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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 18(56. VOLUME XIV. NO. 17.
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Lexington (Pa) Correspondence Richmond Times.
LEE AND JACKSON.
Some Interesting Gossip about Gen. Lee?
the Ex commander as a College President?
His flabils Of Life?a History of
his Campaigns in /Vt^arfion.
A visit to Lexington, pleasant ?on
accounts, is pecuniarly so by reason a l'ie
facta that you hear on nil 6idea incidents,
anecdotes and personal recollections of the
two great nien whose names are so dear to
the South Everyone iovc6 to talk about
Lee, and every one has something new to
tell about JacksoD. I know not when, in
all my life, I passed so pleasant an evening,
as that at Colonel Massie's, where, for
hours, the conversation related wholly to
his colleague and intimate fi iornl. the lender
of the Stonewall Brigade. Never before
bad I heard or read so lively and graphic
of tho complete physical, mental and moral
n lure of the man, and I am quite sure
that, if this oral (ketch could be put in
print, just as it came from Col. Ma?.sio's
lips,-it would bo far more entertaining than
anything which has yet been published.
It is surprising what a number of characteristic
incidents are remembered by ulmost
every person you meet ,and this fact alone
is enough to prove that Jackson must have
been no ordinary man. Perhaps at some I
future time I may give your readers an
t outline of what ha6 been told rue about 'the
Major.'
With regard lo Gen. Leo, the following
questions and answers will afford you some
idea of his way of life, and of the esteem
in which he is held by all classca:
'Do tho college boys like him ?'
/Like him? They love bira ?'
'"Well, does be like his position as President,
or does he merely put up with it in
^7'iew of something better?'
uuiortunately lie likes it. When the
place was first offered him, by letter, lie
declined it; but after Judge Brockenborough
had visited bim and explained to him
fully the views and wisheB of the faculty
he accepted, aud accepted in good faith,
;b2ing satisfied tli'it be could discharge the
, duties of the position and be of service to
his country.
'Since be came be has been pleased, I
. suppose?'
'How could it be otherwise? Everybody
is delighted with him, as he must know
whenever ho looks in tho face of studeut,
cadet or citizen; besides be is doino
good.'
'.lie lives comfortably V
'Quite eo. He has a comfortable house,
.^well furnished ; and while bis salary is not
large bis every waot is supplied, and oftentimes
anticipated.'
'How do you mean V
'Why, every stage that enter-, the village
brings him a parcel or box, sent by express,
and these boxes and parcels contain almost
every imaginable thinsr. from books and
pictures down to clothing and promions.'
Where do tbcse boxes come from !'
'From every quarter of the globe, you
may say, but chiefly from Baltimore.'
'Are the donors .known !'
/Not always; indeed 1 do"not think they
generally are, but when known the gilt is
promptly acknowledged. The other day
a little girl, living Borne four milts in
(he country, sent the General a present
of apples, and the very next evening,
to the great joy and the amazement of bcr
parents, Gen. Lee rode up alighted, entered
tlie House,and afterreturning his thank*,
paid hra little friend a visit of some length.'
'Does he mingle freely with the peo.piei'
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'He ia not at all unsocial, is free, yet cautious
in conversation', but his visits are made
chiefly to the ladies,'
'I aunnOHA lift in crrontltr -t-S
. rr?- ? ? 7 wmuwtw yj vioi.tors!'
'No, you can bardlr My that. Sometimes
his patience is tried by persons requesting
him to. sit for hit picture of bust,
and op one occasion he was beard to declare
that be had rather stand the fire of
half a dozen of the best marksmen in tbe
army of Northern -Virginia, than be vexed
by the continued solicitations of artists,
pbotograhera and tbe like. 'He was particularly
worried a few days ago by an old
lady from tbe South who insisted on hav
/ g n iock of eren 'three threads of hfo
fair,'v)aich the had projniMd faithfully to
f/ieod in Alabnma or
Georgia.' ?
U;ow did he manage to gel rid.of her 5'
"After Considering the difficulty, ho per.
. Ktaded the.old lady to put $pjffith a phot
o^phjftpl*}* of the locK/<jf'li*ir. She
V" ' ; waa hy .Ti^ ra^anB atofied, but the gepwll
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on all subjects. Ouo of these lately rec,,;v,
J was from an old woman in England,
who scut him a bill for four dollars, which
a man of his name, Robert E. Lee, baa i
borrowed from her in 1862. As the old
lady was evidently an earnest, and the letter
genuine, the General promptly replied,
and proved an abba.'
.'Js he writing a history of hiB campaigns
?'
i tlrnk bo. At all events, ho is collecting
materials for a .'j'Htory. Many think
no would ue unwilling to p?i?'1',s:> a nn?iory
just at tills lime, when so tunny 01 'he ac*
tors are living, and tlic passions engendered
by the war are etill fresh and rankling ;
but the fact that Richardson, the New York
publisher, piad hftn a visit not long since,
is regarded by others as proof that the
history is now in process of composition.'
'Have no other publishers besides Richardson
approached him V
"Oh, yes, ono certainly has. A New
York publisher, whose name is withheld,
offered to endow Washington College with
the sum of $>10,000 Annually, if General
Leo would contribute ono article a week to
his pnper. The preposition was mado in
form lo tlio rector by a responsible parly ;
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uuw iiic cuiui| lur runsuus YYLllCU JOU Call
appreciate, withheld it.'
'General Leo, then nevor heard of it?'
'Yep, ho did; nt least it is said he did.
He became apprised of it in Eome way,
and declined the offer.'
Does ho concern himself about politics
?'
'Not at all. On the contrary, he Jb cxtrenfely
careful that even tho suspicion
of politics should attach to tho college.'
'Ilia habits are industrious, I have
heard V
'They are. As early as si* o'clock ?n
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vmv imui uin^ juu iiiity ecu in en w aiding in? j
to town to gel Lis letters and papers ; the
remainder of the da}* is devoted to his manifold
duties, and in the evening he rides into
the country on his white horse, not unfraquently
stopping to conve?sa with the
farinerB and country gentlemen with whom
he chances to meet, about crops and such
matters.'
Is there any truth in the story that du.
ring one of these rides he was baited by
one of his own soldiers, a simple minded,
enthusiastic countryman, who insisted on
giving bim three cheers, then and there, in
the middle of the road
'I think not. -We never heard of it t*
'The family of the General is as much
beloved almost as the General himself, I
have been told.?'
'Yes; every member of the family is a
rrreat fnvorilft wiili mir ronnlo '
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,'Gen. Custis Lee is said to be a man of
promise?'
|He is. In Borne respects he is a more
mysterious man than his father. There is
something of Jackson in him. lie is very
modest, but he is very firm in his conviction,
and his opinions are remarkably
practicable and sound. He is a practical
thinker.'
'Gen. Lee does not intend to quit the
college ?'
."W? have no reason whatever to believe
that he will abandon the college bo long as
be is competent to discharge the duties oi
President. It ia said that ho once dedired
to become Govenor of Virginia. But tha^
was before the war. Tim$B have changed,
and under the new order of things the gubernatoral
chair of a Southean Stale can
have few charms for any gentleman, much
less lor Geo. Lee. We think, therefore,
that he will remain with us, and this is one
reason, indeed the chief reason, why you
jiind our people bo cheerful, and hopeful of
the future of their town and country, and
jn fact of this entire, portion of tbe ralley.'
The Morality or Amusements.?Des
cribing tbe morality of amusemeuls a Troy
itiar/v'vtnan
w.??g^uii4M| ? iui ,r iuwoui| aiij a
'One .of tbe spiiiiual wiseacres v. bo web
opposed to amusements says, 'can check era
soothe a dying bed-F and auother, *If
Christ were to visit earth, would you in.
vite him to a.gatrie of chess !r Now this
is very foolish Iogio. Tbete ar.e quite a
bomber - of JhiDgs proper for u? which
would bo 'unbecoming in tfte King of
Saints. For instance?and we put in the
piQst eerious spirit, and only as a reductio
ad absurdujin?if Qbriat should revisit the
eorth, we would not aa^t himtoaing 'Hall
ColuTibja,1 or ru.tj for Congress, and yet it
win.noi oa ounraea tact uiam ficta mre
wrong 5o men. 'On Jtbecontnirj^we bare
heard of good clergymen among our - National
X^giiiatow, Checkers would not
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fairs, nor Sabbath school picnics, nor a hundred
other things equally harmless ?or
praiseworthy.'
STONEWALL JACKSON'S WAY.
To the l?dilor of the Jiuiind Tublci
Dear Sip :?Your correspondent "X," in yoW
Insl issue. lias something to say about tho rebel
ballad "Stonewall JucUson's Way," which was
so popular in Con fed rates camps and homes during
t!ie war. As the song is given incorrectly
in moat of the Northern collections, perhaps
you will not object to print the true version ;
anil ho obl gfl that "Scrvcantof the Old Stonewnll
Biigndo'* who wos not "killed at Winchester,-'
and 011 whose dead body it was nut found.
Jfcw Yolk, July 10, 1806.
STONE>rALL JACKSON'S WAY.
Come, stack arms, mo.ol Pile on tlic rails;
Slir up the camp fire bright I
No matter if the canteen fails.
We'll make a roorirg night.
Ilcre Shenandoah brawls along,
There burly Blue llidgc echoes stong?
To hwell the Brigade's rousing song
Of Stonewall Jackson's Way.
Wc see him now ; the old slouched hat
Cocked o'er his eye askew;
The shrewd, dry Mvilo; llie speech bo pat?
bo calm, '.Hint, ho true I
The 131u? Light Rider know#'em will;
Says he, "Tiiut'a lJ.inkn ; l^o'ti tend of elicll,
Lord euvo liia soul we'!! give him"?Well,
Tlml'e .Stonewall Jiiel;#on'8 Way.
Silence 1 Ground arras ! Ivi:cel all! Caps off 1
Old B!ue Light'a going to pi ay.
Strangle the lool that durca to ecolF.
Attention! it'ahia way.
Appealing from hia native sod
In forma pauperis to God,
"Lay baro ihine arm! Stretch forth thy rod I
Allien I" That's Stonewall's Way.
Ue.a in the Smldlc now : Full in !
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Ilill'e nt the ford, cut off; weM win
Hi* way out, ball ami bhulc,
Whrit mutter if our ehocd are worn f
What matter if feet urn tori, f
Quick step!?we're with him before morn,
That's Stonewall Jackson's Way.
The f>ui?'e bright lances rout, the mists
Of morning, and, by Gaorge,
Here's Lougtreet, struggling iu the list*,
Hemmed in an ugly gorge.
I'ope and his Yankees?whipped before!
"Bay'neta and grape!" her Stonewall roar.
Charge, Sluuit ! 1'ay off Aelibj'a ecore,
In Stonev*a!l Jackson's Way!"
Ah, maiden ! wait, and watch, and yearn
For nows of Sto; c wall's band.
,/vu wiuow : reaa, Willi e\ea that burn,
Tlint ring upon ?hy hand.
Ah, wife I sew on, prnj* on, hope on.
Thy life shall not be all fulroru.
Tho foe haJ hetter ne'er been bora
Tbut gets iu Stonewall's Way.
THE BEGGAB BOY.
'Get away with you, you dirty beggar
boy I I'd like to know what right you
have to look over tho fence at our (lowers
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The speaker was a little boy not more
than elet'en years old, and though the people
sometimes called it bandaoine, bis face
looked very harsh and disagreeable just
then.
lie stood in a beautiful garden, in tbo
suburbs of the city; and it was June lime
and tbo tulips were opening themselves to
theEunshine. Oh, it was a great joy to
look at them, aa they bowed gracefully to
the light, with their necks of crimton, or
of yellow and carnation. The beds flank*
ed either aido of the ..path that curved
around a small arbor, wbere the young
crane clusters, that lac hirMpn nm/in??
t- . . ?J ?WWg .l.D
large lcnvos, wrote a beautiful prophecy
for the autumn.
A white railing ran in front of the garden,
and over this the beggar boy, bo rudely
addreoRed, waa leaning. I am afraid
you would have turued away in disgust
from so repulsive a spectable, and yet God
and angels loved him. .
He waa looking with all his eoul in bis
eves oh the beautiful blossoms, as they
swayed to and fro in the summer - wjiiie be
leaned his arm on the fence railing, and
forgot everything in that absorbed gaze.
aii i. it was eeicloin tbe beggar boy saw
anything that was either very good or
beautiful; and it waB-sad that hit dream
should have ftuch a rude awakening.
jho blood rushed up in his. face, and a
glance-foil Of evil and defiance flashed into
Liu eyes. But, before the .hoy could retreat
a little gir| sprang out from tbe arbor and
looked eagerly from ime b.o'y to the other.
She waB vury fair, with eoft hazel eye?, over
which droped long shining laehea. Rich
curls hong over her almoat bare whito
shouiderB, and her lips. vera almost the
oolor of jorimson tulip blooms.
4,IIo*? could you epenk so cross to the
boy, Billion ?Tshe Jfeked, with* tODa of
ad reproich qui vering jbrougb th#. ?woet'
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ho like
"Well, II?*lcn," urged tho brother,
slightly mortified nnd'ashnmed, "I don't
like to have beggars looking over tho fence.
It iooks so low."
"Now that's a notion of yolirs, Uiitotl.
I'm Buro if tho flowers can do any body
[ any good, we ought to le very glad. Lit* j
tie boy I" nrul tlie child turned to tho beg- i
j gar boy, and addressed him as courteously
! as though he ha.; been a prince?"I'll pick
I you sorue of tho tulips if you will wait a
i moment."
"Helen, I do believe your'c the funniest
(girl that ever lived!" ejaculated her brothjer,
aahe turned away, and with a low whistle
Fauntered down tho path, feeling very
. uncomfortable; for her conduct waa a
: stronger renroof than anv wnrilsrmiM lio??
; been.
j Helen plucked ono of each specimen of
! tulips, nnd there was a great variety of
j those, and gave them to the child. Ilia
j face brightened na ho received them, and
ho thanked her.
j Oh ! the little girl lind dropped a 'poarl
;of piie?' in the bac'tC, turbid billows of the
| buy's !*??, mid after years would biing it up,
j beautiful and fair again.
j Twelve years had passed. The blue
! rved gir! hud grown into the tall, gracej
ful woman. One bright June afternoon
I walked with hor Im-shrinrt itirniirrli tlm r.??
V..V, 6<Wden,
for she was on a visit to her parents.
The place was but little changed, and the
tulips had opened their lips of crimson
and gold to the sunshine, jusl as they had
twelve years before. Suddenly they beheld
a young man in the workman's blue
overalls, leaning over the fence, his eyes
wandeting eagerly from tlio beautiful flowera
to herself. lie had a frank, pleasant
countenance, and there was something in
his manner that interested the lady aud
gentleman.
'Look here, Edward,' she said; Til
! pluck sonic of the flowers. It h1wav? ?ln^a
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good to 66C people admire thein ; atul relenting
he husband's arm the j.pproacbed
j tlie pales saying?and the smile round her
lips was very like the old child one?"Are
yon fond of flowers, sir? it will give me
great pleasure to gather you some."
The young man looked for a moment
earnestly into the youag, sweet face.
''Twelve years ago, this very month," h?
said, in a voice deep and yet tremulous
with feeling, "I 6tood here, leaning on this
.railing, a dirty, ragged little beggar boy ;
and you asked mo the very question.
Twelve years ago you placed the bright
tlnwam in nr.tr Imn'l- <1 ?
... ?j ..uuua, iiun tuey inaao 1110 a
boy?aye, and they made a man of me,
too. Your face has been-light, ma'am, all
along :he dark hours of my life; and this
day the little beggar boy can stand in the
old j>lace and say to you, though he's as
bumble and hard working man, yet thank
Gok, he's an honest one.
Tear-dropa trembled, like the morning
drew, on the shining lasher of the lady, as
she turned to her husband, who had joined
| her, and liptened in absorbed attention to
the workman's words. "God," alio eaiJ,
"put it into my child-beart to do that little
deed of kindnesf.and see bow groat is
the reward be bas given mo.
And the setting sun poured a flood of
purple light over the little group that stood
there over the workman in bis blue overall,
over the lady with her golden hair, and
over the proud-looking gentleman at her
side. Although it was a picture Tor a
painter, the angels who looked down on it
from heaven saw something more than a
picture there.
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Women Fattened at Tunis fob Marriage.?A
girl after she is betrothed, is
cooped up in a- small room; shackles of
gold and Bilver are placed upon her ankles
and wrist*, as a -piece of drew. If she is
to be married tq a man wLohas discharged,
dispatched, or lost a former wife, the shack?
les which the former wife wore are put on
the neW bride's' limbs, find she is fed till
the/ are filled up'to a proper thickness.
The'food used for this custom, worthy of
the barbarians, is called drought wbioh is
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uu ??iai?uiuiir|- luitemrg quality, and
also fnroous for renderir g the roilk of the
nurse rich atd abundant. - i With Ibis seed,
and their natural diab, catcatcio, the bride
i* literally crammed, and raany actually
die under the epoon, r > *- ; '
An apple tree in Solith Gardiner, Me.,
pofcforth among the appfe blouoni? a perfect
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THE NEW ORLEANS RIOT?WHAT LED
TO IT.
An election was held on tho 28th of
March, 1804, for dolegates to aConvention
for the revision nnd amendment of the Constitution
of Lousiana, Tliis olcction was
ordered by Gen. Banks, then commanding
tho Federal forces in New Orleans, nnd in
compliance with tho terms of Mr. Lincoln's
proclamation authorising tlio formation of
Slute Governments iu those States then in
arms against tho Federal author!1 when
one-tenth of the people wero in favu" of i
returning to the Federal Union. Louisia* I
n a ..I ll.ot 1.-1 I... - r ? - - I
m, v.< . iniivj, mm, uy u lurraai act ot a
duly tleclcd Slate Convention, seceded
from tlio Federal Union, and Lad cstab
lished a State Government under the Southern
Confederacy. Not more than one-fifth
of tho territory of the Stale, and less Mran
ore forth of the legal voters, were, at tho
dale of tho election in March, 18G4, under
the jurisdiction or control of iho Federal
forces.
The order of Gen. Banks", calling a Convention,
prescribed the number of delegates
to be elected and tlio qualifications of vo- j
ters?in both these particulars very differ*
ent from tho requirements of tbo Constitution
and laws of ihe State. This action of
Gen. T;i?nks was baaed upon his military
authority under tho proclamation of Mr.
Lincoln, and at 3 time when tbo only power
of tho United States Government, over
the State of Louisiana, was that claimed
from tho military occupation of the country.
Tho Convention assembled on tho
Gtb of April, 1804, and proceeded at once
to revise and amend the State Constitution,
aud organize a State Government, in oppo
nan 10 me reguiariy constituted State
Government then in oxistcnco, whose cap
ita! was at Baton Kougo. This Military
Convention closed its labor9 and ndjourned
of tho '25th of July, 18G1. Tho State
was then under military law, and the military
authorities of the Federal Government
assumed and dirocled tho conduct of
affairs in all portions of the State over
ill.;,.I. l-.i -l?
udicii iucj nau ou^VDUCU 1U JJiaillllJg lUtilT
arms. The Constitution adopted by the
Convention was submitted to the clasa of
voters alone who were declared by the
military to the military to be qualified electors,
and by them so ratified. 13y the aid
of the military authorities the Constitution
was put in operation, and the State
Government, formed under it, duly installed
in power and authority.
The Government thus inaugurated, and
the Constitution thus framed aod ratified,
have been reooguized since that time as
the only Government of the State. After
cessation of hnatilif'Joo l!./? n..
? iuu uiaig UO> Cia"
incnt continued to be regarded as tho only
legally constituted Slate organization in
the Stale of Louisiana, aud bas used and
enjoyed all Ibe functions of a perfect Slate
Government. Under Ibis Gonsiitution a
Governor and Legislature were elected,
and a Judiciary appointed.
Tbo only class of persons in Louisiana
who could claim any right to tbo question
the legality of this State Government, are
tho men who were excluded from any particination
in ita firVoni?>.l!nn I. ?' -
v.g?Miua?vu?mWO WUU,
at the time it was inaugurated, wero opposed
to its purposes, and deuiod its legitimacy?the
men who acknowledged the
supremacy of the Baton Rouge State Government,
and wore identified with the
Slate's struggle for independence. '
When the war ended, with the losa of
the Confederate cause, thpse men?constituting
a large majority of the legal voters
of the State?quietly- acquiesced in. the
change made in their organio laws, and
peacefully submitted to the authority of
this new Government. They abandoned
all hopes of reviving their old State organ*
ization, and, yielding to th? pressure of the
time*, determined to accept the new order ..
of affairs in good faith, and try to make
tbe beat tbey tould out of it.- ' ^ :
Io attempting to carry Out his reconstuction
policy, PreaWent Johnaon baa recognized
tbe existing Stale Government as' the
tree representative and agent of the people
of Louisiana, and as, in all his official
communications with it, regarded it as the
legally constituted Government; The laws,
which have been passed by .it,. have been
duly observed and enforced... No doubt of
their legality has been raised, and no Attempt
io evade them been cos templated.
All wOrkfd harmoniously, until tbe B*dijoala.begaa
to develop tb?ir hostility, V lhe
restoration of the; Uiiion. Wiien tfcey
commenced to w?ge thai?,war- upon the
President, they ?oppoftod that th?- IrouUii i
1U Stat? Government would enpportihem
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ment were e'ected at a time and under circumstances
which might well induco them
to believe that they would bo subservient
to their will, yet, fortunately for tho Stato
and for the ponce of tho country, the gentloinen
in oflico thero are of sterner and
bettor material llinri lb<> Tlpnwrnlr>?-o n??l
ITaniltons, and Stokoa of other States.
Finding that they could not control tbo
Stato Government, the Radicals determined
to overthrow it. How to accomplish tbia
nefarious design, was tho first question to
ho met. After consultation with a few of
their satraps in Now Orleans, it was determined
to re-assembla tho State Convention
of 1864. This was a most astounding
proposition, and at onco met the indignant
rebuke of all tho truo men of tho
Stato.
Tho President of that Convention??
lion. E. H. Durell?recognizing that body
a6 fundus ojflcia, refused to call it togetli-*
or. A few of the traitors then nsued tho
following Circular, which was addressed to
those members of tho defunct Convention
who they thought, coald bo induced to
join in their revolutionary scheme :
New Orleans, June 23, 180G.
Sir?Several members of tho Convention,
as well as tho Executive request you
to attend a meeting of the members of tho
Constitutional Convention of tho State of
Louisiana, at tbo Mechanics' Institute,
New Orleans, on Tuesday 20th inst., at 2
o'clock r. m. Joiix E. Neelis, Sec'j.
In obedience to this call a few of tho
revolutionists assembled in Now Orleans
on tho day indicated, nnd proceeded to elect
a now President. Many declared that the
lorraer rresideut bad forfeited his position.
One It. R. Howell waa dcblared duly elected
President of a Convention which had
been dissolved in July, 1804, and ho and
tho Governor of the State directed to assemblo
the Convention at such time aa
they might think best. Tbe reasons for
the assembling of this dead body are thuagiven
in tbe preamble to the resolution
adopted by the revolutionists at their meeton
the 20th of June :
Whareas, the Civil Rights Bill has become
a law, and certain amendments to
tbe Constitution of the United States have
passed both liouses of Congress, and now
await the ratification of the loyal Legislatures
of tbe several States:
Whereas, in tbe opinion of all th?
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of the General Government, of the Ercutivo
of the State of Louisiana, of all the
membors of said Convention, and of all the
loyal citizens of tho State of Louisiana,
there is sufficient cause, and the emergency
does exist for the re-convocation and action
of said Constitutions/ Convention.
These revolutionists, numbering twentyeix
members of the so called Convention of
1861, met in New Orleans on Monday
last, when a riot ensued which compelled
them to forego for tho present, at least,
their unlawful purpose.
We are glad to see that President Johason
has promptly placed the military power
of tho Government al tho disposw? of tho
W?u uukuunviC3 IU proveDU IUIB -uniawiui
assembly" from carrying out their programme.
We believe that his prompt
and manly action in this matter baa saved
the people of New Orleans from 8oeHe?
which would make the terrible outbreak?
at St. Domingo and Jamaica seem light
and tiivial. The true men of Louisiaaft
owe him a debt of. lasting gratitude for pre*
serving their State from the horrible cononnnnnnno
waiiM I. _ _ -
.v^...vv? n->vu "VU4W VClkalUIJT uavo ioilowed
if the revolutionary party bad not
been promptly defeated. All honor to Andrew
Johnson, the friend of the Constitution
and the Union 1
From the Boston Post.
ALL SOBIS OF PABAGAPH8Bonner's
income: $165,609,05.
Jericho (Vt) has had a first-class torn
ado. , >
A Cabinet motto?the more haste thai
less Speed.
A negro died recently in Louisiana aged
120. "* :
Punch styles diplomatic notes waste pa
per..
All Yankees at Beaufort, S. 0.
Horse Shoe Falls, Niagara are tumbling
In. : -. .* *'
The burnt distriot in Portland cover?
327 aorea. Important discoveries of copper
in St. Domiogo.
Georgia is opening her diamond nrinei
. Washington la getting too hot for tbe
Radicals. So will the whole oonotrjr b%
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The Lebanon, QR<?* Sbatera are. tryiuj
tif eorghum, ...
One bowe railroad in Philadelphia cariled
3^254p4*5DgeiTj.oa ? tho Fourth/ ;
CpDD&oticut b'|8 700 itojme, and frf*
build, a hospital for them* '
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