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SALISJWJfi. No
I naMkmatetv. Urrowlnr ft
and exposing Me ftnaaj, "rather the
POETICAL.
The Confederate riaf .
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BV HARRV L. FLASH, OF (1ALVKST0X.
; '
Four stormy vears we saw it glcani,
c i
A people's hope and then re-furled,
Even while its glory was the thente
Of half the world.
The beacon that, with streaming ray,
Dazzled a struggling nation's sight
Scemiug a pillar of cloud by day,
Of fire by night.
They jeer, who trembl-d as it hung,
Comit-likc, blazoning the sky
And heroes, such as Homer sung,
Followed it to die.
It fell but stainless as it rose,
Martyred, like Stephen, in the strife ;
Passing, like him, girdled with foes,
From death to life.
Fame's trophy, sanctified by tears !
I'lnnted, forever, at her portal j
Folded, truff- hat then? Four short years
Made it immortal.
WOULD I.
From the Rafcjgh Hewtim-1.
"The Friaon Xatfb of Jeflerson rn."
The Mary of Post gnrgeon Craven, the
medical attendant of Ex-President Davis
for the first seven months of his nristrn lift,
has just been published, andrUl be reua
with intense avidity bothflefthls and the
other continent
The
thfa uU'wnurViM hnnh
"eJTj.V fTTni.1v nne hat nmv Hvr ner had one foot upon the chair ti. :r
others hereafter. - bedside, his right hand reeling on the bk
Tl, lnln ln.nl tnoulonie.1 record of' of it, the brawny mcchancie made an it-
papers, generally thrortghout th
ajrssHvThr Cobflkn extracts rron
Do venr dtr, Bl.uto.nl,' )
fieer, walking uwintl rfte
not eaririL- to wrtBeSS the 1
only gi tottoSatoi palnoo aH
plotted tlsintefvw
that
Mlde'
"evljf
BWt
Hidoa'Ml
Mrs
Il)AY , JUNE 29, 18G6.
Dr. Craven sustains "and corroborates the 1 wMSW ro- xirp tme, -m rw mmt an rrrer me
in office Dr. anMtes so raised, out, ae win tne ven-
terrible report of his saccessor
( ooper.
While it is gratifying to know that, since
the report of tne latter, the rigors of Mr.
Davis prison-life have been considerably
mitigated, it is difficult to conceive that any
man, any State prisoner, representing a
cause of the magnitude for which Mr. Da
vis is called upon to suffer, could have
been the victim of such horrible brutality
as marked the earlier stages of his confine
ment. Such recitals as that which we subjoin,
and which is but one out of many, re
call the picture which the historian has left
ns of the terrible prisou-hours of the hap
less Louis XVI.
STANTON'S IKONS.
meuce and streugth which frcniy can im
part, even to the weakest invalid, Mr. Da
vit suddenly seised bis assailant and Ltrl
ed him half-way acrom the room.
On th Captain Titlow turned, and, see
ing that Dvis had hacked against 'the
wall for further resistance, began to remon
strate, pointing out in brief, clear language,
that this conrae was madness, and that or
ders must be enforced at any cost. 'Why
compel me,' he said, 'to add the further in
dignity of personal violence to the necessi
ty of your being ironed.
In the report of Wednesday' debate, in.
the PuiU'd States Senate, pending tho dis
asssion of the important amen dm unt to the
Mm of rOMautUtsadiaa iaUrodoeod by ilr.
DooBtlrc, wo find tho following passage :
Mr. Sherman said he believed Mr. Doo-
ittlc's amfndtnext ras figTit iu principle,
mt be shlnld vote arainst it. because he
feh it his doty to anatain the actfon agreed
upon by tns potittral friends.
It is unnecVsBnrT, in this place, to con
sider the merit f Mr. Doolittlw's amend
ment: ft is onite enough for our present
nnrnoe that Mr. Shenumi 'believel it to
be right 1nprinHplc, and yet fVlt himself
bound to vote against it 'to sustain the ac
.km agreed upon by bis political fra uds.'
J n confession was a frank one, but be
trays an ignorance of public dutv. or an
indifference to it, o'i the part of a senator
of the I nited States, which it is not pleas
ant to think of, especially at a time when
the council in which he sits is entrusted
with interests of such awful moment to the
people and their posterity as thooe which
engage it now.
If Mr. Sherman was a man of inconsid-
7
afl.fl..MHtMl
The Wasblngton Republican, Arlfhin.J
of yesterday, in its leading i ditoi tul, alleg
es the oxutonoB of a troasonable eouapira I
ay ou the part of a certain political faction
at the North. It says: 'I,B
It is nothing less than a conspiracy to
override the Constitution ru der tlio guise
ofstkew construction of 'tte Second tsrs-
wrapMsfsViba brst MkVaon fl al:i 11 oi f j.
bint instrument, wflel is IrFtiiese woids : ' j
haeli iate shall appoitt, in such man
ner as the Legislature thereof - may direct,
two,
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AMTTPSAOF. FIMM
DENT 0!7 THE 111
TIOJJ QCESTICTT: "rr QJT
WashTiigton, June '12. The PrcaldeM
sent into Congress lo'-day fhe fallowing
message in relation to the reconstruction '
amendment, to ths Oonititofiou :' ' "J
To the So ate and Home qf ReprutHU-
'"M-'Trfl t ; IU thl .on oj na
lit to Correao aatof.ti:
civT . a atfcllJf Vkom waa itjp
init. ,
ature
tho
Horn ww
' die r it rrTnTii ' the le)th ir
'I Of the rli irw,,f,U'tdr'r r f efVtol
Do you think if I'd a baby,
That I'd let him pull my hair ?
Do you think I'd put on collars
Just to let him soil and tear?
Do yon think I'd call it pretty
When he bites his little toe ?
Vet I've known some silly mothers
With their babes, do just so.
Do you think I'd act him crying
Just to see his cunning frown
Do you think I'd set him walking
Just to see him rumble down ?
Would Icall my baby pretty,
When he'd neither teeth nor hair
Yet I've known some silly mothers
Wiib their babies, think they are.
Would I buy Him drums and rattles,
Just to bear him make a crash 1
Would I watch him most delighted
Break my mirror all to smash ?
Would I smother him in flannels.
Just because his voice was low,?
Dose him up with their bell donfta ?
Silly mothers treat them bo.
Would I think Ms brow Byroriic, r
Just because it was so bare?
And his head Napoleonic
In its shape though minus hair ?
Could I trace the marks of genius
In his eyebrows, arched and low,
Vet I've known some silly mothers,
W i th their babies, think just so.
Wooii I think my baby defined
i To become a man of men,
And to govern and control them
By the might p sword f pen ?
I ctaro aay thoot noky babies
(hi the mornin? of the 23rd. of Mar. a
vef hiiteier trijil was in store for tbe tirninl for BT DCOPH tblS thine shall
SDirit. a trial severer, nrobe.blv. than hai done
ever in modern times been inflicted upon I Hereupon Captain Titlow called it a
any one who had enjoyed such eminence. J sergeant and tile of soldiers from the next
Jam morning Jefferson Davis was sfiack- room, and the sergeant advanced to s-ffze
led I the prisotier. Immediately Mr. Davis few
It was while all the swarming camps of' on him, seized his musket and attempted
the armies of the fotomac, the Tennessee ) to wrencu u irom in grasp.
and Georgia. over two hundred thousand
'I am a prisoner of war' Mercery retort- erable note, or one distinguished amonsr
w . a a . mm i lit a. a aa.
ed iiavis ; i nave neen a soiaier in ine ins political fellows as specially shameless
armies of America, ana Know now lonie.
Only kill me, and my last breath shal be
a blessing on your head. But white I hare
life and strength to resist, for myself and
my people, this thing shall not be
bronzed and laurelled veterans, were pre
paring for the Grand Review of the next
morning, in which, passing in endless suc
cession before the mansion of the Presi
dent, the conquering military power of the
nation was to lay down its arms at the feet
of civil authority, that the following scene
was enacted at Fort Monroe : :t
Capt. Jerome E. Titlow, of tbe Third
Pennsylvania Artillery, entered the pris
oner's cell followed by the' blacksmith of
the fort and his assistant, the hrtter c;irrv-! hackled
jug in his hands some heavy and harshy
rattling shackles. As they entered, Mr.
Davis was reclining on his bed, feverish
and wean' after a sleepless night, the food
I) laced near to him the preceding day still
ying untouched on its tin plate near his,
bedside. v
"Well !" said Vr. Davis as they entered,
sugniiy raising nis neaa.
'I have an unpleasant duty t perform,
sir," said Captain Titlow ; and as he spbko
the senior blacksmith took the shackles
from his assistant.
Duvis leaped instantly from his recum
bent attitude, a flush passing over his face
for a moment, and then his countenance
growiug livid and rigid as death.
He gasped for breath, clutching his throat
with the thin lingers ot his right hand, and
theb recovering himself slowly, whilo,hitt
wasted figure towered up to its fujl height
now appearing to swell with indignation
and then to shrink with terror, as he glan
ced from the captain's face to the shackles
he said slowly and with a laboring chest:
"My God ! You cannot have been sent
to iron me ?"
'Such are my orders, sir," replied tbo
officer, beckoning the blacksmith to ap
proach, who stepped forward, unlocking
the padlock and preparing tho fetters to do
their office. These fetters were of heavy
iron, probably Jive-eignlns p an inch m
thickness, and connected together bm a chain
o) like tceight. 1 believe they aro now iu
Of course such a scene could have bnt
one lsue. There waa a short, passionate
scuffle. In a moment Davis was flung np
on his bed, and before his four powerful
assailants removed their hands from him
the blacksmith aud his assi.-.tanf had dne
their work one securing the rivet on the
right ankle, while the other turned the key
on tho padlock on tbe hit.
This done, Mr. Davis lav for a moment
aa if in a stupor. Then slowlyJrising
himself and turning round; he drorprd his
leet to the floor. J be hrtrsh
clank of the striking chain seems first to
have recalled him to his situation, and
dropping his face into his hands, lie burst
into-a passionate Hood of sobbing, rocking
to and ti o, and muttering at bnet intervals;
"Oh, tjle'','8gjgir:'r
Mail Contracts, &x.
The following from Dr. Jobe, the Spe.
cial Mail Agent for this State, will give
the requisite information to our people, in
regard to mail contracts, Postmastew, &c.
We arc glad to learn that Drt Jobe is
about to visit the Mountain District, in or
der to facilitate the opening of Post offices
and post routes in that section. Wo are
pleased to be able to say, that the Doctor
is exerting himself to afford us mail tacili
ties : J
OFFICE OF SPECIAL AGENT, )
POST-OWICE DEPAKTMBNT,
Raleigh, N. O, Juno 13, 'ft. )
By request of members of the Conven
tion, I publish a short synopsis of t he reg
ulations of the Pout-Office Department, so
that each member may procure a copy for
reference.
1. No bid for conveying tho mails wilt
hereafter bo considered, unless the "test
oath" of tho bidder is ou file at the Depart
ment. A contractor must be twenty-one
.earn old to enable him to give a h srd
bond. The nronosals mast be sismed bv
the possession of Major-General Miles, and the bidder or bidders. The guaranty by
will form an interesting retfe, , not less than two guarantors, and the oer-
"1 his is too monstrous," groaned the tificate by a Postmaster or a judge ofre-
pnsoner, glaring nurncdly round the room, : cord.
apd unscrupulous, perhaps his avowal that
he holds the obligation to serve his partv
paramount to tbe doty which he owes to
bis country as one of its sworn public ser
vants might be passed over without much
comment, as betraying a lack of conscience,
striking indeed, but iudividual and excep
tional. He is one of tbe ablest of the Re
publican Senators, with a larger experi
ence in public affairs than most of them,
and with a better reputation for courage,
independence, and honesty. When, there
fore, he confessed that he must needs vote
ugiinst au amendment to the Constitution
.which he 'believed to be right in principle'
because ft conflicted with the schemes of
his party associates, we are not to suppose
Unit Ire is the only gentleman in the pres-
. 1 . L 1 .0 , .
cm 'impress wno nas saenncea nis con
victions of the right on the altar of faction.
llf.suupiy spoke out what others less bold
aud inurv crafty choose ana strive to con
ci-sl. tie put into words a troth which
scores of It tdicaM attest only by their
fions.
It has been made manifest than
once duriug the present session of Congress
that the measures of Thaddeus Stevens
wen- as distasteful to some of the Kcnuh
Means on the floor as tbe insolent harangues
with which he introduced and advocated
them. Mr. Raymond, of New York, for
instance, nas delivered elaborate speeches
to show that some of these measures were
conceived in iniquity, and were hopeless
tor gooa. .Mr. iimrham lias done tike
wise, and so, at different rimes, have many
.i . . . ...
otiicrs. But when schemes which they
naa spent uicir Dream in opposing reached
a vole, they have uniformly failed to mus-
ter Uie courage requisite to do the bidding
- F 1 a a .W
oi conscience in uenance ot the commands
1 party. The frown of Stevens has been
potent enongh to coerce their support of
i 1 ; 1 IP 1 . m .. ,.
measures which nis logic nan raiiea to con
vince them were right. And which heart
and reason alike told them were' wrong.
It is impossible 'to estimate how many oth
ith, who w ere nnablo or did not choose to
cpcak a protest, felt their restive, rhetori
e.ii as so, -jaw and faltered as :hey did in
the decisive moment. '
When we consider that Congress Is em
ployed upon no less a work than the re
construction of this Government, and has
undertaken to remodel the law given us
by our fathers ; that the changes; which aro
a miMlr of alsMtMSS Mlsl Ml llii wtmlt Caostniit wot tho Uu tai.Sbu. Tt, will
iiomlier et Senators aua tteiwnw o i h(J . aewry
which tho State may be entitled iu the
Congress.
The new construction is that no State is
entitled to appoint any electors which shall
not have Senators and Rt prcseatatives in
Congress at the time. Starting out upon
this unsound hypothesis, the conapiraivrs
resolved that no. Skaters and Kepresen
tative from eleven States whos inhabi
tant.' were concerned iu the recent rebel
lion should be admitted to seats in Con
gress until after 1668 !
This rebellion is the key-note to the ob
stinate refusal of Congress to a'.mit to
their rightful seats Senators and Represen
tatives whose loyalty was never doubted,
and to the organized opposition in Colj
gress to what u known as X he r&Esi
di:m s plan of restoration.
liefemng to the various pretence? as-
sigm-d by the Radicals for excluding Sou-
mitred lo tile u c... u- ; ih, ssvmil
thern representatives, the Republican de
clares "that none ot these reasons control
the question a single hour. Only the idea
thatan unrepresented State cannot have
electors of President and Vice President
does f"
Repudiating as an absurdity the theory
that the electoral voice of a State depends
upon its full and actual representation in
ongrees, instead ot upon the number ot
jprcsentatives to which the stale is entt-
l, the KepwHtcan says tnai tne conspi
y has yet another feature. It is held
nat if the Southern States should send in
their electoral votes, the simple refusal of
the President of the Senate to open the
certificates would suffice to effect their If nut
exchmkm. The comments of tho Republi
can upon this are worthy to be pondered :
" We cannot contemplate any attempt
to stifle the electoral voice jof a State by
such moans without the most painful appre
hensions. We greatly mistake the temper
of our people if it would not proroke a m-
flict quits as trrepressitfr, jfwtt as bloo
dy, as thai whtch has just terminated."
Secretaries of tne Treasury
Tbe Treasury Department was created by act of
CengreM asps i Septembers, tTW The followltis
list of tbe Secretaries from tbe creation of the Depart
ment, drawn from offiohrt records, with date of ap
pointment, Stat from which appointed, tocatber with
the rear of birth, and, if not anrrivinc, tbe Tear of
death, except la two or three case where the date of
birth ordcath has not been learned, will be found
worth areaervacioB, We hae aot wen so full s scaeu-
ule published in any book I
SORIf .
A Hamilton. X. Y.. Sep. it. 1789 1757
O. TVolcott, Conn., Feb. S, 1795 1769
. Dexter, Mass., May 81, 1800 1761
A. Gallatin. Pa.. Jaa 96.1803. . 1761
G. W. Campbell, Tenn. Feb. 9, 1804.. 1768
A J Dallas. Pa., Oct 6. 1814.... 1760
W H Crawford. Ga. Marsh 6. 1817.... 1773
Rllush. Pa.. M irch7. 1835 1780
81) Ingham, or Pa., March6. 183 1779
L McLane, Del., May 6, 4R 1788
W J Doane. Pa.. May 83, W81. 1780
K BTanev. Md.. (not continued by the Senate,)
Sept. 23, 18S3.
L Woodbnry.N H June 38
.1777
orwnrd, Pa. .Rent. 13. 1S4!
J M. Spencer. M. Y.. HtmS 1843
C M Itihh Iff. .In ... IK ' .
under rtiseiission are ol the most vital char-1 J J Wether. Mi., Marrli6. tsts.
. J J . ......... .
T gwintf, Ohio, March 5 154-t . '. '. . . lM9
S Fo
mi
.IS1I
And Pve seen the wisest women,
With their babies, think just so.
A drcukr addressed "to tie Conserva
tive Bepublicans of Iowa," calling a Stats
Convention tor the purpose of organizing a
party to be known as tbo "National Union
Party," has do to appearance. The
jbllowmg is a paragraph from the circular :
"We have heretofore teen Republicans,
bnt being unable to co-operate with the
judical and dominant element of that party
in a line of policy iasaigeamtc d since the
dose of the war. and whith we believe to
be fraught with the most disastrous con-
sequences to the country, wepropot eto os
as if for some weapon, or means of self-
destruction. "I demand, Captain, that you
let me see the commanding officer. Can
he pretend that such shackles are required
to secure the safe custody of a weak old
maq, so guarded and in such a fort as this?"
" It could serve no purpose," replied
Captain Titlow ; "his orders are from W ash
ington, as mine aro from him "
"But be can tetomjib," interposed Mr.
ti .I tisftm ri s v wa mus t
take, No such outrage as you threnten
me with is on record in the history of na
tions. Bog him to telegraph, and delay
"My orders 'are peremptory," said the
officer, "aud admit of no delay. For vour
own sake, let me advise you to submit with
patience. As a soldier, Mr. Daria, yon
know I must execute orders."
"These aie mat orders tor a soldier,"
shouted the prisoner, losing all control of
L.uiself. "Ibey are orders for a jailor
Place a 5c revenue stamp on it. and
send by mail, direct to Contract -Oflsc,
Post office Department, Washington, D,
C
2. Persons whose names are sent on for
appointment, as Postmaster, Vc., must be
twenty-one, must take tho "test oath,"
which must be sent with the bond sites the
appointor is made. .. .
4. A UMJ, wno Has aiiwifMt bustMUMi can-
ows can. Applicat iona tag apsntatascsts
must be scMt to First Assistant Postmaster
Old Post-Offiees may he moved short
distances to accommodate tbe neighbor
hood, without changing the name of the
post office.
Any one over 16 years aay carry the
mail, by taking the "teat oath."
I hereby tender my thanks to the mem
bers of the Convention, for their cheerful
for a hangman, which no soldier wearing a , co-operation with toe. and for the aid thev
sworn snouia accept : i teiryou me worm: ! nave given mo in mtortlishing isbM
will ring with this diegraee. The war is
I over, tbe tkratn is cooauermt ; 1 narr no
longer any country but America, and it is
for the honor of America, as for my own
i . ... . . ' . . .
. i i:a . s.rr-.,-... . iw hiiown k honor and life, that 1 nlead aeramst this de-
J7u7 Nation C Party." " fradation. -kill mc 1 kill me " he cried. I
given mo in sotabiishinsr mM taciii-
ties in varioos parts of the State,
H oping, hereafter, gentlemen, to receive
more such acts of ktodaeas at your hands,
I have the boner to bo your ob't. serVt.
A. JOBE.
it 7.
Bpecial Agent.
ncter, and look to a revolution in our polit
ical system at least as radical as that ef
fected "when the Constitution was substi
tuted tor the Articles of Confederation, it
is indeed a startlinir and melancholy thonndit.
that the spirit of partizanMiip has subvert
ed and overridden the spirit of patriotism
in the groat council of the nation. Fancy,
in the convention which framed the Con
stitution. Roger Sherman, or James Madt
son, or Benjamin Franklin, or Robert Mor
ris, or John UuUedge, or Alexander Ham
ilton, or any one of that glorious company
of patriots, standing np in the majestic
presence of Washington and declaring that
while no beneved that one of the proposed
must vote against rt i
must sustain his political party. 1 et, that
is prexjrsrty what Mr. Sherman did in the
rVnatoof the United States on last Wednes
day, iinn l'iik "d and unanswered . and it is
because demagogues of his Jtlnd have un
dertaken to make tho worbr which those
statesmen of ol.i did, in ' good conscience
snd for all time, conform to the needs of
their party and tunbody its jMUsttwhSj, that
wo tremble for th e ftuure of these States,
snd mourn over their proud and vanished
past. Phdadvlphi i Aye.
In Indiana the Kodicals have been de
fesMed inmost of tho Republican conven
tions. -
The storm which vished Baltimore on
Sunday afternoon caused Serious
to a number of residences there.
W M Meredith. Pa.. Mn rr', Mi-,
TCorwin Ohio. July 23. I860....
3 fintrre, Ky., March7,
H Cobb, Ga.. March 6, 1857 . . .
P F Tbomea, Md. Dec. W, lb60.
J A Dix,X. Y., Jan. 11. Itjoli...
S P Chese, Oliio, May 5. 1861 .... .
W P Fewendea. Me-. July 1. lb''4
UMcCullooh, lad.. May 7. 1885, (a native ot
name;
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..17S3.
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..1810
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..1808
nog
The Washington Republican argues that
the natural result of the Radical policy is
to throw tne southern people upon tnem-
selves and their own resources, for sym
pathy and for prosperity. The tat on cot
ton, for instance, will prompt them to man
ufaenre what they grow, instead of send
ing ft o feoweB, The RepTtblicnn areaes
f that- the South will thns feo built an ioto The
.Sfatef ccrtitied cittl'.s of tire fifr.f resolu
tion passed on thd ISrii Tafent prnjiosfng 1
an amendment to the OorutatntiOB
Eve i in ortiiaary times any aesiion of
.amending tliaCu8t::u;ioa mutt be juarly .
rejraraca'as or paramount importance.
This importarrCt? it the pment time is en
hanced by the ftotthat tbe joint reolurion -was
not submitted by the two Houses tor
the approval of the President ; and Uut of t.
the thirty -six States which constitute the
... . . . .
cnion, eleven arc excluded from repre
sentation in either house of Congress, al
though, with the single exception of Tex -as,
they have bqcn entisely ruatored to all
tLeir fuuetious aa States, in conformity
with the oijranizcd1 law cf the land, and
have appeared at the Nstio tut Capitol by
Senator and Uepreeffmtives, who have?
applied for and have been refused admis
sion to the vacant scaU ; nor have tho
sovereign people of the nation been afford
ed an opportunity of exprcasiag Lieir
views upon upon the inipoj.ant question
which the anieddment involves. Grave
doubts, therefore, naturally and justly
arise aa to whether the action of Congress
m iu harmony with the sentiments of the
people, and whether State Legislatures
elected without reference to such an issue
should be "be called upon by Congress to
decide respecting the ratification of the
proposed amendment. Waiving the ques
tion as to the Constitutional validity of
the proceedings of Congress upon the Joint
resolution propoeing the amendment, or as I
to the merits of' trre flrrMe'wblcIf ft "sttb- '
mits through the Executive department to
the Legislatures of -the States", I deem it
proper to observe that the steps taken by
the Secretary of Stato, as detailed in the
accompanying report, are to be considered
as purely ministerial, and in no seuse
whatever committing the Executive to an
approval or t recommendation of the
amendment to the State Legislatures or to
tic people. On the rontraiy, a proper
appreciation of the letter and spirit of tho . j
v n r t i t nt ion, as well as of the interests of
the national order, harmony and union,
and due defferjfenoe for au enlightened pub
lic judgment, may at this time suggest a
doubt whether any amend men t to the
Constituttbn ought to be proposed by Con
gress and passed upon tne legislatures of
the States for final aecibion, until after the
admission of such loyal Senators aud rep
resentatives of the pow unrepresented.
States as have been or may hereafter be
chosen in conformity v ith the! .Constitu
tion a i.d las of the United S totes.
Andrew Johxsox.
Accompanying the message of the Pres
ident is the report of the Secretary of
State announcing that he had, in conform- '
ity with the proceeding which had been
adopted by him, in 1SG5, in regard to these
proposed and afterwards adopted Congres
sienal amendroente to tho Constitutou of
the United btates coaceruiuir the prohibi-
- . t'an of 3!,. very, transmitted certified copies
iffcb ! : wri'J to the Governors of
. ') the fever.-! ? . getherwith a certiu-
, !.cjde and eira:JMrvj f ;MV
It ni'iy wvli lie uc uiai;.,otcougratuktioa
to every Auiciican, tUit In .i.:y""'oae yuat ,.
after the close of a uis:istrou and terribly
cbstly war, tho Committed of Ways and
Means in our Congress should feel at lib
erty to recommend tbe cnttjng down of one- -fifth
of our national taxes, considering that
reduction fully justified, by the state of
the Treasury. - It is a solid and uoauswer
able argument in favor of our national
strength and rcsorces.
DIED.
1804
1833
1816
1849
1848
1817
1336
IStiO
MM0
less
1864
Ib4l
18o6
We have never doubted that nracticallv
the South has beet injured by the absorb"
ing devotion of its leading minds to politi-
ealliSrsTilBr; iftthld bestowed a titfee f
the energy upon industrial development
that it has upon federal politics, it would
be as prosperous and great .is a section, as
its wisdom and valour hire made the
United States as a nation. The Radical
leffemtton, thwerbre, which fafc exported to
retard and injure it, may have emctlv the
opposite erleet It may compel the South
to tarn Its attention exehisrrelv to the de
velopment of fta wonderful resources, and
if this is the result, it will be a blessing in
disguise. Bait E. Transcript. '
. 1 1 eatgo aw
A company is being termed in Atlanta
to erect sh efte" bouse at a corf of t70,000
K-r- : , . . . 1 :
euraecrsome ana sxpensive, out w new
French method con? if ts fat drfli i ng a hole th
tbe mass of east iron for about one-third of
ft thickness, filling this with water, closing
it with a steel plug which fits accurately,
and lettingthe ram of a pile-driver ftdl on
the pfug. The very first blow splits up the
tyTiv car loads cf rations arrived by
the Montgomery and wastPoint railroad a
f w day? ago for the destitute of Alabama.
They were a par; of the proceeds of the fair
originated ana so successfully carried
through by the noble ladies of Ikltiaore.
Their generous conduct wUI never bo
forgotten by the people of this and other
un
Southern
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