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__d IIr-et -. THE CONSUMPTIVIS WIS!I. On the Death of S. W. MD. 1 Y P. A. W. 41 d not, wish.to die when the weather Is cold and dreary; this world is beautiful, and I would not, like to sce it for the last timo dark and gloomy, but clothed in sun shine." Oh I I would not die in winter When the earth is cold and drear, When the wind, liko funeral dirges, Falls in sadness on the ear; When the earth is cold and silent In her winding-shoot of snow When the birds have hushed their singing And the trees no blossoms show. No-I would not, die in winter When the world is looked in death; When Ohe carth Is clothed in aunshine, Let mie give my parting breath. Oh ! But let me die in springtime When the carilt is robed in green Whon the trees are full of blossoms, And the zephyr cloud is seen. hlow it speaks of that fair country Whero I soon expect to go Where the trees are over verdant, And the skies no changes know. Oh I Then in the pleasant springtime When all nature wakes front death When the earth is clothed in beauty, I would give my parting breath. If the spring should pass to suiner, I would lay ino downI to die Midst its rich and vaied flowers 'Neath its warm awl gtvnial shy. Birds should cone )% ith sonsg to cheer ine On that plca-:nt buuniner day ; I would let thu zephayra fan me As from eart I I passed away. Oh I Then in the glIadKo0me 'u'shaine, When the earth has val:.:l I'rom (wni Ih, And Chis world it fult ilt v. Iwouild :hJ V - VW A riv -X *'~.':'. iv [ Fromt th e N TilE 800 DIE R'6 Im F.. fly m. , I - Its. Trend liglily-'tis a ohlier's grave, A lonely mossy rituomid ind y; to nerts like mine a. th-1ino, It shoul~d bu htoly ground. Speak softly-let not careless laugh, No idle, thboughtless jest, Escape your lips, where :iwee'ly slcops, The hero in his rest. For him no reveille shall beat, When morning beamis shall come ; For him, at, night, no tattoo rolls Its thiundler from the dlrumt. No costly marble marks the place Recording deeds of fame Biut rudely on that bending tree Is carved the soldier's name. A name-not dear to us-but aht I There may be 11ips that breathe That name as sacredly and low .As vesper prayers at eve. Thtere may be brows that, wear for hin The mourning cypress vine : And hearts that make tis lonely grave A holy pilgrim shrine. There snay be eyes tha~t joyed to gaze With love into his own, Now keeping midnight vIgils long With silent grief alone. There inay to hands now clasped in prayer This soldier's hands have pressed ; And cheeks wvashed pale by sorrow's tears, Hlis own cold cheek caressed. Tread lightly-for a man beqneathed, Erellaid beneath this sod, Ihis ashen to his native land, Ilis gallant, soul to God L. -Restoration of Civil Authority in thle Soutli. The following is the essential portion of the Proclamation of'the President issued and published on Saturday ; * * * * * * * And whereas, subsequently to the said second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, the insur reotion in the State of Texas has been completey and everywhere sappressed and cnded, and the authority of the Untited States has been suceef'ully and completely establisheil in the said State Sof'1Texas, and ntow remains thlereini unre stricted and undisputed, nnd such of the proper United States officers as have' been duly commissioned within the lim-. its of' the said State aro now in the undisturbed exercise of their official functionis; .And whereasi the havws can nowv be suistained and aenforced in th. vahl 8;a!.c of Tiexas by the proper civii aul.horhy', * ~ ~ ~~itate or J'ederal, and the p'eople' of ime said State or -Te(xas ik ihe pe'ople of' other Stlate(s 4, i belo auw,' 1 arc wetl andl loyally dispo*'d. an be'' .'.I9!ofo.rm; (d or codto-o la g .ian tm of te t-d States. Antd whetren. a a i ' ral Statws therein . apply equally anri in a State of Texas, as wellu States which had beenm aln rectionl; And whereas ad:leque,: 'been made by milblarye the eroantion of p.en , .s-.: thogg6ivil athorli je: a timI 5eme once to the Constitution and laws of the United States within tho State of Texas, if a resort to milit ary force for such pur. pose should at any time become necessa ry : Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do here. by proclaim and declare that the insur. rection which heretoforo existed in the State of Toxas is at an end, and is to be honeeforth so regarded in that State, na in the other States before named, in which the said insurrectian was pro claimed to be at an end by tho aforesaid proclamation of the second day of Apail, ono thousand eight hinudred and sixty six. And I do further proclain that the said insurrection is at an ond, and that peace, order, traiquility and civil au thority now exist in and throughoul the whole of the United States o: America. in testimony whereof, I have horeun. to sOt nmy hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, thi ventieth dily of August, in thie year of our Lord one thousan [L..J eight hundred and sixty-six, amu of the independence of the Uai. ted States of America the ninety first. ANmiEw JoHxsoN. By the President: WILLAM -. Sw Ano, Sec'y of State ANo'irHan CoxvrXNTIoN.-lFrom onm of the most-il not the Imost-influen Cial of fhie leaders of the 11alical Repub licans we learn that the Radicals intend in the present eanupaign, to execute th< following flank imovemnent upon the Nia tional Uniion1 party. They proposi 0hortly to holi a Con'ventionl at which ph.uforim will a ldopted Offering to th< outii -l thaf, L, Philade!phia ConveI ion.. h a 1bed, and in addition consent iilg to abrograeo the (liCgressiona:lh tes at, distince lv commit. themnselve t" the 4ii Ow Sonthiern repre 4'' i 'i11 m ) 11n reflecice to thei -ann;md fmOr t;he concessioni. - i - nih n of the tleCtCivq -I t, umileht'r such re .at 1 :a aref re 0 o ud othci Noriib r1 coriin lliminiioim na111 principle C old bea o.f little pr'-2 roediown for vemnra t. - of ivm colMqalf - unler nne coniderahl :o-d( to propli y. TPh - lat - tihe best linds v tll s proposition, ii1 e suret nndspeedie-s * cai~ l rehabuilia.ioan t We v imply su'est, tha m-tk and conevtv liput . - ' Im falC, all th )Olitic;Il a .-a111in of the North, are al.:ad b'.lduog or Southern votes, there is (->d hope that the South will soon gi' its 0 i-..-K-w York Newsv.. A s;pecial to the Evenmgf Post a that Gmo. Stoncmnn leaves Washiingto immnedial oly to assume command in iNe Orleans in place of Gen. Baird. Aust oit of their lloles-Ponr Colicth rates Conte 111 antd Surrenitler. T1he Petorsburg Jude.x, 0f WeCd nesday, says the serenity of th oflice of the commanding officer c this post was agitGated on yesterda by the apparition of four (Geafed erat soldiers, who gave the namies and "dt scriptive lisits" as follows: Anthony Monkas, (Co. E, 52d GIieor ~aInfantry, 3d Army Corps A. IN Ja-nes B3rinberter, d itto. Allan Towksberry, 43d Louisiant ditto. A more ragged set of mnortals ha never appeared before 'the Coloc during all the doaliings lie has ever ha with th e "ragged rebels" of Lee' army. Tcwksberry was''a sort c walking illustration of original platce: work. His clothing had been ticd and sewed, and stuck together wit string, and thread, and thornas, unti there did not ap~pear a solitary squar mnch upon it which had not been tiel up, sowed up, or stuck up, in seome wa; or other. llis companions were no quite as badly off, one having a pal of blue Yankee lpantaloons, with onlt a half a dozen rents in it ; anotho~ biding the raggedness of his grey p ant with a flowing, though ribbonry, Yan kee overcoat, and the other mnakinj Is deconey apparent by eonealin1 the defects of his upper gartnents witi an old oil cloth, awfully bedauboi withl mub. Towksbcrry stated to the Colono that he and his party stopped on th< Appomattox, about seven iles abov< the tity, after the evaouation of Po torsburg, for the purpose, at first, o resting ; th at they stayed longer thai they exp~cte,arnd were cut off. Thre2 then made a vow to live on that spot and never go home or give up uniti the onhfederacy was completely anni hillated. Tho songht out a cave on th< banl:1 of the river, which at that p)oint 5s very rocky', and after sonme little in, dust ry, succeded in ercting for thom. ',elves a most comnfortamblo home. Ho0r< the~v liv ed upon fish and game and oc :nonlly roasting ears during all lasi summiiiei, and upjon broad made of corr they had gathered fromi the corn fields and~ ain oconshinal pig they found with. out a mother, in t heir ranmbles durin~ nim wintor. This sprinig and summia eda al s they did last summnor, but r-i ty, hearing from an old negrc ri' . the Confederacy had una. "gono up," they coineludoed he barbarian life and surron Phey mared to the city yes. maorning. with their mnusketi cooumots, stacked arms ir1 o f headquartoret, sent in word m.y were the remnant of the ou Northern Virginia, and that AishedI~ to surrender upon the analuitions5 accordeod to the inim body, t'!il. MIlton corlin11y anentedA to tho. request, gave them transpoitation t< their boies,-and bade thom adieu. The illustrious four roamed aboul town for a short timo, had now suits o: clothing given thom, and, after beinj mado about half drunk, embarked oi the Southern train for their homes. The Assassination Conspiracy-flow thi "Evidence" Connecting Davis with I was Obtained. The following correspondence, whicl has been made public in Washington shows clearly the desperate means whic were resorted to by the Judge Advocat in his strait to get "evidence" of ono kind or another tending to connect Mr Davis with the assassinatiou plot. The first letter is directed to Sanford Cono, ver, Esq., Washington, D. 0.: Wirelblona Iouse, &1. Albans, ANov. 19. NI a. CONovEn : Dnn Sit: I have just parted witi the party I thought would do to repre sent Lamar. lie will go into the gai aid swear all that is wanted ; but I jilaces his prico at a pretty high figure Ho wants $3,000, and says he won't sul his soul for less. You told ime not ti go above $1,500, but the judge told mi afterwards that if necessary I could g, $500 more. But oven this is far belov the mark. What am I to do ? I hanv written the judge how tho matter stande and I hope you will urge him to comi to terms. Dick is a good fellow, anw we can depend upon him without fea and h has the faculty liars need most a mighty good memory. I hopo to re coivo a message from you to-morrow telling mo to strile the bargain. A any rato let me know how to act a soon as possible. Truly yours, WILIAuM OAN nEI.I. New York, March 5, 1806. Mn. CoNoVER. DiE.A Sin: I have been trying t see you for several days, but hear yo arec out of towl. I shall leave this a F;Iation A, that you may Iet it As soo as you ret,urn.1. I amin gI reat iTwed 1.nore mUoey-mlv Inst ja v-estmnents di not pay, Jaid I ;II dead broke, :111 -v Sievel. The4 jilgI Iold In' whel lIs aw hiI 1.0 coluuln .1n i . only hI ou, amd I 'I a fr id 1 - lily han0 1 whelln m.; ; suspected, i ' ', oyr n ta bein, poor, so i .l i u What I ca get ; but of course iol. less thani $50( Don't keep me waiting again. for God sake, for I shall hardly be able to rais cocktails and cigars till I liear from yoi Truly yours, WILLIuAnCAM PIELL. s\WAn DI.r'ARTMENT, 1BRlnAU 01F MILITARY JUs.TICE, v' Wa.sn:iNo-To, D. C. March 17, 1866. Mu. S. CoNovuit. DmEAn Sin: Since wvriting you an - enclosing draft as requiested, I have r< ceived a letter from CJampbell to whic - I replied this morning, mentioning tlI o funds remitted to you for himself ar f Mr. Snevel, anid asking to see you. IE , does not however, know precisely v:hei e to find you, and I presume you hai .. not. his address, which is the Whitne - house, corner of Twelfth street an: - .Broadway. I hope you will place tlI .funids in his hands with the least pose ble delay, as he seems to be greatlyi need. Very respectfully, your obedient se vnt, J. Ilol.T, Judge Advocate General. :1The following letter is directed "Sanford Conover, Esq,. Post Offe< Station F, New York City :" fAston lloUsE, April 17l, 1866. - DEAn CoNovcn : I came in }h1 ,evening and have been all .day endeaa i oring to find yon, That villian Camu 1 bell has divulged the whole arrangeme: a to Davis' fi ien1ds and wlill, if possible, b 1 pushed before the committee. I hav f been sen-t on to assist you ini gettin t him sweet again, so that he will stan r by his story, or else keep out of the wvan i It must be done at any cost. I am prc r pared with the needful. Old 2'79 an s No. 8 were at headquarters the day bc - fore yesterday, and are furious. W shall be well rewarded if we gave thel bacon. It must be done. Call the mc mont you receive this. I shall wait til you come, for I can do nothing' witheu you I have also written to your oli address. As ever, yours, M. Iron-Cladf Navlcs. DIflSctJSSroN IN. THKE IhOUSI OF COM~fol'% Some disquietude is manifest in En land on account of the progress of othe Governments in constructing improved i nval- arranigements and the alleged in difference of the Admiralty. In th< I Homec of Commons, on the 20th ult. the subject was debated at some length a diversity of opinion being expressed The report in the newspaper pros says Mr. Samuda proceeded to call atten tion to the present stato of the navy and to the very small proress that ha1 beenx made, espeelally of latde years, it its reconstruction with iron-clamd vessels and to compare those results with th< great augment ation that has taken place and that is taking place in the armo(r. clad navi*s of otherI' States. Hol.eaidl that it had.1 I aken 81 *n veer to pro'diei- 21 inml <bId ve'in.- .' I . F3rance, haid imaih4 .1 i tihe 'mt. 111 The Amnerienn I nr~W wouild so' 'OlCC'ln: of 72 iron-chids, do' fio r behind ot heti nations was thie country in naval forei that no ordtmary exertion cou11d in ar emergency place us In the' postton ir which we ought to be, that of having t fleet equal to those of all ECurope 'com. bmxed.. lie suggested that a supplemen, tal entimate of ?an 00,00 mi..t be -s for, toj be applicable to the building of twblieo vessels during the recess two of thom being two turret ships' eac carry. ing two 600-pounder guns, and the other too) being orlvi-turrot slips, carrying one 000-pounder. The total cost would be abbut ?1,000,000, which might be spread over the estimates of three years. Sir J. Pakington said that the state. ment of the disadvantageous position of the English navy relatively to those of other countries was rather understated ; even the Italian iron-clad floot, to sayI nothing of that of France, which had, 1 In fact, 08 ships arnior.olad, being in comparison superior to our own. Rus sia had a large force many of which were turret ships, while America had no less than '73 effective vessels of war. Then Brazil,Porn and Chili have ade. quate iron-clad squadrons. In this state of things England had only 33 of these ships, of n hich 30 were afloat, and only 3 building. He regretted that so long a time had elapsed before the turret system was tried, and he has taken steps to carry out the intention of the late Admiralty in the construction of ships of that class by Capt. Cowpor Coles; and that he hoped that generally the I recess would be utilized by the improve ment of our iron clad ships. IHe pro. nounced In favor of turret ships. Mr. T. G. Baring asserted that, apart from coast defense vessels, the sea.going armor-plated navy of England.was far greater than that of any other nation. r We had a fleet of 26 ships of this class, and the French only 17. With regard to guns the 12 ton cannon and the other ordinance adopted in the naval service were of the first description. He ar gued that in the transition state of ordi. nance of late years it would have been unwise to have built a large number of ships, and showed that the late Admi rally had not in fact been opposed to turret-ships. The Trip of the liniture Ship Across the Atlantic. The fWry little shell of a ship, chris tened the Red, White and Bte, t,ha1t. I left New York on the morning of the 8 9th of July, arrived in London on tile 1 Inth of August, rounding the passage in Shiy--icght dlays. The New York I " Wr b s th follvingr hist.ory of this - -nir of t!hw Amiericat, i V 1a .: 1 medal was w t n ol Est, for his a4 I II IO- atu, now in suah T )Ial that took that n h' 'haimes two days -1,qr and cheers of -Itils, who, when "i. h . ~. :1 :i big ship, never ni tho -t . :d senid them in return wthe smlb-1 "aft that ever lived in a i sen. C Early last spring Mr. Ingersoll was L waited on by a li le, natty sort of a man, five feet two in his boots, with light sandy hair, red whiskers, open fea. tures, and an eye that looked right straight ahead from its depths of deep bhieo. He said: '-I want to rig that boat into a full three mnastod ship, go over in her to Europo,and enter her for d the Paris Exposition. If I fail, I fail; - if I don't I'!l niake my fortune. I know hi what I'm about, so does another man I'll e take with mc. We've been wrecked d three times, and don't believe we were .0 born to be drowned. Besides a life 0 boat is'nt a life boat that can't dross this e ocean. Will you let me have her ?" y "Yes" setled the bargain. The boat, d already water and air tight, wan furnish. .* ed with three masts, sixteen feet high *a full set of sails, amounting to sixty n yards of canvass in all; wvas cargoed with. enough provisions for two men "eight~y days, including the rations of a poodle dog, that was to be taken for company, and to be used as a mop now o and then to clean decks. The bold men, whom all thonght fools, and whom suc cess has shown as skill fur as adventu rous, are Captain John N. Hudson and Captain Edward Fitch, both ot whom it "ran away to sea" in youth,. and were -cuffed up from cabin boys to command 4- era l~y rapid progressinn, the one being it 42, the other 28 years of ago. WVe des aeribed their departure on July 9, and e can never forget the anguish with which g friends and kin bade them good bye, as they cheerily cut loose from us be .yond the light ship. - Till the log of that memorable voy. bage is published,, it will be djifcult to .know the vivissitudes and the adven a tures through which they passed in their r thirty-eight days of sohtariness. Alone ; -thousandie of miles from land, the port of I destination thousande of miles yet die t tant, in the midst of the ocean, that I might suddenly break over them in mountainous fury, ini what was scarcely larger than, and exactfy the shape of a bray, the like of which had never ven. .turedi to sea bofo ; stigmatized as fools ty all who mourned what they believed to be their certain self-destruction ; their life bound up in their boat; given bare. l1 ly any Sleep., 'nd comipele to constant watching; thovsn two men have finally safely reached the other side, and are begining to receive the acknowledgments ,of their courage i of their seamanship.,. as well as of their tireless vigils and uin equalled nautical intrepidity. Hew well they must have comeoto know each other I How periand hop. mtuathave bound them to - gether I. From London to New York is, in round terms 3.500 miles, and the, thirty eight days of their passage would rate their daily going at 92 8-19 miles, or somne 3 9-1 0 miles every ' hour. TIhis un~p.ort slow. Remember, hwvr thu r'tiangeo and chances of weather, mm' ut:it as a paurely sailing vessel the flol, White and Blue was exposed to th', '41 and lthe entms and adverse wind s. i r d ii bir progress is uimeoh faster than musi. sailing ships of l,&QO tens, and oven 2,500' tons burden, which. *el- I dom are niot, less than forty-five and of, oen more than it days enroute. A bl kemith's wife in ,tawig drew th~ 810. Mar tcan band prh.e a P.... Objections to the Convention. On the otheot hand, we saw much we lid not like. There was an obsequious. ress on the part of matty of the delegates rom the South, a too evident anxiety of !ompliance with any and every demand, -the faintest suggestion even from the >ther side, that cannot be pleasing to our )eople. The speeches of some of our >wn delegates are open to this objection. . proper dignity and selfrespect would lave dictated a different course. We inow that this was dictated by policy, ut with all due deference to the pohti ,al wisdom of our seniors, we opine that be same end could have been gained by more manly course, and we heartily tgree with the New York Daily Nows >f the 17th, when it says : "We will confess that to us the im >ression was painfully conveyed that the ioith, if fairly represented at the Coi tention, is bending too low in its eager. less to conciliate the North. There are, t is true, some noble exceptions in the iersons of men who realize that man )ood need not forfeit either dignity or ndependence in misfortune; bqt many )f the Southern delegates seem to have )uried their pride of race in the grave of he Confoderacy. They wore too much ,he aspect of courtiers at the ootstool of power to be true types of the people bvho fought so well, and who endured so much for the maintenance of their politi ,al faith. We do not for a moment be lieve liat, these men are conscious of ielf-ahasement, that. they have deliber itely assumed the oflice of time-servers; ive simply believe that they have over ,stimated the price that they mast pay or their political rehabilitation." "The inevitable resuths of the war nimust be accepted, and it is well to ac uept. them gracefully .and with no sullen submission, but a cheerful acquiescence in a destiny that is irrevocably written. But it is not necessary to sacrifice that manly independence which was the conspicuoums virtne of the Southern race. It is not necessary to be the athjewt slaveE of expediency. It may ie- 1!cesary U1 Stoop to coiquer, :1i wo admblii Ih1a:11 many precious Sothelrnl rights have I be regained by conquest inl political warfare, bu> not to stoop so low ; not tc crawl to conquer." Owing, doubtless, to this same policy was the presure brogght, to bear, on th< part of the Executive Committee, upor certain delegates who, during the war had been prominent.Peace Democrats These were excluded from the counseh of the Convention. Their crime ? A stanch friendship to the South in hei hour of trial. We cannot approve the sacrifice. It is all done to pacify th< Radicals. But it will not avail ; the' will yelp on in spite of any attempt a compromise, and Union men will do bet ter to make no further concessions to i party that is bent on war to the knife. We have an objection, also, to one o the clauses in the "resolutions" ant "declaration of principles," whiclh could have been omitted without any sacrific< of principle, and certainly would no have been introduced if the movers hat been actuated by a proper regard for th< feelinge of the Southern people. W, refer to the recognition "of the service of the Federal soldiers and sailors, an< the debt due by the nation to them, an: to their widows and orphans." We ar< to form part of this nation, if we rightl understand the programme. We ari quite willing to let bygones be bygones But surely we cannot be expected L< thank the soldiers and sailors for wvha they have done to us during the pas nyve years.. We admit this would b Christian, but regret that our peopl hiave-not yet attaisned to that degree c Christian perfection to offer "the othie cheek." General Grant very properl: disapproved of the motion, on the pai of some of the flag-worshiippers, of plac ing the guns, taken from the "rebels, as trophies at 'West Point. Hc sai< that there, where the yonth of 'ever) part of thes nation- are to he educated there shoirld be nothing to- recall the lati fratricidail strife. For the samne reason we should have preferred to havec see the "resolutions" without thle object iioa ble clause.-Charleston News. HonnimE SUrCwDE-IMPOSSns.JrY 'Ti IDENTIFY THE YIOTjpx.-Our Coronei yesterday morning heMd an inquest 0r the body-we insist on this word-oi the body-of an unknown man, foun dead in a room of a house on a street of this city. vctm hdafi days ago, hired a suit of rooms, and no' naving been seen since he entered then the intelligent freed-woman, who plays landlady over the premi-'es, suspeotmg~ something wrong,sont for the police when, the door being forced open, a huor. ible spectacle was discovered. The headless body of the man was lying in state, on his own bed I A suspicion eL muirder at onco arose in the minds of the spedctators, and 6he coroner was sent for wko,. notwithstanding the appearances, it once expressed his opinion that the leath was not the result of murder--But micide I and while looking over thie body iletter was found in the hands of the rictim, fully justifying the coroners pro. risions. The letter ran thus: "Ii have put an end to my own life [ was tired of existence in this ungrate. 'ul land and I l'efas it of my own free will! P'hero is money in my drawer suflcienit o pay my funeral- expenses. As timy iamo try not to discovret ft. ~Te. *re. rent indiations, Y have h4eden Thyv own iotid. where .yQu will never Ilnd it This whole transaction Is 'thus destin ud to remain shrouded in eternl~lriyst. 'y I-Me bile .Times, 14th. AFTwa :us - OwrrerAs 0oTTOE Trv3s. the following notice ap ears In the Jackuon Wifpus/l "Any. p ~er'or ; person In Unsps and Madison cooutis who delivered Swere foto.d to dlliet CoQntederateoot, on to Unite~d States aury A nnWill oiifo A favor by .adsesin g tee'tvo,' are AiIfln . omoo,.and' Iistungshlm f the Aet. Somethlng of l1 .att the TRan ia is.Thg~ has noth 9a tblgo 00nt IipA ~gd ie" Wit and Justice in MisourI. Itis well known that some of the judges in Missouri, are very reluctatit to enfore the law agains Ministers of the Gospel, for oxercising their pro fession without having taken the test oath, and avail thomselves of every pretense to discharge those who are accused. An exchango has the follow ing example : Thrco ministers, cliarged with the crime of proaching the glorious Gospol of the Son of God, wero arraigned b. fore a certain Judge. They were regularly indicted, and it was under stood that the proof against them was very clear. "Are you a preacher V" said the jud e to one of them. "Too, sir," replied the blprit. "To what denomination do you be long ?" - "I am a Christian, sir,'' (with dig nity.) "A Christian ! What do you mean by that ? Are not all preachers Chris tians ?1" "I belong the to seet usually called, but wrongly called Cambellites. (Not so much dignity,) "Ah,ithon, you believe in baptizing people, in order that they may be born again, do you ?" "I do, sir." (Defiantly.) "Mr. Sheriff, discharge that man i le is an innocnt man I He is in diet, for preaching the Gospel, and there isn't a word of Gospel in the stuff that lie preaches! It's only smne of Alexander Campboll's nonsense. Discharge the man I" Exit Camphollito, greatly rejoicing. "Are you a preacher 1" said the judge addressing the next criminal. " Sir," said the miscreant. "Of what denomination are you ?1" "I am a Methodist, Sir." (Ils look showed it.) "Do you believe in falling front grace ?1" "1 do, Sir." (Without hesitation,) "Do you believo in sprinkling peo I ple instead of baptizing themi" "I believe that the people can hlo baptized by sprinkling." [Much of fended.] "Do yon believe in baptizing ba bies ?" "It is ny opimnon, Sir, that infants ought to be baptized." [Indignantly.] "Not a word of Scripture for any thing of the kind, Sir I"l shouted his Honor. "M-. Sheriff, turn that man loose! iHe is no preachor. The 0 os pol is the truth, and there isn't a word of truto in what that man teaches. Turn him looso !-It's ridiculous to ind ict men on such frivolous pretenses. Tuirn him loose p" Methodist disappoars, not at all hurt in his feelings by the judicial abuse lie t had received. "What are you, Sir ?" said the f Judge to the third felon. "Some peoplo call mo a preacher, S"What is your denomination ?" t "I am a Baptist." (Head "p.) I His Honor's countenance fell, and She looked sober and sad. After a a pause, lhe said: S"Do you believe in &aalvation by I grace ?" l"I do." (Firmly.) >"Do yron teach that immersion only Sis ba ptismi to a"That is my doctrine." (Earnestly.) ."And you baptize none but thoso >who believe in Jesus Christ ?" t 'Thmat is my faith and prIactico. t (With emphasis.) S"My friend, I feaur it will go hard ' with you ; I see you are indited for f preaching the gospel, and it appears r to me by your own confession you are I guilty." t Baptist looked pretty blue. -"May it lelase your Honor," said the ]Baptist's counsel, springing to his 1feet, "that manm never preachied the gospel. I have beard him say a hun d red times thathe only tried I have heard hinm try miyelf.' . "Mr. Shecri lT, d. iischarge this man! H le's not indicted for trying 1 There's -nothing said( about. the more effort! Let hinm go, sir I Turn him loosej! Send him about his business I I amn astonished that the State's Attorney should annoy the court with frivolous indiotnments." Exit Baptist determined to. "try" Iagain. Court adjourned. "God save-the State and this hon.. orable court I" exclaimed the Sheriff.. "Amen j!" said the three preachers. And after all say we, *as ridiculous as the story may seem, it has a moral.. If the State lips a right to prohibit the preaching of the gospel, it has a right to decide what the gospel is; and'I when this Is done, we have a national church and the adulterous connection betweeri olhurch and State becomes complete, THE RAilWAY Ovn MonT CENIS'. A Florene letter says: "A n InteresL. ing expei-ment has Ilstely been made on Mont Conis, in presene of M. B3ehic, French Minreter of Public Works, ac comipanied by. several emgineers. The hportion of the railway already comple ted on the slopes along theo carriage road of the mountamn wan gone over by a train, consistingor several carriages; at a rate of eleven miles an 'hour' In ascortd mng, and nine and a half in descending. The. imhine sometimes attains eight and a ha'lf fee( it' tiho onei tm'u'dred, and some of the turnng haveas radius of only forty metrei (oe hundred and thirty threp fet). The woi-ks of the Italian side are to be compl~eted by the end of 'October next, so theit there is reason to hope that by the month of November next ItalT and France may be united by an ummternptediile of railway. The eas yo6u are a~ate, is that of Mr. Finding the Stoleni Jcwefry. A Now York correspondent of ili lh:jIi. noro Episcopaafllethodit writes to that pa ?or: "A Southern lady, on a visit to this !itv, went to worship in one of the up town ,hu:hos. Soon after, an elegantly.i ttlI New York lady, of high social stantiin antered th'saoin pow and reminci' , ig tho servioo; after which, the Southern ht ,alled her aside Into tho vestry rooi, ai, in the presence of the reetor, with Whio1i1 the was well acquainted, thus addresed her, 'Madam, I do not wish to offenl you, but that shawl you are wearing belongts to 1no.' (The shawl was a suierb one.) Thef Now Yorker protested, and declarel (i1 Ihoro must be somo mistake. 'If,' says i Southorn lady, 'you will examino a erit oornor, you will sco m11y initials wyorkel il it, and the rooter knows my naine very well.' The corner was fotund as well as the initials- Tite Southern lady then reinrke,-.l 'That ring you have upon your hInger is also mine, and if you take the troili. I,. examinte the iltecrior, you will see ith t l::iiiie initials engraved in the riig.' ii moveient s as above describel took pl*e, and with similar resullts. Iitiniiig to again. tihe Souliherin lady said, -.\lnM that bracelet you have oil is ii-t also, :u by pressing a spring on tIhe it unclta) aid show you niy poirait. im New York lady dil is reliiested, animd t heir wias (lie lady's port rail. Sh4, pipily-'ll rI. tarned the ing anid iracelei, its sle wa convinced beyond lie power to controveri in that they were I he property of t his Soaubl hem1 lady, and remarked as she did, 'ihey ar yours, and you are welcome to them but hi I wore the shawl to ohiutrch, I imtist heg Ile privilege of wearing it iiiic agiiii.' Ite. Southern lady neceded, of course, aiil they exchanged caidw. The shawl caine back in due tihne, but tle New York lady hal pro. bably obtained tlie articles in ucha inan. ner as to render it too unpleasant to divulge. No more was said about it. Moral: i1 Bouthern ladics want to kiow where theih articles of missing jewely anil wardrobe furniture are, let them allemil some fash. ionable 'upi.vwnx' New York church ;aw if tie tnen waint to know what has becomuie uf all their fite horpes shipped North Iv Inv oflicers and *bummers,' let, them spe'nd n' evening in Central Park." Cor,.WiV. JOuNs-roN.-This emineta gentleman, wi(o h1as1 made ithe Cle riot and Soth Carolina ralrotd mi. i very best, and most liraniic ini 1 Sonth1i1, and bu-ily ilg'ged m - hv tI hearni I r Ors, to) conium-if in a tbirdl road1--ih .\ haw anld Ohio. lIe eb r tme lattr position, but the would not lit. him. lie lin; for all khi laboe, great, as C - wve congritulimIate the dill' lions1 on tihe tily WILh-b tihe services of sueh .in tI.-Inil necomplai(ti tunegt ' Johnston. -- A iyi#td iwfiti,,'i.' 31AN SnOT anY TnUr t 1 i - T Statesville Aearkien learnmis tlas young man in the lower port i'u -1f' that coumity was shot in the leg I peal of thunder, one nightt rec lodgingf eight or ten large shot. i: H linTmb. He hcard a report, and inl stantly felt a smarting in his leg and ,4pen examination, monist mamcrvelous to, relate found that instead of ai sinigle bolt of elect ;ioity, heo haid been sirtnek by veritab!e leaden shot, which weree extracted by a surgeon of thatf place.~ who is ent itled to implicit contfidenli. Whtat renders this mymsterious ailfair more peculiar and signifienntt of some--* thing, to finite mnind1s incommprehiensi ble, is thait the wounded mian watsso while in a watermeloni pat ch! D)Am T Pos-r To I'sot.s NI.--lt wonild appear, the cable atcross the Gtulf of St. Lawretce hain Iig betn repired'' and re. laid', that otur commuit tniention~ with h Old World, by lmeani s of' i It . Telegraph, will be cri'iiiii, e ':.1' m rapid, in futunre We havye uto add; that it is the in tenmtiont of the Bit i Governtment to esiablisht, if possibhle, a daily post wit.h this country-that is, to send a swift. mail steanmer fromt Liver pool every' day int the week, by winchm limters and nesaperpits will be conveyed. In ordler to- make this a real boon to the public, thte postage, which is nmow t wenty four cents for eacht lotter weighting less thainhaf ant ounace, will lie reduced to at least half thtat amounit. This, however, -will pr'obably~ reqiire the joinut netton of the United States Congress.-.Phildei phian Pres.. MIrm~tarlt Amni.:sr.-Thle fiast case ofarret under Gleneral Grant.'s ordler directi1ng the miilitary to nct whlere Ithe civil. authmorit ies fail 1(1(do SO. is repo ted by the Atlantua papers. Mr', Jimes M. Lacky, a highly req-p etn i citizen of lBartoW' outt-, wais arr'st~edh at. (Carters-* villa about. a we,-k algo, by order of~eni. Thomas, anp makein undur gitard to A t lanta. Mr.-Laceky, it. iippears. had as. saulteid a gent.leman. from Atlanta, wvho was at Cartersville, in bumsiiness. andh the civil authorities there failed to arrest. Mr. Laeky. Thme gentleman comp~lained~ to General Thtomas, wvho htad Mr. Lacky arrested. He las been turned over to thme civil authorities. Tus PRF.ss AND TUs ATnsANTIC Txa,: OnArni N~ws.--The Now York corrospoit dont of the P'hiladelphila Ledger writes - I may as welstate that theo talk In newspaa per circles said, that one of the very first necessities of this institution (thme Atlantic cable) as aeon as It Is demonstrated that it. Is to bea a pornmanentt. thing, must be an ad vance in the price not. only of newspapeirs, but of newspaper adver'tising. As the cable dospatohos add nothing to ntewapalper cir cations,'the pulic is time ouly p~arly bene fitted, and the public, thorefomre, miust ex peut. to foot the hfi11; oltherwiset, one hlf~l iof the' flewspapers now in eyjitas oi u. well give up' the ghost. The Iinlkg ini probability, will, in the courseof ii dlays, Oryshalllzo In theo shape of a gel"-n oonventlon of the loading. newspaper'I prietors in all this part of the count ry. iliaouse 4lo si~uallou tand to see whit be done.' "Well, Sambo, what's yer up toi aowia-days?e "0, I is a carp'ner nn aU ner." "Hie I I guess yer is. Whtt iepnenida you perform ?" "Whaut Separ~rment ? Why,. 1 does do circular vork " "What's dat ?" "Whby, I turns Ie grindlstono. G'way." "Is sthere any thing over the cable this niorning, my boy ?" "Yes, a weight f water lies ovet it." "WVell, that is aatter t)han 1o omm. thm old cable"'