’, know Duke’s lirst name. 1 know Bar
ber’s name to tie James. Malone is not nresent
on trial. Is Hudson present? Yes. Witness
then pointed out the parties ns named above, and
continued : 1 met them right across from tlie
Louse where Asliburn was killed, iti :>. vacant
lot 350 yards distant. I went to the house where
the deed was committed. The house is
located on Oglethorpe street, Columbus.
Judge Advocate directed the witness to de
scribe the house as to how it stands in refer
ence to the points, of the compass, the rooms,
and especially the room in which A. was killed,
who answered s House stands on west side;
not certain as U» two windows iu front; a side
door opening on an alley-way ; door of second
room faces trout, dooj; door of Ashburn’sroom
on left as you enter; fire-place in centre of
room where A. was killed; one story ; front
door in centre; the "house stands endways.to
street. At midnight, the parties mentioned
were there. There werootbers there also, but
could not recognize them. There were about
twenty or thirty in the party. Saw Geo. Belts
in the party. He was in the house with me.
There were others in the bouse also, hut am
not positive who they were. It is impossible
for me to know all. The party was large gnd
I was with them only a short time before the
affair commenced. There were from twenty to
thirty m the jinny. AD I saw and bilked with
wens disguised with a manner of mask—majori
ty of them. Amanda Patterson (white woman)
and li.iunah Flournoy (colored woman) were
in the house with Ashhnrn. Did not see any
man besides the party I was with and Ashhnrn.
'fin- party went to the hack room where A.
was; commenced firing, and A. was killed
there. The party in the dooi tired upon him
the door of liis room. Myse.lt, Duke, Barber,
Hudson, and, l think, Betts, formed that party.
All these persons fired at A. A. asked, “ Who
is there ? One of out party remarked, “ Here’s
lI K . and s—V’a-id fired upon him. Hudson
m ule tin- remark. Our party was armed with
revolvers. I saw Asliburn talk |llp,re Whit
ley, the detective, went over to Gov. Brown
and whispered in his ear | ram not certain
whether Kirkcey and Bedell went in after A.
fell. Some one anid, “ Come on boys,” and tlie
party went out. Kirkscey and Bedell looked
into the room where Ashburn was immediately
after lie fell. There was a candle burning in
A.’s room at the time of the attack. The party
remained “ not any lime nt all” in the house
allei A. was killed. They dispersed. I went
home to my quarters. Hudson stooped down
mid fired at A., who was behind the table,
wlnhe he had fallen. Did Hudson make any
remark *t tlie time he fired ? No, sir. Could
he shot A. without stooping down after
A. tell ? Tlie table was in the way. I did not
seethe remains of A. after that night. Iliad
no conversation with any of the oilier parties
about the assassination of. A. previous to the
meeting lor that purpose. Had you heard of
the matter of disposing of A. previous to that
night ? No, sir, not particularly. What, in
duced you to take part in the killing ot Ash
burn ? Well, sir, a great many inducements.
The associations Iliad, sir. 1 had it instilled into
my mind that lie had belter lie out of the com
munity than in it. What associations do you re
fer to ? The people in the town, sir. Was there
any sort ol organization relative io the putting
away ot Ashburn at this tune?’ Not ass know
of. How did it get instilled into your mind
that A. ought to be disposed of? From con
versations with various people. I was away
from my command ; had i Liken Sflviep l
would not have been in this lix now—l went
headlong, i used to know neatly ail of llie
men, (meaning the prisoner). 1 had no ac
quaintance with the defendants Uhipley ; never
spoke to liiin in my life till after the occurrence.
I spoke to him in the Court. House and passed
the time of day with him. i had no other con
versation with him. Have you received any
valuable presents from llie people of Columbus
in view of the affair ' A gold hunting ease
watch, worth s>3oo or $(00. it. was handed to
me by a clerk in a jewelry store o:i the night, of
the 24th of May. Ingmire was lii =. name. Ido
not. know who provided the present for me.
Barber, Giinhy and Williams spoke to me
about it before 1 received it. I received a
watch and chain. 1 am not much acquainted
wilh Ingmire. I also received Sioo in money
trom Mr. Wilkins, formerly Mayor of Colum-
bus, in the hu m of a loan ; alter A.’s death 1
asked Mr. Wilkins to lend it to me, and lie let
me have it about a week after 1 asked lor it.
I had told him I wanted to go home, and he.
said lie would let. me have it before 1 went. 1
had previously been on intimate terms with
him. No one suggested to me to apply to Mr.
Wilkins for a loan. ! went home on a tur
longlt from the3sl.li ot April to tlie 35th of May.
How did it happen that you and the Mayor
were on such iniimate terms? Nothing
as t know of, sir; have never returned or been
naked to return the money i borrowed; gave
no note or showing for itie loan. When Tng
iniia- handl'd me the watch and chain he said,
“Take this and lake cite ol it.” This was
about all the remark he made; he said the
preseut was from a friend. I did not. know
no Lively whit tiiend lie nTcrred l<>. Noli.no
was meiilioned when t was to pay the money
back which I bad borrowed trom tlie Mayor,
nor has he applied to me, : 'me-- mv return, for
its payment. No one else has .applied to me
for him. i have seen him several limes .since
mv return. Asliburn was . killed Monday, the
80i.ii of Mare!), about midnight, between Mon
day, the 80th, and Tuesday, the 81st ot the
month, ISOS. Columbus is in the Stole of
Georgia, and, 1 believe. plm-ey/Vt: county. My
interviews with Dr. Kirkscey were in tin- day
time, by ourselves. I have known him neatly
a year. There were ten or fifteen shots tired
at Ashhnrn. .-My pistol was loaded with pow
der and oblong ball. I fired ine shot at Ash
bum. Don’t know whether I iiit him. Have
had no conversation with any ot these, prison
ers since the killing. All the persons engaged
in the nffail were not in the hole e Hint night.—
There wore others outside besides those in the
house with me. The side door opening
from the alley into Asliliurn’s room was bro
ken in. It was broken in during the tiring.—
Was it thrown open? Not positive on that,
point. Did rot recognize the parta-s out
side about the broken door. Does the size
and form of any ot these prisoners here whom
you have not named, correspond with any ot
those you saw that night ? Yes, sir, Mr. Chip
ley. In what respect ? The size of the man ?
Was'the person whom you thought was Mr.
Cliipley disguised ? Yes, : ir, disguised with a
mask. He seemed to lie the leader : lie seemed
to have all to say in the party, sir A knocking
it the door was'a II the noise made. There was
no shouting or noise made by our parly after
the affair was over. Do you know wh it, was
the object of this party in killing Asiditirn ?
The object was to kill him, 1 suppose. Most
every one had an animosity against, tlie man.
I’oliiically, he was opposed to the majority o(
the people, which was, 1 suppose, the reason of
this organization to kill him. What makes you
so suppose? Hearsay, sir. YVhv did you take
part, in the killing V Influence was. so great on
nii- that I could not or did not re. isl ii V What,
inthienee V As-'oei-itio,) i .q. VV.-re these in
lliienees social oi |...iilienl Ibitli. -ir. Were
you opposed to A. hburii poliiiedly " I was,
sir. Was that te l well known among youj- as
■ oeiat.es in the oil v ? Ye-, sir.
'flic Judge Advocate In r - announced lt,.n In
was through with tin witnes ■, as tar as the ex
amination ill chief Was concerned. Witness
\v:ts then turned over to the ih-len e.
Mr. Stephen: Did you have a per.;on:d dilfi
Cliffy yourself with Adthurn? Vi-s, sir, 1 did.
Did you not i-!.qi hi; jaw • or bike him the
day before lie was killed ? G iu’t say whether
I tsiriick him or not; i v.-as under the influence
ol liquor. Where ili-i !hi> orcui ? In tin:
Upper [i n l ol Hie city, on Broad .liccl. Whose
house was it al ? Nobody's liiiii.e, ■i ; it was
on the Rtrei I. Was it not a; .lack Clark’.-)
grocery? No, sir. VV y.u no|. too much
intoxicated to recollect wli.-f occurred and
when it. occurred ? No, a. ! do recollect
when it occurred. But you ii,. ii recollect
whiffhei you U.-tpped bin j iwor not.? I think
15!id not. Do yon licet win I lire yon struck
him at. all or no! ? I did strike luui. Did you
not say to W. 11. Williams, ( : iplain ol Fire (loin
pany in Columbus, it-.ai you intended to kill
Ashluirti, or words to that effect.? I might
have said so that night, hut. wouldn't
swear to it; don’t i-ocoHceE Did In
have a pistol, or did 'yon s;e a pistol
in his hands? I did not see a pistol.
Arc von certain aud positive that von raw
Kirkscey, B'-dcß, Duke, Burlier, Hudson, the
accused, now tietorc you, in the house where
Asliburn wat killed (hat. night,? ! didn’t see
all in the house ; some in and some §nt. Duke,
Hudson, and Barber were inside, “in the door,
out of the 2d room into Hie 3d room. I scsi-.ii
them all hefi>n: I went in. Kirkscey and Bedell
were iii the 3d room. Myself, Barber, Hudson
and Duke, and (hits man ! take for Belt's, were
standing- rigid, in tin- door where the shooting
took [dace. Tin*, other two wore iu the room ;
Malone was in that room, too -the 3d room.”
You arc certain then that, all these parties were in.
the houie at and about the time of the killing '
Yet, sir. Are you just, as positive in Ihh state
ment, as in any you have made ? /am Had you
any personal association with Hudson? Not
of any account—seen him several l imes. Did
you ever spend live minutes of conversa
tion with Hudson In your life? Don’t
know as i have." Who talked with you
about tiie present ol the watch ? A young
man by the name of Gtinhy, and Barber, also
told me about it. You said somebody else on
the direct examination--who was it? Wil
liams—ope of the brothers, I don’t know
which—-Dan. Williams I think, sir. Vvh.it
Guidry do you rel'-r to? A fellow who keeps
a store on Bt.. (hair street. Is lea son of Unlit.
ift. Gun by? Don’t know, sir. Where is the
house located that his father occupies ? It, is
on St. Clair street, below Broad. These are
the parties that told you beforehand' that the
watch would he given you? Yes, sir. When
did you say the watch was given you ? On tlie
night ol the 341 h April. Was this the night of
the day on which the election on tin- adoption
of the constitution and officers under it
closed? It was the night ot the day after.
Had not you been very active before the elec
tion and during the four days thereof
in opposition In the constitution and
iu active co-operation with all these
parties ? Yes, sir. What was your
position in your company before the election ?
First Sergeant. Before llie election I was ar
rested hy Cajtt. Mills, and reduced lo First dut y
Sergeant 1(11- trying to influence (lie ejection.
Was not Mayor Wilkins an opponent of the
constitution, and did,not, the opponents of the
constitution generally express sympathy with
you on account ol the course you had token ?
Yes, sir. After von were reduced, did you not
immediately apply for a furlough, and did yon
not know that, the money Mayor Wilkins h-l
you have was raised hy contributions from the
people ? I applied for a furlough first Ido
not know how the money was raised. My fur
lough was dated April the 25th, about three
days alter I was reduced, flow long alter (Ids
was it lhat Wilkins let you have tin* money,
anil did you not tell him you wanted it, to take
you home? On Friday night 1 told him 1
wantc-d if. to take me home.
Without concluding the cross-examination,
on motion ot Mr. Stephens, tlie court adjourn
ed till to-morrow morning, at 10 p’cloik.
Dead.—We learn that W. P. Edwards, of
Taylor county, tili idieal no mlierofthc Atlanta
convention and claiming to lie a representative
elect from the Third Congressional District of
tliis State, died in Butler, two or three days
ago, o Cdehrium tremens. We understand that
the people of that district are perfectly resign
ed to this dispensation of Providence.
[ Macon Journal Is Messenger.
Parties who are going on fishing excursions
are recommended to take with them a prepara
tion composed of equal parts of pennyroyal and |
sweet oil, tor a wash, as a prevention against ,
fly bites. 1
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Congressional.
Washington, July [.
Senate. Mr Trumbull spoke against the
bill excluding tho Southern States from the
electoral college. lie moved to strike from the
bill Florida and Arkansas. No action was
taken.
The consideration of the civil appropriation
bill was resumed.
Mr. Sherman withdrew the funding l-ill,
which lie had offered as an amendment.
House—Had under consideration the Alaska
bill.
Mr. Washbanio. of Wisconsin, opposed any
appropriation to carry the treaty into effect.
The understanding is that, the vote will lie
taken Thursday week.
'Washington.
Washington, July 1 -Noon.
The President has relieved Gen. McDowell
from the command of llie fourth Inilitarv dis
trict. He is ordered to report without delay to
tiie War Department.
Gillem succeeds McDowell in command of
‘the fourth military district.
Louisiana.
New Orleans, July 1.
This morning, before the hour lor llie assem
bling of the Legislature, a section of artillery
and a squadron ot cavalry, prepared lor service,
occupied Latayclte Square. Two companies
of the Ist infantry, commanded by ('apt. Vide,
occupied tlie sidewalk fronting Mrehinirs’ In
stitute. A large hody of police were on duty
in and around the building. No one was a!
lowed to approach not giving a good account
of his bti/iuess, appearances indicating that
trouble was expected. Col. Gentry and (ion.
Nidi, of den. Buchanan’s staff, were also pres
ent.
Tlie Senate was calied to order at. quarter
part twelve, but few Democrats lining present.
The roll of members only who took the test
oat a (including < tampbell, who was sealed yes
terday,) was called. Alter the minutes were
read, llie committee to which General Buchan
an’.; order was referred yesterday, reported
they were of the opinion that the action of the
Pi e. ident in i eqHiring members to lake Hie test,
oath should In; hilly sustained. A due re
spect, however, to the wishes ot the General
commanding the armies of the United States,
induces the committee to recommend the dis
continuance of the lest oath,baud that hereafter
members be allowed to qualify in accordance
with the ennstituiion of the State.
A motion that the lirst paragraph he stricken
out i-ieated considerable discussion and was
linaliy (aided.
The report was adopted as it, came from the
committee.
A resolution was adopted that the roll fur
nished by the commanding General be called,
and all member.-, wishing to be sworn in under
the constitution
lii calling the roll the name of Simbolu, oust
ed yesterday by the Election Committee, was
omitted, though he presented himself to be
sworn.
Fifteen Democratic Senators took the cou
sliititionai oath.
Several motions were offered, when
Lynch called attention to article 159 of the
constitution, which states that no action of any
kind c m he taken hy the Legislature until they
have, acted upon the fourteenth amendment.
The Committee on Election and Credentials
was discharged, on motion of Mr. Ray, iu order
111 ! anew one might In* appointed, on which
tlu Democratic side would he represented.
Adjourned.
Lanibola will probably take his seat 10-mor
row, mid contests for seats proceed regularly.
The House proceedings were of a similar
nature, hut there was more opposition to dis
pi using with the test oath. Only the names of
too ,e who previously took the leal oath were
eased on assembling subsequently. When the
roll was rilled of thnse el clod who hid not
qualified, lull three qualified under tho oonsti
l.uiion; more will probibly do so to morrow,
t’lit*. House (i.tiiiaueiif 1 y organized and elected
Charles W. Lowell (while) Speaker.
The llon-a-adopted a joint resolution ratify
in the I lib amendment —57 yeas, 3 nays. %
A resolution was oil.-ied by W. Pope Noble,
one. al the three Democrats who qualified, that
the roll ol members as returned b\ General
Buchanan I"- called, and that meinhei - qualify
whether tln-ir sells are contested or not —
tabled.
it was resolved by llie Jlon e Dial none dis
nullified hy llie lnurli-enl.li amendment, or
at tide nine! y nine of the eon: liluliou, or wlwsc
seals are < untested he allowed to take their
se its
It is stated anl.lioril.it ively that. I lie application
lor the presence ol tin- military to-day was
111 uh- by two 1 .bailoei it ie Benalor*.
I-! Mori da..
Tallahassee, July 1.
Governor Reed ri eeivetl the sm iendei of the
governnienlol tlie Slate, to day, from Governor
Walker, in enniplianee with the order from
Gen. Meade.
According to General Orders No. 02 - JroAt
Atlanta, (filed yesterday military rule ceases
in this Slate, and tlie commander of this suh
di-lriol, i-; order to abstain front interference
with civil lew upon any pretext whatever.
As no appointments have hern made tor
State ami county officers, the oh! ones will hold
over until appointments are made hy Governor
Reetl and confirmed by the Legislature, winch
meets on the 7lh insj.
'lyiissoin'i,
St. Louts, July 1.
The steamer 8.-nlon arrived nt Leavenworth
from the Upper Missouri with skins valued at
5?73,00i>. Buffalo plentiful this season, and all
kinds oi furs are betlet th in ever known.
The Indians eontinne very la oiiliicsoiiiealong
the river. AJieavy rise is coining down the
river.
JH l orei^n.
|EY carle I
Parts, July 1.
Gen. Napier, commander of the Abyssinian
expedition, arrived here yesterday, lit* is the
guest oI Lord Lyons. He w ill he created Peer
on tiis return to England.
Marin e ISf ews.
Cn \RLEHTON, July 1 .
Sailed-Steamer Monterey, for New York,
Savannah, July 1.
Arrived—Sciir. M. It. Bromhall, trom New
Yoak.
Sailed --Steamer into, for New York ; steamer
American, for Baltimore.
Markets,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
London, July 1 Evening
Consols, 64%10r money, 55(^70%.
Liverpool, July I.
Cotton dull; sales, 8,006 bales; uplands,
1 \%@\\%d. ; Orleans, 1 1%(aJ13.
Frankfort, July 1.
Fives, 77%<®7'»%.
New York, July T— Noon.
Governments closed weak and nominal.
Fives, 67. Coupons, 8%, Ten-forties, (5J£ ;
seven thirties, B%* Tennessee sixes, 71%;
now, 70; Virginias, 57; North Carolina:), new,
74. Gold closed firm at 14(>Y-
New York, July I^-Noon.
Cotton a shade firmer ; sales, ps.ooo hales at,
Flour —State and Western rule
strong; Southern drooping; common to fair
extra, $8 90@-10 40; choice, sl4 50. Wheat
dull : Georgia i.ew, f3 60; while Georgia new,
?3 70. Corn le heller, with fair demand. New
mess pork, $27 75@27 87%. Freights firm;
cotton to Liverpool, steam, %($3-16.
CINCINNATI, July 1.
Flour and corn dull. Cottou quiet. Whisky
firm at 33 in bond. Mess pork Offered $27 20
(ii)27 26. Bacon—l 2 for shoulders.
Savannah, July 1.
Cottou advanced ; sales, 357 hales; middling,
31; receipts, 300 bales.
Mobile, July 1.
Cotton—Sales yesterday, 125 hales; ex
ports, 351 hales ; sales to day, 600 bales ; mar
ket closed firm ; low middlings, 27; ex
ports, 651 bales ; receipts, none.
New Orleans, July 1.
Cotton firm; middlings, 2ff; sales, 63 bales;
receipts) 15 hales ; exports, 45 bales. Sterling,
58@55. New York Sight, /( premium. Gold,
Flour firmer; superfine, $7;
treble exfia, Corn firmer at 65. Oats
quiet at 70. Hay uh"hanged. Pork dull at
I*3o. Bacon—shoulders, 1"; clear, 17. Lard,
18@20.
Charleston, July 1.
Cotton quiet and rather easier; salps, 84
bates ; middlings, 30'*-£ ; receipts, 56 hales; ex
ports—coast wise, 387 bales.
Augusta Market.
Dffiok Daily Ookstitutionai.ist, /
AVunsifsiiav, July 1-P. M (
FINANCf AL -
BOLD. I'till -Buying at 130 and sellim; at ItO.
j HII.VKtt Buying at 133 and Bellini: at. 13R.
| SKOUiiITI K-f-Sales weii made to-.lay of $30,003
Columbia A- Augusta lid mortgage Bait roan Bonds at
15 ; SIO,OOO Macon A Augusta seven percent. Railroad
Bonds at 75, and City of Augusta Bonds at 75*
COTTON. Tiie market remains as usual. The
local demand continues nt OOu. for middling. Bales
to-day, Ist liitles. Receipts, 13 bales.
BACON—Stock light; Shoulders, LV«!ISL I B* B.
Sides, 17(5)17/4; C. lt.Sidc-s, Sides, 18jf@19;
DtV Halt Shoulders, 14& ; Dry Halt C. It. Bides, 17;
Bellies, 10; Hams, according to cut and quality, 18
5(3!.
WUK AT—Unsettled; wc quote white,s3 30(5:3 30 ;
red, :jl 90@3 20.
OATS—SI(SI 10
CORN Prime White, $1 20, and Mixed, $i 16(5118
from depot.
CORN MEAL -$t 30 at wholesale, and $1 30at re
tail
RICA MEAL $1 30.
PI OU R—City Mills, sll 00(514 00 ; at retail, $1
barrel higher.
I tCAH -$1 20(51 So.
New York Cotton Market.
The Commercial ancl Financial Chronicle, of
tin) 37th ult., reports the cotton market as fol
lows :
I’y special telegrams received from each of
the Southern ports we are iu possession ot the
returns showing llie 'receipts, exports, <&c., of
cotton for the week ending this evening, June
36. From the figures thus obtained it appears
that tin- total receipts fur the last seven day 6
have reached 3,761 hales (against 4,01 bales
last week, 3,576 hales the previous week, and
4,6 -1 halea three weeks since), making the ag
gregate receipts since B< pteinher 1, 1807, up to
ilm date, including tin* returns by telegraph,
3,150,(534 I-lies, against 1,833,061 bales tor In:
same period in 1566 '<l7, lieiutr an excess this
season over last, season of 343,543 bales.
The exports for tin* week ending to-night are
also small, and must of course continue quite
unimportant for Hie imt ol the season, the
total from all Hie ports reaching 0,796 bales, oi
which 3,640 hales were to Great Britain and
3,850 hales to the Cuminent, while the stocks,
as made up this evening, are now reuuced to
107,858 lutes.
Compared with the corresponding week of
last season, there is a decrease in the exports
Hi)., week of 36.802 hales, so that the former in
crease iu the total shipments since September
1, LSO7, as compared with the same period oi
the previous, year, is now reduced to about
175,000 hales, while the stocks are 68,621 bales
less than they were at this time a year ago.
The market this week has presented no new
feature. 1 rices ate very sensitive, fluctuating
under the slightest, influences. The truth is,
hohli-rs i-xprigreat confidence iu being able
to i cll out the same remaining stock without
yielding anything, depending upon the wants
of our own .- pinners for the demand, and yet,
while the reports as to the growing crop con
tinue good, much anxiety is felt lest trie new
crop may find I hem with a portion of the old
on their hands. The lluctualion lias been less
tin ; week than l it, being only about le., the
market (-In; im: to day with belter advices trom
Liverpool at 31 '.ji-. for middling upland. Bales
of the week foot up 13,317 hales, of which
8,308 hales were taken by spinners, 3,876 hales
on speculation, and 1,160 bales for export.
The Wipe—Here is the best tribute to a
true woman we ever read:
Only let n woman be. sure she is precious
to her husband—not useful, not valuable,
and not convenient simply, but lovcty and
beloved; let her bp the recipient of his polite
and hearty attentions, let imr feel that her
cares and love, are noticed, appreciated and
returned ; let iter opinion be asked, her ap
proval sought, aud her judgment respected
in matters with which she is cognizant ; in
short, let, her only lie loved, honored and
cherished, in fulfillment of the marriage
vow. and .site will lx- to her husband, her
children and society a well -spring of hap
piness Sim*will bear pain and toil and
anxiety,’for her husband's love to her is a
tower and lb’.trass. Sli-eided and sheltered
therein, adversity will have lost its sting.
She may suffer, but'sympathy will dull the
edge of sorrow.
A. house with love in it—and by love I
mean love expre-w ! in word, and looks,
and deeds, tor 1 have not a spark of faith in
love that never crops out—is to a house
without love as a person to a machine: one
is life, the other is mechanism—the unlovqd
woman may have bread iust as light, a
house just as tidy as the other, but the lat
ter lias a spring of beauty about her, a
joyousness, a penetrating brightness to
which the former is an entire stranger.—
The dee)i happiness ol her heart shines out
in her face. Site gleams over. It is airy
and graceful, and warm, and welcoming
with her pro:-once; she is full of devices and
plots, and sweet, surprises for her husband
and family. She has never done with the
romance and poet ry of life. She herself is
a lyric poem, sel ling herself to all pure and
gracious melodies. Humble household
ways and duties have for iter a golden
significance. The prize makes her calling
high ; and the end sanctifies tho means.—
“ Love is Heaven, and Heaven is love.”
The Largest Hoof in the World.—
The metropolitan station now being erect
ed for tho Midland Railway at King’s
Cross, London, is nearly as great an ad
vance in the construction of roofs as the
Great Eastern was in the building of siiips.
The new building is erected alongside of
the Great Northern Stat ion, which was a
short time siucc-regarded as a tremendous
structure. Some idea of the advance made
of late years may be obtained from the fact
that tin* span of tlie single arch is thirty
feet wider than the span of tlie two arches
which cover the (Treat; Northern Station.—
It has never before been attempted to cover
ti space of 240-feet, with one span for the
parpose of forming a roof. In bridge
building much wider distances have been
spanned, but. it Ims hitherto been thought
unnecessary to cover so wide a space with
one roof. It is not very apparent why the
,attempt has now been made, as two arches
would have been much more economical,
and, ivo should have supposed, equally con
venient. The height of the arch from the
rail level is 66 feet, and the rails 13 feet 6
inches above tlie road level. There will be
eleven lines of rails, and the space under
neath is to be made available for cellars, of
which there will be about lour acses.
| English. Paper.
Forget.” —This is the word used by
every scalawag in the South. “Forget”
what ? “ Forget" that you honestly went
into the war for Southern independence!—
“ Forget ” that yon carry in every fibre of
your body an ache or a pain for every
weary mile and every hour o/ exposure !
“ Forget ” the glorious memories of Lee and
Jackson! “ Forget ” that you were a man
—toil a lie and take the test oath. We may
forgive, but “ forget /”
“ The bridegroom may forget the bride,
\Viiß made hie wedded wife yeetereeu ;
The monarch may forcet tlie crown
That on his head nu hour has been;
Tho mother may forget the child
That emiles no owbetly on her knee;
But I’ll remember thee, Qlencairn,
And all that thou has done for me,”
