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ml^or\m pok?ry,
The Sunny South.
I1Y h. VlluflNIA KtKNCH.
? KnowVl tlipvi the Land" where the Rummer ia
Queen,
Ami her royal profusion enriches the scene,
Till earth is ennobled in Iter emerald dyes
And "royal emblaxonary glows on the skies?
"NVhera tn? *ignet of liveliness over Im^ shown.
And the spirit o( .Beauty established hei thiono i ,
Hast Sought ovor sunny 6ayiufnnlw, the wood
Willi its arches Titanic?its deep folitude,
Where bland breete# curl over emerald billows
Of slow-swaying foliage, nnd under the willows
The fuwn nestles down mid the feathpry ferh,
And tlio wild lilly holds up her delicate urn f
Ha?t joined.in the melody swooping aloDg
With it waving of plumage, a gushing of song
Where the bob-o-link warbles, tlio oriolo'sings,
.And the mocking-bird, mndrigni "gleefully ring*.
"Where the stately magnolia the woydfaml p?rfumbs.
And the paraquet flutters his rich-tinted plumes ?
Hast looked on the hill-side tho south wind hast
kifcsed,
With bold breath uplifting its veiling of mi<t?
Or soft-shodowed vistas lit up by (he glesims
wi guttering snn??i)ine, anil Iht flashing stVuame
r Where fcweet waters on tliu coralinG shore
Jiike the tiiurinurv of love, fr<>m the lips we adore."
Fort TH? KEOWKK OUUKIKR.
Constitutionality of the Maine Liq^uorLaw
HBPI.Y TO " VBKITAS.''
Mr. Editor: From your issue of the 1 Olh
May, wo porouive that "Veritas," true to
promise, has administered to us his f,JoSu
nf ?... '? A-J ?r
v.. |/iii ui/Kim \fi hujtji. (kuu, iroin
the cffoct which his no* ' inediciuo hns h?d
upon us, wo have oon>o to tho conclusion
unless .hi# Materia Msdiea'contains a more
potont remedy than this, for tho eradication
"fanaticism, anti-13ibleisin.intpmpi-rate torn
peafance,11 ifeo., ?feo., th.it all his boasted
modical skill will prove ineffectual and futile.
Hut seriously and truly, wo are somowhat
disappointed ; for we hud supposed.
from hi? warning us in advance of his tci*
rifio onslaught that possibly it might, bo?
as this is an ago of wonders?tlial ho ha<)
through the ingcin it" of his very fettile wul
giganUu intellect, mado a j\ow discovery,
and would bo nblo to offer ai least
as much as one argument. which might
have the appearance of favoring I ho cause
which he has iho unenvied liouor of ndvo
eating. lint it now nppenrs that. wo were
most cgregiously mistaken; for instead of
his meeting our arguments with reason, Iip
li:i3 chosen quite a different kind of weapon
with which to baiter down our position, and
ha* commenced his bloodless attack by bold
ntod arrogant assertions based upon the tottering
foundation of his own belief, presuming
as jl would seem that no man " with
three grains of common sense" would dare
Jiny*?.tho hardihood lo question nu unerring
nn oracle fib belief,
lie tells his rohders at tho outlet thai we
play eel tlrtj "sophist" in our reply to his first
nitwile, in onh?r il)nl wo might enlist their
fueling# on our aide. But thank God for
directing our course in choosing a ?;U?s0
which does not require being bolstered up
with deception and falsehood lo enable it lo
stand. No, ^Veritas," we have the exquisite
pleasuro of being in possession of nil approving
conscience, which whimpers us
hweot consolation ijiat we aro right?that
we are?-though in a feeble manner it he-;
pleading the ttauso of poor suffering humanity,
and wo would not exchange this for all
the sensual and moipentitry pleasures which
all the ill-gotten, blood-stained honors mid
spoils of "i'lincic Alcohol" could possibly
a (lord. Consequently wo are not In bo diverted
froni onr purpose, or driven from cm
position by your opprobiuin/ Yon can hurl
forth your snrcaritjcal darts, wo heed thom
not; wo havo on rho impenetrable breastplate
of right, wo fc'ar them not; and in
addition to this wo are safely ensconced behind
tho impregnablo breastwoik of Truth,
am' ihcjr linfiii us not. And fru had much
.rather be called a "fanatic" for advocating
truth and right than to be ono ill reality in
cad*'svatiilg error and wrong.
But to his arguments or rather assertions,
lie sava ho did not charge any ono with
want of sense, but only said he did not befifitoe
there was a man iti tho United Slates
' ^vii4? ftjbree grains of common fpftso, except
^ouMsefl* ill At over dreain't (much less psed)
ihjU tlw of tho Constitution which
guaranties J{e1ig<ou? liberty, had any refer
<ebco to liqwQr in any shape. He says that
is evjdeat were excepted and all oth?
??*, aa lte did not Uelieve there wa? any.
certainly; J/thi? cannot be inker.
pa '.ao apology, it U very nothing and pnlP|..g
to the wounded fcnd lacerated
feelings, l|o, did not <;hnrge t?<* with uxunl
flf wnM, but hvdid and doeg yet i^npoaeh
bur yeraeUy, at be4oe? not believ-e any o?o
lias used this clause fyr any euch purpose]
/\n wo say, How,''Veritas,M we asiwirt in
the lupst positive Utripp that there are men
H ivliowo an mDolt superior to you in intclleotual*eodow!i)uuts
as tho meridian snn in
f totfiemoRtiusigiiirtpQnlglwr-yoM) At tdtfhi,.
who bavo ii) ibh liquor question used this
yary clause of the Constitution. wit to
^p iiift tf/K? his r&ttlurw
-that halo charged men with vMint of
^onso, iq aaying th^l Vo jwere certain tno
.clause rcfurfod to |>?? no Hp. ifae
aqlyoot. *? >. * * v ?
Now uroRsk tlift rfltfflflr lr? nf.Ma.
h flfT'l 9po K crtn 4jsco/er ntw proof ifcU
<htoo4 t&mfyifrmjlrfrl ityVfcy&lMip
charged men with want of sense. Not one 1
iola OHj) wo perceive except what attaches S
to bin belief. lie first doos not believe any "
oi>o has tided this clause for the J)urupee we c
Bay. IIo secondly believes, nnd believes i
only?unless be verifies bis belief by his 1
belief?wo have charged men wilh want of 1
seiir-e. in Raying we are eer-lain ibe aforesaid r
e.lau?e ha* 110 reference to the question tin i c
der consideration. Co.nsenUenlly, it will 11
be perceived that by his belief against our "
affirmation, be establishes I bo truth of this *
proposition and "calls upon au intelligent ,
public to believe nnd receive it ns such be- t
cause forsooth be believes it. Wonder if '1
ho has nrrived to the same degree of per- 11
taction in matters of belief ns tbo Pope of
I Koine and lavs claim to infallibility, if so,
, wonder if Ida practice is in unison with his
belief. Will you, "Veritns," concede us tho
same modest claim which you so superciliously
assume tO'yourself Of course, wo
are as much entitled 10 H as you are, as wo
I are both mortal. If you do, you will at
once perceive into what glaring inconsistencies,
gross absurdities, to say nothing o' .
I iho daring impiety your claim involves
you ; for you will agree that touching the
rv.?. ?
.vii|?'>.<,|nv ifimciuuii tun uvnein mu mam- ;
etrically opposed, they must of necessity bo 1
antagonistic print*!pi*;?*, Jiod cannot possibly (
harmonize, yot according to your mode of j
establishing tVuth they do hasmonize; for i
whatever a man believes is tljo truth. Cot)- 11
sequently yon render an impossibility pos- |
si bio. When will wonder* ccasc ? \
.".Veritas" endeavors to make the reader
believe that the manufacturer of ardent i
spirits is no moro cnlpablo than aio the 1
growers of grain, raisers of stoek, bo* *
cause, savs ho, "It is n fact admitted that j
(ii)t Hour is death to mrU dyspeptic per- c
sons; and according i. medical authors. 1
millions die short of three score and ten f
(the ago allotted man) from intemperance J
in eating." (
.... ? ? j i '
on, uif |'M |!<iit!u ipsnow irorn i i
these same medical authors also, tliat this I
kind of reasoning is iho vory quintessence
of fallacy?"sophistry" without alloy. Dut
even "Common Sense," if aucompanied by
j ex per i??qoo mid obst-rvaljoti will prove to
the contrary. It scarcely heeds so much
as a denial to refute it. Dread is tho staff
of life. Man is necessarily compelled by
the very laws of his being?:by tho inllexi
ble, unchangeable laws of nature and of
nature's God, to cat bread, cither in a
wholesomo or an unwholesome form, or else
die. The laws which govern his life cause
liiril to.crayo food, lie can cat and satisfy
| tho cravings of nature, or in oilier words,
his appetite ; and .prudence dictates that ho
j should take food in that form which experience
has shown to be most nut vicious or
conducive to health." If ho will not tal<c
lit hi tlii* form, he must abide the evil con; 1
j sequences. No\V, can as much bo said of ?
| ardent spirits ? By no means. There is |
no nntricious form in which it can possibly I
betaken; for-pervert Scripture, deny sci- 1
once, question your own senses, or argue '
as you may, we reiterate the assertion that (
there is not it particle of nutriment in a i
million gallons of alcohol.', and we intend i
to prove tliis to your toolh before dismiss- J
ing this point, by the very highest kind of 1
authority - by the most veracious and coin t
.
TheCo me thousands of the mo*t respec- '
table, intelligent, conscicntious, veracious ,
and virtuous citizens?-and not ft few ofilic '
most pious?in ev.ofy Si ate. in oitr Union
who wilj make no scrup)<) in telliijg you i
that they know froin'oxpcrieneo that a man I
in health is no inoro necessitated to tnke J
alcoholic drink* into hi* stomach than ho (
istoiake arsenic,; and that nature in n i
normal or.unperverled statd no' rftftre' rfc; ?
ijuni'8 or craves o)ie limn it does the !
lliit, ohjl'fftK 'V.m'uhs," th'oie persons itre
ultra or tuili Uiblo tempt-ranec faiiat.ics,
tboy nro wiso above what is written. I do
not belivo thoir word."
Yes nntl there ?ro pome " old foggfes" wlio fire
most lamentably ignorant of the import of "what
is written" nnil we fenr culpably m? too; for we
nro inclined (o bolieve they might take off those
?ii(ht-perverting glasses of prejudice fjoni their
mental optics by which they might b? enabled to
sfec things iiNtiioy roally nro.
Hut aft" Veritas" is " to tlw death opposed" to
any thing emanating from a >' fanatic" wo will call
uponhisown witnesses whom he h?eendeavored
to inAke teslify a jainst ns. JLv? us call upon the
i */.;< ~...II^..I i.i i ?-?
vhiim u rviVKilllV MlVlllUni *tui?w iuiu ilchf wiirv j
they will testify in thiscftse, rid the first whom. .
wo put upon the atmxl in Dr. Mushey nn eminent J
American physiologist. Hear what hi? nays "that i
alcohol in poison to our organization is evident t
from observation. What in poison I U Is that sutv .
stance in whatever form it may be which when
applied to r. living surface dtaCuncerta life's
healthy movements; such ApoWon in alcohol;saeh (
tn all its forms; mix it as yo\i may. It is never I
digested and converted into nourishment. Hoar ]
that " Veritas.'' IrviijctlibU. wo learn, and of
iour*e cannot impart any nutulioua properties to .
the system.' Does it grata upon your ear like Iho 1
ravings of ' fauntip," What else do you testify <
in this caso Doctof. do you think a health i
needs aPcohol. " A fitwJUvy laboring man needs i
.1.^1 it \ i'.l J 1- -1- -
}?w jiivim, iimn lie iicch? MTPUiiii', turrusivt'
eublimat* or opium.' Will yW pl6as? take the t
ttand Dr. Q. A. I.ku aik!' (ell 119 what aro the '
opinion* of medical writers generally respecting t
th? puiocnou* 'properties or qualities of alcohol, j
" I will fir. snu I prrr.imo I /im ?a(Ufy you go (
thi* point In ft vary feW M-ofiK" " All writers on
J/itieria tfedk'n now rank alcohol Among Die '
BWjri pow<ffu! and fatal narcotic vegetable poie- J
on*," The iiuxt iijhw whom overall la Dr. Samjj- J
ki. K?|i.|y, He #ay?, "We should not admty the ,
popular reasonings iu anplirshla horo. that the ,
ffhUft bt ft tiling t? 110 argument ngiyn'st Its v??.A- 4
All \im itrnrdcM ajrtrU* {that in a* a boveratfn) J
Wan a6wA," " AnOthvr unfounded ?wn., lion" is <
it" VWifiM^ A p?(\n who cdfW (lifting H* ftU i? ?
pot temperate, neither ia one who drintia nothing ,
tcniptf-rrtln, Ynor prwni.ie* ?re truo but your torer <
once la fnW, As wolVrniglU youijtttl# of. Iioneftj i '
; pwcnHty or tompoiate thievhig a* to^fiJh V-'
UlttU* Ukiny ftOMull ty) iUow bid tentjvcrt^pet^iul J
" 7 . *.
' * .
i.
J.: -m . :?>?
et its resume tlic work of deposing these medical
;entlemcn. Hear Dr. Ciikyne of London; "They
ro most liko Opium in their nature and like arso
lie in tlioif < leteripfas" effects." Dr. Fuank deItircn
"theii tendency ?veri trhm used m?dcrat?hf
h to ituhice disease.premature old age ami death
)r. Ivikk Rays"meo who were never considered
ntemperate by daily drinking iiave often shoretied
lift- mure than tieeiiti/ years ; and that tlie
expectable us* of this poison has killed more than
Irtmkenness itself." Dr. Aiokx h'stifies thus
on every organ they touch ardent spirit* operate
18 a poison. * * * To a man in
lealth there is no such a thing as a temperate use
<f spirits. In any quantity tliey are an enemy of
he human Constitution. Their influence upon
he physical organs is unfavorable to health.?
They produce weakness ad not strength; sickness
iml not health ; death and not life." Dr. SkWa.u.
ays, "dyspepsia, jaundice, emaciation, corpuence,
dropue^, ulcers, rhumatism, gout, tremors,
n^n?criu, cporpsy, pnisy, leuiargy,
ipoph'jcy, melancholy, madness. delirium tremens
mil premature old age compost* but a small cnlangu?
of diseases produced by alcoholic drinka.-'
3ut why enlarge! The number of Physicians
vhrtue nafnes could lien ducod nil testifying as
hose above have, is all ott innumerable, and we
reifture.the assertion that there is not one cither
n tho United State#, or in Kuropo or any where
ilse who?e testimony is worth having who would
lot. were he Interrogated upon this subject testify
ubMantially the same llnng. We care not of
vital school.of medicine ho might he. whether of
be Allopathic, the I'hysiopathic. tho Homeopathc,
tho Hydropathic or tlio-Kclectic; for howeVnr
I... ,wll,.. r .1 -line
... ......v-.v-nvo ui >ut;?u tiiuvruiiv iiiiii conilicung
henries nf medicine may disagree in practice as
t respccts giving n nick nirtn a poison to make hint
fell, vet tliey nil ngroo that a poison will make
l well man sick. Ami consequently each school
ouchessubstantially *l?c same doctrine respectng
alcohol, to wit: tliat no one can use it as a
leverage without injuring hcnlth.
The reader will bejir lit mind that '?Veri(as" has
ndircctly disputed the proposition that there is*
ml a particle of nutriment in a million gallons of
ilcohol; and directly the two propositions that
iloohol is a poison and the man who uses it as r
HJTurngois not temperate, Now it will be pcrejved
that in his contradicting those propositions
hut he has not only impeachcd ??ur word, hut that
tftliewole lenrneii scientific medical world; that
n his enthusiasm for this monster of iniquity
io virtually gives the most learned experienced
Chemists, Physiologists and Physicians the lie.?
lence we perceive that it is " Vc.itns," "the nunmined
fanner' against the combined knowledge
>f the medical world. Now we do-not wish to be
inderstood as disparaging the farmer, far be it
rom us. The)- nre tho very bono and sinew of
ountry's prosperity?the strong and Invincible
udwark oi her l.iws and institution??the mighty
ipd iinpreguablo fortress of her liberties. They
iv$as a class generally freer from tho tyrhnical
hackles of prejudice than aro the Ictirned profusions,
and consequently they aro more open to
:o?viction?ready to receive new truths at any
ime.nnd therefore reform is one of their distinrnishin^
characteristic-'. They aro a? a clafs rendj
ma wmmg to jenu n helping htfnd in carrying.out
!ny reform which promises to bts conducive-to the
>rospoi ity of their country. Hut alas for "Veri"
he is completely enveloped in tlac thick fogs
if antiquity?"old foggy S lu the. very core. Unlike
i great many of bis reformatory brethren, he is
iudeavoring with a z nl worthy of a better cause
o stop, yea roll hack the case of reform. He is
ipp<">suig the penco, safety and prosperity of his
iwn State, by objecting and opposing the cnuctni
nt of a law which would reuuee tl. itylendar
if crime threo fourth^ substitute viri.i and inlustry
for vice tind indolence, pence atj.i plenty
"or strife and want, leave our prisons anil poor
muses aluio*t tenant less and curtail,tho expense*
f Htate annually $36,000. Quite an enviable
josition indeed.
il.Ti tbeie is another death which the maftufaourerof
ardent spirits inflict* upon his customers
ivhich in as rrigfth worse than the first as the soul
8 worth more than the body. This in the Ian*
Juagc of holy writ is termed' tbo second death?
lie death of ill's foul.
Iillt sava " Vi>ri?;m" llin tnimiiflirln >..??
>ur?6&ble w'r.i tliU. It is ch.ugcsble to thfcir
'own uppctite which ulwaye craves that which is
oibidden."
Now sir, according to your doctrine the Old
Serpent himself was os innocent nn a Ininb in be
(uiling old Mother Kve and causing her nnd Adun
to out the Forbidden Fruit, fcjfttnn could have
eplied to the Almighty with about as much propriety
as you do-~you should not pass any curse
jpoti inu. I am not iit tha least toblamo for Adam
ukI tivo'a eating the fruit, it U nil churg**nble to
.'heir appetite which always craves that which is
'oj bidden. 'iTierefore Mono of Uxj guilt is ntti ill'
ituble tonio. Now Satan knew w)iat would be
lie inevitable result of Adam and Bvu'a purtakng
of ?be fruit tltal it would involve their whole
in death temporal and wtevria1, you
(now the Kftiuo from experience, observation and
he teaching* of llh) Bible, respecting ?hc drinking
tf ardent spirits with the exception thut all who
irink spirits do not dio temporally and eternally
'rom lira eft'ccls. But respecting your prop>siion
it is precisely (ho smite. To make it plain
yon know that the drinking of ardent spirits has
ilsvayetn every ago in whiehit has boon prnctU;d
among all nations produced drunkards. Yon
tnoW that there aro comparatively speaking but
few drunkard? who ever reform if they can obtain
liquor. You alio know that drunkards can
tliu atlA r*tt li/tilAv Oo J* - * ? ' -
I o HV|UV/I in ivug lis 11/ in IVWMie, It
natters nol how low they imvd fallen, if
:h?y have money j for to procure this you
knew, Is the express purpose for which it
* made. Now, you know as tt rospects
hiit elanft, that (heir lives are, a<i it were,
daced in the hands of the distiller. Tlx-y
*ave either life or death to bestow, and
Hernttl at that; for you know that the Hi-1
ile declares no drunkard ahull enter the
Kingdom of Ood. And you know too or
Might, to know, that the same Bible, that
L*ook from which you quote so fluently and
"iiiui.'htly, say? : "Woo unto him that tfivkiK
!.*!? hAi..ld Vls^l. ti' ? .a 7 .
nu iinuoi^iiuui uimn, pimesi inv ooilo
to him anil naketh him druplferi,"' &c.
\nd yet you will Ijj the face of all this afIrni
ybu teach no other doctrine than that
aught in tho Uiblo. Your meaning tho'
s about this; you teach no other doctrine
hart that taught in the Biblo, you being the
nierprotor. Now, there is no! ft Religious
Jonomination umtor. tho b?o.#d canopy of
Uoavon, whether. orthodox or heterodox,
*ho will not. ftfllfin llin namn Nnui vaii
sssisot shjft the retpomiUinty by saying
our nitentjoo is* not to kill any one, mjith
j temporally uor otornally, but \vb??t(>vor
ilse may be ypur raotivo, there isoiy thing
jbrtfon, (hat momy is the prtQcipnl ono.-^
Suppose for inj?tw>re, you svora a inHijotucnier
of ihfi "liquid poison"-~a#? you may
w fof taifjju'wo' feiiow?and you wero to
^
put up a dollar for a shooting target, and
directly within the range and reach of your
balls, there wore multitudes of drunkards.
You commence firing al tho dollar, every p
lire cuts down a drunkard, you keep firmer o
. at the dollar but shooting down tho drunk- ii
aids, each shot telling upon their very life's ti
blood. You see then) fall, but keep on fir- u
ing. Now, we ask. are t/ou innocent? If b
no', what is your crime ? A^k tin; beriflved
wives and children of your victory.? tl
; Ask your own conscience what you are, by tl
what you do, or at least help do. Now, d
j (iod has established a universal, an invarin- a
, ble, and an inevitable connection between t
t "<*l? niAimfu/'f urinrr .if n ??! . "
I . ? wi Iiivtcui rjiir ii*i Ull me v3
ono hand, and the taking away of drunk- n
nrd'a lives on tho other hand, which is pre- rr
wisely the same as wo have supposed be- Y
iween your filing at the dollar and shoot- V
I ing down the drunkards. Now, put this p
and that together, and draw your own con- rl
elusions. True, you fire at tho dollar, but ft
you know every shot penetrates tho very n
vitals of drunkards, and sends their guilty V
Bonis to thai plaee, "Where the worm di u
0th not, and the fire is not quene.hed."? d
ti.:- ? 1 : > -
liua v>u miuw is lurusung' me com steel in- e
to tho very vitals of the manufacturers mid p
Venders, hut it is nothing hut the naked ti
steel of truth, sharpened by the immutable o
laws of nature, and nature's God, and s
thrust homo by tho strong arm of/act and o
reason. ti
[?Kn SECOND PAGE.] 0
The Mob in Memphis, Tennessee. "
I The Memphis, Tennesse\ pnpeis have an a
account of the murder of John Kverson, a 1
pump maker, and highly respectable citizen 1
of that place by John Abel, a crumbier, and "
Hie excited scenes that followed it. The
Bulletin sn)'s: "
They were sensed in front of thrt Worsh >m "
House, nnd it is not known by those who "
Were near that any angry words passed be*
(Ween ihem. The first thing that occurred
which attracted attention was Abel rising e
and shooting Mr. Emerson. He shot him ''
through the heart, pnd he fell upon the ''
pavement and died almost instantly, without f
speaking a word. Abel endeavored to make
hie escape, but ho was soon arrested and "
taken to lhe prison, "
III n fpw tnnmnnls nflnr lin troo V
n large and infuri ted crowd nssembjed, first
upon the ground where the bloody deed was "
gomndtlod, and then proceeded to the jail '
with the view of taking nnd linn^ing him ^
immediately ; nnd had not the crowd been c
checked by several ginilem?*n who took an '!
active part in trying to quiet it, they would
moat certainly have hung him. The crowd l'
wasuddressed by Mayor Douglaasandothers, ^
who urged them to deliberate and consider 11
before proceeding further int.uch imimpor- l(
(ant move. The crowd was veiy large, J'
numbei ing bet ween two and three thousand ''
citizens, who were verv cr rentlv excited and
J n J ~ I """" I u
much enraged? Finally a committee of fif- "
(y persons h as appointed to gtwrd the jiil, 11
and Bee that Able did not escape, and the l'
meeting adjourned lo meet at Coui i Square, ''
at half past 3 o'clock in theevenitig; the ?
committee was appointed arid the meeting v
dispersed.
At about eictht o'clork the crowd com- .
menced assembling nl Exchange f3uildin<>, "
and that spacious hall was soon crowded to '
'overflowing. There were between 4.000 t:
and 5,000 persons in and surrounding the c
hall. The greatest excitement pervaded the n
viijmv v-iyn ui
The meeting was organised hy calling ll
Dr. J. 0. Ilollund to tho, Ciuiir, aficr which '
h jury of six from each ward, wiis selected '!
to act upon the onae. They were duly se. fl
lectod from our heat and mo*l prudent oili- ('
/.ens; and after hring empanneled. witnesses
were brought befo'ts i'utni and thyi< evi "
deuce in the case taksn. The. evidence, by ?
those who s.?w tlio (ttftt'UHy, wis vcrv H
strong, and exei'.ed great indignation among "
the crowd. "
After hearing nil the witnesses that could s'
bo found, and each of their .siutmner.is were v
fully sustained by the others, the jury re- *
ureu mid were nuoui an nonr nnu a liaii "
considering the case. They were divided
in their opinion ns to (ho verdict, twenty-six ll
being in favor of leaving his cnse to take its P
regular couraoat hnr', it being in their opin- *
inn such n plain and palpahle case of mur- 81
dor in the first degree, while twelve were t(
for taking out the prisoner and hanging him
forthwith. pl
The report of ihe jury wn$ submitted to "
the assembly, and about thre<i-fourths of the J"
crowd sustained the noiiort of the twejve. ''
Thn ciowd was greatly pxcited and had '
they been headed bv a lender, thoir purposo "
Bnl having ;;c larger, th? ?rnwd ,r
soon nftei4 its Adjournment, dispersed.
resolutions we>e ndoptad, ordfrlnjfr Ahel'a l'
falhor oat of the city ort ppnuhy of donth, 'l
nnd nil the other gamblers then in Memphis. ^
How wk look in Okkkk.?A life of sj
Washington hna just rondo its appearance t|
at Athens, Greece. Thnt noble'people ap- s<
predate full)', as Ihey havo reason lo do, J,;
our Lfrcnt struggle for liberty, nnd special- g
ly the character* of the revolutionary he- ^
roes, but thoy mnke shocking work with
I f.heir n<iRn?n. Wellington is rendered Ova- S
x!(/kton ; Hancock, Agkok; Hijhk?T Hill, h
Jlonnoiiion ]>oiu//ier / >tud old (iov. Hitiwid- '
dw ticforvH, iti ihe clonic langui^o. of Ho- ci
nit-r, iiii<l Plat6, piocktlbs i!
VinouiJdto. j>;
j ,What (? the difference between a.young ?'
girl and- nn*otcf h??. ? Merely onefVf tim*-'- f"
1 fflM llic ollwr hits fell. y
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From the Now York Journal of Commerce.
Reminiscences.
It to snmeti'.ifft useful t> recur to the
a&t. There we find history, and it is full i
f lessons. We have a histo< v, not ancient 1
ulecd, Hut mote interesting than mere tin
qnity. Anil it bi longs to the whole conn- \
V. Therefore it is to us a bond of union, j
i is '<ome\vhat different from the commerial
ligament, which may stronger, but
?o historical bond is nobler. Never did j
difference between a narrow-minded
emngogue and a larg?*-heai ted statesman, 1
pprar more striking than in the instance of |
wo Massachusetts Senators, Webster and
umner. iti< known Unit while Sumner
nved of Bunker Hill arid oilier fi-lds in ilie
lost sopliomoi icul manner, nil to glorify the
'ankees, who (lid not need his priori ication,
Webster, in li's gieat speech, with n sim*
licity infinitely above the arts of a fulsome
miotic, while vindicating the North, paid
ill justice to the South, which Sumer
denied, adding ridicule to falsehood.?
Vebster drew a splendid picture of the ;
nited array of the North and South,"shoul- |
er to shoulder," allowing lo all the meritd
commendation. Sumner could not exarid
his mind, seared and wilted by the
re of Abolitionism, to the comprehension
f Southern valor and Southern statesmanhip.
We denounce this illiheralitv. It is
ne of the worst and most menacing feaures
of the times. Instead of this, we
tight to be continually exchanging pleasnt
recollections with the South. Sumner
nd his co-calumniators ought to dispose of
)p infamy of Church. Tryon and Arnold,
oMnMhey dei?' out their slanders against
l)? South, ihn. produced no traitors.
Tlio South had a brilliant list, hoi!) of
rnnior* and statesman. Lot us glance at
First, there was Gates, the conqueror
I Saratoga, an adopted son of Viiginia.?
'here was Col. Henry Lee, usually called
light-horse Harry," because he commandd
a partisan corps of gallant and thorough
rcc' Virginia horsemen, that not only cx
ibited a kind of ubiquity in annoying the
nemy on liis marches, and aurpiising him
i encampments, but conducted with disi
iguished bravery and efficiency in drawn
utiles. Henry Lee, according to the some hut
fanciful statements of Irving, w.s the
dii of the'Mowland beauty," who whs NVas.lv
lgton's first love, but married Mr. L?*e.?
Slighter still is the name of General
)hii'ioI Morenn, iho hardy veteran, who
onld do and dure anything in war; a man
f few word <, hi*t of many and efficient j
eeds ; the moat useful officer in practice j
kn t Biirtfat I ? . -i i
.... OI.I .vu UIIUM II II9IIIIIVIII1I , IIIWIIVH iirent,
yet ever cautious ^certain of victory
i every because exerting every nerve
j obtain it; approached, while a prisoner,
y a splendid offer in the British service,
ut spurning it with dashing indignation.?
Je was as skillful in retreat before a superior
jrce, as he was mighty in contending with
n equal foe. I lis dust is mingled with
le soil of Virginia among that of many of
is brave liflemen, who never knew defeat,
r if they did, made dei at aa good as a
ietory.
Col. Davie, of North Carolina, was the
ivorite of Greene, and eminently suoces>ful
i the Southern campaign. Marion and
Sumler wore the pride of South Carolina,
ver active, vigilant, Relf-denyiftg, and sue
e safe I, alarming and distracting (lie enemy
t unexpected points, ni.d at unseasonable
moments ; not ambitious of the blaze of vieDry,
as at Vorlttown and Saratoga, but
eating the foe in practical detail, constantpini
proving the aspect of affairs, and fro
uently creating hope in the very bosom of
spair. Nor should we forget the giillant
iol, William Washington, of i he dragoons,
11 offshoot of the Same stock us ins illusjtii
us namesake, of impetuous valor in fretrcni
actions. in which he dtdigbted, while
v mniicni'inirn* In ..uaiiI > - ?"> I...
? M.....VV V 11#^ w ??? wni r? OUJM iU'l I'M ? ' ? lit" ?
ii\% of immense service to Greene. So idt)
wus Col. ( llio II. Willintns, of Maryland,?ho
threw himself between OornwHllrs and
rrei-ne, and by lingular vigilance and skill,
fived the army from being overwhelmed.
How often was the dreadful crisis of des
uciion averted by ihe cautious, Kabnm
olicy of such men ns Washington nnd
Ireune. It wns not by great mid dreadful
ingle bullies, like those of Pa via and Wait
loo, that the empire of liberty on this
Vo?lpm Continent was decided, but by a
srios of masterly measures of defence, mor
land physical, aH'converging-to one dim*
*sult. In Kurope, the conquefct of n city
>. the ruin ?f the 3?nte to which it belongs,
tut lhough the British held our four metipoittnn
cities, Boston, New YOik, Philaelphia
nnd Charleston, it wrts of little utlj
inte n<e to them. Tliey nfver conquered
te people, aAy more than (hey compK-r<-d
>e United Smtes when in 1814 they held
h Cupitol, and burned the Senate house,
igain, Oi>l. Howard, of Maryland, a nv?n
F smalj stature, hut of great and mighty
f>irit, f6ught so admirably at the Cowpens,
mt after the victory, Morgnn, six fefct high,
sized him in his arms, hugged him, and
>nded him with eulogies lor his brltli-int
ullrtiitries in a content that had no imimr
' ? "" r
>nt. prospective influence on the campaign.
Finally. Gen. Smillwood, of the stune
late, did wonders South and Noith with
is "old Maryland 'lino," and Kukwryd'ti
Uluc llvn'rt Chickens," as his hi\tinlu?n wrts
dh*d. They fouglH for N?w Yp. k, for
?e Ngrth.na bravely as for^lfe tffruth. \Ve
rq reaping the fruits f ilicir toils wounds,
r)d sacrifices, whloh w*r? for llio Union.-clus
he jiMt U; their jnfftnorieg, and thnyki!
for in blessings il;oy 4^?^uiu"*d.t?r uju
fojuAVO Washington omitted ftotn tW
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canvnsB, as a figure familiar tu all. Lot his
mighty nhadw appal ihe. man who would
whisper ticason lo the Union !
TiIk A'ti.antio Caulk.?The completion
of 1,250 miles (ono half) of this (,'able for
tlio Submarine Atlantic Tolftgrapb by Messrs.
Newall it Co. was cth-buited at tbeir
works, iiirlcQiiliend, yesterday, by .1 dinner
jjiven to about GOO of their .workmen, \vill_i
their wives and families. Mefcsr*. Newall*
contract lias been executed wltb great speed
and punctuality. On the 19th of November
last they tendered either for half ortbo
whole of tlio cablo, to bo finished by tho
30tb of June. Tlio tender for the half wna
accepted in tho December following, and
Mcssi . Xewall, who had taken one "of tho
transit sheds attached to the ]5iikenhend
docks, at onco set to work to provide th?
necessary machinery, all of which had to bo
created for tho occasion. The wiic wa?
supplied to Messrs No Wall l>y the own wire
drawers, Messrs. Richard, Johnson it Co.,
of Manchester, who completed their task by*
tho 1st of June. Messrs. Xewall commenced
spinning tho cable on the lSth of February,
and proceeded without interrupt-'
until Monday last, tb? 8th of Juno,
l,2o0 miles (onediau of tho wholo cable)
wore completed.
Tho cable consists oF a strand of copper
wire covered ilirce tares with gutta percha.
The gutta percha is oowed from end to end
with spun yarn,and covered with 18 strand*
of seven wires each. There are thus 25,000
mi lea of strand, composed of seven
times that quantity of wire, being a total
of 175,000 miles of wire. The process of
spinning occupied 80 days, 2.500 miles of
wire being used per day, and 350 hands
being employed. Tho spun yarn was also
made by Messrs. Newall upon the pame
promises, 100 machines for this purpose
being ranged in one of the tipper floors of
tho works. The cable is now lying in four
liurr/i I. OO ? ~
w.o y. itun -ci mov in uinuieier una ti
feet high, nil voncly for being shipped. It
will bo transferred, probably to-day, intosmall
vessels, and thenco on board the Niagara,
which is expected to arrive at tho
mouth of tho river early next week, Tlio
weight of the cable averages one ton per
mile ; and it is to be laid by Hie process
patented by Mr. Newall, and adopted in
the Black Sea (passing the wiro through a
hollow cone) which prevents twisting.
\ London Times.
A no nv A mm vi s.?A bear rarely exceeds
20 years; a do? lives '20 years; a
wolf 20; a fqx 11 or 10; lions are longlived.
Pornpey lived lo lh? age of 70. Tho
average of cats is 14 years ; a squirrel and
hare 7 or 8 years ; rabbits 7. Eleohanti
have been known to live to the great age of
400 yea>?. When Alexander the Great
had conquered on? Porus, King of India, ho
took a gieat elephant which had fought
very valiantly for the king, named him Ajax,
and dedicated liirn to the sun, and let him
go with this inscription?" Alexandei, the
son of Jupi'er, had dedicated Ajax to the
Sun." This K'ephant was found 354 years
after. Pigs have been known to live to thft
age of .TO years ; the rhinoceros to 20. A
horse has been known to live to the age of
02, but- averages 20 to 25. Cain?-ls sometimes
Jive to the ago of 100. Slags aro
lony lived. Sheep seldom exceed the nge
of JO. Cows live about 15 years.; Olivier
Annsidnrs il. ninlmKIn iv..>i ... 1.
v ? iifiim piriijriiiiH'ii
live to the age of a 1000. The dolphin and
porpr.Ues attain the age r.f 30. An eagle
djed .'it Vienna nt the age of J 00. Swans
hnvo been known to live 300 years. Mr.
Mattertor) has the skeleton of a owiin I hat
attained 'he age of 200 years Pelicans nro
long lived. A tortoiso has been kiv>wn to
live to the age of 107.*
OowmoF.8 JXttotVIVC8?Tub Skasox sV.t
In.?The New Oileans Crescent of a recent
Uh If, snya.
The first genuine cowhiding ease of tho
present summer csimo m?T o?.uIokI.... ><"'
-v. ? J
noon in the viciniiy of Hercules and Euterpe
?trecta. Il was an open air exhibition, freu
I > till, nnd consequently created an excitemenl
rather unprecedented in that quiet
purl of town. The cowhider was somebody's
uncle, and the cowbidee was Gomebody's
lover?a middle-aged gemlemun nnd
a young gentleman. Ti.e old one met tbo
ypiinfl1 one, nnd at oiicp drew bis cow hide
upon him. nnd gave him several shni p cuts ;
tbo young one doubled a corner and heeled
it down th? street, the old one hot after him.
and .at last tltc latter caught up, got his
giupples. on the runaway\? collar and finished
the excitoment by giving himasec<''3d
and moat unmercif ul cow hiding.
There Was, as we have already intimated,
n lady in Ihe case. The yonng man a bossbuilder,
waited upon a nice, pretty girl,
r.iere to the old nv?n, who is connected with
a benevolent institution up town. The old
man approved the conning, as the young
man was good looking and had a gycvd occupation
and a good reputation so far a* be
knew. Lately, hbweyer,. the. old man was
astonished to discover thai his would-be
nephew wad married had a rtife living from
whom he had separated. The old mnn
voiy nftiurmiy "bjicd -r-?nd lie cooled oiT
vriih u cowhjue, n? wbovf.
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"Thiol's Dkiix I)Good!1VA backwoodsm?n
nnti his sweetheart, ilir other day, linppeiud
to be in ii diuj^Mtore In??, when
n pnty culled for ?w<d drunk wod'i w?t?f.'-?
nmk-w Ws didn't know what-it but
imdeu|i his mind to try it, and after drink
mg a giH>8 01 uia coonngUn?J, liu turned to
the Tudy and rcmnrki J, 8m) that's douj'd
yoii I ,u tjy JoU'V^oh ht?y yon ' "ffi -jffltj ftf'' ,
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