The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, March 27, 1867, Image 1
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VOLUME XVI. LANCASTER C. II., S. ., MARCH 27, 1867. . NUMBER 7.
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BILL ARP OM THE SITUATION.
KoMB, lJl? 8h*?TT T?"?e"mRT, No. 3%
March 8ih, 1807.
Mr. Rpitob'.? My Intention was to I
bm remained is dignified obscurity the i
mall remnant of my miserable days, but i
nay friende Hob Hide, Sam McCrackin, |
Tip and other respectable gentlemen efall
sexes and both colore, seem to be dishes
led about the times, and insist oo my
views about the momerttous*state of our 1
aullerio country. The good people in I
a .1 .- L ...
niiHU ll>v? ^Ul Snaky ID tUS knfSS, SDd 1
its lh? duty of every good citizen to keep
the disease frops epreadin if be can, I
bavent been to Washiuton, nor been play
ing tontine I on a watch tower, but my
observation convince* me there is a power
of fust on hand about something. Poli
tics look squally aad alarmin. * Hill Sber
man overrun the country and destroyed
and carried away eur property, and now
Lie brother John it fluieliin up the job by
robbin us of lite rights and liberties our
forefather! won. General Thomas is playi
in Ventolin with his 21 order!?pultin
harmless boys in the barracks for tableauin
with an old rebel flag ?accutio ot 6( all
the crimee in the decalogue: eucb at
murder, larceny, rape, arson, burglary,
bigamy, perjury and euicide, t)irowin up
in our '.eeili the magnanimity of our conquerors,
at i>ein our safety valye from
death end lleelzlebub. Good gracious !
What an awful people we are. And now
omes Joseph, the sentinel, with bis lor.gwinded
message of consolation, tellin us
how we may flee from the wrath to come i
??ekeerin the people to death, end gettin
everything in a stew. What made him ]
in such * hurry f why dulent he keep
silence for few dsys until the veto who
signed, and the bill wee passed I Why
diut-nl he-^ive Mr. Jttokins a chance f?
If the tlmea was no perilous, why dident
be go hnd see Mr. Jerkins, and give him
his opinion in private.and save all this
excitement f Mr. Jenkins is the Go*er?
nor ; he is the sentinel on the watch
tower; he's the pilot of the old ship ; he's
the people's choice. I!e can call the Leg
filature when its necessary. If he 1a in
doubt about it, he can consult with Laos?
kin and Cobb, and Hill and Cooper, and I
Hardeman and Gibson, and Brown, and
dacida what ought to ba dona, and the
people will be satisfied, llut while the
ship ie in a stotm let all-the deck hands
keen silence. The will mm**
r ' " - ? ? w""w ,,v,u
ilia Captain mob enough. Mar be (hat
Joseph f?*l* toner responsible for the fix
b*'* got u* in. Way b* he'# repentin lor
the dido* lie cut up, and lb* teed* of die
cord I o ?<>wed during the war ; but I
doubt it. 1 don't tbink bi* ambitiof or
hi* vanity tee* anything but bit own import*
net*. It look* lib* be thought lb*
Capital waa moved lo Atlanta, and b# i
?at Governor atill. He's afraid lb* peo
pi* will think be'* dead, and juxt at toon
* a big thing happen*, and a Utile before, j
lie dutches the occasion?teixes the op- .
porlenity, deliver* hi* mrttage, atir* up |
tBe people, tett the Gate City ia a f*rtnsat,
get* hit name- in the Herald and
Tribune, Joe lirown, a whale, big !epd?
er, cootpicuou*, fame, history, Mr. Jenkins
aowhere. Milled^** ill* gooe up, Joe*ph
K runnin the machine, in Atlanta !
1 k. 1--. ? -- '
?? en, i hum % ai uw wum i? mi ij? mn
torn of all thia, but I am afraid that while
Joeeph #aa in Washington soma body
carried him onto a high mountain, and
allowed liira a Kingdom or two, and ha
fell down and worshipped. These little
kingdoms that a man eometinaee aeea
from the top of a mountain are mighty
demoralizing. .
Hut I notice that all thia fuee which
Joytph haa kicked up ie confined to the
town and cities, wliara a heap of folk*
lire, who harant got ntueh of anything to
do. The farmers don't know much abojt
it aed care leu; the rrfcoh concern i* a
Ood aend to aome folk*. I know an eld
worn'out politician, whe haa been pokiag
around tor ail month*, trying to reuira
the Democratic party for a lirfe, and new
he'a in hie element. Parties are formin,
end the old hack ia in bin glory, He's
aoriar in* tna rvew nrm m jK?ba wont
take a aide, be^root joio ieaua, ba Onat
commit b i intel f, ba'a keepio an open rear
aa iba Kra aaya (1 wiab that papar would
taka aa aalriugeot) Hat, u?y friaada,
wa're got nothing to ba aahamed of.?
flince Ika war our parauita hava baao
peaceful and honorable. Wa naadaai
hainiliata oureelvee through faar of wbal
humankind can do to ua. If tba Radical#
iatand to eoa&acaU ua, tbay will do it,
aad do aoeaptanea of Sliernfaa'e bill a ill
prevent it. If tbay wan*. our cabbage*,
they ara goin to have 'am. If they will
rtda over.ona law, they will ovar anotbar.
Tf they dl?regard# Mr. Johnaon'a graat
argument, tbry'l disregard anything. I
oon't know bow it ia genially, but tbara
aiot an unpardoned rakal in thia county, i
and if coafisoate they have got to
declare the pardona all void. Nobody
know* what they went do, or when they
will quit doing it,'and my advice ia to
tuffer and be ttroitg, endure everything
and accept nothing. .All ia loat aave
honor; hold up your manhood, don't lick
the baud that'e raiaed to strike the blow.
Joe Browg'a banner aaya "all ia loat aave
honor, and that is only tolerable 1 thank
you, it growa puny and weak." ileaaya
we can,have representation in Congress. 1
Who by t A man who ean take the
teat oath and control the nigger vote ?
Who wants such a renreaentation I !!? ?
long bsfore he would jinn the Radicals
and go io for confiscation. If he eon
trolled the nigger vote he'd promise 'am
lend or anyth:Rg else. Demagogues have
always controlled the ignorant whites,
demagogues will control the ignorant
black*. Who controls the nigger influ
ence in Tennessee f why, Brownlow and
his psrty. Tennessee has done just what
Joe Brown wants us to do, and now look
at her and weep!?a nigger candidate
running for Governor.
But suppose we had representation,
and elected all good men, fair men, just
men, what could they do for ue f Just
nothing at all. With the present Kadi
Cal majority all our votes wouldn't undo
anything that has been done, and with a
Radical President they could do as much
more as the* plea*ed. Just let 'em all
alone, give 'em rope, more rope; history
it repealing itaelf, ihe critit will come tome
lime, lyrannv end oppression muii run iit
courts, Joe Brown'* programme wont
lop it. One of hi* resolutions maila mv
heed ?wim ; ! felt like inking chloroform,
lie would make the whole Yankee nnlion
believe we loved 'em like brother*, and
wanted 'em to com* out South and let ut
hug 'em. Well, all that aort ofatpflf ia
> played out. There aint-a hundred men
in the Slate that hae any mora reaped for
a ftadieal than a hyena, and'Joe Brown
know* it. But the good Lord know* our
heart*, and how fondly w? ellng to thoae
inoderala men of the mighty North jeho
woul^ tare ue from the humiliation that
awaita ut. Let a kind word hetpoken to
a subjugated rek, and tba warm blood
quicken* in tha veins.. '
Oh, but are here, the Union league*,
omebody Dura, what era tha? (join to do
with ua f Navar mind my friande, tha
Union Laagoae aint agoii to hurt nobody
Thar ara mad a of flaah and blood lika wa
ara, and thay ara citisana, and th?ir fata
will b? our fata. Thay ara aa much dla
guatad at 8herman'a bill aa anybody.?
Thay ara our neighbors and uur friande,'
and if tliera ia aoraa bad man among 'am,
thara ia enough of tha good to maka 'am
do light. 80 knap quiet and ba aaay, ;
and thn Union Laaguara ara not going
to trouble -yon. If thay want to into
thair own, it don't follow that thay want
to ataal youra.
I Hut Joaeph i? afraid w? can't stand a
military government. Wall, I know its
humiliating, withering, cruahiag, hat wa
have Mood it, and can try it awhil* long .
ar. W# eaa do it till wa can do battar |
Military government aint tha caoaaofour ;
poverty end ditti?M. I to a governmynt !
higher than Thomas, or Sherman or i
Hheridao. Its the lose of crop* mad tlia
| want of rain. Tba military never stopped
; the corn from growin, and there's just as
| much raio(in one platform as another.?
If the good Lord will only bless us with
abundant harvests, everything will go on ,
smooth enough with the bumble and
honest people who drive the plough and
, hoe the corn. If they prtieper, everybody ,
I else .will too, if they mind their own busi<
I naas. We jwHI have to quit talking so
much, and quit writing altogether?
inutried lips and a gagged press. I've !
' done took traruia myself, and quit.? !
Had my life iosurad in tha K nickerbock* |
er, and tba poliey wont allow ma to ex*
pose myself, to jump in no uaeeceeaary
peril. The military can out write ua any
how. Folks say the penis mightier tban
' the sword, but yon put 'em both togatbsr, I
i and tWev'l dank nn Art All! fit Win I Ln-? -
IT '
and may be kta lift, in double quick.?
Tee hlayor<of lb la lewa had * little billet
J <loic afilb Oca. Thoma* the otber day, I
and only eoree out eecond beat, though it
waeeot aa open (feld nwr a fair fight. I |
thought nayaelf that 21 order muet b# a
boas, got up by Briek Foioeroy, oj mmtbodjr,
aad waa look in for t||t General to
eaira out i? a card deuyin of it, but 1
aoon found that it waa. a genuine Ropaa.
pereaa document. I atill fbink he potterity
will deny it aome 20 yeara hence.
, Well, I waa mighty mad. I would
baee given a hundred dollara to hare
ll J If -?
vkotojri ?mn bht. Ait# l)our, just
! h?v? be?o turned loot* in lb* papara
II free, no gag, no jail, no barracks, no
baronets, no guard T would bar* got
ueb a grin on him for tha nsxt sis months
as ' ?v>nld have mad a everybody except
Brick Pomaroy forget that Beast Butlar
tola spoons. "Living on thair magnanimity
F* I tell you that got me, that burnt
ma, whan I knew there wasent enough
magnanimity in a ship load of all such to
supports poor Rah 24 hours. Magnani- i
niity! My opinion is they've lost the i
seed, and don't know what tha commo- I
dity it. I was aa full of apilaph aa
Brownlow ia of piaan. Languaga conaaa
to m? apontanaoua; regular hidaliftara,
that would haaa parted tha bark from a
man'a carcaaa lika akinni'n an alligator.?
But you aaa I waa in tha cautioua atate,
and had to amothar my feeliaga. I think
I ahoutd hare gona up with apontanaoua
romhaation if my - wifa hadant hroka tha
pall with her comic acanaa. Sha ia an j
amu?ia and intaraatin woman, but much ,
giean to muaicin theaa dava of numaroua I
and liraly offspring, but juat aa aoon aa j
ordar 21 coma gut aha hunfod up tha
"gratr Jackat" and tha "conquarad ban*
r.ar," and jaat aueh a aola aoiraa aa I hare
21 timaa a weak. waa narar haa'd in Big
Shantr bafora. Sha aaama to laka a da
light in laltin tba rehal flag on tha titla
paga "aaa tha light," and "flaunta it
about*1 in m? faca bacauaa I call meaatf
a Union man. Sha aara that part ol tha.
ordar about Genaral tlanaan'a jamaioa
waa founded on Scriptura, and to waa
Phil. Sharidan'a about Ganaral Johaaton'a,
for Solomon aava tn Reol*?ia?i?? "tli?i ?
living dog it betlar than a daad linn."?
Mr opinion i? that it will be impoaaihle le
harmonize theae woman durin thia cen'u*
rr. Such ordara a? 21 will cut off all
hopa of it. I think if General Thomaa
hadent baan a Virginian, ha would ant
hara iaanad it. I've noticed that whaa a
Virginian falla, ha falla haary and fur.?
I Ha gita further over on the aida agia ua
J than anybody. Ira heard that tha Can
eral and XWraid Johoaon war a txfth
powerful aeceeh, and got mighty impatient
bacauaa tha Old Dominktn waa ao alow in
mnrir. Tha General%aid all tha good
otHrera would ha gobbled up before ebe
acceded. Wall, they any old Geo. jScrtt
got hold of 'am about tbia time, and took
'era up in a high mauntain and abowed
'am a. kingdom or two, and the Geheral
; fell down and worahipped, and EJ. Johnaon
wonldent. I tell you my frienda, a
man ought to be careful about going up
onto tbaaa dangerooe mouotaina, aodjhia
leada me lo remark we ooght In petit:on
Mr Jobnaoa to put over Big Shanty a
General who atood aquare to hi* State.
Hope for tb? beat, iwy friend*. Don't
imagine you aba panter* and iajeoa, beeanae
you are in a Territory Don't ralatake
a Bureau traek for a hear aign.?
Don't fear it wtti be aickly, berauae Florida
is hiteh*4 ?? to our diggina. Attend
to your buaineee, keep offef a high' mountain,
and all will be well. I would aav
m * *
mora, bat ray wife* muaie baa begun.
Youra respectfully,
DILL ARP.
P. 8.?I date my letter from Big
Shanty, aa I bear tbeae three "diggine"
-are to bar* that nam*. Let ua all be
thankful w* know wber* we are. For
two yeare it kaa been doubtful whether
e %l -
w? w^r?j in or ou ? my opinion now in
that' uw mre out, nod I heard n fsraala
roic* say whoopee 1 B. A. <
A Practicable Hot.?In ? c?rltin
Sabbath School lb* superintendent made
powerful appeal to th*- scholar* to b?
Beti and useful, nod among other thing*
b* told tbem tbay should all be locomo.
lises?eeeb taking along bis traia to
Ileaveo. Tbe nsst Sabbath, just as
school opened in same ens of the best
and most cenjous boys, with thirteen new
scholars behind bin, sod went up the isle
tillering n poise?cb*o;.?b<y>, Imi?*ti7;s of
toe engine to lbs arneiioaent of tbe su
perintendent and tbeiscbolsrs.
"What does that mean f" asked tbe
astonished superintendent.
"Why," answered tbe boc, "you said
ws must all be locomotlfss; and bare I
am with thirteen car* behind.**
Oae of our frieods was recently blsas
ad with an addition to hie household,
which came "like a thief in the night."?
The n#*t day the happy father took hie
four year old boy to the upper room to
see hi* littla hrothar, who was quietly ta?
king bis morning nap with his month
apeiv. With eyes (Irmly fixed on the
new comer, end with a countenance show*
ing trouble within, after * few momenta
of ailenca, thn alder brother defiantly ei
claimed, ' l ebould like to know who
pulled nut that behv'e teeth * * *
Nona am more hopelaaelf emlaeed
than thoao wbo faUely belt ere they are
free.
Involnntarv Bankruptcy.
The provision* of the w bankrupt '
bill, ao far as ibey BlTact the voluotary , o
applications, art now generally uodar- ! p
stood ; but thosa which giva to creditors 8
the power of proceeding to make their
debtors bankrupt are but so we'd known, e
They are much more .extensive than like 8
provisions in former acts, which have ' li
been io force in this countrv. and th?? I h
" "V I
r? important tc be understood. Tha ( c
cauiag which will authorise a craditor to ' c
proceed against his debtor, are giveu as v
follows, by the Philadelphia Inquirer : t
First. 'Tha voluntary departure of the f
debtor from the Slate, District, or territo I
ry, of which he is an inhabitant, with in> : o
tent to defraud his creditors. ! il
Second. Coecealment by a debtor, to j e
avoid the aerrice of legal process, io any | c
action of debt or upon demand. i
Third. Concealment or removal ol pro j ^
perty, to prevent its being attached, takeo ! *
i or sequestered on legal process. | 1
Fourth. The assignment,'gift, sale, coo? i
veyaoce, or transfer of estate, property, ,
rights, or cretf is, is this country or j _
abroad, with intent to delay, defraud, or '
binder creditors.'
Fifth Being irreeted and held in cusi I
tody, uoder masoa process of execution
j for. a debt valid and provabl# undar lbs
| bankrupt law, exceeding one hundred
| dollars if such process is net discharged
by payment, or by law, within aeven \
day*. I <
. . t
Sixth. Actual imprisonment hy process t
in a civil action tpon a demand axceed- (
ing one hundred dollars, founded on con, t
tract far mnw tk.n ..... -f...
I ' ? '? UVSeVenih
lb* payment, gift or tranafef, 1'
tale, or conveyance of property or money, 1
to any peraon, in caotamplation of bank* 1
ruptey, tbe jtarty being bankrupt or im '
solvent at tbe tiro*
Eighth. Giving a warrant to eonfeee i
judgment, in coutetuplaiion of bankrupt- .
j- . \
Ninth. Suffering property to be takes i
in execution, or on legal protean, with an 1
latent to gives preference to oaeo? more
creditor*.
a
Tenth. Suffering property to be taken
in .execution, qr upon legal proceaa, with 1
intent to give e preference tq indoraer*, '
bail, or auretiea, with intent to delay, qr | (
to defeat the operalione of tbe act.
Eleventh. Tbe fraudulent stoppage or ,
auapeaaion by s banker, trader, or mer- !
chant of his commercial paper, not re*
turned within fourteen daye.
Any peraon tbua liable ler the acta de?
tig n a ted, mav be made a bankrupt with
in ai< months afiar their perpetration, on
tbe petition of one or more of bis creditora.lhe
agureg.ite of whose debts amount
lo $.'50. Nor is this nil. The transaction
which caused fhe bankruptcy la void
end tbe "assignee may recover back pro
perty transferred, or money, paid by the
bankrupt; provided, that the person re
reiving it had reasonable cense to believe 1
that a fraud was intended, or that the ,
debtor was insolvent. And furthermore, >
such person so implicated in the fraud, if
a creditor, shall not be allowed lo prove
| his debt against the bankrupt, and must
' lose it altogether.
Tt will thus be seen that this act not
A.t. .l- j-i ?? -
"- } R"wr v" muier who nil DMD
h on net but unfortunmtn the m?*m of re>
Having bimeelf from biy burden, but it
guarantee* to tba creditor ? remedy
againtt. fraudulent practice*; randan dia.
poaitiona of properly in favorit#iein *i.J
preference void, and puniahaa, net only (
tba party making auch prefaranca, but
biib who baa to receive tba benefit.?
A gainetin voluntary bankrupt* erdera of
arreat and inapriaonment may be iaaued,
and they may be either eonfloed or made
to give bail for their appearance. Tbeae
regulation* naay effect hueia^s -*?j mccb,
| and it ie tba duty of every one bating
; trnneactione with otbnra to mnkn bimeelf
mailer of the directions of. the lew, so '
I lhat he shall not render himself iuoo
eentlj liable to punishment.
r Miutaht Ordcm.?The following order
is published is the Wilmingtoe, N. C.
papers:
Hbap'qks Dip't or tuc Sou**. )
Charleston, ft. Cn March 9. j
[Otntrtl OreUrt, No, 26]
Whippia/r or maiming of tha paraon,
no ptiaiahmant for any crirnr, mixta,
maanor or offanea, bains now probihitad
by tha lawy of lha Unitad Statoa, all aA?
car* of Iba army and Fraadman'a Buraao,
on dmy in thia Dapartmant, ara haraby i
I diractad to praaant lha iaflietioa of auch |
pomabmant by any aathoritv whatavar. !
By com ma ad of Bravat Major Gonaryl I
Robinaon. # Joan K. Mrnrom, j1
lat Liaut., 4o., ka. <
The Herald's Latest. j!
The New Yor\f/ferald has found an' '
:h?r panacea for our national ilia, an/;
ublishes it for lbs edification of lbs i
ioutb, It sayt : I
Thia balance of powee secured i. $. by ]
ontrolling the blacks, the whole work of i
tale reconstruction, ereo in South Caro- !
na, will become ainaple and easy, ao that ]
y the time the Presidential election <
omee round, with the ten rebel Statea re- i
laimed and several new Statea admitted, I
re shall probably bate forty Statea par- !
icipaling in the contest. Meantime, the I i
touthsrn press, from the Potomac to the | i
tio Grand*, will be purtuing tli* course i
f wisdom, safely, harmony and prosper* ' i
ty ie falling in wiih lb* example of Got- j
roor Brown, of Geoigia. Any ether i <
ourse will only serve to prolong the euf? , i
trings of the Southern people and lo i
ring lb* two races into hostile array
gainst each other, instead of bringing
hem to a harmonious political undertandmg.
At the sain* time, to show ' i
hat tlisy are in earnest in this work of i
eorgaeization and that they bar* faith
its speedy fulfilment,the Southern press
rould make a decided hit in proclaiming t
is their reunion national ticket for 1868 ;
he following : i
For President,
General U.S. GKANT.
For Vice-President,
General R. E. LEE.
The aomioation of (his ticket is the
South would operate so powerfully upon (
lie Northern public miod, in behalf of a 1
general amnest*. that this Fortieth Hon
by two thirds vote io each House
would proclaim it, io order to ratify this
Southern proposed treaty of peace, bar
nooy, fraternity and reunion, in the j
names of Grant and Lee. And what a j
iptendid consummation this would be? j
universal harmony superadded to univer '
sal equality and universal suffrage, "ex- j
cepiing Indians not taxed.*1 Grant for
President and Lee for Vice President, and
Union and rebol soldiers from ail our bat* '
tie fields, from the Bret bull Run to Ap* '
potnattox Court House, walking, like
South Carolina and Maseachueetta, arm
in arm, and votiog the same ticket of
Graot and Lee. Let the Southern newa
paper press proclaim this ticket end it |
will carry everything before it?reeon- ;
?t ruction, the negro vote, a general-em- i
neety, the next Congress and the next
Presidency.
Iu a Hera. '
The following, which we fled in the
Meridian Messenger, touches the raw, but
is good for one of the prevailing^diseeeee
of this country, which ie regardless of
color. Col. Horn pitches into laxy peei
pie like a un.coru:
"A great many people are greatly exercised
about the negro's working. The
way the negro works (or don't work) is
ll)? topic of conversation every where,
where two or three are gathered together.
The divpoeition of the negro to labor (or
not le labor) is watched with intense in.
tereet, by those who seem to lake no
special interest in anvlbinff else. We are
iok and diegueted with tbia everlasting
talk aboflt tba abort comiaga of the color,
ad population. In Gcd'a name, can't our
pfople elevate tbair thoogbu above tba
negro, er l>aetow them upon worthier object*
f VVa claim to feel as kindly toward*
ilia negro a* be Jeeervea of ua, and when
we aaa him about to be engulpbed and
luat in idleneee ani rice, wa feel, we bop#,
a rational concern. But, at tba name
time, wa honestly eonfeee to tba ineiiaet*
which givae our owa raea ibe preference
in all our thoughts. If wa are concerned
about tha diepoaition of tba aegro to door
not to do,*yet our concern eioke inta
indifference compared with the concern we
feel far tha conduct of tba white. While
eome n?e fretting end fuming about tba
ls?7 ntgrsee ihzj see is lbs tow as aud
rillagae, who rafoea to contract and an
gag* in regular employment, we ere iu>'
measurably more distressed el the eight
of l?sy while men aid women. If the
negro, ae a free roae, do ell ibe work and
earn all the wagea, be will prove bimeelf
the better men of the two. We are anr*
ioua for the while man te aaeert bie eupe
rionty in ell things by hia works, and
therefore our anxiety for the white wan
to go to work.*
A T odd Towa.? The Memphis Ate*
lanche eeye:
"Memphis has tb* beat hotels, the
8aeat livery etablsa, the prettiest sad beet
n* ae aged theatres, '* leeet loekieg mete
end the neoat beautiful womee. Her
prestige ie greater ibae way city ie tba
South or West. And we reiterate tbat
figure. will prove tbat Memphis baa ad
raaced witb mora rapid strides then any
oily ie tke United States.*
Extract From Duke's History of Morgan's
Cavalry.
At Abbeville, 8. G\ where we were
received with the kindest heepitslity, was
held the lest Confederate council of war.
Mr. Davis desired to know, from his brig*
sde commanders, the spirit of the men.
Ue presided himself. Besides General
Breckeoridge and Bragg, none others
were present than the fire brigade com*
rounders. Mr. Davis wan apparently un
touched by any of the demoralization
which prevailed?he was affable, digni*
fi?/t ?r,rl 1 1,-1 ?-- "
> < 1 ?.v. iuv?tu iu? ??rj peraoniacsiion
of bigh itnd undaunted courage Each
officer gave in tura, a statement of the
condition and fealing of bia man, and,
when urged to do so, declared bis own
riewa of the situation. In substance, all
said the same. Tbey and tbeir followers
despaired of successfully conducting the
oar, and doubted the propriety of prolonging
it. The honor of the soldiery
was involved in securing Mr. Davis* safe
escape, and their pride induced them to
put off submission to the last moment.?
They would risk battle in the accomplishment
of these objects?but would not ask
tbeir men to struggle against fats, which
was inevitable, and forfeit all hope of a
restoration to tlisir homes and friends.?
Mr. Davis declared that he wished te
hear no plaa which hau for its object only
his safety?that twenty five hundred
brave men were enough to prolong the
war, uot<l the panic bad passed awey,
and they would than be a nucleus for
thousands more. lie urged us to accept
his views. We were silent, for we could
not agree with bin, and respected him
too much to reply. II than said, bitter*
If, that be saw all hope was gone?that
all the frieuda of the South were prepared
to consent to ber degradation. When
he aroee to leave the room, be had loet
hie erect bearing, hie face was pale, and
he faltered eo much in hie etep that he
waa compelled to lean upon General
llreckenridge. It wee a aad eight to men
I who felt Inward bin aa we did. I will
' venture te ear that nothing be bae tub'
eequently endured, equaled the bittemeea
of that naement.
A Ward to the Wieo.
An eminent gentleman, who consider- _
ed an advertieement in a newepeper aa a
personal invitation to oall, once said :?
'While I eoraetimea hesitate about entering
n atom, the proprietors of which bare
not tbua eent tbeir card of invitation to
mr residence, I always feel oertain of a
eordial welcome from the mtmbm of an
advertising firm."
Now tbia simply means that tboaa par1
sons wbo ara too pannytwiea ta advertise
' ibair business naad not expect many trading
visitors, whila tboaa wbo puraua an
onpoaita'couraa bava a lagitimata right
, to hope far a handsome patronage, and
ii constantly iacraaaiag.
Baar it in mind va stingy craaturaa,
' wbo bava ahown enterprise sufficient to
; procure a stock of goods and place them
; upon your shelves, that unless you raanii
feat a little mora of it, there is sncb n
thing as goods decreasing in vnlua whila
tliay ara lyiag safe on the sbelvcy, even if
, ibey do not lake the rot, to wbicb all
goods ara subject.
One of our exchanges says :
uTbsre is a man up in our county wbo *
I always pave for his paper ir. advance.?
He has never had a tick day io bit lire ;
, never bad any corns or tooibacbe; hie
potaloee never rol; the weevil never eate
bis wheal; the frost never kills bia cero
or beans; bis babies never cry in the
uight; and bia wife never scolds.
And another man who borrowed bin
, paper, beeause be was too stingy to pay
three dollars a year for it, was sick all
the time with goat; be suffered excreeia*
! iieg paj# from noro* ; had all bia teuth
{ kicked out by a mule; bia potatoes all
' rotud ; the w**vil at* all kit wboat; th?
froat killed *r*ry ear of hi* com; th?
hog*eat *11 hi* b**B*; hi* btbie* forever
cry; hi* wif* *cold* continually; hi* horM*
died with th* grub*; *nd hi* hog*
; r??f*r fatten ; mod hit inula mil went
blind.
Look oat, new&paper b*rrow?ra I
Tb* Mom**.?My d*mr yoath ! Thy
I mother t* thy b**t rthly friend. Tb*
j world i?*y forg*t you, tby mother n*v*r
j B***r; tb* world romy wilfully do yoa
I ramny wrong*?tby mother never; th*
world amy p*r**cut* you whil* living,
m*d who* d*od, plant th* ivy mod th*
uightabad* of eland ar apoa your graa*
la* grava? but thy mother will lor* mod
I chrrith you wbiV* living, mod, if *h* w*
virw you, will weep for yoe vhtn dltJ,
orb teem M hom bat ft mother keewe
bow to weep. Love thy mother I Love,
thy mother I