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gtnp atufjarts.
A Connecticut doctor claims that cancers can
be cozed by burning them with a sun glass, the
heat of the sun having & peculiar effect
? ? 'Of the Indian race which once thickly peopled
this continent only 350,000 men, women and
children remain in the united States.
Five cases of Yellow Fever and two deaths
from black vomit are reported at Galveston,
The Chicago penitentiary is so full thai
seventy bad to be turned oat to make room for
new tenants.
A man near New Albany, India na^ wrapped
his watoh in a handkerchief and laid it on the
Cad while he climbed a tree. A cow came aand
swallowed the watch and handkerchief.
The First African Church in Richmond is
supposed to be the largest on the continent It
has over 4,000 names on its record, and over 3,000
^ ' resident members.
V A ladv asked a gentleman the other day why
so many tall gentlemen were bachelors. The reply
was that they were obliged to lie crosswise in
bed to keep their feet in, and that a wife would be
in the way.
So great is the plethora of coin in England
that, the Bank of England has $30,000,000 in coin
on hand, for which there is no caU, notwithstandi' to
af This is owintr to the
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dmlBesa of business and falling off in foreign trades.
?? It is said that General Pope remarked to a
citixen of Atlanta that unless the people of the
South acoepted the Reconstruction Bill, they woyld
be reduced "to the condition of Tennessee and
Missouri."
?-At Newbuig, Vt, an epitaph on the grave
stone of & deceased citizen, says: "He remained
to the last a decided friend Una supporter of Democratic
principles and measures. Blessed are the
dead who die m the Lord."
??The amount of gold in the vaults of the
- Treasury, on the 1st instant, was 108,000,000, of
which $19,000,000 is payable on certificates. It
will require, however, $18,000,000 to pay the interest
on the five-twenty and other bonds during
the present month.
Locusts are in myriads in Kansas this year.
To protect his wheat a farmer has a locust trap
which he finds effectual, fie scatters hay around
his wheat fields. The locusts gather in it at night,
and he sets fire to it early in the morning, and
thus saves his wheat.
?r?A stray contraband from down Sbuth was
lately inspecting a horse power in operation, when
he brc >ke out thus: "Mister, I have seen heaps
of things in my life, but I never saw anything
whar h norse could ao his own work and ride hissdf,
too."
??Fraxer, Trenholm& Co., who recently failed
in Liverpool* have made an exhibit of their assests.
They state their gross liabilities at $6,000,00(1, and
^ ' their assets at $,410,000. The private estate of
G. K. Prioleau exhibited $40,000 assets. The affairs
of the firm are to be wound up under the innf
a nrtmmitipA nf rreditors. and this well
known house will probably pass out of existence.
The following hints are seasonable, and may
be true; they ate at least worth trying: Oil of
pennyroyal will keep mosquitoes out of a room; if
scattered about even in small quantities. Roaches
are exterminated by scattering a handful of fresh
cucumber parings about the house. No fly will
light en the window which has been washed with
water in which a little garlic has been boiled.
A correspondent of the New York Herald,
describing the opening scenes in Congress on Wednesday,
draws the following portrait of this bad old
man : "OH Thad Stevens,tfeeble and tottering,
leaning on a cane or crawling from desk to desk,
apparently in the last stage of debility, was the
most remarkable figure among the chieftains of
radicalism, and attracted a lion's.share of attention."
?? Political eacitewent is running high throughout
Tennessee. Brownlow rules with a stern will
and has set aside the registration in every district
that does not incline towards his radical views.?
In one district where his friends registered the
first two days and his opponent the two succeeding
days, he set aside all but the first two. He
Iiuias tlICX3TnjrOlIxh ->r til i,wn j'ilio OlMtai.
Bishop Ashury disliked the fair sex to a
degree that was not creditable. There was one circuit
in Virginia where the ladies were so fascinating
that all the young preachers sent there were soon
taken captive. ? The bishop thought to sjop this
by sending thither two decrepid old men, but to
lus great surprise, both were married the same
year. He exclaimed in disgust: "I am afraid the
women and the devil will get all my preachers!"
-1?The cost of producing a human adult is estimated,
at the least, at $1000, and to the extent
' that countries bear human bfcings and give them,
free of charge, to other nations that have employment
for their services, are the latter enriched at
the expense of the former, precisely as if blooded
stock had been reared, or improved machinery had
been constructed and sent over to us for use, free
of expense. Immigration is undoubtedly a source
of wealth, rrrr
??The Federal Union, published at Rochester,
Minnesota, says in its issue of the 22d ultimo: "A
very intelligent gentleman, connected with a prom
inent business house in Milwaukee, ana a decided
Republican in politics, proclaimed it as bis
.own opinion, in this city a few days since, that a
repudiation of the bonds and paper money issued
by the Federal Government was inevitable, and
that a proposition if submitted to the people of
"Wisconsin to-morrow to pay or repudidate, would
he decided in favor of the latter alternative."
Juarez, the President of Mexico, is about
sixty years old, under the middle-size, well built,
and inclined to embonpoint. He has the color of
an Indian, and, like all the Zapotec tribe, has a
small forehead; high cheek bones; a broad and
bent nose: a large mouth and beautiful teeth;
black, small, and lively eyes, and black, straight
hair that is tinged with gray. His voice is soft,
sonorous, and mournful: but, like President Lincoln,
he is fond of garnishing his conversation with
anecdotes and jokes.
?- A Milwdukeean has sued a young married
woman, who had received his attentions while engaged
to some one else, for a bill of 104.25, the
amount he had paid in her behalf in taking her to
concerts, operas, picnic rides and ice cream saloons.
As an offset, he credited her with sundry kisses,
valued at $16.37 J; several squeezes of the hand,
$0.37i; an unreturned photograph and h ring?making
a total of $37.75. He recovered the bill, the
. Judge allowing the plaintiff the issues at his own
. valuation. The case is to be carried up.
A private letter, received by a citizen of
Nashville from a Canadian friend, who lately entertained
Mr. Davis, says: "I don't see so much
change in the ex-President's appearance as the
newspapers describe. His spirits, however, are
depressed. The constant vituperation to which he
has been subjected, the suspicion with which he is
dogged, the criticism of his slightest words and
movements, all harass and annoy his mind. ' He
told me that he wished he could suddenly disappear
from the view of men and pass the remnant
of his life in some seclusion where none but his
personal friends oould find*him."
The returns of registration in many counties
in Virginia show that while the negroes generally
have registered, the whites have neglected or refused
to do so, thus giving the ascendency to the
colored vote. If those who are entitled to register
and vote, permit their stubbornness and passions
to deprive them of the privilege, they will certainly
have no right hereafter to complain of "negro
rule.'' The present difficulties must be settled and
the States restored to the Union, and if white people
don't assist in the matter,?it will be done by
the colored people alone. White men who allow
their stubbornness to prevent them froir. voting
will find out their mistake when too late.
A distinguished German professor recently
announced that if a drop of human blood was
placed under a microscope capable of magnifying
it twenty million times larger, it would
show all the kinds of animals that ever existed, or
now exist, on the earth. In the blood of a healthy
person, the animals are quiet; in that of a
sick person they fight. From this he draws the
conclusion that man has within him all the elements
from which the universe was created. He
further says that if a dead cat was flung into a pool
of water and left to decompose, the drops of water
would show, when under a microscope, all the animals
belonging to the cat species.
Some time ago the War Department called
on the Commandants of the five Military Districts
for estimates showing .what amount of money would
be required to cany out the Reconstruction Acta
^ in their several Districts. These estimates have
been rendered, and it appears that General Sheridan's
estimate is more than double that of any
other Commander. From the fund of $5,000,000
appropriated by Congress to defray the expenses
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of Reconstruction under the Act and its supplement,
the fallowing sums have been apportioned to i
. the Districts mentioned; General Scnofield, $29,
444; General Sickles, $29,444; General Orel, $97,1
222 f General Pope, $97,222, and General Sheri:
dan, $166,666, -
In the recent interesting letter of our corres'
pondent, "Itinerant," it was stated that 63,000 :
! pounds of blackberries were gathered around Salem ,
and High Point, last year. A friend in that secs
tion informs us that this estimate is greatly below
the mark. Mr. E. A. Yolger, alone, sent North,
by Sept. 1, 1866, 480 barrels,?their uett weight
. being 81,4741 lbs., a large portion of which went,
! by the way of High Point, over the North Carolilina
Railroad, and the remainder, via Greensboro,' 1
over the Danville Road. Mr. V. shipped about !
1 twice the above amount of apples, and 9ome peach!
es,?altogether, probably, not less than 300,000
" lbs. of dried fruit It requires but little reflection 1
to trace how greatly this must have benefitted the '
i people,?not only the families, that dried the fruits,4!
; hut the community, generally. The hauling, for
i one thing, was a considerable item, as Mr. Yolger
had as many as twenty wagons employed at one 1
, time. Then there were the coopers, engaged in J
making the barrels. As an evidence of the wide- !
ly-diffused benefits resulting from this traffic, the
( Sheriff of Forsythe, it is stated, experienced less
trouble than ever before in collecting the taxes
the last year.?Raleigh Sentinel. |
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YORK VILLE. S. C. s
THURSDAY M0RNING> JULY 11, 1867.
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BANKRUPTCY. ,
The orders, rules and forms necessary to carry i
into effect the Bapkrupt Act, having been promul- t
gated, the door is now opened to those desirous of
availing themselves of its'benefits. (
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helper's New book.
H. R. Helper, who wrote that infamous work, 1
"The Impending Crisis," has lately produced a
new book entitled "Nojoque," which is no less in- 1
famous than its predecessor. But the sentiments ^
of the two books differ as widely as the poles.? t
The first was written to aid the great Abolition 1
crusade, and oontained appeals to the negroes, of the
most extraordinary character. JThey were ?
urged to rise in insurrection, kill their masters and e
burn their houses. These noble ends having bjjien r
partially accomplished with the assistance of loyal s
Union armies, Helper's insane hatred of the wthite v
race is appeased, ana iu? iury i?uun uut^Ku ar .
gainst the negroes. The sentiments of Nqjoquc ^
are literally appalling; its author appears to be ac- a
tuated by a madman's hatred of the whole radfe.?
He speaks of them as being lower and more de- ^
graded than the brutes that perish. J(
This is an age of inconsistency and recantation ; .
the man who can surpass his neighbors in swallow- *
ing his words and giving the lie to his most warm- u
ly defended principles, and the most energetic actions
of his life, is the greatest man and the most r
exalted patriot But of all the lofty political somersets
of the day, this is the most surprising.? r
Other performers in this line of gymnastics have, ^
been jumping towards the negro. This fellow,
having led the way, now recoils with a species of 0
! electric repulsion, and goes through the hoop with ?
! a hack somerset Who can tell how long it will be "
before the other acrobats are jumping backwards P
after him ? % - o
We have not read this book through, nor do we 53
nk tn An
in our exchanges, are enough for us. They breathe P
the malignant spirit of the Roman monster, who 11
wished the whole Roman people had but one neck, e
that he might sever it by a single blow. The heart .
that could conceive such a mortal hatred to an entire
race who never injured him, must be depraved ,
as that of a fiend. His first book showed that he
was an enemy to the white race, and his last proves T
him an enemy of the blacks. Yet he started on a J1
Radical career, as the friend and champion of this 51
oppressed race, so called. Can there be a. better ?
illustration of the tendency of Radicalism to extremes?
After leading a fanatical nation to a
bloody war for their sake, he deserts his proteges
and pours upon their hated heads such vials of 0
' a. -1 ? ?i?u
venomous aouse us we ieei sure uu upuumci ui C(
slavery could have conceived, much less expressed, t]
Well may our Southern people warn the negroes n
-to beware of their Radical friends. We sincerely
believe that the friendship of Helper was not
more treacherous than that of his party will prove, 1
when the negroes have ceased to be useful as tools.
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POLITICAL MEETING*
A considerable number of colored people, from
the extreme eastern portion of this District, incited
by a few white persons, assembled here on j,
Tuesday, in expectation of being entertained in organizing
a Republican party for this District. C.
C. Bowen, who is styled Chairman of the State j0
Central Committee of the party in South Carolina,
had announced his intention of being here; but y
that person it seems, having an unexpected and tj
perhaps unpleasant appointment to fill at Castle n
Pinckney, was deprived of the innocent privilege, w
^nd thus disappointed some who had taken a long
walk to meet him here.
The name of this individual having become gj
somewhat notorious in this community, in conneo- ^
tion with this proposed meeting, we have conclu- ^
ded to publish the subjoined article from the Sa- K
vannah Advertiser, in order that those of our citi- gj
zenswho were disposed to co-operate with Bowen, ^
may be advised of his character. Bowen has re- w
cently been arrested by order of Gen. Sickles,
and lodged in Castle Pinckney, on the charge of ^
assumption of military authority and appropriating
the property of other people to his own uses:
"Mr. Editor: Noticing in vour paper a few .
days since a paragraph clipped from tne Charleston
Mercury, in regard to a speech made to the ne- "
grocs in Summerville, S. C., in which C. C. Bow- a]
en informed his hearers, that if they did not o]
vote the Radical ticket they would be "sent to the 0j
Penitentiary, I was more forcibly than ever reminded
of the fact that the antecedents of all the '
white Radicals in the South most singularly coin- *c
cided with each other. " n'
T " * ' 'i - * * -/? it!- r% n
| l nrst muue ine acauainiance or mis \j. y. si
Bowen, at the Marshall House in this city, in si
1862. We were then organizing a company under ?i
the act of the Confederate Congress, in regard to
Partisan Rangers.
Bowen enlisted with us, and from associating c'
with him during the following two years, in the st
same company, I learned that .he was a Rhode ir
Island man by birth, but had of late been settled h
in Southwestern Georgia, from which place he .1
peregrinated through the country as a professional .
faro dealer and gambler in general, and also that 81
he had married one of the most notorious prosti- S
tutes in Macon. So much for his history previ- F
ous to my meeting him. s<
! Our company was finally mustered into service ^
in the 21st Georgia Battalion of Cavalxr, under ^
the command of Major W. P. White. After doing
some picket duty in the neighborhood of this "
city, we were ordered to report to General Beau- *
regard at Charleston. While there, from the oc- tl
currence of a vacancy, and the cool effrontery of 0
Bowen, he managed to get elected Captain. p
While holding that office, he made a good thing ?
of it by taking in substitutes, and for a large por- ,
tion of the money he would give them leave of
absence; they of course never returning to the A
command, the supposition being that they had de
6erted. By these, and other little games, he b
managed to become the owner of nine horses, *
which were ridden in the command by men who
were not able to own horses themselves. ^
From Charleston we were ordered to Wacamaw 0
Neck, opposite Georgetown, S. C., to picket the
Federal gunboats. While stationed there, Bowen h
procured a furlough to come to Savannah, and w
while here, by some fraudulent means, procured tj
money from the pay department. For this cause ti
1 Major W. P. White preferred charges against him h
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"for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman."
On these charges he was court martialed
in Georgetown, pnd on conviction, dismissed the
service. Immediately on the promulgation of the
order of General Tranior, announcing his dismissal,
Bowen left for Waocamaw. ..
A few nights after his departure, as I was scaldiag
a dead shoat which had bitten me that day, I
heard the report of a gun at Maj. White's quarters.
The whole cauip was in an uproar, and I among the
rest went into Major W's quarters, where I found
him lying wounded, shot through the knee, from
which wound he^dicd in about three weeks, iu the
Georgetown hospital, murdered in cold blood.
The party upon whom suspicion fell was arrested.
He proved to be a sergeant in our company,
and hd acknowledged that he stood outside of the
house and shot Major White through the weather:
boarding. He showed us the hole where the ball
entered the house; he showed us where he had
thrown the murderous weapon, after doing the
dastardly deed; he showed us a blind made of
brush, along side the road leading to the landing,
which C. C. Bowen had constructed, behind which
to hide and shoot Major White as he should Dass
going to or returning from the landing, ana he
confessed that C. C. Bowen had promised him the
best horse he owned, if he would murder Major W.
Bowen was imraediateJy arrested in Augusta, Dy
telegraphic orders, and brought to Charleston and
:onnned in the jail. Shortly after this we were
sailed to Virginia, where until the surrender,
more stirring scenes claimed my attention, and the
man had almost escaped my memory until I saw
his name in your paper, as a Radical.
Comment on my humble part is unnecessary,
and having extended this much longer than I expected,
I will close by only saying that there are
many individuals in Savannah who can vouch for
all I say. Yours truly, VENTILATOR.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The extra session of Congress, provided for in a
resolution to that effect last winter, began in "Washington
on the 3d inst Thirty-four Senators and
>ne hundred and thirty Representatives answered
to their names, a number sufficient in each House
to constitute a quorum.
In the Senate, four Bills were introduced amertlatory
of the Reconstruction Act. The first,
Frelinghuysen's, authorizes Commanders to susaend
or remove*State officers, fill vacancies, and
validate acts done heretofore in accordance with
he above.
Edmonds' is similar, except that the District
Commanders' acts are subject to the approval of 1
he^ General of the Armies.
Drake's consists of twelve sections. Sumner in- j
roauced some characteristic bills. (
The House was principally occupied for the da}-, (
?-organizing, and swearing in new members.
iVhen the Kentucky delegation came up, objec- (
ion was made to their being admitted, and the f
allowing resolution was adopted :
Ifaplcetli That the credentials ol all the members j
lectfrom the State of Kentucky shall be referred
o the Committee on Elections, to report at as
arly a day as practicable, and .that, pending the (
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epun UI LlHI SillU WIU1I1II.ICC, uvucut oaivi uivmuv. u .
ball be allowed to take the oath of office and admitted
to seats-as such.
\ A resolution was adopted by both Houses conining
the business of the Session to the discussion
nd amendment of the reconstruction programme.
The result of the opening is construed into a deeat
of the purposes of the extremists on the sul>ects
of impeachment and confiscation.
Committees from the.two Houses waited upon
be President, who announced that he had no comnunication
to make at present.
On the 5th, the question of universal suffrage
eccivcd the votes of thirteen Senators.
Iifthe House, Paine moved a suspension of the
ules, that he might introduce a joint resolution
endering the thanks of Congress to Major-Generxl
'hilip H. Sheridan, for ttye faithful performance
f his duty as Commander of the Military District
fr Texas and Louisiana. The rules were suspened?ayes
110, nays 18, and the resolution was
assed.
Joint resolutions of thanks to Sickles, Pope and
-chofield were adopted.
The committee of nino on reconstruction have ?
repaired a bill. It places TheTsEate Governments j.
i complete subjection to the Militafy Commandrs,
whose previous acts are validated. It makes
ie Boards of Kegisters Judges of the qualificaons
for registration ; forbids the removal of the 8
Commanders, without the advice and consent of c
tie Senate, or sentence of Court Martial. It preents
civil Courts, whether Federal or State, from a
iterfering with the Commander or his agents, act- j
lg under his authority, or from entertaining civil j,
r criminal proceedings against them for any act d
one under laws to which this is supplementary, r
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THE "HELL PEPPER" PAPERS.
We begin the publication, in this week's issue, I
f a series of letters from our Cleveland, Ohio, e
irrespondent. The series^iromises to afford some- ^
ling interesting to those who appreciate our cor- ,j.
;spondcnt's style of dealing witn nis suojects. *. a
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' EDITORIAL INKLINGS. T
'hat Stock Problem. I
The following is the answer to the problem ublisbcd
last week: J!
5 Cows at $10, $50 00
1 Sheep at 3, 8 0Q "
34 Pigs at 50 cents, ^
)0 $100 CO
llackberries.
In these days of scarcity it becomes us to ti
ok up every" article produced on our soil, that tj
ill allay hunger, or bring money to the poor. As *j
lackberries form a most prolific crop' in our sec- n
on; we clip from an exchange the following state- f(
ient furnished by Dr. N. C. Benbow, who kindly o
immunicates the fact that the sun will dry them v
5 well as a kiln; and, unless the kiln is properly *!
:tended to, the sun is far preferable. The fruit 01
lould be thoroughly dried, not burned, and "never ^
>ld to merchants or packed until thoroughly p
ried. The Dr. further says that, last season, the s]
jputatiou of our trade was seriously injured by f
lippiug partly-dried berries, which moulded.? u
et the thousands of dollars heretofore allowed to ^
aste upon the old fields be husbanded during the e
resent season of so much want.
[ard Treatment. <]
A "colored citizen" of Charlotte, N. C., ^
riting to the Wceltly Freeman's Journal of that
ty, complains of the hard treatment he received n
om the elefle of a drug store, a few days ago. It w
ppcars that the injured gentleman, feeling a little a
ppressed by the heatj determined to take a glass e'
P soda-water for his stomach's sake. But, on his ^
pplying for the refreshing beverage, he was in- |
timed by the clerk that that establishment did
at sell soda water to negroes. His wounded spirit y
ieks relief in print, and he arrives at the conclu- q
on that the Southern people are not sincere in 81
leir professions of friendship to negroes. ?
It is certainly a hard case, when a free American ^
tizen cannot get a glass of soda from a public
ore. * But if this individual had applied for soda v
1 a Boston or New York drug store, he would t!
ave met with* the same refusal, and it is moire c
lan likely that he would have been kicked out hs- ?
des. The truth is that the social equality of ne- g
roes with whites is entirely theoretical. At the f
forth as well as the South, the negro is treated as v
xjially inferior to the white man; both white arid 0
lack practically acknowledge the superiority which ?
rod has thought proper to give the white race, and j:
rhich He has so unmistakably stamped upon the
hite man's face. The only difference between I
ie Radical and the Southerner is this: the latter t:
peuly denies the equality of the races, the former P
retends to believe in it, to get negro votes. As
) which is the best friend of the negro, that is -to g
o tested by pther tests than this. &
, Lucky Girl. f!
Kings are generally voted a nuisance by true- d
lue,' "loyal" republicans. But it must be con- 3
issed that it is sometimes an advantage to have q
>yal personages around, if the following incident e
jaid to have occurred recently in Paris) is true:
The King of Some-great-country-or-other, (they if
ave so many crowned heads in Paris, you know,) d
alked into a glove-shop, kept by a young and pret- n
7 girl; but the eyes of the young and pretty gan- b
ere were red, and it was very evident that she fi
ad been crying. The monarch asked for some1 a
pearl-gray gloves, size seven and a half, and, whiL
he was examining them, got into conversation witl
the pretty shop-girl, and asked her what cause ha<
brought tears to such charming eyes. The younj
gantiere confessed, at last, that she was beloved bj
the young lineodraper at the corner, but that he:
parents opposed the marriage, on the plea that th<
young man wasnotin a position to lay even so muol
as a dozen Mexican railway shares at the botton
of the wedding corbeiUe. Whereupon the monarcl
says nothing, Dut feels in his pocket for his purse
opera it to pay for his gloves, and puts down fift]
thousand fxancson the counter, saying, 'What ii
over, mademoiselle, shall be for your prctendu.'
A Fiona JEenterprise.
?- The Memphis Avalanche publishes the fol
lowing rich areolar, as an illustration of the meth
od by which christians of the Brownlow pereua
sion manage to onite religion and speculation) ii
that glorious specimen of a reconstructed State ?
Tennessee:
To Members of Christian Churches: The Rev.
John Eaton,- Jr., candidate of everybody that ainl
to be considered, rebel, for the position of Stat*
Superintendent of Common Schools, being inspired
to tray sundry tickets in the recent drawing of th(
Hernando lottery, hv the blessing of God drew
two prizes. They are handsome lots, on the out
skirts of th? city, and it is now proposed to raffle
one of them on for two hundred chances at tec
dollaw a chancy. Tickets to be for sale in al
saloons. The loi is an ancient, divinely appointed
institution, ,ind When used as in the awarding ol
the two prir^s to the Rev. John Eaton, Jr., or at
proposed in ruffling off one of his lots, there car
bo no possible rdigious objection to its employ
meat Wishing";toset u godly example in thu
very wicked city, die Rev. John Eaton. Jr., will
reside on the lot that will not be raffled off. He
will build a large and commodious edifice and fornish
it throughout in the best manner, and locating
his family therein, he will take charge of one little
colored child and train it up in habits of extreme
industry and piety. It will have the advantage ol
godly example and be seat regularly to church,
prayer meeting and Sunday school. To aid the
Rev. John Eaton. Jr., in this Christian enterprise,
it is hoped that liberal donations may be forwarded
to him, and that all Christians who can afford ii
will buy chanoes in the raffle.
MERE-MENTION.
Tho Anderson Intelligencer announces the death
in that place, ou Sunday of last week, of William
Van Wyck, Esq., Assessor of Internal Revenue
for this Collection District " "The Newberry
Herald says that Belt -Cline, one of the negroes
implicated in the murder of Mr. Alexander Walker,
at Chester,,and who escaped from the jail in
Chester, has recently been arrested at Vicksburg,
Mississippi. He is in jail at Marion, C. H., Mississippi.
Fred Douglas, forrnly a Southern
slave, is said to be worth $11)0,000. He resides in
New York. ;"At a grand army festival in
Richmond, Indiana, Miss Jennie Prescott was voto
be the handsomest girl in America. A
jorrespondent of the New Orleans Picayune writes
Tom New Mexico, that the Indians have adopted
;he fashion of skinning their captives alive. An
ixchange proposes as the first regular toast for the
Fourth of July celebration, The Constitution of the
United States?"Though lost to sight to memory
lear." Music?"AuldLang Syne." Judge
SVayne, of the Supreme Court, died at Washingon
on the 5th instant He was appointed from
Georgia, in 1835. He was seventy-seven years of
ige General SheridaH, in accordance withinitructions
from the President, has extended the
ime for registration in Louisiana until further or
lers.'"/T'""Paris spends twice as much money for
vine as it does for bread. SeVeral negro wonen
have registered in Norfolk, Va., in male atire
The harvest in Minnesota will allow her
0 export 15,000,000 bushels of grain. The
otal loss of the Austrian army, in the late war
vith Prussia, was 84,041 officers and men, or over
ine-fifth of the number put in the field. Flour
s four dollars a barrel cheaper in New York than
t was six w&ksago. "The receipts from incrnal
taxes now average a million a day. "'""'The
frand jury at Albany, New York, found a true bill
igninit fliinnwil CftS^"X4inrj?i?Q liim witli -mniJot
n the first degree for killing Mr. Hiscock.
COTTON PLANTING.
One of the great and good men of our State, in
, recent private letter, thus discourses upon the
otton planting infatuation :
"Thesis a great deal of prattle indulged in
bout changing our agricultural system, labor saing
implements, gross-growing, stock-raising, &c.
t will be a long time before the belief that cotton
1 money dies out ? a long time before we have a
lense population, cheap labor, convenient markets,
nauufacturing towns, market gardens, stock farms
nd clover fields.
The Doodles^ will make many a dollar put of us
iy their inventions and htfmbugs, before we get our
yes opened. Our policy should be not to plant
a much land as possible, but to make the most
n as little as possible, by good management ? to
ilantjustas much com (grain) as we may need,
nd then plant cotton according to our necessities.
f we had planted no cotton last year, the Doodles
rould have been begging us to come back ere this.
Jut it is no use to waste words upon this subject
- of all classes, the planter is the last to learn
jssons from experience,- the last to act in concert
ir his own protection. I have no hopes of better
imcs until a grand financial crash comes, and it
lust come; then aery for repudiation of the Yanee
debt and a division of the spoils a la Butler."
SANTA ANNA.
Without paying any regard to the character, moiveS
or authority of General Santa Anna, it is cerlin
that his forcible abduction from the deck of an
American vessel, and from under the shadow of
lie United States flag, is as grave an fhsult as a
ation could well receive. There is no room either,
ye assuming that it was done in ignorance or withut
authority. It is on a par, with the contempt
rith which Juarez treated the remonstrances of
tie United States in regard to Maximilian, and the
ircumstances which attended it made the outrage
articularly grievous. The commander of the Vir*
inia protested against the violent taking of his
asstngur, uuu uc uwyc<ueu tu ma uug, wujcu uc
pread upon the deck in frimt of the gangway.?
tut great is Mexico, and great is Juarez, and great
i a Mexican commander of three gunboats in a
do test with an unarmed vessel! The Mexican
'as not to be balked; and his boarding party walkd
over the flag, trampling it under their feet
"The question now arises, will the government
uietly submit to such an insult to the flag, or will
; demand and enforce indemnity ?
The<heory of the inviolability of the decks of
or vessels from intrusion by foreign powers is not
ew to the American people. When the right to
iarch our ships upon the seas, and to remove per3ns
claimed as subjects found thereon, was clainid
by Great Britaink and an outrage similar to fhis
'as perpetrated in 1812, the whole .power of this
overnment was evoked to chastise the macflent agressor,
and a three years' ensued. .. *
"When the four great powers of Europe, many
ears after, were about to ratify the celebrated
uintupal treaty by which this right of search and
2izure was recognized, and through'which it would
ave been enforced, the treaty was defeated by the
rompt interposition and protest of our goverrtlent
t
"Subsequently, at the conclusion of the Russian
rar, when our government was invited to unite in
be treaty of Paris, the invitation was declined beause
this very right of seizure and search was one
f its features; and it will be remembered that
rhen during the wsr, the Confederate Commisioners,
Messrs. Mason and Slidell, were taken
rom the steamer Trent, a British vessel, on their
ray to Europe, by an officer of the United States
lovernment, they were released by the government
nd permitted to proceed to their destination after
laving been brought to the United States, on the
round that their arrest was unauthorized by law.
umi ?. ^MI i .v.! _ii r. .i..
1I1U8 ll will De seen iuut, m mi 11a pruuuw;, uiu
Jnited States Government has been true to its
mditionary policy that the national flag at the
aast-head of a vessel covers and protects all under
t, whether persons or property; and it cannot now,
a honor, surrender a principle for which it has
acrificed so much and for which it has contended
o consistently and so long. If it does not now de2nd
its honor and vindicate its rights, it will render
itself contemptible in the eyes of all of those
reat powers witn which it has struggled so peristentlv
for the principle which, in the case of
reneral Santa Anna, has been so insolently assaild.
"The release of Santa Anna, and a full and satifactorv'apology,
is the very least that we should
emand, and ifthese terms are not promptly combed
with, then the chastisement of Mexico will
e an inevitable necessity. We have, however,
dlen upon evil days. The power and resources,
s well as the courage of the government,'appear
e to exhaust themselves upon the. people of the
1 South, and there is none left with'whicn to resent'
1 insult or to protect our flaf against foreign aggresl
sions."?Mercury. -
[ . THE BELL PEPPER PAPERS.
j Nummer ONE.
i Cleaveland, Ohio, July 1st, 1865.
1 K. N. Pepper, Esquoire,
1 My dere cussin: Now that the waw is over and*
\ peso rains unoe mo over thi&devoted kentry, I hev j
kofikluded to renoo my corrispondints with you, :
my distingish relatif, which wos so summrilly in- 1
trupted by the late unfawchnit conflick between '
- the two sexions. It will be my ame, fast, to give
- you a shawt ape. of my pussnaligsperience dooring
- the waw, and in the nex plase, to rite a serins of
i shawt otticles on literv subiecks, widge I propose *
- to dedicate to u. }
Yo succes in litery purshoots injuiced me to se,
lec literachoo as my profeshin. Yo faim as a aut
ther enkurridged me greatly. You hev been my
| modi, in all things, but especially in the matter of
; stile. For though yo idees are well enuf, and yo
\ langidge good, yet in respek of stile, you stand
. without a rifle among litery men.
s The waw lef me no wus ov than I wuz. Wen
| it broak out, my pussonal propaty konsisted of the
following, that is to say, whiz: one hoss and bouP
gie, with 1 weel off; one sadl; one brindle puppy
, dogge name bull; one noat on Jef Scates for elevn
i dollus; one dubblebarrelgunne name Sal, slightly
damidged in her breach; and my litery reputashin.
[ If it hed not been for the last" article menshined
[ abuv, my povaty wood hev ben igstreme..
I kept out of the ommy on the plee of tempry
. insanity. I coodn see the gustis of the waw and
I evry boddy sed I muz be krayzy. I woswillin.?
\ I took a cussory view of the hole subjeck and im:
mejately reshumed my litery labus. I wos getting
1 along pooty well until the guvment begin to draf
soljers, wen, sho enuv, boo sood be draffed but mie.
[ Wen the Egsnraimng Bord of doctors cum roun to
; see who was fitteu to go, they egsamined me, but
coodn cum to a konklusion as to the state of my
mine, but sed I mus wait till they cum again.?
, Wen they got throo feelin my pulz, thumping my
[ stomick, ampizant, ampizant,|I tendered to the caps
tain doctor, with my compliminta, a copy of my
I last grate pome, "Lines to a Turkey-buzzard," and
, toal him he wood fine it a great wuk. He luked
fus at me and then at the buke. He red a foo
lines and sed to the other doctus, he wos satisfide;
at widge they all broak out laffing and the Bord
lef. The meaning of widge I do not to this day
, pufficly understan, but I beleave in my sole, it wos
j their porpus to krak a goak at my infummaties. 8
But they didn trubble me enny mo; and wile c
' the bluddy conflick wos raging all aroun me, I wos c
quietly purshooing my studdies, and prepairing 8
, myself for that brillyant carrier as a nauther witch 1
now lies befo me. Dooring this peeriod of delitefel c
repoas, I red sefril books on poatry; Byrom's 4
pomes; Pilgrims progress; the Virginia and Keni
tucky resolutions of 98, Mr. Milton's- pairodice '
lost; and Gray's hellegy in a chutch yawd ; fom c
all widge I hev drived.great benefick ; and I do I
belive my prospigs faw sugcess as a riter are cuite 0
as good as yose wos at my age.
In my nex-, I propoas to treet of the subjec of 4
Dooelling which will be disgussed in a moril, so- c
shil and plittikil pint of vie#.
Yo affexshnit cussin, . 4
BELL PEPPER v
: , ,
LEGISLATIVE CORRUPTION. 8
The New York Times publishes a letter from a y.
correspondent, giving the particulars of a case of
bribery in the New York Legislature, as illustrativc
of the system there. The correspondent cited ^
the names of the legislators, and affirms that he is ^
ready with the proof. The Times omits the names t
because the law is so peculiarly constructed, in the ^
interests of Dribery, jis to subject witnesses to su^f
severe pains and imprisonments, that they cannot t
be relied on! In short, bribery is under legislative n
the letter, as showing the market price of votes,
and the mode of conducting the traffic :
In the session of 1865, the Directors of the New B
York Central Railroad applied to the Legislature 4
for an increase of passenger fare. A bill to that n
effect was introduced in tne Senate and referred to 1
the# Railroad Committee. Messrs. composed
the"committee. It was well understood by the gen- '
tlemen having charge of the interest of the Central
before the Legislature, that nothing could be .
done without money; and the object was to have H
the business transacted at the cheapest rate. The
first thing was to get a favorable reDort from the tl
nmnmlttnn TTnonimitw rtroa rlncimhln Vmf Mi*
WUJUIltlVV/. HUUiiUl VJ TV (W VAVOU MVAV) wut i?X 1. Q
was a man of integrity and self-respect, and ,
no one could approach him with a corrupt proposition.
There was no special difficulty in dealing "
with the other members.' They were all anxious
to be corrupted, but they named an exorbitant fig- t)
ure. The original price was $24,000, but fjfter n
some haggling the sum of $20,000 was agreed up- &
.on?$5,000 a piece for the four Senators who
sho(uld concur in the report Senator re- a.
ported the bill, and , agreed to the
report. They were paid $5,000 eachin greenbacks, ft
and promised a like sum in addition, when the bill o;
passed the Senate. ? became alarmed at }t
some opposition to the bill among his constituents .
along the lines of the road, and declined to carry
out his bargain. He insisted, however, "pon keep- ^
ing the $5,000, inasmuch as that sum had been ft
the stipulated price for his concurrence in the re- h
port He finally returned it, but with great reluc- lc
tance, and only upon a hint of the unpleasant consequences
that would attend his refusal. But when
the bill was before the Senate, several other votes
had been secured by the ondinary financial appli- ft
ances, and still another was needed. tl
Negotiations were opened with Senator , of d:
Jout his demands were extortionate, and it aj
w'as determined at first to risk his opposition. He i:j
asked $25,000 for his. vote?$10,000 in advance,
and $15,000 whe'h the Bill should become a law.? a'
Several Senators, who had considerable sums de- ?>
? ending upon the final parage of the bill in fhe gj
enate, insisted that his terms should be acceded oi
to, and the sum of $10,000 was paid him in ad- w
vance. The bill was ultimately vetoed by the fci
Governor, so the remaing $15,000 was never forthcoming.
i t . n<
I can give !tn equally explicit and detailed ac- a
count of the passage of the bill through the Assem- tl
bly, and name some two score members who were to
paid from $250 to $1,000 apiece; but I haye said
enough to put a stop to further talk about vague
charges ana the absence of specific allegations. .
Tin: Mester-JIolls of the Confederate b<
Army.?The New York Tribune publishes an ab- si
stract, from documents which fell into the hands a
of the United States at the downfall of the Confed- R
eracy, of the returns of all the Confederate armies,
.from their organization fn the summer of '61, down &1
to the spring of 1865. It appears from these docu- w
ments, that the number or Confederate troops "at w
the East1 and the West was throughout nearlv equal,
and that, with the exception of September, ^
1863, when Longstreet, with his "corps, was sent
from Virginia to Tennessee, no considerable body
of soldiers was ever transfered from one army to ej
the other. The greatest number on the Confeder-- w
ate muster-roll at any one time was 550,000, and
this was when every male Irom seventeen to mty as
was enrolled jn the army. The greatest number jj(
present for duty at any one time in the whole Confederacy,
and that for only a brief period, was P
300,000. There were not three periods of a month 10
when they had 250,000. At only three periods p<
did the army of Northern Virgina, under Lee, st
number 100,000 men fit for duty. yj
In October, 1861, when McClellan confronted k:
Johnston at Manassas, the actual force of Johnston
was less than 40,000, and in December, only a
54,000. When', in April, 1862, McClellan landed 81
on the peninsula, Magruder had 15,000 men; and as
when McClellan assailed York town, the Confede- H
rates had on the whole Peninsula le3s than 50,000. ^
When he reached the Chickahominy the Confederates
had at Richmond but 47,000, increased at w
the close of May to about 60,000 effectives. On cc
the 20th of June, when Lee began his movement hi
against McClellan, the Confederates numbered a as
little more than 100,000 effective men.' When,
after the battle of Gettysburg, Meade reached the
Rappahannock, Lee had 41,000 men. The Confederacy
was at its highest point of military effi- cc
ciency in. the early summer of 1863, when the af
movement into Pennsylvania was commenced.? as
Every able-bodied man, except those in the work- w
shops and civil depurtmcifts, was enrolled; seven ^
out of ten were actually present, and six out of ten
were "present for duty. When the Confederate 7
army, in April, 1865. withdw* from Petersburg, tb
it is supposed not to have numbered, all told, 35,- tr
000 men. -, . ' - ' wi
LOCAL ITEMS.
7 HEW ADVEEUHEHEHT8. v
T. M. Dobeon A Co.?Bee Hive Syrup.
W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioners. Sale
of land belonging to the Estate of Joseph B.
' Manning, Deceased.
W. B. Metts. C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale
' of lan a to Foreclose Mortgage?Hemphill
against Mitchell and others.
W. B. Williams?Collector's Sale.
J. <fc E. B. Stowe?Yarn at $1.50 per Bunch.
A.. R. Homesley?Look Out!
R. H. Glenn?Sheriffs 8ale. ? *
W. B. Williams?Whiskey for Sale.
W. b. Williams?Collector's Sale of Land ac.,
. for Taxes.
district ooubt:
The District Court for York District, Judge W.
0. Beatty, will begin its July session on Mobday
lext
peb80hal. t4,
We bad the pleasure last week, of greeting at
;he En<Jcirer Office, our friend, B. Pressley
Barron, Esq., who was on a short visit to his naive
district Mr. Barron is engaged in the pracice
of law at Manning, S. C., and we were much
.1 J i. 1 i* l! il.l l!- 1
jieaaeu uj learu iryui mm mai ma pruapecuj are
piite flattering.
. sfeab's 80luti0i.
We depart from our usual custom to call atten;ion
to the advertisement of this valuable preserving
fluid, for sale at the York Drug Store. The
lolution has been tested by many of our acqoainances,
who pronounce it all that it purports to be,
n the way of keeping fruits fresh, through the winer,
at a small cost As the season for putting up
iruit is near at hand, our friends would do well to
ry it .
w1l e. h0vt?b,b8q.
This accomplished and benevolent laborer in the
Sunday School cause, has been sojourning with us
'or the past few days, and entertaining the :chfiIren
and young people with a series of his attroe-.
ive lectures. His manner is very attractive, win4pg
at once the hearts and then the understtodngs
of the children. His illustrated lecture on
ruesday evening, at the Associate Reformed
Church, was well attended and highly setis&tary.
Mr. Huntkr is on a tour through the State-in
jehalf of. the Sunday .School cause,'and we cqmnend
him to the kindly consideration1 and esteem
>f our neighbors in such other localities as he may
ihoose to visit. We would .say to old and young
J ike, go hear him and he will do you good. .
iqbicjulttlbal '
We have been handed bv J. 8: Poag, Esa.. rfr
iding near Bock Hill, a superb sample of iirinter
tats produced upon his farm. . The sample sent tj$
onsiflta of ninety-fire stalks springing fromorie
eed, and averaging 5} feet in height. Mr. Poag
nforms us that the above was taken from afield
if nine or ten acres, and- is a fair .average sample of
he whole. Jewhilikens! what a country thisis f
Mr. Poag also exhibits the first cotton bloom we
lave seen (July 5th)', although we have heard-of
>thers elsewhere, of an earlier date.. He reporte
>lenty more of the same kind, and speaks favorably
if his crop prospects in the cotton line.
Mr. Richard Strait has exhibited in our ofice
a pea vine thirteen feet in length. The pea iB
if the garden or marrow-fat variety. *
A friend informs us that he has threshed 13k
lushels of wheat from 22 dozen 'sheaves. The
cheat was sown early in the fell, in the drOL
Another threshed 33 bushels from' 54 dozen
heaves; the wheat in this instance being sown
iroadcast
Our farmers have enjoyed a few days of warm,
Iry weather, favorable for grass-killing and cotton
[rowing; and from the reports we hear, we are dislosed
to believe that they have not lost any opportunities
thus afforded.
CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH.
The colored people of this town, and the Disrict
generally, have, for some weeks past, been
Baking preparations for a becoming observance of
he National holiday. Entering upon this intent
rith the best of motives, and exhibiting a deternination-to
allow no disorder or misconduct to *tend
the occasion, ^hey received such encouragenent
and assistance as the enterprise merited.?
'he meeting was not intended for political or pary
purposes, and those conducting it determined
d make it an occasion of tendering the hand of
riendship and unity to the other class, and to manifest
their desire "to live and let live."
The morning of the 4th, accordingly, witnessed
housands of the colored population collected in
ur streets, arrayed in gay costumes, and carrying
askets of provisions, &c., to contribute to the
inner. ;
At 10 o'clock, a m, a procession was formed at :
be upper end of Main Street, and thousimds of
lales and females took their places in it The ,
ountry delegations came in squads and companies, !
nd fell into line, under charge of the. Marshal of
be Day, J. K. Wagoner (colored)?assisted by i
Felson Hammond and James McKnight.(co1- '
red.) The procession moved down Main street
i admirable order, and under the best behavior, ,
) a grove in the rear of CoL McCaw's residence, |
here appropriate arrangements had been made j
>r the remaining exercises of the day. A stage
ad been erected here, surrounded with seats, tod 1
log tables, & short way off, were bending under j
re constant accumulation of edibles.
After singing, an<Tprayer by Rev.- T. W|tfQHT j
?lored), Wm. G. Beatiy, Esq., the Orator of ]
le Bay selected by them, delivered a lengthy ad- j
ress, and one which, considered in the miin, was '
Dpropriate to the occasion. He alluded to his past j
fe, and his position on the poetical issues of '32 ,
id '60, and his convictions as vo the true interests j
P the colored people under their rieW status.* He
ive a lucid explanation of the origin of law and ]
X government, in their strict meaningL?the ne- ]
>ssity for such rules of conduct for society, and *
leir institution by divine authority?the apparent J
jcessity for all persons to conform to the laws as \
duty to their fellow men, and to God. Without j
lis conformity to law, we oould not expect to five 1
i peace, or our works to prosper. ' 1
He then discussed the difficulties in the way of (
leir acquiring land in any other 'manner than by j
boring for it, and the fallacy of expecting it to j
j given them gratis in. forty acre tracts. He i
lowed that the motives of the party exciting 1
ich issues, was not one of benefit to the colored f
an, but merely to secure their votes for party ag- 1
andizement His whole address was replete .
ith counsel to both whites and blacks, that might e
ell be used to profit by both classes. i
A. S. Wallace, Esq., then rose and briefly c
tanked the colored people for honoring him with 1
i invitation to participate in their festivities, and 1
[pressed the pleasure he experienced in being [
ith them. g
Jefferson MoCall (colored), president of the i
tsembly, then rose, and in a speech of over a half 1
3ur, dearly and impressively advised with his ?
eople upon their duties tod repousibilities. Our 8
terests, he said, were now one. Together the j
jople of this country, black and white alike, must t
and, or together felL The white people of this }
cuuty bad given unmistakable evidence ol tbeir 0
nd feelings towards the colored people, and he c
luld see no reason why they should not mutually j
istain each other as well under their new relations, r
i. in the past, when they were master and,slave. I
ie alluded feelingly to his old mistress, whose I
>irit had been with God these many years, but *
hose memory was still with him ; and the only
impunction he feh now, was that he had not been }
alf as ftiithful and as kind to her, when a slave,
i he should have been. These fifty-one years he r
id lived with the white people, and he had al- f
ays found them the friends of those who conduct- E
1 themselves properly. He advised his people ?
jainst allying themselves with' any pjfrty, but to F
certain their doty to their. State and to do what t
as best for its interests. Bad men, he said, could f
i found in every community, aad with bad men,
ie freed people should have nothing to do; hot *
iey should respect sacredly their. contracts,-*!*! *
ust in those only who trusted in God. He closed |
ith a cordial invitation to the whath people pies- s
*
jj. ? w - L
I . ^ ' .
ent to go with them to the table and "eat a piece
of br**d, abd drintf water together.'' His address
was well received, and created a most favorable
impression upon all wbo heard it It did modi to
dinnn-prejudicesandhRnffdmtiroclafiBeaixi ti^f.
District into a closer friendship, and a more comprehensive
understanding of their interests in union
with each other.
A wonderful supply of provisions loaded the loqff
tables prepared near by, "and thither the throng
now moved. A well supplied table was allotted
the white people; thp colored people marched in admirable
order to their places and fell promptly to
work in disposing of the contents. Turkeys, pigs,
chickens, beef, mutton, ham% cakes, pies, and every
luxury that our generous up-country climate
can afford, was piled .profusely upon the boards.
We do not knop: whether all present were fed or
not, but if any wgpt away hungry, it, was sot because
effort was wanting on the part of the colored
people, to provide food enough for the thousands
that were there. - \ .
The occasion paased off with the utmqst harmony.
There were probably four thouqpnd people
present, three-feurttis of whom were colored, and
not a single act of disorder or bad behavior of any
kind occurred that we can hear of, nor was there
a drunken person visible in the streets during the
entire day. The procession was large and orderly,
and altogether the bat behaved attembiaffe that toe _
ever taw. tfhis is saying a great dad, bnt certainly
no more than justice requires; anditafiforda us .
pleasure to be able to make soch a reooniL^ i.
The crowd dispersed early in the afternoon, and
at.eunset very few persons remuried in ourstreets
who were not deniiens of the tm&L
Among the mottoes introduced. aitheteble, we
find the ftflewing, which accidentkfiycalbe under
our notice: ' w fc: . "' ' ** f;
''Uniow-^h Go? wx Txttst."
This motto was inscribed ttpon the hahhei^-of
stars and hcow- that headed. t?e preceseion. Another
reads:
"God bless our native land,
Firm may she ever ?ttrrin,v/cr: \ Through
storm
When the wild tempesftiarew;
i Ruler of wlndaBii>W?,rj ittOT CO ~.i. i
Do thou our eountry^VjBfcW "
- By thy great nyt." j;':
^ EXECUTION OF
j Advices from Mexico received at New Orleans
on the 3d instant, leftve^no dc^iu^^iie-aiixoation
of Maximilian and other prominent officers,
i The ti^ o^Mddmniaii. K^ia 'hbd Miramon
aided onthe 14th of June, and they were sentenced
to be eseftcrte&cfcKttar 16th.* Juarez fcuapended
the execution for three dajatwnd they were shot
on the Mi 4- M. . The ooloaals <^ptured
tenant colonels tofTveyears, andtfw minoyr officers
to two years. , The hngiuiim jiiw^meptkiftftl officers
are to be fined by' ooiut-martul
The city of Mexico sumoded to Diaa on - the
21st Juarez sent Diaa * congratulatory note with
j: ? >1 J* - ? * ?
uuwuuun lur Lite |japosiBOQ CO D6 BUKB-OT t&6
prisoners. He says: -"The native prisoners you
will transfer to your own command Greet at liberty, ' ,
according to the owmmstanees under which you
find them. The foreign prisoners will remain for
the farther disposition or the ftfvermtient"
Among those taken at Qiiefdtroitere some documents
relative to the last will of Maximilian,
wherein, in ease of his death, Lodoes&Laree, lose
Maria Laoonsa and Mangoes are dgfered regents.
Eeoobedo writes from Qoeretaro, "I have, by
the execution of the master trsitoa. made terror
the order of the day evejywhere. I nave impoeed
large contributions on the rich, and confiscated their
property and. their alt ; V Where I oould not
do it in person^ my delegates hayestrict&oomfl^
tary career to, see the blood <rf everydbreigner spilt
that resides fe toy country/'fc V * ^
Maximilian was shot faoed.~to the front His
\ Both the .Prussian and' 4he British ministers
visited Juarez at San Luis Potato, to endeavor to
arrest the doom of the unfortunateRinoe, buttBHr '
efforts were in yain., Both had returned to Qoeretaro
to take formal leave of Me^co whep the Prince
was executed.' ' 1 . - ' jt
' The following sketch of the priratefifesafl personal
character of Maximilian, written afewmootfcs
ago, is from the pen of an Eqghshmat}, who eras
for many years a resident in MbxiaVana claims to
have etyoyed the special oonfidenoeof Maximilian.
As the report shows, the writer is an enthusiastic
admirer or the ex-Emperor:
i! Maximilian is rather above the medium height,
shoulders. - In feoe he is decidedly7 goocUooLtog,- .
has regular features,, light hair, long side whisk&rs
and moustache of die same odor, a small mouth
and excellent teeth, with a good-tempered smile
perpetually on his countenance. He has light blue
eyes and a most benevolent and amiable expression
of oountenance. In dress he wasalvhy* snUfflF
lously np^.. , J -.to*- rf . sii?
rue daily habits of. Maximilian were always very
simple; rising early, a good deal .of business. writ!
ing, (fee., was generally got' through with Wore
breakfast, which was partaken of punctually at
o'clock; dinner was heM at 2J o'clock, ana there
was no repast later, c The table was plain, but *bundant,
the principal wines consumed being light
Hungarian and,German, at dinner parties,
at several'of which the wnterhas had the honorof %
being present, no wine or other luxury procurable
for^money^^waB^
jevencr^i^ored-muW, which always went at a
the coachman had injunctionsalways'to drive fast,
in order to avoid the numerous salutations of the
people, for though naturally very shy and retiring;
Maximilian Was too much of a gentleman not te aoknowledge
the salutation of the most hqjnhle: Od
returning from bis drive, a. few moments were ?
pun devoted to businesn >nd at & o'clock fee inya?
riabty retired to hisjMvnt&^gwhnen^whmBUUBy
lours were often spent! in study, wpting, &a ; '
In point"of education and scientific acquirements,
Maximillianhas few equals wjdvCTy few superiors.
English; he is also, very deeply versed in aafisonony
and aUmieooesoQniiaotedwith navigation, on
teveral of which he, has writteousome. vary clever
vorks. As k mathematical scholar few: can cefe
>ete with Mm, while in general education and mormation,
such "as'histoty, geography and rise aud
irogress of nations, he ran perfect walking encyfnjvdut
of morality the least that can be said is
hat Maximilian is a good sincere Christian, and a
ligh-toned gentleman. Any action savoring of
nsmoerity or' untruthfulness would have been
ooked upon byhimSrith 'wdlgnairF htrtror^. He
spent a large portion of his private means in im3roving
ana beautifying his residenoe in Mexico,
tnd many public institutions.- When recently ham
pressed for money, and finding that there wept
everal tradesmen and others, with large outstand__
kill L:-.. L. i3 . A.. ?
ug ulub hgiuu? joiur, ne insisted id&t his hOTMb,
arriages, and even his clothes,~if necessary , be !fflnediafcely
sold, until the last Cent was paid. He
tever could be persuaded .to permit severity to be
jracticed even towards bis most bitter enemies, bus
nterferenoe to prevent the execution of notorious
fueriDaa being tne first cause of Ins wisunderst&ndng
and subsequent open rapture with Marshal
Jazaine. He frequently said that if he oould not
;overnthe Mexicans by love, he would not do so
italL /
Maximilian, ?as heir apparent to the throne of
Austria before the birth of nis nephew, was brooeht
tp in the school qfan absolute monarchy, but nis'
lews have a very liberal tendency, he always conidering
that the people should be fttlly and thoriughly
represented, and that th&power of the sorreign
against their will should not be aheohtte.-r
le was always very much beloved by the Austrian
people, When he assumed the government of
tlexico. be distinctly stated bis wishes that the
people should be represented by a congress, firmly
telieving that it was by the popular will that he '
lad been called to the throne; ana as has already been
aid, he declared his intention to govern them by
ore or not at all
These praiseworthy designs were, however, overuled
by Marshal Bazaine. and poor Maximilian
bund at eveiy then, that he was nothing but a tool
a thismanfahands and those of his equally uncrupulous
master, Louis Napoleon. Had he been
3ft to himself he would never have aimed at a despotic
government, but would, tp. the best of his
tower, have endeavored to govern the country on
ds own pet plan. For the United States be had
hrays expressedthe, most-friendly feelings; the
rritechaa frequently heard him say that an amiable
relation with that country wa&nll be desired
o makehixrule happy-and bis government sufcTtte
was vb^pSSTteTcSSuis, always
hcrwing marked courtesy to them. "
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