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'-The P*oprictor of this' HOUSE, 1;;jfprmerly known as .^^fft^AWELL'S nOTEL i htWlng rentedrdie eamo for a term of years, deems < it, necessary to.Inform the '" Traveling Public, ? both LADIES and GENTLEMEN, that ho hap thoroughly refitted the premises,| and will keep a ; FIRST CLASS HOTEL. RATES OF BOARD t J , Hoard per Day........3..$2 00 Board per Week. 7 00 Permanent boarders on the most reasonable .{crrnH, by npcclal contract. I iff* b at.80 ! ; STOCK DROVERS f will find comfortable Stables and Lots for Stock. . r?jn JOHN WILLIAMSON, nor 2?tf Proprietor. The Cotton Tax. o/fjlHB UNDERSIGNED RAS BEEN APPOINTED g ,?n Agent of Herchel V. Johnson ft Co., of : W corgi a, a Company formed for the purpose of re - covering the Taxes already paid, and whbh may, hereafter bo paid on Cotton. Those who have sold Cottorfsinoo the war would do well to call upon me -e/jd presont their-claime AT ON CM, ns tho first pre. fseftied may have precedence over-others. No es Aponw will bo incurred by claimants. *r^-Any information wanted may be obtained upon , ?pnlioa?ou to W. W.> LEG ARE, ^ 1 Attorney and Solicitor, i fgf" Office in Public Buildings, Court House , square. , noT ? ^ -a ^vrrrOBSTKJO IIOOBS, ChildrcnV *w Worsted Sacka and Fancy Goods, Ac., ju? ? Reived at .MRS..4L E. HALL'S. Jtoy^ tf -Vk ?>-!: ? POETRY.11j . i: [From the Memphis AppcnLj Sumter in Jiutn. ? i ? .0: J ?'<[ ?>..:'IV ?O :uU i-: I " " OY a. J. BKQU1EB. Grim fortiW by this1 tfeep11 rtemVrit still, From dust and ruin, rind moro proudly ours Than when tho sea-birds drop, with deadly tInfill,, * In the long crash of thy victorious towers':'? j V .Wrecked, but mororesoluto?the i.in,lortnl-will, j* Thy last and chief of powers. " j ?nyijijiYiV'jo'!! ii "' hi j I sit amid thy fragments and I hoar ' , , ! " Tho sobbing billows, in fhe tempest's breath, I Surgo into tones articulate, and declare it ft \ What the dark Ocean" prophcaying saith? Queen ! 1n tlilno anguish,'more supremely fair, And mightier'than death: I flit ah<i dream and hear tho breakers say, That thou, whose sleepless vigils first espied ' '.The swarming foe, and belching barred his way,' I ? Should,'in' tUy:ashes' robed and sanctified,^;.1 Rise, like a raging Pythoness, to display - ; ? I HoW dawn can ba described. ?: . ?; )ui> .<:.? ' - i bun v w For thou art now a-symbol and ? Bign ' " ? Of that, which bIiiiR hol Fiery gulfs,may roll ()'cr;'fields and Cities, sweeping mart and shrine, And from thls'ngony many a "golden bow,!" B? dashed in blood; but,'by a law divine, These cannot cruah the soul. . Nol men, nor mounds, nor turret.moulded maat, Can make a nation sovereign, if the knee Bend ere tho pangs of power be overpast,* . Or quail before the crucifying tree? Tho froe-born spirit conceives and shapes, at last, Tho destiny of the free! 1 SELECTED STORyT The Volunteer Counsel li/li VUA ? ?Ml'it I'-.l'-.' JrAX-jl lit t tpl r.l-t'Mi j ill ( .i'-'.: .. - to: " T A THRILLING STORY. ; ., i .. ? . j;i j ' John Taylor was licensed, when n youth of twenty-oue, to practice at tho bar. He was poor, bnt well educated, end possessed extraor dinary genius. ~-Uc married n beauty, who af terwards deserted him for auothcr. '"O.n the 9th 0f Apr.il, 18 tO, the Court House in Clarksvillc, Tcxa's*'vra8 crowded to Overflow ing. Au exciting case was to be tried. George iiuplw'i;:z, 'fl hy pi, uter, had offered ;a gross insult to Mary iwif^n. the young and beautiful wife of his overseer. Tbc nuao^" 1 threatened to chastise hitu for outrage, wheu Hopkins wont to Ellison's h?uso and shot hi::: in h's owu door. . The murderer was. arrested and bailed to answer the charge. * Tliis occur rence produced great excitement, aud Hopkir.8, in order to turu the tido of popular iudig;ia tion, had circulated reports against her charac ter, and she had suod him for slander. Both suits were pending?for murder and slander. The interest became deeper when it was known that Ashley and Piko, of Arkansas, and S. S. Prentice, of New Orleans, by enormous fees, had been retained to defend Hopkins. Hopkins was ucquittcd. The Texan lawyers were over whelmed by their opponent. It was a fight of a dwari against giants. The slander suit was for the 9th, and the throng of spectators' grew in numbers as in ex citement. Public opinion was setting in for Hopkins; his tnoucy had procured witnesses who served hjs powerful, advocates. ,When the slander cas4 /vfcds called,'' M?t? ?tllison was left without an attorney?all had withdrawn. "Have you no counsel ?" inquired Jndgo Muio, ]?nk'n,T kindly on tho plaintiff. "No, sir; they have all deserted me, and I am too poor to employ any ono," replied the beautiful'Mary, bursting into tears. . "In such a case, will not somo chivalrous member of the profession volunteer V* said tho judge, glancing around the bar. r Tho thirty lawyers were silent. "I will, your honor," said a voico from the thickest part of tho crowd, from bohind the bar. At tho sound of that voico many started?it was so uuoarthly, sweet and iriOurnful. The first sensation Vf ns changed into laugh tor when a tall, gaunt, spectral figuro olbowed his way through tho crowd, and jjlaced him self within the bar. His tftothea looked so shabby that the Sourt hesitated to let'the case proceed under his management. "Has your nanio boen ontcrod on tho rolls of the State ?" demanded tho judgo. "It is immaterial," answered the stranger, his thin, bloodless lips curling up with a sneer. "Horo is my licenso from tho highest tribunal in America," and ho handed tho judge a broad parchment. Ho suffered tho witnesses to tell their owu story, and ho allowed tho dofenso to lead off. Ashley spoko first, followed by .Piko and Prcn tiss. Tho lattor brought tho houso down in cheers, in which the jury joined. \ Jit was now tho stranger's turn. Ho roso be fore tho bar, not bohind it, and so noar the wondering jury that he might touch tho fore man with his long, bony fingor. He proceeded to tear to pieces tho nrgumonts of Aahlcy, which molted away at his touch like frost bc foroft s?bDeam; every one . looked surprised Ahoii, lie cauic to .the dazzling wit of the'poet lawyor, Pike. Then tho curl of his lip grow sharper, his smooth face began to kindle up, and his eyes to open, dim and dreary no longer, but vivid .as lightning,' rod as fire globes and glaring as twin meteors. The whole soul was I in the eye / the full heart streamed out of hif [ftco. Then, without bestowiug au allusion to jrrenfiss, he turned short 'of ourid on tntTpcr-, ; jurod .witnesses' ?f Hopkins, torn their testi mony into shread?, and hurled in their faces such terrible inveelives that all trembled like aspens, and two of them fled from the court house. The oxciturnout of the crowd was be coming tremendous. Their united life and soul seemed to hang upon the burning tongue of the stranger, and he inspired them with the power of his passions. He seemed to have stolen nature's long hidden secret of attraction. But his greatest triumph was to come. His oyes began to glance at the assassin Hopkins, as his lean taper fingers assumed the' same direction. 116 hemmed the wtetch with a wall of strong evidence and impregnable ar gument, cutting off all hope of escape.' He, dug beneath the murderer's feet ditches.of di lemma, and held up the slanderer to the scorn nnd contempt of the populace- Hiving thus girt him about with a circle of fi.ro, he stripped himself to the work of massacre. Oh ! then it was a vision both glorious and dreadful to behold the orator. .His actions be came as impetuous as tho motion of an oak in a hurricane. His voice became a trumpet filled with wild whirl-pools, deafening the air with the crashes of power, and yet intermih glcd"all the while With a sweet' undersong, of the soft 'cadence. His forehead glowed like a heated furnace, his countenance was hagg-rd like that of a -maniac, and ever and anon he flung his long and bouy arms on high ai if grasping after thunderbolts. He drew a picture of murder in such appall ing colors that in comparison hell itself might seem beautiful; he painted the slanderer so black that tho sun seemed dark at noonday when shining on such a monster. And then fixing both portraits on the shrinking Hopkins, fastened thuiu/ forever. The agitation of the audience amounted almost to madness. All at once the speaker descended from the perilous height. His voice wailcd'out for the murdered dead and living?the beautiful Mary, 'norc beautiful every moment as her tears flow cd faster?till nien wept aud sobbed like children. Ile.clOStid by il strange exhortation to the jury,and through them to tho bye slanders; ho advised the panncl, utter they should bring in a verdict- for the plaintiff, uot to offer vio lence to the defendant, however richly he might deserve it; in othor words, "not to lynch the villain, but leave his punishment with God." This was the most artful trick of all, aud best calculated to insure vengeance. The jury returned a verdict of fifty thousand dollars; und the night afterwards Hopkius was taken out his bed by lynchors and beaten al most .to death. As the court adjourned tho stranger said : "John Taylor will preach bore this evening at early candle light." He did preach, and the house was crowded. I have listened to Clay, Webster and Calhoun ?;to Dwight, Bascom and Beech er?but never heard anything in the form of sublime words, CVon approximating to the eloquence of John Taylor?massive as a cataract of fire." VARIOUS. [fou thk onANOEDi nu hKWs.] "Negro Bonds." Mr. EDITOR:?Since you havo taken issue with mo upon tho subject of "Repudiation of Negro Debts" I hope you will allow me the privilcgo of a briof spaco in your columns to defend the grounds I have taken. I regard your argument as irrelevant to the subject un der discussion, aud consider that you have neither proved nor disproved anything. With duo doforenco, I think you have mado cvory demonstration of an intention to attack, but have failed in tho exocutiou. But aux purpose. You suppose a man pur chases a house on credit; that a stroke of lightning falls upon it and reduces it to ashes; and say that the destruction of the thing pur chased is no absolution of tho debt. Of course, the destruction of tho property does not destroy the obligation to pay for it: but if nine-tenths of the means necessary to effect that end be destroyed, then it would seem very hard to take tho remaining tenth of that man's proper ty and reduce him to penury and want, whilo probably his creditor is living in case and af fluence. Wo admit, that his obligation to pay, so far as human laws nro concerned, is the same, but at the same time, wc think the duty devolvcs upon his c re d i tor ?rfl discharge hat pbjigatioui'i All things being equal our motto would b^to.livo nipd lqt"Jiv?.i ?"ow .;it.,would; secni very;hard to make t^^jjqbtor rosponsiplo for, a caln^jijty, that had be.faB.ep hirn by an ac^ of Qod, and which ho could not avoid,;. In tho eamo way,,wo think the dob tor should ,n 4 boj bound to make good a misfortune entailed upon him by al?.act .of tho; United (States.-; True, that wh^jp A.man,purchasc?f:propcrty, .ho.does it at his own risk. But a .risk in the nature of Lav general calamity or. misfortune to himself I prxounfry is never considered in the transac tion, because anticipation of any such: events would destroy all confidence ..in the .thing con. templatcd and he would novcr enter into an agrooraeot. - But we think ?your cose an isola ted one, and'ean only 'appertain in the matter of a few instances, as dispensations of general calamities like this", by trh'e ' hand of Provi dence, is to'shy the least, never expected. If, howeveiyliy a stroke of Providence, the houses of all debtors should be razed to the ground, and these houses consisted of their means to pay I should like to know wherein would lie their ability to do so. Creditors ' might take their last BliirtB and if God* hiid ordained, that they should, we think that they/would be justi fiable inso doing; but this would not liquidate their claims. But we suppose if God has any thing tcTdo in's?ch matters .(aud wc think he has not) that in such an event Ho would make other nrj^gemcnU.; But we'think tho spirit ual acts,of God have nothing to do with the tcniporAlJaws of mail, aud that therefore na tions cjnTlot legistate to meet Providential dis pensations.' ' "Wc do not think your case a parallel ono. ? .. .?. ; ' ' ... ??? ' - Again : you Bupposo two brothors A and B: to rccoivo.n legacy each, of Jjyjp thousaud .dol lars in.gold.-;and that each-invests to the full amouut;Of ,his,, money; in .jue^roea bufore the war.' payR for hia purchase in full. B buys his negroes on credit and purchases a fine plantation with his legacy. Repudiate negro debts, and you ask where is the oqual justice in the cage. Now A )ia3 pftW^for his negroes in full aud as a mutter oi course has lust them, j B has T>i\rchased a fine plantation ami given his bond for the negroes. Repudiate negro debts and he. has his fine plantation still, worth about one-tenth of what it was when he bought it. Suppose nogro debts ore -not repudiated, his fine plantation and eight olhcrs like it will not pay for the negroes. Now repudiation, or no repudiation', A losses his investment any how, and if you do not repudiate, B is eight times worse off than he was before he pur chased his fine plantation. As to guardians and trustcee I think you have fully sustained my argument, though un intentionally. Speaking of 'the guardian or trustee, you say?"If in the course of his duty, he makes investments for the actual use and benefit of his cestm's quc rriwf','and which wore proper at tho time, but afterwards turn out badly, the guardian or trustee should not suf fer." I fully indorse your opinion in this matter, ntul na I said in your last issuo, if the wards property was Invested in negroes I did not think the guardian ?l.ouid ho held, respon sible. I may not have been an exact in my selection of terms as I should have been. In other words ; I mean to say, that if tho minor's or ward's property consisted of negroes, I do not think the guardian or trWcc should bo held responsible to make good the "proceeds of the "sale of those negroes. If the property consisted of lands, lei those lands or their valuo in money go for tho bouefit of Jus cestuis guv trust. Changing tho Constitution: this you regard as dangerous ground. We cannot sec why. The framors of the Constitution did not intend that it should forever remain unchanged, for the Constitution itself, says that "whenever two thirds of both houses of Congress shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to the Constitution." From this it would ap pear that our forefathers contemplated tho pos sibility of questions arising of sufficcnt magni tude and importance to requiro a change in that palladium of our national liberty. Before closing, let me oxprcss thauks for the compliment you havo paid me in classing my argument as the identical argument of tho extreme Radicals'! If I regarded tho amend ment to tho Constitution passed., by Congress for the reconstruction of the Southern States ns":i; sound an promote tho Radicalism then 1 would bo a .lta,dical. But ? ' I. !.."''?? i 1 J ? ?t?d Jl* * M ; 'til) 1?T 3'ifT I t,j negro suffrage and white disfrauc|iiBoment,.twro measures contemplated by that amendment I, do not regard as sound, and just, or as having anythJpgto.dQ, wjth the indebtedness of oiir> citizpus. PAY&AnJ 5 ,1 Tho Conventions in tho Southern Suites. j '? r. : 'i<4Hl(f tV ] . slti ,. ?,!.?: i?&iii? -Mi) j Wo present our readers with the ,fpllowipg synoptical statement which, wo have prepared in regard to'the various' Conventions nbvf 'in' session or to meet in the unreconstructed^ South. Tho Alabariiba R construction (?) Conven tion ndjoUrned on Friday tho Gth inst., aftjer., adopting a' negro constltdtlon. -So ultra Radi; cal were their measures, that prominent Re publicans at the North wrote General Sway he, commanding tho State, to- try1 and restrain^ them, as they were going too far and damaging the party. The Convention' regarded these j letters as insulting. .. f. The Louisianna Convention met oh the' Cth | inst., and is how in session. Here as in. Ala bama, the most radical measures are popular. Tho members of tho Convention ' have voted thenisclvcs the moderate compensation ?f-'*$IO per diem and 20 ceuts mileage each way. The Virginia Conve"utiou met at Richmond ohi the 9th. It3 members have fixed their pay at.88 per diem and mileage. It is .proba blo that their legislation will not .differ from that of tho preceding Conventions. Hunnl cut is the Thud. Stevens of the Convebtion Gov. Picrpont has addressed them, and nSena tor, Wilson,ithe.great Radioal Apostle, will in-: struct them this week.' No good, can come out of this Nazareth. 'The Georgia Convention met bu,::tho' 8th inst., at Atlanta, 108 whites sitid .22 negr?os I cing present. Roster Blodgett, rcccntti/ w ih'ctat for perjiirg, was elected 'temporary Chair man. Thehjcgislatiott has_ nol? yet assumed definite shape, but Radicalism is the same every where and the Georgians anticipate' p n'egvo supremacy Constitution as tho ' result of their deliberations. A Conservative Convention met in Macon last week. B. H. Hill, H?rschel V. Johnson and other prominent spns of the Empire Stato, worVthc leading' members. They passed reso lutions denouncing the Reconstruction Cbn vention'as illegal, and protesting against the negr'o usurpation of power. ' The Conservatives in every county were urged to organize at once and labor for the defeat of the new Con stitution. The Convention was lacking in neither ability, harmony or enthusiasm In North Carolina the Radicals carried the election, but the Convention has uot yet met. In Mississippi probably,, and in . Arkansas certainly, the Convention has been defeated. We have as yet uo definite information from Texas. . . . i. As indicating tho intellectual ability of the members of the conventions, we append the following verbatim report of a speech made by an honorable delegate to the Virginia Convolu tion: Lewis Litidscy said :' Mis-fnr Prcst-Jen/, I hopo Hi dis late hour of do struggle that Old Virginia have boon imperilled that no frec thinkin' man can $up pose for a moment dat Wo desires to misripersiut do idee dat we can't qualify do ability of do stornorgerphy of dis Convention. I hopo cvy goon-thinVn gentle man will obsarvc do necissity of bavin' a stem ography, an' dat doy will bo willin' in do de sire to gniu de ability of the Commonwealth of Feroinny to sco dat do gentleman is justly dosarrc. I hopo, sir, drt evy gentermnn will now see der necessity of bavin' dis stcnogcrphy, so dat wc can then be able to understand do principles of dar proposition. [Laughter.] General Ilancook last week took command of the Military District compiising Louisiana and Texas. In his Order announcing this, ho says that ho rcgrfrds tho military a? subordi nate find auxiliary to the civil authority. Mower, who niadp Sheridan his model, has been removed and many civil officers displaced by him have been re-instated. The Military reign of terror in Louisiana is over 'to all ap pearances.' Gcuoral Hancock was rocognized while vis-,| iting the theatre Saturday night, and was re ceived with enthusiastic cheers. The. Band struck up "Hail Columbia." Tho wholesale manner in which tho acting military satrap, General Mowcr^ in his ambi tion to out-Shoridan,. Sheridan himself, pro ceeded to make removals in Texas, is best ex emplified by Flake's Galvcston, Texas,. Hulk' tin, which contains five solid colums pf,rcntovals and appointments in that State, mado solely on the authority and by the direct order of Mower. A.majority of the members- of tho Senat? of tho'United States, with a "nice h'pprec'iu'fiOh of their deserts, have voted to rtrikooeV''tfce'<pre fix of "I I on orablo*'? f rom their names when en tered up on tho Jo ur im I of Procecdi ngs. : ^Althbngh'ihi^act; of ^maa4n^i|P Vdold sec in at first blush, to smack .^P^ifff: to^o# m sin cere.. ^ona?i once, ,$gl4a Ifeepa they, j had] no - ? right to tho title.. .. ?; 0 mivj oi noiJotn A H? l ? R a^isk :>Jnd j syiov mti h-Sharp Trad?ng* du^a oi ?& ?T ^??iwi?>u?*t??v??i|4ii?'# . In the village of W. lived a man who pad once .been tho Judge .of the ,County, and was known -all over ' it' by" the nani?.oi* Judge L. lie kept a store and saw mill, and was always sure to have the best'of a bargain on his side, by which means he had gained an ample com petency, and some did not hesitate" to call Him Mthe'-bigges't Tb8cal!in -(t^ tyja^?L'A?&a1nm very conceited withal, and used to delight - to brag bf 'his'husiTiekb' 6hpacity,: tWn^tf 'any .ono was near to 'listen*." ifjne Va'iiiy \t&f?&o\$!j*m number wbrc scared around the stove in tho st?re,'hc *? began, ?s: ?sUal;: tih tell'b'r Jus great ! bargains, dud at last wddnd ]ttp w|tn i<hqJ Jex jpressi?n. "Nobody hascVdf ^cneoVe? 'nie: oor they can t neither. 1 "Judge," said an old man of the company, 'Tyo cheated'you moro'u you ever did me." "Hdw so V'\ said tho, Judge;. - iTJ.VhS j.ir.-!Sll you'll,promjsoyou won't go to law about it, uor do nothing, I'll, tell, or else J iwon't? for ypu>Qf.|top..muph of *? IhW'.ch^fcacter for r{mo.fK:r. . r?i!.v fun ' - i.-^uoloa bits . fLet's hear 1. let's hear. '" cried half A dozen or.mpre.voiges. , An \lhl oHT '-.I'llpromise," said the Judge*, "and treat in ;$ie bargain,.If you hawe-'r. I r. .no-imb*" noia "Well, do;-you remember that wagon you rpbhed.niQ out pf?".-. ,;.=?. . ?*.<. ->n?tu as tan \;... " I never robbed .yo?.out of any wagon,'* ox - claimed the Judge, "I Oidy got the best of: a barga.in<'jjt ib/. j*o*1-?.;u .'? v ?? ? <???' ?i-..l?f.l? r,WMh-I s%Ho*W4fi?p; .?od <ift ibW? it baokagaiu, aod^"^itfj^ I r.,.fth>tu wiv Judge. * . . ;.:;.'*.'!;?' "Yes I did^and interest t?p."; ^ WIow so?* tUunferca .^^ffifpf^ Judge, turning to his books and examining his log aecoupts. /'You never Gold. me, ? twenty seven logs of the same measurement.',"! ,MOlra "I know it," said the vender, of, log8fn^tBy drawing it back aud forth the ends wore oijf, until it was only ton feet long?fourteen feet shorter than it was the first time I brought it, and when it got so short, I jijrew it home again and worked it into shingles^ and then I cgp 'eluded I had got my wagon back and stowed Lin my pocket b?^; ; drawer found the door without the promised treat. And, to see a mad man you have-only u> ask . the judge if he ever yras shaved.-r-^rt 0. Picayune [ ^ ^ ' !> - A' Cool Husband ' ' :!) ^ . . EJ| Htu b:?vn)? 'K?f !?.tov udi There is one sensiblo married man in this State. IIo is a,soldier, and ffas reported-to have b.cn killed, but was only a prisoner. He returned to find his wife bad turned over a new leaf in the marriage service, and that an other man occupied his seat in tho .'chimney corner. Did he go to work slaughtering tho falso w ife and her new husband. '. Not much. He walked iu aud said : "Well, old gal, how is things?" . .'. ^ "l'utty good Ilill," said tho di-ublc morriiedl Woman, dot taken aback greatly.' . t?4n?n ^Which do you prefer, tho old pr the now lovc?" ?1 ? L . Sho hesitated for an instant, and Uion replied .: "I don't like to hurt your feelings, butrr-" but?" '-; ;-r": ?"" '" 1,1Zn "Oh, spit it right out. Don't mind' nvy feel ings nor tho other chap's ? I won't bp, angry if you come down a littlo rough on my vanity. Couut on my being amiable. 1 won't cut Up' rusty, if you should go hack on mo." y l,Vn\ glad you'ru so thoughtful, Bill; and' I acknowledge that I do like my present hue band best; but if any thing should happen, to him, I know nobody clso 1 would so soon jti? fortunes with again ari yW.'* "1 !-i?l*!Si 1 "^f* "That's tho way to talk. I'll n?W 'WA''y^d* good-bye, hoping that hb accident will JiigAen to tho other fellow, and that ho will live long to enjoy your doHghtftil society: (loia day^ ^ And tho careless btisbatid'tr?vil?d off, with Ws'knapsack on his hack, whistling iii cheeryv eloav tones: "The (iirl 1 left behind WC."