Horry news. (Conwayboro, S.C.) 1869-1877, February 26, 1876, Image 2
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SCIENTIFIC,
Thr MwrrACTWRK op bus
t^?en brought almost, to perfect ion.
In this ait, as well as in ix>re
celain and crockery, there is a return
<to old stylos. The eara.V* or water
^ugs, decantors for wines and liquors,
jcordial tr.H, go.bjets ami tutnhlei'9
jnost sought for are the oltl-fushioned
.cut glass, or crown glass cut in diav
onds, hexagons, ami other goomofrie
figures, or else they are made of
tiio same diamond-clear glass, blown
s?> thin as to look as if they would
siiiver at the slightest blow, and on
the surface are delicate traceries of
loaves, flowers, ferns, birds, and but- I
terfiics, engraved by the hands of tlie
finest arils s, many of whom are foreigners,
who buvo f nind refuge in
Hi is country, and employment for
their talents in this city since tho Into
disturbnm-cs in r.urope. Then there
a re single pieces of that rare old
Venetian j.rlass, the art of making
which nas been lately revived by an
Italian artist, tralviatti. Tlioy nro
made in elegant sj iral colds of spun
jplass, or of that prized opaline tint
Which was in a davker age tabled to
possess mo quality of shivering to
atoms when poisons were poured in*
to the hi i< a c c....:l veinPi which it
was male for treo-eof Kings and
flueetis or for those only whooouldaf*
fold In" this tifutis tu h.ilih; the poisoner's
ait, fi is not so costiy as it
was then, nv I n certainly floes not
possess taut won* < runs quality, JJut
it is beautiful, and a inoro tasteful
ornament j? r no enn/e/v?, flower
?Mind or mantel could not bo iin* '
Agincd.
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Finn v"s--. i,>. ?\! r:v. j, >, writer in
the .in ri in thinks that,
in the iir-ioss toe* hod of usl g steam
locomotives win largo tanks will
probably prove u ,re iconoinleul than
those wi'.h s i a a 1! tanks that if a
tank, three feel ?'i. uncer an 1 ton foot
Jong is capable, witu one charge, of
propelling u our wish from twenty*
live to foity i :n . 'gers n dirt unco of
eight or tej> miles, si tank of twice
this capacity would probably do considersibly
more than t wice the amount
of work, owiag to iho greater body of
concentrated power and he it in pro*
portion to the weight and surface of
tank; and the weigat ol' th ?sy tanks
may be reduced to a minimum by
making tl.eiM willi hemispherical
ends. A tank of this form, four feet
in diameter and litsoeu L'eoi long, callable
of sustaining a pressure of 3G0
pounds per s piure inch safely, would
weigh only about one-third as much
as an ordinarv locomotive boiler, and
such a sized tank, once charged with
cold air only, to a pressure of 300
pounds, would propel an ordinary
horse ear lo I of passengers about
(1 i*r? 111 > i ~ - \ l* i?U i < <?/ I \? it 1. u'jitni' nii.1
Bteani, at fhe same pressure, it would
probably propel the same load about
twenty miles. Condensed air may,
however, bo the m-.st economical and
satisfactory of the two, especially In
localities where nm, io water power
could bo obtained i'or condensing the
air into rcservoiis for chunking the
tan ks.
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Nitki: li .?s or I'kuu. M. Guyard,
in the MuniU'.itr Xi i. ntijique., writing
with reference to the wonderful nitre
beds of Peril, which form a plateau
of a mean elevation of seven thousand
feet, lil'Leon to twenty leagues broad
iiud, several hundred in length, proposes
the following theory to account
fur su?'h a formation, lie supposes
that there has been an epoch when
nitrogen compounds were disengaged
from tno volcanoes, just as there were
porphyritie mountains, which have
given 1 iso to the beds of kaolin and
other clays. In general, the saltpetre
exists in the hem of saceharoid soda
and eliloiide o sodium, mixed with
nitrate and io>.nte of potash, chlorides
of magnesium, aluminum and calcium,
sulphate of lime, magnesia, and
alumina. M. Ciuyard opposes the
view, as hold by some, that the nltro
beds are derived lrom dooomposod
guano and the i?'dates front seawcods;
ami lie also regards u as demuustruble
that the (''during mattei of the
nitre beds is not of vol- .mic origin, tho
yellow being enionid ueii, und tho
violet manganic.
Thompson's Eoj.ipsino Enurr.- What
is known as the Thompson eclipsing
light is being satisluc'orHy adopted
on some parts of tin? English coast
This api arafus consists of a train of
wheels t;.u rying t tie necessary screens
for eclipsing the lights. Three ijcroonU
are curried round the light onco iu
about eleven seconds, Two of these
are narrow, wliao a t.drd has twice
tho breadth; the result, of this being
to give two short eclipses and one
long eelij se the eftcci to an outside
observer being two snort intervals of
darkness and one long one, or, iu
other words, dot, dot, dash, in accordance
with tho >)<cso telegraph alphabet.
Then follo ws und interval of
uninterrupted ,i? , after which tho
. eclipse are ropeato 1. Formerly, a
xixcu r<-u n/jni was thought Ute boat
arrangement, but the objection to thia
is its liability to be mistaken for a
ship's port light, and tlio comparatively
abort <iuvuaco from which it
cun be discerned.
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Thk power of (.oippowder is shown
bv h reeent wi iter in the Revue Helentiii'jur
The velocity of a shell leaving
the cannon in l.aoo feet per second,
V . The height from which the projectile
would have to fall to acquire this h
v 6,an0 feet, consequently the power ol
) the powdnr in equal to 219,000 foot
\ powud?. The heat evolved by th?
\ ?o?nbu*Mos of one and one-quartei
poundnof rowderift oqual to 3*9.7 ??alo
rlos. The moohanical work of thb
p n amount at la ],ogo,Cm) foot
( peuwJ*.
wt? ;T" ""
J* ^ );hn^ f litro^Vt;w Mm?* now been *5
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[Special Correspondsut to the Uo:ry Sews.]
Samiiio's "host, in the *ha|?o >t the
I'imkhaek case, made its weekv ;?'
nca i atiye in ilic Senate ?>11 Mnnlny, en <
oineered us usual by Mr Morton, who
bored that hotly wit ii Ins accustomed
outrage (oa-*) speech. Morion thinks
it the most wonderful tiling on iacor<| 1
tint in a year or two kucIi orcat.
changes sl.onl?! have ta.vcn place in tin?
vote o| Louisiana, yet can readily miderstami
why it should happen in In,
<liaua ami Illinois. 1
On the smut* <lay a resolution was
offered in the limine hv Mr. Hale,
which in a very vajjue. imlelinite man
nor, proposed to assist the ic?uinption ,
o| specie payments. ICvery member
ravh it must ho done, and has a
a suheno whirl) is platisahlc in Ins j
own ill I ii?iy ami ridiculous to those ol '
??th?r members. I'lii' consequence i?,
i hat nothing has yet been prodneed
muro feasible ill.in the plan of the hril
!i ml tinam icr ol Willi.imsburg, V a ,
who, having sum a puhical ion thai
111 h public debt amounted l<> exact l\
$2,21 4,4^ll,lhS I .2e, iinmodi 11 ely remit- ,
led l.o tho Secretaj'y ol I ho Treasury a '
111m which should cancel the la-t two
.igurcs, fc n ark tag that ho thought
luling this centennial year ol grace j
he men could ea-ily l?e louud t<> wipe
out the other figures What a hril
h int onee|?t ion! Worthy of a .lay or
Hamilton! w itli a slight t race ol Mui
urry Sellers. it lias boon inl un ited
; tii.it the gent, in the question was
; iglnly demented. yet it must he adnkted
tliat he had "cents' enough to
-elect the last two figures. Tins unique
idea was doubtless suggested to
j ois mind hy reading in a Western paper
how a gentleman settled his account
at a hat* in a polite and affable
nanuer, saying ti.a1, us it was the end
! the year, lie wisned 10 clean <dl hi.,
-hale. "Oil! is that i'," said tile debtor,
**1*1 i lix the slate." And pulling
mi a Coil's nav y, he eft' etu.illy ' li.ved"
it at a single slml.
I My pi hi is to let those eleven natriotio
cili/.es who are to sinnd under
liiic.li: S.nn, like Alias ol myt I'ologic
memory, under the world, gather to
geUie*" in a i'oiivciiuu i, pimv up their
respective s uhserip*ion?, 'Mix' tin* shiie
! lilt) I'CMIIUC.
lint to resume (not specie payments.
, ml lilt: ilirt :ol ol my discourse) the
heresy ol iidliiiou?that's (lie <>i ho
; dex phrase?see ns to h ive deeply in
e? ted Home I weir, y c t zees u| Wisconsin,
and should iheir petition, as preI
seated to th" Sena e, assume a praetioal
shape, I ?lo not. hesitate to a-sure
, you thai money mattms are lik.-ly to
j o; come extremely "easy," and that ?> ?r
| people may expect a good unie j^vii?*rally.
Ihey pray Congress to pass a law
requiring the '! lea-nr.-r ol i he United
Stales to pay to every m in, woman,
and child residing wiihiu I he United
i States, wiihout tli-t ine.t ion ot ruee,
! color, or previous s'ale ot servitude,
the sum ol *10 per Week to he paid
j every Saturday uiuht at Hie post oilier
; nearest or most convenient lo the r<*si
j dene.e ol each person; that the said
J t reasurer l>e authorized to issue IV: as.
| ury notes Irom time to limn as iln y
may Da required tor *.n it j? 111provided,
hottcvi.T, til it lli>* \\ I???1 * amount
of Treasury notes issued tor th at nnr
pose in any one year siiall n ?l exe.eed
: t lie sum <>i ti ve 11 urns ir. il million oi <! >1
; I Hi's, Just think ol u! 111'lur/s millions
in it." It will certainly pass,
; and then onr foreign imiiiigr u ion s. >I
cielics will timl their hands lull; for
Ivirope, Asia, and Africa will :iI> he
down on us like a thousand oi bucks,
every mother's son of iheui wain mo
! his $10 a week. Some people will he
sure to become dissatisfied with the
arrangement and want the Govtrn- j
incut to pat their monogram on every
nolo.
At last we have something authentic
on the third term question. ('oh
' Fred. Grant sai I to t wo gentlemen at :
the White House same days ago, "I.
wny body thinks there's any third te^m
, j here, lies mis'.akui, Faliiei does not
desire the nomination, and will not
aeeept it i? tendered by the Cincinnati '
convention.' Fred, expressed himsell |
warmly in favor ut Cookliog.
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This is reliable; though n is barely
possible that bis lather "did no! wun?
thiid term any more than lie did tin
first which puts quit" a I ill", rent appearance
upon the matter, and leaves
room for the usual ''emergency.'
TIKI irIIfH III 1 ^ it il.L* inI'Hviiii'iiinn
Committee i* |?roo?*tr? 1 i?.slowly, nm
' : surely. The results ol their lab -rs are
not given to the public, but will in !<>
an interesesting and use nil cum paign
document when compiled.
; One ol the most intelligent, and respectable
colored men ol iIiik city came
into your correspondent's idlice, :? il.iy
or two ago, and asked 1read Senator
Brace's speech, to which relerence wu*
> 1 made in a former letter a-* having produced
so much excitement in Ii tdieal
i circles. Alter iiidshiug, lie somcvvh.il
i surprised me I?y saying, "that with the
f exception ol Bruce s icmnks ^jboni
i making $15,000 a year on his plantu*
I lion, and small value he set upon the
_ ?enatortthip, he considered the speech
^ well-limed, sensible and just in every
t particular," closing with this dc duration,
which he assured me expressed
I the views ol a large majority of the
; colored race b to he:e and in the
I South; 'Toople,'raid he, "dou'f seem
DRRY WEEKLY IS J
i?> umierstuml the change in the voic !
ot Misftjseippi ami Loijisiaija at tlu* Ja-t
ileeiimi; mi i can icll litem that ihe
nau'i perpetruled liy the kreeduiah'm
Rank w:n tiie piitieipke factor in that
ifMili, ami has* in a large iiiotsure,
eomplelely * I'joctl the colore.I vole
I ?)in 11s UiimJ athguuje.e to tile I{ej>*?l#. J
licau parly." Tlii* was a remarkable I
utterance, coming 11?mii an observant :
iu<i m'U-oMi' c??h?m'?| man, ami impressed
iu?* /ieeply. The *'boi loin.lacls,"
ln?\vevca*# when rebelled ami |*n *?lished
to i In win Id, w ill inn. he ol socli
a diameter as to change the opinion*
nl himself. |
Kunna Mine Seltenvk has, it is re- j
ported, resigned, ami will anon return .
|o I he United Slate*, where Iiih shining I
abilities will lin<i a I irgor tiehi tor e.\eie.isc?
Kugli>liiueii heing such poor
poker player* as no longer to uilbiil
him either amusement or re wan I.
Mr. ChK ha- been sideeled |o till the
speaker'* Chair dining liie ab?mce ol
Mr. lverr, who i?* eo:np* 11?*? 1 by siekii"ss
to lake a week's rest. Mr. C<>x,
it is neeiilews to add, tills I hi' position
wi'h aliiliiy ami success?to ihe saiis?
lact ion oi his part y.
The t .'nuiuiillec on appropi ialioiis
con;innes tin* mo le ot culling down
bolii the iinuihri ol employees ami the
salaries ol oll'mials, lor example, the
a I'propri a i ion lor lorl i lie-.il ions w as reduced
Ir-on 3.'J,Ob<i,00<>, a modest sum
in eniu] arixou. Then I in* estimates
relating lo i he liileinal lb-venue ib ?
p.iiMinei.l have been cut down Ironi
fiijIMK) IIDO to u'mut $1 ,0tM),0U?l, beside*
dispensing willi an army nl llselessl
olliei tls. 1 in se ex nnplts arc given
I lull the cnUni ry may umlerstami that
t he pledges made l?y the democracy,
win ii elected, were not merely "souinl:..
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I 11 IT IMMSK :i 11 I IIIIKIIII'' C\ Ml till, 1? II I
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wl.l Ik* carried ?> UI 111 ya?od I at; It I o *J|o
UtlflMIOtft. I
W mil the country leelu, as loel it
must i/: a very >11? ft time, the relict
which 1 iiik l eilue ioti ol ex j'etiilil ore
will brimjj with it, when tin presold,
economy, hoi h at lioiue ami abroad,
hears it* hints and ik compared with
i lie hlvt-li extravagance and criminal
Waste ol itemey indulged in hy llie republic
Conoiess, tin; people will be
ci-itaiu to n-i'ooih/a' in I lie present m ijorilv
ol the lower Moose, llicir tr test
b m ho tors, who, hy an unlalierim_i
ad In rmice to duty, m the laeeol elanu
oiMin opposit ion, have relieved tin in
ol burdens \vI i?*h had become beyond
heirs iviio|Ii to hear, and igiveii tiiein
prosperity, happiness in plica* ol dis?
tr- *s and anxmiy.
In llie election contest of Uromberij
v. 11 11 iclson, the laMor, who is a col
oiad in in and the siiiino member, was
declared culilleh to the. scat.
In the arranoeMteiit ol contested
elcctciion cases lor trial bclorc coin?
in it tee tile case ol l'lutl v. Ciuode,
comes last one on the li>t. The rcpi.n*
lican pipers of this city, no sooner
Ilea I'd ol .his, than, wilii their usual
disregard o| lacls, they clatnicd that
this was done in order tint the trial
iiit^hl not take plaoj during the session,
ami accused the eoinnnttc of in?
ju-tic". Ii sccnis, however, thai they
merely a 1 o| i ted tlii' mm hi c ruin which
Wiia iil VOglte diinno t lit' j?ii'Vi?H|M 0?m?
- ics-, iiiiuii'ly: to take in-ill tlio various
si :i i i's, ii) 1 licit' uhdiabel ieal oril.'l'
ami thus t)i| i m; ut i In-ill. Virginia
being l ist in 111is order, ilie c.is?j in
|n i111 niii-l necessarily Ik? I:iIc? 11' 11}*
las'. Ii i'M ii 11111 s bi- si'i-n li'iiv 111 l In
|i?ron I lii'iv is in tliis outcry, 11??w ileal?
i\ our radical friends have been 4,l^i)i>t
sviili liii-ir ow 11 petard."
K KNO.
ji;rn:usoN da vis si* t: a us.
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lilttbie's Charges Pn ii uiucoil I'alsu iiml
Malii-iuus.
Ji UVrson Davis lias ivriiien the lollowing
le'ler lo Judge Lyons, llicliiiioinl,
Virginia:
N i;\v Oiji.kaxs, I,i., Jan. 27, I w70
J/y Dv.ar /''<lend: Your very knnl
r oi i In- I I ii iiiv* . was iorwurdc'i
:n?ui .Meiii|ilns ami has been reoei\vd
ill iliis place.
I have linen so long ihc object o(
Mini :mini slander and tint subject nl
uiceriijrnl<mi * Iain-hood by pariis.-iiis
i >1 I lie class o I Mr llluiiu* -.hat ili.n./li
I eillMlot K i V it icis lit COIIIC to MM* il
lllitltT of iuiliH'i'iclk-r, 1! has ceast d t'?
i i*xi*iif iny Mtrprisc, i*vi'M in this iu oauee,
wit* ii it reaches I'm* i?\: i'c*m ' v
mI aeeusi if tin* ol erilt 11 y Id prisoners.
Willi .natters it. to one w hose ol joct is
t |'i*rs ?oal ami party ail \ aula ge t li.it the
| records, howh federal anil (. oiiMm1i*i';iu*,
its prove I In* charge; that the country
is tali ol witnesses who hear oral ten' imoiTy
against it, ami thai the cifori to
re vi \ e l he hitter ai.i/ir>siti? k ol the
war ohst rtieis the progress toward the
j reeone.iiiat ion ol t he sections i it is
! enough lor him it his sell Krckio^piii
j pose he promoted. It would, how*
; ever, set in probable thai such ex puctut
ion * 111 ost be disappointed, lor only
'.h<'So who are wiliinly hlind ran fail
to sue in the cirenm-lanee# ol the ease
thelallaey ol Mr. Blaine's statements.
Tho published laet oi a*i attempt t<
suborn NVirz, when under sentence ol
death, by promising him a pardon il
ho would eliminate me in regard if
| Anderson*il'e prisoners, is coiielustvi
: as to the wish il the government t<
make such a charge against me, ami
the tail tire to do so shows that nothing
could he loitml to sustain it. May wt
not say tho evidence ol my innocence
was such that Holt and Co novel*, will
their trained hand ol suborned wit
uesses, dared not make against na
litis charge?the same w hich Wins loi
i
Ills lite would not make, but whiei
\ ijiainc for ihu Pfo.?iileuiiul iioiuiiiaiioi
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BWS: rivlMU AllY 2
liu* made ?
JJJIC LKADINU FACT8.
Now lei us review the leading f-iets
of ihe case. The report of tlie (Jonf't-derate
Commissioner tor lije Kxehange
ol prisoners .shows how persistent ami
liberal were ottr ellorts to secure the
reliel ol captives. Failing in those,
attempts, 1 iustiueleil (lenerul 11. 10.
Lee to go, under a f 1 iuj ol trin e, and i
Heels an interview with liviteral (iraut;
to represent to him the Huilering and
death of federal prisoners held hy us;
lo explain the emote whieh were lie- i
yonti our control, and in urge in the
name ol humaiutv the observance ol
llhecartal lor the exchange ol priMoii' i
ers. To this, as to all previous up- !
i peals, a ileal ear was turned. 1 will j
I not attempt irom memory to write the
I reporl made to'me ol the incidciitti of
I this mission. Lee no longer 'ivcn to
I defend the eanse and country he loved
mi well and served so ellieielit IV, hill |
tieneral (Irani cannot tail lo ilmientj
her so extr.(ordinary a visit, and his |
I objections lo executing the eartal are !
I well shown lo the public. Ilut, who- '
I ever else may cnoose lo 11>ijjf t my
? ll'orlH in litis regard, the prisoners at ;
Anderson villi' and the delegates I | ermilled
them to send to l'iesid? ill Lineolu
to plead h>r the resumption of ex- |
change ot pi isoeers cannot I ill lo le- j
llii iiiIii'I IiiiH wdlllnr I vv-iiw t.i r.
> 1111 * * 11 lo liu'ir homes ami to tin* com* t
buis < l \v11i;:|| 111? y wort' in iiim <1, |
tii'ov bled tlic i in | ii ihonct 1 soldiers *>1
ilit! Coutederaey should In* in like
111111111 r lelcased miiI returned to nk,
1 iii.s rt-ll, accusation,
llioijoli directed specially against me,
[ was no tltiiilii iiiieieled ami naturally
j must lie tin* air.lion on nt ol i lie South,
i by whose authority ami in whose hehall
my deeds we;e ?)oim. It. niav hu
| 111 i-sii uit'tl UmL i he leelimjs uml t fie
j liahilK ol i Im Soli'hern sohiieis were
iiinlel'slooil hy llie, ami in thai ConnerI
lion any h'ir unml woiihl perceive in
! my eon-jinlulaio'y orders to the army |
alter a vielory in wlneh the troops j
I were most cumm micd for their len- !
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leimess ami gcnemsiiv t?? t In* \voiimle?l
j ami oilier e.l|>li\es, as well I he inslinels
ol the person who isSiieil the
order as tin* kieilIv temper ol the
| ko|<tiers to whom it. was addressed.
11 is ml mil I cd that the prisoner* in our
1 hi mis were not as well provided lor
as we would, luil il is claimed we did
as well lor lliein as we eouitl, Cai.
I lite other fide say as much ? To the
hohl allegations ol til-ireatmeni. ol {
| prisoners bv rill' sitle ami humane
I ;I'eitmvnt ami adetjualn supplies by
j our opponents, it is only necessary lo j
oiler I wo lac s I
First - It appears from the reports 1
lot the I'niud Si ilis War 1 h i art incut
thai, ihoiioli we had Oh,<>00 more j
lederal piisoners than tiny had <>l
(hnilederates, U.OOO more ol C'oiilcd- |
erates < 11?*?I in Northern prisons.
Second?Tim want and sutbuinir ol j
moll in Northern prisons caused me
lo ask loi permission to send out cot- j
j ton and buy supplies b?r them. The |
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i reipiesi was grinieu, iii11 diiiy mi eon?t
i?i > 11 ; hat tin* rui ion f-!???u 1 < 1 be sent
to New Voik and tin* supplies In j
j bought. 11?ore. (ietieral 1 >?*'iI, now o!
!S?. Louts. was aut Inn i/a'd to pun-hoe j
j Mini ills', ribute the needlui kiij?|?l!?*! ?. ;
On r >y in | *: t iiy rose with the oeeasiou
Mm) responded in its demands, not |
wait tng ior Inn years, then to vaunt j
j iisell when it vimlil starve n> good pur
jui"?i' I o I lie sullen-is.
Under ilie un llowing intluenee of
time and oee.asional deinonsi ralnnis at i
i tin* North nl a desire for tlie lvstoru !
' tion oI peace and good will tin* South j
j i*rn people have forgotten much, have
! t i gt\ en inuelijol the wrong* they bote. i
ll it he less so among their invaders j
; it is hn< another example of the rule
j that i he wrongdoer is h**sable to lor1
give than he who has sulk-led causeless
w rung. It is not, however, generally
among those who braved the
j liax nils o| battle that unrelenting
vindiitiveness is to he found. Tno
brave are generous and gentle. It
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T11K SKULK Kit* OF THIS FIO.IIT,
i ho Blaine*, who display their 11 ag on
an iintentcd field. They made no j
sacrifice lo prevent 11 u* separation ot i
| llio Si tic*. Why should lin y ho ex- I
peeled lo promote I he eonli It-nee ami
good will essential to iheir union?
I \Yln*n closely confined til. h'oi". res*
! Monroe 1 was solicited to add my
l n iiiic to those ol many esteemed gentlemen
who luul signed a petition lot*
my pardon, and an assurance was
gi ven llial on my doing so the IVei
sideiil woiini order mv liheration.
! Confident ol the just ice ol our cause
i i and tin* reel it tide ol my own conuiiet
1 1 dcclimd to sign the petition and re
inaiiicd suhjeci. to the lncXcusahlw prii
val.ioic* and tortures which Ur. Craven
has but til i nt I y dcseiihed. When,
alter two years ol close confinement,
| I was admitted to had, as often as i tquired
1 appeafd lor trial under the
I i indictment found against me, hut in
! which Mr. Blaine's fictions do not appear.
'l'lio indictment was finally
> quashed, on no application of mine,
I nor have I ever evaded or avo'nh d :i
I J trial upon any charge the general
i government might choose io bring
%
1 , against me, and I nave no view ol the
> I u in re which make* it desirable to me
I j to be included in an amnesty hill.
; Viewi d in the abet ract or an a general
s ; question, I would he glad to nee tlie
j repeal ol all lawn indicting the penalty
i ol political disabilities on classed ot
the people, that it might, as prescribed
by the constitution, be le?t to the
r courts to bear and decide causes and
? | to ailix penalties according to pro-exi
luting legislation. The dibcrimmution
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G, 1?7G.
made against our people is jnjuat ami
impolitic. ll llie tact be equality am'
the purpose '>e haleruity aimnig the
citizens ol the United Stales, coiivic.
lion ami sentence without a hearing, !
without a jurisdiction, ami allixiug '
penalties by tx post facto legislation i
arc part 01' the proceeding whieh ha I ;
its appropriate end in the assumption ,
b\* t'ongress oi the executive iuuctioil I
ot i"i 1?1?11 ?jf pardons. To remove political
disabilities, which there was not
legal power to impose, was not an act
ol s > intu'h grace a* to lortn a plausible
pretext lor the reckless dialriho ol
Mr. Jilaine. The papers preserved by
Dr. Stevenson happily lurnish lull I
proof o| the causes ot disease and ,
death at Andeisonx illc.- I hey are
now, I believe, in Uicbmoiul, and it is
to be hoped their publication will not
be much homer delayed, I have no
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taste lor recrimination, though the sad
recitals made by our soldiers returned
Iroui Northern prisons can fever be
lorgotten; ami yon will remeinber the
excitement llicy produced and tin;!
eensoiioiis publications which were!
u 11 ci'ci 1 against me t urea use I would ,
11 <?I visit <111 ill.- 11?-1 piess prisoners l "i j
Mir hands such barbarities as, accord*
i?i?^ l<? rcpcns, had Wren inflicted upon |
niii' mi ll. Imprisonment is a hard lot ^
at the hest, and prisoners air pi out! to !
< x 10L^i-ratr llirii siiHerinos, and Hindi |
was prohahlv the ease on both sides} |
Imt we did not seek by reports ol eoiuiii11
lees w it h
lMiorooitArifit: iti.i .-ia: atio.xs
to iitt!ucitce I lie pis.oous <d our people.
1low was it with cur eneiuv i J>?*1
one example selliee. \ >.ii may re
ineniher a puhlished report <d a com*
mi t tee ol I he I'uitcd Stales Congress,
whitdi was sent .o Annapolis to visit
smiie exchanged piisoncrs, and which
had oll'ered lo it the photographs til
smut! emaciated subjects, whieh were
nllfi't-d as samples ?d prisoners rcturmcl
Iro'U the South. W lien a ;
i-opv ol that report was received J i
sent it. to Colonel Ouhl, Commissioner
lor the lilxcha.ioe o1 I'risonrrs, ami
learned, as 1 anticipated, that the photograph*,
as lar as tin y could he
imh lit ili.-ti, had heen taken tfoni men
who were in our hosini a Is when they
were lih-'iati'd for exchange, end ;
whom i he hospital suroeou regarded
;?>. tamvah'sc nt, hut too weak to j
he rmiiot ed with salety to themselves. J
l lie anxiety ui the prisoners to be |
sent fo their homes had prevailed over !
t In- object i<>iis o! the surgeon. Hut!
this is not. all. Cor 1 have recently j
learned troin a priest, who was then j
at Annapolis, that the wretchedest
looking ol these photographs was tak<-n
tioin a iiian v\ ho had never been a
pii^otn r, hut who had hecti h it on the J
"sick li-i" at Annapolis when the
eotmuaud to whieh lie was attached
r I
had passed thai place on lis south-!
ward march. Whatever may bo said ,
in extenuation ot
Btieii lMi'osrrnK
because ot I lie exigencies of war there i
can In* no such excuse now lor the at
tempt ot .Mr. Maine, Viy gross misrepresentation
ami slanderous accusation,
to renew the worst pulsions ot the
war, ami it is to be liopetl that, much
as the event is to be regretted, it will
have the good ell.-el of evoking truthlul
statements in regard to this little
understood subject trout men who)
would luive preferred to leave their
Horrowtul story untold it the subject
emibl have been allowed peacefully to j
sink into oldivion,
31 utnil respect is needful, lor the
common interest is essential to a
friendly union, and when slander is
promulgated lrom high places the
public, well a re demands that truth
shall strip falsehood ol its power tor
evil. I am, respectfully and truly,
your frl"i;d, Jkffkuson Davis.
A wk ansas. ? The Judge of the
United States Court at Fort Smith,
Ark, on the 5ih instant, sentenced six
men to lie h inged on the 21st April
One was white, one black, ami tour
were Indians They Were convicted c,t
separate murders in the Indian Terri.
VII 4 I * * I . 1 1 A t
iory. /\ii uiu criminals sun wen me
most stolid i11?1 itl\*rr11! <?.
In speaking ot 11?t- ?ppronehiug campaign,
11?i* Ibitesvillc Ilepublijan says
thai the light lor ollice in Arkansas
will I?c mainly one sidrdf.tnH only in
Minn1 hall dozen counties can Kepuhlieans
hope to win. The field being
lei t no entirely to the Democracy there
will be a n?>h tor nomination, as
nomination will mc^n election, lion,
\V. K. Miller has been nominated
lor next Governor Mr. Miller is
State auditor, and the bare mention
o 1 bis name has brought out favorable
responses from all sections of the
i State.
. Sleep prod need l?y narcotics or so
cailed sedatives, says the London ban!
I 'Hi -i
I (H'l, IS pOIHOIJeU. 1 l?ell' USC glVl'S 11)0
persons emplyi'ig them an attack <?1
j cerebral Congestion, only ditV nng in
amount, not in kiiul, Iroin tbe cotuli!
lion wipcli naturally issues in death.
; There is graxc reason to lear that the
i leal nature ol the operation l?y which
' theRe deleterious drills, one ami all,
i bring about the unconsciousness that
i hurles<jues natural sleep, is lost sight
| oi, or wholly misunderstood, by those
i who have tree recourse to poisons on
the most frivolous pretences, or with
none save the exigency ot morbid
habit. Great responsibility rests on
medical practitioners, and nothing can
! atone lor the neglect ol obvious 'Jnty#
Kitty years ago leinulo colleges
would io?i have been sanctioned by
| the lords ol creation, but now are
no novelty among civilised nations.
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Tho bill to destroy the judical system
of the state, and to subject the
circuit judges hereafter to the will ol
the general assembly was knocked yu
the head yesterday >?y the sen.
ate. The motives ot those who voted
for it and against it we do not consider
as of importance in arriving at the
conclusion that the hill was properly
dealt with. It should not he resurrected.
It was a pieue of political trickery,
and was elevated into serious consideration
only hy the object which it
apparently had in view, and hy the
wide influence which its passage
might have h id on the- future relations
ol the judicial and legislative departments
of the government. When a
simple majority in the general assembly
can get l id of an obnoxious ju IgT
hy tearing his circuit to pieces, the
independence of judges becomes a
thing ot the past.? Union ]fer<dil,\vm
Virginia has a disagreeable sensation.
A judge taught a member of
the legislature how to play draw
poker, made him drunk, and then,wit It
the assistance ol a professional, relieved
him ol $14,000 while attempting to
teach him the cask value ol'4 two
pair." The money was trust money,
and the result a disgrace to both judge
slid legislator?the wounded reputation
ol the former, however, being salved
by the captured fourteen thousand.
.Moral ? Don't play poker with
judges.
A W est 11111 boy,Hays lii! Burlington
llawkeyo, cuinw iu to his mother
the other day with two yawning n-nu
in hia trousers. His patient mother
sal down, alter administering the necessary
counter-irritant, lo repair the
garment, and was shocked to hear her
darling tell his sister thai "Mother
was an old devil." "Harry,'Vim
cried, "what did yon say?" "i did't
t-ay nothing, mother." "Yes you did,
Harry. You said lhaf I was a devil.
What did you mean hy thai?" "Well
it's so, inoihcr; 'cause my Sunday
School teacher told me that nodody
hut the ?levil sewed tares."
.V Toast.?Two Important Discoveries:
The discovery of America I>y Dolumbus, and
Dr l'ieree's (ioldcn Medical Discovery, the
one opening up to mankind a new continentthe
other a fountain of health, which is in,
dispMiHahle t<> the full enjoyment of iiAs and
i's blessings. iu response to the above sentiment
eotue the unsolicited attestations of tens
of thousands of grateful patients, who have
been relieved of chronic aliments through its
instrumentality. Those voices are limited to
no one locality, but from every city, village,
and hamlet, in our broad domain, as well as
from other climes, and in the strange utterances
of foreign tongues, like tlits confused
murmur of many waters, come unfeigned
and hearty commendations, it is, in comhinution
witli the i'leasaiit Purgative IVIiels,
the great depuiator of the age. Undci its
benign action eruptions disappear, excessive
waste is checked, the nerves are strengthened,
ami health, long banished from the system,
resumes Iht reign and re-jstabiishes her
roseate throne upon the cheek. All who
have thoroughly tested its virtues in the diseases
for which it is recommended unite in
pronouncing it the greatest Medical Discovery
of the aye. (24)
Killed hy a Mouse.
An extraordiny occurrence was
i brought to light, at an inquest held re|
oently on the body ol a tnan in South
| London. It appears that m a work
room where many young girls were at
?t? . k I L' O lltiillun trilil.L.ti I t? I1%I..L. I I ..
il w n , < III 1/ lliivi nuimvill I III I'll; 11
appearance on a table, causing, ot
course, considerable comtno'ion ami a
general stampede. Tiie intruder was
seized, however, by a young man
who happened to be present, but tlio
j mouse slipped out ol his hand, and,
i running up his sleeve, came out be- '
twceu his waist coal and shirt, at the
neck. The untortunuie man had his
mouth op.iit, and the mouse, on the
lookout tor some convenient place of
concealment, entered the man's mouth,
and he, in his night and surprise,
swallowed it. That a mouse can cxl
isl for a considerable time without
, much air has long been a popular bei
liif, and was, unfortunately, pioved
; to be a tact in the present instance,
! tor the mouse began to tear and bite
inside the man's throat and cheat, and
the result was that the unfortunate
lellovv died, alter a little time, in horrible
agony Several witnesses hav- ^,
ing corroborated the above lac's, ami Y'
medical testimony as to the cause
ot death having been given a verdict
ol accidental death was returned.
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