The Carolina Spartan. (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, August 16, 1866, Image 4
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BPAKTANB TJRG:
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F. M. TRIMNIER, EDITOR.
Tharsdar, Angus! 16, 1866.
We are requested by the Tax Collector to
taie that he will be at this place on Saturday,
the 18th inBtant, for the purpose of receiving
taxes. The books will then certainly be olos
ed, and executions issued against all who fail
to pay on that day.
Personal.
We were pleased to meet with Mr. W. K.
Scott, the gentlemenly traveling agent for the
Columbia Carolinian, who will remain iu town
for a day or two, and will be pleased to receive
subscriptions for this paper. The Carolinian
ia one of the best papers in the State. Subscription,
$0 * year.
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Marble Work.
We call attention to the advertisement of W.
A. Nicholson, of Union. We know Mr.
Nicholson, and feel warranted in recommending
him to our people as a skilful workmnn
He served nn apprenticeship of seven years in
Scotland, which with several years experience
in the pursuit of liis business, render him
well qualified to give satisfaction, and to execute
well all orders given to him.
llurnln? of Columbia.
This "Review of Northern Assertions and
Southern Facts," by Dr. D. II Trkzevant,
tnay be found at the Book S'ore of T. 11. AnDKRson.
It contains about thirty pages, and
well printed at the Columbia Carolinian Oilice
Price only 26 cents.
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The Stamp Act.
We call the atteution of our readers to this
Act, which we pub):sh on the first page of this
week's issue. I?. .a important that every individual
in the country should read it carefully,
and preserve it forv future refercnoe, that
they may not unadvisedly subject themselves
to the penalties which a non-compliance with
the exactions of this Act impose. The duties
imposed by this document arc felt by every
man in the country Lust week wc published
the Act as it was passed last April, hut it has
undergone so many changes au?l amendments
that we thought proper to republish it.
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The La C'i-okhc Democrat.
It is from this sterling, bold-spoken, independent
defender of Democracy that we make
many humorous aud truthful extracts, over
the signature of "Brick Ponicroy," who comes
down frequently like a "tf>ou>an>1 of bricks"
upon the filthy heads of Beast Butler, Prentiss,
Curtis, Banks, the Kutnp Congress and Raidicals
generally. liis " bricks" arc heavy
enough to make all decamp upon whom they
lull. Tlio JJemocrat is the boldest and ablest
champion of the party in all the country, la
the pictures it draws of sore-headed Radicals
and Radicalism, it is only excelled by the foul
doings of this filthy dogtua. Iu short, it is a
live newspaper, well filled with general inte 11 i
gence and racy reading matter from the pithy
and pungent pen of "Brick Pomeroy," which
is not less prolific thnn it is humorous. The
principles which it enunciates and defends arc
those which all true Southern uieu feel. It is
'Democratic at all times aud under all circutntances"
"Radicals in the Hopper," is the
caption of an extract which wo make from it
this week. We recommend the La Crosse
(Wisconsin) Democrat aa a paper deserving the
patronage of all true Democrats in every see
iion of the country.
CoiumlNNlonert*of Roads.
The Commissioners of Public Koads aud
Bridges, for this district, held a meeting on
Salosdny last, the proceedings of which we
have not been informed officially, but learn
that they adopted measures of retrenchment iu
the expenditure of pnblic funds so as to reduce
greatly their levy, iu view of tlio increased
levy necessary to be made by the Commission*
crs of too Poor. We learn that tho superintendents
of the different divisions are restricted
in the number of bridges and in the amount
to bo paid for tho building of the samo. We
heartily endorse this notion of the Commisbioners,
and regard it as laudable in the highest
degree, notwithstanding some little inconvenience
may result therefrom to some sections,
but certainly none will object when they know
that this economy has been induced by a spirit
nopraiseworthy. Certainly every cousidera
tion should yield to that of alleviating the con
dition of the poor and suffering of our country,
whioh clas-. has been so frightfully increased
in our community in the last few years. Ve9,
retrenchment should be the motto, both in private
and public expenditures, and more espetotally
when it has in viow tho relief of the
au&ering.
The question to be decjded for the South is
fine splendid raco of incn?can they work ?
are they patient ? are they of thnt sttfir that
can rise from reverses, toiling silently vith
hone deferred, with on .... - ?.? .........
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object of success 1 With (ho manliness and
frankness of Esau, have they the deliberate,
settled purpose, the uuwarying undiscouraged,
unconquerable tenacity of Jacob ?
Hcmax Quadri'Pk.d. ?The Shenandoah //<ir
aid tells that three weeks ago the wife of Mr.
Nimrod Wells, living five miles North of Wood took,
gave birth to a child having four legs.
"The unnatural appendages connect with the
body, wo are told?one above, the other below
the hip."
The tackles* appropriations hy the late
Tongress are equal to one-tenth of the enormous
national debt
For tho Carolina Spartan.
The Philadelphia CJoareutioii.
Mb. Ebitob : A writer in your last paper,
on the subject of the Philadelphia Convention,
severely condemns the action of those who
took steps to have this State represented in
that Convention. The writer in question goes
on to quote certain papers, letter-writers and
speakers, in order to show that our people
should not be represented at Philadelphia,
llut who docs he quote froiu ? lie would not
favor us with all the names he quoted from, but
he gives two names, yes, two names as authority
against our being represented at Philadelphia
, and who are they ? Mr. Speed, late
Attorney General, and Qeneftil Logan ! Did
your correspondent kuow that these two men
were Radical "Uuion" men ? l>id he know
they wanted the negroes at the South allowed to
vote t Mr. Speed resigned his office as Attorney
General because ol his Radicalism. Gen.
Logau is one of the most notorious Radicals in
all the North. They don't want the Philadelphia
Convention to meet at all ; they fear its
success ; they know that should the Philadelphia
Convention succeed in rallying all the
friends of the South, in one grand party, the
result would be, that at the election for Congress
next fall in the North, the ltadThals would
be defeated; conservative t'nion men would
be elected over the present Radical Union men
who hold sway in Congiess, and the Southern
States would bo allowed to send their representatives
to Congress and help defeat the
schemes of the Radical Uuion men for giving
to negroes the power of voting.
The papers your correspon Jent quotes from
may profess to be Union, but they arc Radical
Unionists. They are opposed to the Pluladcl
phia Convention because it is Conservative
Union, because it goes for justice to the South,
and is opposed to negro voting. The veryeffort
which such negro suffragt men as Speed
and Logan arc making against the Philadelphia
Convention ought to be enough to show
Southern men the interest they have in the success
?>r tho Philadelphia Convention.
Your correspondent should remember that
the Radicals all call themselves "Unionists,"
but they nre Radical Unionists, while the l'hila
dclphia Convention are conservative Unionists,
or f riends of the South.
FAIR PLAY.
[For the Carolina Spartan]
Mr. Editor ; In these trying times, when
old systems aro being revolutionized and old
customs repudiated, and the machinery of gov
eminent is materially and woefully deficient
in some of its most essential faculties, and
"Gaunt Famiue" seems to threaten our land
with (iuairuutiou aud starvation appears imminent,
wc perceive with pungent regret and
painful solicitude, the down right spiritual
apathy into which our people arc fulling. "God
is not in all their thoughts " and "The fear of
Hint is uot continually lel'orc their eyes " We
have suffered from the bitter ravages of "Fire
aud Sw >rd," and have passed through the
most terrible ordeals incident to war ; our
heart-strings hstvc been struined well nigh to
bursting, ut the loss of those who arc ueur and
dear to us Those who inudc "the light of our
eyes" have been ruthlessly lorn from our sides,
aud from competence and luxury we have been
reduced to absolute want. And why ? For
what have wc suffered ? The reasonable answer,
and one adduced from Holy Writ is, that
we might through these afflictious be brought
nearer to God; brought to recognize His
mighty band in the government of the world ;
arrive at clearer views of our responsibilities
to our Maker in the school of practical vxperi
ence ; taught to perceive the "Divinity thai
shapes our ends brought to n greater subjection
to the will of liiui "who dceth all
things well," aud inudc more humble before
llim. lie who "watcheth the sparrow fall '
hath certainly takcu cognizance of our actions
and sent trials upon us. Our sins have gone
up before Him, and His ' cliastcniug rod hath
been heavy upon us," and all, we firmly believe,
for the iniquity of whicli we have been
guilty. What has this chastisement developed'
Arc we humble ? Have wo "turned from the
error of our ways V Are we ready to say
"Though He slay nic, yet will 1 trust in Him.'
"The Lord luith given and the I.oid hath inkeii
away, and blessed be the name of the Lord !"
Do we perceive a "smiling lace behind a frowning
Providence f" Have these afflictions, seni
no doubt in mercy, and as wise Providential
dispensations for our spiritual good, softened
?,,r I.a V U'~ f . I. - .1
?... ..v??'a . ??v ic<?i uui. iv miner ;ij?- 1
]>onrs demonstrated that we, n< n majority,
love our wealth more than our God. Avarice
has ongulphed our piety, selfishness has hardened
us; selfish considerations, worldly uggran
li/.euieiit, Muuiinon have taken the place
of pure and undeti ed religion." Even those
whose special duty it is to ''let their light
shitic to the honor and glory of God," seen) not i
to have escaped the general corruption, and 1
there is sadly manilestcd. on I lie part of those j
who are professedly pious, an indisposition
towards ''godly conversation" and "calling
upon (ho uauie of the Lord " A general Iwkowarniness
pervades the luinds of the people.
Even the Church teems not properly nroused
to nn appreciation of our moral condition.
What may we expect if this stale of affairs roniains
uncliauged ? .V'ill the "Word of God
return uttio liitn void ?" Will omnipotence be
defied !
Wo believe that the chastening will not cease
till we tire properly humbled. There may be
heavier ordeals. Then how important is it ,
that the "wicked forsake his ways, and the |
unrighteous his thoughts, and call upon the j
Lord that he will have mercy upon us
C. R.
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Grandest Bki.l in thf. Wori.ii.?Dropped
by the burning of the lower which upheld it- !
at Moscow, thia "king of bells" was used afterwards
as a chapel, the tongue being its motion
less altar. This hell is two foci thick; twenty
feet high, and sixty-seven in circumference,
weighing four hundred thousand pounds. It
was computed to ho worth more than S'J.OOO,.
000, hut has increased in value, according to
American calculation. It is the largest hell
in the world, and if.. one ifj" Tear Holokoi
[For the Carolina Spartan.]
A Bauk Needed.
Ma. Editor :?It strikes me that one of the ^
greatest difficulties, if uot the greatest, under
which the people of this 8tate labor, is caused
by the scarcity of money. Money is the cry fr?
in every community. Business of every de- w
script ion seems to be in a languishing state (j(
for the want of it. Many arc suffering for
means wherewith to buy the barest necessaries al
ot life. Creditors arc clamoring for pay, even
1 iu part of their justly due debts ; and be the
debtor even so willing, he cannot find means s|,
to pay the smallest portion of his debt He th
cannot raise funds even upon his properly.
| Where can he find a purchaser for his house ;i|
1 or his land? Who has the money to buy te
; with ?
The removal of the Slay Law noes not of
I itself work a hardship, it is only so because
there is 110 money to bo had iu the State, and re
th?* consequence is. that the debtor's property
! is sacrificed under the {Sheriff's hammer. J|.
Is there no relief for this state of things? jv
It strikes utu that there is. We need Hinik*, pi
| and such as arc rot taxed ten per cent. Our Jvl
: people privately have uot liie means to cstablish
them. Let the Legislature then, when ^
j it assembles, take the necessary funds out of
i the moneys lately collected iu taxes, invest in
; U. S. Uuiiils, and establish at once a National Jj
| Hunk, j.ay the Treasury back in a I ke amount hi
j of the hills of the bank, uiul the relief afforded ?
j to the people will be soon felt front one cud
of the Stale to the other. The profits of the
batik Trill go to lessen tiie taxes of the State, g.
and by loaning its funds liberally, yet discrete- t't
ly, to the people upon the customary secure! ies,
debtors will have the wherewith to pay, and j,|
the process of the Law will work as smoothly r*j
as before. At all eveuts, it we must have 1"
greenbacks, let us have them of bauks of our *
own. W.
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[For the Carolina Spartan.] hi
1st (here no Kemcii). 1
ni
Mb. Editok : Are we awake, or are we U(:
stumbling along with closed eyes, unconscious at
of the impending danger which every where
threatens our already miserable country. Is
it an unknown fact that .starvation is ut the
presnt moment stalking in horrible garb among tli
tis ? Arc we so blind that we cannot sec the ' 1
emaciated mother bearing in her arms the dy f(|
ing infant, who day by day nsks the pittance tL
at our door ? Have you, or your numerous
readers taken the trouble lately to visit homes, !U
at
the abode of starving women and children ? If 0j
not, let one who has. demand of you and I hum ' ol
a uiouieut's reflection. Sir, frotu what 1 luivo j bi
observed in the last few weeks, 1 am compelled
, , I ri
to believe, Iliat witnout strenuous ami uiiiuvdi- | ,j
ate efforts in the right direction, famine, with cm
all its horrors, will visit.our distressed section. er
netieve me, sir, when 1 tell vou that to-day V
J t r
there lire families withoti' the commonest ne ci'fsilich
nt life, and no hope ot getting litem,
llul you ask, where is the remedy ?" Sir, I
will tell you my lirst i?lea of remedy. Let our ''
ai
law makers, and those empowered to exeeute
law, immediately insiitule a rigid and ittipnr il
tial exaiiiiuntioit into the business of whiskey 'J
distillation?let that distillation he made a (
ctime, with a doubly severe penalty, and then (l!
let the law lake its course, and the penalty he hi
executed irrespective of person l>o this, sir. : K"
and toy word lor it, you secure to too citi/ens ; "
of litis district 10,000 bushels of corn, winch w
under the present system, will he brewed into 111
ltTing poison. Let this siej> he taken at once w
without delay, and let all good men aid in its 1
execution. This, without u long dissertation, |,,
is the thought of an I. O. O. F.
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oI lliH. J 1'. C'iillioiui
This venerable lady, the widow of the great- i
est statesman South Carolina ever produced,
nay, that ever lived upon this Continent, died
III
| at Pendleton, in Anderson Ihslrict, on the j.
night of the "Jtith ultimo ller name should ' se
I he revered, if there were no other reasons, on in
I account of the great statesman whose consort !
I she was. Wc publish the following memorial I
| tititeu front the Anderson Intelligencer : | ?
lieparted this life, in Pendleton, S C , July lit
Jf>, 1 m;i;. Mtis. Ki.'iiilint Cm.iioi v, te'iet of the
i late lion. John C. Calhoun in the 75th year of hi
I her age. j w
She sleeps in Jesns, awaiting the trumpet's '
sound at the last great day when these who.
having tini-hed their course in the confidence 1,1
of a certain f.iith, and in the coiufort of a rea- i hc
sonnhle. religious and a holy hope, shall he received
into everlasting habitations 1 ty her *<*
removal, another link has been severed ?>f th,. ( so
chain which united us with a free, happy and glorious
past The wife of John C. Calhoun, ha
I Carolina's greatest statesman, ami most lion- '
ored -on, it were bettor she should depart than cl
long- r live to witness the destruction which he ; "ti
so ahly and earnestly endeavored to prevent. lb
Few who hove occupied a like elevated posi j cli
lion, have been so generally esteemed and be- , bu
loved. 15y lier ninny noble traits of character ' lb
she luol endeared herself lr> itw, ...... ... -?
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which she was Hi> Ion}; An honored member ;
Ami heartfelt whs the syhipatliy exhibited by
lirr mmiy friends during her j>:iiiil'ul and pro
tracled illness ; mid now that she rests m
pear , her memory will he cherished by thcin co
with peculiar icapcct and veneration. mi
The President is expected now, or immedi- U!l
ntelv after the iidjoiirnnient of the Philadelphia , lu
Convention, to make some vacancies in various > Ht'
others in the Northern Stales, and till them by ' '"J
the appointment of national Union men. There-I
fore there is mticli pressure upon the Presi- ,
dent for otfiees. from the highest to the lowest |
grade. Some of the more lucrative Federal st"
offices in this district will probably undergo M"
a reform. J'"
The Aroostook (Maine) 1'ioneer says that s ;
peculiar religious movement is making in ,
Maine, looking ti emigration to Jerusalem. A j vn
bark is now fitting out at Jonosport, to carry
tlie pilgrims to their new homes in the Holy
Land. She is expected to be ready to sail *'
about the middle of the coming mouth. Land
has been purchased near the ancient Joppa,
where it is proposed to iu ike a permanent set- ro
Moment llt
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Radicalism In Ibe Hopper.
There is a trembling throughout the laud,
tere is a tremor in the knees of abolition
lice holders. They tear the loss of oittce and
c consequent exposure of their swindling
id rascalities. The sweet cake is beiug taken
Dm their nigger mouths. They are iu doubt
liether to die in the Humes they have kindled
to forsake the ship which was no well scut?d
by a single bullet hole !
it was scuttled in Washington?it is settling
1 over the land?going down like some leaky
it boat?rotting out as old rails rot out, mid
ding from mind us do pnssing jokes!
And the cowardly tuob which forsook the
ip ol' State to dance on a Hat boat ; to eat
eir food thereon, snaichcd with dirty, greasy
igcrs, are now at sea without map, chart or
inpass. and daily crying for help as they
e dashed on the breakers of political disingrtit
ion.
They have had n pleasant voyage?too plcasit
to last long. Soon ripe, soon rotlcu ! It
us an excursion party ; uot of statesmen but
clowns, Hut-boat men, tyrants, swindlers,
lien democrats, time serving politicians,
en hinging for money, gahhiug women, tind
d in a i do iu love with lusty niggers, bran eats
and long -haired Yankee pedagogues, thirstor
LhUtopian aroma, codtish aristocracy,
nyed-out saloon loafers in olhcers unii
ins. cotton stealers, initio thieves, spoon
inters, jewelry tinders, house breakers, woen
iiisiiltcrs. orphan makers, und irrespouble
adventurers.
It arose in the night while the people slept,
put a tlat boat pilot on the ship of State?
went from Kansas to Springfield for its lea r,
it took its leader home in eliani sorrow,
dding boyonvts to those who would not weep
it prepared nud killed its fulled calf 011 the
iiite?it made its barbecue u funeral pyre?
roared it- parks of artillery?it subsided
itli a pistol shot, and the excursion party is
ing home to the bosom of Abraham, wherer
that bosom may be.
It was uii excursion party the like of which
vcr was seen belore in the history of a peoe.
it was a nest of black snakes, it was u
ipe of blood-red ants, it was a swarm of
jisotioii* lice, it was a current of death, it I
as an artuy with fire, poison, ropes, gongs, I
dbns, skeletons, widows, prostitutes, dead'
en and devils, all 111 procession. It was a 1
-owded Hat boat of iulatny. It went from |
.iv-s ?<> i n uy wincr nun ny land. It
irnt, stole, pillaged, robbed, murdered, iniltcd,
sluing It'll, ignored, irritated, tanliilizI,
tyrannized, usurped, wounded, dcvasied
id destroyed t-veu its own, iu the hellish
enzy ot drunken excitement. It went by
mci to Washington?it mounted its tint hunt
1 wheels, and went with it buck to the praies
ot the West, cursing (Soil and insulting
icse who would not weep at the mysterious
rnvidctice.
And the lamotis excursion parly which hod
r a figure head, a dusky wench iu place of
e wane goddess of Liberty ; which said :
"Tear down the Haunting lie,"
id which instead worshipped a plaid shawl
id Scotch cap?this chain of lice, of frogs,
'scorpions, of plagues; this hand of thieves
'tyrants, el jokers, ot Union haters, of man
lilt i s, of people robbers, of Slates eights iguers
went to the eapitoi, poisoned the air,
Mldi-ncd the sod with iuuoceut blood, taxed
ie poor ami voied unto themselves United
lutes bonds, uiade them to bear large inter
t, iu ule ilic ti noli taxable, and went home,
i revel iu the wealth wrung hy the millions
mil the poor people of the land they ritiucil.
It had its amusements I
(lic.it Father in Heaven?Amusements!
>\ iii'.e the ministers prayed to liod, the dea
uis strangled tiiiioccni Democrats for the
iiiii-eniciw oi ilie singing sisters!
\\ hue the eld rs were passing the sacrament,
ie uienibers were sinai kmg their lips over the
pitied blood oi t hrisi, seasoned with the
loud of mens lo.tins, heal en out to appease
ie idol i f loyalty. This excursion party wcul
road, tilling prisons, dressing the women in
lack, making children fatherless, tilling dun
' ois, hanging innocent lueu to t rces. mobbing
omen and children, gutting printing otliccs,
tstroying types and presses, shooting those
ho ran, ostracising those who dared to ream
ami light. Its cause was misery ? its path
as ruin, and no one will mouru when the
lain o! lice?the vermin of fanaticism are
round forever between the upper and the
ether milNtoue.
Tlii* nulla nf n,,.l -*
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But il.ey grind exceeding small!
Tlio wiili jiuiicncc hi mills lie waiting
NNllh fJnrtne*} grinds lie alL"
llnlil I lie net her stone steadily !
'I urn the ii|?j?er ulune swittly !
1'nnr in (he ones who fur five years fed huuuiiiy
iiitn the death null of N \v England
udiculi-oi, and let uh have no more ol tins*
'ctiunal iutoleiant, bond holding, Stale hutg,
j !e robbing parly.
fti'NiPAi. IV. 11. F. Lee.? General W. II. F.
e iiniiiedi.'.iely uiier the unfortunate teruii
iiu.n of events, pulled oil' his co.il (it lie had
ie) rolled up Ins sleeves and pitched in"
a good fellow. Noble example ! What a
(hiring rebuke lo I hose young men who ;
ro*v a way their lime in frulless searches 1
ier snii positions, such us clerkships, druin- I
ers, an I so on ! The owner of live thousand i
res of (he best laud in Ihc State, the dashing !
id gallant cavalry officer, the accomplished J
h oar, the thorough gentleman, the trained
Idler, in short, die son of Robert E. Lee,
not as I rauied lo walk between the plow
indlos ! General Lee's present residence !
ti -innII cabin, recently built, it stands in a j
uinp of trees near the river bank, about
ie mile below the ruins of the "Whit" House." j
i* has no lumily, having lost his wife and
ihlren during the war. Previous to the
iihliug of (he cabin, Ihe General slept out on
c ground. His table, "so called," is supicd
with soldier's fare.?Richmond Time*.
Dirrr.rr.vcE or Timk at Prominent Points.
Tlie iuauguraiion of subrnarino telegraph
tiiiiiunicatioii by means of the Atlantic cable,
ikes it interesting lo inquire into the differcc
of time in the various cities iu different
irts of the world. When ii is 12 o'clock high
am al New York, it is 56 minutes and 42
conds after 4 P. M., at London; ?r>7 minutes
al 20 seconds after ti P. M . at Si. lViariKnm. I
_ . ... ^ ? p,,
minutes and Vt seconds after 7 I?. M , at '
msaleiii; 61 ininutes ami 41 seconds after f?
M , at Constantinople; 40 ininutes and 32
comls alter 4 1* M , at Madrid; 3! minutes
nl 20 seconds after 6 1?. M., at llretnen; 30
itiutes and 61 seconds after 1 1' M.. at Dub
i; and 41 minutes and 24 seconds after (3 1?.
at Florence.
The difference of time between the extreme
at and west points of the United States is 3
iurs and 60 ininutes. In the China Sea, beeeu
Singapore and China, it is midnight
lien it is noon at New York.
Over two hundred buildings are now in the
urfe of erection upon the ruins of the Tortnd
lire. m
Jefferson Davis.
Charles O'Couner, Esq., counsel for JcCsrson
Davis, arrived in Washington August Sd,
from a visit to his client at Fortress Monroe.
He finds Mr. Davis' health in no wise improved
since his last visit, and thinks If aaytliiug
he is physicially a little veaker, though
his mental faculties continue with their wonted
freshness. From sunrire to sunset he is
allowed full freedom inside the fort, going nn- vj
attended, he being on parole ; but the return?
ing of the prisoner to close confinement when
the sun goes down is what is now affeotinghis
condition more than aught else. The nights
being warm and close, and, what is still worse,
being away from his wife and children, at
twilght, he feels bitterly this continued overanxiety
of his military confinement. The reports
of the Congi vssioual Committees regarding
Mr. Davis have given no cause or < pprshensiou
to the counsel or client that any complicity
of the latter in the assassination of
President Lincoln can be shown. The vielt
was in no wise the result of that report.?*
When or whether Mr. IKvis will be tried at all
enn at present be purely a matter of speculation,
the authorities in no manner giving the
least hint. Mr. Stanberry, the new Attorney
Ueueral. will give his attention to the various
pnpers in the case as soon as he shall havw
been a little more conversant with the duties
of bis ofhee, and before the October term eC
the Virginia United States District Court, the
several legal advisors of the Government will
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..u.u ? luusunuiiuu wiin reierence to lite merits
of the indictment.
Why Early Dikm't Take Washisqtok Citt.
?The credit of saving t;. is city is due alone to
bull and a barrel of whisky. Maid bull wm
the property of Mr. George W. Kiggs, the
banker, and was much esteemed for bis many
excellent totalities nml intrinsic usefulness.
The whisky was a barrel of choice old Bourbon,
found in Mr. Montgomery Blair's winecellar.
When Jtibal Early and his rebel host
reached the defences of Washington, they wers
both hungry and thirsty, and went to searching
the houses of the neighborhood for whatever
was good. The bull was discovered and
slaughtered, and the rebel Generals and their
staffs baui|uetted on him. And there was
great rejoicing when the barrel of whisky w.
captured and brought forth. When these rebel
gnttleuieti had filled their stomachs on th?
fiesli of the bull, they had such a fondness for
the whisky that they allowed it to steal away
their bruins. Indeed, they gave themselves
up to feasting and drinking, and quite forgot
that they had been sent to capture Washington,
which they might easily have don% for it was
at that time in a defenceless condition. The
deluy caused by this riotous conduct on the
part of Early and his subordinate Generals
gave lite old Sixth corps time tocotne up, when
they scampered back across the l'ctomac, and
the scigc was raised. ?Xational Rrpu'ilican.
lIouiiiDLB Tkaukuy ?A horrible tragedy
was enacted in Caldwell county, Kentack, on
Thursday last. A'tdrew Alexander, sixty
years of age, had frequent and violent quar*
re Is with Ins wile. Early on Thursday tuoruiug.
when both man and wife were alone in
the house, the wife shot her husband twice,
killing him instantly. Alexander's son was at
the barn, mid Hearing the reports of the pistol,
went to the house. As he entered the door
his step mother turned and iireu upon him
twice, slightly wounded liiai each time. H*
tied to the nearest neighbor's fir assistance,
and while on the way he heard the report of
Iho ..rri,:.. W? .1- ?
! ?{.? . m iivii ?nc iici^iiuurs arriTfU
tlicy found tier dead in (lit* yard, she baring shct
berselt.
L'sitko Statk? LM.-ruicT coi'KT.?His Honor
Judge Bryan, together with the officers of
i)u." Court, have been in our town fur several
days, hwaiting wliatever of business may be
presenteil fur their attention. In the Court
proper there has been uething requiring a ses:
s.tiii. Yesterday the jurora for the next term
' of the Court were drawn.
The assembling of this Court is another
gratifying evidence of the progress of reconstruction
upon the platform of President Johnson,
who, notwithstanding the heat and rcnom
of his opposcrs, has brought the State thus far
forward in the I'nion.?Greenville Mountaineer,
irntant.
The Bockty Law.?The new bounty law
passed by Congress, gives $100 extra to men
I who have served iW three years and been honorably
discharged, and $00 extra to men who
entered for two years and served out their
I time. Provision is made that in case of death
in service of the soldier, who, it living, would
he entitled, that the bounty shall be paid to
their widows, minor children or pareuts. Eve- 1
ry soldier who has sold, bartered, or in any
way transferred his discharge papers, will loso
I the benefit of this provision. It is estimated
1 that $75,000,000 will be sufficient to pay all
the bounties secured by the act.
Sut Lovegood, says of a certain class of
Yankees:
"They air.t human no how. The mint at
Filadelfy is tliar heaven ; they think their Cod
eats half dimes fur breakfast, hashes the levins
fur dinner, and swallows a cent on a dried
nppil fur supper, sets on a stntupin machine
fur a throne, slcaps on a crib full ov half dollars,
an measures men like money by count.
They haitu one ov them got a soul but what
cud dance a jig in a cabbcgc seed, an leavi
room for the tiddler." j
The total uumber of great fires for the year
lht>5 was one hundred and fifty-one, and the
losses resulting trom these fires were estimated
at $17,528,000. Dp to the first day of July
of the current year. the niiml.ar nf 1- ?
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cu at two hundred and eighty nine, and tha
aggregate of the property destroyed is valued
at $3'J,'J7ti,000. When it is considered that ^
this est itnaie embraces only half of the present *
year, it will he seen how vastly this year will
excel all others in these terrible statistics of
iicry desolations.
Rt:v. John A. 11road(;s, D. D.?In several
of our exohangos we have seen the notion,
which was copied from the Richmond Times. W#
are authorized to say that this invitation,
though so flattering, and offering the strongest
inducrtnents, pecuniary and otherwise, has
been promptly declined. We are gratified that
Dr. Uroadus remains to discharge the impor?
tant duties devolving on him here, in eonneotiou
with the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary.? OrtenvtVr Mouniametr.
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Santa Anna's Estates Cosri scats?.?The
Imperial Government of Moxioo has by decres
ordered the sequestration of the domains of
Don Antonia Lopes do Santa Anna and appointed
a receiver.
A special dispatch to the New York Evening i
Post states that Attorney Geneial Stanbarry 4
has given an opinion that the nominations for
public officers rejected by the Senate during
its recont session can bo legally made by the
President during the recess.