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i TUURSDAY, jJUNE l6, 1870.
; In tho palmiest days joi lierj prosperity.
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. ,'$X' the South was never sojbusyl as at present
in the great work of internal improve
ment. Burned tows. iija0s:and Jrivate
residenceshave-bejenl genially Rebuilt,
and not- only havp estrOyed railroads
been put in running oitdcr agin,s but the
number of new lines,alre4dy completed
or lindcr contract, ib absolutely bewilder
ing. -It is difficult th count the grand
; enterprises of this kind. Now, while all
i'j; , ims is very grainying, mere is anomer
side to the picture, and we should take
timely warning frpml the fngly feature
there presented. I '- H Hi .
" -Field-labor is already very scarpe and
the negro shows every dajr a greater
aversion to it. Ile is essentially grega
rious and likes ' to joitj a erowdat wprk
on a canaV levee or! railroad. The! labor
there, though harder, is not so unremitted
as on a farm. " So the 'social character of
the . nefrro and his dislike of steadv em-
ployment, both combine to drive him
from agriculture. In p, vefy few jearsj
he will abandon farni work altogether.
This is the inevitable tendency of 'things
and we may as 1 well 'accept the situation"
from the negrcuas well as from thd Yan
kee. , 1' .. ;, ' ;1: 1
One or two things must be done imme
diately. White. immigrants;1 must ibo got
from the old world without delay, or still
better, the young mJn who arejfdling
about towns, or on farms j' must igo to
work Aith their ownfh'anda. Theiland4
holder is the -true lord of1 the soil, and
. nothing- can be morej certain than that
. all Southern Jaii(Js jwll eventually h4
owned by those, who e neither too proud
?; norjtoo worthless ip! work. "Already,!
thousands of old nianorialestate liave
passed into the hands :of those who but
latch' followed the plow. The ante-war
v.habits of idleness aiitl extravagance can
'only! end in poverty fahd ii lnay birv
disgrace. The t?oldiet" who! stuck to'his
-colors to the last. learned a lesson ofself-
denial and patient endurance which will
i ,maK0 nim a eonquerpr in
i i .
the battle of
p . life, p We have heard that
cottori was
P king, and that money was kTng, butlwork
is the real king, that i:ules the world. .
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; , Church Keunion. fThere has been a
general movement within ho - ladt few
x months, of all the Protestant! churches of
; the loyal North, to gather within! theiv
folds tho scattered (fragments ., ait the
, South. ' With a portion of those engaged
in this movement, weldoiibt iot, tli con-
l "trollibg. nijotve was j-eal, brotherly love
? pii; and Christian' fellowship.'--" But with oth
ers, it Was pride of numbers, hist of power
and an -itching -to
sieem grand,! The
worldly motive brought theew and Old
Schooj Presbyterians! togetlier, though so
uiseoruant jir uoetrue, iraeiiee anu senn-
ment. -The Southern Presbyteriaiii As-
sembly- at Louisville declined all corres
pondeuce with the iNorthern Assembly
upon the ground that it he latter had put
Christ's crown upon the head of CVsar
The Methodist Church South' has'taken
a similar position. We have an article
; from ; an esteemed 'Baptist . brother, in
' which "the 'broad assiimptfon is- taken,
that the Northern Baptists i have aban
dnpd tho plain teachings of thejiBible
m and set uri standards of their Own: 1i We
V; . give some extrabts'beldw froifn the Meth-J-odistiZ
Starkj the editor, in reviewing the Kojth
'. ern 'Methodist Quarterly -Itevieiv. Baysk
I! But the most noticeable thing in the Jfe
Zview is the editor8 yiolenji article on jThe
III t Southerni McthQuist rress.M ' llle mves us
up. .txenceioriu, ju iut? ungnij vocauuiary
of fiis rhetoncVthereviil be no sucK words
y as 'reunion or f 'rater nizqti6n" One of the
JN orthern Advocates says, pathetically.
Hat niii -Tiri7tror?nicHa ihd fttifflnA(fkAdnpsft
kj , have alienated our wannest friends iii the
f evangelical North . "We ' are j given jbver
I . xo uarum?s; oi neart fanu reprooaey oi
iini'nH because we wontfeeiieve a lie.: The
: ablo'editor add uces our rece'ii t Quotation
ji , iiyiu uciicrai jj. xx. xiiM, commenuing ine
o bravery and : faithfulness " of j Methodist
U:'-'soldiers in the late warl as as proof that
''the.'Church South is! being based on the
i! old rebel stratumis becoming intrenched
in the old sectional prejudice that,reof
1 !ihe war? Nowj w have no ('official bsi
tion, and do hot speak for thOjChurchbut
lva believe we can ep'eak the sehtinients
of the Church on the question of reunion:
Before a reunion can come intq.the range
of possibility,, our loving brethren of the
Church North must atone for past wrongs
and give pledges of future good behavior.
We jcannotf take Ithdm back jWhile they
continue to mako;snch displays of jitter
hate alid hatcfolness.M They will; not
win our love or our respect by permitting
the learned editor of their Quarterly to
denounce our beloved Bishop Marvin as
an "assassin in spirit," and aSv"Well quali
fied for the position of Chaplain -general
of the Ku Klux" whatever that may be
it must be something very terrible, for
the editor writes in a fine frenzy,! Bishop
Marvin's great offence is his endorsement
of Dr. Leltwich's Martyrdom in Missouri
a book which? gives a truthful, unvar
nished history of some of the atrocities of
the late war. : ; v
The editor of the .Quarterly thinkja it
very wicked in' us to sympathize' with
our own people in their stmggle against
wrong and oppression, but: at the same
time be exnlts in the "loyalty" of his own
Church.
We beg Dr. Whedon to bear this in
mind, that he does not more heartily! and
conscientiously believe in the rightfulness
of his "loyalty" than we believe in the
righteousness of "Tho Lost Cause." We
cannot repent, because we do not feel
wicked. The question of reunion is re
Anovd ta this dilemma: if we knew we
were wroncr in the nart we tobk in thei
late war, we are unfit in our unrepentant
state for fellowship with true Christians,
and 'they ought to spurn us from them ;
but we believe tliat Northern Methodists
were wrong terribly, unspeakably wrong
in making and preaching war against
us, and, therefore, , we spurn - them, and
scornfully reject all voluntary, association
with; them," until they repent and turn
from doing evil.
We hope that it will not be considered
"disloyal" in an unpardoned old reb,.who
is covered all over withdisabilitiesj to
express his gratification at this position
of Prof. Stark. Methodist churches were
burnt by the hundred and Methodist min
istersishot by the dozen. No doubt I the
burning and kilJing were done in a hpyal
spirit, but still they do not seem to be
altogether Qhristian and proper, and a
little repentance over these "loyal eccen
tricities" can do no possible harm. ;
Ajr-Line B. K. Mr. A. A. N. M. Tay
lor, our indefatigable townsman, has the
honor, of throwing up the first dirt on the
line of this great highway. May his
shadow never be less.
i
Personal Our friend, Prof. Pelham, of
the Southern Guardian, quotes incorrectly
what we said -in regard to" tho-future of
Charlotte. We did not say that it may
become 4he London of the South, but
that it iciU .become the London - of the
South. However, if our South Carolina
friends rwill get rid of the carpet-bag
thievesj we will kindly take in Columbia
as one of our suburbs.
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-Methodist Conference. We have
read with great interest the proceedings
of the Sixth General Conference, at
Memphis, Tennessee. The Subject which
seemed to excite most interest, was 'the
itineracy. Dr. Garland made a great
speech against the- system and Dr. 31c
Ferrin a very amusing and very effective
One for it. The Publishingllouse is con
tinued at Nashville. We feel sure that
Dr. Bedford is the right man in, the right
place. i
, Reunion with the NortKern Church
met with no sympathy.
ad
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rles Dickens, the, novelist, is dead
We r
:egret that a man,
who has wielded
such tremendous
power and accom-
plished so much real good, should have
thought proper to- introduce clergymen
ih his writings in order to hold them up
to contempt and ridicule.
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Constantinople. A large part of j the
ancie.nt'city of Constantine, so long1 the
"capital of t he Rom an Empire, lias been
destroyed by fire. The residences of the
Foreign Embassadors were generally de
stroyed. For the Sotdhern Home.
Woolen Garments for Invalids.
The temperature of most diseased persons
is exceedingly variable, and it is rendered
much more variable, by wearing-garments
which are good conductors of heat. The
little heat which the organism of a feeble
person is able to produce ought to be hus
banded as much as possible. Linen is cold in
its dryest condition, but when it becomes
damp, as it does from the slightest per
spiration, it acquires a still greater degree
of coldness, which must certainly cause
some bodily ailment. Woolen garments,
on tho contrary convey the moisture from
the surface of the skin to the outside of
the garment, where the microscope
shows it condensed in millions of pearly
drops.' ;In the night-sweats of : con
sumption, or pf any debilitated condi
tion of ;the system, a clean, dry, woolen
flannel night-dress is immeasurably su
perior to cotton or linen, because " it
prevents that sepulchral dampness and
chilliness of feelings which are otherwise
intolerable." If we wish to exclude the
the coldness of the atmosphere, wool is
the best material for the purpose ; and if
we wish to exclude the warmth of the
atmosphere,, wool is the best material for
thexpurposCi Linen and cotton, we re
peat, are good conductors of heat, (carry
ing oil rapidly what little warmth the
feeble vitality of the invalid is able; to
generate) but neither of them is a good
conductor' of ait: Their fibres lie closely
together instead of being open and porous,
like wpol, and consequently while the
bodis chilled ini winter, anjd fovered in
snSerthe skin is surrounded byji own
eonllld exhalations jiThe iskih ,'throws
off jpiration, (sensible andrisensible,)
earli6ic and acid gas, and absorbs oxygen,
Tnatifljj thA lunjrs do. Therefore, it is of
the Stimost importance that the clothing
shoikl be composed of materials through
whift tho air will pass freely, j- r-
A&k1 was formerly- considered a coarse
tcxtfle fabric, - in comparisoh with ; linen
and ilk; ,but modern art and J refinement
hasade it surpass either. No material
is set loft and beautiful in texture as the
fi nerou ght fabrics of wool. No ma
terial takes such exquisite tints in dyeing,
or retains them, longer,; io omer maio
rial yil lows the air to pass through it so
freelv ; and na other is so constructed as
to maintain so equal a tempefature and
so mjioh dryness about the body.. It has
less height than any other textile.; it does
not grease and crumple Hike silk, linen
and "otton. ; In the hands of a laundress
wholljnderstands it, it is more easily
Wasd . than any other clothing. In
shorfvwe do not believe that tKe "coming
peopls" will .wear anything -but icqsh
icoolin goods. The idea of . wearing a
broaplotKcoat,; ora silk dress, without
ever f iiavins: it washed during its (the
garhftfnt's) whole existence, j will be re
garded as a very barbarous and dirty
practice by the "coming peoples." Re
finenVdnt in dress does not consist in
weailug what is fashionable, but in wear
ing Ailat is clean, ;and1 healthful and ele
gant'n itself. In this matter, we have
not .et' attained a very "high degree of
civiliSaiion." In fact, we fear that these
wonderfully perfect coming people will
regaiJ our wardrobes with a feeling little
shortjjof horror ! Then we recollect that
the sArin and lungs I exhale every day, at
least fihred pints of moisture loaded with
organic matter read to enter into putre
factioff,'' .we can easily understand how
impure and unwholesome all clothing
becomes which; carinot; be washed. No
rrflrmnt. aVinnld bo wfirn n. sppnnd timA
without being put through the water
Even;a bridal dress, , which looks as pure
and vhite as the driven snow, must nec-
essariy, if worn but for a -few hours,
have this matter diffused through it.
The ilk, -lace and satin, of which it is
composed, was! never intended to be
washed; and therefore ; we cannot class
them Amongst perfectlv "civilized' ma-
terial. ; . ! .
f Porty-Fifth N. C. Regiment.
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CONTRlBUtED. j ,
Thtt4;5th N. C. Regiment, from Rock
inghaland adjacent counties was organ
ized atRaleig'h about the last Of March,
1862. detail- of its incidents miirht be
enterfaining to the survivors of the Regi
ment;? Ws well asthe public generally, but
we wfcli-i not ask to be indulged with an
over sfmre of space -only enough to re
cord 4.'.few transactions that may be of
some interest to others as well as to our
selvesi ! '' I
In ibe last days of June, 18G3, Ewell's
corps Jackson's. old corps) was enjoying
the faVdf the laiid, south of the Susque
hanna about York and Carlisle. Having
retuvred to the neighborhood of Gettys
burg Sb(jut 10 A. M., on the 1st of July,
RodeFj )ivision ; charged in a southerly
direcHoh towards the Theological Semi
nary. The 45th Regiment and 2d Battal
ion, -comprising Daniel's centre, ran pell
meil nto a railroad Cut, which, in their
L. , r , nWrvPfl; ThU.nemv'
reserve, line lmmeaiateiy auvanceu. Jor
in
a few njnutes Daniel's situation was ex
trenierk:ritical ; but bv great exertion he
got men back a hundred yards, and
lHjpuMwljjhis assailants. One of Gen. Lee's
aids, vfco witnessed tjiis, reported it to
him. "4ml he said. ,lGod bless the North
Carolyns." The 45th lost about 200
half ot itis number. Daniel held ; his posi
tion, tinder musketry fire and every spe
cies of ..Artillery missile, until 1'late in the
evening,! when he wheeled to the left and
sweptedwn the railroad. Not far from
the vpJage, a larger number of Federals
surrertd.ejred to our Regiment than it had
men aid officers.; -.".Early; on the 3d, our
Divismnljoined Johnson and Early, far to
the left, and qharged to the top of a rough
wooded hill. -But it was too much. The
troops;'6n the right ; retired under the
crest cl the hill. The.45th, partially pro-
tectea-by trees and rocks and an aban
doned ptireast-work, suffered heavily, until
having expended all their ammunition, at
less than 60 yards range, they were order
ed back, j i ; ' i . - -
On Use retreat at Fairfield, Rodes being
in the learwas niuch pressed, i This Reg
iment Was ordered back to regain a com
manding hill. This was done , in such
style atd under such circumstances as to
elicit tYarm expressions of admiration
from Ii vision and Brigade commanders.
In tb ensuing winter, two fine compa
nies,, detached service in Richmond,
rejoine I their- command. These, with
manj'. recruits, gave tot the Regiment 500
musketV to enter the battles of the Wil
derness; It is sufficient honor for any to
y ,c. r IU"S"U lv l4e -Army oi js ortnern
7irgihiJ and did not desert his comrades
in the bobdy mouth of May,1864, the
mont h ythat taught the ' commander-in-chief
of;all the Jnited States forces that
Lees iijriiy could not be broken, as gran
ite is actured by t lie sledge-hammer ;
out tnat-it must be destroyed by "attri
tion.' (;Hs word,) las seel js worn down
by thev grindstone. So 1 will mention
only o.e encounter, and this as being
probaUpi the best ' stand-up"; fight our
jDngau; ever mape. J ins wasi on, the
29th offUay, when nrjeorps went round
Grants rear to attack his wagon train.
It becai.e a confuted affair. The enemy,
in thredliues. advanced to overwhelm us.
This Raiment alone for awhile 1 resisted
them. UKtil the rest of the Brigade could
"bo formed on it, when tho battle became
extremfly furious, and continued till dark.
On ti$ 12th of June, when. Gen. Early
started on tho Valley' campaign: the 45th
scarcely, numbered lou out or tne ouu,
although many of the slightly wounded
had- returned In less than a month after
Gen. Early ieft Richmond, he hacl driven
Hunter, with ah army .more numerous
- m a . W r n
than his own.lrom -iivnehburg entirely
out of Virginia ; had. captured -Harper's
Ferry, and manceuvered around Marjianu
Heights ; defeated Gen. Wallis at Monbc-racy,?-and-
set down before Washington
City. The evening he left the District of
Columbia, a portion of hi army met a
heavy charge, and hurled back: the Fed
eral lines right under the guns of the for
tifications. In this battle, the nearest to
the Capital during the war, the 45th lost
One-fourth of its strength. . i
During that summer and fall, our skir
mishers were frequently, 'engaged with
Sheridan's celebrated cavalry. On one
occasion, that cavalry was driven by a
skirmish line three miles over the open
country about Charlestown. At one time
the 45 th! deployed on the left and a mile
-from any support, was opposed by two
lines of cavalry armed with bpenccr rifles,
but drove them from the field. -
At Winchester, Sept. 19th, the sun rose
and set on the work of death. In its first
charge, our Brigade broke through Shcri
dans line, forcing those in front far back,
and' then reached, around those in the
rear and hurled them back with the
others, or, as the soldiers had it, "weeded
two rows." The killed bore an unusual
ly large proportion to the wounded. The
artillery fire was exceedingly severe.
One man was twisted in two. The brain
of another flew over a sergeant's face ; he
wiped it off, and found his face bleeding
and scratched with fragments of skull.
Late in the evening when our army began
to retreat, the 45th was left to hold the
line occupied by the Brigade to the last,
as it was thought the Brigade could not
be rescued without a loss of one of its
regiments. Although the Regiment was
in much danger, it escaped, marching out
in full view of the enemy, and joined our
army about Winchester. The 45th had
the honor to be assigned to the duty of
bringing up t4ie rear of the army from
the town; and was further complimented
rby that, 3oul of chivalry, the lamented
Adi. Gen J Pendleton, that "this was the
only Regiment. that retained its organiza
tion throughout the day.
Three days afterwards at Fisher's Hill,
the 45th Regt.; was on tne extreme left of
Early's main line, all facing north. The
space (more than a mile) to the western
mountain was , occupied by some sharj3
shooters and cavalry. Two lines ot battle
came down from the mountain on the
flank of these, "like wolves on the fold."
Of course, the shock sent them headlong
from the field! This Regiment fronted
to the left, advanced down into the woods
and was in a little while; hotly engaged,
but would not give back The opposing
line began to assiune the' form of the new
moon, with' our Regiment between the
horns. Ere long, minnies whistled from
our rear. An officer ran up to request on'
men-'to cease firing upon us, whenlo!
the ubiquitous stars and .stripes were in
our only gap; of escape, 'and our army
gone! But the Regiment broke through
the net, and made the best time they
could in the direction they thought our
troops bad taken, with the pleasant satis
faction, that if wemust be shot at, it was
our own guns, turned upon us, that were
tearing up the ground about us Half a
mile, and the Regiment faced about with
some more troops, and soon had another
new noon forming. But the friendly or
unfriendly reader must not fear or hope
that Early was ruined. If 3Tou had seen
his little army, two days afterwards,
drawn up in front of the imposing lines
of the buoyant foe, retreating, skirmish
ing, and under artillery fire all day long.
Vour fears or hopes must have been
changed into admiration ot the command-
er and his me.ri. At Cedar Creek, 19th
October, our Regiment again was unfor
tunate. It was near the pike, and with
some other troops retreated so slowly
that the enemy gained the pike behind
us, and when, alter dark, we started
through Straaburg, we were halted and
driven lo the left toward the mountain,
but reacjied our proper command before
day. Let not . the curious reader again
surmise Early's ruin. That morning's
victory had stamped his strategy as a
masterpiece. He was defeated in the
evening, because he was overwhelmed.
For instance, our. Brigade drove the
enemy entirely out of sight, and felt sure
tne victory was nnairy ours; but in $
short while his long arms were wrapping
us up. because' his wings were unopposed.
Two or three weeks after this, the grim
old warrior, backed by this same little
army, threw the gauntlet of defiance at
Sheridan's feet, not over ten miles from
Winchester. It' was not accepted.
The campaign of '04 ends. The 45th
started with 500 men, and during the cam
paign suffered about 800 casualties many
of the wouuded returning and being re-
wounded as many as two or three times
and alas ! one hundred of our officers and
men were no more.
Around Petersburg, just before the
evacuation, was some desperate fighting.
The enemy captured the works just to
our leff and pushed up to our Regiment.
At one time several United States flags
crowded between a traverse and breast
work ; our flags were almost mixed with
them. Sometimes when a man raised
his gun to fire, bis foe would endeavor to
wrench it from him muskets were
clubbed. The enemy's conduct was ad
mirable. One color-bearer lying down,
(wounded I suppose,) waved his flag not
ten? steps from our line. Nor was this
fighting soon over. I noticed a young
man . sitting by his gun;leaning cm the
breastwork; he had no hat, and his face
was black with powder. To the inquirv
why he ceased firing, he replied that he
saw the Yankees were'mighty close, but
hisgun was too hot." . I think he said
he had fired about 300 times !
After xiark. this part of our army re
treated back, towards Richmond, across
and then up the Appomattox. On the
retreatj our Brigade made several charges.
But the last one was at Appomattox
Court House. During thfr charge the
curtain falls on theltragedy, and here we
stop, claiming no part in the "Comedy
of , Errors" now before the public
; In going over "old scenes, I was forcibly
reminded of the companionship of other
troops, especially the brave regiments of our
Brigade; but could riot peume to mention
their worthy deeds when they had eo manv
oVklAW Wm-h M,tA V
mvv wau miiivt
ftojpi Mccentriritf ts.
Audacious Conduct op a , Jf Rebel"
MoxiiEK.-Tho World's Washington cor
respondent of Tuesdaj'', relates the follow
ing ineidejit:pf the decoration of the
Federal dead at Arlington. We are sur
prised thaltf this "rebel" woman's name is
not given5 by the correspondent. It
should be held up, to the indignant repro
bation of all "loyal" ladies aud gentlemen
everywhere. . J . '-
. One Bouthern; lady, dressed in deep
mourning,:! fwhilo passing a grave on the
head-board j of which ; was inscribed the
nanie of her son over the word in glaring
letters '-rebel," quietly left a crown of
roses on the green sod, and was passing
on when tljo harsh voice of one of the
committee gentlemen ordered her -to
takc.it away again or he would throw it
among the j crowd. The lady burst into
tears, but vas compelled to obey.
Will not Ulysses promote the gallant
soldiej. f i! ..'.'
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"A Bill' of the Play, Sib?" Mr.
Bontwell and his associates say they
want the following nice little sums for
the next fiscal year : '
Civil service and miscellaneous : $60,000,000
Pensions and Indians : : : : 36,000,000
War Department : : : : : : 50,000,000
Navy Department : : : : : : 18,000,000
Interest on the public debt : : 127,000,000
Totalis : : :. : : : $291,000,000
The Senate Finance Committee wants
$185,000,000, gold, in foreign imports and
$150,000,00Q internal taxes or, according
to some of -their number, only $116,441,
,570. This is a nice little sum to handle,
and if these? men can spend all they want,
and get all they want, the people may as
well despair of reform short of a total
chancre of ladministration; The above
items of estimate are simply shameful,
extravagant and wicked."
J - Savannah News.
. .;. ' '
The Debasement of Southern Poei
tic. "With the re-election of Whitte
more, the caaetship trader, to congress
before us, the special correspondent of the
New -York Tribune, who in this case will
certainly bo acknowledged good authority
writing from Charleston, gives the follow
ing in, relation to .the ruling powers in
South Carolina politics : ;
'There is ; an unpleasantly large class
of politicians who live only by politics,
who know iio other professionjjind who
look upon the legimate and the illegiti
mate emoluments of the trade with
equally, favorable e3Tes. When to these
we add an infusion in the Legislature of
men chosen as the most eligible in a com
munity of field hands who never saw. a
school house and never owned a five dol
lar bill, it is easily to be seen that dangers
beset the public affairs ol feouth ' Caro
liua." :
The above is a fair resume of the politi
cal situation throughout the entire feouth,
and it is quite as true of every other
state as it is of South Carolina.
OFF' fori Anderson vi lle. Gov. Bul
lock and staff and some six or eight
women, together with a band of music,
arrived from Atlanta, at an early hour
yesterday morning on a special train on
their way to Andersonville. The train
stopped here' for two or three hours, and
the party took carriages and rode through
the city on a tour of I observation. The
band while in the streets played several
pieces of music, among' which wheie
'Down witb'j Traitors" and "Rally Round
the Flag, Boys." It had a mollient and
assuaging effect upon our 'people. It re
minded them, in dulcet strains, that they
we're still considered traitors by the dis
tinguished, honorable and polite visitors,
and that the patriotic squad were ready
to rally around any flag that would place
within their reach the offices and treas
ure of an oppressed and defenceless peo-!
pie. It was just suclPa piece of magnani
mity as our 1 Citizens had the right to ex
pect from the mighty "Rufus.
It was in good taste, too, for it showed
that -the visitors had the wonderful capac
ity of throwing a flower upon the grave
of a fallen Comrade with one hand, and
at the same time with the other, hurl the
insulting epithet of traitor in'the face of
a peaceful but powerless people. It also
forcibly illustrated the difference between
Northern chivalry and Southern ruffian
ism. Our people (on the 26th of April
last, knew no better than to repair to the
graves of their loved heroes, and .with
bleeding hearts, tearful eyes and in silence
strew them' with flowers ; but this glo
rious squad of chivalry recognize no such
honoring of their dead. They came with
banners and fbell-mouthed brass, to toot
'traitor" on the morning breeze, and an
nounce, 'trumpet-tonged," who they
were, where they were from and where
they were going. It was a blustering,
bold and brave demonstration of the fact,
that all heroes of the nation were not
slain durtng'the late war, and that a bit
of "loyalty" still lived in the land ; that
if the glorious old State of Georgia could
not raise patriots, her treasury and her
resources were sufficiently attractive to
bring them from other States.
At half-past eight o'clock, the special
train of ejght cars, with about twenty-five
wdiites. and - two hundred blacks, from
this city started for Andersonville, where,
we hope, in s the presence of the dead,
Rufus and his band were inspired with
nobler, if not humbler feelings than those
manifested when passing through this
city. Macon Telegraph.
, .. i
Among the religionists ofNewfEngland
are some of the funniest, of people. At
the dedication of an organ presented to
the Congregational church at Sheffield.
Conn., not long ago, by a Mr. J. C, Ham
mond, the following verse was Sung to a
full congregation :
Praisebe to Him who lives above ;
e shows His knowledge and His love ;
Uses mankind His word to preach ,
Reached forth His hand touched J. C. H.,
Caused him to give, in willing mood, .
This organ to the friends of God.
It would be (difficult to tell whether the
Almighty or J. C. H. got the best of the
praise in that hymn..-Oo?nVr Journal.
. 'it-'
Brick Pomeroy says : There is a move
ment on foofraraong consumers of eggs to
ouy ineui oniy oy tne pound instead of
the dozen. v Ihe hens, within Jhe, past
ten .years -about the time the Radical
party came into : power havo trot to
cheating, by laying little bits of eggs.
Mr. Brkoiier's Ioea1 ov -tTvnAv I in
recent sermon, Hemy Ward Beecher ex
pressed the following; beautiful, iind noble
idea of what the Christian Sunday ought
to be. lie says that it is a day lor rest '.
and recreation, for walking put with the:
children, for excursions to the country.- for
bright merriment and social intercourse, ,
for all that is pleasant and not ungodly'
He, himself, was raised as a -'child with
the gloomy old Puritanic idea of Sunday
reminded of his sins if he laughed and
threatened w i t h ; t hej. pangi o I' etern.i 1
punishment if ho giggled aloud he, that
now sets Py month Church in one wroath-.
ed smile every Sunday.. lie has learned
enough since arriving aT man's estate to
feel that his Sunday teaching in youth i
was! wrong, and now he has the nerve
and independence to preach against siu h I
principles, even of j tho late Jjymau '
Beecher, as he thinks wrong. And.hi J(
idea of Sunday is far preferable to his J
father's'Tdea of Sunday When we eon-J'
sider what mistaken Sunday training the i
Plymouth pastor received in his youth, it
almost bewilders us to think What a,
teacher he. might have become, had he ;
been trained in the principles he novfad,
vocates. Charleston Courier.
00fe. Satires.
Henrietta Temple By the Itight llou.
Henry Disraeli, author of "JLothair," "Vi- !
vian Grey,'. &c. D. Appleton & Co., New i
York. 1 vol., paper cover, pp. 134.
When an author who has long ceased
write novels suddenly startles the public-'-'
with a new one, a revival of interest in those
which he had previously written seems natu-'
rally to follow. If Mr. Disraeli had not sur
prised recently the world with his sparkling)'',
and epigrammatic novel of "Lojliair'a new i
edition of works written more than thirty
years ago would not have lieen ; called for.
Yet here we have his "Henrietta Templ
as the first installment of the series.
- ' -- Baltimore Gazette!
The Wonders of Auciiitectube. Sue-1
ceeding the Wonders of Italian Art and the !-.
Wonders of the Human JJxly, there will heJ
published in.TVie Hunt rated Library o lion-1
ders, the Wonders of Architecture.
The object of the Wonders of Architecture. .
is to supply, in as aceessajjlle'and iwpular a i
form as the nature of the subject admits, n
connected and comprehensive sketch of the !;
chief architectural achievements of ancient!
and modern, times. Commencing with the j
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exemplified in ttie Celtic monuments, a care- !
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of the most remarkable temples, palaces, !
columns, towers, . cathedrals, bridges, via- ;
ducts, churches; and buildings of every de-: ;
scription which the genius of hiaii has con- i
structed ; and as these are all described in ;
chronological order, according to the eras to
which they belong, they -form a connected
narrative of the development of architecture
in which the history and progress of the
art can be authentically traced. All the '
celebrated structures that ever existed or that: I
are yet in existence, from the Tower of Ba- i
bel downwards, are jtlescribed in connection j
with tlie various civilizations which gave I
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for the edification and; amusement of the ;'
general reader, and not for the perusal of the ?
professional student Care has been taken
to popularize the themeias much as possible,.!'1
to make the descriptions plain and vivid, to
render the text free from technicalities, and !
to convey a correct and truthful impression 1
of the various objects that are enumerated, j
Whilst, however, an effort has been made to !
place the architectural wonders of the"world
in a simple and easily recognizable manner
before the mind of the reader, there has
been retained sufficient of the professional
phraseology to instruct the uninitiated in the
rudiments of an art which is daily assuming
a more prominent position. Book Buyers
, The XIX Century. The June No. has
been received and we have read its pages with
increasiug delight. We would be . glad to
give an extended notice of our own opinion of
this excellent magazine, but prefer publish
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tice of it, written by one of the best critics
in the land, and one who never praises a
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Martyrdom in Missouri. 2d
By Rev. W. M. Leftwich, D. D.
Volume.
A notice of the First Volume of this work
appeared in our columns twoorthree month,
since. In the volume just issued and lieHv
before us. the remarkable history is' contin
ued. The author has here given the public
a historical work of great value, as a memen
to of partisan fanaticism. Its statements ot
facts are well authenticated. It is an
elaborate work, deeply interesting and it
speaks in the voice of warning. No such
work has hitherto attracted public attention
in this country. That more than a score of
Christian ministers of the Methodist,, Pres
byterian, Baptist and of other denomina
tions should have been nun dered for not
yielding up their ministerial function to the
control of a factious Government-in the
fetate, by taking what is widely known as a
perjurial "Test Oath," or ceasing to preach
altogether, will 'appear startling; but the'
facts are unquestionable, j The widows and
orphans of these martyred ones can be
found in almost every part of Missouri.
Rev. J. H. Brookes, 1). I D.; of St. Louis r
Bishop Marvin, and the Rev. A. P. Wil
liams, D. DM of Missouri, have furnished
large sections for this work. The "Declara
tion and Testimony' is embodied the life,
labors.persecution and death of the Rev. Dr.
McPheeters, of St. Louis, are also given.
Both, volumes, containing more than nine
hundred pages, are well printed, on good
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volumes, $4. , j .
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