The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 16, 1866, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Friday Morning, Fobrnary 16,1866.
" What Ia Our Statua?
Wu were forcibly struck with a
speech, made the other day in Con?
gress; on the present and prospective
condition of the country. He must
be a man of enlarged ideas, and takes
a true conservative position. He
says that "the idea of a certain class
of politicians confiscating the lauds
of the South and parceling them ont
among negroes and adventurers-, has
for its object the extermination of
the present generation of Southern
whites, and shows the barbarous
animus of that most impractical
party."
He is right. These men would
adopt that same polioy of irritation
which was attempted by Elizabeth
and James in Ireland; which has been
fruitful only of heart burning and
discontent to the present hour. It
surely is not the true policy of the
Government to keep it pressed on
the minds of the South that they are
subject to a galling yoke. The peo?
ple of the South, when they have
once given in their adhesion to the
Government, are as much entitled to
the protection of that Government,
and all their rights and privileges
under it, as any portion of the peo?
ple in any other section. Mr. Daw?
son justly observes, in th* course of
his speech, that there is a broad dis?
tinction between power and right, and
while the Government possesses the
power* it should exercise it in subor?
dination to those great principles oi
Democracy and Republicanism which
, constitute the basis of our present
system of government.
Mr. Dawson saws, it is a plain revo?
lution of these principles to force
upon the South any modification oi
her social condition, any politica
status not sanctioned by her people
through their law-making assemblies
Their assemblies have all-with thc
exception of Texas, now in session
come up to the requirements of theil
position as defined by the Onie
Executive of the country, and tb
South has a right to demand he
legitimate share in the governmen
of the country.
We give the following brief parn
graph from this patriotic speech :
"A strict regard for justice; abat?
ment of extreme pretensions; astead
effort to show the South that the wa
was not waged out of hatred to ht
people, but only for the preservado
of the national territory un frac turee
a careful regard for her interests i
common with those of the otht
States, these, I believe, are the onl
means which will ever succeed i
obliterating the silent but corrodirj
memories of errors, wrongs, an
sufferings, of effacing the deep sea:
of civil bloodshed, and warming tl
estranged hearts of our countrymc
towards a common government on<
more. The expressed desire of tl
South, if conquered, to belong to
strong government, and her readine
to resent the imagined injury inflict*
upon her by the neutrality of tl
European powers, should be wise
taken advantage of to revive ai
rivet the Union feeling."
This is good counsel, and we tru
will ultimately prevail in the counci
of the nation. It is time the tr
status of these Southern States shou
be legally defined and determine
The President has already satisffl
torily defined it, and we trust that tl
legislative branch of theGovernmei
under the influence of such counc
as tho above, and the enforcement
. the President's policy by all t
means at his command, will yet
brought to see the true interests
the country, and that fanatics ai
radicals may yet be ousted out
power.
\>w Publications.
De Bow's Review.-The Februa
' number of this periodical has be
received, and is one of the best y
put forth. In its table of conten?
we notice an article on "The State
the Country," from the pen of t!
Hon. W. W. Boyce, which is a w<
considered paper, and which we. ni;
notice more fully hereafter.
The Former.-This is a periodic
published in Richmond, by Elliot
Shields; devoted to agriculture, he
ticultur?, the mechanic arts, ai
household economy, lt is well gotb
up, judiciously conducted, and is
valuable acquisition to the agricult
ral literature of the South. Terms
S3 per annum.
The Richmond Medical Journal.
The February issue of this periodic
has been received. It is well stor
with valuable matter to the profc
sion and the community generally.
A less peaceful view of the Mexican j
situation appears to. be obtaining
ground at our national capital. Our
Washington advices l-epresent that in
Congressional circles there Napo?
leon's expressions in reference to eva?
cuation are regarded as evasive and
disingenuous, and it is thought that
he does not really intend to withdraw !
his troops unless our Government
will recognize Maximilian or enter
into some other compromise in the
matter. Many military men enter?
tain the opinion that our force on the
Rio Grande will be increased at once,
and that our affairs there will be im?
mediately placed on a war footing.
Telegraph says the sentence of the
Military Commission, who tried Mr.
G. B. Lamar for cotton frauds,
bribery, etc., in Savannah, a few
weeks ago, has not yet been made
public, though we learn privately
that the judgment of the Commission
was three years imprisonment and
$25,bOO fine! The President has or?
dered Mr. Lamar to be released on bail
until he can get time to examine fully
into the evidence on which this severe
sentence is pronounced.
The Spanish Minister in Washing?
ton denies the truth of the congres?
sional and newspaper statements that
freedmen are captured and then sold
as slaves in Cuba. In the only in?
stances brought to the knowledge of
his Government that such persons
have been brought or introduced
there by Americans, they have been
promptly delivered up and sent back
to their homes.
Gen. R. E. Lee has arranged with
C. B. RichardsonJ of New York, for
the publication of his history of the
war. It is now in preparation, but
will not be completed in several
months. In the articles of agree?
ment, it is stipulated ' 'that no altera?
tions shall be made by the publisher
after the manuscript comes into his
hands." Lee is positive on this
point.
DEATH.-The Newberry Herald an?
nounces the death of Mrs. Abigail
Caldwell, relict of Judge Caldwell.
Mrs. C. was in* her 70th year. She
was the oldest surviving sister of the
late Chief Justice O'NealL
i ? * . ?
i One account of the Seventh Regi?
ment ball in New York says the Gar?
den of Eden style of nudity about
the bust and shoulders was univer?
sally prevalent, and not always with
very young ladies, or ladies "fair as
alabaster."
FIKE IN SUMTER.-A letter from
Sumter, S. C., under date of the 11th
j inst., says :
j Between 9 and 10 o'clock last
j night, a etore-room on the premises
of Mr. A. Anderson, on Main street,
near the Episcopal Church, was dis?
covered to be on fire, and was in a
short time consumed with its con?
tents, including thirteen bales of
cotton, and a quantity of provisions
and family supplies. Two other out?
buildings were torn down to save
them from the flames. The fire is
supposed to have been the work of
an incendiary, and we understand
there was no insurance.
THE NATIONAL INTKLXJGEXCER. -
j The Washington correspondent of
the New York Independent, Henry
! Ward Beecher's paper, says:
? Who edits The Intelligencer? This
j important question has received a
' solution, if we may rely upon a story
j the wags are telling. A few days
I since, Colonel Forney, with a party
j of loyal Pennsylvanians, called on
the President, but could hot see him,
j being informed he was "engaged."
? The Colonel returned to the Senate,
j whose Secretary he is, and there
: found a bill which had passed both
; Houses, and only awaited the Presi?
dent's signature to become a law.
This he took to the White House at
once, and learned that the President
was still engaged with the visitor
whose presence had prevented Col.
F.'s entrance before. White House
etiquette, however, always admits the
bearer of a bill, and so the Colonel
walked in. and saw, in deep consul?
tation over a lot of newspaper clip
plings and "proofs," inspecting the
former and correcting the latter, Mr.
Coyle, of The Intelligencer, and the
President.
The Colonel retired, and since
then his paper, which had hitherto,
with just impartiality, for three days
in the week, represented the views of
the President, and for the alternate
days represented those of the Con?
gress, has since devoted itself exclu?
sively to the Congress.
The Legislature of Kentucky has
rejected the constitutional amend?
ment, and has passed a resolution re?
questing the removal of the troops,
asking the restoration of the habeas
corpus, and condemning the Freed?
men's Bureau.
* Labor.
As tb is is the most important ques?
tion before the Southern people, we
! glean from our exchanges all the in
! formation we can upon the subject:
, The Abbeville ?S. C.) Press, of the
10th instant speaks as follows of the
labor and crop prospects in that Dis?
trict: "With regard to +he coming
crop, and the reliability uf the force
necessary to produce it-negro labor
opinions differ with the temperament
of individuals. As a general rule,
the young are hopeful, nay confident;
the old are despondent- -perhaps too
much so. But whether reliable or
not, negro labor is certainly in great
demand. Parties from Arkansas and
Tennessee have been in our village
during the past two weeks, offering
the greatest inducements in the way
oi high wages io freedmen to emi?
grate to those States-in some cases
paying as much as fifteen dollars per
month, with food and clothing. As
a consequence, great numbers have
been induced to go. There has hence
been a reduction in the home supply,
and other causes have contributed to
the same result, at the same time
that the demand has increased.
Female labor has, in a great measure,
been withdrawn from agricultural
operations, whilst a large number o?
the males are now employed by small
farmers, who relied upon their own
labor to make a crop. As a general
rule, the blacks have, with commend?
able spirit, made contracts and gone
to work. Whether they will adhere
to them, remains to be seen. One
ground of apprehension as to theil
reliability seems to have arisen fron
the efforts, which have been made ir
certain quarters, to induce them tc
leave the service of their employer
under the stimulus of higher wages
Such efforts should be severeb
! punished. There seems to be a genera
I disposition among our citizens t<
j give negro labor a fair trial. "Witl
us the experiment is made nnde
? auspicious circumstances, and, if un
j successful, the question is settled
i and the fate of the negro sealed for
ever. He eau only rise in the seal
j of being with the aid of the whit
j man, and is incapable of establishiu?
I an independent civilization."
j The Memphis Appeal states tha
j yesterday we met several friends wh
j are planters in Mississippi, who hav
been here several weeks trying t
secure negroes to work their plante
j tions, but had, as they informed in
I given up the idea in despair, as in th
first place, they had to employ negr
j agents at exorbitant prices, to drui
j up the negroes, and after they ha
j been found they demanded on th
j spot a :'bounty," and in nearly ever
j case those who received this bounl
j "jumped"-or, to use English, wei
off with the bonus, and failed to aj
; pear.at the time ?*-jointed; andi
' j this manner the fe^ were seeffre
; cost the planters so that the
I labor would fail to 'unerativ
i and in this dilemn i resolve
; to try white lab'. _ fe Sam!
to sun himself on .-ners at h
. leisure, and telegrapnea to New Yoi
j for emigrants, a largo number
whom are expected to arrive durn
? the week. To them, the nioot<
! question of "will the negro worl
j has been solved, the statements
; th? "so-called" friends of the neg
j to the contrary; and we think a stn
j through South Memphis any di
; would satisfy the most skeptical mil
j that Sambo has no fancy for tl
! cotton or cane field, but prefers
I bask in the sunshine and trust to lui
! for his sustenance.
A BROAD CONTRAST. -In one sen ten
of President Johnson's speech to t
Virginia delegation, he has einbodi
i a whole volume of reproach to t
radical Jacobin faction. The senten
is this :
I "The spirit of the Government e
: only be preserved, we can only I
j come prosperous and great as
; people, by mutual forbearance a
j confidence."
Sentiments the very contrary
these are howled out every day by t
Jacobins from their places in Cc
gress. "We can only become pn
perous and great," they cry, "by rr.
tual hatred, persecution and vind
tiveness." The contrast betweengt
j opinion of the President and that
i the radical leaders is as broad as lig
j and darkness. One breathes the s
j rit of the Gospel and of humanity ;t
I other breathes the spirit of Satan.
[New York Herald.
THE CATTLE DISEASE IN ENGI>A
j AND FRANCE.-The vigorousexecuti
; of energetic measures adopted by t
j French Government to prevent <
I spread of the cattle disease has i
j been without result. From a recen
j issued report on the subject, it appei
that during December last, while
J Great Britain 73,000 animals wi
; attacked, and in Holalnd 15,000 wi
j seized, only forty-three beasts in 1
! whole Frence Empire were victims
j its ravages, although the disease ms
its appearance in two separate loci
ties, having been imported from Ei
land.
THE STATE WORKS AT GREENVTLI
-The property at the State Works
i Greenville has been seized by t
United States authorities, and, unl<
the Secretary of the Treasury sh
j reconsider his recent decision, it wi
: we presume, be sold by them befo
very long. This will be a serious 1<
to Uie State, and will serve to increai
of course, the burdens of taxati
upon all our people.
[Greenville Mountaineer.
Washington Items.
A petition has been received here,
for presentation to the President,
asking for the pardon of John C.
Ereckinridge. It is signed by up?
wards of seventy members of the
Kentucky Legislature.
In order to keep pace with the de?
mand for the currency, it is expected
that this week nearly $100,000 daily
will be printed. Last week, the issue
amounted to 8405,000. Of this
amount, $33,000 were transmitted to
assistant treasurers and designated
depositaries, and the remainder to
national banks and individuals. The
redemption division last week can?
celled fractional currencv amounting
ft> $62,800.
A general court martial has been
appointed to convene in this city on j
Tuesday, February 13, for the trial I
of such persons ns may be brought
before it.
The Freedmen's Bureau bill, which
lately passed both Houses of Con?
gress, has just been engrossed and
sent to the President for his signa?
ture. -National Intelligencer.
It is announced in well-informed
circles that thc President is inflexible
in his opposition to the provision in
the Freedmen's Bureau bill which has
passed Congress, because of its appli?
cation to Missouri, Maryland and
Kentucky, and that he will return the
same to Congress unsigned, asking its j
passage with that objectionable fea?
ture stricken out.
[Corres. Ballimore Sun. '
Mr. Williams was very severe on the
j President, and accused him of capitu
lating, in fact, to the chief of the j
j rebellion. We had not secured the
j peace we wanted to secure, but defeat,
j Ho said that Congress was not here
I to register the decrees of the Execu
? tive, and it was the duty of Congress
i to resist to the utmost every encroach
i ment on their power.
! In the House, on Saturday, Mr.
j Rogers, of New Jersey, gave notice
I of his intention to introduce a bill to
repeal all Acts of Congress exempt
; ing Government securities from Fede
j ral and State taxation, and to provide
i for taxing them by the Federal Go
! vernment, and authorizing the States
! to tax them the same as they tax
! other property.
I It is confidently asserted by gentle
j men from this "State who have lately
i held jirivate and protracted conver
! sations with the President, that at
! least three members of the present
' Cabinet will be relieved of their port
j folios during the current month. The
j President, it is said, after having de
? voted that careful and serious eon
! sideration ter* the subject which its
j magnitude and importance reqt?red,
j has adopted a course of policy by
which, in his opinion, the future in?
tegrity and prosperty of the Union
may be secured, and has determined
that no marplots among his own po?
litical household, shall by factious
and radical opposition, interfere with
its successful issue.-Alevandria Ga
Zx,Ue, copied in National Intelligence};
official organ.
The Comptroller, during the week
I ending on Saturday, issued $1,756,
j 330 of national bank currency. The
total amount issued to date is $253,
116,380. The disbursements of the
Treasury during last week amounted
to $4,407,982.37.
The internal revenue receipts for
? the week were $4,771,115.60.
j A special Washington despatch to
; the New York Evening Post says:
; The Ways and Means Committee
, has entirely failed to conclude an
! agreement with the Canadians in re
1 lation to the Reciprocity Treaty. The
propositions submitted by the dele?
gation from Canada have been re?
jected, and counter propositions from
the Committee were rejected by the
Canadians.
WON'T INTERFERE.-A correspon
j dent, writing from Washington, en
I dorses the following:
j I have several times of late denied
i the probability of the story current
! in some circles in Virginia, that the
I President intended to appoint a Pro
! visional Government for the State,
I and I am now prepared to give tho
: denial by the President himself.
A distinguished member of Con
i grcss brought this story to thc atten
: tion of the President last evening, by
I saying that it was reported that ho
j (the President) had declared his re
; construction policy a failure, and that
j he had determined to remove Gover?
nor Peirpont and appoint a Provision
; al Governor. lu reply, Mr. Johnson
: said there was not a word of truth in
the report, that he had never inti?
mated or entertained any such pur?
pose, and that he should on no
consideration interfere in the internai
affairs of Virginia or any other of the
States, further than to enforce obedi?
ence to the laws of {he United State*,
should any State attempt to disregard
them. Tho President's manner in
giving this denial was .sufficiently em?
phatic to show that I have been en?
tirely correct in giving his views
upon this matter.
--
MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINAIRE. -Par
sou Bates, well-known as a conductor
on the Mississippi and Tennessee
Railroad, on Friday last stopped the
train going South on that road at
Nesbitt's Station, and thero married
Mr. Marshall Jones, of Panola, to
Miss Ellen Nesbitt. Of course those
on the train were participators in the
merriment that followed, and our
informant tellf us that the wedding
cake, with wine, ?fcc., waa freely divid
j ed to all, and joy ruled the hours
I t hat passed until Grenada was reached. ;
[Memphis Commercial, 2lst.
Collectors through the Southern
States have been receiving for pay?
ment of dues 7-30 Treasury notes
1 from which the coupons hare been
detached. These notes t>xe in these
States received as currency. In an
j swer to a letter from the Collector of
the First District in Texas, addressed
j to the Secretary of the Treasury on
this subject, Mr. McCulloch says:
"Congress alone having the power
to regulate the lawful money of
I the United States, and having de?
cided what shall constitute it, and
that nothing but lawful money shall
I be received in payment of dues, the
Secretary of the Treasury has no
! power to receive 7-30 Treasury notes
I in payment of dues, because they are
not'lawful money."
[ News from Galveston states that
a resolution bad been introduced and
discussed in the Texas Convention,
declaring the secession of the Stato
null and void, and denying that any
State has the right to secede. A mo?
tion to lay the resolution on the table
was lost by a vote ?<f forty-five to
thirty-eight.
Last week a party of thieves and
pickpokets went aboard a Brooklyn
! ferry-boat in New York, at night."
I When the boat got out in the river
far enough, they put out the lights
and went through the passengers,
robbing them of their pocket-books,
etc. On landing, they escaped.
j There is a Northern man in Athens
who is collecting all the negroes to?
gether for the purpose, he says, of
carrying them to Tennessee to work
on plantations. About 100 left last
week, ostensibly for Tennessee, but
who knows where they wiii bring up?
Perhaps in Cuba.
There are 30,000 bales of cotton
j still in the hands of planters in the
j interior of Alabama, waiting to come
I to market. The owners of it, antici
j pating a short crop this year, aro
; holding for a rise in the market. So
I says the Montgomery Mail.
! The Mexican Times, of the 13th
i ult., announces the arrival, iu thc
city of Mexico, of Gen. J. A. Early,
C. C. Clute and family, Georgia; Dr.
L. C. Haskell, Charleston, S. C. ; Se
! nor Schnierle and wife, Charleston:
j Col. H. T. Douglas, Virginia.
Though the escape of Prim, th?
Spanish insurgent leader, into Portu?
gal, is now beyond a doubt, the Go?
vernment is still uneasy, and mar?
tial law continues to be vigorousiv
enforced.
The proposition to Congress to le
gislate for Northern creditors to se
cure Southern debts, was, on Widnes
day last, by report of a committe?
appointed to consider the matter,
declared to be unnecessary.
The London Times is much sur
prised at the vitality exhibited bj
! Fenianism in Ireland, aud says it ii
j a fact not to be disguised that it ii
?spreading, notwithstanding the ef
forts of the Government to crush i'
out.
Gen. Butler says that if Gen. Le?
j is not punished, then he has "shec
j his blood in vain." Yet it should ht
some consolation to him to know tha
the rebels cannot get back thei:
spoons.
A spiritualist in Philadelphia ha
: imparted the information, receive<
I by spiritualistic telegraph on the 4th
I that "France is without an Emperor
i You will get the news in ten days."
$800 worth of "water fall" was de
stroyed by fire in Leonard street
New York, on Sunday evening, th'
! hair roll and waterfall establishmen
j of Philip Walters being burnt up.
; lu pursuance of orders, Genera
j Hooker, commanding Department o
j the East, has just caused the Militar;
Districts in seven States to be discon
! tinued.
j Gen. John B. Gordon, late Cou
; federate States Army, has erected riv
steam saw mills at Brunswick, Ga.
I and will soon have sixty ship-loads o
j lumber for shipment.
It is reported that a new Constitu
j tional amendment is to be offered
i restricting the tenure of the Presi
I dential office to one term and abolish
j ing the Electoral College.
A number of tho iron mills, o
Wheeling, West Virginia, have SU?
j pended on account of the. workme
; striking against a reduction,of wage.'
; Dr. William M. Gwin is still coi:
! fined in Fort Jackson, below New Ol
leans. He is seventy years old, an
: expresses a strong desire for liberty
! Huntsville, .Ala., boasts the larges
; spring in the world, discharging
I stream of water sufficient to float
I thirty-foot batteau.
, There is a whole sermon in th
j saying of the old Persian, "in all th
j quarrels leave open the door of cor
I ciliation."
! Railroad connection between SJ
1 vannah and Augusta has been r<
; established.
j The Maryland Legislature has cha:
tered a railroad from Washington t
i Point Lookout.
j Governor Morton, of Indiana, is t
j undergo! the "moxa" treatment i
j Paris-Iiis back burnt with fire.
Captf Semmes has been allowe
j the prwilege to exercise in the yar
of thef Marine Barracks.
Th?nas A. Marshall has been aj
! pointed Chief Justice of the Court (
Appeals of Kentucky.
Srorace Greeley has been electe
Pnsident of the American Institut*
?
Advertisements, tv. insure insertion,
should be handed in by \ o'clock p. m.
CASU.-Our terms for subscription, ad?
vertising and job work are cash. We h..,,.
all parties will bear this in mind.
"THE CODE."-The Act? parsed by the
Legislature relative to the freedmen, for
sale at this office. Price 20 centu; by mail
25 cents.
Mrs. Phoenix retaros her sincere thank!
to Mr. Fanning for another bowl of deli
cious cairs head Houp. To say ?hat it war
good, would be to repeat a "twice tobi
tale."
T?r BURNING OF COLUMBIA.-An inter?
esting account ot the "Sack and Destru?
tion of lue City oi Columbia, S. C." han
just been issued, in pamphlet form, from
the Phoenix, steam power pres?. Orders
can bo tilled to any extent.
The attention of parties interested is
called to thc fact, that under an Act of the
last session of the Legislature, plaintiffs
will bc able, at tho sitting of the court on
the first Monday of March next, to renew
their judgments and executions which
have been lost or destroyed. In oiderto
accomplish this, notice should be lodged
for service by the 20th inst.
CAUTION.-"We have repeatedly referred
to the dangerous condition of some of the
wells on the open squares around the city.
On Tuesday night. Dr. A. Wallace, while
on his way home, fell into an uncovered
well in thc burnt district, and was very
severely injured. Luckily, a colored man,
in search of a missing horse, heard his
cries for assistance, and went to his relief.
Tho Pkonix is a lucky bird--to a certain
extent. It paid a flying visit to Messrs.
Pohl, Randall Sc CO., yesterday, and was
made the happy recipient of several useful
and tasty articles-a neat and elegant
I castor, several pretty cups, spoons, etc.
j Whether the bird drew them or not, is of
! no consequence-it received them. This
j advice is given to thc "great public," go
I and try and do likewise.
If the North will not let the South go to
her, she has come to the South; but her
sisterly embrace was of the coldest kimi.
Yesterday and the night before brought us
the coldest spell of weather we have had
this season. The wind was a regui?''
"nor'-wester," intensely cold and penetrat?
ing. Better now, however) tnan a month
or two later.
AMERICAN HAY AND COTTON PRESS.-Mr.
A. R. Colton having made arrangements
with Mr. A. S. Trumbo, of the firm ot
Webb, Ayer Sc Trumbo, factors, of Charles
j ton, to take charge of the press lately
erected in this city, Mr. Trumbo is now
psepa'-ed to receive orders for compressing
cotton at $1.25 per bale, and will endeavor
to give satisfaction to parties who may
favor him with their orders. Prompt
attention will be given to all business en?
trusted to him.
WEEKLY FAMILY PAPER.-We have oom
menced the publication of a family paper,
entitled "The Weekly Gleaner-A Home
Companion." It is double the size of tho
Phonix, and contains the cream of the
news, miscellaneous matter, editorials,
stories, etc., in the daily and tri-weekly
publications. Subscription price $4 per
annum. Specimen copies sent on appli?
cation. There will be an interval of two
weeks before the publication of our second
number, in order to allow those wishing to
subscribe ample time to procure the first
number and establish themselves on our
mail books.
NEW .ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call?
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for the first
time:
Townsend & North-Books.
Calnan Sc Kreuder-M. B. 75.
A. W. Kennedy and others-Notice.
Gen. Ely-Circular Letter.
! Levin & Peixotto-Gas Stock.
Gen'l Intelligence Office-Cooks, ?fcc.
Scott Si Heriot- Auction Sale.
The sweet South wind, breathing o'er
j beds of violets, is not moro fragrant than
Sozodont. And the aroma which it exhales
! communicates itself to the breaths of all
! who usc this marvelous dentifrice. White
teeth, ruddy gums, a sweet mouth and the
! certaintv of enjoying these desirables in
perpetuity, are among tho blessings de?
rived from the use of Sozodont. t
At a recent reception in Washing?
ton, Mrs. Harlan was attired, in a
rich claret colored satiu, delicately
trimmed with rich velvet of the same
color. Miss Harlan wore a white
French muslin dress. Not many years
ago, Mr. Harlan, before he deserted
the church for politics, was a poor
Methodist preacher in the interior of
Iowa, belaboring his congregation for
being too much giveu to the vanities
of this world, and wearing bright
ribbons on their bonnets. How cir?
cumstances alter cases '
Nor IN TH ii BILLS.-During the
performance of "Hamlet," at the
Winter Garden, one night last week,
a huge black cat made its appearance
in one of the most impressive scenes.
Eyeing for a few moments the meian -
choly Dane, who suddenly looked fe?
rocious, it jumped into the midst of
the orchestra, much to the relief of
the actor and the audieuce.
AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS. -The r
ports which come up from the vari
portions of the District are in
main favorable to the inter?s
planters. Much of the labor
country has been absorbed, a
can be made to stick, we ho
favorable results. - Abbevi