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cl. * *^ jt? ? j^OTS *t * ?T? * 2 ?% " tdw? '* ?' - ~ ** * jrf J* ? * ** 4 'J 1*1 -* |: *%? - ? -. * ? < * ?*? #* ^ Y*k~ %* 2Ai. fiiTin ii ' ' - V jj. voLume xui. V i I" I tKt< \1 '? --JJ mi , From the Houston Toxas Iclegrai h. Irk believed that tb? following fine poem m wrl^Un by the aotbof of "Stonewall Jackooo'a Way." It was mentioned bj Dr. Holmes in Wis lecture on the " Song* of t&e ?. War," and Mr. Rlfhard Grant White in the * prefer? to hie "Poetry of the Wai^H com* psree it with WbO-tlvs's " Barbara Frletchie" as a spirited example of the trae balL. lad. It depicts the bearing of Bthivall Jacluon f*M* the field: ? " Who've ye got there?"?Only allying sr brother, > ' ?llurt in the front Jnjt now. * afcAm ? UJII g^mLjHfcw- a^n JL tn^her jpv u v^*r^Wli?re he wia kllle^, and how." 'Whom hare yon there!"?A crippled oourier, Majpr, * j|. Bbot hy mistake, ire hear. He was with Stonewall.?^CrOcI Wofk they've made here; . Quisk with lilm to Lite r>*rf" * Well, who cathes nextf?Doctor-,. speaV lov^spcnk low, sir: Don't let the men find out . f tl't StrnewalL ?^Qod ljj ?" TLc brigade myst not know, sir. While there's a Ysuk about" "Whom hhve we here?shrouded In martial i~ manner, Shy *? 1 * Crowned with a martyr e charm f A grand, dead hero, in a living banner, Born o( his heart and arm : The heart w hereof! hlacaOee hupg?see how , cUageth . That banner to his bier 1 The arm whetewith hiscauto struck?hark! ,how ringeth , His trumpet irr thci* rear I What have Vft'left I-?Ili^ glorious insjdra tion, - ; * * lira pfaycrs in couhdl mil, - % .. Living, ho laid the first otnnfs of a nation, And dead, hd l>uild% it yet * _ Emigration to Texas. Qreal rn<I*crMC)tt.i~' Ltin<l, Ifotlsf* and 'P-mvitiooa Supplied for Oitc Tear ?Jt'rjvuff.s of Jbtnitfrciion Paid? - Or Leaser Granted for ft) a Tears? Labor Oie only Oit'piitil itcfjuired to ' Secure Ildmes. - Kdt. Tclepraphc?Since the. fiuifendar of-(be Confederate armies, UkuisaikJa of Southern' men bare sought. boin^s in Mexifco, Brar.if and' btber South Anieri can countries, and lu>viiig ap.>r.t tboir lent dollar in purchasing an afpeiionce of" disapp'oiulQient and dissatisfaction, inanv 01 them actually begyuif t|ieir way back-to the tjniled States, hayng' leArncd, at a .heavy cost and a sad 'ex* perieuce that, bad as ao'tpe of our lawn are, A Lome in the Southern States is far preferable to" a residence in any of' these foreign lands. We CAnnot ^ay that we rejoice at the disappointment of such pertfbne, hut the disappointment was natural and to be expected ; and we have thought from the Cist, that it was f>e)tber genorom, brave or manly in a few persons, even'if they could improve their personal fortunes by if, to desert the great masses of their Buffering countrymen aad seek security and foitunefn * bther clinics. Better to have retuafned at hotne, and by manly recognition and endurance of our common misfortunes, Boughrto improve onr fortunes by'auch means as the God of providegee rafgbt develop in tbe future. And now thAt we have the testimony . of thousands of Southern men that neither Brazil ar Mexico are to he prefer ted f<> the South 'with aW her. misfortunes, * ft A . . Jet Us go Uf work with ktrong arroS and earnest manful heArt* to make the bcsi the hard fortune left ttytby lU? issues N <>f wsr. ^ ^And iarlc MwWv^i of* otrtrna fional gloom, wo are not arimng thfise * Vrho neither see the glimmering of light Or the promise of hope in' the future.? All confess that in e'torythiiVg which na * .lure in he? magnificence and beauty* coild accomplish for ot. we hare a great * 4 and a good oountry. it f* the tosttmos * toy of friend and foe, of 44 the stranger r* ' within otir borders," and of him who is ? *40 the manor born," that no region of ty^. . , fhe globe can equal the South in all the ? . resources of natural and matesial wealth. CastfrpuV eye where you will, and you shall ffnd.no country from the polar sea* to the equator, surpassing her in her r + i dcJl, in minerals, in forests, in waters, in Climates, in agriculture and commercial teaources, in the integrity and heroic . reanhnefcs of her men, or in the beauty and yirtuouaness of her women. And hall we abandon such a Country to the venders of fanaticism, and to the Inheritance of stranger*, beoause the law* are temporarily disjoinud by the volcanic shock of war and the convulsion of civil discord I Let uy rather remain upon our ahceatrsl inheritance, and trust to time and providential influences to sob due the passion* and soften the hearts of our oonqueror* aad oppressors. We think ws see bone for our country already ? dawning in the Philadelphia Convention. . Things.must change for the better soon, or else there will be fearful timet at the North ; and when u Greek meets Greek, ' < then oooms the tug of trarV i X* " r *.'** ^ ** * """ ; % ^ # ' , . i, . *.< , .>? ... ? ??R* |W ! ?y \M HI vH 1^1 i W H -B # I U^J I i A A "PTPT^T .tJ ft. .jtvxljj i j, it I, /' 11 gg - ; ^ ^ "; I Let us tbeti not deseit par country, but labor Md wait and hope for better t. days and for a change ift the spirit of our )mt givers ; or what would be still kali*. - *-!-_ u. m vt Ilig l?n-(JllOI? IU?1U' selves. * The foregoing remarks are prefatory to a proposition which weltre anihorifhd to male for the encouragement of persons wb6 desire to emigrate io Texa*. But before sabtnitling the special propo ailions, it may be proper ^jppeak of the ?enerni inducements to emigrate to 'exas. Texa&ma her natural resources, m productions, may be to ihwGolf is ,pectiliafljr, and highly adapted t? the eultira . ti?*n i<( cottdir," sugar and cotr. ; and thie 1 is th? country for emigrants seeking tfi ' raise-ehlrer of ;hc*e crop. Second?That -portion of tire State Jying west of the Colorado and oast of the Gau^ahnipojuvcrris^nghly adapted to the.rairfng of com, cotton,.FT"'' tatoes } and in foot almost auy~crop jof , Southern growth'may he raised in this belt of country betweenyhe GaudnJoupe ?nd the Colorado; bet-ft is also highly adapted to grating wncl-the taismg of rtodk of all kinds. Tlie peculiar ad van- I '.ages of this country*if the fact that it is i equally suitable.for slock and -agrichU turaf purposes', llore, aboro all other, portjons of the Stale, you are qertain of ,i both bread end meat, and that, too, at, an expenditure of less laboi than in any sountjy Oh'eeAh". This confjty*l? A long and broad prarie. well watered, has n rkh soil, and bantered jrp on either sfdo by fine forests and runohig streams, and .in our opinion there is not in this State >r 41 pott tire ooutluctfl a "mere healthy district "otcouttfry-'-lhe fact of its adap ' < la'.ioti la st90k and ngriculture,-.iuakcs ; II me mov avsirable portioned the Stale < for nien'of families atxl of small capital i Hero tod we bnve gpod schists and churches and*an intelligent population. i . Third??That country. lyiug Weal of a lha GaudulOupe, and reaching to tire J I order? fit tho Slate, w?*i, is emphatic*] I iy tlioSltx k region of Te*a*. ? Ft ;? bean tlful and healthy, agd toonewha wish-' i j t?i mmgt ; w 1 | bopcs. eatOo or sheep, it cetlainly n promises as mfrdi as any countryman the < globe. There are but l(Vo objections to >- ttiis country. T!>e i<J>.trsencss of the 'j population deprives you, Vo.a great?*- I tint, of the advantages qf schools and oitarchesj and wLilo tbe-wrl W lich ami I | feMtfaj the erttps mo- very uncertain.oi) J account oTdrought. . ..." i Rot as fyr west as San Ait*onio thpre i a 1*0 many .good schools jindl churches, * i and often there are fine com and wjienf t orofA grown In, lid; region of the Stale, i fourth?He fourth and Idsl/nalnvat division of theSjate, which' we wHJjnOti- I ' ttOa, embraces all that rich and inngwi-* 1 Scent country lying noilhaud northeast, i of Austin, and which is par ex^clkncc, ' the giaih region of Texas, and is Ueahhy, ' well wateryd and suSiciently well lint* < be rod far all n censary purposes. -Here wheat and all 4ke cere/ik grow to perfection. Reaches, apples, and all that class of fruit*.do well. The people are moral and intelKgant, (hut this latter we. can'say inorq truthfully of thwinassea of?'i the pvopla in Texas than "of any pepple we have ever seeiw)* From this general and brfaf slaleti out a ftliangor may ha guided somewhat in selecting before ooit1ing.to the State, that section of it which may be best suiffed to the peculiar branch of business that be nu?v pro pose to follow. -Wo?fopeat?Fird: If your ol is to rnise sqgnr, cotton, tbc., settle east of j Colorado. 2nd, If you wish to be Certain of both meat and bread?llial is, if ycu wish to cultivate the soil to *toipg extent and at the sama time raise stock, settle between the Coloiado and Gaudaloiijxjurivef*.? 3rd, If your object is to ettg*ge chiefly or exclusively in stock raising, go any where west of the' Guadalonpe, and the farther west the Better, provided 30U do not get among the Indjana. 4tb, If you'would prefer to infie wheal and the Cereals generally, you should Cast your fortuue among the people north aud northeast of Justin. ,v 1 Wo are authorized by large land holders in Texas, to urako the following pro position (o emigrants from any of the older "States of the United biolen, to witr Fir#: Where persons wish to pur? chase, we will sell llietn lands eo low 1 And on term* to accommodating that none shall l>? di&iatUfiod. Second: To persona desiring to foot for one year, we will furnish house*, cleared land*, fargning implement* and team*, for one-half of the croji. If de eired we will aleoeapply them with pro viiiona on a credit at the customary price* of (ha country, Which provision* are lo-ba paid for oat of the crop. Third?Where partiee prefer leading for a term of rears, we will lease unimproved lands in lot* of from 60 acres to any amount desired, for a term of ftve yeare, on the condition that the partiee leasing shall deer and fence the lands, j and pot op eailable buildings, and fbr such labor they shall hare all they mate, 1 free of rent or other lax, for fee yeare. I 6oJ<Jf for the first year, iu ordoi that the i r*TW7*.i? :x OF i4 3REENVILLE,' SOOTH tH l n .8 i' ' "., ? a .'._. -J. . if.y par lie* may hnvo time to ci?frt fence and build, we will furnish house* anf rent them sufficient cleared food to mw breed. 1 Fourths-Should the pArtlee lenaiofe desire, el the end of five years, to pur? chase the promiaes, they shall have lbs preference over all other purchasers, at the euslomary prices of such lead In this country." *" ' : ' % Fifth?All parties whu bar# ftiHy made up thsir minds to coma to Texaf are invited to writfc to llio undersized, (J. if. Fly,) Immediately, inform for one year, or lease fur five veaaa, and wilat amount of teams, provisions, Jkc., they will require. \ llut let all 'understand ?h?t it ta Useless to corAe Inter tliaO tl?o""first ofx)eceprfier, in the Lope of making n-good voR t'ie first year. .. Sixth?While ?e do not^ropoae defraying the expense of emigrants to the Slate, yet. in peculiar. caseA, where the parties have been unfortunate aiul will furnish pjcper certilieeles pf personafinlegrily and habitual industry, we wiH rsmh them with mean*. . Seventh?The i.bov?. propositions are maJe la all tin people of the United States, no matter what Slate they may clahn as their present home. If you are .honest and strong ma I -willing to Work come here, you may find a home and a fortune. AtltlCR TO ESIOCAXTS. First?Y<?h atiould neaeli TeXas- by the middle of November, or tbe first of December at the foiahare^t, sons to have your orop pUnted by the hut of J arm.-4 ry or the first of February. ficConti?Bring na little plunder with you as possible. Sell everything-except' wearing apparel, a little bedding and provrsiou* f.>r the journey. Stock uf all kinds can lie bought hexefor less lhau liajl their value in the old States. Third?Jf jou give'yonrsolf lime you can come cheaper by private'eonvey aiico. Your team should be of mule*, your vvagou strong and loud light If your f.uuily is &)n?ll, And especially if you can. lake shipping ft urn any point nenr Jioirn?, \ou will save time and trou ?1 ?11lukftU? md in this event, you should laud wue ir at^jalvcslon or Port Lavaca. Fourth-?Mechanics-of all kinds are greatly nettled iu Texas, and coinmaud liigh wtfges. Fifth?All parlies will find it greatly lb their interest to bring villi thein lotLfers-of intioduetion, or certificates of]>cr' touaf integrity and industry, with the ?enl of the Probata-or Court of Ordinary attached, certify h?g to the chajacter the parties wnd the genuineness of the signatures, &e..* - Sixth?l>read is in great abundance In Texas.' tkia^year, and as to meat it urmr f.iil?, any more than ft it bud been incorporated in the lfiviue "promise, KTrru*; thy mevt i* sure." Come then, ' fearing, no evil," and " wo will do thee good." Seventh? Address mo at Mctthon, Lavaca eounty, Texas, for any information desired, and parties who have made tip their minds to COffte should advi-e nie at once ol the amount of land wanted itucf of the liiuo at wkiob they exnect 10 reach'Texn*. . ' - liefer-to Gen. J. IJ. Hood, New Orleans, L?.; ?Col. U. C. Gillespie, editor 1'kLKO it a r11, llouMou, Tcxa*; Messrs. A. B. -Thompson & Co., Galveston, Tex F. Jl. Meriimao, l>q , Galveston, Texas. ' - * * * Permit us to state that *he pnrtiea originating tins enterprise have tod specttIfttions in view, and no putpoj-e of mak ing ufoney Out of it. 'Our sole object is to aid in sflpplying Texas with what sbo most needs, an honest, industrious, native American population, and to do good to thou'uuds of pur countrymen east of the Mississippi who want horrtes in Texas, and who are working hard and almost starving on the worn out lands of the old StulA. And we shall be glad to see every newspaper in the laud, North and South, copy this article and jailer It broadcast all over the land ; a ad let every editor in Texas who feels an interest in the Stale and in his countrymen of other State*, lend bistort nence to a cause that will bless the 8tate of Terfas, and bless all the children of uer auopuon, ana site lias room for the adoption of million*, and upon her warm ntmarital bosom tLey shall all find rest and nourishment. itespecfully, yours, J. D. FLY. Moulton, Lavaca Co., Texas, Aug. 7, 18C0. _ Tna South Carolina Railroad Company has just imported a new engine, which woriu upon aa entirel^new and economical plan. It has no lander, an* is arranged to earry its own wood and water, without materially increasing its its. These engines have been found very ftrviceflible ia shifting and moving train#. A steam railway to the summit of Mount Washington U being built. The track has two smooth rails, and between them lias a wrought iron laddet, in which the fingers of the C"g;ed driving wheels take hold and -climb op. Ike meeot la one tot in throe. r ' ^i'^ * Sfc9^ft^KL ' '-^^v ' J-V ffiOLlNA. SEPTEMBER V, tr^sssata?f{' r,t -I.... ???ii-L--'?ss A' Century's Search for Capt Kidd's Buried Treasure. Jt eorrespond00^ of 'to New 'fork Ilorald, writing.froiU Chester, Mahone Hay, Neva Scotia, gives the following iwmarakblo narrative of Cfok Island, around which there is Wrapped some* I iking of romance. The island fa a small rodttpto the South aide of Nova Sootia, (.where it is stffl behoved by many per1 son# tfn?t*C;?ptain Krtld, the notorious I pirate, tfcried iho bulk of his treasure. always believed to be one of Captain Knld's original rovers. When he died, I the old loan admitted that llWft euspi -I eiyn ? as well fonuded ; thai ho .did be long to tne-gri-atfpiinte's crew, and had aa.-.i.-.tcd'in burying tuer $4,000,000 of gold,.beneath the soil of a secluded is-1 land, East of I?ostouv the proceeds of Kuld's piracies. Tiie settlers along the New England coast heard th^Mory, and I for years Juaoe an unsuccessful scorch for tbo sublerrauean ireasuio vault. I About twenty five years ago, three men flamed Smith, Vand and McGinns I settled if. Nova Scotia. SiVuthand Mc I crinns took np'hnfd on Oak Island*.? iWrjag their wofk fn feliirfff th6 forests, llrev wfcre astonished to find traces of .former civiHzatioh, and-subsequent discoveries recalled to their minds the old sailor's t-torv. The secluded situation of thfi Wand", arttj lW mark of former habitation appeared in Keeping with all they bad'beard of Kidd'a hidden plunder. Subsequently, they discovered an otd pit that bad been filial. Thefnouth of it was seven feet in dimneter, rtnd the onrth with wlii&lril frys-filled up being soft and 16'amy, was refnotcd, and U??y descended foot by foot, and pushed tjieir exploration forward, but fonml nasrgn of tbo lost treasuru, and finally abandoned the search. Fifteen y^ar* lalVr, an old re?i<lent named Lynd. examined the ground, and becoming infatuated with.the idea tlml these Were the vaults of Kidil,-formed a company, and early in Hho following der tlie siipuifihiofi of ibo* three.xrryrinY al dbcoverers- , Fifty feel funu tlio sui-' face, tliey came to a tier 6f putty.* Further tlown was a fl ig stonr^ one fooi by twer, with fomo mdely^cul (flutes and. letters upon it. Tljoy bope^ (lii.s in-J acriptitm wotdd assist ic solving TUe invstery, but they were unable'to. decipher it. At a depth of ninety fee?/ | ' bey '<&Hrnd if/Heat ions of water; al j uiucly-tbtco feet wat2r incroa-ed. tc*ight tfonrijoj otf, they sunk acrov/ bar down fivn n*t. and struck bard. tills "pcnetraldi: substance, forind by\hs hides of the pit. -Bt-nfe supposed it wits wood; j others .called "h a cbe-t. They* quit vymk for tbo night', and-returned home, eonlident that with-the -morning's snn they wquM poesees the-long bought lr?*j?suie, and they.JiscUtsed (he nuestioy of ha division. Morning settled (he matter, however,-for on repairing,Uf woifc (hey found ?sx!ywfcel of waieHn the shaft. To.bail out the water tv?s impossible; hpt h main shaft was sunk by -fh&side oft lie olJ one, lo he -tunneled.- at the bottom, in hopes of Mr iking t he money che.-H. 0 \yhen- wij/iin ten fcet of tho [ proper lUp'h, )l?o pit gflye way, and ilur wut*r?ftow?d?in so ra_j>i(Jly.lh.il t.b* mln hijrely had thnp to escape with their Hv??. . ^ . Fifty years glided into eternity beforrj ' tlio work was well renewed ; "yet the shafts and tuhneis still remained full of water, which rose and iVIl ttjih tlto ebbiirg apd flowing of the tide in the hay," shuVing clearly that the island had been pierced by stihl#traneeQ passages. ^Ihis brings lis down to a period of nfieen yeais rfgo. A number of young men in Uie summer of 18f48 proceeded to the island and renewed the work. They >11*? ed down the shaft and encountered the same difficulty?water coming in upon them. Uut they pierced the bottorn of the pit, and struck a hard wood* en substance ; cut through a spruce log six inches thick, and finally struck a sharp mettlic substance. Hut twenty Inches deeper, they bored into more wood, and below it the same mineral substance. Among other articles taken out was .Spanish grass and part of the hoop of a barrel, with the bark in a good Mats of (Enervation. It was afterwards found that several drains bad been built, entering the base of the island at low water mark. The stones forming the arch of the drains were found coated with Spanish grass. Further discoveries revealed the fact (hat the drains ran lb the direction of the old pit. But the last dollar of the young toilers was spent, and they abandoned* the work, yet Mil) believing that they were on the light track?/ Kidd's treasures. * _ In 1901, rteyj pits were bonk end tnnaeled. but without any satisfactory results. 8ueh was the faith in the project, however, (bat a new company waa formed, and iacludes some of the most iuSuential men of ilahfa\. .hey am now having built a dam -rouba the base of the island, fur the purposed/ culling fMAtf!' -' jjy r **'jf?^ f^-vs .,t?j EVENTS r. 1866. oft th6 <>ay water from iho subterranean channels, when they propose to pomp the water of the excavations already J-- ? A #-tl .? * ;>?ue, nou iuiiow id? cnannei? la.their termini. It is expected that the dam wfft be completed the present week, and the company now fee! uangoiue tlml Kidd's 1(4,000,000 of gold are*?)htoet witbio their grasp, M [* , 8octy is the hiatorf the * Toilers of the Isle." That a tlupendupue work of art lias been Constructed at Oak Island, by hnknovin hands, is a certainty ; thai ' used is Indigjffqoa j by whom, and! wh*4 they contain, alone. 1 remain inyslerje/, whiHi, let us l^ope, will soon be el&ared up. tou Arb "rtTantetf In the great battle between light and darkness, between truth "and falsehood, between cin and holiness, every human being bears Iris part ; is (or. or against. 'lber is no-geuiral position in tluilwar. To do notbipg, is to be against; and fo' be against ihe right, is to be lost. Idle ness is a crime ; indifference, a fatuity. There is much to do, and little time to do it in ; for, " The night ccmelh. when no roan can work." 'Work while the day lasts ; work hard, woik well ; those should bo the resolves of nil the friends of a-true Christianity,, some of whom can. do a great deal?all can do some thing, little though it may be ; yet, that little is essentinl to the completion of I the great woik ; as in a magnificont engine, it might as well lack a driving| wheel, as the smallest phi or most diminutive screw. Kvory temptati6h it r sistedr every pardon' curbed, every lust L mortified, every, puro desire cherished, eveiy good deed done, every kind word spoken, "every benigiuuit look. every cn??ring smile, every sympathetic lb rob or A brother's sorrow or a sister's tear, j? something dono Ihwards ibe elevation of humanity to its high seat, hard l?y the'Ihrono of God. And ns there ijji.ot a bnrunn being but can do some ofjhese j things there is work fur aH, and work I'.bat all can do. What magnificent en [ coliragetneui is there, then, in the contvluumicM i1iu >1x1 u rntinc ytw W?'? ??" a Co worker with fiis^Jrentor; n"Wovm bo made a fellow laborer with the Chnnip^ j otent. lltnl Oinniposehce vf the em Uodiment ol Love, for " God is Love j" " bis lovfog kindness is over all Lis work*,'! and, most of all-, ovar man, .whose happiness here and hereafter, is jmi object of his care, to the ektrot of giving'hi* only and welt beloved Son to bpcdmtf an adjudged cttlprit on tl?ecross, that man" thereby might-be made imarortplfy blessed. "* fhen,'- buinor.lv speaking, tbo Fuu.er of u^all has made such sacrifices to promoV th? happiness of man, his child, jmiFbaj "put it in onr power to eirg tge with hnn in that work, semiring eternal life as the wages f>>r it, there is no nobler-spectacle in the universe, than that of a plan', every outgoing of whose heart is in loving kindness towards all of woman born, and in so doing, is learning Lore to assimilate himself to his UdHr, coming nearer and nearer the pattern oT tbo great Original every day, ?.nlil life*6 late*l hotjr, when he goes upward, to", he It kg Him," to "see Liim as lie > "ALaXAKPER. StKlimtNS ON TIIR PttlL ad k i.p tua convtnflon.^-'fhe New Or" leans Trine* has been permitted to print ilia, fallowing,* from a private fetter of lion. Alexander tl. Stephens, dated at OrawftrdsviUe, Georgia,. August 27, j 1860: ' V 1 have, ns you doublle?* bare seen from thepapers, been to Philadelphia. | r have jn4 returned. 1 had a tedious and fatiguing trip to and froin l'hiladelphia. 1 was quite out of boalth all the time, antl a great sufferer part of it. 1 look no nciive part in the Convention f was not able to do so. I went there from nothing but a sense of duty, for the restoration of the tlnion, harmony and prosperity under the Constitution. This was as well accomplished by my I presence as it could have been in anyi other way. ' . I I bopo good will come from the proceedings of that assemblage. God, in his mercy and wisdom, however, only knows what is to be the future of this country. The deetiny of Stales, ns well &% qf individuals is in his hands. All that we poor mortals can do, is to discharge our duty aa well as we can, from lb* light* before us, and the a bow sub raissively to iiiit will. Always in Skbbion.?-There was a rery irascible old gentlenmn who formerly held the position of Justice of the Pence in one of our cities. Going down the main street, one day, one of the hoys spoke to him without doming up te his honor's idea of deference. * Young man, I flne you Ave dollars for dodlem pt tff Court.". 14 Why, Judge," said the offender, 44 you are uol in session."? 44 Hits Court," responded the Judge, thoroughly Irritated, 44 is hi wars ?o session, and consequfbtly always an object of contempt (*' There was disorder iu oourt as his honor psSsed on. A 1 l ; 0J. ? Jfi \ ? .1 j^^-vC" *< .jjt?* m i. ?? NO. 17? " i - r OtMTtl Grant. - 'V!' The fol'owing is an eatraet from ft? ? powerful and ?toqucnl speech by Gad. IiUJyer, at a meeting of soldiers nod, sailors in New York, a few days since f Thank God, ibe nation isaafesolonj^ as the army and navy sU'od bt the President of the United States in bisef; forts to restore the Union, bold themselves prepared to defend the rfgh to of the States and the people against the u?urpation of any Oopgreaa no| organ* ixed in accordance With the boUoy of '* V i tilt Constitution of our mthersi [Cheers I A vofee?' What of Gr^t I" Fdb ! Gen. TTillver?A genlleroan asks tne What of Giant 1 What feeble-by man ; voico would heard in his praises atnicl the rattle of musketry and the roar of 5 artillery with' which his name has been thundered down b'v history from almost a hundred victorious balllo fields! [En? thusiustic cheers for Gen. Grant.] There is a daily beauty in his fife ; there is it grandeur of character, coUpled with art hoticsl and rfiodost simplicity of manner, which has given him place in the nalion's heart that no man ever held bo? lore?[Voices?"That's so," and ap? plausej?until the partial ejcs of hW countrymen say : Around birri bangs suofi a perpetual spelt, Whnt'or he duos, none elso did e'er so well.' * What could such a soldier be< Other, Minn mo embodiment of rfiagn'sfhiralty ? How could such a mrin feel aught but Chilian charily \ How could such a citizen bo loyal to leas than the whole country I [Applause.], I tell you, soldier*, that General Grant, your lata Commander inChie/, stands by the Presideul of tho United Stales in his efforts to restore the Union. [Renewed aps plausu.] I speak from a -record which 1 all may see and road. The same spirit | which Grant manifested at tho surrender of Uce, has characterized every act of Johnson in hiY tr^atmept of the subrogated South- When Oo*oral Grant, in his final report, expressed tho wish ' that you might live in "perpetual peace .Ind harmony with that enemy whose manhood, hoaerer mistaken the cause,' hid drawn forth such herculean deeds 'of valor, he meant what be said, f Ai voice,u Thai's so'."}* j X>no of the first, if not the rcrj first applications mado by a prominent sSoulffern man to the President of thel * I-United States,' wa^ made by Gepemw* Robert. K. Lve, late ' Commander-inChief of the Confederate forces, and oflf i the back of that application fa an enV ? . * dorserrtont?a ?n?rm," earnest, eloquent endorsement?asking that (bat pardon should be granted; and that endorse* f mei>k is by " U. S. Grant, General Commanding the Armies of. the Unit** Siatos." [Qbeers] When the Prrnidant had prepared his first letter to the Provisional Covernor of North Carolina, before he sent it or published it, he submitted it to General Grant for his opin ioti and criticism, and General Grant endorsed every word and syllable of that IptlAr. TW Ifttfor uiofl ?U tsA? a IVUVI nnn IUO MJ "UUW (U the subsequent policy of the President.' In the difficulty between Congress | flnd tbe president upon tho veto of the1 Freedmcn'a Bureau Bill, Gen. Oranf stood by tbe President. Congress adjournal, and tho representatives of thd people assernbloil at Philadelphia and scut a committee' to* congratulate the President on their endorsement of his* policy, and wh+fe that commitleo were 'in' tho performance of their mission,' G?iT. Orpn'J stbod at the right hand of -alio President. Soldiers and sailors ot New Yoik, survivors of the war, I submit to you to night, will you stand by, the President of the United States f [Loud responses, " Yes we will."} "Will you stand by the Admiral of the Navy I ? Vociferous cries of'M we will."] Will you stand by the Constitwfioh of your fathers f ["Yes. yes."} Will vou stand by that Union which has passed through the re-baptism of blood only to oom% out regenerated and glorified t [MYes.'^| Will you stand by tbe flag, with its thirty-six stars of eqtiaf magnitude and brilliancy, with plenty of room for mors: but not a single Star to spare ! [Loudr cheers.] A' Rascallt Clkrotman.?A correspondent of tbe Whig, writing froiqf Lynchburg, conclude# bis Isttor tliia this piece of inteiligencs : . . Lei ma stop; but first a piecd of oeirs.' The pastor of tbe colored chrueh in* Salem stole a horse last week. He1 | wanted to visit bis afflicted brethren, and I as th'i doAgregation was poor, ba concluded to gel a Lorse on hi* own book,' He was at large at last accounts. Mis church is in great trouble, and tbsV ilr now say he never was nothing any now.' Oh ! Oreely ; oh 1 Douglas ; oh I Brownlow. What a theme for a radical sermon 1 Let the radical congregated elf rise atod wag r M A charge to m* v have. _ <0 A 8n?ouLah notice bat been given1 by Mr. Rearden, a member of Fmiameat, namely, that he will introduce a' bill next year for the dissolution of the union between England and Ireland,' and, at the same time, to appoint a ?oy ' al prince to permanently reeide in'ft* land a. ?k*>oy. " *