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Meridian. . Twenty i-cv u . nboaL; aud all
biglx-e river.
Geo. Steele,
Monday, Aprii 2f, and are now running the
railroad from that city to Mobile ; and, of
course, they are working tha telegraph line
between the two poinis, as it was left in good
condition.
r \fte. its lirct cap! , vt. and. X.ffi
ring the interim die t. oei war, issued. Here
is what it said of alfaliß : #1
Gen' Forrest, w.. •ie •• e, ;.ui.jo rnen *•.
one half of whom were lamua ,nd irrc-g iar
troops not attached to the mtlttocy service.*at
tempted the defence of the city in'* hue of; n
tiencbments between six and t evtn miles in ex
tent, against a force of veteran ironp3 variously
estimated at from twelve to .werny thousand,'
arm ■! »hl i .
'1 tie Valike,:, lores made itsappearance i.„ ~j;
the city • early la the m rn,-.g, ou Sinaia'
commenced atio- no ■■■■■, A was continued
withou tar>y icsult tor several hours Ou.
men throughout tn« exuirerino were iu excel
J«ut t-pi> • "■ ;d a, . • vi. •, to n
made on them.
About four I'M, Inc enenr m-M> ed hi,
forces on our left, held by ; riuatronjv'o bug
nde, and ad vanned to the charge cattie work.-'
The arttaek . -
charge was made in vo .a 1 in w»tii a
ot skirmish • «iu Font, too -iu* Li s Regular
forming the first line, io: .. h.w momt-a?»
the late
the balance. Our :.n> rapid and
tained and our t fcerved and ef
fective. "Gr< ?,t gain. * ea . into ibe h'edci
al rank-, and the u,-.und waa d<>, :d with tu«
wounded and the * n. A,pm : i;„,„ vv -,.j <•_
tiling indicated *bv Wn , i.uk would rtsuitoa
the utter dia »«Uiure < i tee enemy. Gut- al
tera slight h . dation, =, . advancing torces
pressed on with th ~ i in avy raasseg, uur leu
gave way iu contusion, and ultcr a feeble at
tempt to rally, lecohud tin i ty end disappear
ed. •
The continuation 01 i ili.c from Arm
. strong’s treat w; v • :in. ~ U;-. .-iliiin, who.
seeing the i Hikes c ■ .mi:ov.;: i,iu;
fortifications, geitii ~ to i-;e flanks and i...
their leai, also gave way, but, as m> icu.ui, not
until ordered.to do .- j, au<l tied. Home, how
ever, resolutely stood th .i ground, and were
finally captured at thei-. j ■ i-.
The m.-niia, ot course,; o din ali direc
tions. The broke in lho wildest cou
l'ueiou. Home da,die J. into f to--, •; close ;y pur
sued, aud the sharp crack :.!l. Lj
was hemd iu cuntiuitoiH roar through all the
streets
‘•The contest was Hoofucitlod. The entrench
merits were »*> ..do . and by out t t,..-ops through
out their whole ex ru . Hu: as could make
their escape, did hut .. ecu . 1,800 including
citizens and milLiu, i ll into Itm lunds of the
enemy, bomo or m.. naval:;, are believed to
have drowned in in:. .g ii cross lbo river,
which was much i -v<. U a-• -vry n pid.
xua mvsuAVfujs.
The Yankee low in the ait,k was 425 killed
aud 60l> wounded, iuciuoiii:.; three colonels
killed, and a major g. affimt ami • colonel iVe •
veruly wounded. Our Ion:: was 55 killed and
150 wounded—the u spaiky m the loss grow
ing out of tiio tact that wo u.u, iu irntiiica
tions while they were in open ground, and our
lino being thin while theirs was dense and
heuvy.
tllK SELMA i’.P.Hfcß.
The tide of war baa rolled its resislletis ware
over our “• Rebel” ln a ! and ieR ns wrecked
upon the shore, surrounded by tiro fragments
aud debris of v, •at was once iho CL-a.tuupcaa
Rebel -now a m< ; t : The Musis dp
plan office wa fi
escape. Thu Dispatch and iho lie porter .were
destroyed by lire upon tiro ilr«t night of lio
occupation ; and our pi lire four but a
few day.-; - - ■ ■ il -m ' . ;; S; hua, uws
lett «t.. ..lb n.s!:«.
seriously interrupt* until ilfeday upon which
the enemy evacuated ilia city, when nu order
was issued I coin Gen. V» >;•: n to fire the cM.«
This order, at the earnest < nt"ca ; y of citizens
whose property would have ’•••. n inv., iv i in
the cOntligrulion, wars. ■> n<> . .is t xnnbr.-
simply the destruction of It - ciiiee wltadiu in
jury to the build*ng The qua! s•atto o.
cute the order p-.i.e . • and .then' work 4 . ,
thoroughly. The p'• ■ v-no broken wan
sledge huuini-.rs, f: : was • '.-.to wo from
third sloty v. ..d0..., ; o r n-.. pvt. sit tig
pupi-i.wciu piled upih 1';...; n.i hiof si-Ve; o
ami burnt. The typ •, o! w-liuih we h . ;i Uutt
sual quantity, inton... 1 two or rone hum's. -.1
different sices aud vmiei.o >, w -b! e. .<> i;
fell, iutho strpotaudou piditwani. c . \ ha-.-
gathered enough of it to print a gnu j ;<ia ; -d
sheet. 0
The enemy, on their march upon i place
destroyed all tb- brid.jes . ■ culver is n. m
the Tennessee aud Ala.-amu Bit ere i d.'roa*.
but we are iuha med dal uot injure . iio it -.el;.
•
the road is uninjured. l ! pa the .\U . i re. ad
the bridge r e v the Cos" 1 -■ a was il ■■ oyc.; but
the roa . it-e.t> • x. •
uow mailing up to (JalmlM bud.,.
TliK PRISONERS.
'The citizens and u;-dihv, capture - by the
Federate here were paroled on >; and
turned loose, ih .c- ► .ii . •-.»•
during the week limy were '■ t.-.m
They were kept on sv ■»: ilo.a, ... > : -Lem
were.wilhout Id:: «e«-. . . . ■ • ty - :
laius occurred from who h rO ;; ; ■
or protect!'a. Tiuy, h tvoVt-c, i *>!.■. u
hardship-, an . j: i> .
fortitude of old < old..
lurKoviiO hti-cb.'iKv Id .a, L un water
proof ihsiut •: uu-.i b .... . . u . -urge
Mitch 11, has 1 1
news i' ...a. i •
the invent .. iV
madoof th« bt-.t- • -luck, e: -a, (her,
mighty impr* «•,. >»; ' ■*»
cholic 1 aud ti"!' yU Ui \ Cl lllga : .;. vt t t...
proof. Fiom Ur. qua ity a • ur r I-. •
bouyaut oil at • .uiu m ; -. i.m;. y > . -
pheric air it cvcu a s, u and e.--.* • va ’.ta
ble. The tpiCiuu' -a . i erp un
where wa u.ui is. r,j :. wiu ; .c. ... .. :i > it*-;
for seve-w'. days, .. u :-i ■ h-. .a a
foot bread., nj.i.’, -■ : awe-..- *1 'i.ds
Oag was v>. a ia.V'i .-, a .1- :• .-
lion oi iu <ii . s sneu : >r. e: .ed to
find their w
ed of new:;a; : . < - - - >
compoi .;i . ,
give weigi
moa b
heavy n; -ss i
The we he. i- . .J jj
opening
ot moistui* ■ . |
tor al
by wu
room may na.ne t uy. »
us to t.,a C.l .1 " and..
—EnMisk Papa .
i gfiUfr <JSi»3W-
Bk sot Dis.coCi.AOKD. —.i-c-pe oi’. r. . ’ ’. !
Life’s pro»p>i-ts ui iy appe..." >o you u - ■ j
uninvita . ; na - l * 1 ■<; : j :
oppres.-i’e > a a • ; - V
-trust!u: c :d- e - ■ ■■: ■ > U W • i--.! ’ ‘
way thrai.g:i .. '. r 1 ■ r-.-u.-c j
ones to
.
fiowers. lie '.via.* i ;a . r a j"' i
the day. .tie who and
atoim cloud i ’.bo s: "■ c.c..:x-.- out j:->
the North Ti o.ruilw. yn o . ues- not al- ;
ways lie through tut. e - Am it rr niy-i.en. 1
au.i your gh ddemd spoi: may be erjoyij.;-:
the fine balmy .dr and i eV< aay in t--e h- ••nil, s i
ad sky. It may be that v. u are even j
In,. Arabs of Atcrxii.—The Arabs of Al
kal ate an instinctive aversion to the ma
i customs of the Vest. They defeesirj
-and brick houses. Their lodging is !
pted to their wandering life. They
. : fixed in a place ; they encamp like !
-. vx an vtiemy's territory, ready to go
signal, with wife, children, cattle,
•ri i that they p;>ssea=, leaving behind them
no l.ace ot the r sojourn.
These Arabs are calm, resigned, serfeus.
i'heir notions areas fixed, their hearts n« calm
■X; fh‘dr abou s are movable. They do not
know the doubts, fears, feverish rivalries,
fickle passions, and insatiable desires of En
’■up.-ang. Satisfied with their lot, submissive
to events as being the decrees of fate, their
yicat ambition is to be able to make the pil
grimage to Mecca.
In place ofoilrthou ands of books, and our
mi;]' ah us journals, they have one book only
—the Koran. It is their alpha and omega,
iheir catechism, their code of laws, their
treatise of science and arts, their history,
: ncycloi edia and library. Children learn to
r id i; it. Young persons commit it to memo
ly ; women wear extracts Jrom it on their
breasts as amulets.
The Arabs, clothed in rags, are still proud.
their meagre repast of Ggs, com soaked
:n Hailey bread, sleeping on the
ground, and exposed to the inclemencies of the
whe , her, they regard themselves as the first
; in the world, and look with pity upon
i .as. Our marvellous civilization does
: not excite their envy; they see in it only
kle.B to their haugnty independence.
1 hey are austere yet voluptuous, earnest but
' o rient, hospitable and cruel, adventurous •
, and ] at, naturally intelligent yet unin
}■ , ra-t; and fiery in war, timid and inert
i in peace.
ATab has a singular affection for hi.
: ;r , dog, goat and sheep, and makepait
of his family, she l.orsa with tho child .
ren, v. ho creep fearlessly under his legs; the
dog licks the wooden spoon from which his
master has eaten ; the sheep ami goats sleep by
j in*- sale In this strange intercourse the an.-
iito! v !ii j something ; the man loses much.
Follow the Arab to market He does not so
;here merely to buy, but toget, news, to attend
' :::rt, ana to witness the punishment of crimi
j nair.. ibere relatives and friends of different
| tribe:: '..tod socially. Old in n, or sheiks, arc
j the object of universal respect. All run before
; i hem and bow reverently ; the sheik replying
! invariably : “May Allah, bit ss thee ! may Mu
i hornet enlighten thy path 1”
Tim Arab court of justice consists only-of.cn
\ a<jah and his scribe. The agah wears a ric h
! dies.-, and a colored straw hat with ostrich
, lime.-. His scribe, by his side, writing from
! rigid to leii, sets down on paper the charges ot
! the plaintiff, the answers of the accused, an i
Ur 1 depositions of witnesses. Then, the ngdi
j q'tk'dy awatdn a fine, or condemns to fifty
I lash. fixes his seal to the paper or parchment
!ot the Hcribn, and all is over. In a ball hour,
| Tv : ah dispatches three or lour verdict,
•i.et; are executed in perfect silence. The
. m is like what'we read in the U:d Tes'.a
--j merit.
i lie pleasure of the Arab is to go and stretch
!on ihe mat of a Moorish coffee hoiae,
i in ■ ■ iier to converse at ease with his friend:.
i ; is! cii to the songs of wandering minster
! who vs twenty times the same strains with
•us. I'Mifttl voice," accompanied by a flute or
bourino. The influence of Fresch coion»a.«-
| mo:i : | - been hitherto little felt by this peuj !•;
| i i.e Arabs honor the bravery of our sot diets,
! vml !• übmit to our military officers, because Wu ,
j am accustomed to bow before superiorphysto >i
force, as before a. decree of God; but
| tkat j-- ail. The descendant of Ishmeal keeps
j tv i io m our institutions and laws. Our so-
I cat hfo isa riddle to him: he knows only the : -
Il at ion of family aud of tribe. Certainly God
has bad kind designs in leading the French to
tie inn-.rolJJAlrica, where Cyprian suffered mu:
ilon;. aud wwere Augustin preach. Christiani
tv v o flourish again, we trust m those on<
I happy couutrie s; but the Aral) race may noi
! •-•urt.-ike of the revival ; they will rat- r
v f to the cent:# Africa, giving place to
' pe ;g'e i-. lter disposed to receive the Gospel.
'travels in Africa.
The Negroes in Algeria,—The nrgroes 'n
U;. -ria who were; before the emancipation net
of JLB4B, emves of the Arabs, ’ Moors, Kaby It =._
Ac, mid who are still employed in menial labor.
1 h:- rte Neg'oes were captured in childhood by
l::- dedoums —the pirates of thg Desert of Sa
ra, aud the country of Tiuibuctoo. The fol
lowing is the way they aie taken. In the fieigh
boihood of springs or wells, a Bedouin hide ;
.i.mseif, hi., oar on the watca, with a horse all
- died by his side. -Then, at the hour when 1
l iho shepherds come to water their flocks, and
t.hi; guisgo down to All their leathern bot
tle,^---quick, as lightning he selects, a vict in,
-..cizes her. ties her to the saddle ot his horse,
,i.id.-gallops oil'. Sometimes several villages of
... ujks e depopulated at once. Afterwards the
i >. lives arc sold in the market of Tripoli or
E-.ypt.
I have already said that the negroes of the
A• no colony were declared free by (be
l . ccii provisional government of IS4B ; bnt
i: Arabs continue to keep them as .servants.
•• the black,-’’ says Mr. Gastineau—the French
av ber front whom I learn these facts—” the
• pack is a efiiki, with all the good qualities and
tilbj ut a child, lie is sympathetic, sweet,
jovial, >,klding to the impulses of his warm
yiuation. which makes the simplest tilings
id turn t uperualural. He lives b ■
■ rather than by reason and reflection.
Ni a.• is bestowed by the Arabs upon negro
•da- is, yet they grow up robust, aud become
. to: ;no gazdle, strong as the ox.. They
dance to the lively nodes of their copper casta
•is i- ad tambouiins- This spontaneous gaiety
.a peculiar to the negro race, djstinguhhii.-g ir.
nuin the Af.ib mce which is austere, proud aud
icserved. The negroes have a predilection for
i ho i iecdi.'uot only in Algjprs but in the-ne gh
boring eouafries ; and those who are illtreared
~;u :i.;caien thiir masters that they will es
c. pe to the Kji mis (Romans, or Christaiai..- .)
- The Arabs intermarry without much
sc-ra ;. • with the negioes. and the chjidn u ei
ii:c.3o n ions inherit the name and _ position of
their iaihers. The tribe also cenhiins muiaf
t;-.s of every shade.
• :• l- lacks in the North of Africa are M.is
-u viu th: Arabs constraining them to ob -
external rites of the Horan. Hut
i ti.eir .-indent.and idolatrous rites are
. .. .'.ioug them, the sacrifice
imil's, which, they.practice to this day at
ii Hue, Ureu, and in other cities of-Al
ans iee Europeans call these singular ceie
ruonics negro fantasies. _ . ‘
vt Ui eawn ox day the city is full of noise
, -il.. icians. smking.-the drum aud other instrjv
■ . . wha all their might, are followed by a
•vd of negro'men and women in biillsant
. ist s, leap mg,vociferating like mad-men,« ad
sot stau lard a yellow silk handerchief
wUi een border Gold, ptarl,amber, she.! ?,
-litter m the female part of the train, and joy
hates the pupils of black eyes. White-and
hiaek chickens, rams, bulls, march in the midst
i the gay band, iheso animals do nut urn’-
i.mii why so many blacks dance about r
i hey advance restless and-wi'h tin
and -nvn. Th y s op first in th« yam of the aso-y
of respect to Isiami:m. A in
:t-o : irabant pmsents the animals to the Jman,
« nily salutes the- train, then tee
with vessels of incense, perfumes, sal?;
| ::o to a spring near ti-.e village, and lay the
.- . -pen the grande rocks, ilien begins a
• oivoeath'a. which the negro-.s cxe
j c.i:e, turning to the East, aud lifting at inter
>,i ; ot-h 1:. .-is above the he !. These pre
■ • ■ ts. ended, the music drowns the cries c-f
vKsims. which are carefully washed end
i'.'-mi-d. Lastly, the marabout, ot priest
1 does his work, ana inspects the entrails to see
. pie ages are favorable, if the harvests
I arc good. Ac. The people listen to the priests’
i 'ordsas the voice ot heaven; and wh-u gor-d
ire announced, men and women are
•
iia- o :ik and mulatto population are more
. • to (.'hr stianity man the Arabs ; but
re backward iu civilization. Travels h
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. \tx Br. old.—-Two quarts of Indian meal,
• ; r-re - -ooniut of salt, halt a teacup full of
v ■ . tin:, a qup of ciolassess, mix it with as
j- in water as the hands will bear. Butter
.-..,,p pirs. wot the hands with cold water to j
piWit in, set it to rise one hour, pake it iu j
- hot oven four or five hours; if baked in a j
ai ek crc-n it is best to keep it in the oven all j
I
| u —The ;rt of miniature painting
•u -r, : iuv ;:r ’ by Daguerre,
. • tod to enter; -isr. whir*- was
"-«rrpi \ <>ak red, Soou aft r the announce
ment ot the difcnvery, "gall ries’’ were open
ed ir almost every sheet, and any amateur
migh hang up his sign with fair promise of
;uc ss. A careful calculation shows that but
‘sort timsi eg. thoie were one hundred ami
sis v davuerreotype rooms in the city, employ
h*< n an to; - e . live pe.sons; but now, by
th ini.. - due uu*n. w piocessts, not easily
at iar.bli- ui rof the old operators are ir
reteleval-v r ued The finer texture and sub*
dued oobrii; or the plate glass ambrotype led
to the relinquishment of the metalic plate, so
that the unn.unral glare of toe latter was
avoided, the effect produced being more like
that ot x fine engraving ; nor is the image re
versed .as in the daguerreotype. Another ad
vantr.ge is, that the impression is taken instan
t-to ( Italy, so that the features are not disturb
ed h> fa gue or impatience. The photogmph
is at; ci.tr process much in use, which ap
pro 'vs oioro to the old style of miniature
pa' ! ■ cr, she pencil tieing employed to a con
sider >b!e • xtent, though the lineament and
geut : A expression are conveyed by optical
appa: atos, as in the ambrotype, except that
pap< >‘s su: stituted for plate glass, So com
pleiely Jhaye these new processes superseded
the old, that one of the largest operators, who
forme, iy took fourteen or sixteen daguerreo
type likenesses per day, now sc ireely averages
two week ; yet the business has so increased
as to quite tho consta .t service of twenty five
men, •■n-J some of the artists receive as high as
fifty ’• ns per week It is seldom that so
comp -ie and so sudde. a revolution occurs in
in> anch i.f bu nest. There aie five pi inci
ders in :lie materials required in the
; ce of tiiese arrs, and their joint sales per
"j. um an ountt.o about $1 500,000.
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Tickling Fork in Hummlr— Owing to an sc
ci i :■ t whiMt occurred while having a row
spared in August, it was thought better to
kill has at once, as she was in good flesh, than
kh r and ances of recovery. The day wa»
coi.-i Y ii or ea -teviy wind, aud when dressed
he -a ; , ven in finer fivsh than we expected.—
B h more than could .be usid conveniently,
uni needing tne meat, it, was determined not
jo tod it, bib to try pickling it. It was cut up
at once in ?load pi. ces. of three to four pounds,
die m«Mfc cut off scorn tire bones in the firms
and ii iildei'M, and split open where thickest.
Each p’ece was then w*tH rubbed with coast
and laid on plank to drain off the juice ex
t: acted The next morning It was placed on a
a lav, v is it in the bottom of ;i tub, then more
salt ftb.-ve, then another layer of meats and so
on until all was in and covered with salt. A
rock ’a placed over it, and water from the
ei poure on, until it, was covered. A few
Joys aider, if was taken up, re packed, the
: uie KCakled, sl unmed, and poured back
when ci Id. The njeat kept perfectly, and was
rei stud with effihard greens, etc., by both
ilie wf..te and black members, as well as
.1 i h.t been bacon. The dry it was first put
h the barrel it turned off warn agtin, ami as
far as t he weather was concerned it was against
i , but by c u .ting it in small pieces, splitting
them i p> n where thick and rubbing each one
wh.lt adt. audpus soon as they had drained, cov
er! ig f,:.t iiijw th strong lirine, and purifying tjjis
fit I- it began to change, kept this meat, and
keep any eat managed the same way, perfect
ly sv.ee ; but to bo certian of success, it must
He and in* under one’s own - eve.—V"llivator
« f'H/VV H VEQL IN 8.
Au old toper ebane and to drink a glass of wa
tt ron ; day lor something stronger. Smacking
bis iip=. and turning to one of his companions,
lie < mmked, “Why it don’t taste badly. I
inivo no and; übt it i, whole omo for females and
temh r children.” , v #
A'rnan with an inveterate habit *if talking to
• in .ii vvh 'ii asked why he did it, said he had
r.wo reasons : One, “he liked to talk to a sen
sibh i v'u. flm other, he liked to hear a sensi
hie man lallc.” . •
“Married couples resemble a pair of shears,”
says Sidney Smith, “so joined together that
they c:uinot bo separated, often going iu oppo
s'd* din (lions, yet always punishing any om*
who comes between them.’’
f) II ,wk>, on one occasion, had an argu
ment with one of his ’Vestrymen in reference
ty the i wet ease of his salary. “Then you don’t
bebeve the Lord will feed the young ravens?”
said the. Vestryman. “Ob. yes I do,” the doc
tor replied, “but nothing is, said about the
young hawks.”.
A y who incautiously burned his fingers
by taking up his toast from the fire and broke
‘ the } into by tettiug.it fall, observed, that it
was too bad to lose the plate after having won
J the hear.
Let nr. man harbor a black spot iu his breast
and bc’i've that his waistcoat is wholly igno
rant ot the stain
In age we must indeed go down the hill, but
we can do so with the wheel well locked
He whom God hath gifted with a love of re
tiuTnent possesses, as it were, an extra sense.
The sensations ol joy felt on approaching
toe home of a beloved one are like the twi
ligbr of morning, before' the sun has become
visible.
B ware of bad books and bad papers. There
are many such. They are of no good use, but
Jo great let; m. Aak someone who knows,-to
tell you of some of tire best books. Never buy
a book simp y because it is cheap. Some books
;u. u ; my 'waste your time, destroy your
soul. '
If you have not lime to read iu the day, read
Gy night, and if lamps or candles get scarce,
get pine knots or hickory bark and read by
to; H light Lst nothing keep you from read
ing. A good book is worth reading moie than
quc. The second reading will do you more
good than the fiisr.
K 'ip curt of bad company. “The companion
o! loots shall be destroyed ” ts others waste
their lime la folly aud sin, avoid them. They
may be smart, but they will do you no good,
and they may do you much harm. Bad com
pany the min of many, even of those who
are older than you. Keep away from idlers,
swearer:-. Inns end Sabbath breakers, keep
a-,vay. Even “one sinner destjoyeth much
good.” Keep away, “touch not the unclean
thh'g ’’—Golden Rule
A gallon of strong lye put in a barrel of wa
le; will make it as soft as rain water.
It T . -.id that Mosby has announced that he
intends still to fight on. He and his men have
been declared outlaws.
Northern : :.pers say that when Lee evacua
ted Richmond the Virginia troops refused to
have Virginia.
Northern papers siale that the greatest sub
| mlssionists in Richmond are the very men who
! m ie aiim - ce fortunes during the war, cut of
! bomb proofs of the Confederate government
| with especial piivileges attached.
Tho Richmond Whig says: “The Provost
; Mat sh-. Is office is crowded with people anx
! ic-ns t-i aks Ur oath of allegiance, and the on
i !_. qu —ii o'iong ci ; iz :ns s. rms to he who
e :i,3. i o -i-. Uic th ir cit;z -nship'. ’*
.Ivor Kentucky are hunt ng down
ii : : ui.is with such zeal that the business is
I pre-tt- much stopped.
Fhineas B. Tomkins, of the United * esttaS
military railways, late from Tennessee, has
been oidered :o»Norfolk to take the superin
tendency oi the railways diverging from that
point—the S aboard and Roanoke, from Nor
folk to Weldon and Cla-ksville, in l the Nor
folk and Petersburg Road.
You mr y judge pretty well as to a woman’s
vices by observing what she condemns most
fiercely in others.
How many a man by throwing himself to
tlm i round in despair, crushes and destroys for
ever a thousand flowers of hope that were
ready to spring up to giadden all his path
way.
■Would that those whgpe faith in their own
virtue is lasting and firm, could mete out to
| others a iike portion of charity and esteem.
Candid truths like candied fruit, are all the
! better for having the stones picked out of
j them.
Toere is nothing on earth so beautiful as the
household on which Christian, love forever
smiles, aa.l where religion walks, a counsellor
a"d a friend. No cloud can darken it, for its
twin stars are centred in the soul. No storms
can make it tremble, for it has a heavenly an
chor The home circle surrounded by such in
fluences, has an ante-past of the joys of a
TUB OI'TY OF l'Ht. iVOU t fi
Henry Ward Beecher Pleads Pardon for Wee
Rebels and Je{T Davis
The Rev Henry Ward Beecher’s valedictory
to his congregation at Plymouth Church on
Wednesday evening, prior to his departure for
Foil Fumter, was a remarkable address. H* l'g
it is. as published in the columns of the New
York Herald:
He ♦ mine need his discourse by stat-iugpthat
in the Rook ot Judges there was a most icter
t sting and inst uc’.ive narrative: An o >1 Le
vite, while ‘raveling, found on rising in the
morning that his wife had been beaten to
death. Taking her bleed'mg corpse to his ■ well
ing. he cut it into twelve pieces, and sent one
to every tribe o! Israel Asking the meaning
of thi- insult, the Israelites were told that in
the tribe of Benjamin dwelt the muidercrs
The tribe was asked to give up the cuiprits, but
impudently refused. Then the other tribes,
ordered by the Lord, fell upon them aud de
stroyed them almost entirely, save only about
ixthousand who fled aud hid in the caves.
*The point to which I wish to call attention
is the situation presented by the tribe of Bea
jamin when cut off by the vengeance of their
brethren. They were so despoiled aud impov
erished, and so pitiab'e in their distress as to
excite the compassion of their destroyers
The people then weiit up to tho house of the
Loid aud asked why it was that one tribe yet
was wantine to th% bouse of Israel; then went
they to the men that had fled, and gave them
.wives, that they might raise up seed to the res
tored tribe. Ihe offence was as great a one as
could bave been committed, aud was punished
iu after expatriation. The tribes of Israel obey
ed the Lord aud destroyed tho tribe of Benjamin
all but one thousand men aud then grief
overtook them, and they prayed as above.—
They felt that the tribal allotment was a hol\
one, aud they felt that without Benjamin Is
rael was not as it was of old* We have come
together in circumstauceß like it in our#time.
We lament aud moan before God that a tiibe
should be so near extinguishment. So long
as it was necessary our leaders had this one
paramount duty before them to muintatu the
supremacy of the Government. But from the
moment of victory anew feeling came upon
them, and they yearned for their brethren.—
It iss.i me time since I have felt troubled con
cemiug the Government. Forovira year—
ever since Grant and Sherman took command
—it has seemed but a question of time
There have been days and weeks of doubt,
but they were exceptions. No one is now so
faint hearted *s to doubt that the end is nt ar.
The tail of Petersburg and Richmond, the po„
sitiou of Graut aud the flight of Lee settle the
question beyond a doubt. The day of bulletins
is passed. Tbe cruet, broad, dreadful war
wffich has populated the dark region l>e_\-ond
with the murdered aud the is now ending.
It is in the agony of death now, and we rejoice
in it. Our woik has just begun. We bave
urged the people of the North to stiffen their
buckb ,ne and to keep up their moral tone, and
we have done our duty. That such a man
should be ejected -3 Has reasnmed the Presi
dential chair is a magnificent result. But now
we bave the country and the whole country in
our hands. We have fought for it, aud we are
responcible tor it. I have taught you to be
lieve that the whole Union was indispensable
to the honor of the whole country. We did
not care to see the North prospftous. and gieat
and wealthy, and the South feebte and impov
ershed aud weakened by excesse -. We are
boud#tnen for the welfare and prosperity of the
country —not of New England, or any other
section.
The exigencies ol our count y require us to do
a thousandfold more than ever before; anti first
let us take care that we do not fall into the
easy sin of vengeance under the plea of justice.
Few men can afford to be just until they first,
learn how to love. I hear many men say this
war ought not to be ended until the principal
traitors are hung, and that a sour apple tree
should take the place of Hainan's gallows upon
which should swing the arch traitor, Jeff Davis:
If Mr. Davis was my lawful nrey to-night, I
would do by him as I did with another wasp
yesterday. 1 saw the fellow on my door in tb i
country, and was about to Phaash hijp, when I
said, “ What’s the use ? it’s only a wasp, and
it’s not at all probable that he and I will meet
agaiD, so I’ll let him go.” That’s what I’d do
with Jeff Davis. Let him go away where Jie’ll
be by himself, powerless to injure us, aud of
no particular account to anybody else. And
it I had my way after the clese of fighting I
would not let one drop of blood bfi spilled,and
then I could say to the world that this great
civil war has been ended as none other ever
was. Ought there not to beau exhibition of
law and justice?—ought not there to be a ter
rible spectacle of retribution? say some In
mercy’s name has there not been suffering
enough ? Is no L the penalty already paid ?
God’s vengeance patent enough ?
We don’t want any more vengeance. I would
not expatriate any leaders on the ground oi
vengeance, for as they have once misled the
people they might not do so again. I would
hot expatriate and disfranchise them. I don’t
know as you will go with me or endorse me in
this view I am, however, consistent, having
never urged the slightest shedding of blood
save when it is necessary to establish the su
premacy of the Government. And more: we
wish now to show the South their total misap
prehension of our former sentiments. Their
ounning politicians bave made them believe
that we hate them, but wo don’t. Tell me why
a man living in South Carolina, or Georgia
should In more antagonistic than one in the
West. It was tried during the late election to
stir up a feeliug of distrust and jealousy ~ but
it couldn’t be done. There are no antagonistic
interests between the North and the South.—
Religion, blood, business are the same ; and if
there are no social or political reasons lor ha
tred, why should we not be the best of friends?
But next, we must not undertake to re-es
tablish the South just as she was. A hundred
years will not put Virginia where she was.
You can repair property, but if you sweep of
a generation of ipen you cannot replace them
in a generation. Westchester county baß not
got over the tesuH ot the Revolution to this
day, and it Is even worse at tbe South. Emi
gration cannot do it. I suppose there are
whole regions in the South where the entire
male population is entirely cut off Along the
seaboard we can give essential relief, " and all
along the route of Sherman’smarmy the descrip
tion given by the prophet is eminently appli
cable : “Before was the garden of Elen, anti
behind Trim was the desert.” We can send out
sons and daughters -our wea’th. our prayers,
sympathies must go forth in the missionary
work of teaching and resuscitating.
We have a great field in our own beloved
land, greater than any in Africa, and we should
enter in aud begin to labor ; and as this march
has had its proper shaie in inspiring tne tim- s,
the success, and the army, so God calls us to
go on with the other part ;'so much mo'e grate
ful to the Christian. 1-trust it io in this spirit
that ymusend me away. I would go in no
other. I would be no man’s servant to fee the
man to go down atnontr them, and when they
are burying their dead to mtint ili-m ; and'
when t’oatshining old flag io again tl.rowri
forth, God forbid that I should call their atten
tion to it as the standard of those who have
conquered them. It is the-flag of their fathers;
its glories are theirs and memories and
not hencefoith the banner of their enemies*
In that cruihbling pulpit of Charleston harbor
lam your minister to say to them there i6
nothing now between us and you ; we are
brethren and Christian brethren ; we love you,
and desire your regard in return ; and on such
a mission as that I will go forth most cheer
fully.
The day on which the old flag is to be raised
is Good Friday, on which occurred the resur
rection of the Savior,and, as Christ was raised
to bring life and liberty iuto the world, so will
that flag carry renewed life and true liberty to
the South. And as Plymouth Church has ,een
known as an anti-slavery church, let your re
cord be hereafter national fraternity and na
tional benevolence; and I know it will be. In j
your futnre days you will go all around the
world in your Christian work as in your ear
lier days you devoted your time and efforts co
the one special need of the day and the coun
try.
ihs pastor’s views endorsed by ths chcbch.
At a subsequent meeting of the church the
following letter was adopted, showing that
the pastor's view3 were fully endorsed by his
congregation:
Brooklyn, April 5, 1865*.
Dear Fir :—Since you are about, on the call
ofte. _Government_j>f the United States, to ]
visit Charleston, arv.l uike part ia tlio solemn
ceremonies with whi h the old flag that four
years ago, lowered upon Fort Sumter, is to be
raie-. and again upon th at m morable spot, it seems
, desirable to us to express to yen something of
the feelings, which fill out hearts as you go lorth
upon this glor-ous errand.
In reviewing the past tour years we have no
tiring to rcgl'et in uopoet to the part whic » this
church !h* tnk o< in sus!ainit:g'he Gove umetil
in its effort to suppress rebellion, except that
it has been, so small—that we have done bo
litt'e and sacrificed so little in support of a
cause so just aud righteous. N<>r do we regret
the position which this Church has always oq
cupied in reference to slavery. We are row as
we have always b en, opposed to slavery as an
eiror aud a crime. Your testimony and ours
has always given in a spirit of love both
ior the Piaster and the stave; aud now that
slavery, as we tiWsi. is about shortly to perish
forever from our land by constitutional enact
ment, we need not now renew the arguments
which we have in days past felt it our and ity to
urge.
But now r , in this hour of, we trust, decisive
i-and final victory oui hearts are diawu towards
our brethren at the South in a peculiar manner
and we desire, through you, to express our
feelings towards them We wish you to say to
them, on our behalf, that we have no desire io
glory over them —far less any desiie for re
veDge. Glad vdo we leave vengeance
to whom alone it belmgeth, praying tka™He
will forgive the sins of all enr brethren as well
as ouf own.
We seek only the highest good o the South ;
we gladly hail -the signs of repentance aud re
iurning reason on the part ot our fellow citi
zens who have been led astray, and are ready to
give those who truly return to loyalty, the
greeting of Christian welcome aud brotherly
love. We wish no privileges lor ourselves un
der the Government which we would not give
to every loyal man everywhere, but insisting
only on the necessary guarantees «for freedom
and equal rights for all, we should rejoice to
receive back our erring brethren to all bles
sings and priveleges of the Union.
As we wish especially to appeal to the Ohis
tianjnen of the South to hasten on the recon
ciliation wli’ch we ancj all Christians at the
North desire, and to take the lead in restoring
peace to a country which can never be dt videdp
feeling that in no way can they or we better
serve our common master tliau by pro
moting peace and good will among the brethren,
while maintaining justice, good government and
law.
May the Lord go with-you, protect you, in
spire and guard you to a full measure of useful
ness, and br-ng you -again to your labors in
our midst.
On behalf of the Church.
Robert D Benedict,
• Thomas I Shearman,
Job® W. Mason,
E. H. Garbutt,
Henry E. Merrill,
Committee.
UiYATiiONS
.sriaan 40:taatsi;T<Vr. «•. •
TATE OF GE >KGI4, WILKES OOONTY
►cf Clerk’s Offim? Inferior Court, pill SI ISM —All persons
iwer. ste l are hereby rotlUeit tliat Simeon ILster c f the i64ih
Hist. G. M., lulls before B’. u. Wii.gHeid and SI. Morons, free
holders of raid DUric, as »n cst.ay, a buy Mate Muio, about
twe.ve years old medium solo, blemish in the left eye. Valued
by slid i\ U. Wlngllelu and M. Oi ueu- atfifteenhundred Hol
lars
i he owner of sard estray is req tired to come forwsrd, pay
eha-ges and take said muloawav or she will be dealt with as
tne law di eels.
A true •-xir<»ct irom the ffslray Book.
-ap7 Cwls G G, NQItM 'fi.O. I. O.
EOK GS.OB if A, *»I !(1M ■ I_> U,UiN l‘Y. *
® Wh- reris lost oh wheeler sppliesto me for Jett* a of
•dministration win the will an » xed,on the <s ,ate of Wil
iam H. Wheeler, late of s it c uut ,deC£as,d.
'these ur.-therefore to cite and admonish all, and singular the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be aud appear at my
office, on or before the first Monday in June next, to
show cause, if any they have, why said Letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in Au
gusta, this 20th day of Apnl 1865,
VII) L. KOATII, Ordinary,
at 28 - 4^lß*
STATE OF GEORGIA, tJOLicTiidr-jj. UOlJrsT
Whereas,athe estate oi m. H. Gun’er, late of said
eonnry decease-', is u r* presumed.
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all and singular the
kindred and creditors of said deceased,- to be and appear at my
office on or b o re ihe fi st .Monday 'n Ju e next to a iw
ciuacllany they have wu 1 Lei of Admioistrallnn on
the es'ate of mod deo-ase I should n ,t be ranted to the Clerk
of the Sop-re r Oourt of saii Uou ty, or nme fit and pioper
pe-son ns the Oourt of Ordinary, miy tbl k ad i.-abie.
Given under my hand and official signature this 26th
day of c pril, IBfs. «. U. sHa .K Ejl FORD,
ap2B 4w!B ' Ordinary.
ATE OF JfiOH i ■■■ . l-iGii K HO at'.: <j- • I\ 1, ’’
Jr? Whercts Susau A Ohaimlcr applies lo me for letteis vt
Admimst aliou o:i the estate of James O. X handler, late of
saio 1 \ u ity deceased
These are therefore to cite and admonftii, all and singular
the kindred and creditofs of said deceased, to be and appear
at my office within the ti re prescibed by law, to show cause,
if ony they have, why said let era s- ould not lie granted.
Qivin u.-d r my hand and official signs ure this 26th
dayo. . nl, 18ifi. . it. 0. hTIAUKEL ’ORD,
_ap2S4w_iß_ SJrdinaiy.
ESTATE OF GEOKUtA, ttl H mjih OOUNTY
Where's Mary A'.dworlli applits ;o me for le ters of
A .ministration on the estate of iiichaid Aldwcrth. late of
said c uuty . leceua and.
t hese are therefore to cite and admonish all aud singular the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my
office f.iur before the first Monday in ,luue next, to show
ea se if aDy they have, why said h tters should not be granted
Given unuer my hand and official signature, at office in
Augusta, this 26th day of April 1865
, DAV.DL HOATU,
ap2B 4w:B* j Ordinary,
TATE OF GEORGIA, KIOHMOM) GOU TY.
Whersiir, Oliver G. applies to me for 1, tiers of
Uu'rdiausbipr r yfasnmgtouß lin ley, ilnor of Wihlam
T.nley deceased ‘ •*
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the
kindred and triends of said minor, t» be and appear at my
office on or before the first Monday in Juue next, io
show cause if any they have why said letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in Au
gusta, this 26 h day of April,. 1865.
up 86wl8*_ DAVID L. KOATH, Qrd’y.
STATIC OF GKORUI.I, GtyCE.VE i’dUJii’l.
Whereas, Tabitha j. Fleetwood a«.a L. B. Jackson ap
piy for letters of Administration on the estate of Littiebet y
Fleetwood, deceased:
These are thererore t cite and nquire all persons concern
ed to show < aase, if any they have, why said letters should
not be granted at the Court of Oidiaary to be held in and tor
said county on the first Monday in June next.
Given under my and at office in Oreenesboro April 27th,
i865. n-liUEAIUS Jo. K.LNO.
apSO 4wlß
f \ EORGIA, GREEN OOUJSTY.
vv hereas, W iniain Tti van applies for letters of ad
ministration on the estate of John L. Tarpley, late of said
county,' deceased. .
These are, iherefore, to cite, and admonish all persons con
cemed, to show cause, if aLy they have, wiry said letiert
not be granted at the Court of Ordinary to be held in
aud ibr said county on the first MONDAY in Juue next.
Given under my hand at office in , reenesboro’, April 19,h
1865. ECUEXIUSL. KING,
ap.l 4w17 Ordinary.
OF GEORGIA, OUhiTY,
W Wh .reas. th; es at- i K ese Br.d ord, iatj of said
county deceased, is, unrepresented
l'hese are therefore to Cite and admonish, all And singul r
the kindred and cr Chore . f said deceased, to be and appear
at my office on or before the fi st Al- nday in Ju ,e next, lo
show cause if a y they have why etlers of Admuusira ion
de bones non n the estate M said deceased, should net be
grant and to the Clerk of ihe cuperior Courtof said Coua y, or
some tit and proper person ns the u'ourt of Ordinary may
ihi k and vis able.
Given ander my hand and efflci'l signature ti is 26th
day of April, tc6s. JS. C. 5>H Ac_K ELFORD,
ap2B 4wlß Grdma y.
■ Notice
s'w sIBSTOISS AND iißEMliTOtty
I^joTlce - "
Ail persons indebted to the Estate of fiilztbeth skin
ner, iate of hidhinond chanty, di-ceased will make Immedi
atepaymsn; to the tioder.-ig' ed, aud lho*eaiavlng claims
against B"id Estate are n otifleatj preseut them, duly attest,
ed, witniu the lime prescribed by law.
SABAH K. MohOKKLE,
apt 1 6wlJ Administratrix.
TVT OTIC E.
XX All p -rs ns indebted to the Estate of J ,s. 8. iloime?,
late ot Columbia County, deceased, are requested- to make
imrnedt te payment to the undersigned, and those having
claims agaius" su,d est, e, will present Inem within the time
prase ioed by law, property attested, to the unde igned tor
payment. • L. J. IluL.u. E.->,
a|il4 6w16 Aflm'x
%• rICI. ' " ~
jal Alt person* indebted to tne£ late John Bims, late ot
Ggmthorpe county deceased, will make immediate payment
to the uintertigned, and those having claims against sal:
deceased will present them properiy attested within the time
prescribed by law, CHARLES W. SIMS,
GEORGE it. SIAIS,
apl3 6wis Administrators.
T^fOllCEj
All persons indebted to the Esiate of Timathy fcconlon,
,a, cos Richmond county deceased, are required to make pay -
ment to the undesigned, and those having claims against said
' Estate are notified to present them, duly attested, within .the
time prescribed by law. MARGARET SCAR LOR',
ap2o 6 w7* * Administratrix.
-\JOTIOE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.
l_y All persona having demands th 2 eaiate ol Sam
uel K. Wartier, late of Sumter ouiity, deceased, are Lereoy
notified to render in an account of said demands according to
law, and all persons indebted to said deceased, wi 11 make pay
ment to JAsaJaS M- WALKau, Adz’r.
mh£9 6w14 BURMAH E. WALKER, Admx.
TWO MONTHS NOTICES
t%[OTIGE.— Two months alter cate, application wilt be
j.TI made to tne Ho otable (he Court of ordicaiy of Rich
mond county, for le.ve to sell toe land in iAicoin county oe
longing to tne Estate of Archibald McOorkle. Jr., deceased.
SARAHK McJORKIE,
apll Bwl 5 Executrix.
TATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY,
two months after date or th first regular term of the
Court ot Ordinary of said county thereaf er, application will
1 be mode to said u urt for lea ye to sell .he lauds belonging to
the rate of Thomas A. Stewart, late ot said county, deceas
ed ALFRED J. BIBWaKT,
apt 3w14 Administrator,
mrOTICE. .
j_Tl Two months sfter date, application will be made to the
riouorable, tne Court of Ordinary oi Richmonc cjunty, for
leeve to' sell the negro slaves belonging to ;he Estate of Eliza
beth skinner, late of said county, deceased. -
SARAH K.McCORKLE,
apll £wlfi Administratrix,
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Cburt H “if 11 * c ? unt Tj wlu *>B sold before the
la * aid county, between the ie
mi urorr rtt Jf; In in May next, the tollow
-01LLani adjoining lands
or ur* 0 * 5 r i? x i * 14 ' , (. 1w0 hundred ac-es, more
ad J Mak >g l»b sos Dr Smith and Geo. W. Evans—also
n. S n ** r s e *’ y»*; Old Fanny, France?, an 1 her three
C^.r^.'® 1 2 Ce? ’ F °ung M anny, and her four riiildren.
Ttanwondayofsue. T.H. WOOD.
ap!4 6w16 Admr.
BY virtue ofaa order from the Honorable the Court of
Ordinary of Columbia county, wdl be sold betoro the
•-(. urt House In ApDllcg, in said county, between tbe legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday In May next, the following
property, viz . Bob, a man; Spencer, a boy; t ilia, a girl and
lie, a man; sold as th- property of Jas. L. Griffin, deceased
Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased"
Terms cash. f. T. GRIFFIN *
ap!4 6wlt Admr.
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, Cgletborpe county, Georgia, will be sol-1 before
JP® court House door in the town of Elberton, Ktburt eoustr
Georgia, within the legal hours ot rale, the undivided ona-hi
?r a wt a T of . La / I r* laßaid IrSt mehfidnV*county, khoWA a*t£»
Heard rract of Lnn i, on the waters of Broad Atvsr, sow a*.-
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