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%u fikptoni Jamilg $mxml---1?ikk)s is floftb, State?, S?, BY JAMES A. HOYT. ANDERSON C. H., S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1866. VOLUME II?NO. 14. The Intelligencer IS PUBLISHED "WEEKLY A.T $2.50 PER ATS"ISTXJ>X, IN" TJ. S. CURRENCY. To Debtors and Creditors. "Wo havo boon so highly pleased with the annexed address of Judge IIef.sk to tho grand jury of Baldwin county, Geor? gia, that wc transfer it to our columns, since the advice is equally applicable to this section. The relations that exist in law between tho two classes of the com? munity are clearly set forth, while the re? lations that should exist in these peculiar and trying times are most forcibly pre? sented in the address, which we copy from the Atlanta Intelligencer: Having gone through with my instruc? tion in reference to your statutory duties, I beg leavo to call your attention to a subject which, though not among 3-our prescribed duties, in my judgment deep? ly concerns the morals and prosperity of our people I aliudo to the relation of debtor and creditor as it now exists in this State. And that I may not be mis? understood, ncr misrepresented, I givo you what I havo to say upon this subjcot in writing. It requires no prophetic eye to soc that the feeling now being engendered betweon the debtor and creditor class (unless a course of conduct different from that now being pursued by both parties be adopted) ?will culminate in deadly hostility, in law? lessness, and in serious injury to the agri? cultural interests of tho country. On one hand, the debtor, whose prop? erty consisted principally in slaves, and who by reason of emancipation, is not now possessed of property sufficient to dischargo his pecuniary liabilities, feels that the action of government has relieved him from all moral obligation, and is, therefore, indifferent as to the payment of his debts. On the other hand, the creditor seeing this indifference, is, in most cases, proceed? ing to objain judgment, so as to be ready to enforce the collection of his debt to the extent of the debtor's assets, when? ever tho law shall allow him so to >. This course of conduct by tho iv>|.c tive parties brings about mutual charges of dishonesty and unfair dealing, and must, if persisted in, eventually lead to a state Of things, easily imagined, hard to be depicted, and greatly to be deplored. I propose, briefly, to establish the pro? position, that in all cases of debts con? tracted prior to the first day of June, 1865, where tho debtor has not a suffi? ciency of property to discharge all his lia? bilities, without leaving his family com? paratively destitute, it will ho to the in? terest of the debtor, to the interest of the creditor, and for the good of tho country, that there should bo a compounding be? tween tho parties at once, thoy taking for their guido the rule of conduct prescribed by Him who spake as never man spolce, viz : " As yo would that men should do unto you, do you also unto them like? wise." First, then : Will it bo to the interest of the debtor? It is clear to my mind that the planter who finds himself with? out a sufficiency of property at a fair val? uation, to pay off his indebtedness now, cannot reasonably expect, under the pres? ent labor sj-stcm, and with heavy pecuni? ary liabilities hanging over him, to better his condition in tho pursuit of his former vocation, and without capital he cannot ombark in any other business. It is not human nature for a man to be industrious and energetic with judgment liens against him beyond the value of his property. Ho is constantly expecting tho officer of the law to take the last luxury, if not the last comfort, from his family, lie be? comes unmanned, useless to his family and to society. It requires no lengthened ar? gument to prove that a debtor thus cir? cumstanced will have moro left by com? pounding writh his creditor now than ho will have by waiting for tho end of the law; for I am fully persuaded that there are but few croditors who, when properly approached by the honest debtor, will not bo willing to compound upon liberal terms taking into consideration, if you please, the losses of himself and the debtor by the action of government in abolishing the institution of slavery, and the ratio which the dobt bears to such losses com? pared with the property left to each.? You may, among creditors, now and then, find a t; pound of flesh creature," who will bo unwilling to compound upon any terms, but he will be the exception, un? less I am much mistaken in the spirit per? vading tho creditor class, as also their in? telligence in understanding their own in? terest. ?2d. Will it be to the interest of the creditor? Every lien obtained diminishes the assets of the debtor to tho extent of costs, at least, and takes from the cred? itor the collecting commissions. Although tho State has no bankrupt law, and may not have constitutional power to pass one affecting contracts mado prior to its en? actment, it is almost certain that Con? gress will very soon pass a general bank? rupt law, in which they may, as they have tho power to do, in the distribution of the assets of tho bankrupt, put all debts on the same footing, in entire dis? regard of local liens; but if such law to be passed should give priority to liens, the cxpensos of the proceedings in bank? ruptcy must necessarily take precedence of everything else, and judging from the experience of those who are familiar with tho operation of tho bankrupt acts here? tofore passed by Congress, there Will be precious little left for distribution amoug , creditors, leaving the creditor not by many degrees as well off as ho would have been by compounding now, without costs and without judgment. Besides, if the creditor compounds now and discharges the debt, leaving to the dehtor not only what is exempt by our insolvent laws, hut a sufficiency of property to enable him to live and hope, my word for it. if he be a man imbued with proper sensibilities, ho will be a hundred fold more anxious to discharge the moral obligation of a debt from which ho hns been released by the voluntary action of his creditor, than he ever will be if released by operation of the law. In the one ease he will feel that lie is relieved from his legal obligation merely?in the other case be will feel that he has been relieved from his moral as well as legal obligation. Such is the na? ture of man. So, that in every aspect of the subject, it seems to mo, it is to the in? terest of the creditor to compound now. Let the debtor and creditor alike, remem? ber the proverb, "A prudent man forc seeth the evil and hideth himself, but tho simple pass on and are punished." 3d. Will it bo for the good of tho coun? try? It is undeniable that tho largest number of persons who have not o suffi? ciency of property left to discharge their indebtedness, belong to the agricultural class of our citizens, and have been brought to their present condition by the action of government in abolishing the in? stitution of slavery; and, unless, these persons can, in some way, be relieved from the incubus of indebtedness incurred prior to the 1st of June, 1865, the coun? try must loose the benefit of a largo por? tion of its agricultural talent and cnter I prise. The last Legislature of the State, seeing the dillicultics in the premises, at? tempted a remedy in the passage of what is called " The Stay Law;" but with the meagre crops of this year, amounting in many districts of the State, almost to a failure, taken in connection with the con? struction put upon said act by the Chair? man of the Judiciary Committee who re? ported the bill, that a failure to pay one fourth of a debt by the first day of Janu? ary of any year, makes the whole collect? able, it is now reasonably certain that said act will not afford the relief intended. What thon is to be done in the premi? ses 't 1 can think of no better plan than the one suggested in these remarks. It is worse than idle to look for energy, in? dustry or a high standard of morality in i citizen, without a future. To make him a good citizen, a blessing to his family and society, man must be able in his de? votions, truthfully to say in reference to temporal as well as spiritual matters. " We thank thee. 0.1 Lord, that we are still prisoners of hope." Without this lie sinks below the rank of a drone in the hivo of society?with it ho may become wealth}- and useful. Having thus, as we think, shown that iL will be to the interest of the creditor, and for the good of the country,", that all debts contracted before the 1st day of June. LSU5, in case the debtor had no*, a sufficiency of property todicharge his lia? bilities without leaving his family com? paratively dcolituto. should be compound? ed at once upon liberal terms without in? curring costs, the inquiry arises, why may it not be done ? When a merchant fails in business from error in judgement in conducting it, or from reckless speculation outside of his regular business, if there be no charge of fraudulent conduct on his part, tho gen? eral rule between merchant and merchant is. to compound immediately, tho credit? ors allowing the debtor to retain, not only such property as is exempt under the in? solvent law, but also, a sufficiency of prop? erty besides to put him on his feet again and malec him a prisoner of hopo. Why, I earnestly ask, should not the like rule of conduct obtain toward and among those who have been engaged in agricul tural pursuits, and who owe their present circumstances to the action of govern? ment and not to any fault of thoir's? Is it true that the vocation of a mer? chant is more important to the country than that of the farmer or planter; or is it true that there is anything in tho voca? tion of a merchant better calculated to liberalize its follower than there is in the noble and independent business of study? ing and developing the productiveness of mother earth 'i I trow not. In what I have said to you I do not mean to be understood as having intima? ted, in the remotest degree, any opinion as to what extent, if at all, contracts based in whole or in part, upon slave property, have been affected in law by the action of Government in abolishing the institution. Xor do I mean to he un? derstood as intimating that there tire not many debts, where the dehtor is amply able to respond, looking to the origin of the credit given, which may not be com? pounded upon principles of " natural equity," without dishonor to tho debtor or creditor. I do, however, desire it to bo understood that, in my judgment, "a universal repudiation of debts," even if allowable under the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Georgia, would be both unwise and unjust. Repudiation is one thing? the compounding of a debt upon fair and equitable principles by the parties, upon the data given you in the forgoing re? marks, is another, and a very different thing. My solo object, gentlemen, in present? ing these views to you, I say to 3-011 in all sincerity, has been, that they may go to your people with your endorsement, (if 3'ou accord,) and bo adopted by them as their rulo of conduct in this perilous cri ' sis. If your body can suggest any better 1 plan of relief you will have put the coun? try under a lasting debt of gratitude. ?-o 1 ? Tho present stylo of hoops reveals ; tho posts of many a swinging gait. Uuman Physiognomy. The nose is indicative of much diame? ter. The baby nose is a diminutivo pug; the nose of weakness and undovelopcd, and it properly retains its inward curve until the age of puberty. A straight or an aquiline nose, projecting from the rounded cheeks of a little child, is an abso? lute deformity, betokening a most un? healthy pvccociousncss of mind and body. In the Caucasian, the nose averages in length one-third of the face, in the .Mon? gol ian the average is about one-fourth, and in the Ethiopian somewhat less.? There are five classes of noses, viz: The Roman, the Greek, the Jewish, the Snub and Celestial nose. The Roman nose indicates cxccntivc ucss. This is the energetic, the decided, the aggressivo nose, the nose of the con? queror. Tho Greek nose indicates rofinemcnt. Natural refinement, artistic tastes, and great love of the beautiful. This is tho most beautiful nose in "women, and agrees with her superior natural refinement.? The noses of poets and artists may be ob? served often to have the Greek form or show a tendency toward it. The Jewish nose indicates commercial? ism or acquisitiveness. It also indicates worldly shrewd ness.insight into character, and ability to turn that insight to a pro? fitable account. The Snub noso indicates undevclop raent. A few personages who have ac? cidentally, or by force of circumstances become historical, however, had noses more or less snubbed. The following arc all that occur to us at present: James I., the Emperor Paul of .Russia, and Kosci usko. The Celestial nose indicates inquisitivo ncss. Add somewhat to the snub, and give it a turn upwards, and you have the Celestial nose. It is the exact converse of the Jewish nose, being concave where the other is convex. The noses of wo? men often have this incurvation, and such noses in the fair sex are not without their ardent admirers. The Celestial may be doli nod as.tho inquisitivo nose. In little children the snub and Celestial noses arc beautiful, because it conforms to our ideas of the weakness and ductility of child? hood. This ncse must not be confounded with noses of tho other classes, which simply turn up a little at the end. The true Celestial presents a continuous con? cavity from the root to the tip. There lire many modifications of noses that have their peculiar significance. From that .Mr. Welles gives us with signs the cogi? tative nose, which is broad; the appre? hensive or cautions, which is long and rounding over, keeps the wearer on the lookout for ''breakers ahead." Tho mel? ancholy nose is excessively elongated and 'borrowing troubles" and indulging in the "blues." Then we lrave the secretive nose; the confiding nose; and the toper's nose, known at all times by its redness at the end. Large eyes have always been admired, especially in women, and may be consid? ered essential to the highest order of beaqty. An Arab expresses the idea of the beauty of a woman by saying that she has the ovo of a gazelle. Persons with large eyes have very lively emo? tions; think very rapidly and speak fast, unless there be a predominance of the phlegmatic temperament. Of persons with small eyes the reverse is true. In large eyes look for vivacity, liveliness and intelligence. Prominence of tho eye indicates lan? guage large. Deep seated eyes receive more definite, accurate and deeper im? pressions, and arc less readily impressed and less discursive in their views than large eyes. Large eyes also indicate universal ob? servation, but lack of close scrutiny and perception of individual things; see every? thing in general, but nothing in particu? lar. The width of the eye indicates impressi? bility. The most beautiful eyes have a long, rather than a wide opening. Eye? lids which aro widely expanded, so far as to give a round form to the eye, like thoso of a cat and the owl, indicate ability to sec much with little light. Eyelids, on the contrary, which more nearly close over tho eye, denote less facility of im? pression, but a clearer insight, more de? finite ideas, and greater steadiness and permanence of action. Hound-eyed per? sons see much, live much in the senses, but think less. Xarrow-cycd persons see less, but think more and feel intensely. Arranging all the various colored eyes in two grand classes?light and dark?wo would say that the dark indicate power, and the light delicacy. Dark eyes arc tropical; their fires may sleep, but they arc like slumbering volcanoes. Such eyos generally accompany a dark complexion, great toughness of body, much strength of character, a powerful but not a subtle intellect, and strong passions. Light eyes, on the other hand, belong to tem? perate regions, and they arc temperate. The)* may glow with love and genial warmth, but they never burn with a con? suming flame like the torrid black eyes. The accompanying' complexion is gener? ally fair, and the hair light. Persons thus characterised arc amiable in their disposition, refined in their tastes, highly susceptible of improvement, and are men? tally active and versatile. Tho light-eyed races have attained a higher degree of civilization than the dark races. When tho complexion is dark and tho eye? light, as is sometimes tho case, there will bo a combination of strength and delicacy.? Brown and hazel eyes may perhaps bo considered as occupying tho middle ground between the dark and the light. Black eyes aro of four kinds : first, the small, hard black eye which looks like a bead, and -which ono might crack like a cherry etono; secondly, tho glowing, cav crnous black eye. but with smouldering fire; third, tho soft, swimming black eye; and fourth, the largo, well set and finely formed black oyo, "solemn as the hush of midnight, still as the mountain lake," yet full of passion, full of thought and intel? lect. Brown 03*03 aro often confounded with hazel, but though hazel eyes aro brown, they deserve to form a separate class.? "Tho truo brown eyes" have a softness and beauty of their own. Some arc eager, quick and merry; they generally go with light hair, and fair, fresh complexions; their laughing brightness, their frank glances are as different from the cooler and calmer look of the hazel as light from darkness. Hazel eyes of light brown have a char? acter of their own. Speaking of hazel cj-cd girls. Major Noah said : "A hazel cyo never elopes from her husband, ncvor chats scaudal, prefers his comfort to her own, never talks too much or too little? alwa}'s is an intellectual, agreeable and lovoly creaturo. Tho gray is tho sign of shrewdness and talent. Great thinkers and captains havo it. In woman it indi? cates a better head than heart. The dark hazel is as noble as it is beautiful. Tho bluo is amiable, but may bo feeble. The black?take caro! there's thunder and lightning there." Another writer says: "Black-eyed wo? men aro apt to bo passionate and jealous; blue-c}rcd, soulful, affectionato and confi? ding; gray-oyod, literary, philosophical, resolute and cold; hazel-cycd, hasty in temper and inconstant in feeling." As the eye-brows are veiy closely con? nected with the eyes in action and ex? pression, wo notice them. Eyebrows may bo very thick or thin, fino or coarse, smooth or bushy, arched or straight, regu? lar or irregular; each form and quality has its special significance in reference to temperament and character. Thick, strong eye-brows arc generally round in connection with abundant hair on the head and other parts of tho body, with a full development of tho motive and temperament. When coarse, bushy and irregular, we may expect coarseness, harshness and uncvenncss of character. Thin, fine, delicate eye-brows, arc indi? cative of a fine-grained organization, and an active if not predominant mental tem? perament. Straight eye-brows are masculine ele? ments of character; arched eye-brows arc more common to women. Low, project? ing eyebrows indicate discernment, and less directly, reflection. An eyebrow greatly elevated, on the contrary, indi? cates less discernment and the absence of severe thought. The lowering or frown? ing of tho eyebrow indicates the exercise of authority, especially when it takes the form of forbidding. The forehead?when tho lower portion of the head predominates, we find?per? ception in tho ascendant, and there is a curiosity; a desire to sec; a love of travel; a taste for natural sciences; the ability to describe, to learn languages, to teach, and to become learned in matters of fact. When the middle portion of tho fore? head is fullest, there will bo memory of events, power of analysis, criticism, abili? ty to classify, reason by analogy, delect delects and excellencies, and adapt one's self to the various phrases of life. If tho upper portion be largest, there will bo more thoughtfulness and less ob? servation, more philosophy and less science; moro of tho abstract and meta? physical than of tho definito and practi? cal. If tho outer portions of the upper fore? head bo most developed, it indicates wit or mirthfulness in connection with caus? ality. The action of the muscular fibres which, passing down from the middle of the fore? head, aro inserted near tho root of the nose, elevates tho inner extremities of the brows, causing, when strong, short hori? zontal wrinkles in the center of the fore? head, and indicates active benevolence? kindness translated into deeds. A short thick neck indicates abundant vitality and great tenacity of life. ?-<? Gen. F. P. Blair.?This gentleman, who boro a conspicuous part in behalf of tho Federal Government, and who is now making a brilliant fight against the Badi cals, took occasion in a late speech to pay tho following tribute to tho valor of those against whom he bore arms : "What civilized nation on earth would hesitate an instant, if the opportunity of? fered, to incorporate with themselves the bravo and heroic people of tho South, whose fortitudo and endurance in a mis? taken cause, challenges the admiration of the world ? Would France or England, or any other civilized power, hesitate to give such men the full and equal rights accorded to all othor citizens ? Would not those nations bo most happy to claim as their own such men as Lee and John? ston, and a host of others, and to confer upon those living heroes tho reward which genius and courage havo always com? manded ? Would they fail to honor and cherish, as a part of their own glory, tho memory of that illustrious throng of tho dead led by Stonewall Jackson?" .-3> ? "You havo no children, madam?" said tho particular proprietor of a quiot house before letting a lady tho best apart? ments. "They are in the ccmetciy," was the gloomy reply. A tear was attempted on the part of tho landlord, thcagrccmont was signed, and tho next day tho lad}' arrived with a couplo of youngsters. "I thought your children wero in tho ccmc try," said the landlord. "So thoy wore yesterday, sir," was tho reply "placing a few flowers on tho grave of our former landlord, who was nervous, and, to tell tho truth, so irritable, that?" "I under? stand, madam," said tho enraged owner, "your children killed him." A Merited Punishment The following incident recently occur? red in Madison, Wisconsin, and illustrates the folly of a custom by far too common : Some time since a Chicago individual who signed his name Frank L. Erskine, advertised for femalo correspondents._ "JObjcct fun, friendship, or matrimony." A young gentleman of this city, who has considerable wit and leisure, answered the advertisement in the name of a myth which he named Olive Spencer. The ad? vertiser took the bait, and the corres? pondence went along briskly?proceeding from friendly to amatory with astonish? ing rapidity. It at IcngLh got so far that ho invited her (or him, we will say her so as to bo understood) to visit Chicago, promising to "show her around." Coy but anxious was the toi.o of the response, suggestingan ugly butwealthy father,and a big brother, who kept watch of her movements, and would provent hor from going if possible, and would not lot hor have mono}'. He offered to pay her ex? penses, or send on a railroad pass, and finally offered to Come and take hor to Chicago. To this she consented, and Wed? nesday was the day fixed for Erskine to ?e here on that errand. Telegrams and love notes followed each other in great rapidity, but delay intcposcd, and Erskine reached hero on the afternoon train yes? terday. Sly notes passed between them in the afternoon, after his arrival, and an assig? nation was arranged, to take place on the hank of the Third Lake. About nine o'clock, Erskine softly and nervously left the hotel, and at tho trysting place met something in woman's clothes, the dim moonlight aiding the disguise. All the boys had been notified of the affair, and the first meeting was noticed by hundreds. They moved off, and wcro engaged in amorous daliianco. when an improvised polico officer (a law student) interrupted their responses by a mock arrest for an attempted abduction of the girl.(?) Tho trembling culprit was escorted to tho Court IIouso, which had been mysteri? ously lit up for the occasion and which was soon thronged with hundreds of fun loving spectators. A double-headed court was speedily organized, consisting of a " star " printer and a rual gentleman.? Counsel were assigned for the prosecution and defense, and tho mock trial preceded. The innocent advertiser for female cor? respondents novor doubted tho perfect good faith of the whole proceedings. His letters were read with running comments; the lawyers wrangled; the fun cannot be described?the jokes, repartees, gravo non? sense and ludicrous solemnities of the scene The audienco was vciy demon? strative, convulsed with laughter at the running fire of jokes, applauded vocifer? ously the affected zeal of the advocates and enjoyed it as they only could the most roaring farce It cannot be report? ed nor described. Finally the court and tho crowd con? cluded to havo tlic culprit's own state? ment. Ho told how he advertised, how tho correspondence commence, how inno? cent were his designs, how good his char? acter and high his standing in Chicago. It was rich?too rich. Language cannot do justice to the subject. In his confes? sion, he stated ho was reporter for the Chicago Tribune, and editor of a monthly commercial journal. It also appeared that Erskine was uot his true name, which was given, but we mercifully suppress it. After being badgered till the sweat poured from his pores, ho was finally acquitted, with the warning not to do so again. He asked the privilegoof addressing tho crowd which he did in oratorical style,and thank? ing the jury for their kindness. The vic? tim never saw tho joke, which is the most wonderful instanco of human credu? lity on record. This may seem to some liko rough fun, and fun of a kind in which full matured men ought not to bo engaged. But it was a lesson needed for ono of tho most prurient vices of tho age Advertising for female correspondents has been pro? lific of more immorality and unhappiness than almost all other causes combined. This man pursued it as a system, by his own confession. He supposed his corres? pondent here to be a young, romantic and innocent, but restless girl, unsatisfied at home, and fond of adventure. Ho came hero proposing to take such a character to Chicago, to thcro introduce her, un? doubtedly, to a career of profligacy and vice He was well punished, for the law cannot roach this class of scoundrels.? He left on thomorningtrain "a wiser and a sadder man." Is it So??The Memphis Avalanche asks : Why is it that men who claim to be true Southern men,some of them warm advocates of secession, are sending their sons and daughters to Northern schools ? Why should money bo taken from the impoverished South and sent to swell the overflowing coffers of tho rich North ? Have wo no Southern teachers who can teach theso young girls and boj-s, that they must bo placed under the chargo of Yankee Presbyterians, who were so holy their Southern brethren in their St. Louis General Assembly unless thoy would con? fess they wcro and had been sinners against God and man during their whole lives? Aro wo so ready to acknowledge our inferiority that wo must tako tho money left in the South to cducato our sons and daughters at Northern schools, where they may bo taught that wo aro all traitors and criminals of tho highest grade? Better that tho youth of tho South should never be educated than they should bo educated to hato their own peo? ple But we assert, confidently, that wc have universities in tho South equal to Tale, Harvard and Princeton, and femalo schools far suporior to any in New York, Ohio or Massachusetts. could not affiliate with From the Southern Watchman. Jefferson Davis. ATit. Editor: Please allow mo a brief space in that convenient corner of your valued journal which is kindly appropria? ted to correspondents, for whose "view* the editor" is, very properly, "not to be considered responsible." My object is to crave an interest in the prayers of all Christians for that great and good man, Jefferson Davis, now suf? fering under a protracted and painful im? prisonment. I have often wondered that no proposition was offered for united, earnest supplication in his behalf by the church of which he is a member; though I cannot doubt that prayer is wont to be offered for him daily by many warm and pious hearts. But what I desire espe? cially to urge is a more general, fervent, and constant appeal to Heaven for his re? lief by Christians of the South. This might surely bo made, if not publicly whero all might not desiro to unite in the prayer, at least by all pious hearts, and from every family altar, whore true sym? pathy and respect is folt for him. I make no suggestion as to form of such petitions. That must bo dictated by the feelings and judgment of those who offor them. The great end is?that fervently desired by the entire South, and, as I believe, by a large and respectablo portion of the North?his release from imprisonment and restoration to his family and friends. Let us pray for this, in a right spirit and with due submission to tho will of God. Faith. P. S.?Will such editors as arc favora blc to the above please insert it-in their papers? The Louisville Courier eloquently urges the release of Mr. Davis. It s.oys, " Six? teen months have elapsed since he was thrown into that solitary cell at Fortress Monroe, and yet so far as can be seen, and so far as the public arc advised, no steps have been taken to bring him to trial. Though the laws of this country guarantee him a speedy trial he cannot get it. In feeblo health, cut off from tho associations of frietyls and tho allure? ments of the world, and deprived of the free air of heaven, he languishes in prison, the victim of arbitrary power. Why is this monstrous mercy permitted? Have, his keepers forgotten that he lives, and is the lime of his confinement to have no end? Surely it cannot bo the intention to violate tho sacred laws of humanity and trample the Constitution under foot that vengeance may be visited on this" helpless and persecuted man. There must be power some where to give him relief. There must be a duty somewhere to bring him to trial or turn him looso. Every moment that he is debarred is an outrage upon justice and a stigma upon American law. If he is to be tried, why this long and cruel delay? If ho has dono nothing to justify his trial, why not liber* ate him? JXo ono believes that he will evor bo tried, and it is. not lawful to keep him in prison unless he is convicted of some crime. Whatever offense he may have committed, his Jong and dreary im? prisonment is a sufficient atonement, and the sentiment of tho civilized world in favor of his release. Therefore throw open the prison doors- and set tho captive tree." Always Recognize a Gentleman, The following is from the pen of Gen, D. H. Hill in the August number of The. Land We Love: We havo been asked by a lady friend how weought to treat " our lato enemies." As her letter is without a signature, we. suspect that there may be some tender? ness in the inquiry, and will therefore, deal tenderly with the subject. It is a safe rule to recognize tho gentle? man and man of honor wherever found, of whatever creed, sect, or nation. We cannot understand how men, who havo fought each other squarely and bravely, can continue to hate each other after hos? tilities have ceased. But we can under? stand bow good men of both sidos can loathe, with bitter loathing, house-burners, thieves, and marauders, We can under? stand the contempt honest mon feel for the cowardly miscreants who kept out of the manly fight to tramplo upon -nd in? sult tho weaker party after tho fight was over. Wo would remind our lady friend that if the United States army had in it Sher-. man, Turchin and Butler, it had also Mc Clellan, Buel, Reynolds, Sykes, Gibbon? Stone, Stoneman, Franklin, etc., who con? ducted the war on civilized principles, and had no defilement of torches and silver spoons upon their hands. We have heard a story of that great statesman and jurist, Judge Butler, of South Carolina, which mav assist the fair lady in coming to a decision. When Judge, then Mr. B.} was practicing law, a son of the Emerald Isle came into his office and used some very harsh language, in regard to a charge made against him by the firm of Butlor <fc Co. Mr. B. indignantly ordered hint out of tho office. The man instantly obeyed, but returning, he put his head in tho door and said: " Misthcr Butler, you're ajintlomin, and I will never hurt the likes of you, but if you'll send your partnership out here, I'll break ivory bone in his body." Tho Southern people hayo no ill-feelings towards the soldiers and truo gentlemen among their lato foes, but wo can never think of " the partner? ship " without thinking of Judge Butler's Irishman. -? ? A taking novelty is colored starch. It is mado in pink, buff, mauve, blue and a delicate green. Any muslin starched with the new preparation is completely colored, but it washes, out, and the gar ment that was pink to-day may bo greeh* j to-morrow and buff afterwards.