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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. JUNE 3. 1870. . VOLUME XVIII?NO. ?.
AMNESTY.
SENATOR SAWYER'S VIEWS ON THE
onoTcnoi
UV1JVJUASA*
A Powerful Speech.
Tho Congressional Globo brings us
tho full verbatim report of tho hot debate
in the United States Senate, on
Tuesday last, on the subject of Universal
amnesty. "Wo take tho foilowing
passages from the able speech delivered
ou that occasion by Senator
Sawyer:
he is'nt afraid.
After alluding to Senator Morton's
denunciation of those who favored
amnesty as sound .Republicans, Senator
Sawyer said:
X Vi VIIV J JL. II \J mull n rjgllb
to road mc out of tho Republican
parly until he shows that 1 stand on
ground which is not Republican.
Mere denunciation, mcro assertion
that 1 am acting in tho interest of
rebels or rebellion, has no cllect upon
nie. I foci no particular anxiety to
avoid pleasing the rebels if I do right
and act as a Republican. I think it
might Ifc moro wise and statesmanlike
if somo senators, should romcinber
that their chief mission is not to
mako the rebels hate them. But
there are some senators hero who
seem to conccivc that consistency re- ,
quires them so to act that the rebels
shall ontertain toward them now precisely
the same opinion that they entertained
when tho war was flagrant.
Sir, that is not my position. When
the war was flagrant I hated rebellion
; when tho war wob flagrant, to
lliA fivtont. nf mv nnwnr f ro.
bollion; but let mo say, Mr. PreBi- j
dent, when the war was flagrant I did |
not hato rebels, and I do not hate ro- j
bels nor anj'body pise now. It is uot ^
the mission of the Republican party ,
to hate tho men who created and who \
carried on tho rebellion. It was the {
inission of the Republican party to ,
suppress tho rebellion; and it has .
teen and ioyet tho mission of tho Re- \
piblican party to ro-organize this ,
government on a lyore solid and endu- .
ring basis than that upon which'it has J
crer stood before.
southern unanimity.
But, Bir, lot mo tell the senator from j
Indiana that tho foundation upon |
vhioh he would re-organize this gov- ^
ernmont, tho foundation upon which ,
Id would,roeonstruct tho States latelv .
it rebellion, is a foundation as unstalie
an water. The rebellion took into
is vortex tho whole Southern populilion,
with exceptions absolutely insgniflcant
in number. All classes
Mere bound up in sympathy with it.
]very man, woman and child, w th,
a. I 6aid, insignificant exceptions, had
bt ono aspiration bo far as the polltic?
situation was conccrned; and that
wis that the Southern Confederacy
au the cause of tho rebellion might
trpnph. Here and there a man of
goo rally very slight political or socit
significance among his fellows
w?, or professed, to be, a loyal man ;
butho number Was so small that to
cary on tho government in those
Sties by their a2df and by their aid
aloe, is a uronositiou nerfeet.lv n!>.
eul to any man who knows tho poopl<
what ouanT to be done.
ican understand, too, that those t
\vb could govern these States as sub- >
jctfprovinces, who would continue to (
kep over them the Btrong arm of ?
peer, who would destroy the vital 1
prjciple of the American Republic, t
wish is local self-government, admin- t
istition of local interests by local <
ngite?I say I can understand how 1
tli?e who would upset all this princi-' <
pldnd theory of government, who 1
weld destroy this chief clement of 1
strigth in the American system, i
ehc|d advocate the> continuance of I
lhasystem which "should hold the 1
gritipon the tliroats , of the great. .1
naarity of the' white; population. 1
ThHs ihe only theory ou which 1 i
cuninderstand it;- but if our purpose '
is tcofget the war, if our purpose is i
to cablish in the breasts oi' the Sou- <
thci people a lovo j for the jnslitu- i
tioriof the TJnftcd'States, if our pur- ]
posts to strengthen the government
in tise States, and to havo a real Un- <
ion,re must take the people.of those :
fttas witP an tneir mnraiities upon <
thoi| wo must incorpdrate-tliem into
tho ^dv politic of the United States,
as o4al. constituent -raombors. Wo
musk-ecollect that a man in South
Canada-citizen of . tho - United
Stud, - must be placed on precisely
tbe (me platform, and covered by 'i
tho kmapprotociion, ondowed with
Die lipe political privileges, as a man
in Mp^aohaaettff op Michigan.
I Rjfc- JTOOLIiH POLICY.
WWSron fthntjpnt any one largo
scctiowrtho oonntrv from all aapi- ^
ratiorinoAarticipatlon in the public
offlcesfrheVpoa tell thai largo class
of tnoi that>hey; mtfst bave no part
or lot p tbe \rajnistration of the affair*
oj ine^^^pnment you bid them
xo ooer iuiu iovw. say you cut off ;
from RepubSn party on* of'-its
great elements ofcr^ngthi,' When I.
reflect that in add\n . to the third
clau^ of the FourtXfh amendment
jmpwing these disQflfcjea there still
rests on the fitatnto^^^ tho . a<jt
known as tho test oatqL^^j on the
2d of July, 1862, /wbicHLppg out of
. Federal offices practieallVjOf M m?
friend from Connecticut^^ eigiit
hundred' thousand men, ;
thousand of them, tyit a ni?* men
at 1 etmt in the, SUte# Utely%eb4,V
lionandiath? SUtes^that^mgoi
nomhwttygO.toto rebtHfcmj^T
reflect that all thoae boyg and jBL |
men whcj nevet bad held an offiotiKr
who had no political opinion* jW
thoee that the/ b*d absorbed (Hn
the atanritybere whirfh they had brefl
thedali jfheir lg^jjje^gnt off Sotr
Bc^^eof^k^^gt oath*oi
Tfe ||rt^||^fo1manyI1^iutie6 ii
i> * * V
\f U '
the South, rcduccd to the necessity, i
in order to get Federal appointments I
fillod, of selecting them from ignora- 1
muses or rascals; and yet tho senator
from Indiana tells us thnt wo onn i
select where wo will?that tho fifty i
thousand loyal men aro amply sufll- i
cicnt to guide tho connsols of tho na
lion in those States. Now, I-wish to J
do all credit to tho men who wcro
loyal to tho flag in tho Southern
States?I wish to give them all tho
praise which belongs to men who re- 1
sistcd a current that my friend from
T-.i: i?i * -
JLIIUIillllV I1UVV1 IlilU IV 1UK1M J. winn I
to give thorn all the laurels that bo- i
long to them. Far bo it from mo, :
who saw their sufferings and their i
sacrifices through that terrible con- <
test, to takoono single leaf from the
clmplet which should bind their brows. '
But, Mr. President, they were few in ]
numbers; as a rule they were insig \
nificant in political and social consequence
; and if you attempt to cany 1
on the business of government in *
those States b}' their agency and that
of the race lately enfranchised alone, <
you will certainly fail. <
WHY HE BECAME A SENATOR. 1
And when any senator charges that <1.1
? ii.:- A - <? '
mu |;uiiLiviit v-uuiou UII LUIS liuur <)I
unothor senator would bo controlled *
L>y the consideration ol tho question <
of his rc-elcction, it is an aspersion <
upon his integrity as a senator, and I
an implication that ho will violate his <
oath as such. When a senator allows 1
his official senatorial conduct hero to ?
bo governed by such motives as those, I
it is better that his placo should bo i
filled by auother man ; and let mo say i
that I do not hold the seat 1 occupy I
here because I would liavo sought tho <
placo which I do hold, nor would I '
liavo held it or have been a candidate t
Tor it, but for tho fact that I desired I
Lo keep out others who were oven t
ees fit to be hero than mj-self, and I
.hat I could seloct in my State manjr c
ncn at that timo who, if it had not e
? J!
jouii ikjl iucno wi-y uiHit uiuuuy linpos- [
id. by tho Fifteenth amendment, j
ivould have stood on this floor much ?
ibler advocates of tho principles of o
Lho Republican party, much stronger a
men for the State of South Carolina, }i
md for tho United States, than 1 can ii
sver hope to bo. a
PROSCRIPTION PLAYED OUT. S
But, Mr. President, I did not rise t
:o 6pcak at any length on this bill. I d
believe, as I said when I began, that *<
Lho speech of the senator from Con- t
aecticut but re-echoes tho sontiments
Df the vast majority of tho people of t
Lho Republican party; and 1 believe 0
mat the acutcnessof the senator from o
Indiana Las in this instance failed 1<
iiira, and that ho has not sufficiently v
jtudiod the sentiment of tho party of h
which he is so distinguished an orna- ?
nent. I think that when the pcoplo c
speak on this subject, he will find that v
le represents not that majority which a
night havo tho right to i*ead a minor- li
ty out of its ranks, but that he stands- t
n a minority which may rather ask b
.0 bo admitted to tbo orthodox plat- b
orm of tho party.
1<
. The Famous Field of Manassas. J1,
Correspondence of Charleston News. ii
c
Manassas, Ya., May 5. 0
Could one of Bonham's men stop 0
?if 6
?-u?j vii tiiu jjiaiiio ui jumiUMiiUtj, I1U
Tould not rccognize tho old Bite of lf
3am p Pickeris, nor tho old baso of
lupplies of tho Army of Virginia. *
tVondcrfal changes have ocourrod in a
,he appearance of this region during "
,he past decade; lhctamprphoses with- *3
)ut parallel in American history. A
traveller, just before tho war, spoakg ?
)f the town as consisting of a low
wooden depot, a diugy saloon, and a *
half dozen of houses, on a broad and
monotonous plain. When Gcnoral 1
Bonbjim came up this way in 1861, a
bo saw tho strategic value Of the junc- a
tion of tho raih'oads, and rested hero ?
with his three South Carolina regi- ^
raents, while the flames of Secession
were crackling nil over the South, and a
thousands after thousands of recruits ^
eame flocking into tho nucleus-point
of Camp Pickens. Men. came out
from frightened Washington, three c
hundred at ono time, to join the gath- 8
oring army, until finally tho Palmetto 8
Qag was exchanged for tho standard f
of tho Confederacy, or carried eido j;
by sido with it, just as tho opposing
Pine-troe flag of Massachusetts was 8
hOrno with the other standard. There J
was a great population suddenly transferred
to theeo quiet fields, from city 8
and hamlet and farm-houae of tho
Sonth, sternly and-patiently preparing
for a coming day, how soon none
could know, when the dread arbitration
of war would decido tl^eir cause.
When that day came, it was an exciting
one in the hew city of canvas.
Its guards and garrison Joined the
eolumns retiring from Centreville, on
the banks of Bull Bun, and all through
that long, hot,Sabbath-of midsummer
t)ie roar of cannon and the crash of
musketry rolled across tho plains to
the earS of the provost men, and the
dumber of wounded jcame pouring
thicker and faster from the field, until'
all accommodations were fall.
Then came that foarful moment when
throe or four shattered regiments
dame drifting through the fields and
*oads in a great cloud of fugitives,
broken ana disheartened; probable
precursor of a general route. A trainStopped
far above tho junction??.1
sey's men poor out of it?fbrm, and
stareep across the fields; and the nfat
is stayed, the tables are turned, and <
o)d Camp Pickens, re-organixin? its i
woarisd Cogitiyes, breaks into cboep- i
ing and triumphal salvos from : cap* *
For eight months thereafter tho dateot
of snpplfes fbr the ariny, giro at :
vj> abont i^, ^nd^ilea of ^
a the bi^^^^eomm^ddth?^ftS \
miration of tlic army?ami it woul
liavo fared ill with u storming part
who should" have tried eonelusior
with those soldier tars. But Mana
sas was demurely evacuated withoi
% trial of artns, and served for Ion
after as a depot for tho mngniloquei
Pope?not as .liis headquarters, <
qourse, for wo all remember that tin
was "in tho saddle." Ho was tho gci
tlcman who proposed to wallc rigl
through Virginia, without being ei
uumuureu wun "lines 01 retreat an
bases of supply." So General Jacl
3011, doubting Tliomas that ho wn
swung in behind him at Manassa
und found as fine and costly a base (
supplies as tho Southern torch ha
over dissipated. Meanwhile, thei
was a merry little stampede hero b
the horses of a Pennsylvania cavalr
regiment, who persisted in carryin
their six hundred riders away into tli
Washington fortifications. Sagacioi
horses! happy masters! Then tw
Ohio infantry regiments, at Unio
Mills, thought they would go up t
Ihc junction and investigate a littl
General Stuart persuaded them t
matte u snort Biay una a Hpcouy exi
\ day or two after, the First, Sccom
rhird and Fourth regiments of
Jersey thought that they would sho<
ho Americans, Federal and Confe<
:rate, what foreign troops could d?
So thoy started from Alexandria t
Ind out what was up at Manassas
jut they stopped at Burke's Statioi
ind in a few minutes became saddc
md wiser Jerscymcn, under the iro
idmonitions of tho Confederate flanl
ng column there awaiting them. Th
jrigado was "cut to pieces," as th
>fllciaL report has it, but most of th
'picccs*' reached Alexandria, pullin
lie biggest kind of a raw-head-ant
jloody-bones panic after them. Meai
imc the Army of tho Potomac wa
>eing beaten in detail; Iiickct marcl:
id into Manassas with his ragged vol
irans of tho Cedar Mountain stair
iodo, and united with King, who ha
ust been thrashed at Bull Ilunnassing
the two bewildered division
ver tho track, and resting oh thei
rms. Tho next day King formc<
ine again, and at sunset moved dow;
uto tlie battlo, only to sco his woar;
nd disheartened men broken, after
hort struggle, and in full retreat ove
he fields. Tlifi rrrfiut, ineohftsivn nm
liejointed army gave back that nighl
,nd tho plains and valleys settled ir
o quietude once more.
During this complication of coir
tats Manassas reached her lowest cb
if misfortune. It was a broad seen
f smouldering destruction and desc
ation. Dead horses . lay tliickl;
phcre the cavalry and light batterie
iad been engaged?half-buried corf
es emitted horrid and pcstilentiu
flluvia, shattered wagons and th
irreck of retreat strewed tho roadt
lid the only edifice visiblo was a rud
ittl'e telegraph shanty, close by th
rack, whoso rails wero torn' up o
cut into all shapes by the great train
urning upon thom.
From this terrible wasto and ruii
)t us turn to a fairer sight?the Ma
assas of to-day. It is a pretty vil
lge of over a hundred houses, group
d about the depot, with broad street
a good condition, lined with rcsidcn
es,"stores, smithies, and all the office
f a considerable population. Man;
f these houses are neat and tasty
omo aro even elegant, and the bote
i a pleasant spacious ono indcedvliile
queenly Religion has built he
craplo on a grassy lawn at the end o
, fine street. The inhabitants ar
nostly from the North, a sturdy
lard-working yeomanry, bringing
own those habits of industry an*
obricty which have nlade a garden
ind of even cold and rocky Nov
Cngland. Their principles aro also o
he North, but this does not troubl
he good Virginians who have settle*
mong them, foy they are not making
, political colony; they came dowi
'ii tlio borders of the Sunny Soutl
o make homes for themselves, not t<
iccome offloe-holders. 60 the fields
,8 far as tho eye can i*each, aro undc
ultivation, tho young wheat is brca
:ing through the ground, and all th
may activities of the farm aro ii
hecrful progress. Young trees ar
lowly growing'up, to mitigate an*
often the present bald aspect of th
(lace?the germs of future garden
>righten here and there in spots c
loral brillianco and beauty?new lion
es are rising on newly acquired os
ates for the homes of futuro genera
ions of thrifty Virginians, and
mart little local paper dispenses th
idings of the day, and indulges ii
>ccasIonal strains of prophetic cnthv
iasm. which would be worthv of Do
uth or Omaha.
Poussirt has a painting of a shal
ind beautiful vale, with all the tcnde
rraco of a pastoral Eden, a sparklin
'ill dimpling down through a velve
ward, Tt>y iaiy flowers- and statel;
recs. But. in the back-ground is a
indent tomb, wit*h the inseriptio
l?t in Areddia ego." Thus, thtoug
ill the rural beauty and freshness t
,he fertilo plains, there rises a griml
imbrasurea battery, glooming ove
Ae western bounds with the same e
lent significance?sole memorial <
Lbe dread days when the grandest a
aaies of a continent were surging i
lestroying waves about and toward
this pretty* action.- This is mow
ment enough?the proud story is a
told bjr this great hterogl^h^of^wa
Tkft ifaKi I a QUJUhi?
*v??vyo Nil
when General JoeuJohissOn tnade h
a ret .visit into Maryland, after tl
surrender, ha Was aoeoited by an e:
rited individual, .who pitched isl
Congress 'genaraUjrv ana ejcafatfniet
'General fids thing 'Will not do p
mutt be stopped, they will find ij
*4r itf not^ver?? am. not- Whipped
bare General Johnson interposed wfi
the 4aei* "in. which army <*4 5*
vheiHba waaJaUimpttft 04
ijrebwHh, Mr *fn4j*u* re***
&t;Ia*6 you are not WuMrtdf ''.v.v.vi.
-}4 itoit
d Work and Wages In Europe.
18 AN INTERESTING STATEMENT.
8
it
g The Secretaries of Legation to tbo
it various British Embassies in Contincnlnl
Europe were some time ago
xt directod by thoir government to investlgato
and report upon tbo position
of tbo artisan and industrial classes,
n- moro especially in such matters as the
l(l proportion which tbo number of thoso
so employed bears to tho other classes,
the description of houses or lodgs,
jng3 generally occupied by them, tho
>f naturo of their engagements with
d employers, the ratos of wages rcceiv o
ed by them, with any information as
y to tho state of tho labor markets, oxy
plaining wliothcr thoy present opener
ings for tho introduction of labor
10 from without, or tho roverse. Thoso
i<j reports have been made and submito
ted, and thoy contain much intercstn
ing and useful information upon the
o comparative condition of tho Ia.bor
u. market in the different countries of
,o Europe, though thoy are of courso
t. made from an English point of view.
According to theso reports, then,
iv tho wages of a skilful artisan, such as
iv a carpenter, joiner, plumber or smith,
I. in Holland, may be reckoned, iu tho
). larger towns, at 16s., or about S3 50 a
^ nrnnlr ITa \irnnlra 4 ti??lhrvn
y m vvu* jkA.v n VI I\i3 l)U ViVU UUUIO U U?IJ'
t iii summer, and bis food is very mod)?
eratc; yet ho is reported as being
! prosperous and happy. In Denmark,
n a first-rate carpenter might contrive
to earn 2Ca. a week, and a first-rato
c bridk-laycr 30?.
c Unfortunately, however, seldom is
o tho l)ane proper tho person to earn
<r the highest wages; for the Dane has
1- yet to learn tho meaning of tho word
i- -work; of cndui'anco and thorough,8
ncss ho has seldom an adequate noi.
tion. Hence tho Swedish artisan
t- comas la and takes tlio bread from
i- his mouth; the German enters, and
d he gets on better than the Dano him
self.
s In Sweden matters ai-e better. The
r agricultural laborers earns 20d. a day
d irt summer, and lOd a day in'winter;
n iron-founders earn Is. 8d. to 2s. 10d.,
y and we may tako it that skilled worka
men earn 2s. to 3s. 6d. a day. But
r there is not the slightest chance for a
d foreign artisan to find work there,
t, In Prussia the journc3*man artisan
i- is generally an educated and well-todo
man.- llo not only possesses a
i- good technical education, but followb
ing the excellent practice of travelling
e or "wandering," and by visiting the
i- manufactures of other States, ho acy
quires ample ability for the business
b ho intends, to pursue.
?- In Saxony wages are not high?
il they average no moro than 9s. to 12s.
o a week, but the Saxon workman
i, knows how to keep himself and his
o family on that sum, and frequently to
o lay by somotliiiig which enables him
r to purchase a small house, and a plot
s of ground attached to it. In Wurtemburg-the
condition of the laborer
B is still better. IIo is able to indulge
t. in meat as a daily articlo of food, and
[. even tho poorest artisan cats sausages,
)m it unablo to procure fresh meat.
9 White bread is still a luxury, and is
soidom indulged in by tho working
8 classes, but black or rye bread, which
,, costs four kreutzers or ljd. per pound, *
. forms their habitual consumption.
\ Beor is cheap, and is very largely con_
sumed. And what is most commenr
dablo is tho anxiety felt by the oporf
atives to save up their earnings with
0 a view of establishing a trado for
. themselves, or becoming small pronri
t etors. In Austria the wnges of aYtiJ
san6 must bo very small, ^f wo can
. judgo by the fact that agricultural lov
borers earn less than ?3 to ?A per anil
num. Yet the workman in Austria
0 is usually well educated, and ho owcb
j much of his'rofinemont to his capacity j
T for innocent amusements, and the
^ abundance with which the means of '
ij it are provided for him by the habits
a and instincts of the society of which
, he forms a part.
p In Bpusoela, a .good ordinary car- 1
pcntcr,..workib" for himself, and havq
mg a few pounds of capital or credit,
a can earn 4s to 6s. a day, and can get
0; plenty-of work.
j In France the condition of tho
e workman has greatly improved of late
g years. A journeyman carpontcr who
)f in 1853 earned 4s. a week, in 1869
[_ oarnod 4s. 9Jd.; a mason, who in 1853
j, earned 3s. 7id., in 1869 earned 4s. 43d
per day; while the model lodgings
a built to supply tho want caused by
0 tho cxtensivo .demolition of houses
Q have proved.a great boon to tho Parisian
laborer.
L. In Switzerland tho picture is much
shaded. In Zurich the wages of a
^ spinner is only 9s. per week, , and 5s.
r lor children; yot tho working man in
g. Switzerland is in a far more prosper*
cub state than his co-laborer cngagod
Y in the development of manufactures
? in other countries. ' . .
TKa finriaa /^rvorofirrno Ia?
Q AMt# M IIAM# V^VtHVIf VDj JVi VIIV *H UD1/
h part living in their own homos, sur,f
rounded by their families, and cultii
y vating their own lands, are less infln?
enced-bv thoso-periodical storms and
j_ fluctuations to whioh industry is eve*
jf rywhere exposed.
P. In Greece a carpenter earns 2s. Id.
n to 3s. 6d. per day; a blaokamith, Is.
[s 5d. to Is. 9|d<; a mason, Is. 8td. to
r. 3s. 64d. per day; and the operatives
11 in the silk-factories, Is. 9ia. to 2s.
r lid.; bat, owing to the cumber of
church festivals, kept As strict holidays,
leaving only ?65 working days
In til A MMLitilA ftMnnnt r%f tvuna ??
nnally received is very small. ,,
'8 Spain is tidt likely to tempt an em>?.
Jgrant laborer, ana'in Russia wages
K' are extremely low; so, taking all in
^ all, theye is really* only- one foreign
E ^wWoh ^e wirtftiV eye
It the laborer may be usefaliy directed,
? a%d that Jsfto United States Of Amer?
fotf-~Tb(itf? 'ft*Sy&Mfcadb?-' SRhe
% ?rtfv,
J ;t V-1 it; 1.1 ?i\I r-/-71
Jtt: > 'There have been m*?y deftnltiom
Mr 0# a geatlenMte) tmfcth*prettiest .and
S ?dy J^8$
s*d!^*'wiUi ST8!ST <conrtgo^6^
THE GERMAN DICKENS.
Auerbach Interviewed at Home.
Edward King, in tho Boston Journal,
thin gossips about tho most popular
of German authors:
Ono of my pleasantest visits in
Berlin was with BertholU Auerbacli,
tho distinguished author of "On tho
Heights," and those beautiful lifo pictures,
set in local frames brought from
tho Black Forest or from mountain
top, which liavo had such excellent
success in America. Aucrbach is tho
German Dickens, that is, no man else
in Gorman land occupies a placo so
near and dear to tho popular heart.
For many years his name has been as
a housohold word, and his Yolks Kulender
and contributions to popular
publications havo always been received
with enthusiasm. It- was until tho
ndvont. nf tiOn 4 Iw* * 1 -
..v.. v..v vy.? iiiv til lit I1U
assumed the grout prominentia lio lins
at present in the German literary
world. Horo was a man with all the
possibilities of a iiiclilcr, with a superb
diction, matchless talent forgenro
painting in words, and spirituality
absolutely new to tho age. Thoro
was something new and inspiring in
tho history of Irma, .llanseo, ct al, in
"On tho llei<jjhts," which has heretofore
been lacdcing in European 01* rather
Continental literature. It was
Schiller's cold and pure spirit transfused
with tho waruith and graco of
genuine humanity. It had just philosophy
enough in it to satisfy the
German skeptical turn of mind, but
oneo in"a while it broke tho bauds of
doubt and fluttered up to heaven. As
an artistic humane study of passion
and repentance, "On tho Heights"
lias no suporior in German fiction.
Auerbach left Dresden somo thrco
years ago and came to Berlin to livo.
Tho city where ho had nestled so
long among frionds liko that good
one' Prof. Julies Ilubner, and oUicrs
<]uitc as noted, bccamo gradually too
small for him, and he was forced in
tho Prussian capital. But he flics to
the hills in summer. IIo livos in tho
Konigen Auquata Strasso, ono of tho
finest avenues in Berlin, and his homo
is cheery, simple, and always crowded
with frienus. Ho lives up three
flights, in elegant, quiet rooms, whero
ins wiie a may of mro accomplishments,
makes ovory visitor at ease by
the charms of her conversation. Tho
rooms are filled with mementoes of
the author's literary triumphs. Chief
among them is a beantiful bouquet of
the little Edelweiss flower, on which
name Auerbach had buildcd such a
beautiful romance. This bouquot
came from tho Princcss Hobenzollern,
who had them gatherod at groat oxpenso.
The flower grows on tho highest
tops of tho Tyrol, and sometimes
tho adventurous hunter, who goes
after it, is found dead at tho foot of
tho cliffs, having venturod too far. I
had my trophy to bring too, and singularly
enough it was an "Edelweiss."
Three j-ears ago, wliilo voyaging on
Lake Como, a Gorman lady gavo mo
a little musty white flowor, which
came, she said from tho highest top
in Germany. I carried it over the
sea, and had brought it back again
beforo I discovered that it was an
'.'Edelweiss." 'I told the good author
tho story, and ho said that ho had
received over two hundred difforont
Edelweiss bouquets sinco tho little ro
UJUIl^O HUD wntiuu*
Auerbaek, or Dr. Auerbach, aa ho
is called for the Germans eall thus all
who have obtained tho degiv o of doctor
in philosophy, is a short man,
with a rjund, jovial, kindly faco, and
no ecccntricitics either of manner or
speech Ho is perfectly unconstrained
in his manners, and wo talked in
his study for a long time. Ho is engaged
on what his frionds consider a
vory remarkable novel, which will, in
courso of time bo announced, and
will probably creato as great a sensation
as did the story of Irma's life
and death. Auerbach is much known
and rcspected in Berlin, and contemplates
at soino future time a visit to
tho "great country."
How is This for High?
Tho Seott Iting deny that South
Carolina is heavily taxed. Lot us
BCO.
The taxes lovied upon the people
of the State last year were as follows:
For poll tax $ 70,748
" State " 1,203,259
" County " ' 601,007
?' . ,
Total ' $1,887,104
. The assessed value of the real and
pessonal property in tho Stato is as
follows:
IVCBI propeyiy $12.\I71,088
Personal " . . , 88,861,201
Total $104,032,343
Tho Stato and County tax last year
was more than ono nor cent, upon the
asseiwod value of all the real and personal
property in the State.
Ton years ago the entire State taxation
was 9867,000. This year tho
taxation is moro than doable that
amount.
. The total expenditures of the State
^AvnlnntvA nf {ntarAat.t tooiw tIRl ftftfl
in 1867, and are 1611,890 it) 1870.
The General Assembly costs $145000
instead fit #43,000.
TbesaWries (Of Soott & Co.) amount
to *167,000, instead of $60,000. v
The. expenditures for the-, < fiscal
year, ending Ootobe^ 31; 1869,. wen
estimated at 244,000, bat $363,000 was
actually spent. - "
i The current expenditures for State
purposes in 1869, (the second year oi
the QeottBi ngr) were iKMjW.JMW
than in Vthe rnvi yoA? of tha SjJOtl
IMnM 186&* 1
; 3ahie debt of the^ State ie?*euppo?
iag! w# wipe j out the<$4,(W)O0 oi
Blue Bidge bond*1?at least four tods
nlf millions mora than It wii'; ip
l^gg ^ ~ ^ ^
Attempted Bribery.
The report of tho solect Seniito
committee on Bullock's briberies to p
induce tho Senato to lmnd Georgia tl
over to him and his harpies for the b
two years after the expiration of their d
f>rcsont term Bays: "As tbero is no qi
aw for punishing such attempts, they \v
must bo left, and perhaps it is best T
thoy should* bo loft, to tho judgment bi
of an enlightened and just public sen- tl
timcnt, which will not fail to visit ei
with its condemnation any attempt, tl
b3r the uso of improper means, to in- ai
liuonco the votes of a legislative bo- cc
dy." ' w
Wo cannot agreo with the commit- ra
too. It is true, tlicro is no law to hj
punish such attempts at bribery as ai
havo been proven on this fellow; but gi
that is bccauso tho fathers of tho ro- io
public did not conccivo there would 01
ever arise the exigency -when mem- la
bers of Congress would bo sold like T
flesh in tho shambles, and becauso at ps
later days the men who constituted a
tho Senate-?tho Webstcrs, Calhouns, it:
Clays, and so on?would havo thrown 03
a bribe at the tempter's head, oven if, cr
being mostly largo men and of a hot n<
temper, they bad not anointed liim -A
with a stick; but times have changed ni
latterly, as tbc loil never tire of toll- ci
ing us. .a new era naa uawnca, uiey ic
Bay; and wo can well bolicvo it, in ai
view of tho detestable dishonesty tho cj
reign of great moral ideas has brought w
in its train. Tho committee to the y*
contrary notwithstanding, there is ti
needed a law to prevent or punish at- in
tempts at bribery, and tho sooner it qi
is onacted and put to work, especially hi
on tho Senate, tho better. That body
is stuffed with men who know llicy
have no more just right there than
any Patagonian; and men who will M
thus knowingly receivo pay and por- ^
quisites to which they arc not entitled u
are none too good to sell their votes.
Ho who will reeeivo money under ni
false pretences will take a bribe. Tho rf
animns is tho same, and tho manifes- ^
tation a moro matter of indifferent 111
form. It adds to this view to know w
that the only, members of tho commit- tc
tec who sought to whitewash this P'
pestilent trickster, and shamelessly sic
declare that "Governor Bullock acted P1
honorably and fairly throughout the
whole controvery," arc two surrepti- c'
tious Senators of this very breed? ?'
one as very an upstart and usurper as ^
tho pretended Governor of Georgia w
himself, and the other sitting by vir- p
' tue of an impudont fraud that tho
pcoplo will yet undo. 1
The genuine members of tho Sen- "i
ate, ana tbeso number something over S
A luilf?At. ]f>nHt. nnnnrrli trt nnvpir anr>)> tl
a measure?should immediately set
on its passage a law to prevent or
punish attempts pf this kind. It is
not worth while to be too virtuous, y
and make tho law so stringent that it
will not bo enforced; but give it a .
good workable sanction, severe enough ..
to well punish offenders, and not bo ^
rigid as to tempt undetected thieves a<
to risk discovery rather than condemn ^
thoir loss fortunate cronies. The ^
State of Illinois has just, in tho con*- ^
stitution framod by, her eovoreign
convention, insorted a stringent inter- ,
diet on bribery, and Congress is surely
not so ineffatly pure that it cannot ?
hoed the lesson taught by that action. P
?Ntio York World. Jjj
C?
Sodinm?Common Salt &
(' Cf
Prof. Rosoco, in lecturing on tho
"Spectrum Analysis," presents eorn'o w
things which will bo of interest cspecially
to Buch of our roaders as aro of
a scientific bent of mind:
There is not a speck of dust, or a
moto in the sunbeam, which docs not ,
contain chloride of sodium (tho scicnti- ?
fic name for common salt). Sodium .is
i hf\ nrAvnilmff olomnnf ' n "f Ka n 4 m rvo I
W?W |?*w. ??? v?iv UUJUV/O- .-Jj
phoro. "Wo are constantly breathing ^
in portions of this clomentary sub stanco
together with the air which H
we inhale. Two thirds of the earth's S51
surface is covered with salt wntor, r.
and the fino spray which is being continnally
carriod np into tho air evaporatos,
leaving tho minute specks of
salt which wo see dancing in tho sun*
beam. If I clap my hands, or if I J?
shake my coat, or if 1 knock *this Ty
dusty book, I think that you will observe
that this flamo bcconjcs yellow
This is not bccauso it'is tho hand or .
coat of a clicmist, but simply bocauso .
tho dust which ovdrybody carries
about with him is mixed with sodium
compounds. If Iplnco in the color- *c
loris flamo this piccoof platinum wire
which has been lying on tho tablo for
a few minutos since I heated it red '
hot, you see there Is sodiam in it; 01
there wo havo for on/o moment the y
glimpse of a yollow flame. If I boat
the wire in tho flame, the sodium
salts will all volatilize, and the yellow jj
flame will qutye disappear; but if I
now draw this wire onoo through rh'y a|
fingers, you observe the sodium flamo c
will, on heatirig, again appear. If I jj
beat it again, and draw it through ^
my mouth, it will be evident that the tj
saliva contains a vorv . considerable ~]
quantity of sodium salts. If I" leave ^
, the wire exposed here, tied around p
this rod, so that this end does not
touch anything for ten minutoa or a jj
quarter of an hour, I shall obtain the ^
sodium reaction again ^ even if the ?
wire be perfectly fi*e.' This is be- |j
oauso sodium salts, pervade the at- w
, mospher.e, and1, s^me particles of sodiurn
oust) flying about in the fcir of ^
1 .the room, settle on the wire, and show. 0]
i (heir presence in the flamo; . * .
i ', IfCri Shaftesbury Tecontir stated o:
' as the result of his personal forest!- n
I; Ration, that ,fof all tho adult male u
i criminals in London, ?ot. two itt,? a
- hundred who llvo a lffe o? honesty, ,ij
and iobrtety jbp to thd ago of mnte :*?
t aibfir tipon i .?? 4)
i criebo. and thai almoat all who enter U
I
The Norman Face. .
Tho boanty of tho Norman's is a
roblom all.over tho world. Nor has pi
Fio universal admiration wliich has Sj
ccn bestowed upon it in the slightest
egree exaggerated its lofty and ex- f
uisito character. The mon in their
ay, are as handsome as tho women. ^
hoy have tho fine oval faco, sedate, (ari
right oj'os, and clear complexion of
10 old raco; You look in vain for
mlenco of thcic Toutoiiic descent in . 1
icso sculptured features, tlio skin
id hair alone suggesting a rominissncc
of their Saxon ancestry. The
omen aro romarkablo for the natu- m:
il dignity of their carriage, which to
irmonizes Btrikingly with their tall to,
id commanding figures, and tho
avity and reserve of their cxprcssns.
Like tho men, their faces are liii
ml, with the slightly alquilino noso an
rgo, flashing eyes, and curved lips. II<
heir complexions aro poculialy trans- sli
irent, tho chceks mantling over with
blush rich in color, but delicato in
9 diffusion. A fcmile sits in their Sa
,'cs, but the most exquisito observer of
in not detcet in thoir looks or man- of
Irs iho slightest indication of levit}'.
sweet seriousness is their predominant
characteristic. It is strange 6,1
lough to enough to an Englishman Cl*
> meet.groups of theso people, men vc
id women, reproducing beforo his
r'cs that famous Normau head with
hich all are bo familiar. It carries &a4
ou back at once to tho eleventh ccn
try. \v liorevor ho turns ho seos, as V'
i a magic glass, William tho Coniicror
moving up tho streets and
igliways. Ti
, m , cd
da
Tho Saturday Itoview, speaking of pC
r. Bright's "Woman's Disabilities
ill," says: "It is nonsenso to ring
10 changes on Florcnco Nightingalo lo1
id Harriot Martineau, when what is of
icant is woman in tho consulting wi
)om and dissecting-room, woman in
arliament, woman in tho pulpit, vro- .
icu at the bar, v. omen on the jury,
omen free, not only to contract, but P?
> dissolvo tho marriage lio as they 011
lease. And it is not so iriuch non
snso^to say that because wo do not jn
srmit women to go to tho polling30th,
thcx-cforc, in England, wo only ch
ass them with felons, idiots, lunatics nj|
atlaws and minors. Mr. Jacob
right has often avowed that ho
auts to assimilato our sociastato to th
tat happy land, tho home of froo st<
>vo and tho Sorosis; but to assist this Ti
lessed state of- things^ it is simply un
ishonest for any one to say that JSn- ta
lish women are now no hotter off hii
mn she-Turks."
^ ici
Gbatifyino Success op 'the Cau- tb
[.ina Prima Donna.?Tho New Br
orlc papers speak in high terms of a
IO tiffin t in Ttolion r?nn?*? aP Afiftn Tn Oil
w ?? AbM?*UU V|;Vl t* XJJL. OIJ J DO JLO- '
aella McCulloch, tho favorito Carotia
vocalist. Tho Herald says, odi- iut
>rially : "Isabella McCulloch, a rose- "j,a
;o flower from tho gardens of South ei.
arolina, about whoso history there co'
angs that charm of roraanco which m(
slongs more to tho inner and domesc
life of a girl studying and strug- ar
ling for success than to tho more
lare of stage fame, has mado an im,
rcssion *on'the public that will not lai
> forgotten. If ever -there was an is
lustration of what industry an<V th
irclul study, added to fino natural sir
fta and inspirod by a noblo ambition It
in accomplish, . tho perfection op
hich Miss McCulloch has reached as to
1 artiste furnishes that example, ?
1*1 motr lta mianlff
"?VM *-?*ww i? iovijr iv?uwyu ujr
,hor students of tho divino art."
_ po
r 801
Tho hill which passed the Senate; Sq
Icr a.continuous session of eightcon
jurs, to cnforco-ihe Fifteenth amendont,
is of such a stringent character yc
int it is not aceeptablo^to tho author -q
* tho original measarO which passed
10 House, and when it is -taken up j
icro a non-concarrcnco will bo moved ne]
no of tho romarkablo featuuos of tho by
11 is contained in tho 8th scctioji, prj
hich gives tho United States mar- wc
ials tho power to call on tho land
id naval forces of tho Unitod Statos j0I
i assist them in caso t>f rosistanco. jjj
ven Republican mombers of tho thl
ouso declare that this provision is ji0
ich a palnablo violation of tho con- ox
itution, that thov will not vote for
- A modified bill, meroly imposing
iinp and penalties, for preventing 331
>lored portions from voting, is likely "3/
> come out of this disagreement be- of
voon tho two housoB. '
L
Gratifying Success olr tii? Car- th
ijna PhimA Donna.?-The New 75
ork papers speak in high terms of Jri
le debut in Italian opera of Miss Iabolla
McColloch, the favorite Carooa
vocalist. The Herald says ... odi- Ri
>rially: "Isabella McCulloch, a rose- foi
to flower fxtorn the gardens of Sooth to
Aroltaa, abont whose history there .eij
angs that ebarm of romanco which av
ilonga more to the.inner and domes* an
plife of a girl studying and Strug- th
ling fbr BUOCO88 than to the mere at
? ? P.. I--' -* -- "
IUIu ui pwgo iuino, una mauy an lm- ri
rossion on thopublio that will not &6
a forgotten. ,Xf evor there Was an lo
lustration of what hicftutry. and er
ireful study, added to. fine' natural y
ifts and inspired by a noble ambi
on, can accomplish. tho perfection -to
hieh Kiss McOullooh has reached as 29
a orlitt* furnishes that example, ?*
hioh may bo wisely followed by othfl W
r students of the divine artv" - gj
sobsertjWionof
SCRAPS,
The famous Chicago breach t.
omise case, Amanda Craifg vs. l^Iieha.
>ragtio, is to bo triod again.
The poot Bryant is worth $500,000
Dngfollow, $200,000 ; Holmes, $100,>0
: Saxo, $70,000; Lowell, $40,000,
id Whittier $30,000.
Dennis Heart, Esq., the founder of
o HilUboro' Recorder, diod in Hills>ro',
N. C., last week at tho age of
Tlits Now Orleans Ice Company
ako from Bevonty to .sovonty-fivo
ns of ice a day, and sell it at $13 a
11 at the manufactory.
Tho President decides' to remove
3 family to Long Branch in June,
d not wait, till Congress adjourn*,
a will also go there, ?o remain* a
ort time, next month.
Much excitement still prevails in
n Francisco about the silver mines
Now Mexico,- which are said to bo
the richest in the world.
Dr. Paul F. Evo, tlio distinguished
rgcon, late of St. Louis, has accepta
professorship in tho Medical Uni
rsity of Nashville.
A Maino burglar in prison recently
inod possession of a lioop skirt, and
xde the steel springs into 8aw8,*witl.
licli ho cut tho bars of his cell winw.
Tho residence of N. O. Sykes. in
ppah County, Mississippi, was burnon
Saturday night last. Two
ughtcrs, aged oight and thirteen,
rished in tho flames.
At an agricultural dinner, tho foliving.toast
was given?"Tho game
fortitudes-shuffle the cards asyou.
II nnadnn will oUrnrmrin 11
_A. ..... ?...?r ......
A brother and siBtor in an Indian
\vn weigh respectively 593 and 680
unds, and tho oldest is only twentyi'c
years of ago.
An exceedingly paternal man livg
in Dennis Lake, Florida, aged
;hty-8even, is tho father of sixty
ildrcn, tho youngest of whom is
no months old. / ^
Tho Pall Mall Gozclle} in alluding to
o case of Captain Eyre, of tho
;amer Bomba5,,iagre6S "with tho
mes in tho proprioty of his condemtion,
and doclaros that the/aots susin
tho moBt unfavorable estimate of
s conduct. '
"Don't you think," said a vain fcl?r
"that I am fit to beK President of
o United States, or &ing of Great
itain?" "No; but you might mako
dogo of Yonico, if tHe title wero
ly curtailed by alot^fer#'
Paper napkins for table use havo
3t boon introduced into the rostaunts
of Germany. They answer ovV
nurnOKO for nnn liRinnr hut. nf
' ' iV. o' ~~
urao will not stand washing any
3ro than paper collars. Three of
cm cost less than a cent, and they
6 mado of all sizes. ?
The following is a ^'Personal" in a
;o number of the Herald: "As God
my Judge, I had no'iptQQt to injuro
o Rev. Mr. Smyth by fciy advertiig
in Veferenco to "giijt. and. milk."
was bad enough to Jail,. John BishIIall
without addir\g'another crime
ray numerous and4 manifold sins.
Thcuurectified. M'*1
The following announcement aparcd
undor the marring ,, head in
me of the New York ev^nfog pars
on Wednesday: "At Pai|y April
, at tho Mairio, aftcrwafd at tho
inrch of Notre Dame. B'oradittht,
jstavo Lafitte,' formerly of New
>rk, to Kate, youngest daughter.' of.
melius Yanderbilt, of this city/'
Bonnoris rcportod to have spent
irly $200,000 since ho was bit?6n
mama lor "last ones " xtie
ices paid for his most noted houses
ire as follows: Pocahontas, $6$,000;
ixter, 33,000; Brnno, $23,00Qi|: Ha
Widfield, $20,000; Lantenfcrand
ght, *10,000; Flatbush MaidfSe,600
o Auburn Horse, $13,000; Joe 3?1
tt, a colt now owned by hiri^and
pocted to beat Boxter, cost $l<^00j0.
Napoleon's expenses in the
ba are given for the first time ifi the
fomoir and Archives," 1809-lfttfi,
tho treasurer there, M. lie Bafoa
tyrussce, published last- year. The .
ilitary expenses were .1,446,000
incs*; the civil oqly 145,000 franofl;
ose of tho Emperor's household
0,000 fjranc&,, fl:om May
The land salos of the TJoWra
ulroad are now averaging pfarfy
rty thousand dollars k?c^flu^*he
tal Sales to date amoun^io ijibott
jht hubdrgd thousand dmli^'^The
eraire per acre Is abotit mlf' dqllara
.1 _ i rni
IU a IIHU. jLUUiv Mvwmvir" Huig
o'restriction Conto
ply to the lands of * the Northern
road, o v ah'liI*
A sp?tf*i deBpsioh'lo tVe Chariositky
>Jp?j?zitii5?S3&r5?7 i>:." *; ' iA ^Janjoaf^Smith,
?onJf Ahig-man
Sot?^: FeMBingkAn Awm."7u>fSZT3'l
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