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N S. MORSE.
<%ottirif & jlcnmid.
ITKVt'K.
As with most wars, ours has been brought to
ft sudden conclusion by a mighty and decisive
catastrophe. The rui render of General L-e’a
army vlitually put an end lo it. In the ju ig
meat of Gen. Lee arid of Gou. Joseph E J m 1
ston, ft was woise than mefoss to continue ihe j
fight any longer.
But not a shadow of blame can be cast up m
4|fher of those illustrious Generals or the noble !
armies under their commuted. By the voidiet
of both friend an<X foe -hoy an r « '
proacb. They retire from the conte-ff, ],on red j
and applauded even by their adversaries. 1 ey !
did all that men could. For four years > ey
sustained an unequal rtiuggle with unsurpass
ed endurance, heioism and valor. That they
failed was the fortune of war—the-result of the
overwhelming superiority of numbers and re
sources opposed to them.
All that remains is to concluded peace wldch
shall give tranquility and prosperity again to
our bleeding and detracted country, (his,
wo fondly (rust, has been already sobstar ti tliy
effected.
As our readeisare aware, we hive long been |
an urdeut advocate of peace, o' the subsUti. ion
of negotiation lor the sword, of u peace:u' rlu
tion of this sanguinary controversy, Howev
er our motives may have li en maligned, v.e
©an conscicmiously say that vre have been in
fluenced in she course we have pursued on tli s
subject, solely by a sir cere devotion to what
we thought was for the best interests of all
concerned. In our position we have hid the
satisfaction of knowing that we veto susb-iued
and endorsed by some of the beat, the wrest
and purest patriots of the South And' new
the propriety of our c rurse is fully demon. Da
ted by the logic of stern and stubborn facri.
We cougratu : ate our readers on the bi ght
prospect of an immediate peace. Its bl s; mgs
ave appreciated and its necessity felt by all.
It will euuble our war worn and battle*! carnal
veterans to go to the homes from which Urey
have been so long absent to cheer with their
presence the hearts which h ive so long sighed
lor their return. I) will rikindfo the ligl t ol
Joy in many a dwelling, end bring lnj ; nos
to many a hearth, made (h ohrle by the ab
sence of its protector. It will diffuse teti wed
prosperity over our land so long tom aid de
vastated by the plougehare ot ruin It wdi
re-irrvigorate the spirit of enter prise, tied re
ner.e tlio arm of industry. And scon it will
repair tiro cruel ravages of war, and ait the
desert and the solilaiy place to rejoice and
blossom as the rose '
A KBW XV OH ItM iUt* UtiKH rw
It seems to us that some ot lire children of
this city are going to destruction imowdi U-ly
under the eyes oi tin ir parents. Our streets
are filled with boys of all ages from the
white-headed urchin, to the bid win* begins to
assume the swagger and manner of the bully.
Oaths and imprecations the mod dire can bo
beard to issue from voices treble, tenor and
bass. When boys are thus permitted to run
at large, what sort of men may we. reasonably
tuppose they wiNhmake ? It it bo true that
“as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.” what,
kind of trees may we expect from such twigs !
Will they grow up straight aid comely fees,
fit to be fashioned into timbers for ilro great
fabric of sooiety, or will they bo gnarled and
©rooked sticks, unfit lor anything? And who is
responsible tor the manner in which tires ri.iil
dreu are growing up ? Upon wi.aue • -ads
will rest the sin of their destruction 1 M ust, it
be upon the heads of their parent:? then,
verily, it is a tearful thing to be, a parent—a
fearful thing to bav© young immortals entrust
ed to one’s keeping. How responsible iho of
fice ! Yet some fathers and mothers seem to
have no care about the matter . Their sous
are permitted to run at large aid work on
their own destruction with ■ giet-uiueo*. dome
parents are doubtless blinded by their children,
and are not aware of tie ir rudeuei-s- lheir
wickedness. They would not believe, ii told
ever so often, that their boys are guilty o, de-
grading habits when out ol their sight. They
are williug to believe that the r neighbor’s
roue are wicked enough tor nny bad thing, but
they cannot believe their own would deviate
from the paths of virtue and iectitude.
Do you, dear readei s—those of you who ar e
parents- do you know where jour thildien go
and what they do, when out of your sight.?
Os « urse you do not. You do not know, but
•otue of your neighbors do. They know t'lat
the children of some of you are very rude, and
that they ar»> in the road to rn ; o, but they
would dislike to tell you about it. You . bcaUl
res train them. Keep your boys at home af
ter ulghttall.aud endeavor to make Lome pleas
ant to them, so that they miv uot wish to go
from It to seek pleasure. Teach them to keep
the Sabbath day holy, and suffer ilnm not to
violate it. Send them to Sab ath School, and
•end them regular’}-, whether they wish to at
tend or not. Do not close year eyes to theii
faults and peimit them lo do as they please
it U a mistake to suppose fiat children iove
tbeir parents less when they are required io
reader strict obedieuce. Exercise your au
thority. And above , set a good example
fefore them. Endeavor to be yourself what
you would have thorn become. If parents
would take the proper pains in training up
their children, they would need but little in- j
traint -they would soon follow the path of j
virtue from choice, and would be to their
families and l'ritnds a source of comfort and
pride, instead of shame ani mortification.
Nonas SasTnissr.-Some true heart ins
given expression to its generous nature in the
following beautiful sentiment :
Never desert a friend when enemies gather
pound him. When sickness tails on the heart |
—whfn the world is dark and cheerless, is the
time to try a true friend. They who turn from
a scene ot distress betray their hypocrisy, anil
prove that interest moves them If you have
• friend who loves you and studies your nter
est and happiness, be sure to sustain him in
adversity. Let him feel that his former kind-
Btes is appreciated and that his love is not
thrown away. Real fidelity may be rare, but
U exists in the heart. Who ha-‘not seen and |
felt its power? They deny its worth, who
never loved a ir.eud, or labored to make a
Mead happy.
The Republicans have elected in Connecticut
their Governor, all four Congressmen, all State
Senators, and two''thirds of the lower house of
t* JtgUlftture.
To our Citizens —Every thing you can do
to assist the soldiers on their way home should
be done promptly and cheerfully.
Gen. Beauregard Among the sufferers by
the deeds of the mob on Monday was General
Beauregard. All his private baggage at the
depot was demolished.
m • .
Fire in New York —On Sunday, April 16,
a 6 re broke out in the extensive cooperage es
tablishment, 450 Water street, destroy ing prop
erty to the vslue of $1500,000.
Foa the Poor —We trust our citizens will
remember the appeal whicn has been made to
them for she poor in our midst. Give liberal
ly and with a unsparing hand The poA
must be led, ' *
Returning Homes.—A number of Virginian
and Kent uckiana left our city for Savan
nah. wheie they will fake passage by steamer
to New York, and thence to tbeir respective
homes *
• -m m •’
f ire 10 Harrisonburg.— The stables and out
houses of Mr, W. Roberts, in Harrisonburg,
•se.s destroyed by fire on Monday. The firn
was caused by the carelessness of some run
away negroes who were secreted in the barn.
Insubordination Suppressed - We learn that
one ortbe crew of one of the gunboats at the
lower end of town of insubordi
nation Monday. Com. Hunter shot him at
once on the spot.
Give to the Soldiers. — Times of peace and
plenty will soon be upon us. To those of our
citizens who have a large quantity of supplies
on hand wo say, your abundance to
the soldiers. Give liberally and cheerfully.
Praiseworthy. Messrs. G. R. Crump & Cos.
distributed several boxes of tobaoco, gratis, to
the soldiers on Monday. A praiseworthy deed
Many others of our citizens also gave them ar
ticles they needed. We hope thesegood deeds
will continue to he performed. They create
good feelings.
Col. Kiser.— This brave and gallant officer
has won for himself fresh laurels of glory in
- lM endeavor to suppress the lawlessness which
reigned supreme for a while in our city on Mon
day. We trust our citizens will appreci ate his
deeds by more than mere words of thaaks. A
handsome testimonial of some kind should be
give.n him. Who will move in the matter ?
The Washington Tragedy.— A steamer
which has arrived at Fortress. Monroe brings
news of the arrest of J. Wilkes Booth. A Rich
lAAVJlltl Iwwyov uuuktxl D» tk. LcXilfcJ WUC telflO iff
rested, who turned State evidence and con
ferred lie was the assassin of Secretary Seward.
His evidence implicates fifty-two persons in
the plot, and it was thiough his confession the
authorities were enabled to arrest Booth.
Returning Soldiers.— Every train from Way
nesboro brings a large number of the veterans
of Lee’s army, on their way home. On yes
terday many arrived who left Savannah on
Thursday. They brought nothing new of in
terest from that city. They report that the
vessel which was burned last -week off tlie k
North Carolina coast was laden chiefly with
refugee families who were returning South from
Bulimore and the North. VVe could
uo particulars from them.
Coroner’s Inquests - Coroner Rhodes was
called on to hold two inquests on yesterday.
One was over the body of Augustus R. Bihler,
a native, we believe, of this city, who vas shot
at the railroad bridge near the American Iron
Foundry. The verdict of the jury was that, he
came to his death horn a gunshot wound in
flicted by Frank Steiner.
The other inquest was over the body of Chap.
I*. Stanley, on board the steamer Sampson.
The verdict of the jury was that he was shot by
Commodore W. W. Hunter, and that the act
was justifiabler 4
The Lawi.ksness ox Monday. —We regret to
state that the government stores in this city
were sacked on Monday. But we are happy to
announce that but few soldiers took part in the
a flair. The mob was composed mostly of low
women and men, residents of this city. Any
parties who attribute the deeds to our brave
soldiery will do them a great injustice. No
true soldier took part in the matter. On the
contrary, they resumed the arms they had so
nobly borne in their country’s dt ence and
assisted to suppress the deeds of awlessness
which were being committed.
Great praise is due Gen Wright and Col.
Kiser for the part they took in dispersing the
the mob.
One or two private stoi es were plundered
betore order was restored. Amoug them
Messrs Neal Whitlock. These gentlemen
are heavy losers.
| Eighteenth Georgia . Battalion. —Annexed
I ! s a list of the casualties in the Eighteenth
Georgia Battalion in the late battles in Vir
ginia :
Killed -Capt G C Rice, Lieut J W H King,
Lieut J M Turner, Sergts C W Bennett. C B
Posted, S L Morton, Geo E James, privates E
L Gordon, J W Middleton, LE Barie, P Abney,
A 0 Bourne, J Mclntosh, J A Baker, J Rouse,
J Gould.
Wounded—Maj W S Bassinger, left hand and
side, slight; Arijt E P Starr, left shoulder, se
| vere; Lt F Tupper, in groin; Lt G W Smith,
i light thigh; Lt W W Grant, both legs, right
| amputated; Lt EBloie, back, thigh and foot;
| B L Mclntosh, left lung; Sergt E C Wade.
; r *ght hip; Sergt F R Sweat, left shoulder; Sergt
ll H Woodbridge, left thumb off; Corp H
! Barns, cbe-t; Coip M M McLean, right knee;
Privates J L Gang, left foot; S Syntis, both eyes
j out; J Felot, right leg ; B Newborn. left arm ;
J Hitchcock, chest: P Elliott, left thigh ; J
Kreeger. both hips, mortal; T Kreeger, right
toot; J H Polk, right arm; J F Butler, right
thigh; J N Gueirard, right thigh: J Douglass,
right foot; J F Darracott, right arm; J C Bry
an, left leg, amputated; E A Papy, right lung;
AFclker, face, severe; C A Sweatt, right leg ;
C R Maxwell, right arm; John Dillon, captu
ed. All the others prisoners.
Our sorrows are like thunder clouds which
seem'bia' , k in the distance, but t row lighter as
they approach
As perfume is to the Tose, so is good nature
to the lovely. IU nature* renders the prettiest
face disagreeable.
An indiscreet person is like an unsealed let
ter, which everyone may read, but which is
seldom worth reading,
AUGUSTA, GA.« WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 10,1865.
iiiF. Capital Extension at Washington.—
The following synopsis of the work on the
Capital xTenriou at Washington is taken from
the report of the Archiiec* :
i The Acik is pr- grossing favorably, though
j it baa been somewhat impeded the ciiffi
’ culty experienced in procuring men to quarry
the marble end vessels to transport it t© Wash
j ingtou. Arrangements are now nearly com
j pie ed, however-, by which these difficulties will
: be overcome, ard it is confidently anticipated
j that during the coming year ail wid be furnish
id that may be required to complete the work.
, As soon as Lie heavy work for the couipletimi
i of the north portico is set, tin; expensive a™
I pf.ratus for raising t.e comm ns will be trans
tftioed to the south wing, the work upon which
1 will be pushed iapi ily to coeapietion.
flu case oi nraibie tro* the Lee quarries in
MossUhur: ties has been $39*777, the quantity
; being 20.2*16 cubic feet. For seventeen mon
i olitnic shafts from the quairies in Baltimore
! county, Maryland, $64*100 have been paid,
j The cost of ail ihe maible used in interior
j ol the building, including Italian, variegated
and fancy, has been $185,338 Os thv two lat
ter kind, about $30,000 worth that will not
be required lies in tire grounds and workshops
of the Capitol. The amount paid for cutting
and s-tting marble during the year was $156,-
102: the total amount paid for (his branch of
iabor from ,ho beginning of the work up lo
the present time, $1,526,911.
Experience has shown corrugited
copper rooting, as originally laid down, is far
from weatherproof, and some damage has
accrued to the ornamental work from leakage.
By ii vetting, &c, the detect has Teen almost
wholly remedied, at an expense, including
materials, of $1,321. The iron guttei3 have
also proved al uost useless, and will have to
be altered, at- an expense of $7,500.
The walls and etwiings of the halls and star
ways of the principal attic storriesof the north
vriug have utl been painted in flat tints, and
prepared for greater ornamentation hereafter,
should it be deemed necessary. The same
plan wilt be pursued in the south wing. It
has been determined to postpone the fresco
painting of the Senate post Wfice and other
rooms. The fine group ot statuary, designed
by Crawford, representing the Progress of Civ
ilization, and the two statues representing
Justice and History, executed Jn Italy, trout
designs by the same artust, are in their places
The plaster models for the eastern door of the
north wing, by Rinehart, from designs by
Crawford, nave been shipped from Rome, and
are due in New Yo*k.
The bronzecas.mgs from them will be execut
ed in this country. 'The group representing the
theprogress ol Civilization, is placed in the tym
panum ot the ped ment, and the statues of
Justice and History over front door and
the bronze dour for the main entrance. The
marble work for Ihe south pediment is being
built with a receding tymparmn, to allow of a
similar group It is recommanded that, if the
models tor a bronze door, ordered of Crawlord
for the south win.; have not been crmmenced,
the order be countermanded, so as to have the
work done here. The statues of Franklin and
Jefferson, ordered from Hiram Powers, have
arrived. JJbat of Franklin has been plated
temporarily in the uicae opposite the eastern
stairway of the north, and that of Jefferson
wiit b« pbiCfea in tha corresponding niche of the
Boutjj wing. *
Tw> expendatures for the Capitol Extension
during ihe year ended October 31, 1862, were
$373,296, leaving a balance in baud of $33,-
712. The totdl i xpenditures from the com
mencement to the present time were $6,399,-
909. •
The interior of the dome is to be lighted by
Gardener’s electro magnetic gas lighting ap
paratus-ft The great difficulty of obtaining
iron, and tiSe still greater difficulty of finding
men who can he. trusted wiiffi the handling of
such iimner&e masses?at such a tearful height,
are assigned as reasons for delay in the work.
The contractors could employ four times as
many menus they have now 'J he expendi
tures upou the dome from October 31, 1863,
were $180,649, leaving a balance in hand of
$111,241
A Scene at the Scaffold. —Prom an article
in the Colburn’s New Monthly Magazine, enti
tled the “Saturnalia of Republic,” we make
the following extracts, which relate to guillo
tine scenes in the years 1892 3 :
reign of the scafforld biought with it not
only the blood ihirstiness f which of feeble
origin, it only increased by indulgence, but
also a fright* il amount of cynicism among all
parties, which may be judged of by the follow
ing anecdote ; On the 9th May, Count de Mou
by, major in the H*4ss Guard, acc used of emi
grating, and M, de ’Beaulieu of having secret
ed him, eondemed to death. Charles
Henry Sanson was accosted the same day at
the Oonciergerie by a young woman in male
attire, who made, we are told, vain attempts to
bribe him The thing was utterly] out of
tiie question, that, partly with a view to dis
embarrass himself of the unfortunate lady’s en
treaties, and partly with a remote hope of be
ng of service to her. Sanson handed her over
to one of his aids, Louvois by name,
merely saying, that if anything could be sug
gested he would not interfere
This lady* already bribed Bauquirer Tin
ville, who, it wivuld appear pocketed the mon
ey, and then demanded that the law of exter
mination should he put in hutce. On arriving
at the scaffold Sanson saw me count turn pale
on perceiving some bne in the crowd. Look
ing the same direction he perceived the same
lady in disguise. Terrified at the consequence,
he turned round to Louvois, and said to him,
•‘Louvois. you have received fifty louis ’ from
a female■ .'-essed as a man,’to secure the body
of one of the condemned; let us be more hon
est than the citizen accuser, who stole her mon
eynhis morning. SJb£ is there, to the right of
the guiiietiue ; have your eye upon her.”
Louvois nodded in approval M de Beau
lieu perished first. When the knife descended
for a second time a loud shriek was heard.
The lady, as Sauson had apprehended, had
not been able to restrain her feeling. She was
at once seized as an aristocrat in disguise, and
as detected in a flagrant crime—that of syrn
patlrziug With the condemned.
At this crisis louvers adopted a French
coarse of psoceeding. Rushing down from Ihe
scaffold he made his way to the lady, and at
once administering a well applied cuff, he ex
claimed at the same time :
“Ah. wretch. I know that you were deceiv
ing me, but I did not think you were so bad as
to do so with an aristocrat. Luckily, the na
tion has arranged his affairs and mine too at
the same time. You? gallant will no longer
sully my bed more than he will the soil of lib
erty'. I suppose his last grimaces, were a treat
to you. Why, you seem to be weeping yet!”
And then turning round to the people, he said :
“Would you belmjro it, citizens? why, this
‘ccquiue’ has the audacity to weep for her lov
er at the very nose and beard of her husband.’’
jj.The naive avowal made by Louvois for his
pn tended conjugal misfortunes raised a laugh
in the crowd, and he was left at full liberty to
inflict whatever chastisement he deemed prop
er on his supposed guilty better-half. He did
this by conveying her in safety to the frontier.
She was a lady of distinction, and her name
was mentioned in certain memoirs of the time
in connection with the venality of Fauquier
Tinville. sbe rewarded the assistant execu
tioner, who bad caved her life by is presence,
of mind, so generously that he was enabled to
give up the business. It was, however, a strange
comedy —with something not aiittle character
istic of the countrymen of Moliere in it—enact
ed at the foot of the scaffold.
The flag which waved over the Capitol at
Columbia vi|hen captured has been sent to the
governor of Indiana.
yitOVI ” •T’ii'i FEOR«IA.
The La Grange Bull;.t m of April 28, gives
i the annexed account o’ movement of the
Federal troops ;u We r.-rn Georgia before the
news A the ■ them :
the raiders*
On Saturday the lot ft. the indications were
that (he enemy wv.re appn mhincr West Point;
bn' it was suppose and oy ramy that they would
visit that place, destfoy rowing stock < r
the Monfgomeiy and V\; T Point Railroad
there, burn the. bridges. • '•vfr.-y the public
stores, &c,and then pnceed on to Columbus
to co-operate with the cohim ; sen: against that
city.
. They arrived at W*sv Pol.jt at 11 o’eiook,
A. M/when the fort, with a ga -ison Os only
one hundred and thirty-two m m we believe,
opened*on t’ lo ene y, u." I c ' -v c•»:».:’land ot
Brig Gen. R Tyler At nr i- sb.g their com
msnder, and the next <Timer in command,
Capt Gonzales, and a heroic ree?a‘-nce of seven
hours, the fort v<ecmvelied to surrender,
Col. J H Fannin bt ng then in command. We
have not learnt definitely the number of c»su
allies,but believe there were 6 killod and wound
ed. W<; have not- learned the loss of the enemy
in the engag mem. ; but we understand (hey
confessed tli it the cj. fence was one of the most
heroic of the war. Alien it is taken into con
sideration that the garris; n. mostly militia,
were opposed to 2000 and 3000 veferau troops,
armed w th the best «tid m :st approved gudu,
the oenciuct of these men* must call forth the
admiration of every true Confederate.
The garrison wt re nearly all taken prisoners
—some few making their escape. In the death
of the brave and dauntless Tyler the South
has lost a hero. OF Capt Gonzales we know
nothing personally; but we learn that his con
duct was heroic. It is supposed t : e prisoners
Ik ill be paroled in short time.
On Monday m ruing, at early hour, the
scouts from this pr«t reported that the enemy
were approaching La Grange, at ten o’clock
it was reported ikey were in five miles of tha
place; but this report was incorrect. People
were hurrying to anil fro to save tbeir valuables
and stock.
The enemy,however, did not come into town
until between five and six o’clock, when the
town was surrendered by Mayor Long, asking
protection to private property, Which w:v
guaranteed by Col. O. H LaGrange, who was
in command of the United states forces. So
far as we can learn, no private properry was
disturbed except in the way of horses and mules
taken, of course, by older of the commander.
What little pillaging was committed, we be
lieve, was the work of robbers and hangers on
on the raiders, as the Yankee soldiers seemed
to he on their best behavior.
The freight depot, J. E Morgan’s ware
house and the tannery of Ramsey & Cos. were
burned; femith & O’NeaPs cotton warehouse
was saved by its prox rally to a dwelling
The last, of the enemy left LaGrange on Wed
nesday mowing, 19tii, in the direction of
Greenville. Our worthy postmaster, J H H
Colquit, was overtaken at M mnfville, ten miles
east ot here, and badiv treated by some
wretches. • He was struck several blows and
robbed of eight or nin thousand, his watch and
"gold shirt, buttons, and then made to burn the
residence of M;. Wilson, tha postmaster at
Mountviile, in whii h he was found.
The en my took a great, ileal of stock
some -as fine as ever reen, Th ir ponducs in
Meniwotber was about (he saun; sis in Troup.
VVe understand rob ably that Judge Warner
Was taken up and bung twice to force him to
tell where his gold was, of. which he.had
•none.
We omitted to state that ail the stores were
forced and ettdents destroyed; Our people
are now trying to gather up stock to cultivate
their crops with—some of whom had every
horse and mule taken from them.
the enemy at new nan.
On Wednesday last information was receiv
ed at Newnan that a fo'ce of 2300 Federal
cavalry were approaching that place, ihe
Mayor of the town proceeded, under a flag of
ti"”ce, to notify the enemy of the existing
armistice—whereupon the enemy at once re
spected the armistice and stated that they will
quietly proceed to Macon to rejoin ’their main
column, and would trouble noproperty, neith
er public or private They passed through
Newnan Thuisday morning. _ „
Tub Diplomatic Corps at Washington.—
The European diplomatic corps at Washiugton
have generally been ranked among the sympa
tbizers of Jeff. Davis. Among the exceptions
we may mention those who, on Monday last,
called at the State Department"to express their
co igratuhitions on the fall of Riehm'md, viz:
Fir t, the Austrian Minister Count Wydt-n
--bruek ; then the Consul General of Switzer
land ; next the Swedish Minister, Baron Wet
terstedt; the Prussian Minister, Baron Gerolt,
and Mr. Burnley, British Charge d’Affaires, in
the absence of her Majesty’s newly appointed
minister, sir Frederick Bruce. But there was,
it appears, no congratulatory representative at
the State Department during the day in behalf
of France, Russia, Spam or the kirgdom of It#-
ly. The reason, we are informed, is that the
legations of these Governor ni> at Washington
are strongly impregnated, one way or another,
with the fallacies ot secession, rebellion and
Southern independence.
It is not surprising that, no body appeared in
behalf of Louis Napoleon, considering.the new
danger to which Maximilian, of Mexico, is ex
posed with the downfall of Jeff. Davis. The
Russian ambassador, we fear, has been misrep
sentiug his “august master;” but how is it
young Italy was not reptesented on Ihe occa
sion referred to? We know that her people are
not only the friends of our national c ruse, but
that they are its wannest supporters in
Europe. In the blessings of their union, and
from their long experience in the troubles
and disasters resulting from tbeir vast division
into petty States and -dochie-. they compre
hend ihe justice of our Union and necessity of
maintaining it. Their minister at Washington,
accordingly, should have beeu foremost, in per
son or by pro y, to congratulate Mr. Seward,
on the fall ol Richmond.* Secession influences
we fear, Wve controlled the Italian minister in
this important matter. To this case, there
fore, and to ever} other one of the corps dip
lomatique of the same inconsistent character,
the attention of the government represented
should be rhawn, in view of the nev departure
touching •nr foreign affairs which the admin
istration at Washington will now be required
to take.— Aeio I'ork herald , s th
The Difficulty Removed— Come here,
I’ompy,” said a darky t:> a similar specimen of
animated nature, the other day, “I wants to
propose to you a question which hab dislocated
my understanding. Suppose I marries a yal
ler gai, and love her very mtJch; and some
day I gets sick, and dies, and goes to heben,
and arter a while anoder nigger comes long
and marries my old woman, lubs her too, now
I wants to know arter dey both die, and come
to heben, -which of us hfibs my wench ?”
Pompy *Bfood thoughtfully for a moment,
then looked Snowball in the face, and rever
ently shaking his head, replied :
“My friend, if your wife and her man go to
de good land, you need tub no fears, for you
won’t be dar to pick any muss.”
Don’t Fail to Educate tour Children. —
If »mid the excitement andjumuit of War the
education of our children, is. neglected, the
whole nation will reap the bftfor truits of this
negligence for many years to come. The boys
that are now running wild about the street?,
will, in a few years nave control of the coun
try, and will have the management of all affairs
both in Church and State. Avery heavy re
sponsibility then rests upon parents and guar
dians 04 the present day .'if fffeyVdo not edu
cate them in such a manner to prepare them
for the important pi aces they will haye to fill
in the future destiny of the country.
Interesting Account of t/ie Natives of
Chiu AND I’ei.U- —i t; lih lbi>U’ s••-.; ii, . {
Peru are so wry s ndfor in nj pcarrr.c;-* m and
manners, that what is ad of one may ipS .
to the other, she r: ii an rnon i j;
more grave than those of Dear. But
men of both countries are Heady alike v v
sociable, gay and fond of sii angers, :■ f> a . ■ :
Americrns. They have no br-fi iu c ; s x
ct-pt the ladies iu ike lan ; r apr: vr . ■•; j t
who are fast getting into the Fog:! h
no female delicacy, ami i,■ fact Lti* - - •; j.t.'.le
modify. They are very fond of ruusic m...i
dancmg, The most common dances he
waltz, and the fandango. The last is .an
and scribed as imEcent,-hut I never ooual o
any thin imprepm in it. it is this \! dy
sings and accompanies her vow \y y oj
tar, to whioh a Only *,u«i i- !- ;, ■
The plan of the fandango co-isGts iu ihy man’s
attempting to maet ul.-- p.t : uer ;. . . to face
which she ems wei > avoi ic by t dug c l-x
tert usiy in ! giacefuily, eiiber io the Udc or
right of him.
ihe dance progresses the music becomes
livelier and the motions of the performers
quicker, and it conclude; by both parties
meeting in the middle of the floor Th ; steps
in the Kand rago arc. on the pa; of the man, a
kind of shuffling, w hich produces a sound like
the galloping of a horse, and which it seems
designated to imitate, as the South Am-1 jeans
are in reality a species < f tVntaur frmq infau
cy. The lady moves with p light, graceful and
noiseless step, ihe people arr fenemily 7 very
inquisitive about American* affurs, but con
hardly believe that we hav. no gold and sli
ver mires, which they Siam to think con-dilute
the real wealth of nations. The inhab'iiaats
of the interior are very hospitable. 1 was
told by a gentleman th it had traveled 2000
miles in the country, that a Peruvian fc.rm-V
would feel affronted if asked for a drink of
watei. A large jar of wine or cliica with a
cup attached to it, stands in almost every
house for the use ot the family and travelers.
They have also a singular custom of table. If
aay one takes a fancy to a paiticnlsr morsel in
his neighbor’s possession, be immediately ap
propriates it to his own use, without ceremony,
at the same time permitting roprisa’s to be
made from his own plate. I bis does not pro
ceed fiom rudeness but is a kind of pledge of
friendship and hospitalitjfc 1 1
The table furniture oßUmost every house
(Jmsists of spoons and forks oi rough hammer
ed si’vei-j some of ihe former weigh four or five
ounces. There are no knives, as every mao is
supposed to be provided with one, the women
using those of the nearest men to them I alien
ed the funeral of an infant of a fisherman near
Coqaimbo, which was rating a ft stive occasion.
he fern de part of Ihe company weie employed
in comforting the mother, by assuring Jut that
the babe had gone diiectiy lo heaven, without
performing quarantine at the intermediate port
of purgafory; hut the tear it nature had dimmed
the eye of re'igious faith, and she saw only the
dead child ihe lather was maae,. however, of
different stuff. He was, as the servant girl in
Guy Mannering savs, “ very comfortably
drunk.”
— ’
The Spf.f.d of Railroad . The G; ‘at Wes
tern Express to E-: • i ; -f, Ragland, travels at
(ho rate of forty three miles an hour, including
stoppages, or fifty-one miles an hour without
including stoppages To attain this rate, a
speed ot sixty mil san liouV ?s adopter! mid -
way between some t>f the station.-i, and in cer
tain experimental trips, seventy miles an hour
have been reached. A speed of seventy miles
an hour is about equivalent to thirty yards per
second, or thirty five yards between two ! eats
of a common clock. All objects near the eye
of a passenger traveling at this rate will pass
by his eye in the thirty-filth part of a second ;
and if thirty-five etak; swore erected at the
ride of the road, a yard asunder, rhey would
not be distinguishable one from another; if
painted red, they would appear collectively as
a continuous flash of led color
If two trains with this speed passed each
other, the idative velocity would be seventy
yards per second; and if one of the trains
were seventy yards long, it -tfould flash by in
a single second. Supposing the locomotive
whieh draws such a irain to have driving
wheels seven feet in diameter, these wheels
will revolve five times iu a second ; the valve
move#and the steam escapes ten times in a
second—but as them are two cylinders, which
act alternately, there are really twenty puffs
or escape; of steam i3 a second. Theloeomo
tives can be heard t;> “cough” when* moving
slowly, the cough being occasioned by the ab
rupt enrssion of waste swam up the chimney ;
but twenty coughs per - rand cannot be sepa
rated by the ear, then: in-Lv,-anility becoming
lost. Such a locomotive speed is equal to
nearly one fourth of a can:. >n ba’.l ; and the
momentum of a whole .train, moving at such
a speed, would be nearly *qu:v neat to tire ag
gregate force of a number of cannon balls
equal to one fourth the weight of the train.
• ■ ■lflTTl I'HfTiiTTir „
The Pound Sterling —The Journal of Com
merce thus answers an inquiry often made:
A correspondent asks -for an explanation of
“how many cents” are represented by a certain
sterling quotation. He can always ascertain
by multiplying the quotation by $4.44 4, which
is the nominal par. Ii the quotation tor ster
ling is 100 per cent., then .four dolliis, forty
iour cents and four mills equal the pound ;
and 160x54.444, is $7.11 (with a srnail frac
tion) —that is IGO per cent, equals seven dol
lars and eleven cents to ihe pound sterling.—
Various attempts have beeu made to conform
the quotations for sterling to the simple rule
of so many cents to the pound, hut they {jave
hitherto been unsuccessful. No other exchange
quotation is so intrica'e. Iu French exchange
“3 50” means that three francs and fifty cen
times (i. e , three and a halt francs) -ire reck
oned to the dollar, and all the other quotations
give so many cents to rix doliar, guilder, or
leading money piece of the country which is
named in the reckoning. Exchange on Lon
don or other British ports (called sterling ex
change) is the only exception to this conven
ient rule. An inveterate habit is the only ob
Stacie to a change, which should always quote
the pound sterling at $4 80, $5 00. $6 50, 57.12
or whatever its value might be at the selling
rate
Influence of Mothers —bishop ac
knowledged maternal agency in the formation
of his own character, and on one occasion wrote
of his mother, “How often have I blessed the
memory of those divine passages of experimen
tal divinity which I heard from her
month! What day did she pass without a large
task of private devotion, whence she would
still come forth with a countenance of undis
sembled mortification ? Nevor any lips have
read to me such feeling lectures of piety ;
neither have I known any soul that more accu
rately practiced them than her own.’’
John Quincy Adams once paid the follow
ing tribute to his mother : “It is due gratitude
and nature that I sliouid acknowledge and
avow that such as I um, whatever it is, and
Buch as I hope to be in all futurity, must be
ascribed, under Providence, to the precepts an .1
examples of my mother ’’
Scraps of Time.— you can make
of the broken fragments of time. Glean up
its golden dust—those raspings and parings ot
precious daration —those leavings of days ana
remnants of hours which so many are sweep
ing out into the vast waste of existence.
Perhaps, -if. you be a miser of mogjen-s
—if you frugal, and hoard up odd minner,
and half hours, and unexpected holidays—yen:
careful gleaning may eke you a long and
useful life, and you may die at last richer in
existence than multidudes whose time is ali
their own.
The U.S, ilediterrean fcquadron, under Ad
miral Goldsborough, is to comprise thirty ves
sels, the Colorado, fifty-two guns, to be the
flagship, •*
LXXIV.—-NE" : SEHIE" «,Ei, XXIV NO. 19
Shadow of Death —We h ave r.uely met
with anything more beautiful than the ?ollow
ing. which-we;> find in an exchange p .per :
.Men Seldom think of the a: at. event of
death uutd the dark shadow falls Across th. fr
own pari), hiding forever from tbeir eyes the
la 4of rhe loved ones whose living smi.e was
th» sunshine of thefrexisbuee. Death is the
great antagonism of life, .end the cold thorn:to
of the tomb is the skeleton of aii our foav l :. -
\Y*do not want to go thiough the and -’k val
ley, although its passage may lei l to Paradise,
anwith Charles Limb, w * do act wish to 1 -
down in the. mouldy grave* even, with the
king-- aud punces for our be,! .'“on.--. Bur tbe
fate o! nature is inexoraifie. There is ho appeal
cr reprieve from the great law that dooms' tm i
all to dust. We flourish and fade like the
Jlea-es of the forest, and the fail (lowers thaj
bloom and wither in a day have not a trailer *
hold on life than the mightiest monarch that
has ever shook the .earth by his footsteps
Generations of men appear and vanish like the
grass, and tbe countless multitude that sweffs
the world to-day will to-morrow disappear
like the foot prints on the shv re
‘ Soon as the-'risiug tide shall beat,
Each trace will vanish from the sand.”
In the beautiful drama of lon the instinct of
immortality so eloquently uttered by the death
devoted Greek finds a clear response in every
thoughtful soul. When about to yield ins
young existence as a sacrifice tjo Fate, his b -•
trothed CJemantho asas if they shall not meet
again, to which he replies : ‘.‘l have askt d
that dreadful question of the bills that look
eternal ; of-tfie flawing streams that flow for
ever; ot the stars, among whoso fields' of «zur<e
any raised spii it; hath walked in glory—all were
dumb. Rut while i irazs upon thy Ijvffig lacs
I feel there’s something in tbe love which
mantles through its beauty that cannot whoUy
perish. We shall meet again, Olemanthe.” j
Bort'Owixg Trouble. —Moss; of our unhappi
u' ss conies irom coe habit-of “bo. rowing {rou
ble by which wo. urban anticipating eviis,
which may never come, or rs they come may
bring with them their own remedies The
weary traveler, looking at a distant mountain
is often struck at the abruptness and difficulty
of the ascent. It seems to him well nigh per
pendicular, and he wonders lie- -.-7, when worn
■out with the distance to its b ise, he is tli : to
find strength to scale its precipitous sides and
reach the summit; but when he gets a nearer
view, he is surprised to see that iris eyes ad
distance deceived him, and lie a.-cegtis really
gentle. So our fears and forebodings magnify
future evils, when we allow the raiud to nntici
pate and dwell upon them. We are then in a
perpetual weariness of toil ami strife ; where
as, if some kffed friend wore to shut off this
-long perspective and .demand of us, are your
trials and difficulties of to-day move than you
can support with resolution and good courage ;
wo should be forced to answer r.o : we can
wjril bear with to-day, but off, that terrii. c !
three or six months hence—What shall, wo fi
when matters get so bad as they will-then !
that distant trouble—that perpetually recur
ring, ugly ghost of a dreadful, C'Vatnitoug’fu
-ture is.the croaker’s stock in trade the by po
chqndriac’s cholic—and many i\ good ms:
sorest source of misery, .ft is our duly te fore
cast the future so far as we can provide fiorfa
. ticipafod ills ;. but ho who nurses it to pof n
his life’s happiness is tnw e. ‘•Ncwr o
'bridge Airriy *o*-i*t*--
A Beautiful Thought. —How ft w men seem
to have formed . concept: n ofiiie original dig
nity ot their naturo, or D o exalted design of
theii creating, fief 1 ; t .
the creatures of time, endowed merely with
animal passions ami intellectual ri-cu r-ies, theii
projects, aims and expectotiona avo circuia
setibod hv the narrow outline of •! ifo Tiiey
forget thal decay are •written,
as with a sunbeam, upon aii earthly objects
that this world, with all it; p...
pomp and power, is crumpling into duri;—dual
this life is scarcely deserving ot a ring ia thought
excepting as ifc forms ihe introduction lo an.
ether, and that he alone acts a prudent, ra
tional pari, who frames his plan with dn*tci
reference to that future and endless t iau; c.
being. Sin has so blinded the unde;• bin-dug,
and debased the affections,that never faii they
invest some temporal good with fancied per
fect ion, and idly i uagme that the diammerff
of it would satisfy the desires and fid ilia c a
•cities of the immortil spiiit. ii w iittio do
they know themselves.! The- ou i- not **i’ll*»*
earth, end they v/iu suivc in vain lo chain i<
to the dust Though its native strengdi ius
been impaired, and its purity turni food:; -id its
glory changed, it will not always be a prisoner
hero Send it forth if you will, to rang, through
the whole material universe, and like the dove
dismissed from the ark, it wifi return without
finding a single place to rest—for it has no
resting place but the bosom of God.
Tiib Simple Suciic.—Twenty clerks in a
store. Twenty “bauds” ip a printing office.
Twenty apprentices in a ship-yard. Twenty
youi-g men about a village. ’All wane to got on
iu the world, and all expect to do so. One of
the clerks will rise to be partner and make a
for uric. One of the comp- sitorswiil own a news
paper and become an iuflueutia 1 and prosperous
citizen. One of the apprentices will com: to boa
master- builder. One ol ihe young village!s will
get a handsome farm and live like a pati arch.
But which is destined to be the lucky j.. I
vidual? Lucky? There is uo luck about it The
thing is almost as certain as the Rule of ’Three.
The young fellow who will distauce his com
petitors is he who masters his b isiness, who
lives cleanly and plainly, who never gets into
debt and who gains friends by deserving .them.
There are seme ways to fortune that look sbor
ter than this old, dusty highway*. But the
staunch men of the community, the men who
achieve something really- worth having, good
fortune, good name, and serene old age, ail
go tire road.
The Camels af.u Coming.— The “Overland
Camel Company,’ it is announced, is rapidiy
completing its preparations for business. They
propose carrying the great Overfund mails, and
also the local mails on"side routes. Omaha is
named ns the starting point oa the Missouri,
and Sacramento the i’aciiic terminus.
A camel will carry a thousand pounds and
travel fifty miles a day for tfflrty days in suc
cession. pf course with proper delays, the
speed can be greatly .increased.. It s s.i:
they will endure more hardships and imapf
themselves to tbe climate more readily than j
either the horse or mule.
Mr Marsh, long United States Minister at i
Constantinople, and well known ss one ot our s
best scholars and most celebrated easier;, ua* - j
eilers, is at the head of this new and n- *v. -. hi
terprise. —Kooky Mountain Mar c,t io. j
To Pickle Gabb»gb.- -Pud ou tuo b’Ohc J
leaves, and cut th? eabbig.t mto mreus v.-th a ,
Sharp knife ; then fpt“ k'e a- -y sa.r m the,
bottom of a. keg or jtr : the -u, >n a lv.yci; > i
cabbage, and sprinkle salt, pepper corns, a lit- j
tie mace, cinnamo i and allspice; then ffdff I
another layer, and add spices and salt, as be
fore C'«ntiffue these alternate lasers, etc., un
til your jar is full. Heat your vinegar scald
ing hot, put in a little alum, turn it while hot
on the cabh'aee- Turn 'he vinegar irom l:|
c .bb ge six or. seven I’m s, h :a! scalding hot, |
aii; turn it back while kof, to make' them lea
der.
MSS, .KB
To Make Soft Soap.- Soft Soud is easily
made in the following manner: iak: '.;ven>'y
potird? o! grease two pound; of ro.du. • '.-x\
poutds of best potash, or more if it b. hot
strung, and thirty gallons of water; m fit the
g.enseand rosin together, and sham Ii to a
ban-.i, di-solvff the pcUsh iu a u.-w guL-. ;.o !
the water, pour it on the grease, and stir | ! - j
well, add the remainder of the water gradual- |
I ly, and keep stirring until'f.lT is thoji-tgl’/ iu- !
1 corporatcd.* ’ j
FOiUCKrX MfBWS.
CHS STONEWALL AFFAIR.
A LL-bon dispatch of the 31st, of March, f: fl
that the American Minister at Lisbon has aa*
mauded satisfaction of the Povtugees Govern*
ni'Vit ior the tiring upon the Niagara and Saj—
lamento by the Portugese forts. He also i
tjus's the dismissal of the commander of F.-rfc
ijetan. end ;v salute of twenty-one guns to tag
American .flag.
Nothing as yet has been decided in regard to
ths matter.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Parliamentary proceedings on the 30th u..fc
were unimportant .
In the House of Commons, on the 31st, Lord
0. Paget said tin t the Admiralty had received
no proposal lor sanctioning or supporting any
fresh attempt to reach the North Pole. Ha
was therefore, unable to say what course tha
government would take if such a proposal was
made. " %
iir. Newdegkte put some question;? as to tha
idea <il the Pope taking up his residence in
England, us indicated some foreign journal!.
Lord Palmers ton replied that .the govern
ment ; os pec ted the Pope personally very much,
but for him to come to Englaud would bg
both an anachronism and a tolecism.
Iha ' evenue returns for the fin racial yea?,
ending March 31, shows a net increase of £lOl,-
000 on the year. Notwithstanding the great
red notions in taxation, the revenue exceeds
by nearly half a million sterling the estimate!
of Mr. Gladstone.
The Bank of England on the 20fh ult., re
duced its rate of discount to 1 per cent, at
which there is a fair demand for money. This
movement strengthened the English • funds,
and Consol ate buoyant and advancing.
Kelson. Tilton & Cos. East India and gene?*
•i; j^jrch--mts, have suspended payment.
TANARUS; ir Labilities are estimated at £900,00#
sterling.
Another provincial bank has suspended, tha
Portsmouth and South Hunts Banking Compa
ny. Their liabilities are about £170,000 sterl
lug.
the Birmingham and joint Stock Banking
Company had agreed to take up the business
.of Atwood’& Spooner’s Bank, which lately
suspended at Birmingham, and to pay tha
creditors 11s". 3d. on the pound.
Tilts West India mail steamer had arrived,
with over two and a quarter millions of dol
lars in specie- She also brought several Cap
tains- of blockade-runners, whose occupation!
were gone.
The French Government will probably send
one or two steamers to accompany the twa
that are sent by the English Government with
Ihe Gi oF Eastern across the Atlantic, at tha
time ol lay ing the Atlantic cable, and it is hop*
wUhat the United States Government will dm
the same:
FRANCIS.
Weekly returns from the Bank of Franca
:-?,ow an increase of cash on hand of over ten,
and a half millions francs.
la i.iio French Chambers of the 30tb, M. Jules
Favre spoke upon the necessity for political
liberty, but Was interrupted by the President
and declined to finish his speech.jq The amend
ment, was it j*ctcd. .
i'he amendment in favor of the liberty of tha
press was debated, but rejected by a large
majority.
ir, is hi: ited that Napoleon will leave rails
early In May, not returning until November
His physicians have recommended
- months’ absence ia the country air.
ike Bourse is firm, 97, 45.
• SPAIN.
The v pnea stales that the Minister of War
tendered his resignation, and that Gen. Legie--.
undi refused to place him.
A lid or dispatch says the Minister of War
resigned from ill health.
Gra Rivera succeeded to the office.
The Madrid Balsa says if the Pope should
leave Home, Spain-would confer upon him the
fialcari.' Is.e.
'ihe Pol biro says the Pope would rather
inhabit the Montpehsier Palace at Seville.
* DENMARK.
'the King rc] lived M Helicon, Minister of
Just ao, o' iiia functions. Helieen represented
aiiip.i eu between the reactionary and , ex
treme Uemoc..Hie parties. It Is supposed that
all member.-, oft; .ate Cabinet will return to
tehir post.
ITALY
In the allocutions delivered at the last con
sistory the Pope expressed surprise and sorrow
at the sad events which have recently taken
place -n Mexico. His Holiness hoped Maxmil
ii,),n w aid. aba: don the course upon which he
had entered, and satisfy the just desires
of the Holy Sea. The Pope further thanked
tr i Bishops of the Catholic world, especially
v ;.i<o of Italy*for deiending the religious and
lie; a os. of the Church, despite the decrees of
tne secular authorities.
PRUSSIA.
In the Military Committee of Chambers, tha
Deputies amendment was introduced with tha
object of effecting a reconciliation bet veen
the government and chamber, and proposing a
maximum strengh of the army at 180,000 men*
which was rejected by 11 to b. The committee
ai o rejected the g.-neral military estimates
and navy estimates and amendments, thus re
fusing tiie whole military and naval proposals
oi lire government.
AUSTRIA.
Count Mensdorff had made some ministerial
explanation in "the Lower House Beichsrath.
II . said the views of the government on the
question of the Duchies would be communica
ted in Diet on the fith of April.
As n girds relations with Italy, he said tha
government desired to promote the material in
terests of the two countries, but* that Italy
maintained a hostile attitude to the govern
ment. He desired to economize, but must
maintain ti e position of Austria as a great
Power.
. INDIA.
A private Calcutta telegrarii o' March 27, re
ports commercial affairs in much the same state
i-x on the 25 lh, when slight improvements had.
taken piace.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET— MARCH 31.
Cotton.—The stock of cotton in port iff 580,-
000 biles by actual count, being 13,000 bales
below the estimates, of which amount 48,000
bales are American.
The Manchester market was firmer with an
upward tendency. - •
Rosin dull. Spirits Turpentine quiet at 655
a 605.
LIVERPOOL MARKET- — APRIL 1.
f. tj’on.—Sales to-day G,OOJ bales, including
2,000 La'cs to speculators and exporters. Tha
mar .et !- le-s.firm but quie.t and unchanged.
ikUAhSTiuvs—The market is quiet and.
} steady.
Provisions—The market is dull.
LONDON MONEY MARKET—APRIL 1.
Consols closed at 87£-*9O for money.
America Stocks—United States Five- twen
ties
D n’t Neglect Grain Crops - -Owing to the
"Hu . -.-.I backwardness of the season, many of
r: -h-rii a.3 not yet done planting corn.
Let those who have finished examine their
i •- oun:l carefully and see if they cannot put
j a acres more. We will need every peck
■■ .0 possibly be produced, Late com
i .-j - scceeds better than that planted
.■%: ■ Plant spate late and give it a trial.
. forget the sugar millet, potatoes and
| ... in -hut. raise everything which can
! sustain animal life. —Athms Watchman.
Curtin at Richmond, attending to tha
Wmis of the sick and wounded Pennsylvania
j soldiers.